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VOLUME LXXX.— NO. 72.
KILLED BY
THE HOT SUN
Death's Harvest Continues
to Yield Frightful
Returns.
NO HOPE OF RELIEF IS
APPARENT.
Chicago's Heat Fatalities Reach
Forty-three in Twenty
lour Honrs.
THERE ARE GRAVE FEARS OF
A PESTILENCE.
Carcasses of a Thousand Animals
Lying Where They Fell in
the Streets.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 10.— Continued
beat of the most dangerous kind made
another deatliroll to-day larger than ita
predecessors of the present spell, and no
hupe is extended by the weather fore
caster of a cooler day to-morrow. Of the
deaths reported to the Healtn and Police
departments and the cases taken to the
county hospital, torty-three were recorded
as having died, directly or indirectly, from
the heat.
Among the serious cases of the scores
who were prostrated, but still live, is tbat
ot Very Rev. Prior Aughan of London,
brother of the English Cardinal, who ar
rived in Chicago this morning on his way
East around the world, by the advice of
his physician, because of a dropsical dis
ease. The aged prelate suffered much
from the heat during tne journey from
tsaii Francisco, and his condition was so
serious upon arrival here ttrat the party
went to the Audicorium Annex immedi
ately. His secretary said he was fearful
of the result.
The 'emperature Kept at 80 and above
from 8 o'clock this morning, and at 1 p. m.
began climbing to the nineties, reaching
94 late in the afternoon. The ni«ht
brought no relief to the suffering human
ity, anu in places on the west side, wcere
poverty and death link hands, there was
barely iife in the burning fetid atmosphere.
The number of dead animals reported
on the streets and alleys last night was
633, tne largest record for any week in the
history of the city. It is estimated that
over 1000 carcasses are lying in the thor
oughfares because the facilities for re
moval are insufficient. Half a thousand
complaints of this fact were received at
the city hall to-day. The postoffice cutoff
two deliveries and two collections to-day
on account of heat.
The latest reports compiled at the r jlice
headquarters at an early hour this (Tues
day) morning show that during Monday
there were nfty-nine deaths in the city
from heat.
Of course a large number of these were
people who had been stricken two or three
days. The prostrations to-day were sev
enty-seven. The total number of deaths
in the city from all causes was 164, a figure
never before reached.
MERSICANE AT CLEVELAND.
Several Pleasure Craft Upset on the
Lake, but 3© Lives jLott.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 10.— At 4:30
p. si. this city was visited by the most vio
lent windstorm that has been experienced
for many years. When the storm broke
the Government thermometer registered
92 degrees. When it cleared away, thirty
minutes later, the mark was 75. Major
Stockman of the weather bureau reported
the velocity of the wind at sixty-two miles
an hour. Telegraph and telephone wires
parted like straws and dangled in the air
from their poles wagons were overturned
in the streets and the air was filled with
flying debris. Thousands of people, fear
ing that the experience of St. Louis was .to
be repeated, sought places of safety.
Out of a clear sky the elements broke in
unwonted fury. There were dozens of
pleasure craft laden with sweltering hu
manity trying to eet relief from the
depressing atmosphere on the bosom of
the lake. Before the skippers had time to
gel their crafts in - readiness to meet the
hurricane the storm burst in wild fury
upon them. Lake Erie was lashed into a
mass of angry waves that tore and surged,
tossing heavy steamers and' shell - like
yachts about with equal ease.
The greatest excitement prevailed along
the lake front. Among the yachts which
were caught in the storm were the Pris
cilla and the Avocet. The Priscilla weath
ered the gale and was towed into port by
a tug The Avocet was far out in the lake
and is still missing. The Clipper of Cleve
land went down at the mouth of the river
in seventeen feet of water. There were
five men aboard. Four of them swam to
the pier, the other dune to the vessel until
rescued by the life-saving crew. They
had hardly landed when a catboat loaded
with men was seen to capsize in the basin.
The life-savers were quick in action and
succeeded in saving all of the engulfed
men.
The cup-challenger Vencedor had a des
perate struggle, but succeeded in entering
the harbor. Several yachts dragged their
anchors and went ashore. A large propel
ler is ashore inside tne breatwater. Tne
wind caused much damage to property
throughout the city.
AFFLICTED ST. LOUIS.
The Denth-Roll Orottfing Daily and the
Heat Continues Xijiing.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 10— This has
been another day of stifling heat, during
which funeral parties passed in a continu
ous stream over the cemetery thorough
fares. The sky was without a cloud, and
the occasional gusts of south wind swept
over the city in furnaceiike waves of heat.
The degrees of temperature registered by
tuermometers bear no relation to the
s'vffering entailed, aa the long
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
siege has left thousands helpless
to withstand even a moderate degree of
heat. Analysis of the death cases to-day
and yesterday show that over half were
stricken four to five days ago. From last
midnight to 9 p. m. fifteen deaths were re
ported within the city limits. The sub
urban towns are in a like situation. The
prostrations are so. numerous that only
those treated at the City Dispensary and
the hospitals are recorded. These number
thirty-four to-day. The local forecast is
for continued clear weather and lower tem
perature to-morrow.
NEW YORK'S AWFUL MORTALITY.
Over a Hundred Deaths in the City and
Adjacent Towns.
NEW YORK. N. V., Aug. 10.— More
persons died of heat in New York to-day
than on Sunday, and that day had sur
passed all previous records.
Hospitals are crowded, and if the faintly
promised relief of cooler weather does not
come to-morrow the list of the dead must
grow.
Forty-six deaths were reported in this
city, over twenty in Brooklyn and over
forty in near-by New Jersey towns. These
are the deaths reported. Those who hid
away to die and those who succumbed in
the heat of the night are not numbered.
DEB VINES' LONG SUFFERING.
Ten Days of Unparalleled Heat and
Oppressiveness.
DES MOINES, lowa, Aug. 10.— The op
pressive heat has now continued at Dcs
Moines for ten days. Hotter single days
than any in tnis period have been frequent,
and in August, 1894. the thermometer
stood as high for an equal period, but on
account of the excess of humidity the
present spell is unparalleled for oppres
siveness. No deaths from heat have oc
curred since Saturday. To-day was cooler,
the maximum temperature being 89 de
grees.
LINCOLS GETS A BREEZE.
High Wind* and Bain in Some Parts of
Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 10. — To-day's
beat was tempered by a good breeze from
the southeast, which materially lessened
the suffering. There were showers during
the morning, and indications^ to-night are
for more rain. Reports from North Cen
tral Nebraska tell of ■ high winds and rain
and some damage done. At Oakland one
man was injured, probably fatally, by a
barn blowing over upon him.
HE AFT SHOWERS AT OMAHA.
Cool the Atmosphere and. Make Existence
Bearable.
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug. 10.— The heavy
sbowers of the past twenty-four hours
cooled the atmosphere quite a bit. Only
one death has been reported from sun
stroke in this vicinity in the last three
days. The weather bureau reported maxi
mum temperature to-day at 89 deg. and
minimum 70. Surface thermometers
ranged about rive degrees higher.
•
Two Vhionns Killed by Lightning.
BANDUbKY, Ohio, Aug. 10.— During a
storm this afternoon John. Thompson and
Jay Leonard of this city were struck by
lightning ana instantly killed. They were
working on a pier being built in the lake
by the Government. Two other men who
were on the pier were rendered uncon
scious by the bolt but will recover.
Cloudburst at Fort Wayne.
FORT WAYNE, Ijjd., Aug. 10.— The in
tense heat which has prevailed here for
the past week was broken at 5 o'clock this
afternoon by a violent downpour of rain,
a veritable cloudburst. Nearly all the
streets were flooded and much damage
was done in the business section by water
in the cellars where goods were stored.
Furious Storm in Michigan.
IONA, Mich., Aug. 10.— Last night's
storm of wind, lightning and rain did
damage in this vicinity estimated at fully
$40,000. Small buildings in all parts of
tbe city were blown over. In the sur
rounding country crops were destroyed,
and farmers are heavy losers.
Another Scorcher at Davenport, lowa.
DAVENPORT, lowa, Aug. 10.— To-day
was another scorcher. There was icarcsly
any breeze and the weather bureau re
ported the temperature 92 at noon; mean
temperature was 82. One death was re
ported from the effects of the heat.
Cyclonic Electrical Storm.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 10.— A severe elec
trical storm passed over Northwestern
Ohio this afternoon, in some places being
of a cyclonic nature. Two persons are
said to have been killed by lightning near
the State line. The storm terminated the
hot spell, and at a time when great mor
tality seemed inevitable.
Fourteen Philadtlphians Succumb. ™
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 10.— The
maximum reached by the Weather Bu
reau thermometer was four degrees lower
than yesterday. The deaths reported
to-day were fourteen and the prostrations
numbered thirty.
Fatal Prostrations at Evansrille.
EVANSVILLE, Im>., Aug. 10. — The
thermometer was not as high Here to-day
as for some days past, going only to 95 in
the shade. Four men were prostrated,
three of whom will die.
Four Fatalities at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 10.—Ninety
nine degrees was the highest point re
corded by the thermometer here to-day.
There were many prostrations and four
fatalities.
TWO ENGINES TELESCOPED.
One Engineer Killed, the Other and His
Fireman fatally Injured.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Ang. 10.— By the
mistake of either the train-dispatcher or
the man in charge oi the yard target the
recrular passenger train on the Toledo and
Ohio Central Railway, due here at 9:30
r. Jt., was sent into a i.ead-on collision
with a yard engine near the Sandusky
street crossing to-night.
The two engines were completely tele
scoped and the combination baggage-car
and mailcar of the passenger tram was
thrown from the track down a steep bank
and crushed. Charles Vance, the engineer
of the yard engine, was crushed to death.
Charles Culiison, engineer of the passen
ger train, and his fireman, William St.
Clair, were fatally injured. None of the
pass«jnf;ers were injured.
Clara Uarton Goes to Germany.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Tubkst, Aug.
10.— Miss Clara Barton, president of the
Red Cross Society, who for several months
past has been directing the distribution of
reiisf to the suffering Armenians, has
taken her departure from this city for
Germany, where she will be the guest of
the Grand Duchess of Baden. Miss Bar
ton will return to Constantinople and re
sume her work of relief next winter.
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1896.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE MONITOR"
Rev. Peter C, Torke : For months you have caused to be published in the Monitor
affidavits from various persons connecting my name with certain members of the
American Protective Association. At the time the first publication was made I was
confined to my bed and did not see the Monitor. If I had learned of the publication
sooner I would possibly have made immediate answer. Yet I saw no particular
reason why I should rush into print to refute any statement made by such creatures
as Marshall or his kind. The character of the men rendered it quite unnecessary
for me to answer save by my silence. But in the last issue of the Monitor you pub
lished an article to which I desire to reply.
Permit me, dear sir, before proceeding further to express my sincere regret
for being forced to discuss in s public way the statements which induce me to
write this letter. I say this with the hope and belief that all honest men will understand
that I am not indulging in this diacnssion upon my own free will, but that circum
stances have actually forced me to come boldly out and tell what I do know and to
refute once and for all my alleged connection with certain members of the American
Protective Association.
I desire first to speak of one H. F. Marshall, who was for a time employed as a
special reporter on The Call. During the Great Controversy in which you took such
a distinguished part, and which was first and fully published in The Call, Marshall
served as a reporter on that jonrnal, was detailed by my City Editor, Mr. MacMullen,
to interview various parties who were contributing to the controversy on behalf of
your antagonists, and served in a capacity similar to that of Mr. Frank McGuire, a
former editor of the Monitor, at that time employed by The Call, who assisted in
gathering material for publication on behalf of the cause which you espoused. I un
derstand that Marshall claimed to be a theological student, and such portions of his
time as were not occupied in school were devoted to reporting. In view of the develop
ments proving his infamous character, it is to be hoped that no church dedicated to
the service of God will ever be polluted by his presence, or harbor him within its
sacred portals. Personally i did not then know the creature, but later he sought an
interview with me at my business office and asked me to givehim a letter to Mr.
John D. Spreckels, which I declined to do. I told him that if he desired to see Mr.
Spreckels he could doubtless find him at his business office. He insisted upon con
tinuing the conversation, and said, among other things, that he and other leaders of
the American Protecgve Association, mentioning the Rev. Donald M. Ross, one
Woodworth, B. F. Hudeison and a Mr. Owens, desired to make something out of
politics; that they did not propose to give all tbeir time and work for nothing; that
they had concluded to demand $2500 per montn from then until the election in No
vember, and then, if they were successful, they were to ask for $30,000 more.
He called on me a second time and spoke of his power in the order. He said that
he had a letter from B. F. Hudeison giving him full authority to act for the order,
but he did not present any letter to me or explain that it was addressed to me. The
first time I heard or knew that the letter was addressed to me by Hudeison was when
it, or a copy thereof, was offered for sale in an affidavit sworn to by Marshall, and
with which you and the general reader are probably familiar.
It has been charged that I employed Marshall to write the letters in the contro
rersy that were signed by B. F. Hudeison and Major Sherman. That charge is
absolutely false. Marshall was not employed to write the letters, but to procure them
from the writers.
As to that portion of the affidavit of B. F. Hndelson, published in the Monitor of
Saturday last, to the effect that I was to be seen and induced to send Marshall to va
rious Catholic institutions in the State as a spy, I desire to say that I know nothing
of the alleged conference. I never heard of such meeting until reading it in the affi
davit of Hudeison, published in the Monitor, and was never approached, directly or -
indirectly, on the proposition. Assuming that such a meeting or conference was -
held, no member of that meeting or conference ever made such a proposition to me.
I repeat that I never beard of it, directly or indirectly, and I never even imagined that
such a plan or scheme was ever considered, or that it could be supposed that I could
be made the instrument of carrying it into effect.
Sir, you have done me the honor to state publicly that you would believe my word
as against all thr affidavits that coaid be male by auch men as Marshal 1 ., Woodworth,
Ross and their kind. I thank you for that expression of your confidence in my ver
acity and integrity. I therefore now brand each and all of the statements made by
these men in any wise reflecting upon me or my friends, or charging me or them witn,
any moral or political wrongdoing, as absolutely and unqualifiedly false.
I have thus very briefly replied to the charees made against me from time to time.
I have done nothing, said nothing, written nothing that I am not willing that you
and the whole world should know, and if, after reading this letter, yon do not feel
fully satisfied with the facts here given, I shall be most happy to respond to any
questions or to furnish any oral or documentary corroborative evidence which you
may think wise to request. I have the honor to remain, dear sir, yours for religious
and political freedom,
STRANGE DEATH
OF A, H. PYLE.
His Body Found Floating
in the Waters of the
Potomac.
RESIDED IN THIS CITY.
Was the Secretary of the Silver
Party's National Com
mittee.
SUPPOSED CASE OF SUICIDE.
He Had Plenty of Money and Was in
Good Spirits When Last Seen
Alive.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 10.— The
body of A. H. Pyle of San Francisco, sec
retary of the Silver party's National Com
mittee, was this morning found floating in
the Potomac.
Mr. Pyle was well-known in California,
being a politician of some note, and was
especially prominent as an advocate of
free silver coinage. He was about 35 years
of age and a son of ex-Congressman Pyle
of California.
Youne Pyle came here a week ago with
George P. Keeney, formerly of California,
but latterly of New York. Keeney and
Pyle arrived from St Louis, wbere they
bad attended the National Convention of
the Silter party. They secured quarters
or the National Party Committee at 1420
New York avenue, where Senator Stewart
of Nevada, as one of the publishers of the
Silver Knight, has his editorial sanctum.
Pyle seemed in good spirits and appar
ently had p'enty of money. He was well
dressed and, as far as his acquaintances
here know, had nothing to worry him.
The last time Pyle was seen alive was
last Tuesday night. On Tuesday after
noon the silver people held a big meeting
at Falls Chnrch, Va., five miles from
Washington, across the Potomac Many
prominent Democrats and silver men were
present, among them being Pyle, who was
particularly well pleased at the success of
the meeting.
Mr. Pyie's friends say that he was fond
of gambling and frequently participated
in games of chances. There are several
disreputable gambling resorts immediately
across the fotomac from Washington, not
far from where the body was Aiund, and
as Pyle on Tuesday displayed a large roll
of money It may be that he was a victim
of highway robbery.
No marks were found on his body. It
bad lain in the water so long, however
that it had become black and swollen, and
maries of violence, if there had been any,
would have been hard to discover. The
police are mystified over the affair. They
would suspect foul play but lor the fact
that Pyie's shoes had been removed,
which would seem to point to suicide.
The last few nights in Washington have
been oppressively warm, and the Potomac
has been a great resort for bathers, and it
is possible that Mr. Pyle had attempted a
bath in the river, but the fact that he was
partially clothed contradicts this theory.
The drowned man wore a black diagonal
suit, an undershirt and an outing shirt.
A Bryan campaign button was on the lapel
of his coat. Nothing was found in the
pockets but a memorandum book and a
silver watch bought of a San Francisco
jeweler.
No disposition will be made of the re
mains until George P. Keeney, who is now
in New York, is heard from.
USABLE TO FURNISH BONDS.
Three Members of a Swindling Gang
Languish in Prison. , ,
. CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 10.— William A.
Thomas, John I. Tolman and James F.
McClure, who were arrested Saturday
night, charged with using the mails to de-
Iraud in connection with W. H. McCiure
and Dr. John • Craig, now under arrest at
Seaside : Part, N.J., are still in confine
ment, : having failed to "furnish the $2500
bonds required of each. Their examina
tion is set for Friday next. r. » j • - 1
Thomas and McClure; both declare that
the charges are blackmail, actuated by a
desire for revenge on the part of Gunther,
an advertising agent,; of ; Chicago, and:
Fred Bonfitz, a Kansas City lottery agent.
The Civic : Federation officers,' however, as
well as the" postal | inspectors, have j been
working in conjunction on the case for the
past six months to effect the conviction of
the prisoners and break up what, they de
clare to be "the greatest swindling scheme
in years.". " '•'■• - i :-:^ fi . " ' ■•' •--*■- \
♦
Air John MillttW Condition Critical.
.'} LONDON, Esq., Aug. 10.— The condition
of Sir John Millals, president of the Royal
Academy, is extremely critical. ; .
*
The San Franci'CO at Smyrna.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Town*., Aug.
I II. — The United States cruiser San Fran
-1 cisco arrived at Smyrna on August 4.
GENERAL GRANT
FAVORED GOLD,
His Son Has So Informed
Attorney-General
Ketcham.
THE COINAGE ACT OF 73
Why It Was Signed by the
Great Conqueror of the
Confederacy.
DESIRED A STABLE STANDARD
Denial of the Story About a Mistake
in Signing the Law of Twenty
Tears Ago.
INDIANAPOLIS, link, Aug. 10.-At
torney-General Ketcham to-day made
public a letter from Frederick Grant, in
reply to a request for information in
which he says:
My Dear Sir: Acknowledging receipt of
your communication of August 4, in
which you ask me as to the truth of a
statement which is and has been for years
going the rounds, to the effect thai my
father. General Grant, at one time said tbat
he did not know when he signed the coin
age act of '73 that the silyer dollar was drop
ped from coinage and that if he bad known
tbat fact be would have vetoed the bill,
I hasten to reply that I frequently talked
with my father upon the question of
standards of currency and never beard
him intimate any such sentiment as is
credited to him above. 1 can only say
that he never intimated such a statement
to me. In all bis conversations with me
he seemed to take the ground tbat it
was a great misfortune for any country to
have as the basis of its circulating medium
any metal tbat had the least element of
uncertainty about it. From the time that
he was inaugurated President until the re
sumption of the specie payment act was
passed all his public announcements and,
so far as I know, all his private statements
were aimed to secure a stable currency to
the people of the United States. The
coinage act of 1873 does not eliminate the
silver dollar from our coinage. In fact the
United States has coined since then more
silver than had been coined during the en
tire period of our National existence before
and most of this coinage was made during
his lifetime. It is therefore not probable
that General Grant ever said that he would
have vetoed the act of 1873 if he had known
that tne silver dollar was to be dropped
from the coinage, and I would not believe
any one who said that he heard my father
make such a remark.
MARK BANNA IN CHICAGO.
Perfecting the Republican Plan of Cam-
pniijn in the West.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 10. — The chief
event in Republican circles to-day was the
arrival of Chairman Hanna. He came in
at 7:26 a. m. and spent a very busy day,
even doing some night work in the heat
of his room at headquarters. Mr. Hanna
said there would be no Western National
treasurer, but merely an assistant to Mr.
Bliss. The matter of funds and method of
handling them will be considered during
the week by Mr. Hanna and his colleagues.
Messrs. Dawes, Durbin and Payne were
the committeemen who kept close to Mr.
Hanna during the deliberations at head
quarters, while National Committeemen
Hubbard of Minnesota and Jamieson of
Illinois were in and out in an advisory
capacity. Messrs. Babcock and Hall of
the Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee, Max Pract, chairman of the
Oregon State Committee; Colonel A. T.
Bliss, recent candidate for Governor of
Michigan; and Mrs. J. Eilen Foster were
among those who had interviews with the
campaign committee.
To a reporter for the United Associated
Presses Mr. Hanna said: "I shall be here
the whole week and there will be confer
ences of the committee every day. To-day
we have been going over the details of or
ganization in the West. The reports from
the Western States made to me are about
what I expect. There is going to be a
bard contest, but I bang my faith as to
the result on the intelligence and integrity
of tbe American people. Ido not think
tbe Republican party is losing anything
as time eoes on. I find the educational
work that is being done entirely satisfac
tory. There is no growth of the free-coin
age sentiment in the Eastern States. The
condition in tbe South is unique. Ido
not think a man can tell how the South
ern States will go. We have as good a
chance to carry Texas as Michigan. Party
lines do not seem to cut much of a figure.
The workingmen of the East talk to me
this way:
" 'The money we've got is good enough
for us. What we want is a cnance to earn
it.' They want protection to be made the
issue. I am surprised that so little has
been said in the granger States about reci
piocity. It is goins? to be brought for
ward later. It is nearer the hearts of the
farmers than silver."
H. H. Rand, in charge of printing con
tracts, was prostrated by heat this morn
ing and removed to his hotel.
The executive committee decided tbat it
would not buy any of the hundreds of
magazines, illustrated papers or books
which nave been urged on the literary
bureau.
BRYAN AND NEBRASKA
Prominent Politicians Think the Man
Cannot Carry the State.
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 10.— Frank H.
Wilson of Plattsmouth, Nebr., was at the
Clifton House. Wilson is conntcted with
the Insurance Department of Nebraska
and is a lifelong Republican.
"In my opinion," said Wilson, "Ne
braska will give McKinley a majority of
about 10.000. We shall carry Bryan's
Congressional district, the First, by a ma
jority of 4000 and will have a larger
majority in the Second District. The
Democratic - Populist combination will
carry tne Fifth and Sixth districts, while
the Third and Fourth are doubtful. The
normal Republican plurality in the State
is something like 20.000, so that a conces
sion is made to Bryan's conceded personal
popularity in making the above estimate.
"Business calls me to Lincoln a great
deal, and I know Bryan well. He is a man
of tine education and such marked ability
that I am convinced that, whatever may
be the result of the present campaign,
Bryan will be generally recognized, ten
years hence, as the greatest statesman of
the country. In spite of having formed
this estimate of the man, I shall not vote
for him, as I don't indorse his political
views, lam of the opinion tbat Bryan
will probably carry the city of Lincoln,
but he will be beaten in the County of
Lancaster, in which Lincoln is located, by
a plurality of 15C0. The normal Republi
can plurality in this county is from 1800 to
2400.
"One factor which may affect the result
in Nebraska is the enmity which some of
the Populist leaders feel for Bryan. In
fact, I know some of them will take tbe
stump a.ainst him and he will lose from
10 to 15 per cent of the Populist vote of the
State. This enmity is the result of com
plications in regard to the past Congres
sional elections, when certain Populist
candidates were defeated by his advice. I
am confident that McKinlty will receive
the electoral vote of Kansas."
DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN ALABAMA.
A Majority of Fifty- Mne on Joint Hallo!
'.''"' secured. '
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 10.— The
returns, of the State election, officially
canvassed. Saturday, subject to minor
changes, show that the Democrats carried
42 counties and the Populist 3 26. The
Populists in 1894 carried 38 counties. The
net Democratic gain is 9 counties. The
Democrats carried 11 Populist counties
and lost 2 Democratic J counties.^John
stone's majorities foot up 51,753 Good
win's, 98& I. Johnstone's net majority is
41,889, which is an increase over the Demo
cratic majority, in 1894 of 14,307. '
*• The lower house : stands 71 Democrats.
21 Populists and • 2 Republicans, with 3
contests, giving a net Democratic majority
of 48, as against 30 in the last house. In
the Senate there will ?be 22 Democrats, 10
Populists and 1 : Republican, giving the
Democrats a majority of 11, as against 15
in 1894. The Democratic majority on
joint ballot will be 59. as against 49 in
1894. - The Democratic caucus will be con
trolled by silverites.
Senator Sherman'* Share.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 11.— General
Clayton received a letter to-day from Sen
ator Sherman, in which the latter stated
that he was very desirous of doing all in
bis power to promote the election of the
Republican ticket, but feared that Ms
physical strength would not admit of ex
tending his trips outside of his own State.
Senator Sherman will speak in Columbus
next Saturday, August 15, with Senator
el*ct Foraker, and ia Cincinnati on
Wednesday, August 19.
CE FIVE CENTS.
RIVALRY AT
THE FEST,
Athletic Turners Meet in
Friendly Competition
for Honors.
ALPEN WINS WITH FOIL
AND SABER.
Wrestlers, Runners and Swim
mers Test Their Strength
and Endurance.
SAN FRANCISCANS FAB IN THE
LEAD
With Music and the Dance the Merry
Germans Conclude a Day of
Pleasure.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Aug. 10.— A Jo!-
Her and at the same time more earnest
crowd than spent the day under the trees
and on the athletic field out at the Russell
tract, under the friendly shadow of Tripe
Hill, never attended a Turnfest of the
Pacific Coast Bezirk. The great part ol
the crowd that was on pleasure bent had
it to the fill, for there were dancing and
driving and refreshments. Occasionally
the gymnastic leaders and the many Turn
ers competing in various classes and con
tests would take a few minutes away from
physical exercises, and with glass in hand
sing a chorus in the shade in the hearty
manner peculiar to the Turnfest, and then
go hack to work and athletics again.
The programme was varied to-day in
another particular, for to-morrow the
scene changes from Tripe Hill to the beach
and this was the last day at the hill. Many
friendly groups had their pictures taken
under the trees or on the hillside, and a
local photographer had about all he could
do all day.
Tripe Mill is a Santa Ctuz landmark of
some renown. When they look upon it
the people recall a noted battle ol State
troops which took place there a number of
years ago with loud shouts, a great dis
play of courage and several hundred
rounds of blank cartridges.
The day's exercises opened with an early
morning parade to the grounds. Presi
dent Walti and the band led the way. Im
this morning's parade the ladies were con
spicuous for their absence. They were in
ail probability saving themselves for the
ball in the carnival pavilion to-night.
The band gave a forenoon concert on the
grounds, and the Turners had things pretty
much their own way and plenty of room
in which to exercise, for the spectators
from town did not begin to arrive until
after the noon hour.
The field exercises consisted of pole
jumping, distance jumping, hop step and
jump, distance high jumping, footracing,
wrestling, rope climbing, lifting heavy
weights, throwing 16-pound shots, Indian
club-swinging and fencing. The fencing
took place on the dancing platform and
its canopy was waving boughs. The day
was delightful. There was not enough
breeze to dispel the beat.
The fencing made a very picturesque
scene with its framework of trees and
spectators, and the competitors bandied
the foils with a skill and vigor that sug
gested a duel. The fencers moved up and
down a line of resin with graceful agility.
They were frequently applauded. The
Jadies evinced a marked interest in the
fencing. H. M. Aipen of San Francisco
Turn Verein won first prize in the foil
and saber fencing. John Hoops of the
San Francisco Turn Verein was second in
the foil fencing and Edward Saalbach of
the San Francisco Turn Verein won second
prize in the saber contest.
The Indian club-swinging took place on
the dancing platform, the swinging of the
clubs being timed to music by the band.
H. M. Alpen of San Francisco Turn Vereia
was the first to appear. A prettier or
more perfect exhibition of this graceful
exercise has seldom, if ever, been seen off
the professional stage. Mr. Alpen swung
the clubs for five minutes and when ha
retired amid the greatest applause nobody
would appear against him. He had it all
his own way and of course took first prize.
Other contests tliat attracted a very
large crowd were the wrestling matches.
The gladiators struggled on a floor of taa
bark, which they declared made an ad
mirable bed on which to wrestle. The
principal contest was between H. Hilde
brand, 178 pounds, and T. Baumgartner,
162 pounds. It was 2atch-as-catch-can,
and was sufficiently c!o«e and lively to
cause considerable excitement. Finally
Hiidebrand ended the twenty-minute bout
hy getting a half -Nelson and turning
Baumgartner over, with both shoulders
down.
The 300 yards' swimming match was
postponed until this afternoon on account
of the coldness of the water and the fog.
Some of the swimmers said they were
afraid they might run ashore, like the
steamer St. Paul at Monterey, on the other
side of the bay. The match took place in
the afternoon at the beach. Of the half
dozen entries. Gus Palanca of the San
Francisco Vorwarts came in first, and Wil
liam Kaiser of the same society was a
good second. There were about 1000 spec
tators on the beach. Many viewed the
match in bathing suits from the surl and
from the raft lying some hundreds bl
yards out in the deep blue sea.
The 100-yard run at the foot of the hill
developed some good time, considering
the fact that the course was an uneven
wagon road across a stubole-neld. The
course ran across the range of the rifle*
shooting, which was discontinued for the
time being. F. Hoffman made the best
time, 11 1-5 seconds, and W. Bart took
second prize with 11 2-5 seconds to hi*
credit.
The stragglers who remained on the
grounds after everybody else had left wit
nessed a great wrestling contest. It wa»