Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS an attempt was made last wednesday at stevenson B C to blow up the police station and court room with gunpowder A can containing pounds of powder was found underneath der neath the building directly under magistrate sons chair the fuse had burned within six inches of the powder nathan hollenbeck a deputy of oakland cal was shot dead late thursday night by quang mon a chinese gardner who was watching for vegetable thieves hollenbeck was passing through a corn patch and was fired at four times by the chinese one of the shots proving fatal the murderer sul surrendered tendered himself A Thomp thompson sod rel of Sant santiago santiag lag chile commissioner of the chilean govern gavern ment to the omaha exposition is in san franc francisco isco he went to calif california ornia to ito make a study of the horticultural and farming industries as conducted there and he expects to spend at least a month in the fruit and farming districts of northern and southern call forkla i stanley hollester Hol llster one of rough riders who died wednesday night at fort monroe from a wound received at the battle of san ban suan juan was the son of the late col W W hollister one of the most prominent and wealthiest pioneers of this part of california he was attending harvard when the war broke out and immediately left college to enlist private john tallon company H twenty third infantry regiment united states army has been arrested at san francisco charged with robbing the malls mails he is accused of abstracting a money order for 18 from a letter written by private W M gurton ot of company D first nebraska volunteers and attempting to cash it at a saloon near camp merritt the san ban francisco chamber of commerce and the manufacturers and producers association of california have each telegraphed to the nasonal conference on the future foreign policy of the united states at saratoga urging that the government retain all the territory conquered in this wara war aid aind also strongly favoring the building of the nicaragua canal and its control by this government it is reported at san francisco that some of the men of the first tennessee will be subjected to a military trial for complicity in the attempted lynching lunching lyn ching of dan thomas on monday last the report of lieutenant fowler of that regiment is in the hands of gen miller the report deals only with military offenses the question of money damages Is 1 s the subject of an entirely district investigation three schooners ners with gold hunters are still scheduled to arrive in san francisco from the east of these the mildred E now out days from boston to Is the only one likely to get here the party when last heard from was stranded at buenos ayres and the stowell sherman crowd was in the same predicament at monte the is days out from new york and the sherman days from boston frank president of the madrid mutual Benov elent association has notified the san francisco red cross society that the annual ball of his organization organisation tation will be held november ath and it to is desired to make the red cross a joint beneficiary for the last 11 years says mr this association has annually given a spanish carnival but this year with all due respect to our country it will be called the american carnival A letter was received here yesterday by john gomes keeper of al a sailors Bai lors boax boarding dIng house giving information that the steam whaler was r reported ep arted wrecked wree ked near fox island in the aleutian grou phad been sighted and was waa safe with five whales as her seasons catch the writer prank frank tra is fourth mate on the steam eteau whaler and the letter to la dated august at dutch harbor where the was then at anchor S F chronicle frederick primrose at one time well known minstrel was waa arrested at at portland ore thursday on a charge of stealing some clothing trem a chinese lie he claims to be a brother of the well known minstrel george primrose when taken to the police station he be said 1 I was a good minstrel once but all my luck left me suddenly now I 1 am a poor man 66 56 years old without a single chance of regaining my lost prestige while my brother brot ber george it 16 at the head of a great minstrel organization iza tion he is wearing diamonds and I 1 am sporting around in rags the steamer alice blanchard capt broderick warner has arrived at san Franc francisco from clipperton island atter after a passage of 11 days day with 1150 tons of pulverized phosphate te rock among her passengers is theodore clusman aaman who has haa been on the desolate island for fo nearly thirteen months mr gunman gusmai figured in a somewhat ceroc light on clipperton a few months ago when he refused to haul down the american Ameri caa flag when ordered to do so by the mexican man of war democrate Demo crata the crew of o f the mexican ship raised their flag over the island in place of the stars and stripes but it was taken down as soon as they left mr gusman says that since that time the american flag has been flying over the island john packard whose death is announced at lotsberg Lors LoTs burg cal was a pr 0 m in ent I 1 b business n ess inan man I 1 in n ch chicago I 1 c ag 0 for twenty about eight years ago mr packard disposed of his chicago business interests and went to california and invested largely in real estate he was the principal owner of the pomona winery his california Pall fornia home of acres ranch at lonsburg Lors burg is an ideal place there far the last few years he has led the happy life of a gentleman far fanner nier aside from his california interests he is said to bo have valuable residence and business property in chicago he leaves fit a widow a married daughter 1 mrs henry C norris and a eon bon john E packard owner of the big packard at orange grove tract the remains will be sent to chicago for interment the first steamer of the california and oriental steamship company will sail mail from san diego for japan and china via honolulu in december and thereafter steamers will leave that port for foi the orlen orient t every twenty five days this was the assertion made last night by A H butler of san diego president of the steamship company mr butler has just come back from N nef a york where he had been for sever several al months successfully endeavoring to interest capital in the new g line he returned last night to so ar range ills hio business affairs so that he can leave for honolulu yokohama hongtong Hong kong and other important potta to be touched by the steamers of the now new company on his trip to asiatic cities he will be accompanied by vice president teedle of the coni company pany their purpose being to establish agencies tor for the company 1 in all the aw import pa rt ant cities on that side aide of the ocean they will leave early in september and expect to return la in time to witness witnel the salling balling of their first vessel three months later the rite atte has haa been chosen on the presidio for the red crow cross convalescent hospital urged by the need and with the activity which hag haft characterized all their work mrs W B harrington the state president and mrs mr 0 P F long of the hospital committee went early yesterday to the reservation and called upon general Mille rHe again expressed his bin unqualified approval of the project and facilitated the selection of a suitable spot dr matthews was not labut his representative dr Johnson acted in his stead for he had talked the matter over with his superior and knew exact ly how to advise the site was not decided upon until many points had been visited general miller says that it is the most sheltered of any place on the Pre presidio eddio it is not far from the division hospital on one side of it is a grove of closely planted trees and on the other a high hedge the original plans roughly outlined have been materially changed in fact newson co architects in the mills building who will donate the plans to the cause are arranging for a commodious convenient building the front entrance will be toward the north on one side elde of at the hall will be a room which may be used tor for nurses or for cases which may be benefited by isolation can be placed there nurses quarters ter will be on the other side prom from the main hall ball will open the win will accommodate twenty patient sand adjoining will be bathrooms dining room and kitchen these theae three apartments will make the back L of the building facing the south will be a broad veranda sheltered with canvas abete Is already a fund especially designated for this wor kand many of the auxiliaries have signified their willing to expend all their energies for the nten ance of at this hospital hamilton may school sent two wicker which will be used in the tur fur san ban francisco chronicle |