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VOLUME 127. FUNERAL OF LATE DWIGHT L. MOODY. Services Over tha Remains of tha Noted Evangelist Held Before t Large Audience at East Northfleld, Mass., Yesterday. The Body Placed in Its Last Rest ing Place at Round top—Elo quent Eulogy Paid the Deceased by Rev. Dr. Schofield. EAST NORTHFIELD (Mass.), Dec. t>o. —Funeral services over the remains of Dwig-ht L. Moody were held at the Congregational Church to-day before a large audience. Men who for many years have been connected with Mr. Moody's work took part. Rev. C. L Schofield, D. D., officiated, assisted by Rev. A. Torrey of the Moody Bible In stitute, Chicago. There were services at the late resi dence of Mr. Moody early in the day, only relatives and close friends being present. Dr. Schofield read the scrip tures, and Mr. Torrey offered prayer. When the family had withdrawn the corpse, which had been permitted to remain upon a leather couch, was placed in the casket. The body was borne to the church by about fifty stu dents from the Northfleld Institute. Be fore the bier was raised white roses were Bprinkled about the casket. Dr. Schofield and Mr. Torrey led the proces sion, while following the bier came the following honorary pall-bearers: Ira D. Sankey and George C. Stebbins of Brooklyn, R. C. Morse and D. W. Mc- Williams of New York, Rev. W. J. Herdman and Rev. George C. Needham of Philadelphia. The bier was placed in front of the pulpit and the lid of the casket was removed. A large number of villagers and visitors then bcfeau io fTie past the body. Mr. Moody's iace had every ap pearance of one enjoying peaceful sleep. The body remained on view in the church until 2 o'clock. At the public funeral service the mu sic was rendered by a choir of 150 stu dents. An invocation was followed by the scripture lesson, read by Rev. A. T. ot Brooklyn. In. Schofield then delivered the eul ogy: "We are met, dear friends, not to mourn a defeat, but to celebrate a tri umph. He walked with God and he was not, for God took him. There in the West, in the presence of great au diences of lU.UOO of his tellow men, 'ma spoke to him to lay it all down and come home. He would nave planned it so. This is not the place nor am I the : man to present a study or the life and, chaiacter of Dwight L. Moody. No one j will ever question that we are to-day laying in the kindly bosom ot the eartn me mortal body of a great man. Whether we measure greatness l>y chaiacter, by qualities of intellect or by tilings alone, Dwignt L. Moody must be accounted great. "The basis ot Mr. Moody's charac ter was sincerity, genuineness. He had an inveterate aversion to all forms of sham, unreality and pretense. Most ot all did he detest religious pretense and cant. "Along with this fundamental qual ity, Mr. Moody cherished a great love ot righteousness. His hist question concerning any proposed action was 'Is it light?' But these two qualities, necessarily at the bottom of all noble : characters, were in nim surfused and j transferred by death. In all these Mr. > Moody wav in a wondertul degree ! orave, magnanimous and unselfish. Doubtless this unlettered New Eng land country boy became what he was by the grace of God. "'lhe secret ot Dwight L. Moody's power lay first in a detinite experience ; ot Christ's saying from the race. He bad passed out of death into life, and be knew it; secondly, Mr. Moody be-; iieved in the divine authority of the | scriptures. The Bible was to him the voice of God, and he made it resound as such in the consciences of men. Thirdly, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit, and knew that he was. It was to him as definite an experience as his conversion. Fourth, he wgs a man of prayer. He believed in a living and un lettered God. But, fifthly, Mr. Moody believed in work, in ceaseless effort, In wise provision, in the power of organi zation, of publicity. 1 like to think of \ Dw ight L. Moody in heaven. 1 like to ; think of him With his Lord and with ! Elijah, Daniel, Paul, Augustin, Luther, ! Wesley and Finney. "Farewell for a little time, great heart, may a double portion of the I spirit be vouchsafed to us who remain." I The Rev. Mr. Torrey followed Dr.) Schofield. His eulogy was based on Mr. I Moody's life exemplifying the grace of God. Remarks were made by Rev. H. G. Weston of Chester, Pa.; Rev. A. T. Pierson of Brooklyn, Bishop Mallalieu of Boston and Rev. J. W. Chapman of New York. The body was then carried to the burial place at Round Top. The chorus sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." and, after prayer and a benediction, the body , was lowered to its resting place. FENIANS ORGANIZING. Said to be Preparing for an Invas ion Into Canada. BUFFALO (N. T.), Dec. 28.- A spe cial from Dunkirk says: The Fenians are said to be organizing here for an invasion of Canada. A man known to have of the condition of Fenian affairs in Dunkirk says this, city has been called upon to raise 000 men to form a part of New York's | quota for the 125,000 men that are to j be enrolled country. At the present time 51K) men are known to be mustered with the Fenians here. The remaining 100 will be obtained with little difficulty. It is currently report ed and extensively credited that the Fenians have two carloads of arms and ; I munitions of war in concealment in or near this city. Tlfls material is said i to have been in the possession of the —Waairk Fenian* for sain * y?_rs. < THE RECORD-UNION. NO CREDENCE GIVEN TO THE STORIES AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The al leged attempts in different parts of the country to organize Fenians for a raid into Canada have not as yet been drawn to the attention of the State De partment, and nothing is known upon the subject beyond the matters set out In the newspapers. The officials do not give the smallest credence to the stories and are of the opinion that the purpose in setting them afloat is to frighten the Canadians into keeping their soldiers at home and failing to answer the ap peal ot England for volunteers. Embassador Pauncefote is too well experienced in American matters to make this the basis of official repre sentations at this stage, and, indeed, it is said at the State Department that he has not even found it necessary to remonstrate against the alleged viola tion of neutrality in the reported re cruiting of soldiers for the Boers with in the United States. It is suggested that the explanation foi is a preference on the part c: the Bri ish to deal with such persons as may enlist here for the Boer army after they leave the United States. And it is not doubted that all of these movements that really promise to amount to any thing are being fully watched with a view to catching the volunteers at some convenient point by a fleet cruiser. ; Should it turn out that a Fenian ; movement of this kind alleged to exist is actually discovered and brought to the attention of the United States Gov ernment, sharp and prompt repressive action will be taken, not only to pre vent the violation of the neutrality laws, but also to save the raiders them selves from such consequences of their actions as befell the unfortunate Fenian raiders of 1866. The talk of a Fenian raid is well calculate dto cause alarm on the Canadian side of the border, as the people of that section were great ;ly agitated during the former Fenian j excitement. Although an actual move ment occurred then, the chief trouble occurred over alarming reports of in vasions which never took place. Some thing of a panic took possession of the Canadians on the border, and many wo men burned their valuables on the isl ands of the border river. A BARK FOUNDERS. Goes Down at Sea, With a Crew of Fifteen Men. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—A special to the "Post" from Norfolk, Va., says: The big Johnstone line steamer No ranmore arrived this afternoon light from Liverpool, after one of the most tempestuous passages on record. She was considerably damaged. Captain Richardson, her commander, reported having seen an unknown bark founder at sea, with her crew of fifteen men. Only the stump of one mast still stood, the others having been cut or carried away. Several lights were burning aboard her, and the fifteen men, be lieved from their gestures to be for eigners, were seen running about her decks, which were awash. A boat's crew, in one of the Noranmore's boats, was put over the side, and the men pulled for the bark. The boat swamped almost immediately. The men, who wore life jackets, were picked up by a I second boat, which was. however, com ; pelled to return to the Noranmore. While the rescue of these men was be : ing effected the bark disappeared in the : darkness, and Captaiii Richardson says that beyond doubt she and her crew went down. Search made after day break revealed no sign of her. Subscriptions to Lawton's Fund. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The subscrip tion to the Lawton fund received by the Bankers' Trust Company of this city thus far amounts to $2,775. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. — Adjutant General Corbin's list of subscriptions to j the Lawton home fund aggregated j $15,000 at noon. The committee an- I nounces that the subscription lists will |be kept open until January sth next, j when the money will be banked and I placed to Mrs. Lawton's credit. The i amount now in the hands of General j Corbin probably is less than half of ! that actually subscribed, many sub , scriptions not yet having reached him. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. — To night the donations to the Lawton j fund received by Major General Shatter ; amounted to $031.50. The contributions received to-day amounted to $96. Of ! this the Stockton Milling Company, through Sigmund Schwabacher, con , tributed $50, and George H. Thomas ; Post, G. A. R.. San Francisco, $25. TRIAL OF MOLINEUX. Handwriting Expert Tolman on the Witness Stand. NEW YORK, Dec. 26— W T ith the opening of the seventh week of the proceedir r s in the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the allegsd murder of j Katherine J. Adams, nearly one year ago, Henry L. Tolman, the handwrit ing expert from, Chicago, who was on ; | the stand at the close of last Friday's j | session, resumed the witness c hair, j • The discussion under Mr. Osborne's' ; guidance assumed a oursly technical j j tone, the witness maintaining that a : writer's pen habits always showed in his writings, no matter how carefully he tried to disguise them. | "My conclusion," safd Mr. Tolman I finally, "is that the same hand wrote all of the papers—the address <:n the poison package, the bogus Cornish and Barnett letters and the admitted hand writing of the defendant." "Is your opinion decided?" "Clear and decided, the defendant wrote all the papers under dispute." Union Pacific Railroad. ! CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Advance copies of the annual report of the Union Pa cific Railroad for the fiscal year ended June 30th, has been issued. They con tain the following figures: Gross earn ings, $19,811,041; operating expenses, $11,412,168; net earnings, $6,399,473; interest, dividends and miscellaneous, $1,218,736; balances. $9,618,209; inter est on funded debt, $3,830,000; balance, $5,788,208; received from Oregon Short ; Line, $795,519; applicable to dividends, $6,583,388; dividends, $2,625,000; sur plus, $3,958,368. A Boy Seriously Burned. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.—A care lessly thrown match caused an explo sion of a drum,of parafflnes paint on Meifrgs' wharf to-night, burning two boys, one of them seriously. The in jured are David Crowley. Jr., aged 20 years, and Joseph Rex. aged 19. Crow ley's face is badly burned, and the sight of one eye is injured. Rex's clothes caught fire, but he had the .presence of mind to plunge into the bay, and by so i doing escaped with a few slight burns. ' i WEDSTESDATT MORINTtfGr, DECEMBER 27, 1899.-EIGHT PAGES. THE MONETARY STRINGENCY. Director of the Mint Roberts Gives Out a Statement Relative to the Situation at Present Ex isting at E:stern Centers. bays No Possible Supply of Money Can Prevent Stock Exchange Panic*, Because Speculation and Rising Prices Will Absorb Any Possible Increase. Until the the Pressure for Ready Cask is Just as Great Upon the New Plane as Upon the Old. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2G.—Mr. Rob erts, Director of the Mint, was asked to-day as to whether the present mone tary stringency in his opinion signified an actual scarcity of money to meet the present requirements of trade. He said: "No possible supply of money can prevent stock exchange panics or per iods of monetary stringency, because speculation and rising prices will absorb any possible increase until the pres sure for ready cash is just as great upon the new plane as it was upon the old. The cry for more money is as unappeasable as the demand for more wealth. A new supply, instead of satis fying the demand, stimulates it. Men want money to buy things with, good things that they think are going higher. Give easy money in the banks, and we have bankers encouraging borrowers. As a result stocks go up, and as they go up more people want to buy, and so the demand for money increases. You cannot furnish money fast enough to meet the demand of all who would like to borrow, while prices are going up, nor could all the gold and silver mines in the world together keep prices going up forever. "A marvelous era of increasing money stocks began in 1850, and started a period of speculation, and ended in a world-wide smash in 1857, when even the Bank of England had to suspend payment, without any decline in pro duction and with the mints everywhere open to both gold and silver. "The real secret of these reactions is in speculation on margins. Those peo ple who are crying that they have been forced to throw away their property had never paid for their holdings. They money on call to make small payments, hoping that a right tjirn in the market would give large proms. But in that class of operations losses come as easily as profits. That is one of the conditions of the game. "When they have profits they call it prosperity, but when they have losses they hink the country has come to a standstill, and want to know who is to blame. Nothing has happened except that they have been asked to pay what they owe. It is impossible to do away with such speculation by any increase in the money supply. "In short, it is not legitimate busi ness that causes the enormous inflation of credits, multiplies»the bank reserves required and thus absorbs any oossible money stock. Speculation-greed will inevitably do it, and as it is obviously impossible to satisfy that appetite, it is absurd to point to a tight money mar ket as a proof of an insufficient supply of money. "Undoubtedly the war in the Trans vaal has had influence upon our money market. Anything that disturbs nor mal conditions which turns the currents of business out of the course they have been expected to follow will affect bus iness. With trade balances as they are, our bankers early in the season had reason to expect gold imports this fall, and probably directed their business ac cordingly. The war has not only cut off a remit of about $2,000,000 a week from London to South Africa, but compelled heavy shipments the other way. Such a reversal of the regular and antici pated order makes money tight 'n all centers, until affairs are readjusted to the new condition. "The world does not depend upon the Transvaal for its stock of gold. Colo rado will produce more gold in 1900 than all North America yielded ten years ago, and this continent will yield more next year than the whole world did ten years ago. Cripple Creek is up ! to the record of the Transvaal five years ago, and Cripple Creek, with Alaska and the Klondike, will next year exceed the Transvaal production of 1597. The golden tide, though checked for a mo ment, is not going to subside." FLOODS IN WASHINGTON. Great Amount of Damage Along the Nooksack River. SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—One of the most disastrous floods in the history of the State is raging along the Nooksack ; River, in Whatcom County. It is esti- : mated that already $30,000 worth of damage has been done to the farms and buildings in the flooded district, j and still the waters show no indication j of subsiding. Five of seven bridges ; over the river have been swept away, four of them being iron. As yet the river has not reached pre vious high water marks by five inches, j but the destructiveness of the flood is accounted for in its suddenness. A heavy downpawir of rain on last "Wed- i nesday, Thursday and Friday, accom- ; panied by a warm Chinook wind which i melted the snow in the mountains, is assigned as the cause of the disaster. Heroic efforts were made to save the bridges which were swept away. At Everson several freight carloads of j rock were dumped In the river, but without avail. It is believed that neither rail nor wagon traffic across the river will be restored within the next ten days. GLASS RETIRES. Los Angeles' Chief of Police Re signs His Office, LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2fi.—Chief of Police J. M. Glass, who has occupied the position for ten years, resigned to-' day. His resignation was accepted by the Police Commission, which there upon resigned in a body to the City Council. The Council this afternoon accepted the resignation of the com mission, thus making way for the new commission recently appointed by the Council to supplant the old commis sion. The old commisison had refused to vacate when ordered to do so by the Council, and a case to compel them to resign is now in the courts. The action to-day settles the controversy, and the new commission will now pro ceed to appoint a new Chief and re organize the police force. Captain of Police Gus Smith was made temporary Chief pending the ac tion by the new commission. Two Men Buried Alive. CHICO, Dec. 26.—While engaged in digging a cut for a miners' ditch on Butte Creek this morning Frank Cable and a man named Conner w 7 ere buried under several hundred tons of rock and earth. After several hours' work the terribly mutilated body of Conner was recovered. Cable's body . has not yet been found. The Indians Won. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.— Zv the football game yesteraay cTie Carlisle In dians defeated the University of Cali fornia by a score of 2 to 0. LATE WAR NEWS. BOERS HAVE EARGE RESERVE FORCE AT PRETORIA. British Journals Continue Criticis ing the Management of the Campaign in South Africa. LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Cape Town correspondent of the "Daily News," telegraphing Wednesday, December 20th, says: "Lord Methuen, I understand, intends to remain at Modder River about three weeks longer. "From Boer sources, hitherto singu larly well informed, I learn that there are 8,000 European officers and men skilled in modern military tactics, par ticularly artillery, now in Pretoria as a reserve. "Our administrative officials in the Cape service, who have just returned from official relieving duty in the Dutch district, says the news of the British reverses has been received with great joy, even in localities where there is nc open revolt." The newspapers continue actively discussing and criticising the manage ment, or rather mismanagement, of the campaign. The advent o& horse sick ness draws increased attention to the question of transports and the want of wagons, which may tie the British forces to the railways. The "Daily Chronicle" says: "Plenty of wagons could be obtained from the United States, but the Government with very indiscreet patriotism has refused to avail itself of the opportunity. It would have been better if the authori ties had followed Lord Kitchener's ex ample at Atbara bridge. Will they even now apply to the American factories?" The "Times" editorially attacks the administration of the War Office, call ing attention to the correspondence dis closing "glaring defects," and declar ing that the British army is being man aged for the benefit of the War Office, and not of the nation. Dispatches from various points indi cate the steady growth of the Dutch disaffection. The Cape Town corres pondent of the "Daily Chronicle" re ports the discovery of a plot to con nive at the escape of Boer prisoners. The "Times" advises stern treatment ,>f the disaffected Dutch colonists, and the enforcement of the penalties of treason against persons and property. The Sixteenth Lancers will go to South Africa from India at the special request of Lord Roberts, even after the Government had decided that no more troops should be withdrawn from India. The War Office has nominated Sir William Stokes as consulting surgeon to the South African forces. He will leave Dublin for the Cape in a few days. Lord Somerset writes to the "Times," urging the seizure of Lourenzo Marques and its retention, if necessary, until the end of the war, in order to prevent the landing of war material for the Boers. The transport Tantallon Castle has arrived at Cape Town with a number of .Howitzers and rapid firers, which General Buller urgently needs. The Government has chartered the Lake Erie of the Elder, Dempster & Com pany line, which was built for the Ca nadian mail service. She is a vessel of 12,000 tons. The recruiting of British colonists in Cape Colony is actively proceeding. Thirty thousand are already under arms, and several thousand more will be added. Those now in the field in clude the Cape mounted police, the Rhodesian and Natal forces and the colonial troops beleaguered at Kimber ley and other points. Dispatches from Modder River, dated Thursday, December 21st, report that intermittent firing was continued on both sides, although the Boer shells fell short. A number of Free State burghers had surrendered. There is an unconfirmed report that a Canadian picket was cut off near Belmont. It is also asserted that fever is raging among the Boers. The tests of wireless telegraphy at Modder River have been highly suc cessful, communication over a distance of seventy miles being perfectly estab lished. Six Marconi instruments, in tended for the Boers, have been seized at Cape Town. A dispatch from Chiveley Camp, dated Thursday, December 21st, says: "Lyd dite shell?'are daily thrown into the Boer camp to prevent them working at the trenches. The firing of big guns is heard daily from the direction of Ladysmith." Commandant Demeillon, who was captured at Elands Laagte and brought to Simonstown, where he succeded in making his escape from the British :ruiser Penelope, has been recaptured. The "Times," in a special article dis cussing the Boer importations through Delagoa Bay, says: "Were we to adopt, either with or without the con sent of Portugal, the drastic measures which are suggested in some quarters, we might Nfind ourselves suddenly con fronted with international complica tions far more serious and injurious to the successful prosecution of the South African war than the evils of which it was sought to secure an abatement." < WAR NEWS STILL GREATLY DELAYED. Those Dispatches Received at Lon don From South Africa Shew Little or No Change in the Situation at Seat of Hostilities. General Opinion That General Bul ler Will Not Make Any Serious Move Fending the Arrival of Lord Roberts—British Suffer Loss of a Number of Killed and Wounded in an Engagement Near Ladysmith. LONDON, Dec 26.-4:50 a. m.—Dis patches from South Africa are still greatly delayed. But they are arriv ing more freely, which shows that the censorship has been relaxed. There appears to be no great change in the situation. A dispatch from Lourenzo Marques, dated Thursday, December 21st, gives the following from the Boer head laager, dated Tuesday, December 19th: "The British naval guns at Colenso have been commanding Bulwar bridge, over the Tugela River, with a view of smashing it. "The bombardment of Ladysmith is proceeding slowly. General Joubert has arrived here, and has been accord ed a hearty welcome. He addressed the burghers on December 18th. "More British prisoners have been ' sent to Pretoria, including Colonel Bul | ler, Major Walters, Major Bailwark, j Major Foster, Captain Dick, Captain ; Nortein, Captain Fitzherbert, Captain j Ford, Captain Hutchinson, Lieutenant ! Bonham, Lieutenant Smiters, Lieuten ant Thourne, Lieutenant O'Connevs ! hey, Lieutenant Kunbauld, Lieutenant ! Christian, Lieutenant Brigg, Lieuten j ant Birch, Lieutenant Halford, Lieu ! tenant Tadbull and Lieutenant Jones." A dispatch to the "Daily News" from j Ladysmith, dated Friday, December i 15th,by heliograph, says: Another sortie last night. General Hunter, with 500 volunteers, destroyed one 6-inch Creu sot gun, one Howitzer and one Maxim. One Briton killed. The Boer gunners fled." There is an idea in some quarters that General Buller's destruction of the Tugela bridge heralds an attempt to cut off the Boers now south of the river, but the general opinion is that the British will not make any serious -move pending the arrival of Lord Roberts. Advices from Cape Town say the New Zealanders with General French at Naauwpoort were in a tight corner on December 18th. They were sur rounded by Boers, and retired under a hail of bullets fired at short range, but sustained only little loss. Among the Boers killed at Stormberg were many of that locality who had joined the Orange Free State forces. The War Office has received the fol lowing dispatch from Cape Town, dat ed December 25th: "There is no change in the situation at Modder River. Gen eral Methuen is well entrenched, and the Boers have not disturbed him. General Gatacre reports that a force of 150 police have occupied Dordrecht, the Boers retreating with no loss." The War Office has received a dis patch from Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Sunday, December 24th, announcing that in an engagement at Ladysmith December 2d Major A. C. King, Cap tains W'athetv and Oakes and Lieuten ant Hulse and Lieutenant Colonel Faw cett were wounded, and that nine non commissioned officers and men were killed and ten wounded. This battle had not been recorded before this. A cable dispatch from Cape Town, dated Wednesday, December 20th, says that glanders has broken out among the American mules, of which there are 1,100, at the Stellenboch Remount farm. Twenty-six of the mules have lieen destroyed and seventy-eight have been isloated. The dispatch sayst the disease is spreading. Three members of the Cape Parlia ment are alleged to be implicated, and one of them is said to have presented a Free State flag to a Boer commander, at the same time expressing the hope that he would carry it to glory and victory. Another member of Parlia ment is said to be recruiting for the Boers. In addition, the wealthy farm ers are now aiding the invaders. Lionel Walthall Rothschilds, Union ist member of Parliament for Ayles bury division of Buckinghamshire, eld est son of the first Baron Rothschilds, and the latter's heirs, has volunteered for service in South Africa. He was born in 1868 and is unmarried. Lord Stanley, eldest son of the Earl of Derby and member of Parliament for the West Houghton division of Lancashire, has been ordered to join Lord Roberts' staff forthwith. FREE STATERS DISCONTENTED. MODDER RIVER (Cape Colony), Wednesday, Dec. 20.—The British naval guns command the whole Boer position, and possess the exact range of every stone and bush. They frequently plant shells with good advantage in the midst of groups of Boers. The Burghers are reported to be re turning home for Christmas. Recent arrivals from Jacobsdal report that notwithstanding the Boer success, the Free Staters do not expect ultimate victory. They complain of the over bearing conduct of General Cronje's men, who are alleged to be better fed, and posted in the safest positions. • The Transvaalers do not conceal their suspicions of the possible defection of the Free Staters, *and threaten to shoot them at the least sign of wavering. The Free Staters are said to regard subjec tion to the Transvaal as more to be feared than subjection to Grat Britain. GENERAL JOUBERT GOES TO THE FRONT. PRETORIA, Monday, Dec. 18.—Gen eral Joubert has recovered, and re turned to the front to-day. There were special services yesterday in the differ ent laagers as Thanksgiving for the victories of Colenso, Stormberg and Modder River. A NORWEGIAN BARK SEIZED. DURBAN, Tuesday, Dec. 19. — The Norwegian bark Regina, from Java, loaded with stretchers and railway sleepers, has been captured near Del agoa Bay, and brought here by the British second-class cruiser Forte. GENERAL KITCHENER. GI BP AJL.T Alt, Dec. 26.—General Lord Kitchener has arrived here from Egypt. TRAGEDY AT REDDING. A Quarrel Over a Card Game Re sults in a Homicide. REDDING,, Dec 26.— W. E. L. Eddy was stabbed to death in a 6aloon to-day by William Johnston, colored, who es caped. There was many witnesses to the affray.* The white and the ooloied men had been playing seven up. Eddy is said to have abused Johnston con tinually, until finally the colored man said if they could not agree they had better quit. Eddy with an oath told him to quit, throwing a deck of cards in his face. > The colored man rose, and Is said to have told Eddy that he had been abus ing him all night and better quit. Eddy then threw a box of poker chips in his face. V Johnston whipped out a pocket-knife with a long blade, opened by a spring, and stabbed Eddy in the left side in the region of the heart, that cut having caused death. Eddy stood up and tried to protect himself with his fists. The infuriated negro slashed again and again about Eddy's head and face With the knife in his hands he then ran out of the door. W T ith blood streaming from his head and side, Eddy walked into the front of the saloon, went to the bar, took off his glasses, wiped them and fell back on the floor, dying. He expired a few minutes aftenward. Officers found that after the stabbing Johnston went immediately to his home, where he has a wife and child. He told his wife he had to return to town, and has not been seen since. Both parties are well known in Red ding. The dead man was a horse dealer, and had been connected with several feed stables here. It is said he leaves a widow and family at San Francisco, and a well-to-do brother in Portland, Or. AARON WOLFSOHN. The Man Who Insured Him Confi dent He is Dead. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—When S. A. D. Jones, local agent of the New York Life Insurance Company, was in terviewed to-day regarding the story from Chicago that Aaron Wolfsohn, whom he insured for $10,000, and who committed suicide and was buried here, had turned up alive in Chicago, he said that he could not believe the Chicago story. t Mr. Jones does not understand how the thing has been brought about, but he is positive that the man whom he insured as Aaron Wolfsohn is dead. He has taken every means possible to identity the man, and says there is no doubt. HoMfcver, he is going East to make a fuller investigation. Mrs. O'tfeil, the woman who paid for the funeral of the man who committed suicide, also supports Jones. She was present when the medical examination for the insurance was made. She was very intimate with and gave him $300 to go East with, and corre sponded with him while he was there. When he returned she happened to be in San Francisco, and did not see him until after he was dead, but she posi tively identified the body. There is only one theory, and that is that there are two Aaron Wolfsohns, and that they look alike. The matter is a great mystery here. BLIZZARD IN ALASKA. A Storm Sweeping Over Skaguay and ViciAty. PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 26.—Ad vices from the north to-day on the steamer Rosalie say that a blizzard was sweeping over Alaska in the vicinity of Skaguay December 22d, when the ■ steamer sailed. The thermometer was \ hovering around zero, and a forty-mile gale prevailed. A train from Bennett with a large number of Yukoners aboard was snowed Hn, and a relief ] train had been sent from Skaguay. J. R. Howard, who left Dawson on , December sth, reports the trail in a bad condition, making travel slow, , while mail carrier Carr, who is mak ing his twenty-third trip from Dawson, ; says that travel on the ice is the worst , in his experience. j VICTORIA, Dec. 26.—News of a big j snowslide on the White Pass and Yukon ] Railroad was brought here to-day by 1 the steamer Tees. A rotary and two < engines were buried by the slide, and i after they were shoveled out the rotary i ran into a rock, knocking out thirteen l of its twenty knives. The train which 1 was behind the snow bucking outfit was 1 1 not injured. < P. Oregon, one of those who endea- < vored to walk to Skaguay from the i snowbound train, was found uncon- j scious with his face and hands frozen. 1 The operator at Glacier reported to i Skaguay that the track there was coy- 1 ered for a distance of 850 feet with 1 from five to twenty feet of snow. Tel- i egraph wires beyond Glacier are down, s August Wiltschke fell down the 1 mountain side at Sheep Creek and was 1 killed. 1 ——— i Assistant Inspector of Hulls. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.—Captain 1 Thomas Deering was to-day sworn in ' by Supervising Inspector Bermingham ' as Assistant Inspector of Hulls, to 1 take the office vacated by Captain D. Marcucci, who resigned recently on ac count of his age. IKt f _____ ( Fatal Accident at Auburn. f AUBURN, Dec. 26.—Jack Finney of * Newcastle broke his neck last night by 1 falling over a railing back of Hatch's ? saloon. ! • I Whose Wagon Yoke? George Schoemaker was arrested last j night by Officer Haley while triying to t sell a big wogon-yoke In a drugstore, j The supposition is that the article was t stolen from the pole of someone's t wagon. —v—, m Funeral of A. Trope. The funeral of the late Alexander r Trope took place from Pioneer Hall yesterday and was largely attended.' Walhalla Grove. Order of Druids, at- s tended in a. body. ' j "VTHOI-E ISO. 19,008. GREAT DAMAGE AT SAN JACINTO. The Destruction Wrought by Mon day Morning's Earthquake Causes Heaiy Liss to Merchants of the Southern California City. Buildings Which It Was Supposed Could he Partially Saved Must he Entirely Torn Down—The Losses Estimated at Sixty Thou sand Dollars—Six Women Killed and Two Fatally Injured at the Saboha Indian Reservation. • SAN JACINTO, Dec. 26.—Everything is still in a dilapidated condition after the disastrous earthquake of yesterday morning, though owners of wrecked buildings have been constantly at work clearing away the debris and strength ening the tottering walls. Merchants are digging out what little goods re mains undestroyed, and are taking them to other places for safety. Bams, blacksmith shops and halls have been brought into use, and tons of valuable property may be seen piled in them in sorry looking heaps. They tell of the greatest catastrophe that has ever struck this valley. A few merchants have opened up for business at old stands, but present pit iable sights with broken rafters reach ing almost to the floor and the sky visible through great clefts in the roof, and a layer of brick and mortar cover ing shelves and floor. Many of the yet! standing walls are on the verge of collapse, and it is dangerous to go near them, but many with the despera tion of dispair are working around them trying to save what they can. The losses are piled up high, and it is now evident that the biuldings which it was thought yesterday could be par tially saved must be torn entirely down in order to be strongly rebuilt. The County Hospital, which was built last year at a cost of $10,000, Is a total wreck, though all the inmates escap ed uninjured. The losers of property were none of them rich men, so the de struction leaves many of them bank rupt. They walk around apparently dazed by the thought of losing the prod uct of years of toil in a few seconds. The losses cannot be much less than $0(1.000, which is total, owing to the fact that nothing but fire policies were carried. I Word has been received from River side and other towns that all the pecu niary aid necessary will be advanced. A number of men from these towns will come in on this evening's train to see the damage done and personally offer aid. At Hemet the loss is great although on a smaller scale. The fine Hemet Hotel is totally ruined, and its loss will reach $25,000. Other losses will ag gregate nearly $10,0<X). The fire walls of Weber's brick store fell out, the plate glass windows were smashed, and the entire stock of goods is on the floor in a heap. The chimneys of the hotel fell, many of them crashing through the roof. One fell upon the bed of Frank Robinson, bruising him badly. The verandas are all down and the walls badly cracked. The rear wall of the Johnson bfock fell outward, and the whole building was badly demolish ed. The third story of the Hemet mills is down, and the second story walls fell in. Prugh's grocery store fixtures were all shaken down and he has his goods piled on the floor. The front of Par ker's store fell out, and the shelving was shaken down. There are but two chimneys left in town. The gables of Highland Asylum were cracked and the chimneys shaken down. It is said that rumblings had been heard for several days about Tauquitz Peak, in the San Jacinto range, sup posed to be an extinct volcano. Between San Jacinto and Hemet geysers of hot surphur water appeared yesterday, and the fumes are so strong that no one can get near the geysers. In the Saboba Indian reservation the Indians are downcast at the loss of life experienced in the big shake. Six wo men were instantly killed, two fataily injured and several received broken limbs. They were all old women, vary ing in age from 80 to over 90, except one of the fatally injured, who was over 100, and one of the Indian land marks. About thirty of the oldest in habitants had gathered in an old hut to fittingly celebrate Christmas eve. They were all drunk, and after hours of leg endary Indian games had fallen in drunken stupor on the floor. Those who were killed and injured had piled to gether in the northwest corner of the hut, but did not hear the warning rumblings that preceded the shock. When the shock came the thick adobe wall fell-in on them and crushed them into a horrible heap, driving human semblance from their faces. People liv ing near were aroused by blood curd ling cries and screams, and went over to see what the trouble was. A hor rible sight met their eyes. Arms and legS were sticking out through the raf ters and dirt while many were com pletely buried. Six women were dim out dead, two fatally wounded and many more with frightful wounds. AT OTHER POINTS. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—The hard est temblor the city has ever known oc curred yesterday morning at 4:26. The shake is variously estimated as lasting from thirty to fifty-five seconds. It was long enough to scare a city full of people so that most of them rushed into the streets, regardless of their ap pearance, in nighties and pajamas. The movement is described by those who kept cool enough to observe it as be ing a long- swaying from the northeast to the southwest, some saying that there was a slight pause between the beginning and finale, but this is ques tioned. A heavy shock was also felt at Santa Ana, Ventura, Orange, The Needles and- San Diego, but no serious damage is reported, j 1 No man ever climbed the ladder of success at a single bound, but lots of men have come diwn that way.