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VOLUME XC—NO. 23.
TERRIBLE IF TRUE.
Rumor That a German Steamship
Has Been Wrecked.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES
REPORTED LOST.
Fire Breaks Out In tho Cabin of a
Steamer Plylns Between Leith nuil
London, and Uofore the Flames
Were Extinguished six Women anil
m C hild Wore Burned to Death and
a Siimber of People Badly Injured.
London, Sept. IG.—The Daily Kens
TV-ill to-morrow publish a dispatch from
Berlin saying aa unconfirmed rumor has
reached that city that a >orth German
Lloyd steamship has foundered, and that
150 persons were drowned. >» either the
name of the steamship nor tho locality of
the aliened disaster is given.
FATAL FLAKES ON A SXKAMKI!.
London,. Sept. 10.—The London and
Edinburgh Steamship Company's
atoauier iona, plying between Leiih and
L'judou, caught iire early rhis morning
while on her trip to Gravesend. The fire
Htarted in her cabin, live women and
one child, passengers, and the stewardess
were burned to death, and a number of
others were badiy burned or otherwise
iujured. The iire was extinguished by
the ship's lire apparatus.
The manager of the London and Edin
burg Steamship Company waa inter
viewed and made a statement, as follows:
The ateaoior lona left Loith Saturday
•veuing with one hundred saloon pas-
Meugers and fifty second-class. Tn« part
of the boat in which the seooud-class
passengers slept was used as a saloon
daring the day and at night was diviued
by a partition into sleeping compart
ments tor women and men.
At - o'clock, this morning lire was dis
covered iv the ladies' compartment on
the port side. The flames spread so
rapidly that the crew was prevented lrom
rescuing all the passengers. The tire was
uuder control by 4 o'clock, and then the
bodies of the victims wero found. They
were so badly burned that they were un
recognizable. The cabin on the starboard
bide was only slightly injured.
Daring the progress of the ihimes the
wildest excitemunt prevailed. The saloon
passengers—men, women and children —
ruatied on deck. Some were almost
naked. Women screamed and children
cried, and it was not until tne flame*
were subdued that they could he pacnie-J.
The loua is lyinu in the dock at Wap
ping. Sbo was inspected by a represent
ative of the United I'ress to-day. The
ladies' cabin was completely demolished,
i^ome of the killed appear to h-ive fallen
lrom tneir berths in their efforts to
escape. The bodies were found lying ai
inost iv ashes on the lloor. The lire orig
inated iv the latuproom, which adjoins
the cabin.
mm; of mi: i rkw Kissixa.
London, Sept. ML— The liritish ship
Hartnaid, from the Clyde for Table J>ay.
caught lire at sea and was abandoned.
The iiritish brig invercuuld pioked up
partofti.o lhirtiield's crew and landed
them at Cape Town. Sine ol the craw
■were mi—ing.
KU CHENG OUTRAGKS.
Gunboats Ordered Up the Htvor to De
mand Punishment ol Blnarteatfera.
Foo Chow, Sept. 16. —In consequence
of the altitude of obstruction assumed by
.>;neso officials toward the progress
of ihe inquiry into the recent outrages at
Ku Cheng, aod their refusal to carry out
the sentences imposed by the examining
court upon the ringleaders in the attacks
upou the Christian missions at that piaoe,
two jfiuboaiK have been ordered to as
cend tae river to demand the enforce
ment of the penalties imposed.
A rebellion ha* begun in the province
of In Kien, ami the local oiiicials, in- i
Htead ot attempting to suppress tue n.s- '
ing, have lied. A force oi imperial
troops are on their way to the scene to \
iry to put down tne insurrection.
APPBEHKKBIOH FOB THE SAFETY OF
■
Washington, Sept X — The chief in
terest attaching in Washington to the dis
patch Irom Koo Chow that a rebellion has
t.evjun In the province of Fo Kien is as to
the late which awaits the American
ami Luropean missionaries m that prov- ■■
inoe, ohoulii any still remain in llie vi
cinity of Ku Cheng. Reports reached
hero through diplomatic and private
•sources several week:-, ago t)i;tt tiie mis
sionaries, after t;>e recent massages in !
the n.terior of the province, ba l. with
their families, sought roJu^o at too« 'how,
■which is near tlio coast, and where the
presence of foreign men-01-war mako
-..;e from iurther vioience. Il they
La\u remained at Foo Chow, or rather at
i anuhora^e, which is ;i loreign set
■ it only a lew m.les removnl, do
: can happen them. It', however.
In tueir y.eai to begin again their work of
Christianising the natives, they have re
t'.:i !)•-•; to tijo interior of the provluce, the \
gravest apprehension will be ieit for their [
safety, unless they receive the protection
ot the European or American forces.
1: is surmised thai the rebellion is the
work dI the vegetarians who were re
ij le for the assaults some weeka ago
upon the foreign missions.
PKISOKKBS i'.i.l.N', i::.i X \si;n.
Lokdok, Sept. 16. The '/./<-•.* to-mor
row will publish a dispatch from Mbaog
tying that the Chinese regard the
inquiry iiito the massacre of Christians
aihu Client; as a mockery, and have
D to release the prisoners without
consulting the British Consul.
DKPABTXENT WITHOCI ADVICES.
Washington, BepC 16. —The state !<«
partoaent is without advices regarding
the alleged latest phase of the Chinese
aitoation in regard to a refusal of the
Chinese < iovemmoiit to execute any of
those convicted of participating In the
missionary massacre unless they ate as
sured that with the execution ot these
men ail other demaada *wili cea.>e. Ac
cording to tho latest information of tho
department theKu Cheng Commission
was at work, with us labors uucom
pleted, and the investigation had not been
begun. Nodiapatehes imvo been reoeivad
from .Minister l>euby on tho subject.
FUNDS FOB THE GOVERNMENT.
Btttsbarg i>uik« Itmdj to Itorateb the
J i< miry Wltii Mom>y.
Pitt-;:i ;: , . „. .-opt. ii:.—Teio-raphic
advice* from Washington and New Yurk
state tiiat rittsburij banks am iroing to
furnish the United States lreasury with
1 to balp koo{. the io
■ervo Juiid above tL.- I mark.
"What 1 saw in tuo papor* in as Jar as
my knowledge of this matter Koea,* 1
stated U:.!iam Montuomery of th
iegbcuy >.atjon.il Jlank this riiorninjj.
••j here is always plumy o! gold on band
in tbe local banks, ana I do not bel.ovo
tiiero im Hiiy <jiioslion but that liio I'iu.s
-burg bankers could tpai do to
the Goveru:nunt ii it wu «rant«d. An
estimate, wiiicii 1 do not claim u> bo jlc-
THE RECORD-UNION.
SACRAMEXTO, TUESDAY MOBNTffGr, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895.—81 X ±>AGES.
curate, would give the aggregate of gold
usually In the Pittsburg banks at §2,000,
--(HJ", and it may be $3,000,000."
President Given of be Farmers' De
posit Bank, who is en ...e Clearing-house
Committee, was asked if the Clearing
house was goiug to do anything in regard
to assisting the dovernujGut. "1 know
of no concerted action a3 yet. but I be
lieve th>:re is a willingness on the part ol'
some of the banks to give tho Govern
ment some of their gold. I heard yester
day that two banks had made oilers to
this effect. Any kind of money is, of
course, good, and we would just aa soon
have paper as gold."
ALL REI'OKTKD KILLKD.
A Wbstoii CQiitalnlusc Five People Uun
Into by a iiist Mail Train.
Lynchm iv; (Vs.), Sept. 10.—Train No.
35, fast mail from Washington to Atlanta,
ran into a wagon containing hve persons
at Lawyers, a station twelve miles south
ol this city, this evening. This train does
not stop at Lawyers, and whs probably
going at full speed. Particulars ol the
wreck thus far obtained are very meager.
A man was killed who is supposed to
have been Josepti Callahau of Kustburg,
Campbell County. Two women and
two children were in the vehicle he was
driving, and all are reported killed, as
was aiso the horse.
Panama a-id Pacific Mail Companies.
Ni:\v Y>)itiv, Sept. 16.—Mr. Huntingtou
was at his office to-day. It is said that
negotiations with the l'aoauia people are
on and thai an arrangement is likely to
be reported by which thore will bo a di
vision of territory, the Panama people to
have their line unrestricted between New
York and the Isthmus, and a;o Pacific
Mail lo have control ol tratiic on the west
coasu Mr. Himtiugton loaves for Cali
fornia the latter part ol this week.
Tho UollUvs CtIHU.
Chicago, Sept. IG. —The Holmes case
is at a standstill bo far as the Chicago
police department is concerned. Alter
the many months ol hard aud fruitless
work, tho two officers who havo been de
tailed on the case since its inception here
have been taken oi! and detailed oil other
work. The work has been fruitless hero
because no tangible evidence agaiuet
Holmes baa been unearthed, so far as tho
Chicago end is concerned.
Freight train Wrecked.
Bi.NNH.vii.1.1; (Ky.), Sept.— Freight
train No. 72 on the Louisville and Nash
ville wan wrecked one mile below here
tins morning. Tbe killed are: Urake
uian W. L. Paynter, Louisville, Ky.,
and an unkuown nc-^ro. The injured are:
Ueorge Westen backer, Parkersburg,
\\ . Ya.; James Wheeler, ColanibUS, 0.,
and Joseph Dolau, Worcester, Masa.
All of the iujured will recover.
Fatal Shooting Affray.
MovHio.MKiiY (Ala.;, Sept. lti. —A spe
cial to the Ailccrti.-nr from Oplika, Ala.,
says: Will Car mack shot and probably
fatally wounded W. C. Campbell to-night.
A communication in the Kansas City > ■ .</,
In which Carmaek's name was used in a
disreputable connection, was the cause of
tue shootiug. Campbell has beeuoitarged
with being tho correspondent of the
paper, but denied it.
"•ovuriaign Grand Ludue of Odd Fellows,
Atlantic City (N. J.;, Sept. ltj.— Sov
ereign Grand Lodge, Independent Order
of odd Fellows, convened this morning,
this being the seventy-first annual ses
sion ol the iodge body. The session will
lastallweek. Representatives from every
section oi the country eotumenced to ar
rivehereon Saturday and Suuday. All
the States are represented.
Five MurderwH Kscnpe Jail.
Raleigh (N. C.:, Sept. 10.—Governor
Can has been advised of the escape of
five murderers from the jail at Madison,
and oilers a reward for their recapture.
JOHN BURKE REDDICK.
THE w.\-LIELTi:N'ANT-GO\'EI{N"On
I'ASSIiS AWAY.
Public Miinilt**t»ii:)n- at His Hotno at
Bun Audruas—Funeral to Take
Place on Wednesday.
San Andreas, Sept. 10.—Lioutonant
fiovernor J. B. Roddick d;a-1 at ll:lu to
day. At 7:30 o'clock this morning he re
gained consciousness and recognized
friends and relatives who were in the
room. But almost immediately there
after he dropped back into a stupor, re
maining in that condition until the end.
Upon loarniug of his deatii the schools
were disiuiHsed, ila^s were put up at half
mast, belis were tolled and tho Board of
Supervisors, who were in seasiou, ad
journed out of respect to his memory.
His untimely death has cast a gloom
over the entire community. The funeral
will be on Wednesday at 1 i*. m. under
the auspices of the .Masonic fraternity.
John Burke Keddick was born in
Roanoke County, Va., in 1844 XV hen 12
years old he emigrated with his parents
to C:il;!Griiin, settling in Ca ; averas
County. He r«oeived his early education
in that county and in 1867 lie graduated
with high honors at the University of
California, whiefa was in thoso days
called tue College of California.
He was lor seven years al the head of
the public school system of Calaverav
County, but his ambition was to make '
history on a larger stage, and he studied i
law w nile guiding tno system of schools, '
being admitted to Bjraetioe in the old Liis
trict Court *i Sati Andreas In is7ti. In
1880 he formed a law partnership with
Frank Holinaky of san Andreas, the firm
being known as Keddick dc Solinsky, and
taking at <>:x-c> a '■ommatuii'ig puslUon at
r oi Northern California.
In the meantime Mr. Reddick had taken
an active part In politics as a Kepublican,
ami waa recognised a^> the leader of that
party In the county. Ho sv;is nominated
lor the Assembly on neveral occasions,
but w.is sneoesafni only twice, In tiiesn
two terms he mwde a great number ot,
i estal iisned a reputation »«
an eloquent speaker and a man of infinite
(act
Ho was a Biaine elector in is>-l f and in
tho Sacramento < Convention of l s!*i iio was
nominated for Lieutenant-Governor on
the ticket with Governor Mark ham. He
made a strong campaign, running lii.tnt)
votes ahead ol his. ticket.
As presiding officer of the Senate Lleu
tei»ant-< ■ovomor Reddick condaoted af
fairs with a tact that won him admiration
bom experienced politicians. This was
particularly the case ;it his second ses
sion. Whsu ti:O Legislature convened
last January l.ieuionani-itovernor Ueil
dfck caiied tiio to or'ior anu re
tuained tt residing oilicer 'or several
['here was considerable question
vrhether, as tiie nitn who had beeneteoted
Lieutenant^iovernor could not go to
Sacramento to be sworn in, Reddick was
not still Lieutenant-Govern or. lie
yielded the office, t>ut he always main
tained ihai be waa Lieutenant-Governor
■v Miliard had not been Inaugu
rated yet
Hince rotirinji from ollico "(lovernor
.Jcjhu," as hH is known by his intimates,
has given his entire attention to the prac
tice of law.
Mr. Keddiok was asarried in 1878 I i
Mary Coulter, daughter of the County
Surveyor. They have two children — a
boy 15 years ot aj;e and a girl of Itt
Weather Forecast.
Nortbern PaHfornlft- lair; Bllshtly warmer
In the i»-»riti(M: | . ly -i .
tioua.-y temperalare uimig the eentrtti const.
BLANCHE LAMONT'S MURDER
The Trial of Durrant Resumed Be
fore Jud^e Murphy.
MOST DAMAGING EVIDENCE YET
INTRODUCED.
Three Witnesses Identify Him ns tho
-Man Who Took tlio Murdered Girl
From the Normal School, and Swear
They Saw Him Alight With Ber
Near the Emmanuel Church.
Sax Francisco, Sept. 1& —The evi
dence against Durrant to-day was the
most damaging yet introduced. There
wore but three witnesses on tho stand,
but they ideiititied nirn as the man who
tuok the girl iroiu the Powell-street -Nor
mal School, and saw him alight from a
car with hrr near the church. Cross
examination did not shako them.
The first of tho witnesses was Miss
May Lauigau, one ot the three girls who
lelt tho school with Miss Lamont, aud a
lew minules later saw her on v car going
in the direction of tho church. Tho wit
ness positively identified the man who
was with Miss Lumoutas Durrant.
Mrs. Mary Yogol.wLo lives opposite the
si-hooihouse, identified Durraut as the
man she- had t»eon walking outside before
the class to which Miss Lamont belonged
Was dismissed that afternoon. Sba paid
particular attention to him, as she had
considerable money iv the uouso, and his
suspicious actions led her to believe that
bfl was a ourglar. Sho saw him meet the
young lady, and watched them got on the
cur together.
Mrs. Yogel's testimony corroborated
that of Miss Edwards, another of the
school-girl witnesses, iv every particu
lar. She identified Durrani first by a
newspaper portrait, aud afterwards when
she (saw him in court in tho early part of
the trial. To-day, wheu uskod to point
him out, she wallied to within a few feet
oi Durrani, and said impressively: "That
is iho man."
Durrant was uumovod during this
scone, but tho weight of the testimony in
troduced to-day as a whole told on his
splenaid nerve.
The last witness of the day was Mrs.
Elizabeth L. Crosset. Mie was 71 years
oi a^e, but of apparently unimpaired
faculties. Her statement on the stand
was that she left her home in the north
ern part of tho city to dine with her
granddaughter in tno Mission, whore the
Emmanuel Church is located. It was
:,:il) when she lott home, aud some twenty
minutes later «ho boarded a- car, by trans
ler, on which she says Durraut was riding
with a young lady she did not know.
Durrant was outside on the dummy, and
Mrs. Crosset was on a seat opposite ou
the inside. It was seven blocks from the
point where she got ou to where Durrant
and the young lady alighted, and en route
Mrs. Croaaet had ample opportunity to
take notice of Durrant. This, she says,
she did, beyond any possibility of m.s
la*e. She observed them when they
alighted, aud thought the girl's hut was
Hoinewbat lighter than that shown iv
court. Her description of the girl who
was with Durrant was meager. So far as
it went it tallied well with that of Miss
Lamont.
On cross-examination Durrant's attor
neys attacked tuo old lady ou her mental
ity, und subjected her to acroas-examina
iiou which was so vigoro\is*that the court
interposed to protect tne witness. Her
memory was tested, and it was iouud to
be so good that she could readily give a
list oi homeopathic remedies which ahe
from time to time had taken. She .said
slib had kuown Durrant about four years,
and had seen him aa much as live times a
mouth at tho homo of her sou. Durrant
whs very intimate with her grandson.
The defense claims that Mrs. Crosset
saw Durraut infrequently, and that she
did not know him well enough lo speak
to him when she met him.
Mrs. Crosset Is sure of ber dates, as on
the day she mot Durrant she had au ap
pointmont which fixed it on her mind,
and ou the day following she left the city
on a six weeks' vi«it.
The prosecution expects to finish its di
rect case this week.
GUARDING AGAINST CHOLERA.
Three Vessels From lulocted Ports
l>• -t,ij rn-.j la Quarantine.
San FBANaiSCO. Sept. lij.—The lioard
of Health held a special meeting to-day
to take action in relation to the steamship
>iio de Janeiro, which arrived this morn
ing from Hongkong anil Honolulu.
Quarantine Ollicor Chalmers .submitted
cortilicatGß of the I'nited States Consuls
at the various ports touched by the vessel.
Cousul-* •enerai .McLean of Yokohama!
cortiiied that tije sanitary condition of the !
port was bad, but that the authorities j
were limiting the spread of cholera by i
most energetic action. During the two j
weeks prior to tho duparture of the vessel |
inure had been forty-seven casos and
thirty-live deaths.
ConsmVGeneral Mills of Honolulu <er
fctfied mat between August L7tn ami Sep
tember Bth fifty-eight casea of cholera j
and forty-four deaths had occurred. He !
also ataiod that the steamship had taktin
only one passenger, and that her baggage
hail been fumigated.
Consul Aberorombieol Nagasaki certi
fied that ilia sanitary condition of the port
was uogu, but that during tho two weeks
preceding the departure of tho vessel ]
there had been seventy-one cases oi |
cholera aud liUy-live doaths.
Consul Hunt ol Hongkong* certified
that tiie sanitary oooditiou o: the port
was good, aud that there was no cholera |
there.
I vi motion tho ports of Yokohama and
Nagaski were declared injected. It was i
also moved that Bio do ./'auoiro be da- J
fined in quarantine at Angel Island and
Lo properly lumigated. The motion was '
adopted.
The United States medical authorities
are on the alert to check cholera. Captain
Ucb'arland, who uas buna in tba qaarsu*
tine service for me last fourteen years,
oil and on, was tins morning commis
sioned by It. Peckhaiu of the tinted
States Medical Marine Station to com- i
mand tlie Foderai quarantine tug George j
Is. stern. Captain MeKarlaud left lor
Angol Island at 11 o'clock to take charge ■
Of tii» tiiji ati'l put ber into the Qovern- j
inoiit quarantine service.
The baric C 8. Alieu, which arrived ;
yesterday from Honolulu, was ordered
into quarantine, and the ship Merioneth, j
from Rio do .Janeiro, was likewise) or- i
dercd into (juarantino off Angel island.
The latter reported that cholera, small
pox and yellow lover were prevalent in
Kio do.Janeiro, and one of her own crew
had contracted scu. vy ou the way.
SAN BBUKABDINU FIIiSTA.
Ball-FiKbta th« Order or tho l)ny In !
tiit* MjuUiern City.
Saw Berkabdixo, Sept !•>.—The bull
liuht opetMd iii tiio ■inphlthoatw this
;i.airnoon. About 500 spectators wore j
prwnt. The aioiiß was \S> luet in diain- i
eier. bligbi u>r«»den Crota Sooon and
: , . bulii irera introduced. Tho first |
ball would not ii^hu Tiio second, tiiough ;
ol the •borlboru vanoiN, vu ricioos, mid \
m:\tif exccliciii iport, Uifowing dow a ti, ! ;
closvu uud soring one ol tho tor«ador» iv I
tho calf of the leg and hand. It was rid
den with a rope tied around back of its
foroghoulders. Tho third bull, of tho
long-horned variety, was very active, aud
kept the toreadors bii9y. and a number
of amateurs trying to climb a groased
pole in the center of the arena fora cup
prize afforded further amusement. Tho
bun-tiffin waa complete except torturing
and killing the animal. Another more
spirited bull-tight is acheduled lor
Wednesday evening.
Oregon short Line.
Salt Lake (Utah 1, Sept. Hi.—The at
torneys for the American Loan and Trual
Company made application to-day to
Judge Hanier at Cheyenne for a decision
on tho forfeiture and order for salo
against the Oregon Short Line and Utah
and Northern Hallway Company on the
confessed mortgage of $10,185,000 held by
the Trust Company on the line; The
defendants were not represented in court.
The evidence showed that service was
made upon a clerk in the office of the
Oregon Short Line. Tho Judgo ruled
that the evidence was insufficient, and
declined to issue the order.
Suir Agnlost tho Stanford Kstnto.
San Francisco, Sept. l(i. -The Stau
iord case was begun to-day in the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals before
Inited States District Judge .Morrow,
United States District Judge Gilbert of
the Southern District and United States
District Judgo Hawloy of Nevada. Ex-
Judge L. D. Mclvi-ick, representing the
United States, mndo tho opening argu
ment. Ex-Judge Garber, ex-.ludge
Spencer and Attorney Kussell J. Wilson
represent Mrs. Stanford.
Thirty Yearn at Folsom.
Santa Chi:/., Sept. 16.— Thi3 morning
Joe Rodriquez, alias "Black Jo," pleaded
guilty u> manslaughter and was sentenced
to thirty years in Folsom. Kodriquez
killed William Jienson by kicking him to
<leath. He ha* already servod a term in
Sau C^ueutiu lor asssolt with a deadly
weapon, and has frequently served time
in the County Jaii for minor offenses.
iiiirlity-Ouo Lives Lost.
Vancouvki:, Sept. 10. —Detailed news
has been received lrom Australia of the
loss of tho 2,UiW-tou China steamer Cat
terothun, previously reported by tele
graph. Tho steamer was forced out ot
her cours3 by unknown ••urreuts and
thrown on tho rocks near i'ort Stevens
lighthouse, liighty-one livoa wore lost.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
lIIK SOCIETY (OXVENKS EH AX
XOAL SESSION IN CINCINNATI.
Work on tuo Monumout to General
Shermuu to be Erected at YVash
ioutoa boon to Begin.
Cincinnati, Sept. 16.—Under the
guard of a company of regularb froiu
Fort Thomas, the member* of the Soci
ety of the Army of the Tennessee heid j
their business session at the Grand
Hotel this morning. The soldiers were j
sent as a delicate appreciation of the so
ciety by the Government of the United
Siatee.
Gen. A. Id Dodge, too President,
nailed the meeting to order with a gavel
that ,', i> made out of the wood of v tree {
that stood near where Gonorai Thomas
fell. The Presidout made a brie! ad- I
dress, in which he reminded the mem
bers that they had ouca again mot in the
city which was the old home aud resid
ing place of the oilicers that had served it '
so faithfully.
General Secretary Hickenlooper, who
has had neither predecessor uor successor,
made a brief reply, and gave the follow
ing list of the deaths that occurred dur
ing the year: Lieutenant E. P. Tobey,
Chicago; Major C EL Dyer, Chicago;
Captain L". Ji. Webster, Denver; Captain
T. 11. Griffin, St. Louis; Major George li.
liogiu, Chicago; General Mason G. liay
mau, Kansas City; Major Frank !•'.
Peats, iiockford, 111.; Lteutenaut-Coionel
EL C. Dawes, Cincinnaii; Lieutenant
Oliver Ausou, Council JJluil'd, Iowa; Gen
eral Charles Southerland, Washington,
I). C; General Walter <.£. Gresbam,
Washington. D. C; Major J. W. Pad
dock, < )maha, Neb.
Treasurer M. F. Force announcedfthat
in order to meot the expenses one or two
bonds would havo to be sold, and the
necessary authority was given him.
Colonel W. < >liver, who was in com
mand of the lleet at Vicksburg, is almost
blind and disabled, and at present is in a
sanitarium in California. An eif'ort is to
Lte made to have him transferred to the
home at Santa Monica, C.il.
Colonel D. 15. lionderson of lowa, of
the committee on tne statue to General
Sherman to be erertoa in Washington,
reported available fundaon hand to the
amount of $3,433 49, and that they were
assured of about $11000 from the excess to \
the Grant statue fund, which the G. A. K.
had in hand. The best artists of the
country wore already engaged upon do
si^ns, and it wa^ hoped thai iiy January
the selection lor a dusign would be made
and tbo work immediately iie^uu.
A committee to take proper steps in re
paid to the Graut monument in Wash- {
iiiKton was suggested, an;: Captaiu Tut
hill, General o. v. Howard, Colouel!>.
15. Honder.son aud Ganoral Dodge were
appointed. This memorial may be a
bridge aero— the Potomac to Arlington j
Hights.
Tne event of the day was the meeting
to-night at Odd Follows' Hall. At 7:1 o
o'clock the procession was formed for the
march to the temple. On the stage wero i
grouped Colonel Fred Grant, General i
! >od&je, Mayor (aid well and the other
bpeaktirs* of the evening.
Genoral Andrew Hickenlooper made a
Hliort address oi welcome. The meeting
whs then formally opened with prayer b3'
Kov. liotwrt A. Gibson of Christ Church.
General llickonlooper then introduced
Governor Mclviuley, who delivered ai
short upeeob.
Mayor Caidwoll was the next speaker.
General Dodge, Prosident of tho society,
then responded to Governor Mclvinioy
and .Mayor Caidwell'a speech.
Colonel Fred Grant was thon intro- '■
ducfd, and delivered the address of tho
evening. Ho was received with great en
thusiasm.
Four Duels in Spain.
London, Sept. ltJ.—A dispatch from
Madrid says: A serious quarrel has
receutly been goiiii; ou between theedi-j
tonal stall's of the journals Pcue aud
JV'ucum, which haa resulted in a number
of challenges. Four duels were fought !
with swords yesterday which rosiihod
that in each case the Nation's reprosonta
tire was wounded. Twenty-four other j
duels are pending.
Miss Anthony Taken Suddenly III.
BoOHXSTSB (N. V.), Sept. I(3.—Miss j
Susan i>. Anthony was soized with a
fainting spell iv a photograph gallery this
foreuooo. Miss Anthony w;is about to j
sit for a photograph. Medical aid was j
obtained, and alter restoratives ha 1 been j
giveu, Miss Anthony was brought bacK i
to consciousness and removed to her j
home.
Fifty Houses Burned.
V i i:\-na, Sept. 16.—Fifty houses and i
tho Dominican monastery at Corinthia I
were burnod to-day. The town, anciently
known as Virunum, is noted aa retaining
its ancient character. It was a llourish- {
ing place in the time of the early Koniua
J.iiii porors. '
MORE FIGHTING IN CUBA.
Insurgents Attack Troops, But Are
Forced to Retreat.
MANY OF THEIR NUMBER KILLED
AND WOUNDED.
ilobels Plant Dynamite In a Road
Spanish Troops Had to Pans, Blow
ing to Pieces Two Officers and a
JSumber of Soldiers—A Keport That
tho Mexican Government Has De
cided to Rucocnize tho Insurgents
as Kelllueronts.
Havana, Sept. 16.—A force of 1,600
rebels made an attack a day or two ago
upon a plantation at Altamira, where a
force of Government troops wore sta
tioned. The insurgents were forced to
retroat after a sharp Tight in which many
of their number were killed aud
wounded. Tho Government loss was live
killed and weunded.
REBELS rsiXC* DYNAMITE.
Santiago De Cnu, :»ept. 7, (via Key
West, Flu., Sept. K>!.-Mn the engagement
between tho Spanish and Jose Maceo
and Santa Maria, near Kamon Do i>as
Yaguas, on August 31st, the rebels had
prepared more than sixty holes filled
with dynamite on the diileront roads the
troopa had to pass. When the ongage
niont was over a Spanish regiment
marched past one of the traps and tho
dynuinite exploded, blowing to pieces
lv.eutonant i-r:\ncisco Ruiz, « ;iptain dro
gorio Romero and thirteen soldiers.
When the troops saw tins they wero so
lilled with terror that an entire company
deserlud to tLo rebels and reman.ud with
them.
luiriug an engagement between the
Npani.sb General Linare/. suid tho rebel
leadur Kabi, in Deacanao l>el Muarto,
near Mangariiris, the Spaniards took a
Hyauish so.die: prisoner who had joinod
the insurgents at the beginning oi the
revolution. His nume was indro Kovira
hsterez, and he belonged to the regiment
of Havaua. Ho was brought to this city,
tried by court-martial, and sentenced to
death. Ho was ahot this moriiiu^ in
front of tho slaughter bouse in the pres
ence of all tho troopa Hint were in the
city, lie wu.-j .so weak he had to be taken
to the place of execution In a carriage
This is the first execution of a rebol in
tiiia city. Ho was takun prisoner be
cause during the engagement he wont
into the Spanish ranks lo obtain arms,
aud he killed a -Spanish Lieutenant and a
Cuban mulatto.
iji) VKB9-M BH 1' 9 <; A MI'AI Q.N ol' 1 1.1 H E I).
New Vuhk, Sept. I*;.—ln au interview
this afteruoou, Senor i>u; uy Do Lome,
Spaulah Minister, said that he was in re
ceipt ot a personal letter from General
Campos, In which the campaign for the
fall was fully outlined. No active opera
tions would be undertaken until the ex
cessive heat was over. To push lnatlurs
now would cause an tinnacesuary ioss of
in*;, owing to the great heat on the coast
und the many types ot disease.
Early iv October some aggressive work
in;iy be done, but no .morion* battling will
be in ordor before November or Doceiu
ber. Then sioge trains and assaulting
columns will be sent against the rebels.
They will bo horn mod in and attacked si
multaneoubly on all sides by the best reg
imeuts on the island.
Meanwhile vigorous organization goes
on. Immense) quantities of supplies
are being reooived aud distributed to
bases oi' supplies all over the island,
fcmall fortiiicatiuus have been erected in a
number of piuces.
General Catnpos in his letter said that
more troops had been sent than he had
asked for. General Campos believed that
he had all tho men nocestaary—artillery,
cavalry, engineers and infantry, in ad
dition to these are Cuban volunteers and
commissary corps. .Spain, unasked by
him, has mobilized a third army corps of
25,1)00 men, and they are ready for em
barkation.
MEXICO WILL RECOGNIZB THK INsriU.-
ENTB As BELLIGERENTS.
New Yobk, Sept. 16.— Cuban sympa
thizers in this city and Brooklyn said to
night that Mexico will recognize the in-
Burgoats as bolligerems within a few
days. They based their assertion on pri
vate disyatches received from the City of
Mexico.
Senor Gouzalo Do c^ueaada, G-neral
Secretary of the Cuban revolutionary
party iv America, tha dispatch said, ar
rived at the Mexican Capital last Satur
day. He went straight from the depot to
the home of the Mexican Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and was cloaetod with
him until after midnight. In the
oourse of the conference it was baid that
the Sonor made such alluring oilers to
the Minister, and promised ao many ad
vantageous concessions to tne Mexican
Republic, that the Minister is strongly
impressed in favor of the Cubans, and
practically consented to use his iuiluence
to obtain Mexicau recognition of tho in
surgents as belligerents.
Latur advices which reached here to
day at i p. m. said that on Sunday Seuor
<.£iieseda saw the Minister again, and
attor further argument obtained au addi
tional promise that tho Mexican Govern
nii'iit would concede tho demand for bel
ligerent rights a3 soon as posuiblo. The
Secretary Raid that it was the general
opinion in Mexican circles that the for
mal recognition would be mado within a
lortnigut at least.
IMtISON COMiREiS.
Proceedings of the Conferenco Boiuu
Hold tit Denver.
Dknveb, Sept. l<i.— The first business
session of the National Prison Congress
was held this morning in Uuity Church.
Warden K. IS. Alieu of Joliei, 111., road a
papur describing the merits and advant
ages of tho State account system of em
ployment, which elicited a lively debate.
lv the debate which followed the read- j
ins of tho paper, Warden George of Ken
tucky indorsed the piuu. Kentucky has
had the system in vogue two years, and
iiau found it successful. About 1,100 men
are employed on "iitate account," aud
about forty on contract. The contract
men give more trouble than the l,luu men
omployed by the other system.
Wardeu Chambers of Michigan did not
agree, it had uot beeu euocesslul in his
Stale.
liy a question from Warden Hale of Cal
ifornia It came out that the Illinois insti
tution baa a number of .salesmen on the
road soiling all over the country to job
bers alone, aud uot at cut priced.
Warden Halo insisted that "systems"
for making money were not the end and
aim of prisons, and Warden French of
tho Lulled States I'rison at Loavonworth,
Kas., made an impassioned appeal for an
application to prisons of the principles
net In action at Hlmira, N. V., by .Mr.
lirookway. He pleaded for humanita
riauism and charily, and uoi for money
making.
In reply to questions, Warden Allen
said that convicts produco leas than "free
men." Their hours are shorter and their
tasks liynter, so that in his State there
was no complaint from laboring men.
The opposition to this system in Illinois
comes uot from labor organizations, but
from the contractors.
In a paper on "Reformed Prison
Methods," Henry Woll'er, Warden of tho
WHOLE 1G,523.
Minnesota Penitentiary at Stillwater,
said : "The object of prison government
is to protect society. Any system which
does not do this is "a failure* Thepejrole
system will raise (ho tone of prisou life.
It teaches him self-tauclit lessons of dis
cipline and order. 1/ the prisoner can
not reform ho ought to remain iv prisou.
The parole and the indeterminate sen
tence will certainly bring a great reform
iv thu conduct of prisoners. We an
coming to believe th*t crime, like in
namty, may be cured. Men who foliovr
crime because they like It dislike paroles
and giadiujj. Show these men that the
parole system, grading, the iudeterminato
Hontence and toe Bertilion system havo
come to stay, and you decrease prison
population one-half."
Papers were read by the President, the
Rev. G. 11. ilickox of Jackson, Mich.:
the ttev. J. il. Albert of still water, Minn.,
and the Kov. W. J. Bott of Concord,
Mass.
At the evening session a paper prepared
by Professor A. Q. Warner of the Loiaud
Stanford University, ou the subject of
"i'olitics and Crirno," vr:\n read by a. del
ojjato. it was marked by a frankness of
assertion and a positiveness of conviction
which created a sensation. Many dele
gates discussed the paper, but could not
deny its statements.
Wardau iiulo of California objected
strongly to the statements contained In
the paper and intimated that much of it
was not well fouudod in fact.
In this paper i'rot>3Bor Warner held
that "the young of a community look
upon tho police otiieers, constables and
othor ollicers of the law a> Bnoci
men, and tlioir standarda of tuorality are
copied by the admiring youth. Thus po
litical corruption besets crime. The
wealthy and influential citizens of such a
community, even ouurch members, in
order to securo profitable prison con
tracts, municipal franchises ar.d th 9 like,
are not averse to usiny corrupt methods
to Rain their seltish en is. They also set
examples to the young which loads to
crime and political * methods which are
consequently vicious."
Warden Niuholds of the Federal Prison
at Foit Leavonworth made a statement
of the inferior conditions of that institu
tion and ita noods, closing by stating that
if ho did not hold his position there but
three weeks be would be boss and poli
tics should not influence his work.
IRRIGATION QUBBTION.
Larjje Actendauce of lie|pt:»tt»>s at the
Congrreaa ut Albu({um<iu<>.
ALBUQUKRQUE (N. M.), Bept. lli. —The
fourth sea.sioa of the National Irrigation
Congress was called to order intrant's
Opera-house at 10 o'clock this morning
by Hit). U ni. Ei Smytiio, Chairman of
the National Ibieoiuivo Committee. The
growing interest in tiio work of irriga
tion is evidenced by tho presence of a
much larger number of delegate* than
evor attended any formor session of the
congrotis, representing nearly all the Mis
: i Valley, the PaciUc Coast, mo Ito
publicof Mexico and the Dominion of
Canada.
Josse li. Grant, son of General Grant,
who 19 a delog.ua from Arizona, w;is
chosen temporary Ciiainn ;n. Hon. \Y.
T. Thornton, iiovornor of New Mexico,
was iiaied to deliver (tie welcoming ad
u.'ib.i, but on account of an accident was
unable to be present at the morning eeo
ttion. An address waa delivered by ex-
Govornur Prince ol Nevr Moxiro, in
which he welcomed the delegates in a few
short remarks.
'I'hs couventiou then procsoded to a,>
poiut coiniuitteos, after which an ad
journment was taken until '2 o'clock.
At the afternoon susbion, i>ovornor
Thornton doiiverod his formal addro.->s of
■welcome. It was an able and coripii*—
Lensivo reviow of what ha^ been aocom
piitjhed in the way of irrigation in New
Mexico.
He was followed by ex-Goveruor
J'rince of New Mexico, Juu^o J. s.
ICmery of Kansas, whose subject was
"irrigation Through Individual Elfon,"
and William t. Smythe.
ihe Cominitiooon i'ermanent Organiza
tion having reportod, John E. I- rust of
i>enver was then uuanimouslj' chosen
l'reaidont, Fred. L. Allis of i-on Angeles
►Secretary, Georgo (^. Cannon of Utah
First Vice-President and Assistant
Vice-Pre.sidenta from each IState and
Territory represented.
The speakers at the evening session
were lion. C. K. Carr of Illinois, Gov
ernor Sheldon of fcsouth Dakota, Georgo
Q, Cannon of Itah and Professor lilount
of Now Mexico.
Judye iimer\' of Kansas in his speech
condemnod the "Caroy" law, whit
natos one milliou acres of laud to tho arid
Mates for reclamation. He believed pri
vate enterprise mstead of the General
Government woulu eventually reclaim
the arid belt.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Fifth Day ot tho Session Filled With
Business.
Pacific G hove, Sept. 16.—The fifth day
of the sossion of the big Methodist Con
ference has been one tilled with business.
Ju addition to the regular forenoon se3
biou a special session was hela this after
noon and adjourned to thia evening, to
continue tho work that is being crowded
ioio the latter end of the conference.
Most of the afternoon and part of the
evening was devoted to committees' re
ports. The roport of tho Education Com
mittee, in brief, as as foliowa :
The University of the Pueinc, through
the efforts of its Chancellor, Dr. F. F.
Jewell, assisted by President iieard, has
saoured during the past year $51,400 on
subscriptions toward the Indebtedness of
the institution, A possible shrinkage of
this amount befora it ia all collecteu, to
gether with additions to the library and
the laDoratory, make it advisable to
recoutmond the collection of S'JO.OOO ad
ditional. A new Board of Trustees has
been incorporated, thiriy-six in all,
divided into six classes, according
to tha expiration of the term of
oliice, one class goiiijf ous in September,
IM).">, another in lS:k3, and a third in it-!)?.
These trustees are to be elucted by the
annual conforence. All the properties of
tho Napa and College Park institutions,
composing the University of the Pacific,
have boen legally transferred to the new
board. The colleges aro being united &s
rapidly as possible. The Conservatory of
Music at San Jose alone confers tho do
grous of music. The School of Art at
Napa alone ooulers the degrees in that
department."
The following appoiutuients of Presid
ing Elders and Pastors for Sacramento
and vicinity were made;
Sacramonto District—A. L. Needham,
Presiding Elder; Auburn, fccneca Jonos;
P.iggs, Arthur Naylor; Chico, C. K. Jen
ness; Colfax, Lorr Ewing; Downieville;
C. F. Withrow; Dunaujuir and Siason, E.
H. McKay; Dutch Flat, K. Smith; iuige
wood, D. H. \\ igsioad; Elk (irove, J. VV.
Buxton; Enterprise, S. P. Satt'ol; Florin,
11. B. Sheldon: Folsona and Orangevalo,
to be supplied; Forbestown, P. a. Keast;
Forest Lull, to be supplied; Fort Jones,
O. G. llugheaou; Ueoryotown, T. Mur
rish: Grass Valley, J. P. McAulay; Jo
seph Hart, Loring; Honcut, Frank liimi
son; Indian .Spriniis, W. E. Golding;
Jvlamath and Scott Ilivers, to bo
supplied; Laporto, to b9 supplied; Marys
ville, C. li. lioochgood; Montague, L. M.
Burwell; Nevada City, W. C. Gray; New
castle, G. A. Van Vliet; North San Juan,
J. W. Kuykeudall; Oak Park, F. D. Mor
row; Oliuda, A. L. Walker; Ophir, W.
S. Withrow; Orlando, J. EL Rye; Orovilla,
D. M. liiruiineham; Peuryn, Samuel
Lord; Placerviile, J. B. Kutter; Pleasant
(.irove and Sli9ridan, J. M. Williams;
lied Blutl, J. F. Jennesa; Red Blurl Cir
cuit, N. 11. Gleason; Redding, J. E.
Wright; llichlnnd, J. E. Wickes;
Kosevilie aud Rocklin, W. C. Rob
ins; Ivoiind Mountain, to be sup
plied ; Sacramento Central, J. L.
Trefren; Saoraniouto Sixth-street, M. D.
Buck; L'ncle Sum Mine, Sidney Lean;
Williams, G. M. Richmond; Yreka, J. W.
Van Auda; Yuba City, Weeloy JDeuaetU