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VOLUME LXXXVITL—KO. 29.
COSTLY BLAZE AT PORTLAND.
Million and a Half Dollars' Worth
of Property Burned.
THREE MEN SUPPOSED TO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES.
Distressing Accident on Board a
British Warship at Victoria, in
"Which the Gun-Room Steward is
Instantly Killed—Jud^e Morrow
Decides That Kzeta, the Salva
dorlnu Reluijeo, Cannot be Extra
dited.
Fpecial to the REroRD-Usiow.
PouTLA.vi) (Or.;, Sept. 23.—The most
disastrous fire in the history of this city
broke out at 4:.">0 o'clock this afternoon in
the dock of the Pacific Toast Kievator
Company, ana raged for three hours, de
stroying property valued at nearly ?1,
--6<)O,UUO. All day long a heavy wind has
been blowing, and nine alarms had been
turned in. The Fire Department was
scattered about the city, looking after the
small fires, when the alarm from the ele
vator was turned In. The scene of the
lire is in lower Albina, across the river
from the main part of the city, and it was
at least liitoou minutes before more than
one engine could respond to the general
alarm.
WLieu the engines arrived the lire was
beyond control, and in hait'an hour from
the time the lire started the docks lor
ball a mile were on lire. Nothing could
be done but let the tiro barn itself out.
The lire started in the dock below the
Pacific Coast lilevator Company's main
building, and tne wind soon drove the
ilames to the elevator itself. The llanies
Bhot into the air 200 feet, making a beau
tnui sight in the twilight. The coal
bunkers of the North J'aeilio Terminal
Company, on tho west, were next at
tacked, and soon were a .seething mass of
iianies. On the east was the Oregon Kail
v.av and Navigation Company's wharf,
4ou feet iv length, and this, too, was soon
on lire. There was no means of getting
water on the lire except from the river,
and the lire boat is an improvised old
bcow, and of very little service.
iiie elevator contained nearly a half
million bushels of wheat. The new plant
o! the Portland General Kleetrio Com
pany, which bad just arrived from Lynn,
Mass., was standing in the yards oi the
Terminal Company on the cars, not yet
having been unloaded. The plant occu
pied an entire train, and the machinery
was of the most expensive kind. The
most of it was destroyed and thu remain
der damaged. One hundred freight cars,
eighty of which were loaued with wheat,
were destroyed.
iv the O. EL and N. Company's dock
there were 1,500 tons of freight, consisting
oi wool, saunon, general merchandise
and cement, atl of which was destroyed
with the dock.
There were stored ou the dot'k about
12,000 eases of salmon from the Lower
Columbia and l'uget bound, awaiting
.shipment to the Fast, it was valued at
abouts4o,ooo, and was partially insured.
Every available locomotive was set
to work moving tho freight ears out Oi
danger, but the lire burned so rapidly
that all could not be moved away. Sparks
from the lire went across the river, and
set on lire the bone yard, but the fire was
extinguished before any serious damage
to the yard was done.
The large steamboat, Willamette
Chief, moored at tho yard, took lire and
n:is burned. She was used us a tow boat,
and was valued at about Sifj.uOU.
Three meu are supposed to have per
ished in the elevator. Charles Anderson,
a man named Drown and one named
Murray were seen at an upper-story win
dow ol the elevator, and it is thought
they were all burned.
Tne losses, as near as can be ascer
tained at this titue, are as follows: North
Pacific Coast Elevator Company, $600,
--0.0; l'ortlaud General Electric Company,
machinery, faO,OUO; coal bunker oj the
North Pacific Terminal Company, $40,-
OJO; Oregon Railway aud Navigation
Company, on dock, freight cars and
steamer Willamette Chief, -MI-jO.OOO; mer
chandise ou docks, $2<H),000.
'1 he insurance carried will reach more
than $500,000. The Liverpool, London
aud ijiobd Insurance Company has a
large share of this.
Wheu the lire broke out the British
ship Maxwell and the Ziuita were at the
elevator, and the steamship Willamette
■was Loading wheat at the Oregon Kail
way and Navigation dock. All were cut
loose and drilled into the stream. All
three vessels were somewhat scorched,
but were not seriously damaged. A
wood scow caught lire and drilled down
the river to bwan Island, where it
was beached.
FIIIK IX OAKLAND.
Oakland, Sept. 23. — Twenty-five
thousand people saw the handsome
fct. Mary's College building, Broad
way and Plymouth avenue, com
pletely gutted by tire this evening.
A poor water supply from inadequate
mains, lack of lire hose at proper points,
and bad management of the lire depart
ment officials, contributed to a loss of
jnlly $190,000 worth of property, on which
there was £bO,OOU insurance.
It was ."■:-in r. M, when a student, who
was on the third floor of the college,
BCOBted smoke, aud heard the roaring of
the Hanies. tie opened a trap door near i
v schute, and found the interior a mass of ,
liames.
Fifteen minutes alter the lire was dis
covered the mansard roof of the north
wing was blaziug. A north wind drove
the ilames along the roofs of the main ;
building on the Broadway front, thence j
into the south wing. The great heights of I
the college, the shortness of hose, and the I
scarcity of water contributed to the facil- |
ily with which the tire spread unchecked !
to the roof. Instructors, students aud an j
army of assistants began to remove the
college library, books, furniture and all
that could be extricated, as soon as the
lire was discovered. The studedts' ef
fects were taken out first, and then the
Christian brothers did what they could
in the way of saving the property of the
college.
The structure was built under tha
supervision of Christian N'ohu. The
outer walls of brick and stone, which are
left standing, are massive and can be
used again it is now believed. Ihe in
terior was finished In pine and cedar. <
and ail the appointments of the various
department* were first-claaa.
An insurance <>; fb,500 was carried. It
■ is estimated it will require fully $100,000
to restore tuo college building. There
were 122 students and about luiTty in
structors in the edifice when it tffei dis
covered on lire.
I LBB .\::ai! BT. iiixkva.
St. Hi;i.i:na, Sept. 83.—A lire occurred
at White Sulphur Springs, near here, at
2 o'clock to-day. A bathhouse, laundry
and Sunnyside Cottage were uestroyed.
Loss $0,000; partially insured. The
cause is unknown.
T.I.AZ!: AT OAKDAI.K.
Oakdai. k, Sept, 23.—The Keeder Hotel,
a br-ck structure on the oast side of the
railroad, was burned out early this moru
i;)^-, and only the four walifl remain,
liie building was owned by a man who
lives in the mountains, and was occu
pied by George Lancaster, who lost all
fai* property. The, loss is $(5,0J0, and i-s
THE RECORD-UNION.
partially covered by insurance. .It is
supposed the fire caught in the dining- ,
I room of the hotel.
SALVADOKIAM REFUGEES.
. Ezeta, liolanos and Bustamente Will
Go Free
San Francisco, Sept. 23. — Federal
Judge Morrow decided the Ezeta extra
dition cases. He decides that Kzeta, Bo
lauoh and Bustamente cannot be extra
dited, as their offenses were purely
I political. He holds that Colonel Juan
Cieufuegos can be extradited on the
charge of murdering an Amaya citizen.
Judge Morrow's decision was an elab
orate one and occupied over an hour and
a half in reading. The refugees were all
in Court dressed in new clothes. The
fortunate ones, Ezeta particularly, were
overjoyed wJseu they learned they were
! not to be sent back to San Salvador, which
meant sure death lor them. Thoy
crowded around Lieni'uogob, their unfor
\ tunate countryman, and extended him
I what sympathy they could.
General Antonio E/.eta and his at
torneys left this morning surreptitiously
for Mexico. They had bought their
tickets secretly last uight. .So care»»;l
were they in their effort to deceive rrn
public, that eveu after they had secured
their transportation they gave out that
j they would not leave for several days.
j General Kzeta was to stay in San Fran
j Cisco for a week, and the attorneys said,
I they would not depart until next Wedues-
I day. wueu they would go directly to
I New York. But this Uiorning the party
' 'imetly slipped into carriages and de
i parted from the hotel. Thoy went over
I to the Oakland pier in advance of regular
j passengers, and once there they secluded
| themselves in their sleeping car.
To begin with, General Colocho left
here on the 10th instant, and went
straight to Mexico City. He at once ao
parently laid the whole matter before
certain inlluential people there, and thoy
| formulated these plans, being all the time
in close correspondence by telegraph with
ex-President E/.eta. The telegrams from
Mexico since then have been coming
thick and fast, and there is probably some
foundation for the current rumors that
General Ezeta is trying to form some
movement to overthrow tho present
j Government of Salvador.
ALIVE AND WELL*
Farmer Gloystoin Appears to be Still
Among: the i-lviner.
Spokane, Sept. 23.—Charles F. Gloy
stein, a farmer living near Mica, this
county, who mysteriously disappeared
from his homo the 30th of last July, and
who was believed by many to have been
murdered by his political enemies, is
alive and well. He is working ou a farm
ne;ir Moro, Sherman County, Oregon.
His whereabouts were discovered by Sher
iff Tugh, who returned to-day from a trip
| to Moro, where he met Gloy.stein and es
j tablished his identity beyond a doubt.
: Sheriff Pugh drove up to a place where
j he iGloystein) was working, and called
I out, "Charley Gioystein, is that yon?"
"Mac. Mac! My God, my God!"" cried
Gloystein. He cried like a child, making
a full confession that he opened the win
dow of his bedroom and rapped on the
! house. Mrs. Gloystoin heard tue rapping
in the bedroom down stairs, and called to
her husband. He also admits that he put
blood upon his hat and threw it iv the
: road. He walked across the country to
| Colfax, disguising himself by shaving
! his mustache and wearing glasses. There
I he boarded a freight train, going to The
i Dalles. From Tho Dalles he went back
into the country, worked on a hay ranch,
and afterwards went to Moro, where he
, ht/iHired employment. He tried to excuse
I himself by saying he was made afraid of
his life by the action of the Populists,
who hanged him iv etligy and put up
j threatening placards. Gloysteiu refused
to roturu with Sheriff Push, saying if his
wife would come to him he would go far
away and make a new start in life. Mrs.
Gloysteiu, who moved to Spokane Satur
day, is eager to take back her runaway
husband. The alfair has excited wide
spread interest all over the Northwest.
AVIL.LIA.M EWLNG.
Tho Man Who Was Arrested lv Siski
you lor Counterleltiuar.
Half-Moon Bay, Sept. 23.—William
Ewing, tho young man who was arrested
in Siskiyou County, a few days ago, was,
up to a short time ago, a resident of this
valley. Ho lived in this vicinity for
seven or eight years, lie was raised at
Soquel, in Santa Cruz County, and had
leared the carpentering trade, aud fol
lowed that vocation for a living. Ho was
very steady, and worked hard. Some
time ago his brother-in-law and his wife,
who were known here by the name of
Johnson, camo here, and though not in
very good circumstances, young Ewing
took them into his home aud shared
his means with them.
Johnson had not been here very long be
fore the residents discovered that he was
a disreputable character, but he seemed
to have much influence over young
L'wiug, and when Kwiug's trade was
slack some time ago, Kwing hitched up
his team, aud, accompanied by .Johnson,
drove to Siskiyou. where he had been
promised work in a new creamery. I p
to this time he must have been innocent
of all connection with spurious coin, as
he only loft a few dollars with his wife,
and she would have starved but for the
generosity of the citizens, but after he
work in the north he sent her small
sums of money to keep the wolf lrom the
door.
People in this vicinity think that if
Ewiug had any connection with the
counterfeiting he must have been in
lluenced by Johnson.
EX-ATTORXEY-GENEBAL JOHNSON
ills Funeral Takes Place at Suntu
Ilosa Under Masonic Auspice*.
Santa Rosa, Sept. 23.— The fuueral
of Judge George A. Johnson took
place here yesterday, the services being
conducted by Santa Kosa Commandery
No. 11, Knights Templar, at the Presby
terian Church. The beautiful and im
pressive Temple funeral ceremonies were
I celebrated by Prelate E, W. Davis, as
i sisled by Dr. Sheplierd of the Church of
j the Incarnation. Upon the black cloth
j covered casket wero several large lloral
i pieces, and gleaming among the pure
| white blossoms theeilver Templar sword
i aud trappings of the dead Knight.
After the services at the church the
funeral procession took up its slow
march to the grave, escorted by the Com
mandery in full uniform. The pall
bearers were R. G, Past Grand Com
mander Samuel 11. Waggoner of San
Jose; M. S. Davis, J. C. Mailer, J. S.
Taylor, A. L. Fisher, F. (". Loom is, B.
M. Spencer aud L. if. Dockland of Santa
■ Kosa. At the cemetery the old hymn,
i "Rock of Ages" was sunij, by request,
! and the remaiust of the dead jurist placed
in the tomb.
JDlstrcsstuK Accident.
Yktokia (B. C), Sept. 23.— H. If. S.
! Royal Arthur was the scene of a distress
ing accident last evening. Two midship
men had been hunting and sent their
guna aboard by a messenger boy from the
I local olhee, foolishly failing to extract the
charges. The messenger boy took the
guns to the ship aud in the gun room one
! of thorn was discharged, instantly killing
< uu Kooiu Steward Recce. The case is
being kept quiet by the naval officers
pending a hearing to-morrow.
Katnl Dispute Over a Mine.
Salt Lakk, Sept. 23.—Murano Gui
j seppi was shot and instantly killed to-day
in Potter's Canon, near this city, by
Josephen Morst. The men had been en
gaged in a dispute over a mine. Morst
■ approached Guiseppi from behind, and
' shot the latter dead.
SACRAMENTO. MONDAY MORXIXGr, SEPTEMBER 24, IS94.—SIX PAGES.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Appalling Disaster in the Path of
a Cyclone in lowa.
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ALSO SUF
FERS GREAT LOSS.
Sunday a. Day of Sorrow at Aljrona,
lowa—Nineteen Fuuorals Held, with
Others to Come OfF To-day—Thirty
nlne Persons Iv the Vicinity lie
ported Injured.
Special to the Record-Union.
Chicago, Sept. 28.—Appalling death
and widespread destruction mark the
pathway of a cyclone which has devasta
ted a strip of thickly populated forming
country through Nortuwest lowa and
Southern Minnesota. The most conserv
ative estimates place the number of
killed at forty-live, but as there are many
remote places cut oil' from communica
tion by the storm which must have felt
its fury, it is thought that this number
will be swelled when they are heard
from.
While the loss of life is great, it might
have been much greater had thore been
many towns iv the path of the storm.
As it was, only a few villages were struck.
The greatest destruction of life was in the
vicinity of Mason City, la., whore seven
teen persons are reported killed. At
Wesley, la., twelve were killed; at Em
metsburg, three; at Fertile, six; at Osago,
live; at Britt, two; at Lowther, la., where
the town was reduced to kindling, no
fatalities are reported, but seventeen per
sons were injured, some of whom will
die.
In Minnesota the storm seemed to
start at Loroy after traveling in the air
lor several miles. Five persons were
killed at this place. At Chailield, Minn.,
a dance was in progress at the Opera
house when the storm descended upon
the town. Tho building was blown down
and two young men were crushed to
death. In another portion of the village
a man and a woman were also killed by
llyiug debris. Six houses in all were de
molished aud 10D persona were injured.
The greatest loss oi life In Minnesota is
recorded Iv the vicinity of Spring Val
ley, where thirteen are accounted dead.
The cycloue appeared in lowa at about
8 o'clock iv tne evening aud was accom
panied by violent lightning aud thunder.
Ai'ter tho death-laden wind came :t Hood
ing rain, which rendered the destruction
more complete. There appeared to be
three clouds, one above the other, ail
whirling in opposite directions, and
when they came iv contact everything in
their path was swept away. The storm
was eccentric, as in many crises houses
were completely demolished while struct
ures directly adjoining were unscathed.
The storm lasted about two hours and
traveled over a strip of territory 130 miles
in length and from a quarter of a mile to
ten miles wide. With tho exception of a
call irom Thompson, la., for medical as
sistance to care for the wounded thore
have beou no appeals lor aid, and the
more fortunate in the scourged district
announce that they will cure for the sur
vivors.
A I>AY OF SOKKOW.
Aloona (la.), Sept. This has been
a day of sorrow for Kossutu County.
Ninteen funerals were held, aud others
will come to-morrow.
The dead list complete is as follows:
Robert btevensou, Mrs. George Heaver's
child, George llolmau's child, .lacoo
Dingan, Fort Dodge; Mrs. -Fred French
ana two children, child of Albert Baker,
William Sweppe's boy and girl, Claus
senau and child, Moses Caster and wife,
Tweed's mother and children, Rockwell's
baby. At least six more will die.
The injured are reported thirty-nine in
number, as follows: Mrs. Kobert Steven
son, Mrs. Carl Barrick, Carl Barrick,
may die; four other children in sauie
lamily, George Beaver's iulant child aud
adopted boy, Horace Schnook, will prob
ably die; Mrs. Myron Schenck and child,
Mrs. George Holmau aud four children,
Mrs. Claussonson, cannot live; William
Ferguson, wife and child, Mrs. I'eter
Peterson, skull fractured; Mrs. Swan
I'eterson, both arms and legs broken; F.
! T. Ferguson and lamily, all slightly in
jured; Tom Tweed, severely hurt; Alex
ander Tweed's wife aud Jive children,
Mrs. Rockwell, badly hurt; J. Eden,
very badly hurt; Mrs. F. .Myers, Thomas
F. Brittou, a farmer near Wesley, re
ported missing and presumed to be
killed.
Professor A. L. Lilly of the Northern
lowa Normal School came in from Gar
ner and reports thirteen dead in Elling
ton Township, north of Garner; twelvo
near Mauley, Ellington Township, and
sixteen north of Britt.
Collins for the dead are piled up at
every station aud scenes of wild grief are
being enacted.
The storm, as witnessed from this
place, was one of indescribable grandeur.
A funnel-shaved cloud of blackness
swept along the northwest, illuminated
by almost continuous Hashes of light
ning and roar of thunder that was deep
and continuous. Robert Stevenson, liv
ing about four miles north of Baltimore,
was the tirst victim. Ho was hit m sev
eral .places and fatally injured. His
grove took tire, though it had been
mowed down with a scythe. But two
children were injured. Mrs. Barrick was
hurt la the back by Umber Hying and
she was so badly injured that her limbs
were paralyzed. A six-year-old boy
named Charley Lee was hit ou the head
i aud will die. The house of Fred Pompo
was completely demolished, but his wife
and live children came out of the wreck
unhurt. The force of the wind was such
that barbed wire was stripped from the
posts.
At George Holman's the roof of the
house went, leaving the walls standing,
aud the whole family was carried up lrom
between the walls aud swept away about
thirty rods, one of the children being
killed. G. W. Ferguson's family was
carried some distance through the air,
and all but one lauded on a hedge. The
wife of Sam Peterson had her skull cut
open in two places, aud some ox
posed parts of her head were literally
packed with saud, plaster, hair and
grass.
Particulars are coming in which show
that half the horrors ol the cyclone have
not been told. The destruction of prop
erty will not be less than $100,060. Most
I of the farmers were well to do, with snug
i bank accounts, but a number were rent
-1 cis, aud lost everything, some of them
losing their families.
The permanently crippled will make
a long list. The wires are down and
news is hard to got.
auvraunts in a. dbshtotb condition.
LBBOT (Minn.), Sept. 23.—Tbe cyclone
sutlerers are in a very destitute condi
tion. Tho loss will exceed sioo.OOO.
Thirty families are entirely destitute, and
many more have iost their all. Mouey is
badly needed.
BATTLE-SHIPS AND CRUISERS.
Ordnance Officers StlcK Up for the Su
periority of the Former.
Washington, Sept. 23.—Few of the
! ordnance officers of the navy are pre
: pared to accept the recent engagement
| between the Japanese and Chinese Ueets
i at the Yalu River as a demonstration of
I the superiority of fleet, unarmored
cruisers over heavily protected but mod
| erato speed battle-ships. This is natural,
in view of the fact that for many years
the ollicers in this branch of the service
have devoted iheir ingenuity to the de
velopment of the passively resistant
quality of the ships, holding that the
j beat was the design which should carry
the heaviest armor. Thus they created
the battle-ship, and now they stand pre
pared to defend her.
< >ne of ihe most distinguished ordnance
officers, in his record of work accom
plished, a man who had much to do with
designing the guns and armors of our
modern ships, speaking upon the subject
of the Vaiu light to-day, was iru-liued to
be skeptical as to the defeat of the Chi
nese battleships. Said he: "Wo ;ire still
,-in the dark as to the details of the battle,
but I will venture the assertion that not
j one of the Chinese battle-snips was seri
i oualy iujured, and that their loss was
| confined to cruisers or only partially
I protected vessels. And even the best of
the Chinese battleships is not a lirst-class
vessel. The Chen Yuen is a second-rate
ship, about like tho Maine or Texas. But
as it, was, there was only ova reason,
though thai is a very good one, why the
battleship did not destroy all of the Jap
anese Ueet, and that jea-iou is the im
mense superiority of the Japanese per
sonnel. The Japanese themselves fully
understand the value of battleships, and
| have made ellorts to purchase some.
i Lately they havo been trying to buy the
Captain I'ratt, the new armored vessel
built in Kurope for Chile.
"A good deal of nonsense has been said
and written about the value of high-speed
unarinored cruisers, mainly by private
builders, who are alter tho big premiums
paid for speed. It would rank excessive
speed about tho tenth in tho list of valu
able qualities lor a warship. About the
only advantage it oilers is the opportunity
to decline an engagement. It will not
] help her evon to run away if she is once
in action. The difference between the
fifteen knots of a battle-ship and the
twenty knots of a cruiser is not enough
to save the distance. Then, after once
j eouiing within tiring distance, she could
| not choose her position, for she would
i have to move whenever the heavy ship
oame in. During the Crimean war naval
warfare was revolutionized. We have per
cussion shelis now that we can explode
with certainty almost inside of a cruiser,
and tear her to pieces. Uut these shells
will not penetrate the armored side of a
battle-ship. The only projectile that can
dv that is the armor-piercer, and that,
while partly hollow, is never exploded
with explosives. An export commander
on one of the battle-ships can meet at
once and destroy half a du/.eu cruisers
and come out of the light without serious
injury, else all naval opinion is at fault,
and the naval power liiat seeks to get
alont: without battle-ships will certainly
rue its lack of forethought in time of
war."
UUE« REFORM.
Topcka Suffrage Women Ajrree to
Adopt it.
ToPEKA (Kan.), Sept. 123.—About I(X> of
the suffrage women of Topoka will oome
out in reform dress. They have entered
into an agreement with Dr. Eva Harding
and Dr. Agues Haviland, said to bo ro
duced to writing. This agreement de
scribes the costume. It is to consist of
Turkish trousers, covered by a skirt
reaching to the fold, a close or loose
waist, as the wearer may prefer, and
cloth loggings to match the trousers. It
is the intention of the Topeka women to
organize into relief squads, that a num
ber of them may be on th« streets all day,
and thus become familiar with tha re
lorin.
Finish Bight in Louisiana.
N.vie imoriiks (La.), Sept. 23. —George
Pierce of New Orleans, iv a_ linish light
for a purse of £lOU, knocked out T. E.
Tansin in the arena at Cypress to-day iv
tho presence of a largo crowd of suecta
tors. When the light commenced both men
■parted for an opening. In a few seconds
Pierco led, and lauded an upper-cut
on tho cheekbone with his left, which ho
quickly lollowed up by a vicious blow in
I tno same place with his right. Tansin
staggered and fell. When lima w.is
called he was unable to stand up, and the
relereo declared him out. The light
lasted four seconds.
lowa Soldlors* Home.
MAitMiAi.i.town i.la.), Sept. 23. —The
official investigation of the iowa Soldier's
Homo affairs has boon coucluded. At
a meeting of the full Board of Com
missioners Colonel John Keattley
turned over all lunds for which he is
responsible, and tendered his resigna
tion as Commandant. It was accepted.
It is understood that he will accept a
position on a leading New York daily.
Commissioner J. it. Katkiu of Suonan
doan was elected Commandant to serve
out the remainder of the tune, which ex
pires next May.
Hebrew Milrt-MiiUurs ou a Strike.
New York, Sept. 23.—The Hobrew
speaking shirt-makers of New York to
the number of ;;,000 went on a strike to
day, and twenty shous which had not in
the past year kuown a quiet Sabbath ex
cept on Saturday were deserted. The
strikers demanded a raise of wages on
piece worK to the old scale, which is
double the present one; that thoir em
ployers must deposit £300 each with the
union as a guarautee of payment of
wages, and Jjl.uOJ as a forfeit In case of
any reduction during the next six
mouths.
shooting Affray la Colorado.
Mamas (Col.), Sept. 23. —News of a
fatal shooting allair at Golconda yester
day has just been received. Captain (i.
A. Jackson, Superintendent of the J. If.
aud K. and Double Standard mining
companies, discharged a number of men,
among them A. J. Sparks. Sparks armed
himself and announced his intention of
killing Jackson. When Sparks appeared
at the camp Jackson commanded him to
throw up his hands. This Sparks refused
to do, so Jackson fired twice, the second
shot killiug sparks Instantly.
Result of a Row Among Arabs.
Dkkvkb, Sept. 23.—During a row iv the
Arabian settlement to-night, iv which
fifty Arabs were engaged, Mrs. Kisef
Ablau was hit in ihe back with a brick
and kicked in the abdomen, causiug her
to give premature birth to a child. The
iulam's body was split open by the force
of tho blows inllicted upon the mother,
wiio lies at the point ot death. Abib
T'ekaiu and John Dewallijy were arrested
charged with manslaughter.
Notorious i'orjeer Arrested.
Clinton (Mo.), Sept. 21—United States
Secret Service Agent W. J. .Burns took a
notorious forger into custody hero to
day. The prisoner gave the name ofJ.
B. McCullagh, and his age at SOL He is
wanted in Arkansas, .L.ouisiaua, New
York City, Kansas City and many other
p.aces. A nuinuer of blauk checks with
torged names attached to them were
iouud among his effects.
Duel iv Havana.
New York, Sept. 2sk— A special to the
World from Havana, September 22d, J
saj's a duel was fought Friday between j
Juan Pedro and Couut de Gilboa, The |
weapons were pistols, and both princi
pals were wounded, Pedro in tue breast
and the Count in the head. The due! was
the outcome of Pedro's alleged attentions .
to the Countess de Giiboa.
Verdict Against Rockefeller.
Duluth, Sept. 23.—The verdict of the j
jury in the case of Leoniuas Merritt
against the Mesaba road, owned by i
Rockefeller, when opened, was found to .
I be $52,530 for plaintiff.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Xo One Has a Mortgage on the
Gubernatorial Nomination.
SENATOR HILL MAY AGAIN RUN
FOR THE OFFICE.
A Riot at Gatlinjiburer, Tennessee,
Between Factions of Rival Repub
lican Candidates lor Congress, In
Which Two Men Have Their
Skulls Crushed.
Special to the Rrronn-Uvrow
Saratoga (X. V.), Sept. 23.—A situa
tion more strange than has yet cou
fronted the Democratic party, and the
like of which has never been seen by
any of the assembled party leaders, is
presented to-night, within thirty-six
hours of the time set for the nomination
of a candidate lor tho otiice of Governor
of the State of New York. No selection
of a candidate has j-et been made, and
while one name is promiueuily men
tioned hereto-night, no one person can be
said to have anything like a mortgage on
the nomination.
So far there are three candidates named
for Governor—John Boyd Thacher of
Albany, Frederick F. Cook of Rochester
and Senator David B. Hill. Daniel S.
Lockwood of Buffalo was mentioned,
but it is said by those who know to-day
that he is practically out of the race, and
that Shoehan's support,which may domi
nate Erie, will be thrown toward Cook.
Every effort will bo made, however, to
induce Mr. Cook to accept the second
place upou the tickot, in case either
Judge Gaylor or Senator Hill is a nom
inee.
As to Mr. Hill as a candidate, Lieuton
ant-Goveruor Shoehau 5-aid to-day: "I
couversed with >enator Hill on the mat
tar Saturday aiiernoon before leaving
Albany lor Saratoga. He not only said
he would not be a candidate, but insisted
that I should not broach the subject to
him any more, and hoped no further
mention of it would be made. Neverthe
less Tammany will send a committee to
wait upon the Senator and try to prevail
upon him to become a candidate."
lor Lieutenaul-Governor, there are
three names mentioned to-night—Frcil
orick 1". look of Rochester, John G.
Lyndon of Ulster County and Jacob B.
Cantor of New York, with the chances
seemingly largely iv favor of the second
name.
POLITICS IX TENNESSEE.
right IJetwpen Partisans of Rival
Candidates for Couuress.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 23.—A riot occurred at
Qatlingburg, Tenu., last night between
the partisans of John C. Houck and
Henry Gibson, rival Republican candi
dates for Congress. While Congressman
Houck was addressing a large audience
in the Baptist church, some of Gibson's
supporters attempted to howl him down,
and groat excitement followed. l>urmg
the contusion Deputy Sheriff Seaion en
tered tho church, pistol in hand, with a
warrant lor one of the Gibson leaders. As
| he grabbed the prisoner some of his 10l-
I lowers jumped on the deputy, and a free
j light followed. The deputy summoued
I aid, and a free light commenced. When
1 tho law conquered it was found that
I Codill, leader of the Gibson inou, had his
'< skull crushed from blows trom the butt
I end of a pistol, and Kedinoud Maples,
I who had been summoned by the deputy,
[ also hud his skull crushed. Both of them
are fatally iujuiod. Several others are
hurt, but not seriously.
O'ROURKE'S RESIGNATION.
Tlie Superristng Architect Says He
"Was Not Given a llofcringi
Wasiunoion', Sept. 2). — Ex-Super
vising Architect o'Kourko has given out
tho correspondence with Secretary Carl
isle relating to his enforced resignation.
In his first letter Mr. O'Hourke alleges
the existence of a conspiracy against
him, oxposure of which would cause a
grave public scandal, and he therefore
asks a postponement of his resignation
until ho cau be heard.
In his reply Secretary Carlisle dis
claims any specific accusations against
o'Hourke's personal or oilicial integrity,
but alleged want of system and harmony
in tiie administration of his ol!ice.
Mr. o'ltourke thereupon forwarded his
resignation, expressing regret that he
was not even given the privilege of a
personal conference with the Secretary,
and adding: "I luivo lelt for some time
that I could not continue to hold the ol'
ll cc without surrender of honor and self
respect, because of the many obstruc
tions persistently placed in the way of
an orderly and reputable administration
of this important office, mainly by two
of my subordinates, absolutely without
technical or artistic knowledge, who, I
regret to say, claim to have the special
confidence and support of the depart
ment. It seems to me that if I have been
so unfortunate as not to satisfy those
gentlemen in the settlement of grave
questions of the Administration, to re
quest my resignation on that account is
an unique reversal of the action ordi
narily taken when such a state of ailairs
develop in any public office."
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Enlargement ol tMo Functions of the
Apostolic Delegate !»oou to Occur,
"Washington, Sept. 28. —Bishop Kean,
Dean of the Catholic University of Amer
ica, has given out the information as a
result of his recent audiencos with the
Pope, that the iatter would, in the ency
clical letter soon to be issued, set forth
for the first time important enlargements
in the functions, authority and dignity of
the apostoiic delegation in the United
Statesjover which Monsignor Satolli pre
sides.
Bishop Kean says he is impressed with
the desirability of establishing the Papal
Legation hero on a basis commensurate
with the character of this country. The
details of how this will be accomplished
the Bishop does not state, as they will be
known in the encyclical, it i> probable,
however, that Mgr. Satolli's jurisdiction
will be enlarged, and his authority will
be supreme in this country, and will not
be subject to appeals to Home.
The Bishop said lie d:d not mean the
j establishment of an American Pope, as
sometimes suggested. The supreme au
thority of the American delegate would
extend to cases of dispute, and would be
in the nature of a supreme court, subject,
iiowever, to the papai power on all ques
tions outside of those of the church of
I jurisdiction and procedure.
Bishop Keau regards Mgr. Satolli as a
! permanency in his position. "Of course,
it is beyond question that Mgr. Satolli
will be a Cardinal," he added—whether,
i however, it v^ill be next mouth or not
j is not so certain.
i -Bishop Kean said that he read with
] regret an article by Bishop Spalding in
: the current Ndrtk American Review* as
! cribing the growth of the American Pro
\ tective Association movement to the dis
j content over the appointment of Mgr.
I Satolli as Ablegate to this country. The
I Bishop said he had informed the Pope, in
THOSE WHO HAVE "j
The parts will tell you what
#?x they are worth.
response to inquiries, that the A. P. A. |
was a passing expression of bigotry, and I
was no longer effective.
THE SUGAR TRUST.
Expected Indictments Aguiust Ilave
nuyer nnd Searles Presented.
W,\MiiN(;rox, Sept. 23.—The expected j
indictments against Havemeyer a"nd
Searles of the sugar trust, who refused to
answer questions asked them by the Sen
ate Investigating Committee, have been
tiually presented in the District Attor
ney's office, and only await the action of
the jury which will present them to the
court.
The time that has elapsed since the case
was first comineuced has been consumed
in the preparation of the iudictments. No j
more diflicult technical task has devolved
on the District Atrorney for years, chiefly I
on account of the lack of precedent. The
brunt of the prosecution of the sugar
trust will rest upon the indictment.
There is no doubt that the lawyers of the
sugar trust will make motions to quash
the bills, the lirst step in their delense.
The decision of the Criminal Court Judge
will doubtless bo taken to the Court of
Appeals of the District, for, although an
appeal at that stage of an ordinary case is
not allowed, the Court of Appeals makes j
an exception for a case of extraordinary |
importance, to save the expense of a I
criminal trial based upon an indictment '
which maybe invalid. The decision of j
the Appellate Court upon the legitimacy
of indictments will, therefore, have much j
weight in determining the powers of a
Congressional Committee to compel wit- !
nesses to answer questions, or. if refusing, j
to submit to punishment for contempt. I
If the Court of Appeals says they cannot
be indicted for such an offense, that settles
the matter, unless an attempt is made to '
carry it to the Supreme Court.
Suit for Alienating a Wile's AfTections.
New Yobs, Sept. 23.— The "World to-1
morrow will say: Otis Gage, formerly of
Louisville, Ky., is defendant in a suit to j
recover §100, UW damages for alienating
the affections of Mrs. iiora McNeil. The
plaiutirt is George E. McNeil, a conductor i
on tho New York and New Hampshire I
road. Mr. McNeil is also a railroad evau- !
gelist and is studying lor the miuistry.
Plaintiff aiso sues for an absolute divorce.
The defendant tiled, an answer, making
a general denial.
Schooner Abandoned on Lake JErlo.
Clkvki.and, S9pt. 23.— The schoouor
Colonel Cook, stone laden, from Kelly's
island, was abandoned in Lake Erie to
day in a sinking condition. The Cook
was a small craft, valued only at Sb'.UW,
but she had a history. About thirty-four
years ago, on Lake Michigan, she ran
down and sank the excursion steamer
Lady Elgin, causing the loss of nearly
300 lives. The Cook was owned by J. A.
and L. P. Smith of this city.
Chanced With Fraud.
Wichita (Kan.), Sept. 28.—Henry
Lang, who, before ho moved to Kansas, I
was a pension attorney in New York, j
was arrested this morning at Marion on i
a warrant charging fraud perpetrated in
connection with his practice as a pension
attorney in the East, lie will be returned I
to New York City for trial.
An Embezzler Arrested.
Memphis, Sept. 23.— Moses Fembetz,
who is said to have embezzled a large
sum of money at Dcs Moiuos, la., was
arrested to-day and will be held until a
requisition is received from ttio Governor
of lowa.
Ten Stores Destroyed.
Tomah (Wta.), Sept. 23.— Fire late to
night destroyed ten stores on the west
sido of Main street. Loss, $50,000; iusur- !
ance, jjl^.uix^
ARIZONANS DISPLEASED
Over tho Ordered Kcmoval of Troops
From San Carlos.
Tucson, Sept. 21.—The action of the
War l»epiirtmeut in ordering the removal
of troops from San Carlos reservation is
not well received by tlie people of Ari
zona. Mass meetings for the past week
have been held at Tombstone, Tucson
and other places, for the purpose of pro
testing agaiust tho action of the Govern
ment. At all of those meetings resolu
tions wore adopted and telegraphed to the
.Secretary of War protesting against the
removal 01 the San Carlos troops, and
pointing to ttie results sure to follow the
carrying out of tho order. There are
about :j,.">00 Indians on the reservation,
and Fort Apache and Fort Grant, the
nearest military posts, are each more
than lii'ty miles distant from San Carlos.
The Indian outbreaks in Arizona have
invariably been the result of drunken
quarrels among themselves, and the
presence of troops at San Carlos is abso
lutely necessary to perform police duty
in the breaking up of Indian liquor
camps, in order to remove the primary
cause of tho outbreaks. These Indians
have no means of making a living except
by cutting hay and wood with whicn to
supply the troops and raising barley and
corn for the same purpose. It is obvious
that in the absence of such a market they
will soon coasH to farm, except to raise
sufficient corn with which to make
liquor, and will beeomo miserably poor
and be driven desperate by starvation
and cold, notwithstanding the lew ra
| lions issued. All that has kept the red
j skins on the San Carlos from goiug out
on the warpath on several occasions since
tho removal of the murderous Gerouimo
and his followers, and causing another
reign of terror among the settlers, has
been the presence of troops, and for this
reason it is that Arizonans view with ap
! prehension and alarm their proposed re-
I uuovai.
LOS ANGELES WHEELMEN.
Phil Kitchen Rides v last Competition
Miie.
Lbs An..k[,es, Sept. 2.V-At the meet of
the Wheelmen's Training 1-eaguo at
Athletic ra.ru. to-day Phil Kitchen rode
the fastest mile in competition that was
ever made on the track. It was in the
one mile handicap, in which Fred Magee
wou. Kitchen rode from the |scratch in
2&1, an excellent record.
In the quarier-inilo special Nia Hiehl
and C E. Patterson were matched, tho
lattor winning on a foul.
l';uter*on gave a quarter-mile race
against time, making the distance, with a
flying start, in thirty-five seconds,
A novelty race of one mile was run by
Hall, liussell, Jenkins and Standifer,
winning in the order named.
Fritz Lacy made a mile against time
with pacemakers in 2:22, standing start.
Uhlbricht ran a two-mile race against
lime, which he made in 1:22. The last
mile was covered in 2:IS.
Accidentally Shot.
San DtMiu, Sept. 2:>.—Charles Ross, U>
years old, living with an undo of the
same name, in this city, was shot this
evening by ■ bullet from a 22-calber ritie
in the hands of his sehoolmato, Joe Mil
ler. The wouud is dangerous and will
probably prove fatal. The shooting was
accidental.
A Week's Failures.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re
ports 15 failures in the Pacific Coast States
and Territories for the week euding
Sept. 21st, as compared with 21 for tho
previous week and i~> for the .'orrespoud
mg week of lttß. The failures for the
past week are divided among the trades
as follows: Six saloons, 2 cigars and to
bacco, 1 men's furnishing goods, 1 bakery,
1 wholesale liquors, 1 commission grain,
1 furniture, 1 taiior, 1 commission native
wines, 1 hotel, 1 livery and 1 lumber.
WHOLE NO. 16,518;
EX-CHANCELLOR BISMARCK.
Fifteen Hundred Ladies and Gen
tlemen Visit the Prince.
MAKES A LONG SPEECH UPON THB
POLISH QUESTION.
Tno Chinese Government Refuses the
Request of Prlnco Chine that ho
be Given Command in Corea—The
Downier Empress Donates a Large
Snm to the War Fund.
Special to the Recokd-Uniox.
Berlin, Sept. 23.—Fifteen hundred
iadies and gentlemen from West Prussia
to-day visited Prince Bismarck at Varsin.
They gathered in front of his residence,
and when the ex-Chancellor appeared oa
the veranda ho was most enthusiastically
cheered.
The ex-Chancellor made a long: speech
to bis visitors, in which he dwelt upon,
the Polish question, reviewing the his
tory, legislation and other matters per
taining to the subject. He expressed his
approval of the speeches delivered at
Koenigsburg and Thome by Emperor
William, and said he saw in them proof
that West Prussia was in no danger from
the Poles. "God keep the Emperor," the
ex-Chancellor concluded, "and give him
counselors" ready and able to carry out
his majesty's programme. Jn this hopo
I desire to join my voice in the cry of
'Long live the Emperor, God keep him."
Una lady presented the Prince a bou
quet, together with a poem addressed to
Princess Bismarck. Another lady kissed
the Prince's hand, which salutation he
returned by chivalrously kissing the
lady on the lips. Then the ox-Chancellor
entered into conversation with the mem
bers of the deputation. Eventually ho
excused himself on the plea of his health,
and the deputation departed, alter
hearty leave takings wiih the Prince and
Princess.
THE ORIENTAL AVAR.
Prince Chins "Will NO6 oo Given Com
mand In Coroa.
London, Sept. 2;>.—A Shanghai dis
patch says the Chinese Government has
refused tho request of Prince Chiug,
President of Tsung Li Yaineu, that he be
given command in Corea. Prince Ching
is a strong advocate of conceding Japan
ese demands. It is supposed he only
wanted to investigate personally the con
dition of the Chiuese forces in the lield.
The dispatch adds that the British gun
boat Pigmy lias been dispatched to New
Chang, at the head of the Gulf of Lisa
Tong, in anticipation of a possible Japau
ese attack upon that place.
The l>owager Empress of China has
dnoated another 0.000.00U taels from her
birthday fund toward meeting the ex
penses of tho war.
Eight foreign volunteers did splendid
service during the battle, and their con
duct did much to instill spirit into the
Chiuese. Engineers Albrecht and ilort
mau were the only two of the eight for
eigners who were not wounded. The
wounded are doing well and will soou be
fit for duty.
It is reported that the Russian Ileet has
assembled at Vladivostock, preparatory
to immediate action. The transports of
the volunteer lleets as they arrive are de
tained at Vladivostock.
CHINA DARE NOT ABANDON' COIiEA.
Berlin, Sept. liJ.—A member of the
Chinese Legation in an interview said
China dare not abandon Corea, even if
the war should last six years. Besides,
he added, the Coreans are still hostile to
the Japanese, as is proven by their re
fusal to concede the Japanese demand
that they cut oil their long hair as a siga
of submission. The Japanese, he further
said, have done everything to wound the
feelings of the Chinese. Directly the
Chinese Miuister had left Tokio at tho
outbreak of the active hostilities, tho
Japanese destroyed the Chinese Legation
at lluddhist Temple, besides setting riro
to and destroying Chinese club houses
ami residences and murdering helpless
Chinese in the streets. Count Aoki
scouts the idea of any cessation of hos
tilities. In an interview he llatly de
nied that the Japanese had burned
Chinese property, destroyed in Tokio.
()u the other hand, he said the Chinese
had iusultod the Japanese Minister at
Tien Tsin, and had massacred seventy
harmless Japanese convicts who wero
working in the camphor pits in Corea.
was also uutrue. he said, that the Jap
anese had made the Chinese cut oil their
cues.
Accusations Against Crispl.
Pauls, Sept. 2!.—ln an article referring
to the chances to be made iv the Italian
Embassadors in London, Paris and Ber
lin, the Matiit accuses Signor Crispi, the
Italian Prime Minister, with designs
upon Tripoli to divert attention from
Italy's linancial troubles. The Matin
adds that the ciiock to the design received
from Great Britain, Germany and France
explains Siguor Crispi's resentment to
ward the Einbnssadors at the capitals of
those countries.
Mobilization of the Italinn Forces.
Rome, Sept. 2-J. —A sensation has been
caused hero that two officials of the Min
istry of War recently offered to a foreign
power plans of and documents retelling
to the urobilization of the Italian forces.
Sixteen l'eoplo Injured.
Barcelona, Sept. 'Si. —Two passenger
trams wero in collision atMontida, sixty
seven miles north of here. Sixteen peo
ple were injured.
A POLICEMAN'S CLOSE CALL
Ofliuer liutlierfortl Comes Xoar Meet
iuj£ With Death.
At an early hour this moruinjj Officer!
Rutherford, Balz and Douglas were sum
moned to arrest three Indians, two bucks
and a squaw, who were found in an in
toxicated condition back of tho depot.
On taking them to the station house a
search for weapons was made and on one
of the bucks was found a pistol which In
removing accidentally fell to tho iloor
and was discharged, the bullet, of
ber, passing through the rim of Uflicor
Rutherford's hat, and landing in tho ceil
ing above. It was a close call, aud Kulh
erford is now congratulating himself on
his eood fortune in not being a victim
for the morgue.
Made a New Cycle Record.
Washington, Sept. 23.—George Foster
of the Georgetown Cycle Club made a
new record for twenty-four hours' riding
this evening at 0 o'clock, having ridden a
distance of ;>IU miles, which is 11 miles
more than any previous record. Tho
run was made on a portion of the con
duit road.
Powderly Will Become a Lawyer.
S'-kanton (Pa.), Sept. Si.-T. V. Pow
derly, ex-Grand Master Workman of iho
Knights of Labor, is about to hang out
his shingie as a lawyer. He will be ad
mitted to-morrow, and will probably lo
cale in vsew York.

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