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WAR ON BLACK FUGS
More Difficult Than the
Japanese at First
Thought.
TROOPS FOR FORMOSA.
Vast Numbers March Over
land to the Scene of
Strife.
REBELS REMAIN UNSUBDUED.
Additional Stories of Anti-Christian
Riots From Several Chinese
Provinces.
TOKIO, Japan, July 20.— The Japanese
have found it necessary to abandon their
original intention of landing troops in the
south of Formosa to attack the Black
Flags. Such an operation would have
been possible if undertaken in May or the
early days of June, but after the setting in
of the southwest monsoon it was out of the
question. Transports carrying the* Japa
nese force did actually reach the Pescadores,
but reconnoissances made from there
showed the hopelessness of attempting to
land any considerable body of men with
stores on an exposed shore where heavy
seas were constantly breaking. Even had
the landing been effected, communication
with the ships could not possibly have been
kept up.
The only alternative was to march an
army overland from Kelung and Taipeh
to Anping. The distance from Taipeh to
Anping is about ISO miles. The country
is rough and means of communication
are almost absent. It will not be an un
impeded march either, for the villages en
route are occupied by Hakka and the hills
by the aborigines, who will doubtless re
sist the invaders. Meanwhile, some mur
murs are heard from the little community
of foreigners at Anping, who find the con
stant vicinity of the Black Flags very dis
quieting, and are anxiously awaiting the
advent of the Japanese to re-establish se
curity and resuscitate trade, which is said
to have ceased, owing to the withdrawal of
the customs authorities, though it is diffi
cult to comprehend why the absence of a
custom-house, or, in other words, the ab
sence of officials to levy duties, should in
terrupt the course of commerce.
When the public learned that the force
placed at Viscount Kabayama 's disposal
for the subjugation of Formosa was a
whole division of the Imperial Guards,
numbering from 12,000 to 14,000 men, opin
ions were freely expressed that no such
effort need have been made. But events
have amply justified the foresight of the
Japanese. The Chinese troops stationed
in the north of the island when the in
vaders lauded are estimated to have been
30,000. Of . these about 10,000 have been
carried to the mainland in Japanese ves
sels and liberated. The majority of them
were raw recruits from Canton, easy to
deal with. But the Hakka and the abo
rigines are more , resolute and fierce. To
repel the latter's raids it has hitherto been
necessary that the inhabitants of the vil
lages in the plains should have arms and
ammunition, and these they now employ
to menace the Japanese commissariat
train and make attacks upon Japanese
scouting parties. Thus the invaders are
obliged to disarm the villagers and then
station strong parties of gendarmes and
police to protect them, and as the gen
darmes and police originally sent to the
island do not suffice for these purposes,
drafts have had to be made on the troops.
In this fact is found one reason for the
seemingly slow subjugation of the coun
try : the forces available for the southward
march are unduly reduced by being
obliged to discharge unexpected duties of
occupation. A further body of 3000 men
has, therefore, been dispatched from Japan.
All this must tax the resources of the
country very severely. It must be remem
bered that Japan is still holding Wei-hai
wei and Port Arthur, and that a big fleet
of transportsis engaged bringing back her
armies from Manchuria.
These circumstances necessarily add
materially to the difficulty of carrying on
the subjugation of Formosa, which, little
as the public think of it, is in itself a far
more difficult task than the French have
to perform in Madagascar. The French
themselves ten years ago failed to make
serious impression on an island which the
Japanese are now expected to overrun in
a few weeks, though its capabilities for de
fense are. much greater to-day than they
were in 1885. Meanwhile, the Chinese,
consistently with their habit of filling up
every interval of fighting with stories of
their own prowess and successes, are com
piling a very bad record for the Japanese
in Formosa.
The Black Flags— who are not within 100
miles of any Japanese encampment— are
gaining victories by "ruse of war." Some
of them came disguised as aborigines to
the Japanese camps at Taiwanfu, where
there are as yet no Japanese, and asked for
protection against the terrible Black Flags.
A Japanese detachment of a "few thou
sand men" was dispatched. The savage
guides conducted them to a narrow pass
through the mountains where "mines were
fired." During the confusion that ensued
the Black Flags stormed forward and cut
down all the Japanese. These are the kind
of tales served up for the delectation of the
Chinese public.
The celebrated northern squadron—
Pieyang squadron — been annihi
lated in the battles of Phung-do, the Yalu,
and Wei-hai-wei, the great southern Vice
roy Chang seem disposed to organize a
Nangyang, or southern squadron, of sim
ilar fighting capacity. He is said to have
decided;to order two battle-ships of 8000 tons
each, two first-class armored cruisers of
5000 tons each, and four second-class pro
tected cruisers of 3000 tons each, to be built
partly in Germany and partly in England,
as the nucleus of the new squadron, and to
have made arrangements for sending 150
naval students abroad for practical study.
It may be assumed that Viceroy Li in the
north will also set about replacing his lost
ships, so that if China only gets time, a
new and far more powerful navy will rise
from the ashes of the old. But will she get
time? *
On the 9th of July a terrible catastrophe
occurred at the Komatsu coal mine, in
Fukuoka Prefecture, "Japan. Owing to
long-continued rains a large area of . rice
land, subsided, and the water pouring into
the mine engulfed forty-nine out of sixty
men working in the galleries at the mo
ment, fflglfcff
Another anti-Christian riot has occurred
at Ping-yang, a China Inland Mission sta
tion thirty-three miles south of Wenchow.
.he affair had a strange origin, During
the Dragon festival two boats ran a race.
The defeated crew invited a Taoist priest
to explain the cause of their discomfiture,
and he discovered an eyeless idol on board
the boat. Plainly the effigy's eyes must
have been gouged out by Christians. A
band of roughs proceeded to the residence
of a prominent native Christian and
warned him that if the boat was again
defeated his house would be destroyed.
These things happened on June 27. The
boat again failed to secure first place and
on the 29th tbe razing of Christian houses
and chapels commenced. Throughout a
week the work went on in a leisurely kind
of fashion until twenty buildings were in
ruins or ashes. Whenever a house stood
alone it was burned; when it adjoined
others it was pulled down. • The news of
these doings has caused some excitement
in Wenchow and there are fears that that
city also may become the scene of further
outrages.
In Szechuen the number of cities and
towns where anti-foreign riots took place
was twelve in all. But Chungking, the
second city in the province, remained
quiet. This fact is attributed to the issue
of a very strongly worded proclamation
by the authorities. The proclamation con
tains this clause : "His Majesty has issued
an edict strongly condemning the crime of
burning and destroying chapels and
churches belonging to foreign missionaries,
and we are further in the receipt of a
special edict from the Emperor authorizing
us to summarily decapitate any person
who has been arrested for the crimes men
tioned above." • The language of this
proclamation and its results show how
easily foreign life and property may be pro
tected in China if the officials are disposed
to provide protection.
Cholera continues to torment Japan.
The returns now show that twenty-seven
places are infected. Up to the 17th of July
the total number of cases had been 7305,
of which 4376 had proven fatal, a death
rate of 60 per cent. Thus there can be no
doubt that the type is very virulent, and
in view of that fact the success attained up
to the present time in preventing the
spread of the epidemic and curbing its rav
ages reflects high credit on the sanitary
precautions of the Japanese authorities.
A landslip occurred on the 12th of July
on the Hoshu Railway, in Fukuoka Pre
fecture, Japan. Twenty workmen were
buried under hundreds of tons of debris,
and their bodies could not be recovered for
many days.
The Korean refugee, Pak Yong-ho, and
his two fellow-officials, have arrived in
Tokio, accompanied by two well-known
Japanese members of Parliament, old
friends of Pak's, who went to Shimono
seki to meet him. The fugitives have
found an asylum in the residence of Mr.
Fukuzawa, editor of the leading Japanese
newspaper and founder of the Mita Col
lege.
SIX BANDS OF ROBBERS.
Daring Outrages Committed
by Armed Bandits in
Trans-Caucasia.
They Showed Fight When Followed
and Defeated the Cossack
Troops.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. I.— Six
organized bands of robbers, armed with
Remington rifles, have for a long time
harrassed the district of Eriwanin, trans-
Caucasia. These bands recently united
under the command of a notorious leader,
Aadul Heyder Khan, and attacked and
burned a number of isolated farmhouses.
Finally, becoming bolder, the robbers at
tacked, in broad daylight, several villages,
which they captured and burned. All the
men in the villages and all male occupants
of the farmhouses who were unable to es
cape were put to death, while the women
and children were carried off by the ban
dits. Hag
The police were unable to stop these out
rages, and a force of 200 Cossacks were sent
to punish the robbers. On the night of
July 25 the Cossacks encountered the ban
dits at Nachitschewan. After a sharp
fight the bandits, who are armed with
modern magazine-rifles, repulsed the Cos
sacks.
Reinforcements to the number of 300
men have been sent to assist the defeated
Cossacks, and the troops are now billited
throughout the harassed districts.
THE KISSENGEN CASE.
Stern Will Surely Be Punished for the
Fraud.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 1.-The Staats
Zeitung received this cable dispatch last
evening: .
BERLIN, Germany, July 31.— The Kissengen
affair looks more unfavorable than ever for
Louis Stern of the dry-goods firm of Stern Bros,
of New York. According to all appearances
neither the protests of Americans in Kissengen
nor the intercession of the United States Em
bassy will save him from severe punishment.
The most unpleasant feature of the affair is a
complaint which had been made against Stern
for fraud. The question at issue in this dis
agreeable matter concerns the age of young
Stern. In the official list of guests he was reg
istered by Stern as unaer 15 years. This, it is
alleged, was done to save half the local tax,
children under 15 paying in Kissingen but half
the local tax. ' H__'" _*"_! lltlP-lffW^*- 1
Mr. Jackson, secretary oi the United States
embassy, who attends to the official business
during Embassador Runyon's absence, has had
another interview with Count Lerchenfeld, the
Bavarian Minister in Berlin. As yet the Minis
ter has received no answer from Munich to his
communication on the subject. Secretary
Jackson therefore requested that Mr. Stern
either be allowed to leave Kissingen or be
prosecuted with all possible dispatch. Never
tneless the Kissengen ' authorities have for
bidden the defendant's departure, acting
under paragraph 126 of the German criminal
procedure concerning the suspicion that a
defendant may flee. - :7
AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.
All Stories of Filibusters Turned Out to
Be Untrue.
HONOLULU, Hawaii. July 25.— The W.
G. Watson, which had been rumored to
carry a filibustering expedition, arrived
on the 21st with 585,000 feet of lumber from
Seattle. The many reported private ex
peditions have so far failed to materialize.
Hon. J. Mott Smith, Thurston's prede
cessor as Hawaiian Minister at Washing
ton, is near his end here with a severe
chronic malady.
• The electric tramway franchise has been
referred to a committee, which is not ex
pected to report until the legislative session
of next February. It will probably report
a totally different measure.
The Senate committee, to which was re
ferred Senate bill 12, entitled "An Act to
Facilitate Construction and Maintenance
of Telegraphic Cables in the Pacific," has
reported that it has given it careful con
sideration, and recommends that it pass
without amendment. The committee is
also of the opinion that the Government
should take immediate action under such
act when passed.
An Earthquake in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. I.—
A severe earthquake has occurred at Kras
novodsk. the most noted: military post in
the trans-Caspian * region. Fifteen houses
were thrown down, burying 120 persons in
the ruins.
Will Not Oppose Gully's Election.
LONDON, Exa.. Aug. I.— The Pall Mall
Gazette asserts "upon absolute authority
that the Government will not oppose the
re-election of Gully to the Speakership of
the House of Commons,
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AFGTTST 2, 1895.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Redwood Making Ready
for the Red Men's
Council.
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK.
City Officials Working In Har
mony With the Local /
Lodge.
«
GROUNDS ALREADY PREPARED.
Full List of the Members and
Delegates Who Comprise the
Great Council.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Aug. I.—
Saturday night Redwood City will be
GEORGE W. LOVIE, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE RED MEN'S CELEBRATION AT REDWOOD CITY.
decorated in holiday attire and will be
ready to receive the visiting Red Men, who
will meet in annual convention next week.
The County Supervisors, Board of Town
Trustees and citizens generally have
worked in harmony with the local organi
zation of Red Men in order that the visitors
shall be properly • welcomed and enter
tained. As a result the reception accorded
to the visitors will be most enthusiastic. .
One of the hardest worked men in town
this week is George W. Lovie, chairman of
the executive committee of Metamora
Tribe No. 24, on whom falls the duty of
entertainers and sponsors for the success
of the whole undertaking. ; Mr. Lovie,
though, has a State reputation as an
organizer of ability, and the work is mak
ing good progress.
The encampment grounds are now look
ing neat and attractive. The town fire
hose was used to wash the dust from the
trees and sprinkle the area so that the
grass has started up and formed a green
sward on which the Indian tepees, council
house and bandstand will be erected.
There is already a noticeable number of
visitors who have come to (own to stay over
during next week and enjoy the various en
tertainments provided. The hotels will all
provide extra accommodations. There will*
be numerous street shows and refreshment
booths as side attractions.
The Great Council will be composed as
follows:.
Great chiefs— sachem, O. F. Seavey,
Auburn; great senior sagamore, A. Jackson,
San Francisco ; great junior sagamore, J. Sims,
Nevada City; great prophet, S. Gumbinner,
Selby; great chief of records, C. F. Burgman,
San Francisco ; great keeper of wampum, Wil
liam J. Smith, San Francisco; great mishi
newa, E. B. Wilson, Sacramento; great sannap,
S. Berel, San Francisco; great guard of the
wigwam, H. N. Deppe, San Francisco; great
guard of the forest, C. J. Clark, San Francisco.
Great representatives— George W. Lovie,
Frederick Brandt, Benjamin F. Josselvn.
Great trustees— Davis Louderback, Henry A.
Chase, William Rotrosky.
Past great sachems — D. Louderback, San
Francisco; Benjamin F. Josselyn, San Fran
cisco; Grove L. Johnson, Sacramento; George
Katzensteln, Sacramento; Henry A. Chase,
San Francisco; J. A. Filcher, San Francisco;
Charles E. Spencer, Sacramento; William M.
Betts, San Francisco; A. Andrews, San Fran
cisco; S. Winn, San Francisco; B. L. Mc-
Donald, San Francisco: Samuel Garber, Marys
ville; James G. Smith, San Francisco; John J.
Buckley, Sacramento; George 11. Buck, Red-
Wood City; J. P. Counts, Sacramento; Fred
erick Brandt, Ran Francisco; George W. Lovie,
Redwood City ; S. Gumbinner, Selby.
TRIBAL representatives.
Manzanita No. 4— Representatives: William
J. Smith, Henry A. Chase, T. F. Obermever, J.
B. Griffiths, C. Antonioli. Alternates: J. W.
Maher, D. Fuller, P. R. Black, M. J. Moran, W.
F. Maher.
Miantonomah No. 9— Representatives: Wil
liam Rotrosky,. H.H. Cole, W. F. Clucas, M.
Leissen. Alternates: J. 11. Lemon, T. W. Came,
J. C. Kaighin.
Pohonachee No. 10 Representatives : Wil
liam M. Betts, J. L. Bowen, M. Campbell, F.
Ludeman, F. Steimke.F. Federson. Alternates:
H. Neeb, William Betts. O. H. Carrell.
Pocahontas No. 11— Representatives: A. An
drews, E. Connolly, R. R. Livingstone, F. D.
Brandon, E. Oliver. Alternates: H. Har
bourne, R. A. Hard, J. J. Higgins, 11. S. Winn,
G.G. Roberts. ; ;
Sotoyome No. 12 Representatives: Freder
ick Brandt, Charles Fowler, A. K. Dauth, J.
Locks, P. J. Schow. Alternates: J. 11. Josse
lyn, M. F. Claussen, E. W. Westall, J. Flynn,
O. Jacobson.
Cosumnes No. 14— Representatives: James
Kemp. E. B.Wilson, E. J. Brazile, J. W. Crone,
C. F. Leighton. Alternates: J. P. Counts, J.
H. Meredith, W. D. Cooksley, N. Wilcox, A.
Wilson.
Samoset No. 22— Representatives: C. H.
Rule, C. M. Brown, J. H. Smith, J. V. Fleming,
J. F. Yung. Alternates: W. H. Collins, M. G.
Winchell, J. G. Smith, T. 8. Joseph, O.
S. Cooper.
Metamora No. 24— Representatives : J. J.
Rogers, A. H. Hanson, E. E. Wolters, J. J. Bul
lock, £. M. Hanson, G. W. Lovie. Alternates:
P. M. Hanson, C. H. Offerman, G. Plump, J. L.
Ross, Jens Hansen, D. Dahlgreen. * ,
Red Jacket No. 28— Representatives: John
Domingos, E. Dundas, A. Dunbar, Robert Sny
der, W. G. Schmelser. Alternates: C.E.Spen
cer, W. A. Eizler, J. F. Dremen, J. J. Nagle, M.
White. .^M__MMM-rt_& -
Oneida No. 31— Representative: .C. Hudi
pohl. Alternate: J. Le May.
• Weimcr No. 34— Representatives: J. J. Hcs
kin, R. Mitchell, R. Gluyas, J. R. Terrlll, H.
Luke. Alternates: S. L. Richards, George Gill,
Thomas J. Yoe, J. D. Thomas, William Knight.
Iroquois No. Representatives: j" R. W.
Bean, J. A. Merz, E. H.Pierce, H. Rohrbacher.
Alternates: H. C. Kraft, F. A. Ruhl, John Tons,
J. L. Mowbray.
, Owosso No. 39— Representatives: Grove L.
Johnson, If. A. ' Guthrie, John J. Buckley. Al
ternate: L. G. Nixon.
• Red Cloud No. 41— Representatives; George
Lighthardt, G. F. Bronner, A. - D. Miller, J. B.
Burdy. - Alternates : James Fletcher, O. -N.
Kronkite, E. C. Hopkins, L. W. Grother.
Yuba No. 45— Representative: L. C. Williams.
Alternate: C. A. Brombery. - . , : ,
Delaware No. 48— Representatives : R. Jones,
H. Mitchell," C. T. Adams, Joseph Smith. Al
ternates : T. 11. Mitchell, T. F. Hoffman, J. C.
Boggs, Howell. - ... -
Wyoming No. 49— Representatives: J. M.
Hughes, 8. Clutter, J. J. Jackson. T. ShurtUff.
Alternates : J. C. Dean, J. W. Dean, J. A. North
way. •
Seminole No. 54 — Representatives: M.
Causse, L. C. Bertin, L. Godeau; E. Drivon, A.
Garrand, S. Risselin. Alternates: P. Robuste,
J. P. Canhope. A. Miguen, M. Tellisson, L.
Rigaud, J. Bernadon. ".
Miami No. 55— Representatives : F. Hohman,
F. Bable, G. W. Armstrong, L. L. Chamberlain.
Alternates: W. A. Sheppard, J. Meredith, J.
C.Safiord, A. K. Robinson.
Otonkah No. Representatives: E. J.
Bailey, M. H. Davis, D. W. Crow, R. A. Strat
um. "Alternates: D. 8. Kyer, B. W. Parsons,
George W. Allen, S. Terry.
Modoc No. 57— Representatives: A. Lewis,
F. E. Jones, P. L. Bliss, P. L. Hoff, P. J. Mc-
Kenna. Alternates: C. F. Burgman, H. Gun t
stadt, W. C. Pahl, E. D. Weymouth. J. F. Meeks.
Santana No. 60— Representatives F. A.
Whipple, C. A. Henningsen, T. J. Gallagher, E.
Hugglns, T. O'Connor.
Winnemucca No. 61 — Representatives:
James Hagan, E. B. Carr, L. L. Remy, W. G.
Wright. C. H. Tilton. Alternates: G. W."
Filbert, C. S. Logan, A. A. Cheignon, J. A.
Wagner, L. Tailluer.
Tecumseh No. 62— Representatives : Wil
liam Britt, George A. Young.
Wahtoke No. 63 — Representatives: A. E.
Fay, N. P. Justy. .
Grey Eagle No. 65— Representatives: J. G.
Hanks, E. E. Fall. J. E. McElrath.
Pawnee No. 67 — Representatives: G. H.
Noble, C. Fischer, W. J. Robinson, H. C. Stew
ard.
Osceola No. 71— Representatives: William
Sears, C. J. Clark, P. J. Seymour, James M.
Lackey, H. N. Hall.
White Eagle No. 72 Representatives: F.
Walker, Chris Nielsen, D. J. Gannon, B. Wede
meyer.
Bald Eagle No. Representatives : W. W.
Tanner, M. Henry, A. Dowdell, M. J. Maguire.
Arapahoe No. 76— Representatives: James
Jordan, R. Nugent, M. J. Fairfield. -', . ;i
Montezuma No. 77— Representatives : F. H.
Kimball, H. B. Jennings, G. W. Collins.
Oshonee No. 78— Representatives; S. Berel,
G. W. Bayreuther, G. Mosbacher, Meyer Bloom.
Comanche No. 79— Representatives: H. W.
Whipple, E. J. Leonard. - :-
Chippewa No. 80 — Representatives: G. L.
Merguire, J. H. Merguire.
LOS ANGELES ACQUITTAL
Wong Wing, Charged With the
Murder of Sue Suey,
< Goes Free. • ' .-
Two White Witnesses Now in Jail
Charged With Giving False
Testimony.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. Wong
Wing, one of the trio implicated in the
murder of little Sue Suey, which occurred
on the 14th of last February, and whose
trial has been progressing for the past ten
days, was acquitted this morning, and it is
probable that Wong Chee, who is yet to be
tried, will also be freed.
The case has excited unusual interest,
from the fact that Wong Chuey, who was
tried first, was sentenced to life imprison
ment on the testimony of two white wit
nesses, one of whom was subsequently shot
at while returning home from a theater
one night, and both of whom are now
under arrest charged with receiving bribes
for giving false testimony in the case.
Wong Chee's attorneys feel confident that
. the charges against their client will be dis
missed.
SUICIDE AT TEHACHAPI.
Minnie Seegar, a 14-Year-Old Girl,
Takes a Dose of Poison.
TEHACHAIT, Cal., Aug. I.— Minnie
Seegar, a 14-year-old daughter of a prom
inent rancher, committed suicide between
2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon 'by taking
poison. The immediate cause of the act
was the interception of a letter she had
written to a ranch employe in which she
had compromised herself. Stung by the
disgrace, she quietly entered her room,
wrote a farewell letter to her father,
brothers and . sister, swallowed some un
known poison, and, lying down on a bed,
folded her hands over her breast and died.
When found soon after, a doctor was
summoned at once, but to no purpose, for
her work was well done and she had
passed, human aid. Coroner Helm will
be here on the morning train to hold
an autopsy. There is great indignation
against the man who is responsible lor
the tragedy and be may receive rough
treatment. The. funeral of Miss Seegar
will take place as soon. as the Coroner's
jury has done its work.
VENGEANCE OF SPOKANE REDS.
Attempt to Lynch a Cattle-Buyer, After
Beating Him Almost to Death.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. I.— Frank
Vedder, a well-known cattle-buyer of
Northport, narrowly escaped lynching at
the hands of infuriated Indians of the
Spokane tribe on their reservation yes-
terday. -'"/""'-:'-'
Vedder was caught while attempting to
overpower a young Indian girl. He was
pursued by a dozen of ■. the Indians, but
eluded capture for two days by hiding in
timber along the Columbia River. Becom
ing , famished ; for food he sallied out and
was caught, by the \ Indians. They beat
him terribly, and were in the act of hang
ing him .to a tree when Indian Agent
Bubb rescued him from the maddened
redskins...
• Vedder .was turned over to the Uuited
States Marshal, who brought him to this
city, where : he , will ' be \ tried before ; the
United States Commissioner. He is nearly
dead from the injuries received.
Filed at Redwood City.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal:, Aug. I.—
ticles of incorporation of : the West Shore
Railway Company were filed in the office
of » the County Clerk to-day. This is the
company organized to build and operate a
railroad from San Francisco to Santa Cruz
County, a distance -of about eighty miles,
along the ocean shore through ; Halfmoon
Bay, Pescadero, i the Big Basin redwoods
and on to Santa Cruz. ;;
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The Eleanor Reaches Port Townsend.
PORT ; TOWNSEND, , Wash., Aug. I.—
The Boston pleasure yacht Eleanor ar
rived this morning on the way to Alaska,
where it? terminates * a cruise around the
world. v The vessel came here ■: from San
Francisco. '- • 7 -■" -' : :* - -
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Terrible Murder Com
mitted at Redding by
a Woman.
SHE SLEW HER HUSBAND.
Cut Four Horrible Gashes in
His Head With a
. Hatchet.
CONFESSED TO THE CRIME.
Attacked Him Because He Had Re
fused to Purchase Medicine
She Needed.
REDDING, Cal., Aug. This morning
at 9 o'clock the lifeless body of Frank
Miller. Redding's pioneer merchant, was
found lying in a pool of blood on the floor
behind a counter in the rear end of the
hardware department of his store on Cali
fornia street. A new hatchet, the blade of
which was entirely covered with blood and
hair, was found standing against a box
under the counter, about two feet away
from the dead man's head.
This and four ugly, gashes in his head
from which the blood and brains were ooz
ing was evidence enough to show how he
died— that he was murdered and that the
bloody hatchet near by was the instrument
of death.
This morning about 9 o'clock Ed John
son, a colored man who conducts a chop
house adjoining Miller's store, enters N.
Breslauer's store adjoining Miller's on the
south to purchase some goods. While
there he remarked to Breslauer that some
thing was wrong at Miller's, as all the iron
doors in front were closed.
Mr. Miller had always been in the habit
of opening his store early in the morning,
swinging back the iron doors and placing
goods for display on the sidewalk. This
morning none of these were noticeable.
Johnson, Breslauer and Charley John
son, a brother of Ed, concluded^ to enter
the store and ascertain what was the mat
ter. The three men entered and discovered
a rear door open. The safe is located along
side of this rear door and at a glance it oc
curred to the searchers that robbery and
foul play had been committed.
The safe was unlocked, however, and the
men continued the search. They entered
the hardware department, which was dark,
and on striking a match just inside the
door opening into the department Charley
Johnson discovered something lying be
hind the counter to his left. He held the
match close down and there lay the body
of Miller. The men immediately came out
and notified the officers.
Shortly after the discovery of the body
it became known that Mrs. Miller, the vic
tim's wife, had been in the store early in
the morning, and it was at once suspected
that she wielded the hatchet that killed
her husband. A further investigation de
veloped the following facts :
About 6 o'clock this morning Mr. Miller
entered his store for the purpose of open
ing it as usual. About five minutes after
ward his wife entered and remained in
side about ten minutes, when she came out
and hurriedly walked up California street,
keeping her face toward the street. One
of her hands was wrapped in her shawl
and she appeared considerably excited. •
When this story was made known the
officers immediately went to the house
where Mrs. Miller was staying and ques
tioned her. She was greatly excited and
admitted that she hit her husband with a
hatchet, but said she did not think it was
hard enough to kill him.
She said she didn't mean to kill him, but
hit him because he would not buy her
some medicine which she needed, for she
was sick. There were spots of blood on
her mitts, cape and shoes. She was taken
to the County Jail, where she now occu
pies a cell.
" This afternoon a Coroner's jury returned
a verdict of death by wounds inflicted by a
hatchet in the hands of his wife.
Mrs. Miller has been considered of un
sound mind for several years. About four
months ago she hit her husband over the
head with a frying-pan and nearly killed
him, and on several occasions they have
had trouble.
She always claimed that he mistreated
her, and on several occasions she stole
articles out of the store, saying he would
not furnish her with the necessities of
life; consequently she had to steal them.
After the trouble of four months ago she
was examined on a charge of insanity, but
was discharged, being declared sane.',
Mr. Miller was a man about 60 years of
age, and was the pioneer merchant of Red
ding, having started the first store here
and erected the first brick building in this
city. • '.•.■:".-.;•'
In that building since 1870 he conducted
business until this morning. He was a
Mason in good standing and the funeral
will " take place to-morrow under the aus
pices of the local Masonic lodge. .* 7-
Sentiment is almost evenly divided here
about the affair. A great number sympa
thize with Mrs. Miller, while many are of
the opinion that she was feigning insanity
and that she made preparations for the
murder and committed it in cold blood.
She was seen early this morning, about 5
o'clock, standing on the corner of Califor
nia and Tehama streets apparently wait
ing for somebody.
, It is now thought she was watching for
her husband with a view of following him
into the store and killing him. -
It is believed from the position in which
the body was found that she had asked her
husband to get some plaster of paris for
her, and that when he was stooping down
getting the plaster she struck him with the
hatchet, and after felling him inflicted
three more gashes in his lifeless body. A
broken paper bag lay at his feet and plas
ter of paris was scattered around.
When she left the store and went home
she took off the bloody clothes and put
them in a trunk and loc ked it. She then
went to bed, and was apparently asleep
when the officers arrested her. She put on
other clothing for ' her trip to the court
house, and it was not until this afternoon
that her trunk was opened and the bloody
garments were found.
Failure of a San Mateo County Man.
- REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Aug. 1.--Gott
leib Furrer, who resides in this county and
does business in San Francisco at 428 Turk
street with Jacob and John Stadtler under
the name of the Seventeen-mile Farm Milk
depot, has filed ) a '•; petition as insolvent
debtor. ■. ; The San Francisco firm is now in
the hands of a , receiver.' Furrer's liabili
ties are given at \. $28,834. L His /personal
property, including homestead and a -half
interest in the firm's business, is valued at
$0075, on which 'incumbrances and exemp
tions that more than equal the full amount
are claimed.
ARRESTED AT SAN DIEGO.
An Artist Taken Into Custody on a
Charge of Counterfeiting.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. Wallace J.
Miller, an artist living on Coronado Beach,
was arrested day by United • States
Deputy Marshal Wadham and charged
with passing counterfeit money.
His : wife, who is 7 affected with heart
trouble, fainted when she learned of her
husband's arrest. .He was lodged in the
County Jail, and will be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Knoles to-
morrow morning. .
Search will be made of his house early
to-morrow morning, and it is believed
damaging evidence will be found. It is be
lieved Miller is one of the gang of San Ber
nardino counterfeiters and that he has been
systematically passing their product in
this city and surrounding country. He
has taken several trips into the back coun
try, although , he has no visible means of
support beyond a few pictures of mediocre
quality. ' - , ,: , $
HARNEY CITY LIES IN ASHES.
The Oregon Town Almost Wholly De-
stroyed by Fire.
BAKER CITY, Ob., Aug. I.— Meager
reports have just been received here of the
almost total destruction by fire on the
night of the 26th of Harney City, in Har
ney County. Harney is a town of about
600 population and lies a long distance
from transportation lines.
The probable amount of the losses has
not been stated, but it is believed to be
considerable. Nearly all the business por
tion of the town was swept away. The
fire is believed to have been incendiary.
THE FIREBUG OF MADERA
He Confesses to Having Set
Fire to Fournier's
Saloon.
Claims to Have Been Compensated
by a Payment of About
Twenty Dollars.
MADERA, Cal., Aug. Andrew An
derson was to-day bound over for trial be
fore the Superior Court of this county on a
charge of arson by Judge McDonald.
Anderson is the man accused of having
set fire to the saloon of Achille Fournier
on the night of the 27th of last month. The
prelininary examination was in progress
since yesterday. A night session was held
yesterday. ;
During the examination one of the
prosecution's witnesses was sent to jail for
contempt of court.
. The prosecution claimed that Anderson
was hired to fire the buildings by Fournier,
for the purpose of obtaining the insurance
money. He was identified as the man
seen running from the : rear of Fournier's
building about twenty minutes before the
fire alarm sounded.
A warrant has been issued for Fournier,
but he cannot be found. -7 -
The defense say that a writ of habeas
corpus will be served on behalf of the pris
oner. His bonds were fixed at $2000.
Anderson made a confession this even
ing in the presence of two or three wit
nesses and swore to it before a : notary
public. It was to the effect that Achille
Fournier had met him on the Saturday of
the fire, and together they had .made ar
rangements whereby Fournier was to pay
him $3 50 and was to cancel a debt of $17
that Anderson owed him. '.777,7/ 7
He said , that > in . the evening at
about half past eleven he, in com
• pany with Fournier, set fire to the build
ings. They .1 started the fire twice before
the blaze caught. He : said that he
made the . statement ■ without hope of
reward and without fear of danger, al
though he was laboring under great men
tal excitement at the time of taking his
deposition, which is generally discredited,
as he seems to be greatly afraid of a mob,
although his fears are groundless.
New ' University Instructors.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. The trustees
of the University of the Pacific have elected
Professor B. L. Remick of the Chicago
University to be instructor in mathematics,
and Miss Lucy S. ICllam, late of the Royal
Academy of Music, London, assistant
teacher of piano. -"'■'■' .
Lots
of
daylight
Lots of daylight— that's what you want for sue- J
cessful clothes buying. Many an inferior piece f A
1 of goods is palmed off in . the darkness of the |
average clothing establishment. We have the |
| LIGHTEST, BRIGHTEST store in the entire city. |
Come and see what that means. .
Here's three stunning quotations cut t
the profit almost clean off, just to get acquainted |
with you. *7, / |
MEN'S PANTS $2.50.
Excellent quality ; serviceable ; neat colors. {
■ , 7 - • . ■ : • ;
BOYS' SUITS $5.00. *j
Short Pants Combination Suits— suit, cap and i
extra pair of pants ; mixed cheviots ; latest styles. j
MEN'S SUITS $7.50. I
Cheviot Sack Suits ; superb value; only a few of |
them you'll have to hurry. |
H. ROMAN & CO., j
Corner Fifth and Market Streets. |
Ti__r^_-_-_MT_-_OTT__nrTHrTr lM iifri_i'K HH
A 20 MULE HELP FOR KIICHEIsIfiIIMBRY.
FORTHENURSERJ^fj^fD) fj\ SMf)l WJ$
TOILET WASHSTAND r)l I M|\\/£VJ_\ Ml -S^_™
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PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Fine Progress Made by
the Valley Road
Graders.
MORE TEAMS EMPLOYED.
Work Begun at the Eastern
Limits of the City of
Stockton.
NEARLY READY FOR TRACKS
The Section North of Mormon Chan
nel Will Be Graded by .
the 15th.
STOCKTON, Cal., August I.— To-day
considerable progress was made by the
graders who are throwing up the track for
the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
Railway.
Work was commenced this morning at
the intersection of East and Taylor streets,
the eastern limits of the city, and the men
worked westward along the last-named
street. More teams were put on and the
throwing up of the embankment pro
gressed rapidly.
The bed of Mormon Channel, .east of
Aurora street, where the earth is being
taken, presented a still busier scene than
along the line of Taylor street. By night
a great deal of embankment had been
thrown up and the workmen were within
three blocks of the Southern Pacific Com
pany's tracks on one side and within two
blocks of this line, which runs on Sacra
mento street, on the other. This means
that there is very little to do, save on these
five blocks, to finish the section south of
Mormon Channel.
In the vicinity of Center and Eldorado
streets some work will have to be done and
the finishing touches will then be put on
the roadbed along this section of the road.
It will then be ready for the track layers.
It is understood that a V track will be
laid first from the line of the Southern
Pacific Company on Sacramento street in
order to get the big engines off the siding
where they now are on to the line of the
Valley road. Superintendent of Construc
tion Wilbur has this work in charge and
is ready to begin track laying as soon as
the section south of Mormon channel is
completed. The third locomotive, engine
No. 1, is due here almost any day. The
bill of lading for it was received several
days ago. -
The dredger Rough and Ready has been
busy for several days on the south bank of
Stockton Channel taking out earth to be
used in filling in Edison street, along which
the tracks of the Valley road will run to
reach Weber avenue, which runs along the
most valuable water front of Stockton. To
day the dredger was moved around to the
north bank of Mormon Channel, where
more dredging is being done near where
the steel bridge to be erected by. the Valley
road will span this stream. Both sides of
the channel will be dredged here.
Contractor Thornton said this evening
that he would have the section north of
Mormon Channel done within fifteen days
at the outside limit. His firm has been
rushing the work and are well satisfied
with the progress they have made thus far,
as are also the representatives of the rail
road.
The Corral Hollow people are still busy
running their location lines from the
mines toward Stockton. Their representa
tives say they will begin work the day the
franchise they ask for is granted them by
the City Council. ,
. The Lodi terminal road is pushing on
toward Lodi. ■
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