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A PLOT OF BARRIOS.
Planning a Union of All
Central American
States.
AIDED BY COSTA RICA.
Overthrow of Bonilla in Hon
duras the First Step to
Be Made.
READY FOR A REVOLUTION.
Marco Soto to Be Returned to the
Presjdentlal Chair by an
Uprising:.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Aug. 4.— Private
advices received from Guatemala this even
ing indicate that sensational developments
affecting the possibility of the future of
Central America may be expected within
the next thirty days.
These advices state that President Bar
rios of Guatemala has formed a secret alli
ance with Costa Rica, looking to the for
mation of a union of all the Central Amer
ican States, with Guatemala exercising the
dominant influence in the new federation.
The first step in this programme will be
the downfall of the present Bonilla admin
istration in Honduras and the appoint
ment of his successor in the person of
Marco Soto. This last-named gentleman
is favorable to the proposition, and if the
•present plans are perfected so that he may,
by a coup d'etat, assume the Presidential
office the assistance of Honduras can be
obtained in the plan for a federation of
live States, and Nicaragua and Salvador
will thus, it is claimed, be compelled to
join with the other republics as a matter
of self interest.
Marco Soto tilled for a number of years
the office of President of Honduras. He
owed his elevation to the chief magis
tracy to the powerful 'aid of General
lUilino Barrios, who was then dictator of
G-uateruala, . easily the greatest political
and military force in Central America.
Wnen Barrios made war on Salvador,
■■> refused to co-operate with him. Bar
rios at once incited a revolution in Hon
duras. Through his aid the revolutionists
were successful, and Soto was overpowered.
Subsequently Barrios was killed, and his
ambitious scheme of a Central American
union, with himself as the central figure,
came to naught.
The Presidency of Guatemala is now
filled by another member of the Barrios
family, a nephew of the distinguished
dictator. It is claimed, without any quali
fication, that, following the example of his
uncle, he will again use his influence to
place Soto in the Presidency of Honduras.
Those who are familiar with the present
conditions in the little Latin-American
republics say that a new revolution can
be easily started in Honduras, composed
of the dissatisfied elements now out of
power, with Soto at their head, and that
these, with such assistance as Guatemala,
Honduras and Salvador would give, would
practically dominate the situation. Presi
dent Barrios of Guatemala, it is said, is the
more desired, inasmuch as at present
Nicaragua Honduras and Salvador are
now closely allied. This trio of republics,
which are contiguous to each other, forms
a geographical wedge, so to speak, with
Guatemala on the north and Costa Rica
on the south. Without the active co
operation of one of the three it would be
difficult for Guatemala and Costa Rica to
assume an offensive attitude toward the
remainder. The withdrawal of Honduras
from the triple alliance and her co
operation with the other republics would
give the latter a preponderance of power,
the value of which can be readily appre
ciated.
To what extent President Barrios can
carry through his programme can only be
conjectured, but it is believed in Guate- j
mala that he will succeed. What renders I
bu plan the more feasible is the hereditary i
enmity — or lack of comity at least — which j
exists between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Costa Rica, it is said, would delight to see
her ancient enemy, Nicaragua, humbled
as she would necessarily be if compelled j
perforce to join a Central American feder- }
ation the controlling influence of which
would be friendly to Costa Rica. Should
Nicaragua, on the other hand, decline to
join the union, she would be at a disad- I
vantage in that she would enjoy none of
the benetits that would result from it.
The situation, therefore, is pregnant
with significance, and future developments
are awaited with interest by the po
litical leaders in all of the Central Ameri
can States, by whom the foregoing facts
seem to be well understood.
RESERVATION BOUDARIES.
An Attempt to Settle Minuted Points Re
garding the. Surveys.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 4.-Gen
eral Otis, in command of the Department
of the Columbia, has taken the necessary
steps, according to an order received at the
army headquarters, to settle some dis
puted points regarding the surveys of the
military reservations located in that de
partment.
Charles A. Homan, clerk at headquar
ters, Vancouver, has gone to Olympia.
Wash., to consult and compare certain rec
ords of the United State3 Land Office, there
with the field notes of surveys of military
reservations situated on Puget Sound, with
a view to the correction of the latter if
errors are found therein. He will then
proceed to Tacoma and join a detachment
goon to be detailed and placed under the
personal supervision of the acting engi
neer officers' department for the purpose
of determining accurately the boundaries
end extent of certain military reservations
in that section, and to ascertain if any por
tions of the same are illegally occupied.
WHITE HOUSE IPROVEMENTS.
There Has lieai a <;*>neral Renovation in
lirrrption Jtooms.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 4.— The an
nual renovation of the White House in
the absence of the President's family j
means more this year than usual. Beside |
the ordinary cleaning and painting a num
ber of changes will be made. The most
important of these is the new doorway at j
lite rear of the red room. This has been
done in order to facilitate the egress at re
ceptions and obviate the necessity of the
visitors having to make their way through
the dense throng that usually on such oc
casions makes the inner corridor almost
impassable. This nev.- doorway has been
cut jo correspond in every way with the
beam isul old-fashioned ones that lead re
si.ectively to the red and green rooms.
The last important finishing touches of
tbe polish that will bring out the rosewood
to perfection alone remain to be given. In
tha east room the furniture will be en
tirely covered in gold-colored satin damask 1
similar to that now in use. The curtains
will be relieved and there will also be new
c&rpets so that the effect will be that of
general newness throughout the imposing
apartment in the White House, where
strangers often congregate to greet the
Chief Executive.
URGES RAMIE CULTURE.
Mission of Mr. Slaught to the National
Capital.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 4.— To secure a
governmental appropriation of $150,000, to
be divided equally for the establishment of
the ramie stations on the Pacific Slope, in
the South and near Washington, is the
purpose of S. H. Slaught of California,
who is at present in Washington conferring
with public officials regarding the matter.
Mr. Biaaghft claims that ramie is stronger
than silk, of a lustre almost its equal, and
that when manufactured into cloth will
wear better. The Agricultural Department
thus far has received his advances coldly,
notwithstanding his well fortified asser
tions that the growth of the plant is profit
able and that it has been easily raised in
California and also in the District of Col
umbia within the past few months. His
plan has the indorsement of all the mem
bers of the California delegation in the
last Congress, as well as such prominent
Pan Franciscans as Irving M. Scott, the
ship-builder; T. G.Phelps, the ex-Collector
of Customs; "Lucky" Baldwin, the mil
lionaire horse- raiser; H. S. Crocker & Co.,
State officials and others.
LIFE CHEAP, INDEED.
Cutting Remarks at the funeral af Miss
Flaglcr's Victim.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 4.—Twenty
five hundred persons to-day attended the
funeral services of Ernest Green, the little
colored boy shot by Miss Elizabeth Flag
■ler last Friday. There were many white
persons in the vast audience that filled
Shiloh Baptist Church and crowded the
pavement outside the edifice. Contrary to
expectations, there was absolutely no ex
citement and the remarks of the offi
ciating clergyman were decorously mod
erate. Rev. J. A. Taylor, pastor" of
the church, was assisted" by Rev. Walter
Brooks.
Rev. Mr. Taylor dwelt chiefly on the
idea that public sentiment was rather with
Miss Flagler than the parents of the dead
boy, and he hoped that the time would
soon come when color or social status
would have no influence in determining
punishment for the taking of human life.
Rev. Mr. Brooks declared that life was
cheap, indeed, when a jury could find a
verdict fixing the price of a boy's life at
the value of a pear, and pears only 25
cents a basket.
AID FOR WALLER'S FAMILY
An Appeal Issued by Attorneys
of the Imprisoned Ex-
Consul.
Grievous Wrong Said to Have Been
Done by the French Forces in
Madagascar.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 4.—Cram
mon Kennedy, John M. Langston and
William McGuire, counsel in behalf of
John L. Waller, ex-I*nited States Consul
at Tamatave. Madagascar, "have issued an
appeal asking for contributions to a fund
which will enable Mrs. Waller and her
family, now at Mauritis, to reach the
United States. After narrating the facts
in connection with Waller's arrest, convic
tion and sentence by the French authori
ties, the appeal proceeds:
Funds are needed to bring Mrs. Waller and
her family home. She has important evidence
in support of her husband's innocence of the
charge on which he was convicted by the
French court-martial at Tamatave. The De
partment ot State is inquiring into Waller's
claim against the French Government for
illegal arrest and imprisonment and the vir
tual con fi scation of a valuable concession
which had been granted to him by the Queen
of Madagascar, but has no funds available for
bringine Mrs. Waller and her children to the
United States.
Mr. Waller was one of the leading men of |
color in this country ; his efforts and sacrifices
in behalf of negro elevation cannot be over- j
looked, and it is hoped that systematical and
immediate efforts will be made by the colored !
people in their churches and through other i
agencies to raise funds for the relief of his
needy and unfortunate family.
It Is believed that a grievous wrong has been I
done to Waller and Bray by the French mili- j
tary authorities in their war of conquest ■
against Mnd&ga.scar, for which, sooner or later, j
apology will be made to the United States and j
indemnity paid to the sufferers.
But this appeal is made to citizens of the
United States without regard to the question
of Waller's guilt or innocence. His wife and
family are American citizens and through no |
fault "of theirs are destitute and helpless far ,
away irom home. It is to be regretted that the j
Government, has no funds available for such ;
cases as that of Mrs. Waller's family, and it is i
on this account that an appeal is made to the I
general public. All contributions may be sent i
to the Department of State.
The document states that Mr. Waller
was assistant superintendent of the Kan
sas Asylum for the Education of the Blind
and held other responsible positions in
that State before he was appointed Consul
at Tamatave, having been one of the
Presidential electors-at-large from Kansas
in 1888.
PROTESTS AGAINST ABUSES.
A Mexican Archbishop and the Worship
of St. Expedito.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.— A morn
ing paper ha? the follow ing special from
the City of Mexico: The Archbishop of
Guadalajara has addressed a circular letter
to the clergy under his charge, in which
he says: "Having heard that the worship
which the people give to St. Expedito has
passed beyond the limit of what is just and
reasonable, and that in churches where it
i> exposed to the gaze of the faithful his
image is continually surrounded by groups
of people who seemingly attribute to it
divine powers, demanding of it innumer
able things, I hereby raise my voice
against these abuses and against the exag
gerated devotion paid to this saint.
"Therefore, in order to eradicate effect
ually this growing evil, I prohibit placing
this saint in churches until such time as
the worship paid to that saint is reduced
to proper limits."
The Archbishop complains that the
manufacture and sale of the image of St.
Expedito have grown to commercial pro
portions. Devout Catholics have been
invoking for a few years the aid of this
St. P^xpedito, a comparatively new saint,
with, the reputation of expediting thimrs.
This saint is especially invoked in des
perate ca>es, where there appears to be
prospect of success. In a brief time this
saint has become the most popular of ail
the saints.
NON-UNION MEN ASSAILED.
Chicago Police Saved the Lives of Several
Painters.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 4.— Five union
painters, led by John 11. Fleming, a walk
ing delegate, maae a murderous attack
this afternoon on several non-union men
who were painting and kalsomining the
Doolittle schoolhouse on Fifty-fifth street.
The arrival of half a dozen policemen in
a patrol-wagon saved the non-union men
from being killed. Albert Baldorf of 583
West Van Buren street had his skull frac
tured and an arm broken. Christ Spencer
of 3016 South Park avenue was injured on
the head. While the assault was in prog
ress the police arrived and gave chase to
the fleeing assailants.
T7i e Engineer Killed.
WASHINGTON, Pa., Aug. 4.— A Balti
more and Ohio freight train jumped the
track and plunged over an embankment at
Cochrans mills this afternoon. Engi
neer Funk of Gienwood wa9 instantly
killed and Fireman Branna fatally scalded
by escaping steam.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1895.
ZIP WYATT CAPTURED
Made Prisoner After a
Fierce Fight With
Officers.
HIT BY THREE BULLETS.
Though Badly Wounded the
Outlaw Made a Desper
ate Resistance.
SURROUNDED IN A CORNFIELD.
Ho Opened Fire When Ordered by
the Pursuers to Throw Up
His Hands.
WICHITA, Kabb., Aug.4.— "Zip" Wyatt,
alias Dick Yeager, the intrepid leader of
the murderous band of outlaws that sprang
up in the Territory immediately after the
extermination of the famous Dalton gang,
was captured ten miles east of Sheridan
to-day after one of the fiercest fights that
has ever occurred in the Oklahoma coun
try.
The Wyatt gang— or the Yeager gang, as
it is variously known— has made a fearful
record that is written in the blood of many
a hapless victim, in the tears of sorrowing
widows and children. It knew no law and
respected no rights, and for several years
has preyed upon the people of the new
country, who seemingly were powerless to
cope with the daring and reckless band.
Train and bank robberies were of frequent
occurrence, and express companies were
forced to discontinue the transmission of
money through {he regions which the
gang infested.
The Dover, L T., express robbery was
the last large undertaking of the gang.
At that time the entire territory became
aroused, and an organized effort was begun
to hunt down the criminals. For six
months various lesser detachments into
which the gang broke up have been
chased from one end of the territory to the
other like wild animals, but not until
within the past few weeks have important
results followed. "Bill" Doolin, Tulsa
Jack and Isaac Black, members of the
gang, have been killed. Since that time,
in successive encounters, nearly a dozen
other of the outlaw band, including several
women, have been captured after hard
fights. Wyatt, the leader, has for two
weeks been engaeed in a running fight
with officers, being badly wounded in the
right side.
Early last night a large posse of vigi
lantes, headed by Detective W. D. Fossett of
the Rock Island Railroad, dislodged him
from his hiding place on Gloss Mountain,
and in his wild flight east toward the
home of his father-in-law he has been hard
pressed by his pursuers and several times
came very near falling into their hands.
Last night he crossed the Rock I3land Rail
road near Waukomis and wa3 brought to
bay in a cane field. The vigilantes formed
a cordon all round the field, but the outlaw
managed to escape.
At daybreak this morning the pursuit
began again, and about 11 o'clock the fugi
tive took refuge in a corn field. The vigi
lantes, headea by Marshal Smith of Enid,
were upon him in an instant, and, cover
ing him with Winchesters, told him to
surrender. Instead he pulled two re
volvers and began to shoot. A dozen guns
were fired at him almo9t simultaneously,
and, throwing up his hands, he fell. A
bullet had entered his hip and two struck
his left leg. Wyatt's shots were all wild
and did no damage.
The prostrate outlaw was game to the
end, and half raising himself to a
sitting position he again began shooting,
but the officers quickly overpowered and
disarmed him. He was taken to Hennes
sey, O. T., and later to the Garfield County
Jail, where he now lies in a dangerous con
dition, though the attending surgeons say
there are fair chances for his recovery. He
is morose and sullen, and has uttered
scarcely a word since his capture.
The jail in which he is confined is under
heavy guard, as it is feared that an attempt
will be made by his friends to liberate him.
Everybody is eager to catch a glimpse of
the man who has kept the Territory in a
state of turmoil for so long a time, and ex
citement runs high. The identification of
the prisoner is fully established.
As near as can be estimated, there are
about twenty outlaws still at large, and
the vigilence of their pursuers will not be
relaxed on account of to-day's important
capture. The vigilantes are well organized
throughout the entire territory, and they
require all travelers to have properly au
thenticated passports. The death knell of
outlawry in the territory has been sounded
and it is coniidently expected tnat the
entire band will be wiped out within a
very short time.
"SOUND MONEY" MEN RULE.
They Will Run the lowa Convention as
TJtey Please.
DES MOINEP, lowa, Aug. 4.— The last
lowa counties held their conventions to
day to name delegates to the Democratic
convention Wednesday next. A majority
of counties send uninstructed delegations
favorable to sound money anrt the admin
istration. Generally uninstructed dele
gates are for sound money. The silver
men have made the issue" in almost all
places and where they could control have
instructed for free silver lesolutions by
the State convention. The policy of the
sound mon«y men on the other hand has
been to avoid instructions and follow a
conciliatory policy. The general belief
is that the convention will be easily
controlled by suund money men, but the
silver people will make a fight and bring
a test on the adoption of the resolutions.
The sound money people will have proba
bly 60 per cent of the delegates and, per
haps, considerably more.
Explosion on a Cruiser.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. s.— The Her
aid cable from Rio Janeiro says:
The boiler of the old cruiser Trajano ex
ploded yesterday. Sixteen men were either
killed or wounded in the explosion. The
cruiser was lying in the harbor of Rio Jan
eiro.
Count De Beaumont Dead.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.— A special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Paris
says:
General Count Robert de Beaumont died
very suddenly after a four days' illness at
his Villa Mirolie at Copel, on the Lake of
Geneva.
♦
Mystery and a Meeting.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 4.— Considerable
mystery surrounds the meeting at the
Palmer House to-day of the Democratic
State Central Committee. One report says
that its object is to find means of coercing
the Democratic members of the Legislature
into voting for an investigation into the
charges of boodliog brought against certain
legislators at Springfield, but this is re
pudiated by many of the members. The
committee will, however, arrange for the
special election in the Eighteenth District
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Congressman Remann, and a majority
of the committee will insist upon nomi
nating a candidate on the free-silver issue.
PLAN OF PASSENGER LINES.
Great Difficulty in Forming a Satisfac
tory Association.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 4.-0n Wednesday
next there svill be a meeting of lines inter
ested in the territory between Chicago and
the Missouri River for the purpose of form
ing if possible an association to maintain
rates. Originally the plan was to have a
big association covering all trans-Missouri
lines, transcontinental and Western roads.
This was narrowed down to leave out the
Western lines, when it was found the
association could not even then be formed
owing to the differences which existed be
tween the parties at interest, as the asso
ciation was projected to include lines be
tween Chicago and the Missouri River and
also west of the Missouri. Owing to the
coyness of the Denver and Rio Grande and
the Rio Grande Western it has been de
cided not to include lines west of the Mis
souri in the conference, as an association
which did not cover Utah Territory would
be of little value for the uses for which it
was intended.
One Swindler Sad Died.
DES MOINES, lowa, Aug. 4.— William
Bremener of this city bought forty acres
near the city and platted it, paying $500
cash and giving a mortgage for $2000.
Then he gave other mortgages to J. H.
Hamilton aggregating $45,000. Hamilton
transferred them to J. W. Bartlett, who
took them to Chicago and sold them.
Archie S. Marston is supposed to have
been the purchaser. Recently he came
here and found it was a swindle. Bartlett
had died meantime and Hamilton had
skipped. Bremener claimed he was not in
the deal and deeded the property to Mars
ton. No arrests have been made.
FRESNO IRRIGATION SUIT.
Brought by John Landers to
Dissolve the Sunset
District.
Cross Fraud and Deception Charged
Against Director Milton
McWhorter.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug.'4.— A bitter strug
gle is expected over the suit begun here to
dissolve the Sunset Irrigation District.
John Landers, upon whose complaint
the suit is brought, makes charges of the
most serious kind against Milton McWhor
ter, one of the directors of the district.
McWhorter was one of the men most
active in securing the organization of the
district and if tne allegations of the com
plaint are sustained he will be proven
guilty of gross fraud and deception.
According to the complainant, McWhor
ter was pecuniarily interested in securing
an election as director in the proposed
district and in organizing the district.
To accomplish his purpose, Landers al
leges. McWhorter bought a tract of twenty
acres inside the limits of the proposed dis
trict and subdivided it into twenty lots,
which he then deeded to twenty-five differ
ent people. The deeds were never deliv
ered to the grantees and none of them
claimed ths lots.
The complaint says that in pursuance of
his fraudulent purpose and with the in
tention of deceiving the Board of Super
visors and inducing them to declare the
territory a district, McWhorter had all the
persons to whom he had granted land
fraudulently sign the petition for the form
ation of the district and represent that
they were freeholders in the district.
If the facts are as stated, McWhorter
planned and carried through a coloniza
tion scheme of considerable magnitude.
The twenty-five men whom he had sign
his petition, many of whom are widely
known and respected,' are also charged
with fraud.
Landers is one of the men who believe
that the board of directors of the district
have been making money from the tax-
pavers.
It is also alleged in the complaint that
there was included in the district 94,220
acres of land belonging to the United
States and, therefore, not to be included in
any irrigation district.
the district has already voted bonds to
the amount of $2,000,000 and over $300,000
wo^th have been sold. The contractors
have already expended about $30,000 and
they will not lose it without a struggle.
GRJLPELAND DISTRICT TROUBLE.
One of the Bondholder* Tokea a Precau
tion to Protret Himself.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 4.-
John W. Downs, a local money-lender,
has taken a twist around the Grapeland
Irrigation District which was a complete
surpris-e. Downs owns $2500 worth of
bonds issued by the Grapeland District,
which he proposes to protect.
Last week, after consulting his lawyers,
he quietly stole into the San Bernardino
Mountains and filed on the irrigation
water supply. The district has bored a
long tunnel to get the underflow of Lytle
Creek and about 500 inches of water have
been thus developed.
This tunnel and the water source are on
Government land in the San Bernardino
Mountain reservation. Under the law the
person who files the notice must use the
water within sixty days, and Downs has
made preparations to conduct this water
on to the property of the Semi-TrcpicLand
and Water Company.
The decision of Judge Ross is that the
districts never had a leeal existence, and
following this out Downs and his advisers
claim that all appropriations made by the
district are void.
That is to say that the situation is the
same as if the water from the Grapeland
tunnel had never been taken by any per
son or company, and that Downs had
made the original tiline.
His action in thus stepping in and filing
his notice in advance of any other, he
maintains, will give him the prior right to
the water, and if the decision is upheld in
a higher court he will be assured of
something to guarantee the value of the
bonds of the company which he now
holds.
CAMPING ON CATAJLINA.
Boy a of the Ifliittier School on Their
Annual Outing.
AVALON, Catalina Island, Cal., Aug.
4.— Two companies numbering 100 boys,
from the Whittier State Reform School,
arrived at Catalina Island by Friday night's
steamer on their annual outing. On Satur
day 250 more arrived. ■
They brought a camping outfit and will
tent at Swaines Landing, a point about
five miles below Avalon.
The boys will remain two weeks, and
then the eighty-five girls in the institution
will come for their outing.
The Southern Pacific and the Wilming
ton Transportation companies furnfsh free
transportation, the supplies being shipped
from the school at the rate of a carload a
day, so the outing costs the State nothing.
The boys are under military ; discipline,
Major C. Renard being in command.
♦
A Money -Saving Route.
FRESNO. Cal., Aug. 4.— Wellman, Peck
& Co. have received another consignment
of freight from San Francisco via Stockton
and the San Joaquin River. It is found
that a substantial saving in rates can be
made, although the goods must be re
loaded into lighter boats at Stockton and
hauled the last thirty miles by mules.
WAR ON THE NEGROES
Italians Attempt to Drive
Them From Spring
Valley.
RESENTED A ROBBERY.
Like a Band of Apachesthe Mob
Fell Upon the Unsuspect
ing Blacks.
THE WOMEN WERE NOT SPARED
Lone List of Those Wounded During
the Furious Attack of For
eign Miners.
PRINCETON, 111., Aug. 4.— The Ital
ians of Spring Valley broke out to-day in
a war upon the negroes with a view of
either massacreing them or driving them
from without the city limits. The fol
lowing negroes were seriously injured:
Granville Lewis, aged 45 years, shot in
head and clubbed with rifles, face and neck
badly lacerated ; may die.
Ciem L. Marty, aged 32 years, shot in
back of head with rifle ball, thirty buck
shot in back and shoulders; seriously in
jured.
Norman Bird, aged 38 years, shot in neck
and head, badly bruised; internal injuries.
Mrs. Bird, aged 31, wife of Norman, shot
in right cheek and arm.
Maria Bird, daughter of Norman, aged
14 years, shot in the breast; may prove
fatal.
William Lee, aged 34 years, kicked and
trampled upon.
Jube Sterritt, aged 47, trampled upon,
face lacerated and injured internally;
badly cut by barbed wire fence ia attempt
ing to escape from the mob.
Oscar Prin, head bruised with rocks and
stones.
Silas Burken, bruised with clubs and
shot at about thirty times.
Jude Stuart, bad wound in the head
from a club.
James Kelley.aged 26 years.flesh wounds
and clothing riddled with shot.
William Beck, aged 30 years, badly
bruised and internal injuries.
Frank Turner, aced 68 years, shot twice
in the back of the head and struck in the
back and shoulders by about forty buck
shot.
Frank Burner, head badly bruised,
trampled upon and internal injuries.
The Italians for many months have
wished to drive the negroes out of the coal
mining belt, and to-day a plausible excuse
for so doing presented itself.
At 1 o'clock this morning an Italian was
held up on the public highway by four
negroes, robbed and shot four times, from
the effects of which his physician says he
cannot live until morning. A mass meet
ing of the Italians was called, and at 10
o'clock a mob of over 300 that gathered
started out for the negro village, which is
located two miles west of Spring Valley.
They were headed by the Spring Valley
Italian band, and to deceive the negroes
into thinking the assembly a peaceable
one, this band rendered several National
anthems. The negroes as a result re
mained in their homes, and the Italians
fell onto them like a lot of Apache Indians.
The men wtre dragged out. clubbed,
trampled upon and made the targets for
the shotguns, rifles and small arms the
mob had brought with them. The women
were insulted, slapped, and two of them,
while begging for mercy, were shot down
and fatally injured. Sheriff Clark of
Princeton was telegraphed for and arrived
on the ground with a posse, but came too
late, as the work had long been done be
fore he arrived.
The negroes fled panic-stricken over the
surrounding hills, and to-night are sleep
ing under trees and in barns, with the ex
ception of a few whom the farmers are
sheltering. Many of the injured may die
before morning. No arrests have been at
tempted.
Judge Stuart was dragged out of his
home, struck in the face, knocking out
eight teeth, and compelled to literally run
a g'umtlet during which he was knocked
down four or five times and his scalp torn
open. At one time he was left for dying
in his own garden.
Silas Burner and his son-in-law, Frank
Turner, after their families had been gross
ly abused, were dragged out of their homes
and clubbed on the head and turned loose
oh the street. A man placed a horsepistol
against the side of Turner's head and
snapped the hammer three times, but it
refused to go off. The two negroes took to
the woods, but as they went four charges of
buckshot from a shotgun were poured into
them. Each received over thirty buckshot
in the back of the head, neck and should
ers and it is feared that in the case of
Burner blood poisoning will at once set in.
Granville Lewis, in his home, was so
pounded about the. head that it is feared
the sight of one eye will be lost.
Over forty houses were occupied by
the colored people, and in these were two
invalid men who could not be moved. One
of them, known as Uncle Enoch, would
have been shot in his bed had not an Ital
ian, whom he had become acquainted with
the year before, pulled a double-barreled
shoteun away that had been pointed in
his face. The gun was discharged in the
room, tmt the charge did not strike its in
tended victim.
The Italian rioters served notice on the
women and children who had not been
driven out that they and the invalids
would be given until to-night to leave the
town forever, and that if they were not
gone by dark they would be shot down in
their tracks. Consequently, all the after
noon the women have been packing all
that is left of their household goods and
are fleeing over the hills in all directions.
Large numbers have started out in the
direction of Toluca, and others have taken
refuge at Scatonville. The injured men,
many of whom are lying at the point of
death, are sheltered in barns and under
trees. Of those who are uninjured about
thirty have gathered at Seatonville
and have been collecting arms and
ammunition, and say they will at all
hazards return to Spring Valley in
the morning and remain there until they
are discharged from the services of the coal
company. Some have homes there and all
have wages dues them from the coal com
pany. They claim the city police have
made very little effort to hunt down the
criminals, but that this is no fault of theirs
and a matter for which they will not suf
fer. This resolution of the negroes has
created considerable apprehension and
more trouble is expected if it should be
carried out.
Word was sent to Sheriff Clark at Prince
ton, who at once commenced the organiza
tion of a posse by sounding the fire alarm
and enlisting the men as fast as they
turned out. By noon he had a sufficient
number, but at that hour word was. re
ceived that actual rioting had ceased.
Economy on the Grand Trunk.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.-A morn
ing paper says: Sir Charles Rivers Wil
son, the new president of the Grand Trunk
Railway, will arrive in this city from Eng
land on August 13. He has written that
he will go direct to the company's head
quarters at Montreal, but efforts will be
made to detain him until the presidents
meet on August 15 to take formal action
on the new agreement.
All sorts of changes are in progress for
the Grand Trunk. Salaries will be cut
and many employes will be dispensed with.
Efforts will be made to establish traffic
alliances with other railroads, and the
formation of a Canadian board is also to
be quickly accomplished.
Southampton's _N>tr Dock.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.— A dis
patch from London says: The new graving
dock at Southampton was formally opened
to-day by the Prince of Wales. In honor
of the event a general holiday was de
clared, and the city was gay with royal
bunting. The Prince, accompanied by his
suite, arrived early this morning from
Cowes in the royal yacht, and was pre
sented with an address of welcome by
Mayor Lewis Button in behalf of the
County Council. The entire town turned
out in the vicinity of the dock, and mani
fested great enthusiasm. The dock which
was opened to-day is the largest in the
world of its kind.
Death of John U. Lamber.
LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Aug. 4.—
John B. Lamber, one of Leavenworth's
best known citizens, died unexpectedly
yesterday at his home on North
Broadway, from neuralgia of the heart.
Mr. Lamber was born in New York City,
and on July 24 was 67 years old. When a
young man he entered the service of the
Adams Express Company, and ran be
tween New York City and Buffalo. In
18.32 the express company sent him to Au
stralia, but that venture proving a failure,
he established a stage line from Melbourne
to Bendigo. In 1857 he returned to New
York, and in the same year came here to
live, first engaging in the freighting busi
ness across the plains.
Will Indemnify Owner*.
NEW YORK, N. Y., August 4.— At Ot
tawa, Ontario, special says: The Domin
ian Government has been advised that the
Russian Government will indemnify the
owners of the two Canadian sealers seized
by Russian gunboats in 1892. The vessels
are the Willie McGowan and the Ariel, of
the British Columbia sealing fleet, which
were seized by the Russian cruiser Zabiaka
in July, 1892, about forty miles off Copper
Island. Both vessels were confiscated and
their crews sent home to Victoria by a sail
ing vessel.
Xot Prepared to Give Battle.
NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.— The Her
ald's special cable from Panama says:
Guayaquil (Ecuador) advices state that a
report has just been received in Guayaquil
which says that General Alfaro has inter
cepted important dispatches from General
Sarasti to his confidential agents on the
coast. These dispatches disclose the fact
that General Sarasti is not prepared to give
battle, and that he has already begun the
work of abandoning the positions he now
holds.
"Oick" 3lcCormick Dead.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 4.— Josiah Strong
McCormick, usually known as "Gick"
McCormick, died this afternoon of con
gestion of the brain at his residence here.
He was well known all over the "West, hav
ine been, in the sixties, a freighter over
the plains from Omaha to Denver and Salt
Lake. He was post-trader at Laramie in
1874, and was in the wholesale grocery
business here also. His age was 60. He
retired from business ten years ago and
left a large estate.
Stomach Pains
And stomach aches are often but the first
symptoms of Catarrh of the Stomach.
During the summer months people eat
fruits that are not ripe, or do not agree
with them, then comes congestions, colics,
bowel and stomach pains. You can clean
your stomach as you can clean a glass ves-
sel and you can clean your stomach with
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla, for there are
no after bad effects, no gripes, no nauseat-
ing feelings. It does not bind, but causes
the stomach and bowels to go on doing
their accustomed work freely and fairly.
Biliousness
Don't you know that melons will often
make a man or woman bilious ? It is
true. Biliousness is too much bile, the
liver is inactive, it does not do its work
properly. Melons often irritate the stom-
ach, cause diarrhoea and leave the liver
inactive. When you experience the first
pain or sign of a pain, or disturbances in
the stomach, get a bottle of Joy's Vegeta-
ble Sarsaparilla— go by the bottle direc-
tions, don't get the substitute offered; you
will throw away your money.
You May Be
As wise as King Solomon, as rich as Croe-
sus, as venerable as Rosencrans and as in-
genious as Edison, but if you are as careless
as some people you will suffer accordingly,
ingly. When you don't feel exactly right
you ought to take a tonic regulator, some-
thing made of herbs that can do no possi-
ble harm and yet clean the stomach and
bowels. This is just what you ought to
take and use it as regularly as you feel a
"fit of the blues" or dull, heavy and lan-
guishing. Don't take a stimulant that
does not clean. Take a pure, herb cleans-
ing remedy and enjoy the pleasures of the
table uninterrupted.
"As Good As"
Is a very good phrase, but not so when
used in connection with Joy's Vegetable
Sarsaparilla. There is nothing as good as
Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Go by bottle
directions.
NEW TO-DAY.
By
Request
I [
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Of many people unable to take
advantage during the prescribed
time of our sale, and owing to
the number of written and per-
sonal requests of people who are
employed in many walks of life,
and whose pay-day occurs be-
tween the sth and 10th, we have
acceded to their request and will
continue the offer of any SUIT
OR OVERCOAT on the first floor,
irrespective of former prices, be
they marked $20, $18, $17 or $16,
for
Contrary to our usual regulations
of continuing sales beyond the
time advertised, but the influence
brought to bear and our willing-
ness to accede to the request of
the buying masses, we will con-
tinue this sale till the 10th, and
not beyond.
Very respectfully yours,
Raphael's
(INCORPORATED),
9, 11, 13 and 15
Kearny Street.
OF THE
CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
OF THE
MAGDEBURG FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF MAGuEBT'UO, GERMANY, OX THE 31ST
day of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year
ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Com-
missioner of the State of California, pursuant to
the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Po-
litical Code, condensed us per blank furnished by
the Commissioner.
CAPITAL.
Amonnt of Capital Stock, paid up in
cash f 750,000 00
ASSETS.
Real estate owned by company $449,349 75
Loans on bond and mortgage 1,285,706 55
Cash market value of all stocks and
bonds owned by company 2,332,156 35
Amount of loans secured by pledge
of bonds, stocks and other market-
able securities as collateral 350 00
Cash in company's office 12,621 91
Cash in banks 780,785 29
Interest due and accrued on all stocks
and loans '. 13,267 29
Premiums in due course of collection 248,454 62
Due by other companies for reinsur-
ances 675,562 15
Total assets $5,798,253 91
LIABILITIES. ~
Losses in process of adjustment or in
suspense $646,032 83
Gross premiums on lire risks running
one year or less, reinsurance 50 per
cent 1,568,25115
Gross premiums on fire risks running
more than one year, reinsurance
pro rata ( 245,829 83
Cash dividends remaining unpaid ... 664 25
All other demands against the com-
pany 1,042,239 37
Total liabilities $3,502,917 43
INCOME.
Net cash actually received for fire
premiums $4,232,488 60
Received for interest on bonds and
mortgages 58,676 99
Received for interest and dividends
on bonds, stocks, loans and from all
other sources 76,576 51
Received from all other sources 90,010 44
Total income $4,457,752 54
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for fire losses (in-
cluding $595,1'22 76 losses of pre-
vious years) $2,302,21 3 52
Dividends to stocknolders 187,500 00
Paid or allowed for commission or
brokerage 694,513 02
Paid for salaries, fees and other
chaws for officers, clerks, etc 185,006 27
Paid for State, national and local
taxes 35,901 72
All other payments and expenditures 173.644 73
Total expenditures $3,578,779 26
ROBT. TSCHMARKE, President.
E. T. MIETHKE, Vice-President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day
Of April, 1895. K. WErCHSEL JXt.,
U. S. Vice-Consul.
GUTTE & FRANK, Managers,
303 California St., S. F.
A LADIES' GRILL ROOM
Has been established in trie Palace Hotel
ON ACCOTTNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS
made on the management. It takes the place
of the city restaurant, with direct entrance from
Market St. Ladies shopping will find this a most
desirabie place to lunch. Prompt service and mod-
erate charges, such ns have given the gentlemen's
Grillroom an international reputation, will prevai
In this new department.
oppression, niinrn nv
SUFFOCATION, UHIU
NEURALGIA, Etc., UUIII " IJ ul
ESPIC'S CIGARETTES, OR POWDEB,
Paris, J. ESPIC: New York, E. FOUGERA
& CO. Sold by all Druggists.
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