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LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
VOL. XXVI.
THE COAST.
The County Bill Knocked
Out.
BULKELEY'S BILL DEFEATED.
Death ot a Promiuent Jurist—A
Slight Shock of Earth
quake at, Eureka.
Special Dispatch to the Herald.J
Sacramento, March 3.—The Capitol
presented a lively appearance to-day.
The galleries aud lobby were crowded.
This waa caused by the iuterest in
Glenn's County bill. On the second
reading tho bill was oppißed, principally
by Goucher. He accused Boggs of using
the State prison patronage to get votes
for the bill. He wanted Boggs to ask
for a committee to investigate the
charges. Boggs declined. He will take
his chances with his constituents. The
bill refused a second reading, 19 ayes, 20
noes. The debate lasted two hours.
Goucher changed from aye to no and
moved a reconsideration. A big sack has
been used by both sides. The result on
the reconsideration is doubtful. The
Senate adjourned until 1:30 to-give an
opportunity to the Finance Committee
to consider the Appropriation bill, which
will probably be reported back to the
Senate to-morrow amended. Tho As
sembly is in session reading bills out of
order. It is not decided yet when tho
Legislature will arij turn, but it will be
perhaps next Wednesday. The Finance
Committee ia still in session.
EX.JISIII.K lUUKEE.
Death of a Prominent Jurist in
Oakland.
San Francisco, March 3.—Samuel
McKee, ex Justice of the Supreme Court
of California, died at bis residence at
Oakland at 11 o'clock last night. Turee
weeks ago Judge McKee visited the City
of Mexico, and during the trip contract
ed a cold, and at Sau Diego he had an
attack of cholera morbus. Ho returned
homo a week ngo fe.eltnp very ill. Tors
day last he took to his bed, owing to a
complication of pneumonia,congestion of
the lungs and kidney complaint. His,
previous sickness had weakened him,
aud be was therefore unable to stand an
attack of these new diseases. lie was
conscious to the last minute. He leaves
n wife and seven children. His term of
oflice on the Supreme bench expired
January Ist last. He had served six
years and was prominently mentioned as
a probublo successor to the late Chief
Justice Morrison, who died yesterday.
STATED AND DENIED.
Rumor of the Sale of a Narrow
Uauge Road to the C, It. dc Q.
San Francisco, March 3 —It ia stated
to-day that the South Pacifio Coast
Railroad, a narrow-gaugo line from San
Francisco to ranta Cruz, controlled by
Senator James Fair, baa been sold to the
Chicago, Burlington and Quiucy road.
It is also annouueed that this road is
pushing a plan for a through route to
San Francisco aa fust as possible. The
representative of the Chicago, Burlington
and Qulney road in thia city denies
that auy sale has been effected.
A Slight Earthquake.
Eureka, Nev., March 3.—A slight
shock of earthquake was felt at 1:45
this afternoon. No damage occurred.
The Weather.
San Francisco, March 3.—Rain is
reported falling at Gilroy and Santa
Rosa. Fifty-two hundredths of an inch
of rain fell in thia city during the past
twenty-four hours. It is still showering.
Indications for the twenty-four hours
commencing at 4 A. sr. March 4th:
For California: Clearing wentber.
Rain is repotted falling at Napa, Red
ding, Ahtiooh, Visalia, Merced, Auder
eoo, Rutherford aud Rio Vista.
No Successor to be Appointed.
Sacramento, March 3.—lt is stated
that as a Constitutional amendment has
passed one House and will probably pass
tbe other, and will be voted upon by
the people in April, providing that here
after members of the Supreme Court
shall select a Chief Justice from among
their number, the Governor will not
probably appoint a successor to Chief
Justice Morrison until after the amend
ment is voted on by the people.
Int-resting to «;rape Planter*.
San Francisco, Maroh 3.—The Mer
chant to-morrow will publish a long let
ter from C. A. Wetmore, of the Inter-
State Vitieultural Committee, to growers
throughout tbe State. Tbe object of
the letter is to instruct intending grape
planters how to make the beat selections
and how best to combine them in order
to reach the best results in wine making.
Want a Pacific Coast man.
Portland, Maroh 3.—The Board of
Trade, at a special meeting, passed a
resolution asking President Cleveland to
appoint a Pacific Coaßt man on the
Inter State Commission. The resolution
was telegraphed to the President.
Bailors' Wages Raised.
San Francisco, March 3.—The Board
of Coast Sailors has raised the rate of
sailor wages as follows: To bar harbors,
$35 per month; to outside parts, $40;
to Hawaiian Islands, 130. This is an
advanoe of $5 all around.
Incendiary l ire.
Winnemucca, March 3.—The flour
mill was burned thia morning. It was
owned by Grier Boys, of El Paso, Tbe
loss is $20,000 and the insurance $SOOO.
The tire is supposed to have been incen
diary.
Bound to Do His Work.
Sacramento, Maroh 3. — Senator
Vrooman was brought into the Senate
chamber to-day and had to be sustained'
with stimulants. He has temporarily
lost his voice;
Democratic Nominee for the
mayoralty.
Sacramento, March 3J.—The Demo
cratic City Convention to-night nomin
otod the present incumbent, John Q.
Brown, for Mayor.
The Irish Police.
London, March 3.—At a late hour
the vote asked for the Irish Police was
agreed t0—246 to 121.
The cases of G. R. Simpson, Tom
Johnson et al., the alleged gold-brick
swindlers, has been set for Marcti 9th
for examination by Justice Austin.
THE LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE.
Sacramento, March 3. — Glenn's
County bill was refusod a Btcond reading
thia afternoon by a vote of 20 to 19.
Goucher changed his vote and gave
notice of reconsideration.
THE ASSEMBLY.
On reconsideration to-day tho Assem
bly passed the Telegraph Hill claims by
a vote of 41 to 37.
A resolution of regret at the death of
ox-Justice McKee was adopted and a
committee appointed to report suitable
memorial resolutions. It was also re
solved that when the Honae adjourn it
do so out of respect to Judge McKee's
memory.
A resolution reported by the Special
investigating Committee to declare the
position of Ray G. Falk, Assistant
Minute Clerk, vacant was the special
order for this afternoon. Speaker Jor
dan stated that tbe testimony had not
been printed, and the State Printer in
formed him that it would not be ready
until noon to morrow. Hyde moved to
make the report the special order for
to-morrow at 12-30 P. K. Carried.
To-night the bill to pay Amelia Pfieffer
$17,000 for water appropriated from her
land at Berkeley was defeated on the
second reading. Thia is the bill lawyer
Hulke ley tried to bave advanced on the
tiles.
Will Remain on Duty at
the White House.
SAVED THEIR NECKS.
The Rights of American Fishers
are to ho Protected and
Defended.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald.
Washington, March 3.—Tne Presi
dent has decided not to go to the capitol
to-morrow for the purpose of passing on
measures which may be passed by Con
gress during the last hours of its srssion.
He advised the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House of his decis
ion in this respect only last evening, and
added that tbe Executive office would
remain open all night and day to tbe
hour of adjournment, at 1 to-morrow,
for the consideration of all matters re
quiring executive action. In accord
ance with this plan tbe President aud
moat of the members of bis Cabinet will
remain on duty at the White House
neatly all night, in consideration of the
large number of important bills which
passed the Senate yesterday.
SAVED THEIR NECKS.
Two liidlonsi (Saved from the
I.allows lit rough a Doubt.
Washington, March 3.—The Presi
dent has commuted the death sentence
in tbe ease ot John Washington aud
Simmons Wolff, two Seminole Indians,
to imprisonment for life. Tiiese I drum
wtre convicted of rape on the person of
a white woman in Indian Territory
and were sentenced to be hanged Febru
ary sth, last. The President granted a
respite nnlil March 4th nnd has vow
commuted tbe sentence. His action was
based on a doubt as to the guilt of the
Indians
APPROVED.
The Passage of the Edmunds
Bill the Cause of Rejoicings.
Washington, March 3.—The Presi
dent to-day approved the act authorizing
the President of the United States to
protect and defend the rights of Ameri
can fishing vessels in British dominions
of North America.
Gloucester, Mass., March 3.—There
is great rejoicing in this city to-day
among owners and fishermen over the
the passage of Edmunds' bill. At noon
all the bells were ringing, colors hoisied
and guns fired.
SPOHTINU NEWS.
Tips In Regard to the Races at
Sheepshead Bay.
New Youk, March 3 - The Turf.Field
and Farm in its issue to-day says: Ad
vices bave beeu received by Secretary
Lawrence from E. J. Baldwin declaring
Volante and Mollie McCarthy's Lust out
of the Suburban and Bay Ridge handi
caps. With Troubadour and Volante
declared off, The Bird is now the top
weight for the Suburban at. 120 pounds,
Birnum next at 121, Hid.lgo third at
120, and Jim Gray fourth at 119. The
withdrawal of Baldwin's pair leavea the
Santa Anita stable without a represent
ative in the b'g handicap', these two
having been the only ones entered by
Baldwin. It also leaves Isaac Murphy
open to an engigement for the event,
should IS >ld witi's stable b- at Sheeps
bead Bay at the time. Preciosa has
also been withdrawn by Haggiu
from the Suburban and Bay Ridge
handicaps at Shecpshead Bay; also
from the Brookdale and Brook
lyn Jockey Club handicaps at
Prospect Park. Ban AH, should he
start with Hamilton to pilot him, ought
to be about as good as anything in the
race. The sporting editor of the Mail
and Express says: "For the Brooklyn
handicaps I fancy Hidalgo very much.
Odda are against him now at 30 to 10,
There is every indication that he will be
a starter. Distance and weight suit him
and of course Haggin would like to win.
He is good on a dry or wet track. He
is a horse of exceeding gameness and
high quality, aud if ho should be got
ready early in the season he ought to be
very hard to beat. As a weight carrier
he baa few superiors, and all the turf
goers will admit hia speed. There is no
horse in the race that has at this time a
brighter chance for winning the honors."
A RAILROAD eONPEUENCE.
Now Tariff for Passengers and
freight to be Prepared.
New Yokk, Maroh 3.—One of tho
most important and largely attended
conferences of the transcontinental rail
road managers ever held in this city was
closed to-day. It was held iv the North
ern Pacitic office and lasted two days.
The roads represented were the Central
Paoifie, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific,
Missouri Pacitic, Atchison, Topeka and
Sauta Fe and Southern Pacifio. They
wire represented by Presidents C. F.
Adams, Robert Harris, C. P. Hunting
ton, Charles F. Croker, Wm. B. Strong
and Jay Gould, and Traffic Managers
Kimball, Towne and Calloway. The
Vice-Presidents of some roads and coun
sellors Gray of the Northern Pacific,
and Sidney Dillon and Tweed of
tho Southern Pacifio were also
present. The conference discussed tbe
questions, first, aa to the requirements of
the Inter-State Co.nmerce bill and, sec
ond, how transcontinental roads can get
into harmony with the law and the de
mands of public Bentiment. Tbe result
of their deliberations was that two
tariffs for freight and passenger business
should be prepared; one under the long
haul clause and the other under the
short olause, aa they are understood by
the roada. These tariffs nre to take
effect April sth and arc to be submitted
to the Inter-Stale Railroad Comtniasion
ers within a reasonable time after their
appointment is announced. A oommit
tee waa also appointed to prepare, under
advice of counsel, a memorial to the
luter-State Commission setting forth tho
interpretation of the law as arrived at
by the transcontinental railroads, und
solioiting tho iipprovnl of the tariffs if
their provisions shall meet with the
views of tbe Commissioners.
The San Jose charter waa passed.
A bill appropriating $2000 ns a con
tingent fund for the pay of officers of
the Assembly was read three timea and
passed.
A bill directing tho payment of claims
against the State left uupaid by reason of
SupretneCourtClerk McCarthy's defalca
tion, waa passed.
News Notes.
Rev. Dr. Schroiber will lecture this
evening at 7:30, in tbe Synagogue, in
German.
O. H. Bliss reporta the rainfall from
the night of the 2d to the morning of
the 3d, at 8 a. m., .27 inches.
William Brown reporta tbe loss of
a black mare with a white stripe on
her face. She was 9 years old.
Tho case of Jim Ash, chargod with
battery upon Harry Chandler, will come
up before Justite Austin this morning,
at 10 o'clock.
The First-street car line will com
mence running either to day or to-mor
row. A car waa run over the route
yesterday to test the track.
The overland train from the north on
the Southern Pacifio railroad was
delayed some six hours yeaterday by an
engine being derailed at Southside.
Tbe slow lazy rainfall that commenced
on Wednesday evening, left a precipita
tion of .20 inches up to yesterday morn
ing, according to the register of Mr. C.
Ducommun,
Horace Bell has sued out warrrnta of
I arrest for G. Wiley Wells, B. A. Steph
ens and A. M. Thornton. The full com
plaint ia published elsewhere iv this
iasue of tho Herald.
Duriog the month of February the
receipts of the postoflice of Los Angeles
amounted to $6337.70, with expeueos
aggregating only $2147.50, or about 31
per cent, of the receipts.
Mr. Frank O. Wilkinson had the mis
fortune day before yesterday to lose his
lovely baby boy and namesake. Mr.
Wilkinson baa tbe sympathy of a large
circle of friends at his irreparable lo»s.
It ia reported tbat the coutract for
grading tho new line of the Southern
Pacific railroad from Shorb's switch has
been let through Pasadena, to W.
Thompson, and work will be commenced
at once.
Phillip Williams, who was convicted
of misdemeanor committed in Pomona,
xas released on habeas corpus proceed
ings yesterday by Judge Brunson on
account of defects in the commitment
to the county jail.
Louis R ( '. Neely, who was arrested on
Tuesday night for obtaining money by
means of forged notes, was held to an
swer yesterday by Justice Austin on
three charges of forgery, with bail set
at $2000 altogether.
Mr. F. B. Fanning, of the County
Clerk's office, returned yesterday from
San Diego, where he went to aesist
Professor Farini in a grand concert. He
reports that the house was crowded and
huudreds turned away.
John Hutton, who waa arrested in
Eaat Los Angeles for exhibiting bis per
son to children, was found guilty yes
terday aud will be sentenced to day.
Hutton sa d he waa crazy and imagined
himself iv tho "Garden of Eden."
Salisbury Haley filed a paper in the
case of Salisbury Haley against his wife,
Presentacion B de Haley, petitioning the
court to restrain her from disposing of ber
property until he had recovered a judg
ment of $1500 which he gained in 1886,
Robert Warren and John Touser,
charged with embezzling $10 from a
brother-vender of wares on the rail,
were examined yesterday afternoon in
Justice Austin's court and were dis
charged on account of the insufficiency
of the evidence.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be
held this afternoon at the South Meth
odist Church on Fort street, near Fifth,
at 2:30 P. M Mrs. Carse of Chicago,
President of the W. T. P. A., and Col.
Woodford will be present.
William Norling, while under the in
fluence of liquor yesterday, rode a horse
down Second street and narrowly escaped
running over several ladies. Fortunately
the horse swerved at the oorner of Spring
and threw Norling iv the mud. He waa
put in a cell to sober up.
James Patterson, Edward Davis and
Jas. A. Wilson were arrested early this
morning by Officers Woodward, Collins
and Decktnan, on a charge of robbery
for relieving H. C. Coe of $12 in front
Brown's saloon on Los Angeles street.
Two of the alleged robbers are ouo-armcd
men.
The drawing-room recital, for the ben
efit of Mrs. M. E. Hill, will take place
at Ellis College this evening. Mrs.
Bernard Donnelly, a lady of great local
oelebrity in Kansas City, haa volunteered
to give a vooal solo. Many of onr
leading society ladies have taken this
recital under their anspices, and a large
attendance and n very enjoyable evening
may be looked for.
Unfavorable to I aircbild.
Washington, March 3.—lt is stated
at the White House that Secretary Man
ning's successor will not be appointed for
several days yet. This is regarded as
unfavorable to the promotion of Assist
ant Secretary Fairchild.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 4. 1887.
EASTERN.
Two DIM* Becnme Law Without
the Presidential Signature.
Washington, March 3.—The bill for
tbe redemption of the trade dollar and
the Anti-Polygamy bill have become
laws without the President's signature
by reason of the expiration to-night of
the Constitutional limitation of ten days
within which be should have returned
tbe bills to Congress, iv oase of disap
proval. Both bills were carefully con
sidered by the President.iand while they
contained some provisions to which be
preferred not to commit himself, he was
unwilling to defeat the objects of Ihe
measures by veto.
Bills Approved by Cleveland.
Washington, March 3. —The Presi
dent haß approved the Indian Appropri
ation bills, to establish agricultural ex
periment stations in connection with the
college established under act of July,
1862; an act to provide for the location
and erection of a branch Home for Dis
abled Volunteer Soldiers west of the
Rocky mountains; an act relating to
contested elections; an act granting the
right of way through Indian Terri
tory to the Chicago, Kansas and Ne
braska railroad.
CONUIIESSIONAI,.
THE*SENATE.
Washington, March 3.—ln explana
tion of thu action of the Senate confer
ence, Allison said that in order to come
to an ngreemout they had to postpone
several appropriations which the Sen
ate deemed necessary. For instance,
they had ,o consent to the reduction
by one-half of the provision to
complete the international survey of
the Mexican border, and the same as
to the survey between British Columbia
and Alaska. So, too, ths Senate con
ferees had been obliged to surrender
large appropriations lor public build
ings, ns for instance one at Los Angeles,
California, which had been cut down
from $150,000 to $75,000. The
appropriation for hMdwork had
been cut down from $218,000 to
$160,000. In these surrenders the
expendilureo were only postponed. They
would have to be provided for next year
or the year after.
The Legislative, Executive and Ju
dicial Appropriation bill was passed.
The conference report on the Sundry
Civil bill was agreed to.
Mr. Allison, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the House
bill appropriating $6,900,000 for tbe
payment of pensions of the Mexican
war, which was pasted. Tbe Sen
ate then took from the calendar
the House bill to amend sections
5191 and 5192 of the Revised
Statutes § (with an at endmcut in
the nature of a substitute). The sub
stitute provides that wherever three
fourths of the National banks of a city
of 50,000 population Shall apply
to tbe Comptroller of the Currency to
bave the name of that city added to the
list of "reserved oities," na lied in Sec
tions 5191 nnd 5192 of tlie Revised
Statutes, tne Comptroller shad bave the
authority to grant such a request, but
the banks must keep in their vaul's at
least twenty-five per cent, of their
deposits. In like manner and on like
■ouditions, cities with 200,000 popula
tion may become, like New \ork,
places for bankaof redemption, or "cen
tral" cities, ns provitled in section 5195.
Mr. Williams moved to add San Fran
cisco to the latter class of cities. Agreed
to.
The bill passed and a conference was
asked,
On motion of Wilson, of lowa, the
vote of last evening by which the bill to
amend the notion in reference to the
jurisdiction of the United States courts
was passed was reconsidered, and a vote
agreeing to the Ciillom amendment,
fixing tbe salaries of Judges nt $5000
and prohibiting the appointment of rel
atives of Judges as court officials was
also reconsidered and then tho bill was
passed aud a conference asked.
Plumb presented a conference report
on the bill to adjust the railroad land
grants heretofore unadjusted. Agreed to.
the house.
Morrow, of California, moved to sus
pend the rules and pass the Senate bill
appropriating $350,000 for the purchase
of a site for a postoflice at San Fran
cisoo. Agreed to.
Blonnt, of Georgia, reported a further
disagreement of tne Conference Commit
tee on the Postoflice Appropriation bill.
Bingham, of Pennsylvania, moved
that tbe House recede from its disagree
ment to tbe Senate amendment relative
to tbe compensation for the carrying of
foreign mails to South and Central
America, known aa the subsidy amend
ment. Lost, yeas 98, noes 137. A fur
ther conference was ordered.
Undelivered Messages.
There are undelivered telegrams at
the Telegraph office, 17 N. Main St., for
J. H. Badett, Mrs. C. H. Law, Elizabeth
J. Tiffany, E. S. Pike (2), M. A. Rosen
thall, J. J. Gosper. L. F. Morau, A. B.
Nash, Frank C. Thompson, ogent of the
S. P. Taylor & Co.; Eugene Spike, G.
VV. Reynolds, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Geo.
D. Whitcomb, C. J. Jones, Chas. 8.
Schvir, Henry Limkin, John Smith, P.
Mirandette, H. Asbermin, Cornelius
Kurtz, L. H. Morris, Albert Soper.
Personal Mention.
T. J. Cuddy went to Santa Ana yea
terday.
Hon. H, M. Willis, of San Bernardino,
was in the city yesterday on a business
trip.
Wm. Thomas, the fruit-buyer, went
to Riverside yesterday to clean up the
orange crop.
Tbe Misses Lizzie and Mary Cruz, ac
companied by their aunt, Mrs. M. F.
Coronel, left for San Francisco last
night.
Mrs. Wm. Johnson, wife of ex-Sena
'or Johnson, and her daughter, Miss
Matio Johnson, returned to their homo
at Sacramento yesterday.
Bold Burglars.
Yesterday afternoon while Casper El
mer was absent from his rooms at No
07 Wilmington street, some unknown
persons entered them and left them in a
very disordered condition. When Mr.
Elmer returned at 9 o'clock last even
ing, he found hia trunks had been
broken open and their contents scat
tered over the floor. After cirefully
collecting his effects he found that there
were missing several black dresses, a la
dy's long gold chain, a blue flannel suit,
a pair of gold earrings and other arti
cles of less value. The police have been
informed, and a reward has been offered
I for the recovery of the goods.
NEW LAWS.
KANSAS FASHIONS.
Two Towns in Arms
Against Each Other.
A TRUCE SINCE SUNDAY.
But the Ball will A grain Open on
Thursday at the County
Election.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Heual d
Denver, Col., March 3—A Wallace,
Kansas, special to the News says that
the eituation of the Coronado-Leoti war
remains unchanged. Both towns are
surrounded by strong crowds of armed
men, who permit no one to enter. The
men in both towns sleep with their
guns, and after gaining admission, a
stranger finds a Winchester at every
tnrn. They stand in doorways, and
merchants bring their guns to wait on
customers. Men patrol the streets of
the city all day and night. The county
surrounding is as bad as the towns, and
about aa equally divided. Coronado
sympathizers for the most part are in
town with their ammunition and guns, and
a Coronado man said to-day tbat within
an hour 500 men cculd be recruited in
town ready to defend it with their lives.
At Leoti the cry is for revenge. The
citizens are aa excited as they were the
day following the shooting, and as they
are unanimous in their determination to
back Coronado at the first opportunity
this chance will probably be offered them
on Thursday next, when the county
election occurs. Immediately after the
shooting on Sunday some man from
Leoti came to Wallace and secured all
the guns and ammunition they could
get, aud representatives of Coronado
went on a similar mission to Garden
City, so that both towns are
well equipped with ammnuition for
war, wuich every man believes will oc
cur before the thing is settled. The
Leoti population, which has been re
cruited by their county people, is looked
to fur the first move and the Coronado
men will act on the defensive. Kich
town has plans, but they are in too
chaotic a state for logical results. Since
Sunday there have been no hostile ac
tions beyond the harmless firing of guns.
At Leoti whisky and beer is freely im
bibed and further trouble is probable.
Ihe county Sheriff, John Edwards, who
is a Leoti man, has not made an attempt
to arrest the transgressors, as he knows
that such an effort would cost him his
life. He hss twelve warrants, but
md-ss the State authorities lend the
assistance of a couple of comvanies of
militia they will never be served, and
eveu then Coronados say that the men
will never be taken alive. It waa
reported at the Hotel Vendome in Coro
nado that the Governor bad been
appealed to for aid by Leoti, but no
intormation has been received here to
\ tbat effect. Charlie Coulter and Bill
Raynes, the ring leaders of the Leoti
crowd, went over to Coronado on Sunday
morning and drank considerable whisky
and beer. Coulter, who was a desperado
of the worst type and who is the fourth
of a family of Leotites, who- die
with their boots on, promised
to return the beer he con
sumed. He and Riynes returned
to Leoti, got the beer and five compan
ions, three of whom were anne 1, and re
turned in a wagon and a buggy. They
visited the druggist, who was sick in
bed, and mide him get up. Coulter
ordered him to dance, aud fired his gun
at hia feet to make him obey. The drug
gist, however, offered to treat if Coulter
would lower his gun. The offer was ac
cepted by the men, who then went into
the street, aud, according to the story,
began firing indiscriminately. Coulter
did most of the shooting. A Coronado
man was struck over the head with the
butt of Coulter's gun. The Loomis broth
ers interfered and requested the l.eotiinan
to stop abusing the citizens. For bis
reply ConTer turned on both the Loom
ises and struck at them. He performed
an old plait sman's tritk by hitting Bob
Loomis over the head and shooting John
Loomis in the leg at the same time.
John was standing back of Bob and, as
Coulter fired, he sprang forward and
clinched with him. The Leoti crowd,
according to the story of the Coronado
men, then began tiring at two citizens
who were running up the street. A
dozen Coronado men who had gath
ered in tbe street then opened fire and
Coulter seemed the target for tbem all.
Tbe firing only continued a moment and
when tho smoke cleared away Raynes,
Coulter and Watkins, who were on the
pavement, had fallen to the ground
dead. Of the other men who were in
the wagon, James Dunning and Johnson
were seriously wounded. A. M. Bosey,
the seventh man of the Leoti orowd,
escaped without any injury. The state
ment that the bodies of the dead men
were permitted to lie on the street uutil
midnight is denied by tbe Coronado men
and sustained by those of Leoti. There
were fourteen bullets in Coulter's body
snd Raynes was wounded in eleven
places, every wound of which would
have been fatal. The two Loomis boys
were only slightly wounded. Jenness,it is
thought will die, but Johnson and Dun
ning will recover. Johnson, who is the
least injured and not dead as reported,
aid he and hia companions went to
Coronado at the invitation of some
friends. Tbey were having a little fun in
the streets and probably fired a few
shots, but harmed no one. He ac
knowledged that some in tbe crowd had
been drinking, but none were drunk
He alleged that tbe bodies of his
dead companions were permitted to lie
in the streets nntil midnight on the day
following the trouble. Sheriff Edwards
is said to have secured warrants for the
arrest of the two Loomis brothers and
Lilley Tom Allen. He has a warrant
also for Postmaster Fowler, who is al
leged to have been implicated in tbe
shooting from the door of his office. The
half-way stage, which connects with tbe
conveyance from Leoti and Coronado,
left Wallace this merning taking the
first mail received there since last Satur
day. It returned this evening bringing
tbe news of tbe renewal of hostilities.
It appears from intelligence at hand that
two Leoti men who were not engaged
in the trouble Sunday, left their town
and started for Coronado. The outposts
of Coronado opened fire at once. One
of the men is said to bave been
shot, and the other's bat was
riddled with bullets, and his horse
shot. The latter returned to Leoti
and told tbe story. Great exoitement
followed and a party organized to visit
Coronado, but returned before reaching
there. The report is confirmed and a
general fight may occur there at any
moment, although it is probable that
both sides may wait uutil Thursday
next, when the eleotion occurs, to
settle the dispute. The trouble be.
tween the two towns is claimed to be
ostensibly a political quarrel over tbe
merils of eaoh for the locatbn of the
county seat, but it is really the result of
a cowboy raid, such as frequently occur
in \V lcluta oounty. It is reported that
two companies of State troops will 1m
sent to Wichita county next week, to
remain until the eleoliou ia concluded.
DarkJAspect of Matters in
Europe.
QUEEN'S JUBILEE RECEPTION.
The Ameer of Afghanistan Seeking
to Raise the Holy
standard.
Booth's Hamlet.
The Grand Opera House never before
presented so beautiful a sight as it did
last night, on the occasion of the repre
sentation oiJlamletby thelidwin Bjoth
Company. Not only was every station
ary seat in the theatre filled, but chairs
had been placed wherever room could
bo found for them. The and ence was
composed of the best people in the city,
and the elegant toilets of the ladies gave
the auditorinm the appearance of a
risiDg part rre studded with beautiful
flowers. HamlH has been the subject
of greater and more diverse criti
cism than any other of Shakespeare's
plays. Volumes have been written alone
on the subject of "Hamlet's" peculiar
phase of mental aberration, and the best
critics differ as to whether his deep mel
ancholy and philosophical lunacy are
madness put on, or a malady of the brain
hovering on the borderland of insanity,
hut kept within the line of reison by th*
dominating purpose of tbe great thongbt
which permeates and envelopes his braiu.
Mr. Booth seems to have acoepted the
latter solution of the problem, and soft
ens the asperities of "Hamlet's" mad
ness so as to present him at a man
whose mind ia given up to one great
purpose, running constantly in the
same groove, so active in its functions
in one direction as to shut out from the
table of his memory "all pressures past
that youth and observation copied
there," and leave the "book and volume
of his brain unmixed by baser matter."
Heuce, although he feigns at times, for
hia owu ends, ebullitions of lunacy, yet,
we see, aa Pclonius sees, that there is
always "method in his madness." We
much prefer this interpretation, for stage
purposes, to the manifest alienation
giveu to "Hamlet" by Fechter, Edwin
Adams, Charles Keene and James An
derson. The elder Bootb, we remem
ber, had a similar conception of the
mental condition of the melancholy
Prince as his son. Bat he seldom played
"Hamlet"f or the same reason that George
Frederiok Cook gave, to-wit: that there
waa a oonstant feeling of incon
sistency between the contempla
tive and the aotive ,in the
eccentrio ratiocinations of "Hamlet's"
mind. Murdoch was perhaps the finest
"Hamlet" the American stage had pro
duced up to his time; and there was
much in common with his rendition and
that of Edwin Bootb. We prefer the
latter's however, for the reason that he
gives a clearer intellectual light to the
role than did Murdoch. Edwiu Booth's
personation throughout never jare on the
auditor, who cannot be deceived as
"Ophelia" is into the belief that his mind
is "like sweet bells jangled, out of tune
and harsh." At any point in his per
sonation he might make his will,
and the audience, sitting as a jury,
wontd refuse to break it on tho ground
of insanity. His interpretation accepted
as the correot one for presentation on the
stage, he is enabled to give power and
cousecutiveness to the action of the
piece. We therefore find him always in
condition to illustrate the delicate trac
eries of the poet's imagination with all
the accessories of clear and perspicuous
elocution and emphasis. liffeots which
Fechter's study of the charac
ter would compel him to "gam
bol from" are perfectly iv keep
ing with the study which Mr.
Booth has made of "Hamlet." Iv this the
latter secures nn advantage which gives
breadth, clearness, consistency and,
to our mind,' consecutivenees, to
the role, and which add to the
effect, completeness and beauty of
the piece. The highest test of a
good "Hamlet" is iv the reniering
of tbat admirable disquisition on death,
which Shakespeare borrowed from Cato.
Mr. Booth has evideutly made this pas
sage tho subject of hia deepest study,
and as a result he renders it with an earn
est intensity and a manifestation of feel
ing which invest it with tbe interest of a
Delphian oracle. It comes to us as a
new revelation upon a theme sentient
with awful interest to every human
being. But we bave said perhaps as
much as we are called upon to say about
Mr. Booth's manner of treatment of
"Hamlet." We now desire to touch
slightly upon the, evidences presented
by last nigbt'a performance ai to the
exact status of Sir. Booth's powers at
the present time. It has been said by
some Eastern critics lately that he had
passed the zenith and was on the decline.
This, surely, waa not exemplified last
night in his intellectual treatment of tbe
role. That was certainly up to his
highest standard at any portion of bis
professional career. His voice was
round aud musical, his elocution melodi
ous and stately, nnd bis accentuations
luminous of the lights and shadows of
the interpretation. Then, when we
come to judge him in a physi
cal sense, he gave the ren
dition all the gesture and action—all the
grace of movement and elan of anima
tion that be could have put into it in what
the critics refer to as his palmiest days.
These were manifest particularly in bis
first meeting with the Ghoat; again
when he hud the scene in the closet with
bis mother; and again in the closing
scene when he finds himself the victim of
a foul conspiracy. We therefore dismiss
the üßporaion of the critics with the
pleasant remark that Edwin Booth is
now at his best, physlcially as well as
mentally. We cannot close this critique
without saying a word in praise of Miss
Emma Vader's "Ophelia." It waa a
most chaste and beautiful conception of
one of the finest roles on the stage. Mrs.
Augusta Foster presented tbe Queen in
a most acceptable manner, and some of
the minor characters, especially the First
Grave Digger, were cleverly played.
To night: The Merchant of Venice
and Katharine and Petruccio. Iv tho
latter piece, our people will have a
chance to see Mr. Booth in comedy, and
to draw a contrast.
Manager Wyntt requests ns to say
that he has made arrangements to put
in seventy-eight extra chairs to-night.
Associated Press Dlspatcaes to ths Hekalb
London, March 3.—The European
prospect ia again black to-day. Tbe
worst news ia that the whole Austrian
cavalry is massed on the Gallician fron
tier. An experienced diplomat give* ft
as his opinion that war will not break
ont this year. If Russia, he thinks,
meant to attack this year, she would be
gin earlier. The immediate danger is
the Bulgarian revolution. If we escape
that, peace may yet be preserved.
A LONU BULB,
The Queen's Jubilee Reception a
Brilliant Affair.
London, March 3.—The Queen's first
jubilee drawing-room was held to-diy at
Buokingham Palace. Her Majesty in in
the enjoyment of fine health and spirits.
The attendance was greater than at any
preceding affair of tbe kind duriog th*
long reign of the Queen Cro\rd§ con
gregated in tho parka and in the road
ways around the Palace numbered many
tbousands. Court officials say the re
ception was the moat brilliant they erer
attended.
BIsfIHLLIH 1
The Ameer of Afghanistan Rata,
log Troop* for a Holy War.
Bombay, March 3.—News received
from Afghanistan through native source*
shows that the Ameer is making con
tinuous efforts to raise a new army. AU
boys between the ages of 10 and 18 yean
are being drilled for military service, and
all who have reached the age of 18 an
being enrolled in the army. Tbe Ameer
has issued a circular to his subjectetell
iag them to prepare for a holy war. It
is believed he contemplates war againat
Russia.
A telegram from Lahore confirm* this
report and adds that the sou of tbe ta
natiodervish Muski Alum, backed by Tar
ahs, Indeers, Utaks, Jokees Tatars, and
other tribes bas proclaimed himself ruler
of Afghanistan, and has sent the Ameer
a defiant letter, threatening to attack
him without delay.
MATTERS IN 111 I.MARIA.
The Revolt Appear* to Assanse a
serious Aspect.
Paris, March 3.— Telegrams front
Bulgaria have been received stating that
tbe Silistria garrison occupies a defile
before the city, and by virtue of tbe po
sition ao held, prevented the passage
through the defile of garrisous from
Rustchuk and Shumla, oa their way to
attack ths revolters at Silistria. Th*
opposing forces, the dispatches say, now
confront each other, but as yet no con
flict has taken place between them.
Vienna, March 3.—A report has been
received here that the commander of tbe
insurgent troops at Silistria, Bulgaria,
has been arrested. News from Silistra,
however, is both meager aud vague.
The Bulgarian troopa who have re
volted at Silistria have cut the telegraph
wires, delaying the transmission of the
details of occurrences there. The troops
sent by the government to overpower
tbe revolters arrived before Silistra yes
terday.
Bucharest, March 3. —It is an
nounced here that the revolt of troop*
at Silistra has been suppressed.
During the abaer.ee of the garrison
from Rustchuk a revolt took place there.
Fit ing has also been heard in the direc
tion cf Giurgevo. The communication
between Roumania and Bulgaria ha*
been stopped. The leaders of the in
surgents at Silistria have cross d the
Danube and been placed in custody by
the Roumanian authorities. The opin
ion here is that tbe outbreak at Silistria
was merely intended as a diversion to
draw the troops from Rjstchnk, which
is the real center of the revolt.
Tin; KNIUHTS OF LABOR
ravorably Looked I pan by the
Holy see.
Romb, March 3.—lt ia said on author
ity that there ia no likelihood that Ihe
Holy See will take any other than a
most favorable view of the attitnde of
Cardinal Gibbons und tbe American
bisliot a towards the Knights of Libor.
The statements drawn up by the Papal
dolegate, letters of certain Amerioan
Catholic statesmen to tbe Pope and the
personal opinion of Cardinal Manning,
all support Cardinal Gibbons. The
Pone himself, it is said, favors the
aspiration of modern labor.
To Prevent Bogus Enterprise*.
London, March 3.—lt is rumored tbat
the Irish leaders are contemplating the
issue of a "no tax" manifesto. The
Government is preparing a bill to amend
the Limited Liability act so as to pre
vent the promotion of bogus enterprises.
The Colonial Conference will meet
April 4th.
French Official* Dismissed.
Paris, Maroh 3.—A sensation waa
caused here by the publication, in th*
Temps, of a dispatch from Cairo, Egypt,
stating that all French officials in tbo
Khedive's service had been dismissed.
still Bnylng Horses.
London, March 3 —Horses for mili
tary purposes are being purchased ia
North Wales by the continental buyer*.
John H. Perry, of the Club Theater,
says that the smallpox patient, the boy
Eddie Dwyer, mentioned aa being taken
I from the Club Theater, was formerly
| employed in the bouse of amusement,
but has not boen there for four weeks
and that he was taken to the pesthouse
fVom Sainsevain street. Mr. Perry says
that had he had any idea that any em
ploye of the house was afllioted with
tho smallpox he should have notified
the authorities and closed the house at
once, but to hit knowledge Dwyer hat
not been iv the house for weeks.
The Smallpox.
Health Officer Hagan and Mayor
Workman reported two new oases of
smallpox yesterday—one iv the new
Woollacott building on Spring street,
near Third; the other on Center street,
near the Gas Works. Both were at onoe
removed to the pesihouae. The case in
the Woollacott block was a young man
who had lately been married, and his
young wife refused to be separated from
him, and went to the hospital with her
husband. The oase on Center street was
a Mexican. Both of the cases were re
moved before the disease had reached
the stage when it becomes contagious.
Mr. Jules Roth, of Le Frogret ™.
turned yesterday from a short bnaiacaa
trip to San Franolsoo.
NO. 133.
FOREIGN.
A Denial.