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AN APPALLING
RAILROAD WRECK,
Fast Freight Rnns Into an
Excursion Train at
Logan, lowa.
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
Twenty • Seven Persons Are
Killed Outright and Forty
Injured.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD.
Indescribable Scenes Follow the
Awful Crash — Carelessness of
an Eag.ine?r.
OMAHA. Nkbr., July 11.— An appalling
accident to an excursion train occurred this
evening at Logan, lowa, thirty-five miles
east of this city, on the line of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad, in which
twenty-seven persons, living in this city,
Council Bluffs. Mi^oi'.ri Valley and inter
vening points, were killed, and forty in
jured. Many of tho injured will, in all
probability, die before morning. A par
tial list of the dead is as follows:
Mrs. Moses Bando, Omaha.
Charles Heiman, 15 years old, Missouri
Valley.
Mrs. McMahon, Omaha.
John Perkins, Omaha.
Walter Jenning, Missouri Valley.
Peterson, waterworks engineer,
Council Bluffs.
Will Wilson, Council Bluffs.
Son of Bob Claire, a boiler-maker,Omaha.
John Cosgrove and daughter, Omaha.
John McDermntt, Omaha.
Patrick Scully, stationary engineer,
Omaha.
Miss Margaret Cosgrove, Omaha.
Lawrence, Omaha.
Peterson, Omaha.
Mrs. P. J. Carroll and son, Omaha.
Mrs. Bralley and baby, the former a
sister of Mrs. Carroll.
Dodson, boy, residence now un
known.
Mrs. Ncalson, Omaha.
PJerson, boy 13 years old.
William Summet, Missouri Valley.
Daughter of William Wilson, Council
Bluff s.
Among the fatally injured is J. A. Lillie,
president! of the Union Pacific Pioneers'
Association.
The train consisted of fifteen coaches
leaded down with membars of the Union
Pacific Association of Omaha and their
friends.
The excursion party left Omaha early in
the day, picking up recruits at Council
Bluffs, Missouri Valley and Woodbine,
lowa. Its destination was Logan, lowa,
which was reached about 10 a. m., and the
day had been pleasantly spent. About 7
o'clock the journey homeward was com
menced. The train had hardly passed
the limits of the city and was rounding a
curve when "down brakes" was whistled,
and then came a crash.
The excursion train had been run into
by a fast freight known as No. 38 and all
the coaches were ditched.
The scene which followed is indescrib
able. Both engines and the first passenger
coach were demolished. The shrieks of
women, the yells of men and the wails of
the injured and dying in the gathering
gloom rose above the crash of the heavy
machinery and tbe screeching of escaping
steam from the wrecked engine?. Tbe
engineers and firemen of both engines
jumped, and both crews escaped without
injury.
The conductor of the freight train,
Modelin, says he was running on orders,
and that the excursion train was not.
The engineer and fireman of the excur
sion train had disappeared after the col
lision, and this lends color to the story as
told by the freight conductor.
Immediately on receipt of the news in
Omaha a special train was made np and a
number of physicians and surgeons sent
to the scene of the wreck.
The news spread like wildfire and soon
the newspaper offices, depots and railroad
headquarters were besieged by a crowd of
frantic people, who had relatives on the
fated train and were hungry for the latest
news from the scene of the disaster. Sev
eral thousand people are spending the
night at the Union Pacific depot, await
ing the arrival of the train bearing tbe
dead and injured.
As fast as the names of tbe victims were
received at the World-Herald office they
were bulletined for the benefit of the anx
ious ones standing without. The scene
was a pathetic one in the extreme a*
friends read the names of loved ones who
were either mangled in the wreck or badly
wounded. Several women fainted and had
to be taken home in carriages.
The Union Pacific Pioneers' Association
is composed of the employes of the Union
Pacific system. The larger portion of them
work in the Union Pacific shops in this
city, and, as a rule, have large families de
pendent upon them.
Latest accounts say it Is possible that
fifteen will complete the dead list. Ten
bodies are stretched out near where the
wrecked engines are piled up, and some
can be seen pinned under tbe demolished
coaches. It is nearly impossible ia the
confusion to secure the names of the in
jured, which will reach nearly half a hun
dred.
Logan is a small town and the tele
graphic facilities are limited. A corps of
reporters and telegraph operators has left
here for that place. Two relief trains tent
to Loean from this place will probably
reach here on their return trip early Sun
day morning, and until then the full de
tails will not be known.
Those of the injured who are able to be
removed will be brought to this city to
night. The dead are being taken to a local
undertaking establishment, where an in
quest will be held over the bodies.
"Z OAO AMD SHORT" AGAiy.
Rob a Chicago Oyster-Houie { and Badly
Scare the Employ—. ■ '•
CHICAGO. 111.. Jnly IL— Three men
held up Lawrence ■. Mutley's oyster-house
at Madison and ■'. May streets to-night and
secured ; from the cash-drawer $340 in
checks and $14 in. money. In the place at
the time were two waiters, "a cashier, a
cook and two customers.' Toe three men
had two revolvers and threatened to snoot
the first man that made • a move or a
sound. One of the men went through the
safe, scattering the contents over the floor.
Every one in the restaurant seemed to be
paralyzed and the robbers were gone over
a minute betore one of tne men recovered
sufficiently to give fln alarm. As the rob
bers departed one of them said: "When
tne police come tell them that you had a
visit from the 'long and short' iuen to
night."
CHICAGO'S HOLD-UP CARNIVAL
Seven Robberies Up to Midnight— One
Officer Killed and the Police
Force Demoralized.
CHICAGO, 111., July 11.— One hold-up
after another has been reported to the po
lice to-day until the number at midnight
reached seven. The police department is
In an uproar.
Officer Saver of the East Chicago-avenue
station prevented one robbery at Division
and Western streets at a late hour, but
was shot and fatally wounded. Four men
armed with revolvers entered the oflice of
the New York Biscuit Company at noon
to-day, held up the cashier at the muszles
of their pistols and seizing the money pre
pared to meet the payroll, made off with
it. The robbers secured over $2Oi'O and
escaped.
The offices of tne company are at Ran
dolph and Morgan streets, and there were
400 people In tho building at the time.
Clerk Edward Hines sat close beside the
money, ana when the bookkeeper's m
closure swung open and a man entered
Hines thought he was a telephone-repair
man. A moment later he was astonished
to see two revolvers pointing at him.
"Stay where you are," cried the robber,
who immediately scooped in the money
on the desk and placed it in a sacs. Then
the thief with a sack in one hand and a
pistol in the other backed through the
door of the private office and departed
tnrough the other door to Morgan street.
At the time his three companions left by
the other two doors. i>one of the robbers
were masked.
Another hold-up was prevented by an
officer on Twelfth -street viaduct at an
early hour this evening and one of the
robbers was arrested.
At 216 Portland avenue a laundry office
was robbed by two boys with revolvers,
who had evidently been reading about the
"long and short men."
Later a saloon at Fifty-first and Atlantic
streets was robbed by armed highwaymen.
Tbe highwaymen have all escaped with
the exception of the one captured on the
viaduct.
While the North Side police were con
centrating their efforts to find the slayer
of Sergeant Saver three men held up the
saloon of J. McHale at Erie and Market
streets and secured $40.
Tnree men with hnndkerchiefs over
their faces attempted to hold up Police
Officer Tobus Sardstrum to-night at the
corner of Fifty-first and Princeton streets.
Two of the men presented their revolvers
at Sandstrum and ordered him to throw
up his bands. Instead of throwing up his
hands the officer knocked up the revolvers
of the two men and drawing his own gun
ordered them to surrender. The third
man ran, but the two with revolvers stood
still with their revolvers in the air. Sand
struni then marched his prisoners to the
station with his revolver leveled at them.
They ga.ve the names of John Wells and
Red Fitzpatrick. Weils is recognized as a
desperate criminal who has done time in
the penitentiary.
DALtON IS NOT DUNHAM.
Deputy Sheriff Renson of San Jose Visits
the Bicycle Thief Held at
Fargo.
FARGO. N. D., July 11.— Deputy Sheriff
Fred Benson of San Jose, Cal., arrived
here to-day to see if he could identify
George Dalton, held in jail here for bicy
cle stealing, as James Dun hair tbe multi
murderer of San Jose. He found Dalton
was not the much-wanted man, though he
bore a remarkable resemblance to him. A
photograph sent by the local authorities
had been subjected to a microscopic com
parison with one of the murderer, and
there were so many similar features that
Benson came here to see the prisoner.
Dalton claims to be the son of a wealthy
Boston furniture manufacturer, and says
he was disinherited because of a foolish
marriage.
LOUISIANA JUSTICE.
Two Segro Assassins Shot to Death by a
Mob.
NEW ORLEANS, La., July IL—Cap
tain T. W. Fuller of Webster Parish,
father of State Senator Fuller, and a
prominent planter, was murdered on
Wednesday night at his home, twelve
miles west of Minden. He was apparently
seated at the table reading when the mur
derer tired from the outside through the
window with a shotgun, killing him m-
Btantly. The body wbb not found until
morning. A search for the murderer was
kept up all Thursday, and by night James
Porter and Monk Dualey, negro tenants of
Captain Fuller, were arrested on suspicion.
They confessed the crime. The posse who
had the two prisoners started to Minden
with them, but when crossing the Dorcheat
swamp was overtaken by a crowd of men,
the negroes taken from ihe deputy sheriffs
and shot to death in the middle of the
road, where their bodies were left lying.
BIG FIRE AT XASHTILLE.
Whole Bugineta Black Con turned; Caus-
mo a Loss of $500,000.
NASHVILLE, Tenv., July 11.— An en
tire square of the best and most popular
business-houses in Nashville were either
burned to the ground, gutted or the stocks
i badly damaged by fire which occurred here
j this afternoon. The loss will aggregate
! not less than $500,000 and may reach $750,
-000. Rosen heim'sdrygoods establishment
is the largest loser.
♦
CHICAGO'S AUDACIOUS BAXDITS.
four Armed Men BJNm a Biscuit Cont-
pany of S'JOOO
CHICAGO, 111.. Jnly 11.— Four men,
armed with revolvers, entered the office of
the New York Biscuit Company at 12
o'clock to-day and held up the cashier at
the niuzeles of their pistols. They seized
the money prepared to meet the payroll,
and made off with it The robbers se
cured over $:jOOO. acd escaped without leav
ing any clew to tbeir identity. Tnere were
400 persons in the building at the time.
THE HANDSOME SOCIAL HALL AT THE VETERANS' HOME AT YOUNTVILLE, WHICH
WAS DEDICATED YESTERDAY.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1896.
CABINET CHANGES
IN GERMANY,
Prince Hohenlohe and Gen
eral Scheilendorf to
Retire.
THE CHANCELLOR GLAD.
Emperor Wilhelm About to Visit
King Oscar of Sweden-
Norway.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE TREMBLES.
Dr. Koch Investigates and Says There
Is No Asiatic Cholera in
Dtfttxtg.
BERLIN, Germany, July 11.— It is now
definitely settled that General Bronsart
yon Scheilendorf, Minister of War, will
retire from the Ministry soon after the
return of the Emperor from his present
trip to the Nordland. After having twice
offered his resignation, General Scheilen
dorf has finally succeeded in obtaining the
assent of the Emperor to his retirement
from office.
It is reported that the Kaiser has found
a suitable successor to the present Minis
ter of War in General Funck, who is at
present commander of the fourteenth
division of the German army, with head
quarters at Dusseldorf.
In official circles it is expected that
other official changes will accompany the
retirement of General Scheilendorf, and a
great deal of speculation is being indulged
in as to their nature and extent. Prince
yon Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancellor,
before starting on his holiday trip to his
schloss at Ausse, in Austria, made no con
cealment in private conversation with his
intimates of his readiness to retire from
the chancellorship when the Emperor
would permit him to do so, and rumor
also mentions Freiherr Marschal yon
Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and Dr. yon Boetticher, Vice-President of
the Council of Ministers, Minister of State
and Imperial Secretary of State for the In
terior, as amoug those who are about to
lay down the cares of official life.
It is improbable, however, that there is
any truth in these rumors unless the
Kaiser is determined upon an entire
renovation of the Cabinet, implying an
alteration of the general policy of the
general government.
It is a notable fact that in all the current
political gossip in regard to the Cabinet
changes the name of Dr. Miquel, Prussian
Minister of Finance, is not mentioned,
whereas a few months ago he of all the
other members was believed to have the
slightest hold upon his office.
Everybody now accepts it as a fact that
bis position is secured, and it is probable
that the Emperor will confine his changes
in the Ministry to the retirement of Prince
Hohenlohe and General Schellenctorf. The
I retreat of the latter is a signal triumph
j for the coart generals, especially General
yon Hahnke, chief of the Emperor's mili
tary cabinet, whose unyielding opposition
to the scheme of reform in the procedure
in military trials bas been a thorn in the
side of General Schellenuorf, for many a
day.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, the organ
of Prince Bismarck, publishes an article,
plainly bearing the marks of having been
dictated by the ex-Chancellor, upon the
subject of Italy's position in the Dreibund,
which is exciting widespread discussion.
The article points out that the maintenance
of relations between Austria and Italy is
the chief source of anxiety to Germany
just now, for the reason that if Italy with
draws from the triple alliance the military
r. sources of Austria will be so restricted
by the necessity for euarding the Italian
fontier that she will be unable to fulfill
"her contract to help Germany with the
whole of her army.
Tbe Austrian alliance, the article adds,
would thus lose so much of its worth to
Germany as to cause it to become question
able whether it would be of any value
whatever as a thing to be relied upon.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has
arranged to pay a visit to King Charles of
Roumania at Bucharest in September.
The event will be one of high state im
portance, as a demonstration in response
to ihe formation of the League of Balkan
States, under the control of Russia.
The Emperor will meet Oscar of Sweden-
Norway, at Drontheim in Norway on July
23L The Empre^s started for Wilhelmsruhe
with her two eldest sons, Crown Prince
William and Prince Eitel Frederick, yes
terday. Her Majesty and the Princes will
reside at the schloss in Wilhelmsruhe dur
ing the absence of the Kafcer on his Nord
land trip.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the
Emperor, and his wife. Princess Irene, are
ayingat their new estate in Himmel
mark. Princess Irene is in a delicate con
dition and her accouchment is expected
to occur very soon.
The Emperor will send Prince Henry to
London to represent him at the royal
wedding of Prince Charles of Denmark
and Princess Maud of Wales, which will
take place on July 23.
Dr. Koch went to Dantzcig on Wednes
day to investigate the case of cholera
which was reported by the health authori
ties of that city to be one of the genuine
Asiatic type. Dr. Koch denies that it is
Asiatic cholera, although in his examina
tion tbe comma baccileus was detected.
The case, he decides, is traceable to im
pure water. Stringent pr cautions against
cnolera have been taken by the authori
ties at Danzeig.
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
Thirty Thousand Visitors in the City of
Washington, and They Are Still
Coming.
WASHINGTON. D. C, July 11.— Thirty
thousand visitors is the number reached
up to this time in the registration booths
of the fifteenth annual international
Christian Endeavorers' Convention, now
in session here.
Secretary Baer stated to-day that this
convention would outnumber in delegates
that, of any convention ever held, if the
registrations from within the State were
not counted. This he considered a fair
basis of comparison, as States like Massa
chusetts are exceedingly strong in Chris
tian Lndeavor societies.
Following the preliminary sunrise
prayer-meetings in thirty-rive churches
and the Bible book study in the New
YoriJ-avenue Presbyterian Church, the
convention reassembled at 9:30 o'clock, as
ji 8 "* 1 !. ,v.\ the tbree terits on tne Wbi * e i ? t
lent VYil.iston was up to the junior
rally. R ev . George B. Stewart of Harris
burg, Pa., presided. The Junior Endea
vorers were welcomed to the city by Mas
ter Raymond Miles of Washington. This
was followed by a patriotic exercise, con
ducted by Mrs. James L. Hill of Salem,
Mass. and an address of greeting from
President Clark.
At Tent Washington an exclusively for
men evangelistic meeting was held, over
which becretary Baer presided. Addresses
were made by Commander and Consul
B ooth-Tucker of the Salvation Army, Rev.
J. \Y ilber Chapman of Philadelphia and
others. A similar meeting for women
only was held in Tent Endeavor, Mrs.
Baer presiding. Here speeches were made
by Maior Susie Swift of the Salvation
Army, Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett of Wash
ington and other*.
HALF A MILLION SHORT.
Mysterious Disappearance of a Sew
fork Merchant.
NEW YORK, N. V., July 11.-Julius
Freudenthal, a well-known merchant, who
has been in business for the past thirty
five years, part of the time in this city and
at other times in Texas, Mexico and New
Mexico, has left this city, creditors say
heavily in debt. His whereabouts is un
known, and creditors are very anxious to
learn what has become of him. Twelve
banks in this city hold his paper for large
amounts, and it is estimated his liabilities,
both individually and as an indorser, will
reach $500,000, principally to banks and
bankers in this city. He stood very well
in bank circles here, having had an ac
count in one bank here for twenty-five
years, and was considered by its officers as
gilt-edgel.
REDUCED TO THE RAX KB.
Cadet Captain Murphy's Punishment for
fighting.
NEW YORK. N. V., July 11.-A Herald
special from West Point says: Cadet
Pierce A. Murphy of the State of Wash
ington is the first cadet at the United
States Military Academy in many years to
be punished for fighting. Murphy had a
ten-round fight with Edwin G. Davis of
Idaho, a "pleDe," last Wednesday after
noon. The battle was fougiit in Dialectic
Hall in the presence of several cadets.
Colonel Ernst, superintendent of the
academy, said; "The matter was promptly
brought to my attention officially and as
the result of my investigations I have re
voKed the appointment of Cadet Murphy
as captain of Company B and ordered him
reduced to the ranks.' 1
THE ELKs ADJOURN.
Elect .Officer* and Choose Minneapolis" a*
Bmm Place ot'^lcetlna*
CINCINNATI, Ohio, '• July 11.— The
Grand Lodge of ElKs completed its session
yesterday by the election of the following
officers for the ensuing year: Grand ex
alted ruler, Meade Detwiler of Harrisbure,
Pa. ; grand secretary, George A. Reynolds,
Saginaw, Mich.; grand 'esteemed leading
knight, B. M. Allen, Birmingham, Ala.;
grand esteemed loyal knight, Louis Haus
ser, Newark, N. J. ; grand esteemed
lecturing knight, Charles M. Foote, Minne
apolis, Minn.; grand trustees, Jerome B.
Fisher, . Jamestown, N. V. ; Hunter V.
Craycroft, Dallas, Tex. ; George B. Cronk,
Omaha,' Neb.
Minneapolis was selected for the Grand
Lodge meeting and reunion of 1897.
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TRAWLEI'S NEW XAZ.BXT.
Louise Thorndyke Jfoucicnult and Alice
. : ..' nxley Under Engagement. ~
NEW YORK, N. V. f July IL— Louise
Thorndyke Boucicault has been ' engaged
by T. D. Frawley to play opposite Darts to
Wilton Lackaye in bis new play "A Social
Trust," by Ramsay Morris and Hilary
Bell. The season will open at the Colum
bia Theater, San Francisco, on July 27.
Mr. Frawley arrived from the" Pacific
Coast yesterday and engaged Mrs. Bouci
cault and Alice Pixlcy within two hours
after he reached here. He will retire from
the stage as soon as existing contracts are
end«d, and devote himself to managing.
Mr. Frawley is negotiating for a New York
theater, and if successful will produce new
plays here. '• -
'"Vi"": • -• — — '■
ITALXAK MIMSTRT BESIGXS.
The Cabinet Unable to Agree With the
Minister of War.
ROME. Italy, July 11. —The Cabinet
formed by Marquis di Rudini four months
ago has resigned. The Cabinet to-day re
jected proposals submitted by General
Riccoti, Minister of War, for a reduction
of the numerical strength of the army,
whereupon General Ricotti at once offered
his resignation. In view of General Ri
cotti's resignation, Rudini and other mem
bers of the Ministry placed their resigna
tions in tbe hands of Kins Humbert, who
has charged Marquis di Rudini with the
formation of a new Ministry.
Killed in a Collision.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 11.— A disas
trous collision occurred to-day on the
railroad extension being constructed in
this island under the direction of Ameri
can contractors. Fifteen persons were
killed and many injured. It is impossible
at present to ascertain whether the list of
killed and injured includes any Ameri
cans.
YOUHTVILLE'S
SOCIAL HALL,
A Place of Recreation for
Veterans of the War
Dedicated.
SERVICES AT THE HOME.
Samuel M. Shortridge Eulogizes
the Defenders of the
Nation.
OUR DEBT TO THE SURVIVORS.
Tne Orator Declares Too Mnch Can
not Be Done to Provide for
Their Comfort.
YOUNTVILLE, Ual., July IL— The
new social hall at tue State Veterans'
Home was dedicated with impressive cere
monies to-night. Nearly all the members
of the Veterans' Home Association, in
cluding the board o! directors, were pres
ent, and 200 invited guests added grace
and brilliancy to the occasion. The as
sembly hail, on the lower floor of the
handsome new building, was the scene of
the festivities, and the presence of nearly
all t c able-bodied old "vets" at the borne
swelled the audience to nearly half a
thousand. Several rows of seats in the
tront part of the hall were occupied by the
honored guests from San Francisco and
the surrounding valley.
The ceremonies were opened by intro
ductory remarks by the commandant,
Colonel George W. Waits. He spoke
briefly of the occasion, saying that the
board of directers. in its ever faithful
kindness, bad provided a place of conveni
ence for the veterans, and that their ap
preciation would be shown in no better
way than by commemorating the opening
of the new building with an entertain
ment,
With these few words be announced the
first number of the evening's programme,
a song by the Napa Glee Club, whose ef
forts were so satisfactory that an encore
was insisted on.
Preceding the leading event of the even
ing, the dedication oration by the well
known orator, Samuel M. Shortridge, reci
tations were rendered by Miss Ames,
Scnooi Superintendent of Napa County,
and Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Bhnn.
Mr. Shortridge was greeted enthusias
tically when he stepped onto the stage.
He began by paying a glowing tribute to
the old veterans.
"I bow first to the soldiers— the veterans
—and next to the nag, that noble banner
which these old soldiers helped to save,"
said he.
After greeting the ladies and other mem
bers of the audience in a happy manner
he continued:
"I, like all the younger generation, did
not have the opportunity and privilege of
exhibiting my loyalty and patriotism, as
did the old soldiers; but gratitude is the
purest flower that olooms in the human
heart, and the men or women who do not
feel most grateful in their hearts for these
noble men do not deserve to enjoy the
liberty which their valor preserved for
them. Loyalty and devotion to the nag is
the ereatest virtue that can adorn a man's
nature."
Speaking of that loyalty as vindicated
by the old soldiers present, he said:
"I see now before me, with bowed head
and form, many of you who are perhaps
suffering from physical weakness; but we
may all feel that the loyalty which Jed
you to leave your homes and families and
business to preserve this grand Union
glows as brightly and steadfastly as ever,
and ca> never be extinguished."
An eloquent and feeling tribute was
paid to those who died for the Hag — the
unknown dead, who fill unmarked graves.
"They are dead," he said, "and we cannot
give them the praise and glory they de
serve; but how they fought! Yes, they
occupy unmarked graves, which we can
not grace with flowers, but they live in the
Book of Li c. A thought always comes to
my mind on Memorial Day, and that is,
Was it worth all this? Is this flag, the
freedom which it symbolizes in history,
worth the lives — the countless lives — sacri
ficed on the gory field of battle and
scenes of carnage ? Is it ? Yes a thousand
times. When we think of the disruption
of the Union the heart is almost appalled
at the imagined spectacle. The veterans
here before us prevented such a disruption.
They, like many who sleep in peaceful
and hallowed graves, left home and busi
ness to maintain tho grand old flag. They
went forth not as destroyers to carry mis
ery and destitution in their path, but as
saviors, and these arms that raised the
Stars and Stripes on high would even now,
though some are palsied with age, be the
first in action to keep it there.
•'But let us not foreet the brave mothers
who sent their first-born forth to do battle
and die for their Nation's liberty, nor the
tender and loving wives who saw their
loved ones ana sole support go forth to
meet their country's foes. This is a grate
ful Nation ; it will not forget its soldiers,
nor those left dependent by its dead de
fenders, and the Nation's treasure would
be drained of its last dollar before our
country's brave women should be allowed
to suffer. And let me say again that tnose
who have no gratitude in their hearts for
the brave veterans do not deserve to enjoy
the liberty which they helped to preserve;
and if there are any who do not honor
those who died for that liberty they do
not deserve the light of day or the peace
of God."
He jpoke of the home as one of the prac
tical evidences of gratitude felt by the
people for the noble services performed by
the 500 who enjoyed its comforta and
pleasures and expressed a fervent wish
that they mieht live long to enjoy their
well-earned peace and rest.
"We are here to dedicate this building
and to thank the directors and those in
charge for the kind and intelligent man
ner in which they discharged their duties
and to thank them for the care and pains
they are taking in providing for the pleas
ure and comforts of the old soldiers. You
did much for us," turning to the veterans,
"and we want to show ourselves grateful.
We want to prove ourselves worthy of all
thut you did and suffered for us and the
liberty we now enjoy."
Before bringing his oration to a close Mr.
Shortriiite adverted to the historic idols
of the late war, each name being greeted
with a salvo of applause. He grew elo
quent in bis ealojzium of the bravery of
the private soldier in the ranks, giving it
a grander rating than that of general or
glorified leader. Theirs was to do and die,
be said, perhaps to fill nameless and un
known graves for their country's safety,
without reward or recognition. In closing
he said:
"Let it be your joy and consolation to
know that the deeds you performed were
not for a day, but for all time. Let it be
your joy and consolation to know that you
did something to make the world better
for your having lived. So long as the
rivers run to the ocean, so long as the
flowers bloom in this beautiful land, so
long as patriotism dwells in the human
heart, your deeds will not be forgotten."
A few words from the commandant at
the conclusion of Mr. Shortridge's oration
called forth the rousing ovation that the
old veterans were keeping back with an
effort. A recitation by Miss J. Cranston
and music by the Glee Club brought the
programme to a close. The following
members of the directorate and the asso
ciation were present: President, S. J.
Loop; vice-president, J. D. Barnett; treas
urer, captain J. C. Currier; secretary, J.
J. Scoville; Charles H. Blinn, G. W.
Strohl, Solomon Cahen, J. H. Garrett,
Colonel Joseph Stewart, William L. Dun
can, C. J. Handley, Charles Lan»e, J. H.
Gil more, E. S. Grid ley.
SUES ITOIi J//A/AO SHARES.
Philip Deide»heimrr Claims He Was
Robbed of i* Fortune. ■
- SANTA BARBARA. Cal., July 11.—
Philip Deidesbeimer to-day brought suit
against William W. Hollister, A. N. Butte
et a!, tcvrecover. 16,666% shares of mining
stock in the Golden Gate Mining and Mill
ing Company . or it 3 value, estimated to
exceed $40,000, together with exemplary
damages in the sum of $10,000.
The complaint states that Deidesheimer
owned a sixth interest in certain claims
situated in the Camp Flood raining dis
trict of Utah, consisting .of the Mabel,
Noonday, Grasshopper and Gold Dipper
lodes. It is charged that at a certain
time Hollister, , then '.president of : the
company, came to the \ plaintiff,
and, under the pretense that such
a procedure would facilitate a sale of the
property, induced him to transfer to him
all of his stock; that this transfer was
made in the presence of witnesses
and was » clearly . understood to be
only, a formal transfer, the property
right being still vested in himself;
that thereupon Hollister transferred this
property to hi3»wife Augusta, this tranfer
being a fraudulent one, for no valuable
consideration and its object being solely to
deprive Deidesheimer of his rights.
Butts, the mining manager, is then said
to have entered into a fraudulent scheme to
purchase the stock, afterwards selling the
entire capital stock of the company to one
John 'Doe Del mar for a sum exceeding
$76,000. ■■■■..-
SANTA BARBARA SEARCH,
Trail of Cyrus Barnard's Com
panion Followed to Cali
ente Canyon.
Evidence That the Slayer of the Rich
ardson Women Was Aided
by an Accomplice.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July 11.—
Bheriff Hicks of Santa Barbara County is
besieged by people who believe they have
clews to the Richardson murder mystery.
The feeling Is general that a sufficient re
ward should be offered for the discovery
of the murderer or of evidence positively
establishing the guilt of Barnard, the sus
pect slain while resisting arrest. It is un
derstood that Sheriff Hicks has offered a
$250 reward from his own private funds.
It was reported to the Sheriff to-day
that, at 8 :30 Monday morning, Cyras Bar
nard was seen in company with a man on
the boulevard near Booths HilL The man
was small and bad a short, dark beard,
brown or black clothes and a brown or
black felt hat.
'This man was : seen opposite 'the Rich
ardson house, on the Summerland . road,
where he took a long inspection of the
place and then returned toward the ceme
tery. ; :.«!>;: '■■ '. . .... : v , ■ . •> •;?'■• ■'.■: •:■%>-•
It was . discovered that Barnard's old
mountain camp was in the Caliente Can
yon, at the headwaters of the Santa Inez
River, across the mountain range. Think
ing that if the stranger were an accom
plice he might make for this place, a man
went up to examine the trails, and in the
course : of his investigations found tracks
resembling Barnard's going up to the
mesa, where he could have overlooked the
! actions of trackers.
In Romero Canyon was found a Mexi
can who reported that some one on
horseback went over the trail at mid
night on Sunday. He found the . track
of one shod and one unshod horse and
followed it to Blue Canyon, and through
the most devious and unaccountable
wanderings and doublings up and down
the river, finally to Caliente Canyon,
again doubling, it •■ went up the river fif
teen miles, where it was lost. He is sat
isfied that on the trail Barnard's compan
ion of Monday morning would be found.
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I Gold Surplus Below Low- Water Mark.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 11.— The
gold reserve yesterday fell below the $100,
-000.000 limit for the first time since Feb
ruary 20, 1896. The loss of gold during
the day amounted to $934,000, leaving the
reserve at the close of business $99,171,513.
JOHN P. ALTGSJJ), GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, FAVORS GOLD.
th la^ h T n a - 86 of marvelous activity, and wonderful discovery. The discovery
that Alcoholism is a disease I, of the greatest possible moment to the human xac7
No other d.sease leaves such a train of cvil 9 as Inebriety. The inebriate drag, down
MTVnTHVriv^ WhetherbyblOOd> bUSiDeSS ° r social connections. TO MY
?EN?cS IS T^J E v« DIBCOVEBY ° F THIS ' THE MOST MARVELOUS
CENTURY IS THE KEELEY CURE FOR INEBRIETY. It will save more tor
row, more disease and more poverty than ANY OTHER MEANS EXISTING."
JOHN P. ALTGELD, ..
WaUttU *v ..• .-..-•: Governor of Illinois.
. We invite the moat searching investigation. Ladies treated urivately. I
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE.
(Formerly of Los Gatos, Cal.),
14 McAllister St., San Francisco, CaL
TACOMA HOUSES
LEET IK DARKNESS,
Mayor Fawcett and Police
Cut Down Electric
Light Wires.
ENFORCING A CONTRACT
The Patrons of the Commercial
Company Deprived of
Midnight Rays.
! TEE CITY CLAIMS ITS OWN.
Refuses to Permit an Opposition Cor
poration to Make Further Use
of Its Pole 3.
TACOMA, Wash., July IL— Mayor Faw
cett, City Electrician Bachelet and a squad
of policemen at 3 o'clock this morning
went to the residence part of the city and
began cutting the elestric-light wires of
the commercial Electric Company from
the city poles, on which they were strung.
When the city acquired the light plant
three years ago sixty days' notice was re
quired before the wires could be molested:
but Mayor Fawcett claims a notice given
in March, 1895, was sufficient, though not
then enforced.
The cutting of the wires was continued
to-day until the Commercial Company's
service in the residence section was de
stroyed.
The Commercial Company secured from
Judge Pritchard this afternoon an order
restraining the city from further destruc
tion apd from interfering with the com
pany's replacing the wires thrown down.
This order is returnable Monday morning.
The company then started to put up
wires, but late in the afternoon it was
stopped by an order issued by Judge
Stalloup restraining the company from
stringing wires on poles owned by the
city. The company's officers are dodging
the service of this injunction until after
midnight, and apparently intend to take
advantage of Sunday by putting up the
wires when legal service cannot be had.
The workmen hid themselves, in order
! that the injunction might not be served
upon them.
This fight is the outcome of heated com
petition between the city plant and the
Commercial Company for lighting con
tracts. The latter's franchise was procured
shortly before the city acquired the Ta
coma Light and Water Company's plant,
I and it is now operated by men who were
largely interested in the old water com
pany. This afternoon the city has secured
many new customers, the pa.rons of the
Commercial being left in darkness.
San Miguel's H-ing Dethroned,
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July IL,— Tt»
war sloop Restless, which sailed for San
Miguel Island several days ago, carrying a
party of Government surveyors and United
States Marshal Covarrubias with a band of
armed men, to take possession of the island
in tbe name of the United States Govern
ment, returned to-night. It reports that
Captain Waters, the undisputed "King"
of the island for many years, submitted
without a struggle.
Two Murders at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Ob., July 11.— The bodies of
Chris Vegius, keeper of a whisky scow,
and Frank -Nelson, foreman of Megler's
cannery, were found on a scow on the
river • bank this morning. Vegius - had
been shot through the body. Nelson was
shot through the head. At present there
is no clew to the murderers. Both men
were on excellent terms with the fisher
men. The Coroner and Sheriff are now
investigating the case.
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Acquitted at Madera.
MADERA. Cal., July IL— The trial of
Charles A. Lee ended in a verdict of "no
guilty" to-day. This was the second trial
of Lee on a charge of poisoning cattle in
the foothills. On the first tbe jury stood
eleven for conviction and one for acquittal.