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GUESTS OF SAN JOSE.
Five Hundred Sunday-
School Delegates
Convene.
HONOR THE VETESANS.
Arrangements Under Way for
a Fitting Celebration of
Memorial Day.
FRANK WHITNEY EXPLAINS.
Tne Operatic Star and Alleged Thief
Gives the Reasons for His
Arrest.
SAN JOSE, Cat,., April 17.— At the open
ing of the session of the California State
Sunday-school Association this morning,
about 500 delegates were present,
It was opened with a prayer by D. H.
Chaplin. Dr. E. Ulrica conducted! devo
tional exercises and read the parable of
the sowers. Short prayers were* offered
by Rev. Dr. Cantine and Mr. Edwards,
after which Mr. Chaplin sang "As We Sow
So Shall We Reap."
After prayer by Rev. O. Wilke, Rev. Dr.
Cantine moved that the convention pro
ceed with the nomination of committees.
President Morton asked for time to con
sider the appointments, and the conven
tion proceeded to hear the reports of
officers.
President Morton made a verbal report,
saying that he had visited many places in
the interest of the work, and that much
interest was being manifested all over the
State.
State Secretary Guy W. Campbell in his
report stated that much good had been
accomplished through the efforts of Field
Secretary Rev. Loyal L. Wirt, who had
been employed for the last six months at
a salary of $25 per month. In carrying out
the recommendations of the last conven
tion Rev. John Kimball of San Francisco,
J. F. Forderer of Alameda and G. W.
Campbell of San Jose have been elected
trustees of the Yosemite Valley Chapel
Association and have in every way possi
ble endeavored to advance the interests of
the Sunday-school work throughout
Northern California. The executive com
mittee has met five times during the year.
On account of the removal of Rev. H. M.
Dubois, vice-president of the association,
the executive committee had declared the
office vacant and Rev. John Hannon of
San Jose has been elected to nil the office.
State Treasurer M. Perkins of^San Fran
cisco rendered his report, showing that
during the past year $489 10 had been paid
into the treasury. The disbursements
. amounted to $399 79, leaving a balance in
the treasury of $159 31.
After the reports had been read Mrs.
Sarah B. Cooper of San Francisco con
ducted a Bible reading, taking for her sub
ject "The Parable of the Sower." In re
plying as to her belief in the doctrine of
eternal punishment, Mrs. Cooper said:
"A mother may forget her sucking babe,
- but ' the heavenly Father never forgets his
children. I have seen little' ones on the
Barbary Coast who looked as though they
did not know what it was to smile. Do
you not think that the heavenly Father
loves them as much as he loves you? I
can think of him as catching them right up
in his arras and saying to the children of
tender care, 'You have had nursing all
your lives. These need my tenderness and
love.' 'There is largeness in God's mercy
like the largeness of the sea.' "
Mrs. Cooper paid a great compliment to
her class in San Francisco, telling of its
cosmopolitan character and how the pupils
were intent in learning of the greater
truths and doing such good as could be
accomplished.
The convention adjourned at 12 o'clock
to a banquet in the parlors of the M. E.
church. The ladies of the church had
charge of the affair and will give another
at the same hour to morrow.
The parade this afternoon was an im
posing one, stretching out a mile in length.
It was composed entirely of members of
the local Sunday-schools, and at least 2000
persons were in line, three-fourths of whom
were ladies. The procession was headed by a
platoon of police, behind which marched
the Boys' Brigade, 100 strong. A band
followed and then came the Sunday-school
children under their various superintend
ents. W. G. Alexander was marshal and
W. K. Jenkines and Henry French acted as
aids. The procession passed through the
principal streets to the auditorium, where
welcoming exercises were held.
TO OBSERVE MEMORIAE VAX.
Committee* on Arrangements Appointed
by Mayor Austin.
SAN JOSE. Cal., April 17. — Mayor
Austin has appointed the following com
mittees to arrange for a fitting celebration
of Memorial day, May 30:
Executive Committee— A. Greeninger (chair
man), P. P. Austin, L. F. Chipman, F. P. Rus
sell, Fred Moore, J. H. Garnett, T. F. Smith
(commander of the Sons of Veterans) and Cap
tain H. L. Partridge.
Finance Committee — A. 8. Mangrum, S. F.
Ayer, G. B. McKee, J. S. Gage, C. Butler, J. S.
Evens, Professor Childs", E. H. Wemple, Mat
Kite and S. C. Close.
Programme Committee — F. Loui
King, D. J. Soper, S. W. Martin, Dr. Simonton,
H. G. Squiers, Louis Bruch, Miss Loudon, Ida
M. Carpenter, Mrs. Ensign, Mrs. Matlock. C.
Bell, Professor Rains, D. T. Bateman, Professor
L. B. Wilson, Mr?. F. C. Sawyer, Professor D. C.
Daily, James Kidward, H. F. Dwyer, and Mrs.
R. B. Dunlap and Mrs. C. D. Wright of the
Floral Society.
Cemetery Committee— A. G. Bennett, J. J.
Pearei, J. W. Nottinger, C. M. Curtis, A. B.
Tcbler, M. Greenfield, J. A. Wheeler, C. E.
Hailstone, D. McGinley and Dr. Williams.
The floral committee will include the
teachers and pupils of the schools.
I'JUAXK WHITNEY'S ARREST.
The Opera Singer Says He Is Only
Wanted as a Hitness.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 17.— C. B.
Fulton, alias Frank Whitney, the opera
singer, was taken to San Francisco by De
tective Bohen this afternoon.
Fulton was arrested here yesterday on a
charge of grand larceny preferred by Mrs.
A. S. Berger of San Francisco. A watch
and fob belonging to Mrs. Berger was re
covered from a pawnshop here to-day,
where it had been pawned Dy Fulton. He
•is accused of having stolen some clothing,
besides the watch.
Fulton says the warrant was seenred to
get bun back to San Francisco, where he
is wanted as a witness in a suit brought by
. Laura Hull against E. C. Edgley, the mil
lionaire raisin-grower of Fresno. He
aaims Mrs. Huh agreed to pay him $250 if
he would stay away from San Francisco
till after September. V- " ;•
Alleged Jiicyde I hie Acquitted.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 17.— The exami
nation of John E. Hart, alias James
Hanley, who was charged with stealing a
bicycle belonging to Dr. Wasson, took place
before Justice Gass to-day. The evidence
was not sufficient to secure a conviction
and he was discharged. Hart said the
wheel had been given him, and after he
was discharged gave Dr. Wasson his name,
and said he would send him the money to
pay for the repairing of the wheel, which
was badly broken.
CAUSED Jty A DAUGHTER'S ACT.
A White Girl's Marriage to a Chinaman
Hrires Her Father to Insanity.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17.— A. L.
Sharpe, a well-known local capitalist,
while en route to St. Louis, was seized
with a violent fit this evening and had to
be removed from the train. His condition
is serious.
It was Mr. Sharpe's daughter, who ten
days ago eloped with her Chinese Sunday
school pupil, a laundryman. Worry over
his daughter's act doubtless caused the
afflicted man's condition. It is feared he
may not recover his reason. Ilis daughter
and her Chinese husband are somewhere in
the Ea>t.
HE FIRST USED A. "BIKE."
Death of a Man Who Introduced Bicycles
in This Country.
NEW YORK. N. V., April 17.— Robert
C. Center, one of the best known men in
the social life in this city, died last niyrht
in Roosevelt Hospital from the effects of
an accident received late in the afternoon
while riding his bicycle on the Western
boulevard, where was knocked down and
run over by a coal wagon.
Mr. Center was the first to introduce
bicycles into this country, bringing the
first wheels from France. Ilis mother is
at Santa Barbara, Cal.
DECIDES AGAINST CHICAGO
Telegraph Companies Must Be
Allowed to Use the
Streets.
Municipalities Have No Right to
Hinder the Construction of
the Lines.
CHICAGO, 111., April 17.-William
Booth, Master of the Federal court, to
whom was referred a case brought by the
city involving the use of the streets by a
telegraph company, has decided in favor
of the latter. The results of the decision,
if sustained by the higher courts, are far
reaching. The Master, in giving his con
clusions, argues substantially as follows:
"The law may be said to be well estab
lished that since Congress has acted upon
the subject of telegraph companies by an
act of July 24, 18'J6, any interstate tele
graph company which has duly complied
with the requirements of said act has the
absolute right to construct, maintain and
operate lines of telegraph over and along
any of the military or post roads of the
United States, and that no State or subdi
vision of a State has any right to obstruct
or hinder it in so constructing, maintain
taining and operating its lines.
"While the city might perhaps, Tinder
its police power and for the purpose of pro
tecting its streets, require the complainant
to give a bond, as required in the amended
ordinance of December 9, 1885, yet the
giving of such bond could not be made a
condition precedent to the right to do busi
ness. Corporate authorities may subject
such a company to reasonable police regu
lations, etc., require lines to be placed un
der ground when the public good requires
it, or regulate the height of poles, etc., but
they cannot under the guise or pretense of
police regulation impose unreasonable con
ditions or exact a prohibitive tax. An in
terstate telegraph company has the right
to have such matters investigated in the
conrts as to their reasonableness or other
wise."
AT THE CLIFF'S BOTTOM.
Finding of the Body of Missing Arthur
See ley.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., April 17.— The
bodj T of Arthur M. Seeley, 2T> years of age,
son of President Seeley of Smith College,
was found by a searching party on Mount
Tom at 11 o'clock. The body was at the
bottom of a cliff 100 feet high. It was
evident that Seeley had fallen from a con
siderable height and struck directly on the
crown of his head. He had evidently been
walking along the precipice where the patb
is near the edge and made a misstep.
Sugar Refining Resumed.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17.— The
Spreckels Sugar Refinery, which has been
closed about two weeks by order of the
sugar trust, by which it is controlled, has
started up again. The plant has started
on nearly full time, with a reduced force.
The other refiner}* in Williamsburg, N. V.,
which closed at the same time, has also re
sumed work. The demand for refined
sugars, which was very dull when the two
refineries were closed, has become brighter,
and, though the market is still overstocked,
it is thought probable a healthy condition
will soon be restored. The McCahan refin
ery is not controlled by the trust, and is
running on nearly full time.
For Democratic Free Silrer.
CHICAGO, 111., April 17.— The uncer
tainty of the Democratic party of Illinois
on the silver question was further em
phaeized to-day by the action of ex-Judge
Samuel P. McConnell in coming out in an
extended interview as an out-and-out ad
vocate of the free coinage of silver. Mc-
Connell holds a prominent position in the
councils of his party. He was mentioned
as a candidate for Mayor, is president of
the Iroquois Club and is said to have his
eye on the gubernatorial nomination.
Income <lambting-Tax Sustained.
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 17.— The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue has sus
tained Deputy Collector Desha Breckin
ridge's role regarding the payment of in
come tax on winnings from races, poker,
roulette, etc. The Commissioner says:
"Gains from the poolbox, etc., should be
included as incomes for the year in which
received, and no deductions can be al
lowed for money lost at gambling."
Utah's Constitution.
SALT LAKE, Utah, April 17. — The
question of mortguge taxation came up in
the constitutional convention to-day and
was fought to a finish. As a result, that
part of the committee report exempt
ing mortgages from taxation was stricken
out by a vote of 57 to 44. The equal suf
frage question will be brought up again to
morrow on a motion to consider the former
action of the convention on that section.
Murdered His Sweetheart.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 17.— Alex
Turk, 23 years of age, called at the resi
dence of his sweetheart, Miss Julia Fallon,
this morning, fired three shots into her
bod J and then turned the weapon upon
himself. The murder and suicide were
both committed without witnesses. Death
came to eacli instantly. Jealousy is sup
posed to be the cause of the tragedy.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895.
RIGHTS OF STEAMERS.
Secretary Gresham Sets
Up a Doctrine for
Masters.
THE FOREIGN ASYLUM.
It Has No Application to Mer
chant Vessels While
in Port.
NO GENERAL RULE, HOWEVER.
Demands for the Surrender of Pris
oners From Proper Authorities
Must Be Regarded.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 17.-Secre
tary Gresham has laid down some doctrine
touching the rights of merchant steamers
in foreign ports to afford asylum to refu
gees that may be of great importance to
the commanders of vessels. This was
called out by a letter addressed to the
State Department in December, 1893,
by C. P. Huntington, president of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, asking
for an exect definition of the powers of
the captains of merchant steamers in this
respect.
The Secretary responded that the so
called doctrine of the right of asylum hav
ing no application to merchant vessels in
port, it follows that the shipmaster cannot
exercise discretion on the character of an
offense charged against a refugee.
While no general rule can be laid down
as a comprehensive principle, a merchant
vessel in a foreign port is within the local
jurisdiction of the country with respect to
offenses or offenders against the laws
thereof, and an orderly demand for a sur
render of the person accused of the cringe
by a due process of law, with the exhibi
tion of th<« warrant of arrest in the hands
of the regularly accredited officers of the
law, may not be disregarded or resisted
by the master of the ships. Arbitrary at
tempts to capture the passenger by force
may call for a disavowal, when a resort to
violence endangers the lives of innocent
people and the property of a friendly
nation.
Whether, if force be threatened, the mas
ter of the vessel is justified in putting in
jeopardy, by his resistance, the interests
confided to his care must be largely a ques
tion for his discretion. That passengers
may have come on board at the port where
a demand is made, or at another port of
the sanie conntry, is immaterial to the
right of jurisdiction.
The Secretary concludes with an ad
monition to the American merchant cap
tains to permit the orderly operation of
law in foreign ports on their ships, and
thus avoid application for an asylum for
refugees, and occasions for the exhibition
of arbitrary force against their ships.
ROASTS FOR A JUDGE
Sensational Climax to a Libel
Suit Against an
Editor.
The Verdict of the Court Denounced
as a Startling Perversion
of Justice.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17.-Ex-
Mayor William B. Smith of this city se
cured a verdict to-day for $15,000 damages
against the Times and its editor, Colonel
A. K. McClnre, for having charged that
Smith owed large sums of money, had
given bogus checks and fled from the
city.
This afternoon before the trial ended
Colonel McClure caused a sensation In
court. He arose and addressing Judge
Gordon charged he was not being treated
fairly by the court, and also that his wit
nesses were being bribed. He then re
quested his counsel to withdraw from the
case. Judge Gordon stated that the court
was not showing any favors and directed
the case to proceed.
The Times to-morrow will say:
"The verdict is simply a startling climax
in the perversion of justice in its own
sanctuary, and it will certainly be so re
garded, not only by the entire press of the
State and country, but by every consid
erate and fair-minded citizen.
"Had Mr. Smith been a man of cleanest
reputation, of the highest character and
stainless in all his records as a public offi
cial and a citizen, a fair-minded court and
jury upon a fair trial, with no semblance
of truth in the libel complained of, might
have allowed a verdict of $5000 or
110,000. But a verdict of $45,000,
rendered in favor of a man who,
in the highest official position
ever held in the city, was impeached for
t'ue misappropriation of public funds, and
in an official military position was dis
missed from the service for the misappro
priation of military funds, and whose sub
sequent reputation as a business man did
not inspire general confidence, could not
be explained in any other way than by a
startling climax in the perversion ol jus
tice."
Built With Triple Screws.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 17.-The
Navy Department has received the plans
of an experiment that is being made in
Russia upon a new war vessel to be built
with triple screws. There will be two
heavy twin screws connected with the
most powerful engines, to be used for ob
taining a high rate of speed, while the
outer screw will be used only for securing
moderate speed. The twin screws can be
uneouy>led and will revolve in the water
when not in use.
Passengers From Liverpool.
NEW YORK, N. V., April 17.— Among
the passengers arriving to-day by the
White Star Liner Majestic, from Liverpool
and Queenstown, was Hon. George Cur
son, M. P., who is to marry Miss Letter.
In his party were Hon. Frank Curson,
Lord Lamington and Mr. Curson's sister,
Hon. Lady Miller, and Mr. Miller.
Alimony Disallowed.
NEW YORK, N. V., April 17.— Judge
Gildersleeve to-day denied the application
for alimony in the pending suit of Mrs.
Cutting for separation from ex-Congress
man John T. Cutting of San Francisco.
The application for counsel fees was taken
under consideration.
♦
Bound for Pennsylvania.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 17.— Officer
Tenny of Wilkesbarre, Pa., passed through
here last night, having in charge Edward
Maryn, arrested in California, who is
wanted in Wilkesbarre for tWe murder of
a young girl named Winterbacher because
she refused to marry him.
Investigating Chinese Certificates.
BOISE, Idaho, April 17.— The Grand
Jury is making a thorough investigation
of the Chinese certificate frauds. About
fifty witnesses have already been sum
moned, including many leading business
men. The Government has secured a
great many Chinese merchant certificates
bearing the names of Boise business men
and an effort is being made to determine
which signatures are genuine and which
are forgeries.
Miss Gould Will Attend.
MEMPHIS, Tekn., April 17.— A favor
able reply has been received from Miss
Helen Gould to the invitation extended to
her to act as sponsor for the Veteran
Chickasaw Guards during the interstate
drill in May. Miss Gould will be accom
panied by Mrs. Munn and two maids of
honor, to be selected by her. The selection
of Miss Gould was in recognition of the
aid given this city by her father during the
yellow fever epidemic.
May Ambush Indians.
OMAHA, Nf.br., April 17.— A special to
the Bee from Pender, Nebr., says: A new
phase of the reservation trouble developed
to-day when the Sheriff, with an armed
posse, left here to ambush a body of Indian
police as they are ejecting settlers from the
reservation to-morrow. The Sheriff will
attempt to surprise the Indians and arrest
them. A fight is expected.
Demolished by the Wind.
MERIDAN, Miss., April 17.— This bcc
tion of the State was visited to-day by a
severe wind and hail storm. A number of
houses were demolished, and great damage
to fences, fruit and timber is reported.
SMALLPOX THREATENED.
A Note of Warning Sounded at
the Meeting of the
Doctors.
Doctor Wlnslow Anderson Repri
manded for "Unethical
Conduct."
At yesterday's morning session of the
Medical Society of the State of California,
in Golden Gate Hall, the first paper read
was that on "Altitude in California in Re
lation to Immunity from Tuberculosis"
by Dr. J. 11. Davison of Los Angeles. It
stated that the varied topography,
the long stretch of sea coast—ex
tending over ten degrees of lati
tude — the numerous mountain ranges,
the beautiful and fertile valleys, the mi
ni ense number of natural springs of vary
ing temperatures and potencies, the per
petual BUOW9 in the distance, the fine
scenery, the southern latitude, with almost
perpetual sunshine, with an equable
ci; mate and other consequent meteorologic
conditions, make California not only a
State of the most varied possibilities as a
perpetual pleasure resort, out a perpetual
health resort as well.
"Tuberculosis was almost unknown
among the aborigines or American In
dians in CaUfornia. anil also among the
native Spanish und Mexicans.
"Some would-be clirnatologists, as Dr.
Andrew Davidson and others, have prated
about the prevalence of consumption and
the high mortality of the diseuse in Cali
fornia, as if such a condition of affairt-did
not obtain at every famed health resort on
the face of the glo"be. This state of affairs
has its analogue, in the large number of in
sane in California.
"And in like manner a number of peo
ple ascribe it to the climate; but the fact
is that insanity is not essentially indige
nous to California, or due to the climatic
conditions or altitudes, but is rather the
result of the influx of mental, moral, finan
cial and physical wrecks, many of whom
come because of th^ir neurotic conditions,
which had a beginning in the East and in
foreign countries, and a large proportion
of these are paupers and dissipated in
habits. And tne further fact must be re
membered that in California we lock up
the insane, whereas in the East and in
many foreign countries they are left at
large.
'•Many of our insane have an asylum
record before coming to California, and in
sanity is essentially incurable."
After showing that a high altitude is not
essential to effect a cure in pulmonary
diseases, the author concluded that "the
varied topography and equable climate of
California are such as to constitute it an
ideal home for the invalid— a natural sani
tarium for pulmonic diseases."
This was followed with a paper on "The
Medical Topography of Northern Califor
nia" by Dr. B! M. Gill of Dunsmuir.
One of the most interesting essays was
thai of !>r. W. H. Clunesa of San Francisco
on "Progress in State Medicine." It stated
that since the discovery of the bacillus tu
berculosis, pulmonary phthisis had
materially declined in Germany. Figures
with reference to the larger cities ot that
country were quoted in corroboration of
the statement, and it was added that simi
lar improvement bad undoubtedly been
made in this country, England and France.
"Perhaps the most noteworthy advance.
in curative medicine (luring the past year,"
continued the essayist, "is the anti-toxine
treatment of Behring and Roux for diph
theria, b} 1 the subcutaneous injection of
blood-serum of horses, rendered immune
by successive injections of the virus in in
creasing strength."
Farther on the alarming averment was
made that "during the past year small
pox has manifested unusual* prevalence
throughout the country east of the Rocky
Mountains, indicating another cycle of
activity, and in my judgment we have
reason to apprehend the same experience
on this coast. Since its disappearance
about seven years atro material for its rav
ages has rapidly accumulated from neg
lect of vacillating the children born since
that date."
A paper on "Peripheral Nouritus" by
Dr. 11. Y. Brainerd ox Loa Angeles and one
on "Suggestion as a Therupenttc Agent"
by Dr. J. W. Robertson of Livermore
closed the morning session.
Nearly all of the afternoon session
was occupied in hearing reports of officers
for the ensuing year. The election of
officers resulted as follows:
President, Dr. William Le Morns Wills, Los
Angeles; first vice-president, br. George »'.
Chisholm, San Francisco; second vice-presi
dent, Dr. EL Q. Brainerd, Lot Angeles; secre
tary, Dr. William WHtt Kers, San Krancisce;
assistant seerotarips-Dr. 11. J?ort Kllis, Lou An
geles, and Dr. c. <'. Wadnrotb, San Francisco;
treasurer, Dr. J. H. Parkinson, Sacramento;
board of censors— Drs. C. L. Baird, Yen turn,
.1. Heltiey, Los Angeles, Walter Lindley, Loa
Angeles, W. 8.1> l vitt, Han Francisco, and' J. 11.
Davidaon, Lot Angeles; board of examiners—
11. H. Hart, W. B. Levitt, C. C. Wadswor'.h, \V.
E. Hopkins, E. J. Fitzgibbon, W. F.Cheney, J.
M. Williamson.
Los Angeles was selected as the place for
holding the next meeting of the society,
and the third Tuesday in April, 1896, as
the time.
fminediatcly after the adjournment of
the afternoon the society wont into execu
tive Morion to hear the charges preferred
against Dr. Winslow Anderson, one of the
most prominent local physicians, and edi
tor of the Facilio Medical Journal. It
appears that some time ago he
wrote a letter to a man at
Colorado Springs, Colo., stating that he
had a cure for consumption and could se
store him to health. This letter fell into
the hands of the physician who was treat
ing the patient, and he brought the matter
before the society. After hearing the tes
timony in the matter Dr. Anderson was
found guilty of "unethical conduct" and
was reprimanded by President Simmons.
BULLETS ARE FLYING.
Desperate Battle Raging
in the Chickasaw
Country.
SIX MEN ARE KILLED.
Many More Are Wounded and
Great Excitement Pre
vails.
QUELLING AN INSURRECTION.
Governor Mosely Attacks the Armed
Force Headed by the Brown
Brothers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 17.— A special to
the Republic from Guthrie, O. T., says:
Couriers just arrrived here from Tishi
mongo, the capital of the Chickasaw na
tion, report that a battle is raging between
Governor Mosely and 200 insurrectionists.
Six people have been killed and eight
wounded, so the report says, and great ex
citement prevails.
The cause of the trouble is due to bad
political blood which has long pervaded
the Chickasaw seat of government, and
which existed since the last session of the
Legislature.
Willis Brown, Charles Brown and Noah
McGill, who claimed to have been elected
Sheriffs of the nation, allege that the Leg
islature acted illegally when it rejected
their claims to such offices.
On Tuesday morning Governor Mosely
issued orders to all Sheriffs, Constables and
deputies throughout the nation to report
to him at once with arms.
When the officers gathered around the
house, 200 enraged men, headed by McGill
and the Brown brothers, rushed from ad
joining houses and a deadly riot followed.
The names of the dead and wounded could
not be ascertained by the couriers owing to
the great excitement which prevailed.
Governor Mosely and his official retinue
escaped by rushing to houses on the out
bkirts of the town. Mosely has called a
special session of the Legislature to take
action.
Ti-himongo is now in a terrible state of
excitement and the white people are flee
ing. More carnage is looked for at any
moment.
Choctaws .Vot at War.
DALLAS, Texas, April 17.— V. M. Locke
of Antlers, Choctaw nation, is here. He
denies the wild reports of war in the
nation and says the five killings recently
grew out of a personal difficulty. Gardiner
has no opposition for Governor.
JOKES O-V SILVER.
He Believes Republican Delegates Should
Holt a Gold Nominee.
DENVER, Colo., April 17.— Letters have
been received by ex-Congressman Sibley
and General Warner from Senator Jones
of Nevada explaining that he was detained
at New York on account of heart trouble
resulting from an attack of the grip, In
his letter to General Warner the Senator
says: "If all the silver delegates would
bolt from the Republican convention when
the gold-9tandard man is named, as all the
gold delegates will surely do from the
Democratic convention if a silver man is
named, we could not have a more fortunate
situation created for up. We should then
for the first time have a fair Held and a
square issue. The silver delegates to the
Republican convention must be made by
their constituents to understand that it is
absolutely essential that they bolt. That
would be their only logical course if they
are sincere in their present statements to
the effect that they believe the Republican
convention will name a free-coinage man."
Sibley has gone East on account of the
dangerous illness of his sister, but will re
turn and continue his Western tour later.
General Warner will go on to the Pacific
Coast immediately for rest.
XO I'OOTj FORMED.
Itaihrays Tapping Colorado Fail to Come
to an Understanding.
CHICAGO, 111., April 17.— The meeting
of Colorado lines which convened for the
purpose of forming a pool on freight traffic
was adjourned without accomplishing its
object. The roads nearly came to an
agreement, but finally concluded that
their differences could not be adjusted at
this time and adjourned. It was decided,
however, to stop the irregularities existing
in freight rates between points
and the Missouri River.
For some time past the standard freight
rates from Chicago to Kansas City have
been applied straight through to Colorado.
This the lines decided to stop, and on
May 4 all the rates below the tariff sheet
are to be dropped and standard rates
rigidly maintained thereafter. The same
decision was reached regarding Utah rates.
Another effort to form a pool will be made
within a short time.
PEIfA'S TL VANIA ROBB ERS.
They Torture an Old Lady in Order to
Get Her Money.
CORRY, Pa., April 17.— Three masked
robbers visited a farm house about nine
miles from here last night. A family
named Callahan occupied the house and
with them lived Mrs. Hanlihan, aged 85.
The robbers suspected that she had money
ami they asked her where it was. Upon
her refusal to tell they choked the old
woman and finally burned her in a fright
ful manner with a lamp, the members of
the Callahan family being kept in sub
mission in the meantime by threats. The
robbers secured $23. The old woman will
probably die from the effects of the fright
and her injuries. The same men after
ward visited the house of Thomas Moore,
who was almost killed in an encounter
with them.
A Monument From Carnegie.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 17.— The Com
mercial Gazette will announce to-morrow
that Andrew Carnegie has donated $100,000
to build a monument to Mrs*. Mary E.
Scheniey of London, Eng. The monument
is to be erected under the triumphal arch
at the entrance of the park of 460 acres
which Mrs. Scheniey presented to this city
and which bears her name.
To Construct Large Locomotives.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 17.— The Pitts
burg Locomotive Company to-day caught
the contract for twelve standard-gauge lo
comotives for the Georgetown and Trinity
Railroad in Texas. The line is 650 miles
long. An official of the locomotive com
pany stated that the Illinois Steel Com
pany had taken the contract for the rails
away from the Carnegie Company. The
Hopkins Construction Company of St.
Louis will build all the bridges on the line,
and the Denver Construction Company of
Denver was given the contract for building
the road.
JUDGE JACKSON WILLING.
He Will Assist the Supreme Court on the
Income-Tax Case.
NASHVILLE, Tmr., April 17.-In an
interview to be published in the American
to-morrow Associate Justice Howell E.
Jackson of the Supreme Court says:
"I wrote a few days since to the Chief
Justice simply expressing my willingness
to go to Washington and make a full
bench in case the court should desire a
rehearing of the income-tax case at this
term of the court. I have heard nothing
since then. The court usually adjourns
between the 15th and 20th of May, and if a
rehearing is ordered, say early in May, 1
shall go and make a full bench."
Judge Jackson is improving and growing
strong daily, and expects to go to Wash
ington when the court meets in October.
OIL OX THE JUMP.
Speculators Are Afraid to Deal at the
Present Quotations.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 17.— 0il has
now reached the dizzy height where spec
ulators are afraid to deal in it, and there
was not a sale on the Pittsburg Exchange
during the first half hour to-day, while the
sales on the Oil City Exchange during the
same period aggregated only 7000 barrels.
The Standard again put up its price 25
cents, to $2 50, and May option was offered
here at the opening for $2 70. Cash oil was
offered at $2 66. There were no buyers.
May option gradually dropped to $2 60,
then to $2 67 and at 10:30 $2 65 was bid.
While many brokers are predicting $2 oil
this week few have sufficient faith in it to
invest.
A break came at 2:30 p. m. like a thun
derstorm. The market had been hovering
about $2 62 all the afternoon, with light
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trading, and from the fact that the price of
refined oil received another lift to-day, no
big break was expected. But at 2:30 the
slump began, and inside of ten minutes it
went from $2 62 to $2 35.
The brokers stood about dazed by the
suddenness of the blow, and each quota
tion from the Oil City Exchange brought a
lower figure until $2 10 was reached.
Within a few minutes of the closing time
it rallied s^ven points. The excitement
was more intense than at any time since
the present bull movement began. The
operators scarcely knew what to make of
the situation, though many predict the
market will recover to-morrow.
GLASGOW, Scotland, April 17. — The
Scotch Oil Company at a meeting here to
day raised the price of petroleum 2 pence
per gallon, making an advance of 3 pence
in one week.
ADTAXCE THE PRICE.
A Sew Agreement Made by Iron and Steel
Sheet Manufacturers.
PITTSBURG, Pa., April 17.— The Asso
ciation of Iron and Steel Sheet Manufactur
ers met to-day and advanced the price on
all finished products one-tenth of a cent a
pound, or $2 a ton. The manufacturers
also paved the way for another increase on
July 1 by adopting a resolution that no
orders can be taken beyond that date, even
at advanced prices. One of the manufac
turers stated that the intention was to
make another advance of $2 on July 1.
The reason assigned for the advance is
the increased prices for raw material. As
almost all the output of blackplate is con
trolled by this association, it will cause an
advance on tinplate.
Seven Murderers Respited.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 17.—Gov
ernor Stone to-day granted respites to
seven murderers who were sentenced to be
hanged in this State next Saturday.
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