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VOLUME XC.-KO. 47.
MINERS IN CONFERENCE.
Opening of the Annual Convention
of the State Association.
A LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES IN
ATTENDANCE.
Only Preliminary Business Trans
acted Yestenlay—Addresses Deliv
ered By Hugh CvaSm, Viee-Presldent
of the Chamber ot Commerce, aud
President >etrof the State Minors'
Association — Warm Fight lor the
Secretaryship*
Sax Francisco, Oct. 14.—The first
session of tiio fourth aunual convention
ot ihe California Miners' Association was
held this morning.
The proceedings began at 11 o'clock, i
by which lime I'ioneer Hail, which had j
been secured for the purposes of the con
vention, was completely tilled with dele
gates lrom the various couuiios.
Tending the calling of the assemblage
to order, ihose present passed the time j
exchanging greetings and admiriug the
decorations of the hail.
Very promptly at the hour previously
fixed upon i'resident Jacoo .Nell oi' me
association calied the assemblage to order,
declining to make & speech, but bidding j
every one present hearty welcome, and i
congratulating them upon the present \
condition of the organization ai.d me i
good work which it uad done, and was j
atiii doing.
President >"crt" closed by introducing j
Hugh Craig, Vice-President of the
Chamber oi Commerce, who, on beliali j
oi that organization, bade the mining ;
laen welcome to the city.
Mr. Craig begau by referring in glow
ing terms to the groat work which the :
ininers had done in pushing California
lv! ward to her present position among j
the great common wealths ol ihe country j
and the woriu. .Passing on, Mr. Craig ro
ferred to the fact that out oJ a .otul prod
uct oi >-Voiv''i 1,lMil of gold made by tue
i'nited states within a certain period, |
$1,310,000,000 hau been produced by Call- <
joruia. ihen he went on to speak of j
what the colony of Victoria, m Australia, j
had done, and "referred to the fact tint;
there tue mining industry was consid- |
ered oi so much importance that the Cab- :
met position oi Mining Secretary had
been created. "Considering," he sai ;,
'"the dilierence bc-twecn wnat is done
there in the way ol gold production and
wnat ;n uone nore in the Unite I :ates, it
would heem mat the least \w can do is to |
put a representative oi the mining in
duatry in the Cabinet."
re was much applause at this, which j
was renewed when Mr. Craig went on j
to assure bis hearers that the Cuamber oi
Commerce aud the merchants of the city
composing it were heartily in sympathy
the miners in everything tending to
improve t:;>' condition oi the groat in Jus- j
try whi'-h had made California great.
<»n motion of A. Awes, the appoint
ment oi a Committee on Credentials wu> j
. . tor, aua it .va» agreed that it !
should be composed ofoue member from
county delegation represented in I c
'A jit-n appointed, i-coonliug j
in this rule, the coiiiimitoa included the
loliowing-named gentlemen:
AJanieda, ihoma.s Jettries; Amador,
Joan K. Lregloan; Baite, bid ward iisrk
v. ■.-...•■>-, i. i roouian; l-'A Dorado,
i.. J. * arpeuter; Nevada, K. J. Kector;
Placer, Harold T. i'owor; Piumas, \\. VV. ;
ivelii u;g; Sacramento, John li. Batcher,
ban j-raucisco. Colonel George Stone; ;
- is i, A. i-. Paul; Siskiyou, Andrew <■.
Myers; Sierra, \\ illiam H. Jiyiugton; '
Trinity, John McMurray; 'iuoiu.a..<_.
mtSherw >od; Yutm,JamesO'llneu.
Preuidenc Nell men announced ti- -
Chamber of Commerce, Board o: irade
and other civic associations of the c.ty,
together with the Board oi rrade of Los
Angoles, had sent delegates to the con
ventii d.
motion, it was unanimously ord . .
that ti:t;s3 dt.-le^atts be ivimcdiateJ
: to ;u;i uieuibersbip without the
formality ol having their na:: i
U) on by the » v.v;..; Uo on CreJen!i ils.
A reou.s* was thfau taken until 1 o'clock,
to enable iho Credeutiaia * omtniu
examine the list oi tegular delegates
from li rious counties.
Just before the dispersion of the dole-!
gates A. H. K. tiairmau ■ .
Mineral Lands* ouimitteeol tiieae
tion, uand< I sr oi re.-;.: la .....
i resident Neff, acti uiutu
n: cation of course being deiorrcd unui
later on.
;gh I o'clock was the hour fixed
for the reconve: g theconvi it;on, it |
Asasli. >re Liiu i'roi.-'jLjiii^j v,c:o
resume L
The delay rat oa the fact t..a.
the members ol the Committee on
. -t a'oie to conclude their
. i earlier.
They finally made a report to the <
that ;ii. those persons ; resent i _ i
be delegates w r< -n in lact, the total j
t !)••! n^ a
The report wus adopted.
dent -V-i; thou delivered a. briei
nddreas. He referred rtaacej
oi the questions which tij >: vi
ton had come togeu. .
cubs, urging all to care and cooscu
>..»^. Lne miners', be said, was .
ively a productive industry.
past no other bad I un more (lourin
For a long time, however, it bad
different, but, fortuuately, the i
and biisini-s-> men I — t it ...
tune to ii.c Importauce of the mi net ■>'
cause and did what they could i > vi -.r.
■ucoessfuL When the agits
jjun thore was scarcely « byara i
worked in the State, There wero
low a hundred.
Continuing, Mr. Neflf referred to the
fact thai there were people who seemed
. ye tiiat the miners . to ri
.: not entirely do away with the :
agricultural industries ol the state where
seemed u» ettnttiet with those ol
rhia wm s totally wrong idea.
h ?.^ :;.. . iir^. lo autagi ■-
nize n.e railroad companies, t;;ou^i. it
certainly waa desired i" i revent anj
uiore mineral land from being patented
as agr.cultural laud. "We want the
ia-isiiieii,'' s:iid Mi. Nell. "We
simply want to know which are ours and
which are theirs."
"There is ouiy ono thing to ilo,'" con
tinued Mr. Ne!!. "Wo must fight this
thi.-iK U> a s.nisii and s;:inJ un for our-
Helve> ally, or else we might a^
wcil t;Xu up tlio whole business and
make tho raiiroad a present oi uil ti.o
land. I wish to Impress upon a.,
©very one must do his proper part am;
bear h:s h!jaro or the aC'Tuini; expenses.
If we wish to classify laud a it will
money* it we wish to u ro before Congress
a will also cost money. Every one most
work In unisou aud lor tne common
end."
Mr. Neff's remarks wero cordially re
ceived and very warmly applauded.
The remainder oS tin. miornoon was ocv
copied bj appointing committees on
Order of Business, Platform and Resolu
tions, otr... and in reading tno annual ie
port-%
secretary W. GL llalston rendored a
liiiiinciai siutament, showing tii;ii tiio re
coijus during the pasi your were $5,
tndudiag a balance <>i' |1, | i ._ , v a-,,
--treasury :>!. Hie lime of the- la.-t annual
uieeliut. J'l:o balance on band nt prosont
im only $3 79. Among the ox pend: lure:-.
of tho year \\a» ,'A) for senaiutf rey-
THE RECORD-UNION.
SACBAMENTO. TUESDAY MOBXIXG, OCTOBEB 15, 1895.—51 X ±*AGES.
resentatives of the association to Wash
ington.
The convention will meet to-morrow fit
1 ' \. m. Jacob C. Neff is likely to be re
elected President, as there is no opposi
tion to him. The contest for the.Sucre
tiiryshlj) nas narrowed down to W. C
Ralston and Julian Sonta^g 1, as K. P.
Thomas has withdrawn from the light.
ENENTS ON THE TURF.
Tlie Double Team Record for J'acers
Hroki'ii at Lexington. .
Lexington (Ky.), Oct. 11.—When the
two pacing mares. Miss Kitaand Josie 8.,
worn a mile this afternoon double in
'l:\~2i they made a now world's record.
Another world's rocord was broken in
thoii: (J pace, there developing a result of
the ouly inatunce whan five horses
earned money out of a race where only
lour moneys were given, as Kaohaei,
Yera Capol and Direction divided third
and li>ur;h moneys. Quintette won the
second quito handily, by liuishin;^ three
limoK second to stur Pointer.
(Jeers drove the three winners in to
day's events, ami with Jiareal in ihe Ken
tucky slake his masterly hand had much
lo do with the victory. On lorm Boreal was
hardly regarded in the contest, but he
devalope i nigh rating in the stamina test.
Oakland i>aron and : red Kohl fought a
battle lo tho half in two heats. Kohl won
two iioa'.s and Killona one, and tieers,
who had been circling the track well
behind, sliowed up next time and out
posted Oakland Baron home in "J.-Kij.
Thouiii defeated, by ttO means was b«
disgraced, as every inch of the live heats
was ho an active contestant, figuring in
tne fray as long as ho remained in the
race, ioreing .Fred Kohl to earn his bast
record ox^:iuA,andit was the tigiit 01 Krai
Kohl and Oakland Baron that gave
Boreal the race.
The day was perfect, the track fast, and
toe attendance large. Summaries:
First race, the Kentucky siake for
three-year-oid trottors, value £-.<hj;),
i>oreal won, Jb'red Koln secoud, Kiiioua
third. Best time —_:i__.
-Free-for-all troaers, purso $1,000,
Xigutingaie won, Lockheart second. Best
time— 2:o9*.
Doubie team pacing to beat 2:122, Miss
l'ita and Josie li. won. Time —v:!-,.
Third race, 2:06 paco, purse $1,000, Star
Pointer won, Quintette second. Raphael,
\ ora apel ana I'irection divided third
and fourth mousys. Best time— '■-:*.<<■,.
. : 3AN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, Oct. 14. —Weather
warm, attendance good and track fast.
Four and a half furlongs, selling,
1 "laude Hi il won, Enciuo second, Llas'ji
third. Time — 0:55-.
Six furlongs, selling, Elmer I", won,
.Miss Fletcher socoud, Leouatus third.
Time—1::....
Seven furlongs, selling, Model won,
Lady Jane second, Mary S. third, 'lime
—i:_ 7 :.
| '..e inilo. Belling, Arnotte won, < >akloy
second, ■.- aus third. I'luae—l:4o .
» ivu ' trlongs, selling, Tim Murnhy
won. Major Cook second, Venus third.
Time—l:oo*.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY LAST NIGHT.
Mrs. William Crist Shot and Kilied
Instantly.
Her Husband Says lie Dropped His
Pistol and It Waa Accident
ally Dteenarffed.
Mrs. William Crist was shot and in
wtantly killed in her home on L street,
between sixteenth and Seventeenth, be*
tweenOandlO o'clock last night as the
result of what appears to have been an
accident.
Cribt is a well-known barber, at present
employed in the Capital Hotel Lurber
whop. According to his story, ho and his
wile Lad just partaken of a ligtit repast in
the kitchen of their comlortablo little
cottayo, and he was about to make prepar
ations lor retiring.
As baa been his custom, he took his
I istoi, a .'.-.-caliber Colt's revolver, from
iiis pocket and laid it on the edge of a
small desk in the dininjr-room close by
bis bedroom door. His wile had followed
him into the room and was about three
ieet from him as he laid the p;stoi down.
Lie *<i\ a it slipped from the leatliei
bolster, struck tuner ou a chair or tiie
tio r, uiui u.n (iis<U;irtiod.
Mrs. l rist dropped to the lloor with
the blood spurting from a wound in her
nuiit temple, aud died without being
auie to say a word, iuu bullet had en
tered her brain, iuilictiny a terrible
wound.
. . ■ -. ' rial's mother, an elderly woman,
. .vij : with them, was in her own
bedroom at Uio time, and ran out to the
Hilling-room, only to find her daughter
uraathiug her la '..
report of tho pistol attracted sev
on to the spot, and someone
: ior the Coroner and j
Coroner * lark. District Attorney Uyan
.i:. I»Kki -.. -i \ .<, - reporter basi
lo the bouse and fonud bin, Crist lying
where she had fallen in h pool <>r blood.
.. . r liter and several noiicubors were
. over and over again how the
s.i< oUug had occurred, tie said the pistol
had sei ci al Liv ea partially fallen from the
holster, but be had always managed to
it and prevent its accidental uia
charge.
District Attorney, Coroner and
■ held .1 cons tliai 011, and as a mat
precaation it was decided to lake
astody pending an investig i-
Bhooiing. < <■ was taken to
... [ . station bj Officer Fisher.
.... .... red that a:* wife and himself
red happily together, and inquiries
teigl ors fails ;to show that
iv the habil ol quarreling,
the ouicers wished to a on the sale
ed it best to hold < mi at
. ,-, .mill tlio naturo of tho wound in
his wife's head nould be determined. It
neeine I -^ little odd that tha bu let from s
. exploding near her ieet sboald taku
eiteet in hor temple.
The Grists had been married about
eight your*, an 1 Mrs. Trisl was a nieco of
Walther, who once kept a dray store at
ad and X street*. Mio was quite a
"^ young woman. Tne parties
have no children.
. \ MSB — Looks s( BPICIOI -.
After theabore was written and about
tniduigbt l)r, w iiiio made an examina-
Uon o! the wound sn Mrs, t rist'a bead,
and li'O result was sucfa an to warrant the
belief that the bhontin^ did not occur as
stated by her husband.
i he bullet entered about an inch above
and back ol the right eye. It rauge.i
backward and downward, lodging at the
baseol the skull buhinu and below the
ear.
This would indicate that when the shot
was lired the pistol was on a iovel with
her hoaii. or that the head was bent for
ward. The lieeoasea'.s right hand was
powder-burned, as tf th:» hand was over
her forehead and the weapon in close
proximity.
All about the eye there are also powder
marks, some of the powder entering the
eye itself. The skull about the temple,
was pulverized, and the bullet when ex
tracted was found to be badly spiiuiered.
Gone to the Grand Chapter.
Tho delegate* from Naomi ami Colom
bo! Chapters, Order of the Kastern Star,
stsirtoi for Los Anglos on Sunday, to
attend the Grand Cbaptor, wiiicu con-
VOUCB there to-day.
POLITICS HOT IN UTAH.
Bitter Fight Between the Mormon
Church and the Democrats.
MAY RESULT IN STATEHOOD BEING
DEFEATED.
A Collision Between B Steamer and a
French Bark Results in tho Sinking
of the Latter and the Drowning of
Twelve of Her Crew—Six Men Xor
ribly Burned By Hot, Molten Metal
at Fraukstown, Pennsylvania,
Salt Lake (Utah), Oct. 14.—Counselors
George (I. Cannon anil Joseph F. Smith
of the Mormon Church last week de
nounced Moses Thatcher and B. H.
Roberts (Domocrats) for entering political
contests without lirst consulting the
church. President Wilford Woodrulf
to-day upheld his two subordinates, stat
ing that they were but following the rulea
of the church, which prohibit its digni
taries from engaging in other than ecclesi
astical work.
The Democratic press condemns the
action of the counselors, while the Re
publican prosa applauds the course
adopted by the church, which they claim
is opposed to the Democratic party. • The
reprimanded candidates declare tha:
while subserviont to the church in all
other matters, they will light for political
liberty.
The opinion ia general that if Thatcher
and Uoberts can hold out ayaiust the
Mormon Church that powerful body will
be disrupted, and L tab can then enter
the Union tree and untrammoied. On
the other hand, should the church
triumph, it is claimed that the Demo
cratic ticket would be withdrawn, many
of the prominent Mormon member* oi
the party would secede and Statehood
would probably bo defeated.
A meeting ot the fState Democrats was
held to-night to consider the question of
reassembling mo Slate convention. The
committee later announced that but one
feeling prevails in regard to taking action
on the alleged interierence of the high
otliciaia ol the Mormon Church in politi
cal affairs, aud that was that heroic meas
ures must be taken, and the question of
political liberty ol the people of I tali,
irrespective of party, be settled once and
;or all. it was decided to recall the rStato
convention at an early date to consider
the proposition of withdrawing the Dem
ocratic ticket and substituting therefor an
anti-Statehood ticket, or taking some
other decisive step to stop church inter
ference in politics.
President Woodruff of the Mormon
Church and Joseph Smith, one of his chief
c lunseiora, who, with "jeoryo <i. Cannon,
his other counselor, made tho remarks
which have caused ail the trouble, areout
with iiiauifejtoes. Woodruff says thero
was not, according to his recollection, one
word said about Democrats, Republicans
or Populists, i'resident Woodrufl says:
"1 concede me ri^ht of every man,
woman atui child on earth to unjoy their
religion, let mat religion be what it may,
for that ia betweon themselves and their
Creator. Bo 1 say with regard to poli
tics."
Smith says: "My remarks uiado at the
priesthood meeting are not susceptible of
the meaning which individuals in Loth
political thirties have place i upon him.
i was speaking upon church discipline,
not U| on polities ;it a!i."
.Neither of those proclamations have
had tho fil'em ot allaying public alar ai,
and the feeling in more bntor tu-nijjht
than ever.
HAWAIIAN AJiVICKS.
Cholera Believed to JJo Kntlroly Sup
preased at Honolulu.
San FKANCISCO, Oct. H. — Following
are latest advices from Honolulu, under
date of < October 7th, i>er Bteamship China,
which arrived to-day :
Cholera is behoved to be entirely sup
pressed. A Bccond case appeared al the
liis:u;o Asylum on thu evening of the -d.
This was the third case iv eightoen days.
The victim, an <-lderiy while man named
Whoeler, had drunk water from a taro
patcii lour days previous.
Most of the restrictions upon freight
and passengers to the other islands have
i.een removed. Tbo public schools have
iiui-n opened and evening sorvicos aro
again being held In the churches.
The Bennington has returned to i/i
--hama. The Olyoipia is expected here
thin v.ccii to coal up for her passayo to j
Japau.
< mi the morning of the 4th there was an :
active filibuster alarm. A boat witu
aruied men Mas definitely reported at !
i a. M.as having landed two miles west;
of the city. There was great activity of '
the police, and at 11 a. .m. the tug Llien
went in pursuit ot a bout reported aa soon
in the offing. H is considered probable
tliat there wus a lan ii:i^ made by opium i
smugglers. Prevailing opinion derides
the idea that any lnibusturois intend to j
an attempt here. Colonel Mcl-oau j
uv ailed himself of the excitement u> onior i
an impromptu rally of tiiu volunteer
companies for a moonlight urili. About
.;">) turned o :t iv good order ami inaneu- j
vered all over the city.
The steamer China tbia morning post*
lively refused*to carry our mails. She
0 Chinese to land here. Aa she is j
from cholera ports the J.oarti or Health
rolusod to permit thoai ti> land unless tno
i would take the msils. This
brought Captain Seabury to terms.
UDUDES ol COitttA'S <>Ui:KN'.
-■story ol lite lmu rrly Which Oocurred
!n ; h" Pnluco at ~<< >ul.
New York, < ••i. 1 L A spocial dispatch
to the Herald from .Neoui, Corea, says:
The palace was broken into on Tuesday
morning at o O'clock by a body of troops
and a band w. Japanese Sochi in civilian
;:ross. The Colonel in command of the
troops on refusing to enter the palace was
killed and a number o! the palace guards
slain. The Japanese entered tbeQ.ueen's
room, Kulcd iho C^uoen, tao Minister ot
the Household and three women. The
bodies wflio taken outside and burned.
The Japanese troops at the piilaco took
no part in the proceeding.
ii»i kVou /.:iii, the King's ratlier.reachod
the palace toon iiitor the assault, and as
sumed c:i)m[ authority, lio is now dic
tator, and ia Known to no iv t!ie plot. Tno
pro-.Jiij.antsj party id li control.
Many of tv« l£uetm's (•any have been
arrested and many more havo iled. It is
believed thai lue l^ueen i>'/-.va;;er was
ki.led last ni^hl and that the King will be
forced to abdicate. <i;;.!rds from the
United >tates warship orktowu and tho
Russian cruiser were ordered up. It is
.'. that the butchery will hasten
action mi the nart oi tiie Kuasiaus. The
Japii:: vie Soohi have been arrestod tor the
murder ol tho I
Till; Blu FIGHT.
Governor c:inrk« Determined That It
>hr.v Not 1/iUe l'ltu-o in Arkansas.
LniLi: Rock, Oct. 14. — No visible
change has taken place here since Satur
day on tho question of the proposed Cor
boU-Fitzsiinmona ii tr (1 1 at Hot Springs.
When seen this atiernoon Governor
Clarke authorized tho statement thai ha
has now full charge of the opposition t
tho Slate law which makes prize-fighting
a misdemeanor, aud that "an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of euro,"
and therefore he, as Governor, waa going
to administer the prevention before the
cure was needed, or else resign his ollice
and turn the State over to the thugs and
their cohorts. "I am going to prevent
this light with peaceable means if poßsi
ble," said he, "aud in caao mis laiis, I
shall resort to a force thai will compel re
spect. The fight will not take place at
Hot Springs or at any other place in tho
State, either on October iilst or at any
other date while 1 am Governor."
Although tho dispatches state that Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons will be in Hot
Springs within tho next day or so, the
Governor says he will cause their arrest
immediately alter tbjy outer Arkansas.
All parties at Hot Springs are still hope
ful th:ii the light will take place, and
prdparatittus for the mill are being pushed
rapidly. Public sentiment at Hot
Springs is decidedly in lavor of the fight,
and it is a iact among sporting circles all
over tho State. Corueti is expected to ar
rive at Hot Springs to-morrow. Gov
ernor Ciarko says Corbett will not givo
the glove exhibition ut Hot Springs
Wednesday night.
TKICHIXO3IB.
Seven Deaths Result Froni Eating Ilnm
>iot Properly Cooked.
Chtcago, Oct. 14. —It is now deter
mined that seven of the victims of the Sa
bula, lowa, poisoning horror died aud
some are Btill suffering from the deadly
trichinae infection. Dr. Ryder Le Count
of Rush Medical Coilege has preprred
specimens from the portions of the waiis
of the intestines sent to Professor Haiuea
fur examination, aud iias made a careful
diagnosis of the causes* which led lo the
seven deaths ol the gueiits at tho wed
ding oi John W. Tulpin aud Anna Gage,
September llth. Nearly eighty people
have bet'ii suffering since the wedding
ioiiat. Dr. Lo Count's docislou in the
matter as to the cause of tho deaths and
injection settles beyond a doubt that tho
ham hastily cooked for tho wedding sup
per caused ali tue sulloriug. A great
number of people believed that it was a
case of malicious poisoning.
CUBAN INSUKUECTIOX.
The ltebelllon Hepoi tocl to bo .-spread
lny: Westward.
New York, Oct. 14.—PaHsongera ar
riving by the steamer Yumuri from
Havana to-day say taut tho rebellion is
spreading westward. Threo bands of in
nurgeuis have appeared in disiricts which
have hitherto boon quiet. One party of
200 men, half of whom were said to be
rose in the vicinity of iialu
tino, twenty-live miioa from Havana,
and the southern terminal of the rail
road which runs acrows the island from
Havana. Another party has risen in
.\ioiuna dol hur. it has 300 men, and the
third parly is at Ybarra, tno place whero
, tho rebellion first brolco out, and where
j quici wa.-s restored iast February, iv the
last puny there were 150 men. The news
lof these risings iiaa caused some ezoite
| ment in Havana, it is also reported that
Maximo Gomes bus left 2,aOU men in
Cainayuey, and with 2,000 men is march
ing toward Loa Vila.-..
GUMBT HOTEL DISASTEB.
More Missing Vtotlnu Mny bo Added
to the u-tt or Dead.
Denver Col.), Oct. H—More missing
victims of the Uumry Hotel horror may
be added to the list of doad. A Six
teenth-.streot jeweler lias a ia.iy's watch
left '.or repairs on tho day preceding tln>
explosion, and the address given was
"Mrs. A. (jraydon, '.unity Hotel." mo
Watch iias iHtuaiued uncalled lor. The
hotel resistor the namo of Alex,
liraydon, Indianapolis, under the date
of August l_th, six days before ttie fire.
When tbo la-Jy loft the watch buo stated
that she was to leavo the city iv a i«*w
duj's. lii'juirioa havo been aont to Indi
anapolis to riuar up '.hid matter. Ihi ra
has always remained a doubt if all the
victims o; that disaitar wero correctly
accounted lor.
iIIKY AVIiKE ALL BOYS.
An Ohio Farmer-; Wllo Gives Birth to
Five Children.
Toledo (O.), Oct. 14. — A special from
I)elta, Ohio, suys: Mr«. Joseph Langdon,
tho wife of a farmer living near here,
yava birth to-day within a xpace of three
hours to iivo children, all of them males.
News of the unique allair reached hero
this ovaniiig, and was for a limo given no
credence. Investigation, however, con
hrmeil the report. The live children are
apparently fuliy developed, though frail
specimens of humanity, And the attend
ant physician believes that they will all
livo. -Mrs. Lanjjdon haa espenonced no
serious results from tno oxiraoruinary
accouchement. »sho is past 33 yoara, and
has threo other children. She weighs 11m
pounds, and her husband l'ij.
SIX MEN' TERRIBLY BURNED.
One ot" tho Injured Olos and Anothor
in a Serious Condition.
PITTSBUBO, Oct. 14.—Early this morn
ing the converter in tho l'raukstown
.Vteel Works burnt, throwing liquid metal
in all directions, bixteen tons of molten
metal poured into the pit below, where a
score or more men were working, six
were teirioly burned, two fatally. ( m<>
of tho latter died at 2 o'clock this after
noon, and auolhor lies In a very serious
condition.
Fatal >]urlijo Disaster.
Lonii in, Oct. IJ.—A collision resulting
in t!io los 3of twelvo lives has occurred
off l)udgeon. The steamer Emma, bound
irom Kotlerdam for Uouess, ran into
and sauk the French bark PaciQque,
;rom Shields for \nlparaioo. The bark
foundered BO quickly after beiu;; struck
that she took down with her her Cap
tain, pilot, and ten of tha crow. Tho
i.mma rescued tho othors and landed
them at HuTj^
RATES ON GRAIN.
Action to Enjoin the Commissioners I
i rom Knfixclntr Their Sokednle.
San Francisco, Oct. 14. — This after- j
noon the Southern I'acilic Company be- j
gan its loj.'al buttle with the Railroad Com- j
miasiooera by lilinj; in the United |
States Circuit Court a complaint ask- i
ing that the Comiuiaaioners be enjoined i
from putting into effect its 8 per cent, ro- :
duction in £rain rates, from adopting itH
proposed 2"> per cout. reduction in coin- i
tnodity rates, and from proceeding to
make any redaction in passenger rates.
Judge McKonua yrauted a temporary
restraining order, to be considered on the
inst., aud fixed tha hoarintr of the
complaint lor November Uli. The com
plaint was backed up with strong afii
davits by J. C. Stubbs, C. F. Smurr and |
other railroad poople.
Stampede of Cattle.
Loa A.KOKCBS, Oct. 11.—There was an
exciting scene on Daly streot this inorn
lnc when 300 cattle being driven to the
stock yards stampeded and rushed madly
down tho streot. .Several borsrs were
killed and tramplod and their riders nar
rowly escaped. A number of the mad
steors liad to be shot before order was
restored.
Run Over and Killed.
Rkodixo, Oct. !•{.—CleorifO Itunpert of
Shin^'letown, while hauling shakos from
Sliingietowu to his home on, Saturday
attornoon, fell from his wajjon and was
run over and killed. His wife discovered
him on Sunday morning. Coroner
Karneat went up to-day to hold uu lu
quost.
ANDREW J. MOULDER DEAD.
Passed Away at His Home in San
Fraucisco Yesterday.
PNEUMONIA AND HEART FAILURE
THE CAUSE.
Hfe-and-DeatU StriiKirlo Between a
l'olloeman and a Desperado nt
Seattle, Durlnsr Which the Ofileer
A\ as Almost Cnt to Pieces, and tiio
Latter Snot Through tho Lungs and
Mortally Wonudad.
Sax Francisco, Oct. 14. — A. J. Moulder,
Superintentendent of tbo San Francisco
Public Schools, died at l:.> 0 o'clock this
morning at the family residence, 812 Buab
streot. The immediate cause of his death
was pleuro-pneumonia, but Mr. Moulder
bad been sick about ten day*. He bad an
attack of heart failure last May, from
which he bad never folly recovered.
Three weeks ago hn contraotod a severe
cold which settled on his lungs and de
veloped a case of pleuro-pti. uinonia. Dvs.
MoNutt and Kerr attended him and suc
c eded in conquering tiie lung trouble,
but the patient was left iv a very feeble
condition. Three days ago bo began to
sink and his hl'o slowly eb*>ed away uutil
this morning, when tbo final summons
came.
Andrew Jackson Moulder was born in
Washington, I). C, March 7, 1825, and
was, therefore, 70 years of age. He was
graduated from Columbia Coilego, in that
city, ami his first work as an educa
tor was tutor in the family of iloberl L.
Randolph—the itandulpha ol Virginia.
In the spring of 1850 bo came to >an
Francisco and soon joined tho miners in
various parts of the State. J 'uringthedayH
of the Vigilancu Committee he was one of
tho editorial writors of the San Francisco
Herald, which was killed by the Vigi
lantes. In 1854 he was elected City Cou
trolior and fn 1856 ho was elected State
.■"Superintendent of Schools. Ho was ro
electeii to that position and hold the ollioe
until IStJi While bo was at the head of
the State school svstom be was a strong
;td vucato of ibe establishment of tho State
University. Ho was theietoro made ouo
of tho first Regents and was Secretory of
tbo board for several year.;.
i pou his resignation from this post he
wont into tho baa Francisco Stock l.x
change, and afterward v, as instrumental
in holpiug to start tue I'acilic Stuck Ex
change. He cuatinuod as a stockbroker
until 1884, when ho was elected City Su
perintendent of Schools, which position
ho held until 18S8. Then he became Sec
retary to Mayor Pond, and continued in
tiiat position for eight years. In Novem
ber last he was elected again to tho otr.ee
of City School Superintendent and began
his familiar duties on January Ist.
True to ins namesake, Mr. Moulder was
a firm Jacksonian Democrat, and his
personal popularity was so great a factor
that a giauca ai ono of bis old scrapbooK.-*
shows that in nearly every election in
which he figured be ran ahead or bis
ticket, and was frequently one of few
candidates elected.
The deceased leaves a wife and iivo
children—two daughters and three r-sona.
1.1 IE AND DEATH STRUGGLE
ISotvroen a Policeman and a Desperutlo
at Seattle.
Seattle, Oct 1-I.—Policornau John
Curbett this morning, while trying to
place the man under arrest, shot and
mortally wouudod \\ iliiain u'Connor, an
ex-convict and bighwayman, aad was
himaelf dangerously injured. It was a
lito-aud-donth atruggle. Corbett was al
most cut to iiieccs with a knife in the
haud3 of tho crook, sustaining injuries
from which he may die. O'Connor, who* i
is dying, was -shot through tho lungs.
During the tragedy Dan AJcNumarra,
proprietor of tho Wanderer Saloon, i
where the tragedy was enacted, was shot
through the lclt arm.
rorimtt is one of the oldest and most j
trusted uiou on the force. lie woars a S
medal for bravory in connection with the j
capture, with Detective-) L'udihed, of tho i
notorious Tom Blank. O'Connor is
known to oriminal oilicers throuchout i
tho coast.
POLLUTION OF THE SACRAMENTO.
The State Board of Health Declares
Against It.
Letter From the Hoalih ofllcer of
Colosa—Other Business by
t!ie Board*
i
The State Board of Health mot in Secre
tary J. j;. Lai no's olfico last eveuing in
regular quarterly session. There were
present Dr. C A. Ragglea of Stockton,
Dr. W. F. Wiard of this city, Dr. C. W.
Nutting of Etna Mills, Siskiyou County,.
Dr. Winslow Anderson of San Francisco
and Dr. J. It. Laiue, tbo Secretary. l>r.
Anderson, the Vice-President, presided.
The first question brought up was the
contract for the construction of a spur
truck and water-pipe line to and through
tho site for the quarantine station at
Cabazoo Station, Sau Bernardino county,
from the Southern Pacific Company's
Biding at that place. Tuo total cost for
the projected work, as stated in tlia csdu
tract, would bo $2,600. The doctors
tnought that the oontmct should suite
more explicitly that a pipe liuo wouid bo
iaia froxu the biding io tho <£uaraxkttine
atJitioa siie. The Secretary was in-
Ktructed to attend to thu matter.
On motion of Dr. Wiard i>r. Laine> "was
appointed a committee of 0110 to have tho
contract rewritten, and changou in it prop
erly incorporated.
POLLUTION OF TliK UIVKK.
The Secretary read the following letter,
which was listened to atiemivoly :
<.'•_>[. Isa, Soptember 20, ISOS.
■I. /.'. Lame, M, />., Secretary CaCi/omia \
State Board of Health— Dear Sib: "Yours |
ol" the *Jth lust, in answer to my coin- j
inuuieatii n of tho Ist inss., relative touia |
pollutiou of the Snurauicuto liiver by the
towns above us, was rooeivod.
lam sorry mat you givo us so little j
hope of relief through tho Stale Hoard of
Health. lam sorry also to differ -witu I
you in your conclusions as to tlie powers
of said board. My reading of ttie duties \
and powers of the board as set i'oriu in
the Political Code give* me the idea that '■
tUo :St:iio Hoard of lloaith aisadßbetwetm
tho people of tho State of California a-id
danger, with full power to do wnat is !
ueoesaury, in its judgment, to -ward oil"
what may threaLon the heaith of lha coin
monweaitb. It acts as an achriaotry board j
in hygienic and medical matturs. aa far as i
concerns the location, construction, bow- j
era^e and administration of prisonti', hos- j
piuls, asylums and other public la stita
tious; but if wo are in duutfor.of a,u epi-
WHOLE NO. 10,847.
demic of cholera coming in from Hono
lulu, I think the people of California
would have a right to expect that th»
State Board of Health would do mora
ttian give advice if in its judgment it be
came necessary to act.
And as the hoaith of all towns below
Hod Bluff is endangered through tho
pollution of the Sacramento by the sew
ago of that town, I think the .stale Hoard
oi Health baa powers to suppress the nui
sance if it chooses ao to do.
in farther support of my opinion I
quote from the statutes of California,
1891, in which we find the following:
"An Act to create the office of Attorney
for the Mate Board of Heairh and the
Board of Health of the City and County of
San I rancisco.
"Section l. The office of Attorney for
the State Board of Hoaith id
hereby created.
"Section 2. It shall be tho duty of such
attorney to act for and represent tuo
State Hoard of Health in ail
logal matters which may require their
attention at such Boards of Health, aud
to specially represent ami act for aud in
co-operation with said Boards of Health
when required by them In the prevention
o! all acts and things which, in tho judg
ment of said Boards of Health, or cither
of thorn, may have a tendency to be
detrimental to the people of the State."
This quotation confirms ineiQ th<
ion that we havo a right to expect your
board to do what may be necessary to
prevent Ke<l Bluff and lolsom Prison
from polluting the water supply of Colusa
anil Sacramento, i'-oasa lot me hear tro.a
yon, lor iam disposed to see if tho nuis
ance cannot be abated by some means.
Respectfully,
■n S. \\ est, M. D.,
i le iltb ' >flicer, < o.usa.
Dr. Laiue said the board had no power
to act in maritime matters, reference to
which was occasioned by Dr. V\ (*i call
ing attention to tho prevalence of cholera
i:i Honolulu.
!>r. Lame stated that ho had informed
Dr. West that lie had requested George
A. Knight, tho attorney for the Stiuo
Board oi .;ieaith, to unjoin iho Vv arden of
tho Fol.yuin Prison from allowing the
sewa;.jo o!' the prison to be deposited i:i
the American River. Nothing, however,
ho said, was done in tho matittr by the at
torney. The doctor also said that ho
thought the District Attorneys of the
counties bordering on tuo rivers sbouid
.to persons guilty o;'
polluting tho streams.
It. Anderson said tho pollution of
streams Is injurious to the Common
wealth.
Dr. Laiue suggested that he Vie instruct
ed to consult Attorney-General Fitzgor
ald, with a view to ascertaining who ia
tha attorney :<r the bo;ird, bo that tLo
powers of iho board could be established
concerning tho prevention of pollution of
tho rivers oi the State.
On motion oi Dr. \\ iard, the Secretary
>ti acted to do so.
i>r. Anderson saia that take for ex
ample that in the event oi tho Sacramento
Valley beinj,' visited with tho cl
and the river is allowed to bo polluted,
the epidemic hore would i<a great.
iininunicatiou was road from John
I. Forward, Recorder of San Diego
< ounty, stating that i.irthn and ...
had not been recorded there by those
te duty it was !o do so.
Dr. i.aino said that Sacramento and
other counties have failod to souil in their
rts to him. He was instructed to
reier tha matter to tho attorney for tho
board.
The Secretary also stated that lie had
been informed that there ia no Health
jr for San Mateo County. This was
also referred to tho attorney for tho board.
Dr. Anderson said the attorney for the
board shuuid ba present at every v
ing.
President J. !I. Davisson reported thai
ho bad viscontinued the quarautiuo along
the iiue of the Southern i'acitio in the
southern i>art of tho State.
Dr. Andorsuus.wd that on numerous oc
casions his attention had been
the impure water supplied to
the State institutions. The State An
alyst, tho doctor said, auuouncas Wiat
he is willing to perform hia duty in this
respect, but that tie ia unable to do ao
without compensation. Tuoro beiijj; no
appropriation for auch a purpose, there
fore there is no way in which the water
supplied to the State institutions can be
analyzed. The i the State An
alyst says would be required to do the
i work could not bo expondsd to a bettor
purpose, 3aid Dr. Anderson.
Dr. Kuggies said that the importance of
the question caunot bo underestimated,
but the funds u.t the disposal of the board
would not admit of such an expenditure.
He thought that if the question was
properly presented to tho S:ate Hoard of
I of Examiners they would allow a claim
| for work of chut kind performed.
' >h motion of br. Nutting the Secretary
waa instructed to recommend to the vari
ous state institutions that the water which
they use be analyzed.
After postponing the Inspection of State
institutions until next January, tho board
adjourned.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. ilortiloin have re
turuod irouu a trip to otner parts of the
State.
llym Wolf spent Sunday in San Fran
cisco on a business a;:U pleasure) trip, re
turning yesterday.
:\lra. E. R. Kiel aud Mrs. X. W. Rob
bins have gono to' San Francisco and Pes
</idero on a visit to relatives and friends.
G. it. Mayhew of Ked Bluff, wno waa
Engrossing (Jiork of the Senate at the last
id Oi tho Legislature, was in Uio cii.y
yesterday visiting irioriiis.
VV. J. Carrier and Mrs. Mat tie Rood
wero married at St. Puui's Ciiurch ou
Sunday afternoon by ltev. G. A. < >tt
inann, and departed on their wedding
tour.
«»_ .
Gibson Not Murdered.
A rumor was curreut ou the streets last
OTening thai, Fred Gibson, formerly of
this city but uo'.v of San Francisco, had
bean shot and morialiy wounded at tho
bay city. A dispatch was received at this
oihce iato lust nigijt, however, dei>3'iu£
tho trutu of tlie report ou the authority oi'
Uifcwon himsel;.
Three Months for Smith.
l>auiel Smith waa convicted in tha
j Police Court yesterday of two charges of
petit larcouy and was sentenced to three
i mouths' iuiprirfonment in tno County
| .Jail in each case. lie stole some door
; mats and ruua from various residences iv
! tho city.
Auction Salons
Bell «S Co. will sell at auction at -120 .1
Street, on each day, commencing to-day,
at 1U o'clock, sharp, furniture, carped,
and household gouda, without limn, lo
make room lor other tuat art)
coming in rapidly. No goods v.ill be
taken on limit.
The O. R . and N. Company.
PORTLAND, Oct. 11. —The proposed sale
of the Oregon Railway and .Navigation
Company, under foreclosure by the
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, did
not tako place 10-day aa adveruesKi. The
attorneys for tho Union i'aciiic stocu-
Jioldors tiled a bond of ->■>■.),<mo and sq
curadastay of proceedings pending an
appeal to tho bupromo Court of Califor
nia. Ah tho appeal uunuut be reached
until February, and oihor incidental de
lays are likely so develop, vt is probable
that the road may not be sold boforo an
other year.
Suicide in Tuoiumne County.
Sokoba, Oct. 14.—Fred A. Reitz, 24
years of age, shot himself through the
heart at the Golden (i ate mine at 8 o'clock
this morning. A difficulty with bis wife
caused a reparation about a weok ago, the
ile going to the ruino and accepting em
ployment. Reitz evidently went ther3
this moruing to effect a compromise, and,
failing, deliburatoly took ins own Ufa.

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