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

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1895. 3 NEWS OF THE CONST. Della Stigler Arrested on a Criminal Charge at Santa Rosa. A CLEVER JAILBREAK. Interest in the Beauty Con- test at Visalia Continues Unabated. SALMON OFF SANTA CRUZ A Fire Results In the Death of a Man and Fatal Injuries to a Woman. SANTA ROSA, Car, June 2.—Mrs. Della Stigler, a daughter of Mrs Norman Bugbee of this city, who was arrested Sat- urday evening on the request of Chief of Police Glass of Los Angeles, charged with having obtained money under false pre- tenses, was interviewed by a CALL repre- sentative to-day. She gave her name as Mrs. May Hadson, but claimed to know nothing of the reason why she was arrested. Her husband was a railroad man and formetly resided in Los Angeles. He is now working on a farm near here. Mrs. Stigler is a tall, prepossessing lady, stylishly dressed, and looks sadly out of place in jail. Deputy Sheriff Dougherty, who made the arrest Saturday evening, caid he had been waiting and watching for the lady to make her appearance for the last eight or ten days, and only through an accident learned that Mrs. Della Stigler was having a dress made at a dressmaking establishment, which he watched, and was rewarded by seeing Mrs. May Hudson Stigler and Ler mother, Mrs. Bugbee, drive upina buggy. He then promptly made the arres! Mrs. Stigler lived here before her mar- riage, two years ago, and returned here three months ago to visit her people, who are well known. The Chief of Police of Los Angeles was notified last night of the arrest, and replied as follows: “Hold Della Stigler. Officer will leave on first train Sunday to bring her back.” LOS ANGELES, CaL., June 2. — Mrs. Della Steigler, who was arrested in Santa Rosa, is wanted here on a charge of obtain- ing money under false pretenses. Some time ago Mrs. Steigler negotiated a loan of §75 on a piano which she claimed had been bought by her in San Francisco. It developed that the piano had been purchased by her from a firm in this city on time, and as the payments were not forthcoming the music dealers took pos- session of the piano, which she had pledged as security for the loan. Numer- ous other dealers claim to have been vic- timized by the woman for small amounts. e JAIL BREAK AT VISALIA. A Prisoner Charged With Burglary Effects a Clever Escape. VISALIA, Carn., June 2.—Zono Mere- @ith, alias Elmer Golden, in the County Jail charged with burglarizing the store of J. Goldman & Co. of Tulare City, escaped last night. Golden was arrested in San Francisco last Tuesday by Detectives Harper and Bee and taken to Tulare, where he had his preliminary examination and was held to answer in the Superior Court on a charge of burglary. He was confined in one of the upper cells in the southwest corner of the building. The escape must have occurred between 10 o’clock last night and 7:30 this morn- ing, though it is quite likely that he got away about the middle of the night. He cut a hole in the corner of the cell, through lath and plaster, about 16x15 inches, then an opening 10x12 through a board above. He went out through the ceiling into the atticand down through an open trap ona ladder to the corridor of the second floor. He then went down the stairs and out of the front door. Under Sheriff Daggett was sleeping on the first floor, directly underneath the cell occupied by Golden, but he knew nothing of the escape until awakened by the cook at 7:30 this morning, who wanted him to let a trusty carry breakfast to the men up- stairs. The trusty returned and notified him of the escape. ‘W. E: Russell is employed by the county to guard John Howard, under sentence of death for murder, put he was in the back part ‘of the jail and heard no suspicious sounds during the night. The prisoner is about 24 years old, isa brunette, has dark hair, gray eyes and is 5 feet 7 inches high. The Sheriff has men out looking for Golden, but there is no elew to his course of flight. O VISALIA’S BEAUTY CONTEST. Miss Jennie Ward Continue: Head of the List. VISALIA, Can.,, June 2—Miss Maud Brown is second in the list for Goddess of Liberty. The friends of Miss Stevens say they have many votes to cast the coming week, while Miss Blake’s friends are ex- ceedingly active. Miss Ward maintains her lead well, though Miss Brown’s ad- mirers say now that she must have first place. The vote at 7:30 o'clock to-night stood as follows: Miss Jennie Ward, 3356. Miss Maud Brown, 2242. Miss Minnie Stevens, 2233. Miss Letitia Blake, 2130. o i) Well at the FATAL FIRE AT ABERDEEN. One Man Burned to Death and a Woman Mortally, Wounded. TACOMA, Wasn., June 2.—A special to the Ledger from Aberdeen, Wash., says: Early this morning a questionable house occupied by a woman named Mabel was burned. The smoke awoke a man who was spending the night at the house. The woman fainted, when he threw her out of the window and jumped himself. Her head and spine were severely injured and she will die. The man sustained a frac- ture of the bones of one of his feet. George, Daly, a woodsman who was sleeping in a rearroom, was burned to death. These were the only persons in the house. Daly had been on a spree for several days and went to bed intoxicated. It issup- posed the fire caught from his cigar. OCEANO, CAL., June 2.—The tepid water lake at Oceano is being utilized by the Baptists for baptismal purposes. A large crowd assembled on the beach to-day to witness the ceremony. A Railway Men at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 2.—The ex- cursion of the delagates of the Order of Railway Conductors arrived here at noon on the way home from the convention at Atlanta. They were entertained at luncheon by the Canadian Pacific Railway officials here on board the China steam- ship Empress of India, and then went on a drive around the city, accompanied by the Mayor. The train will arrive in Portland to-morrow and at San Francisco on Tues- day evening. e A Suit by Masons. SPOKANE, Wasn., June 2.—A sensa- tion was developed to-day when it became known that the trustees of the Scottish Rite in Free Masons have sued William Ziegler and Louis Ziegler, his father, for nearly $1500. William Ziegler was treasurer and it is claimed he refuses to make a settlementwith the order. Louis Ziegler is one of the most prominent Masons in the Northwest, is owner of the Ziegler block and a pioneer of Spokane. He refuses to discuss the mat- ter, but says there will be a defense and a strong one. e Suicide at Porterville. PORTERVILLE, CAL., June 2.—George Burr committed suicide by cutting his throat, severing the jugular vein, at the Templeton Ranch, about five miles east of here, at an early hour this morning. Coro- ner McCape empaneled a jury, and at the inquest it was found the health of deceased had become undermined in such a way as to affect his mind. The jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts stated. Deceased was a native of England, 20 years of age and had no relatives in this section. ——-—— Salmon Off Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., June 2.—The sal- mon have commenced to run again. Fish Commissioner Emerick to-day caught two. PICHED INTO THE SEA, Two Fatal Accidents on Board the French Liner, La Bourgogne. John Lawrence Falls to His Death While Trying to Save His Hat. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 2.—The French liner La Bourgogne, Captain Le Bouf, from Havre, May 25, came into port this morning with all her flags at half-mast, on account of the death of Secretary Gres- ham. Her officers reported two accidents during the voyage. Shortly before La Bourgogne sailed from Havre, two saloon cabin passengers came on board. Their names do not ap- pear on the ship’s printed passenger list. Both were young men named Lawrence. On the morning of the 27th, John Law- rence, aged 26, was promenading the sa- loon deck. He leaned over the railing and his hat fell overboard. In attempting to regain it he lost his balance and fell over- board. A boat was lowered and proceeded in search of the man, but he was never seen. He probably got foul of the pro- peller and was killed. The accident cast a gloom over the saloon passengers during the remainder ot the voyage. Mr. Law- rence’s brother would not see any one on his arrival at Quarantine. His fellow- passengers stated that he was greatly grieved over the loss of his brother. Flushing, L. L, is believed to be the home of the young men. On the morning of May 31 a seaman named August Guillard, while attending to his duties, fell from the hurricane rail. The cry, ‘‘Man overboard!” was promptly given. A boat was quickly manned and every effort made to locate the man, but nothing was seen of him. For the third time La Bourgogne was stopped on the 1st inst., at 4:30 p. M., when off the Davis south shoal (Nantucket), the lookout having sighted a steamer flying signals of distress. The course of the steamship was immediately altered, and she bore down on the vessel, which was found to be the British steamer En- chantress, from Mediterranean ports for New York. Her cylinder-head was broken, and the accident, which was beyond repair, happened in the early morning hours. The captain requested the commander of La Bourgogne to send immediate as- sistance on reaching port. The disabled steamer was in no danger. She had her sails set and was heading to the south- ward, with a light breeze from west- southwest. The Enchantress sailed from Trieste on April 26, via Palermo May 10. GUARDIA DESERTS. Puerto Principe’s Civil Agent of Police Embarks for England. KEY WEST, Fra., Junc 2.—Private and reliable advices from Havana are to the effect that Guardia, civil agent of police at Puerto Principe, has embarked on the English pilot-boat for Liverpool. Some acts which he had commited and his pur- suit of the insurgent Maurico Montojo beyond the limits of his jurisdiction, which he had not been ordered to do, prompted his desertion. Captain-Generalde Campos is displeased over the incident. HAVANA, Cusa, June 2.—Word has been received from Guantanamo of the surrender of forty-four insurgents, who had become dispirited after the en- gagement with Jaboon, May 26, in which the insurgents under Maceo were defeated and Spanish Colonel Bosch killed. General de Campos has left Santiago in the direction of Havana. g PLEADED FOR HIS NECK. Piteous Appeals of a Negro Move ZLynchers to Compassion. 8T. PAUL, Mixx., June 2.—Huston Os- borne, a negro tramp, this morning broke into the house at 1077 Iglehart street, occu- pied by Miss Freda Ketchall, 18 years of age, and two sisters, and attacked Miss Freda. The screams of the young lady aroused her two sisters and a brother, and the negro jumped from the window. All the ladies were roughly handled by the fiend, but none seriously hurt. Anton Ketchall, the brother, chased the negro into Midway district, being joined in the chase by four milkmen. ‘When captured, the negro was brought back to Ketchall’s house. A rope was placed arouud his neck and thrown overa limb of a tree, but the brute begged so piteously that it was decided to take him to the police station. —_— HAVOC CAUSED EY DROUTH. Indiana Farmers Are Plowing Up Their Wheat Fields. ANDERSON, Ixp., June 2.—Havoc has been wrought by the two extremes of tem- perature to which this section of the State has been subjected during the last two weeks and farmers are very despondent. Not a drop of rain has fallen and the ground is burning up. It is thought there is not to exceed 15,000 bushels of wheat visible in this, the largest wheat-growing county of the State. Thousands of acrss of wheat land have been plowed up in the last ten days and corn is being planted. All of the small {fruits are badly injured. THE CARNIVAL CITY, Result of the Vote for the Ten Maids of Honor. A CARPENTER INJURED. Fell Thirty-Four Feet—First Ac- cident During the Work of Preparation. CROWDS VISIT THE DAM. ‘This Week WIll See Pacific Avenue Transformed With Docora- tions. SANTA CRUZ, CaL.,, June 2. — The counting of the votes for the ten maids of honor was completed at half-past 2 this morning, and to-day the main carnival talk is the discussion about the lucky people who are to receive the honors at our grand Venetian carnival. There is general satisfaction among the towns- people in regard to the ones chosen by the popular vote of the people, which resulted as follows: Josie Turcott, 1363. Jennie Hughes, 1058, M. A. Peck, 810. g Edith Pixley, 738. Nellie Nixon, 702. Mabel Chace, 525. Hedwig Buss, 501. Georgie Skinner, 438. Annie Linscott, 429. Rose Mulbern, 415. Although it was Sunday, the carpenters started to work on the new pavilion to- day. Itis going up as if by magic and the large force of men are kept very busy. The first accident during the progress of the Venetian Carnival happened to-day. A carpenter named Kitchen while at work on the carnival pavilion fell from the roof to the floor, a distance of thirty-four feet, and struck on his side, making a hole in the floor. He was unconscious for a time. A doctor was called, and he was taken to the Eastern Hotel. It wasfound that his wrist was broken and his face badly bruised. A subscription for his benefit was immediately started among the men employed on the building. Contractor McCabe started the list. The carpenters will raise $100 and the members of the association another hundred. The large force of men also have worked all day on the dam at the mouth of the San Lorenzo. The many people who spent Sunday at the beach—and the crowd was large as the day was a perfect one—paid a visit to the mouth of the river and found that the dam wus a sure thing. The water is already beginning to rise and is run- ning through the race. The dam, without question, is about as well built as it could be. The work on the bicycle track is also being pushed forward very rapidly, and everything will be ready for the grand bicycle meet. This week will be the week for decorat- ing the places of business, which promises to be very profuse. At present there is not a flag-staff in town that does not fly the carnival colors, and hardly a merchant’s window that does not contain some artistic design in the carnival colors. Many of the business fronts are covered with bunting, and by the end of the week Pacitic avenue will be a mass of yellow and white. Among the features of the regatta is to be a steam launch illuminated by elec- tricity. KILLED BY HAILSTONES Sheep at Paint Rock, Texas, Meet Death in a Terrific Storm. Crops Are Entirely Destroyed and Large Limbs Torn From the Trees. HOUSTON, Tex, June 2.—From Paint Rock comes an account of an awful hail- storm. The stones were of enormous size, and when one of them struck an animal it knocked out its brains. Many sheep were killed or wounded. Several persons sus- tained serious® injuries, being caught by the storm. Crops were entirely destroyed and large limbs were torn from trees. There is nota window-light left in fthe neighborhood. The storm was of short duration and cov- ered only a small area. I RETURN 10 WORK. Strikers in Rhode Island Woolen Mills Give Up the Struggle. PROVIDENCE, R. L, June 2.—All Ol- neyville is anxiously waiting for the opening of the mill gates to-morrow morning, when the 8000 or 9000 operatives who have been idle for some weeks past have been invited to go to work. ‘While the mill-owners assert that they do not expect their old employes will re- turn in sufficient numbers to start the mills in full, they feel sure enough will come to keep them running, and that the number will gradually be increased. Every effort is being made by the leaders to keep the operatives of the Atlantic Mills from returning, as they realize it is there their big fight is to be made. ERESUS STABBED THROUGH THE THROAT. Shocking Murder of a Wife Caused by the Filing of a Divorce Suit. S8AN ANTONIO, Tex., June 2.—At an early hour this morning Manuel Herra murdered his wife in a most shocking manner by plunging a knife through her throat, severing both the carotid artery and jugular vain. Her three small chil- dren were deluged with their mother’s blood. The woman moved a few steps and sank down and died. The tragedy was caused by the filing of a suit for di- vorce by the dead woman. The man made his escape. s A, Boys Start a Big Blaze. BEAVER FALLS, Pa., June 2.—Boys playing with matches in a stable here to- day started a $60,000 fire. The property destroved was Dr. Sheets’ stable, four houses and the Turner Hall. sy Run Over While Asleep. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 2.—A special to the Republic from Wood River, Nebr., says: E. C. Matthews of Ravenna, Ohio, and Charles Baker of Newberry, Ind., were instantly killed here to-day, They have been in this vicinity some time with their families, hunting and fishing. The two men were hunting early this morning, and sat down on the Union Pacific tracks some distance from the town to rest, waiting for the train, which stops at that point on signal. The evidently went to sleep, and the engine passed over them both. —_— RAaIN IN COLORADO. The Drouth FEffectually Broken by a Copious Downpour. DENVER, Coro., June 2.—The second heavy rain in a week fell throughout Colo- rado to-day and is continuing to-night. It is a steady downpour,and means many thousands of dollars to the agricultural interests. At Akron, which was in the heart of the drouth-stricken belt last sum- mer, the ground is soaked to a depth of two feet. Prospects never were as good for a large vield of small grain as they are at this time. Farmers are working between showers planting grain, and the acreage will be large. Similar reports come from all the farming districts. - PISTOL WAR IN COURT. Texans Settle a Feud BRBefore Judge and Jury. HOUSTON, TExAs, June 2.—At Snyder, sixteen miles northwest of this place, Justice Eubank’s court yesterday developed into a pistol war, in which a man named Dickson, his four sons, a man named Chapman and 'Tom Dean were the partici- pants. Dean was a witness in a suit of Bert Cartland against Dickson, which caused the trouble. Dickson was killed and one of his sons badly wounded, as were also Chapman and Dean. It is said Chapman was shot by accident. He is a father-in-law to one of the Dicksons. It is thought Chapman and Dean will both die. WASHED OUT BY A FLOOD, Heavy Rains Cause a Nebraska Lake to Burst Its Banks. An Immense Volume of Water Car- ries Destruction Through a Fertile Valley. DENVER, Coro., June 2.—A special to the Rocky Mountain News from McCook, Nebr., says: As a result of yesterday afternoon’s heavy rain Curtis Lake bursted its banks about 6 o’clock this morning at the place where the Burlington railroad tracks cross the embankment of the lake, and a heavy body of water is now rushing down the Medicine Valley toward the Republican River. A number of freightcars on the track were precipitated into the Medicine Valley below, and the fine Curtis roller- mill is in danger of being destroyed. The Burlington loss alone will reach $3000. The loss to stock above and below the dam is large. It has been raining all day and the water has been rising in the lake so much that apprehension is still felt not only for the mill, but for other property. With the continued rain and the immense volume of water now rushing down the Medicine Valley the dam and railroad bridge at Cambridge are sure to go out between mid- night and 2 o’clock in the morning. A worktrain, which left this morning to clear up the Burlington road east of here, is reported to have run into a washout be- tween Ford and Edison. It is reported also that several men are injured. A wrecking-train has been made up and sent to théir assistance. OMAHA, NEBR., June 2.—A special to the Bee from Curtis, Nebr., says: The bursting of Curtis Lake here to-day has seriously menaced property, and possibly life, in Medicine Valley. The ground is torn up and freightcars are strewn along the Medicine Valley bottoms. The fine roller-mills are ruined. Curtis Lake is nearly empty and a flood of water is run- ning down the Medicine Valley, carrying destruction in its mad rush. Four of the five yard tracks, besides the main line, are torn up and gone, while a train of freight cars reaches over the bank and is swinging in the flood. Twenty thousand dollars damage has been done here, and all other points are yet to be heard from. The fine alfalfa meadows just below the city are ruined, and homes all along the valley are destroyed. A special from McCook, Neb., says: Grave fears are entertained here that the wall of water which swept down Medicine Valley from Curtis will do much damage here. —_—— FIRED UPON A MOB. A St. Louis Watchman Resists an Attack by ERuffians. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 2.—A gang of ruffians, who had been ejected from the Missouri Pacific yards, turned on Private ‘Watchman Joe Ketchum this evening and stoned him. Ketchum, who was badly in- jured on the head and body by the flying missiles, shot into the crowd several times, two of the shots taking effect upon Ed- ward Lorenz, a former employe of the road, who was instantly killed. Lorenz’s body was taken to the morgue and Ketchum was arrested. LABORERS ORGANIZE. Twenty-Five Thousand Pennsylvanians Form a New Order. PITTSBURG, PA., June 2.—The Union Labor League of Western Pennsylvania ‘was organized here to night out of forty local labor organizations, with a member- ship 0£25,000. President William J. Smith of the flint-glass workers was elected president of the organization. The object of the league is to establish an eight-hour day and increase the price of labor. Another object is to make Pittsburg the headquarters of all National labor or- ganizations. oo BRUTALLY MURDERED. A Kentucky Man Riddled with Bullets While in Bed. MOUNT VERNON, Inp.,, June 2.—A brutal murder occurred in Walnut Bot- tom, opposite here, Sunday morning. Morgan Black rode up to the house of George Fisher, and entering shot him five times while he was in bed, killing him in- stantly. Fisher had been keeping com- pany with Black’s sisterand the latter sus- pected - something wrong. Black escaped to the swamps. A posse was formed with the intention of lynching Black if cap- tured. —_— A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Father, Son and Daughter Killed in o Runaway Accident. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., June 2.—William C. Cowerland, a resident of Lawrence County, was returcing from church near Moulton to-day when the horse attached to his carriage ran away while going along aroad on the mountain side and leaped fifty feet down a precipice. Cowerland and his son John, aged 12, were instantly killed. Cowerland’s little ‘danghter, Mat- tie, who was also_in the fatally hurt and died in a few carriage was hours, WRATH OF ALTGELD. Supreme Court Decision in the Debs Case Denounced. LAW NOW AT AN END. Bitter Attack on the Tribunal by the lllinois Execu- tive. NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT. He Says the Injunction Henceforth ‘Will Override the Con~ stitution. SPRINGFIELD, IrL., June 2.—Governor John P. Altgeld is of the belief that the Supreme Court of the United States has established a dangerous precedent in re- manding Eugene V. Debs and his Ameri- can Railway Union associates to jail. He expressed himself in a very caustic man- ner to-day regarding the decision, and ac- cuses the court of trampling on the rights of the people and being the tool of monopoly. He gives his views for publi- cation in a signed article in which he says in part: This decision marks & turning point in our history, for it establishes a new form of govern- ment; that is, & government by injunction. The provisions of the constitution that no man shall be deprived of his liberty without a trial by an impartial jury is practically wiped out by this decision of the Supreme Court of the United Btates, and the theory that ours is a Government of law is now at an end, for every community is now subject to any whim or caprice which any Federal Judge may promul- gate; and if Federal Judges can do this, then it will not be long until State Judges will follow this example. For over a century our Government moved along the lines of the con- stitution, and we became great and powerful. Life and property were protected and the law was enforced. Now we have made a new de- parture; the bulwark of liberty has been undermined and trial by jury has been stricken down. For a number of years it has been remarked that the decisions of the United States Supreme Court were nearly always in favor of the corpo- rations. Then it was noticed thatno man could be appointed to a Federal Judgeship unless he was satisfactory to those interests. Over & year ago the New York World talked abouta packed Supreme Court, and that court has, within a few days, rendered two decisions which unfortunately tend to confirm this charge. A week ago it did violence to the constitution and the laws of the land by hold- ing that the Government had no power to tax the riches of this country. Now it hasstricken down trial by jury and has established “government by injunction.’” Forty years ago the slave power predomi- nated; to-day it is capitalists. The American people crushed the slave power and saved our institutions. Can they rescue them again? Many say yes, but they have not reflected that the crushing force which now confronts them is greater than was ever the slave power. Capital sits in the White House and legis- lates in the Capitol. The courts of justice are its ministers and legislators are its lackeys. The whole machinery of fashionable society is its handmate. Just see whata brood of evils have sprung from the power of capitalism since 1890: First, the striking down of over one-third of the money of the world, thus crushing the debtor class and paralyzing industry. Second, the growing of that corrupt use of wealth which is undermining our institutions, debauching public officials, shaping legisla- tion and creating judges who do its bidding. Third, the exemption of the rich from taxa- tion. Fourth, the substitution of government by injunction for government by the constitution as laws, Fifth, the striking down of trial by jury. Never has there been so much patriotic talk as in the last twenty-five years, and never were there so many influences at work strangling republican institutions. DEBS ISSUES A CIRCULAR. He Urges the American Railway Union to Stand Firm. TERRE HAUTE, Inp., June 2.—Before going to jail to serve out the sentence im- posed by Judge Woods, E. V. Debs of the American Railway Union issued an official circular to members of the order, from which the following excerpts are taken: A cruel wrong agalnst our great and beloved order, perpetrated by William A. Woods, United States Circut Judge, has been approved by the United States Supreme Court. Our order is still the undaunted friend of the toiling masses and our battle cry now, as ever, is the emancipation of labor from degrading, starv- ing and enslaving conditions. We have not lost faith in the ultimate triumph of truth over perjury, of justice over wrong, however exalted may be the stations of those who per- petrate the outrages. I need not remind you, comrades of the American Railway Union, that our order, 1n the pursuit of right, was confronted with a storm of opposition such as never beat upon & labor organization in all time. The battle fought in the interest of starving men, women and children stands forth in the history of labor’s struggles as the great “Pullman strike.” It wasabattle on the part of the American Railway Union fought for a cause as holy as ever aroused the courage of brave men. What have been your rewards for your splen- did courage and manifold sacrifices? Our ene- mies say they are summed up in one word— defeat. They point to the battlefield and say: ‘“Here is where the host of the American Rail- way Union went down before the confederated enemies of labor.” Brothers of the American Railway Union, even in defeat our rewards are grand beyond expectation. True it is that the sons of brut- ish force and darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood, chuckle over their victo- ries. They point to the blacklisted heroes of the American Railway Union, idle and poor, and count upon their surrender. Their hope is that our order will disband; that persecu- tion, poverty and prison will do the work. In this supreme juncture, I call upon the members of the American Railway Union to stand by their order. In God’'s own good time we will make the despot’s prison where inno- cent men suffer monumental. PERISHED IN THE SURF. Drowning of a Young Lady at the At- lantic City Bathing Grounds. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., June 2.—The first drowning at the bathing grounds for over a year occurred at the foot of Illinois avenue to-day. Charles R. Thompson of Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss Jennie Grogle, aged 21, of Philadelphia were in the water. Thompson took the young woman a dan- gerous distance from the shore to give her swimming lessons. They were' caught in a whirlpool near the boat jetty, and be- coming separated cried for help. There were scores of bathers on the strand, but no one started to the rescue, and with a despairing cry the girl sank bes neath the waves while several looked on. Robert Brady, a brother of the bathhouse keeper, heard the woman’s last shriek, and, taking off his coat, dashed into the water to Thompson’s assistance, reaching him as he was sinking for the last time. It was a brave rescue and Brady is the hero of the hour. Miss Grogle's body has not yet been recoved. Mrs. James Farley, a relative of Miss Crogle, lodged a complaint agairst Thomp- son to-night, charging him with criminal negligence in having taken the unfortunate young woman too far out from shore. He was held without bail to await the result of the inquest. e FEVER ON A STEAMER. The Grecian Prince Detained at the New York Quarantine. NEW YORK, June 2.—The Prince line steamship Grecian Prince arrived at quar- antine this afternoon from Santos and Rio de Janeiro with a full cargo of coffee. Captain Miller reported that he left Santos May 2and Rio de Janeiro on the 11th. At the latter port two of the crew were taken sick with fever and sent to the hospital. Deputy Health Officer Sanborn boarded the steamer and on investigation deemed it prudent to detain her for disin~ fection and cleaning. The crew will be transferred to Hoffman Island to-morrow, where they will be bathed and disinfected. o g CHOSE DEATH BY FIRE. Horrible Death of an Insane Woman at Elsworth, Kans. ELLSWORTH, Kans., June 2.— Mrs. William Irvine of Freeport, Ill., who for several months past has been living at the home of her father, a prominent citizen named Levitt, committed suicide last night in a shocking manner. Sh: was insane and had been carefully watched, but during the evening she eluded the vigilance of her watchers and stole into the cellar. There she saturated her clothes with gasoline and applied a match. When found she was en- veloped in flames and died a few minutes later in intense agony. NNEXATION- OF - HAWAT President Dole and Royalists Said to Be in Favor of It. If the United States Does Not Act Japan Stands Ready to Do So. OMAHA, Nesr., June 2.—Major Morti- mer Higley of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is here en route from Hawai. Higley is an inti- mate friend of President Dole and has been in the republic some time and asserts that the life of the present administration will be very limited unless some of the powers come to its rescue. He says: *They have a thoroughly organized Re- public, but the more intelligent class real ize that it is a provisional one necussarily. The sentiment in favor of ‘annexation is strong. The most kindly feelings are cher- ished toward the United States among the natives, as well as the rest o the popula- tion. “I predict that if the United States does not annex the islands Japan will. You know what the effect of the late war was on Japan. It made her jubilantand self- confident. She has 40,000 citizens in the islands who have settled there. Besides, the Japanese are restless under the Hawaiian Government because the Gov- ernment does not allow the Orientals to varticipate in public affairs. The balance of the population, however, are allowed to vote, with some property and educational limitations. I think that if the United States does not take control of these islands during the course of the next administration Japan will. But I think that the Hawaii- ans realize the complexity of the problem and are in favor of coming in as a Terri- tory and not as a State. ‘‘President Dole told me he was in fayor of annexation, in order to give the Repub- lic the support of a strong power and many of the most prominent royalists are also, including Cummings, the leader of the re- bellion, who is now under $30,000 bonds, and the English guardian of Princess Kaiulani, who has been a pronounced royalist, has lately expressed himself to the effect that annexation is the only sal- vation for the islands. in the United States we have many Hawaiian exiles. They are unanimously in favor of annex- ation, as it would result in the restoration of their rights.” SIR JAMES BACON DEAD. The Famous English Justice Passes Away at the Age of 97. He Leaves a Long Record of Service in High Judicial Positions. LONDON, ExG., June 2. — The Right Hon. Sir James Bacon is dead. Sir James was born in 1798, and was the oldest son of the late Minister Bacon, bar- rister at law of the Middle Temple. He was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn in 1827, and afterward became a member of Lin- coin’s Inn, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He obtained a silk gown in 1846, and in 1868 was appointed Commissioner of Bankruptcy for the Lon- don district, and continued to hold that office until the end of 1869, when he was appointed Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. In August, 1870, he succeeded to the Vice- Chancellorship, vacated by Sir William Millbourne James, and in 1875 was made a Judge of the High Court of Justice, chancery division. He continued in active work up to November, 1886, when he re- signed the Vice-Chancellorship. As a Judge, his sayings were often mem- orable and his judgment seldom reversed. Sir James Bacon was appointed a. member of the Privy Council upon his retirement. R e THE FORMOSA REPUBLIC. 1t 1s Not Popular and Is Said to Be Only an Official Movement. LONDON, Exc., June 3.—The Hong- kong correspondent of the Times reports that the Formosa Republic is not popular and is clearly only an official movement, having no connection with the Southern agitation.} The President of the new republic, Tang Ching, commands 12,000 Canton, Swatow and Hunan braves, together with the mil- itia of Hakka, the chief who was pro- claimed King of Northern Formosa. All are well armed with Hauser, Lee and Peabody rifles and Winchester carbines, with plenty of ammunition. H. M. 8. Redbreast and the German gun- boat Itlis are inside Tamsui harbor to pro- tect foreigners. Active preparations are making at Tai Pei Fu to resist the Jap- anese advance from Ko Lung. Resident foreigners believe that the Chinese will not defend their splendid fortifications. RS Death of Carlyle’s Nicce. LONDON, Exc., June 2.—Mrs. L. Mary o 1nd Carlyle Aiken, Thomas Carlyle's niece, is dead. 0 DIE FROM THE HEAT, People of Eastern Cities Sweltering in a Torrid Wave MANY ARE PROSTRATED. Several New Names Added to the Death List in Philadelphia. CROPS DAMAGED BY HAIL Houses Unroofed and Trees Up-~ rooted by a Thunderstorm in Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 2.—The hot speil in this vicinity continued to-day. At 8 o’clock this morning the temperature was 86 deg.,and it rose steadily until a maximum of 95 was reached at the signal service bureau at2 .M. On the surface nearly all day it was in the neighborhood of 100. The minimum figures were 77 at 4 p. M., immediately after a brief thunder- storm, but the mercury resumed its rise after that, and was 81 at 5 p. a. Last night an unknown man succumbed to the heat in Fernwood Cemetery and died in a few minutes. From papers fourd on him it is thought he was E. E. Weiss of New York. Mrs. Ellen Gasey, aged 50, was overcomse and died shortly afterward. Almost at the same time her husband, John Casey, was driving in a wagon near Ardmore, when a thunderstorm came up. His wagon was struck by lightning and completely demol- ished and he was severely injured. Henry Stumgard was looking at a ther- mometer in Jenkintown this afternoon when he collapsed, and it is thought he will die. A large number of prostrations were re- ported. In Reading the temperature was 101 at 1 p. . and in Altoona 95. The thunderstorm was general in the eastern section. At Mount Carmel it was so se- vere that houses were unroofed and trees uprooted. In the rural districts crops were badly damaged by hail and rain. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2.—To- day witnessed no let up of the torrid heat which prevailed continuously since Deco- ration day. The thermometer registered 96 at the signal office. Several heat prostrations were reported, among them being John Murray, a stone mason, who died before medical aid could reach him. James H. Robinson, a Pull- man-car porter, was brought into the city to-night in an unconscious condition from heat prostration and is lying in a critical state at the Emergency Hospital. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 2.—To-day was a scorcher, the mercury reaching the highest peint since the hot wave struck this section. The heat was the most in- tense between 3 and 4 o’clock in the after- noon, when 97.1 was reached by the Gov- ernment thermometer. The mercury in other thermometers in different parts of the city went as high as 99 and 100. Nu- merous prostrations have occurred, but " none of them have so far resulted fatally. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 2.—It was the warmest June 2 to-day since the ‘Weather Bureau was started in this city. Atdo’clock this afternoon the mercury went up to 94. There were few persons overcome to-day, the police reporting only ten cases. SAVANNAH, GA., June 2.—This was one of the hottest days ever known in Sa- vannah. At Millen the temperature reached 104 degrees by the official Weather Bureau report and advices from other points indicate similar temperatures. In Savannah the maximum was 98. QUINCY, IrL., June 2.—The mercury reached 98 in the shade to-day, the hottest ever known for the same day, and several people are prostrated. Session of German Baptists. DECATUR, Iri., June 2.—The largest crowd ever seen in Decatur attended the German Baptist meeting to-day. Special trains were run on all roads. Oakland Park was packed ail day. Twelve thous- and people were fed at the dining halls hiere. The Tabernacle, seating 8500, was crowded at three services. Sermons were preached by Elder I. B. Trout of Trout- wood, Ohio; Elder R. E. Sharp of McPher- son, Kan., and Elder J. M. Mohler of De- catur. THE STRONG MAN AGAIN. Returned to the Full Use of His Strength and Faculties. To grow strong quickly after the ravages of disease Peruvian Bitters are known to be the most agreeable of tonics. 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