Show ON THE COAST DUIUIAXTS STRfJCGIE FOR IUS LIFE GOES OX Government Timber Thieves Arrested Arrest-ed lit Mariposu CountyIron JlnrilJONZ County Duke Undoubtedly Gone to the Uottotu During a Gale SAN FRANCISCO Dec 2Tho attorneys at-torneys for Theodore Durrant today presented additional affidavits upon which to base a motion for a new trial i Durrants affidavits repeated the allegations legations of popular feeling against him which he thought prevented him from receiving a fair trial The district dis-trict attorney in reply fed affidavits averring the fairness of the trial Affi trial Af davits were also presented from each of the jurors in the case stating that their verdict had been rendered strictly strict in accordance with the law and the evidence The motion for a new trial vill Ije argued tomorrow Timber Thieves Nabbed FRESNO Cal Dec 2 Special Agent Brockenborough and Deputy United States Marshal Alford have returned from Mairiposa county where they raided a number of government timber thieves They report cord wood cut on government land worth 20000 by the I Sierra Buttes Mining company which is said to be operating a mine there The wood was seized They also made several other seizures of smaller quantities quan-tities The government appears to be using much vigor in protecting its timber in the Sierras Many seizures and arrests have been made toy officers months from Fresno witihin the past few Iron Duke Lost SAN FRANCISCO Dec 2Captain LeIs of the BritiSh ship Senator now in port brings word of the almost certain cer-tain destrubtioni of the German bark iron Duke about which there has been so much anxious inquiry On Septem ber 4 the senator spoke the Iron Duke In lat 53 degrees south long 65 degrees west On September 16 the Senator encountered a hurricane which swept away her rigging and almost disabled her Then the Iron Duke was seen again badly disabled and her hull so low in the sea that the great waves broke over her The captain of the Senator believes that the Iron Duke undoubtedly un-doubtedly went to the bottom in the I gale |