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MRS. BRADBURY GOES FREE.
The Case Against Her Dismissed
by Judge Low.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12-Mrs.
Lucy Bradbury is not to be prosecuted.
The case against the misguided young
lady came up in the Police Court this
morning. and was formally dismissed.
Attorney Sweeny, for the Society for
the Prevention of Vice, said that he
had first decided that it was best to
drop the case, and later had concluded
to go on with it simply because of pub
lie and press accusations that money
and undue influence had been brought
to bear.
Judge Low then called upon Secre-
tary Frank Kane of the society, at
whose instance the complaint against
Mrs. Bradbury was issued.
Secretary Kane stated that after a
long and earnest consultation with
President Sullivan of the society he
had reached the conclusion that it was
not advisable to prosecute the case
against Mrs. Bradbury.
Judge Low accordingly dismissed the
case, and Mrs. Bradbury's troubles
were at an end so far as the strong arm
of the law is concerned.
Mrs Bradbury did not appear in
court, and is still living in seclusion at
the Occidental Hotel. She is said to be
suffering from nervous prostration.
She is, however, attended by her
mother and protected from any incon-
venience except such as may be occa-
stoned by a realization of her own po-
sition and the course of procedure
which led I'D to il,
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One of the Men Suspected of the
Crime Makes a Confession.
Gave Deceased Fatal Dose Of Morphine
and Then Robbed Him.
Fierce Forest Fire Raging Three
Miles East of Jackson, Amador
County-Large Quantities OF
Timber and Cut Wood Destroy
ed

SALT LAKE, July 12.-Charles M.
Phelps, who was held, with jesse +.
Mcmillan and Robert Sleeves, in con-
nection with the murder of John Egan,
whose body was found in an alley yes
terday, has made a confession to Chief
Paul and Captain Estinger. The story
came out late this afternoon, and in
brief is as follows:
Phelps says he and Sleeves took
Egan into Quintan & Osborne's saloon
with a view to robbing him, and that
they had no intention of committing
murder. Their plan was, he says, to
simply drug him and deprive him of
his personal effects. They gave him a
dose of morphine, which was fixed
up by Mcmillan. The dose, however,
was not sufficient to render Egan help
less and another dose was given him.
This, says Phelps, not only rendered
Egan insensible, but killed him. They
then robbed him of S4, which was di-
vided between Phelps and Sleeves. The
watch, it is claimed, was lost in the
scrimmage.
Phelps says that after the robbery
he and Sleeves dragged Egan from the
building to the rear of the premises,
anu IuaC tne dDTdSIOilS Ou HIS HOSS anu
face were caused in that manner.
These facts substantially were stated
also before the Coroner's jury, with the
exception that Sleeves said he had
nothing to do with the matter, except
that he was asked to help take the
man out of the building.
The inquest was not finished to-day,
and will be resumed tomorrow. The
men in the meantime were held with
out bail.
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A GEORGIA MYSTERY.
Mutilated Body of a Woman
Found Packed in a Brarel.

ATLANTA (Ga), July 12.-Specials
to the Journal from Quitman, Brooks
County, confirm the reported finding
there of a woman's body hacked to
pieces and packed in a barrel which
had been buried in a swamp. The
body was discovered by a farmer
named Jacob Wooling. The body was
tumbled in a barrel. and dirt packed
around it. but was still in a remark
able state of preservation, the flesh
retaining almost it's natural color.
Buried as it was at the rear of a
gigantic pine standing on the banks of
the creek, where the water after every
rain is from three to four feet deep,
seems to argue that the flesh would
have been decomposed had it been there
any length of time. The top end of
the barrel was decayed, and pine roots
had worked themselves through its
side This would seem to indicate that
| it had been there for some time. There
was no vegetation growing around the
top of the barrel, but this might have
been caused by its being shaded by
large growth rather than having been
dug up recently.
No one has been missed from the
community, and it is the general opin-
ion that it was either buried there sew
eral years ago, or else was brought
there from some distance.
Rumor in the county has it that sew
eral years ago there lived near the
place a. man who had a wife whose
hair. was the color of the corpSe's; that
the mans wife left, and has never been
con,, cinoa Shortly after her dlSap-
pearance he took up with another wo-
man who did not stand high IN the
community, and left for Florida
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REMARKABLE CAVERN.
Discovery Made by Miners Near
Cripple Creek, Colo.

CRIPPLE CREEK (Colo), July L.
Photographer Yelton to-day returned
from a trip to Cow Mountain, about
six miles east of this city. where he
had been to obtain news of a most re-
markable cavern discovered by sink
ing a prospect shaft.
The cave was discovered by part1es
who were doing their assessment work
on a group of claims in Cow Mountain.
man was picking in the bottom or
ten-foot hole, when he suddenly stuck
the point of his pick through the rock
into apparently unlimited space. lie
cautiously investigated and gradually
opened up a pit that led to the other
world, to all appearances. Rocks drop
ped into the hole, however, struck pot
tom in about two seconds or less, snow
ing that the cave was not deep at that
point. The men got rope, and, fas-
tening it securely above, descended TO
explore the immense cavern, Whlch
proved to be a veritable storehouse OF
ice. Stalagmites and stalactites OF
pure ice stood like cypress trees from
the floor, and hung like ghostly fringe
from the ceiling.
The exploration was not carried very
far, as a yawning abyss was encounter
ed at distance of about fifty feet from
the entrance. Chunks of ice thrown
down this abyss could be heard rafting
and clanking on the sides but never
sound of the bottom being touched.
Photographs We're taken by fashllSht,
and the pictures reveal the ice in crys-
tai condition, forming most fanclful
figures. An effort will be made 10
open the cave to a more thorough ex-
ploration.
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9O@ y STREET.
water harbor.

water harbor.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
decision of the majority of the Walker
Board was made final" he says. land
Notwithstanding the fact that the board
did recommend the construction of q
breakWater at San Pedro. making
plans and estimates therefor the Sec
retary of War has declined to advertise
for bids upon the untenable ground that
because, in addition to the breakwat ter.
the board referred to the availability of
the adjacent harbor of Wilmington for
commercial purposes, the War Depart
ment is justified in holding UP the ap-
preparation until Congress shall state
whether it is desirous to go on with
the work without reference to the work
upon the other harbor.
'The project reported by the Walker
Board is the construction of the break
water. The law requires this work to be
done according to the projects reported
The duty of the Secretary of War is
clear, and the passage of the resoIu-
ton offered by me will bring about the
making of the Improvement contem-
plated by Congress. -
The Senator gave notice that he
would insist upon the consideration of
the matter before the adjournment of
the present session.
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SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ROAD.
Visalia Will Be Reached by the
Middle of Next Month

President Watt, Director Payson and
Chief Engineer Storey have returned
from a trip of inspection over the San
Joaquin Valley Railroad. They went
to a point twenty miles south of Han
ford, known as Jacobs Well, from an
artesian water reservoir established
there. They say that owing to a tenn
porary shortage IN the supply of ties
there will be a cessation of track lay
ing on that branch for while. Visa
liza will be reached in the middle of next
month, when, or possibly before that
date, the laying of rails beyond Jacob S
Well will be resumed.
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Young Man Murders His Sweet
heart and Then Suicides.

VANCOUVER (B. c., July IA
sensational double tragedy took place
on one of the principal streets in this
CITY this evening. w. j. Immel shot
and killed his sweetheart, Kitty AskeW,
and then shot himself
The couple had been engaged for
some time, and had frequent quarrels,
owing. it is said, to ImmePs jealousy.
Just as the girl entered the house
where she boarded about o'clock she
met Immel. After some words with
the girl Immel hurried out of the
house. What just preceded the trag-
edv is not known, though some people
passing by heard the couple quarrellng.
People were soon afterward startled by
the report of a pistol shot, followed by
a woman's scream. Two more SHOTS
followed in rapid succession, and per-
sons who had hurried to the spot saw
a woman stagger a few steps and then
drop and a man lying stretched out
on the sidewalk.
Immel had taken good aim, and
death in both cases was instantaneous.
the woman being shot through the
breast and the man through the head.
Immel was blacksmith Of this city
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TOOK A FATAL
Dose OF MORPHINE.
A millionaire Mine Owner Put an
End to His Life.
Domestic Troubles Lead Nicholas c. Creede
to Commit Suicide.
Sensational Double Tragedy on
One of the Principal Streets of
Vancouver, B. CIV. j. Immel
Shoots and Kills His Sweet
heart and Then Takes His Own
Life.

LOS ANGELES, July 12.-NicholaS G.
Creede, the millionaire mine owner,
after whom the town of Creede, Colo
rado, was named, committed suicide
with morphine this evening at his home
in this city, because his wife, from
whom he had separated, insisted upon
renewing their marital relations.
On January 4th last Creede and his
wife separated and agreed to dissolve
at once, as far as possible without legal
process, their marital bonds. Mrs.
Creede accepted $4,000 cash, and sur
rendered all further claims upon her
husband, at the same time voluntarily
Withdrawing from his premises. 1t was
understood, after the necessary time
had elapsed, Creede would institute legal
proceedings, and begin suit for absolute
divorce.
At that time it appeared that both
husband and wife were well satisfied
that they were not required to maintain
intimate relations. and while Mrs.
Creede considered that the amount of
cash settled upon her was insignificant
as compared with her husbands wealth
she left him and took I'D her home in
Alabama.
ABOUT lITe6 Weeks dS5O NIL SlCCNC y
turned to Los Angeles, and proposed to
her husband a reconciliation. This was
to Creede's distaste, and he endeavored
to avoid his wife, but being unsuccess-
full, he determined to end his life. This
evening he took large dose of morphine
and went into the garden to die. lie
was discovered by a servant and medical
aid was summoned, but he died two
hours later.
Mrs. Creede was notified of her hus-
bands death, but declined to discuss the
tragedy. The two-year-old child OF
Edith Walters Walker, the actress,
adopted by Creede over year ago, Is
in the care of his friends at Escondida,
Mrs. Creede declaring that she would
not be bothered with the child when she
separated from her husband.
Creede was 81 years old. and native
Of Indiana.
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Combined Harvester Burned.

STOCKTON, July PA combined
harvester belonging to Charles Blythe
was discovered on fire last Sunday af-
ternoon about five miles southwest Of
Pennington, and forty acres of grain
were also swept by the flames. The
farmers of the neighborhood made a
desperate fight against the spread Of
the fire to the adjoining fields of grain,
and checked its progress by plowing
and back firing. The loss to the owner
of the thresher was about 81, 500. The
grain was partly insured.
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BOILER EXPLOSION.
One Man Fatally and Several 9th
ers Slightly Injured.

STOCKTON, July 12.-By an explo-
sion of a threshing engine this after
noon on the ranch of Cyrus Moring,
John Roach, the fireman, was hurled
a distance of $50 feet, and landed
against a wagon. His right shoulder
was broken and his back was so
wrenched that for several hours the
lower part of his body was paralyzed.
His body was fearfully scalded and
the physicians say that it is doubtful if
he lives. Six other men and two
horses which were working with the
thresher were also injured, but only
slightly.
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Convention of Christian Churches

SANTA CRUZ, July 12.-Delegates
have commenced arriving at Garfield
Park, where the State convention of
the Christian Churches begins its an
will last two weeks. Christian En-
deavorers by the score have arrived
here. Big excursions WIFI be here
Wednesday and Saturday. over 5000
EndeaVorers being expected. Members
of the local EndeaVor societies are
making extensive preparations to re-
ceiVe them
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Great
Embroidery
Reductions.

Swiss, Nainsook and Cambria
Embroideries and insertions, 2
to 4 inches wide, Sc yard.
Finer grade, 2 to 6 inches
wide, 15c yard.
Among these Em mbroideries to
be closed out are some broken
sets, very fine Swiss and Main
sock Embroideries from 4 to 9
inches wide, worth 4Oc and soc
per yard. The Clearance Sale
price is Csc per yard.
Wide widths in very fine Main
sock Embroidery, S to 8 inch
widths, splendid values at soc
and 6Oc per yard. Clearance Sale
Price for your choice at 35c per
yard.
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BedsDreadS.

Honeycomb Bed Spreads, dou-
BILE bed size, MarseiIles patterns.
Sale Price, SSc.
Extra large and heavy Honey
comb Bed Spreads, distinct Mar
seilles patterns. Sale Price,
ST. 10.
Genuine M a lilies Bed
Spreads, full size, elaborate pat
terms, So SO values, at clearance
sale Price, ST SIS.
Extra heavy and large Marseil-
les Bed Spreads, distinct and
special patterns, regular So so
covers, for So 80.
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bella Murphy who died in England.
leaving a 100000 estate. The con-
testants are Mary Ellen Deminguez
and Frances Josephine Murphy sisters
of the deceased.
Two wills are now before Judge Slack
for probate. The first was contested
by the filing Of later will, in which
the testatrlx bequeathed her estate to
Rev. VIM. j. Smullen of London. The
contest of the two sisters is directed
against this later will, which is alleged
by them to have been obtained through
fraud and undue influence.
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Forest Fire Near Berkeley.

BERKELEY, July 12.-The big forest
fire which started in the Berkeley hills
Sunday morning is still burning this
evening, though all danger is past. The
flames have now reached the neighbor-
hood of Walnut Creek Back fires have
been started, so that the burning area
is hemmed in, and it Will subside by
tomorrow. 1t is estimated that at
least { 900 acres were burned over. The
damage done is even greater than at
first anticipated, though no houses or
stocks have been burned.
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CONSUL-GENERAL BARRETT.
American Residents in Siam Wish
Him Retained in Office.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.-Advices
from Siam, per steamer Doric, state
that a petition has been forwarded by
the American residents in Siam, to
President Mckinley, asking that the
present United States Minister Resi-
dent and Consul-General, Hon. John
Barrett, be retained at that post dur
ing the new administration.
Both the Siam Observer and Bang
Iok Times" commenting upon the
matter, agree that mo such strong and
unanimous movement as this has ever
before been organized and carried
through in the history of the relations
OF the United States with Siam"
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w ash Goods.

Imported Dimities, 81 inches
wide, in neat designs and new
coIors, 35c values. Sale Price,
15c.
Imported Grenadines, dark
ground, light patterns, regular
4Oc value. Clearance Sale Price,
25c.
Imported Fou1ards, thin sheer
fabrics, ten different patterns,
regular value 4Oc. Clearance
Sale Price, Csc.
Lappet MuI1s, tissue brodies,
Egyptian tissue, sold for Tic
Ice, 25c. Reduced to lie yard.
A choice lot
Plain Grass Linens, the sea-
sons favorite fabric, sold for
35c and 4Oc per yard. Clearance
Sale Price, Csc per yard.
Grenadine Grass Linen, open
work lace effects, the correct
weave for outing costumes, reg
u1ar price 25c yard. Clearance
Sale Price, lSc yard.
Imported Scotch Ginghams,
light patterns, fine texture, fast
co1ors, zoe, Csc, 35c per yard
values. Your choice for 15c
yard.
Fine Dress Ginghams, in brok-
en- plaids, stripes, etc., 1Oc and
12 1-2c values, at Sale Price, &c
yard.
Covert Cloth for bicycle OF
outing costumes, dust-shed-
ding fabric, at Clearance Sale
Price, Sc yard.
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Fierce Forest Fire.

JACKSON (CaD, July PA fierce
forest fire has been raging for two days
about three miles east of Jackson. 1t
has burned over an area of three miles
square, destroying a large quantity of
timber and cut wood. A large force
from Butte County and the Blue Lakes
Power Works turned out last night to
fight the flames Dwellings were
saved by starting back fires.
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Stockton Insane Asylum.

STOCKTON, July 12.-At a meeting
of the Board of Mana gers of the State
Hospital for the Insane, recommended
tions were formulated to be sent to the
State Commission. a number of sal
aries are lowered, but those of attend
ants and physicians remain the same.
The board viii recommend that all en-
ployes Of the asylum be given a vaca-
ton of two weeks each year on pay,
and that if sick they be allowed ten
days, unless injured at the asylum,
when the time would be made longer
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Petaluma Briefs.

PETALUMA, July 12.-Colonel Sui
liyan and members of his staff officers
of the League of the Cross Cadets, Wis
tied Agricultural Park to-day to make
fiAal preparations for the encampment
of the cadets of the League here next
week. The camp Will be known as
Camp Riordan.'
This morning Petaluma was treated
to a heavy thunder storm. The sky
was as black as ink for several hours
afterwards
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Preacher Hermans.

SALT LAKE, July 12-Sheriff Lewis
has for some time been in correspond
ence with a detective named Dougald
Campbell Of Eganville, Canada, who
thinks he has located preacher Her
mans, wanted in this city on a charge
of murder. The man is now under ar
rest in Canada and Sheriff Lewis Is
positive that the identification is COM
plete. Deputy Sheriff Cannon left for
Canada to-day to bring the man to Salt
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THE PLANET VENUS.
Star Which is Now Visible in Day
light in the Northwest.

LICK OBSERVATORY (via San
JOSEF, July 12.-To the Associated
Press: Answering your inquiry as to
what star is visible in the northwest
now, / would say that the only object
bright enough to be visible to the naked
eye at this time of the day in that re-
gion of which we are aware is the
planet Venus. Venus is situated lit
tie north of west and at about an altf-
tude of 80 degrees, and is very easily
seen if one knows about where to look.
'fE. s. HOLDEN
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Webfoot CycIers.

OAKLAND. July PA. P SWAIN
President of the California Associated
Cycling Clubs, is home from Oregon
and says the webfoot cyclers are pre-
pared to secede from the League and
form a State organization on the lines
of this State. He declared that the
sentiment there is general
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old. arose from his bed, and, after Sc
curing a huge carving knife, entered
the room of Mrs. Othmeyer and slashed
her arms and chest with it in a hor-
rible manner. When the woman's
screams awakened the rest of the
household, Alatiguy plunged head fore
most from the window and was fatally
injured by his fall of two stories to
the sidewalk below. The woman may
recover
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Two Girls Drowned.

EAGLE LAKE Qnd.), July PA
small boat carrying five young persons
was capsized this evening in the middle
OF Eagle Lake, resulting in the drowning
CT George Coulter, daughter of Professor
Coulter of the University of Chicago,
and Bertha Yarnell, daughter of Edward
F. Yarnell of Fort Wayne, Ind. The
others were rescued.
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Bryan in Oregon.

PORTLAND (Or), July 12.-William
J. Bryan began the day with a speech
at Lebanon early this morning to TO-
900 people, and closed with an address
tonight in this city to an audience of
1900. Mr.. Bryan addressed large
crowds at nearly every station en-
route to Portland. Tomorrow he will
speak at Walla Walla, Pendleton and
La Grande
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Davis Will Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE
trial of the Davis will contest, which
was interrupted two weeks ago by the
illness of a juror was resumed in Judge
Coffey's court to-day. The entire day
was consumed by the cross -examina-
tfOn of expert Peter D. Horton, who
testified in behalf of the contestants
that the will was a forgery.
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SAN PERDO HARBOR.
Whites Resolution Directing Com
mencement of Work.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-White to-
day introduced a resolution in the Sem
ate directing the Secretary of War to
proceed with the construction of a
breakwater at San Pedro, Cal. White
made written statement reviewing
the controversy between San Pedro and
Santa Monica for the location of a deep
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Killed by Lightning,

DELPHI On. Y.). july 12.-Edwin J.
Retts and wife, who resided on a farm
five miles from this city, were killed by
last night. They had been to
6 neighbor's house, and were on their
way home, when a shower forced them
to take shelter under a tree.
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Drapery Items.

Tapestry Portiers, so inches
wide, and 3 1-2 yards long,
heavy fringed ends, elaborate
patterns, Sc so value, for
81 IS.
Ga Chenille Table Covers, rich
patterns, fringed all around.
Clearance Sale Price, 72c.
Sd Heavy Chenille Table Cow
ers, fringed all around, for din
ing or center tables, extra val
ues at the greater price. Clear
ance Sale Price, 81 90.
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Destructive Fire at Fresno.

FRESNO, July PA fire at the
winery Of the Fresno Vineyard Com
pany about 6 o'clock this evening de-
stroyed four buildings. entailing a loss
of nearly $4,000. The distillery, sher-
ry house, packing house and engine
room were burned, and it was only by
determined effort that the big wine
cellars were saved. The fire started in
the engine room.
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Trial of Theodore FigeI.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.-Theo-
dore F'igel, charged with the murder of
Isaac Hoffman, was in court to-day.
His attorneys appealed for a hearing
on the capital charge before the cases
for embezzlement and forgery We're
taken up. but it was decided to take
up the minor accusations first The
trial on the charge of forgery will be
called before Judge Campbell to-mor-
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Warm Spell at Stockton.

STOCKTON, July 12.-The warmest
spell in the history of Stockton for this
time of the year is on now. At >
O'Clock this afternoon the thermometer
registered a hundred degrees in the
shade, and the nights are excessively
warm.
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Fast Six-round Fight.

PHILADELPHIA, July 12-One of
the fastest fights between light-weights
ever seen in this city took place to-
night at the Arena between Young
Griffo and Owen Zeigler. The bout
lasted six rounds, and although no de-
cision was given, Griffo seemed to have
slightly the best of Zeigler.
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Shooting ARRAY at San Rafael.

Adams, proprietor of the Parisia
House, was shot and seriously wounded
to-day by James S. McCue a we'll
known horseman, as the result of a
quarrel over a game of cards. McCue
claims that he acted in self defense.
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Anpus-Craven Case.

welcome rest of ten days, the trial of
the Angus Craven case was resumed
to-day by Judge Slack and a jury, but
very little progress was made, the wit
ness Aitken being on the witness stand
all day, while the attorneys for the
plaintiff vainly endeavored to introduce
The letter which Aitken had written to
Mrs. Craven rejecting her contract in
evidence.
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Found in GuadaIoupe Channel.

SAN JOSE, July 12.-Coroner Secor
this evening received notice of the find
ing of the body of an unknown woman
in the Guadalupe channel about three
miles below AlviSo. He will hold an
inquest in the morning.