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VOLUME LXXVUL— NO. 57.
BANNOCKS TAKE LIFE
Relentless Reds Murder
the Jackson Hole
Settlers.
SIXTEEN FAMILIES SLAIN
The Massacre Hastened by the
Approach of the Regu
lar Troops.
BRAVES LIGHT SIGNAL FIRES.
Great the Slaughter, for There Were
Only Sixty-Five Men to Fight
Hundreds of Indians.
POCATELLO, Idaho, July 26.— The re
port was brought to Market Lake, sixty-five
miles north of here, to-night that sixteen
families in Jacksons Hole had been mas
sacred by the Indians. James Peterson, a
ranchman, brought the news after a hard
ride of over fifty miles.
Superintendent Hopkins of the St. An
thony Ditch Line told Peterson that he got
the startling information direct from Mr.
Ross of the banking firm of Gray. Ross &
WyattofSt. Anthony, who started on a
fishinc trip last Wednesday with Thomas
Hammer, County Attorney of St. An
thony : General Hammer, State Senator of
Illinois, and L. M. Earl of Salt Lake.
The party intended to go to Jacksons
Lake, but were barred out by the hostile
Indians, and they heard the report that a
number of white settlers had been killed.
Riley Howard, a ranchman of Wilford,
Idaho, who arrived at Market Lake to-day,
fays he heard the report at both Rexburg,
on the direct trail to Jacksons Park, and
St. Anthony that sixteen entire families in
Jacksons Hole had been killed. Brigadier-
General Stitzer sent a messenger to the be
sieged district early yesterday morning.
The general says he should be back here
early Saturday morning to give more de
tailed and direct information.
Courier Sargent arrived in Market Lake
this morning from the vicinity of Jacksons
Hole. He left a companion in the coun
try who remained to get into the hole if
possible and return with all the news. He
is expected at Market Lake to-night.
Sargent reports all the passes guarded,
and is afraid his companion will not be
able to get in. lie believes the settlers
wfto went to hunt Indians in the Hoback
Basin have bee* 1 ambushed and mas
sacred. Adjutant - General Stitzer of
"Wyoming, who is at Market Lake to-day,
is very anxious for two of his messengers
dispatched to Jaoksoiia Hole several days
ago who have not returned, although over
due. Grave fears are now entertained that
they have been ambushed by the Indians.
The two special trains bearing the four
troops of colored cavalry from Fort Robin
eon, Nebr., have not been able to keep up
with the time scheduled for them yester
day, and instead of arriving here this even
ing it will be daylight to-morrow morning
before they get in. It will be well along
toward noon to-morrow before the troops
reach Market .Lake.
Considerable time will necessarily be
consumed in getting started on the jour
ney overland, and then there are before
them 120 miles of travel, the last of the
journey being over the Teton Mountains.
This means that it will, at least, be Mon
day night before the settlers, if any remain
in the Jacksons Hole Valley, receive any
assistance.
According to the official report made by
Adjutant-General Stitzer, this week there
were in Jacksons Hole 65 men who are
able to bear arms, 35 women and 40 chil
dren. Opposed to them were the 250 to 300
Bannocks and Shosboues from this reser
vation, who were the first to become bos
tile; the 400 Lemhis, who joined the bel
ligerents this week; the 50 Bannocks un
der Jim Ballard, and possibly 200 or 300
Shoshonea from the "Wind River Reserva
tion, and 150 Utes from Utah and Colo
rado. At the very least estimate the fight
ing force of whites must have been out
numbered six or eight to one.
For three days all the highest mountain
peaks in the Jacksons Hole country have
been blazing with Indian signal fires It
was a sight that struck terror to the hearts
of the handful of settlers surrounded by
the relentless red men, for it meant that
more were to come. Swift riding Indian
couriers with relays of ponies, scoured the
surrounding territory, and couriers and
tires resulted in probably several hundred
braves being added to the force massed at
the southern entrance to Jacksons Hole.
Yesterday the Indians learned that the
troops were surely coming and realized
that they mast strike at once if their re
venge was to be secured.
MURDEROUS WORK COMPLETED.
After Killing Men, Women and Children
Reds Burn the. Houses.
MARKET LAKE. Idaho, July 26.— M.
J. Gray, L. M. Tart and Senator Hammer,
of Illinois, and T. R. Hammer of St. An
thony left St. Anthony Wednesday morn
ing on a fishing trip to Jacksons Hole, tak
ing no stock in the Indian war. To-day they
are back and report every man, woman
and child in Jacksons Hole murdered. A
courier, just returned, got far into the Te
ton Basin, which is the present point in
danger of massacre now that the Jacksons
Hole citizens are all butchered.
He reports that the smoke of a large fire
can be seen several miles south of Grand
Teton, in the direction of Jacksons Hole.
There is no doubt but that the redskins
have fired every home and cabin, and by
morning they will be repeating their work
this side of the Teton Range in the Teton
Basin, and perhaps after that all down the
Teton Valley in Idaho.
Two hundred Utes were reported to have
pone north to join the Indians in Hoback
Basin early this week. Small parlies of
Lemhis have been slipping in daily across
the Conant trail, something they have not
ventured to do since the Yellowstone Na
tional Park was enlarged in 1891.
SLAVGIITEK OF THE ELKS.
Cause of the Trouble Between the Settler*
and. ll nodes.
CHEYENNE, Wvo., July 28.— Governor
Richards to-day received the following cf-
report of Adjutant-General Stitzerbf
The San Francisco Call
the State militia, who is at Market Lake as
the Governor's representative:
Market Lake, Idaho, July 26.
W. A. Eicharrif, Governor: In obedience to
your verbal orders given July 17, 1895, direct
ing me to proceed to Jacksons Hole and report
the cause of the disturbance between the set
tlers and Indians in Uinta County, Wyo., I
proceeded to Marysvale, arriving there on Sat
urday evening, July 20. On Sunday forenoon,
July 21, at the Marysvale postoffice, a confer
ence was held between T. B. Teter, agent for
the Hall Indian reservation, and about fifty
five settlers of Jacksons Hole. Captain William
House of the Indian police, a Shoshone Indian,
was also present at the meeting.
The conference between Agent Teter and the
settlers was of a very unsatisfactory character
and created some bitter feeling. In 1894, ow
ing to the repeated petitions of the settlers and
complaints of the county authorities of Uinta
and Fremont counties, the Department of the
Interior, by circular letter of instructions, un
der date of February, 1894, instructed the
Indian agent at Fort Hall and Shoshone agen
cies to issue no passes to Indians for the pur
pose of leaving their reservations under any
circumstances, and especially not for the pur
pose of hunting.
During the spring of 1895 the settlers of
Jackson 6 Hole determined to see to the en
forcement of the game laws. On the 24th day
of June a process was issued for the apprehen
sion of nine Bannock Indians and placed in
the hands of Constable William Manning for
service. On June 26 a constable and two
deputies came upon seven of the Indians in
the Fall River basin in the act of taking the
hides off nineteen head of cow elk which had
just been killed.
The Indians resented any interference with
their unlawful acts and threatened the con
stable and deputies wiih personal violence if
they did not immediately leave the vicinity,
and threatened the deputies that if they or the
people of Jacksons Hole in any manner inter
fered with their hunting they would kill every
man, woman and child in Jacksons Hole. At
this time the constable being unable to make
any arrests returned to Jacksons Hole and
reported the tact. On June 18 Captain John
Smith, a prospector and miner in charge of
some of the Gros Ventre properties, was return
ing to his camp when he was fired on from
ambush by rive Indians and shot in the right
breast. The wound, however, was not aserious
one and Captain Smith returned the fire, kill
ing one of the Indians, and the others made
their escape.
It is estimated that 3000 head of elk have
already been killed by the Indians this season.
Bodies of elk are lying on the hillsides and
timbered ravines, shorn of their hides only.
Motherless calves follow the horses of the set
tlers as they pass through the country, their
mothers having been killed by the Indians.
This is the cause of the trouble between the
Indians and white men of this country. I
have the honor to submit herewith for your
consideration the foregoing report.
Fbakk A. Stitzer, Adjutant-General. .
KILLED EVERY SETTLER-
Union Pacific Officials Receive Setcs of
the Massacre.
OMAHA, Nebe, July 26.— news of
the massacre of settlers in Jacksons Hole
is confirmed by the Union Pacific Railroad
officials. A telegram received , to-night
from the superintendent at Market Lake
states that the Indians have killed every
settler and that their stock was slaugh
tered.
MISS ANTHONY NOT DEAD
Sudden Fainting Fit That
Started the Sensational
Report.
However, the Noted Woman Suf
frage Advocate Recovered In
Time to Lecture.
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 26.— A report was
circulated here to-night that Miss Susan
B. Anthony, the renowned advocate of
woman suffrage, had died suddenly at
Lakeside, Ohio, this afternoon where she
was in attendance on the summer as
sembly.
It was learned later that the only founda
tion for the rumor was the fact that Miss
Anthony had been taken ill during the
morning with fainting SDells. Her indis
position proved to be nothing serious, and
a private message received hero at 8:30
p. m. from Mrs. E. S. Frey, a prominent
Toledo woman suffragist, conveyed the
information that Miss Anthony had en
tirely recovered and was to lecture at the
evening session of the assembly.
Miss Anthony took the place of Rev.
Anna H. Shaw of Boston, who was unable
to appear because of illness.
FIRE IN A POORHOUSE.
Sereral Vnfortunate* Thought to Bare
Seen Cremated.
MADISON, Wis., July 27, 12:55 A. M.— A
telephone message from Verona says the
poorliouse and insane asylum is on fire,
and that there is loss of life. Help has
been sent from here.
The lire started between the poorhouse
and the asylum and pot beyond control in
a few minutes, spreading in all directions.
Superintendent Edwards, who went on the
roof to fight the fire, fell to the ground and
was seriously and perhaps fatally hurt.
The buildings will be a complete loss, and
it is reported that some of the inmates
were burned. There are over 100 inmates
in the two buildings.
"When the tire first broke out every ef
fort was made to keep the fact from the
insane patients, but such precautions were
dealt a death blow inside of ten minutes,
for the first smell of smoke flung the un
fortunates into a terrible panic. They
threw themselves against the windows
and shrieked to be let out. They fought
with each other to get to the windows,
where they tugged at the iron gratings
with the strength of despair.
When the authorities saw that the struc
ture was doomed they decided to let the
lunatics out. The doors were flung wide
open. Out dashed the demented creatures
in their night-clothing. The moment they
reached the doors the rush from behind
wa3 so great that the patients in the first
row were flung upon the floor. The others
rushed over them pell-mell. Gaining the
outside, there was a wild scattering. The
lunatics seemed to disappear like snow
flakes in a spring rain.
Owing to the hurried exit and great con
fusion it is not known whether any lives
were lost or not. It is feared, however,
that at least a few of the unfortunates did
not get out in time. The exact situation
will not be known for some hours at least.
The only communication with the city was
by telephone, and that wa3 cut off by the
flames.
Killed an Indinn.
SALT LAKE, Utah, July 26.— An In
dian named Quint Panquetch was shot ana
killed yesterday by a man named Haegel
stedt, at Panquetch Lake. The verdict ac
quitted Haegelstedt, but the Indians, who
are quite numerous around the lake, are
dissatisfied and may make serious trouble
for the settlers.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1895.
CAUGHT AT RICHLAND
Bandit Brady Surprised
While Hiding Under
a Bridge.
TAKEN THROUGH A RUSE.
Covered by Two Revolvers
Before He Could Draw
His Weapons.
STORY OF HIS ADVENTURES.
The Outlaw Denies That He Was
the Slayer of Sheriff
Bogard.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 26.-Bandit
Brady, who for months has led the peace
officers of Northern California a long and
weary chase through the brush-covered
foothills of the Sierras, and whose will
o'-the-wisp appearances in a dozen different
HARRY WILLIAMS, ALIAS BRADY, THE SLAYER OF SHERIFF
BOGARD, CAPTURED AITEB A PURSUIT OF MONTHS.
[Reproduced from a photograph.]
places at one and the same time had almost
persuaded the officers and the reading
public that he was possessed of a dozen
beings, is now in jail, and the blood
thirsty, determined bandit, the fire-eater,
who would shoot "at the drop of the hat,"
has degenerated into a slim-built, mild
looking, laughing, countrified youth, who
relates the story of his wanderings and
hardships with evident gusto, and tells of
narrow escapes from capture and violent
death with a smile that broadens to a
laugh when he reaches the portion of his
narration relating to the fiasco near Ked
ding.
"They ran like the dickens," he said,
speaking of the officers who were said to
have fought a bloody battle with him;
then he laughed long and loud.
Sheriff Johnson, who in company with
Deputy Sheriff McDonald had been en
gaged in the pursuit of Brady last evening,
returned to Sacramento this morning,
after having forwarded notice that Brady
was in the immediate vicinity to all Jus
tices of the Peace and peace officers in the
surrounding country. He left McDonald
stationed on the roadside near Richmond.
About an hour later Justice of the Peace
Johnson of Highland drove up the road in
his buggy, and in passing over a bridge
saw the fugitive crouched beneath it, evi
dently endeavoring to escape observation.
Without giving any visible signs of his
discovery he drove to a near-by farmhouse
and entered into conversation with the
inmates to allay any possible suspicion on
the part of Brady. A few minutes later he
turned his buggy and drove back across
the bridge to where he knew McDonald
was in waiting.
Telling him of his discovery, he tied his
horse, and, accompanied by McDonald,
hurried back to the bridge. Drawing their
weapons, both men cautiously approached
to within a short distance of the structure
and then made a simultaneous rush upon
Brady, McDonald ordering him to sur
render. Brady, seeing the utter impossi
bility of resistance, threw up his hands
and was handcuffed and led back to the
buggy.
Brady declared that it was cunning dis
played by Johnson that effected his
capture.
"Had he hesitated one second," said the
fugitive, "he would never have got me.
I'd have made a clean bolt for it if 1
thought he had seen me." x
Brady, when placed in jail here, talked
loquaciously of his adventures, but denied
having taken part in the crimes charged
against him.
"I never had anything to do with the
train robbery," he said to a Call corre
spondent, as his face assumed for once a
serious expression. "You see, Sam Brown
ing and I got in a row and quit the day
before the robbery took place. We had
been chums for a long time, ate together,
slept together, and the papers had every
thing correct about our travels around the
streets of San Francisco on wheels, but wo
never had anything to do with the Stagg
affair nor the robbing of the stableman.
At least I know nothing of either.
"Well, we left San Francisco together on
our bikes and went to Marysviile and then
to Oroville, where Browning, who had a
little money, tried to rent a portion of the
hotel to sell bicycles in.
"You see, we knew a man who had lots
of second-hand bikes and he fully trusted
Browning and would let him have all the
wheels he wanted, but Sam got disheart
ened and we started back for Marysviile.
i It began to rain and poured down hard,
; and we took refuge in Siddon's grove,
I where there is an empty house. We were
wet and tired and hungry and it was cold.
Browning, who was rapidly getting des
perate, turned to me and said :
" 'Brady, let's rob the Oregon overland.'
"I says: 'It's raining; the roads are
muddy; we'd get caught sure, and any
way I don't want anything to do with any
more jobs. You got me in trouble once
and once is enough.'
"Then he said I had no sand and was a
coward, and he had half a mind to kill me.
He had given me a pistol that mornine,
and when he said that I sprang outside
and got behind a tree and said, 'You just
try it on.' When he found that I had the
advantage he said he'd quit, and I said I
would too — quit him. Finally, when he
found I was determined to leave him, he
asked me to give him the pistol, and then I
took his word not to shoot me, handed it
over and left, I came directly to Sacra
mento, and was in this city on the night
before the robbery and slept at the Empire
House on X street.
"The next morning I left the city and
I was gone four or five days. I don't care to
j state where I went. Then I came back
and stayed a few days and then left. I
don't care to state where I was during that
time, but I bought a horse and cart at
Fresno— that is, near Fresno— and went to
Redding, where I got into that shooting
scrape.
"I had stopped to feed my horse near
Clear Creek when two men drove up. I
heard them on the gravel before they came
in sight, but not in time to escape obser-
vation. One of the men said: 'We don't
want anything of you." and I said, "Don't
you' and raised my gun. Then one of
them fired at me and I jumped to the left
and pot it in the right side.
"It was small shot and it's there yet. I
never had anything done to it. When I
felt the sting of the shot it scared me and
I started to run, but tripped over a grape
vine, fell and both barrels of my shotgun
went off. I did not shoot at any one.
Then I jumped behind my horse and the
'bold' officer stood on the other side and
fired six shots at me from his revolver. He
fired under the horse and never hit me.
One shot did knock the clasp of my garter
off, but it didn't scratch me. Then he
ran."
"Where was the other officer all this
time?" was asked.
"Oh, he wasn't in it," laughed Brady.
'One did the shooting and the other did
the running. When he got done shooting
I looked for my shells, for I had got pro
voked by this limp, but I could not load my
gun in time to get a shot at either of them.
One was out of sight and the other was
chasing his horse, which had run away.
After they were gone I ran away through
the brush."
Brady gave a detailed account of his
wanderings and encounters with various
people ap to the time of his capture.
"I saw a buggy coming," he said, "and
got under a bridge to escape observation.
The buggy went over the bridge and went
to a house. The next thing I knew I was
covered by two guns and had to surren
der."
BRAUI'S CRIME.
Sheriff HogarA Killed While Resist
ing the Train- Robbers.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 28.— The
Oregon Express train, known on the
railroad time-table as No. 15, was held up
by two masked men just after leaving
Wheatland early in the morning of March
30. That the plans of the robbers did not
meet with success throughout was due to
the pluck and nerve of John Bogard, the
Sheriff of Tehama County, who gave his
life in a manly effort to thwart them.
Added to the boldness of the hold-up, the
fact that the two highwaymen rode to the
scene of the robbery on bicycles gaye the
affair widespread notoriety.
The story of the hold-up, the killing of
one of the robbers and the death of Sheriff
Bogard is best told in the account given
by Engineer Bowser of No. 15 immediately
after the tragedy.
"It was when we were about a half mile
this side of Wheatland," said Mr. Bowser,
"that some one punched me quite forcibly
in the ribs and I turned around to s,ee that
it was a masked man, a tall fellow armed
with two pistols, which he held uncom
fortably close to me. Behind my fireman
I noticed another man, a shorter one, also
masked and armed similarly. I said to the
tall man, 'Hello, what do you want?' He
replied, 'We want you to stop at the next
crossing.' I asked which crossing he
meant and he said, 'the next main high
way.' I said nothing more until we were
within 100 hundred yards of the cross road,
when I asked, ' Here is a crossing now;
do you want me to stop?' He 9aid, 'Yes;
stop right now.' I obeyed, and the t*all
man, who seemed to be an old hand at the
business, ordered myself and the fireman
to leave the engine.
"When we were out on the ground the
tall robber told me to go to the door of the
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LOWS TALE OF WOE
Plaint of the Father of
Lillie, the Girl
Suicide.
ROBBED BY RELATIVES.
Sorrowful Story of a "Crime
Committed by the Four
Hundred."
SHUT OUT OF VAST RICHES.
With His Brother John He Is In a
FaJr Way to Die a
Pauper.
NEW YORK. N. V., July 26.— John
Low, the father of Lillie Low, the Wash
ington Heights suicide, to-day told several
newspaper men of his family troubles and
bitterly assailed his relatives for the man
ner in which they have treated him since
Lillie's death, and also for their actions in
connection with the distribution of his
father's resources, which he alleges were
intended to injure both his brother John,
who lives in France, and himself. He
said:
'•I see that my family has made state
ments accusing me of having written in
solent letters. They pretend that they
have given me the cold shoulder year after
year and this is true, for they have been
doing it for twenty-five years past. They
wanted to turn my father against me so as
to get his business and his money."
These relatives, Mr. Low said, were his
brother Joseph T. Low, his sister Mrs.
Harriman, and also her husband Oliver
Harriman.
"While, living in France," he continued,
"my brother John and myself received
word that my father had lost all his
money. We were previously allowed
$3000 per year each to live upon. I re
turned to this country and saw my
brother and sister. They agreed to give
me $100 per month if I kept quiet about
my father's affairs. They said he had lost
several millions and had only $32,000 left.
They agreed to give me $15,000 and the
same amount to John, in addition to an
annual allowance of $1200 each. The
allowances have been paid regularly, with
threats to cut them off if I said anything.
"My father had given them houses,
country places and hundreds of thousands
of dollars, and made settlements upon
them, though he never had given me more
than|3oiOa year while I was in Europe.
Oliver Haf-iman married my sister. He
was a poor man. To-day he is worth from
four to five millions. He made this money
because he was my father's partner and
had immense sums settled upon him,
while never more than $15,000 was settled
upon me. My relatives pretended that
after dividing the $32,000, the remainder
of my father's fortune, only $2000 was
left. I returned to Europe and afterward
heard that my father was speculating
heavily in Wall street, and I have the
strongest reasons to believe my relatives
humbugged him out of his fortune. They
got hold of a great deal of his money. His
Wall-stmet speculation were made through
Loomis <$i White, who are now doing busi
ness at Wall street and Broadway, but
who wero then opposite the United States
Trust Company. I therefore claim I was
meanly treated. I wrote letters to my
brother Joseph and urged him to consider
the brotherly relations existing between
us. 'I don't care for brotherly friendship,'
he answered. 'Brotherly friendship is all
a myth.'
"Even when my daughter went to the
New York hospital I met Oliver Harriman
one day in the streetcars. He treated me
disgracefully, saying: 'I don't care a cent
for your daughter, and I've nothing to do
with the case. I don't care if she is in the
hospital.' I told him an operation had
been performed to cure an abscess, and I
had not enough money to keep her prop
erly. In fact, I was almost penniless.
Harriman went to his lawyer soon after
this interview, and threatened to have my
allowance cut off and put me in prison if I
ever spoke to him again about money
matters.
"The result was I wrote several letters
to the family asking help. They advised
me to keep away from them. They are all
immensely rich, while John and myself
are paupors. We are afraid to open our
mouths for fear of being starved to death.
This thing is a crime of the upper 400.
They car* nothing for right or wrong; they
only waiat to let us die and let ' "icmselves
live. .
"My daughter was a passionate girl, and
wanted to marry before she was lured
away. S)he did not believe in a Bible nor
in a Christ; she believed in a Creator and
in doing good, but she had no faith in the
superstitions of men. She was really a
free thinker, and so I did not have any
funeral services held because I do not
think she believed in the ceremony."
HAVOC OF A HURRICANE.
Many Vessels Wrecked and
the Crews Drowned Off
the Japan Coast.
Several Ships Reported to Have
Been Blown Ashore and To
tally Wrecked.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 26.— A vio
lent hurricane was reported to-day by
cable to the Maritime Exchange to have
swept the coast ol Japan, during which
many vessels were wrecked and their
crews drowned.
The information of the loss of life was
meager. The cablegram was sent from
Ruchirtotzu.
The German Eteamship Helen Rickmers
and the Norwegian steamships Liderhorn
and Herman Wedel, Jaristrug, the British
steamship Rentala and the ship Manuel
Suchet from Philadelphia, were all blown
ashore and all are believed to have been
totally witecked except the Rentala.
The los.a of life on shore is reported to be J
large. The ship Manuel Suchet sailed
from this port four months ago for Hiogo,
Japan, with a cargo of case oil, taken on
board at Point Breeze. She was a rirst
class iron vessel, worked by a crew of
twenty-seven men. She had discharged
her cargo and was getting under way for
San Francisco when the hurricane struck
her.
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED.
Frightful Railroad Disaster Sear St.
Briew, France.
PARIS, France, July 26.— A railroad ac
cident by which twelve persons lost their
lives and twenty-five were more or less
seriously Injured occurred to-day near St.
Brieue, department of Cotes dv Nord. A
train heavily laden with pilgrims who
were returning from the shrin* of Ste.
d'Auray was in some manner not vet
known thrown off the track and wrecked.
Assistance was speedily sent and every
thing possible was done to relieve the
sufferings of the injured. The dead were
taken to St. Brieue.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
The Arrest of Lady Frances Hose Gun
ning at London,
LONDON, Exg., July 26.— Lady Frances
Rose Gunning, widow of the late Rev. Sir
Henry Gunning, Bart., and daughter ot
the Rev. the Hon. William Henry Spen
cer, was arrested here upon an extradition
warrant charging her with forgery.
LOST ON AYLMER LAKE
Drowning Accident Caused by
the Capsizing of a
Skiff.
Only One of a Party Escaped After
Clinging to the Boat for
Hours.
OTTAWA, o>t., July 26.— A terrible
drowning accident occurred on Aylmer
Lake this afternoon by which four lives
were Jost. Alexander, Walter and Ed
ward Brophy, sons of George F. Brophy,
superintendent of the Ottawa River Works;
president of the Kootenay Mining Com
pany, and one of the directors of the Ot
tawa Railway Company; Percy Winfield,
the 10-year-old son of Rev. Mr. Winfield,
chaplain to Count and Countess Aberdeen ;
and Ray Miall, son of Edward Miall, Com
missioner of Inland Revenue; all started
from Alymer in a skiff belonging to Mr.
Miall for a sail.
They had been out but a short time
when a stiff breeze capsized the boat. The
three Brophy boys, 22, 19 ana 16 years old
respectively, and young Winfield were
drowned.
Young Miall, when rescued three hours
after the accident, was still clinging to the
boat in an almost unconscious condition.
A party with grappling-irons left here at
7 o'clock for the scene of the accident and
are searching for the bodies.
ABANDONS T RINIAD.
Rejoicing in Rio Over the Action of
Great Britain.
NEW YORK, N. V,, July 26.— The Her
ald's special cable from Buenos Ayres says :
Rio de Janeiro advices state that a tele
gram was received last night by a promi
nent English bank saying that England
had abandoned the occupation of Trini
ad. The populace in Rio are rejoicing.
A great mass-meeting was held Thurs
day night, lasting until 2 o'clock yesterday
morning, in protest against the action of
England in taking possession of the island.
Twenty thousand "people were together in
and around the hall where the meeting
was held, and the speeches were received
with the greatest enthusiasm.
Several editors were among those who
made addresses. Throughout the night
the streets were patrolled with cavalry
ordered out by the Government to pre
vent attacks upon the Dusiness houses of
the English residents. It has also been
reported to the authorities that the British
consulate was in danger and at that point
a strong guard was stationed.
Congress yesterday approved the action
of the Cabinet of the State of Rio Grande
do Sul. Both State and general troops
refuse to fight.
An Explosion of Firedamp.
BERLIN, Germany, July 26.— During a
violent storm at Bochum, Westphalia,
last night an explosion of firedamp and
coal dust occurred in the Prinz yon Preus
sen mine. Up to this morning twenty-five
dead and eleven injured men had been
taken from the pit, but the total number of
dead is not yet known, as the pit has not
been fully explored. Hundreds of wives,
children and other relatives of the dead,
injured and missing are congregated about
the mouth of the pit and their cries and
lamentations are heartrending.
Frustrated Irish Hopes.
DUBLIN, Ireland, July 26.— The Irish
Catholic, in an article on the political
situation, says: The Rosebery fiasco has
frustrated the hopes of. the Irish for the
next six years. The decision of the Liberal
Cabinet to resign from office was an unex
ampled piece of folly, their electoral pro
gramme being wholly unacceptable to the
English people.
Selene of Orleans 111.
LONDON, Eng., July 26.— A dispatch
from Rome to the Central News says that
Princess Helene of Orleans, who recently
married the Duke Aosta, a nephew of King
Humbert, is seriously ill, the result of
drinking iced milk.
This From Spanish Sources.
MADRID, Spain, July 26.— An official
dispatch received here from Havana con
firms the report of a victory of the Govern
ment over the insurgents led by Quentin
Bandera. The dispatch places the num
ber of rebels wounded at 100. Otherwise it
agrees with press dispatches.
Stoned the British Soldiers.
LONDON, Eng., July 27—4 a. m.— A dis
patch from Alexandria reports that at the
funeral of a British soldier in Cairo a mob
of natives hooted and stoned the military
detachment for half a mile and mobbed
the chaplain. Great Britain will demand
satisfaction.
The English Elections.
LONDON, Eng., July 26.— Thus far 333
Conservatives. 69 Liberal-Unionists, 164
Liberals, 65 McCarthyites and 12 Par
nellites have been returned to the House
of Commons. The net Conservative-
Unionist gain thus far is 86.
Mrs. Vanderbilt at a Hop.
NEWPORT, R. 1., July 26.— Mrs. Alva
6. Vanderbilt was a guest at the Casino
hop to-night. This was her first appear
ance in Newport society since her divorce.
She arrived early with ' Miss Consuelo and
was cordially received. She went on the
floor but twice, once with Mr. Grafton
Cashing and once with Mr. Blight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GORMAN HAS THE BEE.
The Maryland Bourbon
Boss After Presi
dential Honors.
SILVER ISSUE DODGED.
Moderation and Diplomacy tho
Features of His Cam
paign.
REGARD FOR ALL FACTIONS;
Willing: to Run on a Plank Full of
Flattery for the Cleveland
Regime.
"WASHINGTON, D. C v July
man's success in Maryland primaries
against great odds not only continues him
as boss of Maryland Democracy, but gives
him a boom for the Presidency. There is
no doubt that Gorman has the bee in his
bonnet. He is not as aggressive as for
merly, and is trying to conciliate President
Cleveland and the leading administration
men.
Gorman's programme in Maryland, as
outlined from Baltimore, is arrange I with
due regard to next year's Presidential
race. Moderation and diplomacy are its
leading features. The Senator will not uso
his giant strength in his party like a
giant, but will move with due regard to
the feelings of all factions, and, if possible,
poll the party's full vote next November.
Then, pointing to this latest triumph
achieved under his leadership, his friends
will put him forward as the candidate of
the Maryland Democracy for the party's
nomination for President.
The first point noted relates to the silver
question. The State convention next week,
it is stated, will dispose of that question by
reaffirming the financial plank of the Chi
cago platform of 1892. A much more ex
plicit deliverance could be secured. There
is no likeness between the Democratic
situation in Maryland and that in Ken
tucky.
Mr. Gorman has no aggressive silver fac
tion to deal with. As leader of the Senate
Democracy he does not this year need an
aggressive deliverance on finances. As
possible leader of National Democracy next
year such a deliverance might injure him.
Gorman will ask his friends in Maryland
to postpone silver until next year. This
will afford him time to give the matter
further thought, and also enable him to
profit by any changes in public sentiment
on the subject that may occur between
now and then. The decision, viewed with
regard to his Presidential aspirations, is
regarded as shrewd and characteristic.
Another point noted is the intention of
Gorman to ask nothing in the way of in
dorsement for himself from the conven
tion, but to give to the President and his
administration a very cordial indorsement.
The friends of the administration are not
in the best of temper. Mr. Gorman's tri
umph is their discomfiture. They need
cajoling. And so, although recently so
warmly in conflict with the President, Mr.
Gorman decides to bury the past and con
jure with the President's name. He evi
dently argues that a ticket put up on a
platform full of praise of the President
and his works must receive the support of
all of the President's adherents.
SUPPORTED JBY SILYERITES.
Blackburn Receives Support From the
Mine- Owners.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 26.— A special
to the Press from Frankfort, Ky., says:
If Grover Cleveland persists in hia deter
mination to postpone the payment of the
sugar bounty to the Louisiana sugar
planters Senator Joe Blackburn will re
ceive financial backing, and plenty of it at
that, from another source. The writer to
day established the fact beyond question
that the silver-mine owners of Nevada
have already contributed to Blackburn's
campaign fund, and that the Nevada peo
ple have expressed the intention of fur
nishing the free-silver Senator ail the aid
he requires, if Cleveland cuts off his muni
tions of war by postponing the bounty
payment.
A trustworthy man, one of the candi
dates on the Republican ticket, was told
to-day by a friend who had just returned
from Nevada that a prominent silver-mine
owner had informed him that he had sent
Blackburn $3000 early in the campaign,
and that all the mine-owners had con
tributed largely to the fund. The silver
mine operators can kill two birds with one
stone in helping Senator Blackburn. JThey
will advance the cause of free silver, and
then too have a chance to spite Cleveland
by supplying Blackburn with the raonev
which Cleveland attempted to deprive him
off by juggling with the bounty payment.
Cleveland has thrown down the gauntlet,
and the mine-owner friends of white metal
and Blackburn propose tb take it up.
Blackburn will actively open his campaign
all over the State on Monday, and will talk
right out. _____^_________
CHOSE THE BULLET ROUTE
Tom Johnson, the Murderer of
Members of the Hartfield
Family, Confessed.
Then He Was Given the Choice of
Being Shot to Death or
Hanged.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 26.— A special to
the Chronicle from Hattiesburg, Mis?.,
says: Tom Johnson, arrested on the charge
of assaulting and murdering members of
the Hartfield family in Perry County last
Saturday night, and who has been in the
hands of a mob since yesterday, made a
confession at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
He was notified what would follow, and
was given the choice between being shot
and banned. He chose the former, and at
once a volley of deadly rifle shots was
poured into his body. He was literally
shot to pieces. It is believed that Johnson,
whose home was in Neshoba County,
thirty-five miles northwest of Meridian,
was also implicated in the murder and
robbery of W. H. Farmer and hia wife of
this city about three weeks ago.