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VOL. XLV. NO. 4
MAGUIRE'S BODY RECOVERED
From The Bottom of The
Lake at The Park
I PISTOL FOUND RESTING HUR HIM
He Waded Out Into the Water
Then Shot Himself
THE CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE
His Confession To a Friend Thai He
Was in Trouble
The Details as Told by Him and Escape
Impossible
Officer Benedict Was the First To See the
Body-What Hla Prlends Say ol
The Affalr-The Cor*
oner's Inquest
Tbe mystery of tbe disappearance of
Tulice Officer John F. Maguire was fully
explained yesterday afternoon when bis
body was discovered on tbe bottom of the
west side of the lake in Westlake park by
a number of bis fellow officers, who bad
been dredging for his remains.
He had taken bis own life with his re
volver, wbich was also found by bis side.
His bead was terribly shattered, tbe
skull having been broken around tbe top,
while on the right side of the head was
an enormous hole five incbes long snd
one and a half wide where tbe bullet is
supposed to have made its escape. On
tbe left side was another triangular bole
where tbe ball entered.
As hinted in the Herald yesterday, the
cause fur Maguiie's rash act was an irre
trievable entangement with a* woman,
but in tbis case it appears that there
were no less than two females and pos
sibly more concerned.
Who tbey are cannot 'be stated posi
tively a t present, but there are .certain
officers who were thoroughly acquainted
with the affairs of the dead man, and
they could divulge tbe names of these
wr-men if they felt so disposed; but until
there are some further developments in
tbe sad affair they will say nothing.
While it is generally settled in tbe
minds of the detectives and Chief Glaas
that Maguire committed suicide, there
are still a large number wbo think that
he was murdered, and tbey base this
on tbeir acquaintance with tbe dead man
and the nature of his wound. These
wounds were made, tbey assert, with
some Dlunt instrument, and are totally
unlike any pistol wounds tbat have ev*r
come to thjir notice This theory of
murder would seem to be borne out by
tbe fact that only {6.30 was found on his
clothes, and it is known that he bad
nearly $100 in his pockets wben he was
in the saloon with Secretary Cottle.
If he was not murdered and tbia money
not taken hy his murderers, who then
got it?
Maguire had been expecting tbat some
thing fatal would overtake htm the last
few days before his disappearance, and
made two radically different statements
to bis friends. To some he said that be
was in sucb a "fix" that he would be
forced to take his own life, and to others
he spoke of an impending quarrel with
a man wbo would probably kill bim at
the first opportunity.
From the natur* of this '?flx," which
was learned by a Herald reporter yester
day after the discovery of Maguire'a
body, tbe dead man took bis own life
This "fix" was indeed, as ne had hint
ed, a most serious affair, and one wbich
could end but one way. It is such an
entanglement, so unfortunate, ao over
powering that but few men could have
extricated themselves—an entanglement
thai has to result but one tray—shame
to certain women--and Maguire, who was
unable to right the wrong ha had caused
and unable to bear the disgrace, chose
deatb instead. The entanglement of
Maguire is one that comes lo but few men
In this life. It is a story of wbolesale
illicit love, with an ending that carried
a coincidence whlob bas hitherto existed
only W ths pages of tragic lictioa.
Tbo end ol Maguire ia fit to puint a
soral or adorn a tale.
RECOVERY OF THE BODY
It waa not until the afternoon that tbe
body of Maguire was found in tbe lake at
Weatlake park. The officers and friends
of the dead man went to work early in
tbe day to drag the lake in search for his
remains, and for hours they crossed and
recrossod the wateia many times without
finding any trace of Maguire, and though
the sides of the lake were thronged with
curious people, many of whom passed
within ten feet of where the body lay, it
was not until after hours of tiresome and
anxious work that tbe object of tho
search was found.
Officer Benedict waa the one wbo first
saw Maguire. Mr. Benedict, Sergeant
Gus Smith, Officer Bobbins and a report
er were one of the crews dtagging the
lake for the body, and tbey had been at
wotk for several hours steady. There
wero two boats hitched together, Mr.
Benedict and Mr. Bobbins being in the
fir.it. Robbins had ths oars while Bene
dict held the grappling hooks and kept a
look along tbe sides of Ihe lake for any
possible trace of the body.
As soon as it had been suspected tbat
Maguire was in the lake everyone said
that he had not drowned himself, but
had first waded into the water and tben
sbot himself witb his pistol. Some of the
searching parties therefore kept their
boats close to the shore,so the lines were
nearly all tbe time on the bottom of the
lake.
Inasmuch as the horse and buggy had
been found hitched near tbe sommer
house, it was thought proDable tbat
Maguire bad waded into the water near
that point, although his hat had been
recovered on the west side of the lake
just a short distance south of tbe little
rustic bridge and where the body was
afterwards discovered.
BENEDICT THE FIRST TO SEE IT.
The boats carrying the officers were
steered along the west side past tbe rustic
bridge and bad gone some distance be
yond, when suddenly Mr. Benedict
thought he saw the head of tbe dead
man and called to the men at the oars to
go back. This was done and tbe boats
directed to tbe spot indicated by Mr.
Benedict and there about ten feet from
the shore and in four feet of water was
seen the body of Maguire '. lying on its
face on the bottom of tbe lake.
The men reached down and drew np the
bodyjwith the aid of tbe clothes and
rowed at once to the shore, where the re
mains were laid out on the lawn. When
tbe face was shown and the terrible in
juries exposed to view everyboay at once
declared that Maguire bad been most
foully murdeied, ns tbe wounds certainly
appeared as though they had been in
flicted with some blunt instrument. The
recovery of tbe dead men's revolver some
time later near where he had been seen,
of course went to disprove this theory of
murder. •
Tbe head| vras broken and the holes
made a horrible sight, although there
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JOHN P. MAQUIRE
was no blood except in clota, as tbe
water had washed it away. There was a
set look on tbe face and oae of tbe strang
est parts of the affair was the presence
of a half-smoked cigar between the
tightly clenched lips of tbe dead man,
wnile closely grasped in his left hand
was a nine written on a telegraph blank
and addressed ta Mrs. Lewis asking if
be could not see her at 9:30 o'clock that
evening and signed John K. Maguire.
There was no date on tne paper.
His right hand was empty and it was
in this that be held the revolver when
he indicted the fatal wound. Ho wore a
dark coat, white vest and dark colored
trousers, white shirt with gold studs, and
black shoes. Jn his pockets were found
$6 in money, a small knife and sheath,
and a pockctbook in which was also a
note from Mrs. Lewis, asking where she
should meet him. On his vest was
pinned the police star No. 16, and in bis
buttonhole was an insignia of the Mys
tic Shrine. His Masonic emblem was
also found un hirr.
DECIDED IT TO BE SUICIDE.'
The discovery of tbe body attracted a large
crowd to tbe spot and while some of the
officers stayed to guard tbe remains oth
ers dredged about the spot where he had
been found and in g short time were re
warded in their starcb by rinding the re
volver of the deaa man lying cose to
where he bad rested.
After a short delay the remains were
removed to the undertaking parlors of
Kregelo <fc Bresee, where Coroner Camp
bell and others made a close examination
of the wounds .in the bend. All pro
nounced it a case of suicide. Maguire
bad evidently held the weapon in his
rignt hand and pointed tbe barrel against
the left side of his head about an inch
above the temple and then fired. • The
weapon is a 45-caliber Colts and the con
cussion of tbese is very great. This ac
counts, tbey said,for the large size of tbe
hole on tbe right side of the head and
the skull being broken in addition. The
ball carried away a large piece of the
skull and gave tbe appearance as though
thelwound had been inliicted with some
blunt instrument.
The fact that the cigar was held be
tween tbe te-th and tbe paper in the
hand is also regarded as evidence tbat be
suicided, for the reason tbat wben he
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THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1895.-TWELVE PAGES.
HE'S BEGINNING TO TAKE NOTICE AT LAST.
COMPLICATIONS IN COREA
Official [information Received
By Minister Kurino
FOREIGN TROOPS LANDED
The Japanese Deny Responsibility For
The Uprising
The Queen Cannot Be Located And Unofficial
Reports of Her Death Are Believed
To Be True
Asoclated Press Special wire
WASHINGTON. Oot. 14.-Infoima
tion of tbo formidable uprising in Corea,
resulting in the disappearance aud prob
able deatb of the queen and the landing
of military forces by the United States
and European powers has been received
by Minister Kurinu of c Japan from the
foreign office at Tokio. It is quite sensa
tional, indicating tbe landing of marines
by Russia, the United States and proba
bly Great Britain. The latest dispatch
to Minister Knrino states tbat a force of
Russian marines, forty in number, bas
been landed. Thus far they hay* con
fined themselves to guarding tbe Russian
legation at Seoul.
United States marines were landad
from the Yorktown to tbe nnmber of six
teen. It ia believed that British marines
have been landed. .Besides these tbe Jap
anese have a considerable force ot sol
diers at Seoul who bave been preserving
order.
Tbe dispatches come from Tokio and
communicate the substance of dis
patches received from General Miirn.tbe
Japanese envoy at Seoul. They are dated
from tbe 9th to the luth iriat. and it ap
pears from tbese dispatches that tbe
trouble had its inception through the
queen's dislike of tbe newly organized
soldiery of Corea. Tbe old eoldiera bad
the primitive equipment of the far east,
but with tie progress of Japanese influ
ence in Corea two battalions of Corean
troops were organized on modern meth
ods. Eacn battalion numbered 600 men,
armed with moden weapons. They were
well drilled and officered.
When tbe queen sjiowed her disfavor
toward these new troops they appealed
to tne tai won kun a powerful chief, wbo
baa long been at enmity with tho queen.
He accepted the leadership of the new
troops and at the bead of ono battalion
entered the queen's palace. The native
soldiers tied from the palace. The Tokio
dispatch did not state what had become
of the queen further than that sbe had
disappeared and cannut be located. The
official* aro inclined to believe, however,
that the unofficial reports of the queen's
death arc true. Tho Japanese govern
ment, tbe dispatch further states, has
actcu quickly on the reports and nas ap
pointed a commission to inquire into tne
facts.
In the meantime it is emphatically de
nied that the queen's death, if it bas oc
curred, was due to the Japanese. One
report says that a Japanese sushi killed
the queen. Tbis is not yet continued in
tbe dispatches received here. The otii
ctais say that tbe sosni are an irresponsi
ble and lawless class and' that their acts
cannot be laid to the Japanese people or
government.
G.moral Miras' reports also cover the
work of the Japanese troops in preserv
ing order. These troops were stationed
opposite tbe palace, having secured this
point of vantage some time since through
the Corean government. They took no
part in the attack un the palace, hut if
it bad occurred, when the native troops
were fleeing and the new battalions were
enforcing their success m camming the
palace, tho Japanese troops a dun in pre
venting bloodshed and ait order. it is
probable that some deaths occurred dur
ing tbe melee. Following this came the
landing of tbe United States and Russian
marines, and it is believed the landing
of the British.
The latest indications are that tho tii
won kun and the king are in control of
affairs at the Corean capilol. The king
has been Ihe nominal ruler but the queen
has heretofore been recongized as the real
ruler. The inliuenee of the king and the
tai won kun is distinctly favorable to the
Japanese.
At the Corean legation no word bas
been received from the disturbed capital.
Tbe officials are much exercised, and do
not doubt that the queen has met her
dentil, although they are not ready to
abandon hope. In case offioial confirma
tion is receievd there will be suoh formal
cereomny as is usual on the deatb of a
sovereign. The legation will go into
mourning, but there is not likely to be a
funeral service, although this bas bean
considered as a further mark of respect.
A Curious but Fatal Accident
YUBA CITY. Oct. 14.—Orrin Webb, a
farmer living in the western pert of this
county, near Meridian, eras killed laat
evening by a hoise kicking a pitchfork
banale through his head, lie vent to
tbe barn in the evening to feed tbe
horsss, and not returning, his wife went
to look for bim. She found him lying
near the horse's heels with tbe broken
handle of the fork sticking in his head.
Tbe handle entered the right eye-sncket
and passed through the head, protruding
at the back of tho bead. He was still
alive when found, but died shortly after
wards. The deceased was young man and
leaees a wife and ono child.
(CHURCH AND STATE
Apostle Thatcher Is a Better Democrat Tban
Merman Church fiember
SALT LAKE, UtaD, Oct. 14.-A spe
cial to the Tribune from Logan, Utah,
gives an interview with Apostle Moses
Thatcher, Democratic candidate for the
United States ssnate, in wnicb ba says:
"I believe that every member of an or
ganized society should respect its officers,
because if be did not confusion and pos
sible disruption would most likely result.
I have known of nothing in tbe religion
or in tbe religious organization to whicb
1 belong that should in the least degree
restrict me in tbe obligations which I
owe to the state. I reaffirm my opposi
tion to the union of church and state in
Whatever form it may appear, believing
that the peace, prosperity and happi
ness of tbe people depend upon their ab
solute separation.
lam witb my party on issues wbich
have already arisen or in ths future may
arise."
Bayard Will Not Talk
i LONDON, Oct. 14.—United States Am
bassador Baynru isturned to Londou to
i day from tbecountry.but will leave town
1 again on October 28th for Scotland. He
refuses to say anything for publication
regarding tbe statements made in the
pamphlet recently issued by Lord Sack
ville, formerly British minister at Wash
ington.
That Uncooked Ham
CHiCAGO, Oct. 14.—Dr. Earl Lecount
of Hush medical college has made a care
ful diagnosis of the causes which led to
the death s of seven guests at tbe wed
ding of John W. Taplin and Anna Oage
at Sabuln, lowa, September 11th. Dr.
Lrcount's report settles beyond doubt
that the ham, hastily cooked, for the
wedding supper, caused all tbe suffering.
A CASHIER'S DEFALCATION
Closes the State Bank at Fort Scott,
Kansas
a
Ctambfed In the Stock narket With Bank
Funds With the Usual Result-The
Stockholders' Loss
KANSAS CITY, JOct. .14.—As pecial to
the Star from Fort Scott, Kan., says: A
sensation was createdfthia morning when
Vice President J J. Stewart ~f the State
bank posted the following notice: "This
bank in closed, subject to tite order of
the state Dank jommissioner. Depositors
will bo paid in full. Failure to open is
caused by the defalcation of the cash
ier."
A large crowd of excited depositors
gathered. Casbie: J. H. Coleman had the
utmost confidence of all. He . has been
tne cashier since tbe bank organized, in
May, 1884. Last Wednesday he left town,
saying he was goin 4 to his old home,
Jersevyille, 111., where bis wife is visit
ing.
Cashier Coleman confessed to Presi
dent D. F. Conn of the bank in St.
Louis Satu'day night. He lost about $20,
--uOO in stnci: and bond specuations. The
theft had been systematically practlcsd
for over two years snd covered un hy ma
nipulation of the books. In a statement
issued by tbe bank today the officials say :
"Tho loss will fall wholly upon the
stockholders,as the assets of the bank are
amply sufficient to pay all depositors. It
is now known that when Coleman left
Wednesday he had no intention cf re
turning. He was under a St. Louis spec
ialists' care last week tor nervous trouble.
Friday he wrote President Conn that ho
had become a wreck. Coleman's irregu
larities up to tbat time had not been
known.
A Murderer Sentenced
MADERA, Oct. 14.—.Tamos Lawson
was sentenced in tbe superior court |«i.
day to twelve years in Folsom orison.
The crime for whicli Lawson was sen
tenced was that of shooting his wife near
ly a year ago. The lirst tiial resulted in
a disagreement, and injthe second trial
he was convicted. Tbe case has been an
expensive one to the county, at Lawson
has twice broken jail and escaped.
An Official Trial Trip
DELAWAK KBKEAKWATER, Del.,
Oct. 14.—The bsttleship Indiana passed
out at 8 o'clock this morning en route
from Philadelphia to Boston for her
official trial trip. She is expected to an
chor off Boston early tomorrow evening.
Off for Callao
Washington, ct. i4.-The Alert
hai (ailed fioni Guayaquil to* Callao.
RAILROAD REORGANIZATION
The Vanderbilts Want Control
of Pacific Lines
ROAD FROM COAST TO COAST
Able Lieutenants of Tbe Great Mag
nates At Work
Before Definite Action It Taken Congress
Will Be Asked to Release Debta
To The Government
Associated Press Special Wire
CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—There is a rumor
current in railway circles tbat the Van
derbilts are seeking to obtain nontrcl of
the Union Pacilic and Central Pacific
with a view to having a transcontinental
road from New York to San Francisco.
The Chicago Tribune, in an article on
this subject, says: ■ ■ •
"Ever since the famous contract waa
made between tne Union Pacitio and tbe
Chicago & Northwestern railways, where
by Ihe former secured the right to dic
tate the through rates from the west to
Chicago and tbe fatter the through rates
from Chicago to points on tba Union Pa
cific west of Omaha rumors have been|cur*
rent that tbe Vanderbilts would sooner or
later secure control of the Union Pacific
property. A plan for tbe reorganization
of the Union Pacific is now in course of
preparation and tbe prelimin 1/ steps al
ready taken indicate beyond a donbt that
when the Union Pacific gets out of the
hands of the receiver it wiil he controlled
and operated by tbe Chicago & North
western, whicb is one of the Vanderbilt
roads.
"The roorganiation committee which
haa juat been announceed has among its
members Chauncey M. JDepew, president
of the New York: Central, and Marvin
Hughitt, president of the Northwestern,
These two able lieutenants of the Van
c'erbilts will no doimt be able to cuntrul
tbe other members of the committee,who
are mostly presidents of trust companies
holding Union Pacihc securities. At one
time Jay Oould held a controlling inter
est in the Union Pacilic, aud this, it is
said, has been secured by the Vander
bilts. A dual is said to have been made
between George Gould and thej Van
derbilts whereby the former is to be
given control |of tlie Kansas Pacific,
which is to be operated by the Missouri
Pacific, while the latter will take the
main line of tho Union Pacific from
Omaha west and make it part of the
Northwestern system. Tho Vanderbilts
have no use for the Kansas Pacific, as
they havo no line to Kansas City to con
nect with it and besides tho main lino of
the Union Pacilic from Omaha will give
them an outlet to Denver by the Jules
bure cut off."
"With the Union Pacific in control of
the Chicago and Northwestern the latter
will havo a direct and independent line
direct from Chicago through to Ogden
nnd Halt Lake, with a brunch line to
Denver, which willgivo it a great ad
vantage over the Burlington and Kock
Island roads, which rail only to Denver.
Should the Vanderbilts be able also to
keep the Oregon .Shott Lino in tho Union
Pacilic, they will have indepeniieiit lines
from New York through to Portland,
Ore.
"The most startling rumor tbat has
lately gained currency is that tbe Van
derbilts look still further than the ac
quisition of the Union Pacinc and the
Cregon Short Line. Their great object and
aim is said to he the conttol of a line
through to San Francisco, an! to gain
this end it is said they are now negotiat
ing with C. P. Huntington witb a view
ol securing control of the Central Pacific.
"The new plan for reorganization of
the Union Pacific is said to provide for
tbo raising of * 10.HU0.000 on which (i per
cent and a commission will be allowed.
The first step will be the purchase of de
faulted coupons. But betore any definite
action is taken a determined onslaught
will bo made on congress lo secure some
action that will leliove the new company
from the burden of tho goveinment
debt."
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Judge Cornish,
master in chancery in the Union Pacilic
litigation, will hear testimony tomorrow
at Omaha in regard tv tlie application
for tho division of the earnings of the
Oregon Short Line system. The Union Pa
cific receivers are understood to have in
theiv possession $2,000,000 of tbe Oregon
Short Lino earnings.
The delay ill apportioning these earn
ings among tlie lines tributary tothesys
ton has prevented the payment of the
interest on Oregon Short line sixes und
other securities.
The executive committee of the Union
Pacific held a meeting tbis afternoon at
the offices of the receiveis of the system.
George ,1. Gould attended the conference.
It is stated that only routine business
was transacted. Counsel for the com
mittee tbat bave the matter in charge
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tion with the reorganization proceedings.
TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 14.—A private
telegram was received tbi. afternoon
troru Boise, Idaho, nnrOnnoln r that
Judge Beatty of the Un.ted states dis
trict court today by order extended the
jurisdiction of G.W. Dickinson as general.
manager over the properly of the North
ern Pacific in that state. Judge Beatty
continued action on the receiverahip.mat
ter for a week. It is supposed he desires
to await the outcome oi tbe bearing be
fore Judge Lacombe in New York on Fri
day.
Rates Restored
PRESNO.Oct. 14-The Southern Pacific
company has restored the old freight
rates on wheat from San Joaquin valley
points to Arizona. It was formerly $6.50
per ton, but was raised to fi and is put
back to the old rate. As the wheat crop
in tbe southwest is very light tbis year
it is expected tbat there will be consider
able shipments from this valley.
THE SUPREME COURT
fleets and Adjourns to Meet Today to Hear
Motions sasaj
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS.—The supreme
court met today. Chief Justice Fuller
announced the deatb of Justices Jackson
and Strong, the latter retired, simply
saying that the court was saddened by
these events. The chief justice also re
ferred to the custom on tbe part of the
court ot making a formal call upon the
president at tbe beginning of the term,
but said the call would be foregone on
account of the aosenoe of the chief execu
tive from tbe city.
Acknowledging the introduction to the
court of the new attorney general, as
made by Seuretary Olney, Chief Justice
Fuller said: The court parts with tbe
retiring attorney general with regret and
welcomes his successor."
The court odpDurned until tomorrow,
when it will meet to hear motiona al
ready assigned for Ihe day.
Previous to the assembling of the
court, tbe bur met in the court room for
the purpose of taking uppropiiate action
upon (the death of the late Justice Jack
son. Secretary of State Olney was called
to the chair and Clerk McKenney of the
court was designated as secretary. A,
committee on resolutions was appointed,
consisting of Assistant Attorney Gen
eral J. M. Dickinson, S. P. Walker, B.
F. Ayers, H. M. Duffield, A. H.Garland,
T. E. Turley of Tennessee, Samuel Sbel
labarger, W. A. Maurey, Thomas Wilson
of Minnesota and W. A. Sudduth of Ken
tucky. The meeting adjourned subject
lo the call of the chairman.
THE STANFORD CASE
An Appesl Will At Once Be Taken To The
Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.—Tbe gov
ernment's suit against the Stanford es
tate is to be appealed immediately to
tbe United States supreme court by tbe
government. The latter'a counsel hore,
ex-Judge L. D. McKisick, bas received
instructions to that effect from Attorney-
General Harmon. The dispatch, which
waa brief, said: "Sorry you lost, but
you did everything possible . Case
sboud be appealed to tbe United States
supreme court.'"
fjttdge McKisick hopes to bavo his pe
tition for an appeal prepared and filed
some time in the next two ot three days.
A citation ur notice to ihe other side will
then be issued and within ten days be
thinks tbe appeal should be perfected.
A Long Walt Likely
SAN JOSE, 061. M.-Some of tbe 150
delegates to tne synod of the Presbyterian
church of California, which will convene
here, have arrived. One of tbe chief
matters to come before the synod will be
tbe trial of Rev. Burt Estes Howard and
tbe elders of tbe First Presbyterian church
of Los Angeles, who were suspended for
insubordination. It is probable that the
matter will not be oe finally settled until
the United States supreme court hands
down its decision in the suit over the
churcb property.
THE SULTAN HAS ACCEPTED
Tbe Scheme of Reforms Proposed By
Tbe Powers
He Objects to Acting; On Compulsion And
His Dslay Is Certain to Precipitate
The Storm
i —
I•' N DO v *, Oct. 14.—A Constantinople
dispatch to the Times says:
Tho sultan accepts tbe reduced scheme
of reforms in principle, but declines to
promulgate it forthwith because such ac
ceptance would appear like acting under
pressure. Jf ho persists in this manner
the storm will certnitilv gather again and
will break with renewed violence.
PARIS, Oct. 14. — The Figaro today an
nounces that Turptn, the inventor of
melinite, whose recent claim that he had
invented a number of deadly instruments
of war caused a sensation in military
circles,has been summoned to Constanti
nople on behalf of the Turkish govern
ment, which, it is declared, proposes to
utilize his inventions for the defense of
tbe Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.
DISAPPOINTED CELESTIALS
Toy Ah Sing Still Beyond Their Reach and
Their Dodges Exhausted
FRESNO, Oct. 14.-Chinese highbind
ers are still unsuccessful in getting pos
session of Toy Ah Sing, the Chinese wo
man who was rescued from their head
quarters last Saturday by Martinez officers
acting for the Presbyterian mission of
San Francisco. The Chinese have ex
hausted habeas corpus proceedings and
the old dodge of a warrant for Detty lar
ceny, and today the woman was dis
missed and is in the care of the Congre
gational mission here, and tlie Chinese
wbo caused her arrest in order to get ncr
in their possession again will be taken
into court tomorrow under attachment
for failing to obey the summons of the
court today.
An Omaha Failure
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 14.--N. U. Fal
coner & Co.'s large dryg iods and millin
ery store was closed on a chattel mort
gage this morning. The total liabilities
are estimated! at $150,0ut), with assets of
about $175,030. The company bas been
in business in Omaha a great many years
and has been considered one of the most
substantial houses in thu west, but the
competition set up by tne big department
stores is regarded as one of the factors in
this failure.
A Double Killing
liOlSE,ldaho,Oct.l4.—A double killing
occurred at Dclmnr last nigbt. Jlank
Anderson, while drunk, quarreled with
and kilted bis partner named Brisbee.
Deputy Sheriff Scaddou later attempted
to arrest Anderson. Tbe latter fired up
on him, whereupon Scaddon [killed him.
PKICE FIVE CENTS
THE ALEUTIAN VOLCANOES
The Devil's Stokers Are Busily
At Work
CAPTAIN SMITH'S REPORT
Tbe Only Active Volcanoes Wltaia
American Territory
But There Are Twenty ol Tbem And TM
Spectacle They Present le Won*
derful end (iron a
SAN FRANCISCO, Oot. ,14.-The~rev3
enue cutter Commodore Perry has re
turned from the northern sea, where ah*
has been confronted eveiy night foe
weeks by a gigantic line of tire. Al Cap
tain Smith expresses It: "The devils'
stokers have been ttirring np the subter
ranean ssa of flames that is supposed to
lio thousands ol fest under the Bering
sea, and as a consequence fully twenty of
the foity volcanoes in tbe Aleutain obaia
are now active."
"The line of islands lying between the
Bering sea and the Pacific ocean belong
to the United States, and on tbem are)
probibly tbe only active volcanoea lying
within American territory. Much has
been written of Bogaslov island, which
has been throwing up a cloud of steam at
times for years, but it was supposed tbat
all the other peaks on this singular lino
of islands were extinct craters only.
".Now. as far as the eye can reach from
any point in tbe Bering sea, adjacent or
even at a distance from the famous sesl
islands, the rising smoke and steam can
be seen in both directions. The eruption
is general and so very lively tbat at night
tne airy columns take on the reflections
of the tires deep in the earth beneath tha
craters. Nowhere else on tbe globs son
sucli a sight De witnessed.
"Iv the daytime only the white smoka
or steam is visible. As dusk comes and
darkness follows the wonder grows. Tbo
brighter columns show up in tbe cold
Alaskan night first, ana as it gets darker
othor vivid curls of smoke are to be seen
at greater distances. Sometimes, wben
the position of tbe observer is advantage
ous, a dozen or fifteen of these pillars of
tire are in sight.
"The show of subterranean force is the
most noteworthy ever observed on Amer
ican soil. As proof of tbe mighty power
that is at work beneath tbe islanda a
neck of land has been forced up out of
the sea between Bogaslov and old Bogas
lov, and tbe two islands are now one.
It is a queer looking land, one of tbe
passes shown on the chart aa connectii :
the Bering sea with the great ocean to
tbe southward. The rocks in this nec -
are maniestly of volcanic origin, black
and smooth in surface,as if once melted."
MORE VICTIMS
Poor Deaths t> Date Resulting Prom the
Pittsburg Trolley Accident
PITTSBURG Oct. H.-O. J. Baldwin
of Youngsivlle, Pa., a victim ol la-:
nights' West End troiey car aocident.
died this morning. This makes four
deaths SJ far. Several victims are in a
critical condition. Tho accident was
caused by tbe breaking of a brake cha- i
and the fact tha the trolley left the wire.
The motorman »• tempted to stop the
runaway car by reversing the current,t- t
there was no current.
Heavy In lebtedr esa
HOLLIDAYdBURG, Pa.. Oct. 14.—Ex.
ecutions amounting to ?43,0tX) were issued
here tbis morning by H. B.Claflin & Co.
of New York and other creditors against
F. M. Morrow, the owner of a large mer
chandise stern «* iitqona-
The Liquor Interests
WASHINGTON, Oct. !4.—The annual
convention of tbe National Liquor Deal
ers' association of tbe United States be
gan here today. Abcut twenty-eigbt
states are represented.
THE NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH—A continuanoe in
tbe Durrant case likely—Active vol
canoos in tbe Aleutian islands—Tba
Vanderbilts seeking control of tha
Union and Central Pacific raliroada—
Cessation of cholera in Honolulu; an
alleged filibustering expedition—Offi
cial,'advices from Corea confirm late
reports—A Kansas cashier breaks hia
bank—The European craze for Kaffira
—Proceedings at the church conven
tions—Rumored reconciliation of Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt—The
State Miners' association meets ia
convention—Meeting of the Populist
state central committee—Politics and
priestciaft in Utah—A thunderstorm
at San Jose—Tbe sultan accepts tba
schema of reformbut delays action
—Governor Clarke is emphatic in hia
assertion tbat there will be no tight
at Hot Springs—Pasadena; couucil
meeting; frotball game; brevittea—
Lordsburg items—Santa Ana; a lady
assaulted; a chapter of accidents—
Santa Barbara: highway wanted; the
bathhouse project—Pomona; new
sidewalks;— San Bernardino; a rook
pile for tramps.
ABOUT THE CITY-Yesterday in tha
city council: no opposition to Hook: a
respectable sum for the Eighth street
franchise; the condition of ths
bridges; tbe garbage contract may at
once be relet—ln honor of the late
Judgo Brnnson—Sports around and
about; quail andl duck reason opens
today—Attorney Biscailuz is jailed
again—Frank Miller tries to rob an
other man's room and is caught—
Three San Diego lads start out to see
the world and wind up in the city
jail—Wily William Wallace sold a rig
that did not belong to him—Joe Ed
wards, n negro petit larceny thief,
breoks jail—Errington, who killed
Jones, is a fr.e man; acquitted by a
jury—Regular meeting of tbe board
of education—A night with the Con
federate veterans; the regular month*
ly meeting—Police Officer Maguire'S
body recovered from the depths of
the lake—Tne orphans' fair last nigbt.
WHERE YOU fIAY 00 TODAY
ORPHEUM—At Bp. m.; vaudeville.
BURBANK—At Bp. m.; Tbe Senator.
TURNER t HALL—Annual fair of lb*
Los Angeles orphan aaylan.