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VOLUME LXXVIIL— NO. 41.
OUSTED BY A WOMAN
"Boss" Gorman's Rule
in Maryland Is at
an End.
MISS GARRETT'S FIGHT.
Using Her Gold and Influence
to Wipe Out an Old
Score.
DOOMED BY A STERN ENEMY.
Long Ago the Democratic Prophet
Dug a Pit Into Which He Is
Destined to* Fall.
NEW YORK. N. V., July 10.— The Mail
and Express prints the following special
from Washington: For the first time in
his political life Arthur P. Gorman, United
States Senator anu Democratic boss of
Maryland and would-be controller of the
Democratic party, trembles for his politi
cal supremacy and sees with fear the hand
writing on the wall. But so often has the
cry of "wolf been made in the Terrapin
State and the people made to believe that
Gorman has reached the end of his rope
that in some quarters this last cry goes un
heeded.
In a few days the Democratic State con
vention will be held in Maryland, and a
complete State ticket is to be nominated.
For many months a battle has been going
on within the Democratic party in the
State against Gorman and his methods.
Soon after Congress adjourned it was an
nounced that the Senator, worn out with
his fight for the sugar trust tariff bill, in
tended to take a long reet and go to Eu
rope.
His plans had hardly got under way,
however, before the rumbling of the com
ing storm was heard, and the astute
"boss" thought it best to change his plans
and stay m this country. A trip to the
Pacific Coast was then planned, but hardly
nad he begun to arrange for passes and
private cars before he found this, too. was
out of the question, and to the surprise of
nearly every one Senator Gorman an
nounced that he would spend his summer
quietly at his county seat in Maryland.
As the days grew warmer the politicians
in Baltimore City began to grow accus
tomed .to seeing Arthur P. Gorman come
once or twice a week to the Democratic
headquarters. These visits soon became
daily, and finally the Senator took com
plete control of affair* and began once
more to manage his gang of heelers and
workers. But while the cat had been
away the mice had been at play, and Gor
man found that the little animals had
been knawing at his political ropes and
that they were not as strong as usual.
Gorman was forced to openly face . the
situation and then began his battle.
The Republicans in Maryland carried
the State last fall, and had there been a
general election instead of a Congressional
one Republican officials would now be in
all of the State offices. The party at pres
ent is as strong as it was then, but this was
not all that the senior Senator had to con
tend with. The internecine fight in his
party was bitter. Men who had been
promised political preferment for years by
Gorman demanded now a fulfillment of
these promises, and this brought about the
Senator, who had lived on broken prom
ises, a horde of candidates.
In Maryland there are two distinct sec
tiois of the State— the eastern and the
western shore— and as each is jealous of
the other there is a row. The written law
is that each section shall have a United
States Senator. Candidates for Governor
eprang up all over the State, and Gorman,
in his dilemma, decided to play a little
game known in Maryland as "the favorite
Eon"; that is, be promised every county
that it should name a candidate for Gov
ernor, and in this way tried to secure
county delegations to the Democratic State
convention favorable to himself, intending
at the last moment to name his own man ,
This little trick, however, was too trans
parent, and the counties began to kick.
Then came open revolt. Ex-Congresaraan
Rayner came forward as an independent
candidate, but when he found that the
politicians were only "tapping his barrel"
and electing delegates opposed to him he
wisely withdrew, and there was a howl
among the "boys" who had hoped to have
Lad this well-spring of money throughout
the campaign.
As soon as Gorman's scheme was ex
posed the counties began to work for them
selves, and then came Gorman's great sur
prise. The man whom the Senator wished
really to nominate for Governor was a
western shore man, with Populistic ideas.
Counties in the western part of the State
have so thoroughly repudiated Gorman
and his men that an almost solid anti-
Gorman delegation will appear in the State
convention. The Senator has given ud
Baltimore city and county, and has so
changed his tactics that he has dropped
his western candidate and when the con
vention meets will spring an eastern shore
man, named John Walter Smith, as the
"people's choice."
The reason is that' Gorman's strength in
the convention will be almost wholly from
the eastern shore. There is doubt,
however, whether Gorman will be able even
to nominate Smith. At his headquarters,
he has a most interesting document in the
shape of a tally sheet, which shows him the
names of all the delegates, so far elected to
the convention, and to his dismay and
anguish, he can only count a majority of
about a baker's dozen. This slim showing
will yet be reduced by the delegates to be
elected, and that is why Gorman is trembl-
ing now. ,
Behind all this there is a story which is
intensely interesting and decidedly dra
matic. There is a woman in the case, and
this woman has a score to settle with Mr.
Gorman, which will never be wiped out
until the Senator is beaten.
About ten years ago, when Gorman had
one of his lieutenants in the gubernatorial
chair, the Senator was appointed a director
for the State of Maryland in the directo
rate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway.
No sooner did he take his seat than he be
gan his usual tactics of rule or ruin, and
\he result was that there was a change in
The San Francisco Call.
the management of the big railroad such
as had never taken place during its exist
ence. Tne Garrett interest, which has been
the keystone of the great trunk line, was ig
nored and displaced. Gorman, through his
men, seemed to have absolute power, and
the history of the road during that time is
too well known to need repetition or exposi
tion.
It was about this time that Mary Garrett,
who had been her father's (the late John
W. Garrett) closest adviser and counselor,
took things into he.r own hands and Mr.
Gorman disappeared from the directory.
The railroad returned into the Garrett con
trol and everything was right, but the old
scores were not wiped out. The interests
so outraged at that time have abided their
time, and it seems to have come now.
The truth of the matter is that Mary
Garrett has taken up the light against
Gorman this year, and, aided by Congress
man John K. Cowan, the chief counsel of
the railroad, who has long been a political
enemy of Gorman, and other powerful in
fluences, including the Baltimore Sun, the
war has been waged relentlessly.
There is a wheel within a wheel in
this right, which also maKes it in
tensely exciting. Gorman finds that one
of his most trusted and able lieutenants is
secretly in league with the enemy. This
man, who was favored by President Cleve
land during his first term as President, and
whose appointment was a National dis
grace, has for some time past been carry
ing on what is known as the "legislative
pay-list" of the railroad at a good, fat an
nual salary. His duties are those of being
a good fellow with the people of influence,
and with money at his back he is always able
to carry his point. This man kuows Gor
man's tricks, and hence is a powerful tool
in the hands of the opposition.
This combination, which has worked for
many months, pulling down every stone
Gorman has tried to place in position, has
at last accomplished something. Delega
tion after delegation have been won over
from the Gorman ranks, and now their
candidate, Governor Frank Brown, seems
to be reasonably sure of a renomination
at the Democratic State convention.
Governor Brown was long since thrown
aside by Gorman, and more than once
ordered to retire from the field, but he has
made an excellent Governor, independent
and courageous at time?, and if the
Democrats have any show this fall Brown
will be more likely to get the votes than
any other man they could name.
Miss Garrett is considered one of the
richest women in America. She is willing
to spend her money, and authority says
that she is doing so. Frank Brown is a
millionaire in his own name, and has
lately corr.e into a double fortune of
millions more. Therefore, there is no lack
of money on their side. So much for the
battle within the Democratic party in
Maryland.
Now, in regard to the Republican fight
Gorman has on bis hands. Never was the
grand old party in such condition in
Maryland. Aggressive, warlike and right,
it has gone into the battle with victory
ahead of it, and it looks as if all was over
except the yelling. As the Baltimore Sun
is lighting Gorman within his party, aided
by the vigorous afternoon News, the Balti
more American, under the gallant editor
ship of General Felix Angus, is leading the
Republicans to the haven they have long
sought. All the differences within the Re
publican party seem to have been settled
and Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, one of the stal
wart business men and true Republicans of
Western Maryland, will be the candidate
for Governor.
It will be a fight between the west and
the eastern 6hore. The former has by far
the majority of votes, and with such a can
didate as Colonel Lovrndes and a united
Republican party behind him there is little
doubt what the outcome will be.
Gorman has at last to face his Waterloo.
DRIVEN BACK BY REBELS
Cubans Repulse an Army Sent
to Capture General
Maceo.
Spaniards Again Routed In a Battle
on the Scene of Martl's
Assassination.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10.-Advices
received yesterday at revolutionary head
quarters at Santiago de Cuba stated that
rewards have been offered by the Spanish
Government for the capture of Gomez and
Maceo alive or dead.
"When Jose Maceo arrived at Liboney,
about nine miles from Santiago de Cuba,
recently, be was received witb demonstra
tions of joy by the people and a banquet of
fifty covers was given in his honor. When
the Spanish heard of Maceo's presence
4000 men were dispatched with orders to
capture him dead or alive. Maceo was
warned and sent word to Brigadier-
General Perez to hurry up with re
enforcements. The general promptly
responded, and when the Spaniards
arrived they found themselves confronted
by the combined forces.
A detachment of 700 of the Spaniards
found themselves between a crossh're, and
the whole force retreated after making a
stand for twenty minutes.
Another encounter has taken place near
Dos Rios, in San Louis. The insurgents,
who were headed by Quintano Bandore,
fought savagely, being animated by re
venge, as they were near the place where
Marti was assassinated. The Spaniards
were routed after a short engagement.
Cienfuegos is reported to have risen.
Mayajizua is only awaiting the arrival of
an expedition with a supply of arms in
order to join the rebellion. Martinez
Campos has requested that every available
warship may be sent to Cuba before
October, in order to take part in the de
cisive operations intended to crush the re
bellion.
In consequence of the arrest and impris
onment of Senor Coronado, editor of La
Discusion, the editors of the newspapers in
Havana have petitioned the authorities to
appoint a board to revise "copy" before it
is printed. General Campos replied that
the editors should use their own discretion
but finally General Moreno, chief oi the
Governor-General's staff, was told to sit in
judgment upon "copy" submitted to him
by the editors.
Pnlma May lie Chosen.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10.-Great
secrecy surrounds the proceedings at the
headquarters of the Cuban revolutionary
party in this city to-day. It was given out
this morning that over 100 delegates, rep
resenting the clubs of Cuban patriots
throughout the United States, were in the
city and would proceed to-day with the
election of a new President of the Cuban
republic to succeed the late Jose Marti. It
is probable that Senor Thomas Ustrada
Falma will be selected.
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1895.
AWARDS AT THE FEST
Californians Get More
Than Their Share
of Prizes.
HELM'S LIST OF HONORS.
The Heavy-Weight Marksman
Outclasses All of His
Competitors.
PROWESS TOLD IS FIGURES.
Over One-Fifth of the Cash Premi
ums Will Be Brought Back by
the Team.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10.— Three
first prizes aggregating $800 in cash; the
magnificent silver cup, presented by
George Ehret, the well-known brewor,
thirty-six inches high and valued at $1000;
the Rochester Brewing Company's hand
some "Rienzi" silver cup, value $500; the
three Few York Times silver record
wreaths, value $225, were taken from the
hands of President Weber by the Califor
nian delegation at the distribution of prizes
to-day, at the close of the first National
Sharpshooters' tournament. This does
not include the smaller cash prizes, honor
prizes or the cups and medals taken dur
ing the shooting.
George Helm took the lion's share of the
cash from all competito/s, totaling $633,
and two record wreaths, and the cheering
was loud and prolonged each time this
genial big fellow pushed his way through
the crowd to get his prizes.*
Of course Schuster's second choice for
the Columbia prize was the most valuable
of any of the donated prizes, excepting
Vorbach's choice, the Ruppert silver
Bervice, the cash value of which is the same
as the Ehret cup, chosen by Schuster, viz:
$1000. Thi3 cup is a most magnificent
piece of workmanship, standing thirty-six
inches high on an ebony pedestal, and
beautifully engraved with the rifleman's
paraphernalia. D. B. Faktor had sixth
choice on Columbia, and took tne"Rienzi"
cup. Pape had twenty-third place and
choee a set of silver cups, presented by the
Elite Schuetzen corps of Brooklyn, and
valued at $150. Strecker had thirty-third
place, George Helm forty-eighth, G.Alpers
ninety-fourth, E. Blodau one hundred
and fourteenth, and Louis Bendel one
hundred and forty-fifth, and each got a
fairly good prize, though, of course, the
valuable ones had beea pretty well thinned
out by earlier choices.
George Helm took the first prize of $300
on the Germania, his bullet being almost
a dead center, measuring just 5%-400 of an
inch to the right. He also netted $300 more
as first prize on the ring target and smaller
prizes on other targets, making the total
$633, and no man at the tournament was
more heartily congratulated on all sides.
Strecker took fourth prize of $70 on the
ring: Bendel, seventeenth; Schuster, eigh
teenth; Faktor, twentieth; Young, twenty
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seventh ; Pape, twenty - ninth ; Blodau,
thirty-fourth, and Al Peters, thirty-ninth.
Pape did the best of the delegation on
the standard, taking eleventh prize, with
47 points; Strecker sot seventeenth, Blo
dau twenty-first, Faktor twenty-third,
Young twenty-fifth, Helm thirty-second,
Bendel thirty-eighth, and Schuster thirty
ninth.
iStrecker's 97 on the main, of course, took
first prize of $200, Pape coining next with
tenth prize and Helm twelfth, on 93 and 92
points each. Young got 88 points and
thirty-third prize, Blodau 88 points and
thirty-fourth, Schuster forty-seventh prize
on 86 points. Faktor fifty-fourth on 86, and
Bendel brought up the rear of Californians
with sixty-seventh prize and 83 points.
Strecker, Young and Pape were seventh,
fourteenth and eighteenth in the King con
test, with 338, 311 and 296 points respec
tively.
On the point target Blodau got seventh
prize with 18-400 of an inch measurement
from his bullet's striking place to the
center of the bullseye, Schuster eleventh
prize with 23-400 and Pape fifteenth prize
with 29-400.
Fatter got twelfth prize on the Germania
with 300V£ degrees, Blodau fiftieth with
52S l /i and Pape seventy-seventh with 660.
Pape also got a prize of $5 for making three
bullseyes on the Germania.
The cash prizes received to-day by each
of the delegation total as follows: George
Helm $633, A. Streckers3l7, A. H. Pape $86,
E. Blodau $65, D. B. Faktor $43, F. P.
Schuster $43, L. Bendel $26, F. O. Young
$25 and George Alpers $2; total $1240.
The aggregate amount of cash given by
the bund in prizes amounted to $6651, so
that the delegation actually took over a
fifth of the total cash prize money, outside
of honor prize, cups and medals to the
amount of perhaps $2000. The figures
speak for themselves.
The "Shooting King's" title goes to
Brooklyn, while second and third honors
remain in New York. The title, with the
king's gold medal, of the value of $150, was
won by F. C. Ross of the Elite Schuetzen
Corps of Brooklyn, with 371 points on his
first 200 shots.
[COLORED MEN IX SESSION.
South Carolina Megroea Formulating
Campaign Plant,
COLUMBIA, S. C, July 10.— A largely
attended convention representing the col
ored people of South Carolina is in progress
here to-day for the purpose of formulating
a plan of action to be followed In the con
stitutional convention campaign which is
now under way. The holding of the United
States Court of Appeals reversing the de
cision of Judge Goff in the registration case
is said to practically disenfranchise the
negroes of the State, and their leaders are
now advising emigration as the only escape
from injustice and oppression.
It is learned that the Tillmanites or re
formers will obtain control of the forth
coming constitutional convention and will
complete the disenfranchisement of the
colored people, and probably wipe out the
school fund and increase the poll tax.
FELL FROM PIER.
Six People Venture Upon a Stringer and
A.re Drowned. <■ .■**&&&
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10.-Six per
sons were drowned here to-night. While
three men and two women whose names
are as yet unknown were taking an airing
on the string piece of pier No. 37, East
River, they lost their balance and fell into
the river. Two of the men sank to the
bottom at once. Michael O'Neil, in trying
to re&cue the two women and the other
man, was pulled to the bottom and all
were drowned.
FELL WITH ITS LOAD.
The Floor of a Pavilion
Filled With People
Gives Way.
TAKE A FE ARFIfL PLUNGE
The Festivities of the Elks at
Atlantic City End In a
Catastrophe.
MANY ARE FATALLY INJURED.
A Struggling Mass of Humanity
Precipitated a Distance of
Twenty-Five Feet.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10.— A
frightful accident terminated the Elks' fes
tivities at the Inlet Casino to-night and a
large number of persons sustained terrible
injuries, from which some will die.
The grand exalted ruler of the Buffalo
body, Meade D. Detwiler of Harrisburg,
had'finished his address at the opening of
the social season of the Elks and was aDout
to introduce James J. Armstrong of New
York when a crack from the stand was
heard. A moment later the stand, upon
which were almost a thousand people,
slowly parted, and the mass of humanity
was precipitated to the first floor, a dis
tance of twenty-five feet. Men, women
and children were plunged into the hole
and upon one another. The cries, shrieks
and groans were deafening and the direst
confusion reigned.
An alarm was immediately sent out and
all the physicians in town responded. The
work of extricating the injured proceeded
rapidly, and by 12 o'clock they had all
been removed to the hospitals or their
hotels.
Among the injured are the following:
At the United States Hotel : C. M. Foote
of Memphis, collar-bone and arm broken ;
C R. Lombard of Boston, feet crushed and
arm fractured; J. R. Duke of Joliet, 111.,
badly injured on the head and about the
face.
At Shauffter's Hotel: James Long of the
Internal Revenue Service, Philadelphia,
injured about the face and nose broken;
Ullie Lee of Camden, internally hurt;
Charles Folwell of Camden, left leg broken ;
George J. Peachlin of Camden, leg
mashed.
At the Majestic: Charles J. Armstrong,
exalted ruler of the New York Lodge of
Elks, internal injuries; a 10-year-old
daughter of Armstrong; Mrs. Japha and
her niece, Mies C. Friedenthal of New
York, suffering from slight internal in
juries.
At the Albemarle: Mrs. C. Meyers of
Philadelphia, leg fractured; Mrs. R. A.
Liverley of East Liverpool, Ohio, spine
injured.
in addition to the above the following
are at other hotels: Prescott Eckerman
of Mount Holly, N. J., of Jennings' band,
leg broken; Frederick Laproth of Cainden,
of Jennings' band, internal injuries, prob
ably fatal; J. Melville Janson of Carncros»
Theater, Philadelphia, eye cut and leg
badly cut; Sirs. Janson, compound frac
ture of leg; Mrs. Anton Webber of Brook
lyn, back injured; Mrs. Henney, bruised
about the limbs and teeth knocked out;
John Throun of Baltimore, severe cut on
the head; James Long of Camden, a rev
enue officer, nose broken; Mrs. Wil
liam W. Mines of Camden, fractured
elbow and badly bruised; Frank Wilse
man, cornet-player, ankle fractured; J.
L. T. Eckman, Mount Holly, N. J.,
barytone, ankle fractured; G. L. J. Guest,
clarionet player, leg broken; F. Demond,
internally injured; Frank Bolton, eye cut
and badly injured; Dr. Frye of Pon
County, Va., seriously bruised and bad
sprain of leg; C. F. Sheriff, shoulder and
knee badly bruised; Mrs. C. F. Sheriff, left
side injured; J. M. Newbury, foot badly
bruised; Mrs. William Lee, badly shaken
up; Mrs. R.Glasser, very seriously bruised;
Miss Colvin of Alleghany, Pa., head cut
and left limb bruised; Mrs. Knox Little
of Newburg, N. V., badly shaken up; Mr.
Lee, Camden, internally injured; Mrs.
James Armstrong, injured internally;
Monroe Barringer of New York, frac
tured knee; Leopold Frye of Phila
delphia, leg broken; Antonio Dunon
of Jennings' band, Camden, leg broken;
Mrs. Neill, wife of Frank Neill of Baltimore
Lodge, leg hurt, taken to the Mansion
House; Major Wolf, leg injured; Mrs. D.
Uffel of Camden, sprained ankle; Mrs.
Morris A. Rogers and Mrs. William E.
Husted, badly bruised about the body;
Byron W. Orr, editor of the Social Session,
ankle sprained; Mrs. Orr, ankle injured;
Horace Grant of Orange, N. J., leg broken,
head cut and badly bruised about the body;
Mrs. John D. Lenchner of Camden, seri
ously injured and taken to Schauffter's;
William Treadwell of Boston Lodge, past
exalted ruler, seriously bruised, but in
juries not dangerous.
By 9 o'clock more than 1200 people had
gathered on the floor of the pavilion, an
ticipating a pleasant evening's enjoyment.
The bands attached to the visiting lodges
had given a fine concert, and Captain
Samuel Perry of the Atlantic City Lodge
had just begun the preliminaries of start
ing the social session. The night was a
fine one, and as the strains of the music
floated out over the ocean, it seemed that a
more joyous crowd could not have been
gathered together anywhere.
But there were several hundred people
who noticed the vibration of the floor, and
left the pavilion fearing that the great
weight would lead to its destruction and
the consequent injury of the merry-makers.
Fearing to create a panic, they quietly ap
proached some members of the visiting
lodges and discussed with them the ad
visability of bringing the affair to a close,
so as to relieve the floor of a portion of the
weight.
While they were talking the crash came.
A portion of the floor, about thirty feet
square, located at the middle of the
pavilion and near the railing on the board
sidewalk, came tumbling down, bringing
along about 100 people. In a second the
electric lights on the second floor were
extinguished, but luckily those on this
floor kept burning long enough to permit
some of the panic-stricken people to get to
the stairway,' which remained intact, and
reach the board walk. Men, women and
children were jammed together trying to
escape by the stairway, while the victims
of the crash were screaming for aid to ex
tricate them from the falling beams and
timbers.
When the first feeling of panic had sub
sided the surviving Elka gallantly rushed
to the rescue of their injured brothers and
friends in defiance of the danger that con
fronted them, as they did not know the
instant the remainder of the pavilion
might bury them among the ruins.
Wnile the work of rescue was going on the
lights on the first floor became extin
guished and plunged the place in
darkness.
Men ran to the car barn of the trolley
road near by and obtained a number of
headlights from the cars. These were most
useful in assisting the work of the res
cuers.
In the mean time the people who were
seated in the vicinity of the break found
themselves in imminent danger of falling
through the hole. Indeed, some were
obliged to clutch the edge of the floor to
keep themselves from falling through.
Maurice A. Rodgers, ex-president of the
Senate of New Jersey, and a member of
the Camden Lodge, was seated by the side
of his wife in the section that fell. Mrs.
Rodgers was precipitated to the ground,
sustaining only a nervous shock. Senator
Rodgers had both hands caught between
two beams and hung suspended in the air
until released by some unknown person.
An alarm of fire was turned in, butwben
the firemen arrived all the victims had
been released. Before the arrival of am
bulances a number of omnibuses were
pressed into service to carry away the
wounded to their hotels or to the city hos
pital.
Frederick Claproth, a member of Jen
nings' band of Camden, died at the City
Hospital late to-night as the result of _is
injuries. ________________
WILL JOIS THE TRUST.
Rumored Intention of the Lor Ward To-
bnceo Company.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10.— The Her
ald says: There is every indication that
the American Tobacco Company has about
completed what is perhaps the most im
portant combination in its history, and by
accomplishing it has become one of the
strongest trusts in the country. The great
manufacturing house of P. Lorillard &
Co., it is declared, is about to join the
trust, merging with it a business wnich has
been famous for more than a century.
The trust is so confident that the combi
nation has been effected that tobacco job
bers in this city, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco
have been notified privately that within
thirty days the Lorillard brands will be
supplied by the American Tobacco Com
pany, otherwise the trust, to their cus
tomers.
The representatives of both companies
refuse to talk about the rumors. A meet
ing of the directors of the American To
bacco Company will, it is said, be held this
month and an announcement made to the
directors and stockholders of the control
of the Loriliard Company.
t'arton Gets the Road.
OGDEN, Utah, July 10.— W. A. Paxton
of Omaha was the only bidder to-day for
the Utah, Hot Springs and Ogden Rail
way, which was sold at Sheriff's sale on a
trust deed for $18,500. held by J. Gardiner
Haines. The amount bid was $24,957. It
is understood that Colonel Paxton intends
making extensive improvements at the
springs at once.
Seth Richards' Wealth.
OTTUMWA, lowa, Juiy 10.— Seth Rich
ards, who died in Oakland, Cal., yesterday,
was lowa's wealthiest land-owner. His
wealth is estimated at $6,000,000.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SLAIN BY HIS SON
Horrible Butchery of an
Aged Farmer Near
Ogden.
BRAINED WITH AX AX.
The Weapon Plied Until His
Body Is Made Almost
Unrecognizable.
A REPROOF CAUSED THE DEED.
The Youth Had Quarreled With His
Father and Resented the Old
Man's Words.
OGDEN, Utah, July 10.— Aged Thomas
Boynton, a prominent and well-to-do
farmer of Kaysville, seventeen miles south
of Ogden, was butchered by his stepson,
named Nephi Blamires, early this morn
ing. Blamires has always been regarded
as a man of weak mentality, but no sus
picion that the weakness would take a
violent turn ever occurred to his acquaint
ances.
It seems that Boynton and his stepson
had a slight altercation yesterday even
ing in which Boynton used some severe
terms of reproach to young Blamires. The
quarrel was not serious and Boynton went
to bed as usual, evidently not suspecting
anything unusual about to happen. The
dispute, however, had evidently preyed
upon young Blamires' mind and this morn
ing he arose and dressing himself went to
the old gentleman's bedside. Awaking
him the young man said :
"Did you mean what you said last
night?"
The parent, turning in bed, said quickly,
"Yes," and in another instant the son had
seized an ax and sunk the blade deep in
his father's head. Not content with this
he struck him again and again that, as he
afterward said to the officers, he "might
kill him without his suffering."
The crime was soon discovered by the
neighbors, who found the body of Boynton
an almost unrecognizable mass of blood,
cuts and bruises, presenting a ghastly
spectacle. The young man was soon after
ward apprehended and at the jail told sub
stantially the foregoing story. From all
appearances the victim died almost in
stantly. An inquest was held this even
ing, but the verdict was not made public.
WILL TEST THEIR SPEED
Defender and Vigilant to Con
test for Supremacy
To- Day.
The Ex-Cup Defender Shows Up
Well In the Trial Run With
Its New Sails.
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., July 10.— That
looked for contest between the Defender
and the Vigilant will take place to-mor
row. Both boats will start from Bristol at
10 o'clock a. m., and if the weather permits
will go outside of Newport. The designer
and Captain Haff have both given out this
information. The Colonia will not go, but
the entire crew will be transferred to the
Defender.
The Vigilant is in tip-top shape, and if
the Defender shows her heels to the ex-cup
defender in the manner her designer fig
ured for her to do, then everybody will be
happy. The Vigilant made a pretty sight
in the harbor to-day while under sail. The
new suit of sails that were made by Hath
away were all finished early in the morn
ing and at 11 o'clock were taken out to the
yacht. The old suit had been unbent and
the work of bending the new sails began at
once. At 1:30 o'clock they were all ready
for use. The big mainsail was hoisted at
2 o'clock and then the topsail was set.
The breaking out of the anchor was only
the work of a few mimutes.
The Vigilant was taken out by Mr.
Willard in order to try the new Bails
preparatory to the trial to-morrow. Her
trip extended only as far as the Sandy
Point Lighthouse.
A large number ot people were standing
along tne shores in the south part of the
town watching her proeress as she glided
through the water. In less than a quarter
of an hour she had cleared Pappoose
Squaw Point, and, with the light wind
over the taffrail. was heading south.
The new sails are like those of the De
fender, with the cloths running from luff
to leech. There are four battens in the
leech of the mainsail, four in the leech of
the jib and three each in the forestaysail
and jibtopsail. The cloths of the jib run
up and down above the clew, while below
the cloths are diagonal. The topsail seems
to be a trifle large, although it set pretty
well.
When a short distance north of Sandy
Point, Captain Barr turned the bow toward
the north and headed for the harbor, where
he put the Vigilant through a course of ma
neuvers, in all of which she did well. She
seemed to be much quicker in atrip than
she was last year. There was not enough
of wind to judge of her stiffness, and the
wind came near dying out altogether be
fore she got back to her moorings at 4:30
o'clock.
IN A RECEIVER'S HANDS.
The Salt Lake City Copper Manufacturing
Company Failt.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 10.—
The Salt Lake City Copper Manufacturing
Company will go into the hands of a re
ceiver to-morrow. The amount of the
property involved is fully $600,000 and the
plant will be sold in a short time to satisfy
the claims of creditors.
Three years ago the citizens of Salt Lake
subscribed a bonus of $100,000 and 160 acres
of land to the company as an inducement
for them to build here. The works were
only partly operated and some depart
ments were not fully completed when
financial difficulties intervened and cul
minated to-day in the appointment of a
receiver. The creditors have agreed upon
C. P. Mason for receiver.
Californium in \>-w York.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 10. -These
Californians registered at hotels to-day:
H. J. Maxwell of San Francisco, at the
Gilsey; H. E. Hughes of San Francisco
and A. Henderson of California, at the
Grand Union, and J. Newman oi Baa
Francisco, at the Astor.