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VOLUME LXXXII.--XO. 7<;.
KING Of TROTTERS.
Palo Alto Breaks the Worlds
Stallion Trotting Record.
HE COVERS A MILE WITHOUT A
BREAK IN 2:03 3-4.
The Annum] C onventlon or Fruit Grow
ers of California I'ronounced a Grand
Bnoccao Three Bailors Drowned by
the Capsizing of a Boat—Officers
Run Down a Man in Oregon
Accused of Defrauding a Missouri
Bank.
Bpeclal to the Ukooriv-Uyioic
Stockton, Nov. 17.—Palo Alto, the
famous campaign stallion of Stanford's
stable, was placed by Marvin to-day
champion of the world of trotting stal
going a strong and game mile in
The horse went a mile yesterday
in 2:10$, which made him right for to
day's performance. Heretofore Marvin
has tried to hold him down to the half
•.ve him for the finish, but to-day
he let him go away at his speed, hoi.ling
him on his feet. He went along liis
track in the middle of tho course
with a runner close up and made the
quarter in 31} seconds and the half mile
in 1:03$, a terrific gait. Marvin held him
back on the next quarter to keep him
strong for the finish, making the quarter
in 33 seconds, ami reaching the three
quarters post in 1:36|, a second faster than
he made the distance yesterday. On he
went, making a wonderful finish, com
ing the last quarter in ■ '-■_■ seconds with
out a skip, going under tbe wire brave
- rong, winner of ihe world's stall
on trotting record in 2rOS|.
Palo Alt<> goes home in the morning to j
retire to the stud, having won the mark j
Marvin had set for him.
While Palo Alto goes to the head ofthe
7 t, much honor must be given to tho
famous driver Marvin, who has persist! d
iv working the great campaigner on to the j
championship. It lias been insisted that
trotter had seen Ids best
ad could never go a faster mile
than Irs record of 2:121, which he had
when he came to Stockton the Ist of Octo
ber. Senator Stanford gave MaVvin ful!
. ity :•' oo as be pleased. < October
L4th tl-.e h started here against
■ ord 0f2:12i, and trotted in 2:12?. A
week later be went in 2:11$. Six days
. j- he went in 2:10, and ou the 3d of No
vember he trotted bis best mile in 1_:0;»?.
Then it was said that ihe old horse had
done his best, aud should be re
tired, but Marvin kept on. driving him,
k later, two terrific heats, one in
and three hours later another in
Yesterday Marvin drove the stall
ion in 2:101, and but for breaking be
would have bad the record. To-day he '■
seemed to understand what was wanted j
of him, and went out to win the race of i
bis life. It was the grandest race and j
lost creditable performance ever seen
ou any track, for the stallion is !• years of
□ 1 has been raced more and foster
ly living horse, and has nol
sound since he was ■{ years o\A, having a
-- in one leg which always _sbows
in his warming up, and undoubtedly
causes pain.
Bell Bird, the Palo Alto yearling, went
against ber world's record of -:-■>*, but
i break, coming in in 2228. She
went to the half in 2:12.
C. A. i mi: fee's four-year-old stallion,
McKinney, by Alcyon, trotted against
his record of 2:11, and made a record of
y_i_:. beatiug tlie four-year-old stallion
record. il;s quarters were 0:335, 1:03J,
1:401,2:12$. It was made without a skip.
The track was hard lor McKinny, and
he will go as.,am Saturday, when Durfee
hopes to d:iv< biro under 2:10.
Thecontesi for the .yearling record is
citing, yesterday Millard Sanders
drove the yearling frou Frou, by Sid
ney, in 2:28}, and to-day he gave her the
v< ry fa I of :::'_7 Hat, made without
a skip in the mile. She made a wonder
tah for a yearling, trotting the last
quarter in 0:35. He went to the quai-ter
in 0:39, to the half m 1:15, to the three
quarters in 1:52, and the mile In 2:27, only
tl ree-quarters of a Becond slower than
.'.« il Bird's world's record 0f5&26£.
\thadon, a Fresno yearling, who irot
-2:294, went again to-day,
and equalled the lime,not making a skip.
Dwyer, who i< handling the colt,
-:ay t<> drive him again,
Marvin will -lay to give Bell Bird a
mile, so tho yearling excitement
will be kept up.
THE GUARANTEE HOLDS GOOD.
Tho Southern Paciflc Company Will
Maud by tho SSO Roto.
Rak Frascisco, Nov. 17.— J. C. Stubbs,
Third Vice-President of the Southern Pa
ompany,aays as follows in refer,
ence to dispatches from St. Louis to the
• thai the Transcontinental Associa
tion has refused to grant the $50 rate,
! hould the national political conventions
Id here:
"< »ur guarantee for a ?.">0 rate holds
good. Thai dispatch simply means that
several members of the association have
voted against the proposition as submit
ted by wire without further explanation
than the hue proposition contained. It
is a rule with railroad companies, as
with all prudent business men when in
bout a proposition and denied a
able time for consideration, to
vitbhold assent if for no other reason
than to secure proper consideration ofthe
subj< •
"Several months will necessarily inter
between the announcement of
where tbe conventions will eonv. ne
and the day of assembling. In that time
a great deal of work can be done in the
matter of influencing the lines cone
to give us the desin a rate. Enough
panics to make sure ofthe result have al
; themselves definitely on
the subject. Meantime we have the
guarantee of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific, which is sufficient for
all present purposes."
IN TIIE li.VMN OF THE LAW".
A Chinese Embesder Captured While
Embarking for China.
S.vn Fr. vxoiseo, Nov. 17.—Chief Crow-
Jey received a dispatch to-day from the
Chief of Police of Victoria, Baying thai
v>ong Yuen, the Chinese embezzler, had
arrested there. He was a labor
contractor for the Alaska Commercial
any, and lasts - :i furnished la
pany's Alaskan can
* He collected ir. all al
from the company, but failed to pay it
over to the men. Last Saturday he* re
final payment 0f59,080, nnclimme
ared. His description was
aphed to Portland and Victoria.,
and he was arre-^i • a- in- was boarding a
China steamer. The sum of 95.570 of
die stolen cash was found upon him, lie
was immediately extradited to answer to
a charge of embezzlement.
BANK DEFRACDER ARRESTED.
Run Down in Oregon Alter a Loiig
< haae.
Asm.arm (Or 7, Nov. 17.—Saturday's
train brought to Ashland A. J. Buzzard,
THE RECORD-UNION.
President of the Farmers' Iknhk of
Jamesport, Mo., who had traced thus far
one James H. Tantum, who he claimed
bad defrauded the Farmers' Bank out of
several thousand dollars. Buzzard gave
the casa to officers here, and started on
his return to Missouri. Yesterday Sheriff
Birlsey and Deputy Kobt. Taylor found
Tantum at Mcd ford, and will hold him
until a requisition arrives from Missouri.
Tantum came to Southern Oregon about
two weeks ago, deposited six thousand
doliars in the .Jacksonville Bank, aud
after looking over different portions of
the valley, La 1 almost consummated the
purchase of a two thousand dollar place
near Woodvdie. lie has been going un
der the name of J. Horace Greely since
coming here, but when arrested admitted
that ids real name was Tantum, and that
he had large dealings with the bank
which it is claimed that he defrauded.
FKUTT-GROWKKS' CONVENTION.
The Meeting nt Marysville a Pro
nounced Success.
Marysville, Nov. 17.—The fifteenth
annual Convention of the Fruit-Growers
of California is a success beyond all pre
decessors in point of attendance and
character of programme. Masonic Hall
was tilled all day bo-day, and to-night the
trains have brought in many more fruit
growers. Owing to the absence of Ell
wood Cooper, President of the State
Board oi Horticulture, Vice-President
Buck called the convention to order.
Rev. L. .1. Garver rendered a prayer,
after which James O'Brien, Jr., delivered
an address of welcome. As a courtesy to
the; locality, B. F. Walton oi Sutter and
Colonel J. li. Fuller of Yuba were chosen
Vice-Presidents.
Acting President Buck then delivered
ihe annual address, and competent fruit
men aver that it is the most thorough
and comprehensive one ever presented to
that body. Some minor features followed
this address, and preceded the arrival of
Governor Markham, who was accorded a
hearty welcome, and in a happy vein
spoke to those assembled on the subjei-t
of fruit-growing, which had caused them
to assemble.
The Governor was entertained at lunch
after his address, and then driven about
the surrounding country, returning to
Sacramento on a special train late in the
afternoon.
The afternoon was taken up in discuss
ing papers on the subject of handling j
green fruit for the Eastern markets.
This evening an informal reception
was tendered to the visiting fruit-growers j
and their ladies.
RACING IN OAKLAND.
Four Good Events Given by the Oak
land Jockey Club.
Oakland, Nov. 17.—Four good races
were given by the Oakland Jockey Club !
to-day. The lirst event was a handicap, !
nine-sixteenths of a mile, won by Her
cules, Elrayo second. Time, 0:541.
Second race, two-year-olds, eleven-six- !
teenths of a mile, Jyrone wou, Annie
Lewis second. Time, l:o;d.
Third race, all ages, three-eighths of a
mile, Jew won, Ida Glenn second. Best
time, 0:365.
Fourth race, all ages, one and one
eighth miles, John Treat won, Idaho !
Chief second. Time, l:ol.
Portland's Assessment Roll.
Portland (Or.), Nov. 17.—City As
sessor Flower, has completed the assess
ment roll. The roll shows that the total
valuation of assessable property, exclud
ing tlie indebtedness, is 946.000,000. The
gross value is about 960,000,000. Last '
year's assessment oi' tho three municipal- !
•ties which now constitute Portland was
a net total valuation of about 131,000,000.
This year's valuation is made on a 40
--cent basis.
Three Sailors .Drowned.
Port Townsend (Wash.), Nov. 17.—
Three of the' crew of tho barkentiue
North Bend, bound for the Fiji Islands,
were drowned this afternoon. Five of I
the crew were in the ship's boat, which
was capsized in a gale. Two of the sail
ors clung to the boat, and, after drifting
for about an hour, were picked up by a ;
passing vessel.
Land Deal Closod.
Ontario, Nov. 17.—Ohio parties closed
a deal to-day for (dO acres of the Chino
ranch, between Chino and Ontario. The
price, with water, was §-i(K) per acre.
Fifty families are to settle on the land.
11 is expected that the colonists will lease
considerable other land, planting beets
for the Chino sugar factory.
Jurors lor the Sullivan Trial.
Sax Rafael, Nov. 17.—This morning
j a venire of thirty-live jurors was drawn
to try the case of S. W. Sullivan, charged !
with sending weapons into the State
prison at San Quentin with intent to aid j
prisoners to escape. This will bo the
second trial for Sullivan. In the lirst
trial the jur3' disagree.l.
A Hospital Patient Killed.
San Francisco, Nov. 17.—James Gal
lingan, 67 years of age, a native of Ire
land, an inmate of St. Mary's Hospital, j
jumped from a second-story window of]
the hospital this morning, "and was in
stantly killed. Qallingan was partially
blind, and is supposed to havo been in
sane.
Insane.
MERCED, Nov. 17.—James Sullivan, tho |
man who murdered M. Schelly, some
-ix weeks ago, and who was adjudged '
not guilty on tiie ground of insanity last
night, was committed to the Stockton In- j
sane Asylum at noon to-day.
Death of a Dos Angeles Citizen.
Los Anoei.es, Nov. 17.—L. C. Good-|
win, an old and prominent resident and j
President of the Los Angeles Savings j
Bank, died to-day after a long illness of
dropsy. He leaves a family and a large j
estate.
Rev. Gillingham Guilty.
Modesto, Nov. 17.—The Presbytery to- j
day rendered a verdict in the case of Rev.
A. C. Gillingham, charged with unmin-•
: :al conduct. The Presbytery unani- '
mously sustained the charges of indecent
and vulgar language and lying.
Funeral of a County Official,
Yttba City, Nov. 17.—The funeral of
County Surveyor John T. Pennington
.rrcd here to-day. He was thrown
from a buggy Saturday, receiving in
ng in his death the next day.
Dragged to Death.
Nicoi.At-s, Nor. 17. — a China
named Wo twee was dragged to death to
! day by runaway horses.
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Miners* sirike in France.
Paris. Nov. 17.—The miners' troubles
continue to spread, and the men still re
maining faithful to the employers are not
in an enviable position. Patrols of strik
■ ers have caused rioting, and officers have
•cen injured. At Lieven troops are on
duty to preserve order. There are now
i only a thousand minors at work in Pas do
Calais. The total number of strikers is
• 33,400.
Schooner Seized.
Qteeec, Nov. 17. —Internal revenue
officers succeeded in capturing tho
schooner Marie Bose, having on board
140 large barrels of whisky, besides cases
of brandy, wine, gin, and boxes of cigars.
The whole is valued between |25,000 and
$30,000.
SACRAMENTO, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, NOVEMBER IS, IS9I.
FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
Opening Session of the Supreme
Council at Indianapolis.
THE MEETINGS SO FAR A DISAP
POINTMENT TO ALL.
Conflicts or Opinion on Important Sub
jects Seriously Interfere "With the
"Work—Tho Third Parry Issue Ke
sults In a Drawn Battle—President
Polk Delivers His Annual Address.
—
Special to the RKConn-UNrox.
Indianapolis, Nov. 17. —The Supremo
Council of the Farmers' Alliance was
called to order at 10:40 o'clock by Presi
dent Force of the Indiana Alliance, with
nearly all the 120 delegates and 500 spec
tators in attendance. Mayor Thomas li.
Sullivan was introduced and was re
ceived with enthusiasm. In a short ad
dress he welcomed tho delegates to In
dianapolis.
J. F. Tillman, Secretary of the Alliance
Executive Committee, responded. After
thanking the people of Indianapolis for
their warm welcome, and paying a trib
ute to President Harrison, he said: "It
is farming and laboring people who feed
the world, who fought the battles of this
country, and to whose energy and patri
otism this great and glorious land of ours
is indebted for its richest blessings of lib
erty and pea.ee. It is not our mission to
tear down or disintegrate our honestly
conducted industries, but to oppose all
illegitimate combinations and monopo
lists that tend to destroy the very spirit
and intent of the Constitution. We are
not here as politicians, seeking to disrupt
partisan political parties, or to promote
the fortunes of any political aspirant. Nor
are we herein the interest of any third
party, for. by our very organic teachings,
we have the right to vote with whatever
political party we may think best will ad
vance good government.*'
He called attention to the last "Billion-
Dollar Congress." ami criticised its ex
penditures, which, be said, were more
than those spent by all the Congresses in
the first seventy years of the history of
this Government. This, ho said, "was
moro than ?S for every man, woman aim
child in the United States to support the
National Government, not including
other taxes levied." Ho then sai.ll
"How long would they endure it if col
lected directly from them, instead •
directly, as it is now collected? Now,
about our tariff. Say what you please
about the tariff, but it must and shall
come down to a reasonable basis of taxa
tion, and these reckless expenditures i
Congress must be stopped, or wo wiil
continue to change the personnel of every
Congn ss. Vi t, tins is not all ; nor ; s \\ ;^
the bottom of that which brought about
the uprising of the people in all parts of
this great country. I. eau best illustrate
it by the use of three words Transporta
tion, Tariff and Trust. Here is the
trouble, ami there are three Cs, whir!:
are the lir.it letters ol the three words,
crush, change and control. There is tho
unwritten and iron-bound oath our
friendly political newspapers abuse us so
much about, i will now teli you what
this oath is. It is to crush Dusts, to
change tho tariff and control transporta
tion."
lie thanked God for the Farmers' Alli
ance and all kindred organizations, and
then proceeded : "We arc going to suc
ceed iv our efforts to obtain a large circu
lating medium. We must have more
currency, and we will have it. Tbe
farmers North, who wore the blue, have
reached the South and have taken the
Southern farmer, who wore the gray, by
the hand and said to him, 'We have never
asked you to surrender to king monopoly
and partial legislation, but only to pre
serve tbe Union alike good for all'; and
no bravo Southern farmer ever surren
dered to such circumstances. Though
defeated it was but to save the Union,
and the chivalry of the entire Souih to
day is determined to preserve the Union
and*the Constitution at all hazards, and
the resuit is that sectional strife and ;'.ar
tisan prejudice are buried fare downward.
The Farmers' Alliance means the great
est good for the greatest number, and it is
determined to have exact justice for all
and especial favors for none. It numbers
in corporation nearly 400,000. and it has
como to stay and will be held intact as a
non-partisan organization. Tho mem
bers of aU political parties may join the
organization and il will never "become a
third political party. Then; is big politi
cal significance in it, but not party or po
liticai significance, because that would
mean hopeless ruin."' Tillman's refer
ence to the non-partisan nature ofthe
Alliance caused something of a sensation,
and was received with about equal evi
dence of approval and uisapp.ov al.
General J. li. Weaver of lowa was
called for and made a speech on the gen
eral situation, which was received with
enthusiasm. He was followed by Con
gressman Jerry Simpson of Kansas in the
same strain.
President W'illets of the Kansas Alli
ance spoke briefly and the meeting ad
journed.
At 2 o'clock the Alliance went into ex
ecutive session at the Board of Trade and
the National I. M. 15. A. at the Court
house. Both are discussing tiie third
party movement.
The e>pen meetings to-day were a dis
appointment to Alliance leaders, and
particularly the third party men. The
attendance has not been as large as ex
pected, n^r the enthusiasm so great.
Conflicts of opinion have arisen on im
portant subjects which created serious
interference witth the work. While the
attendance was small, the light for and
against the third party movement was
none the loss bitter.
The session of the Farmers' Mutual
Benevolent Association and Alliance
this afternoon was secret, but i: is und r
stood that the issue was met squarely in
each, and the result in each case a drawn
battle. Nothingbuta final vote can de
terminethe relative strength of tlie fac
tions.
At the opening meeting to-night the at
tendance was less than a th<.
President Polk delivered tho annual ad
dress.
Mr. Polk reminded the representatives
that upon no body has greater res]
biUties rested thau on ibis since tbe Con
tinental Congress. Tlie demand of tlie
latter for equal rights were no more just
than theirs to-day against tbe inequali
ties which threaten to undermine the
liberties of the people. What are tlie
_ d grievances ofthe farmers? From
1860 farm values increased Ud per
cent., and from 1870 to 1880 only '.< per
cent. The aggregate wealth of the coun
try increased from 1870 to 1880 over 45 per
cent. Tbe crops of 1886 brought less than
2 per cent, more than the crops in 1866.
.•ops of 1807, though less than half
as huge of those of 1887, brought the
:'ar ncr $79,500,00 I more.
Two-thirds of the country's wealth is
teased for taxation, yet the farmer,
:>ossessing only 22 i er cent, ot it, pays
80 per cent, of thi taxes. With modern
facilities ot transportation and improved
machinery, the farmer finds himself com
pelled to sell his produce at prices barely
ooverins cost. Farm mortgagee are
frightfully large. In lowa the mortgage
indebtedness is $104 per capita, in Kansas
$155, in Illinois $100, and everywhere the
farmer is overburdened with debt.
Therefore the farmer, now appealing to
tlie supreme tribunal of public opinion,
asks a just decision through the ballot
box.
Polk then took up the demands of tho
farmers, on which he spoke at great
length. "The Sub-Treasury idea," be said,
"has grown until it is the sentiment of
the- order in thirty-four States. The Con
stitution declares that Congress shall
! i\ c power to regulate commerce among
the States. Money, transportation and
transmission of intelligence are essential
elements in commerce. Does Congress
:■■ these? Organized capital has
' tnanded of Congress and obtained con
trol ofthe volume of currency. This has
din a fearful augmentation of the
centrali7.od money power to the impover
ishment and robbery of bones: industry,
m 1865 the amount of currency was two
billion doliars with thirty-seven million
population. To-day, with sixty-three
million people, the volume of currency is
reduced to six hundred million, resulting
in high-priced money and low-priced
articles, entailing distress, poverty, suf
fering and ruin.
"The supreme question before the peo
ple i.s financial reform. The two great
parties bave evidently sounded a truce,
■ i.i the past, this question will be
neutral ground between them.
In this crisis it is the duty of every true
member of the Alliance to stand firmly
by our principles, and to demand of all
aspirants of our suffrages an unequivocal
definition of their position on tiiis great
principle."
P< Ik Baid tlie grounds ot organization
was very encouraging. A recommenda
tion wasmade that a conference be had
with the Reform Press Association to dis
cuss the most available means of dissemi
nating reform literature.
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING.
ANNUAL DINNER OF NEW YORK'S
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Seeretarv of tho Treasury Foster De
livers an Address on the Mone
tary Question.
Special to the Ttnrouo-UNiox.
New York, Nov. 17.—A distinguished
assemblage gathered to-night at the ono
hundred and twenty-third annual dinner
of the Chamber of (!on}taerce of the State
of New York. Among the many promi
nent guests were: Senator Hiscock,
Chauncey Depew, Genfials Schofield and
Howard, Secretary Foster, Director of the
Mint Leech, lion. Carl Schura, Rev. Dr.
Briggs and the Karl of Aberdeen.
Less than <>ne year ago Secretary Win
'o:n was struck downin the same ban-
_ hail, and before the feast was
. ue he was dead. Many times the trag
e!y was referred tofto-fiight. President
Harrison, Secretary Blame, Secretary
Tracy, Secretary Proctor, Postmaster-
General Wanamaker, and ex-Presidents
Hayes and Cleveland were among tbe
many who sent regrets.
Secretary foster nude ihe Breech ofthe
evening, the subject being "io Maintain
Parity Between Gold and silver is the
• Policy of This Government." In
the course of his remarks he referred to
the gloomy predictions made fifteen
years ago by ihe people of the East over
the proposed large coinage of silver dol
lars. "So now/ said ii>', "men whose
intelligence and patriotism cannot be
questioned, and whose purposes arc most
exalted, are m >ye '. to indulge in gloomy
. lings over the present outlook
and propose to repeal .be Act of July 14,
1890, hoping thereby to preserve parity."
Ho did not proposo to indulge in any
prophecy.
Secretary told of an elaborate
speech be prepared in 1878 upon silver
aud gob!, but did not deliver in the House
ie of enlarged views between the
finishing of tiie Bpeechand the day set for
its delivery. He added: "if the '■■ .-•
York Times could have that speech to
comment upon 1 think I should have to
resign my office. 1 mention this merely
to cad to mind the fact that many other
gentlemen have not been as prudent as I
was."
The Secretary further said that in his
opinion, with all our power, we could not
maintain the parity of the two metals if
the policy of freo coinage of silver pre
vailed. He was firmly, of the opinion
that parity can be maintained under the
present policy.
•*We produce annually about thirty
millions of gold. Tho present indications
are that the balance of trade with foreign
nations for the next two years, and for a
longer period, it' the present tariff law is
maintained, will require gold shipments
to us to pay the balances in our
Under the present policy we buy ■'.
ounces of silver per month, paying for it
in new treasury notes. Under such con
ditions the work of maintaining the
parity will not be a strain upon there
sources '>f the country. If, however, the
balance of trade should turn to us to any
great extent, which serins to me quite
improbable, except in the event of extra
ordinary contingencies abroad, a strain
would come, but then my faith in our re
sources is such as to compel me to believe
that we would weather the storm and
vo the parity.
"The shipment of more than 970,000,000
ofourgoldto Europe without embarrass
ment to us is only an illustration of the
marvelous financial strength of this coun
try .1 Under free coinage silver would take
the place of gold in setting the balances. If
he price of silver were advanced from
7 toSl 29per ounce, all the silver in the
world for sab- would be attracted to this
country. To maintain parity under such
conditio,) would be a task requiring more
than our immense resources, and the ex
ercis* of unusual power to the last degree
■ould supply, but with 1,500,000 ounces of
silver purchased at a gold value each
month, the task would be easy."
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Tho General Assembly Completes Its
Wort: —Powderly*s Acts Sustained.
Toledo (O^, Nov. 17.—The Knights of
Labor General Assembly finally com
pleted its work this evening. During the
day a number of matters were discussed.
The Committee on Legislation recom
mended that tho General Executive
Board should use every effort in the agi
tation in favor of the enforcement of the
u-.ws under which, if carried out, the
charter of the New York Central Bail
road would bo forfeited.
It was resolved to petition Congress to
put finished morocco on the free list as
• >ne means of reaching the morocco man
ufacturers' trust, Which it was said hail
combined to destroy the organization of
workingmen in their employ.
A resolution was passed sustaining
Powderly in all liis dealings with the
. and "against tlie unwarranted at
tacks of Fred Turner of Philadelphia."
XV. C. T. F. CONVENTION.
Miss Frances E. Wlllard Kc-Elcetcd
President.
Bostox, Nov. 17.—At to-day's session
ofthe Women's Christian Temperance
Union a number of reports wero listened
to. Miss Frances 17 Willard was re
elected President, receiving 393 votes out
Mrs, .Mary Woodbridge was
elected Becording Secretary, Mrs. Caro
line Buell of Chicago, Corresponding
Secretary, and Miss Esther Pugh of
Chicago, Treasurer. In the afternoons
number of interesting reports on differ
ent varieties of missionary work was
listened to. Tlie President's prize ban
ner was presented to tiie state of Maine.
The fanner given to tho banner State of
the National Juvenile Association went
I to lowa.
CONSUMED IN SMOKE.
St. Louis Suffers From a Disas
trous Conflagration.
STORE AFTER ST' GOES DOWN IN
THE FIERCE FLAMES.
A Million an«* Hair Dolla a "Worth of
Property .urned Before tho Firo
Was Gotten Under Control—A Row
of Tenement Houses Burned in
Brooklyn—S:. FTa sco Suffer! to
tho Extent of 57." JO.
•Sperial to tho Rkco t- -UxroN.
St. Louis, No 17.—The cold wave
which reached this city last evening was
the cause of one of the most disastrous
fires which has visited St. Louis in many
years. One person was probably killed,
four men badly hurt and a million and a
half dollars' worth of property went up
in smoke. The flames spread with
almost inconceivable rapidity, eating
their way through brick blocks as though
they were pine. A cold westerly gale
was blowing during the time the lire was
at its bight, rendering the work ofthe
firemen extremely difficult, and for a
time it almost seemed a hopeless task.
The water poured on the flames seemed
to act like oil instead of extinguishing
them, store after store went down be
fore the fierce flames, and fears were en
tertained for a time that a second Chicago
disaster was imminent. The lire raged
from 1:30 a. si. until 10 o'clock before it
could be said to be fairly under control.
and to-night the engines are still pouring
water on the smoking debris.
The fire started in the furnace-room of
tho large dry goods house of Penny &
< rentle, on the southwest corner of Broad
way and Franklin avenue, about 4:30
O'clock this morning.
The watchman immediately turned in
the alarm, and then a second and third
within ten minutes, but the names spread
st> rapidly that a general alarm was given,
winch brought out the entire department;
but before the engines arrived Penny <S
(ientla'a dry goods store, the Sonnenfeld
Millinery Company's store and the mam
moth establishment of the Famous Shoe
and Clothing Company, occupying the
entire block of four-story buildings on
Broadway, between Franklin avenue
and Morgan street, were in flames, and
within two hours all the walls had fallen
and nothing was left but ashes and bent
and twisted iron girders.
Opposite is the immense dry goods
store of !). ('. Crawford A: Co. lhe beat
was so intense that the whole front of
Crawford's store, including the display
windows and all the show eases iv the
front part of the store, from top to bot
tom, are badly damaged by the heat,
causing a loss of $50,000. On Franklin
avenue, opposite Penny A Gentle's, tho
whole row, from Broadway to the alley,
was badly damaged.
Adjoining Crawford's on Broadway the
following business houses were burned
out: McDonald Bros., hats; G. H. Clem
ents, shoes; Charles Stix, gents' furnish
ing a.id cloaks: Mrs. Tobifi, millinery;
17 Wendell <& Co., New York Millinery
Company, the Square Dealing Clothing
Company, and the Weiman House, the
guests of which safely evacuated the
building.
( m Franklin avenue, just west of Penny
v Gentle's, the general dry store
of Thomas Hodson was damaged by
smoke and water to the extent of §o0,000;
insured.
The lire shortly after 10 o'clock burned
itself out. and the fears that it would ex
tend were relieved..
The fire throws about 1,.">00 people out
of employment, the majority of them be
ing in the service- of tho Famous Com
pany, one of the largest boot and shoe
houses in the West.
one life was probably lost, night
watchman Jasper, employed by the Son
nenfield Millinery Company, not having
been seen to-day. Fireman John Lynch
and Alonzo Simon were badly injured by
falling debris. Michael Connors, a
roomer at the Weiman House, becom
ing alarmed at the sight of the tire,
.lumped from tlie window and broke his
leg. A. S. Taylor, a newspaper man,
received a severe shock from electric
wires.
The losses are about as follows: Famous
shoe and Clothing Company, £70o,OvX);
Fenny <v Gentle. $240,000; Sonnenfelds,
$245,000. The minor losses will aggre
gate $35,000. The insurance is about two
thirds ofthe losses.
During the time this fire was burning
the handsome residence of Captain John
A. Scudder, in the aristocratic portion of
the city, was destroyed by lire, with a
house full of costly furniture. Tho loss
will exceed $75,000; fully insured.
810 BLAZE IN UUOOKUY.V.
Brooklyn, Nov. 17.—A lire broke out
at 2 o'clock this morning on the third
iloor of tho four-story frame building, lju
Nostrand avenue. The buildings were
. occupied chiefly by the families of me
chanics. The flames spread with great
rapidity and in half an hour four or five
buildings were blazing at once. Harry
and Edward Ash worth were rescued by
firemen from the top floor of 120. A
butcher named Schnabel, who lived on
the second boor of 120, rushed into the
. street with a child in his arms. He
wildly shouted that his wife, one of his
children, his mother-in-law and her two
children were in the building and were
burning to death. He ran up and down
the street in an excited way, calling upon
the firemen to save them. The fears of
Schnabel were not realized.
The wildest excitement existed among
the people in tho neighborhood, and the
streets were filled with balf-dressed, cry
ing women and frantic men. At S o'clock
the whole row, c insisting of several
.me houses, waa in flames, and every
ulable engine in Brooklyn wasfight
ihe tire. Wild rumors were circu
it of whole families being lost, but
• proved groundless. The loss on the
buildings is estimated at $J0,000; fully
insured.
FIRE AT ST. PAUL.
St. Pattl, Nov. IS.—a. m.—At midnight
a fire broke out in Griggs, Cooper A
\ Company's w hoisale grocery establish- 1
] ment, on East Third street, in the heart
of the wholesale district. The building
is doomed, and all etiorts of the firemen
are being made to save the adjoining
buildings. The tire was not gotten un
der control until 1:90 \. m. Griggs,
Coo] ompany'a stock, valued at
over $>00,(XX), is a total ioss;» fully in
sured.
The fire also attacked the wholesale
. hardware building of l-'arwell, Oseroun,
■ Kirk A Co.. just east of Griggs, Cooper A
Co.'s, and it will probably be a total loss.
WHOLESALE li<\ •■: < BURNED.
Minx.:\_n.;.;s. Nov. 17.—The whole
- - of the Minneapolis <■ n
apany and Lindsay Bros., agricult
! Ural implements, were burned this morn
;. The total loss will be nearly $200,
--: partially insured.
PLAKXSTG MILL JH'P.XEn.
N. J. . N7)v. 17.—John Rin
*.v Sons' planing mill burned this
morning. Loss, §100,u00.
FIRK AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Bah Francisco, Nov. 17.—Yesterday
afternoon at 3:50 o'clock the most danger
ous lire with which the department has
i had to cope in some months broke out in
the four-story frame building on the
south side of Tehama street, near Fifth,
owned and occupied by J. Spaulding A
Co. as the Pioneer Carpet-beating Works
and tho Pacific Cleaning and Dyeing
Works.
once in flames the building burned
like a tinder-box. There was some delay
in turning in an alarm, and when the de
partment reached the scene Chief Scan
nel promptly ordered a Becond alarm in
order to summon the balance of the en
gines, and before it was under control
ihe adjoining buildings were completely
destroyed and a largo amount of loso had
been sustained.
There were three different versions
given as to the cause of the lire. < >ne was
that it caught by spontaneous combustion
among chemicals used in the dyeing and
cleaning department, another that a
match undetected in the pocket of a coat
which was being cleaned ignited under
pressure and set iire to the benzine which
was used in the cleaning process, while a
third account was that the benzine vapor
ignited from a gas jet.
The loss is estimated at from |75,000 to
§100,000.
BAUJXOAI) ACCIDENTS.
A Hood-end Collision in Michigan tho
Cause of Two Deaths;.
Grand Rapids (Mich.), Nov. 17.—A
head-end collision occurred at 7:lu this
morning, about three miles south of Man
ton, on the Grand Rapids ami Indiana
Railroad, between the freight and pas
senger trains. Fireman Pickle of the
passenger train and Brakomao Howard
of the freight wero instantly killed, and
James Smith, engineer of the passenger
train, was probably fatally injured. A
train hearing several of the company's
officials and surgeons have gone to the
scone. A wrecking apparatus has also
been sent.
AXOTII ER ACCIDENT.
FAIRMOUNT (Neb.), Nov. 17.—A col
lision occurred at 7 o'clock this morning
between a freight and a passenger train.
The conductor and brakeman of the pas
senger train were killed and several pas-
Bengers were seriously injured. Edwin
Hardy of Omaha, a traveling man, was
badly burned by being thrown on a stove.
SIOUX INDIANS.
General Schofield Does Not Anticipate
Any Trouble This Winter.
Washington, Nov. 17.—A telegram
has been received at army headquarters
from General Brooke, commanding the
Department of Dakota, in response to one ;
sent by General Schofield asking tho
truth about the rumor that Big Foot's j
band had left the reservation and Btarted
for Pine Ridge. General Brooke stated
that he had been unable to learn any
thing definite about the movement, but
would find out the scope and significance
at (-nee. There is no apprehension felt
here that the movement will be followed
by anything like last winter's outbreak.
General Schofield said this morning:
"The state of things in the Indian coun
try to-day is fer better than a year ago.
There is more content among the Sioux
this winter than last, it is mainly due to
the fact that tho affairs of the Govern
ment, as far as they affect the Indians,
are, I believe, being better administered.
1 do not think there is any discernible
signs of trouble this winter, for as far as
1 can see the tribes are quiet."
KILLING OF CHRISTIE WARDEN.
Alxny Breaks Down During tho Testl
mony of the Dead Girl's .Mother.
Plymouth (N. 11. i, Nov. 17.—The trial
of Almy, for the murder of Christie
Warden, was begun here to-day. When
the mother of the murdered girl took tho
stand, and told of the life at the farm,
Almy broke completely down, covering
his face with his hands and sobbing vio
lently. Dr. Frost of Dartmouth College
testified that his belief was that t:
was shot in the head, then shot in the
vagina while lying down, as then- was no
external wound visible. lie entered into
a long description of the wound, and
while many were visibly affected by the
disclosures, Almy exhibited no emotion
whatever. Almy was hanged in effigy
last night.
Chilly Weather.
Chicago, Nov. 17.—Reports from
various portions of tho country show the
cold wave general and unusually severe
tor this season. St. Paul reports the mer
cury below zero to-night. Other reports
are: Huron,S. D„ 3" below; Bismarck,
N. D., 10° below; Aberdeen, S. D., V£ be
low. Various points in lowa report tbe
mercury at zero, and some as low as !
below. Y\ isconsin points report the mer
cury at zero.
Methodist Missionary Society.
Ci.kvk7.am., Nov. 17.—The Methodist
General Missionary Committee d cided
this afternoon to increase the general ap
propriation tor domestic purposes to half
a million dollars. Baltimore waa selected
as the place of the next annual meeting.
Tbe members of the committee were
given a grand banquet at Music Hail.
this evening, by the Methodists of Cleve
land.
A Blizzard in "Wisconsin.
AsuKA.M) (Wis7, Nov. 17.—A heavy
blizzard raged in Northern Wisconsin
last night, the wind blowing a gale and
the snow drifting. Apprehension is felt
for some ofthe vessels which cleared yes
terday morning with ore and lumber, [f
the storm continues at the present rate
the railroads will be blockaded. 'flu:
weather is getting colder.
The Omaha Lyuching.
Omaha, Nov. 17.—"Uncle Jimmy"
Cannon and Captain o>Donoghuo>Donoghue l two of
the leaders of the mob that lynched the
negro on October 10th, were discharged
from custody this afternoon, the hearing
not developing enough evidence on which
to hold them tor trial. There aro stiil
eighteen men to be tried.
Tornado in Now York ami New .Tersc-v.
Nyaok 757 i., Nov. I.7—A severe
tornado, which formed in New Jersey,
swept across Palisade this afternoon and
then up the river to hong Pier, where it
did thousands of dollars' worth of dam
age to property ofthe Erie itaiiroad
pany.
Flcht Bctweon Soldiers and Civilians.
GuTiiaiK (O. T.), Nov. 17. A man who
arrived from Chandler this evening re
ports quite a serious fight between civil
ians and soldiers in a saloon and store,
in which Sheritf Parker and Matt. Reeves
w.^re seriously wounded, and one of the
soldiers shot.
Clement-Itipley "Wedding.
Ki-tum) (Vt.), Nov. 17. — Charlotte
Howard Clements, daughter of W. C.
Clements, ami Thomas Emerson Rinley,
of Taeoma, Wash., son of <;. v. w. Rip
ley, were married tins afternoon ai Trin
ity Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ripley will
reside in Taeoma.
Strike Settle;'..
PiTTSKTT.fi, Nov. 17.—Tho strike at the
American Iron Works was settled to-day, I
the Amalgamated Association ordering
the engineers to accept the company's re
duction of ten per cent. The plant i.s
now iv full operation.
Petering *ea Dispute.
Chicago, Nov. 17.—A Times Washing
ton special says: Secretary Blame em
phatically denies the report that the King
of Sweden has been named as arbitrator
of the Behring Sea dispute.
General Butler 111.
Boston, Nov. 17.—General Butler is
seriously ill with au abcess of the ear.
WHOLE XO. 15,f>29.
REVOLT IN BRAZIL.
News of a Sensational Character
From Rio Janeiro.
A STATE OF SEIGE EXISTS AT THE
CAPITAL CITY.
The People at tho Mercy of tho Dicta
tor's -soldiers- The Secession Party's
; «**--es in the State of Rio Grando
dv >::l Already in tho Field and
Marching to Meet the Army ofthe
Central Government — A Decisive
Battle Expected in the Near Future.
Special to the Rkoord-Ukton.
h « don, Nov. it.—The Exchange Tele
graph Company gives publicity to sensa
tional news from Rio de Janeiro. No
explanation is given as to how the news
was allowed to be cabled, and as it i 3
known that the Government has taken
complete control of the cables, di {patches
are not accepted hero as certain to bo ac
curate.
The Exchange Company's advices re
port a complete prostration of the postal
service It is supposed that this n I
the general postal service of the republic,
thonghit may mean that of the capital.
At the same time the Government has
put a stop to the transmission of all press
dispatches irom the telegraph lines to the
various cities of the country. This step
is interpreted as meaning opposition to
the dictators rule growing in the pro
vincial centers.
In Rio Janeiro it is declared that a
cal .- ate of siege exists. Tho city is
hands of and at the mercy of the
>r's soldiers. The most stringent
ires have been adopted to prevent
Br or an organized opposition to
tbe present regime. If the report proves
to be founded on fact, it would seem clear
that a very large element in the capital is
oppos( d to a dictatorship, aud only pre
vented by the strong arm of the military
from asserting itself. As aU the papers
which refused to support the uictator
have be n su] press • !, the opposition has
no public mouthpie
The news received at Rio Janeiro, ac
l to the Exchange Telegraph
' ices, from the State of Kio
iirandodo Sul isofan important char
acter. Ihe dispatches report the forces of
th (party of secession already in the field,
and marching to meet tbe army of the
central Government. The armies are nol
arated, and a decisive battle may
be expected within a short period. Prev
ious advices declare tho army ofthe se
ceders to be 30,000 strong in number.
! low numerous .the dictator's forces aro
is not known.
The Exchange Company's advices also
sensational news from Para. It is
asserted that the principal navy and mili
tary officers stationed in the state of
Para, utter discussion, decided in favor of
aratiou of independence from tho
Brazilian Union by that suite. This
movement in Para in favor of secession is
considered so formidable at the capitol,
according to tlie Exchange Company's
disi atch, that it is believed the Go
mentofthe dictator will he unable to
cope with it. With two of the most im
portant states in the Union, one at the
extreme south and the other on the
Amazon, in secession and with threaten
ing dissatisfaction in other States, and
with even her capital in a state of siege,
the outlook for l-'onseca is not particu
larly alluring.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED,
New Yonta* Nov. 17.—The news con
tained in the above dispatches finds some
thing of confirmation in business dis
patches received yesterday in New York
by William 17 Beck, an export merchant.
The hist mail from Rio Janeiro brought a
large order for goods from one of his larg
est customers in Rio. In view ofthe alarm
ing news since the steamer sailed, Mr.
Peck thought it advisable to cable before
filling the order. The cable company re
fused to accept the cipher dispatch, say
ing they could not guarantee Its delivery.
He was compelled to cable in English,
and yesterday received an answer, also
in English, saying simply "Cancel all
ord-rs." This shows clearly that the
Brazilians are not allowing the use ofthe
cipher, and Mr. Pecs declares that in
view of the circumstances nothing could
be more significant than the terse reply
ofthe customer.
FUNDS lon WAH MATERXAL.
Bio de Janeiro, Nov. 17. — :-'onseca
, has issued a decree authorizing a special
; credit of 13,000,01 0 milreis to be expended
\ for war material.
T — ■
CRIME IX MINNESOTA.
Two Members of a Buntins: Party Mur
dered by Their Companions.
Minnkai'oi.is (Minn.i, Nov. 17. — A
Tribune special from West Superior,
Wis., says: c. B. Gear is here looking
for relatives of James Mcßride, who lies
! in a critical condition at his home on a
claim adjacent to <oar's, near Grand
Rapid, Minn. Gearsaysa few weeks ago
a party made up of men named iiahn,
! Redding, Bruce, Mcßride and two
I names unknown started on a hunting
i trip to the Rainy Lake country. Friday
Mcßride came to the shack with Ids feet
bare, bis left arm broken, his hands and
fi et frost-bitten aud in a delirious condi
tion.
In lucid moments the following story
After the party had been
\ out several days Redding, who furnished
the supplies, cut off the whisky rations.
This enraged iiahn and his Mends, and
they tied .'tedding and Mcßride to trees.
Afterward Mcßride was released and
j driven from camp without even a blanket.
Mcßride hung around, out of reach of tho
I men, who became wildly drunk. The next
1 day lie ri I urned to camp and found Red
ding still tied to the tree, with his head
j blow;; off, and at his feet was Bruce, hit
!bo ly full of bullets. No trace of tho
j others could be found.
Only Offered Indemnity.
Shanghai, Nov. 17.—The Chinese
rnment has made no explicit reply
to the tented by tho Pow
ers, it only offered indemnity, without
giving a guarantee for the futi I .
Dolus: a Good Work.
[Downteville Mountain Messenger, Nov, ig.]
The Sacramento Record-Union is do
ing a good work in making public tho
facts connected with the rapid in
in the si/.e of the large landed estates of
the Sacramento Valley. While we havo
but little hope of any immediate
being taken toward the abatement of tho
great evil, it i.s proper that the matter
should be kept prominently before too
public by a journal that has the Influence
and the position to command the at
tention Of those who|make party plat
form.".
Lieutenant Scbwatka only confirms
what recent explorers have said concern
ing Alaska. The country is a broken
one, and tlie rivers are practically un
able. Alaska can only be opened
up by railroads, it contains some mag
nificent forests, and the soil appears to be
well idled with minerals, it may be a
gtJat country for mining, and, if so, its
development by railways is sure to come,
sooner or later.
