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VOLUME LXXVIII.— NO. 76.
FAVOR FREE COINAGE
Democratic Champions
of Silver Begin Their
Conference.
JONES IN THE CHAIR.
Delaware the Only Eastern
State Represented by a
Delegate.
OBJECT OF THE GATHERING.
It Is Sought to Commit the Party
to Free Cclnage In the
Convention.
;•.."; WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 14.— The
conference of Democrats- favorable to the
, ' free' coinage of s-ilver began at noon to-day
at the Metropolitan Hotel, the session be
ing secret. The object is to effect an or
ganization within the party strong enough
to dominate the next National Democratic
convention and to commit the party to
free coinage in the next National platform, j
": Two hours before the meeting of the
conference the lobby and parlors. of the
hotel were filled with well-known public ;
men, known as favoring the extended use
of silver 'as a money metal. Senator Jones
of Arkansas, who was to be presiding offi
cer, Kit in the reading-room explaining
the object of the meeting to an interested
lot p* listeners. Senator Harris of Ten
nessee and Senator Daniel of Virginia had
a private consultation relative to the pro
ceedings of the conference in the room of
the former. Ex-Senator "Walsh of Georgia
discussed the' issue in „ question with a
number of delegates in the lobby. The
Illinois and Missouri delegations arrived
at the hotel early and were introduced to
their colleagues from the South. Ex-Rep
resentative Brookshire of Indiana, Repre
sentative Livingston of Georgia and Repre
sentative Cox of Tennessee discussed with
delegates from other sections the advisa
bility of the proposed move, while dele
gates not so well known listened atten
tively to their more experienced brethren.
Senator Jones, in opening, said that the
conference had met in accordance with the
call which explained its purpose. He
wanted to see a silver militia organized to
cope with the gold forces. The rollcall
showed nineteen States represented with
the following delegates: Virginia 15, West
Virginia 2, Arkansas 3, Colorado 3, South
• Carolina 1. North Carolina 3, Illinois 14,
Florida 4, Tennessee 4, Alabama 4, Ohio 1,
Georgia 2, Missouri 14, Indiana 2. Dela
ware 1,1 Maryland 3, Kentucky 1. Missis
eidpi land North Dakota 1. It was stated
that three additional States would be rep
resented before adjournment.
After the rollcall Senator Harris sug
gested that the business of the convention
be properly outlined. Senator Daniel of
Virginia offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed by
the chairman, of such a number as he sees fit,
to prepare a programme of the proceedings and
resolutions and report the same to the con
ference at an adjourned meeting, to be held at
4 o'clock to-day. The chairman. of the con
ference shall be ex-officio a memDer of this
committee.
After the adoption of the resolution a
recess for thirty-five minutes was taken to
allow Chairman Jones to prepare the com
mittee. After the recess Chairman Jones
announced the following committee of one
from each State represented: Missouri,
Governor Stone and H. M. Kill; North
Carolina, Senator Jarvis; Illinois, "W. H.
Hinrichsen; Indiana, A. W. Clarke;
Georgia, ex-Senator Walsh; Alabama, J.
Johnson; Tennessee, E. M. Carmack;
Virginia. Senator Daniel; Kentucky, W.
Woodson; Colorado, A. Newell; North
Dakota, W. D. Bierly; Ohio, P. S. Voder;
Delaware," J. F. Sanesbury; Maryland, M.
H. Pullman; Wisconsin, W. Stocksdale;
South Carolina, J. F. Treutlen; West Vir
ginia, J. J. Cromwell; Texas, ex-Senator
• P. Hare; Arkansas,' Senator Jones; Flor
ida, J. S. Beard. :=
After the announcement of the com
mittee the conference adjourned ' untiL 4
o'clock. The committee on programme
arid resolutions, after a three hours' ses
sion, adjourned to report to the conven- .
' tion that progress had been made but it
' ■was found impossible to report the resolu
tions in the short time elapsed since ad
. journment, but that a report would be,
• ready for the conference to-morrow mom- •
ing- ■ ' ■
Senator Daniel, in accordance with the
agreement reached by the committee on.
"programme, reported the proceedings and
asked the conference to adjourn until 10
"a.m.. to-morrow, at which time they ex
• pected to be able to report. The.requestof
Senator Daniel met prompt compliance,
° and the conference- adjourned . until 10
o'clock to-morrow. ,■'•.»
There are about eighty-five delegates in
■ attendance upon the conference. Promi
nent among those present this morning
were ' Senators Harris : and Jonres, who
joined in issuing the call. Senators Jarvis
of North Carolina and Call of Florida, ex-
Senator Walsh 'of . Georgia. The East has
• but a single representative, from Delaware.
Ex-Representative Greshani was at the
hotel, o but refused to take part in the
gathering. Prominent by reason of their
absence were Senator Turpie of Indiana,
who was the third signer of the call; ex
Representative Bland of Missouri, named
to' bead the delegation from that State;
ex-Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania,
the candidate of the Bimetallic League for
President, and Representative Bryan of
Nebraska, the free-silver missionary to the
South.
„ Speeches were made in the conference
committee by Governor Stone of Missouri,
Senators Harris, Call, Daniel, Jarvis, ex-
Senator Walsh and others. After a long
discussion a sub-committee consisting of
Messrs. Stone, Hinrichsen, Walsh, Jones,
Jarvis, Carmack and Daniel was appointed
to prepare an address and present a plan
of National organization to be submitted to
the general conference to-morrow. Up to
a late hour the resolutions and addresses
Lad not been completed. The corridors of
the Metropolitan Hotel were crowded all
' the evening with persons anxious to hear
their purport.
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The San Francisco Call.
secret, and most of the members ap
proached refused to give any views con
cerning the resolutions.
The reason why Senator Turpie of In
diana, whose arrival has been anxiously
awaited, is not here, is because of illness in
his family. A prominent delegate stated
that Representative Bland of Missouri was
not expected and no disappointment was
felt because he had not arrived. Harry BL
Hill of St. Louis, one of the delegates,
when asked to state the tenor of the reso
lutions and addregses. said:
"The resolutions will urge that a National
committee be formed, composed of one
member from each State, with full power
to direct that sub-committees be appointed
in certain States to carry on the good work
whenever it be considered necessary. Of
course it is left discretionary with the Na
tional Committee members as to whether
such organization is necessary, for the rea
son that many of the States, such as Illi
nois, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas and Mis
sissippi, have recently declared for free
silver almost unanimously. There is no
doubt, however, that organizations will be
perfected in all the States. The resolutions
will deal with other subjects, but until to
morrow it will not definitely be decided
how they shall read. In a conference of
this kind, when the conferees represent so
many States, it is but natural that a great
many side issues should be presented for
consideration, and these take time to dis
pose of.
"There will be an address prepared set
ting forth the reasons for the conference
and the needs of the silver party. A fight
is declared on inside the ranks of the
Democratic party, and under the banner
of the Thomas Jefferson Democracy, for
the free coinage of silver at the ration of
16 to 1, and not under the banner of Joe
Jefferson, now fishing.
"Of course the resolutions we submit
may be defeated, but such a result is not
expected. Thus far absolute harmony has
prevailed, and such unison as we have had
will be sure to bring about satisfactory re
sults. A number of delegates have signi
fied their intention of making speeches,
but none of them will probably be of lonjt
duration. At any rate, we will adjourn
to-morrow sine die, as it will not be neces
sary to name a time for the next conven
tion before the coming campaign.
"Some inquiry has been made as to
whether we intend to name a choice for
the Presidential nomination. While indi
vidual members may discuss that subject
it can be stated that the conference will
not go on record at this time as favoring
anybody."
The sub-committee will report to the full
committee at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning
the result of their work, and the latter
committee will have one hour in which to
discuss it. In case the resolutions and ad
dresses meet with the committee's appro
val they will, at 10 o'clock, be submitted to
the conference.
Senators Jones, Turpie and Harriß and
Governor Stone and Mr. Hinrichsen will
be constituted a provisional National com
mittee empowered to select National com
mitteenien for each State and perfect a
plan of organization.
PEARS FROM A FRIEND
A Gift That Caused Miss Flag
ler to Be Seized With
Convulsions.
No Unkindness Was Meant, but
the Fruit Recalled the Killing
of Green.
WASHINGTON, D. C,, Aug. 14.— The
News this afternoon says: Miss Flagler,
who shot and killed young Ernest Green,
and who is only beginning to recover from
the prostration attending the tragedy, has
received a terrible shock, the innocent
cause of which was one of the young Jady's
most devoted and sincere friends. Green,
as is known, received the fatal shot from
Miss Flagler's pistol while in the act of
picking up a pear which had fallen from
the tree.
Mies Flagler's friend, who is a young
woman living in the country, without
thinking of the significance attaching to
the sending of several specimens of fruit to
her, and entirely out of the goodness of
her heart, expressed a basketful of pears
to Miss Flagler. inclosing a friendly note.
Miss Flagler chanced to see the package,
and with her own hands opened it. The
first thing she saw the large and beautiful
pears carefully packed in the basket. It
seemed to her the work of some vicious
mind to send such a package. So violent
was the shock to her that, she was seized
with convulsions. A physician was hastily
summoned, and grave- fears lor her were
entertained for some hours.
SESSION OF LIBRARIANS
An Interesting Paper . Head by Jills*
\ \ Wade of San Francisco,
' DENVER, Colo., Aug. 14.— The second
day's session of the librarians' convention
was held to-day at the East Denver High
School. Miss Emily I. "Wade of San Fran
cisco read' an interesting paper on "Cata
loguing in the Future," and in which she
set forth exhaustive plans for the benefit
of the librarians, advocating the use of the
Mercenthaler linotype in indexing and
cataloguing.
William H. Brett of Cleveland talked on
the "Use of . Periodicals," dwelling at
length on the advisability of newspaper
files, even if articles of the press had to be
preserved in a scanbook. Lieutenant A.
G. Winterhalter, United States Army,
made an interesting talk :on . "Ship's
Libraries." The afternoon session was de
voted to a lengthy address by Aaron Gove
and a discussion on 'Improper Books." .
Bandit Silvia Recaptured,
TRENTON. Mo., Aug. 14.— Nat Silvia,
murderer and train-robber, was arrested at
Spickard and placed in the Trenton jail
with his wife. In IWW Silvia and Frots
men held up the Rock Island train near
Round Pond, O. T., but the robbery was
frustrated when a brakeman killed one of
the bandits. Silvia was captured later,
after he had killed three deputy marshals,
and put in jail. He knocked the jailer
down with the latter's pistol and escaped
before he had been tried. His capture was
the result of a long search, and was accom
plished by strategy.
Hog-Killing on a Large Scale.
CHICAGO, Aug. Armour & Co. are
revolutionizing the hog-killing . industry
at the stockyards with improved ma
chinery. They are arranging for a ma
chine with a killing capacity of 6000 hogs
in a half day. just twice as many as the
house manages. to kill in a whole day at
the present time. Whether- the .new ma
chine will retire the workmen or a part of
the gangs at present at work is not known,
but the capacity of the works will be quad
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SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1895.
HUNTINGTON IS BACK
He Tells a Reporter All
About His Foreign
Tour.
A SERMON ON HONESTY.
Why Some Railroads Grow
In Favor Here and
Abroad.
VIEWS ON FINANCIAL ISSUES.
The Magnate Fearful That This
Government May Fall Into
Corrupt Hands.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 14.-C. P.
Huntington returned from Europe to-day
on the steamship Majestic. He was ac
companied by Mrs. Huntington, and they
were driven immediately to their home at
65 Park avenue. Mr. Huntington sailed
for Europe on May 17 last. He has been
traveling in England, Belgium, Holland,
Germany and France. The railroad king
COLLIS P. HUNTINGDON.
[Reproduced from a recent photograph.]
received a reporter at his home late in the
afternoon ami chatted about his trip,
American securities abroad, railroads, the
East African Company, in whose fortunes
he expressed a deep concern; the Nica
ragua canal and other matters. Mr. Hunt
ington is looking in excellent health. He
wore his proverbial black skull cap and
Prince Albert coat. As to hi 3 trip Mr.
Huntington said :
"I did not go abroad to sell anything. I
went for a vacation as much as anything.
I was all over Germany, Belgium, France
and Holland, and spent two weeka in Lon
don on my way over and two on my way
back.
"No, .1 found nothing new in railroad
matters over there. I don't think their
railroads are as good as ours. Their fares
are much higher, and in some countries
they allow you no baggage except a hand
bag. In Belgium you have to pay for all
your baggage. Their cars are very good.
They generally gave me a saloon-car, pos
sibly because I was a railroad man,
although I paid my way.
"1 found everything in Europe looking
well, the crops especially. Money is very
cheap all over Europe. They are particu
lar what they buy. Aa to American se
curities they stand weli. But Europeans
have learned to be discriminating, and
their investments are now made only after
careful investigation. I had much in
quiry made of me regarding American
railroad securities. As I never organized
and built a road and defaulted on the
coupons, 1 suppose investors came to me
in a feeling of confidence that they could
rely upon what I said. I told them, as I
tell you, that there has been much reck
lessness on the part of railroad builders in
this country, but that this era had largely
passed, and I thought that much had been
learned here through experience; that
there were good railroads and bad rail
roads. I need not mention the roads that
have been recklessly handled. You know
them.
"These inquiries were made of me par
ticularly in Germany, England and Hol
land. In France there is hardly anything
held in our securities. There is as much
holding of our securities in England as in
the past. In London Pennsylvania 4 per
cents were all sold out a.t 108; Chicago
bonds sold at less than 3 per cent, as I read
it. There is a good market for safe rail
road securities and for the bonds of our
large cities.
"The silver question is being discussed
abroad a good deal," Mr. Huntington said,
and added: ''They don't want us to run
into silver currency. I told them that sil
ver would always have a place in financial
economy, and that fourteen-twentieths of
the human race belonged to the debtor
class, who would insist that silver should
have a good place. There w*as no one in
this country. I said, but who wanted
silver to have a good place. I
told them that the goid people
on our side were learning wisdom and
favored a good place for silver, but they
did not want it to the extent that silver
should be legal tender. To the silver men
r - — • « T • ••» » K*tr«» «iltror man than VQUi
I believe that silver should be a legal
tender to the amount of $25.' They said
over there that they were willing to make
silver a legal tender up to |5. There is
more sliver in sight ten times over in
France than there is in this couutry. The
same is true in England. Here a man
will apologize to you if he gives you a
silver dollar instead of a bill. If I wish
to pay a hackman for a short drive at
night 1 would rather pull out a 'dollar of
our daddies' than try to hunt up a bill. I can
be sure of the silver dollar, but I must have
a light to make sure of the amount of the
bill. The people of our country are rather
educated up to the use of paper, although
in 1837 there was lots of it that was good
for nothing. Now we are accustomed to
using it and we don't like silver, but we
would if we got used to it, as they are in
France and England. Why, it is common
there to pay for $4 or $5 worth of goods in
silver. By gradual approaches we may
some time get silver on a parity with gold,
but not now. I talked this abroad and
they seemed to regard this view of the
matter favorably.
"As to the lti to 1 question, I would
rather have the Government stamp on a
piece of silver on a 16 to 1 basis and de
clare that this was a dollar than to have
it on a 24 to 1 basis, for the latter would be
too big. If the etamp of our Government
says that such or such a piece of silver is a
dollar — I am queer about these things, but
such is my view— then, if the Government
be honest/that piece of silver is a dollar.
But the danger is that we might get into
the hands of dishonest people, and they
would end up perhaps by trying to make
dollars out of our forests. Give us good
men in power and it doesn't matter much
what the currency is. Our large transac-
tions are done by check; the cash is not
actually handled. I pay out a great deal
of money a year, but I suppose I don't see
$10,000 in actual cash. Confidence is the
great factor behind the currency question.
"In response to inquiries I was very
careful, as is ray habit, to speak conserva
tively and cautiously. There is evidently
a strong interest in Europe in our securi
ties; but we have had so many poor things
there now. This is a good thing for the
people. It will make them more careful."
As to the recent issue of Government
bonds in this country, Mr. Huntington
said:
U I heard almost nothing about it abroad,
that is especially in conversation. They
know there that our gold ' bonds will be
r>aid in gold, and that is all there is of it.
I There is no better security in the world
j than our Government bonds, and as
! that goes without saying, there is not
much talk abroad about our bond issues."
Mr. Huntington took a deep interest in
the British elections, and of the result he
said :
"There was a general feeling of satisfac
tion in getting the people who supported
Gladstone out and getting the Salisbury,
government in. The foreign policy under
Salisbury will be stronger and more stable
| than under Gladstone. I have a great faith
I in Salisbury, whose career I have watched
with great interest. I think now there
will be a development of commercial in
terests in African trade. The Government
has just taken over the British East
African Company, and good results may
be expected from this. This company was
going to build a railroad from the east
coast of Africa into the interior as
. far as Victoria Nyanza, to connect
with the *chain of the three great
j lakes. Wei I going to build I should go
up the Juba River where steamers reach
and so save some 120 miles of road to build
to Lake Victoria Nyanza. When the road
is built it will civilize the country and
break up the slave trade. It will open up
a fine country. I took an interest in the
East African company myself to the ex
tent of $75,000 directly. I did this not as a
j speculation, for I expected to sink the
| money, but to open up the country. In
stead of building the road the Englishmen
thought it better to sell out. Gladstone
was vacillating in his foreign policy, but
now that Salisbury is at the head of affairs
and the government has taken the com
pany up, I think the railroad will be put
through.
"I also put $50,000 into the railroad to be
built along the Congo under the auspices
of the Belgians. Leopold II individually
put a great deal of money into that scheme.
The Congo falls some 2100 feet in some 250
miles, so the road was to be built fifty or
sixty miles away from the river but paral
lel to its cour3e to Stanley Pool, whence
there would be good navigation. Again 1
expected to lose my money, but I put it in
J for opening up the country. It looks
doubtful about the building of that road.
I think more speculation in Belgium than
building in the Congo is going on in that
matter."
Mr. Huntington is a great admirer of
Continued on Third Pag*
SACRIFICED HIS LIFE
Artist Hovenden Killed
in Trying to Save a
Child.
STRUCK BY AN ENGINE.
The Little Girl He Attempts to
Rescue Also Meets
Death.
JUMPS A SECOND TOO LATE.
Sad End of a Famous Painter When
at the Zenith of His
Fame.
NORRISTOWN, Pa.. Aug. 14.— Thomas
Hovenden, the famous artist, was instantly
killed by a railroad train near here this
evening, and it was in attempting to save
the life of a little girl that he lost his own.
The sacrifice of Mr. Hovenden's life was
useless, because the child that he at
tempted to Bave also met her death be
neath the wheels of the same engine.
The accident occurred at a grade cross
ing on what is known as the Trenton cut
off of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
Chestnut Hill Trolley Company's tracKs
run up to the tracks of the railroad com
pany at the point where the accident oc
curred, but do not cross them. Passengers
of the trolley company are compelled to
leave the car at the railroad tracks and
cross the latter on foot to take a car on the
opposite side. Mr. Hovenden has a sum
mer residence in Plymouth Township,
this county, and he was returning home
this evening on a trolley-car. When the
car reached its stopping point on the far
side of the railroad track the passengers
alighted as usual and prepared to cross to
the car on the other side.
Besides Mr. Hovenden among the pas
sengers on the car were Mrs. Clara Peiffer
and her 10-year-old daughter Bessie. A
fast-freight train was approaching the
crossing as the passengers from the trolley
car alighted. The little girl did not
notice the train, and she ran ahead of her
mother to cross the tracks. The train
bore rapidly down and the engineer blew
his whistle freely when he saw the little
figure standing between the rails. The
child seemed to become confused and
awaited her coming death without attempt
ing fsi avoid it.
y> ■■ . Hovenden rushed forward and
snatched the child up in his arms. Be
fore he could make the leap that would
have saved them both the engine struck
him and hurled him across the track with
terrible force. The engineer stopped his
train and he and the fireman ran to where
Mr. Hovenden and the little girl were
lying. The man was dead and the child
died as soon as she was raised from the
gronnd.
Thomas Hovenden was One of the lead
ing artists of America. He was still in the
comparative prime of his intellectual vigor
and artistic skill, being but 54 years of age.
His best known painting, "Breaking
Home Ties," has been engraved probably
more than the work of any American
artist and is a familiar object on the walls
of thousands ot homes in the United
States. The painting was one of the most
notable of American groups at the World's
Fair. He was born in Dunmanway
County Cork, Ireland, December 28,
1840. He received his early art education
in the Cork School of Design ; came to
New York in 1563 and studied in the Na
tional Academy; In 1874 he went to Paris,
where he Ftudied^ in the Ecole dcs Beaux
Arts under Cabanel and returned to the
United States in 1880. He was elected an
associate of the National Academician in
1882, a member of the Society of American
Artists and a member of the American
Water-color Society in 1882, a member of
the Philadelphia Society of Artists in 1883
and a member of the New York Etching
Club in 1885. flia works include "The Two
Lillies," 1874; "A Britany Woman Spin
ning" and "Pleasant News," 1876; "The
Image Seller," Paris Salon, 1876; "Think
ing of Somebody," and "News From the
Conscript, 1877; "Pride of the Old Folks"
and "Loyalist Peasant Soldier of la Ven
dee 1793," 1878; "In Hoc Signo Vinces,"
1880 (published by Goupil <fe Co,, Paris);
"Dat Possum," 1880; "Elaine," 1882, and
"Last Moments of John Brown," 1884.
A ROAST FOR CLEVELAND
Caustic Arraignment of the
President by Senator
Butler.
Denounced as Dishonest, a Traitor
and a Tool of the Gold
bugs.
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 14.— 8enator
Marion Butter, in his speech at Concord,
made one of the severest attacks on Presi
dent Cleveland ever heard in North Caro
lina. He said:
*'The man who puts party above princi
ple is the best tool the goldbugs have, and
the devil never had a better servant than
the goldbug. Every bond this Govern
ment owes England or any other country,
or individual, is payable in gold or silver
at the option of the Government, and it
says so on the face of the bond. Yet Cleve
land is going to England to get gold when
he could pay bonds in silver. He does not
pay them in silver because he is a hireling
of the soldbugs.
"I charge it here, and I'll charge it on
the floor of the United States Senate if he
sends down his army after me for saying
so. If you have an honest man for Presi
dent he could make times easier in ten
days by calling Congress together to fur
nish relief.
"It is not enongh to send honest men to
Congress. We will never see better tiroes
until we drive traitors out of the White
House and get an honest free-silver man
for President."
Poison in the Pail.
CROWN POINT, Ind., Aug. 14.— Twenty
persona were poisoned at Horseford Park
last night. A dance was in progress and
all who participated drank from a pail of
water in which arsenic and strychnine bad
been placed. All the victims will recover
except Charles Williams, Miss Reisig and
two others. The Sheriff is making investi
gation.
FIVE YEARS FOR TAYLOR
The Defaulting Ex-Treaaurer Receive* a
Light Sentence. ,
PIERRE, K. , D., Aug. 14.— Ex-State
Treasurer Taylor was sentenced this morn
ing to five years in the penitentiary* in
Sioux City by Judge Gaffey.
* The courtroom was crowded when judg
ment was pronounced on the offending
ex-State Treasurer. In a low voice the de
fendant, in reply to the question if he had
anything to say, said : "I have not." [■■■'•
; The court then reviewed the crime and
the statutes bearing on the case. He con
sidered the much-discussed section void
and intimated that the two-year sentence
was not intended to cover such a case.
The worst part of Taylor's crime, in the
estimation of the Judge, was that he had
tried to force • a compromise < after getting
his hands on all the State funds he could.
WILL MARRY HIS VERA
Corbett and Mi** Stantcood to He
United Next Week.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 14.— A special
from Asbury Park, N. J.. says:
It is at length announced that Cham
pion Jim Corbett is to marry Vera Stan
wood, who was th? co-respondent in the
divorce suit recently won by Mrs. Corbett.
The wedding, it is said, is to take place
next week.
EIGHT RECORDS IN A HEAT.
Cyclist Titus Lowers All Marks
From Three to Ten
Miles.
Tyler of Springfield Sets a New
Time for One and Two
Mile Dashes.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 14.— The bi
cycle tournament held at the Manhattan
Beach track to-day developed sensational
record-breaking performances in the ama
teur and professional ranks. F. J. Titus
of New York, the famous crack of the
Spalding team, lowered the world's ama
teur competition record for ten miles. He
covered the distance in 20 mm. 58 4-5 Bee,
beating the previous record of 21 mm.
35 3-5 seconds by Harry Maddox of Asbury
Park by 4 4-5 sec, and incidentally lower
ing all existing records from three miles
up, incltlding the five-mile record of 10
mm. 20 2-5 6ec, held by himself and J. S.
Johnson.
fa. C. Tyler of Springfield, Mass., low
ered Barden's world's professional one
mile record of 1 mm. 50 2-5 sec, covering
the distance in 1 mm. 49 2-5 sec. He went
on for tbe two-mile record, from which he
clipped two-fifths of a second, his time
being 3 mm. 56 sec.
The tournament was in aid of the New
York Herald free ice fund and between
3000 and 4000 people attended the sport.
The weather was admirably suited to
record-breaking, scarcely a breath of wind
to retard the riders. The programme was
of a nature sufficiently varied to suit the
most exacting spectator, including a spar
ring exhibition, trick riding, an actors'
race and a match race between Champion
Corbett and Harry Wheeler. Wheeler
was presumably imbued with that branch
of spirit of the charity which is self
effacing and Corbett won by a length much
to the amusement of the spectators.
In the ten-mile race between Titus and
Maddox the latter jumped ahead when the
pistol was fired, but Titus outmaneuvered
him and got the quad, on which were
Cutter, Newhouse, Matto and Waller.
The pace was a hot one and Maddox, who
had taken a lot out of himself in the
skirmish for the quad, was tiring visibly
when the first mile was done in 2:03 1-5.
The second mile was made in 4:04 2-5 with
Maddox nearly half a lap behind, and in
the second round of the third mile
Titus overlapped him, Stonge and
Silvie came out on a tandem to help the
Astmry Park man along, but he could not
go the pace, and the Spalding crack covered
the third mile in 6:06 2-5, a lap ahead. On
the fourth mile Maddox had enough, and
quit. Titus was loudly cheered as he sped
along on the heels of the quad, ana the
fourth mile was made in 8:113-5. When
Fred Burns announced the time for live
miles, 10:18 1-5, world's record, the ap
plause was deafening.
The Riverside wheelman sped on, going
fresh within himself, and urging on the
tandem, which had replaced the quad, and
was steered by Billy Murphy and Austin
Crooks. The sixth and seventh miles were
finished in 12:23 3-5 and 14:29 respec
tively, and when the time at the end of
each mile was announced as having
broken previous records, the cheering
broke out anew.
After the eighth mile was made in
16:33 1-5 there ensued a piece of mis
management, which undoubtedly pre
vented the record-breaker from taking a
much bigger piece off the previous best
time. Originally, it was intended to have
two quads to pace alternately, but one
broke down before the start, and tandems
were put on instead.
The pacing was fair until the eighth
mile, when the tandem pair tired and
Titus, after calling for the quad which for
some unaccountable reason had dis
mounted, went ahead and practically
made his own pace for the last two miles.
The watches made the ninth mile 18:46,
and, amid tremendous applause, the
speedy Titus passed the finish line in
20:58 4-5, beating the world's previous
amateur record (in competition) from 3 to
10 miles.
Following Titus' ereat feat came the an
nouncement that Berlo of Boston would
try to lower the American professional
one-mile record held by himself of 1:53.
He succeeded in tying this time. Among
other features of the programme during
the afternoon was the sparring exhibition
by Bob Fitzsimmons and Frank Bosworth.
his sparring partner. Those who expected
to see a repetition of the Philadelphia
fraca3 between "Lanky Bob" and "Gentle
man Jim," who was performing in a now
capacity to-day, were disappointed, as the
rivals for championship honors did not re
new hostilities.
Leveled by a Hailstorm.
BELLE PLAINS, Mis.v., Ausr. 14. -A
tornado, rain and hail storm struck this
place last evening. Hail of great size fell
to the depth of four inches, breaking all
glass fronts in business places, all the win
dows in dwellings, churches and the City
Hall. Many small buildings were un
roofed and overturned. Horses standing
on the streets were knocked senseless.
The corn crop is totally destroyed. The
loss to property at tljis time cannot be
estimated. Culverts were destroyed and
railroad traffic is delayed.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LYNCHED BY A MOB
The Vincents Hanged to
a Tree by Citizens
of Ellensburg.
TAKEN FROM THE JAILi
Determined Men Overpower
the Sheriff and His
Deputies.
SHORT SHRIFT FOR BOTH.
Willing: Hands Pull the Rope That
Launches Them Into
Eternity.
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Aug. 14.—Mur
derers Samuel and Charles Vincent, father
and son, were taken from jail here early
this morning by a mob and lynched. The
avengers were determined, and the Sheriff
and his deputies were soon overpowered.
The doomed men were given no chance
for parting words, and scores of will
ing hands launched the murderers into
eternity.
The Vincents were to have had a hear
ing to-day, but the people of Ellensburg
decided to save the expense of a trial. A
crowd gathered in, the streets last night
and proceeded to put their plans into ex
ecution. At least nine-tenths of the peo
ple favored immediate action, and some of
the most prominent citizens were in the
crowd. A few were masked, but the ma
jority made no attempt at disguise.
It was 1 o'clock this morning that the
word was given to move on the jail.
Sheriff Stinson made a brave effort to de
fend nis prisoners, but without aval. His
force was too small to have any effect
against the big crowd that demanded ad
mittance, and the jail was such a weak
structure that it was impossible to keep the
crowd out.
As soon as they entered the lynchers
made a rush for the cell in which Charles
Vincent was confined. It was one of tne
steel cages, and for a while it defied the ef
forts of the crowd, but it was finally opened
and the prisoner dragged out. He made
little resistance, seeming to be overcome
with fear. He was dragged out of the jail
and to a small silver-poplar near by. A
rope was thrown over a branch, tied around
his neck, and in another moment he was
dangling in the air. The crowd then rid
dled the body with bullets.
The mob had at first intended to lynch
young Vincent only, but just at this time
news was spread that Burglin, the man
stabbed by the elder Vincent, was dead.
Then it was decided to make a thorough
job of it. The avengers marched back to
the jail. Again Sheriff Stinson made a
brave but unsuccessful fight to save his
prisoner. Vincent, apparently half dead
with fear, made no resistance. He was
dragged out and soon was hanging beside
his son.
The excitement in town to-day is in
tense, but so far the authorities have taken
no action.
The crime for which the citizens of
Ellensburg took the law into their own
hands was wholly unwarranted. On Sun
day, while drunk, Charles Vincent shot
Mike Kohlopp, the proprietor of a saloon,
inflicting a wound which quickly proved
fatal. John Burglin, who. was in the sa
loon at the time, tried to^ave Kohlopp's
life, but was stabbed and mortally wound
ed by Sam Vincent, fatter of Charles.
Burglin lingered until last iygbt, when he
died.
The killing caused an intense feeling of
indignation in the community. The Vin
cents were looked upon as bad men, and
there was a determination to get rid of
them. Charles Vincent had a bad crimi
nal record. He had served a term in the
Oregon penitentiary for burglary and was
regarded as a second-class crook. He
acted as a stool-pigeon for the detectives
in a proposed robbery of the Northern Pa
cirlc Railroad and exposed the plans of the
robbers. As soon as news of the killing
spread there was strong talk among the
citizens in favor of lynching. Lawless
deeds have been so frequent that it was
felt that a warning was needed.
RAWL SON`S GREAT SCHEME
Arrest of the Man Who Stole Railroad
Sails at Wholesale.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 14.— A. W. Rawl
son was arrested here to-night on a war
rant charging larceny from the "Union
Pacific Railroad in Nebraska. July 25 last
Rawlson and his partner hired a dozen
men and six teams at Grand Island, Nebt.,
and attempted to load a lot of steel rails on
flat cars at Grand Island for shipment to
Chicago and Indiana. At the time Rawl
son's partner was arrested, but Rawlson
escaped, and corning to Chicago went to
work as a collector for a business house.
The police here say that the two men
had planned to steal $30,000 worth of rails
and ship them to Chicago and that they
made contracts for delivery to 'several
parties is definitely known. They
chartered cars from the Burlineton road
for the shipment.
Previous to July 25. while Rawlson was
in Chicago making contracts for the de
livery of the iron, he encountered Azel P,
Hatch, a lawyer. Rawlson painted the
scheme with such a rosy hue that Mr.
Hatch, the police say, advanced Rawlson
$600. This part of the s ory is denied by
Mr. Hatch. Rawlson will probably de
mand a requisition before returning to
Nebraska.
FELL ONE HUNDRED FEET.
Thrilling Accident to an Aeronaut Whose
Parachute failed to Open.
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 14.— W. H.
Hanner, a young aeronaut from Cincin
nati, had a narrow escape from instant
death to-day. He made an ascension at
Point Breeze, intending to make a para
chute leap when at a high altitude. When
about 100 feet in the air his balloon wag
caught in a contrary wind which hnrled
the bag against a windmill. Hanner saw
that a collision was inevitable and cut
loose His parachute refused to open and
he fell like a log to the ground. He was
apparently unhurt, although the physi
cians fear he may have sustained internal
injuries that wili prove serious.
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