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FAIR ESTATE CONTEST.
TlrS. Craven Makes Grave Charges
Against Attorneys.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-When
the trial of the Angus-Craven case was
resumed this morning Mrs. Craven
made some grave charges against At
torneys Lloyd and Wheeler of counsel
for the Fair heirs. She practically ac-
cused them of having endeavored to in
duce her to testify to a state of facts
which had no foundation in truth. She
insisted that during an interview with
Attorney Lloyd, when she was being
coached as to her testimony with ref
erence to the deeds, that astute law
yer suggested that she should testify
that her claim against the Fair estate
had been settled, although she had not
yet received the promised $500 900 con-
ditional upon the surrender of the doc
uments which she held
After this testimony Mrs. Craven
became so faint that she was compelled
to retire from the courtroom for ten
minutes, but on reSuming her testi-
mOny she gave her reasons for not
having shown the deeds to these attor-
neys, among them being the assurance
from Mr.. Wheeler that if the trust
clause in the will offered for probate
could be invalidated the pencil will
could be put through without difficulty
and she could then perform her part of
the contract at any time.
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LOST HIS PLACE.
When Lawyers Say They Are Dead
Office Bows Must Discriminate.

One of the busiest lawyers in the Roe
building, in St. Louis hired new Of
flee boy a few days ago. He was in the
habit Of using rather drastic remarks
to his old office boy, who understood
the boss to be a "jollier'' and knew
Just how to take him. Not so the new
conner, says the Republic"
One day last week the lawyer had
an unusually important brief to pre-
pare. and when he had been interrupt
ed by q. dozen or more callers he jump
ed and exclaimed:
I'm going to get out of this, Johnnie!
If any more people come I don't want
to see them"
what shall 1 tell emp asked John
ME
Tell m anything! Tell 'em that am
dead" shouted the Roe building man
as he slammed the door
Johnnie took him at his word. He
wasn't a brilliant fellow at best, and
as he was new he thought the boss
meant just what he said.
1t wasn't three minutes before in
walked a lady, whom Johnnie had new
er seen before. She asked for the law
yer
He isn't here any more" said john
ME.
mot here any more?" repeated the
lady with surprise. Where is hep"
Hes dead!" blurted out Johnnie
carelessly.
''Dead?" shrieked the woman, pite-
ously.
Yes, ma'am, dead" reiterated John
Jiol ffa:c
"Oh, mercy" sobbed the lady, and
then fell in dead faint on the floor
Johnnie rushed out and called for
help. Two men from the next office
came in. They sent for doctor, and
when the woman was restored to con-
sciousness she asked particulars about
her husbands death. They knew moth
ing Of it, and Johnnie had disappeared.
She was taken home in a carriage, ac-
companied by one of her husbands col
leagues from the building
Imagine her surprise when she reach
ed home and found her husband seated
at his desk in his library preparing a
brief
Suffice to say that Johnnie is office
boy no longer in the office of the man
who expects the lad he hires to have
a sense Of humor He sent for the
old boy and raised his wages. and john
ME is looking for a place where he is
not in danger of misunderstanding his
boss, to the great distress of his fam
lily.
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SAN DIEGO LAND COMPANY.
A Complaint Filed in Intervention
Before Judge Welborn.

LOS ANGELES, June PA most
sensational complaint has been filed in
the form of a bill in intervention in the
case of Mandell VS.. the San Diego Land
and Town Company, which came up
to-day on a motion before Judge Well
born to allow proceedings under it,
which the court took under considera-
ton.
The intervenors are George H Hill
and Frank Kimball, stockholders in the
company. They allege a scheme on
the part of the officers to defraud the
stockholders other than themselves,
and to get control of the property of
the concern at one-third of it's value,
which, it is alleged, will give them a
profit of two million dollars
The officials are all men of note in
the financial world, B. P. Cheney, Jr..
being President. Many of them are
interested in the Santa Fe Railway sys-
tenn, which it is said in the boom days
was largely interested in the town COM
pany.
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Captain-General Weyler's Rule in the
Island Very Unsatisfactory.
Want Him Replaced by Governor
Who Will Conduct the War in Ac-
cordance With Civilized Practices,
and Stop the Reign of Terror Ex-
listing in the Island.

LONDON, June 21.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Times says: The
Spanish Liberals have adopted an at
titude which viii probably create a
profound sensation both here and in
the United States, but which is little
calculated to improve the situation
AT a meeting of ex-Ministers Of the
Liberal party on Sunday, Senior Sagasta
made an energetic speech, denouncing
the home and foreign policy of the
Premier and his conduct during the
recent crisis, which Sagasta insisted
had led the people to crlt1clSe the de-
cision of the crown.
The meeting resolved to issue man.
ifesto declaring that the Liberals would
persist in abstaining from all relations
with the Government so long as the
Duke of Tetuan is retained in the CAP
met The manifesto viii also assert
that the Liberals were the authors of
the first colonial reform scheme IN
1894, but curtailed it in 1895, in order
to obtain the support of the Conserva-
tives.
The manifesto will characterize the
proposed reforms of CanovaS as mad
equate, and suggest the replacement
of Captain-Genera1 Weyler by a Gov
ernor who viii continue the war IN
accordance with civilized practices; the
stopping the reign of terror and dew
astation of property in Cuba, and the
appointment Of a civilian as Royal
Commissioner, with full powers, dis
tinct from the military authorities, TO
execute reforms of the widest auton-
orny in political. administrative, eco
nomical, tariff and Legislative matters
compatible with the preservation OF
the imperial sovereignty.
The manifesto will promise to go very
far in the direction of a sacrifice of
Spanish commercial interests, and of
sharing the burden of colonial war
debts, in order to secure peace
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before. He kept up his interest in busi-
ness so long as his strength held out
Mr.. Blair is said to be worth $50, ,0OO.-
600. He was born in 1902 on farm in
Belvidere, N. J. He began his business
career by working in a store. He went
into banking and then cotton manufac-
turing and the produce business, and
in everything he engaged he seemed to
be successful. He bought Scranton coal
stock, and was connected with the Del
aware and Lackawana, and was asso-
ciated with Oakes Ames in the Union
Pacific. AT one time he was President
of twenty railroads and improvement
companies in the West.
In 1866 his friends of New Jersey per-
suaded him to run for Governor. he
spent about 5000 in the campaign and
was defeated. He has given more than
half a million to Blair College. He gave
500, 600 each to Princeton and Lafayette
He rebuilt Grinnell College, Ia, when
it was blown down by a cyclone. Hun
dreds of other institutions have been
helped by him.
MI Blair is a widower, with two liv-
ing children. His daughter married
Charles Scribner, head of the publishing
house.
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IN THE SECOND ROUND.
Tommy Ryan Knocks Out Tom Will
ianlS at Syracuse.

SYRACUSE IN. " June 21.-Tommy
Ryan knocked out Tom Williams, cham
pion welterweiGht of Australia, in the
first minute Of the second round of their
fight before the Empire Athletic Club
tonight.
The Australian started in to rush mat
ters in the first round, and Ryan con-
tented himself with ducking and side
stepping until the latter part Of the
round, when he drove right to the body
that sent his man staggering against
the ropes.
In the second round Ryan started in
from the first to mix matters and landed
rights and lefts on the face and body.
Williams dropped to his knees three
times to avoid punishment and when he
got UP, Ryan jabbed him right to the
heart and then hooked his left on the
temple. Williams dropped like a log and
was counted out.
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LIKE ONE POSSESSED.
AS 1t Was in Early Days, SO Is 1t
Even at the Present.

Hath the woman a demon? Me-
thinks she conducts herself not with
the quietude and decorum that becomes
one Of her years.
''Of what speakest thou. stranger?
The woman hath not a demon; she is
a good housewife and the mother OF
children
''Whyfore then continually reacheth
she forth her arms and clappeth with
her hands?"
Thou art thyself possessed. This is
a noble woman; seenly and gracious" 3"
ALAS, then, that I should have seen
it, that with my eyes. | should have
beheld it! This woman. which is called
seemly and gracious, truly have I seen
her HE herself to and fro with un-
gracious speed in her own dwelling, in
the house where she abideth, and yet
as she hastened reached she forward
with her hands, bringing them with
vehemence together. Meanwhile on that
face, which should be lighted only with
goodness and mercy, rested look of
uneasy longing like unto that of a baf-
fed demon.
"Also, and behold I speak only the
truth of that which my eyes have seeni
And have seen that this woman, be-
ing alone, believing in herself that the
eyes of no man We're upon her, hath
knelt down suddenly upon her knees
in a dim corner, elapped she then only
once with her hands, and again rising
to her feet, was her face as the face
of one who has held communion with
good spirits. And yet she had not the
space of time kneeling for devotions." "
"Ah, now speakest thou plainly; now
speakest thou in no riddles. Said l
not that this woman was a good house
wife and the mother of children?
Hast thou not seen that as the wo-
man fastened forward clapping with
her hands, there fed ever before her a
small winged insect? 1t is the miller,
which the people do call moth, which
waiteth ever, with savage hunger,
for that which it may devour.
''The woman will not that the gar
ments which she and her maids with
so great care have labored upon be
eaten by this voracious animal. With
much labor preserveth she the gar
ments of her husband and of her chill
dren and ever with great diligence chas-
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DEATH AT SANTA ROSA.
A Prominent Lady of the Sonoma
County CITY Passes AWAY.

SANTA ROSA, June 21-This morn
ing one Of the most prominent and
widely known ladies in Sonoma County
died at her home in Santa Rosa in the
person of Mrs. Sarah Ann Juilliard,
wife of c. f. Juilliard. She was the
mother of Major L. W. Juilliard of the
Fifth Regiment n. G. c.; Mrs. n. l..
Mcdonald, Jr., and Fred A. Juilliard
of New York. She was a cousin of
Justice A. A. Moore Of Oakland. The de-
ceased lady was a native of Springfield,
o. She came to California with an en-
igrant train in 1853 across the plains
with OK teams. She settled first in
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Trouble i'm BiIIviIIe.

Some of the Billville PHYSICIANS are in
trouble. The County Medical Board
has decided to haul them over the
Goals" on the following charges:
1. Saving mans leg off in front of
window that opened on the street.
2. Attending a man run over by
train, in the presence of 100 spectators.
). Attending sick newspaper man
when they knew he would mention the
act as soon as he got well.
4. Advertising in newspaper that
they had moved their offices to John
sons corner, three blocks from the
cemetery.
). For telling editor of newspaper
that medical science was advancing
and that they had their hands full (of
biIs).
8. For general unprofessional con-
duct under above stipuiations. And
may the Lord have mercy on them!-
Atlanta Constitution
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CHARGED WITH VAGRANCY.
A Creole Arrested at the City of
Stockton.

STOCKTON, June 21.-A creole, aged
about 30 years, who gave the name of
Ellen Stewart, was arrested to-day on a
charge of vagrancy She had been an
inmate of a disorderly house for sew
eral days. In the Police Court she
showed great grief over her situation,
and fell in an epileptic fit. She said she
was a married woman, and came here
from San Francisco to find work, leaving
her husband and children there. Her
husband compelled her to give him her
earnings made in washing and ironing,
and she tried to find work here. but
failed, and then went the downward
path. She was ordered to appear to-
morrow, but may not.
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ISABELLA MURPHY'S ESTATE.
Legal Battle Begun at San Fran
cisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The
heirs of the late Isabella M M. Muir
ply, who died suddenly in England last
March, commenced a legal battle over
her estate to-day in the shape of a con-
test to her will, which is dated March
23 1891. By it's terms the deceased
bequeathed all her property to her sis
ters, Mrs. Helen Dominguez and Miss
Frances j. Murphy, but the other heirs,
Lady Ann T. Woolsey, a sister: Samuel
]. and Daniel T. Murphy, brothers, and
Eugene B. and Charles Murphy, neph-
ews, claim that said will was not the
last viii and testament of the deced-
ent, and offer for probate another dated
November 90 1896, by the terms of
which the whole estate is bequeathed
to Rev. w. J. Smullen of St. Helens
Onger, in Essex, England, whom they
allege has renounced all claim to the
estate in favor of the rightful heirs.
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TOSSED UP A COIN.
An Odd Way of Selecting the Princi-
pal of School.

STOCKTON, June 21.-An odd way
of selecting a Principal Of district
school was tried in the Homestead dis
trict just south of this city to-day,
when the three Trustees failed to agree
on one of two men, tossed up a quar-
ter for heads OF tails. and elected the
Principal on the result of the toss. The
lucky man, who will get the $50 job, is
named Condit, and recently came from
lone, where he had charge of a school.
Three other teachers were elected, but
the only one selected by chance was
the Principal. He was Secretary of
the 7. NJ. c. A. here before he went to
lone, but it is said that he will not de-
cline to take the position because it
was Won by Tipping a quarter.
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ORIENTAL GOODS.
Big Cargoes Being Rushed to San
Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-The ex-
pectation of a new tariff law in early
operation has resulted in the rushing
of big cargoes of oriental goods to this
port The regular steamers are carry
ing all the freight that can be slowed
in them. Recently the British freight
steamers Glenavon and Hupeh arrived
under charter, the Cluden came to-day,
and the Glenshiel is on the way and
will be due here in a week. All but
the Hupeh are under Pacific Mail char
ter.
These four steamers have a joint ca
pacity of nearly 10000 tons, and that
amount of freight brought here in a
period of three weeks is in excess of
the regular carrying trade Of the Pa
cific Mail Company's line steamers.
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DIED IN POVERTY.
A Woman Who at One Time Owned
Vast Acres of Land.

LOS ANGELES, June 21-Mrs. An
drew Palestine De Lugo died Sunday
at the age of rs years, death being
caused by ills incident to old age. Mrs.
De Lugo and her husband, who died
in 1891, We're famed far and wide as
the owners of the great LIE Lugo
ranch of $4,000 acres, and which
stretched from the mountains to the
sea and from river to river, the rivers
being the Los Angeles and San Gabriel
streams. 1t originally included what
is now the suburbs of Downey. The
great fortune of lands and money was
dlssipated by one means or another
and at the time of the old lady's death
she was quite poor.
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Her Bondsmen Surrender Her to the
Police Officials.
Mrs. Craven Takes Serious Charges
Against Attorneys Connected
With the Fair Will Case-ACCuSeS
Them of Having EndeavOred to In
duce Her to Testify to State Of
Facts Which Had No Foundation of
Truth,


Keating, the most notorious female
piel1pocket in the city, who has been
wanted by the police for some time
past, was this morning surrendered in
to custody by her bondsmen. She was
arrested several months since on a
charge Of grand larceny, and held by
Judge Conlan to answer before the Su-
perior Court on $4,000 bail. Her case
has been called twice in the upper
court but she never could be found.
Her bondsmen finally located her, and
lost no time in putting her behind the
bars
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A MILLIONAIRE DYING.
Said to be the WeaIthiest rlan in New
Jersey.

NEW YORK, June 21-John I. Blair,
New Jerseys greatest and most gener-
Gus millionaire, is dying. For months
he has been in delicate health, and the
end is not far off.
A trained nurse is in constant attend
ance upon him. He spends most of his
time in bed. But he has well days" as
he good-naturedly calls them, when he
is able to sit for a short time in his IA
vorite chair on the porch of his house
at Blairstown, n. J. These are followed
by dangerous sinking spells, during
which it is very difficult to keep him
from dying.
Mr.. Blair will be 50 years old on Au-
gust 22d, if death does not claim him
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Girl Convicted of Larceny.

ALAMEDA, June 21.-Alma Fallmer,
10 years old, has been convicted of
theft and ordered sent to the State re-
formatory at Whittier. From the bot
tom of a mortar box in Alameda she
took an old plank with which to build
a play house She was convicted to-
day Of petit larceny. before Judge
Greene, and now she is behind the bars
of the County Jail awaiting her re-
moval to the Reform School.
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Her Money Was Gone.

STOCKTON, June 21-Mrs. Bouche,
an old lady living here, went to San
Francisco several days ago and buried
$500 in twenty-dollar pieces in a can
under her house while she was away.
While in San Francisco she dreamed
the house had burned down and the
money had been stolen. She became
anxious and came home. where she
found the house standing, but when
she searched for the money it was gone.
She reported the theft to the police,
but the money has not been recovered.
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The DauntiesS Disabled.

KEY WEST (FYa), June 21.-The
revenue cutter NJ c. Lane arrived here
this evening with the tug Dauntless in
tow, having found her off Indian Key.
The Dauntless was disabled, having
blown out the tubes of her boiler. The
tug George w. Childs, which left here
mysteriously yesterday, also returned
tonight with the cutter Forward. The
crew Of the Dauntless could not be
seen tonight. The crew of the Childs
have nothing to say, except that they
have not been to the Dauntless. 1t
is reported that the Dauntless was on
her way to Cuba
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SAN JOSE, June 21-The second trial
of the contest OF the will Of Edward
Barron, deceased, by George Barron,
his son, has been set for October list.
The contestant was left the income on
100000 for life. In the first suit he
got the verdict, breaking the will, which
would give him about $3.50, 900. The
proponents asked for a new trial, and
it was granted and the case has now
been set
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Lamont to be President. q.

NEW YORK, June Pit was ru-
mored in Wall street to-day that oe-
cision had been reached in regard to
the Presidency of the Northern Pacific,
and that the announcement would be
made soon. 1t was said that the origi-
nal programme will be carried out and
that Mr. Lamont will pe elected. At
the office of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co.
and the Northern Pacific offices it was
said there was no definite statement
to be made
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IT'S Often Thus.

Billings-I heard Jameson make a
statement yesterday that surprised me
very much. He said he didn't have
dollars worth Of property in the world.
Tompkins-Were you alone with him
at the time?
Billings-No, we were in a crowded
street car.
Tompkins--I thought so. He was
probably sitting next to a tax assessor.
Cleveland Leader.
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Iuh;Iee Celebration at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.-The
third local celebration of the Victorian
Jubilee took place to-day under the
auspices of the Sons and Daughters OIL
St. George. Part of the day was de-
voted to literary exercises, followed by
outdoor sports during the afternoon
and a ball, banquet and fireworks IN
the evening. The exercises this after
noon were preceded by royal salute
of twenty-one guns and fanfare OF
trumpets, after which the audience
sang God Save the Queen" Addresses
were made by Charles w. Pope, Ed
ward Oliver and Rev. Josiah Sims of
Npva69
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Identified as a Bank Robber.

EVANSTON CWyo), June 21.-Bob
Meeks, who was arrested here last
Tuesday for completely in the Fort
Bridger store and postoffice robbery,
was positively identified to-day by A.
n Mcintosh, Cashier of the Bank of
Montpelier Idaho, as one of the three
men who robbed that bank of 81 900 on
August 18th of last year, and he will
be delivered at Montpelier by Sheriff
Ward tomorrow. Rumors are cur
rent here that Meeks will be rescued
on the way to Montpelier, but Sheriff
Ward is confident that he can deliver
the man in Idaho tomorrow.
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Will Contest Compromised.

OAKLAND, June 21.-Mrs. l.. Kirk
ham Yarde-Buller has made truce
with the Kirkhams. her Oakland rela-
tiyes. and all the contest over the r1ch
estate of her father is at an end Ior
the present. She has accepted tehder
of 5000 a month in settlement OF demands
to date With the financial dlfhcultles
adjusted she will now give her atten-
ton to the procuring of an American dl-
vorce from her English husband, waiter
Yarde- Butler, second son of the Eari
of Churston. a matter in which the
English courts proved unaccommodat-
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Quit in the Third Round.

NEW YORK, June 21-Five hundred
persons went to see Young Griffo of
Australia and Tommy Ryan of Phila-
delphia box ten rounds at catch weights
before the Grand Point Athletic Club,
Brooklyn, tonight. Critic. who had
spent the last eleven months in prison,
made a very poor showing against the
clever young Philadelphian, and sur
prised the spectators by quitting in
the third round
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Soldiers Home.

LOS ANGELES, June 21.-The Board
OF Managers of the National Soldiers
Home is expected here tomorrow or
their way to inspect the Santa Monica
Home. Adjutant-General A. w. Bar
rett is here from Sacramento to well
come the visitors. General Barrett
says Colonel Smith from Leavenworth
will probably succeed Colonel Rowland
as commandant of the Home about
July 1st.
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San Diego Normal School

SAN DIEGO. June 21.-A President OF
the Normal School to be located in this
city will be chosen at a meeting of the
Normal School Directors, which will be
held at San Jose next Friday. The can
didateS thus far for the position are:
Professor H. j. Baldwin of Coronado,
Professor Kirk of San Bernardino and
Professor Meredith of AZusa
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Nevada Odd Fellows.

ELKO, June 21.-At the Grand En-
campment of Odd Fellows of Nevada
conference here to-day the following
Grand Officers for the ensuing year were
elected. w H Trathen, Patriarch;
Jacob Egers, High Priest; j. j. Baird,
Senior Warden; l.. Gurgenhein, Scribe;
J. J. Becker, Treasurer; J. x. Batchel-
der, Junior Warden; w. w. Booher,
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keffeV Gets Six r1Ouths

ley was this afternoon sentenced by
Judge Wellborn of the Federal District
Court to pay fine of 81 and to six
months Imprisonment in the County
Jail for illegal use of the mails. Kelly
advertised to sell six yards of silk for
dollar, and sent to confiding purchas-
ers six yards of silk thread.
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Alameda Big County Show.

OAKLAND, June 2.-President Nc
Kinley will touch the button and open
the Oakland exposition on July 9th.
The directors received word to-day
from Washington that the President
had accepted their invitation to for
mally inaugurate Alameda County's big
show Arrangements will be made
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company. by which direct connection
will be made with the White House
and the exposition building.