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VOLUME LXXVIII.-tfO. 90.
THE BAWNMORE LOST
Went Ashore Yesterday
Ten Miles South of
Bandon.
WRECK BREAKING FAST.
Two Men Washed on the
Beach, One Dead, the Other
Badly Injured.
THE DISASTER WAS PREDICTED.
Sketch of Captain and Mrs. Alexan
der Woodside's Troubles In
Payta, Peru,
A dispatch received last night from
Marshfield, Or., reports that a courier had
just arrived at Bandon from down the
coast and reported a large British steamer
ashore about ten miles south of Bandon.
The vessel is the Bawnmore, bound south
THE TOP - HEAVY BAWNMORE.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist on the day of her departure from this port. Reproduced from "The Call" of August 11.]
from Portland. She went ashore in a
thick fog.
Two of the crew came ashore, but one
died soon after reaching the beach, and
the other, a Japanese, was so badly injured
by being dashed against the rocks by the
breakers that he could give no account of
himself or the ship.
The Bawnmore, at the time of the
wiring of the message, was fast breaking
up, and, with her cargo, was expected to
be a total loss. Much of her deckload was
drifting ashore.
Accounts of the disaster .were meager
and it was not known how the catastrophe
occurred.
It was supposed, however, that as she
was steaming in close to land her machin
ery became disabled and she drifted help
lessly on the reef. The coast is bold and
Captain Alexander Woodside.
rocky in that locality, and no vessel could
live long in the heavy surf that rolls on
the beech.
A later dispatch stated that there was no
immediate loss of life on the wrecked ves
sel. The life-saving crew of Bandon had
gone to the scene, and the steamer Arago,
which bad just arrived at Marshfield from
£an Francisco, was preparing to go to the
wreck in the morning and assist in saving
life if necessary.
Bandon is about twelve miles south of
Empire City, and there is no telegraph or
telephone lines connecting that place with
the scene of the wreck.
The Bawnmore left this port August 10,
bound for Champerico, Central America,
by way of Portland and Comox, and was
cleared by Grace & Co. and commanded by
Captain Alexander Woodside, one of her
owners. The manner in which she was
loaded, the piling of streetcars, heavy
lighters, a tug and a great mass of lumber
on her spardeck, excited general attention
on the water front.
Old shippers thought of her round
about trip up the stormy northern coast,
thence down along the Mexican and Cen
tral American seaboard, and shook their
fll heads ominously as they saw the freight
being piled up aboard of the big steamer.
It was openly prophesied that if she met
bars' weather her wreck would be reported.
The San Francisco Call.
From time to time during the loading of
the vessel The Call noted in its columns
the manner in which her cargo was put
aboard, and the predictions of experienced
people on the front. In The Call of Au
gust 11 was the following notice of the
Bawnmore's departure :
After several days' delay the Bawnmore got
away for Central America and Peru, by way
of Portland. She was fearfully loaded arid pre
sented a unique appearance as she steamed out
yesterday, with her upper deck piled with
lumber, and with eleven passenger-oar*, two
large surf-lighUers and a tugboat mounted upon
the heavy timber. She was to have sailed
Friday, but upon representation of the marine
insurance people that the great deckload was
insecure she was detained by an order from the
Custom-house until the officials were satisfied
that the miscellaneous deck freight was better
lastenea.
Notwithstanding these precautions it wns
the opinion among shipping men that the
steamer was peculiarly conditioned for so long
and roundabout a voyage. She was really under
the Grace Brothers' charter, who for some
reason let that fact remain in the background,
and she went to Portland with 600 tons of
petroleum in two of her tanks. This was a
portion of her original cargo taken on board at
Payta, Peru, and will be discharged at Port
land. She only had in her bunkers 160 tons of
coal, which will last her to Nanaimo, when she
will fill up for her southern trip's consump
tion. Her oil-burning apparatus had been
taken out and she will fire with coal in the
future.
Captain Metcalf of 1533 Union, street, Ala
meda, emphatically denies the rumor of over
loading. He said last night that the Bawn
more left port a full ship and fully insured.
He continued:
"Her hull has been insured at Lloyds for the
past eighteen months, and her entire cargo
has been written at a safe margin by responsi
ble companies at ordinary rates. Her cargo is
a miscellaneous one, and comprises all sorts
and forms of general merchandise. The only
deck cargo she carries are twelve bobtail cars
that weigh about twelve tons and measure
twenty-one. These are securely lashed and
fastened, end as the ship is perfectly stanch
and has twelve feet of freeboard the absurdity
of the stories is patent. There is not the wildest
chance of combustion from petroleum gas."
The Bawnmore is a stanch vessel, but her
progress and return will be noted with consid
erable interest in marine circles.
The streetcars that loomed high up on
her deck were old Mission bobtail cars that
had been repaired and were being taken
to San Salvador. The boats and tog were
for Champerico. Misfortune began early
on the steamer, for when the tug waa being
hoisted on deck it broke away^ from the
slings and fell back into the water three
times, at the last going to the bottom of the
bay.
The condition of the vessel was noted by
the customs official, and on the night she
was advertised to sail she was refused a
clearance until the deckload was better
lashed. All that night the crew worked in
making everything secure, and she was
permitted to leave next morning.
The Bawnmore was under charter of
Grace & Co. to bring petroleum from
Payta, Peru, and was fitted with large
tanks for that purpose. She loaded j
freight for the Pacific Mail Company back j
to the Central American ports on her re- I
turn to Peru. She was an unlucky vessel, I
and has encountered numerous mishaps |
since her launching, which took place at j
Dumbarton. Scotland, in 1889. She is 279
feet long, 37.8 feet in breath and 19.4 feet j
in depth. Her tonnage is 2436 regis- j
ter. She is a steel single-screw steamer, j
arid owned by W. J. Woodside & Co. of j
Mrs. Woodaide.
Belfast, who own the Progressist, De Bay
and other steamers.
Theßawnmore is fitted up with water
ballast cellular tanks, and her holds are
literally huge tanks for oil.
The Call of February 28 of this year
published the following interesting account
of the steamer's adventures in Payta and
Mrs. vVoodside's exploits with a double
barreled shotgun against robbers:
A few months before taking command Cap
tain W'ooasides was married in Ireland and
brought his bride direct from the lakes of Kil
larney to San Francisco.
When the hour of his departure for the oil
regions arrived his wife would not let him go.
Expostulation was in vain, so at last she was
told to pack up her trunk and "come along."
From San Francisco ihe steamer went to
Central America and there unloaded a cargo
of railroad tires. From that point she went to
Omlinucd on Fourth* Pager " '
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1895.
QUAY'S CLEAN SWEEP
A Signal Triumph in
the Pennsylvania
Convention.
IN COMPLETE CONTROL.
Elected State Chairman to
Succeed a Political
Opponent.
ALL FACTIONS HARMONIZED.
Six Hastings Men Nominated for
Judges by the Man They
Opposed.
HARRISBTJRG, Pa.. Aug. 28.— The most
bitter figlit that has ever been experienced
in the ranks of Pennsylvania Republicans
is at an end, and Senator Quay is victo
rious, having swept everything before him
and magnanimously consented.. in the m-
terest of party harmony, to the nomina
tion of the six Republican Superior Court
Judges as the administration forces had
desired. The convention, which lasted a
scant three hours, no recess being taken,
was marvelously harmonious.
Senator Quay's success is regarded as a
masterly political achievement. He has
secured control of the party organization
in the Keystone State, has had himself
elected State chairman to succeed an active
political opponent, the latter himself plac
ing the Senator in nomination, and liter
ally was the power at the convention. The
fight between the factions and the un
looked-for harmonious ending at the State
convention will be given a prominent
place in the political history of Pennsyl
vania.
In addition to electing Senator Quay as
State chairman, Benjamin J. Haywood of
Mercer County, who was practically unop.
posed and nominated for State Treasurer,
and the six Republicans who Governor
Hastings appointed as Superior Court
Judges on June 27 last, were placed on the
ticket. The latter nominees are: Ex-Gov
ernor James A. Beaver, Center County;
Howard J. Reeder, Northampton; John J.
Wickham, Beaver; George H. Orlady,
Huntington; Charles E. Rice, Luzerne;
E. N. Willard, Lackawanna County. The
seventh member of the judiciary is Henry
K. McCarthy (Democrat) of Philadelphia,
the law creating the new court providing
for minority representation.
The first and decisive test of the strength
of the factions was developed when the
vote for temporary chairman was taken.
Congressman John B. Robinson of Dela
ware County, the Quay candidate, received
163% votes, against 133V6 for Colonel Henry
Hall of Pittsburg, the administration can
didate.
Prior to the convention being called to
order by State Chairman Gilkes, a Pitts
burg crowd of 100 or more, who had re
tained possession of the opera-house in the
interest of the Gilkeson forces since yester
day afternoon, they being placed therein,
before an armistice had been reached, to
keep out the Quay followers, were dis
missed, an agreement having been reached
by conferees of the respective factions to
admit no one to the convention outside of
delegates, contestants and newspaper men.
Governor Hastings, with his Philadelphia
henchman, David Martin, was one of the
first delegates to enter the hall. Senator
Quay followed shortly afterward, and
when he had taken his seat, as a substi
tute delegate for D. R. Corbus of Beaver
County, he divested himself of his coat
and sat in hia shirtsleeves, while the crowd
cheered. The convention waa without the
usual brass band, but the manifestations
of party harmony were most delightful to
the delegates. The heat was intense and
Governor Hastings vigorously used a fan,
which contained an inscription, "To keep
cool and vote for Quay/
When Chairman Gilkeson had called the
body to order Secretary Fetteroff read the
call for the convention, and Secretary Rex
called the roll of delegates. Senator Quay
was substituted for D. R. Corbus as a dele
gate from Beaver County, and Congress
man W. A. Stone took the place of Dele
gate Torrence of Allegheny County. Con
gressman John B. Robinson was substitu
ted for Delegate Quigley from Delaware
County, and ex-State Chairman Cooper
appeared for Delegate Whipple of the same
county. All of the 289 delegates responded
to their names and then nominations for
temporary chairman were called.
The Speaker of the Pennsylvania House
of Representatives, Harry "A. Walton, an
administration leader, presented the name
of Colonel Henry Hall of Pittsburg, and
Senator Quay followed with the name of
Congressman John B. Robinson. Ex-State
Chairman Cooper, a Quay lieutenant, sec
onded the nomination of Robinson and
pleaded for harmony.
At this point Chairman Gilkeson called
Cooper to order, and asked upon what mo
tion he was speaking. Cooper replied that
he was seconding a nomination in proper
order. The chairman then relented and
the ex-chairman proceeded.
When Cooper was growing eloquent Sen
ator Quay surprised the assemblage by
arising from his seat, two rows behind that
occupied by Governor Hastings, and ap
proaching the Governor the Senator ex
tended his hand, which was warmly
grasped. Mr. Quay then whispered some
thing pleasant In the Governor's ear, and
they smiled simultaneously. The dele
gates recognizing this as a peace offering
cheered terrifically. Cooper thus abruptly
ceased speaking. Then business went on.
Frank Willing Leach and A. D. Fetterolf
were appointed teiiers and the call of the
roll on the first test of the civil elections
was begun. Hall and Robinson voted for
each other. The roll-call ended, Secre
tary Rex announced 163% votes for Rob
inson and 132}^ for Hall. This made a to
tal vote of 297, which was announced
through an error of the tellers. There
could only be 289 votes in the convention,
but six contestants who were given a half
vote each were counted as whole votes.
Quay's majority, however, was 30%, the
fraction resulting from the election of
three delegates from the Second District
of Berks County, where only two should
have been chosen. The two votes were di
vided among the three, and one of them,
H. Miller Kauffman, voted for Quay. It
was first blood for Quay, however, and set
tled the factional battle in his favor.
Tumultuous cheers were given when
Colonel Hall moved that Robinson be
chosen by acclamation, and were renewed
when Governor Hastings seconded Hall's
motion. The election was made unan
imous, and Chairman Gilkeson appointed
Messrs. Hall and Cooper to escort Sir.
Robinson to the chair. He simply thanked
the convention for selecting him and de
clared himself ready for business.
Senator Quay made a motion, which
was seconded by Congressman Stone and
adopted by the convention, that the com
mittee on permanent organization be in
structed to report the name oi Governor
Haytinfs for permanent chairman. On
motion of the Governor it was then de
cided to continue in session until all busi
ness should be disposed of.
Congressman Stone presented a resolu
tion suspending the rule which provides
for the election of a State chairman by the
candidates selected at the convention and
the permanent chairman, and providing
for the election by the convention. There
was no opposition to this. Senator Quay
then presented a resolution bearing upon
the civil service, which was referred to the
committee on resolutions and thereafter
adopted as part of the platform. The com
mittee on permanent organization was,
after very little delay, announced, with T.
L. Eyre of Chester County as chairman.
The committee on resolutions organized
with District Attorney George S. Graham
of Philadelphia as chairman, and the per
manent organization followed. Senator
Quay and Chris L. Mr.gee of Pittaburg es
corted Governor Hastings to the platform,
from where, after the enthusiasm of the
delegates had subsided, the Governor said:
Gentlemen of the convention: I thank you
most sincerely for this great honor. The
weather is too warm; I will not make a
speech. I may, however, say that the recent
events in the Republican party of Pennsyl
vania prove the savins: that electric storms
have the effect of clearing the atmosphere, and
we reserve the cycloue for the free-trade, debt
creating Democratic party.
After the nomination by acclamation of
Benjamin Hay wood for State Treasurer
Senator Quay in a brief speech presented
the names of six Republican members of
the Superior Court for nomination, and
moved that they all be selected by accla
mation, believing such action would result
to the best interests of the party, and the
motion was adopted.
At this juncture State Chairman Gilke
son was substituted by a Berks County
delegate, and he moved that Senator Quay
be elected State chairman. The delegates
outdid themselves in enthusiasm when
Mr. GUkeson had concluded, and the
scene was the most impressive of the con
vention.
Congressman Stone then seconded the
nomination of Mr. Quay. His selection in
the present contest, he said, meant not
only a great majority in Pennsylvania
this fall, but it meant the election of a Re
publican President in 1896, for his selec
tion as chairmanof the Republican National
Committee in 1896 meant the defeat of the
Democratic party.
"It matters not," he said in conclusion,
"sd much whether our candidate for Presi
dent comes from the young and growing
Republican State of lowa, the greater
State of Ohio, or whether we shall take
the great Republican fighter, Thomas B.
Reed of Maine, but it does matter whom
we select as chairman of the National com
mittee.
Mr. Quay was then elected by acclama
tion. The committee on resolutions re
ported the platform, which was read by
District Attorney Graham of Philadelphia,
who explained that the platform had been
adopted by a majority of the committee
against the protests of a large minority.
State Senator Penrose arose and stated
that it was not the practice in parlia
mentary procedure to explain the action
of a committee, but Mr. Graham said he
made the explanation at the request of the
minority in order to avoid a minority re
port. The platform was read as follows:
The Republican party of Pennsylvania in
convention assembled makes the following
declaration of principles:
We accept unreservedly the determination
enunciated by the Republican National Con
vention of 1892, and we demand the use of
both gold and silver money with such restric
tions and under such provisions, to be deter
mined by legislation, as will secure the main
tenance of the parity of values of the two
metals; that the purchasing and debt-paying
power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or
paper, shall at all times be equal.
Faithful to the Republican party, and be
lieving it to be the settled doctrine of the party
that the honor of the Nation and the interests
of its citizens require the maintenance of a
National currency, every dollar of which,
whether in gold, silver or notes, shall be of
stable value and of equal purchasing power,
this convention hereby declares its opposition
to the debasement of the National currency by
the admission of silver to free and unlimited
coinage at the arbitrary ratio of 16 to 1.
We declare our continued adherence to tho
protective policy which has been sturdily
championed for a hundred years by the great
men of our State and of our Nation and to the
acceptance of which policy by the Republican
Continued on Second I'mge.
FOUND STOLEN COIN
Eleven Thousand Dol
lars Unearthed Near
Sacramento.
GOLD BURIED IN A CAN.
Said to Be Part of the Pro
ceeds of the Yolo Train
Robbery.
DISCOVERED BY DETECTIVES.
Tramps Believed to Have Secured
the Larger Portion of Brown-
Ing's Plunder.
SACRAMENTO, Cat,., Aug. 28.— At 11
o'clock a. m. to-day the long search for
the treasure stolen at the time of the Yolo
train robbery resulted in the discovery of
a buried can which contained over $11,000
in $20 gold pieces.
These are a portion of the amount which
was taken from the sacks found beneath a
pile of ashes several days ago, near the
spot where Brady claimed Browning had
told him the money was secreted after the
successful robbery.
A few days after Brady had informed
the officials of Browning's confession to
him, a large party of treasure-seekers went
from this city armed with spades and mat
tocks, and delved long and hard in an ef
fort to secure some trace of the missing
coin, but their efforts were in vain, and be
coming discouraged they ceased their ef
forts.
Detectives Thacker and Hume were by
no means satisfied that all of the treasure
had been removed from the locality, and
they kept a small force of men at work to
make a more systematic search of the
surroundings, with orders to extend opera
tions in different directions, and eventu
ally they were rewarded by the discovery
of the empty sacks which had contained
the treasure.
These were in an old gunnysack secreted
beneath a pile of ashes at the foot of a
tree, the body ot which contained two
bullet holes.
As soon as the men engaged in the search
reported their find to Detective Thacker
he ordered the digging resumed,
as he reasoned that the money
had been lately discovered, because
of the visible imprint of the $20 pieces on
the canvas sides, and if lately discovered
the weight would be such that it would be
impossible for the finder, if there was but
one individual, to carry it off in its en
tirety. .
Several days' more work was performed
and at 11 o'clock to-day a mattock in the
hands of one of the searching party struck
against a tin can. Rapidly throwing
aside the loosened dirt and catch
ing a gleam of the gold, he uttered
a shout that quickly drew the rest
of the treasure-seekers to his side,
and the receptacle was rapidly unearthed
and its contents poured out and counted,
the result causing an intense feeling of
disappointment, as it was hoped that the
can contained nearly the entire amount of
the stolen gold, when in reality it held but
a small portion.
It is generally conceded that the gold
was found by tramps, who carried away
all they possibly could and buried
the residue with the intention of returning
for it at a favorable opportunity,
but there is also a rumor that
suspicion rests upon a certain
person in the employ of the company,
although but little foundation for this
rumor exists, as the officials absolutely
refuse to talk on the sub
ject. The fact remains, however,
that $11,000 has been recovered and
lies in the company's safe, and somewhere
in the State of California some unknown
individual is rolling in wealth and enjoy
ing the proceeds of ill-gotten gains.
LIVES LOST IN A GALE.
Pleasure Boats on Lake Onon
dago Capsized by High
Winds.
At Least Four Persons Known to
Have Perished In the
Water.
SYRACUSE, N. V., Aug. 28.— A wind
and rain storm of terrific violence swept
over this city at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Onondago Lake was covered with boats
filled with pleasure-seekers from the State
fair and the lake resorts when the storm
burst, and at least four persons, and per
haps more, were drowned.
The small excursion steamer Freeman
was heavily loaded with passengers and
was in midlake when the storm broke.
There was a wild scene on board.
Men rushed for life-preservers and
buckled them on, while several men and
women fell on their knees in prayer. The
boat lurched terribly, and the escape of
those on board was almost a miracle. She
reached her landing safely, however.
It will be impossible to ascertain the
number of lives lost before morning.
THE BOAT CAPSIZED.
I Four Person* Drowned in the St, Clair
River.
PORT HURON, Mich., Aug. 28.-Dur
ing a squall and rainstorm on the St. Clair
River, near Marysville, a rowboat contain
ing four persons was upset and all were
drowned. Their names are: Frank Dernfg,
Mrs. Michael Dernfg, Miss Edith Collier,
Miss Celia Choniski.
SUIT AOAIXBT KANSAS CIXY.
Action to Be Brought by a Bond Syndi
cate for Breach of Contract.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aujr. 28.— Judge
William B. Hornblower of New York is in
this city for the purpose, so attorneys of
the city say, of bringing suit against the
city for alleged breach of contract in not
selling the $3,000,000 of water works bonds
to the Boston Bond Syndicate. He first
came into contact with the Kansas City
water works case as the attorney of James
A. Blair & Co. of New York, who dickered
for the bonds. When Blair & Co. dropped
out Judge Hornblower became the adviser
of the Illinois Trust Company, and when
this concern withdrew from the Boston
syndicate, which had contracted for the
bonds, he was retained by Blair <fe Co.
again when they became part of the Bos
syndicate. Judge Hornblower held back
his opinion on the validity of the bonds.
Story & Thorndyke, the Boston attor
neys, were willing to advise accepting
them without subrogation, but Judge
Hornblower continued to hold back, and
thus the syndicate finally forfeited the
rights to the purchase of the bonds.
It is expected that damages of about
$300,000 will be asked in the impending
suit, but the attorneys for the city are firm
in the conviction that the annuling of the
contract with the syndicate to accept a
better offer for the bonds from the National
Water Workß Company will stand in law.
ZAVEZLE'S SKELETON FOT7NJD.
Hones of n Montana Rancher Who Was
Murdered fourteen Year* Afjo,
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 28.— Hunters have
found the skeleton of Joseph Lavelle, a
cattleman, who disappeared from his
home, eight miles south of the city, four
teen years ago. Another cattle - dealer
named Napoleon Collette, a few weeks
after Lavelle's disappearance, said that he
had murdered Lavelle and burned his
body. Collette was arrested and tried for
murder, but no trace of his victim could
be found and he was acquitted and soon
left,
The skeleton found was identified by
Lavelle's shotgun, which lay by the side
of the bones. The bones were lying be
tween two large bowlders in the moun
tains. Some charred pieces of wood indi
cated that an effort had been made to burn
the body.
HOLMES TO BE INDICTED
Must Answer to the Charge of
Murdering Howard
Pitzel.
An Inquest Held Over the Frag
ments of the Unfortunate
Child's Body.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 28.—Coro
ner Castor to-night began the inquest over
what is left of young Howard Pitzel. De
tective Geyer, Inspector Gary and a negro
named Peter Ireland were examined.
Ireland was employed to clean up the
house after the Burnham family left it on
account of the smell. He narrated the
efforts made to remove the smells about
the kitchen and described the furniture
and stove which had belonged to the
strange tenant who left so suddenly.
The Coroner reports that the three
clumps of matter taken from the chimney
had been dissected with most important
results. One mass was shovn to contain a
part of the pelvis bone, to which there was
yet attached considerable flesh. There
have also been recovered five of the upper
vertebrae bones of the lad's spinal column.
Some boys who continued the digging in
the cellar this afternoon found a pair of
boy's laced shoes. The Coroner decided to
send for Mrs. Pitzel, in order that she
might identify the shoes and overcoat, ,
with a view to indicting Holmes in this
county for the crime of murder. It is said
that the evidence is strong enough to bring
aoout an indictment. The Coroner's in
quest was continued.
FATE OF TRAIN-BOBBERS.
Ten Years In Prison for Two
of the Brady Island
Bandits.
Confessed Their Guilt and Were
Soon on the Way to the
Penitentiary.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 28.— Hans and
Knute Knuteson, who participated in the
robbery of the Union Pacific express train
at Brady Island, have admitted their guilt.
The United States Marshal returned to
day and gave an interesting account of the
man hunt. He said:
"The Knutesons were green at the busi
ness. When the fireman ran off witn the
engine they concluded they had no more
business in that country and they left
without looking into the express-car to see
if the dynamite had blown through the
safe. They lost a Winchester rifle about
fifteen feet from the car and lost their
dynamite when they were getting on the
horses. They lost the horses six or eight
miles from the train by riding them into a
barbed-wire fence. They walked on and
must have gone on foot about 100 miles
with the roundabout way they took.
"They were hard to trace after they left
the horses. They went part of the way
with their shoes on and part of the way
barefooted , for their feet were sore. Though
the country was full of people searching
for them, they were not seen from the
time they left the train until they reached
Callaway, thirtjr-five or forty miles away.
The robbery occurred Tuesday morning,
and they reached Callaway Saturday.
They climbed on a freight train that was
running fifteen miles an hour and rode to
Mason City, near where they were cap
tured by local officers."
In the District Court at North Platte to
day Hans and Knute Knuteson pleaded
guilty to the charge of robbing the express
at Brady Island, and were sentenced to ten
years each in the State penitentiary.
KJLLtIt HY lyniAjrs.
Reported Murder of Agent Baldwin at
the Anadarho Agency.
EL RENO, O. T., Aug. 28.— 1t was re
ported here to-day that Captain Baldwin.
U. S. A., acting aeent at the Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache agency at Ana
darko, had been murdered last night by
Indians. The report lacks verification as
yet, but Federal officers credit it, except
that they believe the murder was com
mitted by gamblers and whisky peddlers,
against whom Captain Baldwin had been
waging war for some time. A large party
of Deputy Marshals are on the way to that
country.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 28.-The
Indian Office has heard nothing of the re
ported killing of Captain Baldwin, U. S. A.,
by Indians in Oklahoma as reported in
dispatches from El Reno and are inclined
to doubt the accuracy of the report.
At the Danger Limit.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 28.— The
gold reserve in tne treasury is just above
the $100,000,000 mark, standing ai the close
of business to-day at $100,182,943. A with
drawal of $250,000 in gold at New York for
export to Europe and the taking up in the
Treasurer's cash of $600,000 in gold with
drawn laat Monday hus caused the decline.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PLACING THE RAILS
Work on the Main Line
of the Valley Road
Begun.
ACTIVITY AT STOCKTON.
Large Forces of Men Pushing
Three New Railroads to
Completion.
GRADERS ABE NEARING LODL
Construction of the Roadbed for the
Electric Terminal Well Un
der Way.
STOCKTON, Cal., Aug. 28.— The Valley
road this morning began in earnest to lay
track within the city limits. The work of
track-laying that has been done heretofore
has been merely preliminary to the work
that was done to-day. Early this morning
Superintendent of Construction Wilbur
began at East street with a force of men to
lay ties and rails westward on Taylor
street. The work of distributing the ties
was commenced first, and these had to be
hauled by team from the material yards to
the East-street end of the track.
Tra/:k-]aying on Weber avenue is pro
gressing as rapidly as possible. Street Su
perintendent Bidwell yesterday, in com
pany with Mayor Baggs, visited the section
being laid now on the avenue. Bidwell
went there with the Mayor for the purpose
of deciding whether to insist on the road
complying with the terms of its franchise
or to allow it to lay macadam between its
rails in place of the basalt pavement taken
up. The Street Superintendent decided on
macadam. The Mayor is still of the opin
ion that the franchise should be adhered to
strictly.
A large force of men under Grant Bros,
is now at work grading in the Searchlight
addition, and but one more day's work will
be required before the gap between the
grade on the Learned place and that in
the city is closed up.
The Mormon Channel trestle inside the
city will be completed to-morrow. The
bridge-builders are rushing all their work,
and the force under Cotton Bros., who are
engaged outside the city, have nearly fin
ished the fourth bridge called for in their
contract. The piliDg is about done, and
work will be finished as soon as the bridge
timbers arrive.
The bed of Mormon Channel, between
San Joaquin and El Dorado streets, pre
sents a busy scene. There the men who
are throwing up the grade on the Corral
Hollow road are at work. The graders
had some trouble at first in getting over
the track which the Valley road had laid
at the intersection of Taylor and Hunter
streets. This was not fixed so as to permit
teams to pass, but Mayor Baggs and
Superintendent of Streets Bidwell sent a
request to Mr. Wilbur of the Valley road
to make a proper crossing there, and yes
terday the tracks were planked over to
permit the Corral Hollow workmen to
cross them. A number of carpenters are
at work constructing a piledriver for use
in erecting the trestle bridge over the
channel at Hunter street, where the Corral
Hollow track will cross. Next week the
work of the piledriving will commence.
The grading of the roadbed for the Stock
and Lodi terminal railway is being pushed
as rapidly as men and teams can do the
work. Every department of this enterprise
is being carried forward with a view to a
speedy completion. The graders are now
within three miles of Lodi. They are
meeting with some difficulty in the way of
hard ground, but as heretofore these obsta
cles are speedily overcome. The resolute
and quiet manner in which the projectors
are carrying forward the work in all its de
partments is admired by business men of
this city and the people along the line
of the road. All the detail work — securing
the rights of way, obtaining water front
and arranging all of the difficulties that
arise with property-owners, especially in
passing through valuable vineyards, etc.,
and in removing fences and houses — has
been done so satisfactorily that nothing
has happened to delay or hinder the prog
ress.
The citizens of Stockton and Lodi, as
well as the people living along the line of
the road, are anxiously awaiting the con*
pletion of this enterprise. It is admitted
by all that this road will be one of the
most important commercial features of
the city of Stockton, as all the freight and
passengers alongr the line of the road will
be discharged at Stockton. This brings
the citizens of Lodi and the surrounding
country into closer communication with
the city of Stockton, and, consequently,
with San Francisco.
To Bun Throuah Cloria.
FRJSSNO, Cal., Aug. 28.— The engineers
of the Valley road are surveying through
Clovis. This is the shortest route to
Yisalia and passes through the richest
country, tapping the largest flumes in the
State at Clovis and Sanger. The Clovis
Flume Company alone will ship over 3000
carloads per year. It will take over 800
cars to move the grain. This is also the
center of a large wine and fruit region.
Quarreled to the Death.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Aug. 28.— Alexander
Hutchinson shot and killed James Getty
Jr. at the latter's office in his wholesale
liquor establishment this morning. The
men quarreled over a sale to Hutchinson
by Getty of the Hotel Willey, on which
Hutchinson had paid $200 to hold the bar
gain. Hutchinson wished to call the deal
off. and came to Getty's place to demand
a return of the money. Getty refused to
give up the money and Hutchinson shot
him dead. He immediately surrendered
to the police.
Hair Growing in His Mouth.
RED OAK, lowa, Aug. 28.— Mr. Lid
well, living several miles north of here,
had a surgical operation for cancer of the
face performed in Omaha a abort time ago,
in which it was found necessary to turn a
flap of the skin back on the wound, turn
ing the hair on the inside. The hair keepa
growing and at regular intervals Lidwell
has to go to a doctor to have the inside of
his mouth shaved, the hair growing from
the reversed flap of skin.
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