The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1895. SACRAMENTO SUICIDE Ex-Chief of Police Dill- man Dies by His Own Hand. TRAGEDY IN A SALOON. Drinks to the Health of His Friends and Then Shoots Himself. MOURNED BY THE MASSES. He Was Known to Capital City Laborers as the Poor Man’s Friend. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 10.—Henry F. Dillman, ex-Chief of Police of this city, committed suicide at 6:15 o’clock this evening by shooting himseif through the head with a ball from a 44-caliber revolver. For some time past Dillman has been afflicted with fits of an epileptic nature, which produced temporary insanity, caus- ing him to frequently threaten to end his existence. He had been engaged in the saloon business ever since he severed his connection with the police department in nd his saloon was directly across the eet from the police station. This evening, when released from duty by his bartender, a young man named | Geor “Hank,"” as he was familiarly f called, removed his apron and stepped out- side the bar. He seemed to be in excellent | spirits, and chatted pleasantly with several | s who were present. One of them ed Dillman to join him in adrink. | tter laughed and agreed, saying, “This is the last drink I will ever take.” He ordered a glass of beer, and, lifting it to his lips, said, ““Here’s good-by, boys.” Dillman then walked behind the bar and drew a revolver from his pocket, | placed the muzzle against his right temple and pulled the trigger. The cartridge failed to explode. Dillman coolly removed the defective cartridge and inserted an- other. Clark begged him to desist, but was warned not to interfere. ““You have always been a good friend of | mine,”” said Dillman, “but don’t attempt to come near me or I will take you with me. Ihave fully made up my mind and Iam going. Good-by, old friend,” and | with these words he pressed the muzzle of the revolver against his right temple and | pulled the trigger. The bullet crashed di- | rectly through his head from temple to temple and ed through a glass door, narrowly missing several persons who were on the sidewalk. Dillman was born at St. Louis, Mo., ana was married April 17, 1870, in that city to Lizzie Baiz. He came to Sacramento in 1875, and has resided here ever since. He was probably the most popular man in this city among the laboring classes, the poor and the afflicted. He was known as | the poor man’s friend and was never known to refuse assistance to any applicant. Dur- ing the late strike Dillman espoused the cause of the strikers and rendered support to numerous families left destitute by their fathers, brothers or husbandsbeing thrown out of employment. Dillman was a past grand master of | Sacramento Lodge No. 2, 1. 0. O. F., past | patriarch of Pacific Encampment, a mem- | ber of the Turn Verein and belonged to | Sumner Post, G. A. R., having served through the war in the Fifth Missouri | Cavalry with distinction. No Damage by Locusts. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 10.—The re- port of an invasion of locusts in Yolo and Sutter counties proves to have been erroneous. The Bee this evening printed a late dispatch denying the reported dam- | age done around Wheatland. e EVENTS OF SAN JOSE, Discovery of a Suicide’s Body Clears a Mystery of Long | Standing. Claims of Edward A. Barron to Be Heard by Judge Reynolds July 1. SAN JOSE, Car, June 10.—Coroner Secord yesterday afternoon held an inquest in Montebello District in the Santa Cruz Mountains over the body of a vineyard em- ploye named Colens, who disappeared on May 25. His body was discovered in the brush in that vicinity yesterday morning. Beside it lay an empty strychnine bottle. The day before Colens disappeared he got into trouble over the stealing of some sausages, and his fear of arrest prompted him to take his life. Colens had worked in the vicinity for seven years, and at the time of his disappearance was employed by G. C. Gagliasso. He was a native of Breton, France, and 63 years of age. SHOOTING AT LONE HILL. The Verein Schuetzen Defeat the Union Rifte Club Team. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 10.—The shoot between the Verein Schuetzen and the Union Rifle Club yesterday at Lone Hill resulted in a victory for the Verein Schuet- zen, with an average of 3924. The Union Club averaged 37}¢. The teams and their Tespective scores were as follows: Verein Schuctzen—J. G. McMillan 37, George Keffel 42, Karl Klein 44, Dr. F. Schumacher ‘88, R.Scherf 38, F. Machefert 44, L. Henning W. Jungblut 41, F. Schumacher 41, fle Club—W. Knoth 41, E. 0. La Mon- uge 34, Matt Arnerich 39, P. Arnerich 33, A. 4. Freysching 85, J. Wittiers 5, £d Howes 56, A. Withers37, A."J. Staus 34, J. Burns 39, The regular monthly medal shoot fol- lowed the match and resulted as follows: First medal, W. Knoth, 41; second, J. Burns, 39; third, Matt Arnerich, 39: fourth, J, Withers, 36: fifth, A. Withers, 37; sixth, Ed Howes, 36; seventh, A. J. Freyschlag, 35, and eighth, A. J. Staus, 34. EDWARD A. BAREON'S CLAIMS, Trial of the Famous Suit Set by Judge Reynolds for July 1. SAN JOSE, Car., June 10.—The trial of the suit of Edward A. Barron, the mulatto claimant to the estate of Edward Barron, deceased, was to-day set for July 1 by Judge Reynolds. An order was also made allowing counsel for plaintiff one week in which to submit any special issue, and re- spondents ten days to answer. June 21 was named as the Jast day for submitting such issues. X John M. Green, the newly np&mmted uardian of the bov, substituted T. J. rowley as attorney for the claimant. Would Sell the Property. SAN JOSE, CaL.,, June 10,—Emma L. LM Averrettand Andrew E.Averrett, executors of the estate of Alvis I. Averrett, have petitioned the court for the sale of the real and personal property of the estate. The sale of the property is asked upon the ground that it is necessary to pay the debts against the estate, which amount to $50,000. The estate is valued at about $100,000. Alvis E, Averrett died in this city on March 27, 1884, Fate of @ Bicycle Thief. SAN JOSE, CaL., June 10.—J. C. Clark, the young man who was brought back from San Francisco last week to stand trial for stealing a bicycle from the Ben Hur Cyclery last October, was this morning sentenced to 150 days in the County jail by Justice Gass. The charge of grand larceny was reduced to petty larceny, and he pleaded guilty. To Administer an Estate. SAN JOSE, CAL., June 10.—Ambrose B. Barker to-day applied for letters of admin- istration on the estate of Charles Lyons, who died at Santa Clara on June 5. The estate consists of real and personal prop- erty, and is valued at $4600. Johanna Lyons, a daughter, is the only heir. LING MING TO BE DEPORTED. A Celestial Who Has Caused Puget Sound Officers Much Trouble. PORT TOWNSEND, Wass., June 10.— A deporting order issued Saturday even- ing in the Circuit Court in Seattle in the case against Ling Sing closed one of the most remarkable cases of Celestial dupli- city on record. Ten years prior to the fall of 1893 Ling was chef abroad the United States cutter Wilcott, then station here. One day,when the vessel was lying in dock at Victoria, Ling returned from a trip uptown and fell on the dock, spilling five ten-tael boxes of contraband opium from the folds of his loose-fitting garments. On the return trip, when the vessel crossed the imaginary line in the straits dividing the countries, Ling was taken into custody and the opium seized. The trial, which ended in a sentence of eighteen months’ imprisonment in the sovernment penitentiary, developed the act that Ling began the traffic soon after he enlisted, and had succeeded in putting away something over $20,000 of smuggling profits. During the time he was incar- cerated the Geary law went into effect; but despite the fact that no convicts were permitted to register Ling came forth at the expiration of his term of servitude armed with a certificate bearing his exact description and photograph, differing only in the name, which he then gave as Ma Gook. He was rearrested and claimed the old | name was only an alias, but the court held | differently and ordered him deported. The case also developed the fact that a bogus certificate dealer is plying his nefarious trade with headquarters at Spokane, and customs officers from here are now work- ing to run him down. WORK OF OREEON TRAMPS Incendiaries Destroy All the Buildings on Two Large Ranches. Sixteen Hundred Merino Bucks Cre- mated in One of the Burning Structures. PENDLETON, Or., June 10.—A fire en- tailing a loss of $50,000 occurred early this morning at Pilot Rock, eighteed miles from Pendleton, on thie big sheep ranch of Charles Cunningham, the most extensive wool-grower of the inland empire. All the ranch buildings excepting one wool barn were destroyed. Mr. Cunningham has two ranches sey- eral miles apart and the fire broke out about the same hour on both ranches. At the Pilot Rock ranch at 3 o'clock this morning the employes saw two masked men on horseback leave the vicinity of the ranchhouse and go down the canyon in the direction of the other ranch. Soon flames burst out of a dozen places. It was found kerosene had been poured along a long line of buildings. The large frame house, together with other extensive sheds and barns, was consumed inside half an hour. In one shed were 1600 thoroughbred me- rino bucks, the choicest from Cunning- ham’s herds of 25,000 sheep. These were insured on a basis of $20 per head, making this loss $32,000 and the total loss over The circumstances of the second fire also indicate incendiarism. The loss there is about $6000. The whole country is stirred up and the citizens are determined to run down the scoundrels. This is the fourth fire on the Cunningham ranches and there have been others at other places, i TO SEARCH FOR CACHED OP1UM. The Mission Which Will Take a Revenue Cutter to Molokas Island. VICTORIA, B. C., June 10.— The Hawaiian mail, which arrived on the War- rimoo, states that a revenue cutter with a diver on hoard has gone to Molokas Island to look for opium supposed to have been sunk by the schooner Norma, which sailed from here last fall. It is pretty well understood here that the Norma had opium on board when she left, and it is believed that the owners have not yet realized on it, al- though one of them spent all winter in Hawaii. It is just possible that it was cached off Molokai and is still there. The manager of one of the largest factories in the province has just returned from Hono- lulu. Itis believed he went down on the same business. Lol WHISKY-MAD INDIANS, They Take Things Into Their Own Hands and Club a Constable. VICTORIA, B.C., June10.—The Indians are baving a ‘‘high old time” at the little way off village of Ahouset,on the west- ern coast of the island. They clubbed the provincial volice constable, put the Government agent in a boat and sent him home, and are having things their own way, just as if they were the rulers of the land. Whisky is the cause of the hilarity. Constable Spain is the officer assaulted by the whisky-made Aborigines, and Indian Agent Gillard of Alberni is the jman whom the Indians put in the boat and sent home. e A4 Distinguished Arrival at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 10.—Among the passengers arriving here on the War- rimoo from Australia are lady McIlwraith, wife of Sir Thomas McIlwraith, late Pre- mier of Queensland, who is en route to join her husband in England. The Warimoo, on her second trip, will g0 to Auckland, New Zealand, and in fu- ture the boats of that line will make regu- lar calls there, arrangements to jhat effect having been made with the New Zealand Government. Royal Baking Powder is the purest and highest in strength of any of the bakin wders, and hence makes more, finer an; tter fuod. MADERA JAIL-BREAK, Two Burglars Cut Their | Way Through the i Prison Walls. ESCAPE IN DAYLIGHT. They Leave Their Cells While the Sheriff Is Attend- ing Court. CITIZENS ARE INDIGNANT. Three Successful Breaks Have Demonstrated the Need of a Better Stronghold. *« MADERA, CAL., June 10.—For the third time within seven months a jail-break has occurred at the Madera County Jail,and two more persons charged with felony have | escaped the clutches of the law. Four weeks ago two men were charged | with robbing the house of Clement Koch at O'Neals, in this county. Their names | were Albino Gera and Thomas Hearn. They had their preliminary examination | and were bound over to appear for trial before the Superior Court. The trial of Gera was set for to-day, but the Cain murder case had not yet been disposed of, and it was continued till to-morrow. Immediately after the court adjourned Sheriff Westfall took Cain from the court- i room to put him in the jail. When he | arrived there he found his two prisoners missing, and in the wall near the fioor, almost in the same place that Bandits Lawson and Haslip drilied their hole, was an opening large enough for a man to crawl through. Search was immediately instituted for the escapes, but to-night no trace of them had been found. The two men were in their cells at the noon hourand the supposition is that they made their escape some time about 2 o’clock. As aresult of these jailbreaks four des- perate outlaws are now at liberty. One is “Jim” Lawson, who killed his child and all but murdered his wife. He was await- ing his second trial when he escaped for the second time in company with “Jim” Haslip, who was convicted of the killing of Pasquale Milesi and had a life sentence hanging over him. Neither of them has been heard of since their escape. Citizens are indignant over the action of the Board of Supervisors in not allowing the taxpayers to vote on the question of | issuing bonds for the purpose of building | a courthouse and jail. Some of the pris- | oners have been kept in the Fresno County | Jail until a late period, which has cost this | county a large outlay without any good be- | ing accomplished. SINLUIS COUNTERFEITERS Officers Arrest Another Man Supposed to Belong to the Gang. | | el s A Search of His Clothing Rewarded by the Finding of Bogus Money. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL., June 10.—Sam Sortan while intoxicated became involved in a barroom row this afternoon and was arrested by Policemen J. W. Crawford and Robert Pruitt. When arrested he was flourishing a pistol. On Sortan’s person was found about $150 | in counterfeit half-dollar pieces. Sortan claims to have obtained the money in ex- change for gold dust, but is too drunk to make an intelligent statement. Ex-Sheriff McLeod says he knew Sortan well about fifteen years ago, when he was acting as | chainman with a party of Government sur- veyors. His character was considered good. About four weeks ago Sortan, with a man named BEd Wilson, arrived from Humboldt County and left for the La- vanza gold mines. They returned and registered at the Commercial Hotel on June 5. Wilson has been arrested on sus- picion, but refuses to make a statement. These arrests, following that of Howard, captured Saturday with counterfeiting molds on his person and a complete set of burglar tools locked in his wagon, lead the officers to believe that they have captured part of an organized band of counter- feiters. City Marshal Cook is working actively on the case, and important de- velopments are expected. M. J. McBride, the liveryman from whom Howard hired the horse and wagon in San Francisco on May 25, arrived here this evening and positively identified How- ard and the wagon. SONOMA LAND FRAUDS, The Famous Rancho Roblar Figures in the Santa Rosa Courts. Another Victim Who Purchased a Mythical Interest From the Notorlous Allen. SANTA ROSA, Car, June 10.—The famous old Rancho Roblar, near Petaluma, is figuring in the courts here again by rea- son of the operation of one Allen, a cleri- cal appearing land-dealer, who, with his partners, have so often stirred up prop- erty-owners in Sonoma County. It is claimed that Allen induced a woman named Lucy Kelly to pay $1500 for a mythical interest in the rancho. When she tried to get an advance on her interest she learned, so she claims, that she had been badly duped. Allen is the same man who, with a mythical person, Louis Sam- uels, dealt quite extensively in bogus in- terests in old ranchos many years, to the mourning of a number of parties who had business relations with them. Suit has been brought by Mrs. Kelly to recover her money. SANTA EOSA COURTS. Three Superior Judges Will Open Ses- sions in that City To-Day. SANTA ROSA, Cav., June 10,—For the first time in the history of Sonoma County three Superior courts will be in session here to-morrow. Judge Johnson of Sacra- mento has been called here to hear the case of the People vs. John Eaton, to be tried for burglary, Judge Dougherty being disqualified because his father-in-law, Judge Lippitt, is one of the attorneys in the case. Judge Dougherty is hearing the famous Carriger will contest case, while Judge Crawford will devote his time to- morrow to hearing a civil case in his chambers. Many lawyers are here from other places, and legal business is boom- ing this week. el 4 BOY HELD FOR RANSOM. The Twelve-Year-0ld Son of Marcus Kane Kidnaped by Hunters. BUTTE, Moxr., June 10.—A dispatch from Chinook, Mont., says thet the 12- year-old son of Marcus C. Kane, a rancher, has been kidnaped by Frank Turner, a hunter, and several other men whose identity is unknown. A note was sent to Mr. Kane by Turner stating that the boy will be held for ran- som. The lad’s parents are almost dis- tracted. A posse of ranchers and cattlemen started after the kidnapers and will en- deavor to recover the boy without paying ransom. They trailed Turner for some distance into the mountains, but lost the trail. Another posse was organized and the search is being continued. A Montana Man for Vice-President. BOISE, Inano, June 10.—The Statesman has reliable information that a movement 1s on foot to make W. A. Clark, the Mon- tana copper millionaire, the Democratic candidate for Vice-President. A BREAK AT FOLSOM. Desperate Effort of a San Fran- cisco Burglar for Liberty. He Made a Dash Into the Brush. Captured After Being Wounded. SACRAMENTO, Car., June 10.—A spe- cial to the Record-Union from Folsom states that convict Tom O’Neill, serving a four-year term from San Francisco for burglary, while hauling hay to- day on the Folsom Prison grounds made a break for liberty by dash- ing into the brush. The alarm was given, the other prisoners called in and guards sent out after O'Neill. He was discovered late in the day near Mormon Island, a couple of miles away, and a shower of bul- lets sent after him. Officers trailed him through the brush by blood marks, and about 7 o’clock they recaptured and took him to prison. One arm was so badly shattered by a bullet that it had to be am- putated, and at last accounts O’Neill’s con- dition was serious. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Progress Made in the Publication of Public School Books. SACRAMENTO, Carn., June 10.—The State Board of Education held a meeting here to-day. The matter of adopting a State educa- tional journal was laid on the table, no time for action being set. Editor in Chief Raymond presented his report, showing that an edition of 50,000 of the fourth reader is printed and one of the third reader is nearly so. The manu- script of the course in grammar for the sixth year is ready for the printer, and that of the seventh and eighth years nearly so. The State Superintendent was instructed to ascertain the number of histories sold last year and order 90 per cent of that number. It was ordered that the manuscript of the grammar be sent to the printer as fast as ready, and that a hundred “dummies” be printed for distribution for criticism. The board fixed the price of the Fourth Reader at 44 cents, that of the Third Reader at 51 cents, the Second Reader at 29 cents, the Kirst Keader at 16 cents, the Physiology at 52 cents and the Civil Government at 47 cents. After appointing standing committees and granting life and educational diplomas the board adjourned. P FRACAS AMONG CHINESE. It Is Reported to Have Resulted in One or More Deaths. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 11.—It is re- ported that one or more Chinamen were killed in a fracas which has just occurred in the Chinese Theater. Several shots were fired, and a police whistle blown as though by some person badly wounded and with- out strength. The police are investigating, but as every light has been extinguished, and every door locked, it is impossible at this time to gain full information of the trouble. HENEY TAKEN O CARSON, Proclaims His Innocence of Any Connection With the Mint Steal. The Suspect Denles Having Ever Confessed That He Sold the Stolen Bullion. RENO, Nky., June 10.—United States Marshal Humphrey arrived this evening, having in charge James T. Heney, arrested at Leadville, Colo., Friday, for complicity in the Carson mint stealings. Heney ap- peared confident and said he was not afraid to come back to Nevada. To a Gazette reporter Heney said he had nothing to say to reporters or detectives, but said all that Marshal Israel had said about his admitting taking the bullionand that he had disposed of §$20,000 worth ot stolen bullion was untrue; that Israel was angry because he did not give him a chance to arrest him, and thereby make a $500 fee. He claims to have said nothing whatever about the stolen bullion, but simply proclaimed his innocence of con- pection with the Carson mint robbery. Heney says he is not afraid to stand trial. After remaining in Reno about one hour, in company with his wife, who came down from Carson by a private conveyance this afternoon to meet him, Heney and Deputy Marshal Dennis were driven to Carson. Heney says he had a pleasant i‘ourney and !Kenks highly of the treatment received at the hands of Marshal Humphrey. e s v PROFESSOR WHIIING’S WILLS. He Left Fverything to His Children, and, Failing Them, to His Brother. BOSTON, Mass., Juné 10.—Attorney Frank Brewster of this city, classmate of Professor Harold Whiting of the Univer- sity of California, who, with his family, perished in the Colima disaster, has not received two wills, which it is reported Professor Whiting made and mailed him before embarking on the Colima. % . Mr. Brewster says that Professor Whit- ing last summer made two wills, leaving his estate to members of his family and in the eventof their death to his brother, who resides in this city. He believes these were the last wills Professor Whiting made. VICTORIANS AROUSED, Indignant Over the Ac- tion of an Ameri- can Vessel. ENTICED AWAY A CREW. That Is the Charge Made Against the Schooner Bering Sea. THE CULPRIT T0 BE SIIZED. Threats of Desperate Retaliation Made by the Canadian Sealers. VICTORIA, B. C. June 10.—The Domin- ion Government revenue cutter Quadra has been dispatched to the west coast to seize the American schooner Bering Sea. This schooner put in on the west coast of the island, enticed away the Indian crew of the Canadian schooner Triumph under promise of better pay, and put to sea. The crew of the Trlumph made the largest seal catch last year and is an exceptionally good one. It is against the law of Canada to entice away a crew that hassigned articles on an- other vessel, and besides the Bering Sea infringed on the custom law by calling at 'west coast ports without reporting to Vic- toria, there being no port of entry on the west coast. Collector of Customs Milne says: ““I sent instructions to Captain Walbran of the revenue cutter Quadra to inquire into the case and, if they are as stated, to seize the schooner. We must teach schooners to respect the law of the land. Neither the Bering Sea nor any other foreign vessel can put into a Canadian port that is not a port of entry and leave again when she chooses, without saying anything of the illegal inducing of the aborigines to de- sert their schooner and repudiate their articles. You may depend that if she is caught no halfway measures will be taken. There are rumors that Nitinat is not the only base of operations, and that the schooner Bering Sea has companions in her illegal doings.” The sealers are greatly incensed. A prominent sealer said: “If the American boats commence any of these tricks they will find that we will stay with them in the game. We will meet them at Una- laska and perhaps in the open. We can retaliate, and if we start a fight we will not be the first to show the white feather.” Four letters have been received from the Indians saying they were going to embark on the Bering Sea, the master of which schooner offered to pay them $6 a skin and give each man a bounty of $30. This mu- nificent offer was too much to resist, not- withstanding they had signed with the Triumph. NEW MEX1CO FOR SILVER. Governor Thornton Says It Will Apply for Admission to the Union. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 10.—Governor Thornton of New Mexico is in the city. He said: “The silver question will not down, but must be fought out in the next Presi- dential campaign. In New Mexico the demand for free silver is universal. Both parties are united on it.” Governor Thornton said New Mexico would apply next winter for admission to the Union. ‘‘New Mexico has a population of 180,- 000,” he said, *‘and is the third largest sheep-raising State in the country. It has, therefore, been customary for our ranch- men to send their cattle to Nebraska and Kansas to be fattened. But a system of drainage has been devised in the Peace Valleywhich will enable them to fatten their cattle at home, so that cattle that are now sold for $8 a head may be sold for $45 a head. There are a number of gold mines that have been recently discovered, and they will be worked.” i T BOSS TWEED'S SON MISSING. He Disappeared in a Strange Manner, Leaving No Trace Behind. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 10.—George Young Tweed, a son of ‘“Boss” Tweed of New York, has been missing from the place where he lived, on West Forty-fourth street, for eleven days. He disappeared in a strange manner. He left behind no in- timation of his intention and started with only the clothes he wore and had little if any money with him. Search in his accustomed haunts and at the morgue has been fruitless. No report, however, has yet been made to the police of his disappearance. The young man has had an excellent education in Paris. He stayed there for ten years and learned to speak three languages fluently. Al- though at one period he dabbled in art, he never became an especially proficient painter. Until he reached his majority he was under the care of a guardian, who was appointed to look after the Tweed children when the father died in the early '70's. ST A DEFAULTER. He Was Treasurer of Fremont County and Later Postmaster of Washakie. DENVER, Coro., June 10.—A special to the News from Lander, Wyo., says: Elmer Hank, one of the most prominent men of Fremont County, who retired from the office of County Treasurer in 1893, has been found to be a defaulter in the sum of §1400. An expert bookkeeper, em- ployed by the County Commissioners, dis- covered false entries in the books of the Treasurer which enabled him to get away with the money. He was notified to fix up the matter and promised to do so on Friday last, but did not put in an appear- ance. The Sheriff went to Washakie, where Hank was employed in a mer- cantile house, and also acting as post- master. It was then discovered that he had left the day before, and it was found that he had robbed the postoffice of over $400. When last seen he was riding a bicyele. ELMER HA S g AN AMERICAN IN GERMANY. The Attempt Is Being Made to Force Him Into the Army. ; BATH, N. Y., June 10.—Davis Roths- child, a leading business man of Bath, has received a letter from his brother, Mor- ris Rothschild, who went to Germany last month, stating that an attempt was made to force him into the German army. He reached his father’s house at Eish- titten in the latter part of May. After being there a week he was arrested and kept in prison forty-eight hours, despite his protests that he was a citizen of the United States, and offered his passports and naturalization papers in prooi, At the end of two days he was brought be- fore a military court, examined and found eligible for service in the German army. His papers were taken from him and he was sentenced tosix weeks in prison, at the end of which time he might begin a three years’ term in the army. David Greismar of New York, who ac- companied Rothschild, employed a law- ver, who laid the facts before the mili- tary authorities, with the result that the sentence was changed to a fine of 500 marks, and the papers were forwarded to the War Department at Berlin, which will decide whether Rothschild shall serve his army term. : Rothischild paid the fine, and pending the decision of the War Department has gone to Switzerland, where he now is. Davis Rothschild will communicate at once with the State Department in Washington regarding the matter. One of the papers taken from Rothschild and forwarded to Berlin was a regular pass- port of the United States, bearing the signature of Secretary Gresham. BT THE GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH. A4 New Hymnbook Is to Be Issued—The Finances Are Healthy. HAGERSTOWN, Mp., June 10.—The general Lutheran synod to-day considered the reports of committees on revision of hymns and tunes in the Lutheran hymn- books. Both committees were authorized to submit their work for publication after three months have been allowed for sug- gestions. The fourteenth biennial report of the board of extension gave total receipts in- cluding balance, $10,636, in nand from the last biennium as $100,291. The increase in receipts over 1893 is only $698. “We have received through the execu- tive committee of the W.H.and F. M. societies,”” the report sa. $4463 13 for the mission at Oakland, Cal. No other amounts were received from them during these two years. Collections have been made from San Jose, Cal., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, but the moneys reached our treasury too late for this report. Their work has been carefully watched, and their churches are beautiful and attractive. No appropriations are made without mu- tual consultations.” h MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Two Negroes Swept Through an Underground River and Escape Death. They Were Fishing and Falling Into the River Were Carried Half a Mile. TALLAHASSEE, Fra., June 10.—Word comes from the lower end of the county of the miraculous escape ot two negro fisher- men from a horrible death. In that sec- tion there is a creek that disappears in the ground, flows under a high mound for a distance of over half a mile and then re- appears with added force and volume. This is a great fishing place and scores of negroes are found casting their lines at the upper end of the tunnel. Last week, while a party of twelve were there, two of them, Nathan Brooks and Joseph Gillen, fell into the water and were almost instantly whirled into the under- ground creek by the swift current. Their horrified companions tried to rescue them, butin vain, and they were swept away uttering loud screams of horror and terror. The party hastily rushed to the lower end of the land where the creek reappears. Shortly afterward both men shot through, feebly struggling in the swift current and showing slight signs of life. Several men plunged in and brought them to shore, and they were worked over for half an hour before they were out of danger. This is the first time that such an escape has been made, as many lives have been lost in the place. A MURDER 5 MYSTERY CLEARED. It Was James Ish and Not His Wife Who Shot Chappell. OMAHA, NEBR., June 10.—The mystery surrounding the murder of W. H. Chap- pell, a sewing machine agent, at the resi- dence of James Ish last night has been solved and Ish and his wife are in jail for the crime. The husband, suspecting Chap- pell of intimacy with Mrs. Ish, secreted himself in the house and shot Campbell while he was in the act of kissing Mrs. Ish. He confessed the crime. His wife declared last night that she did the shooting in resisting a felonious as- sault. When Mrs. Ish was informed that her husband had confessed to having killed Chappell, she broke down completely, and said to Police Matron Cummings: “Did he tell this? It is true that Jimmy fired the shot, but we had fixed up the story and had agreed that we would swear that I fired it. We thought that I could getout of it better than he.” — - MILWAUKEE'S BIG BLAZE. It Destroyed a Great Deal of Faluable Property. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 10.—The fire which broke out at 2 o’clock this morning in the barns of the Foster Lumber Com- pany, at Cope and Cherry streets, spread rapidly to adjoining coal and lumber yards and soon covered three blocks along both sides of the canal. The principal losers were B. Uhrig & Sons, coal-dealers, and the Foster Lumber Company. The loss is $75,000. Had there been a stiff southerly wind the loss would have reached millions, as the river and canal in that vicinity are lined with im- mense tanneries. e CAMERON'S HEAVY LOSS. Over Fifty Houses Burned and Many Families Homeless. CAMERON, W. Va., June 10.—The loss by fire early this morning is now estimated at $300,000. The insurance is only $50,000, of which $30,000 is in three Wheeling com- panies. Fifty-two houses were burned. Twenty-eight were dwellings and the re- mainder business houses. The standing property of the town was probably worth $450,000. Already the business men are preparing torebuild. The homeless families are be- ing cared for by those who live outside the path of the fire. —— TROUBLE AMONG THE CRELKS. The Chief, Treasurer and Auditor Have Lieen Impeached by the Councit. SOUTH MCcALISTER, I. T., June 10.— In the Creek National Council, now in ses- sion, articles of impeachment have been brought against the Chief, Treasurer and Auditor, Charges against the Chief are for issuing $4000 urlawfully, against the treasurer for paying $6000 to Turner and Hord unlawfully, against the auditor for auditing a duplicate. g A series of over five hundred tests made by public analysts and chemists of promi- nence throughout the country shows the Royal Baking Powder to be 25 per cent greater in leavening strength than any of (m competitors, SWEPT BY FLAMES, The Fire in Northern Pennsylvania For- ests Spreading, FIGHTERS DRIVEN BACE. One Lumberman Alone Loses Three Million Feet of Logs. OIL PLANTS ARE IN DANGER. Inhabitants of a Lumber Camp Have a Narrow Escape From Death. BRADFORD, Pa., June 1 fires that J burning fierce, are at work trying to prevent from spreading to valuable y In sell City iderable timber is b flames. 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