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VOLUME LXX-NO. 92.
A BLOODTHIRSTY MOB.
Closing Scenes in the Chilean
Revolution.
The Torch Freely Applied by Frenzied
Rioters in Santiago.
The City Formally Occupied by Congressional
Troops— An Intendenle Appointed
tad Order Restored.
(rcritl to Thk MoRN-ixa Cat.c
New Touk, Aug.;*).— The. Herald's cable
advices under date of Valparaiso, August
SOU), say: A regiment of the Congressional
ancy took formal possession of Santiago to
night, ana practically the last act in the
bloody drama of the revolution which has torn
Chile to pieces for the past seven months is
closed. The capital city was in the hands
of a bloodthirsty mob last night, and while
it was unable to satisfy its murderous in
stincts, it destroyed a vast amount of prop
erty.
As foon as the news reached .Santiago
yesterday of the overwhelming defeat of
the Government troops on the heights of
I'laclll.\ and the fall of Valparaiso, and the
people kn»w that Balmaceda's power
had gone, their enmity to his Government
broke forth. The cry was raised that the
President should be killed, and the mob
started for his house. It crew In numbers
and fury as it went through the streets,
and by the time it reached the executive
mansion it was rife for any bloody deed.
Short shrift would have been allowed the
l'rcsldent had he been c.uicht, but the
bloodthirsty fury of the mob was baited.
Then the desire for revenge found vent in
the application of the torch. Soon 13:1
-maceda's house was a muss of flames. Be
fore it had been destroyed the mob
marched off to the house of Senor
God ii y, ex-Minister of the Interior and an
ardent Balmacedalst, and set fire to his
horse. Then the residences of Hal in a
ceda's mother, General Barbosn, Seuors
McKenna and Eastman, the Government
newspaper offices and the houses of sev
eral i ro:ninent official? were burned
to the ground. The city was panic
si ricken, business was suspended and
the people, outside of the mob, kept, close
to their house?. The police, lire depart
ment and army were demoralized and made
no attempt to maintain order.
liaimaceda, when he heard of the fsll of
Valparaiso, sent for General Baquendano,
commander of the Government troops
■pin Santiago, to meet him. A coun
cil of war was held at Velas
quez, at which President Balrua
ceda ami leading Balmacedaites were pres
ent. The situation was thorongly canvassed
ami it was decided to surrender the capital.
Baqnsudaao was; given charge of t;ie city
»■!•• authorize 1 to arrange terms of surrender.
Word was sent to General Canto tnat all
the troops in Santiago had declared nil
■ ■ e>ion to the Congressional party, and that
S>i tiago was at his disposal. Tim Cbanaral
R giment was ordered to proceed to
Santiago to assist the G»vernui>nt troops in
keeping order and prepara barracks for
two thousand additional troops. \ «nm
: ranying the regiment was Senor A. L. Tim-
Irann, who will for tfcu present act as In
teiidcnte of the capital.
It is learned that the city of Santiago is
..in ;. terrible state. In addition to the de
struction done by the mob it is threatened
with an irriiDtion of all the desperate
characters in the surrounding country. Gen
eral Dauquedano has posted an imperial
regiment in a cordon around the city to
prevent outlaws from entering the
city, but it is almost a hopeless
task. General Canto and staff have left
■ Valparaiso for Santiago with additional
troops.
A new Chief of Police of Santiago and a
new railroad Administrator have, been ap
pointed. It is asserted on very good
| authority that Raltnaceda went by special
train to Talcahuano yesterday. There
he will make connection with the Ccndell
and Imperial and in one of these
vessels mike for Buenos Avres or Mon
: ti video. If this is so he will probably es
cape. .
The ambulance service has been simply
disgraceful. Hundreds of wounded men
were left on tie battle - field to
die who might have been Raved if
■ ] I nipt measures of relief had been taken.
Surgeons on the foreign war-ships have
• ' done most valuable service in eating
.for the wounded, and had it not been
for their hard, effective-work, the sufferings
of the wounded soldiers would have been
much greater. Especial credit is due the
iiieilical staffs on the United States ships
San Francisco and Baltimore.
It has been ascertained that 800,000
pesos in silver were shipped on
the British sloop -of - war Espieglc.
The Senior British Naval Officer
here is making every effort to com
. municate with the captain of the Es
j>ieg!e, with a view , to detaining
: the bullion If possible. It is supposed
-Balmaceda intended to use the money to
make -payments on account. : ' of the new
cruisers Presldente Errazuriz and Presi
dente Pinto.
Comparative order has been restored in
this city. Rioters, caught in the act were
summarily dealt with, many being shot.
But rioting was not stopped until
property worth 51,800.000 -had been de
stroyed. Many tyrannical acts have been
perpetrated here since January by the
Government officials, aud every war-ship
In the bay has a quota of refugees.
This gave rise to a bitter feeling on the part
aif the C'ougresslonalists, particularly aeainst
Americans, for Admiral Brown has given
him to many unpopular officials on board
the Sun Francisco and Baltimore.
. Admiral Brown of the San Francisco this
nitrrnoon had a confluence with the Junta
leaders.and the irritatian againstAmerieans
has been subdued, the Junta being exceed
inely anxious to secure recognition from
the United States, uud ore now
hopeful it will be acceded them.
Numerous ■ Government" officials have
been arrested, but such has been assured of
a fair trial before the proper authorities
when quiet is restored.
Moult and General Canto say there will
. be no measures taken toward the forma
tion of h new Government until all the
members <•; the Junta arrive here from
Iquique. It la hardly probable an election
will be held for some, time, and in the mean
time the Junta will be in control. :
A SUDDEN UErARIfRE.
Flight of r.;ilni'ii . >l;i After i:r»l nli,c fa
Favor of General LtHiiquedano.
Pakis, Auk. 30. — The agents of the
Chilean Congressional party have received
"an ('fficia! dispatch from Santiago saying
that the Congressional party Is in control
of the c.ipital and that lSalmaceda flna Fri
day night, resigning, in favor of Geueral
Datiquedp.no.
Bkhi.ix, Aiip. 30.— comm-nlcr of
t <■ Chilean cruiser -.Presidente i'into has
asked 1 the (jernunauthori ties for permission
to dock his vessel' at Kiel.
. •" J.cM :d\, Aua- 30.— A lierlin correspond
ent of the Times says the L'ritish niHii-of
war Espiegle consented to carry lialma
cedas bilver .only alter the American man
• of-war liad declined a temutina efftir to per
form the same service.
The press of. both Berlin and Paris re
joice iv the fall of Balinaeeda.
OFFICIAL HKI'OUTS.
Dispatches Beceived at the Navy Department
* and by a Congressional Envoy. "
Washington, Aug. 30.— A dispatch dated
.Valj'iu August 29th, has been received
at the Navy Department-from Rear-Admiral
Brown, It says': "The insurgents have |
possession of the city of Valparaiso. The
city nas taken yesterday morning after very
sanguinary engagements. Toe Government
bad the advantage of n good position, but
liad (>ad-gencral*hip. The troops were dis
affected. The insurgent shin* were not
present and the furls there, not engaged.
Tl.e Lynch, with three second-class torpedo
\»i.a:s, were captured. Foreign Adniirnls
ikniiiDikd c guarauleo in protecting the
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The Morning Call.
lives and property of foreign subjects. I
have 100 men at the consulate and many
refugees are aboard. The Provisional Pres
ident is heiv."
The following dispatch was received
this afternoon by Moutt, one of the Con
gressional envoys:
U..i u;i k, Auf. 29.— Tbe Junta of the Con
gre-.Kji:al mureuieiu Is en ruiile to Santiago
to<l.iy. KltltAZiritrz.
The dispatch from Admiral Brown t"the
Navy Department was the only information.
receivd here to-day by Government officials
of the situation in Chile. Nothing further
lias been heard from the Consul at Val
paraiso since his dispatch announcing tho
surrender of that ciiy to tbe insurgents.
Nor has anything been received Iroia Min
ister Ki^.in at Santiago. It is hrlieved by
Jlie- officials of the Stale Department, that
notwithstanding dispatches to she contrary,
that Santiago is still in the bands
of Balinaeeda. They base, this opinion
on the fact that the department has not
been informed by Eftan ni us capture. They
say he wojjld certainly have notified the
department had the city been surrendered,
as there is no interference with the. cable
line via Buenos Ayres as far as the depart
ment knows. It is reliably reported that the
C'iiile.in Minister received word to-day that
Balmaceda is still in possession of Santiago,
and lihs not fled. The only news received
here by the envoys of the Congressional
party besides dispatches from ]quiqu« was
a message from Lima stating that Santiago
is in the hands of the Congressional party,
and that they have established temporary
authority looking to the safely of persons
ai;d property, and that Balmaceda's where
abouts are unknown.
» —
THE BULGARIAN 1 ItONTIER.
Eervla Advised to Kefrain From Offensive
Demonstrations.
Fakis, Aug. 30.— The Servian Government
lias communicated with M. Ribot, the
French Foreign Minister, regarding the
Forte's diplomatic Intervention between
Bulgaria and Servia, the Porte having pro
tested against Servia massing troops ostensi
bly for maneuvers on the Bulgarian fron
tier. It is reported that liiliut advised Ser
via to adopt a pacific attitude and refrain
from offensive demonstrations against Bul
garia.
♦
FBKE POUTS.
A Proposition to Make Belgium tue Ware
hou c of Europe.
Pabib, Ane. 30.— The Journal of the
Chamber of Commerce states that the Uel
gian Government will declare Autwerp and
other Belgian porls free ports, aiming to
make Belgium the warehouse of Europe.
Many French and other European tirms
would not ht-sitate to transfer their business
to Belgium in order to tstape the burdens
ot protective tariff.
♦
SYMPTOMS OF INSANITY.
The Case :f the Austrian Empress Pronounced
Grave by Medical Experts.
PARIS, Aug. 3D.— A aispatc'i to L'Esta
fette from Vienna says that the Austrian
Empress shows symptoms <if insanity. She
is very eccentric, among other things wear
ing bizarre costumes in which to appear in
public. Mrdical experts called by the Em
peror pronounce the case a prave one, being
associated with hereditary malady.
THE AUSTRIAN TRAGEDY.
Was the Dead Baroness Related to the
Emperor ?
New Yoijk, Aug. iheJWorld prints
a letter signed "I>. C," who is de-cribed as
a lomier member of the Austrian Court, in
which a (tattling theory is advanced con
cerning the. "death of Crown Prince
Rudolph of - Austria and Baroness
.Marie de Vetzera. The writer says
fur eighteen months Baroness Vetzera lias
been seeking by ewry means in her power
to secure the publication of a suppressed
pamphlet in Paris, in Berlin, in Milan, in fact
in . every large city of the Continent She
found unsurniounlable obstacles placed in
her way. by the police actipg in deference
to urgent entreaties received from the Aus
trian authoritie?. Having been personally
acquainted f r many years with the widowed
Baroness Vetzera, with her late husband,
with her brothers aud several her relatives
I am not surprised at the tenrir of the pam
phlet nor at Mme. Jb Vetzera'a anxiety to
secure its publication. Unfortunately for
Mine, de Vetzera, both I my»elt and
many others are »bi« to show that
the Baroness came nitu her daughter to
L indoo at tli c time of the Queen's Jubilee
for the express purpose of enabling the
young girl to meet her imperial lover. Dur
ing th« time Kudolph spent in London he
passed every spare moment with young Ma
rie Vetzera and was frequently seen aud met
walking and diiving in her company.
Sometimes she was alone with him, at otbel
times sho was attended cither by her
mother or sister. The intimacy or the
Crown I'iince with Maria Vetzera
was well. known tn the Kins! and Queen of
the Belgians, to Crown I'rincess Stephanie,
to a number of people in Vienna and
London snd to Mine, de Vetzera
her=eif fully a year before the lat
ter declared that the Prince first
made her daughter's acquaintance and two
years before the day on which the Baroness
claims that she iirst became cognizant
thereof. Cool -blooded iDtriguaute and
sellish as I know her, I doubt
whether she would have been so
anxious to prove her Ignorance of her
daughter's intimacy with the Crown Prince
hau it been merely an ordinary liason.
There is every reason to suppose
that the relations between the two
lovers constituted not only an ordinary in
fraction of the seventh commandment, but
moreover a crime' which the Barouess alone,
was cognizant and of a character which
both her daughter and the Archduke were
entirely ignorant.
The writer then states that neither the
Baroness uor her sisters have ever bceu
received at court. She did not accom
pany her husband on any ot his vaii-
OU9 diplomatic missions, but remained
in Vienna anil became Hie heroine of any
number ol adventures. The writer adds:
"Her name became connect-d In a very
qii'slionable manner with quite a number
of leading men ol high life, not thu least
among whom was the Emperor Francis
Joseph. The question as to whether thero
was a ftrong resemblance between Marie
and the Emperor was a current and favorite
topic of discii'siou in the salons of Mine.
Vetzera and of her most intimate friends at
the time when I first knew the young girl.
The writer then Slates that there was a
widespread belief in military and diplo
matic circles that Marie was more
closely related to the Emperor than to
Baron Vetzera. .The Baron was rapidly
promoted and displayed remarkable, indif
ference to his wife'sdoings except once when
he brought suit in Englaud to secure
the removal of the children from the
mothei's caro on the ground that she was
unlit to be their guardian, lie was then
temporarily uncniployei, but souu after
wag given a well-paid, berth in Egypt, •
where he died.
The Countess Marie Larlsch, the niece of
the Empress who was exiled for her share in
Marie's doings is faid to be no blacker
than painted. 'J he writer says that the day
before the suicide of the I'rince and the
Baroness tiie Emperor and the Crown
I'rince had a stormy interview, and
that then the Princo realized for the first
time the -true situation and the impossi
bility of continuing a relationship which
had become part of hit very existence.
Chauncey Depew's Wonderful Yacht.
On oho of the late boats coming over
from Weehnwken last cvenina were two
ladies and a gentleman, who hnd evidently
been out on plensure bent. They were well
dressed, and stood on the forward deck of
the bo.it enjoying the fleecy clouds and the
glint of the iiuiuii'a rays on iho placid bosom
of the Hudson.
It should be mentioned that they were
colored persons.
As tiie ferry-boat passed a steam yacht
that lay at anchor in tne river the e»cort of
the party remarked:
"This yote belong to Mr. Chaunony De
pew, 1 believe. If 1 am' mistaken it is the
same yote dat he took de I'resideii' down
to Mexico in when he. went down there this
spring. I have a frien' who is employed on
la-re (if I aiu' mistaken!, aud he tells me dat
they don't drink nothing but champagne on
her. They put it in dese water-coolers, and
when you wants a drink you turns de fau
cet. De reason you can't see nobody on her
is 'cause dey's eaten so much dinucr dey
enn't gr-t uu the ladders to do deck."
Another object attracted Uielr attention
just then and Mr. Dcpew'a wonderful yacht
was fortuuately lost to view.— X. Y. Com
mercial. _
; Southeastern Illinois will have the largest
peach crop o:i recoid. , Tho yield of the
other fruit is said to be unparalleled.
SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31. 1891-EIGHT PAGES.
MRS. HOPKINS' WILL.
The Contest for the Immense
Property Commenced.
Timothy Hopkins and Others Combine
Against EuntiDgton and Seailes.
The Cousins Claim That Mrs. Searles Was
Demented aud Was Not Responsible
for Her Later Actions,
Si triil to The Mornin-q CAtt
New York, Aug. 30. — Edward" F.
Searles will not be allowed to en
joy Mark Hopkins' millions without a
struggle. Twenty-one uew claimants for
Mrs. llopkins-Scarles' estate have ap
peared and a notice of contest was gent
last week to Great Harrington, Mass. The
several claimants have joined hands with
Timoiliy Hopkins, and this probably in
duced Mm to decline recently an offer of
five million not to oppose tno probate of the
will. On September 17th he will file his
claims, wliich will be the opening wedge for
one of the most sensational will contests on
record.
During the past week Lawyer Rii9sell
Wilson of San Francisco, representing
Timothy Hopkins, has been in this city con
sulting with Butler. Stillman & Ilub
bard, counsel for Searles. Lawyer Frank
Rogers also notified Searles' lawyers last
Thursday of his intention to contest Mr«.
Searles' will on the ground of insanity
and undue influence by her husband.
lie represented tno Hebbard family,
second cousins of Mr*. Searles. He also
sai(4 he intended joiniug hands with
Lawyer Russell Wilson. It appears
that Mrs. Searles had many poor
relatives whom she occasionally as
sisted. Some received a regular yearly
income. Tv William H. Hibbard ehe' suiil:
"You will all be remembered handsomely
in my will. You are not so numerous that
I cannot afford to make you large be
quests."
THK (lIAKGES.
Alleged Insanity and Indue Influence
Used.
v New York, Aug. 30. — Insanity and un
due influence are the basis of a suit to
be brought by twenty-one . contest
ants in the Hopkius-Searles will content.
They allege that Searles illegally influ
ence by circulating false stories about them.
They charge that he informed his wife that
her relatives were only a lot of beggar*
awaiting her death, and it is also charged
that Mrs. Searles had fits at emotional in
sanity; that she was violent at times and
frequently had no control of her
mind. The Hebbards will submit
documentary evidence to show that Mrs.
Searles was partly insane at times. This
will also be supported by Timothy Hop
kins, who, it Is charged, will say that on
several occasions he suffered violence at the
hands of his mother by adoption.
One of the cousins, Nathaniel Ilebbard,
lives In this city. He says: " I was always
on the best of terms with Mrs. Searles,
as we all were, till 0. P. Hunting
ton and Edward Searles interfered. They
wrecked her mind and drove her insane
with strong drink. We never doubted that
she would keep her promise to remember
us in her will. This will was the work of
Searles and Iluntington and poor Mrs.
Hopkins did what they asked. My
paper' and letters show a most gigantic
conspiracy, and if I am not greatly mistaken
my two brothers, William 11. Hebbard and
Geo. ll.'b!iard,and I took over nil our letters.
We found several letters promising that we
would all be well remembered in her will,
even within the last month. Hnntington
and Searies have been using all their in
fluence to avert this contest to save tho
Southern Pacific from any upheaval.
The Hebbard contestant* are: Nathaniel
nebbard. first cousin; George He-board,
first cousin; William H. Hebbard, first
cousin; Harriet Hebbard, first cousin;
Jane Smith, first cousin; Alonzo Hebbard,
second cousin; Elisha Hebbard, second
cousin; Mrs. J. Davis, second cousin; Mrs.
Charles Wheeler, second cousin; Mrs. Jane
A. llollingsworth, first cousin. The Sher
wood,, contestants are: Lyman Sherwood,
first cousin; Lydia Sherwood, first cousin;
Hetsie Sherwood, first cousin : Hester Sher
wood, first cousin; Mary Sherwood, first
cousin; Mrs. Jane Meals, first cousin.
•
*■— BULLIONS 6.O.UANDEKED. .V
A Young Man Recklessly Spends Two For.
tunes and Inherits a Third.
New York, Aug. 30.— Constantino Ashor
ean. a young man who has been a million
aire twice, and ii now clerking for £10 a
week, is in luck again. A number of years
ago he inherited a million dollars upon the.
death of his father, a wealthy manufacturer
of Athens Greece, and proceeded to cut a
large swath. By the time he was 25 years
of aje he was penniless. Shortly after his
• mother died, leaving him another million.
By dilligent application lie managed to
squander this in eight years, when he came
to this country, landing at Sun Francisco
aud beating his way to New York, where he
has since resided. Now an uncle in Alex
andria has die d and left him a third fortune.
Constautiue says he will take care of this
one.
♦
VENEZUELAN KECII'KOCITY.
The Treaty Keturned to the United States to
Be Modified.
Washington, Aug. 30.— 1t is stated on
good authority that the retorted rejection by
the Government of Venezuela of the
reciprocity treaty with the United States is
incorrect The treaty was rejected, but the
Government sent It back asking that it be
modified for the reason that the concessions
contemplated would decreaio the national
revenues 30 per cent. The Venezuelan
Government is willing to concede halt of
(hat.
•
A Settlement Effected.
New Yoiik, Aug. 30.— A settlement of
the affairs of John F. l'lummer has been ef
fected. IJis creditors and those of his
brother, Albert T. I 'in miner, have fully dis
chareed them from oil claims, retaining,
however, all claims against William S. Dar
ling of the firm. The settlement is due in
part to the belief on tlie part of the credit-
On that Darling disposed of the greater pi>rt
of the assets of the firm, nnd also in conse
quence of Hi concession of certain claims
against the assigned estate.
•
Severe Storm at Long Branch.
Ashury Pahk (N. J.), Aug. 30.— A severe
storm is raging along the New Jersey coast
to-night, much damage being done. The
surf is running twelve and fifteen feet high.
Several bad cuts have, been made in Ocean
Grove Beach. At Long Branch the bath
houses are undermined and lire toppling
over, and the fi.-h-limise of William Van
Dyke, at the foot of North Bath aveuue,
Long Branch, is entirely undermined.
—^
-■ ' Railroad Collision. I
Cijicago, Aug. 30. — This morning a coal
train on the New York, Lake Erie and
Western road collided with nn excursion
train on the Baltimore and Ohio at Lodi,
Ohio. The rear car of the excur'iou train,
containing twenty-eight passengers, wns
thrown from the tr<ick, being totally de
nioliilied. Four people were painfully in
jured. The others escaped with a bud
shaking up.
Clearing-House Statement.
Boston, Aug. :io.— Hank clearings: New
York, £!>!>.), 4l_\<lOO, decrease 12.7; Chicago,
580,<>57,000, increase 8.1; Boston, 875,798,000,
decrease O.'J; I'liiiadelpliia, SM.DOH.OOO, de
crease 10.6; St. Louis 570.8J0.000, in
crease 15.4; San Francisco, - 51ii, 442,000,
increase 3.3; Baltimore, 813,208.000, in
crease 7.7; Cincinnati, 810,812,000, in
-prense. 3.0; Piftsburtr, Sll.'JOt.OOi), dai-rense
20.0; Minneapolis $<;,:i.i8,000, increase 19.8;
OniHlia, $3,005,000. decreasfl 2C.0; Denver,
53,«J31.000. decrease ia.4:St. Pau1, 54,249,000,
increase 17.7; Duluih, $1,884,000, decrease
4.1; Galveston, $4,560,000. increase 2"i7.2:
Portland. Oregon. $701,000, increase 7.5;
Salt Lake. $10n.7"i0. Increase 8.1; Seattle.
8731,000. decrease 42.5; Taconia, $859,000,
decrease 11.3; Los Angeles, 8636,000, in
crease 57.3. Total for sixty cities ot the
United States and Canada $954,265,000, de
crease 8.1.
Moonshiners and Murderers Caught.
Dksoto (Miss.), Aug. 30.— Marshal Wilkes
and his deputies, who followed tlie notor
ious Hob Simms and his gang of illicit dis
tillers and murderers from Alabama, enrly
this morning captured eight of the guiig
near here. Simms himself evaded capture.
The Monmouth Racjs.
New York, Aug. 30.— At the meeting of
the Mouuiouth Park Kacing Association,
Marcus Daly led the li»t of winners, taking
SSI.oUO; Foxhall Keene won SWJO, Uu^iii
848'Jj.
Eastern Temperatures.
Chicago, Aug. yo.— Minimum and maxi
mum temperatures: Chicago, C 4 and- 68; I
Cincinnati. 70 and iti; New Orleans, K2 and
W; New York, ti2 aud G4; St. Louis, 74 and
SO.
Epreckels Against the Sugar Trust.
New York, Aug. SO.— Clans Sprecke's
says: "I mean to paddle my own canoe to
the end of the chai ter. I have not joint 1
the sugar trust nor will I do so."
Ex-Congressman Scott Sinking.
Euie (Fa.), Aug. 30.— Ex-Congressman
William L. Scott is Raid to be rapidly sink-
Ing. His physicians have decided to take
him to Newport to-morrcw.
Pennsylvania Salt Company's Lobs.
NATHONKd'a.), Aug. 30.— The bicarbonate
department of the Pennsylvania Salt Ciim
pniiy was destroyed by fire this morning.
Loss SIOO,OOU
THE GRAIN HARVEST.
Estimate Issued by the Hungarian Gov
ernment.
Vikn'na, Aug. 30.— The Hungarian Gov
ernment has Issued an estimate of the
world's grain harvest, based upon Consular
reports from all parts of the world. The
yield of wheat is estimated from 725,000,000
to 706,0C0,C00 hectoliters, and ryo from
.'550,000,000 to 300,000,000 hectoliters, being
from W.000.0r0 to 50,000,000 hectoliters below
th<» average for wheat and from C0.000.0u0
to 1(K).000,000 hectoliters below the average
for rye.
For rye Austria requires to Import from
10,000.000 to 12,(KiO,<Xio hectolitres of wheat
and 6,000,000 hectolitres pf rye; Germany,
10.000,000 hectolitres of whrat and from
23,0W),000 lo 26,000,000 hectolitres of rye, and
France 30,000.000 hec'.olitres of wheat".
Hungary has a surplus cf 12,000.000 to
13.000,000 hectolitres of wheat, but of rye
there is a lar^« deficiency.
In Kussia tlio wheat surplus amounts to
18400,000 hectolitre*, aud the ry« deficit
amounts to 40,000,000 to 45.000.0u0 hecto
litres.
THE PARENTS LOCKED UP.
Mr. and Mm. Hmulcork Acriisrcl uf Kill
ing Their Kldettt Daughter.
Canada is just now agitated over a mur
der mystery as sensational as any of those
that have appalled the people of the United
States in recent time?. The scene ol the
tragedy was Fairbank, a v'llage not fur
from Toronto. A year ago Edward T.
Handcock, postmaster nnd merchant a
Seaton, started a branch store, there nu<!
placed his eldest daughter in charge. The
father, mother ami ilieir children spent part
of the time in our town and part in the othe/
going back and forth as Inclination or bust
ness moved them.
Tho other morning Mrs. Handcoek an.l
her twelve-year-old son sUrled for Seaton,
leaving Mr. Hartdcock and Sophia at Fair
hank. Just before noon the former ran
from the store an. l called to some neighbors
to come over, saying that Sophia was hurt.
The women who responded to the appeal
found the girl face downwaid on the dining
room floor. The blood llowed freely from a
horrible wound in her he. id, and there was
a trail of core leading to the trapdoor of the
cellar twelve feet away. Sophia died that
night. The doctors who were summoned
declared that her skull had been smashed
with a hammer, and the coroner's Jury, the
foreman ol wliich is pastor of tun church
attended by Haudcock, relumed n verdict of
murder against come person unknown. The
father made the following statement:
"I entered the house shortly after my
wife left for Seaton village, expecting to find
my accustomed cup of tea ready. It was
not, and seeing uiy daughter busy I went
ontcgainto my hoeing in tlie garden. I
went into the hmiae again. I cannot tell
how long I was ab-ent, and nearly fell over
the prostrate body of my girl. Tlie room
was rather dark, tlie blinds being down;
and thinking she had fainted I got a basin
of water with which to bathe her head. As
soon as I lifted her head 1 was horrified to
discover a raggcl hole In it, and that it was
covered with blood. I immediately sum
moned assistance. I cannot imagine how
my daughter canie to her death, except that
she must have struck her head against the
uplifted trapdoor while she was walking to
ward it, probably carrying a pail of butter
In her Hand."
Detectives took up the, cass. They
learned that Sophia, who was 22 years old
and engaged to be mnrried, hud $1000 insur
anco on her life and owned tlie Fairbank
store. They also discovered that her father
needed exactly $1000 to satisfy the importu
nate demands nf some Toronto creditors.
Then they talked to little Daniel HaiiJcock
and learned that his parents had ordered
him to "keep quiet." He would say little
more, but the authorities thought the evi
dence strong enough to warrant the arrest
of Mr. and Mrs. Hundeock on tho charje of
murder. — Utlca Observer.
FIREFLIES SACK A TOWN.
Millions of tlio riHsiilng Inneot* Go
Through a Pcnntylvnnla Village.
This town was a night or two ngo treated
to a most remarkable and beautiful specta
cle, says a Dunbar a.) corre9ponnent of
the I'hllodelphia Times. Shortly after dusk
the people were surprised and puzzled to
behuld what appeared to Lie a cloud of light
come sweepiuß up from the woods lying
back of the town, but on reaching ttie
streets it was sren that the light was occa
sioned by an immense swsrm of lin-il <•-.
Tiiis swarm, numbering millions, dispersed
itself throuKh the villinge, illuminating
everything with a light more golden than
thai of day nnd warmer than the moon's
cold beams.
l'eople recognized each other without diui
culty and the print of a newspaper was to
be read with enso. The houses were filled
with the darting, flashing Insects, which
seemed to be panic-stricken from some
icysterlons cause. Lnnips were extin
guished by the swarms and carpets ruined
by them as they were crushed by the foot,
while delicate plants and flower beds were
destroyed by the weight of the clustering
flies.
It took several hours for the swarm to pass
through the town, but It slowly dlsappeired
in the direction of the river, lighting the
fields as it went, alarmingthecountry peopls
as it aiipronched, and arousing the cattle and
poultry, which seemed to mistake it for
dawn. Nothing being seen of it next day
and no report of it being seen elsewhere
having been received. it is believed that it
gradually dispersed itself over the marshes.
Where- the insects came from is also a mat
ter of conjecture, as well as the reason for
the sudden invasion. O:i the morning after
their visit they were found in drifts under
the hedges aud fences and against, the sides
of the houses, while quantities of provisions
left exposed were destroyed by their pres
ence.
Posterity Wants to Go, Too.
It is not always desirable, and is seldom
necessary, for little boys of 0 to go out
evenings with their parents. A certain
couple, aware of tho fact that "small
pitchers luivm largo ears," adopted the prac
tice of alluding tn their promising young
son as "posterity" whenjuentioniui; him in
their conversations.
If attendance at a concert was contem
plated, or an evening call was to b» made,
the husband would remark. "Well, pos
terity need not accompany us," and it was
possible to relegate " posterity " to bed wlin
outinuch trouble.
IJut dullness of comprehension is not a
distinguishing trail of juvenile Americans.
One night, after the customary conversation,
the little fellow, who had been so cruelly
liuiiibunged, a.itonlshed hi* parents with
"I'apa. posterity wants to go, too!"— N. Y.
Commercial,
SMOKING RUINS.
I Heavy Blow to the Town of
Winnemucca.
Many Enildings and Their Contents Totally
Destroyed by Fire. •.
Business Blocks and Residences Quickly
Swept Away by the Fierce Flames.
' Estimated Loss $145,009.
• fractal to TDK MoHh'lXll Cali.
Wix.vemucca. (New), Aug. 30.— A. disas
trous fire occurred In this town to-day. The
fire-bell sounded the alarm at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, and at 5:30 o'clock the uncontrol
able flames had consumed the following
buildings and their contents: ST. Levy &
Co.'s general merchandise store, furniture
store and warehouse, loss about 875,000, in
surance £40,000; Judge Bonnifield's law of
fice and also a business house on Main
street, loss $1200, insured for £500; John
Schmidt's boot and shoe store and also bis
residence, loss 52000, no insurance; Georges
It. Walker's undertaking establishment,
loss 81100, insurance $500; Charles Wur
telle's variety and fruit store, loss $2000, no
insurance; Georgu Luther's saloon, loss
52500.n0 insurance; Henry Busch's two
buildings, loss . £3000, no insurance; L.
Hoffman's store, loss £SCCO, no insurance;
F. L. Fellows' saloon and building, loss
$3000, no Insurance; Mrs. S. W. ltuse's
lodging-house, loss £2500, no insurance;
Mrs. A. F. Gilson, Postoffice build-
In™, loss $l(K>0, no insurance; also
her residence, loss $2000, Insurance
£800; Mrs. Mary Brown's building,
loss SlOOO, partially Insured; Christ Delhi's
bakery, residence, saloon and one other
building, loss £10,000, partially Insured;
McAllister's residence, loss S5OO, no insur
ance; Miss Lou Chapelle's building, loss
$800, no insurance; Heury Warren's dwell
ing, loss £1000, insuranco £300; Masonic
Hall, loss 820,000, insurance £.12,000; Silver
State Building and materials, loss £4000,
insurance £2000; Busch & Neth'sgas works,
loss £3000, no Insurance; D. Faacale's resi
dence, loss £3000, insurance 81500; Mrs.
Windle's residence, loss £1500, no insur
ance.
- No building in the line of the fire escaped
except the lire-proof building of the First
National Bank, which Is not injured.
Judge Bouuifield saved his extensive law
library.
The lire originated in the outbuildings of
John Schmidt's store, but how is not yet
ascertained. In every lustance the loss was
total. Tee Winnemucca Water Works
proved to be a lamentable failure.
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GHASS VALLEY PAIR.
Interesting Exhibits for the Pavilion and
Excellent Programme of Races.
Grass Vali.ky, Aug. oO.— Hundreds of
people are arriving for the fair this coming
week and great interest is being manifested.
Superintendent Dodge of tho pavilion has
complete arrangements made aud the entry
clerks are receiving numerous exhibits.
The mines will be especially well displayed
at tho pnvilion. Tuesday's events at the
park will be very fine and gord time will be
made. Following are the first day's races:
Running three quarters of a mile and re
peat, free for all, purse $150, $2j entrance,
SlO forfeit-^-!!. A. Penliall names Flora B,
J. Benoit names Kilgariff, EU Benoit names
Annie Kocucy, J. 11. Smilhuiu names J. 11.
Smitham.
Trotting 2:26 cli>s«, purse $GOO. free for
all. one mile heat.-*, best three in live in har
ness—John Irving names l'usha, C. A. Dur
fee names MiKinnie, S. K. Trefry names
Dinah, C. F. Taylor names Sidney J, T. C.
Snyder names Vidette.
Trotting, district two-year-olds, purse
$200, one mile heats, best two in three —
George A. Irving names General, Oliver
Slrard names M'liss, Henry Thompson
names Stella J, X ben Kemu names Ham
ilton Jr.
Xl » : < - 1 \K- IN STOCKTON".
A Safe in a Grocery Store Blown Open and
Kifled.
Stockton. Aug. 30.— The safe at Gianelli
Bros.' grocery store was blown open some
time between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning.
The burglars came in through the front en
trance. There were five employes sleeping
In the rear of the building at the titno of the
burglary, but did not hear any disturbance.
Mr. Glauelli never keeps any money in the
safe, but had STuO at his residence next
door. The burglars made away with a gold
watch, which was given to Mr. Gianclli for
Bafe keepine, valued at $I."), and a diamond
rinn belonging to Gianelli valued at SW), and
left as quietly as they aaine. The burglars
also got a lew dollars in change from the
till. The safe is now useless.
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GLENN COUNTY.
The Governor Appealed To to Hear Testimony
in the Hatter.
Sacramento, Aug. 30.— T0-morrow Gov
ernor Markham will hear testimony and
arguments, in behalf of Colusa and Glenn
counties relative to the constitutionality of
the act orijanl/.lm: the county of Glenn.
Attorney-General Hart has held the act to
be constitutional, but the Colusa people
have appealed to the Governor to overrule
the Attorney-General and allow them to
take the case into court, if a trial is or
dered it will last several months and there
will probably be a thousand witnesses called.
The. hearing r.lso involves a question of
fraud at tlie election for a division of the
county of Colusa.
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VACAVIIiLK FIIUIT.
The Bulk Greater, bat the Sum Realized Less
• lhan Last Year.
Vacayit.i.k, Aug. 80.— According to a
statement published In the Enterprise yes
terday there have been shipred to Eastern
points lrom this place this year 374 car
loads of green fruit and forty-five car-loads
of dried fruit, this being largely in excess of
the number shipped at the same time last
year. F.d ward Fisher, ensliier of the Hunk
of V:icavill», states that S'-ti">,ooo has been
paid to grower* for fruit so far this season,
l'ho bulk sura is slightly Itss than last your
at tins time. In consequence of low prices
very little dried fruit has changed bands,
and returns are therefore behind.
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SNOWED ONDEU.
The Locating of the County High School at
Santa Ana Defeated.
Anaheim, Aug. 30.— The County nigh
School was snowed under at yesterdny's
election, the country precincts having rolled
up solid minorities against the school.
Santa Ana, being the flare selected for the
site of the school, gave 4(>o majority against
the school. Iteturus are in from nineteen
precincts, which give y.'O majority against
the school. The six precincts to hear from
will swell the majority to over 400. A liiziit
vote was cast, but had the campaigu lasted
two weeks longer the majority agiinst the
school would have been much larger.
Small Fire in Hereed.
Merced, Aug. 30.— An alarm was turned
In this innrning at 3 o'clock for n fire In
South Merced. As this is where all ot the
large warehouse! are located considerable
excitement prevailed until it was found that
the fire would be confined to a row of small
builuings. Thanks to the efficiency of the
Merced Firo Department, it was confined to
two buildings, one the property of J. I*.
Olcese, romaming hay, and tte other 1). J.
Pendola's dwelliniz. The loss is about
81200; insured. Tlie cau.se is supposed to
havo been of incendiary origin.
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Fatal Accident.
IWSBTPOEr, Aug. 30.— Alexander C.
Broadfoot wa9 killed in the logging woeds
at Rocki ort yesterday by n lug rolling over
him und breaking liis neck. He leaves four
children in Alienford, Ontario.
MAY LOSE A SUBSIDY.
A Steamship Compiiny's Quarrel
With San Salvador.
Among the passengers on the City of New
York which arrived yesterday were Senor
Ernesto Vernier and Senor Vincente Gon
zalez, of San Salvador, who are visiting the
city to effect a restoration of the health ol
the former. They are staying at the Occi
dental, and discussed Central American
affairs with a Call reporter yesterday, Se
cundiuo Apac volunteering his services as
interpreter.
"A leading topic in San Salvador at pres
ent." said Senor Vernier, "is the incident of
the steamer City of Panama. Theteismuch
indignation over the action of Captain
White, who had on previous occasions ef
fected the escape of political prisoners, al
though his action in those instances was
not resented. Wiien the slemner a few
weeks ago cleared without proper papers,
to accomplish ihe escape of a convicted
criminal, who was under sentence of death
for murder, the people were so angry that
the local autnorities took the matter up.
Tlie Government has announced that, in
consequeuce of the occurrence, the contract
now held by the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company fur carrying the San Salvador
ninils will not be renewed upon its expira
tion next year. The subsidy paid the com
pany is a large annual payment, aud will be
awarded tv another line.
"Construction work Is being pushed rap
idly on the Government railroads. All but
twenty-four miles of the line between Son
si.iiuti aud San Salvador, distant 114 miles,
lias been completed, and the contractors
have ]ust commenced the road between
Armiona and Santa Ana, which will be
forty-two mites long. On tlie railroad from
San Salvador to Ceiba, the workmen are
excavating a tunnel out of -•■olid rock, which
will be almost a mile in extent.
"Public matters are quiet in San Salva
dor. There is no turbulence among the
people, who are strongly in sympathy with
Carlos Ezeta, the Fresident. He is encour
aglng public improvements and is an ex
emplary ortieiiil. In tho neighboring coun
try of Guatemala, the people aro much
excited over the approaching election.whicu
will be held in about three months.
"There is much public opposition to the
re-election of President Barillas, who repre
sents the Conservative party, but the edu
cated classes am generally expected to side
witli the Liberals. Three, men are spoken
of in the latter party. General Keyna Bar
rios, who Is now in the city. Miuister Mon
tufar and Jose Yerena. Birrios is very
popular, nnd as he is the strongest candi
date, lie will probably bo the Liberal
standard-bearer. Hfs election would be
almost certain if the voice of the people is
allowed to be heard."
WEALTH THAT TOOK WINGS.
History of Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Man
sion In JackfionTille, Florida.
There are very few people in Jacksonville
who know of the fine Kiverside property
and uncompleted mansion of Harriet Hub
bard Ayer, the famous manufacturer of
hair restorer, cosmetics, etc., and of the
strange misfortune that Defell the houge of
Ayer that led to the cessation ot work on
this £50,000 mansion when $38,000 had been
spent.
Just two miles from the court-house, on
Commercial street, in liiversidp, this prop
erty is situ ated. The lot, over two hundred
feet front, Ik well shaded by beautiful hick
ory, cherry aud maple trees aud moss-em
bossed oaks. It runs back 400 feet to the
river, and bag h water frontuee uf two hun
dred feet.
The house Is an elegant three-story struc
ture, designed by Mrs. Ayer herself, who
intended it for a winter homo in which she
could entertain her friends with all the lux
ury that weaith can buy. Half ot the first
floor was devoted to a theater ball 6ux3o
feet. In one end is a magnificent fireplace,
incomplete, while, on the stage there is one
of smaller dimensions. The ceiling, paneled
with handsome yellow pine with rich mold
ings, is supported by skillfully carvea pil
lars. From this hall a beautiful stairway
leads to the roomy chambers of the floor
nbove. The house contains in all twenty
five rooms, besides a nuinoer of baths. It
was originally a ten-room hotisp, the prop
erty of Senator Call. A basement for the
culinary department is arranged beneath tho
house and a dumb waiter connects it with
the pantry and dining-room above. Wido
hails, running north and south aud east ami
west, are upon each floor, and a wide ob
servatory surmounts the housetop, lrom
which a magnificent view of the St. Johns,
stretching southward and northward of the
city to tho east, aud of the pine lauds to the
west, can be seen.
Mrs. Ayer built a wharf at which yachts
and nteamers could laud und had designed a
splendid stable, to be stocked with blooded
horses. An arte.-ian well was to be driven,
as the fountains aud pipesrunning here aud
there evidence.
But suddenly there camo a crash in the
great business house of Ayer, and It was
thought that l.ut little would be saved from
the wreck. That was about nine years ago.
Had the failure been delayed six weeks
lonicer the mansion would have been com
pleted.
There are all sorts of strange stories about
the faiiure. Some say that the reckless ex
travagance ot Mr. Ayer, caused by his in
fatuation for women, sank hundreds of
thousands. At any rato there was a great
scandal, and then Mrs. Ayer carried her
husband to Paris to escape from it. But
tnrre things grew worse. Mr. Ayer got in
an intrigue with a Freucli woman of rare
beauty, and one morning Mrs. Ayer awoke
and she was huabandless, aud then the
crash came.
She hastened back to America and foiled
a scheme to use her money for the payment
of nor hushaud's debts, bhe gatnered up
some of the remains and the uncompleted
Southern mansion of Mrs. Ayer is now bec
ging for a purchaser at 810,000. Just think
of it. How have the mighty fallen.—Jack
sonville (Fla.) Times-Union.
Reckless Drivers.
Frederick liose, a laborer residing at 624
Washington street, was knocked down and
run over on the corner of California and
Kearny streets about 7:30 o'clock last ni^ht
by a buggy driven by two well-dressed
young men. After Ruse fell the reckless
drivers refused to stop, and continued at a
lively rate up Kearny street pursued by
many people who had seen the occurrence.
The chase was so hot that the pursued
finally drove into a biind alley off Sansome
street, near the sugar refinery, and Jomoing
out of the vehicle nmde their escape. Kose
was taken to the Receiving Hospital and
found to have been severely bruised and the
in'tep of his right foot broken. Special
Officer French found that the buggy had
been hired by two unknown men from
1 1 Li l l l - " stable, on Montgomery street, above
Jackson.
All for the Price OF Drinks.
Yesterday afternoon John Kerwin and
threo boon companions entered the saloon
of John Joosr, on Secoud ami Drannau
streets, and demanded the drinks. Kerwin
picked up a scale-weight to enforce the de
mand, hut some one kept him from using
it, though lie did make an effort to strike
Joost with it. Kirwin w.is afterward ar
rested for assault with a deadly weapon and
disturbing the peace.
Bulgar With a Slungshot.
William Kelly was arrested last evening
on Clementina street on v warrant charging
him with burglary. It Is claimed he bur
gUrlzed mi the 24th inst. the grocery store
of (. harles 11. Lunusmann, on the corner of
Seventh and Harrison streets. When
searched nt the Southern Station a slune
shot was found upon him, and an additional
charge of canying it was entered against
him.
A Big House-Moving.
The large throe-story frame dwelling In
the rear of Wieland's Brewery, In which the
late John Wieland lived and died, Is being
moved to the coruer of Fremont and Harri
son street 3. It is understood that it will be
occupied as a tenement house. It is one of
the largest structures ev»i moved in San
Francisco, and c.iused a complete blockade
at First and Folsom streets ou Saturday
night
San Francisco Polyclinic.
Drs. Harry M. Sherman. Martin Kegens
burger and Frederick W. d'Evelyn, the com
mittee of tlie staff of the Polyollnlc, have
written to the Committee of PatronetaM of
the iDslittition, acknowledging with thanks
the receipt of a check for $2893, being the
net proceeds ot the fete elrauipetre at Sutro
lark. The amount will go to tho liuildiug
Fund ol the I'olycllnic. ■ . - ;V..
- The itillii(Mi/..i is again epidemic In Mos
cow in a very severe form, numbers being
prostrated by it daily.
KITTY ELOPED.
She Flees From Petalnma With a
Sporting Man.
The Conple Stop Off at San Eafael and Get
Married — They Tome to This City
and Are landed in Prison.
A little romance that started during the
Napa races two weeks ago was rudely
checked yesterday afternoon by the ro
maucers being landed iv the City Prison.
In short, the story is that Kitty Kice, the
daughter of Thomas J.Rice, proprietor of the
City Hotel at Petaluma, eloped on Saturday
with Lee Edward KirkpatrieL-, veterinary
surgeon, race-course gambler aud all-arouud
sport
The whole trouble appears to be in refer
ence to the girl's age. She says she is 18,
but her stern para declares she is two years
younger. Afore than this, he has a strong
prejudice against sporting men and fre
quently cautioned his daughter to let them
severely alone.
When Kice discovered that his daughter
had flown, and with her had also gone Mrs.
George Canz and Mrs. Dan Milo, wives
of spurting men, his suspicions became
aroused. An hour later he learned that
Kirkpatrlck had disappeared from Peta
luma, and he lost no time in sending out
telegrams in all directions. At 7 :30 o'clock
Saturday night Chief Crowley received the
following dispatch from him:
FHOM TUB FATIIEU.
ARMt Gambler Milu's wife ami two young
mtii, «iiii lefi here to-day on -L.'M traiu, curry
ing away my daughter, about 16 years of age.
She Is supposed to live ou Fifiu, Sixlli or Sev
enth stieel, belweeu Howaid ami Miskloii.
Thomas J. Kice.
An hour later another telegram arrived
from Petaluma reading:
Flud Mrs. Canz, 675 Minna street. If uot
llicit! try SI. Elmo Iloine. Make tier tell wlieie
the uli i 19. i.rli Iv tier company.
Officers Anthony and Curran found the
misjiug pill at the house of Mrs. Cauz, 575
Minna street, yesterday afternoon. With
lier was Kirkpatrirk, a stalwart, muscular
fellow, who declared: "She is my wife."
Kitty and Kirkpatrlck were escorted to the
City Prison, where the bride was stowed
away in tho hospital to await the arrival of
her angry father. Kirkpatrick Was allowed
to depart after convincing the officers that
he hau married the runaway girl.
STORY OF THE BHIDE.
The incarcerated bride is a small-sized
eirl with. regular features and blond hair.
To a Call reporter she related the story of
her elopement with Croat gusto. " I'll
never go back to my father alive," she said,
" for 1 love my husband ana they can't take
me away from him. My mother, who was
divorced fiom my father thirteen years ago,
aud Who lives .In lowa, says I'm 18 and
that ought to settle it How long have 1
known Kirkpatrick? About two weeks. 1
nrat met him at Napa, where my father
kept a restaurant. Falling in business there
my father followed the races to Petaluma
aud leased the City Hotel. 1 never asked
him If I could marry Mr. Kirkpatrick be
cause he had always refused to lot me talk
to sporting people. List Wednesday Lee
asked me if I would marry him aud I said
'yes.' Then he said he was going to Sau
Francisco and asked whether to buy an en
gagement or a wedding ring. I decided on
a wedding ring. Ho returned Thursday and
I said: 'What's the matter with going to
the city Saturday night and getting mar
ried ?' He agreed to the plan aud 1 secretly
made arrangemeuts to elope. Mr.*. Canz
was stopping at our hotel aud she helped
me get ready.
IN DISGUISE.
"About 4 o'clock I left the hotel In dis
guise. 1 wore an old wrapper, a long ulster,
a pair of blue gocgles and a heavy veil.
After 1 boarded the train 1 remained by
myself until near Sau Rafael, wiien Kirk
patrick, Dan Milo und Mrs. Cauz joined
me. We all got tiff at San Rafael and pro
cured a marriage license. Alter I was mar
lied to Kirkpatrick by a Justice of the
Peace we took the next train and came to
this city. Then 1 went with my husband to
Mrs. Canz' house, where a room had been
leserved for us.
">o, I'll never go back to Petaluma and
my fattier will never take me there ulive. I
telegraphed him this morning that I had
been married and 1 guess that ought to lat
i>fy him. He has no right to complain, for
lie eloped himself when ho married my
stepmother a year after my own mother se
cured a divurce from him. Jlv folks were
awful cross to me ami made me do all the
work in a hotel of twenty-n've rooms. I be
came very tired ot being a drudge and that
is why I eloped."
The father of the incarcerated bride tele
phoned to Chief Crowley la*t night that he
vvouid come down from Petaluma to-day.
So Kitty will remain a guest at the Hotel
de City Prison until after her augered
pareut's arrival
OHIO'S OIL GEYSER.
Kin wing at the Kate of 70,000 Barrels of
l'etrolenm ill Twenty four Honrs.
Ohio has the bitigest oil well in the United
States, if not in the world, and if permitted
to flow to its full capacity it would niora
than fill two of the monster 35,000-barrel
tanks every twenty-four hours. This great
oil geyser Is located in Haucock County,
just four miles south of the town of North
Baltimore.
The well has Just been drilled In, and
when at a depth of thirty-five feet in the
s and a strong gas pocket was struck, and the
well showed for a gas-producer of about
1, 230,000 cubic feet capacity. Gas was not
what was wanted, however, and the drill
was sent eight feet deeper, which made the
total depth iv the sand forty-three 'feet
When the pool was struck the oil started
flowing, and a connection was made through
a two-inch line from the casing head to a
GOO-barrel tank, which was tilled with gi>od
clean oil in precisely ninety minutes. The
company then leiirned that they had drilled
into a wonderful lake of oil, and it was also
discovered that ordinary tankage facilities
were far from sufiicient, and work was at
once begun cm another GOO-barrel tank. At
tun same time several donkey pumps were
started and pipe lines were laid, while con
nections were being made to the main line.
On the afterunon of the samo day it was
decided to take the tools from the hole, and
thousands of people, having heard of the
gusher, flocked in from all directions to see
the famous geyser opened up. At about 3
o'clock the engine was started and the tools
were gradually being brought to the sur
face. The drillers were being drenched
with oil, which flowed all over the derrick.
When the tools were within a few hundred
feet of the surface the rope commenced to
slack and the drillers, after reversing their
rngine, made fur a place of safety, as the
tools were being lifted from the well by the
heavy pressure of the oil. It was thought at
the tine that the rope had broken and the
tools bfen left in the hole, but the drill was
found sitting beside, the easing in the rig. As
soon as the tnols were our a solid column of
oil belched forth from the casing hend, rising
far nbove the derrick, where it spread in all
directions. There were two two-inch lines
connected on the easing.
It made ns beautiful a sight as any one
wished to see and it thrilWl the hearts of
the oil men who witnessed the sight with
delight to know that they had looked upon
what was probably the largest oil well ever
completed ou the globe. An effort was
made, to shut the well in, and eight men
worked for nearly two hours until they suc
ceeded in getting the well under control.
Afterward it was turned into a GOO-b.irrel
tank through a two-inch line, ruuuiug the
tank over witti roily oil in sixty-threo miu
utes. The well, at the rute it flowed through
the casing for the space of time it was
opened, would in twenty-four hours pro
duce a good 70,000 barrels of roily oil. mak
ing nearly double the size of any well ever
completed, not barring the Huasian wells. —
Commercial Qazette.
HER SPOUSE A MURDERER.
On 'Ih.it Grnuml tli» Wife of John Keys
Is Suing? for a Oivorce.
Eva Keys of Cincinnati baa sued for a
divorce from Jolin Keys. They were mar
ried a year ago. There was a swolt wed
ding, mid when the carriage containing the
bride and groom lelt the residence of the
biiae's parents those who bid them youd-by
ami threw the traditional slimier after the
bride thought the happy couple were on
their way to an Atlantic coast watering re
sort. But John was nut that kind of a man,
and when the liackiiiiin was dismissed Eva
found herself on »n Ohio flat-boat defined
for St. LouU. This was net all, fur the
benedict had introduced to his newly mude
bride, under au assumed uauie, Billy Fee
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
and Bert Kusk. The quartet went down
the river on the l>nar. she tells tha re
mainder of the sti«- us follows in her peti
tion ns set forth in the New York Press:
"John Key* lias been guilty of extreme
cruelty .to waul her in this: That on the da'
following said marriage lie took her, 'n com
pany with other persons, upon a boat and
started down the Ofclo Iliver. Tliat whila
near Iriwrenceburi:, Ind., her husband,
John aud one of the men did kill and mur
der one of the party ; that immediately
after the killing her husband threatened to
take her life if she ever divulged the fact of
said killing."
Both Kusk and Keys have been arrested,
tried and acquitted on tue charge ef killing
Billy Fee, whose body was found in tha
river, each charging it to the otlier. Their
whereabouts U unknown, t-:it the body of
the murdered man is buried under the wil
lows near Booneville, Ky., whore it was
takeu from the water by searchers.
A CRAZY NEW YORKER.
He Tries to Shoot His Wife on
Board a Steamer.
"I don't want to see that woman or her -
children; she is not my wife, and the chil
dren belong to my brother." Thus spoke
Richard O'Neil, one of the passengers that
arrived on the Pacific Mail steamer City ot
New York yesterday morning.
"I »m not crazy, let me go," he shouted to
the police officers who had him in charge at
the Pacific Mail Dock waiting for the patrol
wagon wl.ich had been sent fur to take the
man to the ilonie for Inebriates.
Further up the wharf stood the man's
wife and three babies, the oldest not yet six
years of age. Tears were in their eyes as
they saw him placed in the wagon and
driven away between two stalwart police
men. The officers of the steamer placed the
poor wife with her little ones in n hack aud
they were taken to the Cosmopolitan Hotel
on Mission street.
Mrs. O'N'eil was seen by a Cam. reporter
last night, and told a sad tale of the cruel
treatnipiit she had received at tha hands ot
her husband, who, she thiuks, brought her
and her babies to California to desert them.
"He may be crazy, but 1 doubt it," blid
exclaimed, "lie Is a deep scheming man,
ana would not hesitate to leave me pounl
less here or anywhere elso. We were mar
ried seven years ago In New York, and for
a time he was kind and good to u.e and we
were very happy. My liuibaud is a steno
grapher and typewrtt?r, and earned over
S-0 a week. He worked for one firm nina
years, but at last threw up his job to come
to San Francisco. His brother is William
Lave O'Xeil, a weil-knowu New York law
yer, whom I nover saw but once iv my life,
yet my husband accuses me of living with
him, and said I had him hMdeu away on
board the steamer. '■? '-.- . ;• -.
"Several times before we left New York
he thientencd to kill me and the children.
On the trip from New York to Aspinwall
he acted very strange, and hardly bpoke to
me or the children. After leaving Panama
he became worse, and again threatened to
shoot me, but he was disarmed by the can
tain's orders. Then he swore ho would
throw the children overboard, and 1 wua
afraid to move out of the cabin."
O'Netl is a member of the Masonic fra
ternity, and Is also an Odd Fellow and For
ester, In one of his crazy spelts he tbrew
several Masonic emblems overboard, took
all the photographs out of his wife's album,
and putting them in the baby's chair,
dropped the whole lot over the side of ths
Bteamer. He refused to give his wife any
niMi. y, although she says he must have a
large sum on his person, aui she is entirely
without funds.
O'Neil will be taken before the Commis
sioners of Insanity to-day.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
It Will Be a lSenatlfal riace When the
Decorators Get Through.
The 3ecorators engaged in renovating tlm
White Hmise expected to complete the work
by the Ist of October. An unexpected de
lay has occurred, however, as t!ie principal
decorator is ill. All of the most delicate
wcrk is yet to bo dove in the gr<M:i t.irlor
and the Mate dining-room, while tim walls
of tite vestibule are waiting to be orna
mented, as only the chief decorator can
ornanicut them. lie lias been for over
a week nuJ his absence has greatly re
tarded the other work. Among the i>>-rm;>.
nent portraits of Washington and Lincoln
to be painted on the wall ovrr the mantel
pieces, the picture of Washington is tv be
taki-n from a life-size portrait of "The Fa
ther of His Country," which hangs in the
east room. The head and shoulders of
Lincoln will be painted from a steel engrav
ing which is said to be the tii'st likeness of
him ever uiiide. Tne outlines for theso
drawings are already distinguishable on
the walls, and the flourishes and other orna
mentations which are to surround them
have been penciled off. The effect, it is
said, will be beautiful and in striking cou
trast wiih the meaningless and artless col
orations which previously disfigured tha
main entrance totho Executive Mansion.
The repairs in the greeu parlor and tha
state dining-room are progressing rather
slowly, but the effect promises to be Brand.
The artist lias originated a new color for
the dining-room which he describes at a
happy blending of the colors derived from
lea and coffee. The effect is a rich shade of
salmon, shaded eft from a deep tint into a
delicate orango color as the top of the exil
ing is reached. There is sufficient figuring
in the work to relieve the monotony of too
much brilliant coloring, and it is expected
this room will be greatly admired when flu
shed. A most delicate shade of green is be
ing used in the greeu parlor, but the work
has nut advanced far euongh to give a fair
idea of what the effect will be. It was in
tended to redecorate the main corridor,
which is used as the grand proinennde dur
ing state entertainments, but tun time is too
short, so that the work will have to go over
until next summer. — Washington special to
Globe-Democrat.
SHE WENT TO SLEEP.
Slow Mrs. John Saw the Iturgliir ami
Didn't Scare Her Husband.' '- ,
■ A well-known North Side lady c recently
had a unique and noteworthy experience. ,
She, with her husband and children, occu
pied an apartment in one of the cross street-;.
The other night she arose about 1 o'clock, as
her custom Is, to prepare some food for one
of her children, mid loft her husband sound *
asleep in bed. She went into the next
room, lighted the gas and began to mix the g
gruel. In the middle of the preparations -.£
she turned suddenly and saw a man. in the
parlor, which was dimly lighted by the gas
in the room in which she , was. >J»tiirallv
shn was greatly alarmed, and her first im
pulse was to shriek aloud. v '"■■■ -
"So," she said to herself, "I mustn't
scream. What I ought to do is to pretend
that I haven't seen him, and then go back-to
bed and wake my husband." ~ °
This plan she unfalteringly carried out,
though her heart beat like a trii>-!umm«r
and she could hardly breathe. Apparently
unconcerned, she finished her task. This
took nbout five minutes, and then, lowering
the gas, she walked into the bed-room and
got into bed. . " ■>• n e ■" •_ '. ,
"Now," she thought, "the burglar is prob
ably watching me, and it I alarm John now
the man will know It and escape. I think
I'd better wait a few minutes and throw
him off bis guard." '•' • 5 " o
In the morning it was foil Vl that burglar* ' ■
had entered the apartment a\l carried away
absolutely everything of any value. Mrs. •
John had actually gone to sleet) while she
was throwing the burglar off his guard. —
Chicago I'ost.
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