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VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 64.
CAUSED BY ACCIDENT.
Defeat of the Defender
When Victory Seemed
Certain.
MAINSAIL GAFF BROKE.
The New Herreshoff Creation
Was Speeding Away From
Competitors.
THE VIGILANT WON EASILY.
One Hundred Crack Yachts of the
American Fleet at the New
port Regatta.
NEWPORT, R. 1., Aug. The De
fender lost her first race to-day, and great
was the pity of it, for she had walked away
from her three competitors and was near
ing home when a new-fangled gaff at the
top of her mainsail broke and most in
gloriously the aspirant for cup honors was
obliged to take a line from a common,
everyday tug and retire from the race, al
lowing the Vigilant to win. The $500 cup
offered by Ogden Goelet was the prize for
which the syndicate boat was racing, but
the fair fame of a craft that seeks inter
national honors was at stake. Pitted
against her were the persistent antago
nists. George J. Gould's Vigilant, the pre
server of the America cup in 1894, and
General Charles J. Paine's unknown,
Jubilee, built for a cup-defender in 1893,
but not chosen, and also J. Malcolm
Forbes' successful cup-defender of 1887,
the Volunteer.
With three opponents fit to try her fleet
qualities the latest Herreshoff creation
went out to Brentons Reef lightship, off
the entrance to Newport Harbor, and put
up a race that delighted the big crowd of
spectators until after rounding the second
turn, sailing thirty-two miles of the thirty
eight of the course. Then her new hollow
gaff broke near its middle and the great
mainsail became a misshapen bag. An
unconscious groan escaped from the crowd
and doubtless there were words spoken on
the decks of the Defender which might
have shocked Mrs. Iselin, who was on
board. The spar was hollowed out and
bound together like a barrel in order to
save weight. Hollow spars were first used
in England and the Herreshoffs have
elaborated on the foreign idea. "Better go
back to the solid Yankee stick," was the
general opinion of yachtsmen to-day, who
were conjecturing as to "where we would
be at" if such an accident happened in a
cup race.
Before the mishap the Defender had
pressed to windward seventeen and a half
miles and run eighteen miles with the
wind astern and spinnaker out, and had
turned the second mark with 11 minutes
and 35 seconds advantage over the Vigi
lant, 16 minutes 21 seconds over the Jubi
lee, and 34 minutes 33 seconds over the
Volunteer. This was clearly a demonstra
tion of what the new boat is capable of.
In the windward work the gain over the
Vigilant was 2 minutes 25 seconds, and in
the run 9 minutes 6 seconds. The wind
was about 14 knots an hour at the start,
dropping to 10 knots at the first turn and
.increasing during the run to 18 knots, at
which rate it was blowing when the gaff
gave way. The boat was close pulled at
the time and there was a lumpy bit of
weather, which may have had something
to do with the carrying away of the gaff.
After the Defender withdrew the Vigilant
sailed home an easy winner. General
Paine's Jubilee not only failed to crowd
the Defender, but could not push the Vigi
lant near as hard as she did in the trial
races of 1893, showing that either changes
in the Vigilant have improved her or the
changes in the Jubilee have not improved
her.
Calculations of the Valkyrie's perform
ances, taking her superiority to the Britan
nia and the latter's defeat of the Vigilant
in British waters, will not hold good,
therefore, for the Defender beats the im
proved Vigilant and not merely the old
Vigilant. The performance of the old
Volunteer to-day showed how much we
have progressed in yacht-building since
1887, when the boat which was over half
an hour slower than the model of 1895
easily beat the Thistle.
The race of the sloops diverted attention
from the race for the $1000 schooners' cup,
also offered by Mr. Goelet, which was
sailed at the same time over the same
course. There were nine crack schooners
in the race. The best elapsed time was
made by the Lasca, and was 5 hours 42
mm. 36 sec. The Vigilant covered the
distance in 5 hours 3 mm. 59 sec, or almost
39 minutes better than the best of the
schooners. Emerald was the second
schooner to finish, and was given the prize
on time allowance. Amorita was the d.
Others finished in the following order:
Mayflower. Merlin, Elsemarie,* Neara and
Loyal. The last two are schooners of
class five, and were racing for a special cup
which was offered at the New York Yacht
Club regatta June 15, but was not decided
then, owing to a mistake in classification.
The Loyal won the prize to-day, by 2 mm.
10 sec. corrected time.
In all Newport's history of yachting no
Such attendant fleet accompanied the
racers over the course as was the case to
day. To-day was a perfect one for comfort
as well as a fine one for sailing. In the
early morning .there was so little air that
many of the yachts were obliged to tow
down past the Dumplings, in order to
reach the starting line. This delayed the
signal for the race for half an hour. When
all had arrived the scene off Brentons
Reef was one that will belong remembered.
In the fleet were 100 of the finest steam
yachts that float on American waters, a
score of passenger steamers and tugs and
sailboats and launches without number.
Secretary of the Navy Herbert, with a
large party of guests, was ' present on the
Dolphin, and Uncle Sam's yacht followed
the race from the start to finish. The Sec
retary's boat did what a great many of the
others failed to do— it kept at a respectful
distance from the competing yachts, and
neither gave the wash nor shut off the
wind. William K. Vanderbilt's big
Valiant and a score of other yachts and
steamboats did both. -
The scene at the start reminded one of
The San Francisco Call
the international races off Sandy Hook.
There was a gray hulk of a lightship
labeled "Brentons Reef," instead of Sandy
Hook, but there was the same old Atlantic
Ocean stretching away, with a pale blue
line of land in the distance. The Sylvia,
with the regatta committee on board,
dropped anchor at 10:40 o'clock opposite
the lightship. She signaled them that the
course would be the triangular one, with
the first turn near Block Island and the
second near West Island.
The wind was southwest, holding fairly
true all day. It varied in strength from 10
to 18 knots. The first leg of the course was
thirteen miles and a half southwest, four
teen northwest, and was beat to windward.
The second leg was a run from northeast
by east three-quarters east, with the wind
directly over the stern for eighteen miles,
and the third leg a close west by north of
six miles and a half, finishing at the start
ing point.
The preparatory gun was fired at 11:20,
and ten minutes later the big sloops were
started. The Defender crossed first, with
the Volunteer lapping her. The Jubilee
was two minutes later, and the Vigilant,
noticing that the wind was strengthening,
lay back until near the expiration of the
five minutes handicap time. She was just
four minutes later than the Defender in
crossing the line.* All four boats went over
on the starboard tack. All except the
Volunteer brought out baby jib sails just
before crossing.
The four boats carried club topsails and
the regular lower sails. The Defender
began to creep away from the others the
moment she was over the line. She pointed
higher and footed faster.
The Vigilant started in a lively chase
after the Jubilee and the Volunteer, and
soon overhauled the latter, which had been
passed by the Jubilee. At 12 o'clock the
Vigilant was creeping up on the Jubilee,
and it was plain the Boston boat was going
to disappoint her numerous friends. The
wind continued to freshen, and at 12:05
the Jubilee took in her baby jib topsails.
Four minutes later she set them again.
The time of the finishes was as follows:
Vigilant 4:33*09, Jubilee 4:44:00, and the
Volunteer 5:00:04.
FAST TIME FROM ENGLAND
All Records for Warships Fairly
Beaten by the Colum
bia.
In a Little Less Than Seven Days
the Biff Vessel Crossed the
Stormy Atlantic.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 2. -The United
States commerce-destroyer Columbia, next
to the Minneapolis the fastest warship
afloat, arrived here to-day from her raca
against time across the Atlantic No
Yankee warship ever sailed away from
British soil with such celerity and no war
ship ever built crossed the ocean in the
same time. These are the principal
figures: Time from The Needles,' Isle of
Wight, to Sandy Hook lightship, 6 days, 23
hours and 49 minutes; course, 3112, knots;
average hourly speed, 18.53 knots; best
hourly Tun, 20.60 knots; best four hours'
run, 80.50 knots. I
The daily runs were from 2 p. m. July 26
at The Needles to noon of the following
day, 405 knots, and to noon of each suc
ceeding day 467, 470, 458, 454, 453 and 405 to
Sandy Hook lightship at 8:49 a. m. to-day.
On July 30 at 2 a. m. it was squally and a
storm threatened. The wind was south
west by west, heavy seas came over the
bows and for four hours the speed was re
duced to eight knots an hour. In the
evening of the same day in latitude 46.05
longitude 48.20 the Columbia ran near an
iceberg, which was about 150 yards long,
100 yards wide and 45 feet high.
The Columbia took on a pilot 400 miles
east of Sandy Hook, only slowing up
sufficiently for the purpose. She passed
quarantine shortly before noon reporting
all well on board and dropped anchor in
the North River less than an hour later.
She looked as though she had been doing
something with the elements. Her four
great funnels were covered with salt crystals
where they were not black with smoke.
Soot covered the upper structure and her
sides were smeared and streaked with rust.
Her decks were covered with coal dust and
cinders, and although she looked as though
an early scouring at the navy-yard would
be the best thing for her.
The Hamburg-American line steamer
Augusta Victoria, from Hamburg and
Southampton via Cherbourg, followed the
Columbia in, arriving at the Hook at 10:50
a. m. The distance covered by the Augusta
Victoria from Cherbourg was 3054 knots,
and her time of passage 6 days 20 hours
and 20 minutes. The average speed of the
Hamburg steamer on this trip was 18.54
knots per hour.
The St. Louis of the American line left
Southampton the day after the Columbia,
passing The Needles at 1:40 p. m., or 23
hours and 43 minutes after. She is ex
pected early in the morning.
Commenting on the cruiser's perform
ance, the officers of the Columbia said:
"It should be remembered that our
highest speeding is lower under forced
draught and is supposed to be availed of in
spurts when chasing the enemy's mer
chantmen or eluding more powerful war
ships, and while designed to carry enough
coal for cruising purposes and such spurts,
she cannot carry coal necessary for a trans-
Atlantic run under forced draught. Nor
is it likely that she would ever be called
upon to make such a run.
"This run across" has shown that she can
steam the full speed of natural draught
the entire distance, and show her heels to
most vessels with little more than her nor
mal coal capacity." ■
The express steamers of tne trans-At
lantic passenger lines use forced draught
and burn 300 to 500 tons of coal a day.
Some records of interest in connection
with the Columbia's record are the fol
lowing, between New York and South
ampton : Pans, 6 days 16 hours 43 min
utes; New York, 6 days 7 hours 14 min
utes; Fuerst Bismarck, 6 days 10 hours 32
minutes; Normannia, . 6 days 12 hours 30
minutes.
Pawned a Borrowed Violin.
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 2.— Paul Egry, an
Hungarian violinist, was arrested here to
day, charged - with stealing a $6000 Btradi
varius violin from J. J. Joslin of this city. 5
The instrument was borrowed for a recital
some time ago and was recovered to-day
in a 'pawnshop, where $30 had been ad
vanced :on it. Egry has been released.
He is an eccentric musician and his friends
will likely save him from prosecution.
SAN FRANCISCO, * SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1895.
KILLED A NEGRO BOY.
Gen. Flagler's Daughter
Shot to Frighten
Him Away.
BUT AIMED TOO WELL.
No Tragedy In Recent Years
Caused More Excitement
in Washington.
THE PISTOL- WIELDER CLEARED
Fruit and Flower Thieves Had An
noyed Residents Beyond Fur
ther Endurance.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2.— Miss
Elizabeth Flagler, daughter of Brigadier-
General Daniel W. Flagler, Chief of Ord
nance, U. S. A., .. shot and killed a
colored boy named Ernest Green, whom
she detected stealing fruit at the suburban
residence of her father, about noon to-day,
PILES OF BAILS AND FISH FLAT E3 FOB THE VALLEY ROAD ON THE ' SOUTH BANE OF " MO-RMON CHANNEL, STOCKTON.
]From a recent photograph]? 1 ' ■ ■ .**..' ..;..-
and was discharged by the Coroner this
evening on the ground that the homicide
was unintentional.
No tragedy, of recent years in Washing
ton has caused a sensation or been fraught
with more immediate excitement in the
neighborhood of its occurrence. The resi
dence of General Flagler is in the north
western section of Washington, on Califor
nia avenue, and the grounds surrounding
it have been carefully cultivated for the
product of fruit and flowers," and this at
traction was the indirect cause of to-day's
fatal event.
These premises, as well as many more
in that section of the ; city, have been de
spoiled by youths and in many cases adult
men to an extent that has tried the pa
tience of the property-owners, and to-day
a sad culmination was reached when Miss
Flagler, who is between 25 and 30 years of
age, saw some one busily engaged in break
ing the branches and gathering fruit from
one of the trees in their garden.
A demand to leave the premises not
being immediately complied with the
lady, without, it is asserted by herself
and her friends, any further intention than
to frighten away the intruder, discharged
the contents of an army revolver in the
direction of the plunderer. The bullet
plowed through the body of the boy, who
was about 15 years of age, and his death
followed on the instant. An alarm was
sounded and a policeman found the boy
lying dead upon the ground. The bullet
had passed entirely through his body, and
he could hardly have breathed a moment
after he was shot.
In the meantime Miss Flagler had left
the house and her parents, being absent
from the city on a summer pleasuring,
sought Captain Shaler and accompanied
him, promptly proceeded to the office of
Major Moore, the Chief of Police, and sur
rendered herself. A police ambulance had
been summoned to take away the yet un
identified body, and the congregation of a
large crowd, principally composed of
colored persons, who were greatly excited
and murmuring profusely their indigna
tion at the killing, gathered upon the ap
proach of the ambulance.
. As many as wished were permitted to
view the dead boy, with the idea of secur
ing his identification, and one woman pro
nounced him to be the son of a notorious
colored man who has frequently given the
police trouble, whereupon there were ex
cited remarks and predictions of trouble
from the blacks.
The man, however, afterward looked at
the body and said it was not his boy.
Finally the body was recognized by a
colored boy as Ernest Green, whose father
is employed as a messenger in one of the
executive departments, and a very respect
able man, residing on Pierce street, in the
northern part of the city, a thoroughfare
numerously occupied by colored residents,;
and 'the excitement then calmed down
considerably.
Whether any demonstration would have
been ; made against Miss Flagler : herself
had she remained at home is rather un
certain; but while the murmuring and ex-'
cited comments were loudest, the lady was
safe in the custody of the Chief of 'Police,
accompanied by Shaler and a Miss West.
She was outwardly calm and dignified; and
had ' little to 'say beyond acknowledging
she fired the fatal shot and averring ; it was
not aimed at ; the intruder, not intending
any effect beyond scaring him away.
. She was very quiet during the day at the
police station, where ' she .; was detained,
though not under lock and key, in the
Chief 8 private room awaiting the Coro
ner's inquest late this afternoon.
General Flagler was telegraphed for and
it is announced he .is now en route to
Washington and will . reach here to-mor
row evening from Canada, where has been
outing. v
The inquest was begun ■ late this after
nooh at the Morgue and a number of wit
nesses examined. None of them had seen
the shooting, but all heard the shots.
Miss Flagler's testimony was the only in
criminating evidence offered. If she had
denied the shooting no one could have
proved otherwise.
Miss Flagler, accompanied by Captain
Shaler and Miss West, a daughter of ex-
District Commissioner West, arrived at the
Morgue shortly before, 5 o'clock and took
refuge in the office of the Captain of Po
lice. Her friends were anxiously solicitous
and newspaper men denied access to her.
Her manner was cool and collected, and
though her features were almost as white
as the dress she wore she betrayed no ex
citement. 7 ;>
The jury reached a verdict within a
short time after hearing the evidence. But
one ballot was # taken and that ; was unani
mous in the expression that the shot was
fired without murderous intent, and that
Miss Flagler could not be held responsible
for the unfortunate death of the little
colored boy. "-'.".■•
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GRASTED ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.
Mrs. Corbett Will Oet Heavy Alimony if
She Remains Unmarried.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 2.— Judge Gil
dersleeve in the Superior Court signed a
decree to-day granting Mrs. Ollie Corbett
absolute divorce. The decree provides
that Corbett shall pay her $5200 a year ali
mony. In case Mrs. Corbett remarry she
will forfeit the alimony. She was authorized
to resume her maiden name and' may re
marry, but Corbett cannot remarry until
her death. ' * ' - '
BURNED IN FOREST FIRES.
Ohe Hundred People Said to
Have Perished on an
Island.
Had" No Means of Escaping: From
the Destroying Torrent
of Flames.
MARINETTE, Wis., Aug. 3.— lt is re
ported that 100 residents of Beaver Island,
located in Breen Bay, at the entrance of
the straits of Mackinaw, have been burned
to death in the forest fires which have
desolated the entire island during the last
few days.
' Captain Young of the steamer Cuba,
who arrived here to-day, reports that
Beaver Island is all afire. . Wednesday
night the island was enveloped in flames,
which could be seen by passing vessels for
many miles out into Lake Michigan.
The inhabitants, who are employed in
fishing and lumbering, number about 100.
The island is fifty miles away from the
mainland, and it is not believed that aid
could have been secured in time to save
life and property.
Beaver Island is the largest of the group
of islands near the Straits of Mackinaw,
and on this island many years ago James
J. Strang, the Mormon prophet, attempted
to ; establish a' Mormon kingdom, which
failed upon his death. His body is buried
on the island. The capital of his kingdom
was St. James, at the northern extreme of
the island.
. The land is very fertile, and in parts is
heavily wooded. Farming and lumbering
are carried on to some extent, but fishing
is the principal industry. Few vessels
stop at the island, but vessels bound
through the Straits of Mackinaw frequently
pass in sight of the islands.
WRECK ON THE B. & O.
Reported Killing of the Engineer and
Fireman of a Train.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 3 (4:30
A. m.)— Word has just reached this city
that the B. & O. passenger train which
left Chicago about 2 o'clock Friday after
noon has been wrecked twelve miles east
of here, having struck a freight train. .
The report says that the engineer and
fireman were both killed and , several per
sons injured. 7 The railroad officials will
neither confirm nor deny the report.
A Body in the [Lake.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 2.—This afternoon
some fishermen found a hat and coat lying
near the lake at the foot of Chicago avenue
and reported 1 * it to ' the ' police, ' suspecting,
that it was a case of suicide. - The lake l
near the shore was dragged" and the body
of a man, supposed to be ; Christ Schweig, ;
was : ; found-. and taken to !: the Rolston
Morgue. 1 In the > coat was .a .; card .of j the
Kansas City Canning Company, and on
the - back .of ■it .was written , the name '; of
Christ i Schweig, 348 7- Nebraska : avenue,
Kansas City, Mo.
TO PUNISH SETTLERS.
Agent Teters Demands
the Prosecution of
..§; the Men
WHO SHOT THE REDSKINS
Poor Rations Caused the Ban
nocks to Leave the Reser
vation to Hunt Elk.
INDIANS VERY SCARCE NOW.
But They May Soon Return to
Jacksons Hole to Seek .
Satisfaction.
MARKET LAKE, Idaho. Aug. The
following was received from a correspond
ent who is with the United States troops
in Jacksons Hole:
It is impossible to say at this time how
long the troops will remain here. It is
quiet now, but no one doubt* that should
the troops depart the Indians would come
back and a conflict ensue, as a class of the
settlers here would at once attack them.
When asked to-day by The Call cor
respondent what he could say of the situ
ation as he found, it General Coppinger
said he, could say nothing further than
that so far no one settler has been
molested by the Indians, ; but that the
settlers had massacred several Indians. ■ :
Indian Agent Teters and his clerk, Mr.
Mcßeth, went to the settlers' fort yester
day and demanded of Justice Rhoads the
names of the men . who were implicated in
the killing of the Indians with a view to
bringing criminal proceedings against
them, as predicted by The Call cor
respondent exclusively last Monday. The
names of . the men were secured after
some difficulty.
AGENT TETERS' VERSION.
The Prosecution of Settlers for Killing
Indiana Demanded.
MARKET LAKE, Idaho, Aug. 2.—ln
dian Agent Teters of the Fort Hall reser
vation arrived in Market Lake late this
afternoon on his way to the agency to
learn just how many of his Bannocks and
Shoshones are missing, but before leaving
he gave the Call correspondent a full and
comprehensive statement of the condition
of the present Indian troubles in Jacksons
Hole. ..". 7>a^*7;7
He still maintains in the strongest terms
that the lawless settlers are, the guilty
parties and not the Indians. From his
tone it is evident that the clash of State
and Federal authorities . predicted by the
Call - correspondent several days ago is
about to occur. Agent Teters said :
"The scouting parties sent out by the
troops reported to General Coppinger yes
terday that they could not locate any In
dians in the Hoback Canyon country, and
that they did not believe there . were any
Indians within fifty or sixty miles of
Marys v ale. It is evident to me that the
Indians who have been scaring the settlers
in the Swan Creek and Salt River valleys
are those who were camped in Hoback
Canyon when * I made the first investiga
tion there two weeks ago.
'•They are returning to their reservations
through the * southern • entrance to the
Jacksons Hole country, and the alarm the
settlers , feel I ; believe is entirely ground
less.
"If I had the co-operation of General
Stitzer and " other State authorities who
were in Jaoksons Hole when I was • there
the first time I believe this whole trouble
might have been averted.
"I urged the settlers then to assist me in
preserving peace and in getting the In
dians to return quietly to their reserva
tions, but the lawless elements among the
men were: determined to give the Indians
such treatment as would prevent their re
turning in other years. They said to ' me
that they had the ', assurance of Governor
Rickards 1 that - ; they would be backed by
him in their efforts to drive - the Indians
out, and to take such steps as were neces
sary to drive them out. , .
"These settlers not only massacred sev
eral :\ Indians, . but they left „ their ■•; dead
bodies upon the ground. One - Indian,
badly J wounded, was for seventeen days
with only a few mouthfuls of food, and to
all this was added common -, thievery,- for
all the equipage of > the ; Indian camp ; that
was raided was carried off. 7 „
. "If the Government will • take steps -, to
prosecute the settlers implicated:: in the
murder of those Indians f and the Indians
are shown that their treaty rights will be
respected and assured to them further
trouble from the red men may be averted.
If this is not done the Indians will surely
seek some other method of retaliation. If
they are to be cut off from their hunting
ground they must be given more rations
by the Government until such time as
they become self-supporting.
"On the other hand. Major Teters, will
not these lawless settlers make trouble if
some of them are prosecuted?" was asked.
"Yes, they undoubtedly will. They
have sworn among themselves never to let
the Indians hunt in Jacksons Hole again.
The only permanent solution of the ques
tion that I can see is for the Government
to exte nd the National Park so as to take
in "all the Jacksons Hole country as far
south as Fall River and Hoback River.
"The National Park will not preserve the
big game, as it ranges all through the ter
ritory to the southland elk and moose will
soon be as the buffalo— only a matter of
history. Jacksons Hole will be the seat of
a yearly reoccurring conflict between the
white hunters and the red hunters until it
is taken in charge by the Government or
the game becomes extinct. The officers in
charge of the United States troops all sup
port my course in this trouble, and do not
hesitate to say so."
Asked regarding the recent interview of
Senator Dubois in which he criticized
Agent Teter and called him a carpet-bag
ger, Major Teter3 said: ;.. ? •*.*.'
"I don't think it is very good taste for
the Senator to condemn a man for being a
carpet-bagger in the face of the fact that
our Senator came here a carpet-bagger, and
has never been known to be anything else
but a carpet-bagger and office-seeker.
Furthermore, it is the settled policy of the
department not to appoint local men as
agents of Indian reservations. I do not
stand m with Senator Dubois because I do
not believe in squandering the Indians'
money."
The following message was transmitted
to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by
Agent Teters immediately upon his ar
rival here this afternoon:
! 71 r v Market Lake, Idaho, August 2.
A To Commissioner of Indian Affairs: I have re
turned from Jacksons Hole. Everything quiet
there. ■■ I will recommend that you request the
department of justice to Investigate the killing
of peaceable Indians by lawless settlers in
Uintah County, Wyo., with a view to the prose
cution of the guilty parties. Teter, Agent. '
SETTLERS ARE DEFENDED.
Governor Richards of Wyoming Replies
to Critieiama.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 2.— ln re
ply to a letter written by Secretary Ryder
of the Indian Department of the American
Missionary Association to the Interior
Department relative to the Indian up
rising in Wyoming and in which he
criticized the action of the. State authori
ties in arresting Bannock Indians and
slaughtering them, Governor Rickards
said: '■• '• ' ; 7.V'7 -.■-»•
\ "The statements by Secretary Ryder are
erroneous. I have information of the kill
ing of but one Indian while ■ a party of
them were resisting arrest for the violation
of the State . laws. '■<. His statement that
'those of us who know the brutal character
of many living in the western territory'
would imply that he spoke from personal
knowledge. If so, he is slandering the
people of Jacksons Hole, who are an in
dustrious, law-abiding class. His gratui
tous advice to the Governor in this matter
is unnecessary. It was an effort to enforce
the law that brought on the conflict, and
if the officers exceeded ; their authority
there is a legal remedy, which will be ap
plied. His statement that the whites
were the first aggressors is also false.
There is no disposition on the part of our
people to be j cruel >or unjust toward the
Indian, and.no white man has ever
molested him when at home on his reser
vation. The residents of Jacksons Hole
are not aware that Indians have the right
to come from an Idaho reservation to
their very midst and indiscriminately
slaughter elk for their hides only, while
they could not kill one for food for their
families without violating the law."
"OUR WIFE" TOOK A HAND.
An Editor's Spouse Chastised . an Offen-
aive Rival.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 2.— V. T. Wil
liams, editor of the Stanbery Herald, and
F. A. Weimer, editor of : the Stanbery Sen
tinel, have been indulging in a newspaper
quarrel. Williams stated in his paper
yesterday that he had accumulated all his
property himself, and while his taxes were
not as much as the editor of the Sentinel,
none of his wealth had come in the way of
a hymeneal contract made at the altar.
Mrs. Weimer considered that the para
graph reflected on her. She is the daugh
ter of 'J. W. Hampton, a Denver million
aire, who lived for many years at ; Mount
Pleasant, lowa. The day of her marriage
her father presented the editor with a
check for $10,000, and it was to this present
that reference was made by Williams. , In
the afternoon Mrs. Weimer, accompanied
by her ■ husband, went to the Herald office
and : horsewhipped" Williams, while Wei
mer struck his rival on the head with a
revolver.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TIGHTEN THE SCREWS
Evidence Wrung From
the Quinlans Against
Holmes.
VISIT TO THE "CASTLE."
Information Gathered at the
Scene of the Supposed
Murders.
WANTED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
Crooked Record of the Insurance
Swindler's Accomplices Used
to Make Them Talk.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 2. -There were a
few 7 important developments in . the
Holmes case today. Geyer, the Philadel
phia detective, arrived this morning, held
a conference with the police and left again
for Philadelphia to-night. His conference
with the police was in the presence of Pat
Quinlan and his wife. In company with
the police officials Mrs'Quinlan went to the
Holmes "castle" to-day and gave the offi
cers considerable information. Some of
the furniture in the Quinlan apartments
there was identified as having once be
longed to Julia Conner, who, with her
daughter, is thought to be dead, a victim
of Holmes. Mrs. Quinlan gave the police
mfich information. After the police had
talked with Geyer and permitted Geyer to
talk with Quinlan and his wife the two be
came much more communicative. The
police became mysteriously alert, and it
was at once announced that imporaant in
formation had been received. To a re
porter of The United Press Chief Badenoch
said:
"We have secured some new and very
important information from Mr 3. Quinlan.
She has given us some strong evidence
against Holmes."
"Does it relate to the charge of forgery
or murder?"
"That I will not say at this time. We
are using the information and adding to it
by new discoveries made by the use of her
evidence. We are not through yet and
will not give the information to the press
until we are."
"Is it not true that the Quinlans aro
staring a twenty-years' sentence in' the
penitentiary in the face when they contem
plate a charge and requisition to Texas?"
, "Yes, that is true. We have undisputed
evidence that will send; Holmes and Mrs.
Quinlan to the penitentiary, for twenty
years in Texas, and I think Pat will soon
be placed in the same net."
"You are. using this as a lever to make
them talk?*'
"Our information is coming from Mrs.
Quinlan.' - She is the one who forged signa
tures to the notes -and to a trust deed se
cured by the notes. The limit for this
crime in Texas is twenty years."
"Mrs. Quinlan is more willing to talk,
then?" ■■ ' ■ .- -• . ' - • - • ■ :-v-7
"Yes, she has already talked some."
"About Hatch or Holmes?"
"No. and yes. I will not say what she
has told us about Holmes. We believe she
has told the truth, but we will know abso
lutely whether she did or not before forty
eight hours.'' •
"Did Detective Geyer give you any in
formation?"
"Yes, he did. Geyer aided us materi
ally."
From the fact that Geyer has gone to
Philadelphia, and that Lawyer Capps has
also gone there, it seems probable that
there will be a convocation of Holmes' ac
cusers in Philadelphia some time ; next
week, and that it will then be decided who
has the strongest case against him, and
arrangements will be made for requisition.
To-day Detective Geyer said :
"The Toronto authorities are anxious to
get Holmes. I • know they can prove the
identity of the Pietzel children whose
bodies were found in the cellar of the
house on Henry street. The Texas people,
I mean the faction represented by Attor
ney .Capps. of Forth Worth, can send
Holmes to the penitentiary for twenty
years easy enough. Holmes would rather
go to hell than to Texas, and I don't blame
him so much for that."
When asked what has been the result of
his search for the body of Howard Pietzen
in Indianapolis, Geyer said:
: "Thus Tar there have been no results,
but I have not given up. I think that the
body is buried somewhere in Indianapo
lis."
"Do you think either of the William sis
ters is alive?"
t "No. If either were alive Holmes would
not attempt to explain how one of them
was killed.. If their blood was not on his
hands he would have no story of blood to
tell about either one of them." <
•7 Chief of Police Badenoch left the city to
night, saying he was going to his summer
home in Wisconsin and would not return
to Chicago until next Monday. He has
.not been in the habit of going there until
Saturday evening, and it is believed that
he is on his way to some other part to
verify evidence given by Mrs. Quinlan
against Holmes. 7
A significant remark made by Lawyer
Capps while he was here is recalled by the
developments of the day. The remark
was: "Mrs. Quinian's head is in the nooze.
I mean she is guilty of crimes in Texas
that will land her in the penitentiary
there. As for Holmes, I can say that we
have evidence that will place him behind
the bars for twenty years in Texas, unless
he proves that the Williams sisters are
alive. He can't prove it. He can, prove
they are dead, though. He wishes, he
could prove they are alive; he would
much rather do so than returj. to Texas."
For Rowe' a Extradition.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 2.— A special from
the City of Mexico says that the necessary
papers for the extradition of Richard Rowe
of Poweshiek County, lowa, have been re
ceived at the State Department. Extradi
tion .will be refused, pending the finding of
the court now treating the case of Chester
Rowe, the defaulting Treasurer of the lowa
county above mentioned.
For Pacific Coast Telegrams see
Pages 2, 3 and 4.