The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1895, Page 3

‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, SWIFT CHOSEN MAYOR In Chicago Democrats | Meet Overwhelming Defeat. THE SAME ELSEWHERE Republican Victories Roll Up in "Many of the States. POPULISTS ARE NOT “IN IT.” Even in Missouri the Ground Gained at the Congressional Election Is Easily Held. CHICAGO, IrL., April 2—At 10 o'clock | the returns from the municipal election in- dicate that the Republicans obtained a complete victory, electing George B. Swift, their candidate for Mayor, by a plurality close to 40,000; 820 precinets out of a total of 938 give Swift 126,165 and Wenter 88,000. In addition to the Mayor, the Republicans have, the returns indicate, elected their rdidates for Assessor, Collector, Super- visors and Town Clerk in all the towns, making a clean sweep of all the town offices. Of the Alder: certainly. elected thirty-four and cl thirty Aldermer Democrats clain Frank Lawler, 1 the Republicans have xteen out of a total of im that they have fully but this. is doubtful, ng at least ten of them- the ex-Congressman, who ® ran as an Independent in the N neu-cmh The Ward, is elected by a good majority. Uro]mflllo') to put the mhu and city officials under civil service ru | extend the mayoralty term to four years | has undoubtedly been carried by a very close to that obtained by 3 but the vote as far as it has| been shown is about the sam as that of the party vote for M ¥ At the last mayoralty eles Mayor Hopkins was elected to fill the un- expired term of Mayor Harrison, the Dem- ocratic plurality was 1201. ~ At the last State election from the same wards the | plurality of Wolif (R.), candidate for State | Treasurer, over Claggett (D.), was 44,085. | At midnight no figures had been re- ceived to change the estimate of the result mede at 10 o'clock. The later returns show that George Trude (D.), candidate for City his ticket a of election aga ched unmercifully. mencmnc uv"men have been elected in the Si ghteenth” and Twen e the Republican red twenty Aldermen. rney, is Tunning far ahead of d he has an excellent chance wst West (R.), who is being Al Returns fmm other wards are not sufficiently defi- nite to determine the result with accuracy Alderman John McGillen of the Twenty t Ward, credited with being the father | of “boodle” ordinances, was buried deeply. Thec service rule has been carried by a heavy majority, probably by 20,000. Reform seems to have been the spirit of the balloting. All persons concerned say that the election was the most. orderly ever known in the city. The policemen | detailed to guard the polling-places had rather an easy time of it. In a few in- stances factions had differences, but they | were settled out of court in the greater number of cases. In the stockyards dis tricts there was hardly a trace of excite- ment. A serious shooting affray at 78 Oak street, in the Twenty-third Ward, resulted from an election wager, but was not re- garded as an election-day feature. In the State so far as heard from the fol- lowing are the results: In Moline the People’s party gets the Mayor, six out of eight Aldermen and the remeainder of the ticket. In Rock Isiand the Republicans secure all but the County Clerk and two Alder- men. In Peoria the Republicans elect all the township ticket except Collector. In Springfield the Democrats everything but two Aldermen. In Quincy the Democrats get the Mayor obably all the City Council. Y HI« AGO, Irn., April 3.—At 2:30 A. M. comy returns on the Mayoralty ticket show Swift 143,116, Wenter 102,187, Holmes (Pop.) 12,410; Swift’s plura]ity, 2i . The civil service measure has been adopted by a majority of 57,504. swept WOMEN HELPED IN OHIO. They Voted Energetically for Members of the School Board. CINCINNATI, Omro April 2. — The women Ohio, who yesterday for the first time took part in an elec- tion, being permitted to vote for members - of fested unusual Here and there p Their influence w Republican can women handsome jican. and Democ women were elected Mistakes in casting ball of their candidates. th chool Board, mani- st in most places. s were neglected. rgely in favor of the In London the ots defeated some ELECTIONS WISCONSIN. Nearly an Equal Division Between Demo- crats and Republicans. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 2.—Wiscon- sin elected a Justice of the Supreme Court to succeed. Justice Winslow, who was the candidate of the bar. ‘His opponent was Judge George B. Clementson, also & candi- dite on a general ticket, as no party nomi- nations were made. While the contest was " “therefore nominally non-partisan party lines were to some extent drawn, as Winslow was a Democrat and Clement- son a Republican. The vote throughout the State, with the slight returns at hand, indicate the election of Clementson. Wall- Moses Craven was elected in the Fifteenth Ward. He will be the first colored man to sit. in the Municipal Government. The vote was very light. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 2.—The election here passed off quietly, a full vote being polled. Eight Aldermen were elected, two Democrats and six Republicans, making the Council now stand 14 Republicans and 2 Democrats. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 2.—The Democrats elected a8 majority of their ticket, making- gains over the last munici- pal election. The Democrats elected seven out of eight Councilmen. The new Coun- cil will stand Democrats 10, Republicans 6, a Democratic gain of 5. SEDALIA, Mo., Ayril 2—The Repub- licans elected three (@t of four Aldermen by good majorities. ¥he new Board of Aldermen stands 7 Republicans and 1 Democrat. The election passed off quietly. A small vote was cast. JOPLIN, Mo., April 2.—E. D. Porter (D.) was elected by 900 majority over Judge Halyerd (R.) for Mayor. All other Repub- lican candidates for the entire. list of city | officers were elected. VICTORIES IN KANSAS. Repulicans Seem to Have Had Everything Their Own Way. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 2= Munici- pal elections throughout Kansas generally show victories for Republican candidates by good majorities. The prohibition ques- tion was the predominant issue, and in several instances politics were lost sight of in the fight for that principle. The Prohi- bition candidates were generally successful as far as heard of in the following-named towns: Sterling, Blue Rapids, Abilene, Inde- pendence and Hutchinson. The Repub- licans carried their entiré tickets with slight exceptions in the following places: Topeka, Wichita, Fort Scott, Concordia, Yates Center, Iola, Eldorado, Parsons, Lawrence and Emporia. = At Pittsburg the | election is claimed by both Democrats and Republicans. In Kansas City, Kans., Twiss (R.) for Mayor will have a hard fight with Sherman (Ind.), and the result will not be known until to-morrow. The re- mainder of the ticket is safely Republican. EMPORIA, Kaxs,, April 2.—The entire | Republican ticket was elected with two ex- ceptions, the independents getting one Councilman and one member of the School Board. Cagney (R.) for Mayor hasa ma- jority of 500. FORT SCOTT, Kaxs., April 2.—Indica- tions point to the election of the entire Re- publican ticket, headed by Hasser for Mayor. ‘The women took an unusual in- terest, fighting desperately for prohibition, which was the main issue. TOPEKA, Kaxs,, April '2.—The entire Republican ticket, headed by .C. A. Fel- lows for Mayor,is elected by over a two- thirds vote. WICHITA, Kaxs., April 2—The entire Republican ticket, with the exception of one Councilman, was elected by an- esti- mated majority of 8000 over a fusion of Democrats, Populists and Prohibitionists. Not many women voted. ATCHISON, K April 2—B. P. Wag- goner, Democratic candidate - for Mayor, has been elected by a majority of 500. The | Republicans elect all other officers. LEAVENWORTH, Ku April - 2.— Both Democrats and Republicans late to- night claim the election of- their candidate for Mayor. Democrats elect three out of six Councilmen and the City Clerk and Attorney. Many women voted. LAWRENCE, KAixs.; April 2.—The Re- publicans carried everything here to-day but one Councilmab. A. M. Selig was elected Mayor. 7 RETURNS IN NEBRASKA. Party. Lines Drawn, but Populists Fail to Show Strength. OMAHA, NesBe., April 2.—Specials to the Bee from all parts of the State on mu- nicipal elections show that party lineshave not been drawn in municipal elections in Nebraska in many cases, but. when they were Republicans won, except at Hastings and Plattsmouth, where Democrats carried the day. The question of granting saloon licenses was the leading issue, and was favored in four-fifths- of the towns. Frank Graham (R.) was elected Mayor of Lincoln by a large majority. The vote was heavy with no striking features. The Populists showed no strength where they had tickets up. EKED HOT IN OKLAHOMA. An Editor With a Gun Gets the Drop on His Hated Rival. EL RENO OxxA., April 2.—Theclosing of the polls to-night ended the bitterast cam- paign in the history of the city. Although returns will not be in until to-morrow, it is generally conceded the Republican ticket is elected. Hensley, the citizens’ candidate - and president of the Oklahoma Press Associa- tion, was a candidate and was bitterly assailed and most bitterly. defended. Perry, editor of the Globe, invaded the Democrat- office with a gun and a body- guard to whip Hensley for traducing his family, but Hensley got the drop on him and Perry backed out. GAINS IN COLORADO. Republicans Capture Many of the Im- portant Officers. DENVER, Coro., April 2.—The eléction throughout Colorado resulted in important Republican gains, although in most cities and towns the fight was more on local issues than on party lines. In Colorado Springs the Republicans have large majorities, and some mountain towns, notably Central City, hitherto con- sidered Populist strongholds, have given Republican majorities. In Leadville Popu- lists claim to have carried that town by a moderate majority. In Denver, at 1 o’clock, eighty-three out of 130. precincts gave McMurray (R.) for Mayor 11,243, Howard (Taxpayers) 8273. For president of the Board of Supervisars seventy-two precincts give Burfee (R.) 9605, Currigan (Taxpayers) 6357. The Tax- pavers’ ticket was indorsed by the Popu- lists and Democrats. 7 PUEBLO, Coro., April 2.—At 1 A. M., with two precincts to hear from, the defeat of J. R. Valentine, Republican, for Mayor by Dr. A. T. King, Citizens’-People’s party, by less than 75 votes is conceded. One Republican Alderman nominee is.also de- footed by the King county candidate. The ber'(R.) is re-elected Judge of the Municj- pal Court over Nye (L.), by 8000 to 10,000. Republicans have elected Mayors in the following cities: Ashland, River Falls, Délevan, Columbus, Marshfield, Mauston, Sparta, Wanhaca, Black River Falls, Mani- . towoc, Hudson, White Water, Lake Gene- va,” Hartford, Centralia and Watertown. “Democrats were elécted at Mineral Point, Plymouth, Durand, Prairie du Chien,Alma -Madison, Chilton, Kenosha, Berlin, Ripon, Fox lee Shawnee and Beaver Dam., "RESULTS IN MISEOL'RL Republicans More Than Hold Their Ow:: : in the Corn State. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 2.—Returns uj to 11 o'clock indicate the election of the six. Republican members of the City Coun- ¢il. who' are voted at large, by a majority of from 8000 to 10,000. Two-thirds of the members of the House of Delegates \\hnl are voted for will probably be Republicans. H remainder of the Republican t:cket is elected by 500 to 800, ELECTIONS IN ARKANSAS. Al the Contests There Are Decided on Local Issues. MEMPHIS, Texx., April 2.—Elechom4 in the cities of the first class were held throughout Arkansas to-day. At Little Rock the Democratic ticket, headed by J. A. Woodson for Mayor, was’ clected, a light vote being polled. In-most . of the cities there was practically no con- ‘I test; the issues were purely local. - COX ‘VZ‘ESTS IN TE_XAH- Demaocrats Secured the Usual nu-fiber of Ha Victories. D\LLAS TEX., April 2.—Charter - elec- tions were held thruux,hout Texas to-day. Party lines were drawn in a few cities, and those show Democratic victories. Most -of the contests were entirely non-partisan. Dallas elected Frank Holm Mayor and a -{ men are thrown out of employmen Democratic Board of Aldermen. "The Democrats were successful at FonWQrth and Waco. APDRESS OF REPUBLICANS: Why the Reforins in New York Should B Wushed to a Finish. = NEW YA 3K, N. Y., April 2—An ad- dress by pr hinent Republicans to Repub- lican voter fin this State was issued to- day, which! is causing much stir and interest among politicians of all classes. ‘rhe address is signed by Cornelius N. Bliss, Joseph H. Choate, Horace Porter, Legrande B. Cannon, Samuel Thomas, William Brookfield, Horace. Russell, Ed- ward Mitchell, Joel B. Erhardt, C. H. T. Colles, George W. Lyon, John R. Van-f . ~* e ; | Right to the Territory Is Now | wormer, Henry E. Howland, Henry 'W. Cannon, M. C. Borden and John Clafiin. The ground taken is that the.vote for. Governor in New York City ‘at the recent |. - election was an index of the number of |. - votes that had come. into the Republican party at that time on both. State.and. local issues. Says this address: They say that the Republicen party in this city had fully committed itself to the cauge they had at heart—the upbuilding of munici- pal government on non-partisanship lines— and they believed the party in the State wounld | support and sustain s pledge. To make gaod GIVEN A BIG GRANT, -Concession to Ameri- _cans at the Mouth of the Orinoco. VENEZUELA'S CUNNING. Disputed by Great Britain. | DIPLOMATIC QUESTIONS ARISE. There Is a Prospect of a Great Struggle for This Vast Rich 7 Country. the promise made by the party the city must | pass the reform measures which have been pending in the Legislature for some time puL These measures provide for: 1. Reorganization offpublic schools; 2. Abolishing the present Tammany Hall ap- poimees of police justices by creating new po- lice magistrates to be appointed by the Mayor. 3. Reorganization of the Police Department. An argument is offered to show the im~ portance of retaining the New York City voters in the Republican -party,. as the balance of power in the State is involved. WOMEN ARE ON GUARD, Watching the Suffrage Battle Before the Utah Con- vention. Seats of Delegates Taken by Ener- getic Members of the Gentler Sex. SALT LAKE, Urtawm, April 2.—~The ex- citement over the woman suffrage question has been steadily on the increase for a week. An hour before the time of ‘calling the constitutional convention to'order this morning, the spacious corridors -areund the hall were filled with a surging mass of humanity. Tardy delegates found the en- trances to the hall. so blocked as to.make entrance impossible. ‘When the doors were opened the ladies forced their way in, and in their enthusi- asm took possession of the delegates’ seats. Police officers had to be called" in to take chargeof the excited crowd. At time for calling’the convention fo_order, a quoraim of members had not gained admission, and President Smith had to request the ladies. to vacate until the deiegates were seated. Bishop Whitney made a short speech in explanation of - his remarks last week and then Roberts, who was to make theclosing speech, was recognized and: made a mas- terly speech against the pending measure. He was‘particularly sarcastic in his refer- erice ‘to the ‘remarks of Whitney, who spoke in favor of equal suffrage.” At’the close of his speech_he ‘was the récipietit of the miost enthusiastic demonstrations of applause. The first vote was on the substitute pro- viding for separate submission of the suf- frage clause. . Only twenty-eight delegates cast theirvotes in favor of the substitute. Evéry substitue and amendment was voted dowirand the majority report was finally ordered to a third reading. — ITWO MEN FATALLY SRHOT. The Encounter the Result of a Political Row. CHICAGO, TrL:, April 2.—During & po- litical row at a polling-place late this after- noon Patrick Dalton was fatally shot by his cousin, Jack Dalton. The murdered man attempted to stab hisslayer, but was shot. S8T. LOUIS, Mo., April 2.—In the saloon of Louis Cella, at Twenty-first and Wash-’ ington avenues, about noon to-day, George W. Thorn, a watchman employed at the Madison - racetrack, was fatally shot by C. A.Day. & Thorn was in Cella’s saloon with friends when - Day entered. I'mmediately -after- ward the shooting began. Day'and Thorn each fired séveral shots. .Two bullets from Day’s pistol entered Thorn’s left breast and shoulders and he fell to the floor. Day ran out of the front door and went over ‘to Sickles’ Saddlery - Company's place, across the street, where he stood behind the stone- facing of the doar. A crowd of Thorn's friends followed ‘and many pistols were- drawn..- Day bégan shooting and emptied his ‘revelver, but he hit no one. The fire was returned, but with- out result. Day then retreated into Sickles’ store, and, rTunning upstairs, secreted him- self until Officers Sullen and Ward arfived and arrested him. Thomas Taffe, who was-very drunk, said that Day entered the saloon drunk, looking for trauble. He stood by the post, steadied himself,” and then ‘without proveeation fired pointblank at Thorne and ranout of the saloon. Sl POWDERLY AFTER. WAGES. Leaders of the Knights of Labor in Con- ference. - PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 2 —Gen- eral Master Workman Sovereign, T. V. Powderly and other prominent members of the Knights of Labor arrived in town to- day and held conferences in the afternoon and evening. - Both factions were well rep- resented, and- the meeting- was to discuss snits to begin in the Common’ Pleas Court. in this city. Of these the most 1mpflnnnt is Mr. Powderly’s. suit against the organi- zation to recover $2500 alleged to be due him for services. This has engendered a bitterness, and counter-suits wJ.ll bel bmught in consequence. Close of a ngnr Ba]lrwfy PHILADELPHIA _PA., "Aprit 2.—The Spreckels sugar refinery.closed down to- day for an indefinite period. ' The refinery has a large stock of sugar on hand;and thought it advisable to shut down’ rather than work on half time. Two thousand. The nnd- other refineries are running full time, there is no talk of a shutdown. . oo by . Collision.of Tiains. .: BANGOR, Me,, April 2.—Near. \venui, four miles from here, this morning the | Aroostock express, which left here at 6: 40, and the Pullman train from St.-Jolin, due here at 6 o’clock, collided. Fireman Clyde of the express is repongd p]lad. -Beveral were injured. The Pullman was late. —_—— Wfll Call an Extra Sanlon. ernor Stone has authorized the statement that he will issue a proclamation to mor- row convening the Legislature in ‘extra session about the 23d inst. for the enact-" ment of election and registration laws and legulntwn to suppress corrupt lobhial. 7 FARIBAULT, M1xy., April 2.—Donald Grant, a wealthy contractor of this city, W. H. Fisher, late manager of the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad, and J. A. Bow- man of Grand Rapids, Mich., banker, have just returned from Venezuela, where they obtained a concession of land at the mouth of the Orinoco, running 125 miles south, and from fifteen to fifty miles east and west. Itis rich in minerals, mahogany, rosewood and dye woods. They also have the right to mine asphalt on a small island near Trinidad. The syndicate will invest a good deal of capital in working the con- cessions, and Mr. Fisher is to be the manager. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—There is a good deal more in the news from Fari- bault of the grant of a concession by Vene- zuelaat the mouth of the Orinoco than is indicated in the dispatch. This concession may become more or less famous in- the history of the diplomacy of the United States and Great Britain. The concession is. well calculated to bring te an acute stage the most troublesome diplomatic questions before the State Department, and one which, as exclusively stated here- tofore in Assnciated Press dispatches, has caused the administration more real con- cern than the Allianca affair, the late Guatemalan-Mexican dispute, and other international episodes. The .concession is in the heart of the territory long in dispute between Vene- zuela and Great Britain, and Embassador Bayard for some time has vainly s‘riven, in accordance with a resolution recently adopted -by Congress, to persuade Great Britain' to submit the whole dispute to arbitration, Great Britain being willing only to arbitrate beyond what is: known as the Schomberg line. There have been in- timations that the administration, in the event of physical conflict over the disputed Jands, might deem it necessary, in: the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, to follow up the moral aid it has tendered to Venezuela with more substantial assist- ance. -The fact that citizens of the United Statés by this concession are thrust, so to speak, between Great Britain and the United States, considerably increases the measure of this Government’s responsi- bility. Senor--Andreade, the Venezuelan Minis- ter at Washington, says he has no official confirmation of the grant, but admits he does not doubt its correctness, as it is in line with reports that such concession is the vital point of conflict between Great Britain and Venezuela. The Orinoco is the great commercial river of Soutn Amer- ica, running far inland through Venezuela, Brazil and other countries. Whoever con- trols the mouth of the river will control this great commerce. Great Britain has ‘taken possession of Punta Barina, the mouth of which'is to the Orinoco what the island of Gibraltar is to the Mediterra- nean. She has also equipped a nayal sta- tion on Trinidad Island, just off the mouth. Her claims embrace both banks of the stream' at the motith. It is part of this important strategic territory that Vene- zuela now grants to United States citi- zens. The concession near Trinidad Island is believed to-be the island of Patos. Tt is very near to the British naval station and particularly rich in asphalt. The present concession is the most emphatic declara- tion of ownership Venezuela has made since 1884. In that year a concession was made to Messrs. Fitzgerald and Turnbull, citizens of the United States, of part of this Orinaco “territory. It was about to be operated by 4 United States commission as the Manoa Company, when Great Britain entered such an emphatic protest that ‘Venezuela canceled the concession. - Since the conflict between .Great Britain and ‘Venzenela has. waged through diplomatic ¢hannels. Now Veneziela reasserts her rights’ and turns them over to United States citizens. The interesting question t.!ms arises: ““What steps will now be taken by@ngland to “assert her claims?’ and “Will iten- deavor to prevent the United States syndi- cate from -operating its concessions?” REDUCING GRAIN RATES. Shipments to the Atlantic Seaboard at Very Low Rates. CHICAGO, Irr., April 2—East-bound grain rates were in no better shape to-day. than yesterday. As predicted, the Michi- gan Central .came out with a tariff based | on 12 cents from Chicago to New York. All other lines are making the same rate as the.Grand Trunk and Michigan Central,. although none of them have gone through ‘the formality of getting out a rate sheet. | The Board of Trade being closed to-day because of the local election, there were no ‘important shipments of grain made and ‘the Tate of 12 cents was not cut, but it is | highly probable ‘it will be reduced before the season of lake navmntlon opens.- The roads must take grain for what they can get -as ‘there is:no heavy rush of grain- "shippers even at the present low figures. Many shippers bélieve that by holding off for a few weeks they will be able to get their gram East at 10 cents.. There is very little in it for the railroads even now, and some of them will fight hard againsf put- ‘tmg therate as low as 10 cents.. fims e TEIAE OF TRE TAYLOM- It Is ‘Batioved That Two of the Jurors | Have Been Bribed. CARROLLTON, -Mo., April 2.—Sheriff | Stanley received to-day a telegram from Governor W. J. Stone whicli reads: “Do you -apprehend mob violence against Tay- lor in any contingency? ° If so, advise fully.”. Sheriff Stanley replied: “Appre- hénd no trouble nmow. - Will advise you ~ .| fully-later.” JEFFERSONX. CITY, Mo:, April 2.—Gov- - The opinion is so strong now that tha verdict will be for conviction that the talk of mob violence has quieted. There is no doubt, however, that a verdict of ac- quittal would inflame the public, © perhlpa to a dangerous pitch. - - When the court met after supper Prose- cuting Aatorncy Bresnehan made the clas- .ing speech of the trial and the case went | to the jury at 9:30 o’clock to-night. It is not expected a verdict “wiil be rendered be- fore morning. A rumor reached here from the country, carried by a messenger ‘to one of the attorneys, that two members .of the jury had been bribed.” The attorney who received this Tumor says it is not lnr. ‘from’the truth. . s s ENJO!B JAIL LIFE. But Floto 'Ts. Making a Fight Agalmt _ Returning to-Montana, DENVER Coro:, April 2.—The 1nends of Otto.C. T‘Ioto, the manager of the Old _Tenneseee Company, are making a des- perate effort to obtain -his release. At- torney -Tom Ward has been retained. to. -| fight “ tlie extradition’ papers, which the Butte (Mont.) officer, Detective. Scott, ex- pects to serve on Floto, who is charged with election frauds in Montana: - Judge Palmer of the West Side €riminal Court issued a writ of habeascorpus and a legal battle will follow before.Flato will submit to returning to Montana: Floto accupies the hospital cell- at the Clty Jail and.during. the-entire day re- ceives his numerous friends. “His meals are served from’ a, swell restaurant’ and taking everything mto cons\demfion he enjoys life. 2 SAVED FROM THFEIR: FATHER. Williams’ Excuse for Murdering _ Her Childrew. - COLUMBUS, Oxuo, April 2.~Mrs, W. H. Williams, who murdered two of her chil- dren at the Park Hotel yesterday, was ar- raigned in'the Policé Court: this afternoon on two chiarges of murder in the. first de- gree. The accused waived examination and was ordered held to await the action of the Grand Jury. She was at once taken to the County Jail. ' Mr. Williams was re- leased to-day by order of the Coroner, and the little daughter Annié was placed in the care of a friend of the family. Mrs. Williams seems to have entertained the.most bitter enmity toward her hus- band, and says the only reason she can give for murdering her children is that she did not want them to suifer at the hands of their father as she had suffered. 5 Sl SR SWEEPS ACEOSS a COUNTY. Considerable Damage Done by a. Cyclone in Kentucky. ERLANGER, K., April 2.—A cyclone swept. across Boone: County last night. Several houses were unroofed and the road was blockaded by fallen trees. -. The worst effects were at Big. Bone' Snnngs near Walton. The cyclone wrecked = the big summer hotel and the building occupied by the Odd Fellows at Big Bone Springs. The hotel was a largé frame structure, con- taining: eighty rooms and situated on the summit of a hill.. It is owned by C.'A. McLaughlin of Covington, and-in the sum- meris filled with visitors.” Mr. Mc¢Laugh- lin lives in the building and he and his family are the only occupants in'the winter season. = No lives are reported lost. T0 COVER HIS STEALINGS. Why Runk Carried Such Heavy Life Insurance Policies. Mrs. Sensational Defense Set Up by a Company Sued by the Estate of the Suicide. PHILADELPHIA,: Pa., April 2.—Sen- sational harges are being made inthe trial of the suit of the estate of William M. Runk against. the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; which is in pro- gress in the United Statefi court. Runk, who was a member of the firm of Darlington & Runk, had become heavily involved through stock speculation and in February, 1892, he committed suicide. He was carrying from $450,000 to $500,000 life insurance, of which $50,000 ‘was in. the_ Matual company. - The defendant claims that ke had increased his line from $300,000 to $500,000 so-that his stealing could be ‘made good after his death. The insurance company avers tbat Runk was insolvent to. the ‘extent of -§350,000; that he had embezzled $90,000 from his firm and §80,000 from . the City Mission, of which he is treasurer, and owed $130,000 to a lady who had trusted him because of his business standing. A number of business men and stockbrokers. were called by-the defense to-day in’ reference to Runk’s heavy loans and his stock transactions in margins both in :this eity and New York. The trial will be resumed to-morrow. P e STRONG IS DEZ’E@HINE’D.‘ 2 Insists on Removing Republican Police | Commissioners. NEW YORK. N. Y., ‘April 2—Mayor Strong has invited Edward Mitchell Jr. to become a Police” Commissioner, and Mr. Mitchell now has the. quesuon unaer con- sideration. The statement is. published ‘to-day that |- Governor Morton sent to. Mayor Streng a verbal reply to the latter’s letfer” annouric- ing his determination to .remove Police Commissioners Murray and kerwm in sub- stance as follows: “If 'you ‘remove the Republican -Police Commissioners you will endanger not only all reform legislation, but the-future of the Republicans in the State,”’ - To this statement from_ the Governor, it it is said that ‘Mayor Strong. replied that his mind was made up to’' remove Murray and Kerwin, and that he would not changa I'INANCIAL JUGELEEY. ‘Mayor szrm Says Pol} Things in His Message to the : NEW YORK, N. Y Aprxl 2.—Mayor Strong sent a message to the Board of Aldermen to-day showing the “financial condition of the city. Heé said there wasa big excess -in’ the -budget over previous years and alleged that this was due to a sysbcm of finan gglery practiced by previous.administrat “This .was evident Pamcularly in the park department, ke said, where a million dollars was expended under the guise of helping men who were out of work. The. Mayor said that every technical subterfuge was adopted by the pxenonxndmmmn- tion ta dodge the issuing of bonds in order to force this duty upon ‘the ndlfllnistnfion of 1895, - 0 —_—— GUILT’ OoF nl’ UBIMEJ. Members of a Gm of". lurddml and . Bo»"' Landed in Jail. BIRMI’NGEAM Avx., April 2,—Half a dozen members of the worst gang of mur- derers and robbers ever.known in Ala- bama are in jail to-night as the result of .the confession of Leo Harris, who is ‘charged with murdering Pleasant Merri- ‘weather, a subtrban grocer, - with a hatchet and robbing his store a few nights ago. John Webb, one of this. gang, was -fatally-shot while resisting arrest. According to Harris’ confession, he and his pals are responsible for the murder and robbery of James F. Thornton, a Birming- ham grocer, in December; the murder of ous minos: crimes.. E. Y. Daniels, an East Lake farmer, and the attempted murder of his wife and daughter. last December; the murder of ‘William Barnes, a North Birmingham dis- tiller, ‘because ‘he refused to give them whisky; the holdup and robbery of the two white women-at Thomas, and numer- A quantity of stolen property was located by Harris and re- covered. penitentiary for some of the crimes con- | fessed by Harris. e — ZEIGLER REPORTED DROWNED. A Noted New Yorker Who Went on a Fatal Yachting COruwise. BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 2.—A report reached here this: evening that William Zeigler, well known in this city and throughout the country, had been drowned I from his yacht Robinson Crusoe while on a cruise off Florida. Mr. Zeigler, in com- pany with William H. Flagler of Standard 0il fame, left for Florida on March 16 last: Judge Gaynor of this.city had been in- vited to make one of the party, but owing to his having to appear before the Friday investigating commiittee he was unable fo go. The report is generally credited. William Zeigler was born at Muscatine, Towa, about fifty-two vears ago. He lived for a time at Syracuse, N. Y., and after- ward removed to New York. In conjunc- tion with Dr. Hoagland, J. H. Hoagland and John P. Beal he organized a baking- powder company with a capital of $60,000. Some years afterward he sold his share to the other members of the company for $4,000,000. ' He invested largely in real es- tate in this city and later organized an- other baking powder company. In'1891 he was nominated as the Repub- lican candidate for .Mayor of Brooklyn. Mr. Zeigler was an owner in the Brooklyn Eagle. A FAMOLS CARAA CARAVANSARY, Grand Pacific Hotel, a Chicago Landmark, to Be Aban- doned. Famed for Its Banquets and Gath~ erings of ‘Noted Political Leaders. CHICAGO, IrL., April 2.—One of Chi- cago’s landmarks; the old Grand Pacific Hotel, 6ne of the most famous institutions of its’kind 'in the’ United States, is to be abandoned. The hotel -was ‘built just be- fore the great fire 0f 1871, and it was ready has ever since been one:of the' city’s lead- ing hotels. Tt'has been -the headquarters of the Republicans of Illinois. for. over tions was the place where the leading men of the party met and did muclwof the ‘‘fine work’’ that controlled the nominations. In its time it has perhaps sheltered more men of national and world-wide ‘note than any | other Chicago hotel. The Grand Pacific was famed for its ban- | quets. . The ‘game -dinners - which Mine Host.Drake gave annually’-to his friends through so many years were always largely attended: by - well-known . residents” and notables from abroad. More .conventions ‘and banquets ~have | been held in the old hotel than in all the other local hotels ¢ombined. “It is not | quite certain as yet to what ‘use the prop- | Henry Kimberly is now in the | | | any -agent within' the twenty years, and during national conven- | Yo Agent. ¥ VIDLATES AL LAWS, Allegation Made Against " a Trust Company by Illinois. MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED, Intervention in the Big Suit Against the Chicago and Northern Pacific. PLAYING A LITTLE FREEZEOUT. The. Concern Proposes to Secure the Road and Operate It in Its Own Interests. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, ‘April 2.—Attor- ney-General M. L. Malone of Illinois has issued leave for the United States Circuit Court for Northern Illinois to begin an in- tervening suit in the action of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust- Company against the Chicago and Northern Pacific. Railroad Company to foreclose on a mortgage secured by $30,000,000 bonds with a view of showing that the loan and trust company has failed to. comply with the law of Illi- nois, which requires trust companies to place’ on deposit with the State certain funds as security, and therefore had no valid mortgage on the property which it desires to foreclose. The petitions and briefs arrived in Mil- waukee to-day. The petition, after de- scribing the. property covered by the trust company’s mortgage and the lease by the Wisconsin Central, goes on'to say the loan and trust company proposes to buy in the property and’ operate the Toad for its own interest. It is then alleged. 'that the Farmers’gLoan and Trust Company has been doing business in. defiance of the Illinois State laws; that the trust deed held by the company was void and. that the institution dnd prosecution .of the suit for - the. foreclosure - récently begun was. in - violation " of - the statutes of the State of Illinois-and unlawful; that garss |.the trust’ company has :persistently vio- to.receive its furnishings when the flames | swept it away. It was quickly rebuilt,and | lated the statutes:of Illinois, executing other trusts; that it was éngaged in such | ‘business in the:State, and for: the purpose of evading the law has forborne to appoint State-. upon. whom service by process could be mhade; that un- less the: State of Illinois could intervene in the: foreclosure . snit begun : by ‘the: loan and trust company:it: had. 1o remedy to | prevent such violations of the law. | erty- will be put. A new hotel may be | opened, but the chances arethat it will become a business block. It was managed | by Drake, Parker & Co. R Renioval of a Postmaster. IRONWOOD, MicH, April -2.—Frank A.| Healey, Postmaster at: Ironwood, has been | ordered removed by President. Cleveland. | Healey thinks the cause was his connec- | tion with the State -officers’ salary amend- | ment frauds. altered the Gogebic ‘County ‘sheets. in the Attorney-General’s office at Lansing, sup- posing, as he afterward swore, it was his duty to- correct them.. Warner Goodland has been appointed Poslmasber to. succeed Healey. Sl Coke-Workers Excited. UNIONTOWN, Pa., April 2.—The coke- workers were greatly excited to-day .when informed that the rents of the companies” houses had been advanced from 30 to-40 per cent, and there is talk of a: general strike. The men claim the ‘advance of ‘14 per cent, which went into effect yesterday, was only a ruse to prevent the strike; and .| they will notbe benefited in the least by it. to consider the matter.. L SRR - Wages of All.Reduced. ; MARQUETTE, MicH., April- 2.—The Duluth, South Shore ‘and Atlantic. Rail- way Company gave. notice to-day of a re- duction of wages of all employes receiving over ‘$65 per month, from and including: the general manager down. ‘A convention will be.held to-morrow. Healy was chairman of the | Gogebic County election’ canvassers, and | Itis then asked ‘that the trust deed of | the company - be declared -void, -and that the company be-enjoined from’ proceeding with its suit for the foreclesure: JOHNSON APPLIES THE MATCH. Fires Started in the Big Béssemer Steel Mills. LORAINE, :Onio, April - 2.=The fires | were started last mightin".ihe big steel- mills of Johnson & Co. of this place; the construction - of which ‘was begun - nine months ago. This was simply a.test of the gigantic furnace, which''is to convert pig- iron: into ‘Bessemer steel. : A large crowd was -in_ -attendanceé ‘and ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson; the president of the com- | pany,: applied. the: match.. -The: test was successful; ten' tons ‘of- ste¢l being poured from -the "blast this morning. The ma- | chinery - will ~be: set. in .place:as soon as possible. and -the remainder of :the plant put in operation. FIRE IN AN ASYLUM. Tervible Shrieks of the Inmates as They Called for Assistance. NEWARK, Ouro, April 2.—The insane department of the Licking County Infirm- ary burned” to-day. : The wild shrieks of the- inmates-as they called for assistance were terrible. - About thirty insane persons, ‘men and -'women, were confined in the building.: All were rescued and removed to the main building, where they were pro- vided with: comfortable quarters. One of the ‘female inmates dashed through the ° flames and took- refuge on the roof of a porch’ and “was rescued with. great diffi- culty. - The pecuniary loss is small. e Traii Robbery a Capital Offense. JEFFERSON. CITY, Mo., April 2.—Gov- ernor :Stone to-day approved a House bill under : which .train-robbing “is made a capital ffense, should the jury decide to inflict “so:.serious: -a punishment. The penalty ranges from hanging to imprison- | ment'in the penitentiary. DO YOU CARE TO SAVE - AT LEAST ' NEW .TO FIFTY PER CENT ON THE COST OF YOUR CLOTHING? You CAN DO IT BY DEALING. DIRECT WlTH THE WHOLESALE MAKERS, WHO MANUFACTURE EVERY GARMENT THEY SELL THOSE i MAKERS ISHUWN BROS. & CO Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon Cily Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child % . RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Busk and Pine Sts. ALL BLUE SIGNS