The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1895, Page 2

2 : THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL i e m——_——-m L; FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1895. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, A Murderer Seeks Aid From the Mexican Consul. PETALUMA-SANTA ROSA. Proposals for a Railroad Be- tween the Two Points Under Consideration. EPISCOPAL WOMEN CAN VOTE. Broken Levees on the San Joaquin and Kings Rivers Have Caused Much Damage. SAN BERNARDINO, Carn., May 16.— Emilio Garcia, the condemned murderer, who is to be executed June 5 at San Quentin, has appealed to the Consul of Mexico to save Garcia is a Mexican, and has written to the Mexican Consul at San Francisco, asking him to interfere. District Attorney Daley has received a letter from the Consul Inquiring into the case, and asking for full details of the trial. Garcia claims that the trial was unfair, that he was not allowed to testify by his attorney and that he isnot guilty of the brutal murder of *‘Chicken Jim’ at Colton, for which crime he is soon to be executed, unless some power intervenes. RERSETRY ab PETALUMA TO SANTA ROSA. Proposals to Build a Railroad Between These Points Under Consideration. SANTA ROSA, Cir., May 16.—A very important meeting was held here to-day, at which B. M. Spencer presided and Frank Brush acted as secretary. The meeting was called to consider the propo- sition of James Keyes and others to build a narrow-gauge railway from tidewater at Petaluma to Santa Rosa. The proposal is that Santa Rosa take $45,000 and Peta- luma $25,000 of 100 $10,000 fifteen-year first mortgage bonds, the money to be paid to the company at the rate of $3500 per mile on completion of each mile of track. The meeting to-day resulted in the ap- pointment. of W. D. Reynolds, T. P. Keegan, F. A. Brush and B. M. Spencer to confer with Petaluma men and investigate the matter and reporton to people here some time in the near future. S e CLERGYMEN IN SESSION. Deiegates Are Elected and Women Given the Right to Vote. SACRAMENTO, Car., May 16.—A convo- cation of the Protestant Episcopal Mission- ary Association in the jurisdiction of Northern California was held to-day in this city. Rev. G. A. Ottman, rector of St. Paul’s Church in Sacramento, was chosen as delegate to the general convention of the church to be held at Minneapolis next October. C. Hitchcock of Penryn was elected lay delegate. Rev. John Partridge of Petaluma was chosen as alternate dele- gate from the clergy and C. W. Bush as lay alternate. The Women May Vote. LOS ANGELES, May 16.—At the morn- ing session of the California Episcopal Diocesan Synod it was decided to give women the right to vote for trustees and vestrymen. There was a lengthy discus- sion before the resolution was adopted. Sy — KILLED BY A RUNAWAY TEAM. James Smith, a Mexican War Fcteran, Met a Very Sudden Death. YREKA, Car.,May 16.—James Smith, & wealthy rancher of Little Shasta Valley and father of School Superintendent Clar- ence Smith, was killed by a runaway team last evening while on his way home from Yreka, Deceased was a pioneer, a promi- nent Odd Fellow and a Mexican War vet- eran. He came around the Horn in 1846 and helped in the capture of Vera Cruz, and was also present when the fleet took Monterey. He was “highly esteemed throughout this section of the State, and it is expected his- funeral next Sunday will be the largest ever held in thecounty. He was 65 years old. ol A T LS BROKEN LEVEES CAUSE DAMAGE. ZLand Inundated and Wheat Crops Ruined in Various Places. FRESNO, CAL., May 16.—It is reported that Kings River has overtlowed its banks on the Laguna de Tache ranch, twenty-five miles southwest from here, and that about 110 acres of fine grain have been destroyed. No further damage is yet reported. The weather is still warm and the river will probably go higher. Later—Word from Hanford is to the effect that the break in Kings River levee has been mended and that no further damage is now anticipated. The break occurred at Kingston at the head of the James canal. —_——— A Bad Break at Stockton. STOCKTON, CaL., May 16.—This fore- noon the levee broke near Paradise Cut and the water of the San Joaquin is run- ning over the country from Banks to Moores Landing, a distance of about forty miles. About one-quarter of the inun- dated land is wheat and the rest was mostly grazing land. The San Joaquin River is higher than it ever was before, the last few days having melted a great volume of snow in the mountains. —t Passing Bogus Checks. FRESNO, CAL., May 16.—I Cook has been arrested here on a charge of forgery. He presented a check for $80 to the pro- prietor of the Ogle House and received a few dollars, leaving the check as security. The check was signed A. K. Washburne, and after Cook had left the hotel it was found to be a forgery. Before his capture he passed another check at T. S. Miller's drugstore. SN DL For Illegal Fishing. SANTA CRUZ, CaL, May 16.—To-day Beth Blanchard, Bert Blanchard and H. ‘Wetzelberg were sent to jail for twenty-five days for illegal fishing, to which they pleaded guilty. They caught thousands of trout in Scotts Creek, many not measuring over three inches long, when the law makes it an offense to catch trout less than six inches in length. % The Carson Murder Case. CARSON, Ngv., May 16.—Tramp No. 8, arrested for the murder of Mrs. Sarman, was released to-day. - A witness saw him thirty miles from the scene of the tragedy when it occurred. The Williams hearing will come up next week. UKIAH, CAL, May 16.—This morning Sheriff Johnson captured one of the parties suspected of having been concerned in the robbery of the Cloverdale postoffice. The ' individual was more than anxious to re- turn to Cloverdale, but his statement re- garding his whereabouts and action since the burglary convinced the Sheriff of his innocence, so he was discharged from cus- tody. ol The Electrio Road Gets a Setback. SANTA BARBARA, Car. May 16.— To-day’s session of the City Council prom- ised to be one of considerable interest to citizens on account of its being the date set for opening bids upon the franchise recently granted to a new electric road. The clerk reported, however, that no bids had been received. W. F. Reed of the company appeared before the Council and stated that owing to the delay in granting the franchise he had been unable to con- trol the expected funds and asked for an extension of thirty days, which was granted. The building of this road is anxiously looked forward to by Santa Barbara people. The surveyed route will not only give new and improved facilities for travel in the town, but covers the whole of the adjoining country from Carpinteria to Goleta. Wholesale Arrest of Bicyclists. SACRAMENTO, Can, May 16.—The police made wholesale arrests to-night of bicyclists who failed to carry headlights on their wheels, as required by a city or- dinance. Killed by the Railroad Cars. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 16.—To-day a railroad sectionband named Isaac Pas- colat fell under a car at Newcastle and was killed. WASHINGTON'S JURY LAW, It Has Been Lost and the State Will Lose Thousands of Dollars. Men Who Wwill Cont\end for the Long-Distance Walking Cham~ plonship. TACOMA, Wasn., May 16.—Remonstra- tion in this State against the expense of the jury law then in force culminated in the Legislature last winter in the passage of a law reducing the pay of jurors from $4 to $2 per day. It was supposed that the new law passed all right until to-day, when it was discovered that the edition of session laws completed by the Secretary of State, James H. Price, does not contain the new law fixing the pay of jurors, and under the law it is not in effect, though regularly passed. There is no minute of its passage in the records, and all trace of the bill is lost. The State will lose thousands of dollars by this omission, whether intentional or otherwise. This missing jury law has ex- cited suspicion in regard to the fate of other laws passed by the Legislature, and compilation and records are now being closely compared by members of the Leg- islature from this county. FOREST FIRES AN WASHINGTON. Considerable Damage Done Along the Northern Pacific Railroad Tracks. TACOMA, Wasn., May 16.—Large forest fires are raging along beth sides of the Northern Pacific tracks from South Prairie to the summit of the Cascade Mountains, a distance of fifty-five miles. At Lester, seventy miles east of here, the postoffice building and two small residences were burned with all their contents yesterday. The ruilroad employes saved the com- pany'’s property by using locomotives and throwing water over the buildings. There were a number of loaded trainson the side- tracks there. The fire caught from burn- ing logs and is still raging about the town. The railroad’s bridge and section crews are all fighting the flames. Superintendent McCabe reports that fires were put out in the snowsheds several times to-day. They had caught from falling burning trees. A high wind would cause great damage, but rain is looked for. A LONG-DISTANCE WALK From Ban Francisco to New York for the Championship. TACOMA, WasH., May 16.—Vanderbilt H. Button, who claims to be champion long-distance walker of America, now living at American Lake, near here, will leave here for San Francisco in a few days to meet W. C. Thompson and walk a match with him from that City to New York for $2500 a side and the championship of America, Sutton says he is backed by Richard K. Fox and that Harry Parsons of New York is his manager and trainer. Sutton says they will have three months’ limit in which to cover the distance and that the winner will be presented with a belt by Fox. Sutton claims a record of thirty days from New York to Chicago, a distance of 1600 miles. He says Thompson claims to have covered 1000 miles in thirty- one days. Sutton saysthe money is all up and that the articles are signed. An Acrobat Seriously Injured. TACOMA, Wash., May 16.—Chauncey Harmon, the well-known trapeze and hori- zontal-bar performer, while exercising on the bars in the pavilioh at Washington Park, near Seattle, to-day, fell, breaking his left arm in two places and sustaining internal injuries. The doctors report that he is not yet out of danger. —_— i OARRIED CASES OF COAL OIL. Seisure of a Steamer for Violating Navi- gation Laws. 'PORTLAND, OR., May 16.—The steamer Dalles City, plying between this city and the Cascades, was seized to-night by Col- lector of Customs Black for violating the navigation laws. . The offense was carrying 168 cases of coal oil from this city to the Cascades. The statute makes it unlawful fora steamer to carry coal oil or other explosives when there is other means of conveyance. The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s road follows the Columbia River from this city, thus furnishing rail transportation to the Cascades and other points. The steamer Regulator, which runs be- tween the Cascades and The Dalles, will also be seized to-morrow for the same of- fense, as the shipment of coal oil was for The Dalles. The penalty is a fine of $500, pada s s hng Released From Custody. SANTA BARBARA, CaL, May 16— |- Charles Lyne, who:was arrested yesterday- on a charge of threatening to take life, on complaint of William Lavies, editor of the Independent, and held in $1000 bonds, was to-day released from custody, the ch: ‘having been withdmawn 1) he charge LG The A. P. A. S5till Organizing, R CARSON, NEv., May 16.—A. special train ;ith Afifi members of the American Protec-. ive Association from Virginia City and two extra cars attached hex'gl Tan mtyneng to-night o organize the order here. The Horses Perished. = PENDLETON, Or., May 16.—A number of frame buildings were burned to-day, among them a livery stable containi: i Torses. "The loss 5 wbent $10/pp0. .08 51X USEOF COUNTY FUNDS Banks Must Return the Identical Money Deposited. A HARDLAW ON BANKERS The Southern Pacific Com- pany Has the Best of the Water-Front Case. COSTS ARE TO BE RETAXED. Judson C. Brusie to Be Pald for Defending the State in a Big Damage Suit. SACRAMENTO, CaL.,, May 16.—At the meeting of the Board of Examiners held to-night in the Capitol building, the claim of Judson C. Brasie, for legal services ren- dered in defending the State in sundry suits for damages alleged to have been sus- tained by individuals at the collapsing of the grand stand at the State Agricultural Park, during the session of the State fair several years past, was allowed and ordered paid. The claim of W. H. Laysen, who at the time was acting as Deputy Attorney-Gen- eral in the same cases, was rejected. Attorney-General Fitzgerald gave it as his opinion that it was the duty of every employe of the State to defend it against legal attacks and that therefore Mr. Lay- sen was not entitled to any compensation other than the salary paid him by the State. In refering to an opinion he rendered a few days since to the effect that County Treasurers could not deposit county funds in banks to be used by said banks, Attor- ney-General Fitzgerald said the opinian would probably ‘‘raise Cain” with him, as far as the banks were concerned. The law, he said, is very explicit and the identical money deposited must be returned. He declared that when banks used public funds deposited with them they were guilty of embezzlement. “More thousands are expended in the electien of county than in the election of State treasurers,” he declared. “And the banks are the ones which spend it. The Teason is that they want the money to loan out, and they get it; one county treasurer with whom I was talking opened his safe and showed me instead of county money a number of certificates of deposit with the ‘words special deposit written across their face. I explained to him that he was breaking the law, and that it was being done all over the State.” The Attorney-General also informed the board that he had received notice from the railroad company that they would move to retax the costs in the Oakland water-front cases. These costs, he said, amounted to $8000, and would necessitate his going to ‘Washington or else sending a deputy. The case had been dismissed by the Su- preme Court of the United States, he said, for want of jurisdiction, and the State would have to pay the costs, as it was plaintiff, but these costs might be cut down somewhat. In regard to a rehearing of the case, he was decidedly opposed to it and declared that the State could not win. *The rail- r0ad has had the best of the matter from the start,” he said. *‘The State has stood by and seen the Oakland mole built and thousands of dollars of improvements made sround the water front and said nothing. In my opinion, we are disbxrred from any action in the matter.” THE BRIGADIER-GENERAL. M. W. Muller of Fresno Has Been Called to Sacramento on That Accownt. SACRAMENTQ% Cat., May 16. — It is generally conceded that M. W. Muller of Fresno will be the brigadier-general ap- pointed by Governor Budd to-morrow, pro- viding that brigade headquarters be re- tained at Sacramento. There is not the slightest doubt but what General Sheehan would prove far prefera- ble for the position if he could be prevailed upon to serve; but he states that his long service has entitled him to a well-earned rest, and if brigade headquarters be re- tained dt Sacramento, which is in the cen- ter of the brigade section, he will will- ingly step down. 1t is argued that Fresno, being at the ex- treme end of the immense section allotted to the brigade, it would be very inconve- nient as headquarters. On the other hand, it is pointed out that Sacramento, being in the center and where the Governor could have immediate verbal communication with the brigade commander at any mo- ment, it should be the place. It is conceded by many that the unfortu- nate occurrences of last Fourth of July at the Bacramento depot injured General Sheeban with those members of the Na- tional Guard from all sections who did not know the circumstances, and Governor Budd is anxious to appoint a man who will prove most congenial to the majority of the militia. Personally Gemeral Sheehan does not desire the position, and it was only upon extreme pressure: and ‘the argument that his refusal would take the brigade head- quarters away from Sacramento that he was induced to consent to any reappoint- ment. - Governor Budd has sent a telegram to General Muller askirig him to be in Sacra- mento to-morrow,and it is more than likely he will be handed his commission then. HE MAY BE A CANDIDATE, If _Allison and McKinley Split the Vote Cullom May Be Nominated.’ G éclrlet'Favér Is Epldemi¢ in Seattle and the Schools Are to Be ‘Closed. SEATTLE, Wasn., May 16.~United States Senagor Cullom of Illinois arrived in this city this morning and this evening as he was about to depart, United States Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire ar- | rived. Senator Uplloiniin company with llafiiig citizens viewed the route of the proposed -Lake Washington canal to be built by the Government, and later addressed a meet- | ing of the Chamber of Commerce in Which he expressed himself in favor of the pro- ject. In an interview he said he was in no sense a eanaidate for the Presidency, but “admitted that he would accept it'if it were offered him. He d him- self as believing that the h{ifl question and not the money.question would be the leading issue of the National election. He left to-night for Spokane. Senator Gallinger was interviewed on Presidential possibilities. .He favors Reed, but thinks that McKinley or Allison will be nominated. If the Allison and McKin- ley forces are so evenly divided .as to pre- vent the nomination of either, a dark horse, probably Senator Cullom, will ‘be nominated, Senator Gallinger ‘says Har- rison ke considers out of the race. Senator Gallinger is on the coast for pleasure and will visit Alaska before returning East. 5 —_——— The Christian Endeavor Convention. SEATTLE, WasH., May 16.—The Wash- ington State Young People’s Christian En- deavor Union convened here to-day in the First Presbyterian Church in its sixth an- nual convention. All parts of the .State are represented and about five hundred out-of-town delegates are in the city.. This evening the session was in every way suc- cessful and all of the delegates have been provided for. To-morrow will be a busi- ness session, with devotional exercises in the morning, and on Sunday endeavor meetings will be held in all the churches. So many out of town and local delegates con- template attending the session that to- morrow evening an_overflow meeting will be held at the Fourth Congregational Church. SRl Scarlet Fever Is Epidemic: SEATTLE, Wasn,, May 16.—The Board of Health to-day issued an order that to avoid danger from scarlet fever the South and Rainier schools should closs at 9 o'clock this morning, despite the opinion of counsel for the School Board that the Board of Health had no power to enforce the order. Theaid of the police will be called in if necessary. The School Board isaccused of bad faith in resisting this or- der after it had practically agreed to close, and one member is said to have taken his own children from school to avoid infec- tion. E LS RS Physical Culture at Stockton. STOCKTON, Car., May 16.—Walter E. Magee, physical instructor of the State University, lectured this forenoon before the members of the athletic club on physical culture. At 7 o’clock he judged a bargerace between the professional and an amateur crew of the club. The dis- tance was three-quarters of a mile to the stakeboat and returr. The regular crew won easily in 10 min. 49 sec. g P it Hazing Has Been Prohibited. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 16.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the University of Southern California resolu- tions were adopted condemning the prac- tice of hazing, and the faculty was in- structed to expressly prohibit any such practices and to strictly enforce such pro- hibition whether the offenses result in harm or otherwise. S o A Barn and Dairy Burned. NAPA, Cir, May 16—A barn and dairy-house in Wooden Valley belonging to Gardner Bros. were burned Tuesday night. Loss from $2000 to $2500; insurance $650. The cause of the fire is not known. g~ Docter Has Been Acquitted. LOS ANGELES, Cawn., May 16.—Alex Docter, charged with embezzling $3500 which had been intrusted to him by M. L. Polaski for payment to M. A. Gunst of San Francisco, was acquitted to-day. SHOT OUT THE BATISH Americans Preparing to Starta Big Bank Down in Venezuela. An Enterprise of Minnesota Men That Is Backed by the Republic. MINNEAPOLIS, Mix~., May 16.—It is said that President Crespo of Veneznela has evolved a scheme for the establish- ment of a2 Bank of Venezuela in which American capital is to be heavily inter- ested and to which is to be entrusted the collection of taxes and duties. General Grant, the Faribault mine contractor, told the story to a Journal man before his re- cent departure for Caracas, under injunc- tion of secrecy, which is now removed by ahint of the matter in yesterday’s dis- patches.” { The bank is to have a paid-up capital of $5,000,000, half of which is to be furnished by the Venezuelan Government, and the rest by the Minnesota men and their East- ern backers in New York. The bank will have a complete monopoly of the callec- tion of the taxes and duties for the entire country. In return it will have a contract under which it will be impossible for the Government to draw out the sums paid in duties and in taxes, except in small por- tions, and after notice, the effect of which will be to keep the money in the bank for atleast a year. It will have certain rights | in the matter of State money and other concessions will be granted. - Among these will be the control of Government bond issues, something which the English have heretofore taken charge of. The Venezuelan Congress will adjourn June.15 and the charter for the bank will be granted before that time. It is ex- pected that the bank will be .running in a very short time, and that it will enter upon the colleciion of dities at the earliest pos- sible date.. This hag been made necessary in part by the action of Great Britain in levying upon the revenues of Nicaragua. The officials of Venezuela desire to be | Elizabeth street for Texas be protected from any similar moye in o | far as the bank, with an American inter- est, can protect them. President Crespo and his advisers were very anxious for Americans to take hold of the institution, and they wanted above all that the British should have 1o interest in the affair. e e ¢ ‘SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED. Goeneral Suspension of Work in the . Pitisburg District. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 16.—A resolu- tion ordering a general suspension 6t work in all the mines in' the Pittsburg district was adopted at the miners’ convention here to-day. - It was also decided to estab- lish camps at all the pits working below therate. The convention yas one of the .| largest ever heéld here, and the .sentiment was for calling out all miners working for the 69-cent rate or for the 60-cent rate, and it was finally decided to demand the old wages. The delegates went rome to-night {o ascertain the sentiment.among the miners, and will report to- the convention to morrow. The operators, it is said, will now bring new mea into their. mines. If they da there wili likely be serious trouble. Wilkinson to Be Ousted. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 16.—A local paper asserts that there is likely to be a change in' the grand mastership of the. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Grand Master Wilkinson, it says, is in a fair way | of being ousted and James Morrison of New York elected in his stead. There will also be a genera] reduction in th salaries of the board officers.” . ey MRENOT DN THE . Cowell’s Big. Trades in| Mythical Texas - Lands. HUNDREDS ARE FLEECED, Vidihs Found by Wholesale and Swindled by a Dar- ing Device. ONE OF THE LEADERS CAUGHT. But There Still Remalns in Chicago a Ring of Expert Manipu- lators. CHICAGO, IrLr., May 16.—The arrest of Walter Marshall Cowell of Kenosha in the Texasswindling case was the result of an in- vestigation begun by Governor Culbertson of Texas, his Land Commissioner, Andrew J. Baker, and Governor Altgeld of Illinois. 8o faras known to the authorities here there are now six victims of the swindle, whose aggregate losses are nearly $50,000. From reports received from the Texas Land Com- missioner it is believed that these are but the beginning of the losses, as he saysthat there have been individual cases where sums as high as$40,000 have been involved. About the middle of ‘April William Briggs of 6019 Green street, Chicago, was in the Washington-street real estate office of Jackson Taylor. They were discussing a real estate deal whereby Mr. Briggs had traded property in Chicago for land in Texas. Mr. Taylorsaid that his chent had more of the land and desired to obtain more Chicago property. The next day Mr. Briggs introduced Colonel Stough of 6008 Halstead street, and as a result of the introduction Colonel Stough traded property at 6001 Morgan street and at 6831 land. The amount involved was $12,000. Mr. Briggs received an gbstract and a warranty deed. The name in the deed was ‘“Thomas M. Bell” of Denver, Colo. The papers were certified to by Attorney Cowell of Keno- sha, who claimed to have power of attor- ney from Bell, and Cowell's seal as a nofary public was affixed. Colonel Stough wished to inform him- self regarding the taxes on his newly acquired property and wrote to the au- thorities of the county where the land was located—Pecos, Presidio and Tom Green counties. In reply he learned not only that he had no title to the described prop- erty, but that Thomas M. Bell never had a title to it. ’ Colonel Stough applied to Governor Culbertson of Texas. Governor Culbertson. placed the matter in the hands of Land Commissioner Baker for investigation. Mr. Baker then looked up the records and found on file hundreds of letters complain- ing of the swindle that Stough had dis- covered. He wrote Governor Cuibertson a long letter in which he explained that the land traded purported to be in the counties named by virtue of survey certificates issued to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company and was mythical. ‘The town of Dunton, near which the al- leged farms were located, was not on the map, he said, and James Blater, the pat- entee, as well as James Ruffner of Austin, whose name as Notary Public had been affixed to some of the abstracts ef convey- ance, were mythical persons. Commis- sioner Baker located the headquarters of the swindlers in Chicago, but the victims, ke said, came from every State in the Union. Governor Culbertson forwarded Baker’s letter to Governor Altgeld, and the laster, after personal investigation, forwarded it with & number of the names of victims . to Chief of Police Badenoch of Chicago. -All the papers were given to Detectives Elliott and Alexander to make a thorough inves- tigation. Meanwhile Stough had seen Mr. Briggs, who introduced him to Jack- son Taylor, through whom the transfer was made of his property. Briggs had made a second deal and acquired, as he thought, more Texas property. “Have you looked up the title?” asked Stough. Briggs replied that he had not. Mr. Briggs then discovered that he had been swindled twice, and that he was out on property in Chicago, Kansas City and. La Grange, Wyo., $15,000. Jackson Taylor was found, and he paved the way for the arrest of Cowell, who the police say is the mythical Thomas M. Bell of Denver. An inquiry for further Chicago victims, whe it is believed exist in -hundreds, will be prosecuted until tne time for Cowell’s second arraignment. “Topeka, Kans.,” said Detective Alex- ander, “will furnish & $15,000 victim and a man on West Washington street, Chicago, will swell the aggregate at least $10,000 more.” In connection with the land swindies it is believed Cowell had to ao with but a small portion.of them. The police assert that the big swindlers live and maintain richly furnished offices in Chicago, and. while the-Cowell continuance is pendiog an effort will be made to locate them, “Jackson Taylor is entirely innocent of any violation of the law for the part he had in the transaction by which Stough and Briggs were swindled,” said Detective Alexander. “He was taken in by Cowell with his references and official documents the same as were Stough and Briggs and | severil attorneys to whom I submitted the abstracts and deeds of title furnished by Cowell. Assoon as he learned that a fraud had been committed he was foremost' in assisting us to discover the man for whom ‘we were searching.” Kidnaped in Chicago. CHICAGO, Iii., May 16. — Reginald Seott, the nine-year-old son of James Scott, a stonecutter, who lives at 6616. Drexel avenue, was kidnaped last evening while playing in front of his home by.a man who is thought to be Henry Manning, the man whe kidnaped two -children in South Chi-’ cago a short time ago. The boy was in- duced to go with the man, and the two were séen to beard a cable-car in ‘Engle- wood. The police have found no trace of the boy. Manning was committed to the Detention Hospital by Justice Robbins when arrested for kidnaping the South Chicago children, but was ‘rdnse_d from that place after an examination. ‘G. 4. B. Men Will Not Participate. BLOOMINGTON, Iir., May -16.—The State G. A. R. Encampment to-day referred the. pension matter to the National En- campment. The dedication of the Con- federate monament at Chicago on Memorial day was discussed at length. A resclution was adopted which deprecates such a dis- position of ration day, and while the G. A.B.emmtymm-bqnfi’thndgm of ‘individuals to partieipate in the cerés monies the G. A, R. organization, as such, _w;ll have nothing:to do ‘with it, adding that had any other day than the Nation’s -| Memorial day ‘been chosen for the dedica- tion no notice of the affair wonld have been taken. g 3 E 5 —_— HILL IN THE DEAX. There Ts'a Movement to Sécure Novthern Pacific Bonds. A NEW YORK, N: Y., May 16.-~The Wall- street News Agency says: There is good authority for the staterent. that James J. Hill has succeeded in closing some kind of a deal involving his connection in some Wway with Nerthern Pacific affairs. The nature of the deal cannot be exactly learned, but we understand the purchase or control of the Northern - Pacific second- mortgage bonds, other than those held by the Adams committeé interests, in concert with whom Hill is understood to be acting, plays an important part therein. Hill is expected to atrive from London to-morrow night. Samuel Hill is' coming East to meet him. The recent decline in junior bonds and the stooks of the com- pany is thought to be due to the belief on the part of some holders that the reorgani- zation of the property is likely to be severe. Itis pointed out that the control of the second and third mortgages would be unnecessary unless a drastic reorgani- zation was intended. The recent improve- ment in the company’s business, it is thought, may interfere with a drastic plan. A R T Lynched by a Mob. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16.—A special to the Times from Marion, Ky., says: John Howerton (white) was lynched here about 1 o'clock this morning.. On April 25 How- erton assaulted Anna Pierce, a 16-year-old daughter of a prominent farmer. The girl now lies in a critical condition. How- erton was captured yesterday. A mobwas formed, the jailor was made to give up the keys and the prisoner was seized. He was taken to the siaughter-house near Marion, arope was placed around his neck and he was pulled from the ground. —— WOULD T WITHORAY. Why the Trunk Lines Placed a Boycott on the Canadian Pacific. Now There Will Be a Hot Fight for Trade In the New York Terrltory. CHICAGO, IrL., May 16.—More definite information regarding the Canadian Pa- cific boycott by the trunk lines was re- ceived to-day by the Western Transconti- nental lines, and it in no way tends to re- lieve the situation. The direct cause of the boycott was the refusal of the Canadian Pacific to withdraw all its orders from the New York market. About two weeks ago the trunk lines held & meeting at which an agreement was reached which would, it was supposed, put an end to the fight between the Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk. Under this agreement the Canadian Pacific differen- tials were to be shown in the trunk-line rate sheets, on the condition that the Canadian Pacific would withdraw all its orders from the territory of the trunk lines and leave to them the distribution of business arising in their territory. The Canadian Pacific refused the condi- tions and its tickets were promptly turned toward the wall. Now the real trouble will begin, for the Canadian Pacific will, with- out doubt, increase the numbeér of its or- ders in New York, pay large commissions on emigrant business and make a hot fight generally for its share of business. AT RAISING THE WAGES. Nearly Four Thousand Men Benefited by the Increase. PITTSBURG, Pa.,, May 16.—Jones & McLaughlin, proprietors of the American Iron Works, have granted their employes & 10 per cent increase in wages. The firm employs about 4000 men and are the great- est rivals of the Carnegie Steel Company in the manufacture of structural iron. The advance will apply to -all skilled men and to all others except common Jaborers, who are now receiving §1 20 per day, the recog- nized rate for such work. No reason -is assigned for the action of the firm, but it is thought that the ex- ample will be followed by many other large firms. The Republic Iron Works will resume work Monday, paying the Amalgamated Association rate of $4 for puddling. This will give employment to 400 men who have been‘idle for several months. The works area branch of the National Tube ‘Works and manufactare material for pipe. SEE g Shot the Foreman. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 16.—This morning Stevedore Gerdes sent Foreman Smithers, with a gang of colored men, to begin loading the steamship Orton, now lying at the Morgan wharf, in Gretna. He met a number of whiteson the levee and three shots were fired at him, one of which struck him in the leg. The negroes then quit work and made their ‘way back to this side of the river. No.arrests have been made. Smithers’ injuries were paintful, but not dangerous. —_—— Presbyterian Home Missions. CANONSBURG, Pa.,, May 16. — The United Preshyterian. Board of Home Mis- sionsisin gession here, with fifty-nine of nxty-tl.:m members present, Rev. W. A. Sp._uld.mg of Bpokane, Wash., is chairman. Dr.' W. 8. Owens, the general seerstary, presented- the needs of the fold. Appli- cations for aid aggregate $82,800. The board will endeavor to limit the appropria- tions 0 $70,000. - - - : ——— . - ‘Burglars Raid a Bank. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 16.—A re- vort from Anderson, Monroe County, states that last night burglars_entered the bank, blew open the safe and catried off $5000, Ppractically all it contained, as most of the funds were deposited at Reconvite, thirty miles distant. This batk has no vault. ‘The robbers escaped, leaving no clew. g it i, SRl Hill Has Not Britten. NEW YORK; N. Y., May 16.—Regard- -ing the statement that Senator David B. Hill. had written a letter to be read before . the Ilinois Democratic State Convention nexs month advocating the free: coinage of silver, Senator Hill sald to-day: “Ihave not written a Jetter on the silver question within three years.” . o oo A LR © ‘- " Mw. Milnes’ Resignation. LANSING, Micn., May' 16.—Lieuténant- overnor Alfred Milnes sent his resigna- tion ‘to Governor Rich to-day to take effect May 31, the date fixed for the adjournment of the Legislature. .Mr, Milnes has suc- ceeded Julius C. Burrows as Congressman. : Police and Strikers. Collide:. i SHEBOYGAN, Wis., May 16.—A colli- sion occurred to-day between the.police and the strikers at the. Crocker factory, in which clubs.were used. Several arrests USED TRUST FUIS., Culmination of Charges Against - Ex-Presi- dent Greenhut. McNULTA AFTER SCALPS He Says Officials Employed Moneys for Outside Specu- lation. SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS MADE. One Million Dollars’ Worth of Bonds Sold at About Half Price. CHICAGO, ILL., May 16.—The culminas tion of the charges against J. B. Greenhut, ex-president of the Whisky Trust, and some of his associates was reached this evening in a bill filed in the United States Circuit: Court by Receiver John B. Mc- Nulta: Greenhut and Nelson. Morris are accused of having used the funds of the trust for outside speculations of a personal character, in which they met with a loss of $500,000. Then to make good the losses they are charged with having, in the sum« mer of 1893, conspired to secure the assenf§ of the board of directors of the trust to the issuance of bonds. 1t is further charged that they sold $1,000,000 of the bonds at 50 cents on tha dollar; applying the proceeds to make up their losses in speculations and secured possession of $300,000 of the bonds so issued at the 50 cent valuation, in order to “milk’’ the trust for the other 50 cents on the dole lar, thus giving them a profit of $400,000 on the transaction, besides securing the payment of their losses in speculations. The character of the speculations is not sef forth. Besides President Greenhut and Morris, the other defendants to the bill are: Exe Directors William N. Hobart and J. Walter Freiberg, of Cincinnati; Lewis Maddux, Hobart’s: - partner, and Juling Freiberg, ‘Walter's brother, and the Central Trust Company of New York. As specific instances of fraud, it is al- leged that in September, 1893, Greenhut, as president,” and. Hobart. as treasurer, sold to Morris $75,000 of the bonds for $57,- 600, On October 11, 1893, Greenhut and Morris sold fo Maddux and Hobart of Cin- cinnati $75,000 of the bonds for $37,500, the payment being made by a note of the trust, held by the firm, Hobart, the treas« urer, being the member of the firm. On the same date $50,000 of the bond; were sold to J. Walter Freiberg of Cincin< nati for $25,000, the latter also being a di- rector of the trust at that time. The receiver declares that all such sales to said directors were contrary to the obli- gation of their trust as officials, and were made withont the knowledge of the other members of the company or the consent of the other directors. None of these pro- ceedings, the receiver alleges, were ever applied to the use of the Distilling and Cattle-feeding Company. AT a4 GOLD. JUBILEE. Many Noted Archbishops Participate in the Ceremonies. BOSTON, Mass.,, May 16.—The obsery. ance of the golden jubilee of the ordination to the priesthood of Archbishop John J, Williams began at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross this afternoon, with the cele« bration of pontifical high mass of thanks« giving. The sermon of the day was preached by Right Rev. D. M. Bradley, bishop of Manchester, N. H. Among thosa here are: Monsignor Satolli, Cardinal Gibe bonsand Archbishops Fabre,Montreal ;Cor- rigan, New York; Ireland, St. Paul; Elder, Cincinnati; Riordan, San Francisco, and Ryan, Philadelphia. s Violated a Lottery Law. MARINETTE, Wis., May 16.—The pub. lishers of the Daily Eagle, the North Stas and the Marinette Argus were to-day are rested for alleged violation of the lottery law by Deputy United States Marshal Buckley. 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