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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1897-09-11

The increase in the production Of gold
over 1895 10 shown to have been s6,47S,.
600 while tho production Of silver shows
sn increase Of 81. OILS. 900.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
WILLIE HEARST-"They say I soft mark Just me"

horses could do to reach the tank, but in
seven or eight minutes 700 feet of hose
was stretched across the field. Some time
ago Mr.. McKittrick had tixeded a gar
dener's water-tank near Silver avenue, so
that it could be used in case of fire in
the Hebrew Old Peoples Home, and to
this tank he sent engine 13. Over 1900 feet
of hose was run out before the fire was
reached.
While this was being done the fire had
made It's way into the one-and- a. half-story
cottage owned by Mrs. Frederick Munk
at 80 Francis street. The water arrived
none too soon, for the side and roof of the
building was ablaze when the fremeu
turned the two streams upon the struc-
ture. The damage to this building was
about $500. The other buildings were by
this time burned to the ground. Had
there been any wind from the west several
other buildings on the surrounding streets
would have suffered the same fate before
the engines could have arrived and got
into operation.
The people who were burned out of
their homes can i'll afford the loss they
sustained, and it is said that several were
obliged to accept help and sheher from
their neighbors. Those who saw the fire.
men at work under such great difficulties
state that they did all that men could in
their efforts to save property.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
OHILDREN'S FRIENDS.
Monthly Meeting of the Directors CT
the Society Held

Monthly Meeting of the Directors CT
the Society Held.
The monthly meeting of the Society of
Prevention of Cruelty to Children was
held at the office of III. n. Newhall e.
Sons on Sansome street yesterday after
noon.
P. B. Flint was elected chairman, after
which Charles Sonntag was chosen presi-
dent and George A. Newhall treasurer.
The election of the secretary went over
until the next meeting.
Aletter was read from Senator George
c. Perkins thanking the society for honor
ing him with the office of ce-president; !;
lso from Joe D. Grant, enclosing a check
for two years dues.
A motion was carried instIuctlng Secre-
tary Charles p. Welsh to notify the COL
lector to turn in all subscriptions as soon
as received.
The secretary's report showed the work
done by the society during the past year
In this City and Alameda County. In
San francisco there were 1l6 complaints
made, 95 of which were investigated, in
volving 208 children. Eight cases were
prosecuted in the courts. in four of which
there were convictions. Forty-two chif-
dren were returned to their parents, thirty
seven placed in public institutions, ten in
private families ana sixteen placed under
guardianship. In Alameda County there
were twenty-four com plants m ade, thir-
teen of which were Investigated, involv-
ing twenty children. One arrest was
had and conviction secured.
The names of thirty-nine new members
recently elected were ordered placed on
the mem bers roll.
The treasurer's report showed healthy
financial condition of the society.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
KNEW THAT He
WAS IN FUNDS
The AssailantS Of Old Rod
ger O'Connor Were
Posted.
A Stranger Proposed to Sell
HIN a Fat Political
Position.
No Inquiries Made By the Police in
R lation to the Crime-0'Connor
Is Improving,

The murderous assault of masked rob-
bers on old Rodger O. Connor, which took
place at his cottage, 50S st. Rose avenue,
on Monday afternoon, is beginning to de-
velop into a mysterious crime.
1t now transpires that several days pre-
vious to the assault MI. O'Connor met a
man on Larkln street who accested him
by name and began a friendly converse
ton.
O'Connor did not know the man, but
the stranger seemed familiar with his his
tory and in short time volunteered the
information that political jobs were easy
to get if the method was only known. He
said that he was friend and employe OF
a newly elected City off :ial and that for
the consideration of 500 he could procure
Mr.. O'Connor a fat job in the City en-
ploy that would last a couple of years at
least.
The old man with the pleasant garrulity
that comes of old age confided taat he
had recently drawn $500 out of the
Hibernia Bank, and made an engagement
to meet his new-founi friend the next day
to talk the matter over.
The stranger gained other Inform alton
about O'Connor's residence and the fact
that he lived alone in his little home.
The stranger did not keep the appoint
ment made for the next afternoon; though
OConnor waited for several hours after
the time that had been agreed upon.
Then came the assault, with its disas-
trous consequences to O'Connor. His
brother, Martin OConnor, after learning
of the conversation with the stranger has
come to the conclusion that some one,
learning that his brother had drawn the
money from the bank, planned to get it
under the gulse of procuring the old man
fat political job, and fearing that his
plan would miscarry. concocted the
scheme of the robbery, knowing that little
resistance would be encountered.
Martin O'Connor, when seen last even
ing, seemed surprised that the police had
not evinced more interest in the case. He
stated that outside OF the visit of Police
man Pyle no one connected with the po-
lice force had called 10 gain any particu-
lars of the assault or learn of his brother s
condition.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
FIRED THREE SHOTS.
Richard Hughes, Teamster, Wounded
by Martin Johansen,
Sailor.

Richard Hughes, teamster living at
2l9 Powell street. was taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital last night to have three
bullet wounds attended to by Dr. Hartley
Hughes and his wife and brother Albert
were walking along Fifth str ct about s
o'clock when one of them stumbled against
Martin Johansen, a sailor, at the corner
of Natoma street. A fight followed and
Johansen drew a revolver and fired three
shots, one taking effect in R chard's left
shoulder, another on his right wrist and
the third in his left arm. Johansen pulled
the trigger again, but il snapped. Police
man Say happened along and placed Jo-
hansen under arrest on the charge of
assault 10 murder.
Johansen sal he was on his way to the
Metropolitan Temple with two friends,
Charles Stolen and Eric Erickson, who
live at $50 Howard street. Without any
warning he was KNOCKED down by blow
on his head from behind. He jumped to
his feet and. thinking he had been at
tackled by footpads, he pulled out his
revolver and fired at the n IN he thought
had knocked him down. He never saw
the man before. He has a cut on the
back OF his head to prove that he had
been attacked.
While Hughes was being conveyed to
the hospital the axle of one OF the wheels
ct the patrol wagon broke at Market and
Eighth streets and he had to be carried
to the hospital on a stretcher. The
wounds are not serious.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

bush was in reminiscent mood and re-
minded him that he, the witness, had
known his first wife. He said: 81 shall
never marry again. Who would marry
me? Certainly no one, except for my
money" Mrs. Abbott was present at the
time, but made no remonstrance when
the remark was made. This occurred in
1892, three years after the alleged mar
riage.
The case will 90 on again at 10 o'clock
this morning, and. as usual, Judge Sea-
wells courtroom will be crowded with
gray-haired men and women who are in
terested in the love-making of this vener-
able lady who confesses to 50 summers
and this old gentleman who sis rising 76."
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
BURNED OUT Of
THEIR HOMES
Three Houses on Mission
Street Consumed by
Flames.
A Narrow Escape for Mrs. F.
Munk's Dwelling From
a Similar Fate.
Water Was Obtained From Two
Tanks a Very Long Distance
From the Blaze.

A serious fire, causing the total destruc-
tion of three dwellings and the partial de-
struction of the fourth occurred little
after O'Clock yesterday morning, close to
the Mission road, near Silver avenue.
Four or five families were rendered home
less and about $4,000 worth of property was
destroyed.
The fire started in the residence of Louis
Meter, at % Francis street, which inter
sects Mission street or Mission road at the
1900 block and runs toward the west. The
house was a one-story frame, owned by a
Mrs. Pratt. Mr.. Meter arose little af-
ter o'clock and started the fire IN the
kitchen stove. He went out to attend to
his poultry and Mrs Meter a little later
observed that the west end of the house.
was full of smoke. She called her hus-
band, but before he arrived the entire side
and roof burst into flames. Every effort
was made to save the building but the
fire had too much headway and the neigh
bors were unable to make any impress ion
upon the blaze with their buckets of water
drawn from spring near by.
There was scarcely breath of wind, but
slowly and surely the building was burned
to the ground, and only a part of the
furniture and personal effects of the family
were saved, as the most of the. efforts were
directed to The futile attempt to save the
house. The loss was about $1,000.
In the meantime, DR.. Terrello teie-
phoned from the drugstore on Silver
avenue to District Engineer E. +. McKitt-
rick at engine 13, on Valencia street, near
Twenty-sixth. McKittrick in turn tele-
phoned 10 Ocean View to start out engine
33, while at the same time he ordered l3
to proceed to the fire. Engine 13 had two
miles to travel, while tbe Ocean View
steamer had to cover three miles of roads
that were none the better from the last
rains
While the engines were on the way there
the fire had obtained strong hold on the
two adjoining buildings. At 26 Francis
street was the one-story frame cottage
owned and occupied by Mrs. F. w. Mer-
ritt In short time it was sll ablaze
from foundation to roof. There was suffi-
cient time TO spsre to get the furniture
out of the house, but the latter was
doomed. Mrs. Merritt's loss was over
$1,000.
On the other side of the Meter dwelling
was the two-story dwelling and junkshop
of Mrs. Bertha Wolch, whose husband
runs iunk-wagon. The fire made great
PROCESS and in little while this building,
too. was burned to the ground with some
of its contents, causing loss of about
$500.
In the meantime the two engine CON-
panies had arrived after giving the horses
very hard run. District Engineer Nc
Kittrick knew that he was badly handi-
capped, for there are no water hydrants in
that locality. and the nearest water was in
two tanks used by the vegetable gar
deners. He sent engine 80 10 tank away
down in a pIowed field. Il was all the
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
RISING RIVERS,
The Sacramento Likely to Overflow 1t
Banks Shortly.

Ihe Sacramento Likely to Overflow Its
Banks Shortly.
Forecast Official w. H Harmon has
issued the following bulletin regarding
the effects of the recent rainfall in the in.
terror:
The rainfall of the past three DAYS has
caused rapid rise in the Sacramento River
At Redding the river is 80 feet, rise of l. 4
feet since last evening. 1t will reach it's crest
OF about ieet to-oay- AT Red Bluff the stage
is 1877 feet, fall of 2. 8 feet since last night
II will remain nearly stationary. At Coiusa
the river is 23 feet. rise of II feet since
last evening. 1t will reach its crest of about
"a feet tonight.
The Feather River at Oroville stands at 10
feet, fall OF 2 feet during the night. 1t will
continue to fall At Marysville the stage is
10 feet, rise of IA feet during the night. 1t
has nearly reached its crest
The American River at Folsom reached its
crest of % teet during the night, and has now
fallen to II feet 1t will continue to fall
The river between ColuSa and Sacramento
will overflow during the next two days. At
Sacramento the stage is now 20.S feet, rise of
rs eet since yesterday. 1t will proba ply con-
tinue to rise slowly until Thursday. But the
condition of the levees above the city will
probably not admit of the stage exceeding %
or % feet
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
NO MORE INTERPRETERS.
Mayor Phelan Says There Will Be N
Special Translator of Spanish

Mayor Phelan Says There Will BE No
Special Translator of Spanish.
There may be some readjustment of in
terpreters in the criminal courts. Judge
Low yesterday conferred with Mayor
Phelan on the subject of Spanish inter-
pretation. Mr.. Marchebout was recently
appointed interpreter of French and
Spanish by the commission to name in
terpreters. Judge Low found that Mr..
Marchebout could not interpret Spanish
satisfactorily, while he is able to interpret
French.
Mayor Phelan said yesterday afternoon
that no fault was found with Mr.. Marche.
bouts French interpretations. When
there is any Spanish TO he translated Mr..
Marchebout will have to hire an inter-
prefer who is competent TO do the work.
The result will not be any additional ex-
pense to the City and County. There NAV
be some further adjustment. A meeting
of the Com issioners will be held soon.
No interpreter will be appointed for
Spanish exclusively.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
The CAMERA WILL DECIDE
Crocker Blanks and Pencil
Deeds Certificates Pho
tographed.
Magistrate Cook Will Compare En-.
largements in the Cooney Case
on Saturday.

The proceedings in the Cooney case
yesterday were confined to sort of official
photographing of all the documents that
have bearing on the issues involved.
The decision of Magistrate Cook on
Monday to make expert comparisons on
his own account between the Crocker
blanks and the pencil deeds acknowledge
ments resulted in change of front on the
part of the prosecution. 1t was on the
card that Expert Max Gumpel should be
called to point out the various defects in
the proofs of the notarial blanks printed
by II. S. Crocker & Co. on January s, 1896.
In them he would declare tnat identical
typogra phical errors existed in the Cooney
Acknowledgements on the pencil deeds.
This the Fair people would contend was
evidence in itself that the certificates on
Mrs. Craven's documents were not printed
until January 8, 1896. although they bore
date OF September 81, 1894. This In
nutshell was the case which the Fair peo-
pie styled the 'mathematical demonstra-
ton by which they would effect Cooney's
conviction
Magistrate Cook has accordingly decided
TO dismiss without hearing any experts
for the present. In conformity with his
announcement of Monday the Crocker
blanks and the pencil deeds were photo
graphed for inspection and comparison
yesterday in the presence OF attorneys for
the opposing interests. The camera was
set in the District Attorneys office IN the
afternoon. The Fair interests nad Theo-
dore Kytka there to supervise the proceed
ings in their interests. Cooney was repre-
sented by Henry B. Smith of the Thor
gallery.
Two photographs of the Crocker proofs
were first made. The certificates in the
pencil deeds were then reflected on the
sensitive glass, after which finished copy
of the Crocker blanks was subjected to
similar treatment.
The six negatives will be made into
bromide enlarge ements to-day and sub
mitted to the critical examination of Mag
istrate Cook. As District Attorney Barnes
is i'll the case has been continued until
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
DIVORCE MILL B0OMs.
Many House o1ds Are Being Disrupt
by the Glad New Year.

Many House n oIds Are Being Disrupted
by the Glad New Year.
There was boom in the divorce busi-
ness yesterday, showing that the spirit Of
unrest that usually marks the opening of
a new year has not yet been subdued.
Suits for divorce were filed in the offic.
Of the County Clerk as follows yesterday
Nellie L. Smith against William 81.
Smith. for failure tc provide; Lam bertus
Reldsema against Bessie Reidsema, for
cruelty; F. j. Teegardews against Thomas
h. Teegariews, for failure TO provide !;
Conrad Fecker against Sophia Fecker, for
desertion; Nellie A. Bassett AGAINST
charles w: Bassett. for desertion; Mary
Ellen Webber against Louis A. Webber,
for cruelty; Jessie Grail against Beth
Grail, for cruelty.
Divorces were granted as follows:
Martha Coleman from Joseph Coleman,
Tor desertion, and plaintiff was allowed to
resume her maiden name, Seller; Wilhel-
NINA kornahrens from Henry Kornah-
rens, Tor desertion. and defendant to pay
$40 month alimony; Frances E. Harges
from Francis n. Harges, on the ground OF
failure to provide; Angus Tache from
ELIZA Tache, on the ground of extreme
cruelty, and Joseph Dastugue from
Romanle Dastugue on the ground OF
Crueity
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
HIS FIRST WIFE.
Quackenbush said tn Have Used Strong
Words About Love and Money.

Quackenbush said to Have Used Strong
Words About Love and Money.
Mrs. Nancy Abbott Qua cken bush closed
her case in her suit against Thomas NJ.
Quackenbush in Judge Seawell's court
yesterday, wherein she seeks to obtain
$500 month as permanent support by
virtue OF contract marriage with the
aged capitalist, who is said to be worth
5000, 900.
Mr.. Foote, representing the defendant,
moved for nonsuit, which was denied
by the court.
Several witnesses were then examined
on behalf of the defense. The most i'm
portanI witness for the defendant was /.
X. White, who testified that while the
plaintiff and defendant were living to-
gether he used to visit at the house and
occasionally take hand at whist with
them. Quackenbush, he said, always re-
ferred to Mrs. Abbott as Mrs. Abbott and
never as his wife. One night Quacken-
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

quished its offices in the ferry depot ard
the Commercial Transfer Company has
pre-empted them.
Yesterday the Oregon Navigation and
Improvement Company sent a crew 70
Portland to bring down the George W.
Elder. The steamer will bring down
general cargo and will take the place of
the Colum bia, now laid up for repairs.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
GEORGE A. BRUSH DEAD.
The Talented Grainer Passes Away
Suddenly While at Work.

The Talented Grainer Passes Away
Suddenly While at Work.
George A. Brush, grainer, living at
1918 Twenty-sixth street, dropped dead
yesterday afternoon while at work at 1915
Fulton street. Brush was not an ordinary
painter. He was an artist in his line of
work. In 1876 he went to the Cente nnial
Exposition at Philadelphia, where he en-
tered into com petition with the best
grainers in the world. He proved to be OF
superior talent to them all and won six
m medss for the best granting in the world.
MIR. Brush was offered number of posi-
tions, several of which would have taken
him TO Europe, but he refused all and
came back to California, his native State,
with his honors. He was about 50 years
of age and leaves a widow and three
children.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
Wanted in Colorado.

Z. Van Stretton was arrested last night by
Detective Anthony and Sheriff Boynton OF
Colorado Springs, Colo, and was placed in the
tanks" at the City Prison. Sheriff Boynton
says ne was arrested at Cripple Greek for steal
ing copper plates from stampmill valued at
$5uO. He was released on $1,000 bonds aud
disappeared. He will be taken back to stand
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
Cut ON the Neck.

Richard Garrity, 142 Townsend street. en-
ployed John Nipel, neighbor, to cut some
wood for him for 50 SO. Nipel did not COM
plete the job, but last night he called upon
Garrity ana demanded the So 80. Garrity re-
FUSED and Nipel cut him on the neck with q
knife, infiicung deep flesh wound Garrity
was taken to the Receiving Hospital and Nipel
was arrested on charge of assault 10 murder.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

Saturday next, when the com PARSONS will
be made in open court.
The civil case on the pencil deeds was
called in Judge Slack's court yesterday
and postponed for two weeks TO allow the
jury lists to be completed
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
Reduced Cxc1erx LICENSES.

The new rates Of licenses for cycleries pro-
posed by the resolution introduced In the
Board of Supervisors Monday are as follows:
For gross quarterly receipts of $4,000 and
over, So per quarter; for $4,000 or less quar-
terly receipts, 81 per quarter. The old rates,
on different basis OF classification, were, re.
spectively Sl5 $40 and S..
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

THEY make specially of Bank Stock paper:
It has the water-mark. Mysell-Rollins, Do
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03
Iroquois Clubs to Meet.

The State League of Iroquois Clubs of Cali
fornia will hold its annual conference ct
Pythian Hall, 900 Market street, on Washing
toms birthday, at 1880 A. NJ.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-03

JEwELRY store. 5 and7 Third street, remove, d
303 Kearny street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-18
High Living.

"Our daily expenditure for absolute
necessities is absurdly extravagant.
Since the millionaire era the cost of
living with us has been quadrupled.
The millionaires are responsible to a
great extent for this burden laid upon
the people possessing moderate in
comes. They have initiated extrava-
CANT expenditures in everything. Up
60 their costly palaces in town and
country, stables that must needs hold
as to 80 horses, retinhe of servants
required by king, head cook whose
wages are equivalent to the salary of
the governor Of one OF our states, the
maintenance of yacht for six months
at an expense that would have paid
General Washington's salary as presi-
dent Of the United States. The pace
is hot. There is no doubt about that.
But 1t is the pace that only kills the
rich snobs and toadies who are silly
enough to enter such race. Let
the millionaires spend their money.
1t is better than boarding it to ruin
children with. y Waya lc4Wster.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-18
HOW TO RUN A NEWSPAPER.

The editor who penned the follow
ing truthful lines had evidently been
there in person -
1t takes wind, gall, scintillating
acrobating imagination, a railroad
pass and couple of white shirts to
run a newspaper, but no money.
Keep that for sordid tradespeople
who charge for their wares. The
Lord loves a cheerful giver. He'll
take care of the editor. He has a
charter from the State to act as a
door mat for the community. He
will get the paper out soraehow, and
stand up for the town, and whoop it
up for you when you run for Office,
and lie about your pigeon-toed
daughters tacky wedding, and blow
about your big footed son when he
gets S4-a-week job, and weep over
your shriveled soul when it is released
from your grasping body, and smile
at your giddy wife's second marriage.
Don't worry about the editor, he'll get
along. The Lord only knows how
but somehow"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-18
FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoRERs.
An Offer to Pay the Fare Of Deleqat 10
the San Francisco Convention.

Thousands of Christian Endeavor
workers who would like to attend
the Sixteenth International Conven-
tion which will be held In San
Francisco in July Of this year are
deferred from thinking seriously of
doing SO on account of the expense of
the long journey. This has been
called to the attention of "The Phila-
delphia Press" and the publishers of
that journal have decided to furnish
free any number of railroad tickets
from Philadelphia to San Francisco
and return to representatives of
Christian Endeavor Societies who will
render a trifing service to "The
Press" The offer involves the posi-
BILE expenditure by .'The Press of
thousands of dollars and opens the
way for all Christian Endeavorers to
enjoy the experience of lifetime-a
journey across the continent under
the most favorable auspices. Write
b "The Press" for details of the offer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-03-18
SPECIAL WRAPPER SALE,

Good Calico Wrappers, dark
and medium colors, nicely braided
yokes, all sizes, regular value 75c,,
this weeks price 4Sc.
Calico Wrappers in Indigo, blue,
gray and black and white, made oi
Simpsons best calicos, with braid
ed yokes and cuffs, would be cheap
at $I.oo, we sell them at 7Sc,
Fine Percale Wrappers in dark
and light colors, fancy braided
yokes and cuffs, tight fitting lin.
ing, worth $I.75 go at $I.2s.
Fine Lawn Wrappers made oi
the best grade Of lawn in the lat
est patterns and colors, with fitted
Innings, fancy braided yokes, are a
positive bargain at SI.3o.