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VOLUME LXXVIL_NO. 91. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE PACIFIC SLOPE, A Sacramento Girl Com- mits Suicide by Poisoning. SEQUEL TO A QUARREL. Admonitions of Her Lover to Reform Her Ways Made Her Angry. ‘WOULD NOT HEED HIS WORDS. After Leaving Him She Buys Car- bolic Acid and Swallows the Fatal Draught. RAMENTO, March 10.—A young woman Montgomery ended her < morning by swallowing the con- a two-ounce vial of carbolic acid le of her parents, 1113} H this city. The cause of theactis to be & misunderstanding which reported to have had with her lover, Georgie The girl left her home Saturday evening ek, rently in the best of to return at an early t the girl’s mother 10 is employed in a down-town barber- | Development of the Deaconess Work in America,” and Miss Curtis related some personal experiences. Mrs. Lucy Ryder- Meyer of Chicago, the ori tor of the movement, spoke in Grace M. E. Church. Miss Mary Lunn of Boston spoke in St. Luke’s M. E. Church. Rev. Dr. Weak Cincinnati lectured in St. Luk avenue Church on “The Ministry of the Deaconess Among the Sic Miss Hila Larson spc -fifth-street M. E. Carl Strecker of Amsterdam, N. Y., spoke at the East Seventeenth-street Methodist Church on “The Deaconess in the Hos- { pitals.” at the West Church. Rev. e SWITCHMEN'S ASSOCIATION. A New President FElected and a Consti- tution Adopted. Cricaco, March 10.—The Switchmen’s Mutual Aid As ion, of which Charles Booty meeting, met this evening with 400 mem- bers present. The new constitution was | adopted. The most important feature is | the entire omission of anything which may be construed as countenancing strikes. The remaining office provided for to-night by the election of J. J. Carroll, treasurer; H. R. Rumbold, chairman of the board of directors; John Reston and William Burns, all of Chicago, members of the board of directors. The corresponding secretary, G. S. Cusac | lives at Chicago, in which city the head- an:\rters of the order are located. DREWS. vet unfilled, were DENIED BY He Has Not Been Appointed to the Mon- etary Conjerence. NEw Yorg, March 10.—The letter of Dr. Andrews to Professor Turnbull of Colo- rado Springs has | that Dr. had been ap- tpuinled by President Cleveland as |one of the Monetary Commissioners and that the conference had actually been called, but a telegraphic inquiry to Dr. Andrews brought the following reply : ¥ NCE, R. I, March 10. | The Editor of the World: Inference from | letter to Turnbull wholly unwar- S [ranted. Have received mno new ap- | pointment. Know absolutely nothing of Presi- Miss Montgomery’s y her father being 1ento, who d in the unde an old resi several years taking busi- has been way- ted with unworthy acters. , the misunderstanding > had with her lover was on account of r associates and she had been seen in a dancehouse. Before she left home 1 ht her mother besought her to give up her method of life and she would en- o furnish her ample means for en- beca e EQUITABLE PROTECTION LEAGUE. Efforts at Sacramento to Propagate Its Tenet. SacraMENTO, March 10.—Senator E. C. Voorheis called a meeting of the Equitable Protection League in room 14 of the Capi- 3 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of preparing an address to the forth the objects and pur- he league, 1o interest the press of fornia in the proposition and to push anization of local clubs. imittee of three was appointed to San Francisco and endeavor to enlist the advocacy of a metropolitan journal. A committee was also appointed to secure canvassers throughout the State. The league is growing rapidly in Sacramento, over sixty new names being secured to- day, and nearl the Republican mem- bers of the Assembly have joined the asso- ciation up to date. The Agricultural Committee of the House indorsed the plan of a bounty dtural exports, and the league to become a power throughout y 2 the land. —_—— ACCIDENT AT NEWCASTLE. A Mother and Her Daughter Seriously Injured in a Runaway. Mrs. Marie Bil- s Edith, while ing about 10 a. to-day, met with a bus accident. The horse suddenly be- e frightened and when turning a sharp nd in the road the occupants were thrown violently from the buggy to the ground, both sustaining serious injuries. and daughte M. Mrs. Billings’ head struck a rock, break- Ing her skull and forcing out her eye. She is not expected to live. Miss Edith is suf fering from concussion of the brain and also sustained internal injuries. Although 8o seriously injured it is expected that she | will recover. The buggy was wrecked. - BURGLARY AT SAN JOSE. Looting of the Residence of a Prominent Citizen. Sa~ Josg, March 10.—The residence of E. L. Auzerais, on Alum Rock avenue in this city, was entered by two burglars at 3:30 o'clock this morning and a large amount of silverware and clothing was secured. The burglars were heard entering the premises by a rear door, but the family up- stairs were afraid to molest the intruders. They rumaged around and secured the plunder and made good their escape. Before entering the place they broke open two carpenter chests in a house near by ahd secured the tools with which they gained an entrance to the Auzerais house. There is no clew to the burglars. —-— The Hydrazilic Mining Bills. SacraMENTO, March 10.—The Governor will to-morrow at 1 ». ». hear all persons interested in two hy u mining bills now pending. One of these provides that hydraulic miners found guilty of contempt may appeal to the Supreme Court. The other provides that all injunctions against hydraulic mining shall hold no longer than twelve months. - Phenixe Railroad Fete, Pr@xs1x, Ariz., March 10. — George H. Schneider, president of the Illinois National Bank, and treasurer of the As- sociated Press of Chicago, arrived with the Fairbank party last evening to participate in the festivities incidental to the opening of the Santa Fe, Phenix and Prescott Railroad. WORK OF THE DEACONESS. The New Religious Woman Discussed in New York Churches. New York, March. 10.—Services were held in the various Methodist Episcopal churches of the city to-day under the aus- rices of the Deaconesses’ Advocate, and I‘\liss Kate Curtis of this city spoke at the Creal M. E. Church, where the usual Sab- bath services were coad ucted by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. George Gregory. Miss Horton spoke on “’fl:e Growth and dent’s plans. Mean to attend next conference, but not necessarily as & member. ANDREWS. Dr. Andrews was one of the American delegates to the Brussels conference in 1892, UHATILLA INDIAN CITIZENS, EFFECT OF A JUDGE'S DECISION IN THE CASE OF AN OREGON TRIBE. THE WHITE PEoPLE FEAR THE RESULTs oF So RabpIicaL A CHANGE. PrxpretoN, Or., March 10. — Umatilla County had an addition to its citizenship of 1000 Indians yesterday when Judge Fee rendered his decision. The effect of this decision, no doubs, if sustained by the higher courts, will be to remove all restric- tions from the Umatilla Indians, except in handling their lands, which were allotted under condition. The Indian chiefs who have been under arrest for defying the authority of the In- dian Court were immediately released and a council called at Young Chief’s camp, fifteen miles above the agency, of all the Indians to consider matters. Near the agency Captain Richards has camped with Troop D, Fourth Cavalry, from Fort Walla Walla, accoutered for heavy service. Agent Harper said: I called for the troops because Judge Fee's decision removes all my authority over the Indians. No power now exists to prevent the Indians becoming intoxicated and en- dangering the lives of all on the reserva- tion. They are now free to follow their natural inclinations and drift back to savagery.'’ This radical change in the relations of the Indians to the people of this county renders some people timid. There are expressions of fear that dire results may follow. The Indian agent under the new regime can merely rent the Indian lands to whites. The Indian Court is done away with, the Indian policemen are discharged and the State courts have complete and sole jurisdiction e Ohio’s New Trotting Cireuit. Caxtox, Ohio, March 10.—Dates for a new trotting circuit organized in Canton have been announced as follows: Rockport, June 18, 19, 20; Canton, June 25, 26, 27; Youngstown, July 2, 3, 4. New Philadelphia and Canal Dover were rejected through a conflict of dates and two cities are wanted in their siead. Ak- ron and Warren will probably come in. James B. Kennedy of Youngstown is presi- dent and A. M. McCarthy of Canton sec- retary. e New York Pastor Resigns. NEw York, March 10.—Rev. Thomas Dixon offered his resignation as pastor of the Twenty-third-street Baptist Church at the morning service to-day. He gives as his reason that the work he especially de- sires to follow is to reach non-church- going people. He says he remains in fundamental creed a Baptist, but he pur- poses to place his work on a union evan- gelical platform with vital faith in Jesus Christ. — Madge York's Murderer. PHILADELPHIA, March 10.—This after- noon James B. Gentry, the murderer of Miss York, was removed from the hospital to Moyamens prison. Gentry while at the hospital was given every luxury he de- sired. At the prison all this is changed. The doctors declare that Gentry will not live to stand trial if he has to put up with the prison fare. Mining Company Incorporated. PiErRE, 5. D., March 10.—Articles of in- corporation have been filed for the Mexi- can-American Mining Company, with headquarters at Sioux Falls and Jurra, Mexico. Capital stock $3,000,000. Incor- porators, J. C. Palmer, George W. Abbot and P. 8. Royde, Sioux Falls, 8. D.; J.D. McCarrier and M. S. Wright, Kansas City, Mo. s Ex-President Harrison Is Better. Ixpranaronts, March -10.--Ex-President Harrison, after a week of illness that threatened at one time to take a dangerous turn, is rapidly recovering and will be able to be out in a few days. This evening Mr. Harrison’s physician expressed the belief that his patient would be up in a few days. The danger point has been passed. been taken to imply | was elected president at the last | | totality. THE MOON'S ECLIPSE, An Observation of the Phenomenon at Mt. Hamilton. PROF. HOLDEN’S REPORT. The Disk of the Orb Was Vis- ible at All Times During Totality. THIN HAZE OBSCURES THE SKY. A Clear Atmosphere at Sacramento Enables the People to Obtain a Good View. Lick OBservATORY, ;Mount Hamilton, Cal.,, March 10.—The total eclipse of the moon, which occurred this evening, was ob- served at the Lick Observatory under somewhat unfavorable circumstances, the sky being obscured during the entire time by a thin haze. The moon was obscured by half the earth’s shadow when it appeared at 6h. Om., Pacific standard time. Totality began at 6h. 51m. 56s., and lasted until 8h. 27m. 0s. The moon left the earth’s shadow at 9h. 2m. 20s., and the penumbra about 25m. 10h. 35m. The moon’s disk was visible at all times, being conspicuous a greater portion of The color of the unobscured por- tion of the disk varied from yellow to a light coppery hue. The times at which the edge of the shadow passed across some of the prominent craters were noted and the times of occultation of several small stars were observed. Epwarp S. HoLpex. CHICAGO HAS A FINE FVIEW. General Photographs of the Eclipse at Various Points of Contact. Cuicaco, March 10.—The eclipse to-night was viewed at the Northwestern University observatory at Evanstown by Director George W. Hough and others. The moon entered the penumbra at 7:30 o’clock. The first contact when the moon entered the shadow took place at 7:45. Professor Hough photographed the lunar disk in partial eclipse and later secured six photographs at various points of contact. The total eclipse took place at 8:52. The third contact, when the moon began to emerge, was at 10:47 and the fourth con- tact occurred at 11:35. After the first half hour the sky was re- markably clear and the moon presented a beautiful picture of delicate colors, varying from light yellow or golden to dark red copper. Not Seen at New York. NEW York, March 10.—The eclipse of the moon was not to be seen in New York City to-night in a satisfactory way. Thick, fleecy clouds obscured the phenomenon and no special scientific data were obtained in this city. The Fiew at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, March 10.—The total eclipse of the moon was perfect here to-night. The transit lasted from 7:45 till9:15 o’clock and was witnessed by thousands of per- sons. ANDRE W The Professor Hints at His Appointment by Cleveland. Cororano Springs, Colo., March 10.—A letter just received by the Summer Uni- versity managers here from President E. B. Andrews of Brown University, Provi dence, R. I., cancels that.gentleman’s en- gagement for next summer. He says: “I expect to be, in Ju'y, either abroad at the monetary conference or else using every minute in getting ready to go.” The letter is important from the fact conveyed that the international monetary conference is to be held this year, and that President Andrews is to be one of Mr. Cleveland’s appointees thereto. e A FATAL CROSSING. A Woman Killed Where Two Death Last Weel:. St. JoserH, Mo., March 10.—At the cross- ing where Mallory and McBride were killed Thursday night Mrs. Thomas Allen was instantly killed to-night, Gertie Allen, her 19-year-old daughter, dangerously, and Miss Martha Deacon, 11 years of age, fatally injured. The three ladies were returning from church and drove upon the crossing just as the Missouri Pacific fast mail from the East thundered up. Mrs. Allen’s body was shockingly mutilated and she and her daughter were carried 300 feet on the engine pilot before it could be stopped. eIt i Strikers Quiet at New Orleans. NEw OrLEANs, March 10.—Among the striking screw men on the river-front to- day there was perfect quiet. A mob last night threw about $1000 worth of screws and other loading implements into the river. A number of arrests have been made. The levee is lined with policemen. 3 Ay o i iy Order of Iron Hall Cash. Barroiore, March 10.—The Iron Hall fund of $73,000, contributed by members of the order in this State, has been sent to Indianapolis to swell the fund in the hands of James F. Failey, the general receiver. — - Men Met Senator George Not After Re-Election. GREENVILLE, Miss.,, March 10.—It is au- thoritatively announced here that United States Senator J. Z. George will not be a candidate for re-election at the expiration of his present term. A Missing City Treasurer. GLOUCESTER, N. J., March 10.—City Treas- urer George E. King has been missing since last Tuesday and a special meeting of the Council has been called to inquire into the reasons for his diappearance. = Eclipse Observed in Colorado. Pursro, Colo., March 10.—Not a cloud obscured the sky in Colorado, and the lunar eclipse was observable most satisfactorily. i e i Nineteen Elders Ordained. Bavrivore, March 10.—Nineteen elders were ordained this afternoon and author- ized to speak the gospel and administer the sacraments of the Methodist Episcopal church. The services were conducted by Bishop Andrews, assisted by Bishop Joyce. The reverend delegates to the Methodist conference now in session preached in the pulpits of the denomination in this city and in many out-of-town churches to-day. DEATH OF A NEGRO. Al Todd, Who Elo}l;fllwflh a White Girl, Shot. TUxioNviLLg, Mo., March 10.—The elope- ment about a year ago ot Al Todd, a negro, with the daughter of City Marshal William Clark (white) led to murder early this morning. The couple returned yesterday to the woman’s home to stay during her continement. Upon the promise that Todd would never again show himself Clark told him to go, as he did not want to give the case publicity. At a late hour last night, how- ever, Todd went to Clark’s home and called the latter up. Clark ordered him away, but instead of going he held a re- volver in a menacing manner, when Clark shot him. Todd ran about a block and fell dead. At the Coroner’s jury Clark was exonerated. e CONFESSED MURDERER. A Condemmned Negro Says He Killed Cashier McCullough, S1. Louis, March 10.—Jim Murray, a negro now in jail at Clayton under sen- tence of death for Kkilling Edgar Fitzwil- liams, made a confession to-day in which he implicates Harry Smart and William Hensley in the murder of M. B. McCul- lough, who at the time of his death was the paying teller of the State Bank of St. Loui: McCullough was killed in May, 1893, at his home in Woodstock, a suburb of this city. Murray says he took no part in the murder, but was present when it was com- mitted. He makes this confession hoping to gain a respite from Governsr Stone. NEVS OF THE NAVY-TARD. THE POLITICAL HEADSMAN'S AX Is. STILL IE FOLL SWING. A NEw NavaL CONSTRUCTOR TO ARRIVE S0ON FROM THE NORFOLK YARD. Vavrreyo, March 10.—The political heads- man’s ax seems to be still swinging, as during the past week four messengers felt the effect of its keen edge, and their places have been filled by those of another politi- cal faith. It is believed by many that within a month the Board of Labor will be abol- ished. Naval Constructor William J. Baxter, U. 8. N., is announced to come to the rd as head of ihe Department of uction and Repair, vice the late Naval Constructor 8. W. Armistead. Con- structor Baxter has recently been atthe Norfolk yard. The Bennington is expected to arrive shortly at the yard, and it will then be seen just what is the matter with her boil- ers. She will be taken in dock and have a coatof fresh paint, and her valves will be overhauled. Orders have been issued to have the Monterey ready to leave the yard by the 20th inst. She will probably go to San sco and remain there for a few The ordnance alterations in her turrets are nearly com pleted. The increase of men for the navy seems to meet with general favor with the offi- cers, as it will offer an opportunity to com- mission the Marion, which for the past months has been only waiting for a crew. The Boston will also have an opportunity, when her repairs are completed, to be put in commission. The cruiser Olympia has been shifted and is now loaded with coal. The Albatross will probably come out of the drydock the latter part of the week. ‘Work on the tug for the yard is pro- gressing as well as can be without having all the material on hand. Nearly 100 men are engaged on the Hartford tearing up her berth and spar decks. Work of driving piling about the dry- dock continues right along. The locomo- tive jib crane, to be run on the track to be laid on the pile foundation, has not yet been received, though it should have ar- rived from the East long ago. Pay Inspector R. W. Allen left for Washington the first of last week and Paymaster A. W. Bacon' is now perform- ing duty on the Olympia. For the present his family will reside in Vallejo. After this week the address of Com- mander and Mrs. J.J. Brice will be at Santa Barbara, where they will remain for awhile. Lawn tennis is the principal pastime for the ladies and gentlemen at the yard and stationed on the ships during the present beautiful weather. e No More Bodies Found. CixcrnNaTi, March 10.—The wrecking crews and divers have been working all day but recovered no additional bodies of those who were lost when the Longfellow was sunk last Friday. Much of the bag- gage and effects of passengers and most of the freight has been recovered. ——— Booming a Speakership Candidate.J| Loxvox, March 11.—The Daily News in a leader urges the claims of the Right Hon. Leonard Henry Courtney to the Speaker- ship of the House of Commons in succes- sion to the Right Hon. Arthur Peel, whose resignation is imminent. Mr. Courtney is an Advanced Liberal. e Found a Body in a Barrel. NEvVADA, Mo., March 10.—There is con- siderable excitement at Bronaugh, Vernon County, over the finding of a body doubled up in a coal-oil barrel. The man is un- known. The police are making an investi- gation and hint at a sensation. e A Chicago Foundry Burned. Cuicaco, March 10.—The extensive foun- dry plant, occupied jointly by Harry Perry and the Challenge Machine Company, burned to-night. Loss $75,000, partly in- sured. Cardinal Gibbons® Trip to*Rome. Bavrimorg, March 10.—Cardinal Gibbons leaves New York for Rome the first week in May, and Rey. Cornelius F. Thomas, rector of the cathedral, will accompany him. — - Gresham 1s Better, WasniNeroN, March 10. — Secretary Gresham’s condition continues to improve, and it is hoped that he will be out to-mor- TOW. g WANTS MORE TIME, The Assembly Is Not Yet Ready for an Ad- journment. MUCH BUSINESS ON HAND It May Be Necessary to Con- tinue the Session for Another Week. SEYMOUR'S STRANGE BILL. The San Bernardino Senator’s Bill Which Is In Conflict With Fed- eral Statutes. SacraMENTO, March 10.—It was decided by the Senate Judiciary Committee to- night to fix arbitrarily the classification scale of the county government bill. This was the subject which was referred to the Judiciary Committee last night by the Senate. A proposition was offered to estimate the population of the various counties by multiplying the vote cast for Governor in the last general election by five. This was objected to as an unconsti- tutional provision. In order to determine the class to which a county shall belong the committee estimated a population for each classification, so that practically the estimate is made for each of the fifty-seven counties. In some instances the last Federal cen- sus figures are taken for the basis of the estimate. This was the case in San Fran- cisco, as the first class is determined to have a population inexcess of 298,000. Los Angeles is made the second class, with a population estimated at 124,000, and Ala- meda takes third rank, though the actual difference in population between the two counties is a slight one. Senator Beard and Assemblyman Fas- sett were discussing the salary schedule for Alameda County to-day. Assembly- man Fassett thinks the salaries are too high and will make an effort in the lower House for a reduction. The talk of an early adjournment is dy- ing out. The really important bills to be considered are the county government bill, the general appropriation bill, the National Guard bill and the hill to enable the valley road to secure terminal facilities in San Francisco. They might be disposed of this week, but hardly before Saturday, so there is little likelihood of the Assembly concur- ring in the Senate resolution to adjourn on Thursday. Many of the Assemblymen who have local bills in which they are deeply inter- ested and see little hope of securing their passage are talking to-night of continuing the session into next week. A LANDSMAN’S MARINE BILL THE PROPOSED LAw IN CONFLICT WiTH FEDERAL STATUTES. SacramMexnTo, March 10.—This is the text of a queer proposition advanced in a bill framed by Senator Seymour of San Ber- nardino: Section 1. That a new section be added to the Political Code, to be known and numbered as Section 246614, Sec. 2. Section 24664: All vessels entering any port or harbor in this State, built on the Pacific Coast, or whose home port is in this State, shall be exempt from all the provisions of Section 2466 of the Political Code. Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and aiter its passage. Ostensibly the bill has for its object the worthy purpose of encouraging the home merchant marine. The effect of the bill would be to exempt vessels referred to in the act from the pilotage charges collected on foreign and Atlantic shipping coming to San Francisco or other California ports. But there is a snag which the bill will en- counter in a United States statute. An acu relating to pilots and pilot regu- lations approved April 13, 1866, by the President of the United States, reads as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that no regu- lations or proyisions shall be adopted by any State of the United States of America which shall make any discrimination in the rate of pllotage or half pilotage between vessels sail- ing between the ports of one State and vessels sailing between the ports of different States, or any discrimination against vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam or against national vessels of the United States, and all existing regulations or provisions making such dis- crimination as herein mentioned are hereby annulled and abrogated. Notwithstanding this plain Federal statute, an attempt is being made to pass the bill. It has been made a case of urgency on the Senate file, has been read the first time, and will come up for second reading to-morrow. Italso has a favorable recommendation from the Committee on Labor and Capital. S COUNTY DIVISION AGAIN. ANOTHER EFFORT TO BE MADE TO Pass Davis’ BILL. SacrAMENTO, March 10.—As stated in the Cavw recently, another attempt to pass a general county division bill is to be made. The bill introduced by Assemblyman Dayvis, which was withdrawn when Senator Linder’s bill was killed* in the Senate, has been restored to the file and will come up for consideration to-morrow night. THE FORESTRY STATIONS. THERE MAY BE NO APPROPRIATIONS For THEM. SAcrAMENTO, March 10.—Representatives of the State University are fearful that they may have the forestry stations leit on their hands without a sufficient appropriation to carry them on. The stations were forced on the univer- sity two years ago, with an allowance so small that two deficiency bills, amounting to $1000, had to be incurred to keep the property from going to rack and ruin.} The money was paid out of the college coffers, thus practically making the re- gents loan it to the State. They are averse | to repeating the experience, and if they find the Legislature unwilling to grant the necessary appropriations they will ask for permission to dispose of the property, as it is too valuable to be allowed to go to waste. The appropriation bill has passed the Assembly, but some opposition is antici- pated in the Senate. e G SACRAMENTO IS GRATEFUL. PICNIC TO ASSEMBLYMEN FOR VOT- ING FUNDS FOR A FAIR. SAcraAMENTO, March 10.—Sacramento is grateful to the San Francisco delegation for voting for the €40,000 appropriation for the State Fair. As an acknowledgment of this, Assemblyman Brusie of this city took the delegation out to the Haggin ranch on a picnic. A party of sixteen accepted the invitation and were driven out in a four-in- hand. They spent the day in looking at the trotters in the stables and had an elab- orate lunch that was furnished by their Those in attendance from San Fran- Messrs. Devitt, Wilkinson, Healey, host. cisco were: Zocchi, 0’Day. Devine, Coghlin and ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING. Robbers Piled Ties on the Track, but Got Nothing. Varraratso, Ind., March 10.—An attempt was made last night to wreck the midnight passenger train on the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, about file miles west of this city. A pile of ties had been placed on the track, which was struck with great force by the engine, knocking it from the track and plowing up the track for about 200 yards before the train could be stopped. None of the passengers were injured. It is supposed to have been the work of train robbers. STEEL WORKS TO RESUME. Bethlehem Operators Will Begin on a Big Rail Order To-Day. BeraiEHEM, Pa., March 10-—The Beth- lehem Iron Company to-day notified 1000 steel-workers to report to-morrow, when operations in the steel works will resume after two months’ idleness. Work will be- gin on a 12,000 ton order of rails for a Georgia railroad SULCIDE OF AN I0WA FORGER. A BLACKSMITH DEFRAUDS A BANK DURING A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. WHEN AN OFFICER TRIES TO AR- REST HiM THE CRIMINAL SHoOTs HIMSELF. OmAHA, March 10.—At Cromwell, a little town near Creston, Iowa, Dave Blossar, a prominent citizen, committed suicide yes- terday while an officer was trying to arrest him. It developed to-day that Blossar was a forger, but to what extent is not defivitely known and probably never will be. The Creston National Bank became aware that it had collateral on Blossar that was forged and the investigations revealed that the peculations of Blossar extended over a period of three years. All this time Blossar bore the best reputation. It is variously estimated that Blossar's forgeries will reach $5000. Besides he has borrowed large sums from wealthy citizens on his own notes. These notes will prob- ably reach $15,000. Last evening the Creston National Bank of this city filed attachments against Blossar for $1350, the amount that Blossar has forged on the bdnk. When the officer went to the blacksmith-shop owned by Blossar to arrest him, he endeavored to evade the officer and failing, drew a revol- ver and shot himself in the right temple. It was learned that within a week he at- tempted to commit suicide by taking strychnine. BURNING OF A HIGH SCHOOL EXPLOSION OF CHEMICALS IN A TOLEDO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE HANDSOME AND VALUABLE EDIFICE. ToLEpo, Ohio, March 10.—The Toledo High School building, a four-story brick structure occupying the square bounded by Madison, Adams, Michigan and Tenth streets, and one of the best appointed edu- cational institutions in this part of the country, was almost completely destroyed by fire between 1and 2 o’clock this (Mon- day) morning. A little before 1 o’clock an explosion that blew out part of the east wing of the build- ing startled the few pedestrians who hap- pened to be on the street, and a mo- ment later fire burst out in the heart of the structure. The flames spread so rapidly that before an alarm could be given the main part of the building was doomed. The explosion was caused by chemicals in the labaratory. The loss is estimated at $150,000; insurance not known. N Shoe Strike Declared Off. HAvERHILL, Mass.,, March 10.—At a largely attended meeting of the striking shoe-workers to-day a motion to declare the strike off was carried. This met with considerable opposition by several speak- ers and the proposition was debated at considerable length. The motion was carried by 296 to 195. All operatives who have been out on strike against the contract system in Haverhill shoe factories are free to return to work to-morrow morning, and those whose places are not already taken by non- union employes will probably be taken back on the same conditions that existed previous to the strike. cio el 2 Kansas Women Slumming. ‘WELLINGTON, Kans., March 10.—A dele- gation of W. C. T. U. women, accompanied by a number of young men, visited ali the “‘joints” in.the ecity last night and held religious services in each. They were treated politely and no unusual disturb- ances occurred. IMPRISONED BY FIRE Eight Miners in New Mexico Caught in a Burning Mine. LITTLE HOPE FOR THEM. Rescuing Parties Have Not Been Able to Enter the Fiery Shaft. THEY ARE ALL COOL-HEADED, One Man Fell Two Hundred Feet, but Recovered and Escaped Through the Tunnel. DeNvVER, March 10.—A special to the Rocky Mountain News from White Oaks, N. Mex., says: At3 o'clock this morning fige broke out*in the changeroom of the hoisthouse at the Old Abe mine, and in a few moments the structure, a large and well built one, was a mass of flames. It was completely destroyed, together with the wood and smith shops, The mill, sixty feet aw: ped without damage. The woodwork of the shaft was burned out and the hoisting machinery destroyed. The damage runs high up into the thousands, but the most distressing fea- ture is that eight men are imprisoned in the dark depths whose fate is unknown. There is little ground for hope that they have escaped suffocation. It will not be possible to enter the mine to search for them until some time to-morrow. Rescuing parties have been unable to get down further than the third level by the air-shaft. The smoke and gases from the charred wood of the hoist-shaft have pene- trated the upper levels,and it is impos- sible to pass them. The entombed men are: Charles Sher- rick, W. J. Williams, Frank Wilson, John Davis, George Baxter, —. White, Jerry Conver and W. B. Mitchell. Williams and Sherrick are old miners of experience and have faced like dangers be- fore. They are cool-headed, and if any place of safety was to be found they found it. The fire drove the engineer from the hoist while George Wilkinson was going down in the bucket. He had reached the ninth level when the hoist was abandoned and was shot down 200 feet to the thir- teenth, where the bucket struck, tipped and threw him into the drift. He was stunned, but recovered, climbed back to the second level and escaped by the air- shait. This is the only serious mining accident here since the burning of the South Home- stake shaft several years ago, when two men were smothere . ANTHRACITE| MINE BURNING. The Worst Fire in Years high Valley. Hazevron, Pa., March 10.—The worst mine fire in the anthracite region for some time is now raging in the Hazelton slope of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. When the fire broke out, six weeks ago, it was at first thought to be of little conse- quence. The slope was closed shortly afterward. Since then hundreds of thou- sands of dollars have been spent in efforts to subdue the flames. The chances of get- ting the fire out soon are dubious. The mine was the most valuable oper- ated by the company, employing 1100 men. The subterranean openings connect the Hazelton mines with three other valuable properties, and these latter are also in danger. It is estimated that before the outbreak itself shall have been overcome $1,000,000 will have to be expended. Raging in Le- B Prospectors Robbed in Mexico. SterrA Mosapo, Mexico, March 10. — Frank Ward and H. D. Samle, American prospectors, who left here a few weeks ago for the new mining camp of Carmen, near the Rio Grande border, were attacked by a band of Mexican outlaws and robbed of their money and horses. The outlaws es- caped across the river into Texas, THE BUSINESS MAN'S LUNCH. Hard Work nnd_ Indigestion go Hand in Hand. Concentrated thntht, continued . in, Tobs the stomach of necessary blood, imgl this is also true of hard physical abor. When a five horse-power engine is made to do ten horse-power work some- thing is going to break. Very often the hard-worked man coming from the field or the office will ‘‘bolt’’ his food in a few minutes which will take hours to digest. Then too, many foods are about as useful in the stomach as a keg of nails would be in a fire under a boiler. The ill-used stomach refuses to do its work without the proper stimulus which it gets from the blood and nerves. The nerves are weak and ‘‘ready to break,” because they do not get the nourish- ment they require from the blood, finally the ill-used brain is morbidly wide awake when the overworked man attempts to find rest in bed. The application of common sense in the treatment of the stomach and the whole system brings to the busy man the full enjoyment of life and healthy digestion when he takes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to relieve a bilious stomach or after a too hearty meal, and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov- ery to purify, enrich and vitalize the blood. " The “Pellets” are tiny sugar- coated pills made of highly concentrated vegetable ingredients which relieve the stomach of all offending matters easily and thoroughly. They need only be taken for a short time to cure the " bili- ousness, constipation and slothfulness, or torpor, of the liver ; then the ‘‘Medi- cal Discovery’” should be taken in tea. spoonful doses to increase the blood and enrich it. It has a peculiar effect upon the lining membranes of the stom- ach and bowels, toning up and strength- ening them for all time. The whole system feels the effect of the pure blood coursing through the body and the nerves are vitalized and strengthened, not deadened, or put to sleep, as the so-called celery compounds and nerve mixtures do—but refreshed and fed on the food they need for health. If you suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia, nerv- ousness, or impure blood and disordered stomach, you can cure yourself with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery,