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River at this city, and that $15,000 was act
ually paid to said cempany before any
work had been performed or materials fur
nished; and they further agree to pay
$15,000 more when paid contemplated
bridge shall be completed, if com pleted by
December 30, 1595. The payment of the
$15,000 and the agreement to pay the re
maining $15,000 was without authority of
law."
A sensational part of the report is that
the claim for the money paid to the rail
road company purports to have been sworn
to be W. B. Hamilton, County Clerk, when
}n fact it was not sworn to before him or
any other officer. This claim, the report
rays, was made out at the request of Eu
gene Gregory, ex-Mayor of Sacramento.
"In justification of their action," con
tinues the report, "the Board of Super
visors claim that the railroad company
agreed to construct a 6teel bridge at a cost
of $260,000. when in reality no contract to
that effect was ever made. The Grand
Jury recommends that a demand be made
upon the railroad company for the return
of the money paid."
It also rinds that the Board of Super
visors allowed to R. T. Cohn, County Au
ditor, a large sum for work that could be
performed by a competent person in a
short time. Tt further claims that the
board lias paid extra for deputies that
should have been paid out of the salary
of the County Clerk, Recorder and Assess
or. It requests that the District Attorney
be directed to formulate proceedings
against the railroad company for the re
turn of the $15,000, and against Eugene
Wachorst, Deputy County Clerk, for the
amount paid for rearranging the old rec
ord; also against Assessor Irvine for the
amount allowed deputies; and against H.
S. Crocker & Co. for $1000 paid to them by
the county for the publication of an adver
tising scheme known as the "Bee
Souvenir."
The Grand Jury further finds that the
County Hospital has been systematically
overcharged for supplies, and that it re
ceived short-weight goods without protest.
All bills of this kind, it is said, were
marked correct and no action was taken to
check thi3 obvious abuse.
Concluding, the report says that the
Board of Supervisors has violated the pro
vision of the statute, and are culpable, and
should be proceeded against for misman
agement and misappropriation of the
funds of the county.
MOODY GULCH ADVENTURE
Two Mountain Lions Invade
the Camp of a Los Catos
Party.
One Man Kept in a Tree All Night,
After Wounding One of
the Beasts.
LOS GATOS, Cal., June 27.— W. H. Ed
wards of this city while camped with a
party near Moody Gulch, Tuesday night,
had a narrow escape from a mountain lion.
Members of the party were awakened
about 11 o'clock by a series of loud roars,
and, looking out of their tent, saw two
large mountain lions. The beasts were
evidently half-starved, and began search
ing around the camp for food. Edwards
seized his rifle, while the other members
took to their heels. He iired at one of the
lions at a distance of about thirty feet and
struck it in the bead. The enraged uninial
dashed at him, and he barely had time to
grasp the limb of a tree and swing into the
boughs. The two lions remained at the
foot of the tree all night, growling sav
agely. They left at daybreak for their
lairs, and Edwards came down from the
top of the tree.
The oth«r members of the party returned
about 6 o'clock, they having spent the
night in a barn half a mile from camp.
They traced the lions by the blood of the
wounded one for several miles and dis
covered their lair, where they found nine
cubs.
A party, headed by Mr. Edwards, will
leave Los Gatos Saturday for Moody
Gulch. Those composing it will be well
armed and expect to enjoy rare sport hunt
ing for the lions.
SEEN NEAR SACRAMENTO
A Tramp's Encounter With Zulu Wirt,
the Escaped Insane Girl.
SACRAMENTO, Cau, June 28.— Despite
every effort of the police and Sheriff, Lulu
Win, the demented girl who escaped from
the custody of her mother at the railroad
d«spot Tuesday night while en route to
Oregon, has not been capturedl For iwo
days and nichts she has been wandering
through the brush and tule basins of Yolo
County, without food, as far as has been
learned, and liable to become the prey of
any wandering tramp whom she may en
counter.
The only really authentic news that has
yet been leceived of the girl's whereabouts
comes from a member of the tramp frater
nity, who met the girl traveling on the
railroad between this city and Davisville.
Seeing that she was weak and demented
he endeavored to persuade her to accom
pany him to the shaker of some house
where she could be cared for, but the girl
absolutely refused to go, and when he at
tempted to lead her she fairly flew at him
and tore away the entire sleeve of his coat.
The man then drsisted and hurried to this
city, where he informed the officials, who
have dispatched men to search the locali
ties where she was last seen.
A SHOOTING AT STARBUCK
Tiru Men Quarrel Over a l'ieee of Ice
and One Will Uir.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 23.— A fight
took place at Starbuck this morning be
tween James Cailachan and Peter Barber
over the possession of a small amount of
ice. Barber drew his revolver and shot
Callajrhan. The wounded man was re
moved to Walla Walla for surgical aid, but
there is little hope that he will live.
Barber was arrested.
SEATTLE'S BIG CANAL.
Contracts < for the Waterway to Lake
Washington Awarded. . ■
SEATTLE;' Wash., June 28.—The.con
tract for dredging the waters of the chan
nels, cutting a canal from the harbor to
Lake Washington and filling in tide flats
south of the city was let this afternoon by
the Lake Washington Waterway Company
to the Bowers Dredging Company of Port
land. Under the terms of the contract the
work will begin July 1.
Jieyintrntal Conference nt Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 28.— Governor
McGraw has called a convention of line
ofticers of the First Regiment, W. N. G., to
be held on Saturday. The object of the
meeting is for consultation, the Governor
desiring to learn the feelings of the new
ofllcors regarding appointments to be made
under the new militia law. The most im
portant positions to be filled are those of
colonel and major. The appointment of
Captain Bouielle of the Fourteenth Regi
ment, U. S. A. (Vancouver), as an adju
t&at-ffeneral has also been called in ques
tion, "it being alleged lie is not a citizen of
the State.
Utniilillax f lt ill Celebrate.
PORTLAND, Ok., June 28.— The Uma
tilla Indians will celebrate the Fourth of
July, and invite all white people to partici
pate in the festivities.
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DEATH NOT CERTAIN
Experts Disagree as to
Fatal Effects of Elec
trocution.
FATE OF DR. BUCHANAN.
Some Say He Will Be Killed by
the Surgeon's Knife in the
Post Mortem.
USE OF THE CARDIOGRAPH.
One Little Instrument That Wilt De
cide How Long the Wife-Mur
derer's Heart Beats.
NEW YORK, ». V., June 28,-Aa his
sentence now stands, Dr. Robert W. Bu
chanan, convicted of poisoning his second
wife for her money, will be executed in
Sing Sing prison some day next week in
the electric chair. It is said by many ex
perts that he will die on the dissecting
table; that the shock will not kill him, but
that the surgeons' knives will while they
make what they call the post mortem.
Dr. Van Giesen, the pathologist of the
charity hospital, will make the examina
tion of Dr. Buchanan's body after he is
taken from the electric chair. Dr. Van
Giesen made the same examination of
Hampton, the murderer, but it is stated
that he has told his students at lectures that
he is not certain that electricity, as applied
in carrying ont the death sentence, kills.
Dr. Van Giesen has verbally invited Dr.
R. P. Vance of Randall's Island, Robert
Safford Newton of New York, and Dr.
Wendell Story of Buffalo to be present at
the examination of Buchanan's body.
Whether Drs. Vance and Story are there
or not Dr. Newton will be present at the
examination as the representative of the
Court of General Sessions, where Recorder
Goff Jast fixed the date for Buchanan's
legal taking off.
Dr. Newton studied medicine abroad
and was on the house staff of the London
Hospital when Dr. Ernest Sampson of that
hospital invented and applied an instru
ment called the cardiograph in the early
eighties. To understand sufficiently well
what the cardiograph is it is only neces
sary to say that a man's heart is roughly
shaped like a pear, and the pointed end
communicates the heart's pulsations to
the walls of the chest. The cardiograph is
applied over this point or apex of the
heart. So delicately accurate is this carotfo
otrraph that it registers the faintest heart
beat. Dr. Newton will apply this cardio
ograph over Dr. Buchanan's heart the in
stant he is lifted from the electric chair as
soon as he is permitted to do bo.
"We will go to Sing Sing to assist in the
examination of Buchanan's body," said
Dr. Newton yesterday. "It has not been
promised that we can apply the cardio
graph, but I consider it as necessary for
the purposes of that examination as any
other instrument."
"Then what will stand in the way of the
application of the cardiograph ?" asked the
reporter.
"It might show that the heart was beat
ing live or six minutes after Buchanan is
taken from the chair," answered Dr. New
ton, significantly.
"What would you do if it did?"
"Set to work to revive him," said the
doctor, emphatically. Then he went on:
"It is well known that at the execution of
John Johnson, in Auburn prison, where
he murdered two other convicts, he was
not killed by the electricity. He was warm
when taken from the chair. Of the sev
eral physicians present some said his heart
was beating; others thought not. . If the
cardiograph had been in use there would
be no such diversity of opinion presented.
It has never been shown, as it should be,
that that death is positive and merciful.
In Johnson's case resuscitation was begun
and did so well that it was stopped by per
emptory orders of the Warden."
ALDERMEN WANT DAMAGES
Five Suits for Libel Against
the Morning Papers of
Denver.
Officials Do Not Like the Way In
Which They Have Been
Criticized.
DENVER, Colo., June 28.— This after
noon five suits for damages were filed in
the civil division of the District Court
against the Denver Republican and Rocky
Mountain News. The amount prayed for
in the aggregate is $250,0*30 against each of
the morning organs. The complainants in
the suits are the well-known members of
the Board of Aldermen and Board of
Supervisors who comprised the water
committee of the City Council. They are
Aldermen A. R. Young, Peter Fidel and
Daniel Hingley and Supervisors Abraham
Buckton and C. S. Phister.
Each complainant asks for the sum of
$50,000 and costs of suit from each of the
defendant papers involved.
For cause of action the complainants
recite the various alleged libelous utter
ances of the two papers since the begin
ning of the struggle over the water ques
tion.
LARGEST IS FRESH WATER.
The Monster Ship Victory Will Be
Launched To- Day.
"I CHIC 0 , 111., June 23.— The workmen
at the South Chicago shipyards are busily
engaged to-day Jfcriocking - the scaffolding 1
from beneath the monster new ship, the
Victory. . •;* ' . ;
She will be launched to-morrow and
will be the largest vessel ever floated on
fresh water, measuring 405 feet over all,
or 19 feet longer than the North Land,
which is now the biggest craft on the
Great Lakes, and 46-foot beam.
Three weeks later the Zenith City will
be launched in the same yards. She will
have the same dimensions as the Victory.
It is expected that the Victory will be
ready to put into commission in August.
The Royal Baking Powder maintains its
vigorous hold on the public, and is active
and aggressive against the impure and in
jurious baking powders palmed off on the
people.
Admits Be Is a Hum hug.
CHICAGO, 111., June 28.— A special
from Cleveland, Ohio, says: "Frank Mel
bourne, the erstwhile Western 'rain king'
whose services were in such urgent de
mand in the West two or three years ago
is now in this city. In speaking of his ex
perience as a rainmaker Melbourne ad
mitted the whole thing was a humbug,
and that he never possessed any more
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895.
power in that respect than any one 1 else.
He says the American people like to be
humbugged, and the greater the fake the
easier it is to work. Melbourne made a
fortune in the business and spent it like a
prince."
FOUGHT WITH CLUBS.
Duel Between Two-Ferocious Men in the
..Woods.
SHAMOKIN, - Pa. f Jane 28.— Anthony
Paoli and John Turnick \ fought : a duel
in the woods yesterday., afternoon, using
clubs for weapons. - : - ■
■ Paoli is dying : from the effects :of his
wounds, and Turnick; though badly hurt,
managed to crawl into the underbrush
and has not yet been found by the police.
The principals were powerfully built young
men, and they were rivals for the hand of
a fair maiden. ,
The two men went to the woods stripped
to the waist and with huge clubs went at
each other. : Paoli was ■. struck on the
shoulder, ' breaking the bone. Paoli then
struck Paoli opponent in the stomach.
After an interchange of blows Turnick
struck him three : times on ■.-the;.- head,
knocking him insensible. He regained
consciousness soon afterward, but could
not ■ raise his head, which was terribly
battered. When Paoli was found hia
opponent had disappeared. A V trail of
blood led to the underbrush, after which
all trace of him was lost. ;'*s}> "* jV* -
MURDERED BY THE MAFIA.
Sensational Story Connected With Julius
lluflino's Death.
KNOXVILLE, Tekn., June 28.— Julius
lluffino, who was found dead in a Pullman
car near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, was
well known in Knoxville and spent several
days here last week. He had a number of
warm friends among marble producers, of
whom he bought largely, and to-night one
of them who knew Rufflno intimately,
advanced the theory that he was murdered
by a member of the Mafia. Rufuno claimed
to have enemies in this country.
DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT
Peculiar Failure of the Big Mis
souri and Burlington Pack
ing Company.
Serious Charges of Irregularities on
the Part of the Prlnolpal
Stockholders.
DENVER, Colo., June 28.— George W.
Ballantine was appointed receiver of the
Burlington and Missouri Packing Com
pany late this afternoon by Judge Butler
in the District Court. His bond was fixed
at $25,000. The suit was filed by H. F.
Mayera, R. C. Fißher and Bonne I. Look,
stockholders of the company, and A. J.
Campion, 11. H. Mills and Barnabas
Huber are the defendants. The company
was organized in November, 1892, with a
capital stock of $225,000. Of this amount
it is alleged that the defendants owe $138,
--000 on notes.
Mills, it is claimed, owes $42,000, Cam
pion $41,000 and Huber the remainder.
AH of this with the exception of $20,000 by
Huber, it is stated, is still unpaid. The
complaint charges that the insolvent con
dition of the company is due to the mis
conduct and mismanagement of the de-
fondants. Mills and Campion.
It is alleged that Mills has converted
.fIK.OOO to his own use and that he is now
insolvent, living in California. Campion
is alleged to have used $4000 nnd Huber
owes the company $30,000. The assets are
stated to be |93,000 and the liabilities
?9»,000.
FOR POLITICAL REFORM.
Beginning of an Important Meeting at
Prohibition l'arli. ':;
NEW YORK, N. V., June 28.— Thera
were ov«t 100 delegates present this morn
ing at the opening session of the political
reform conference at Prohibition Park,
Staten Island.
The session will continue for four days,
and during that time an almost exhaustive
list of political and social reforms will bo
considered, including about every radical
idea that hag been placed before the public
during the last half century. Here are a
few of them: The regulation of the *ale of
intoxicating liquors, the readjustment of
the tariff, the abolition of monopolies,
Government ownership of railroads, tele
graph and telephone lines; more rigfd
civil service reform, woman suffrage, tax
reform, the election of Senators by direct
Tote of the people and, to use the words of
the announcement, "other questions."
Members of all parties were invited to
send delegates and tne call was numer
ously signed by editors of prohibition,
labor and socialist papers and oliicers of
similar societies.
♦
In Rational Convention.
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 28.— For the
fourth time since the organization of the
Christian Endeavor Society of the Meth
odist Protestant Church Its members met
to-day in National convention. The Meth
odist Protestant church should uot be con
founded with the Methodist Episcopal
church. The young people of the latter
form the Epworth League, which Is now in
session at Chattanooga, Term. About 500
delegates were present this morning when
the gathering was called to order by Presi
dent Paul M. Strayer of Baltimore.
Ctrptvre of a t4 V r oof-,ti
RED CLOUD, Nebr., June 28.— Frank
Rutledge, a well-known "crook" who has
operated in Eastern States and Canada
was arrested last night at the instance of
the Greeley (Colo.) authorities, who charge
him with theft. Rutledge was connected
with a big robbery at Clarksburg, Ont.,
last August, and is supposed to have had
a hand in recent crooked work at Toledo,
Ohio. Canadian authorities have wired
the Sheriff to hold him, but the claim of
Colorado will probably be first honored.
Fire in a Box Factory.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 28.— The
Kansas City Paper Box Manufacturing
Company, Third and Wyandotte streets, a
three-story building, was discovered on
lire to-night. The Fire Department suc
ceeded in setting the fire-under control be
fore serious damage was done. The loss
was about $23,000, fully insured. '
The true test of a baking powder is well
known to every housekeeper. It is to try
it in making bread, cake, etc. The applica
tion of this practical test will show that the
Royal makes the best, the moat and the
most wholesome food.
Jifthop of South Dakota.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 28. —Father
Christy, the well-known priost of Minneap
olis, has been appointed Bishop of South
Dakota to succeed Bishop Marty, who was
transferred to St. Cloud, Minn. The posi
tion was offered to Dr. O'Gorman of Wash
ton, D. C, but refused by him.
Vacation for l.'mjiloycs.
WALTHAM, Ma.sf., June 28. — The
American Watch Company closed its
works to-day for three weeks, in accord
ance with its usual custom of giving its
employes an annual vacation. Last year
the works were closed for four weeks* brtt
owing to the increased demand for the
contpany's output it was necessary to cur
tail the vacation this summer.
In a licccivcr's Hand*.
COLUMBUS, Omo, June 28.— 1t is re
ported here that the Columbus, Sandusky
and Hocking: Railway Company was
placed in the Lands 6f a receiver at'Bucy
rus, Ohio, last night.
NO POVERTY THERE
An Era of Prosperity
in the State of
Nebraska.
A BRILLIANT BANQUET.
Business Men Unite In Paying
Homage to Governor
Holcomb.
THEY OPPOSED HIS CANDIDACY.
Good Times, However, Settle Many
Little Disputes In Political
Questions.
OMAHA, Nebr., June 28.— The Omaha
Commercial Club gave at its rooms to
night one of the most brilliant banquets
in the history of Omaha. The object of
the banquet was two-fold. It was first
designed to celebrate the wonderful pros
perity which is dawning upon this State
as a consequence of the bountiful crops
.which are assured to the State this
year, and which will be far the
greatest in the history of Nebraska.
On account of the widespread tales
of destitution in Nebraska which have
been sent all over the land it seems fitting
that a public event should be the medium
to notify the country of the contrast between
this and last year, for there is not now
even one county of the State in which the
brightest prospects for plenty do not ob
tain, the drought section of last year be
ing especially favored.
The second object of the banquet was to
expresa the sentiments of the business
men of Omaha in admiration of the ad
ministrative course and acts of Governor
Silas A. Holcomb. This is of peculiar
significance on account of the fact that last
year the candidacy of J. G. Holcomb was
opposed by the leading business men of
Omaha for the reason that ' it ' was
feared that his election as a Popu
list would be detrimental to the
interests of the State in the East.
This banquet was to show the
Governor that his public acts had been
such as to receive the warm commenda
tion of the business men of this city, and
that the credit of the State had not in any
way suffered through his course. Such an
evidence is without parallel in the State's
history, and is all the more remarkable on
account of the Governor's politics.
Governor Holcomb arrived from Lincoln
at 4 :15 p. m. and held a public reception at
the Paxton Hotel, where many citizens of
all parties called on him. The banquet began
at 8 o'clock in the clubroom3, which were
gayly decorated for the occasion. Hon. E.
M. Barrylett was the toastmaster. C. F.
Weller, president of the club, delivered an
address of welcome, to which Governor
Holcomb responded, delivering an elo
quent tribute to Nebraska and its resources
and thanking the club for its testimonial.
He expressed great pleasure and pride in
the welcome and boped to always merit
the applause of this club.
"Nebraska to-day is most prosperous,"
said the Governor; "the climatic condi
tions are fixed, and are as certain as the
movements of the planets. The eastern
half of the State is shown by statistics to
have a greater average rainfall than sev
eral other States of the Missouri Valley,
which are proverbially prosperons. The
western half is dependent to some extent
on irrigation, and already over 1,000,
--000 acres are under irrigation, which,
with the grazing counties, makes
the western portion very productive." The
Governor made a hit by advocating the
ceding to the State by the Government of
Government land, as isdone in otner West
ern States, and irrigating it and using it as
forestries. In concluding the Governor
said he believed that Nebraska is capable
of supporting and will be supporting in
twenty years more than 1,000.000 people.
Great applause followed the speech.
E. A. Barnes, president of the State
Board of Agriculture, responded to "Agri
culture, the Crowuiug Glory of Nebraska."
Dr. George McLean, the new Chancellor of
the University of Nebraska, spoke of "Edu
cation in Nebraska"; G. N. Lamberston,
ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, on
"Nebraska, Ever Be Prosperous." The
last response was by the brilliant orator.
Hon. Henry D. Estabrook of Lincoln on
"What Are We Here FotV
COTTLE MUST TESTIFY.
It Is Evident That He. Paid a Large
Sum to the Kidnapers.
BUFFALO, N. V., June 28.-There are
no new developments in the Cottle kid
naping case. Edmund P. Cottle yesterday
told the police all the incidents of his in
terviews with John C. Emery at Fort
Erie, but he has told enough to
satisfy them that a large sum of money
was paid to Emery and that be was hold
ing out for more. This was further cor
roborated to-day by the fact that on Tues
day morning Edmund Cottle tried to ne
gotiate a note at the. Farmers and Me
chanics' bank for a large amount and was
refused.
The bank officials will not disclose the
face value of the note, but it is said to have
been $5000. It is supposed Mr. Cottle suc
ceeded in cashing the note at some other
bank and Emery got the entire sum. The
strange actions and reticence of Cottle is
another phase of the case which puzzles
the authorities.
The police stated that Mr. Cottle had
agreed positively to confer with District
Attorney Kenetick at his office this after
noon and go before the Grand Jury
for the purj>ose of giving information
to secure an indictment against Kmerv and
Allen. In spite of his promise Cottle
failed to appear, sending word that lie
was too ill. The officials say now if Mr.
Coitle does not appear to-morrow he will
be taken before the Grand Jury by force if
he is physically able to be out.
The Royal Baking Powder is so much
superior to all the other preparations for
quick raising that it will amply repay
housekeepers to use the necessary persist
ency to procure it in spite of all objections.
Noted Counterfeiters Taken.
RED OAK, lowa, June 28.— Special
United States officers made a rich haul
yesterday when they arrested William
Harrison and Harry Gatewood, alias Mc-
Donald, for counterfeiting. They are prin
cipals in the McCarty gang that baa been
operating in Oman* ana Western sections
for years. They had 100 silver dollars and
$40 had been passed here. One of them
later on made a full confession.
Fatal Fight With Woonahinen.
COLUMBIA, S. G\, June 28.-Tbere was
a fatal encounter four mil^s from the city
of Spnrtanburg this morning between
Btate Liquor Constables* Pettigrew and
Toland and two moonshiners named
*isher and Durham. The trouble arose
over the seizure of 100 gallons of liquor
belonging to the moonshiners. Both the
moonshiners were killed outright; so was
Pettigrew. Toland was shot through the
lungs and mortally wounded.
CARL BROWNER`S TOUR
He Feels Very Sitter Toward Mia Wife's
Father. .
! PITTSBURG,PA.,June 28.— Carl Browne
and his bride. Mamie 'I Coxey, the Goddess
of Peace of the Commonweal Army, ar
rived in Pittsburg to-day on their honey
moon trip. Browne has Ino -money, but
lives in good style. A carriage met them
at the Fort Wayne station and conveyed
them to a good hotel. Brown complains
of the treatment given him by his father
in-law, General Coxey.
When the latter heard of the marriage
he drove them from the house. Browne
"struck" an acquaintance for 25 cents and
went to Canton. There he delivered a lec
ture and earned enough money to pay their
way to another town. This programme
was followed at every place they went, and
finally they reached "Pittsburg.
Here Browne expects to get a "lift" from
the People's party. He proposes to go to
Washington, where the Commonwealers
will hold a reuuion July 4. Browne is not
materially changed. He is clothed in his
buckskin trappings and wears the broad,
gray sombrero with which the public is
familiar. He glories in his bride and de
nounces her father, who tried to prevent
the marriage.
Supreme Council of Travelers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 2S.—The Su
preme Council of the United Commercial
Travelers met in eighth annual session
here to-day. The Supreme Council is the
court of highest resort to seventy-seven
councils of the order, from Maine to Texas.
Some important business will come be
fore the council in regard to proposed
amendments to the constitution.
"Bad" Tom, Smith llanyed.
LEXINGTON, Ky., June 28.-"Bad"
Torn Smith was hanged in a jailyard at
Jackson, Ky., at 1 p. m. to-day in the pres
sence of SOOO people. This morning Smith
made a full confession of the murder of
Dr. Rader. Smith walked to the gallows
with a iirm step and, in sporting parlance,
died game.
Suicide of a Schoolgirl.
CHICAGO, Ito., June 2S— Minnie Lynch,
aged 19 years, living at Halstcad and
Forty-sixth streets, committed suicide this
morning by taking carbolic acid. She was
a pupil in the Lake High School and ex
pected to graduate this week, but failed to
pass the recent examination. Thia was
the reason of her act.
PLANS FOR A GREAT FEST
Sharpshooters of the Nation
Will Contest for Honors
at New York.
San Franciscans Among the Noted
Marksmen Who Are to Com
pete for Prizes.
NEW YORK, N. V., June 28. — The
Schuetzen fest has assumed a National
complexion. Two-thirds of the marksmen
at least will be Americans, and San Fran
cisco alone has two rifle clubs on hand as
competitors for the glory and things more
substantial than will accrue to the victo
rious sharpshooters. That competition
will be fierce, though friendly, goes with
out saying. German sharpshooters will
be there who have already gathered lau
rels in Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and other
European cities, where the Schuetzenbund
is an institution, and American riflemen
from Kentucky and California, from Maine
and Pennsylvania will try and show the
thousands assembled that native marks
men are also true and steady.
The Scheutzen fest will be held in Glen
dalc Park, beginning to-morrow and end
ing July 8. Glendale Park has been chosen
because of its capacity to contain the
immense numbers that will undoubtedly
attend the fest. Although the Schuetzen
feat virtually opens to-morrow, it will
practically not begin until Sunday, when
50,000 Germans will assemble on St.
Mark's place, and, marching over Broad
way ana other thoroughfares, leave for
Glendale Park. Forty bands will furnish
the music, and, in short, nothing will be
left undone to make this the biggest dis
play of the dying century.
The lis-t of prizes would fill columns, but
a few of the principal may bo mentioned.
They are : Silver-plate service, worth $1200,
contributed by George Ehret; another
silver service, valued^ at $1000, by Jacob
Rupert; a $7.50 piano by William Stein
way; v $500 piano by William Sohmer; a
monogram made of $50 in cold by the Xew
York Schuetzen Club; $500 cash by the
New York Schutzen eorp<».
There are upward of 700 cash prizes
altogether, ranging from $1 to $500. This
is the programme briefly outlined: Satur
day, June 29, welcome to out-of-town
giiests; Sunday, general prize shooting,
fireworks; Monday, mammoth parade;
Tuesday, Volkesfost societies' day ; Wednes
day, veteran's day; Thursday "(Fourth of
July), salutes, tircworks; Friday, bowling
convention of the bowling kings; Satur
day, turners' day; Monday, July 8, dis
tribntion of prizes.
STEALING PUBLIC TIMBER
Suits to Compel Jtig Minnesota Firms to
Bay Up.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 28.— The United
States of America, in an action brought
to-day in the Circuit Court at St. Paul by
its Special Consul John L. Striker, alleges
that a number of the most prominent
lumber in Minnesota have, without
any warrant whatever, been devastating
the northern part of the State, de
nuding the territory of its timber,
and that they must pay the full market
value of the lumber to the extent of the
round sum of $467,474 34 and interest. The
defendants in this important' and sensa
tional suit are the Pine River Log
ging and Improvement Company Joel
B. Bassett and "William M. Bassett,
copartners as J. B. Bassett & Co; John S.
Spillsbury and Charles A. Smith, co
partners. The technical name of the
offense alleged in the action is conversion.
Defendants are v charged, with unlaw- :
fully entering on the territory within
the : Mississippi arid Winnebago res
ervation and ;! systematically : cutting ; ;
the timber and converting it to their own
uses. The timber has been worked into
lumber, and the market value of lumber is
represented in the amount of damages
demanded. W. L. Basaett'of J. B. Bas-f
sett & Co. said this afternoon that the new
suit is the revival of the controversy of
several years ago. '
Worh of ihc Ilritish Mint.
NEW YORK. N. V., June 28.— The an
nual report of the Deputy Master of the
British Mint, which has just been received
in this city, shows that the total mintage
for the past year was £6,654,441. a decrease
of over £4,000,000 in comparison with the
preceding year. During the year £663,068
was expended in the purchase of silver,
the coining value of the same being £965,
--447. thus netting the Government a profit
of 45.6 per cent.
Gait .Hamilton Goes Home.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 58.— Miss
Mary A. Dodge (Gail Hamilton) left Wash
ington this afternoon tor her home in
Salem, Masft. She was taken to the station
in an ambulance and made very com
fortable in a special car attached to the
regular train. Dr. Johnston found his
patient, so much better that it was un
necessary for him to make the journey
witn her.
FAVORS HIS OWN SON
General Duffield's Fine
Work in the Coast
Survey.
EXPERIENCED MEN OUT.
Determined Efforts to Secure
the Restoration of
Davidson.
DENNIS' FATE IS SIMILAR.
Peculiar Favoritism Shown by the
Head of This Government
System.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jane 25.-Tho
reorganization of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey has caused much gossip and several
of the changes are severely criticized.
Generally, it is asserted, old and expe
rienced men have been reduced and re
moved to make room for young men of
limited scientific attainments. It is openly
stated that his age was the cause of re
moval of Professor George Davidson, the
distinguished head of the geodetic service
on the Pacific Coast. A determined effort
will be made to secure his restoration to
office. The news that he had been dropped
from the roll created a commotion among
Federal officials, shippers, steamboat men,
scientists, and in many other circles
wherever Professor Davidson has friends or
acquaintances.
Senators Perkins, White and Allison
have telegraphed protests against his re
moval. He was appointed United States
delegate to the meeting of the Interna
tional Goedetic Association, held in Paris
in 1889. The French Cabinet unanimously
elected him a member of the Bureau of
Longitude of France.
The promotion of W. W. Duffteld, son of
the superintendent, from $2000 to $3000 is
also criticized. It is said that he has just
arrived at his post, although appointed and
drawing his salary since May I. He suc
ceeded W. H. Dennis, who had faithfully
served in the coast survey for forty years,
having entered as a lad, and worked his
way up both in field and department work
until he had attained a high degree of
skill and efficiency, being often promoted
until during the present administration
his salary was increased to $3000. Last
July, however, it was reduced to $2000.
The first of May he was infermed that his
services were no longer required, and W.
W. Duffield was appointed to the vacancy.
Mr. Duffield is now promoted to $3000, and
his rapid advancement has caused talk.
The Navy Department will order ships
now stationed on the California coast to
be placed at the disposal of the San Fran
cisco citizens' committee for the Fourth of
July. The Philadelphia will remain at
Mare Island until after July 4. and per
haps longer. Admiral Beardslee will re
main with her unless he is ordered to
Washington to report on Hawaiian affairs.
The Olrmpia will also take part in San
Francisco's Fourth of July celebration.
A board of survey for the Philadelphia's
repairs will be ordered. Repairs on the
Hartford are expected to be completed in
one month and she will be as good as new.
Navy Department people say the present
dock at Mare Island is not adequate. It
cannot accommodate the largest ships, so
it is no use to try and repair it.
A postoffice was established to-day at
Alexandria, Elko County, Nev., special
from Halleck, with Charles D. Alexander
as Postmaster. Edward G. Homes was
commissioned Postmaster at Idria, Cal.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Original— John M. Irwin, John
Adams. Increase — George W. Parker, San
Diego; Charles Kuntz, Pomona; Burns
Tyrerrer, Fort Bidwell. Reissue— Frank
Paschal, Santa Rosa.
Oregon: Reissue— Garrett Crockett, Mer
lin.
Washington: Additional — Charles T.
Dally. Orcas Island. Reissue—Richard
Armstrong, Thornton. Original, widow —
Mary C. Mason, Ellensburg.
CON RIORDAN`S DEATH.
An Illustration of the Fatal Blow Mad*
•An Court.
- SYRACUSE, N. V., June 28.— the
trial of Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, for
the killing of Con Riordan, to-day, Seguer
ney l^apnam of the Syracuse Courier was
the first witness. Lapbam, in describing
the set-to, said that Riordan led the fight
ing, driving Fitzsimmons back.
Then there was a reversal and Riordan
was driven into the center of the stage,
where Fitzsimmons landed on his neck
and side of the . jaw, the edge of Fiu
simmons' list coming to the point of
the chin. Immediately Riordan threw his
head back, staggered", recovered for a
second, then sank to the floor in a sitting
position, only to fall over, with his head
on the floor. Then he was helped into the
side wings, nobody deeming it necessary
to pay any attention to him, and the show
went on.
At the afternoon session Edgar N. Wil
son, a well-known attorney and politician
of Syracuse, was called us a witness. He
said 'that Kiordan was struck on the right
side of his face and never raised his guard
again after the blow. He would call it an
old-fashioned side blow, and it was a light
one. The gloves used by Fitzsimmons
were produced and Wilson illustrated the
blow. " .
After Con Riordan's funeral last Novem
ber his body was placed in a receiving
vault and his brother in San Francisco
notified. The brother never sent any word
as to what was to be done with the body.
To-day Fitzsimmons purchased a lot in
Oakwood Cemetery and gave orders for
the body to be properly cared for and
buried at his expense.
ERNEST WOOD'S MISSION
He Expects to Soon . Reorganize the ■
Chinese Ann if.
NEW. YORK. N. V., June 28.-Ernest C.
Wood, who spent two years at West Point,
has just returned from Washington, and
expects Jo go to China and assist, with
other officers; in reorganizing the Chinese
arm y on the basis of Western armies.
Mr. Wood said several German officers and
a number of West Point men would be
brought to China for the purpose.
'■I went over to see the Chinese Embas
sador " said he, 1 ••and I have now every ex
pectation of going to China, although the
methods of oriental ; diplomacy , are g such
that I received no posjtive assurances from
go » Lmbassador. But I fully expect to
Mr. Wood, who is six feet tall, hand-
.: Zord i*««»ffliianto/Xr«lai»rf.
LONDON, Ekg., June 28. -The Pall Mall
,?^ ette a^ sm ? that E » rl Cadogan has
MeCarthyitea Save the Seat.
LONDON, Em}., June 25.-The parlia
mentary election to 'fill the seat for Cork
City, made vacant by the retirement of
William O'Brien, was held yesterday and
resulted in the return of James P. O'Brten
by a vote of 4309 to 4132 for V. Roche, the
Parnellite candidate. The McCarthyitefl
thus save the seat.
DISASTER AT TACKS BEACH.
Three Men and a Boy Go lioton With a
n .thing Boat.
HALIFAX, N. S., June 28.— Advice
from Newfoundland to-night give brief
particulars of a disaster at Tacks Beach.
A boat while on the way to fishing grounds
was seen to go down a short distance from
land. The names of the missing are:
William Bolt, master of vessel, aeed 60;
William Bolt, his son, acred 30; William
Bolt, a cousin, aged 26; Kirby, aged 16.
The boat was afterward discovered with
the bodies of the captain ana son entangled
in the rigging.
Humor Xurders a Duke,
PARIS, France, June 28.— An uncon
firmed rumor was in circulation here this
evening that the Duke d'Aumale, Prince
Henry of Orleans, had bf>en murdered.
He returned to Chantilly to-day from Lon
don, whither he went to attend the mar
riage of Princess Heiene of Orleans to the
Duke of Aosta.
Turkey's Armenian Inspector.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, June 25.~
Chaki Pasha, first aid-de-camp to the"
Sultan, has been appointed Imperial Com
missioner in connection with the reforms
in Armenia. His official title is Imperial
Inspector.
11 recked Off Cape Born.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 28.— Thd
American ship Arabia, from New Yorlj
May 14 for Man Francisco, was totally
wrecked off Cape Horn some days ago.
The crew was landed at tiiis port to-day.
The Manitoba Legislature.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 28.-Th«
Manitoba Legislature adjourned to-dajr
without taking action on the school ques
tion.
ALL THE PLACES FILLED.
Additional Appointments to
the Cabinet of Groat
Britain.
Lord Salisbury Will Soon Issue the
Manifesto of the New
Government.
LONDON, Exo., June 28.— The following
Ministerial appointments in addition to
those already made are officially an
nounced : Lord Halsbury, Lord High
Chancellor; Viscount Cross, Lord of tha
Privy Seal; Sir Henry James, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster; Sir Matthew
W. Ridley,. Home Secretary; the Marquis
of Lansdowne, Secretary of" State for War ;
Lord George Francis Hamilton, Secretary
of State for India; the Right Hon.
Charles T. Richie, President of the Board
of Trade; the Earl of Cadogan, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland; Lord Asiiburne,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Lord Balfour,
Secretary for Scotland.
The other Cabinet appointments previ
ously announced officially are: Lord isalis.
bury, Prime Minister and Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs ; Duke of Devon
shire, Lord President of Council; Eight
Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the
Treasury; Right Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain. Secretary of State for the Colonies;
Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
Chancelor of the Exchequer; and Right
Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the
Admiralty.
All of the foregoing will be members ofr
the Cabinet.
R.obert William Hanbury, M. P., has
been appointed Financial Secretary to the
Treasury, and George Nathaniel'Curzon.
Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
The Pall Mall Gazette gays that Lord
Salisbury will issue the manifesto of the
new Government on July S.
Lord Rosebery went to Windsor this
afternoon. He was granted an audience
by the Queen and later took luncheon at
the castle. Her Majesty approved the out
going Ministry's list of royal honors sub
mitted by the outgoing Premier.
Jiuasia Will Protest.
COLOGNE, Ekg., June 23. —The Gazette's
correspondent at St. Petersburg says that
if the Chinese loan raised in Paris and
guaranteed by Russia is not accepted
in the entiretyof its terms by China, Russia
will send a note to Peking protesting
against the intrigues of Germany and Eng
land against Russian interests in China.
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