A CHINESE GIRL BOLDLYKIDNAPED BY THREE MEN

She Was Stolen From an Upper Window of thePresbyterian Mission on Wednesday

Night.

'The Girl Says She Was Mar-ried to the Youngest

Kidnaper.

NOT ME,MYBRCTHEB, SAYS HE

"Oincers Grunwald and Cullinane Nar-rowly Escape Being Innocent

Accomplices.

The.boldest and most successful kid-naping of a Chinese girl ever recordedin the dark annals of Chinatown historywas carried out last Wednesday nicht.•Chief of Police Crowley now has two of.the best men at his command ferretingout the mystery.•And a mystery itis, despite the fact that

the girl has been safely returned to thePresbyterian Chinese Mission on Sacra-

-1 memo street, between Powell and Stock-'ton, whence she was taken from under the..very, eyes ofthe lynx-orbed matrons.• What is'more, ana the audacity of it isetunnine, the three Chinese concerned inthe' affair after they had the girlsafelystored away, on the pretense of rescuingtier from danger called in two policemen—Officers George Grunwald and James Cul-Jinahe— toassist them in removing her toabetter hiding-place. By a small mischance• their plans miscarried, and now the two'officers in question are congratulatingthemselves that they did not become inno-cent accomplices in the kidnaping.

As learned from several officers whowefe reporting off at the California-streetstation when the affair occurred the .facts'are a>s follows:

\u25a0 About 5 o'clock yesterday morningofficers Grunwald and Cullinane wereapproached while standing on Pine street,near Dupont, by three Chinese. Thename of the youngest, a youth about 20years of age, has since been learned to beLow Yuen Yue. The next oldest was hisbrother, and he wore a pair of gold-'rimmed spectacles. The third was amuch older man and the father of theothe.r two Chinese.

The youngest, who spoke good English,explained to the two officers that their

.sister had been stolen away from herhome, and they had located her on thetop story of a ramshackle dwelling situ-ated on Dupont street, near California.

If the officers would assist them in see-. ing her safely returned to her home hisfather would pay them well for theirservices. While disdaining any fee, Grun-walii and Cullinane promptly accompaniedthem to the place designated.

Then the youngest man went inside fora moment, but soon returned with acautious query as to where the girlshouldbe taken,, saying if they took her homeshe might be stolen again. One of theofficers suggested that she be taken to theCalifornia-street station.''Well," said the young Chinese doubt-

•inely,"Iw<ll rec ifshe is there."- ,-

Returning in a few moments, he saidshe was not to be found. The officers' sus-picions were now thoroughly aroused, andt.hey made all three Chinamen accompanythem into the house. Sure enough, theeirl was found in an upper room of thehouse.• The whole party then proceeded to the. California-street station, where a greatcrowd of officers, just reporting in, gath-

-1 ered around. A messenger was at once.dispatched to the Chinese Mission, andMiss Anna Culbertson, Bister of the super-intendent; Miss D. M.Cameron and a Chi-

,nese girlnamed Ying, who acted as inter-\u25a0 preter, came hastily to the station.

They at once identified the girl as Chow• Ote, aged 15. who was brought to themission last Monday by her two cousins,named r*oon, regular member* oJ the Chi-nese Presbyterian Church. Then the in-terpreter set to work questioning the girl.

She was missed at 11 p. m. Wednesdayand admitted that shortly before that

, time the three Chinese had come andtaken her from hex room in the upperstory by means of a ladder. She wasafraid to make a noise or object, she said,for" fear of violence being used. How theChinese learned the situation of the roomin which she was quartered is a mystery.

Then the girlwent on to tell she hadbeen taken away and married to theyoungest ofthe three Chinese, and finallyplaced in the house from which she wasrescued by the policemen.. • "That's a lie! That's not true!" brokein-Low Yuen Yue excitedly. "She didn'tmarry me at all. Itwas my brother."Bjother stood sedately by and wouldn't

say whether, he was married or his brotherwas married, or whether any ceremony

.took place at all. But the girl-persisted"that she had been joined in wedlock toLow Yuen, the youngest.

As there was no charge acainst the three•Chinese, they were released and promptlyskipped out. The girl,who is very prettyaccording to the Chinese idea of beauty,was taken back to the mission.

Now a warrant has been sworn out forthe arrest of the three Chinese and chiefCrowley has both G:unwald and Cullinanespecially detailed on the case. What timethey are not hunting- for the three Chi-nese they are embracing each other at es-caping committing the crime of kidnap-ing!

Inpolice circles the utmost endeavorhas been made to keep the matter quiet,and the superintendent of the Presby-terian Mission, Miss Margaret Culbertson,when seen yesterday at first refused tomake any statement in the case. She wasat length prevailed upon to verify thefects as above given.

"Itis a* mystery to me how they man-aged to learn which room the girl occu-pied," she said.

-"Even now Idon't know

whether ihe is married or not, and, ifso,to which one.

'•The girl was brought to this countrywhen only 5 years ofage and her parentsare dead." !-\u25a0•- \u25a0

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ENGINEER MELVILLE'S REPORT.

Repair Work to Warship* Require* Ad-ditional Toot* at Stare Island.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.— Theannual report of George W. Melville,en-gineer-in-chief of the navy, makes tne

• following reference to the Pacific Coastnaval stations:

Work was done inthe steam engineering de-partment o.' the Mare Island yard to the ma-chinery ol the following vessels: Adams,Albatross, Baltimore, Bannington. Boston,Camanche, Concord, Hartford, Marion, Mohi-can, Monadnock, Monterey. Oiympia, Oregon,Pensacola, Petrel. i'hijhdeiphia. Ranger,Swalara, Theti«, Unadilla aud Nellie, aggre-gating $123,362 92. The expenditures otoertiian for naval vessels amounted to $83,451.

This is the only repair station on >iie Pacific. Coast, and there are now at that yard underL t*pair no less than seven vessels requiring*°"-reor less extensive repairs ait^r severalyk» of continuous commission. Tne shopsrft illedamed to the work,and the absence ofproper tools and of a modern boiler-makingpiant ia severely felt. The result is shown inthe increased cost of work done at that yardbeyond what v wouia cost it the proper toolswere at hand and properly arranged for facili-tating work. There are certain tools wl)!"'<

\u25a0hould be obtained without delay, me moil

Important being a hydraulic boiler-makingplant.

The only work at the Sydney (Wash.) stationwas me small repair and preservation of theNipsic's steam cutlers and necessary materialand stores amounting to $1642 40. The newdock, which has just been completed at thisplace, is the only one on the Pacific Coast thatcan take battle-ships like the Oregon. Asthese vessels are of such draught that theycannot go toMare Island Navy-yard when inneed oJ repairs it becomes necessary to pro-vide for this elsewhere, and as many impor-tant repairs to the niachinery can be done onlywhen the ship is indock Irecommend that anapprobation be asked lor the necessary toolsto do the work which may be found necessarywhen the ships are docked and for the erectionof the shops for these tools.

MAKE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS.

Mailer* of Vital Interest Consideredth« national Grange.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.— Atthemeeting of the National Grange, Patronsof Husbandy, to-day, the report of thecommittee on resolutions, which wasadopted, recommended a stable currency,that United States Senators be elected bythe people, equal protection for thefarmers, pure food legislation, rural maildelivery and referred to the value of ex-perimental stations and agricultural col-leges; expressed sympathy with Cuba,and stated that the grange would receivewithjoy the settlement of the vexed ques-tion between England and America. Itfavored arbitration whenever it can be re-sorted to without sacrifice of honor.

A lengthy report from the committeeon railroads was made by Chairman Mer-sick recommending several amendmentsto the interstate commerce law to morelullycarry out its purpose, the chief onebeing that the coiuuiiitee have power tomake rates.

A resolution calling upon the comingadministration to give suitable protectionto agriculture, so that new National bur-dens shall be more suitably distributed,after some discussion was defeated by asmall majority.

Of Interest to the Coa»t.WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19—The

following California postmasters wereappointed to-day: Dead wood, TrinityCounty, C. E. Goodyear, vice J. J. Peter-son, deceased; Hilton, Sonoma County, G.Brown, vice L. W. Ridenhour, resigned;Marcus, Sutter County, T. Hale, vice M.Marcus, resigned; San Geronimo, MarinCounty. J. Maillard, vice J. Morgan, re-signed; Valley Ford, Sonoma County, A.Bonaiti, vire W- J. Norton, resigned.

A postoffice was established to-day atDyea, Alaska, and Samuel J. Heron ap-pointed postmaster. The postoffice atiialler, Suohomish County, Washington,has been discontinuea, and mail hereafterwillbe sent to Arlington.

Pensions have been granted as follows:California: Original

—Jesse E. Platt,

Trinity Center; John Harrington, LosAngeles; John H. Keiley, Jtlenicia.

Oregon : Original— Stephen S. MilJedge,Dead, Herrman. Original widows, etc

—Elizabeth H. Bickett, Portland.

Washington: Original widows, etc.—

Susan A. Gilbert.

Wan a Financial failure.WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.—

Consul Ridgeley writes the Departmentof State from Geneva that the ;SwissNational Exposition which was held therefrom May 1to October 18 was conductedat a great financial loss. The guaranteefund, amounting to 2,000,000 francs, hasbeen all "swallowed up" and- there isstill a deficit of from 100,000 to 3^,000francs which is to be covered by the profitsof a National lottery to be drawn the lastot this month. The financial failure ofthe exposition was due entirely to the un-precedently bad weather. In all otherrespects, however, the exposition was asplendid success.

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lioundariis Readjusted,

WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.— ThePresident has issued a proclamation read-justing boundaries of a naval reservationta Alaska which were subject to encroachupon lands belonging to the Greek churchin contravention of Russia's cession ofAlaska.

Geological Survey of the Tfllotoatone.CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 19.—Professors

Alexander and E. N. Leavitt ofHarvard University were in this city to-day on their way east after executing aGovernment commission with ten othersintbellocky Mountains. They revised ageological survey and collected aIJ theflora and fauna in the Yellowstone Parkwhich is not on exhibition. The expedi-tion started in August and most ot thetime lias been spent in Idaho, Wyomingand Montana.

Suaar h'roiti Cuba.PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19.—The

shipment of sugar from Cien'uegos, Cuba*willagain.be resumed, after a long sus-pension. The first vessel for more than ayear to bring sugar from Cuba was char-tered here yesterday. The vessel is theschooner Belle Wooster, which will takeout a full cargo of coal from Philadelphia,returning with sugar. 'jr',l

TWO TYPES OF CRUISERS.Protected and Armored Teasels Com-

pared—Some Difference* in Navies.It has often been observed that while

England has an abundance of protectedcruisers and in her new Powerful and Ter-rible carries the type to enormous dis-placement?, she has paid little attentionto the armored cruiser. On theot erhand,Russia, which is not all distinguished forher protected cruiser class, has built pow-erful armor*d cruisers and nas carriedthem to the verge of the fast battle-shipclass.If we make comparison between our

New York and Brooklyn, which are dis-inctively armored cruisers, and Britishships which might undertaka to meetthem, the Blake and Blenheim are per-haps tbe oftenest suggested for tne pur-pose. Yet these last are regarded by theBritish as protected cruisers only", al-though it is not customary to comparethem withour Columbia and Minneapolis,which are distinctively protected cruisersand thorough examples of the unarmoredclass.

The essential distinction, as put by thePall Mall Gazette, is that the armoredcruiser has a great extent of thin armorplating applied vertically to the sides, to-gether with a protective deck at about thelevel of the water line, while the protectedcruiser "has not the vertical plating, buthas a thicker deck." As a result, althoughsome shelter is eiveri to her heavier gunsby being placed inarmored inclosures. sheis open to shot and shell above the waterlice, her steel sides being exposed to be"wrecked by high explosives. 1'Originally,according to the authority just spoken of,the defense was deliberately thus sacrificedto speed and coal supply, itbeing supposedthat "the thin sides wouid admit the pas-sage of a shell without exploding, the pro-jectile entering on one side and passingout of the other." The earliest ships ofthis class in the British navy are said tohave been the Comus and her mates, dis-placing about 2400 tons' and manned by265 men.

But in the days of the Comus the 6-inch

gun could fire perhaps one shell a minute,charged with ordinary gunpowder,whereas now itcan fire seven at the maxi-mum and it is loaded with lyddite ormelinite. Another pointsuggested is thatwhile the decks of the old cruiser werefairlyclear, they are now so incumberedwith machinery and gear that only shellswithan unusual capacity for dodging willbe able to pass through tne ship. Besides,fuses have been so constructed that, ifnecessary, they willburst the shell on ton-tact with thin steel.

The conclusion seems to be that more orless armor on the sides is desirable; butthe new vessels of the protected cla3S inEngland are constructed without it. Thereare now building or soon to be begunthirty-four protected cruisers. These in-clude the Powerful and her mate of 14,200tons and 22 knots speed, and carrying two9.2-inch and twelve quick-fire 6-inch guns,and a crew of 840 each ;then eight Andromedas of 11,000 tons. 20 knots, sixteen 6-inch guns, and GOO men; seven of theArrogant class, of 5750 tons, and nine ofthe Eclipse class, of 5650, all of 19>£ knots,with modern armaments, 6-inch guns atlargest, and crews of 450: eight of thePelorus class, of 2135 tons, 20 knots, and200 men.

Here itwillbe seen that only two in thewhole list have guns exceeding the 6-inch. The Arrogant class, too, is said tobe inferior in gun power by n-arly 30 percent to the French Catinat, wnich, with1900 tons less displacement, has more coal,a smaller crew, a thicker deck, and onlyhalf a knot less speed. The Buenos Ayres,built at Elswick, has double the Arrogant'sgun power, a smaller crew, a thicker deck,over three knots greater speed, and yet1000 tons less displacement. The Britishships are believed to have stronger hulls,but it is questioned whether other quali-ties have not been somewhat sacrificed.

In Germany are building or projectedthree protected cruisers to one armoredcruiser; in France, twelve to two; in Rus-sia, one to four; in the United States, nonetoone; in Italy,one to tive. The cases ofRussia and Italy are specially noteworthy.Still, of the Russian armored cruisers, one.which is an improved Rurik, is consideredby the British authority quoted to be notbetter than the Powerful. Two others,the Peresiret and Oslabia. are really almostbattle-ships, while the fourth will proba-bly be of the Dupuy de Lome class. Thislast vessel is praised in high terms for herunion of good qualities, her distinctivefeatures being her broad belt to excludehigh explosives and quick-firing shells.The authority just spoken of thinks thatour new Brooklyn will be inferior to theBritish Powerful in most respects, but con-siders that the Dupuy de Lome would besuperior to any Brrtush cruiser except thePowerful, and that the latter would havequite enough to do in standing up to her.It is rather odd that Great Britain hasbuilt no armored cruiser since the Austra-lia class, com pieted half a dozen years ago.

WISE OFFICE BATSThey Had a "cherae That Beat the

New-Fangled Trap.

The employes of the Jersey City Print-ing Company have for a long time beentroubled wiih rats. The rodents are ofunusual size and are extremely bald.They are boldest after dark, and tbinknothing of running over the feet of theemployes.

Several cats were placed in the buildingwith the hope that they would exter-minate the rats, but the latter made it sowarm for the cats that they were drivenaway.

Various schemes have been worked toentrap the rodents, but withlittle success.Finally Engineer August Krone hit upona sc.eme that fora time bade fair to bejust the thing. He secured an old zincoil tank about 3 feet in height, and thenfastened on the edge a 2-foot piece ofboard. Then he arranged the board sothat it would swing up and down with oneend inside the tank. He placed a piece ofbologna sausage, fastened with a rubberband, on the edge of the board which pro-jected over the inside of the tank, and halflilled the vessel with water. A few piecesof cheese were placed along the other endof the board to coax the rats on.

The trap was set where rats are thickestin the basement, and in a few minutes arat climbed upon the end of the boardwhich protruded outside the tank andrested upon a support. The rodent atethe cheese and then went for the bologna.As it reached the bait the other end of theboard tipped up and the rat, with a squeal,fellinto the water and was drowned.

"Oh, that's the trick," said the engineer,and his assistant said AugusHiad a greathead.

Within ten minutes six more rats walkedthe plank, and then there was a remark-able display of rat's cnteness.

Two rodents climbed the pileof papers,and while one stood on the safe end of theboard the other carefully made its way tothe tempting bologna and devoured "halfof it. The rats then changed places andthe other ate the rest of the bologna andhalf the rubber band.

The engineer scratched his head and theother spectators said something aboutpeople going to a lot of trouble for noth-ing.

During the afternoon no more rats werecaught, but a lot of cheese was eaten bythem. The engineer solemnly avers thathe saw the rats not only balance oneanother on the board while the temptingbait was devoured, but that the rodentsactually engaged in a wame of see-sawsimnly for amusement. August still hasfaith in his patent trap, but nobody elsehas.

—Newart Daily Advertiser.

THE HOBBIES OF CELEBRITIES.

Fads by Which Great People Seek Be-taxation.

Ithas often been said that, notwith-standing the old adage, "Little thingsplease little minds," most great men haveridden some strange hobby, and that, a- arule, the greater the man the more insig-nificant his hobby. .Doubtless this factarises from the need which a hard-taxedbrain has of relaxation, though a trulylarge mind willnever descend to childisu-ness, even when at rest.

To take a few of the celebrities of thepresent time, and assign to each his orher hobby, we obtain this list:Th' Queen....... .....:;...Music and sketching -The Prince of Wales Horseraclng and outdoor

sportThe Princess of Wales.'...rhotoj^apbyand sketch-

•\u25a0"': Ing'. . -The Duke of "5t0rk........ pig-breeding and stamp

\u25a0 ' , • to'.lectlni?Princess Maud Ivorycollecting -.'•Mr.Gladstone. ......Classical s:udy and (for-_

\u0084, merly) tree-fellingThe Marquis of Sallsbary.C. eaiis.ry

A. J. Baifour ........ .(Jolt •v: ';• v :The Marchioness of lA>rne.Sculpture and paintingPrincess Christian ...Her Nursing HomeDuchess of Teen......... .The Needleivoric GuildR.D. itlackmore Market-gardeningLady Carlisle and........ l

_ . „Lady Henry (Somerset. jTeetotalUm .>

SirJ. E. i1111a15.... :...;...Fi5hingProfessor HerKomer..:..Uis ArtVillageatßusheyMr. OeorgeGrossmlth... Model railway

-The German i-mperor... Yachting ~.Prince Bismarck BloodhoundsMr.Andrew Lang iolic-lort*

-Sir ward Amo'd. Japan •

>ime. :sarah Bernhardt..Tame tiger and snakeBaron de Uotbschiid Natural hist'ry collectionDr.%Varre....r.t:..~.;:Tr:.BoatlnsLord Harris \u0084.."....C rlctcet81r £. Watkln Channel TunnelMr. Henniker Heaton, \u25a0\u25a0•..\u25a0 :.\u25a0•\u25a0-. :, -\u25a0

-\u25a0--\u25a0\u25a0' M. P.:v..-...... *......... Postofßce reformMr.F. Lock wood, Q.c, • .- M. P.:.;...;.:;. CaricaturingSir George Newnes Chess \u25a0 ..Lord Charles Brreuford...Bu ldogs and boatingMr.Joseph CbamberlaLn.Orchld-growingBishop of L0nd0n.. ......Ge010gy •

Mr. O.R. Sims ...'.....'.Horses and dogs «'"Sir WilfridLawson... Temperance reformheed R05ebery... ...... ...H0r5e-racing ' :sir W. Harcourt Genealogy •

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SirHenry Irving-.... Dramatic curiocollectionbir John Lubbock Entomology

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If one were to prolong this list onewould tind that from photography to pig-breeding, from poitoffice reform to fairytales there is scarcely a hobby common tothe ordinary mortal which does not hnd avotary among tne notables of the land,proving that after all the greatest and thecleverest have a touch of humanity intheir composition.

—Spare Moments.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.T*ke laxative BromoQuinine Tablets, a 11 drug-gists refund the money ititluiia to care. 25c.

A TABLE OF A SPARROW.

to explain how ithappens that he shouldprefer sweeping the street to a life likeyours.""Iwould with pleasure," said the Man,

"ifitwere so. But be does not prefer bislife to mine. He finds itvery disagree-able."

"Is that possible? 1' asked the Sparrowin astonishment. "Why, then, does hedo such work?"

"Well, perhaps, Icannot make itclearto you, but the individuals of our race,with rare exceptions, choose the employ-ment by which they can make the mostmoney. .Now, you birds have no money,but

—let me see- are you acquainted with

the habits of bluejays?""Somewhat?""Weil, the bluejay Is perhaps nearer to

the human race in intelligence than anyother bird. Itisbright inmany ways, butit is especially so in that it pathers foodduring pleasant weather and stores itaway for ute when the ordinary sources offood are depleted. Moat of our race de-vote their energies, regardless of theirtastes, to such labor as willenable them tolay up the largest stores for a rainy day,as we say. It is this provident spirit inour race that leads to what we call enter-prise. It sends men into tbe wildernessto carve farms out of the solid green ;ittakes them to the desert plains, where theypass long years, enduring great hardship,that they may increase their herdsand flocks; it holds them to a lifein tents and huts in the ruining campsamong the mountain enows, where theprecious metals are dug from the earth.They are willing, as we 9ay, to sacrifice apresent pleasure for a future good. Theydo not all succeed in accumulating thestores they are after

—indeed, the great

majority of them fail altogether, but theyare buoyed up constantly by the hope that

they willbe able eventually to leave thedisagreeable lives they lead, to forsake thesurroundings and society that are not in-Ifrequently abhorrent to them, and begin ito enjoy the comforts and luxuries towhich their natural tastes are suited."

Attflis moment a blank ant appeared onItbe window-sill. The Sparrow was about !to pect at it, but the Man stooped her. \"Wait," he said. "Do you know the 1manner of lifeof the ants?"

"Very well,"replied the Sparrow."Good. Then Imay say that the wisestof our rHce has held up the ant as a niodel

citizen because itdevotes all its ener^ieato accumulatinp, in pleasant weather. 1hope you understand the arift of what Ihave said, because ifyou do, and act ac-cordingly you will De greatiy benefited."

"Thank you for your good wishes," re-plied tbe Sparrow, "and Ithink Iunder-stand the drift of what you have saidbetter, ifyou willpardon me. than whatyou or your race do. And Ican't helpadding that Ihfar with profound amaze-ment that, with all your boasted intelli-eence, you have in your greed rpjeciei theexample of the bird's who take no thoughtfor the morrow, and have chosen the slave-driving, underground drudgery "of theant» as the lite bi-si suited for the develop-ment of your race."— New York Sun.

Matches have not yet displaced the tin-der-box in certain rural districts in Spainand Italy.

"Business Before Pleasure" a< a PreceptNeeds ModifyingMaterially.

As the plain-looking but intelligent littlemother Sparrow was hopping about thestreet the other day, picking up a varietyof food bits, a person dressed in whiteclothing and carrying a big broom camealong and began to sweep the dirt of thestreet into a heap in the gutter. As thisinterfered somewhat with the pursuit ofthe Sparrow, she flew away up to the win-dow-sill of her friend the Man, and findinghim there, as usual, in his easy chair, shesaid:"Ihave observed that the different indi-

viduals of your race follow a great varietyof vocations. For instance, your workseems to be of a nature, ifImay judgefrom appearances, that is very differentfrom that of the fellow down there clean-ing the street. You are much cleaner andmuch more comfortable every wav, Ishould say, than he is. Do me the favor

CALIFORIA NOWTHE MINING MECCA

W.F. Farish on the Changeof Sentiment Regard-

ing Gold-Digging.

He Is Busy With His Reporton the Taylor Prop-

erty.

Big Mining Men of Colorado and Lon-don Who Are Making In-

vestments.

William F. Farish. the noted Coloradominingengineer who is here to report onthe Taylor mine of El Dorado County fora London syndicate, believes that Califor-nia is on the eve of a great mining boom.

Mr.Farish is an old Californian. He

was formerly manaeer of the Sierra Buttesand Black Bear mines, the latter nowowned by Director Daggett of the Mint.Mr. Farish went to Colorado in1878 andbecame identified extensively with miningthere. He has not been in this Stats foreight years.

He was at his rooms at the Palace yes-terday, surrounded by several old miningfriends, when a Call representative met

him. He has recently spent several weeksat various points on the mother lode."Ihave never before seen such intelli-

gence in prospecting and carrying onmining in California as now," said Mr.Farish. "The money that is put in theground counts Hot sometniug. Itis notwasted. Allover the world there is a bet-ter feeling as regards gold mining.

"Not only California, bat the wholegold-bearing section of the Western Hemi-sphere is on the edge of a boom. In Cen-tral and South America and in Mexico,where there are gold mines tnere promisesto be activity. There seems to be a re-action in the minds of miners with refer-ence to Mexico. Iwas down there duringGonzaies' adruinistrat on and got enoughof it, but now the laws are changed sothat there are far more advantages forforeign interests."Ican say for one thing that there is a

great deal of interest in California amongColoradans, and most of the Coloradomen are well-to-do. Ex-Senator Dorseyand his lriends have large properties nearthe Colorado River, in ttafa etate, and aregoing to build a raiiroad and put up alarge plant of machinery. The ex-Senatortells me, too, that he is going to look upother mines in California, with the idea ofgetting and developing them.

"Ifa wine pays 10 or 15 per cent prob-ably a great body of ore can be found ondevelopment, while ifhe took hold of awell-developed mine he would have to payfor all the ore in sight. Ithink these ef-forts to develop mines willresult in goodto the holder, the company which takesan interest and develops, and to the coun-try generally.

"California mines, probably more thanany other now, are attracting attention.Ithink there is an excellent outlook herefor mining. Fortunes ought to be madeand the interest quickened inevery wayinmining."

Mr. Fari6h is busy making out his re-ports, in company with other experts.He willbe in the (Jity for several days, atleast.

WILLIAMF. FARISH, the Noted Mining Engineer,[Sketched from life by a "Call" artist.]

THE MURDERER OFJAMES H. CHILDS

John Miller Says He ShotHis Man in Self-

Defense.

This Claim Said to Be Net Sub-stantiated by the

Facts.

Childs Was Smcking His Pipe andReading When He Went Forth

to Meet His Death.

John Miller, the hunchback, who shotand killed James Henry Childs on Clem-entina street Wednesday alternoon whileChilds was attempting to prevent himfrom murdering Mrs. Nellie Ryan, awoman with whom he had been living,appeared in Judge Joachimsen's courtyesterday morning. By consent the casewas continued tillNovember 25.

Miller has retained Attorney H. G.Grant to defend him. Grant knew him inLos Angeles. Miller cave Grant an orderon the police for the keys to his carpen-ter shop, 1149 Foliom street, and the per-sonal effects taken from him at the timeof his arrest.

Millerhas been instructed by his attor-ney to preserve absolute silence about thecase, and his attorney intimated that thetheory of the trial would be that Milleracted in seif-defense.

When Miller was taken to tbe Southernstation Wednesday afternoon he made anattempt to commit suicide, but the officerswere too quick for him. He has beencarefully watched in his cell, and as hewas m&king an attempt to take off hissuspenders during the night, one of tbeother occupants of the cell took them fromhim after a struggle and handed them tothe sergeant in charge of the prison.Miller sits apart from the other prisonersand refuses to converse with them.

In his statement published yesterdayMiller said that when Mrs. Ryan left himshe went to tbe Central hotel on Thirdstreet with a plasterer. The proprietor ofthe hotel denies that the woman was aguest at his hotel and says that one of hisrules is that no women guests are allowed.

The body of the murdered man, J. H.Childs, was laid out in a casket last nightin the home of his mother, 425% Clemen-tina street. W. W. Childs, George W.Childs and Charles Childs, the threebrothers of the deceased, and his twosisters, Mrs. Andrew White and Miss LillyChilda, were surrounded by friends fromall over the country who came to mournwith them.

Young Chiids' fellow-employes fromSterling & Dunphy's, the distributors,were also in attendance.

The story of the uncalled-for murderwas retold time and again, and the detailsare such that the plea of self-defense uponwhich Miller relies is claimed to be un-tenabie.

W. W. Cbilds, a brother of the deceased,made this statement:

"We were together in the front room ofour home. He was reading The Call tomother and smoking his pipe. The frontdoor was open and Irose to close it. Justt. en the Bcreama of the woman outsideand the shooting made both of us movefaster. Iwas in the lead, and asIopenedthe door Itook in the situation at a glance."Isaw the pistol in the man's grasp

and the woman who was running fromhim. I grabbed her and pulled hertoward me. Brother was right behindme, and the last words Iheard him speakwere addressed to the woman. He said:'Get in here; I'llnot let him hurt you.'Mybrother was very near-sighted and I'msure he didn't see the pistol.

"When Igot the woman inside brotherput both hands over Miller's shouldersand s-aid something to him. Itwas like,"Don't do that, man.'

"Just then the fellow raised his pistol!and tired and my brother felldead. WhenIwe picked him up hi3pipe lay under his:body."

Derivation of Phrases.Next to Shakespeare, we draw most pro-

Ifusely from King James' version of thejBible for terse expressions, Proverbs andj Ecclesiastes furnishing the larger propor-j tion from the Old Testament, and St.IPaul's epistles from the New. Milton,Ithough far behind these two great| sources of English speech, gives usimore familiar expressions than any;otner writer after them. From himIwe have learned to speak of "a dimi religious light," of "grim death," "aIheaven on earth," and "sancity of rea-son"; of "adding fuel to the flame," of"tempering ju-tice with mercy," of the"busy hum of men," "the light fantastic

Itoe" (that boon to provincial reporters),|and the "neat-handed Philiis." Chaucer,

tnous;h rich in material for quotation, hasgiven us no t>ithy phrases, but from Spen-ser, who sang of him as the "wellof Eng-lish undefyled," we get "nor rhyme norreason," "by hook or ©rook," "sweet at-tractive erace, :,' and "through thick andthin."—

Chambers Journal.

The marriage rate in Great Britain,which has been steadily declining in re-cent years, is again on the increase.

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