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VOL. NLIV. NO. 4G
WORTH OVER A MILLION
Text of the Will of the Late
Ex' Governor Downey
COPY TAKEN AT SAN DIEGO
X Codicil Was Attached to the Original
Haw the Document Came to Be Left at the
Bank—lt Was Written in Decedent's
Own Handwriting
Special to The Herald
BAN DIEGO, May 26.—The supposition
that a copy °1 the recently found will of
the late ex-Governor John G. Downey
had been made by Receiver O'Connor of
the Consolidated National bank at time
of discovery and before he sent it to Los
Angeles for probate, has proven true, the
lniportantjdocumeut having been seen to
day. Tlie following is a cops' of the text:
LOS ANGELES. May 15, 1877.
I, John O. Downey, of the city and
county of Los Angeles, state of Califor
nia, being of sound and disposing tnind,
do make tho following will and testa
ment:
First, I will a.id bequeath to my be
loved wife, Mary de Guirado, the house
and appurtenances were we now live,
with all furniture, silverware, carriages,
horses, cows and utensils and also the ad
joining house and lot on the south,
known as the Hunter place. In addition
I will and bequeatii to her one-half of
all the balance of my property of what
ever kind and nature, subject to the pay
ment by her of one-half of my debts,expen
ses of administration, etc. To my sis
ters, Eleanor Martin, Anna Donohue,
NVintield Martin, and John Downey Har
vey I will and bequeath one-half of my
property in equal proportions, subject to
their pro rata in paying my debts and
the bequests hereinafter provided for.
My real estate shall not be sold until J.
Downey Harvey attains the age of 40 years.
In case of the death of J. Downey Harvey
without heirs or the death of Winifred
or Anna Donohue without heirs the prop
erty hereby bequeathed them shall revert
to Eleanor Martin and her heirs. I will
and bequeath to Bishop Mora one thou
sand dollars for charitable purposes, to
the Catholic university of Dowlin one
thousand dollars, to the charitable fund
Of Los Angeles lodge No. 42, F. &, A. M.,
live hundred dollars, and to the Catholic
Orphans society of Los Anglecs one thou
sand dollars, to John Downey Harvey
my library with exception of any particu
lar books my wife, M. .1. Guirado. may
desire to retain. 1 appoint as my execu
tors without bonds Edward Martin of San
Francisco, J. M. Griffith of Los Angeles
ana Stephen M. White of the same place,
with instruct! fan to keep intact the Dow
ney block and complete in the near future
when funds accumulate and when proper
opportunity offers and without saciilico
to sell such property outsido of the Dow
ney block as will be necessary to pay off
my debts, expenses cf administration,
vaults or such monuments as their good
judgment will indicate. This will re
vokes all heretofore made and is hurried
ly written as I am starting for Warner's
ranch. JOHN G. DOWNEY.
Executed In the presenco ot Chas. E.
Beane, Jas. \V. Bickel, J. S. Crawford.
Codicil: Restriction upon selling real
estate is removed and Edward Martin
having died Peter Donohue is substituted
as executor in his place, and E. F, Spence
in place of J. M. Griffith.
JOHN G. DOWNEY.
Witness to signature: J. Dryant How
ard. D. O. McCarthy.
It is stated by Receiver O'Connor that
the will is holographic and that the
writing was in the usually clear and firm
style ol the late governor. While it is
known that only one of tho witnesses to
tho will is now living, it is not known
here which one it is.
When the will was first found it was re
ported that one of the prominent attor
neys of this city had drawn it at the dic
tation of Governor Dowey, but this is
not borne out by later facts as the instru
ment shows the personal work of the gov
ernor. This being the case it is not
strange that Senator White should be
ignorant of such a will boing in exist
ence. There is no date attached to the
codicil, but the fact that both of the wit
nesses to this portion of tho document
have lived here for many years would
indicate that it was made in this city.
Neither of the witnesses have any knowl
edge 01 when the will was brought here
but they are of tho opinion that the gov
ernor entrusted the instrument 10 the
keeping of tho cashier, E. L'\ Spenoe of
tho Consolidated National bank, some
time after tho codicil was added, and that
it was given after endorsemnet by
Spence to Howard about the time that
Spence left, here for 1,03 Angeles. How
ard deposited it in tho vaults of the Con
solidated Natoinal bank and when that
institution closed its doors ho forgot all
about it being there. It will bo a great
surprise to know that the value of the
ostate is much greater than tho estimates
recently put upon it, and that it is worth
fully $1.•100.(100, instead of only $600,000.
This difference is easily accounted for |
by the enormous advanco in the value of j
real estate in Los Angeles, ami as the
bulk of the estate is in realty there,
this fact should have been noticed in the
first place, but the estimate was nrooably
taken fro.v the usual estimate given
when the pioperty of Governor Down ey
was lirst turned over to tho prosont ad
ministrators.
What J. Downey Harvey Says
Senator Stephen M. White returned
from San Francisco yesterday. In the
afternoon lie had a consultation with .1.
Downey Harvey, administrator of the
estate of John G. Downey, and with his
law partner, Charles .Monroe, relative to
the will of the late ex-governor which
was discovered at San Diego a few days
ago. and which is now in tho custody of
the county clerk in this city.
The meeting lasted over an hour and a
half and was strictly private. As a result
a couple of telegrams were sent on north,
presumably to Mrs. E. Martin and Mrs.
I. Donahue.
Senator White positively refused to say
what steps would be taken by the admin
istrator alter the will was opened. The
senator knows how to bo non-committal
when ho chooses and ho was strictly to
upon this occasion.
Mr. Munroo had nothing to say. The
matttcr was entirely in the Hands of the
senator, who might or might not talk
about the case.
J. Dcwney Harvey, after the conclus
ion of the consultant!!, was met by a
Herald reporter. He. too, begged to be
excused. He was willing, however, to
denounce the telegiams from San Fran
cisco stating that noither Mrs. K. Martin
nor Mrs. Donahue would contest the
will, as a fabrication. Ho said that his
mother and his aunt had not seen the
will, did not know its provisions, nor did
they know as yet whether the document
was authentic, and here it was tele
graphed in every direction that they
wore willing that the property of their
deceased brother should be disposed of as
he intended.
Mr. Downey admitted that tho willj, if
no later one could be found, stood good
chances of being admitted to probate,
because the lirst Mrs. Downev, nco Gui
rado, ha I died childless. However, he
gave this as a legal theory only and by no
means as a thing which had been decided
upon and in when the heirs or tho attor
neys concurred.
Ho s:iid that tho will would probably
be opened today in departmnt two of the
superior court and that there would be
no great delay in announcing what
course would be taken in tho premises.
Referring to the various newsnaper ac
counts ,v!iich have been printed since the
discovery of the will, Mr.Harvey laughed
sarcastically at their inaocuracy, and
mentioned as an instance that the estate
of the late governor had been variously
estimated at $300,000 and $."iOO,OOO. "And.
yet," sa«d Mr. Harvey, "if the writers of
all this stuff bad gone two blocks to tho
court house they might have easily
learned that tho propeitv had been ofli"
--cially appraised at a million and a quar
ter. The less said tho soonest mended.
I have been abused like a pickpocket for
attending to my business, and I am not
going to say anything more just now."
Administrator Harvey's soreness was
caused by the way in wnich he had been
treated by a morning contemporary that
had published certain facts that :he con
sidered cjroneom. Ho went to havo
them corrected and was told that the city
editor had passed upon it—and that,
that settles it. "You can print what
tho devil you piease," quoth Downey,
and ho walked off on his ear.
The reporter inquired whether the
newly discovered will would or would not
corroborate tho claims of the Gulrados,
but the administrator did not care to ex
press himself upon the subject just then.
The suit brought by li. C. Guirado, the
eldest brother of the lirst Mrs. Downey,
against the administrator of the estate "is
to recover one-eighth of the whole prop
erty. Ho alleges that hefnrtd his broth
ers released their interest upon their de
ceased sister's estate to the governor,
upon bis executing to them a contract in
writing that he would will to them one
half of bis property when he died. He
died without making any such will, and
Guirado lost the contract. The brothers
and nephews of Guirado have not brought
suit for their share, probably preferring
to await tho outcome of their relative's
action.
ROBBRD THE MAIL
A Postofflce Clerk Rifled Letters at. St.
Joseph
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May L'O.-Samuel
P. Holliday, one of the trusted letter
clerks in the St. Joseph postottice, was
arrested at his home this morning by In
spector George Sutton and charged with
robbing the mails.
When taken before Postmaster Atkin
son lie confessed. Holllday's plan was to
steal promising looking letters from the
THE VETS FORMING IN CENTRAL PARK
mail, take out a part the money when
ever he lountl any and then re trial 1 tho
letter. Ho confessed that he had been
stealing since January and had taken a
large amount. The postofhea d paitment
has been at work on tho case fur four
months. Hollfday took tho money to
support an extravagant wife.
THE WHITE FLAG IGNORED
Treacherous Work of Freebooters in
French Guinea
pierce Battle Between Troops and the
Outlaws -The Latter Lost Sixty lien.
Including Their Leader
PARIS, May 26.—Tho governor ot
French Guinea cables to his government
that as a consequence of Barzilian frte
booters capturing a French settler named
Trajano and robbing other Frenchmen
on tho frontier territory between French
Guinea and Brazil, the governor sent a
dispatch boat with marines to restore or
der. M. Lunier, captain of tho marines,
with only two men, tool; a flag i f truco
to demand, the surrender of Tiajano.
Catral, |tb« leader gut the freebooters,
treacherously tired- upon M. Lunier, A
lierco conflict ensued, tho marines com
ing to the csjistanoo ot the Frenchmen.
In the two hours of fighting. Cabral lost
over sixty men killed, including himself,'
and the French-live killed, including Lu
nier. and .twenty wounded. it is feared
this encounter will lead to trouble with
Brazil. The scone of conflict is in de
batable territory between the two coun- i
The Herald
LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1895.-EIGHT PAGES
COMMEMORATING THE DAY
Memorial Services Yesterday
Morning
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
The Veterans Turned Out in a
Body
A Specialty Prepared Programme at the
First Congregational Church—The
Stirring flusic
The First Congregational church at the
corner of Hill and Sixth streets was tilled
to overflowing jesterday, the largest part
of the audience consisting of the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Republic
from Logan. Uartlett, Stanton and Ken
csaw pusts and the Women's Relief corps
from these various bodies, who had
turned nut to listen to a speciallyfpreparcd
programme arranged in commemoration
of Memorial Day.
The procession of veterans and Re
lief corps ladies formed in the shades of
Central pari.-, fronting the chucrh, at
10:;J0 o'clock in the morning. Each post
carried its own colors, being in charge of
its commanding officer. Seats had been
especially reserved for the invited guests,
tho old battle-scarred skirmishers on the
right ana the ladies on the left. The se*
vices began shortly after 11 o'clock.
A piano soiection opened tho pro
gramme and then came the doxology and
invocation. The choir rendered Cover
Them Over, in a sweetly brilliant man
ner, and after the seripinral reading, a
regulation church hymn and prayer the
.Star Spangled Banner was sung, Professor
P. A. Bacon leading and the audience
joining in the words and air of the
stirring chorus.
The subject of Dr. Warren F, Day's
sermon was the Times and Trials Which
this Memorial Day Commemorates.
The minister began with the statement
that the first memorial day was celebrated
in tho time of Esther and Motdecai when
the plot to annihilate tho Jews domiciled
In Persia failed of its purpose. The He
brew to this day commemorates the feast
in honor cf the event, called in the Bible
the feast of Purira. "We glory in the
spirit of "76," laid tue speaker. "The
pride of the nation is in the day of our
independence, while the heart of the
nation is In Memorial day. The latter
awakens our personal interest, because so
many of yon here nelorc me had a per
sonal interest in tho making of the stir
ring mc.dents of the days from '60
to 't>s, which form such an important
epoch in the history of our country.
The sermon of Dr. Day was a most elo
quent effort thougbout, 'frequently stir
ring the auditors of the brilliant minis
ter to bursts of applause, a circumstance
very rare i:> a church service on the Sab
bath day. Dr. Day had subdivided
his remarks into six different proposi
tions. Ilia contention wasjthat the pre.'eiit
was a personal memorial in which most
of those present bad a personal interest;
that this memorial is treasured for its
tender recollections; that it recalls the
throbbing life of the past; that it recalls
a period of disclosures and development
of#man ; that it recalls a period of noble
thinking and heroic deeds, and that it
recalls a period of brotherhood and lofty
religious sentiment.
At the conclusion of the sermon tho
congregation, led by the choir, sang
America, and then after prayer, the ser
vices were at an end.
The musical part of the soivice was in
the hands o. : Professor F. A. Bacon, who
was assisted by Mrs. G. A. Thomas, Mrs.
L. Lesu-'o and Mr. 11. Williams, with
Miss 0. E, BoSbyshell presiding at the
piano.
The church was profusely hung with
the national colors.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR
The Organization Will Erect a Building at
Phlladelph'e
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Tho Knights
of Labor have taken out a permit for the
erection of a building for the accommo
dation of tho general offices of the order
on the corner of First and B streets
Northwest, facing the capitol grounds.
A three-story building of brick and stone
will be built and accommodations pro
vided for the general oliices of tho order
and lor the publication of tho journal of
the Knights of Labor. Speaking of tho
reason for oflicating in Washington, Gen
eral Master Workman Sovereign said:
"Wo are coming to town to keep an eye
on the action of the senators and repre
sentatives. Tho reforms sought by labor
can only be secured through legislation.
''This is the seat of war and we want to !
be on the ground to look out for the in
terests of the masses. The toilers will in
future bo represented before congressional
committees on all questions affecting
their welfare."
The Death-Dealing Trolley Car
CHICAGO. May SMJ—A South Chicago
electric car diawmg a trailer ran into a
wagon containing five persons at Sev
enty-ninth street and Yates avenue this
evening. The wagon was demolished.
Frarcisca Buzewicki, an aged widow, was
kil c i and another woman probably fatally
iniured.
CITY ATTORNEY DUNN AND HIS NEHRSIS COMINO HONE
READY TO TAKE UP ARMS
An Uprising in Armenia Expected at
Any Time
(inn* Smuggled Across the Border and Deliv
ered to the Downtrodden Natives—lt
Looks as if Blood Will Plow
KARS, Russia, April 2.—During the
past three weeks 1 have had an opportu
nity for obtaining additional confirma
tion of tho facts contained in my an-
nouncement of the impending uprising
of the Armenians in Turkey,next, month.
1 have traveled many miles up and down
and across tho border in search of Certain
facts and as a result, have had the satis
faction of actually seeing and handling
some of the rirles now being smuggled
across the Turkish frontier by the agents
of the revolutionary party.
Moreover, the plans of the party have
been fully explained to me by some of
the most active and intelligent of the
leaders of the eastern wing of the move
ment, and I am now entirely satisfied
ttiat Unless unforeseen circumstances arise
the uprising will take place as announced.
The exact, dato o* the uprising has not
yet been tixed, owing for the most part
to the tact that the extreme section of
the revolutionary party is not ready for
tacive operations. Whether or not the
central section will wait for the eastern
wing longer tnan the month of May, I do
not know, nor has tho matter actually
been decided. lam asked to believe that
the eastern wing cannot be ready for hos
tilities in May and possibly not before
the Ist of July. The eastern wing has
been having a hard time ut it owing to
circumstances over which the leaders
have no control.
5 In the first place, the mountain passes
leading to \an have been covered by
snow tor months, so that only special
messengers following the regular routes
of travel could get through, and therefore
it was impossible to follow with the guns
and ammunition fiom Russia and Per
sia to the d strict a boll t Lake Van. Theie
are now guns on tue border awaiting
transportation into Armenia.
tn the second place, the Armenians in
the eastern end of Turkey are in a con
dition bordering on starvartjon. It is ob
vious that people in this condition can
not tight. On this point a leading execu
tive 01 the revolutionary party said to
| me three days ago:
"If men have nothing in their stoir-
I aehs what will they do? We must lir.-t
feed them before wo can expect them to
light. When wo can get food enough on
hand to last them two months, wo shall
show the worid how Armen Eans can
light."
It is this question of food that the rev
olutionary leaders will rind more difficult
of solution. The problem of smuggling
guns into Armenia will be solved in the
spring, which is now just beginnng to bo
felt in the lower valleys. If we explain
that no foou can bo had, people cannot
be fed, no matter how much money they
have, and it is a fact that in the eastern
portion of Armenia food ii bo scarce
that welt-to-do people have no more food
than they actually need.
Few crops were grown last summer,
owing to tho fait that many of tho farm
er.* and cultivators wero thrown into prb
| on by the Turks under charges of conspii - I
acy. Then cattle were stoien by the i
I Kurds and what the poor people bad lett
! in the way of provisions or property were
j seized by government officials. There
will be no crops planted in Eastern Ar
i men a this spring for the country every-
I where is suffering from a reign of terror
| The efforts of the commission of inquiry,
jat Moosh and of the Christian powers of
i Kurope have had absolutely no effect
j upon tho conduct of either Turks or
i Kurds in Kastern Turkey. lam just in
j receipt of trustworthy advices lrom v
! non-Armeoian souico at Van to the effect
that a massacre is looked for at any mo
ment.
It is a fact which the British govern
| mentcan verify by consulting the report
of Mr, Pa ton, an official of the British
consulate at I'cbratz, Persia, that in sev
eral cases tho Turkish officials in the de
vastated district of Armenia tried hard to
save the Armenians from death and their
property from destruction, but when they
protested against the murderous raids of
the troops the officers read to them tho
virders of the sultan, ami so nothing could
be duue. Mr. Paton has lately returned
from Tebratz from an investigating tour
among the Armenian refugees along thd
border between Persia ami Turnkey, lie
found plenty of refugees $*om tho hake
Van and Moosh districts, but not one
from Sussoun. There are no Sassoun sur
vivors in Ourmanua, Salmis Ditiman,
Khoi, Tebratz or any other place in Per
sia, and so very few in Russia that they
are most difficult to lind.
This absence of Sassouns among so
many refugees from the districts of Kast
ern Armenia suggests a dreadful possibil
ity that few of these people escaped the
massacre. The investigation ot Mr.
Paton along the Persian border has con
tinued in a general way the facta which
I have incidentally obtained during the
past eight, weeks. The events of the mas
sacre were so horrible that even the
chronic exaggeration of the Armenian
mind fails to add anything to them. Mr.
Paton was accompanied on this tour of
investigation by Dr. Wright, an American
missionary stationed at Salmis.
These gentlemen took testimony to the
effect that when the Turkish sold ers
and Kurds appeared at a certain village
they collected some of the villagers who
dared protest against the outrages, and
many of the dead men were cut up and
thrown into a kettle and boiled like so
much beef. These boiled piece* were
then given to the villagers for food. JThe
wretched creatures were compelled to eat
their friends to the last mouthful. In one
village a party of Kurds found a child
asleep in a cradle. They overturned the
cradle and smothered the child. Then
they dissected the body and roasted
pieces of it before the nre. As a climax
they compelled the members of the
family, including the child's mother, to
east the roasted pieces.
The refugees who tell these stories are
for the most part ready to return to Ar
menia to wreak vengeance on their per
secutors as soon as they are supplied
with ammunition, aims and food by the
revolutionary party, and, as already
stated, the only thing lacking is footi.
The weapons I have seen are common in
Russia as "soldatskite" guns,that is, the
guns issued to the iesiilar army of
Kussla. The gun Is the Boordan riHe, a
simple, efficient weapon, particularly well
suited to rough Usage* One of the bit
terest things the Armenian revolutioi at/
leaders have to reflect upon is the tact
sortß of the characters noted in the parade
thai many Armenians act as'spies for
the Turkish government, it is a melan
[ eholy stale of things, freely admitted by
j tho 'Armenians themselves, that Armen
ians can always be found to sell our. their
eruntry and their friends for a purse of
silver.
The leaders and agents whom I have
met are apparently sincere and trust
worthy, it should be explained in con
nection with this revolutionary move
ment, that there are three revolutionary
parties, but until I have tangible proof
of active existenco of them I shall con
tinuo.to speak of revolutionists as thougli
they were only one party. The headquar
ters of the revolutionary party is in Lon
don, and it is from London that the bean"
leader issues his orders to his executive
leaders in Russia. Persia and Turkey.
It is my duty to give a word of warn
ing to tho kind-hearted persons in (ireat
Britain and America who arc subscribing
funds for the relief of BaSSOlin refugees.
If these contributors have no desire to
aid the revolutionary party they should
ascertain very truly the ultimate destiny
ot thir contributions. As I have already
pointed out, the Hassoun relief funds
are merely revolutionary funds in dis
guise. lam convinced that any relief
money entrusted to any Armenian will
POO tier or later be used to help the revolu
tionary cause. The entire Armenian peo
ple are interested in this revolutionary
movement. At present the only possible I
way by which tho starving people of |
Armenia can ho helped is by means of
Christian missionaries in Turkey and
Persia. I say this, knowing what com
plications might arise between tho mis
sionaries and the Turkish
but to give money to Armenian commit
tees, is simply to aid the revolutionists.
Help is needed, however, and that im
mediately.
EX-CONSUL WALLER'S CASE
Interview With a Step-son of
the Imprisoned Man
CLAIM OF THE FRENCHMEN
A Treaty Proposition That Justifies the
Action
Story ol the Arreit, Trial and Conviction of
the American Acent—Some New
Facts Developed
Associated Press Special Wire."
WASHINGTON, May 26.—A reporter
of the Associated Tress secured nn intcr
vcw with Paul Bray, tho step-son of ex-
Consul Waller, concerning his and his
step-lather's trouble i:i Madagascar.
"The French," ho said, "claim author
ity over the foreign affairs of the island
under the treaty of 1885, which gave
them the right to represent Madagascar
in its foreign relations, but not In any
way to interfwere with the management
of the internal affairs of the count ry.
They have since maintained a French res
ident at Antannarivo, which is the capi
tal, while the Europeans and tho
United States have kept only consuls there.
The French representative has claimed
that under this treaty Franco was en
titled to exercise a protectorate over the is
land and among other prerogatives, has
demanded that they be allowed to issue
exequateurs to the representatives of
other foreign governments. Mr. Walker
was appointed consul by President Har
rison and when he arrived at the capital
the French representative made the de
mand that Waller should receive his
badge of authority from him. Knowing
that tho natives or Hovas resisted this
claim of the French and placed a different
interpretation upon the treaty. Mr. Wal
ler resisted this demand and accepted
his exequateur from the natives.
"When Mr. Waller's term of office ex
! pired and he sought to secure a conces
sion of lands frjm the natives' govern
ment, the French authorities opposed
him in every way.
"Mr. Waller's nome is in Antanna
rivo. which is about iM miles inland
from Tamatave, but he was at tho latter
place on business connected with his con
cession when he was placed under arrest,
as I was also at tho same time, lieing
interested with him in the concession, I
went to Mauritius bay in May, lS!rt. but
I was followed by written and printed
representations of the situation sent out
by the French authorities, characterizing
the grant as fraudulent and in every way
calculated to prejudice our enterprise." t)
Mr. Bray says that when Mr. Waller
was arrested in March he (Bray) was sit
ting in Mr. Waller's house engaged in a
game of draughts, when tho building was
smrouudea by a halt a dozen French
gendarmos. Waller was not in, but Bray
undertook to find him, and succeeded in
doing so. Waller was then told by the
officer in charge of the squad that he had .
an order from the military commander of
the post for his arrest and the confisca
tion of his papers, but. upon his request
that he be allowed to see the authorities
he was refused and taken to prison, not,
however, until the house had btjd lan
sieked and not only Mr. Waller's papers
but Mr. Bray's slso, taken possession of
by the French officials.
'Bray then reported the entire proceed
ings to United States Consul Wetter. The
1 itter then asked an explanation, which,
according to Bray was very vague. It
was to the effect that Mr. Waller had vio
lated the French treaty in attempting to
conduct correspondence outside of Ta
matave without permitting it to pass
through French hands. Waller was kept
in prison lifteen days without being per
mitted to sec anyone and when his trial,
which was before a court martial, was
at last concluded, in three hours, only
li."> minutes was taken for the prepara
tion of the verdict, which, seeing that
the instrument covered ten or fifteen
pages of manuscript. Mr. Bray thinks the
evidence was made out in advance,
g Explaining tho letter on which tho
charges were based Bray says it was ad
dressed to Waller's wife, who was at the
capital, but was composed largely of
I domestic matters. There was but one
j reference in it to tho French affairs and
this was a suggestion that Mrs. Waller
should put the llovas authorities on their
guard against two Americans who were
on their way to the capital.
Mr. Bray says he has been assured by
the state department authorities here and
by Minister Eustis in Paris that his and
Wallet's claims shall be vigorously pressed.
THE WAR IH CUBA
News Discrediting the Report of Marti s Death.
Another Batt c
■(TAMPA, FU.* May lii.— A Cuban
steamer brings news discrediting Marti's
reported death. Passengers assert that
his death is not believed in Havana by
cither Cubans or Spanish. Prom Spanish
sources come roports of a battle near
Guantonamo on TuscJay between Colonel
Pan d OVal, "commanding two hundred
Spaniards, and four hundred Cubans.
The latter vera defeated.
O Weather tasav: Fair. (y.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE BOOM FOR M'KINLEY
Ohio Republicans Will Indorse
the Governor
THE CONVENTION SLATB
Foraker Is to Be Indorsed for thq
Senatorship
A Little Split Among the Faction Thai
Promises Trouble—Major Leading
for Governor
Associated Pre6s Special Wire.
ZANESVII.LE, Ohio, May 20.—0! the
Republican state convention which meets)
here Tuesday and Wednesday the candi
j oatcs and their workers are here today.
Ex-Secretary Charles Foster was among
the hustlers today. Senator Sherman
| will bo hero tomorrow. There are a dozen
I candidates for governor, tho favorites
being General Asa S. Bushnell, Judge
Nash and James 11. Hoyt.
The delegation from Cincinnati had
Bushnell for governor: the one from
Cleveland is booming Hoyt. All were
alike in hoisting McKinley for president
and Foraker for senator.
The Toledo delegation had their cars
decorated with the inscription, "McKin
ey for president; F'oraker for senator and
Guy Major for governor."
Today factional feeling was intensified
among the advance guard by hearing
that McKinlcy's name had been torn from
the banners on the special cars at Toledo
on the order of Guy Major. The frineda
of Major here say that Governor McKin
lcy's friends got up a delegation to con
test the seats of the Major delegation and
that McKinley's name was torn because
of that action. They announce that they
will begin the tight at this convention
against McKinley for president by oppos
ing a resolution endorsing the governor fo»
president and starting a movement to get
anti-McKinley delegates.
It is not probable that there will be.
material opposition to the resolution en
dorsing McKinley at this conference for
president, but it is evident that factional
feeling will be strongly developed in the
convention. The Foraker men are center
ins on Mr. Bushnell for governor and the
McKinley men are on Nash. If there
should bo any formidable opposition to
endorsing McKinley for president there
would also be opposition to endorsing
Foraker for senator, and the old factional
feelinjr, in the party in the'state would
break loose in ull its fur.v. The leaders
in both factions aro exercising all possi
ble discpilino to prevent any outbreak,
but it is not improbable that the contest
will get beyond their control.
AMERICAN TIN PLATE
Harvelous Growth of the Industry in This
Country
NEW YORK. May 26.—The Metal
Worker says: The marvelous growth of
the American tin plate manufacture in
less than four years presents ono of the
most rcmakabie instances of indus
trial efforts in history. From nothing it
has become an established industry of
largo proportions which already gives
employment to some l. r >,ooo hands. At the
present moment, so far as can be gath
ered from the latest reports, there are in
actual operation twenty-eight tin plate
works proper, rolling their own tin. Ten
more are' building, two or three of which
are practically completed and ready to
start up, wdnle the majority of the others
are expected to be in operation by July.
TO GIVE UP HIS SHIELD
Superintendent Byrnes of the New York Fere*
Will Resign
NEW YORK, May 26.-The Advertise*
tomorrow will say: Chief Byrnes of the
police department has decided to resign.
It will not surprise his close friends if he
severs his connection with the force
Tuesday. He has realized the existence
of antagonism to him ever since the
mayor appointed the four now police
commissioners, and ho does not care to,
fight, tho new board, ho will take ofi
his shield and retire forever.
Events of the World, the Nation, Southern)
California and Los Anjjcles
Forecast—May '26.—For Southern California;
Generally fair, but somewhat threatening
in tho extreme north portion; slightly
cooler in the interior; fresh westerly
winds.
Temperature-Report of observations taken
at i.os Angeles, May SGlh. [Koto—Barometer
reduced to sea level.]
Time. Bar.~|Ther. RII'i
r.:()() a. in. 29.001 57 88
5:00 p. m. 29,94i Hi) 79
Maximum temperature, 72.
Minimum temperature, . r >s.
BY TELEGRAPH—Receiver O'Connor of Salt
Diego, who discovered the will of the lata
ex-Governor Downey, has made public a
copy of tho Instrument Governor Mc-
Kinley will be endorsed for the presidency
.Jjy the Republican convention in Ohio
Nicaragua and Honduras have signed an
alliance of offense and defense The little
steam schooner Cyclone is reported to have
been wrecked on Point Knr American
produce and truits are- in demand In the
Orient — Tho Municipal Reform league la
to meet in Cleveland Tho Armenians
arc reported to be armine to war with the
Turks ...The Bimetallic league at Mem
phis has sent out an address to the people
....C. F. Agie of Woodland WR9 murdered
by his brother-in-law, John Marshall, at
Dixon, Cab; Marshall afterwards cut his
throat.
ABOUT THE CITY—The Bureaux saloon rob
bery . Downey Harvey and Senator Whtto
hold a consultation Veterans turn out
in a body to attend special religious scry
ices It is tho lodgo of sorrow Atrip
over tho partially completed electric rail
way on Mt. Lowe The second annual
meeting oi tho Y. W. C. A The first
services of the Central Presbyterian church
. .Tile lermon at Unity The church of
Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ....Picnio
of the Italian Garibaldi society Local
and general sponing events.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Pasadena—Sociological society discusses lilt
ver New bicycle track.
Long Beach—Spiritualists to hold a camp
nneliug.
Santa ana—lnteresting memorial services.
WHERE YOU nAY 00 TODAY
Orpheum Theater, S p.m.—The Undertake™'
Social and vaudeville.
Burbank Theater, s p.m.—The Bed Spid«»
and vaudeville.
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