The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1895, Page 2

THE FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 18 ANSEL WHITES GIFT, How the Eccentric Old Rancher Repaid Kind Treatment. LEFT SEVERAL WILLS, Relatives Will Not Share the $4,000,000 Fortune He Inherited. CLAIMANTS FOR THE ESTATE. Two Men Who Hold Deeds for All the Property of the Dead Man. PORT TOWNSEND, WasH., April 30.— Despite the fact that relatives have learned the fate of Ansel White, who was wanted in New York to establish a claim toa fortune of $4,000,000, it is highly probable, if a story told here to-day is true, that the sixteen remaining relatives will find some difficulty in securing a distribution. ‘White came to Puget Sound in 1878, and where took up a farm in Clallam County. he resided until his demise in the of 1888. Among his neighbors was fellow named Wooding, who lived with his wife on an adjoining claim. These people were among the few whom White liked, and they became close friends and regular visitors. Eventually White deeded all this prop- erty except a life interest, a small portion, to Wooding, and when death came to the old man, according to the story of an old friend, handed the deed to the young man, with the intimation that some time it would repay him for his kindness during his last illness. Ii this is true, then the entire fortune will revert to Wooding and wife. White was very eccentric, and those who knew him in early d will readily believe the story told by hi: end. Neighbors and friends of Ansel White, however, state positively that he made no less than three wills to as many different persons. Usually for some trivial favor tendered, he would make out a will, leay- ing all his property unconditionally to his benefactor’s child. Then, if something went wrong, he would change the benefi- ciary to some other person. These ac- knowledgements were always taken before some authorized officer. ANOTHE CLAIMANT. A Tacoma Attorney Who Holds a Will Executed by White. TACOMA, Wask., April 30.—An Olym- pia special to the Ledger says: Preston M. Troy,a young attorney of this city, to-day received news that heis heir to a New York estate of $4,000,000 by the will of Ansel White, for whom search has been in progress for many years, For many years Ansel White resided ona ranch adjoining that of Smith Troy, father of Preston M. Troy, in Clallam County. White was a bachelor and lived in a log cabin on his ranch for twenty years. He died in May, 1888, at the age of 76, and was buried in the land on which he had lived so long. White took a fancy to young Troy and m ade a will making him sole heir and leg- atee. Just prior to his death, however, he sold the ranch for a nominal price, retain- ing a life interest, and at the time of his death was supposed to have considerable money in his possession, yet none was ever found. Search was'made high and low, but no trace of money could be dis- covered. Neighbors believe he buried the money somewhere on the ranch. White was extremely eccentric. He seldom held communication with any one but the Troy family. Before coming to Washington he made money in Cali- fornia. He handed $700 to & woman in San Francisco as he was about to leave, telling her to keep it for him till he called forit. He left no word in San Francisco regarding his destination, and this fact has for fifteen years balked those searching for him to inform him of his having fallen heir to an estate in New York. It was supposed that Ansel White’s was one of those unknown bodies found float- ing in San Francisco harbor, yet during the past two years W. H. White, a son of Ansel White, has been searching for the lost heir or for conclusive evidence of his death. He was traced to California. Ad- vertising led to the establishing of the identity of the old rancher as the missing heir for whom a long search had been made. At the time of making the will there is little probability that the old man was aware of the fact that the New York estate was his. This, however, does not affect the will made. It was executed in accordance with law and the witnesses are still living. Ameong his former neighbors in Port Angeles he is generally remem- bered. The will is in the possession of Preston Troy, who has taken steps to have the claim acknowled ged. SN JOSE TEST CASE County Constables Will Try to Knock Outthe New Fee Law. Decrease In the Output of Frultand Wine—A San Jose Heiress Weds a San Franciscan. SAN JOSE., CaL., April 30.—A meeting of the county constables will be held in Justice Dwyer’s courtroom Saturday morn- ing to take action in regard to'the new fee law engcted by the last Legislature. A large attendence is expected, and steps will be taken to test the law in court. It is claimed that the fees of the country con- stables have been so cut by the new law as to incur a loss of from 50 cents to $1 in bringing a prisoner to the County Jail. SHIPMENTS OF FRUIT. A Slight Decrease as Compared With Last Year's Output. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 30.—The over- land shipments last week amounted to 1,428,905 pounds, an increase of 428,170 over the week ending April 20, but when compared with the same week of 1894, a decrease of 829,355 pounds is shown. The shipments during April, 1894, were un- usually heavy, and in excess of any pre- vious year. The figures for the present month, ending April 27, foot up 5,250,310 pounds, against 7,647,395 for the first four weeks in April, 1894, making a total of shipments for the present year to date 81,569,535 pounds, against 22,321,385 pounds for the corre- sponding period last year. During May, June and July, 1894, the shipments were comparatively light, and the indications are that this year’s shipments during the same period will exceed them. The principal decreases from the corre- sponding week last year arein dried prunes and wine, but 557,245 pounds of prunes being shipped, against 570,180 pounds last year, while the wine shipments fell off 126,025 pounds. Last week’s shipments were principally dried fruit and wine, with a light movement of canned goods. The dried-fruit shipments amounted to 687,940 pounds, 557,245 pounds being prunes, 25,190 peaches, 102,995 apricots, 910 plums and 1600 pears. Of canned goods 100,800 pounds of canned fruits went forward. The narrow gauge handled 1,114,065 pounds of lotal freight last week and 120,- 865 pounds of eastbound freight, being principally dried fruit from the vicinity of Campbell and Los Gatos. Decides for the Corvoration. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 30.—In the suit of the Pacific Manufacturing Company against T. W. West, Judge Reynolds ren- dered judgment for the plaintiff for $1265 23, with costs and attorneys’ fees. G. M. Bruce, one of the defendants, appeared with a cross-complaint setting up a claim to the property. He was given judgment for §1815 25, with costs and counsel fees. The suit was brought to foreclose a mort- gage, a house and lot being the property involved. Death of Mrs. Ellen Day. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 30.—Mrs. Ellen Day, a pioneer resident of Santa Clara, died at her home in that place yesterday morning. She was a native of Ireland and | 72 years of age. Mrs. Day came to Cali- fornia in 1852, and has resided in Santa Clara since 1865. She was very prominent in church affairs, being one of the charter members of the Ladies’ Sodality of St. Claire’s Church. Won the Suit by Default. SAN JOSE, CAv., April 30.—Judge Rey- nolds to-day gave judgment for plaintiff in the suit of the Union Savings Bank against Sarah N. Owen et al. for §$922 42 principal and interest, $2027 taxes and | $100 attorney fees. The suit was brought to foreclose a mortgage on twenty acres of land. The defendants defaulted. Weds a San Francisco Man. SAN JOSE, Car., April 30.—Miss Lena B. Luxand C. G. H. McBride of San Fran- cisco were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, on Alum Rock avenue, to-day. Miss Lux is the niece of the late Charles Lux, and one of the heirs of the vast Lux estate. - ARRIVE AT PORTLAND. Two Sanm Franoisco Cyolers Who Are “ Biking”” From Vanebuver. PORTLAND, Or., April 30.—Walter C. Howe and Charles W. Conger of San Fran- | clsco, who are making the trip from Van- | couver, B. C., to San Francisco on bicycles, arrived here to-day. They have followed | the railroad track mostof the way, the| roads being very muddy. They have been on the way seven days, and will stopa week in Portland to re: FRED UPON THE POLICE Three Negroes Use Shooting Irons While Being Ar- rested. One of the Assailants Killed In- stantly and an Officer Seri- ously Wounded. CHICAGO, Irr., April 30.—In attempt- ing to arrest three colored men at Spring and State streets last night Officer Golden shot and killed one of them instantly, but not until he himself had been ‘twice wounded, and Officer McDermott had narrowly escaped a mortal wound in the abdomen. The wounds were the result of a fusillade of bullets between the colored men, each of whom was armed, and the officers, which aroused the neighborhood, and created great excitement for a time. The two colored men who seemed to be unharmed escaped. The two officers had been told to look out for three colored men who were sus- pected of having committed several petty burglaries in that vicinity recently. When the policemen met these three colored men and attempted to arrest them one drew a fevolyer and, placing the muzzle against McDermott’s abdomen, fired. The bullet only tore a hole through the officer’s clothing, setting it on fire and slightly grazing the flesh. At this McDermott drew his own re- volver. Two of the men ran across the street and drawing their revolvers began firing at the officers, who returned the fire. Officer Golden followed the - third man on a run, firing several shots at him, which were returnea. Officer Golden’s aim was .good, and the man fell to the pavement with a bullet through his head. He died instantly. Officer Golden haa received two wounds. Other police- men, attracted by the shooting, came and searched for the other negroes, but could not find them. Officer Golden was assisted to the drugstore, when an examination showed that one bullet had passed clear through the right thigh, and that another had embedded itself in the calf of the left leg. The wounds were bandaged and the officer taken to the hospital. It is not thought that his injuries will prove fatal unless blood-poisoning sets in. Officer Mc- Dermott’s coat was perforated four times by bullets, and it is scarcely credible that he escaped without serious injury. The name of the negro killed is not known. et g s COAL MINERS QUIT WORK. Fifteen Thousand Men Strike Against 2 a Reduction of Pay. ROANOKE, Va., April 30.—A Pocahon- tas special to the Times says: Fifteen thousand coal-miners employed along the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad went out on a strike at noon to-day. The men out include. all the miners in the flat top coal region, with the ex- ception of 1800 men. The imme- diate cause of the strike was the notice by the operators of a twenty per cent reduction in wages, and it is said the operators are in sympathy with the strikers and made the cuts for the pur- Eom of bringing the men out to force the orfolk and Western to make terms as to cars. T TR e MOONSHINERS ARE COWED. HUNTINGTON, Va., April 30.—The, moonshiners who have run things to suit themselves in Logan, Wyoming, Mercer and McDowell counties are cowed. Mar- shal Smith and a squad of deputies started out to capture Lee Ward, who has been selling liquor illegally. Ward opened fire, but Smith put four shots into him in quick succession and he died in a few minutes. This_disheartened the moonshiners, and &ed?ep!::'lau ‘brought mi}go of them, in- luding twenty women. were n to jail gt Charleston. = | British jurisdiction. VERY KEEN SARCASM, Senator Stewart Pays His Respects to the President. CONGRATULATION IS DUE. Of Course Every One Applauds Cleveland’s Grand Policy of Protection. CORDON OF NAVAL STATIONS. Extension of British Rule Over Ni- caragua WIll Greatly “Please” Loyal Amerlcans. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—Sena- tor Stewart of Nevada has written Presi- dent Cleveland another ‘‘roasting’’ letter, in which he says: “I renew my congratulations for your conspicuous bravery in promoting the policy of the mother country. The joint success of yourself and Lord Kimberly in | planting the British flag and extending British rule over Nicaragua is admired and applauded by every loyal subject of the Queen, and will secure for you the love and respect of all true Englishmen. Your great and magnanimous nature will not be disturbed by unreasonable complaints of any of your own countrymen who continue to cling to the narrow and unreasonable prejudices which the descendants of the rebels of 1776 still entertain against that great and good government which is still willing to protect us, notwithstanding the ill will and ingratitude of our deluded an- cestors. “Your exalted position enables you to see the great advantage of the cordon of British naval stations guarding our ex- posed seaports on two oceans, and the great security and commercial advantages the Nicaragua canal will afford under Your clear vision spans the contdnent and extends to far-off islands of the Pacific, and you fully com- prehend the complete protection that the navy of Great Britain, with headquarters at Honoluly, would be to the Pacific Coast. “The people of the United States will view with much satisfaction the prepara- tions which you and Lord Kimberly are making to present the claims of British and American subjects who, in the interest of the mother country, conspired to over- throw the republican Government of Ha- waii. The fact that the conspirators were unsuccessful aggravates the crime of the republic in maintaining its constitutional Government, and furnishes you and Lord Kimberly ample justification for demand- ing impossible reparation, to make an ex- cuse for planting the British flag and extending British rule over the only re- maining outpost in the Pacific where mili- tary establishment by an uniriendly power would menace the commerce of the United States. “When you have fully secured the pro- tection of England for our extended sea- coast on both oceans and the constraction of the Nicaragua canal at the expense of the United States for the benefit of Great Britain your economy will be appreciated. ‘When the trouble and expense by the unjustifiable wars and contentions of your predecessors against our mother country are compared with your wise and concilia- tory policy the ingratitude of the Ameri- can people will shock the sensibilities of all loyal subjects of the British crown, and they will fully appreciate the wisdom and patriotism of your administration. “Thrice your predecessors sent delegates to the British conference to consult and receive instructions as to what financial legislation the United States might adopt without interfering with the commercial supremacy of Great Britain, and thrice our delegates have been instructed to so legis- late as to enhance the holdings of British creditors by limiting the supply of money to the ultimate payment of gold alone. “Your bold and vigorous action in car- rying into effect the instructions which our delegates received from the mother country establishes beyond controversy your courage and your fidelity to our ben- efactors on the other side of the Atlantic.. The miserable suggestion that your poiicy is dictated by a London syndicate of money changers is fully answered by the fact that the people of England are sub- ject to the same dictation, and that what is good enough for Englishmen must be good enough for their unworthy descend- ants on this side of the Atlantic. There is great promise for the glorious future for the United States in what you have al- ready accomplished in securing British protection against all foreign powers, par- ticularly against the hostile republics of Mexico and South America, and also in securing her Majesty’s management and control of our domestic financial policy. “In times past our tariff legislation has created quite as much injurious and unnat- ural friction between the mother country and ourselves as our financial legislation did before you induced England to resume her ancient and rightful jurisdiction in that respect. May we indulge hope that your fidelity to the British crown has se- cured you such an influence as will enable you to induce the mother country to take charge of and regulate onr commarcial re- lations in such manner as will remove all the unpleasant and unnatural disagree- ments between the two countries with regard to tariff legislation? Why should England be more unwilling to regulate our customs dues than to manage our foreign relations and control our financial policy? “Your success in eliminating from the constitution the solemn assumption of an independent financial policy for the United States inspires reasonable hope that you may be able in the near future not only to render obsolete that other preposterous assumpticn found in the pretended authority in the aforesaid insubordinate instrument to raise revenues by duties on imports, but also to removeevery other unnatural obstruction to the legitimate authority of Great Britain to manage and control our domestic affairs from the same magnanimous and disinterested motives that she now manages and controls our foreign affairs. “Do not be discouraged by ‘crazy clamor of unthinking cranks’ for an inde- pendent financial policy or an independent foreign policy for the United States, but continue to regard such unreasonable con- tention as resulting from narrow prejudice, ‘engendered by such rebels, fanatics and anarchists as Washington, Jefferson, Madi- son, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln and their deluded followers. Cease to be astonished at the unreasonable opposition of theSen- ate to your beneficent policy, and continue to treat with contempt the vile insinua- tions of improper motives in discounting bonds to the Rothschilds to secure pro- tection and prosperity for our beloved country. Keep an eye to the single glory and renown and the imperishable name you will leave to posterity by achieving a union f 125,000,000 of English spesking people under the benign and unselfish rule of the British crown.” MAY PLACE THEIR POLES. Rights of Telephone Companies Deter- mined in Court. ST. PAUL, Mixx., April 30.—By a ma- jority opinion the Supreme Court to-day sustained the lower court in holding that the State law of 1893, granting to telephone and electric-lighting companies the right of eminent domain, the same as railroad companies, was proper and right. Farmer Joshua O. Cater objected to the erection of telephone poles in front of his place and took the matter into the courts. The lower courts held that the telephone companies had the right to place the poles there without compensation to the land- owner, as it was a public service and a part of that for which the road was laid out. This verdict was sustained to-day, although Chief Justice Start and Justice Buck dissented. The decision is of much importance. —_— ORDER OF B'NAI B’RITH. Efforts for the Erection of a Non-Secta- rian University. CINCINNATI, Oxio, April 30.—The con- vention of the B'nai B'rith spent most of the day laying out work for the future. Among the special orders for to-morrow is u resolution to erect a national non-sec- tarian university supported by Hebrews as recommended in the majority report of the committee on intellectual advance- ment, each of the 30,000 members of the order to pay fifty cents annually for its support. An appropriation of $§1000 was made for the Denver (Colo.) Hospital. The execu- tive committee was directed to provide at its discretion for the education of Jewish children in Roumania, where they have been excluded from all schools. INQUIET AND SPLENDDR. Marriage of Miss Murphy ‘and Hugh Grant at Wash- ington. Conslderable Secrecy Attends All the Arrangements for the Nuptials. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—The wedding of Hugh J. Grant, ex-Mayor of New York, and Miss Julia M. Murphy, daughter of Senator Murphy of New York, took place at the residence of the bride’s parents to-day. Cardinal Gibbons had granted a special dispensation allowing the ceremony to take place at home, as the bride desired to avoid the publicity inci- dent to a church wedding. For the same reason the calling of the bans was omitted. Archbishop Corrigan performed the ceremony. Except for the limited number of people present the surroundings of the wedding were on a splendid scale. The spacious house was superbly decorated. Early this morning Archbishop Corrigan celebrated high mass, the congregation consisting of the party which assembled later at the wedding. Several priests, some of whom came from New York with the Archbishop, assisted at the ceremony, which occurred at 11:30. At 12 o’clock the party sat down to the wedding feast in the gold-and-white dining-room. Owing to the nature of the wedding the attendance of groomsmen was not required, but the bride’s younger sisters acted as bridesmaids. The bride wore a gown of rich white satin, trimmed with lace and chiffon.’ The superb diamond ornaments which held the tulle veil and flashed on her hair were the gifts of the groom and her parents. She carried a bouquet of white orchids and lilies of the valley, and the gentlemen wore boutonnieres of lilies of the valley. The feast was most elaborate. ‘The bride received a great number of wedding presents, many of them from out of town friends. Mr. and Mrs. Grant left here this after- noon for New York, and to-morrow they sail for Europe. Considerable secrecy at- tended the nuptial arrangements. i ARRIVALS OF IMMIGRANTS. The Greatest Number Comes From Ire- land, but Germans dve the Richest, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—A statement has heen prepared at the Bureau of Immigration which shews the number of immigrants which arrived in the United States for the nine months ending March 81 in each for the last years to have been as follows: 1893, 259,460; 1894, 218,648; 1895, 140,980. The amount of money brought in by im- migrants during the past nine months was $2,395,846. Although this amount was known to have been brought in, it is ‘believed that the money secreted and undiscovered by the officials may have been several times that amount, Of the arrivals during the last nine months, 21,564 came from Ireland, 21,100 from Germany, 1¢ 160 from Russia proper, 16,125 from Italy, and 16,116 fron England. Of those debarred from landing, 1071 were paupers, or likely to become so. Eleven ‘were shown to have been convicts, and 353 contract laborers. Of those landed 19,802 could neither read nor write. Of those who brought money Germany heads the list with $551,484, Ire- land next with $315,501, England $204,818, Italy $190.712, Sweden $133,412, Russia $144,341, Hungary $103,044. —_— ACCEPTS THE POSITION. - o Theodore Roosevelt to Become @ New York Police Commissioner. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—Al- though it has been practically certain for some time that Theodore Roosevelt had been asked to become one of New York’s Police Commissioners and hasaccepted, he has always heretofore declined to speak on the matter. To-day he said: “Yes,'I have handed in my resignation to the President. Mayor Strong has re- quested me to take the position of Police Commissioner and I have accepted. Neither in making appointments nor re- movals shall I pay any heed to the politi- cal or religious affiliations of any one. Outside of the position of Police Commis- sioner I shall, of course, remain as I always have been, a strong Republican. I shall leave shortly, but the exact date of my de- varture has not been settled.” —_——— Sherman’s Battle-Ground Bought. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 80.—The Chickamauga Park Committee has com- pleted the purchase of Sherman’s battle- ground at the north end of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, and it now becomes part of the National military park. The tract contains fifty acres and embraces the ground of assanlt of the Army of the Ten- nessee and the positions about Tunnel Hill defended by General Bragg’s army. THEIR GUILT FATAL An Injured Husband Wipes Out Dishonor With Blood. WIFE AND LOVER SLAIN. Sensational Killing of the Son of Kentucky’s Governor and a Frail Woman. BETRAYED BY A TELEGRAM. Followed to Their Place of Meeting the Couple Are Surprised and Shot to Death. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30.—At sep- arate undertaking establishments in this city lie the bodies of two of the most prominent people in the State of Kentucky—one that of Archie Brown, son and private secretary to Kentucky’s chief executive; the other thatof Mrs. Fulton Gordon, prominent because of her remark- able beauty and excellent family connec- tions. The story is a sad one and has caused one of the greatest sensations this city or State has ever been called upon to chronicle. The following telegram found in Mr. Brown’s pocket no doubt is the direct cause of the double murder: LouisviLLE, Ky., April 28, 1895. To Archie D. Brown, Governor's Private Secre- tary, Frankfort, Ky—Do not write any more. Come Tuesday. Meet me atS. P.M. C. Upon receipt of the foregoing telegram Mr. Brown came to Louisville and pro- ceeded to the appointed place, which is an evil resort at 1205 Madison street, where, at 12:35 to-day, the'tragedy occurred. At noon, Brown, with Gordon’s wife, knocked at the front door of Lucie B. Smith’s Madison-street house. They were admitted by Mattie Mattington, a colored woman, and immediately repaired to the upstairs front room, which had been previ- ously engaged. Thirty minutes later a rather tall man knocked at the door of the house and was admitted. This was Fulton Gordon. He engaged the front lower room, saying a woman would join him shertly. The man closed all the doorsand a few minutes later a commotion was heard above, fol- lowed by a succession of pistol shots. Then there was a hurried movement down- stairs as Mrs. Gordon fled from the scene. A few more shots rang out and she fell dead on the perch in the rear yard. Gor- don left the house immediately and a few minutes later Brown’s corpse was found in the upstairs room. Policemen Reilly and La Paille rushed down Walnut street, and saw a man running for a buggy tied to a post, at the corner of West street. “The man was bloody,” said Officer Reilly, “and I immediately jumped at the conclusion he was the murderer. I ran and grabbed him just as he was in the act of jumping into the buggy. He had already untied the horse when I arrived. Gordon, for he turned out to be Gordon, said to me then: ‘I shot both of them; I caught them in the act. They are both dead. TIam shot, too. Come with me and I'll show you where they are.” “Gordon was as pale as a ghost and was evidently very weak. La Paille, myself and Gordon walked to the house. Just as we got inside the front door Gordon stag- gered and was about to fall when I caught him. He was in a fainting condition and somebody dashed water into his face. I also summoned the ambulance and as soon as that arrived we sent Gordon to jail.” Never was there a more sanguine battle than the one fought on the second floor of Lucy Smith’s house. Gordon had little difticulty in getting into the room, as the fact that there are no broken locks indi- cates that the entry was left unlatched. As soon as Gordon gained ingress a des- perate duel evidently began. Brown had a 38-caliber revolver, which was”empty after the tragedy. Gordon must have had two pistols, as six bullets pierced Brown's body and three of them pierced Mrs. Gordon. The bed on which Brown and Mrs. Gordon lay was covered with blood, showing that one or both had been shot while in that position or in the struggle one or more of the wounded had fallen there. Gordon him- self was covered with blood, most of which doubtless was the result of contact with his wounded antagonist. ‘What part, if, any, Mrs. Gordon took in the encounter her husband only is in a position to say. Two bullets are embedded in the door, several went through a win- dow which faced to the north, three are buried in the wall, and two are in the ceil- ing. The walls are smeared with blood. The dingy carpet on the floor is saturated with gore, and the furniture was badly broken in the fray. Brown’s body presented a horrible ap- pearance, being covered with blood. The undershirt had been removed and the wounds were plainly visible. There were three shot wounds in the breast, one of them being over the region of the heart. There were two wounds in the head, one being in the center of the forehead, and there was another in the center of the stomach and another in the right arm. The features were distorted. Mrs. Gordon’s body was found on the cellar door, face downward, clothed only in a chemise and a skirt. She had been in her stocking feet. Her hair was loose and hanging about her head in a tangled mass. Her bosom was covered with blood and her skirt was bespattered with it. Her hands were tightly clenched and her face was smeared with splotches. Gordon is in jail and no one ‘is allowed to see him. He is unhart, butsds suffering from nervous prostration. Gordon stated that he tried to kill himself after shooting Brown and his wife, but the cartridge failed to explode and his band was nervous. On his way to jail Gordon stated to the officer that he had suspected the couple for some time, and about a week ago his sus- picions were confirmed. Ever since he had kept a watch on his wife, and to-day, learning that she ana Brown were at the house, he went there and the tragedy fol- lowed. At 8 o’clock to-night the Coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide. Gordon’s case will be tried to-morrow. Governor Brown, accompanied by Secre- tary of State Headley, arrived in the city from Frankfort at 5:30 o’clock, and is stop- ping at the Galt House. The Governor is completely prostrated by the sad affair. Young Brown’s body will be taken to Henderson to-morrow morning for burial. | The remains of Mrs. Gordon are at Wyatt’s undertaking establishment on Seventh street and Brown's body is at King's un- dertaking establishment on Jefferson street. Mrs. Gordon was Miss Nellie Bush of this city, and her family is one of the best known and most prominent in this State. Her mother was once State Librarian at Frankfort, and her grandfather was Judge Zachariah Wheat, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, and one of the most learned and distinguished of Kentucky jurists. Gordon was at one time assistant manager of the Palmer House at Chicago. WILL PUSH WALLER'S CLAIM. Ex-Congressman Langston Says the Ex- Consul Must Be Protected. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—Ex- Congressman John M. Langston, the at- torney of ex-Consul Waller, who is im- prisoned at St. Pierre by the French, is determined to push the case with all the power he possesses. “In the first place,” said he, ‘“we pro- pose to maintain the concessions obtained by Mr. Waller in Madagascar. The whole purpose of the prosecution and persecution of Waller by the French Government was to despoil him of the concessions he pro- cured. The French Government realizes that the concessions are of immense value. Then, we intend to force the French Gov- ernment to pay to Waller an indemnity commensurate with the persecution he has undergone. He was given a mock trial, was threatened and finally conveyed in irons to France, where he now lies in Pprison awaiting a civil trial.” Mr. Langston said the amount of in- demnity to be asked would be determined after he had communicated with Waller. Mr. Langston is entirely satished with the course of the State Department, which, he said, had called for a thorough investiga- tion of and reporton the case by Minister Eustis at Paris and the Consul at Tamatave, Madagascar. As soon as they are received, if they bear out Mr. Waller’s representations, Mr. Langston expects the administration to take promp: action looking to the release of the prisoner and to demand from France a proper money indemnity. el MONEY-MAKING CONSPIRACY. Treasury Agents Report on the Fraud- lent Landing of Chinese. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—The Secretary of the Treasury received from Special Agents Johnstown and Beane at Boise City, Idaho, a report of the results of their investigation in the alleged frauds in connection with the entry of Chinese into this country. The repori states that the investigation shows conclusively that there has been for several years past an or- ganized money-making conspiracy with a view to manufacturing certificates upon which Chinese laborers may be enabled to visit China and return to the United States as bona-fide merchants. In the majority of the cases the so-called merchants were found to be cooks and gardeners employed in *or near Boise City. Nevertheless, a large number of prominent citizens have vouched for the Chinese as merchants. The special agents are convinced that busi- ness has been carried on as a money-mak- ing scheme. The Grand Jury failed, how- ever, to bring in indictments against any of the parti NEWAT A COURT MARTIAL Charges of False Swearing Against a Naval Officer to Be Heard. Conduct of Medical Inspector Ed- ward Kersner to Be Closely . Inquired Into. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30.—Secre- tery Herbert to-day issued an order for the trial by court-martial of Medical In- spector Edward Kersner of the navy, the fleet surgeon of the North Atlantic squad- ron. The charges, while indirectly the outgrowth of his refusal while on Admiral Meade’s flagship, the Nyatic, at the Bar- badoes last February, to visit a sick sailor on a Norwegian crait, on the ground that his visit might endanger the health of the personnel of the flagship, are really based on two charges. The first is that he vio- lated the regulations in writing a report of the matter to Surgeon-General Tryon and Medical Director Bloodgood at Brooklyn, instead of confining himself to the author- ized channels. The second charge is that which takes the case out of the ordinary run of courts- martial, for it accuses the officer of scan- dalous conduct, tending to the destruction of good morals, in falsely testifying that he did not make these reports as charged in the inquiry conducted on the flagship. Itis said at the Navy Department that this is the first time in the memory of the office where a naval officer has been charged with false swearing. The ecourt-martial will be held in New York on Monday, and the court will be composed of officers of high rank, headed by Admiral Walker. DAt FINANCES OF THE NATION. There Will Be a Big Deficit at the Close of the Fiscal Year, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 80.—The treasury receipts during the month ended to-day bave not met the expectations of the officials and the indications now are that the deficit at the end of the fiscal year will be little, if any, less than $45,- 000,000. The receipts for the month of Avpril amount to $24,247,836 and the ex- venditures to $32,952,690, leaving a deficit for the month of $8,704,854, and for the fiscal year to date of $45,247,006. The receipts from internal revenue show afalling off for April, as compared with the same month in 1894, of more than $700,000, and a falling off of the ten months of the fiscal year of about $2,000,000. Dur- ing the remaining two months of the fis- cal year there will be no extraordinary expenditures. The pension payments will amount to about $22,000,000, and $1,250,000 will be repaid on the interest account. The net resplt of the year is not expected to differ very materially from to-day’s figures, and yet in making this estimate a considerable revenue from the income tax is anticipated. o R Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. ., April 30.—A postoffice is established at Monterio, Kern County, Cal. (special from Rosamond), with Elias Dearborn as Postmaster. Pgnsions have been granted as follows: California: Original—John C. Svenning- sen, National Soldiers’ Home, Los An- geles; Martin O’Neill, Los Angeles; Edwin 0. Backus, Veterans' Home, Napa. In- crease—John W. German, Pasadena. Re- issue—Ebenezer Chamberlain, Eureka. Oregon: Original—Eugene S. Knapp, Summerville, Union County. Restoration and reissue—Jesse Jewell (deceased), Cove, Union County. Original, widow—Sarah Jewell. Cove, Union County. Washington: Original—George H. Logis, Vancouver, Clarke County; Nicholas Wil- liams, Paataha City, Garfield County. S el Argentine Offers Big Prizes. WASHINGTON,D. C.,April 30.—The Ar- gentine Republic has announced that it m architects throughout the ew building intepded for the gls;nzgorcz:gress. Three prizes—one of $20,000, one of $10,000 and.one of 55000_—ara offered for the most .sat\_sfactory designs. The prizes will be paid in the paper cur- ine. 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