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VOIX]UE XCIV.—NO. 34.
AMERICAN TIN
PLATE INDUSTRY.
Official Document Issued From the
British Foreign Office,
Wales' Only Market in This Country at
Present is on the Pacific Coast.
In Other Sections of the United
States the Only Importations
That Can be Expected is of a
Limited Number of Special
Brand Suited for Special Pur
poses.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — Hugh
O'Bierne, Second Secretary of the Brit
ish Embassy here, has made a special
report to the British Foreign Office on
the American tin-plate industry, and
it has been issued from the Foreign
Office as an official decoument.
According to the report, the United
States tin-plate industry dates prac
tically from the passage of the McKin
ley Tariff Act, at which time the Amer
i< an market was wholly supplied by
South Wales. Mr. 0 Bierne traces the
gradual expansion of the industry in
this country and the use of the do
mestic article in place of that formerly
imported from Wales. Summing up the
situation for the last calendar year,
he says: "The position of the British
export trade may thus be summed up:
lost to British exporters, but the meat
packers continued to use a certain
number of "draw-buck' plates, and
there was still a limited consumption
of British plates for special purposes.
"The Atlantic Coast still offered a
very large market for 'draw-back'
and a much reduced one for plates not
intended to be re-exported, and the
eulf coast took a moderate number of
"Welsh plates for local consumption.
"The only section of the market that
was still wholly supplied by South
WaJes was the Pacific Coast. Taking
the Pacific Coast import at 64069,000
pounds; that of the gulf coast at 5,
--<ki»i.<mmj pounds, and that of draw-back'
plates at 130,000,000 pounds, there re
mains an import of 60,000,000 pounds
last year for consumption in the Uni
ted States, which must be distributed
between the Atlantic and interior
points."
According to Mr. O'Bieme's calcula
tions, it is estimated that British plates
can be landed approximately: At points
on the Atlantic Coast, for $3 88, or 28
cents (Is. 2d.) above the price of Amer
ican plates; at Pacific ports, for $3 84,
or 22 cents (lid.) below u,e price of
American plates there; at Chicago, for
$3 88, or over 30 cents (Is. 3d.) above
the price of Indiana-made tin plates
there; at New Orleans, for ?3 81, or 10
cents (Bd.) above the price of Indiana
plates there.
"Under existing rates of duty, there
fore," the report proceeds, "and at pres
ent prices, the only section of the
American market in which British
plates of ordinary grades (exclusive of
*draw-back' plates) can continue in the
long run to compete is the Pacific Coast
market, representing an annual con
eumption of about 50.000 pounds. In
other portions of the United States the
only importation that can be expected
If of a limited number of special brand
puited for special purposes. And this
limited importation can only last so
long as the demand is not of sufficient
Importance to induce native manu
facturers to make necessary arrange
ments for producing this special qual
ity of tin plate, which they are un
doubtedly able to do."
Mr. O'Bierne points out that the
American tin-plate industry is wholly
dependent for its raw material on for
eign importation, as no tin has been
produced for the last four years from
any of the deposits of tin in the United
States, viz.: South Riverside. Cal.; the
Black Hills of South Dakota; the Cash
mine m Rockbridge County, Va., and
Atkings Mansion, N. C.
In conclusion, it is said that after a
strict examination it appears to have
been demonstrated that for household
or hard usage the British tin outlasts
the American product. It is true the
British tin is not quite so bright, but
It is far more durable: has a more sub
stantial body: is more evenly rolled:
does not aggravate the tin working
machines on account of its smooth
body, and does not rust so quickly. For
tinning purpo»*s the American product
is as srood as the British, the report
says, but the latter is preferable at
euual prices American tin plate is
brighter in color, but it has not that
forking body as a rule: the coating is
not so evenly run and does not make
tip as evenly and smoothly as the Brit
ish article.
The statement is made also that
alien tin manufacturers have been
making inquiries in the West, and
alien before long will figure in the
American market.
LUETGERT MURDER TRIAL.
Witnesses Testify They Saw the
Woman Alive.
CHICAGO. Sept. 23. —Viewed from va
rious standpoints, to-day's proceedings
in the Luetgert murder trial were the
most remarkable that have occurred
■within three weeks. In the face of the
Bt nsaiionai c reumstantial evidence that
has been produced to prove that Mrs.
bands sausage factory on May Ist.
three witnesses testified to-day that
they saw the woman alive on Mai' 3d
and 4th. One of these witnesses talked
to her, and believes f#r>m a description
and a photograph of Mrs. Luetgert that
the woman he saw was Mrs. Luetgert.
This witness was Matt J. Shole>*. a bar
keeper at the Hotel Maple, Kenosha,
Wis. He said saw a stranere woman
at the Hotel Maoie on the evening of
May 3d. He talked with her nearly ten
minutes She asked to be directed to
the farm of one Mueller in the neign
borhood, but as no one seemed to know
of such a person, the woman left. The
following day Sholey again saw the wo
THE RECORD-UNION.
man. He described her general appear
ance and her clothine. and identified a
photograph of Mrs. Luetgert as the wo
man.
On cross-examination by State's At
torney Deneen. the witness as first
placed her weight at 130 or 140 pounds.
Then he hesitated—said he had gut mix
ed uu—and remarked that the woman
weighed 115 or 118 pounds, Which was
ab ,ut Mrs. Lv tgerfs weight. This hes
itation and collection was made tnucn
of by the prosecution, which intimated
that it indicated that Sholev had for
gotten the weight that had been proo
ably tuld him at first.
Policeman Henry Fe'dbhaw* of Keno
sha, Wis., t» stifled that ac saw a Strang ?
woman in the Police Station in his town
on May 3d. The witness said he after
ward saw the woman at the Hotel Ma
ple, and the following day at the railway
station. He described the /. ~ian as
a blonde, and said she wore a sailor hat
and slippers. One of the slippers she
had worn was found in the police sta
tion after she had left. The witness
identified the picture of Mrs. Luetgert
as closely resembling the woman .he
saw.
William Gunsten, a clerk in the Grant
Hotel, Kenosha, identified the photo
graph as the picture of a woman he saw
in his hotel on May 3d. He said she
came into the hotel and remained ten
minutes and left. He described the wo
man and corroborated the evidence of
the other witnesses.
Emma SchimDke came to the court J
room in the afternoon to hear Rosa j
j Gleich Imnf rti her evidence given on j
! Wednesday. She was fiuhtins: mad !
j when she heard herself made out a fal- j
Isifler. Attorney Phalen discovered her j
J presence in the room, and called her to j
! the witness stand. When asked if she j
had told Rosa Gleich she had lied on j
| the witness stand, the witness replied:
"I don't remember."
"Did you not tell Harry Fiedler you
I lied when you said you saw Mr. and
(Mrs. Luetsrert on May 1st?"
'•I don't remember."
"Did you not tell Rosa Gleich you i
did see Mr. and Mrs. Luetgert the night
of May 1st?"
"I may have said so."
Mrs. Mattie Sherrer. the last witness
of the day. testified nositvely that
Emma Schimpke told her that the tes
timony the Schimpke girl had given on
the witness stand was untrue.
CHOSEN FRIENDS.
The Supreme Council Elects Oifi- ,
cers for the Comi g Term.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), *ept. 23 —The J
Supreme Council of Civ.-.en Friends 1
which has been in session in th s city
the past three days, to-day elected offi
cers for the coming two yepi.- as fbl-
Ilows: Supreme Councillor, H. 11. Morse,
New York; Supreme A istant Coun- j
cillor, A. Stiber, St. L »; Supreme,
Vice-Councillor, H. W. !utton, Cali-I
fornia: Supreme Recorde T. B. Linn, j
Indianapolis; Supreme Treasurer. W. B. j
Wilson, Newark. N. J.; Supreme Mcdi- I
cal Examiner, Dr. Jameson, Indianap- j
olis; Supreme Prelate, Rev. T. G. Bar- j
hail. New Albany; Supreme Marshal, j
David Sanders, San Antonio; Supreme
Warden, S. W. Knight, Cleveland; Su
preme Guard, C. C. Williams, New-
York; Supreme Sentry', S. J. Wagner,
Philadelphia
ENGLAND AND SILVER.
BANKERS PRESENT THEIR
FORMAL PROTEST
Against the Announced Policy of
the Governor of the Bank
of England.
LONDON, Sept 23.—The protest
which the London bankers drew up at
their meeting in the Clearing-house yes
terday against the policy of the Gov
ernor of the Bank of England in an
nouncing its willingness to maintain
one-fifth of its bullion reserve in silver
was presented to the bank to-day. The
resolution is accompanied by a formal
letter, and the resolution itself is in the
name of the Clearing-house Associa
tion. It is as follows:
"That this meeting entirely disap
rovei of the Bank of England agreeing
to exercise the option permitted by the
Act of 1884, of holding one-fifth or any
other proportion whatever of silver as
a imm'h against the circulation of the
Bank of England-notes.
"That a copy of this resolution be
sent to the Bank of England, the Prime
Minister, the First Lord of the Treas
ury and the Chancellor of the Exche
quer."
An organized movement has been
begun to induce other commercial bod
ies to protest.
A high official, who was a participant
in the negotiations between the United
State* Bimetallic Commissioners and
the British Cabinet, said to-day to a
representative of the Associated Press:
"I fear the bankers will frighten the
Government into receding from the
stand for bimetallism. They have for
gotten that Parliament unanimously re
solved measures to secure a stable rate
of exchange between gold and silver,
and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) pledges
himself to do all in this power to carry
the resolution into effect."
"The English public has forgotten,
also, that ten of the fourteen members
of the Agricultural Committee signed a
report recommending bimetallism as a
palliative for the agricultural depres
sion in England. The public and the
newspapers seem to think the Govern
ment is influenced merely by a desire
to secure the good will of the United
States where it is attempting to carry
out the declared policy of Parliament."
The "Evening Standard," referring to
the bankers" protest against the action
of the Governor of the Bank of Eng
land, says: "The public Is Confidently
expecting an expression of condemna
tion by the governing body of the Bank
of England of Mr. Smith's extraordi
nary statement. A national institution
should not be Imperilled and the whole
financial system of the country excited
The Bank of England has increased
its rate of interest to 2V> per cent.
The "Westminster Gazette" says-.
' The financial market would much pre
fer the bank rate to have been ad
vanced to 3 per cent. However, it is an
indication that the directors do not an
ticipate large withdrawals of gold at
present and it had the effect of
strengthening prices on the Stock Ex
change."
A student uses a great deal
more Latin than any old doctor.
SACRAMEXTO, FRIDAY HOBXEXG, SEPTEMBER 24, 1897.-EIGHT PAGES.
YELLOW FEVER
IN THE SOUTH.
No Improvement in the Situation at
New Orleans.
Four Deaths Yesterday, and Several Pa
tients Dangerously 111.
Nine New Cases of the Fever at ;
Edwards, Mississippi, hut the
Sick Are All Reported Doing
Fairly Well—Another Death
Occurs at Mobile.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23.—The lo
cal fever situation did not show any
improvement to-day when results were
summed up. There were fewer cases
than were reported on yesterday, but
there was one more death than in the
previous twenty-four hours, and at
least four of the patients were report
ed at U o'clock to be in a danger
ous condition, so that while there is no
reason to justify the statement that
there is danger of an epidemic here,
conlitions are multiplying to prove
what most of the eminent physicians
here nave said —that yellow fever ex
ists. Nine new cases were reported
during the day, and three deaths. To
night four cases at least were reported
to be in an extremely dangerous con
dition. The other cases, however, were
reported as presenting favorable signs,
and there was a marked improvement
in the St. Claude neighborhood.
Another death occurred to-night,
making four to-day. Three were Ital
ians. The neighborhoods in which the
poor Sicilians live are thickly settled
and very dirty, and the Board of
Health has recognized the necessity of
removing and isolating these people so
as to take away so much food for in
fection. The camp of detention was
established at Oakland Park, but the
Italians refused to go there, deeming It
a plot to do them harm, even fearing
poisonous food. Leading citizens of
their own race went among them and
argued that their going to the place
was one of self-preservation, and some
fifty were taken out.
ANOTHER DEATH AT MOBILE
MOBILE (Ala.), Sept. 23.—The offi
cial report to-day is that so far there
have thirty-eight cases of pro
nounced yellok fever, three have died,
sixteen have been discharged and nine
teen remain under treatment. Two
new cases were reported to-day, and
ten were discharged to-day. Up to
noon there had been no deaths since
Saturday last, and all the sick but one
or two were reported doing well.
To-night another death was to
the list, being that of John J. Bourne,
Chief Clerk of the Louisville and Nash
ville shops. He was taken sick Sep
tember 14th. The Surgeon-General has
ordered all mail from Mobile fumigated.
Heretofore only the mail from south
ern districts that have quarantined
against Mobile have been fumigated.
SITUATION AT EDWARDS.
EDWARDS (Miss.), Sept. 23.—Nine
new cases of yellow fever are reported
since S p. m. last night. So far as heard
from all are doing fairly well. The
situation looks more cheerful. There
are now ninety cases of yellow fever.
The number of new cases up to noon
to- lay is 18; total to date, 100; conva
lescent, 33: deaths to date, 3; .under
treatment, 54.
A CASE AT ATLANTA.
ATLANTA (Ga.), Sept. 23.—The
Board of Health of Atlanta announced
that Carrie Felming, a fourteen-year
old girl, a refugee from Mobile, with
her father and mother, and who is
stopping at a boarding-house at 119
Auburn avenue, is suffering with yel
low fever.
The Board of Health met to-night
and issued a statement in which they
say: "The case seems to be very
mild, and the indications point to re
covery. The patient, her father and
mother and other individuals from Mo
bile, who were in the house, have been
placed under strict quarantine. The
Board of Health does not consider that
there is the least danger of any At
lanta individuals not exposed in in
fected cities catching the disease, nor
is it surprised at the development of the
case, laving anticipated that such
sporadic cases would occur."
SITUATION SUMMARIZED .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23— Surgeon-
General Wyman to-day sent to the
various State Boards of Health the
following bulletin summarizing the yel
low fever situation: "The following
cases were officially reported as occur
ring on the 22d: New Orleans. 12;
Mobile. .4; Edwards, Miss.. 13; Beau
mon, Tex.. 1. Reports from Ocean
Springs, Biloxi and Scranton. Miss.,
delayed. Suspected case at St. Louis
reported as malaria. No case in city.
Suspected dredge boats at Mount
Pleasant. Mo., declared free from in
fection by Acting Assistant Surgeon
John Guiteras."
Dr. Sawtelle has been directed by
the Surgeon-General to fumigate all
baggage from infected points at a point
EASTERN GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Takes Several Sudden Turns
at Chicago.
(CHICAGO, Sept. 23. —Wheat at the
immediate opening was easy. Curb
prices were inclined to weakness on
account of a rather sharp decline at
Paris, but the quotations from Liverpool
caused the market to turn strong at
once. December, which closed yester
day at trjioc, opened to-day at from
'.•J 1 fi to 92% c Shorts started for cov
er, but ran up against a snag in the
shape of a scarcity of offerings, the
prices being hoisted at 93He before any
wheat of consequence came on the mar
ket.
The Northwest receipts were again
heavy, and that caused holders to ex
ercise caution, so that when the price
had risen to 9£%C plenty of wheat
showing a profit was unloaded. Chi
cago receipts were 239 cars, only thrity
three of which v ere contract.
The rumor given out that Russia in
tended prohibiting the export of wheat
was revived again about the-time the
closing price was received, showing a
complete recovery from the early de
cline. This sent December skyward
again, the price going with hardly a
halt to 98% CAt that price a big trade
was done, large quantities of wheat
being dumped on the market. The
Offerings were readily absorbed for a
time, but in the end the weight proved
greater than the market could bear, the
market becoming quite weak when ex
plicit denials of Russian reports were
received. A noticeable feature during
the advance was the refusal of many
to respond excepting in an extremely
unwilling and backward fashion. When
December was readily bringing 93 :t 4c
May delivery barely touched 91 %C, and
a house with clove Liverpool connec
tions said they had liberal selling or
ders from the latter place for May de
livery.
Export clearances of wheat and flour
from Atlantic ports were equal to 440,
--000 bushels. The receipts for the day
at the four principal outside winter
wheat markets—Kansas City. St. Louis,
Toledo and Detroit—were only 182,000
bushels- out of the total primary mar
ket receipts, which amounted to 1,276,
--000 bushels. The latest trading in De
cember was at 92t-4@02%c.
THE MOROCCO INCIDENT.
A Squadron of Warships May he
Sent to Tangier.
TANGIER (Morocco), Sept. 23.—The
United States cruiser San Francisco,
flagship of the European squadron,
which arrived here on Tuesday last
jto investigate and obtain redress if
j necessary for the reported flogging of
1 United States citizens at Mogador, and
: support the promised settlement of
J former claims of the United States
against Morocco, left this port to-day.
It is stated here that if the claims of
\ the Ui/ited States are not settled with
iin a reasonable time a squadron of
I United States war vessels will be sent
to Morocco.
The Sultan of Morocco has sent an
army corps to punish the Riffians for
their several recent acts of piracy.
Homicide in Connecticut.
RIDGEFIELD (Conn.), Sept. 23.—
James Kelly, 29 years of age, residing
jin Lewisboro, N. V., shot and instantly
killed Charles Mead, his father-in-law,
aged 50, at the latter's home in Lewis
boro last night. According to the re
port which reached this city, Kelly
throe weeks ago eloped with the eight
een-year-old daughter of Mead. The
couple returned to Lewisboro after
their marriage, but failed to receive the
blessing of the bride's father. A quar
rel took place last night, and the shoot
ing resulted. Kelly was arreted.
AN EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
JUDGE KILGORE OF TEXAS
PASSES AWAY.
Was One of the Best Known Men
in Public Life During His
Service in Congress.
ARDMORE (I. T.), Sept. 23.—United
States Judge Kilgore, ex-Congressman
from Texas, died here at 1:10 o'clock
this afternoon after a short illness. He
began sinking this morning. He re
gained consciousness at noon, and after
calling his wife and children to his bed
side, and kissing them, died almost im
mediately. The funeral will take place
to-morrow, the remains to be taken to
Texas for burial.
As a member of Congress from Texas,
Judge Kilgore was one of the best
known men in public life. He was call
ed "Buck" by his intimates, and at
tracted wide publicity in the reports
of Congress by kicking down the green
baize door which had been ordered
locked by Speaker Reed during the fili
bustering scenes that made the first
quorum-counting Congress memorable.
He supported Mr. Cleveland ardently,
and after he retired from Congress the
President appointed him one of the
Judges of the Indian Territory.
He was a man of distinguished pres
ence, tall and heavily framed, and with
a kindly, good-humored face. He was
well liked by his fellow-members not
withstanding that he killed many of
their pet measures by his assumption
of the role of objector, when it was at
tempted to push matters through rap
idly by unanimous consent.
Mr. Kilgore was born in Newman,
Ga., February 20. 1885. In 1840 he re
moved with his parents to Rusk County,
Texas, where he received a common
school education. He served in the
Confederate army, first as a private,
and by successive promotions reached
the grade of Adjutant-General, serving
as such in Ector's brigade. Army of
the Tennessee. He was wounded at
Chrckamauga. He was admitted to
the bar after the war. and in 1875 was
a member of the Texas Constitutional
Convention. He was a Presidential
Elector in ISSO on the Hancock and
English ticket, and-in 1884 was elected
to the State Senate for four years, and
in the following year was chosen Presi
dent of that body for two years. He
was elected to the Fiftieth. Fifty-first
and Fifty-second Congresses as a Dem
ocrat.
Over Three Millions in Gold.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2.'*..—Thf>
steamship Moana, which arrived to-ady
from Sydney via Honolulu, brought 135
boxes of English sovereigns, valued at
|3,375,000, and fifteen boxes of bullion
valued at $310,850. These shipments of
gold are simply a matter of exchange,
the Australian banks buying their bills
of exchange here instead of London.
New Water Works Company.
BAKERSFIELD. Sept. 23.— The E'ec
tric Water Company was incorporated
here to-day with a capital stock of
$300,060. The incorporators are W. S.
Tevis and six employes of the Kern
County Land Company. The object of
the company is to put in a rival water
works system in this town.
Seized the Whisky.
PORT TOWXSEND (Wash.). S : pt. 28.
—Four hours were spent here this morn
ing by customs officers in searching the
steamship Willamette previous to her
departure for Alaska. The search was
rewarded by the discovery of 100 cases
of whisky, which were seized. The
steamer carried a full cargo of freight
and 110 passengers.
WRECK OF THE
BARK SELADON.
Her Survivors Have a Terrible Expe
rience at Sea,
Almost Dead When Picked Up by Natives of
Sophia Islands.
The Village of Junction City,
Trinity County, Almost Wiped
Out by a Fire Which Broke
Out at an Early Hour in the
Morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.—The sto
ry of the fate of the missing Norwe
gian bark Seladon was confirmed to
day upon the arrival of the steamship
Moana from Sydney.
The Seladon left Newcastle, N. S. W.,
on July 13, 1800, for Honolulu with a
full cargo of coal. On the night of Au
gust 7th at 11:30 o'clock, the vessel
struck Starbuck Island while running at
a speed of seven knots, and fifteen min
utes later four feet of water was report
ed in the hold, and two boats were
launched with crews of eight men each.
. Alter laying by the vessel until day
light, Captain Jaeger decided to make
for Maiden Island, which he reckoned
to be two days' sail. Having nothing
but a chart and compass, however, the
boats missed the island, and attempted
to make Christmas Island, but missed
that also. They then ran before the
wind, and for eleven days proceeded
without mishap.
August 18th the gig capsized, and all
its occupants, except Chief Officer Chris
Neilson, who was drowned, were picked
up by the other boat. Captain Jaeger
died of exhaustion on August 24th, and
was buried.
On the 23d day out, August 30th, the
fourteen men divided their last tin of
meat, five pounds, which lasted three
days. Meantime they were dependent
upon occasional showers of rain for
their water supply. For six more days
they sailed on, too weak to move, and
when all hope had been given up theii
boat ran upon the reef of Sophia Islands
and cast them ashore. Fortunately
they were picked up by natives, who
treated them with the utmost kindness,
but the ship's carpenter, T. Olsen, died
from the result of his exposure a few
days later.
After subsisting upon cocoa nuts, tur
tle and seabirds for ten months and ten
days, the steamer Clyde, bound for
Auckland, was sighted, and Captain
Calaghan took the shipwrecked men to
Fiji, where they were transferred to the
bark Ellen, which conveyed them to
Sydney.
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.
Plan for Maintaining an Exhibit
at New Yorh City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.—The
leading hotel men of California have
just perfected a plan for maintaining
in New York City an attractive exhi
bit of all manner of products of the
soil and factory 7in this State. A meet
ing for the purpose was held to-day.
A canvass of immediate prospects
showed that there will be available for
the project .sll2 50 a month for the
next two years.
G. W. Lynch was elected to take
charge of the New York bureau. He
will proceed with the plan on October
Ist.
An energetic effort will be made to
swell the fund to $800 a month, so that
the bureau may be a greater credit
to the State and a means of inducing
visitors to come.
RATES REDUCED.
Cut iv the Fare From Northwest
Points East.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23—Here
after the Oregon Railway and Naviga
tion Company, which has entered San
Francisco on rates on a par with those
observed by all other lines having of
fices here, will sell tickets direct from
this city east by way of Portland and
< )gden, and will do away with the ex
tra charge at Portland. The Northern
Pacific has announced a reduced rate
from Tacoma to Chicago of $."7 first
class and $42 second-class. These cuts
in the Northwest may indicate a com
ing rate competition there, but the
South Tn Pacific, controlling the situ
ation here, will not take part in any
rate war should it attempt to come
south.
MURDERER DUNHAM.
Thought to he Under Arrest in
Mexico.
SAN JOSE, Sept. 23. —Sheriff Lyndon
declines to make any statement in re
gard to the man alleged to be under
arrest in Mexico, and suspected to be
Dunham, further than to say that he
has been carrying on an investigation
in Mexico for several weeks, and is
continuing it with vigor. He refuses
to confirm or deny the report printed
in San Francisco to-day.
District Attorney Harrington says
that at the instance of the Sheriff he
last night wired Governor Budd and
asked him to lay the facts before the
State Department at Washington, and
forward a request to the President of
Mexico to hold the man.
While the officers are exceedingly
reticent, It is evident that they are
actively engaged with the matter. An
officer will be sent from here to identi
fy the prisoner, if further developments
warrant such a step.
ASSEMBLYMAN POWEB.
In Marin County Jail on a Crim
inal Charge.
SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 23.—John W.
Power of San Francisco, Assemblyman
from the Thirty-second District, occu
pies a cell in the County Jail here on
a criminal charge. He was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by ML J. Murray
of the Bay View livery stable, charg
ing b:m with obtaining goods by false
pretenses. On September 15th he hired
a horse and buggy for half a day, rep
resenting himself as a collector for a
cigar house. He was traced to Santa
Rosa and overtaken in Marin County.
Up to to-night he had not secured
bail. Power was prominently con
nected with the coyote scalp bill in
the last session of the Legislature.
FIRE IN TRINITY COUNTY.
Seventeen Thousand Dollars'
Worth of Property Destroyed.
WEAVER VILLE, Sept. 23.—At 2
o'clock this morning fire broke out in
the supply store at Junction City, nine
miles from here, which destroyed that
structure, Bradbury & Hagelman's Ho
tel, cottages and bar, Hopkins, Hutch
ins & Murphy's saloon and blacksmith
shop; Blake, Reed & Co.'s stable and
wagon shop, and the residences of A.
A. Floyd and C. W. Day before it was
finally got under control. The total
loss is estimated at $17,000; insurance
about $8,000.
DR. BRECK'S REMAINS.
Shipped From Benicia to Nasho-
tali, Wisconsin.
BENICIA, Sept. 23.—The remains
were shipped to-day to Nashotah, Wis.,
of Rev. Dr. James Lloyd Breck, who
died here twenty-one years ago, and was
buried under the chancel of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, in accordance with a
request in his will. The remains will
be reinterred at Brock's College, Nasho
tah, the institution having been founde d
by Dr. Breck in 18-41. There has been
controversy over the remains of this fa
mous clergyman. The transfer to
Breck's College was made at the request
of a son. Rev. M. Breck of San Fran
cisco.
Military Target Shoot.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS (Wash.),
Sept. 23.—The following are best scores
in the second day's infantry rifle com
petition of the Departments of Califor
nia and the Columbia: Private William
Reilly, Company E, Sixteenth Regi
ment, 183; Corporal Frank Gunnard,
Company A, First, 183; Private George
F. Watson, Company G, Sixteenth, IT - .);
Private Charles Shockley, Company B,
Fourteenth, 181; Sergeant M. R. Zim
merman, Company H, First. 178; Pri
vate Thomas Atchley, Company D, Six
teenth, 180.
Washington's Mortgage Law.
TACOMA, Sept. 23.—The "Ledger's"
Olympia special says the Supreme
Court handed down to-day a most im
portant decision, declaring that the
new mortgage law passed by the last
Legislature is unconstitutional. The
questions provided for a year's stay of
sale, and for the fixing of a valuation
by the judgment creditor or judgment
debtor as a minimum price to be paid
at such sale. The law now compels
him to wait more than a year after
judgment before he can have the sale
made, and this provision of the law
is retroactive and void.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. — Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani, who arrived here
over a fortnight ago and has been stay
ing quietly at the California Hotel, will
leave here Saturday evening on the
Central overland train for Chicago,
whence she will immediately resume
her journey to Washington, D. C. Ha
waii's ex-Queen is going East to be
ready to resume her fight against an
nexation as soon as Congress shall
again convene.
Ex-Senator Hoyt Dead.
VALLEJO, Sept. 23.— J. B. Hoyt, ex-
State Senator, died to-day at his home
in Montezuma, after a lingering ill—
IfefiML
HAYTI'S HORIZON CLOUDY.
THE POPULACE ROUSED INTO A
STATE OF FERMENT.
Trouble Likely to Break Out at
Any Moment in The Black
Republic.
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Sept. 23.—The
political horizon in the black republic
(Hayti) Is again becoming very cloudy.
Under the regime of Hyppolyte, the late
President, who ruled with a firm but
brutal hand, the uneasy spirits were
kept in check, and suspects were either
punished by imprisonment or at once
exiled.
The new President, Tiresias Augus
tine Simon Sam, is not a man of the
same caliber, either mentally or physi
cally, of his predecessor, and the con
stant disagreement with his Ministers,
the unjust and corrupt administration
of his dependents, the terrible depres
sion from which the country has been
suffering during the last twelve months
have combined to rouse the populace
into a state of ferment, which unless
promptly quelled will have serious re
sults.
The appointment of Calisthcn Fouch
ard as Minister of Finance a few
months ago was hailed with delight by
the people, and he was everywhere
greeted as the deliverer of his country.
But the President's jealousy caused his
downfall and exile. He is now in the
United States and it is alleged is en
tering into an agreement with Stewart,
the new candidate for the Presidency,
to stand or fall together in any at
tempt which may be made upon the
Presidential chair. Fouchard is expect
ed to prrive here shortly, when the ball
will be set rolling.
The prevalent misery among the peo
ple, the resignation of Firmin, the suc
cessor of Fouchard, and the exactions
of the Government have caused a con
dition of chaos. Merchants refuse to
lend the Government money and as the
treasury has been depleted a revolu
tion is almost inevitable. The Govern
ment, too, is awakening to the condi
tion of affairs. Port au Prince is filled
with soldiers drafted from every part
of the country. These ragged, half
starved men will fight on either side on
the prospect of a good meal.
The Mayor of Port Au Prince has ap
parently declared war on foreigners,
j The goods of Mr. Mebear, an American
| citizen, were seized and sold at auc
tion lately without cause. The charge
against him was a general one of tri
j potage or mischief making. A similar
I act of high-handed injustice on a Ger
j man named Obermeyer resulted in the
j German Minister taking the matter up
and holding the Government respon-
I sible.
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WHOLE K0.|17,510.
DISASTROUS
FIRE IN OHIO.
,An Entire Block at Bainbridge Re
duced to Ashes,
Including Many Business Houses and Hand
some Residences.
An Explosion Occurs in a Drug
store During the Conflagration,
Resulting in the Loss of Two
Lives and the Serious Injury of
Several People.
CHILLICOTHE (O.), Sept 23.—The
village of Bainbridge was the scene
' of one of the most disastrous conflagra
i tions this afternoon that ever occurred
lin this county. An entire square, con
i taining most of the prominent business
i houses, several handsome residences
\ and the Methodist Church, were entire
|ly destroyed, and two prominent busi-
I ness men lost their lives in an explo
j sion which occurred in the drug store
jof W. P. Beardsley.
The fire was started in a barn in the
I rear of Perrill Brown's general store
|by two little boys w r ho were playing
.with lighted matches. Beardsley's drug
| store adjoining was next ablaze, and
j with the limited means at hand for
j fighting fire it passed all bounds and
: became uncontrollable.
In the midst of the excitement a ter
rible explosion occurred in the drug
store, and Mr. Beardsley, who was in
side endeavoring to save some of hia
property, lost his life in the ruins. Hi 3
brother-in-law, Thomas Higgins, who
went to his rescue, was unable to get
out, and was burned to death, White
several others were more or less in
j jured, but none fatally.
Getting a fresh start from the burn
i ing oils and chemicals in the wrecked
| drug store, the fire leaped from house
|to house, until it was evident that the
entire town was doomed. The best
j that could be done was to prevent the
j fire from being communicated to the
• other squares.
The estimated loss is $50,000.
The Hat of injured includes Homer
Huling. broken hip, and Albert Frey,
internal injuries, received by falling
from a building.
CINCINNATI SUPERVISORS.
Four of the Members Ousted From
Office.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 23.-Upon the
application of the four members of
the Board of Supervisors who were re
moved by Mayor Tafel yesterday.
Judge Murphy of the Court of Com
mon Pleas to-day issued an injunction
restraining the four appointees from
assuming the exercise of the duties of
their office.
The court at the same time said the
proper method to test the matter was
by quo warranto against the removed
members. These members were bar
red out of the office to-day, but later
were admitted. When they demanded
the books a refusal was made by the
policeman in charge, who said his or
ders were from the Mayor. The mem
bers talk of charging the Mayor with
contempt of court. *
A new complication arose when the
County Commissioners, in special ses
sion, ordered Sheriff Reichel to take
possession of the building in which is
the cffice of the Board of Supervisors,
and oust the police on the ground that
the premises are county and not city
property. This was done, but the Sher
iff has gone farther and put everybody
out of the Supervisors' office, holding
the place with his deputies. Mayor
Tafel ordered the police to take posses
sion, but the She iff barred the ap
proaches, and has even locked the court
house doors opening into the jail yard,
in which the office of the board is situ
ated. The Sheriff says he is awaiting
an order of the court determining who
are the rightful occupants of the of
fice.
IN THE STRIKE REGIONS.
Every Colliery in the Hazleton Re
gion Working.
HAZLETON (Pa.), Sept. 23.—Coroner
MoKee this afternoon began the In
quest into the deaths of the score of
striking miners who were shot by the
posse of deputies at Latimer. A two
hours' session was held, during which
a score of witnesses were examined.
Nearly all the testimony adduced was
a repetition of that brought out at the
hearing of the deputies at Wilkesbarre.
Most of the witnesses were foreigners,
strikers, who were in the march when
halted by the deputies' deadly fusillade.
The hearing will be resumed to-morrow.
The strike situation remains un
changed to-day, except for the return
to work of those Harwood minrs who
were afraid to go back yesterday. Ev
ery colliery in the region is working,
and there was not the slightest dis
order anywhere. The question of the
withdrawal of the militia remains un
determined, but that it will begin be
fore the end of the week is felt by those
at headquarters to be almost a cer
tainty.
OUR FRUIT AT LONDON.
Over Four Thousand Packages
Sold Yesterday.
LONDON, Sept. 23.—Within nine
hours after the docking at Southamp
ton yesterday of the American line
steamship St. Paul 4,40:'. packages of
California fruit was delivered at Covent
Garden market here in splendid condi
tion, and they were all sold this morn
ing. The pears realized 4s Gd to 12s
per half box. Blue plums were sold for
5s Od to 6« Od per half box and yellow
plums brought 8s to 12s per half box.
The market was somewhat pressed on
account of the quantity received.
The fruit auctioneers of Covent Gar
den will to-morrow sell 5,000 boxes of
fruit which arrived here per the White
Star steamship Teutonic, which reach
ed Liverpool yesterday.