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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
PRIVATE BILLS CONSIDERED.
The House Refuses to Pay the Claim of the Heirs of General
 Lees Widow.

WASHINGTON. March 29.-The House to-day quietly proceeded with the order of the day, the consideration of private bills. No opportunity was afforded under the rules of debating the all-absorbing topic, but members stood abou. the cloak rooms and Hobbies all day long, discussing the situation. The, most intense feeling was manifested. Ihe House, after pass ing a bill to pension the widow of General John l.. Stevenson at the rate of $30 per month, devoted the whole day to the consideration of the bill to pay certain claims for stores and supplies furnished to the Union by loyal citizens or the South during the war. There was bit- ter contest over a claim of s217 900 pre- ferred by the heirs of the widow of Gen eral Robert E. Lee. She inherited the claim from Mrs. Fitzhugh. her aunt, who it was admitted, was loyal. The claim was finally stricken out, but the House took a recess before the bill was passed
 he Senate resolution to extend for six months the time fixed for opening the agricultural lands o. the Uncompangre Indian reservation was adopted.
 At o'clock the House took recess un- til o'clock, the evening session to be de- voted to pension legislation.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
CROSS CREEK BANDITS ARE
 SURROUNDED Cliff Began, Leader of the Express-Train
 Robbers, Traced to a Rendezvous in Merced County
 Foothills. Information Given by a Store keeper of Whom They
 Made Purchases. OFFICERS SEND FOR AID. Have the Outlaws Carriage end Have Recovered Part of the
 Stolen Coin.
Information Given by a Store keeper of Whom They
 Made Purchases.
OFFICERS SEND FOR AID.
Have the Outlaws Carriage enc Have Recovered Part of the
 Stolen Coin.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MERGED, March 29.-Constable Tol- lack and Deputy Sheriff Ed Stockird are on the track of two men in the foothills in the vicinity of Indian Gulch who are supposed to be members or the gang that held up the Southern Pa cific train at Cross Creek a few days ago.
 About 1 o'clock yesterday morning two men drove into Indian Gulch in carriage, with a single horse. One or them alighted and aroused the store keeper of that place, saying he wished to make some purchases. The man who remained in the carriage was bare headed. The one who went into the store was tall and slim and wore a long overcoat. It was observed by the proprietor of the store that he Kept his right hand in his overcoat pocket all the time, using the left mana to e&- anime the goods and pay for them. Ills purchases consisted mostly Of canned goods and hat, the latter article eVl- dently being for the man tn the car riage The purchases amounted to about SIS and were paid for Tn silver dollars. several of the coins being con- siderably disfigured, as though having been struck with a hammer or dam aged by an explosion.
 The man then got into the carriage and the pair drove away. The actions of the two aroused the suspicious of the storekeeper and he notified the au- thorities as soon as he could get word to them. The Sheriff's office of Mer ced County was notified at about o'clock yesterday afternoon and Messrs. Stockird and Mack left imme- diately for Indian Gulch.
 To-day the Sheriff's office received a message from Stockird, asking for help. and Sheriff Warfield, Ed Hussey and Elmer Pedlar, heavily armed. left for the gulch Stockird said they had the horse and carriage belonging to the two men, had the men located and sur rounded and had secured some of the stolen coin.
 Semorile the storekeeper, was shown a photograph of Cliff Began, and iden- tifed it as that of one of the men who was at his store. It is almost a cer- tainty that Began led the train rob bers, and if so the officers have crafty and dangerous man to deal with.
 This evening a special train arrived over the Southern Pacific from Fresno with a posse headed by ex-Sheriff Meade, who at once left for the noun taiQS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
BRINGS NEWS FROM COPPER
 RIVER REGION
Return of the Valencia After a Most Trying Voyage to New
 Northern Gold Fields.

Valencia returned Seattle The most who wanted to seize a in troubles shortly after River The Va lenciab The of the 2Ooo people who went months much m a already reached the summit
 
 summit of the glacier He tells the following story Boring first trip of
 
 
 miles There which be carried the making progessV Jackso the third this summit The is is rolling down. timber line Then mile lake is 
 the will be bench of Vade snatch block of with little loadth fastened This other like fash
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
RELIEF TRAINS ARE STRANDED Supplies for Dawson Y ct Stored Away at
 Dyea.
Major Fucker at a Loss as to How to Dispose of
 Them.
Two Hundred of the Reindeer Will Be Sent Over the Dalton
 Trail.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SEATTLE, March 29.-Major L. H.. Fucker, U. s. A, returned to Seattle to-day and proceeded to Fort Walla Waua. He has been in Dyea for the past month, whither he went with the Government relief expedition that was to carry food into the Klondike coun- try. In an interview Major Rucker said:
 "That abandoned relief expedition has caused me more trouble than a year of regular army life. It'is now pretty well scattered. Five officers and twenty men of the expedition, under command of Captain Eldridge, are at Haines Mission. They arrived there on March 24. In a few days they will start on an exploring expedition with the idea of finding a suitable all-American route to the mighty Yukon. The Sem mole, with the Government reindeer and Laplanders, was expected to reach Haines Mission on last Monday. The party that goes over the Dalton trail will take 200 of the reindeer and num- Der of the Laplanders.
 Captain Abercrombie, who Is to head the party that will explore the Copper River country for the War De- partment is now at Portland, but Will go north this week with his party. The Government pack train that went north on the Lucille is still encamped at Dyea. I don't know what will be done with it. The bulk of the supplies that were to be taken to Dawson is all at Dyea It has not yet been de
 cided what disposition will be made of the supplies. The Dalton trail party took it's supplies out of those on the relief expedition.
 "Thousands of men are working he
 roically to cross the Chilkoot and
 White Pass trails. All who have the
 proper grit will get over the pass by the time the lakes and rivers open up.
 Five acres at Sheep Camp are piled
 up close with the outfits that have been hauled up from Dyea.
 'The outfits are simply piled on the snow and left without any one to guard them until the owner gets all his goods to Sheep Camp. Nothing is ever stolen and the packers never worry about their goods Some of the goods taken up last winter are being dug out of the snow.
 If a man does not want to haul his outfit there are three ways by which he can get it to the summit. There Is a train run by electricity, a rope and tackle arrangement and a gasoline en- zine method. By these means seventy five tons a day are handled. There are men, Indians and dogs on the trail in large numbers. I know vety little about the White Pass trail, but people are getting over it in good shape
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30

ing agaifst unfair competition of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
 The members of the California delega- lion have all received teIegrams rom Governor Budd and the State Board or Health asking the support or the Spooner bill. providing for national quaranIlne;;
 Representative Barlow to-day 1ntroouceo q bill granting certain fundS to tne Clly of Santa Barbara, Cal.
 The PensioL Office has notlneI Repie- sentative Barlow that pension mas oSen granted 10 Mrs Potts of Los Angeles, with back pay amounting to several nun dred dollars. .--o,,+aa +o-
 Caiifornia: Jopn Bresman, San Fran cisco, spring hee for boots or shoes: James !. Cousins, San Francisco, noatlnS dock; George W. Douglass, asslgnor to the Market-street Railway company pan Francisco, car fender; George r.. Evans San Francisco, metallic alloy; Vesper A. Gleason, South Riverside, device TOT h0Iq- ing shovels to cultivatcr shanks; Fnlllp I. Jacoby, San Francisco packing 6ox; Axel Johnson, San Francisco, can SoIueI- ing machine: John R. Parker, Oak5and, assignor to the Pacific Coast Dredglng Company, dredging apparatus CnaIIes Y Philips, Los Angeles. cork e3rLdCIoI a!Ioo,I.T. Arthur Rochat. Golden Gate. od saucepan; pan; John P. Simmons, San FranclsSo, LocR drill; Henry J. Weeks, Santa barOara' index portfolio. r.oo-,o
 Washington: John c. Corwin, Tacona' cargo trimmer; A. E. Lostrom, SpoKane' stoYe-pIpe coupling; John c. Orcharo. Ie- coma. embroidery holder; John Q. Snarp- less. Fairhaven, shoe protector.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
OFFICER AND MANIAC FIGHT Thrilling Encounter in the Marin County
 Prison. Under Sheriff Subdues a Crazed Prisoner After a Hard
 Struggle.
Com bat in 8 Celi whic h the In1becile Had Flooded From the
 Water Pipe.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL. March 29.-A thrill
 ing encounter between Under Sheriff
 John Hannon and a madman took
 place in a flooded cell in the County
 Jail this morning. Splashing about in
 foot of water the two men fought for
 supremacy, one almost naked and rav-
 ing like an enraged brute, the other
 cool and determined. The battle lasted
 fifteen minutes and the officer finally conquered.
 Nightwatchman Miller found Joe
 Pochello, formerly a blacksmith in San Rafael, roaming about the streets at
 midnight, shouting and acting in an in- sane manner After a brief tussle he
 placed the fellow in a cell in the Coun- ty Jail in the basement of the Court
 house. Pochello, as the night grew apace, became more violent and threw
 himself against the great iron door and beat the walls with his fists. He stripped the clothes from his back and
 threw them about, shouting incoherent
 sentences. Pulling the mattress in the pcell over to the iron door, he turned the water on in the stationary basin in the cell and allowed it to flood the cell, the mattress keeping the water from passing through the cracks under the door, The madman plunged about
 the cell, now attempting to swim and again throwing the water over every thing.
 When Under Sheriff Hannon arrived
 at the jail this morning he heard the racket and started to investigate. Peer ing through iron bars, shaking the door and shouting, the madman refused to notice the officer, who called to him to turn off the water. Seeing that des- perate measures must be resorted to, Hannon unlocked the door and threw it open. A flood of water rushed out and soaked him up to the knees. Brush ing aside the madman Hannon at tempted to turn off the water. Po- chello made a lunge forward and at tempted to drag the officer away. In moment the two came together in a fierce conflict.
 The insane prisoner attempted to seize the Under Sheriff by the throat and his long bare arms wound them selves around Hannon's neck. With a
 mighty effort the Under Sheriff broke
 away from the grasp of the maniac and threw him headlong to the floor of the cell. With this advantage the officer turned the water off, and, getting a hold on the madman, dragged him out of the soaked cell and held him down
 by the throat. Without releasing his
 hold on the prisoner Hannon dragged him over to the main entrance and led him into one of the tanks.
 No sooner was the prisoner released than he began to tear around in his new quarters, shouting, gesticulating and pounding the bars and doors. All day he has stood with the precipitation streaming down his body and worked
 away at the iron bars on the cell door.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
 OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Changes Among Artillery Officers and Privates Owing to the Two
 New Regiments.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-By direction of the Secretary of War, First Lieu tenant Charles D. Palmer, Third Artil- lery, is transferred to the Sixth --rtillery, and will report in person to the command ing officer of that regiment at Fort Nc Henry, Md, for duty and for appoint ment of quarternaster thereof.
 Private David S. Mack, Company F, Fifteenth Infantry, now on furlough at Vancouver Barracks, Wash, is trans ferred to Battery M, Third Artillery, and will be sent to the station of that battery, Fort Canby, Wash
 Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original-Julius s. Bradshaw, Soldiers Home, Los Angeles, S6; Wood ford Miles, Acton, $6. 1ncrease-F'red M Smith, Kern, $6 to s1O. Original widows, etc.-Susan Campbell. San Francisco, sS.
 Oregon: Mexican War widows-Jo ohanna Houck, Ashland, $S.
 Washington: Original-Alanson T. Ma son. EIlensburg, SIP. Additional-David Clifford, Green Lake, $8 to SIP.
 Senator Perkins tonight presented the following petitions: From the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, favoring the passage of the bill enlarging the pow CTS of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion; from the Chambers of Commerce of Sacramento and San Francisco, protest
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
HILL FOUND GUILTY
 OF PARVIN'S DEATH.

VENTURA, March 29.-After having been out four hours the jury in the Hill murder case at o'clock this evening re- turned verdict of murder in the second degree. recommending the defendant to the mercy of the court. This ends one of the most nsational trials ever held in this county. one which has daily attract ed numbers of people from all parts of the county. Hill will be sentenced on April 1.
 Robert Lee Hill killed Theodore R. Par win on the Las Posas on February 8, by striking him on the head with a piece of scantling. The men were neighbors and had quarreled over land. Hill alleged self tacking party.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Mudlarks Have an Inning.

NEW ORLEANS, March 29.-The rain put the track in worse condition than 1t was yesterday.
 Seven furlongs, Halton won, Irish Lady second, Scrivener third. Time, 1:33.
 One mile, selling, Swordsman won, Mount Washington second, Russella third. Time, 1:47.
 One and sixteenth miles, selling. Cor elli won, MT. Easton second, The Doctor third. Time, 1:5612
 Handicap, one mile, Albert won, Pete Kitchen second, Judge Steadman third. Time, 1:461a.
 Six furlongs, selling, Stanza won, Ana helm second, Tommy Rutter third. Time, LISA.
 One mile, selling, Cavespring won, Teeta May second, L W third. Time, 1:45.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Water for. Yolo Farms.

WOODLAND, March 29.-A large force of men was put to work this morning constructing a temporary dam on the site of the old Moore dam. and it is ex- pected that water will be turned on the parched fields that are under the ditch system by next Monday. Work has never before been commenced on the ditches until the 1st of April, and the time for turning the water on has varied from the 1st of May to the middle of June. The demand for water is so urgent that Mir. Moore has decided to wait no longer, These ditches can supply but a limited area. but they seem to be the only sal vation of the farmers In the vicinity of Woodland.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
HIS HEAD CRUSHED
 BY THE MACHINERY.
Foreman Johnson of the San Jose Woolen-Mills Meets a Hor-
 rihJe Death

SAN JOSE, March 29.-John G. John son, foreman of the San Jose Woolen Mills, met death in a shocking manner to-day. A piece of machinery in the spinning-room got out of order and while engaged in repairing this he slipped and fell. His head was caught between rod and bolt and crushed. Blood rushed from his ears and nostrils. Empioyes inn mediately dragged the body out of the machinery, and physicians were sum- moned, but they were unable to do any thing. He never regained consciousness and expired a few hours later.
 Johnson was about 60 years of age and a native of Maine. He had been resi- dent of this city for many years.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Clark in Murderers, Row.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March 29.- George w. Clark, the murderer, arrived at the penitentiary this morning, and af- ter being photographed was given a suit of stripes and sent to join the condemned men in Murderers' Row. The date of Clarks execution is set for June 3.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
READY FOR THE DOG SHOW.

SAN JOSE, March 28.-All Is in readi- ness for the dog show which opens at Turn Verein Hall tomorrow. Hundreds of thoroughbred dogs arrived to-day and were placed in position, and when the e1- hibit opens the best aggregation or prlze canines ever exhibited on this coast win he seen. The entries have been unusually large in all the classes. and compedt1on for honors will be keen. The show VIII far exceed last years event, which proved such a success
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Robber Drops His Loot.

SAUSALITO. March 29.-The safe and all the money stolen from the ticket of flee of the North Pacific Coast Railroad at this place have been recovered. Night Watchman Johnson on the morning of the robbery chased a man up the railroad track and the man dropped the box which was used as a safe by the agent of the office. Johnson learned to-day that it was he property of the railroad company. About 1a0 tickets are still missing
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Went to Reno to Wed.

WOODLAND, March 29.-Word has been received that N. M. Weaver, ex- Sheriff of this county, and Mrs. Adah O'Farrell, both of this city. were mar ried in Reno last Sunday. The marriage could not be solemniZed in California, as Mir Weaver was divorced from his for mer wife only last December. They will take up their residence in Williams. Co., lusa cOuntV
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
DIED.

DIED. HAIGHT-In Oakland March 29, 1898, Anna E., widow of the late H. H. Haight, aged 65 years.
 O Friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral services Thursday March 3l, at o'clock, at her late residence l201 Alice street, Oakland. Interrnent private.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
Rates Not Yet Adjusted.

SAN JOSE, March 29.-The Trans continental Freight Bureau was in ses- sion at the vendome to-day. East and west bound tariffs were considered No information was given out, but it Is pre- sumed no definite action was taken in fixing rates. The bureau will meet again tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
 To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Promo Cunine Tablets. All drug gists refund the money if 1t fails to cure 25c The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-30
A RARE CHANCE!

Fishing tackle and fixtures now in stock ;n large assortments.
 Tailor-made suits, new clothes. perfect fit, reasonable prices.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-26

Gen. Aguinnldo, leader of the Philip
pine rebels, left Hong Kong to lead the
insurgents in an attack on Manila.
William Ewart Gladstone, England's
greatest statesman of this century, died
at Hawarden castle at five o'clock on the
morning of the 10Th, aged SO years.
Three American warships bombarded
the Moro castle at Santiago de Cuba.
No details of the engagement have been
given out.
Spain is about to send squadron
from Cadiz with 1900 troops to the
Philippines.
Admiral Cervera's squadron is re-
ported to have reached Santiago de
Cuba and Admiral Simpsons squadron
is believed to be at or near the same
port. The town was bombarded by a
part of his fleet before the arrival of the
Spaniards, the purpose being to destroy
cable communication with Madrid.
Three hundred or more Spaniards are
said to have been killed at the recent
bombardment of Cienfuegos.
Advices say that the insurgent dis
trict commanders in eastern Cuba arc
moving nearer and nearer Santiago de
Cuba.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-26
SOLDIERS IN A WRECK.
One Member of the First Missouri
Regiment Killed and Sew
eral Injured.

Chattanooga. Tenn, May 30. - One
man is dead and two fatally injured as
the result of wreck Saturday morn
ing on the Chattanooga, Rome G.
Southern railway between Chattanooga
and the volunteer camp at Chickamau-
ga. The dead and injured all belonged
to the First regiment Missouri volun-
teer infantry.
The list of fatalities Isl
George Walker. artifcer. company d.
dead.
Alfred NJ. Lane. private. both legs broken;
will die.
Harvard Barlaski, private, leg broken, in
ternal injuries; will die.
e. r. Richards, first lieutenant, COM
pany II, badly cut about arms and Shout
ders.
r. H. Feidell. private. badly hurt about
the body.
Private Ed Lavinsburg, three ribs broken.
William Moffatt, a Chattanooga Times
reporter. badly injured about the body.
The names of number of other
wounded cannot yet be secured. Jack
McCade, a section hand, was killed by a
passing military train just few min
utes before the casualty to the first
Missouri train.
The train on which the most damage
was done was carrying the First Mis-
souri, from Chattanooga to the park.
The last car of this train was loaded
with horses of the officers.
The military train was loading on
the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern
track, just beyond the crossing of the
Belt line, about half-mile from Ross
vile. 1t was crashed into by the reg
ular south-bound morning Chattanoo-
ga, Rome e. Southern passenger train.
1t is said that there was no fiagman on
the military train.
The shock was very severe. The To-
connective of the regular train was
jammed into the horse car and this COM
pletely wrecked the baggage car, which
was the next one forward. The man who
was killed and those badly injured were
all on the horse car. Everything was
done to stop the passenger train when
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-26
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Charles Edward Pearce, of the
Twelfth Missouri district, has been re-
nominated for congress by the repub-
licans.
The peoples party state convention
in Springfield resulted in a split. The
middle-of-the-road" men got control
and nominated John w. Hess, of Milton.
for state treasurer, and Charles M. Has
kins, of Chicago, for school superin-
tendent.
Michael j. Setback, a member of the
Chicago police force for nearly 80 years,
died at the age of IS years.
Ohio republicans will hold their state
convention in Columbus June 21.
The populists Of the Seventh Kansas
district have renominated Jerry Simp-
son for congress.
Alexander McGregor, long the anna
teur champion quot player of the
United States, died in New York, aged
81 years.
c. NJ. Roberts died in Austin, Tex,
aged 50 years. He was governor of the
state from 1879 to 1882.
Jim" Baker, once a famous scout
and Indian fighter, died near Rawlins,
Wyo., aged 90 years.
Miss Maria Louise Pool, a well-known
authoress, died in Rockland, Mass.