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VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 84.
FAVOR FREE COINAGE
Democrats of Nebraska
the Friends of
Silver.
BRYAN'S PLAN UPHELD.
An Interesting Platform
Adopted at the State
Convention.
MANY REFORMS ARE URGED.
Of Course the Resolutions Contain
Some Flattery for the Ad
ministration.
•i OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 22.-The Demo
.; I cratic State Convention here to-day nomi
.'{iiated for Associate Justice of the Supreme
"• • Court Charles J. Phelps of Coifax County,
and for Regents of the State University A.
,"• T. Blackburn of Holt County and Robert
Keble of Dodge County. A free coinage
, | resolution, offered by ex-Congressman W.
■ 'J. Bryan,, chairman of the committee on
.resolutions, was adopted by an overwhelm
"■ • ing majority, but six votes being cast
■ ' against it.
;-\ -At 10 o'clock this morning the State
.'Central Committee met. There was only
i '.one contest, that from Boyd County, be
tween D. W. Forbes and Henry Rusten
.-. niyer. The committee decided that Mr.
"'•-' Forbes' credentials were good.
§"■ John C. Thompson of Fremont was
selected for temporary chairman andF. J.
Morgan of Plattsmouth for temporary sec
■•> retary. ■ When, after the committee had
adjourned, Mr. Thompson heard of the
: .'hono.r conferred upon him, he entered a
■'; vigorous protest, declaring he had come
down to be on the outside and enjoy a
pleasant and harmonious Democratic con
. vention and he objected to working.
,= : •"; The matter of resolutions caused a great
. deal of discussion. While all were in favor
.. ' af the free and unlimited coinage of silver,
there was a very decided difference of
opinion as to the way the silver plank
should be worded. Half a dozen planks
■ were quietly formulated, and all had strong
supporters and just as strong opDonents.
"* All of them were based, or supposed to be,
on the plank adopted at the Democratic
State Convention last year.and there was a
considerable sentiment in favor of simply
adopting it over again.
The gallery was crowded before the con
. vention was called to order, and every
. chair on the main floor was occupied by a
- . delegate or a Democrat. The WorJd-Her
. aid sent to Chairman Smyth 500 aluminum
•.: "Its to 1" buttons, which were distributed
:. ..to. delegates.
.[it was 2:40 o'clock when Chairman
;• Smyth called the convention to order. It
had . been decided that Hon. John O.
° Thompson of Fremont should be the ter
n': porary chairman, but Hon. F. M. Davis of
"•. Beatrice was named for the position. He
''•-said he did not have his extemporaneous
; speech prepared, and asKed for the pleas
. ure of the convention. F. J. Morgan of
■ Cass County and N. P. Nelson were nomi
;•> nated as temporary secretary. Commit
• tiees were appointed as follows: Resolu
./ ■is— Hon. W. J. Bryan of Lancaster,
'• : Charles H. Brown of Douglas, C. G. Ryan
: of Hall, Hon. George W. Doan of Douglas,
Hon. C. Casper of Butler. C. J. Bowlby of
; Saline and C. P. Fall of Gage. The com
'- mittee on resolutions retired for delibera
tion, and the convention listened to the
; presentation of the claims of two contest
• ing' delegations from Boyd County.
'•; The following was the platform written
' by Mr. Bryan and adopted almost unani
r mously, a substitute embodying the coin
age plank of the Chicago platform of 1892
. ■ receiving but six votes:
? • 'We, the Democrats of Nebraska, in conven
. • tion assembled, reaffirm our faith in those
. _- principles written in the Declaration of Ameri-
; j can Independence and emphasized by Jeffer
'., E6n and Jackson, namely, that all men are
. ■ created equal; that they are endowed by their
■ :" Creator with certain inalienable rights, among
• Vrjricb are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
:"': i-'iness; that governments are instituted among
'; pi?n to secure these rights, and that govern
.'•" inents derive their just powers from the con
■.' ien.t or the governed; and we demand that all
•; the departments of the Government, legisla
tive and judicial, shall be administered In ac
.-- cordance with these principles.
" f" : We Teaffirm the declarations made by the last
' j)eihocra:ic State Convention held in Nebraska
"■.' on September 26, 1894. _
•• ; : We believe that the restoration of the money
. - .of the constitution is now the paramount issue
. before the country, and insist that all parties
■"- '.shall plainly state their respective positions
. iipan this question, in order that the voters
• jaay. intelligently express their preference; we,
' . therefore, declare ourselves in favor of the im
'' ia'ediate restoration of the free and unlimited
= /coinage of gold and silver at the present legal
' r.atio of 16 to 1, as such coinage existed
.; prior to 1873, without waiting for the aid or
• consent of any other nation, such gold and sil
• der coin to be a full legal tender for all debts,
■ public and private.
We send greeting to our Democratic brethren
' throughout the Union, who are making such a
gallant light for the restoration of bimetallism
•. and. congratulate them upon the progress
; ■made.
• • We deprecate and denounce as un-American
.• and subversive of the principles of free gov
• ernment, any attempt to control the action or
". pohcy'of the political parties of this country
by secret cabals or organizations of any char
: acter and warn the people against the danger
" to our institutions which lurks under any such
.. secret organization, whether based on relig
ious, political or other differences of opinion.
• '. Recognizing that the stability of our institu
tipns must rest on the virtue and Intelligence j
. of the people, we stand, as in the past, in favor
of , the free common school system of the State,
• and declare that the same must be perpetuated
4n"d receive liberal financial support, and that
.the management and control of said school
• system should' be non-sectarian and non-par
, iisan.
.' ..The Democracy of Nebraska approve and
]• commends the declaration of President Cleve-
I, land in the past in condemning the pernicious
*.. activity of incumbents of Federal offices under
.' the Government in attempting to control the
„ policy and nominations of their parties, and
.. we 'hereby recommend the renewal of the
policy of his first administration in that regard.
We •affirm the uncompromising opposition
, of the Democratic party to the fostering aid by
• the Government, either National or State, of
chartered monopolies, and declare it as the
recognized policy of the party from the days of
■•"Jefferson and Jackson to watch with the ut
.most Jealousy the encroachments of corporate
. : power; ana we are in favor of such legislation
»8 will insure a reasonable control by the State
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of corporations deriving their powers and
privileges from the State, and especially the
regulations of rates for transportation by the
railroads of the State.
The convention proper adjourned at the
close of the afternoon meeting. The even
ing was occupied by two addresses, one by
W. I). Oldham of Kearny, and the other
by ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan of Lin
coln. Both speeches were well received,
and that of Mr. Bryan was a triumph of
oratory, the audience cheering and ap
plauding him throughout and giving him
a great ovation at the close.
REPUBLICANS OF UTAH.
They Unite in Convention to nominate
State Officers.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Aus. 22.— The Re
publican convention for the nomination of
the live State Senators and fifteen legisla
tive representatives for Salt Lake County
and for the election of delegates to the
State convention and the judicial conven
tion has been in session since 10 o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Emeline B. Wells was
chosen for temporary chairman and the
permanent chairmanship fell to C. S.
Varian.
Resolutions in favor of the free and un
limited coinage of silver, protection and
reciprocity and woman's suffrage were
adopted. The entire day was consumed in
receiving reports of the committees and in
cancusing, there being many discordant
factions in the convention. Balloting for
legislative representatives was commenced
at 10 o'clock to-night, and it looks as
though it will be daylight to-morrow
morning before the nominations are made.
POPULISTS OF 3TARYLAXD.
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Fifty Met at Baltimore and Selected a
State Ticket.
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 22.— re
sponse to a call issued by Editor X. A.
Dunning of the Watchman, Washington,
D. C, about fifty Populists met in this city
to-day and held the Maryland State con
vention of the People's party.
They nominated: For Governor, Henry
T. Newton of Caroline County; Attorney-
General, William B. Morrell of Calvert
County; Comptroller, S. H. Gibson of
Somerset County. When the resolutions
committee made its report, indorsing the
Omaha platform and authorizing the free
coinage of silver, there was trouble. The
Dunning faction wanted a free-coinage
plank in order to secure the Socialistic
vote. The convention adopted the report
of the committee, and the Dunning faction
left the hall in disgust.
Last year the People's party polled about
2000 votes in the State. They will hardly
be a factor in the political campaign.
FAILED TO ROB THE TRAIN
Two Bandits Outwitted by the
Cleverness of an
Engineer.
After They Entered the Passenger
Coaches the Train Was Started
at Full Speed.
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GALVESTON, Tex., Aug. 22.-An un
successful attempt was made to hold up
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe train No. 5
at Heidenheimer, this morning at 2 o'clock.
Trains Nos. 5 and 6 pass at Heiden
heimer, and it was while No. 5 was pulling
out of the switch that two men boarded
the engine, and at the point of their pis
tols forced the fireman and engineer to
crawl out of the cab.
The robbers then proceeded to the pas
senger coaches, firing several shots to
scare the engine crew. After the robbers
disappeared toward the coaches Engineer
Franks and his fireman returned to the
cab and set the engine going at full speed,
and did not stop until the train reached
Cameron, where the crew made a tour of
the train to see if they could find anything
of the robbers. They were not there, and
it is supposed they jumped off when they,
found the train running at full speed,
from which fact they evidently thought
something was wrong and they had better
give up the job. It is probably due to
Engineer Franks' thoughtfulness that the
hold-up was not successful.
PILGRIMAGE OF KNIGHTS
California Commandery See
ing Wonderful Things on
Their Way East.
Sir Sanborn Promises to Land the
Templars In Chicago Ahead
of Time.
BENKELMAN, Nebr., Ang. 22.— Sir
Knight Sanborn struck his native heath,
the Burlington, at Denver this afternoon,
since which he has been more than ever in
command of the rolling stock and making
promises of landing the commandery in
Chicago ninety minutes ahead of the
schedule. He has been taking precautions
to make good his bluff, too, and the scenery
has been showing strong symptoms of St.
Vitus' dance in its hurried passage.
A stop often minutes was made at Royal
Gorge about 9 o'clock this morning, where
everybody cot out to stand appalled at the
tremendous rent in the rocks and inci
dentally get photographed. Then the run
was made to Denver, where a stop of fifteen
minutes was employed in shaking hands
with the Sir Knights of that city. The ride
to-day was under a coated sky with a dash
of rain in the afternoon. Eminent Sir F.
W. Street was officer of the day.
The Los Angelenos are in charge of the
concert to-night, the programme of which
is varied and of high quality. Frank
Rader and Harvey Lindley, R. E. C, are
acting as managers.
With a Jiig Capital.
ALBANY, N. V., Aug. 22.-The Ameri
can Spirits Manufacturing Company was
to-day incorporated with the Secretary of
State to carry on a general business of dis
tilling spirits, including the distilling, re
distilling and rectiiying of high wines and
alcohol spirits and whiskies of all kinds,
with principal business office in New York
City. The capital is $7,000,000.
Troops t'rofn Jaeksona Holt.
LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 22.— General Cop
pinger, who commanded the Federal troops
in the Jacksons Hole trouble, departed for
headquarters in Omaha to-day. Tlie
citizens tendered him a reception last
night. The troops of the Ninth Cavalry
will be left at Fort Washakie for the
present.
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1895.
RAVAGES OF FLAMES
A Serious Fire on the
Milwaukee River
Front.
SPREAD BY A BIG GALE.
Rapid Destruction of Steam
boat and Railroad Ware
houses and Cars.
CONSIDERABLE FREIGHT LOST.
Osceola, Nebraska, Almost Wiped
From the Map by a Con
flagration.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 22.— A fire
which threatened to make great havoc
broke out at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the
warehouse of the Union Steamboat Com
pany in the Menominee River. A thirty
mile wind was blowing ana the flames
spread with great rapidity. At 2:30 the
fire was under control. The damage
amounts to upward of $300,000, and some
estimates place the loss at $400,000.
The prominent buildings burned besides
the frame dwellings that were destroyed
on Fowler and Second streets were as fol
lows: Union Steamboat Company's ware
house, Anchor Line warehouse, Pennsyl
vania railroad freighthouse, Wisconsin
Central freighthouse (owned by the St.
Paul Company), part of Pritzlaff ware
house, H. J. Delaney's oil warehouse and
E. T. Doyn's plumbing-shop.
The Union Steamboat Company's build
ing was (300 feet in length and in it were
thousands of tons of freight, all of which
was destroyed with the building. Over
sixty freightcars belonging to the St. Paul
Company and in process of being loaded or
ready to ship were soon enveloped in flames
and destroyed.
Within half an hour after the fire broke
out in the steamboat warehouse the Wis
consin Central freighthouse, just north of
the river and 300 feet in length, was totally
destroyed. A little while after the freight
cars began burning, tire broke forth from
the cupola of the oil and grease establish
ment of H. J. Delaney <fe Co., on Third
street, a half block from the track from
where the burning cars stood. Following
this the plumbing establishment of E. T.
Doyn on Second street was quickly
destroyed and the wagon-shop of H.
Trinkner adjoinine took fire several times,
but it was put out. A row of small frame
dwelling-houses on Fowler street, directly
opposite the St. Paul freighthouse, took
tire one after the other and were destroyed.
The main freighthouse of the St. Paul
Company, extending from the southwest
corner of Fowler and Second to Third
streets, had a very close call, but was
saved.
The burned territory extends from West
Water street along the river front up to
the Sixth-street viaduct.
The docks of the .Detroit, Grand Haven
and Milwaukee Railway for a time were in
imminent danger of destruction. So quick
were the ilames to take the freighthouse
of the Wisconsin Company that the officers
were unable to close their safes or rescue
the valuable records, and all these were
destroyed with the building.
The heaviest losses will be those
sustained by the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul and the Wisconsin Central Com
pany, but owing to the fact that the freight
destroyed cannot now be estimated as to
quantity or Kind no figures given at this
time would be near correct, but the damage
wiil be extensive. The losses sustained by
the St. Paul Company were about sixty
freightcars of an average value of $400
each, more than half of them loaded or
nearly loaded, as the fire came at the
busiest time of the day in the freight
yards. In addition to this the St. Paul
Company owned the 300-foot freighthouse
occupied by the Wisconsin Central, which
was totally destroyed, filled with freight
which was in charge of the Central Com
pany, and a number of cars owned by the
latter company. The losses to the railway
companies will probably reach $100,000.
The losses are nearly wholly covered by
insurance, including goods in transit.
Both the St. Paul and Wisconsin Central
Railway companies and the Union Steam
boat Company, the Anchor line and the
Pennsylvania line were fully insured, as
well as the goods in their hands.
While the fire was in progress, Joseph
McManus, a nephew of Detective William
McManus, was run over by an engine and
instantly killed.
OSCJEOLA'S HEAVY ZOSS.
The Largest Hulldings Consumed in Very
bhort Order.
OSCEOLA, Nebb., Aug. 22.— At 9:30
o'clock this morning, fire, caused by a de
fective chimney, broke out in the bakery
and restaurant of Joseph Karrer on the
south side of the public square. The fire
alarm was sounded at once, but it was ap
parent from the start, with the strong wind
that was blowing at the time, that not
much could be done toward fighting the
flames, which spread east and west
along the street, taking out nearly all that
side of the square, leaving only A. P.
Mickey's hardware-store and the Osceola
Bank building standing.
The fire company did its best to confine
the fire to the Karrer building, but the
other buildings being dry, caught fire line
powder, and all efforts to stop the spread
of the flames were unavailing.
The second building to catch fire was the
grocery-store of West & Gushee, on the
west. This was another frame structure,
and being 100 feet long made a big blaze.
The fire then spread to the east, burning
several other buildings. The total loss will
reach $50,000, and the insurance amounts
to $22,000.
THREATEX'ED Jtl FOREST FIRES.
For Two Days Dead wood Was in Dan
ger of Destruction.
DEAD WOOD, S. D., Aug. 22.— A -very
large forest fire has been raging within two
miles of this city for the last two days.
To-day, with a heavy northeast wind, the
fire was rapidly fanned toward the city and
threatened serious disaster. Large gangs
of men were put to work turning the tire
away from the city, and to-night the dan
ger is almost past. The fire is still raging,
but it is thought it will pass by Deadwood.
TOO MUCH MILITARY HULL
There Is a Strong Sentiment
in Hawaii Against the
Dole Regime.
Cleghorn Says the Natives Would
Prefer Annexation to the
Present Government.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 22.— "A. S.
Cleghorn, Honolulu," is the inscription
written on the register at the Windsor
Hotel. Cleghorn, although a Scotchman
i by birth, is the father of the young woman
Known as the Princess Kaiulani, who has
a hope that she will some day be the Queen
of Hawaii. The Princess, who is now
about 20 years of age, is at present in
France, and her father intends to join her
there. He came here from Honolulu.
"That place," he said last night, "is
about as comfortable as one could expect
under a military despotism. I don't think
the present condition o! affairs can long con
tinue. Business is at a practical standstill
and nobody feels secure.
"Queen Liliuokalani is still a prisoner in
her palace. There is a strong sentiment in
Hawaii in favor of the restoration of Lili
uokalani. If the question were put to a
i vote of the white and native residents, the
i result would be in favor of the restoration
!by five to one. But under present condi
j tions wecanno* have au election."
Regarding Minister Willis, Mr. Cleghorn
said : "He is a gentleman and a diplomat,
! yet I think that Commissioner Blount
should have been allowed to remain and
complete his task. It had been proved to
Mr. Blount's satisfaction that the Ameri
can flag floated over the Government build
ing before the revolution, and that the re
publican conspiracy was hatched under its
folds.
"The royal party in Hawaii at present
would prefer to be annexed to the United
States rather than put up with the exist
; ing condition of affairs. We have too
much military rule. It is a great pity that
j the United States has not a clearer idea of
i the situation in Hawaii. When the Queen
was in power there was no necessity for
j the soldiers being continually armed.
They never carried arms unless upon mili
tary duty.
"It is unfortunate that President Cleve
land did not send to Hawaii a commission
consisting of three or more members, in
stead of only one Commissioner. Such a
commission would have gone to the bot
tom of affairs, and its report would have
commanded the respect and attention of
every American."
Fatal Collision on the Hail.
PETERSBURG, Va., Aug. 22.— This
morning about 2 o'clock a material train
on the Norfolk Western Railroad, while
standing on a sidetrack near Pampina sta
tion, was run into by a westbound freight
train. The collision was caused by the
spreading of the rails. The locomotive of
the freight train was overturned and En
gineer W. H. Wysong instantly killed.
His fireman, whose name has not been
ascertained, was so badly mangled that he
died shortly after being taken from the
wreck.
Rich Prize for Firemen.
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 22.— The $1000 in
ternational championship gold belt offered
by the exposition for the firemen's races
has been received. It consists of nine
shields of gold. The central shield is sur
mounted by the American flag and an
eagle in gold, with diamonds to represent
the stars of the States, and bears the in
scription: International Championship
Belt for Hose Racing. Open to the World.
Offered by the Cotton States and Interna
tional Exposition Company of Atlanta, Ga.
JPIQNEBB ENGINE ON TQE SAN JOAftUIN VALLEY EOAJ>. ' * - '
EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
An Insurgent Captain of
Cuba Shot by the
Spanish.
REBELS GAIN HEADWAY.
Two-Thirds of the Island Said
to Be in the Possession
of Natives.
GENERAL CAMPOS DISCOURAGED.
No Money to Carry on the War and
Troops Are In a State of
Starvation.
KEY WEST, Fla., Aug. 22.— Passengers
by the steamer Mascotte report that the
first public political execution took place
at Matanzas on the 20th inst. at 6 a. m.
The insurgent Captain Domingo Mujica
was captured recently near Joveltanos,
court-martialed and shot as a traitor to
Spain. Mujica was a young man and came
of one of the best families in the Province
of Matanzas. His execution, it is feared,
will cause the insurgents to follow the ex
ample set by the Spanish officers, and in
the future all Spaniards falling Into their
hands will meet with Mujica's fate.
Captain Garrido, a Spanish officer, dis
covered in Santiago de Cuba an insurgent's
hospital where seventy-four wounded
rebels had taken refuge, and put them to
death, using the mach ete. Such barbarous
acts are causing many prominent Cubans,
heretofore loyal to the Government, to join
the insurgents. It is reported in military
circles that the insurgents are in posseesion
of that part of the island lying between
Colon and Cape Maysi, amounting to about
two-thirds of the island, and that Spain
may as well call home her troops. They
are not able to cope with the insurgents,
who are gaining strength every day. The
town of Sancti Bpiritus is almost com
pletely deserted.
It is reported that Martinez Campos in
an interview with General Arderius, his
brother-in-law, stated that he feared Cuba
was lost. Campos said he did not have
the money necessary to carry on the war,
and that his 'troops were poorly fed and
were completely demoralized.
Yesterday only two steamers were in the
port of Havana, the Mascotte and the Ar
ansas. All others are reducing their sched
ules and are still sustaining heavy losses.
Business throughout the city is stagnated.
There is but little tobacco in the market
and exorbitant prices are charged. Mer
chants say that no matter which way the
war may turn the outlook for Havana is
gloomy.
Private letters contradict the report of
the battle between Sanchez and Planca, as
published in the Havana papers. The
letters state that the battle took place on
the 18th at Placetas. The insurgents had
1400 men and the Spanish 600. The battle
lasted four hours. The insurgents lost
sixty-two and the troops 300 killed and
wounded.
When the news of the battle reached
Havana many who had enlisted to go to
the front refused to go. All telegraphic
communication between Trinidad and
Sancti Spiritus has been destroyed. The
insurgents under the command of Ber
mudas, in the early part of last week, en
tered the town of Lorn a Cruz, Las Villas
district, captured the garrison and after
sacking the town set fire to it.
On the 18th the insurgents burned the
sugar plantation of Eustaguio, near Puerto
Principe.
Martinez Campos arrived at Santa Clara
Sunday morning and will fortify the town.
TAMPA, Fxa., Aug. 22.— Among the
passengers arriving from Cuba to-night
was a gentleman who reports that when
he left the island everything was in readi
ness for the formation of the Provisional
Government, which would be conducted at
Najasa by a conference of delegates from
the various districts now in open rebel
lion. It is understood that General Maceo,
the distinguished leader, will be named as
President. General Gomez will command
the movements and the Marquis de Las
tenta Lucia will be chosen as secretary.
Before the dissolution of the convention a
full Cabinet will be appointed.
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 22.— A dispatch
from Santa Clara gives an account of a
battle fought yesterday in the streets of
the village of Barajagua. A large band of
rebels under Chief Rego made an attack
upon the village, which was stoutly re
sisted by a detachment of troops stationed
there. A heavy exchange of firing con
tinued for two hours, when the insurgents
retreated, after settina fire to a number of
houses. The fire spread rapidly and the
entire village was burned. The rebels [left
forty killed and wounded on the field.
JtOMAXCE A>'D DIVORCE.
Mrs. Farker and Her English Lord Have
Considerable Trouble.
PERRY, 0. T., Aug. 22.— Mrs. Maude
Parker, once a well-known society woman
of Chicago, filed suit for divorce from
Everett E. Parker in the District Court at
Newkirk, this State. Mrs. Parker says she
and Everett Parker were married in Chi
cago in November, 1892, and she thought
before the marriage that he was rich. The
next morninc after the marriage Mrs.
Parker alleges that her husband requested
a loan of some money of her, and to her
great astonishment she learned that he
was penniless, and she left him.
Mrs. Parker came to Oklahoma and pro
cured some valuable property. After three
months' stay in Perry she brought suit for
divorce against Parker in the Probate
Court. While this suit was pending Mrs.
Parker met U. T. Brook, an English lord
fresh from London, who is rich and whose
income from an estate left him in the East
is from $30,000 to $40,000 yearly.
It was a case of love at first sight. Mrs.
Parker obtained a divorce in the Probate
Court, but very soon the Supreme Court of
Oklahoma decided that divorces granted
by probate judges were null and void.
Everett E. Parker, the husband, appeared
on the scene, having been, he said, looking
for his pretty wife for more than a year.
He swore out warrants for the arrest of
Lord Brook and Mrs. Parker, and after a
week's trial the case was dismissed, and it
was said money settled it. New trouble
arose. A difference in Mrs. Parker's testi
mony led to her indictment for perjury.
Lord Brook was indicted for selling whisky
by wholesale without a license. Besides
the court and people were getting after the
unhappy pair for living together as man
and wife, so Lord Brook and the woman
went to another city and were secretly
married. Then warrants were sworn out
charging them with bigamy. So Lord
Brook and the woman fled to British Co
lumbia. Two weeks ago Mrs. Parker se
cretly came back for a divorce from Parker
again.
F OUGHT FIERCELY ON A TRAIN.
During the Battle Tvco of the Excursion-
ists Were Killed.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 22.— While an
excursion train on the way from Knoxville,
Term., to Cumberland Gap was going at
full speed a number of intoxicated persons
commenced a fight; the trainmen, as
sisted by Captain Wynne, superintendent
of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Louisville Railroad, attempted to restore
order. When they interfered the bel
ligerents drew knives and pistols and shot
in the car heedlessly. When quiet was re
stored two of the excursionists were found
dead from pistol wounds and Captain
Wynne was dangerously cut.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD
While Arresting Train-Robbers
a Detective Was Fatally
Wounded.
Two Suspects Fought and Escaped
When Encountered In a Pas-
senger Coach.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 22.—De
tective Powers was seriously and perhaps
fatally shot in the head while arresting
two of the train-robbers who held up the
Chicago and West Michigan passenger
Tuesday night near New Richmond in a
smoker of the 10:40 northbound Grand
Rapids and Indianapolis train to-night.
Word was sent to the police headquarters
to-night that aboard a Lake Shore train at
Dorr station this morning were two strange
men. They were spotted on the outgoing
train this evening, for all trains had been
under surveillance for the two suspects.
As the detective was going through the
train and as he entered the smoker he saw
two men who tallied with the descriptions
given.
He grabbed one and at the same time
blew hia whistle for aid, as other officers
were going through other cars. The
moment he blew his whistle one of the
men drew a revolver and shot him through
the head and he fell to the car floor. As
the other officers rushed in, the two men
jumped from the train, escaping in the
darkness.
The whole detective force was at once
called out and every available policeman
was detailed and the country is being
scoured for the two desperadoes.
Detective Powers died at 1:35 a. m.
Passengers From San Francisco.
NEW YORK, N. V., Auc. 22.— The
steamer City of Para, which arrived from
Colon this morning, brought the following
passengers from San Francisco: Marion
Cohn, C. Boyle, Chris Boylan, Alfred
Brechtel, M. ' Chappel. Charles Davis,
Thomas Dalton, Harris Helga, D. Ma
honey, Charles Mitchell, M. Mintnrns,
Mike Mullaly, J. Murecke, M. Marcus,
William Muller, Samuel Millust. J. Mc-
Pherson, P. McCarthy, Ed Petersen, John
Spolders, John Swanson, John Slater and
John Wade.
Shaken by an Earthquake.
MADRID, Bpaih, Aug. 22.— The town of
Coin, in the province of Malaga, was
shaken by an earthquake to-day which
lasted twenty-five seconds. The damage
done to buildings i 3 very serious.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HIXSON IN A HURRY
Started tor Ku Cheng
Without Proper
Authority.
SO DID ENSIGN EVANS.
Complications Were Caused
by an Excess of Zeal on
the Part of Officers.
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CAPTAIN NEWELL DETAILED.
Perhaps the Chinese Will Now Per
mit an Investigation of
the Massacres.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 22.— The
investigation which the Government of
the United States will make into the Ku
Cheng massacre has been somewhat com
plicated, and the probabilities seem to bo
that the complication has been caused by
an excess of zeal on the part of J. Courtney
Hixson of Alabama, United States Consul
at Foo Chow or Fu Chan, who has gone to
Ku Cheng as the principal representative
of the United States on the joint British-
American commission of inquiry.
It was learned to-day that Mr. Hixson
and the commission started for Ku Cheng
before the formalities preliminary to the
inquiry had been arranged with the Chinese
Government, and before the Stato Depart
ment had sent him full instructions, and
the interesting information has just come
to light that the department was some
what surprised to learn, after the commis
sion had left Foo Chow, that the Ameri
can representative was Ensign Waldo
Evans of the United States cruiser De
troit.
It was • the determination of the State
Department, after a consultation with
naval officials, to send Captain Newell of
the Detroit to Ku Cheng with Mr. Hixson.
Captain Newell' s wide experience and his
reputation for discretion and good judg
ment caused his selection. But befora
Minister Denby had arranged all matters
concerning the commission with the Chi
nese Government Mr. Hixson and Ensign
Evans started for Ku Cheng, and the sup
position here is that the refusal of the Chi
nese officials who are also making inquiry
into the massacre to permit them to at
tend the hearing is caused by the fact that
proper authority from the Peking Govern
ment was not obtained by Mr. Hixson
before he made his somewhat hasty de
parture. . Z ,:.,_
The cablegram from Hongkong via Lon
don, stating that Captain Newell had gone
from Fob Chow to Ku Cheng, causes much
satisfaction and justifies the belief that he
has obtained full authority 'to pursue the
investigation which : Mr. Denby was in
structed to secure, and will break the
deadlock caused by the refusal of the Chi
nese officials at Ku Cheng to permit the
foreign Commissioners to be present at
their inquiry. Ku Cheng is some distance
inland, and for that reason the State De
partment has been unable to communicate
with Mr. Hixson to ascertain why ha
started so soon.
. THE SITUATION CRITICAL.
English Paper* Talk Pointedly of the
Chinese Massacre.
LONDON, Eng., Aug. 22.— Standard
will to-morrow say : "It is becoming more
certain than ever that the unchecked if
not stimulated fury of the populace of
China against foreigners will, unless means
are found for meeting the danger, spread
throughout the: empire until the lives of
the whites will be nowhere worth an hour's
purchase. The situation is critical and is
one of extreme necessity. Resolutions of
some kind are imperative, whether in co
operation with other powers or not. Eng
land clearly must find a way of compelling
respect for the lives and properties of for
eigners."
The paper deprecates the assumption
that the same evasions and deceits will be
practiced as before unless the British Con
sul reports. It discusses the possibility of
making the nation, : and especially the
mandarins, feel it worth while not to mo
lest foreigners. • .; ,;i . .-
China, it says, must be asked to make
concessions to the country wronged.
Great Britain wants more Consuls in the
interior and more markets for English.
goods. This would doubtless benefit other
European nations, the United States and
Japan so much that Great Britain would
not be accused of wanting privileges that
only herself would be able to enjoy.
The Chronicle, treating on the same sub
ject, wonders how much longer the out
rages will be allowed to go on and whether
more lives must be sacrificed before Prime
Minister Salisbury loses faith in Chinese
justice. • ■ -
WILL CLOSE THE CHURCHES.
A. Mayor Who Opposes a War on Sun~
day Saloons.
QUINCY, 111., Aug. 22.-The W. C. T.
U. has opened war on the Sunday saloons
here, of which there are about 175. A pe
tition bearing 500 signatures requesting
the City Council to close saloons on Sun
day has been referred to a committee and
it "is not likely that a majority of the
Aldermen will go on record as being op
posed to enforcing the law when the peti
tion is reported back.
Mayor Steinbach asserts that if the
saloons are closed he will close up the
restaurants, livery stables, icecream par
lars, newsstands and everything else run
on Sunday contrary to law. He says that
it is not improbable but that the church
organ, the choir singing and preaching
may be classed as violation of the law ana
stopped.
Marriage of Miss Manning.
ALBANY, N. V., Aug. 22.— A11-Saints'
Cathedral was to-day the scene of a quiet
but interesting wedding — that of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Manning to Julius Cornelius yon
der Ouderrrieulen of The Hague, Holland.
Miss Manning is the youngest child of tho
Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Man
ning. The wedding was celebrated by tho
Rev. Thomas L. Fuller, canon of the cathe
dral, at nigh noon.
For Pacific Coast Telegrams see
Pages 3 and 4.