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VOL. XLTV. NO. 60
A LINK FORMED IN THE LOS ANGELES CHAINGANG
How the City Authorities Treat Some of the Un=
fortunate Poor
A DAY OF HARDSHIP IN THE TOILS OF JUSTICE
Faithfully Told Story of the Wrongs Inflicted Upon Municipal
Prisoners
•phe Beasts of the Field Are Accorded More Kindly Treatment Than They.
Forced to Work in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Where
There Arc None to Pity and Nothing to Relieve Their
Suffering--A Chapter From the Actual Experi
ence of a Reporter Who Enacted the
Role of a Vagrant
Rince the days when the holy inquisi
tion was a flourishing and terrorizing in
stitution, there has seldom existed any
device of man as productive of mental and
physical torture as the city chaingang.
Parading the unfortunate as well as the
criminal through the streets, it sur
passes the Puritan pillory as a means of
holding them up to public scorn. Nor is
this all. Several of the piisoners are
heavily Ironed and are compelled to labor
with a heavy band of steel encircling one
ankle. The sentence "Abandon all hope,
who enter here," as written by John
Bunyan would indeed be a flattering in
scription to be placed above tbe entrance
to tne city prison, for here hope enters
not. Kindness, cr even fair treat men t
IS unknown to tbe inmites., and once
behind the bars they cease to be human
beings in the eye oi tuose in authority.
THE CHAINGANG ON ITS WAY TO WORK
Early Thursday morning the prison
art were awakened by the loud boating of
a tin pan in the hands of a trusty. Every
body crawled out and tried to imagine
that they had had a season of lest. Sonic
washed themelves at tne sink, wiping
their faces on pocKOt bandbkerclnefs or
rags reserved to do duty as towels, I
abstained from any such performance, as
I imagine that the dirt wherewith I was
liberally bedecked was necessary to pre
serve my incognito. Soap, there was none,
probably for the same reason that tnere
are neither mattresses on the beds nor
knives ami forks on the tabic, lieing on
a level with tlio beasts, in the eyes of
the prison management, the prisoners
receive the treatment accorded to sucti,
and not even enough straw is given them
to lie upon.
At about 7 o'clock the cell door was
opened and we tiled out to breakfast.
It was a meager one. Tlie same myster
ious Hash constituted tbe "piece de re
sistance" and tlie ants gamboled as
gayly over tlie bread as they bad on tne
preceding evening. The coffee did not
seem to have gained any strength in the
interim and I must confess that my ap
petite was considerably diminished by
its looks. The guard watcbed the men
as the;, ate and so did tlie head "trusty."
He Mad Influence
This individual has a "pull." As I sub
sequently ascertained, he, tlmngn a
prisoner, runs the entire jail. To him
the turnkey applied to know when tlie
forms of certain prisoners had expired
and lie it was that on one occasion sub
dued a prisoner by cutting and cursing
him. This prisoner, by the way. was in
no manner obstreperous but wanted to
send a note to a friend outside in order
to obtain bsil. "Got any dough?'
queried "trusty" Evans. "No,"said the
prisoner. I he" trusty left and when the
man again rapped at tho iron door he
returned with tho jailer who opened the
cell and looked on at the subduing process
mentioned. Truity Evans is doing a long
term tor Stealing, I was informed, bin
that scarcely explained the privileges he
enjoys.
After breakfast 1 was told that 1 would
havj to go out to work on tiiu chaingang.
Although secretly congratulating myself
I pretended to be very indignant.
"Do I have to go?" 1 asked.
"Oil. no!" they said, "you can go in
the hole instead."
The "hole!" Good gracious, what
could that be! Inquiry developed the fact I
that it was only tne dark cell. This in- I
ceresting adjunct to prison life is a cell I
some six by ten feet in which no ray of
light is allowed. A cell of living dark- \
ness akin to the 'Hack lioleof Calcutta." I
Its cuisine is somewhat prescribed, too, j
as a lodger here gets but a limited supply
Of water and about six slices of bread per
diem, according to tiie testimony of a I
prisoner who iiad been conlined ib 11.
At present tnere are two men in it, both
of whom have refused to work in mana
cles. Ono is but a mere hoy, Johnson by j
name, who has been Immured for twen- j
ty-tjye days, aud will iv all probability
remain there for tho n*xt month. No
hunks are in the cell, but the inmates ar,"
forced to wj ap themselves up in their or f e
threadbare blanket and lie on the con
cretetloor. Tha j>oft side of a board is
too good for such desperate malefactors as
those who will not work.
Out With the Gang
Alter hearing these things and taking
one glance at tho iron door of the
"hole, "1 concluded that I wanted none
of it, and when Charles Wilson was called
1 went out into the corridor where the
chaingang had been mustered. In all,
there were twenty persons in every stage
of health aud physical condition. A plea
of sickness was ineffectual with the
"boss" and only served to aggravate
matters*
An Oregon boot weighing about fifteen
pounds was fastened to the ankle of one
of the men to prey en t any possibility of
bis escaping, and all was ready. : | * f*ftH!
In front of the prison stood two Band
Wagons and tho gang was loaded into
this, much after the manner of transfer
ring cattle from the stockyards to a
freight train. A mounted guard took his
station in the rear and two more walked
by the side of the cortege. Up Second
street we rode to Hill street, and along
that thoroughfare to F'rst. Here we were
told to get out and I took my tirst glance
at the working grounds.
The scene of Action
A deep cut extended frjtn Hill street
THE CHAINQANO AT WORK IN THE FIRST STREET CUT
i nearly to Olive. Knormous walla
j shut off all possibility of escape, ana at
! the Hill street end the norse guard was
! stationed, and at the other an officer pro
! vidod with a large sized revolver.took his
! seat on a bench. It was between Boy Ila
and Cuarybdis and no one cared to leavo
in view of these sentries. The guard at
the lower end is known f imiliaily as Mac,
and as I got acquainted with him I came
to think he was the only one with whom I
had come in contact that retained any
feeling for the men beneath bis charge.
IHo was kind and not at all overbearing,
just the sort of a man that redeems the
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1895. —EIGHT PAGES.
reputation of the force. The officer In
charge was quite the reverse and lost no
opportunity to reveal his crabbedness.
This man's name I did not learn, as he
was present but a short portion 01 the
time for which he draws his monthly
salary.
"lief your shovels, boys,'' said Mac,
and we were promptly provided with
tools. There were four wagons, and five
men were detailed to shovel dirt into
each. The ground had been previously
broken up by a plow and lay inenorrr.ous
furrows. We went to work, as I saw by
the clock on the county building, at 8:90
o'clock.
The gun gradually rose in the heavens
and the work began to tell. Whew! how
hot it Waal Perspiration flowed freely,
but there was no cessasion of the work.
The terrors o the "hole" were all-pow
erful. Under the boiling sun the pris
oners were compelled to suffer in silence,
with no relief other than an occasional
draught oi tepid waier. Load after load
was carted away, until at last the noon
hour arrived, and we were told to come
to dinner.
This was a change from the regular
diet. A half a loaf of bread, a cup of
muddy fluid, ami a plate of baked beans
were given to each man. It was eaten
In silence and then a short rest was al
lowedgso that the poor, tired horses could
recover from their fatign; .
The afternoon was passed in about the
same manner as the morning, and at 1
o'clock we wero again loaded into the
wagons and started for the jail.
A Terrible Danger
AH during the day a terrible danger to
!ife and limb seemed imminent. Not
contpnt with forcing the city's prisoners
to labor against physical disadvantages,
The Oregon Boot. It Weighs About Ten
Pounds. It is With This That Petty Of
fenders w Manacled
hereft vi proper food and re&t. the situa
tion is a grave one from another stand
point. A single clance at the fifty-foot
wall reveals the danger. A cave-in is to
be expected momentarily. Laige masses
of rink and stone have fallen into the cut
at different times and others are par
tially detached ano ready to fill at the
least jar. On one side about thirty feet
have already given way, as is attested
by the suit for damages now penning
against the city authorities at the in
stance of the owner.
During my two "'ays' work at the t»lnee
several small masses came rattling down
forcing those in tne vicinity to run for
safety. Should a heavy fall, come thy
prisoners whose movements arc im
peded by heavy irons are almost sure to
be buried beneath the debris. And yet
human lives are daiiy sent to labor in
tbe face of these conditions by the ap
pointee of the police commissioners.
The ride to our prison dwelling was
soon accomplished under tho curious
stares of the public as they nudged each
otner and pointed to the notorious
"chaingang.'' We went to our cell and I
had leisure to inspect my olistered hands
and ruminate on the encouragement an
honest man recives at tha hands of so
ciety when once he becomes "broke."
Human kindness seems to have become a
delusion and a snare and to the genuine
unfortunate there seemed to bo no ave
nue of escape.
During the evening 1 heard of much
that is done in the name of justice, from
my fellow prisoners ami some of which
will be told in tomorrow's Herald.
HARRY A. WARREN,
TOO MUCH WHISKY
The Cause of "Fritz" Emmet's Assault on
His Wife
SAN FRANCISCO, June !».—J. K. Em
met, tho actor who shot his wife last
night, was released from jail tonight on
bail. His wife'u injuries are not serious.
The bullet from his revolver struck her on
tho temple and glanced off, making
merely a superficial wound. Mrs. Km-
met recovered her self-possessicn today
and refused to discuss her troubles with
her husband.
Emmet himself said he had no cause
for shooting his wife, and attributed his
assault upon her to too much drink. Mrs.
Kmmet will probably not prosecute her
husband and the matter will be dropped.
li. R. Isa OS, grand secretary gf the grand
encampments of the Grand Encampment
uf Knights Templar of the l"nited States,
and grand secretary of the Virginia Ma
sons and Royal Arch Masons, died at
Kichmtttd, aged,72.
CLEVELAND'S NEW PREMIER
Olney Well Posted on the Duties
of the Office
IS UP ON ALL QUESTIONS
What His Foreign Policy Will Be Is
Not Known
There Are a (ireat Number ol rtatters Pend
ing With F-'oreign Powers, but None
of Serious Character
Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, June o.—Secretary of
State Olney ia expected to take tiie oath
ot office tomorrow. There will be no
undue baste, however, on tho part of the
new chief of the state department.
Mr. Olney has given much close study
to tho larger law questions before his de
partment, and it will take some time for
him to put the work aside and for tne
new attorney-general to grow into it.
Mr. Olney, moreover, is equipped in
advanco for the duties of his new oflice,
as he has been consulted constantly dur
ing the last year on the various compli
cations over Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ber
ing sea, tho Waller case, Foreign tariff
retaliation tho Japan-China troubles,
Spain's conflic*. with Cuba and the lesser
questions in which the United States
has been brought in relation with the
rest of the world. The last year has heen
unusually fruitful in foreign complica
tions. The oilier foreign questions which
attracted public attention during Mr.
Gresharn's administration of tho depart
ment are still pending.
With Great Britain there are two ques
tions of special importance to be adjusted
viz.: Those affecting Bering sea
and tho Venezuela boundary. A Bering
sea conference will be held in Washing
ton in October next. Sir Julian Paunce
foto having effect" 1 '! tbe preliminary ar
rangement! with Mr. Gresham. The pur
pi'te is to draft a new treaty by which
the claims ol Canadian sealers for alleged
seizures and losses will be submitted to a
commission. Tho conference will not
take up the more important question of
readjusting the Bering sea regulations in
order to make theni effective. This will
conic later, however, and piomises to call
out a vigorous logal diplomatic contro
versy.
The British Venezuela question is
mainly significant in involving the Mon
roe doctrine. Tbe Tinted States has
asued Great Britain to arbit.ate the ques
tion. So far as is known no definite an
swer has been given to Ambassador Bay
ard, who presenter the request of this
country. .Sut th" British foreign otlice
lias positively declined to consider simi
lar requests by Pope Leo and by tho In
ternational Arbitration association, it is
I not doubted that in due time a declina
tion will notlri the United states. It
| will tiie,i remain for the state department
to determine to what extent English
j aggression in Venezuela ' 3 compatible
witli the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Gresham.
made a special study of the subject, re
garding it as line ot more importance
than any of the foreign questions under
consideration. Mr. Olney was called into
conference, and ior several weeks prior
to liis selection for secretary of state he
was busy Investigating this complicated
qucst'on. it is probable that a definite
issue will be reached when Ambassador
Bayard sends Croat Britain's answer.
Witli France the only question of
quence pending is as to the imprison
ment of ex-Consul General Waller. Am
bassador Fiistis has been instructed to
make Inquiries witli a view of securing
for Waller all the rights of an American
citizen abroad, including a trial by a civil
court.
Germany, Austria and Uonmaik are
having numerous tariff complications
with tbe United States which threatened
at ono time to bring about radical retalia
tion by this country. The readjustment
has proceeded largely through the state
department. Germany and Denmark* con
tinue their exclusion of American meats,
but there are prospects that a satisfactory
settlement will be effected. Tne discrim
inating duties levied against tlie beet su
gars of Germany and Austria brought on
the conflict, and Denmark followed the
lead of her Influential neighbor.
Tho Cuban revolution promised to be a
source of controversy with Spain. Min
ister Dupuy De Lome has already asked
the state department to apprehend those
sending arms to Cuba, and the sugges
tion ia made that Spain will make a
claim against tlie United States based on
the percentage of tbe Alabama claims.
Officials are not SJlioitOUSi however, as
to their claims, and the intimation is
made that it is inspired by Biitish sour
ces, and of resentment at the Alabama
decision.
Italy and this country are expeotedjto ar
rive at a satisfactory settlement ere long
concerning the murder of a number of
Italians in Colorado. It is understood
Secretary Gresham regarded the offenses
as such an infringement of international
rights that he inaugurated negotiations
for the payment of cash indemnity to the
families of the deceased Italians. This
step, if consummated, will bo in addi
tion to the steps taken by tho authorities
of Colorado to prosecute ttie off ,d s
The only subject of consequence pend
ing in Russia in that concerning the
amelioration of tiie conditio., of the Jews.
The United States has taken little part
in the Armenian question, which is pro
voking a conflict between Turkey and the
European powers.
One of the lirst acts Mr. Olney is likely
to lie called 11)1011 to perform is that of re
cognizing the new government of Ecuador
which lias come into power after a
bloody revolution. There are no pending
questions with other South or Central
American countries.except that in which
Venezuela is involved.
The New Attorney General
CINCINNATI, June 9.—Judge Jtidson
Harmon, the new attorney-general
spent Sunday at his family residence to
day. He received many callers aud Tele
grams of congratulation are still pouring
in. Ho could not state tonight when he
would go tojWu. iMiigton. Unless he is
called to the capitul officially at once, he
will remainja few days to close up some
matters with bis law partners.
SIX HUNDRED SHOTS A AtINUTE
The New Rapid-Firing Gun Tested by the
Government
KEY? YORK, June !'.—Tho government
steamer Ordnance look a cargo of experts
and others to tiie. government proving
ground at Sandy Hook yesterday and an
official test of tlie Maxim machine gun,
which con lie tired 800 times a minute,
was made. First of all, Mr. Huher tired
tifty shots, the little feat occupied 5 4-5
seconds. This light gun is used by the
infantry, it is im porta nt to learn how
quick it can be taken from the packing
case and put into action. Kxpert Hither
bung it over his shoulder in inarching
order, and at a wotd from Captain
llnfth he began to take out the gun.
He put it together, unpacked it and
tired bit first shot 5 seconds after the
alarm was given. For a third tesi a du
plicate set was put up and the first shot
tired in 20 2-5 seconds. The fourth test
was changing barrels in action. The
time between the last shot with the old
and tho first with the new was 1 minute
and 12- 2-5 seconds.
TURNING THE TABLES
A Defendant Acquitted and the Court Con*
vlcted of Drunkenness
KANSAS CITY. June 9.—A special to
the Times from Terry, Oklahoma, says:
George I'arker, a citizen of Alva, Okla
homa, was arraigned a few days ago be
fore Jugdo Goodwin for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. Judge Guodwin im
paneled a jury of twelve men to try the
ease, who returned a verdict of guilty
against tho court The verdict read:
"Wo find tho defendant, George I'arker,
not guilty as charged but we find tho
judge of 'this court guilty of the offense
charged against the defendant, and that
the cost in this case be assessed against
him."
i-dnee the trial I*arker has had the
judge arresteu tor drunkenness in oflie.c.
The jury was composed of the best men
in town.
GIRL AND MONEY GONE
Costly Experience of an Immigrant Who
Expected to Marry
CINCINNATI, June tf.—Minnie Destra,
her two brothers and Herman Kcnner,
who arrived here yesteiday from Ger
many via lialtimore, left their baggage
and went io Dayton last night. Kcnner
returned tonight with a hard luck story,
lie says he was engaged to Minnie and
had entrusted $25u0 to her keeping. It
was all his means. When he got up at
Day to U this morning he found Minnie
Destra and her alleged brothers had gone
and also his $2600* The police here are
co-operating with the Dayton police in
hunting tho fugitives who also have
checks for the baggage but they have not
called /or tlie same.
LIKE UNTO FAIRY LAND
Electrical Illumination for tbe Mystic
Sbriners
Preparations for the Opening of the Water
Carnival at Santa Cruz Nearly
Completed
SANTA CHIJZ. June o.—There were
thousands of people this evening on the
river front to witness the electrical illu
mination in honor of the Mystic Shrin
ers. The illumination lasted nearly an
hour, scores of boats rilled with merry
parties pat-sing under the thousand* of
lights. The electric fountain played,
throwing water over a hundred feet in
tho air. The illumination wa> a success.
Among the uudience were people from
all parts of the state, tjueen Anita, the
queen dowager,. jMry. J. 1\ Smith, and
Director-General Smith were also inter
ested spectators. Much work was done
today in completing the gondolas, and all
of the trains arriving today were crowd
ed with passengers. A Venetian break
fast was given at tbe Dig Trees in nonor
of tho Mystic Sbriners.
A serious accident was averted by tho
prompt action of Martin Jones, who
saved a carriage load of Sbriners from
being thrown into the river near the Dig
Trees. A Chicago Shriner named Logan
was thrown into the water. The acci
dent was caused by the horses becoming
frightened.
This afternoon the Sbriners held a re
ception at the Sea Beach hotel. In the
evening a dinner was given m their
honor, after which the Daughters of Isis
Ko\'<i a sacred concert in tbe hotel par
lors. Later the Sbriners ami their fami
lies went to the river illumination. Tlie
preparations for the Venetian water car
nival are almost completed.
all day many men have been at work
matters to completion so as to
be ready for the grand opening Tuesday.
WALLA WALLA WHITECAPS
A White Man and a Negress Tarred
and Feathered
The Couple Taken From a Bagnio and Alter
Being Covered With "Birds" Driven
From the City
WALLA WALLA, June P.-Fitly
masked men heavily armed, took Joseph
Passat! and Kobio Allen, a colored wo
man who runs a House of ill repute, and
applied to them a coat of tar aud feath
ers early this morning.
Shortly after midnight a body of men
wearing masks went to the bouse occu
pied by the woman. A iiack was driven
up to the front door, the men bioko
open the door, and going to a bed room
dragged Fossati and the woman from
the bed and carried them to the hack,
which was driven to the outskirts of the
cily. Their clothing was torn off and a
heavy coat of tar and feathers applied,
and the two onlored lo leave the city.
The affair was well planned and exe
cuted, the thoroughfare through which
tbe back passed being guarded by armed
men, and any attempt to stop them
would have bren futile.
Although he had been of highly respec
table family and has had more than tlie
average advantages in life, Fossati per
sisted in living with this woman, and
on Friday they went to Dayton, where
they wero married.
Mrs. D. Fossati. the mother of young
Fossati, is prostrated with grief and is
in a precarious condition.
200 MILES A DAY
Bicyclist Sorenson Does Some Lively Traveling
on a Wheel
SAX F'RANCISCt). June 0. —Chris Sor
enson rode IMb miles on a bicycle today
in ll'j hours and ii'-i minutes. The tirst
hundred miles were made in 5 hours and
68 minutes, lowering tho coast record for
100 miles by 2 minutes. The course began
in this city and ended in Oakland, ex
tending thiough San Mateo, Maylield,
San Jose, Milpitas, Kites and Haywards.
In older to make tlie 200 miles it was nec
essary for Sorenson to make the trip from
this city to San Jose twice.
Another hot Wave
BLOOMINOTON, HI. June. 9.—Anoth
er spell ol fearfully hot weather big in
Saturday. The mercury today reached lu3
in the shade. The bay crop is beyond
redemption. There is but little hope lot
outs, though if it rains inside uf three
duvs it v.'iil save one-third of the crop.
Weather Today: Fair. jfr
EMPLOYMENT
IS SOON PROVIDED
To thoie who seek situations through The
Herald "want CJlnmiis" in most all eases.
it costs but a few cents.
Ihe Herald* Circulation is Climbing Up Rapidly.
MISSIONARIES MASSACRED
Wholesale Slaughter of Men,
Women and Children
TELEGRAMS INTERCEPTED
American, English and French Residents
the Victims
A French Warship Has Been Dispatched to
the Scene of the Troubl.
at Cheng Tv
Associated Tress Special Wire.
LONDON, June 9,—A special dispatch
from Shanghai says it is almost certain
that a massacre of nil the persons con
nected With the English, French and
American missionaries at Cheng Tv has
occurred.
Neither men, women nor children
have been spared, according to tlie re
port.
It is admitted that the telegrams have
been iut?icepted by tho government, tho
object being to conceal the news of tho
niasssacre.
A French gunboat is en route to VTuen
Chang to investigate the report.
A SMALL-SIZED RIOT
Several Persons Injured In a Fight at a
Power House
WASHINGTON, June 9 The power
house of the Chety Chase electric line in
Maryland was the scene of a not tonight
about 10 o'clock in which two men were
shot by a deputy sheriff of Montgomery
county and an ex-policeman of this city
was so badly injured that His feared he
will die. Several young men became in
volved in a right. Nathan Dorsey, an ex
policeman employed as watchman at the
power house, endeavored to quell the
disturbance and was jumped on by the
entire crowd and beaten in a frightful
manner. Clubs and stones were hurled at
him and he was knocked down and
kicked. About this time Deputy Sheriff
Mulligan arrived and being unable to cope
with the crowd single-handed, pulled his
revolver and fired five shots into the
crowd. One of the men was wounded in
the hand and another is thought to be
hit but he escaped before anything deli
nite could be ascertained.
Five of tho disturbers were arrested.
MET DEATH IN A TUNNEL
Four Men Suffocated in a Mln; in
Colorado
Cause of the Disaster Was Due to Carelessness
In Taking an Engine Into the
Tunnel to Pump Water
PITKIN, Colo., June!)— News reached
here today that four men were suffocated
in tho Alpine tunnel yesterday after
noon. An engine bad boen run into tlie
tunnel, which is 1770 feet long, with a
crow of several men, to syphon out an
accumulation of water held in by a dirt
c ive. The ventilation in the tunnel is
poor and the smoke and gas from the
engine made the air so stifling that the
men soon prepareil to leave. As trie en
gine wasl backing out a man was dis
covered lying across tlie track and the
engineer reversed, running farther into
the tunnel, wheie all the men wero oycr
conio by the smoke and gas.
Strenuous efforts wore made to rescue tbe
men. but it was impossible as the air
within had become so impregnated witii
gas and smoke that for several hours no
one could enter far enough to reach tho
victims.
:; Tho dead are W. M. Flavin, superin
tendent, married; N. Martenis, engineer,
married: M. Burns, tireman, married;
Oscar Cam man ii, miner, single.
Teams were sent to the tunnel this
morning to convey the remains to this
place. A special train camo from Gun
nison carrying friends and relatives of
the victims and went on to the tunnel to
meet the teams and bring the bodies to
town.
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS
British Comment on the Proposed Collegiate
Contest
LONDON, June 9.—The Post in" an ed
itorial this morning says the odds in
favor of a team selected from all of the
American universities would be very
large. It would be very glorious for the
English universities to beat thoir Ameri
can competitors, while defeat in itself
would not be discreditable.
Yale and Harvard va. Oxford and Cam
bridge would lie an eve,i match—one that
would be heartily welcomed by all inter
ested.
.Tlio Daily News says the contest pro
posed between English and American
universities. besides promoting tlie
friendship of tho two notions would bo of
immense benefit to Englishmen who
would be given an opportunity to study
American educational methods.
THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH
Air of the Siskiyous Causes an Improvement.
Unfounded Rumors
SACHAMHNTO. Juno f>.—K. McCabe,
private secretary to Governor Bltdd, said
tonight that lie had a messago yesterday
from Governor Budd, who is at Klamath
Hot Springs in St-kiyou county, that
tho governor was rapidly improving in
lie:ilth and enjoying the trout fishing in
that vicinity. He expects to be well
enough in a very short time to warrant
him in returning to his duties at the
capitol. Hum on that are without foun
dation have grained currency to the effect
that Governor; IWidd was seriously |UU
A RAILROAD DIVORCE
The Short Line and Utah Northern to Separate
Prom the Union Pacific
OMAHA, June 9.—At In ion Pacific
headquarters it was practically conceded
that the Short tilne and Utah Northern
would be divorced from the Union Paci
lic system and that in all probability Salt
Lake would be chosen as headquarters
for the Short Line, however, with a re
ceiver favorable to the Union Pacific,
who may be S. H. li. Clark* There is
shown a disposition to be satisfied as to
PRICE FIVE CExfTS
the appointment of Mr. Clark or some
other impartial man who would go far
toward preserving the property if boll
the Short Line and the t'nion Paciflo.
COAST RECORD SMASHED
Bay City Wheelman Wells Lowers the Record
for Five Miles
SAN FRANCISCO. June 9 — Charlea 8.
Wells, the crack Class B racer of tha
Bay City Wheelmen, made a successful
effort in lowering the live-mile coast rec
ord today, and had the conditions been
moro favorable would doubtless have coma
well within the world's record for tha
distance. 11:19. As it was. however, ha
brought the time down to 12:05 1-5, beat*
ing by eight seconds J. E. Edwards' iea>
ord ol last .Sunday.
STORMS IN GERMANY
Horrors ot the Devastation Near Wurtemberg
Greater Than Reported
BERLIN, June 9.—Further reporta
from the disastrous storms in the vicinity
of Wurtemberg only add to tho hurrors
of the first accounts of tho devastation.
Tbe latest advices describe the country
as being transformed into a veritable
desert. The king ot Wurtemberg has gone
to tiie scone and has ordered that all
necessary assistance be given to the suf
luring peasants without delay.
Reform Will Be Inaugurated
BERLIN, June 9. —In relation to tha
sensation caused by tlie revelation regard
ing the barbarous treatment of lunatic
.n mates of the monastery of Mariaruerg,
made during the trial of a suit for slan
der brought against Herman Malage, an
Inn keeper of Schavre, and Wnruatzea,
a newspaper man who published a bro
chure exposing the methods of the monks
whose actions became known in the case
of the Scotch priest. Father Forbes, it is
announced that Prince Hohenlohe has
ordered v searching inquiry to be made.
It has been charged By witnesses during
tne trial that the monks inflicted cruel
personal punishment upon the inmates
of the asylum. The entire press, Catho
lic, organs included, condemn the author
ities of the asylum, and it is probable
that the trial will lead to a revision of
tbe laws regulating private institutions
of this character.
An Invitation for the President
WASHINGTON. June 9. —A delegation
of ten well known persons from Atlanta.
Ga., arrived bero today and registered at
the Arlington house. They compose tha
exposition managers who come here to
formally invite th» president, and tha
members of his cabinet to visit the expo
sition sometime during its continuance.
The delegation has an appointment to
meet Mr. Cleveland at 8 o'clock Tuesday
ufternoon, when the invitation will be
tendered.
Rains in the Northweßt
MINNEAPOLIS, June 9.—The north
west was today visited by the worst lain
and hail storm for years. All reports
received this far indicate the rain was
general all over Minnesota and the Da
kotas. In Minneapolis the rainfall was
inches and the storm did not laat
long. It was accompanied by heavy
lightning and considerable damage was
done. Several houses in this city were
struck and a number of people rendered
senseless
Bidding tor Bicyclists
SYRACUSE, June 9.—The Kirkwood
Driving Park association has offered $3000
for Zimmerman and Jonrrion to race here,
tho race to take place three weeks from
the time of tho signing of tho articles of
ageement. 'No reply has been received
from Zimmerman regarding the offer of
the Grand Bap ids, Mich., Trotting asso
ciation for a race hetween him and John
son on July sth for $2500.
Death on the Rail
DIXON, 111.. Juno 9.—Train No. 182 on
the Chicago and Great Western left the
track just east of the station tonight and
the engine and ears are a mass of wreck
age. Louis Brooks of Chicago, the fire
man, and head brakeman Wndley were
killed. Engineer Charles Oberhart was
badly hurt, but may recover. Tho wreck
was caused by a defective rail on the
curve.
A Steam Launch Pounders
DETROIT. Mich.. June 9. —A special
to the Fret Press from Bay City, Mich.,
says: X telegram was received today by
Mqil Carrier Stephens from Oswego, in
forming him that liis stepfather. Cap
tain John Blackburn, had boon drowned,
with two other men, by the foundering
of a steam yacht on Lake Ontario this
morning.
THE NEWS
Events of the World, the Nation, Southern
California and Lo's Angeles
WEATHER REPORT-Cnited States depart
ment of agriculture weather bureau's
report, received at Loa Angeles June 9,
1895.
Temperature—Report of observations taken
at I.os Angeles, June 9th, [Note—Barometer
reduced to sja level.J
Time. | Bar.
her.lRH'ml Wd|
98 I 8<> K
liS I 98 ! W
r.;()0 a. m. '-'0.
a :0U p. m. ,211
Maximum temperature, 72.
Minimum temperature, 57.
Forecast—Juno 9.—For southern California:
Fair; nearly stationary temperature;
fresh westerly winds.
BY TELEGRAPH—The town of Cameron, W.
V \ was totally destroyed by rlr« last night;
a special train bearing a relief engine was
wrecked and ihe fireman and engineer
killed White Caps at Walla Walla,
Wash., took a unite man and a negress
from a bagnio und tarred and feathered
them,.. .Reinforcements have been sent to
Cuba for Do Campos Edmund Blanc's
Andre won the grand prt.it or French Derby
at Paris Four miners wero suffocated in
a tunnel at Pitkin, Colo—Planing mills
at Kah'inazoo und Baltimore, and a silk
mill at Northampton, Mass., were burned;
aggregate loss for the three tires nearly
$4U0,U00. ■ .W. 11. Chapped, a sewing ma
chine agent, was shot and killed at the
residence of Jas. Ish, in Omaha Justice
Field of tho united states supreme court
has arrived at Sn.l Francisco and will
spend the summer on tho coast.
I ABOUT THE CITY - Mrs. Connolly swallows
prussio acid in the presence of her husband
nnd die-' In fifteen minutes... .The Stato
Hoard of Health visiting institutions in
Southern California ... Preachers and ser
mons .. Limit of understanding; the paper
reed by Mr. Baumgardt before the Friday
Morning olub The second letter by
Harry A, Warren, the Herald reporter, wh#
had an experience In the city.chaingang
(iueen Of the Desert j a famous gold-pro
ducing property.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA *~
t'ARWBAD- Progress of silk culture.
A nam kirn—School election a big beet crofc
Coronano —People at tne big hotel.
Pas a den a—Sociological souotytalk money*
The southern Pacific.
Santa Monica—Hotel gossip,
WHERE YOU MAY OO TODAY
Orpheum theater, S p. m,—Vaudeville.
Bur bank theater, 8 p. m.— Ihe Belle of CM*
bine River.
Los Angeles theater, 8 p. m.--Concert,