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TOOK MORPHINE.
An Unknown Woman Commits Sui
eide at a Chicago Hotel.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31-A handsome
young woman about % years of age,
whose identity is unknown, killed her
self this morning in the Victoria Ho-
tel, where she was a guest.
The suicide was evidently carried out
with the utmost deliberation, as the
young woman had evidently slept in
the bed during the night, taken bath
in the morning, made up the bed, and
then swallowing morphine, laid down
TO die. She came to the hotel Monday
afternoon, registering as Miss Blanche
Wilson, New York City, and said that
she had been travelling and was tired.
The suicide left a note requesting
that for her mothers sake no effort be
made to ascertain her identity. On her
finger was a plain gold band, and on
the inside was engraved "a. NJ. ="
In a bundle of four collars, two were
marked IL. II. g." one "a D. A"
and one "L NJ A collar which she
had been wearing was marked SINH
larly to one of the collars in the pack
age, IL. H. G."
Late tonight 1t was ascertained that
yesterday the woman called at the Le-
land Hotel and asked if Mr.. Forsythe
was stopping there. Being told that
there was no guest of that name. she
asked if there was any mail for Mar
tha Forsythe There was no mail, and
she. a short time later, called at the
Great Northern Hotel, where she made
the same inquiries, with the same lack
of success She then went to the Vic
toria, where she killed herself.
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ley Coal Company, after forcing an is
sue upon the school question and be-
ing defeated for seven straight years,
was successful Charles Noe, hold
over member, who previously trained
with the anti-company members OF the
board, turned away from the latter
and was given a position at 500
month turning the Illinois River bridge
at this place by the new city admins
tration, which for the first time was
controlled by the coal company. Noes
accession gave the company major
ity on the board, and they proceeded to
engage teachers.
Later the anti-company members
held a meeting, and declared Noes seat
vacant, on account of him moving his
Putnam County. This gave the anti
company members majority. They
then held a meeting. and were making
arrangements to hire new set OF
teachers and call an election to fill
Noes seat, when they were stopped
from going any further by an injunc-
ton
Saturday night Judge Puterbaugh OF
Peoria dissolved the injunction, and
that night the anti-cOmpany members
engaged a new set of teachers. Last
night they held another meeting and
the new teachers were present to sign
contracts.
The teachers who were engaged by
the company signed contracts a month
ago.
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NO MORE "RUSHES."
President Kellogg Puts n Stop to
Them at the University.

BERKELEY, Aug. 31.-There will be
no more ''rushes" at the University of
California, if President Kellogg's lat
est mandate is obeyed. Half daZed, his
jaw broken, his face a bleeding mass,
Benjamin kurtZ, newly-entered
freshman, was found wandering about
on the campus Monday night after the
rush between the two lower classes.
In the struggle someone put his heel
on Kurtz's face, and as a result he is
disfigured for life, and may have sus-
tanned an injury of the brain. An ex-
animation showed that a piece of flesh
had been torn from one nostril. The
upper lip hung only by a shred, and the
ragged nature of the tear made the in
jury the more serious. All the front
teeth were gone. Four teeth had been
knocked out of the lower jaw, and the
bone in which they had been imbedded
was broken out with them. Both the
Upper and lower jaw were smashed,
and the flesh of all the face crushed
and bleeding.
There were two other serious casu-
alties. Frank Marshall, a freshman,
had his right leg broken just above the
ankle. Codon, another freshman, also
came out of the combat with a broken
leg
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WELL KNOWN TO THE POLICE.
Robert Farrell, Who Attempted
Suicide at Ogden.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81 Robert
Farrell, the man who on last Sunday
night engaged a room at the Greiner
Lodging house in Ogden, Utah, under
the name of Anderson, and was found
in bed this morning unconscious from
morphine poisoning, is known to the
police of this city and of Portland, Or.
At the Russ House in this city he rep
resented himself as a commercial trav-
eler, and in Portland he said he was a
retired newspaper man from Southern
California. He first brought himself
to the notice of the authorities here by
swearing to a complaint charging Mary
Lansing with grand larceny. A war
rant was issued, but she left the State.
Farrell traced her to Idaho and to
Portland, Or, where he procured a Ii
cense to marry her, but she again es-
capped. and he was served with notice
of a $1,000 damage suit for defamation
of character instituted by man named
Dyer, with whom the Lansing woman
had eloped from Nampa, Idaho. Since
then nothing had been heard of him
here.
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THE KING OF SIAM.
His Manner of Meeting One of the
Masters at Harrow,

Next his majesty made a curSory in
spection of the school buildings. First
we went to the Vaughan Library, and
I thought that this, at any rate, would
interest the royal bookworm and stu
dent But not a bit of it. He merely
took a perfunctory look round. Among
the many objects of interest in the
building the King singled out a glass
case beneath which a lock of hair was
mounted.
Whats that, eh?' demanded his
majesty of the head master.
Mr.. Weldon Informed him that it
was memento of the English pretend
er. The explanation apparently did not
convey much information to the mind
of the King, who Immediately broke off
with the same inquiry, uttered in a
more determined tone:
What's that-eh?"
1t was an odd situation. This time
his majesty was pointing at one of the
masters. who, with hat in hand, was
deferen daily standing beside the book
case.
That" said Mr. Weldon, without
moving a muscle, "that is one of our
masters. Allow me to present him.
Mr.. -"
"What?" loudly demanded the royal
visitor.
Mr.. Weldon repeated the name of the
master. whose hand the King there
upon seized shook. and released with
great suddenness.-London Daily News.
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the sliding door on top of the casl1et
was pushed back and the remains ex-
posed. There is no clew to the guilty
parties, and the matter is a mystery.
Mrs. Spranger and her husband, DR..
Spranger, came to Santa Clara County
a few years ago from Chicago and built
an elegant home on top Of the Santa
Cruz Mountains, near Skyland, only a
few miles away from Wrights. They
had every luxury money could buy.
Mrs. Spranger died something over
two years ago, and shortly thereafter
some sensational gossip and publica-
tions In papers appeared. She was said
to have great wealth by her Chicago
relatives, who intimated serious things
in connection with her death.
Nothing ever came Of it more than
the sensational talk and publications.
The authorities are now wondering II
this had anything to do with the desc
Grafton of her death chamber last night.
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Many People Grow Faint-Hearted
Under the Hardships.
Sell Their Outfits and Start on Their Jour-
ney Back Home.
The Railway Agent at Diamond,
FL Dorado County, Held Up by
Two Masked Men and Robbed
of Fifty Dollars-Ghouls Desc
crate a Grave at San Jose.

VANCOUVER (B. c., Aug. 31.-A
letter has been received from Henry
Behnson, who left here for the Yukon
via Slaguay with well-equipped par
ty in July. The party consisted Of
eight, but one grew faint-hearted un-
der the hardships, and returned. They
had reached the summit on August I'D,
and expected to arrive on Stewart
River before winter sets in. Dead
horses are reported along the trail, and
at one spot where thir party lost one
horse through falling over a precipice,
six horses were killed in the same day.
Two men were caught stealing and
were shot
Large numbers of people are turn
ing back, and outfits can be purchased
cheaply/but he advises no one to go
up depending on purchasing outfits. He
says horses are an absolute necessity.
Ex-Sergeant Haywood of the police
force here, who went up to Dawson
City in the spring, says in a letter that
God only knows what will become of
the crowds now heading this way"
AT the time of writing provisions were
very scarce in Dawson City, but
steamer is expected daily.
The SEATTLE SAILS
TACOMA, Aug. 31.-The steamer City
of Seattle sailed from here late to-
night for Skaguay and other Alaskan
points. She will carry north all told
115 horses, $50 tons of freight and 16O
passengers. She had accommodations
for 500 passengers, but was compelled
to refuse many horses offered for
Skaguay. Her freight space is well
filled.
MORE KLONDIKE GOLD COMING.
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.-The steamer
Cleveland is due to arrive here from
St. Michaels some time next week, be-
tween September 5th and 10th, and
there is reason to believe that her car
go of precious metal will far exceed in
value that brought by the Portland.
1t is said that the river steamer P. B.
Weare will reach st. Michaels in time
to transfer her valuable cargo to the
Cleveland. The North American
Transportation and Trading Company
have expected the Weare to bring
down the river all the surplus gold dust
that has accumulated at their stores
along the Yukon, and this treasure,
estimated at $75O,0OO, may come in on
the Cleveland.
KLONDIKE GOLD POOR STUFF.
NEW YORK, Aug 31.-Two lots of
gold from the Klondike, the first ever
received here, have been assayed at
the New York assay office in Wall
street. One lot, weighing 44.45 ounces,
assayed 749 per cent fine gold and
246 per cent. silver, which made the
value 15.4S an ounce. The other lot,
which weighed 1916 ounces, assayed
S201a fine gold and 174 silver, making
the value S16 95 an ounce. Superin-
tendent Mason says this Klondike gold
is poor stuff Ordinary California gold
assays $50 fine, SIT 80 an ounce
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MARGARET CRAVEN.
Will be Married To-day to a
Wealthy Brewer.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. - Miss
Margaret Craven, daughter of the de-
fendant in the Angus-Craven suit, who
claims a portion of the estate of the
late Senator Fair, is to be married to-
morrow to Henry Koehler, President
of the American Brewery Company OF
st. Louis.
Miss Craven is professional actress,
and is noted for her beauty. The groom
is 35 years old, and a millionaire. The
engagement was announced some time
ago, but was denied. 1t is now stated
that the wedding was postponed until
Miss Craven had testified in her moth
er's behalf This she did last week.
and tomorrow the marriage ceremony
will be performed by Rev. M. M. Glib
son of the First United Presbyterian
Church.
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BOMBAY, Aug. 31-Great relief is
felt in official circles here at the news
that the tribesmen who yesterday
blocked the Kohal Pass have been dis
persed. Colonel Gordon's column of
troops proceeded towards Kohal from
Peshawur this morning.
Dispatches received from Peshawur
say that all is quiet. Occasional shots
are exchanged between the advance
posts and insurgents.
A cavalry reconnaissance was made
at daybreak to-day in force so far as
the entrance of the Khyber Pass. with
out the discovery of the enemy.
The notorious Mullah of Haddah, who
has been at the bottom of great deal
of the present trouble, is said to have
refused to send assistance to the Afri-
dis.
The Dirs troops are all watching the
frontier The Mullah has been Joined
by large numbers Of tribesmen from
Afghan territory.
Disquieting news has been received
from Quetta. the British military post
in Beluch Island. The tribesmen have
assembled on the hills about the Mach
Muskafh- -Bolan Railroad in such num-
Der that the authorities nave Jele-
graphed to the governing officer ask
ing for reinforcements of artillery and
a heavy force of infantry. Other signs
of coming trouble in this region are
found in the flight into the territory
of the Ameer of Afghanistan of two
important chiefs, the heads Of the
Bungalasi and Sehri tribes. In addi-
tion. large bodies Of the population of
fishing villages with their families, are
crossing the border.
Two artillery Lascars and four coolies
who were working near the Harrar
Railroad, eight miles from Quetta, have
been killed by Ghazis.
MORE FIGHTING ANTICIPATED.
PESHAWUR, Aug. 31.-Khawaschan
one of the most influential Khans of the
Afridis, has joined the tribes in the
Khyber Pass. His house has been
seized by the authorities.
The Uhlan Pass, through which the
Peshawur column is trying to reach
Kohat, is reported to be strongly held
by Bazoulis. Heavy fighting is antici-
pated. There have been many sun
strokes among the different British col
umns operating against the enemy.
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LIME POINT BATTERY.
General Shafter Directed to Man
the Big Breech-Loading Rifles.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-General
Shafter commanding the Department
Of California, U. S. A, has been direct
ed by the Secretary Of War to station
troops at Lime Point to man the three
twelve-inch breech-loading rifles re-
Gently placed in position on Marin
Hights, opposite Fort Point. Until
regular barracks are provided, the
troops to garrison the new fort will be
detailed from the commands at the
Presidio Alcatraz and Angel Island.
The battery at Lime Point is regarded
as one of the most formidable in the
United States. 1t is on the bluff, 400
feet above the water, and commands
an ocean range of ten miles. Each
gun throws a solid steel projectile
weighing 1000 pounds
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DIR. BECK'S REMAINS.
No Likelihood That They VIII be
Removed to Minnesota

BENlCIA, Aug. 31-The Episcopal
Church vestrymen are much surprised
regarding the action of Bishop Nichol-
son of Minnesota in relation to the
removal of the body OF DR.. James
Lloyd Beck.
When Dr. Beck, who was a pioneer
of the Episcopal Church on this coast,
died in April, 1876, his wish was that
he should be buried in Benicia, and his
wishes were complied with by the
vestrymen. He is buried under the
chancel of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
a handsome building, costing over
$4,000, and there is a marble tablet
over his remains with an appropriate
eulogy, which was chosen oy his wife.
The vestrymen do not wish to have
the body removed and Bishop Graves
of the State, who is cOadjutOr with
Bishop Wingield, says that his body
shall not be removed, as it was left
as a legacy to this church, and should
be kept there.
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MUST BE DEPORTED.
Decision in the Case of Five Or
phans Arriving From Honolulu.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. - The
Board of Inquiry convened to-day by
immigration Commissioner Stradley to
inquire into the cases of the five or
phans who recently arrived from Hon
olulu on board the bark r. P. Rithet
decided that the children must be de-
ported, upon the ground that they are
liable to become public charges. An
opportunity will be given the Salvation
Army, however, to file bond guaran-
teeing that the orphans shall not be-
come public wards, the matter mean
while being submitted to the Secretary
of the Treasury for his decision.
T. T. Williams, acting for w. r.
Hearst, has offered to provide the
81, 500 bond required by the Govern
ment to prevent the deportation of the
children, and the matter has been re-
ferred to the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
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New Way to Light Matches.

A profitable monday pastime among
the gamins who frequent the vicinity
of the Reading Terminal never fails to
draw a large and interested crowd, says
the Philadelphia Press One of the
boys will lay ten matches in an even
row on the hard asphalt. The heads
of the matches all point the same way
and the matches are about an inch
apart Then the youngster swings a
cord on the end of which is fastened "a
piece of lead.
Swinging the cord rapidly he handles
it so deftly that he hits at will the head
of each match and sets it blazing. He
makes an agreement with the crowd
that if he succeeds in igniting in this
manner each of the ten matches with
out missing he is to have ten cents.
Usually the business men who watch
the performance are so well pleased
that the gamin gets considerably more
than a dime for his trouble and skill.
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SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY ROAD.
Good Progress Being Made in the
Extension Of the Line.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-Good
progress is being made by the San
Joaquin Valley Railway in the exten-
sion of it's line southerly, and a rich
wheat raising country is being opened
up. On the Hanford branch the tracks
have been laid across the Tule River,
and are now three miles south of that
point, and within two miles of the new
town of Angola, which lies five miles
east of Tulare Lake. 1t will form the
center of a new wheat cultivating dis
trict, as, in consequence of the building
Of the railroad, preparations are being
made to SOW a large amount of grain.
Warehouses for the reception Of the
cereal are going up or are in contem-
plation.
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British Seal Commissioners.

VICTORIA (B. g., Aug. 31.-Her ma
jesty's ship Amphion has arrived from
the Behring Sea, having On board Pro-
fessor Darcy Thompson, the British
Sealing Commissioner, and Professor
Macoun, the Canadian Commissioner,
who have. been studying seal life on the
islands. They both firmly declined to
discuss the sealing question, stating
that they could say nothing until their
reports had been submitted to their re-
spective Governments. In answer to a
direct question, Professor Thompson
said that Professor Jordan's branding
apparatus would have to speak for
itself
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CRITTENDEN DISCHARGED.
Judge Cook Finally Disposes of the
Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31-Judge
Cook finally disposed of the famous
case Of Attorney J. L. Crittenden, who
was fined $3.50 by Judge Slack for con-
tempt in having attempted to draw a
pistol IN the court room upon the oc-
casion when Emma Ashley shot at E.
j. Baldwin on July 2 1896, by order
ing that the petitioner be discharged
upon writ of habeas corpus to-day
Crittenden has been fighting Judge
Slack's decision in almost every de-
partment of the Superior Court upon
writs of habeas corpus ever since the
fine was imposed, but until to-day no
one OF Judge Slack's colleagues could
be found who would question his right
to adjudge the attorney guilty of con-
tempt.
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No Fortunes to he Made.

STOCKTON, Aug. 31.-Frank John
son, motorman on the city electric
road, returned to-day from a fruitless
trip in search of nuggets in Trinity
County. He advises those who are
thinking of going to Trinity to make for
tunes to stay at home According to
him, the only ones who have any show
to make stake" are those who farm
small tracts of land. and mine from
time to time when not farming.
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Crop Bulletin.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31.-The crop
bulletin prepared by Observer Franklin
for the week ending August Both is 5
follows: Thunder storms with rain oc-
CURED in the northern and eastern sec
tions the first of the week, but very lit
tie damage was done to drying fruits.
Bean cutting and threshing progresses
favorably. Warm weather ripened
fruit fast. Early peaches are nearly all
dried. Prune drying has begun, with
a light crop. Raisin grapes are matur-
ing fast.
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R.aiIrnad Agent Rohhed.

PLACERVILLE, Aug. 31.-The agent
of the Diamond depot, upon the Placer
vile and Sacramento Railroad was rob
Der of $50 tonight at about o'clock
by two masked men. Each weighed
about $50 pounds, and on leaving the
station they took a westerly direction.
This is the second robbery of the agent
at that station within the past year.
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Newspaper Change.

SEATTLE, Aug 81. - The Seattle
"Post- t-Intelligencer" changes ownership
tomorrow morning. George u. Piper,
having purchased a controlling interest
in the paper, assumes control as gem
era1 manager. James D. Hoge, Jr., re-
firing. Mr.. Piper announces that the
paper will remain Republican in poll
tics. Edgar B. Piper now of the
"Oregonian," will, on October 1st, as
sumo the position of editor.
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The presentation will be made on
Thursday next at Mare Island, where
the Wheeling is receiving her arma-
ment.
The party is headed by Congressman
D. B. Dovenor and Warren Miller, and
includes Mayor J. r. Butts, several
members of the City Council, County
Commissioners and other prominent Of
ficlals and citizens of West Virginia
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Child Burned to Death.

FORT WINGATE On. NJ, Aug. 81
While playing with matches in an old
outbuilding used as a storehouse, little
Alice Winstone and Harry Arnold aged
3 and years, set fire to a can of oil,
causing an explosion. Alice was burned
to a charred and unrecognizable mass.
Harry was badly burned about the
head, and will probably die.
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Decided Against the Bank.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31-Judge
Sewell in the Superior Court to-day
rendered an opinion in the suit Of the
First National Bank of San Francisco
to recover SS,490 paid under protest
for taxes on personal property. The
bank officials claimed that under the
National Banking Act the State has no
authority to levy taxes on the per-
sonal property of national banks. Judge
Sewell held adversely to that claim. He
construed the law exempting national
banks from paying taxes on personal
property to apply only to the stock
of the banks
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HudeIson Wins the Suit.

OAKLAND, Aug. 31.-The Rev. Ben
jamin f. Hudelson has won the suit
brought by Cora Webster, the alleged
Mrs Millie HudelsOn, to establish her
self as his common law wife. Judge
Ellsworth to-day decided against the
woman on all points, declaring that
even had a marriage been established,
it would have been void as bigamous, as
the so-called spouse was the wife of
James T. Johnson at the time she
claimed to be the wife of dudefson.
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Want a PostoMoe.

STOCKTON, Aug. 31.-Residents of
the City Homestead, an addition to
Stockton on the south, are moving for
the establishment of a Postoffice there,
as it is too important a residence and
business center to depend on Stockton
for mail facilities. The same action is
being taken by the residents of Fair
Oaks, east of the city
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A CLASH EXPECTED.
Trouble Over the Control of the
Public School at Spring Valley.

SPRING VALLEY Ol), Aug. 81
Trouble is expected here tomorrow
with the opening of the public schools.
Two sets of teachers have been en-
gagged, and both win attempt to teach.
The factions of the Board of Education
are punching their respective teachers,
and each side expects to be on the
ground early tomorrow morning to see
that there is no interference from the
other side A clash can hardly be
avoided.
The fight dates back to the spring
election. At that time the Spring Val
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LOS ANGELES. Aug. 31.-There was
q fight in the chaingang to-day which
may result fatally. Frank Kohler and
Mike Wilson, members of the gang,
were at work shoveling dirt into a
wagon. They became involved in a
quarrel and Wilson struck < ohler over
the head with a shovel, fracturing his
skull. The injured mans condition is
extremely critical.
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Afraid of a Klondike Winter.

STOCKTON, Aug. 81. = Three weeks
ago three Stocktonians started for
Klondike by way of skaguay. To-day
one returned to his family, another
came back to Victoria for the winter.
and the third. Frank Buffers, passed
on over the Chilcoot Pass. The men
went together as far as Lake Bennett.
but the two who turned back feared
the winter. Their picture of the out
look for the stragglers on the trails
is dark.
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GHOULS AT SAN JOSE.
Dissertation of the Tomb of the
Late Mrs. DR.. Spranyer.

SAN JOSE, Aug. 31.-The vault in
Oak Hill Cemetery, owned by the Crib
ner family, was broken open last night
and the big marble slab over the coffin
containing the remains of the late Mrs
DR.. Spranger was torn from its place
in the solid cement and masonry.
The body was not disturbed, though