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interest or poblio morals. The adjusting
committee went through the whole list
of senators very patiently. Tbey gave
Senator Murphy bis duty on collars and
cuffs ; they gave the senators from Ten
nessee, Alabama, Virginia and West
Virginia a duty on coal and iron ore;
they gave to the senators from Louisiana
and elsewhere and the great sugar trust
of the country tbe duty demanded on
sugar; they gave the Populists the in
come tax; tbey did not give Senator
Brice a protective tatiff on wool for his
Ohio constituents, for the senator did
not demand it. He says he did-not.
He does not tell us wbat concessions
were made to him nor by whom they
were made, but tbe people of Ohio,
looking upon their distressed industries,
have fully determined that not one of
them received one consideration at bis
bands.
"It gives some protection; it has
some free trade in it here and some
there, bat mostly bere in the north.
There is a tariff on peannts, but free
trade in cotton ties; there is a tariff on
sumac, but free trade on wool; there ie
a tariff on mica, but free trade in
lumber. In every sohednle there is the
grossest exhibition of sectionalism and
unjust discrimination."
Governor McKinley was especially se
vere in bis characterization of the case
of the Lotlsiaaa representatives who
were promieed protection for their
augar intereata, and then left oat in the
sold. He devoted considerable time to a
comparison of the tariff bill of IS9O with
the new law, to the advantage of tbe
former. The law of 1694, he
said, baa struck the farmer
right and left. He has been shown no
mercy whatever. The deadliest blow is
against the wool-grower.
The concluding portion of the address
was an arraignment of the Democratic
party for what was described aa its false
pretenses, for its treachery to tbe pen
sioners o! tbe union army and navy and
for its incapacity to conduct the affairs
of tbe nation.
Portland, Ma., Sept. B.—Three thou
sand people listended to the addresses of
Governor Cleaves and Congressman
Reed here tonight. Tbe former spoke
on state issues, while Mr. Reed scored
the Democracy for its tariff record.
A BOOST FOR BRECKINRIDGE.
Voter. »t the Primaries Halt Swear to
Support the Nominee.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. B.—The Seventh
district Democratio congressional con
vention today adopted a compromise
role which, at the next Saturday's pri
mary election, sires ths right to chal
lenge any Democrat who does not intend
to support the Democratio nominee.
The rule iB not as strong as Breckin
ridge's friends desire, bat is neverthe
less a thorn to the opposition. Tbe lie
was passed eeveral times in tbe com
mittee, and the situation was strained
for several hours. Tbe rale adopted
will keep hundreds of Democrats from
tbe primary elections, and is causing
the Breckinridge men to jollify tonight.
PALMETTO STATE POLITICS.
Reorganized Denioorata to Oppoae the
Tlllranu Faction.
Charleston, S. C, Sept. B.—Thomas
A. Carmin, as chairman of the Demo
cratio convention whioh recently met in
Columbia, has issued an "address to
the Democrats of South Carolina," call
ing for conventions in all counties on
September 15th to elect delegates to a
atate convention to be held on Septem
ber 17th for tbe purpose of reorganizing
the Democratio party in Sonth Carolina.
This is taken to mean that fall state
and connty tickets will bs pat oat to
oppose tbe Tillman faction.
COXEY'S CAMPAIGN.
Carl Browne'. Baffeonery IH.ga.ting
the Good People of Ohio.
Massillon, 0., Sept, B,—Ooxey's
cumpaign for oongress was opened today.
Speaking began at 2 o'clock in a circus
tent, and will eonlinne throughout the
evening, with an intermission for sap
per. Tbe parade was declared off,
greatly to the disappointment of the
people. Ooxey's friends are disgusted
with the buffoonery Carl Browne has
produced.
Bowers in the Role of a Prophet.
San Dieoo, Sept.—Congressman
Bowers returned tonight from Washing
ton. His family is spending the season
on Long Island. In an interview be ex
preased the ntmoat continence that the
bonne would be Republican at tbe next
session, and the party would seonre a
marked increase of representation in the
senate.
Mills on the Stump.
Crockett, Tex., Sept. B.—Senator
Mills spoke here today and was enthus
iastically received. Of the financial
issue he said the Democratio party took
the right position when it declared for
the coining of both money metals. He
said the national financial plank suited
htm exactly.
Lafe Pence Renominated.
Dinvkb, Sept. B.—Th« First district
Populist congressional convention re
nominated Lafe Pence, in spite oi his
protest, "I believe I wonld do better
service in this state," he said, "by
chasing the scalp of £. O. Wolcotk"
PRISON JDIMOTOBS,
Thoy Will Continue tha Ulaanfaetnr* mt
J at* U» E »,
San Qdentin, Oal., Sept. B.—At a
meeting of tbe state board of prison
directors held here today, it was decided
to purchase 2000 bales of jute at $2.42ȣ
per hundred, and continue the making
of bags, although it was shown tbst
with the removal of the dnty on jate
was aot possible to make bags al) a
profit in competition with the importing
firms.
Timothy Lynch, ssntenced 15 months
ago from San Joaquin county to two
years' imprisonment, for assault with a
deadly weapon, waa paroled.
Tha application for parole of Ednardo
Fediani, ssrving six ysars for man
slaughter, was denied.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Fart of tha Rlveraldo Prohibition Ordi
nance Ia lavalld.
Bivebbide, Sept. B.—ln the superior
court today, Jodge Noyea rendered a de
cio.ou declaring that the third section
of tbs county prohibition ordinance ia
nnconatitntionsl. He took the ground
tbat the state statutes encourage and
protect winemaking, and that the county
has no right to prohibit tbe sale by the
producer of such commodity. The court
orders the releaae of A. H. Brown of
'Jiemeaeal andT. P. 8. Body of this city.
Who hays been convicted under the
third section of the ordinance. Tbe
•Mher sections of tbe ordinance are held
so be valid.
Pr. Parker, dentist, 129J, West Fint street
NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAL.
Result of the Receivership
Investigation.
Report of the Master in Chan
cery.
He Files a Bulky and Voluminous
Document.
A Complete Victory for the Reoslvere.
Villard found Guilty of .Uniting
Unlawful Gains—Oakca
Exonerated*
By the Asioclated Pratt.
Milwaueck, Sapt. B.—Master ot
Chancery A. L. Carey filod hii report
on tbe matters referred to him for in
vestigation in connection with the
Northern Pacific receivership conteat
tbis afternoon. Tbe report ia a balky
document, covering 153 closely type
written pages, and contains about 45,000
words. It is a complete victory for the
receivers, the master exonerating
Thomas F. Oakesfrom every charge pre
ferred against him, but Henry Villard is
found guilty of having made unlawful
gains as a director ol the Northern Pa
cific.
A synopsis of the master's report,
showing the various findings, follows:
First--The master finds that Thomas
F. Oakes had no peconiary interest in
and derived no personal advantage or
gain in any of the matters referred for
investigation.
Second—The master [finds tbat Henry
Villard, a director of the Northern Paci
fic Railroad company, made unlawful
gains by the acquisition of the railway
ot the Northern Pacifio and Manitoba
Bay Railroad company by the Northern
Pacific Railway company, to thu extent
oi $363,691.70.
Third—lt is found that Mr. Oskosdld
not and waa not bound to know that
Mr. Villard was Interested in the North
ern Pacifio and Manitoba railway, or
that he was making any unlawiul gains
by the acquisition of said railway by
the Northern Paeifio company. As a
sequence the master finds that Mr.
Oakes waß not bound to taks any meas
ure to prevent Mr. Villard from making
such unlawful gains, or for the protec
tion of the interest of the Northern
Pacifio Railroad company in respect
thereto.
Fourth—During the (oar fiscal yean
ending June 3D, 1803, tbe Northern Pa
cific company made savings under its
contract with the Rocky Fork Coal
company, to the amount ot $1,893,
--581.96, an average of over $475,000 per
year ior eacb of tbe four years.
Fifth—The master finds that William
T. Ball, Charles T. Barney, James B.
Hagsin and Charles B. Wright, directors
of the Northern Pacific, were interested
in the Rocky Fork and Cook City Rail
road oompany, and directors of the
Rooky Fork Coal company, and in the
acquisition by the Northern Pacifio
Railway company of tbe stock of the
Rocky Fork and Cook City railway, and
la the contract made by the Northern
Pacific with the Rocky Fork Coal
company.
Sixth—The master finds that no di
rectors of the Northern Pacific acquired
unlawful gains by tbe acquisition by that
company of tbe Rocky Fork and Cook
City railway, or by the arrangement
made by the Rocky Fork Coal company.
Seventh —The master says hs cannot
find as to these subjects of investigation
that Mr. Oaks was in any respect dis
loyal to his company or its interests.
Eighth—Tbe master finds that the
Chicago terminals cost the original
parties that were interested in them at
the time they were turned oyer to the
Chicago and Northern Pacifio company
$10,269,783.92.
Ninth —The master finds that tbe Ore
gon Transcontinental company received
$18,000,000 of bonds of tbe Chicago and
Northern Pacific oompany, and that it
ia possible to trace disposition of all of
them except three bonds. These bonds
are nnaceounted for.
Tenth—Oa pages 134 and 135 tha mas
ter states the account with the Oregon
and Transcontinental oompany and
shows that it received from these bonds
$15,667,879.38; that it paid out for these
properties and for expenses, etc., $15,
--081,085.42, leaving a balance of $186,
--793.96 unaccounted for on tbe debit
side of their acoount, that is swelled by
these considerations. The master
charges the company with having paid
$1,350,000 for the station which waß in
bond the same as all other items in the
aooount on a cash basis. Reducing
these bonds to a cash basis the same as
the other;, 90 per cent, would increase
the debit side of the account $135,000
more, furthermore, he finds that the
$441,000 of bends that were delivered to
Baxter, treaanrsr, for the purpose of
finishing the station, should bavb been
charged up and would increase the
debit side of the account to the cash
value of those bonds at 90 cents, $44,000.
The testimony shows that they had
paid only in cash $850,000 in the pur
chase of the station. The master finds
tbat there are $409,000 of the bonds tbat
were delivered to Villard upon Mr.
Wells' order, but are entirely unac
counted for, except that they were re
ceipted for by Mr. Villard, through Col
gate lloyt. Tbe Oregon and Transcon
tinental company, in all its transactions
relating to the acquisition of the several
Chicago terminal properties, acted as
the agent for parties In interest, who
ever they may have been. This ia in
dicated by tbe agreemeents of January,
1890, with the Wisconsin Central com
pany, as shown by tbe records of these
transactions.
Considerable testimony was given,
tending to show the disposition made
by the Oregon and Transcontinental
company of the moneys it had received
on account of these properties, but ths
master says he shall not attempt to
farther trace such moneys or look into
tbe accounts of the Oregon and Trans
continental company, as be bas reached
tbe conclusion that for the purpose of
this investigation, it is immaterial
whether euch moneys were sent or
who received tbem, ior reasons which
he then stated.
Messrs. Colby and Hoyt were the only
members of tbe Northern Pacific board
during the year ISB9 and '90, in which
the transactions under review took place
tbat apparently bad any direct interest
in tbe Chicago Terminal. They ac
quired each interest long prior to tbe
time when they became members of tbe
Northern Pacific board, and at a time
wben they owed no duties to tbe North
ern Pacific company. The Northern
Pacific did not fund the.-c bonds and
were in no degree liable for them. It is
true, by its leas* of April 1, 1890, with
the Wisconsin Central system, it had as
LOS AXGET.ES TTERAI/D SUXDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 0, 1804.
sumed all the covonants and agreements
made by tbat road, and tbe Wisconsin
Central company with its terminals, and
thereby have agreed to pay tbe Chicago
and Northern Pacifio company, in addi
tion to a fixed annual rental of *350.000,
a sufficient sum to pay any deficiency
on tha first mortgage bonds of
tbe Northern Pacifio company, tbe
bonds in question not being de
rived from other rentals. There was
not a direct promise to pay tbe interest
duo on this, and hence no right of action
upon the covenants or agreements that
existed, against the company. The
agreement of the Northern Pacific Rail
way company to pay or guarantee as a
rental a sum sufficient to pay the in
terest on the bonds was of that character
and made only witb such purpose tbnt
it could at any time be cancelled by the
mutual consent of the two companies,
and tbe holders of the bonda would pre
vent sacb eanellation. Further, there
waa no agreement whatever on tbe part
of tlie Northern Pacific Railway company
to pay or provide any fund for tbe pay
ment of rentals or for the payment of
theae bonda. It cannot, therefore, be
eaid that tbe Northern Pacific Railway
company has paid any interest on tha
bonds tbat have come into the hands
of the Oregon Transcontinental coma
pany.
If this were a suit or proceeding on
the part of the Northern Pacifio railway
to set aside the assumption of the
Chicago and Northern Pacific lease, tbe
master hardly thinks it could oompel
the parties who had received the pro
ceeds of the Chicago and Northern
Pacific bonds to account therefor. If
the conclusions are oorrect, he con
tinues, then Mr. Oakea, as an officer of
the Northern Pacifio company, had no
duties to perform in relation to the
Chicago and Northern Pacific bonds or
their proceeds and was not bound to in
vestigate the transactions in the sale of
tbeae bonds.
Tbe next finding is that tbe Northern
Pacific company loaned the Oregon and
Transcontinental oompany, through tbe
Wisconsin Central company, under
agreement of January 16, 1890, sums
amounting in the aggregate to $3,750,000,
which were paid back with interest at 5
per cent on tbe 26th day of June, 1890,
and that the Northern Pacifio suffered
no loss or Injury by reason of the loan.
The next and last question considered
is whether, in respect to tbe lease of the
Chicago terminals to the Northern Pa
cific oompany, an exorbitant or improv
ident rental was agreed to be paid, or
whether the same was so exorbitant or
improvident as to indicate non-feasance
or misfeasance on the part of Mr. Oakes
in tbe discharge of his duties as an offi
cer and director of the Northern Pa
cific.
The finding as to that Is tbat the
rental agreed to be paid by the North
ern Pacific Railway company for tbe
lease of tbe Chicago terminals of April
1, 1890, was not exorbitant or improvi
dent, and that Thomas F. Oakes was
not gailty of any misfeasance or non
feasance as an officer or director of tbe
Northern Pacific company in respect to
eaid lease.
BRITISH TRADES COHOBBSI.
A Fierce Fight Over the Election of a
Secretary.
Norwich, England, Sept. B.—At the
ssssion of tbe Trades Union congress, it
was resolved to demand that the govern
ment prevent the landing of destitute
aliens. C. H. Wilson, M. P. for West
Hull, the well-known steamship owner,
said that tbere were 56,000 foreign sailors
on board British ships.
The election of a parliamentary eecre
tsry for the trades union congress de
veloped all the fierceness of the opposi
tion leaders. Tom Mann, the labor
leader, represented the Sccialists; S. M.
Woods, vice president of the Miners'
Federation of Labor, waa the candidate
of those favoring "local op
tion," In the miners' eight
hour bill, and Charles Fenwick, the
present parliamentary eeoretary, repre
sented "no local option" in the miners
eight-hour bill. The result of the first
ballot was: Woods, 140; Fenwick, 117;
Mann, 105. Therslore a second ballot
was necessary in order to decide between
Woods and Fenwick. On tbe final bal
lot tbe vote stood: Woods, 211; Fen
wick, 141.
THE SWEATING SYSTEM.
New York Clothing- vforkera Aro Bound
to Abollta It.
New York, Sept. B.— A. mass meeting
of strikers was held at Cooper uniou last
night. It was a demonstration made
by the operatives in the clothing trade
against the "swsating system." The
hall was crowded and tbe determination
was sxprsssed not to return to work un
til the system was abolished. Samnel
Gompers denounoed the sweating sys
tem as "damnable and acoursed."
"We muat have victory, or we will
die Irom it," said Mr. Gompers, excit
edly.
Resolntions were passed expressing
the determination ol the strikers to con
tinue the struggle until they secured
more wages, lees hoars of labor and
better factory accommodations.
The clothing contractors met last
night and decided to form an associa
tion,
A LABOR KIOT.
Union and Non-Union 'Longshoremen
Fight a Fitohed Battle.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. B.—A pitched
battle took place on Bay etreet today
between anion and non-union 'long
shoremen, mostly negroes. About
100 shots were exchanged. Mark Kain,
white, leader of the scabs, was shot
in the head aad ia expected to die. A
number of negroes received slight
wounda. Police, armed with Winches
ters, escorted the non-union men to the
wharf so they could resume work.
Marhham'a Court of Inqntry.
Sacramento, Sept. B.—The court of
inquiry to investigate the conduct of
the military daring the recent strike
troubles in this city was appointed by
Governor Markham today, as follows:
Colonsl Park Henshaw of the Eighth
Infantry, Chico, president; Colonel F,
W. Summer, staff commander-in-chief,
San Francisco; Lieut. Col. S. S. Wright,
Sixth Infantry, Fresno; Capt. C. L.
Tilden. recorder, San Francisco. Tbe
court will open on September 17th, at
the Armory of Co. C, First Infantry,
San Francisco. The court will inquire
into matters pertaining to Major-tien
•ral Dimond's report and fix tbe re
sponsibility lor whatever military fail
ure there may hays been.
Patrons of Hunbnodrj Admitted.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 8. —The trades
congress bas adopted a resolution to ad
mit the Patrona of Husbandry to repre
sentation in tbe congress.
Some M»tn
Do not smol:«, hut tho*e who do ngg O'd Dn
saiulCMi Cigarettes get a kaifu coupon iv each
package.
USC liEBMAN fAMMLr BOAS'.
LOUISIANA SUGAR PLANTERS.
They Bid the Democratic Party
Adieu.
Their Support to Be Transferred to
the Republicans.
Congressman Merer Says the Defection
Is Serlona and Means the I>osa
of the State to the
Democracy.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 8. —Adolph Meyer,
congreasman from tbe First Louisiana
district, talked to an Associated Preas
reporter of the movement toward the
Republican party, as shown by the de
velopments at the meeting of sugar
planters in New Orleans. He said:
"It seems that a Republican delega
tion will be sent to tbe next congress
from Louisiana, and that Republican
presidential electors may be chosen two
years from now. Tbis movement is no
more than might have been expeeoted.
Tbe Democratic congress has dealt
shamefully with the great interest of
Louisiana, after repeatedly promising
to sustain it. Tbe party has received
strong and consistent support from tbe
state for many years, ond the first time
it secures complete oontrol of the gov
ernment, it proceeds to indict uoon
Louisiana the hardest blow ehe was
sver given by legislation. We have not
only bsen unfairly dealt with, but have
been deceived, in a word —buncoed.
"We were promised, back in the
presidential campaign, that tbe sugar
industry should not be crippled by a
change in the tariff. Then when tbe
tariff bill was to be amended In the
senate, there was a definite promise
tbat tbe bounty should be continued for
this year. Tbe crops this year were
started on that understanding, invest
ments having been made on this basis;
yet tbe party to whioh tbe atate has
given ita undivided support, enacted a
hill that will drive many of its prosper
ous business men to bankruptcy.
"The Republican party, on the other
hand, has enacted legislation under
which the eugar industry has prospered.
Tbe Republicans iv this congress bave
voted for tbe sugar bounty on all occa
sions, and I think have done so con
sistently. So bave the Louisiana Demo
crats for that matter. Now congress
holds a further menace over our heads
in the form of a threat to pat sugar on
tbe free list at the next session. No
other industry has been treated in thia
way."
"How far is the new organization ex
pected to go?"
"It may have Republican nominations
this fall. The gentlemen who have
Btarted tbe movement only suggest co
operation with the Ropublioans in na
tional issues, and do not propose a state
ticket or a local ticket."
When asked to state his psraonal
opinion, he said:
"I would not advise onr people to go
into the Republican party. They would
do better to make nominations for con
gress on the Democratic ticket, with the
understanding that their representatives
should act independently wherever they
can serve the interests of their state best
by doing so."
THE SUGAR BOUNTY.
Nearly 811,000,000 Paid to Louisiana
l>ast Year.
Washington, Sept. 8. —Tbe recorda of
tbe treasury shows that during tbe fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894, tbe pay
ments as bounty on eager aggregated
$12,096,889,0f which amount $11,1414,290
waß on cine sugar, $852,174 wae on beet
eager, $17,312 on sorghum and $116,211
on maple.
01 the bpunty on cane eugar $10,688,
--898 was paid to prodacera in the state of
Louisiana. The records also show that
thesll, 114.290 bounty on cane sugar was
paid to 578 producers, whioh makes an
average of $19,195 66 to each producer.
The amount paid aa bounty on beet
sugar was divided among seven pro
ducers of factories, making the average
payment to each $121,739. Thia, how
ever, represents only a email portion of
the number of beneficiaries under tbe
act, ac eacb factory handles the crops of
a large number of growers. Thia ia aleo
true of tbe cane factories, only tbe pro
portion of factories to producers ia
bound to be much less, while of eonrse
many persona are employed in the
work and are indirect beneficiaries.
Tbe figures on acreage for ths year
ended June 30, 1891, are not yet all in,
but those of tbe preceding year show ,
tbat in Louisiana the bounty averaged
$47 52 for each acre of cane produced ;
in Texas, $37.60 per acre, and in Florida,
$58.23 per acre.
It la believed that the average bounty
per aore of cane produced in Louisiana
ior the year ended June 30,1894, will bo
about $53.
Secretary Carlisle is expected on Mon
day to render a decision on the claims
for sugar bounties unpaid prior to Aug
ust 27, 1894, when the new tariff bill be
came a law. The amount involved is
about $260,000. Tbe secretary will hold
that under the law he is not only un
authorized to make these payments, bat
is specifically instructed by the new
tariff act not to pay them. The sugar
producers contend that congresa had no
right and did not intend to prohibit the
payment of bounties on sugar produced
while the aot of 1890 was in force, and
tbat licenses issued under the act are in
the nature of contracts and carry with
them the obligation of the government
to pay tbe bounties provided for. These
licenses expire annually Jnne 30th,
IV HOLE 9A LB MURDER.
Eight Raman Farmers Slay nnd Bah SI
Laborers.
St. Pktebsbibo, Sept. B,—A story of
wholesale murder comes ftom Fogan
ovka, a village ol Samara. Eight
formers living near the village em
ployed 21 laborers to sow their lands.
The laborers performed their work satis
factorily and werejpaid the stipulated
money. Tho farmerß then conspired to
get the money and finally
decided the only way of doing so was to
kill them. While tbe laborera were en
joying a Biesta together, they were set
upon by tbe farmers and every one of
them was killed. The farmers then
robbed tha bodies and burned them.
The absence of the laborers aronsed sus
picion and led to the speedy arrest of
tbe eight murderers.
California Herb Ten
It just the thing to take at this mason, warm
weather induces a debilitated condition oi the
iTitetu. Torpid liver, indlgottiou and blood
diseases assert themselves unless these troubles
are corrected l . This Is nest done by the occa
sional use nt Week's California herb tea, a
harmless remedy composed entirely ol roots
and herbs as cents per package. Fat sal* by
all druggists.
CHICAGO CORNICE WORKER'S.
Their Strike Assuming Mammoth Pro
portions.
Chicaoo, Sept. B.—A part of the em
ployees of five additional firms reported
at the headquarters of the Cornice
Workers' anion last night that they had
been locked oat, and tbe men em
ployed by two other firms were ordered
to leave their places by the officers of
the union, This makes a total of eleven
firms now involved in the trouble,either
through the lockout or because their
men had gone out on a strike. It is said
tbe fall effect of the orders of the em
ployers to lock out the men would not
be known until tonight, when all the
men would have reported to officers of
the union.
The most important proceeding in
connection with tbe strike waß the
meeting of the business agents of the
Building Trades' council. At this meet
ing the representatives of the various
unions declared that they would support
the cornice makers, and that no mem
ber of tbeir organizations would work
on a building were non-union cornice
makers were employed. In conse
quence of this decision it is believed
that the trouble will spread to a con
siderable extent daring tho next
few days. Union men say that there is
not a building of any importance under
construction in the city that iB not con
trolled by the organizations of the city,
and tbat whenever a non-union cornice
worker is put lo work, tbe other trades
w.ll.leave their places.
GOING ABROAD.
Proposed Tonr of tho World of D. O.
Hills snd WhlteUw Keld.
New York, Sept. B.—D. 0. Mills has
started for San Franoisoo, whence he
will sail on a voyage around the world.
He goes to the Sandwich Islands, Japan,
China and India, reaching Egypt
in January. There he will be
joined by Mr. and Mrs. Wbitelaw Reid,
who are to sail ior Gibraltar in Novem
ber, and a tew weeks in the south of
Spain and on the north coast of Africa,
are to make their way to Cairo.
The united party has chartered a
steamer for a trip along the Nile, and
will go np to the second cataract. Oa
tbeir return tbey are to take camels
and cruise the desert to Mt. Sinai, en
tering Palestine at the junction of
the Jordan with the Dead sea,
going out by way of the Sea of Galilee
and Damascus. They will probably
reach Paris and London by May and
be back in New York by June.
THE OI.I), OLD STORY.
A Uvaser Shoots a Man Instead of a
Deer.
Han Jose, Sept. 8, —A sickening trag
edy occurred late last night at the Pi
chetti vineyard, 14 miles west of here i
Louis Cagliosso, an Italian employed by
Pierre Klein, went into tbe vineyard to
lie in wait' for a deer. Seeing some of
tbe vines move, he shot. A heavy ob
ject fell and there was a sharp cry.
According to Cagliosso's statement he
was afraid of an attack, in case the deer
should not be dead, and did not go near
the place of tbe shooting until early
tbis morning, when he discovered the
dead body ol 0. Belloni, an aged Italian,
who formerly owned the Piubetti vine
yard. After discovering what he had
done, Cagliosso came to this city and
gave himself up. It is believed that
Belloni was also in tbe vineyard in wait
for the deer, as ag aa was beside his
body.
OABRU.I.O CELEBRATIOBT.
Arrangements for the Event Rapidly
Taking* Shape.
SahDieoo, Cal., Sept. B.—The ar»
rangements for the great Cabrillo cele
bration are rapidly taking shape and
enough has already been accomplished
to insure a great suocess. Tbe Seventh
and Ninth regiments, N. G. 0., num
bering 1200 men, have accepted the in
vitation to attend. Tbere bave been
five bands engaged, including
the Golden Gate Park band of San Fran
eisoo, and the Los Angeles city band
and tbe Los Angelea Military bsad.
the fireworks arrangements are per
fected. Tbe extent of tbe illumination
will be learned wben it is known that
$2200 has been expended ior fireworks
alone.
JLlchtnlna's Havoc.
Dekalb, 111., Sept. B.—Ligntnlag
played bavoo among various small
towns in this section last night. Tbe
business portion of Malta, a village of
600, is in ashes, with lobbbs
aggregating $50,000. Henrietta, a
hamlet of half a dozen houses
was also wiped out. At Cale
donia four buildings were destroyed. At
Rockford three fires were caused by
lightning. Huntley suffered loss
of buildings, one of which was a
stable in which four horses were ore
mated.
The Northwestern railway track for a
stretch of 300 feet at Trout oerk is
washed out. At Geneva a washout oc
curred on the Air line, carrying away a
large section of track.
A Shocking- Accident.
Stockton, Sept. B.—A shocking acci
dent occurred just north of tbis city
early this morning. The conductor of a
freight train, bowling along at a high
rate of speed, felt something jar under
tbe caboose. The train wbb stopped
and under tbe wheels was found the
body of a man mangled beyond all
recognition. From papers tonnd in tbe
pockots of the victim it is evident that
his name was John F. Egan, and it is
believed he came from Denver.
Divorces Nullified.
Guthrie, O. T., Sept. B.—A decision
ol the supreme court of the territory to
day nullified all divorces granted by
probate judges in Oklahoma since March,
1893. There bave been fall? 400 such
divorces. A large percentage of persons
so divorced have married since and are
guilty of bigamy.
I Collided on a Curve.
Loceuaven, Pa., Sept. B.—Aa enst
boand fright train collided with a west
bound work train on a curve, three miles
from here today. Tbere were 15 men in
the cab. Jerry Sheehan and David
Forcht were killed. James Kane had
his thigh ehattersd. Seven men were
elightly injured. I
forest Fire victims.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. B.—The mail
carrier from Rainy river bringa news
tbat fires on tbe Canadian border last
week killed nearly 25 persons. Mail
curriers between tbe Lower and Rainy
rivera had several narrow escapes.
A Fine Kealdenoo Burned,
Pinolk, Oa!.. Sept. B.—The residence
ol Mrs. A. Torney, together with the
contents, outbuildings and barn, was
totally destroyed by are at 11 o'clock
tbis morning. XLm asaw will fnobably
reach $20,000.
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