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VOLUME LXXXI.--NO. 119.
THE DESERT LAKE.
Caused by High Waters in the
Colorado River.
BELIEF THAT THE FLOW WILL SOON
CEASE.
Ho Interruption to Railroad Traffic—
Farmers Astonished at the Change
In the "Weather—The "Oldest In
habitant" Amazed at Rainfall at
This Season of the Year—The Dam
airc to Grain and Fruits Not Very-
Heavy—Parties Suspected of Bridge-
Burning In Arizona Arrested.
Special to the Record-Union.
Los Angeles, July 9.—There is noth
ing new in the general situation at Sal
ton. Captain I. Polhemus, President of
the Colorado Steam Navigation Company,
"who has been navigating the Colorado
River for thirty-four years, arrived in this
city from Yuma to-day. Captain Polhe
mus is one of the best posted men in the
country on the Colorado River, and states
positively that the channel of the Colo
rado River has not been changed, and
there is no present danger of such a thing.
When the overflow is properly under
stood it is as simple as it can be. Every
time the Colorado overflows the water
is thrown into New River, and a desert
lake formed.
At present there are two lakes, one at
Indian Wells and the other at Saltou,
which is nothing more or less than the
overflow from the Indian Wells Lake.
Always heretofore the sandhills caused j
by the sand blown against the mesquito
bushes that grow between Indian Wells
and Salton kept the water out of the Sal
ton Sink. Tho February flood was the
greatest ever known on the Colorado
River, and the water reached a point live
feet above high-water mark at New River
and Indian Wells. The lake was higher j
than ever before. Now a second flood
came last month, and as Indian Wells
Lake was already full from tho February
flood, the water found an outlet through
the mesquite levee, and a second lake was
formed. This flow cannot last much
longer, for the Colorado is rapidly falling.
JfO INTERRUPTION TO RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
San Francisco, July 9.—The officials
ol the Southern Pacific Company are in
receipt of positive information confirm
ing their belief that the quantity of water
flowing into the south or Indian Wells
depression of the Colorado Desert, will
not endanger their line through the main
depression. They stale that the water in
Colorado River, from which this over
sow into tho desert has come, has fallen ]
at Yuma one loot in the past week, thus I
rapidly cutting off the inflow of water!
into the desert. Even should the inflow
of water continue at the same rate as for
the past ten days, it would not, in three
months' time, leach the railroad track at
the extreme lowest point in the depres- \
sion. Thus, there would in any case be
ample time to ..hangethe line of.the road.
Thy length of such change would be very
short in any case in the open flat country,
and such change of line, if made, would
not, as a matter of fact, lengthen the route
more than a miie. Tho company's engi
neers, it is said, have not, as stated in the
dispatches recently printed, been in- j
Btractod to make surveys or estimatos for j
a new line, the necessity for which is too
remote to warrant serious consideration
at tho present time. The company's offi
cers state that there will be no interrup
tion to the traffic of the Southern Pacific
Company on account of the desert lake.
THE IT AT A CASE.
The OtHeors of the Vessel Have Not
et Paid the §500 Penalty.
San Diego, July 9.—The officers of the
Itata here have not yet paid the £500 pen
alty for leaving this port without clear
ance papers, though officially notified
that it would be accepted if tendered.
Marshal Gard is personally in charge,
and he will remain the rest of the week
and then put a deputy on board.
<'rowds visited the Charleston to-day.
To-night a banquet was tendered the
officers of the men-of-war in tho harbor
by army ollicers and business men. It
waa a brilliant atfair.
The Ranker sails for San Francisco to
morrow.
Judge Alexander Campbell, Assistant
United States District Attorney, arrived
last night, to confer with Marshal Gard
and the officers of the Charleston. lie
informed a reporter that the papers in the
libel suit were filed yesterday, but the
trial could not be held until September.
The court had adjourned for the term,
and Judge Ross was going to San Fran
cisco to hold court for Judge Hoffman.
In reply to the question about the
Itata's offense being bailable. Judge
Campbell said of course her owners
would be permitted to give bonds for the
return of the vessel, and she would be
allowed to depart, but, as the bonds
would necessarily be much greater than
the value of the vessel, he hardly thought
•u«'h an action probable.
A morning paper published a lurid ac
count of a plot on the part of the Itata's
officers to take the vessel out of port last
uight. That any such intent existed is
■{•proved \>y Ota feet that the vessel is in
no condition to leave, her machinery
having been taken to pieces, her boiler
bring overhauled and the caps on the
• •ylindcr-hcads having been removed. If
she should leave she could be overtaken
by the Charleston in a few days, besides
the Charleston lies within a few hundred
yards <>:' her.
Excursion trains are running from all
parts of Southern California to bring
people to see tho ltata and the Charleston.
MOTION TO AI'PKAL GRANTED.
Lot AvaKLBS, July 9.—Judge Koss of
tho Dotted States District Court to-day
granted a motion to appeal from the decis
ion in the Robert and Minnie case to the
Court of Appi :ils in San Francisco.
ARIZONA NOTES.
Parties Charge*! With linrnlnpr Urldges
Under Arrest.
Solomonv;1.1.k (A. T.), July 9.—Andy
Rilcy, a cowboy, was seriously wounded
on July 4th while attempting to rope a
nteer in a tying contest. His horse fell
and his skull was fractured. He has
ii'-vor Hpokcu, but is yet breathing. The
doctors say ho cannot live.
United states Attorney Than** F. Wil
son arrived from Tucson yesterday to
prosecute Moses doff, a prominent Mor
mon, for polygamy. Wilson lias secured
over ono hundred indictments under tho
Edmunds Act in Arizona during six
months.
Parties charged with burning bridges
on the New Mexico Railroad have been
arrested. A man named Saunders ami
his family of four were arrested in El
Paso and" his w »*"*-' anti children between
Doming at"! l^ordsburg. Saunders re
fused to return to Arizona without a
requisition. __
Wants Moro Warehouse Facilities.
Sa>- Francisco, July 9.—Andrew Nel
son President of the Farmers' Alliance
of San Luis Obispo, and Gustav Brown
THE RECORD-UNION.
of Hollister, San Benito County, both
called at the office of the Railroad Com
mission to-day and lodged complaints to
the effect that the warehouse facilities
along the lines of the roads in the counties
from which they hail are very inade
quate. They came to this city as repre
sentatives of the farmers of 'their dis
tricts, and left with a promise that tho
commission will, at an early date, visit
the two counties and judge what relief is
necessary.
RAINY WEATHER.
The Oldest Inhabitant Amazed at the
Sudden Change.
Auburn, July 9.—lt was foggy here
about 7 o'clock last evening and com
menced raining about 9:30 and continued
steadily till near morning, .28 of an inch
falling. The damage to dry feed, grain
and iruit is quite general. It is cloudy
this morniag and the wind southeast.
North San Juan, July 9.—A phenom
enal rainstorm commenced yesterday
afternoon, continuing during the night,
with no signs of breaking at noon. Much
of the hay in the fields cut will be dam
aged. The oldest inhabitant is amazed at
the weather at this time in the year.
Anderson, July 9.—A gentle rain com
menced falling yesterday forenoon and
turned into a downpour last evening.
Sixty-two hundredths of an inch have
fallen for the storm. It is unprecedented
for July, and damaged the wheat crop to
a certain extent.
Shot by a Constable.
Vaoaville, July 9.—Constable Charles
Bradley this afternoon shot and wounded
a maß named Logan, a newcomer here,
and accused of a nameless crime. Brad
ley attempted to arrest Logan, when the
latter attacked him and tried to wrest his
pistol from bis grasp, but failed. Logan
ran, not heeding the command to halt.
The Constable fired a shot, which struck
Logan in the loft leg above the ankle and
shattered the bone. The doctor says he
may lose his leg.
Portland Races.
Portland (Or.), July 9.—Seven-eighths
of a mile, running, Raindrop won, Her
cules second, Rosebug third. Time,
Trotting, mile heats, McMinnvillo
Maid won, Nervessa second, Prince
third. Best time, 2:295.
Trotting, mile heats, Hylas Boy won,
Blondie second. Best time, 2:24 J.
Hawaiian Bark Wrecked.
San Francisco, July 9.—The Hawaiian
bark George H. Douglass was wrecked
on May 14th at the harbor of Butaritari,
in the South Seas. The vessel sailed from
San Francisco on March 22d, and struck
on a reef while entering Butaritari. Part
of her cargo was saved. No lives were
lost. She was owned by Wightman
Bros, of this city.
Lnmber Mills Burned.
McMinnville (Or.), July 9.—A fire
occurred this evening, destroying Jones
<fc Co.'s planing mills, sash and door
factory and lumber sheds, with a large
quantity of lumber. Loss, §20,000; no
insurance.
A Chinese laundry was also burned.
Woman's Rights Case.
Olympia (Wash.), July 9.—The case of
Nevada M. Bloomer vs. John Todd and
others, in which the Territorial Supremo
Court three years ago decided adversely
to woman's right of suffrage and office
holding, will be called in the Supreme
Court of the United States for a hearing
the coming October term.
Novel Mode of Suiciding.
Astoria (Or.), July 9.—11. Nesem, a
Norwegian, aged 35, committed suicide
to-day in a novel manner. He tied one
end of a baling rope around his neck and
the other end to a door knob, and then
pulled back until he choked to death. He
had been drinking heavily.
An Encampment at Coronado.
LosAngei.es, July 9.—lt was decided
to-day to hold the Annual Encampment
of the Seventh Inspection District, G. A.
R.. at Coronado, August 11th to 2<>th.
Colonel Mudge left for Coronado to-day
to make arrangements.
A Seaman Drowned.
San Pedro, July 9. -The ship Wachu
sett. arrived last night, nine days from
Nanaimo. The Captain reports that on
July 7th, off Santa Cruz, Norman Pagel
stein, a seaman, was lost overboard and
drowned.
Oregon Farmers' Alliance.
Portland, July 9.—The Farmers' Al
liance this afternoon elected officers.
Nathan Pierce, an extensivo farmer of
I JiiiUilla County, was elected President.
A Hunter Accidentally Killed.
Cnico, July 9.—Robert Morton, while
out hunting this morning, was shot in
the forehead and instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun.
Acquitted of Murder.
Stockton, July 9.—Warren Ferguson,
the negro who killed George Collins in
this city a few weeks ago, and was tried
lor murder, was acquitted to-night.
HOLMES-FULLER FRACAS.
The Former Describes Their Meeting
on the Ferry-Boat.
Nkw York, July (fc—Ex-Judgo Leices
ter Holmes denies the correctness of Dr.
Fraser C. Fuller's statement concerning
their meeting on the ferry-boat Wednes
day. Holmes says: "Before the boat
was in midstream I saw Dr. Fuller, a big
six-footer, stalking through the cabin.
He passed me, and went about half-way
to the door. He turned and came back.
His fists were clinched and his lips were
moving as if he was saying something to
himself. His attitude was so threatening
that I Jumped to my Gmt and struck him.
Then he hit at me, and for half a minute
we were both busy with our fistH. The
ladies in the cabin left their seats, nnd
some one called the deck hands. A big
man seized me, and when the deck bands
came he said, 'Arrest him, he struck the
first blow.'
"We were separated, and Fuller
walked out on the de<-k. He turned to
the crowd and said, *I spat in that man's
face, and he struck me.. I wanted him to
hit me. He's Leicester Holmes.' What
he may have said after ho got outside I
do not know. He did not spit in my
(ace. When the boat landed I walked
oil", passing within three feet of Fuller.
He aid not speak. .
"I have met Fuller a number of times
siiu-f the divorce case. He never before
.showed any desire to get into an alterca
tion with me. He made cruel charges
against bis young wife, and sought to
placard her before the world as a bad
woman. He takes every opportunity to
dxag my name before tho public, and 1
believe he has brought about the fisticuffs
in order to havo another occasion for
talk. If he's not insane lam mistaken."
A Split in the Mormon Church.
Kansas City, July 9.—There is a seri
ous split in the Hedrickite branch of tho
Mormon Church at Independence, Mo.
A majority of the members have with
drawn, and sock admission to the recog
nized branch, because Elder Wall, chief
of the Ilcdrickite branch, instituted cer
tain reforms among his followers. He
required the sisters to dress in plain black
driatea and sun bonnets without rib
bons, laces and frills. He forbade the
men to use tobacco, disobedience to be
punished with expulsion. As a conse
quence fie now has only thirteen mem
bers.
SACRAMENTO, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1891.
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
Emperor William Takes a Canter
♦ Through Rotten Row.
LATER HE ATTENDS A PARTY AT
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.
The Parnellito Press Downcast Over
the Defeat at Carlow—The French
Court of Appeals Holds that Presl
dont Balmaceda is the Only Legally
Constituted Authority in Chile Rec
ognized by France)—Revolutionary
Disturbances In the Argentine.
Special to the Rkcord-Union.
London, July 9.—The Emperor of Ger
many arose early this morning. After
taking a canter in Rotten Row, he re
turned to Buckingham Palace, where, in
company with the Empress, ho received
deputations from the various German so
cial and benevolent societies of London
and the Diplomatic Corps.
This afternoon the Emperor again vis
ited Rotten Row, attended only by his
aid-de-camp and dressed in the uniform
of a Prussian General. He was mounted
on one of his own horses, brought over
from Germany.
Later the Prince and Princess of Wales
gave a garden party at Marlborough
House In honor of the Emperor and Em
press, which was a great success. Here
their majesties met a number of tho
British and German aristocracy. The
music, furnished by the band of the
British Guards and that of tho Prussian
Royal Dragoons, the latter boing sent to
England on purpose to play at this party
was delightful.
Thousands of people crowded the
neighborhood of Marlborough House,
anxious to catch a glimpse of his German
majesty.
Ihe Enjperor assisted the Queen to
alight from her carriago on her arrival,
and accompanied her to a seat. After re
freshments the Emperor and Empress
were shown the grounds. After dinner
in Buckingham Palace the Queen re
turned to Windsor and the imperial vis
itor attended a concert in Albert Hall,
where the "Golden Legend" was sung,
the royalties occupying the Queen's box.
Tho Emperor wore the uniform of a
British Admiral. The Empress wore a
dress of cardinal silk, with a dazzling
tiara of diamonds. At the conclusion of
the "Kaiser's March" the audience arose
and cheered the imperial visitors, who
bowed in response.
THE CARLOW ELECTION.
What the Irish and English Press
Think of It.
Dublin, July 9.—The Parnellite press
is exceedingly downcast over the result
of the Carlow election.
The Freeman's Journal says there is
now no more chance of getting: Home
Rule for Ireland than of getting tho
moon. The electors, the Journal adds,
have abandoned their independence for
the British party yoke.
The Conservative Dublin Express says
the English will learn from Carlow that
the Irish tenant farmer when not actuated
by an insane land hunger, is a puppet in
the hands of the Roman Catholic priests
and as unfit to be an elector as if he were
an infant or a lunatic.
The National Press, McCarthyite or
gan, is naturally jubilant, and says: The
Carlow men have dealt a death-blow to
the faction of Parnell from which there is
no longer any peril.
London, July 9.—The Times, comment
ing on the Carlow election, warns the
country that the collapse of Parnell
means the domination of Irish priests,
who have always hated the national
movement, and therefore the McCarthy
ites' case is but little better than Parneli's.
Whoever, says the Times, becomes tho
nominal leader of the Irish party will be
merely the puppet of tho Irish hierarchy.
IN THE COMMONS.
Protest Against Lord Salisbury's Atti
tude Toward the Dreibund.
London, July 9.—ln the Commons this
morning Labouchere protested against
the attitude of Lord Salisbury toward
the Dreibund, as calculated to irritate
France. Ferguson, Under Foreign Sec
retary, contended that the entente with
Italy to maintain a status quo on the
Mediterranean should not bo mixed with
the Dreibund, to which the Government
was no party. Labouchore insisted that
Salisbury was doing his best to envenom
the relations with France. This policy,
he said, arose from a feeling that if the
Republicans in France succeeded, Re
publicanism would spread in Europe.
France Recognized Balraaceda.
Paris, July 9.—The Court of Appeals
has annulled the decree off sequestration
issued by the civil tribunal of the Seine
in regard to the Chilean war vessels con
structed in Franco for the Chilean Gov
ernment. The court, in annulling the
decree, holds that the vessels were or
dered by the Government of President
Halmaceda, which is the only legally con
stituted authority in Chile recognized by
France.
Washington, July 9.—The Chilean
Minister to-day received advices from
Paris regarding the decision of the
French court, and stating that tho two
cruisers which have been finished will
immediately sail for Chile. The battle
ship Pratt will be finished soon.
Russian Jews.
Vienna, July 9.—At a conference hold
at Lemberg between a representative of
Baron Hirsch, Herr Fren/.os, represent
ing the Jews of Berlin, and Dr. Kurandaof
this city, it was agreed upon that the best
direction in which to guide the tide of
.'ewish emigration is toward tho Argen
tine Republic. It was also decided that
it was impossible to come to any arrange
ment by which the emigrating Jews
could be allowed to settle in Palestine.
Alsace- Lorraine.
Parts, July 9.—Tho German Govern
ment has informed the Minister of For
eign Affairs that the relaxation in the
Alsace-Lorraine passport regulations,
which was ordered at the timo of the re
cent Swiss railroad disaster in order to
enable friends and relatives of the dead,
wounded or missing to seek for or attend
the victims, is made permanent.
Revolutions In Argentine.
Buenos Avrks, July 9.—There have
been fresh revolutionary disturbances in
several parts of the country. Tho Gov
ernment is taking vigoi'ous measures to
quell a threatened revolt in the prov
inces of Entre Rios, Cordoba and Cata
marca.
Two Men Drowned.
Simcoe (Ont.), July 9.—News reached
here to-day of the drowning near Long
Point during a big gale which prevailed
on Friday last of Major John W. Ryer-
son, a prominent resident of this place,
and Abel Bunker, a commercial traveler
of Toronto, who httfl gone to the point
last Wednesday fishing.
Important Hallway Scheme.
London, July 9.—The House of Lords,
indorsing the action of the Commons,
passed a bill authorizing what many be
lieve to be the most important English
railway scheme of many years—the con
struction of n railway to bo operated in
the interest of and in connection with
the Manchester Canal.
Suicided In the Reichrath Chamber.
Vienna, July 9. —During the session of
tho lower House of the Reichrath to-day
a man committed suicide with a revolver
at the entrance of the gallery. He was
identified as a hunter, and camo to the
Reichrath to demand justice in an imag
inary law suit with the Rothschilds.
Russian Crops.
London, July 9.—A St. Petersburg spe
cial dispatch, referring to conflicting
crop reports, says in some places proba
bly the harvest will bo fair, but that
plenty of reports, official and private,
justify a leaning toward the pessimistic
view.
A Nobleman Murdered.
Vienna, July 9.—Count Michael Pla
ter, a Polish nobleman and wealthy land
owner, was murdered and robbed last
evening while traveling on the express
train between Warsaw and St. Peters
burg. No arrests wore made.
Miners' Strike Ended.
Brussels, July 9.—The great strike of
the Belgian miners is ended, 4,500 men
who have been on a strike for seventy
days returning to work on an order of the
Knights of Labor Council.
The American Beats tho Record.
London. July 9.—ln the Turnell Park
games to-day ljuerkborner of the Man
hattan Athletic Club threw the hammer
188 feet 7-; inches, beating tho best Eng
lish record of 130 feet.
German Poet Dead.
Berlin, July 9.—Baron yon Rodwitz-
Schmoltz, the German poet, is dead, aged
08 years.
Mr. Spurgeon Worse.
London, July 9. — Mr. Spurgeon is
we -ker and delirious.
RELIGIOUS.
CHRISTIAN EN DEAVOH SOCIETIES
MXET AT MIXXEAPOLIS.
The Convention Ono of the Largest Re
ligious Meetings Ever Held—
The President's Address.
Special to tho Recokp-Uniojt.
Minneapolis, July 9,—The great Con
vention of the Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor -was called to order
late this afternoon. Addresses of wel
come were made by Frank R. Daniels,
Chairman of the local committee; Rev.
R. G. French, on behalf of the Minne
apolis pastors, and by Rev. Dr. Robert
Curistto, for the pastors of St. Paul.
John B. Elliott, local Secretary of Y. M.
0. A., concluded the addresses of wel
come.
The convention is the largest ever held
by the Christian Endeavor societies, and
one of tho largest religious conventions
ever held. The advancing hosts have
been coming all week, and still others are
coming to-night.
The auditorium of tho convention hall
has been beautifully decorated for the oc
casion. Thousands of seats for the chorus
were banked up back of the stage, and
twelve thousand seats for tho audience
were on the main floor and in tho gallery.
Fully ten thousand persons were in tho
hall when President Clark rapped for or
der this afternoon.
Tho convention began with a grand
mass chorus singing'rAll Hail the Power
el Jesus' Name." The addresses of wel
come by the gentlemen named above
were responded to eloquently by Rev.
Dr. George H. Wells or Montreal, who
also extended an invitation to meet next
time in Montreal.
At the evening session Rev. Dr. O. R.
Tiffany presided, and began the formal
session by having the 23d psalm repeated
by the audience, twelve thousand in
number, after which Rev. L. G. Speare
led in prayer.
After the song service the annual re
port of General Secretary Baer of Boston
was read.
Ira D. Sankey, the famous evangelist
singer, then gang "Throw Out the Life
Line," after which President Clark was
introduced as the "Father of the En
deavor." President Clark, amid enthu
siasm, delivered his annual address,
having chosen the topic "Fidelity and
Fellowship." He spoke first of the basis
of the movement, and said two elements
that preeminently mark the history of
the society are fidelity to the
local church to which each society and
member belongs, and fellowship cemented
by a common name, common vows and
common methods of service—fellowship
that is exemplified by this magnificent
assembly. Fidelity and fellowship may
win the world, for the Christian society
from its birth had stood unswervingly
for fidelity to the church of God and
tho local church. Now for a million
young hearts in thirty denominations in
every realm of the globe, the day has
come when Christian fellowship is an in
spiring reality. The time has come, he
thinks, not to simply accept in an easy
going way this inheritance, but to stand
for it; yes, to glory in it, as we glory in
the (toss of Christ.
Ho maintained that this is their duty,
because every church will be stronger be
cause of this fellowship. He believed it
impossible to estimate the value of such a
meeting as this; as well to try to com
pute the value of sunlight or the worth of
dew, or the commercial value of rain.
This convention will never adjourn.
This fellowship which these days of holy
communion will cement shall flow baok
in refreshing rills of spiritual power to
the churches in every State and Territory
and province between the two oceans,
and oven to the churches across the seas.
The electric thrill of this fellowship will
go, and wherever it goes it will carry
strength and cheer. The united strength
of the common enemy demands that we
oppose to him the united strength of our
common fellowship. There are no sects
InhfliL Let not the children of the pit
be wiser than the children of the light.
President Clark deprecated, not denom
inations, but the spirit that would per
petuate the differences and promote ri
valries. In the name of the Christian
Endeavor the common bond of union is
found. He pleaded for the interdenom
inational and international fellowship of
societies, because Christ commended it
and prayed for it.
A number of telegrams were read,
among them one from Bishop Vincent,
regretting his inability to be present,
owing to i llnoss. Rev. Dr. Tiffany spoke
on "Christian Unity," and after the sing
ing of "Ninety and Nine" by Sankey
the evening session closed.
The Deadly Feud Still Raging.
Catlettsburg (Ky.)f July 9.—The war
between the Cline and Desklns clan in
Logan County, W. Va., is still raging.
All the parties are armed with Winches
ters and are iiring at each other across
Tue River. Three men have been killed
within the last week.
LIVED UPON HUMAN FLESH.
Horrible Story Told by a Pris
oner in Brazil.
KILLED FELLOW BEINGS TO EAT
THEIR REMAINS.
A House in Texas Struck by Light
ning, and a Lady and Her Three
Daughters Killed—Secretary Blaino
Asked to Investigate the Case of an
American Citizen Doing Business
In Guatemala Who Claims to Have
Been Imprisoned and His Property
Confiscated by the Government
Officials.
Special to the Record-Union.
New York, July 9.—A little three-col
umn newspaper, printed in the interior of
Brazil, which reached here to-day, con
tains a horrible story of cannibalism. A
man named Clomente Veiria is under
arrest at Salinas, State of Minas, Brazil,
charged with eating human flesh.
In a talk with the editor he said that for
some time ho and a number of others had
lived upon human flesh, and when asked
what motives impelled them to such bar
barous acts, ho said it was because they
liked it.
When asked how they secured their
first victim, he said ho went one day to
the house of a friend named Leandro,
who invited him to eat a piece of his (Le
andro's) dead child. He was hungry and
did so. The following day he found a
woman asleep by the roadside, killed her
and took the Dody home.
Soon after he killed a friend named
Simplisio, and with the assistance of
Francisco and Severa ate him. When
his flesh was all consumed, Simplisio's
two sons were killed for a further supply
of food. Later on Basilio and the pri
soner killed and devoured Francisco, and
liually Veiria, having discovered that
Basilio had stolen a shirt from him,
killed him. He ate very little of him,
however, for he was arrested within two
days of the murder.
Veiria was captured in the act of mak
ing a meal of a portion of Basilio's re
mains. Tho soldiers found a part of
Basilio's body packed away in a barrel,
prepared with pepper and salt.
"Then has human flesh an agreeable
taste?" Veiria was asked.
"No," he repliod, "it is too sweet. The
fjart I found most toothsome was the
jrain. "We ate the flesh roasted or boiled
with salt and a great deal of pepper."
Veiria expressed no remorse for what
he had done.
ASKS AN INVESTIGATION.
An American Citizen Clulms to ITavo
Been 111-Treated In Guatemala.
New York, July 9.—Thomas B. Dow
ley, Jr., an American citizen of business
in an interior town of Guatemala, has ap
pealed to this Government to interfere in.
his behalf. He says he has been sub
jected to most cruel outrages and perse
cutions by petty officials, employes of tho
Government in Flores, and, after having
been imprisoned without trial and forced
to suffer illness and want in an ill-venti
lated jail, which has resulted in his linan
cial ruin and broken down, his health, he
has been unable to get any investigation
of his case. He was finally ruined, but
his sworn statement remained in the
Consul's office six months without action.
He made his way to the Capital through
Honduras, and there sought Minister
Mizner, who promised a prompt investi
gation. Shortly afterwards he had a com
munication from Consul Kimberly that
there was no evidence in his case of denial
of justice, as he had received no trial.
The charge against Dowley is smuggling
to the amount of fifty-five dollars, and it
was on this charge that his property has
been seized to the amount of about 53,000,
he himself imprisoned, quantities of his
goods appropriated to private uses of Gov
ernment officials, and he is now a pris
oner in Guatamela City, with a sick wife
depending on him for support, and as
there seems to be no desire on the part of
Minister Pacheco to order a prompt in
vestigation of his case, Dowley has sent
his appeal to Secretary Blame.
POLITICAL.
The People's Party Not Indorsed In
New York and Now Kuglumi.
Springfield (Mass.), July 9.—An ex
tended canvass by the 2?ew England
Homestead shows that the new People's
party is not indorsed by the farmers of
New England and New York. The sub-
Treaßury bill and the loaning of new
issues of paper by the Government on
land values are looked upon as wild
schemes, and free coinage of silver has
but a small following.
DEMOCRATIC PROPOSITIONS REJECTED.
Topeka (Kas.), July 9.—About fifteen
prominent People's party leaders are in
session here. They declined a propo
sition by the Democratic State Central
Committee recently to fuse with them in
local county elections in Kansas this
year, and to unite on an electoral ticket
in opposition to tho Republicans next
year.
RACE AGAINST RUIN.
A Lumber Dealer's Trip to Avert Fi
nancial Disaster.
Kansas City, July 9. — George W.
Howell, a prominent lumber dealer of
Atchison, Kas., passed through here to
day on a race against ruin to Jefferson,
Tex. If he arrives at Jefferson before the
close of banking hours to-morrow and
affixes his signature to a check he can
save, the Jefferson Lumber Company,
the Jefferson Woolen Mills and J. H.
Beamis from financial disaster, which
now threatens them.
Howell went from here on a chartered
train ovei the Memphis road. At Mex
ico, Ark., he will take a special train over
the Iron Mountain route to Jefferson.
Unless he meets with unexpected delay
he will reach Jefferson at 2 p. m. to
morrow.
"WISH TO RETURN HOME.
Jewish Immigrants Said to be Dissatis
fied Witn Their Treatment.
New York, July B.—The Consul-
General of Russia called upon the Emi
gration Board to-day, requesting a nu
merical list of the Russian Jews landed
since January 1, 1891. He said he had
received numerous applications from
Russian Jews for means of transportation
to return to their native country, and for
a restoration of their rights there. It is
the prevailing impression that the dissat
isfaction arises because of the unper
formed promises of those in the United
States assisting their Russian Hebrew
brothers in immigrating. Interesting
developments are expected on the sub
ject. The Consul-General refused to
speak about the matter.
The System a Success In Every Way.
Buffalo, July 9.—Dr. Southwick and
Dr. Daniels, two Buffalo witnesses of the
electrical execution at Sing Sing, re-
turned this morning. They were inter
viewed by a reporter. When asked if the
Associated Press report of tho execution
was accurate, Dr. Southwick said in tho
main it was. Both doctors thought tho
system a saoooos in every way. Contin
uing, Dr. Southwick said tho executions
demonstrated that the method was hu
mane. When the current was turned on
thero were no sounds from the con
demned, no burning, no odor of burning
liesh, and nothing whatever that would,
bo revolting to a spectator.
JJew Steamship I^l no.
Nkw York, July o.—The last edition of
the Mail and Express says: Some weeks
ago T, Hogan <fc Sons succeeded in hav
ing the English-built steamships Miueola
and Mont auk placed under the American
flag. It leaked out to-day that Maker A
Co., the English house which assumed
charge of the Monarch Line's financial
affairs when that company went under,
have made arrangements to run a steam
ship line direct to San Diego and San
Francisco. Barker A* Co. are said to be
backed by Hogan A Sons and also by
Samuel Holmes. Tho Mineola and Mon
tauck are to run on this line, the capital
being furnished, it is said, by tho Hoganßt
Looks Like a Filibustering: Expedition.
Washington, July 9.—A letter has
been received at the Government offices
here from a man at Norfolk, Va., who
states that one Captain Annott has been
an agent at Norfolk in shipping men for
a treasure hunt in Mexican waters. The
writer is informed that ho has shipped
over two hundred men, and is secretly
taking a large quantity of arms and am
munition at sotne port on Long Island
Sound. It looks much as though some
lilibußterlng expedition is on foot, and it
may be meant to aid the revolution in
Hayti or Mexico.
Snmonns to Return Homo.
New York, July 9.—Manago and three
other Samoans who have been exhibiting
here will start for home on Tuesday, b".
Marshall, who was left in charge by
Robert Cunningham, signed a document
formally releasing them from the con
tract Wednesday. Tho Pennsylvania,
Chicago and North Western, Union and
Southern and the Spreekels line of
steamers gave them free transportation.
Manago is Htill sick, but will bo able to
travel. The incidental expenses of the
journey will be borne by the Government
and tho World,
Fatal Effects of Llghtnlne.
New Orleans, July 9.—A Picayune
Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, spocial
says: Yesterday evening the house of S.
P. Anderson, a Swede, living fifteen
miles west from here, was struck by
lightning, killing his wifo and throe
daughters, all that were in the house.
Anderson was close to tho house when
tho volts struck, but the ilames were so
rapid, being fed by an explosion of a
five-gallon can of oil, that none but his
wife could be taken from the house, his
daughters burning with the building.
Tho Charge Untrue.
New York, July 9.—The recent chargo
that Minister Whitelaw Reid had violated
the contract labor law by importing
laborers from Austria to work on his new
house at Ophir Farm has been investi
gated by Immigrant Inspector Lee and
found to bo untrue. The architect made
a contract with an Innisbruck firm tor
some glass mosaic panel work, and the
contractors made some errors in the
measurements. To rectify the errors tho
firm sent workmen here at their own
cost, and Reid had no connection what
evor with the case.
Slavin Refuses to Meet Jackson.
New York, July 9.—A cable dispatch
to the Police Gazette says that Frank P.
Slavin refuses the ofier of the California
Athletic Club to put up a purse of 310,000
for a glove contest between himself and
Peter Jackson.
Slavin says ho will fight John L. Sulli
van for the purse of $20,000 that the Mel
bourne Athletic Club has offered, if Sulli
van will right. He will tight either Jack
son or Coroett after they have decided
who is the best man.
Bank Examiner Drew.
Philadelphia, July B.—Bank Exam
iner Drew has not yet complied with the
request of the Comptroller of Currency
for his resignation. Instead of doing so,
he wrote a letter to the Comptroller a few
days ago asking that the request be
withdrawn and he be allowed to continue
in the service. Word was received here
from Washington to-day that tho Comp
troller had informed Mr. Drew that the
department insisted on his resignation.
Looking for Sinews of War.
■Washington, July 9.—Representatives
of the Chilean Congressional ißevolution
ists) party gave out a statement to-night
in which they say that Balmaceda is en
deavoring to negotiate a large loan in the
United States, having been unsuccessful
in Europe, and notifying the general
public that the Republic of Chile will
not recognize tho validity of such a loan
if obtained.
George Francis Train.
Chicago, July 9. — Citizen George
Francis Train arrived in this city at 5
o'clock this afternoon, and put up at tho
Palmer House, whore ho treated tho re
porters to a cup of tea made from some of
the new crop. Ho left for the West at
11 p. m. He will not succeed in his effort
to circle the globo in fifty-five days, but
will beat his previous record by five days,
and Nellie Bly's by eight days.
Crazy on Religion.
Cairo (111.), July 9.—Yesterday after
noon, near Olmstead, 111., Daniel Welch,
colored, shot and killed two colored men,
Eddie Davis and Columbus, and a white
boy seventeen years old named Harry
Odle. Welch is evidently insane. He
says he was commanded by the Lord to
drive out all devils. He was arrested.
Nejjro Lynched.
Little Rock (Ark.), July 9.—Early
this morning Jim Bailey, a negro, who
criminally assaulted Mrs. Folsom of
Beebe, Thursday night, was taken from
jail at that place by an infuriated mob
and hanged to a railroad sign. A Coro
ner's jury returned a verdict of death at
the hands of unknown persons.
Senator Edmunds' Successor.
Montpelier, July 9.—Some Vermont
politicians express doubt as to the right
of the Legislature to elect a successor to
Edmunds at the proposed special session
next month. Edmunds holds this view,
as his resignation does not take effect until
November Ist, and until then there will
be no vacancy.
Mother and Son Killed.
Olney (111.), July 9.—Mrs. Rebecca
Raymond and son, Arnold, were killed
at noon to-day by a passenger train. The
boy, who was deaf and dumb, was on the
bridge. His mother, seeing the train
coming, attempted to save him, and both
lost their lives.
Keystone Hank Affairs.
Washington, July 9.—Tho Philadel
phia experts, Messrs. Faunce and Brown,
have been directed by the Secretary of
the Treasury to commence immediately
and complete the exhaustive examination
of the Keystone and Spring Garden
Banks.
World's Fair.
Chicago, July 9.—The Classification
Committee of the National World's Fair
Commission has adopted a new classifica
tion for the Art Department prepared by
Chief Ives.
WHOLE NO. 15,517.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN'S DEFEAT
Nicolay Replies to McClure's Edi
torial on the Subject
HE DENIES THAT LINCOLN U'AS A
PARTY TO THE MOVEMENT.
He Asks if It is Trobablo That Uu
colu Would Hove Selected Ob
scure a Person as McClnrc to Carry
Out ills "Wishes Id Soevot, "Ulian
Such Stalwart Supporters n* Slrnou
Cameron and Thad. Steveus Werw
In the Convention.
Special to the RkcoiuvUnion.
Washington, July {>.—Tolm ©. Ni>
olay to-day addressed an open letter to
Colonel MoClttre, editor of tlio Phila
delphia T,,ws, replying to thelatter's
editorial on the subject.
Nicolay says in part that ho was nt the
Baltimore convention a* a spectator. B.
C. Coke, Chairman of tho Dlinota delega
tion, 1 had a conversation with him about
the ooune of certain disaffected leaden
in Illinois; that conversation Nicolay re
ported to tho President in a letter i<>
Major May, Assistant Private Secretary.
What he had heard had made Cook aus
picious that Swett might be ontruv to
Lincoln. One of tho straws which led to
this beliefwaa that Swett had telegraphed
to Baltimore urging the Illinois delega
tion to go for Holt. Cook wanted to
know confidentially whether in urging
Holt for the Vice-Presidency, Swett re
flected the President's wish; whether tho
President had any preference, or whether
he wished not even to interfere by confi
dential indication.
Upon this letter President Lincoln sent
the following in his own handwriting:
"Swett is miwnestionably all right. Mr.
Holt is a good man, but 1 had not thought
of him for Vice-President. I wish Dot to
interfere about the Vice-Presidency. 1
cannot interfere about the platform. * Tho
convention must judge for itself."
"This written evidence," says Nicolay,
"cannot l>e turned in trying to evade its
force. You assert that* Linoolt) called
you to Washington and urged the nomi
nation of Johnson, and that you re
turned to Baltimore to work and vote in
obedience to that requost, against your
personal predelictions. The proceedings
of the convention show that you acted an
entirely minor part. Is it probable that
Lincoln, among all tho Other men in tho
Pennsylvania delegation iSimon Cam
eron, Thaddeus Stevens, a. 11. Reeder,
<j!alusba A. Grow and others;, would
have callod you alone to receive his secret
instructions?
"It is a matter of public history that
Simon Cameron was more prominent
and efficient than any other PcnnsylvH
nian in the movement in Chat State to
give Lincoln a socoud term, and that on
the 11th of January, 1864, he transmitted
to the President a written request of
every Union member of the Pennsylva
nia Legislature to accept tho renoiuinii
tioni This aud his subsequent open and
unvarying report left no doubt of Came
ron's attitude. How was it with youV"
Nicolay then quotes a letter from Mr-
Clure to President Lincoln of May 2, IKiVJ,
protesting against the intimation In one
or two papers that lie (Mot lure) was not
in favor of Lincoln's renomination, ami
assuring him of cordial support, and con
tinues that "It was only la month before
the convention that you felt called upon
to personally protest tho accusation of
party disloyalty.
"Hut this is not all. At one time, to
make nominations for Vice-President,
Simon Cameron, of the Pennsylvania
delegation, and one of the earliest and
most persistent friends of Lincoln him
self, nominated Hannibal Hamlin lor
Vice-President. While the vote of Penn
sylvania was on the first ballot cast for
llamlin's nomination, and also Illinois'
delegation voted for Hamlin on tho first
ballot, does it stand to reason that Lin
coln called upon you to desert Hamlin
and nominate Johnson, and gavo no inti
mation of this desire to the chairmen of
the Pennsylvania and Illinois delega
tions? * * * • Dare you venture
the assertion that Lincoln was deceiving
Cameron, deceiving Cook, carrying on a
secret intrigue against Hamlin and an
other secret intrigue against Holt, and
that on the top of tho whole he has writ
ten a deliberate lie to us? That may bo
your conception of Abraham Lincoln,
but it is not mine."
Entry of Chinese.
Washington, July 9.—ln tho last Con
gress a resolution was passed instructing
the President to negotiate with Mexico
and Great Britain to prevent the entry of
Chinese laborers from Canada and Mexico
into tho United States. From a diplo
matic correspondence just published it
appears that whilo Great Britain received
the proposition favorably and roferiv-l it
to tho Canadian Government, tho Mexi
can Government was unable to co-operate,
for tho reason that the Mexican Constitu
tion guarantees every m;:u the right to
enter and go out of the republic without
a passport.
Duty on Txaid Oi*es.
Washington, July 9.—Assistant Sec
retary Spaulding directs the Collector at
San Francisco to assess a duty on copper
in silver lend ores at tho rato of one-haif
cent per pound on copper in excess of 2
per cent, contained in such ores. This
practice prevails at New York aud other
points, and does not appear consistent
with tho reasonable construction of the
provisions of tho tariff lav/ relating to
ores, and has not been made subject of
protest by the importers.
Precipitation Experiments.
Washington, July 9.—Secretary Rusk
has designated Medicine Lodge, Kas., aa
a point at which a series of trials will bo
made by the Agricultural Department to
test the theory oi" causing a precipitation
of rain by means of concussions. Thoso
experiments will begin as soon as simi
lar ones are completed by Professor l)y
--renforth, whether or not the latter is suc
cessful in his own experiments. Medi
cine Lodge is the home of Jerry Simpson.
Indian Chief Skalaskin.
Washington, July 9. —In answer to a
request of the Indian Department for hia
opinion concerning the return of tho
California Indian, Chief Skalaskin, to his
tribe, the Puelles, General Ruger has ad
vised the Secretary of tho Interior that
he deems the roturn of this Indian to his
in bo inexpedient.
Land Decision.
Washington. July 9.—ln tho cape of
Perry W. Lawrence vs. John (f. Potter,
involving land in the Spokane Falls Dis
trict, the decision of the Commissioner is
reversed, and the homestead ontry oi
Potter canceled.
Foreign Immigrants.
Washington, July 9.—Tho Superin«
tendent of Immigration at New York re
ports 405,fiG4 immigrants arrived ther<
during tho fiscal year as compared with.
323,<M the previous year.
