The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1895. SHE LOVES MEN, 00, Puzzling Antics of the Slayer of Freda Ward. HER LIFE AS A LUNATIC. Twice Youths Cause Her to Become Desperately In- fatuated. EXPERTS ARE IN THE DARK ItIs More Likely That Miss Mitchell Killed for Hatred Than for Love. TENN. ay in 1 June 22.—On al Alice Mitchell, | eing adjudged | d from Memphis to | way, and there con- West Tennessee Asylum for There is no doubt of her in- er last act was that of an insane | Before leaving the city she was | to Elmwood ce: y, where she wers over the grave of Freda ¢ throat she had cut a few This crowning of her sweetheart’s grave would | ny other person than | her nerves are like | murder have unstrung Alice Mitchell, iron. is a pleasant nd the for the s spot. ved croquet and ve 2 baseball in a make a * ek’ doff On the other side e er heavy-leafed 200 women of all calmness of the day ice Mitchell ood Ler patients. She was he wore the apart with two | itily dressed test thing in latest lor hat up to date’ young She was cheerful, too, for when pened that excited laughter hands just as she would school. ase is still a puzzle to at §Bolivar, Drs. Douglass The latter isa close student wlogy. He has seen Alice for three studied her case prompted her to take the | Freda Ward has not been reduced to a philosc certainty. ! itchell’s daily life at Bolivar and e things in her life are what this scientist watcl in studying her case. It was stated and greatly emphasized, too, by those desiring to throw certain unholy coloring around the mysterious romance in the lives of Freda Ward and Alice Mitchell, that she was not fond of the society of men, that she, unlike other young women,rather repeiled the attentions of the es that stronger sex and being strong herself she | lavished her affections on young girls, and proved it by saying that she killed Freda Ward because she loved her. In view of ber whole life at Bolivar one might with better reason say thatshe cut Freda Ward’s throat because she hated her. Alice Mitchell is not capable of the strong and enduring iove that is the glory of women. When she loves it is with fear- ful intensity, but her affection may be turned into hate. by a sharp remark, a quick retort or a frown. While at Bolivar she fell in love with two men, one was an inmate of the asylum and the other was an attendant. The first was & young man of artistic and refined temperament. He met Aliceat the balls given at the asylum every Friday night. He was a graceful waltzer and so was she. The young man treated her at times with the utmost courtesy and consideration. Alice received his attention with ail the maideniy modesty and pleas- ure of any young woman. She looked on it &s her right that she, as all other women, should be admired by young men. Little presents were exchanged, and soon one would detect that there began to exist in the hearts of boti something that asso- ciation would soon ripen into love. This was a revelation to the doctors. The whole theory of the case under which Alice was tried, and upon which the learned in- sanity experts so profoundly testified, was that Alice"Mitchell’s mind and her emo- tions were as if she were a man, and that she loved Freda Ward as a hot-blooded youth loves a young woman, and thus the theory of the eminent men of both Conti- nents was knocked galley-west by a lunatic. Alice, remember, met this young artist only at the weekly balls, but after a time her lover sickened and died. The news of his death was a terrible blow to her. She received it with no outward demonstra- tion, but with calm dignity, characteristic of any young woman. She became melan- choly, lost flesh, and was in abad way gen- erally for some time. Time, however, healed the wounds death had inflicted, and Alice's affections were again whole. Soon after Alice looked with favor on one of the male attendants whom she met at the weekly balls. The Young man was a likely fellow, and while he in no way reciprocated her affections he made a study of her case. So far as he could judge the esteem Alice held for him was of the same kind that any intelligent young woman would bestow on a young man; but the attendant had a sweetheart and he married her. This cut Alice up. Like a woman of spirit, she made no demonstration. However, had Alice had another razor and had she cornered the fair bride in her room, it might have been serious for the attendant’s wife. Alice Mitchell’s passion is to get even for real or fancied wrongs. That is why she killed Freda Ward—at-least, one man who has studied her case so holds. But Alice at Bolivar has not confined her regard to young men alone. A young woman about her own age was sent to Bolivar from Memphis. She pleased Alice. Their tastes were similar and they became boon companions. Indue time they were separated. Soon after something turned up that made Alice’s regard turn to dis- like. The two young girls then hated each other. From that time the superinten- dent took care that they never came in contact. When Alice Mitchell went to Bolivar she took an interest in her sur- roundings and kept her room very neat. Some of the patients do needlework, but Alice is not fond of sewing, yet she per- forms the duties assigned to her without a | afraid. murmur. It is the policy of the snperin-l tendent to permit the inmates to do those things as they most like. Alice manifested a desire for out of door exercises and for outdoor work, but there was nothing for her to do. She asked per- mission to “break” a young colt running in the yard, but this was refused. Some time ago a wild stallion got into the yard. Alice ran to the horse, and, leaping on his back, galloped like mad around thecampus. When she dismounted she was beside herseli with excitement, and being extremely nervous she now and then manifested her weakness in some escapade of this kind, though this was the only horseback ride she took at Bolivar. ‘‘Alice Mitchell has an ungovernable temper,” said one of the asylum attend- ants. ‘““‘She has an imperious disposition, with unstable nerve centers of easy ex- Freedom of the will and the ex- regulative faculty of the mind are so impaired or lost that it takes little to produce in her a powerful revulsion of feeling. Her whole life and history go to show that she is the victim of physical degeneration.” Three weeks ago Alice, standing at the foot of an immense tank, eight feet above the ground, reached by a frail ladder, said that some time she intended to climb up to the tank and take a bath. The other luna- tics Jaughed at her and told her she was That night she unscrewed the fastenings to her window, and, getting out of her room, escaped to the tank. The night was sultry and Mrs, Douglass, the wife of the superintendent, sent her a lump of ice. THe attendant, on opening the door, discovered that Alice bad gone. She gave the alarm and all hands went out to make a search. On a close examination of her room a piece of paper on which was written, ““Iam in the tank,” was found. Sure enough, the attendants on going to the columns on which the tank rests heard a noise of splashing water. Dr. Neely called out, and Alice answered after a short parley that she would come down if the men woula leave. The men left, and Alice climbed down to the ground with er dripping from her clothes. She was clad in dress, shoes and hat. ¢ Alice is a close attendant of religious services. Bheis not deeply religious, yet she follows critically the discussion of the questions by the ministers. Alice, like all other girls, was at one time in her life badly stagestruck. WEDDED BEHAD THE BARS How an Eloping Couple Frus- trated an Irate Father's Purpose. Marriage Bans Pronounced in a Jall to Which He Could Not Gain Admittance. MONTGOMERY, Ara., June 22.—Lynn Edwards and Miss Carrie Sedberry, two of the ‘most prominent society people of Wetumpka, eloped on Thursday, night. The girl's father, Sheriff Sedberry, soon learned the faci, and, accompanied by his | son, set out to overtake them. Finding themselves pursued so closely the sweet- hearts separated and took different roads to Speigners, where is situated the peni- tentiary farm. By means of handcars and buggies Miss Sedberry reached there first. She went straightway to the Warden of the peniten- tiary and told her story, asking him to lock her up and allow no one to enter excepting her sweetheart and a preacher. Finally Edwards and the preacher arrived, just a few minutes in advance of Mr. Sedberry, and there, inside the prison walls the young couple were married while the indignant father was trying to obtain admittance. They caught a train a few winutes after the ceremony and came here to remain until the father cools down. —_— AN OBSTINATE FIRE. It Destroys a Fine Brick Structure at Lincoln, Nebr. LINCOLN, NEBR., June 22.—A fire which started shortly before midnight completely gutted the wholesale drughouse of H. T. Clark & Co. and wiped out the entire strue- ture. The building, a four-story and base- nient brick, on the corner of P and Eighth streets, with a frontage of 140 feet on Bighth and 100 feet on P, was one of the most substantial buildings in the city, The fire had_its origin in the middle section, occupied by the Lincoln Coniectionery Company, and was beyond control of the entire department thirty minutes after it started, the firemen ‘devoting their ener- gies to prevent it spreading to adjoining property. In this they were successful. The loss on the building will not be less than $75,000; well insured. No estimate can be made of the loss on stock., LRI EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION. Arrangements Complete for Gathering at Denver. DENVER, Coro., June 22.—Arrange- ments are practically complete for the con- vention of the National Educational Asso- ciation, to be held in this city in July, and the indications are that it will far exceed in attendance any previous meeting of that organization. The State manager of the association from Illinois writes that 4000 people from that State will attend. A. E, Winship, the manager for Massachusetts, says that New England will send a thou- sand, and three special trains will bring the New York delegations. Los Angelesis to be strongly represented, and will make an effort to secure the convention for 1896, the Great —_———— Equestrians’ Day Celebrated. CHICAGO, I, June 22.—Chicagoans who happened to be in the neighborhood of the South Side boulevards this after- noon were treated to a spectacle such as they had ngver seen before. The spectacle in quemox’ was a parade of some 2000 well-to-do citizens mounted on their high- bred riding horses, with troops of cavalry here and there to lend variety to the scene. The occasion was the first of a series of annual events to be known as ‘‘eques- trians’ day,” and, so far as is known, it was the first demonstration of the kind ever held. il L, Arrest of a City Treasurer, HASTINGS, Mixx., June 22.—Mayor Fitch of South St. Paul late this afternoon ordered the arrest of J. W. Stopf, City Treasurer of that town, on the charge of embezzlement, The City Recorder had been going over Stopf’s books and had dis- covered that he was short about $13,000. Stopf admits the shortage, but says his bondsmen will fix up matters next week. He says he lost the money during the hard times in bad ventures. Mo it Fight With Bank-Robbers. DULUTH, Minx., June 22.—According to a message just received by Deputy Sueriff Shepard there has been a fight be- tween a posse ‘of officers and the Rainy Lake bank-robbers. The message came from Tower. Numerous shots were ex- cl . but the robbers disappeared in the woods, and it is not known that any one was hurt on either side, FARMERS AS POLICE, They Organize to Exter- minate a Band of Marauders. SUICIDE OF A PRISONER. Frightened at the Talk of Lynching, He Takes His Life. THREE HUNDRED ON GUARD. Despite the Vigilance of the Ranch- ers, Thefts Are Made as Boldly as Ever. CHICAGO, Iin., June 22.—Three hun- dred farmers are doing police duty in the east end of Dupage County, armed with all sorts of weapons, which they are ready and anxious to use. This battalion of militant agriculturists is looking for a band of thieves which had been stealing every kind of movable thing to be found on the farms between Elgin and Hinsdale. One of the members of the marauding gang was captured at 1 o'clock this morning, after a lively chase, at Mammoth Springs, hetween Elmhurst and Hinsdale. He was conducted to the lockup at Hins- dale by 2 party of thirteen men. He was greeted by hundreds of villagers, who were aroused by the loud and threatening talk of his captors. Marshal Nicholson locked the man up, but the crowd did not dis- perse. The talk of the farmers evidently fright- ened the man, and, believing that lynching would otherwise be his end, he killed him- self. This made the farmers more de- termined upon the capture of the other members of the gang. They again went into the country, and on the way told the neighbors the glad news of their capture and the importance of quick work to round up the other thieves, who had been making them their victims. Men were quick to join in the search, and Marshal Nicholson promises to have all the robbers in jail shortly, unless they have already put many miles between themselves and Dupage County, The corpse of the suicide and supposed thief still liesin the lockup. No one can identify hima. When arrested be first gave his name as William Schultz, and, then denied this name and gave that of Max O’Connell. If either one is correct Schultz is probably the one, as the'man has all the characteristics of a German laborer. He denied that he was guilty of the crimes peddler. The farmers for ten miles “around Hins- dale have been sleeping in their barns with | guns within reach waiting for thicves, | but none haye been caught. In many cases the men on guard got up in the morning and before making their ablutions discovered a horse, a cow, a hun- dred chickensor a corn cultivator gone and nothing left to show for the missiug property but the marks of a mule team on the turf. Such work as this has kept the detective farmers busy the past eight weeks. The whole community is aroused, as the loss of horses in the spring is especially a calamity. The losers of all this property were be- | ginning to wonder where and when it would swop, when the man was captured | to-day. They did notstop to mourn his death, but lost no time in starting in search for his confederates. Developments are expected bourly, POISON IN THE FPAKEGORIC. Zhree Deaths Caused by the Error of the Druggist. HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y., June 22.— Midway between this city and the town of Fremont lies the farm of George Huber. Until Thursday his family counsisted of a wife and two children—Fred, aged 7, and Rose aged 2. Last winter an infant child died under peculiar circumstances, which have a terrible bearing npon a tragedy that oc- curred in Huber's home Thursday night, Last December his infant was taken to a neighboring town to be christened. Be- fore the family's departure a dose of pare- goric was given to the baby, then, securely wrapped in warm robes, it was bundlea into a sleigh, but when the party arrived at the church the baby was dead. It was thought the child died of suf- focation. Nobody dreamed of a connection between the baby’s sudden death =nd the medicine which had been given it. The paregoric bottie was stowed away in a cupboard, not to be taken out until last night. Then Mrs. Huber gavea dose to each of her chil- den and took one herself. In an hour all were suffering horrible agony. A doctor was sent for, but before his arrival Mrs. Huber and little Rose were dead. The son was saved, Itis thought that poison was contained in the medicine through a druggist’s error. An investiga- tion is now under way. R ROOT BEER INTOXICATING. The Supposedly Harmless Beverage Con- demned by Chicago Women. CHICAGO, IrL., June 22.—The much advertised and heretofore thought to be harmless root beer has been declared an instrument of the devil by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and here- after it will be classed by that organization in the same category with hofbrau, dogs- head. whisky sours, Manhattan cocktails and other unmentionable concoctions. War was declared some time ago on this beverage, but hostilities were allowed to lag for some time. Now, however, the battle has been renewed with increased vigor, and the good peopie of the country are warned not to consider the drink non- alcoholic merely because in its manufac- ture no alcohol is put in. It is set forth that in the process of fer- mentation, which is an essential step in the preparation of this so-called temper- ance drink, alcohol is formed from the decay of the saccharine matter, often in an amount fully equal to that found in malt liquors. HONOER A MARTYRED PATRIOT. Memory of Chaplain Caldwell’s Deeds Kept Green by New Jerseyites. CALDWELL, N. J., June 22.—There was an old-fashioned pic nic here to-day in honor of the Revolutionary Army chap- Iain after whom_the town is named. As President Cleveland first saw the light of day in this little borough he was invited to participate in the celebration. The event for which Chaplain Caldwell became distinguished took place during a battle of the Revolutionary War, which took place near here, and during which he gn?emd up the hymn books in his church carried them to the Continental sol- diers, and told them to nse the paper for wadding for their guns, crying, mean- while, “‘Give ’em Watts, boys! Give 'em Watts!” 4 Caldwell’s church was burned down and his wife and himself cruelly murdered. In his honor this little hamlet, eleven miles from Newark, was soon after the Revolution called by his name. S PECULIAR TACTICS. 4n Advocate of Separate Schools Makes Nerious Charges. BOSTON, Mass., June 22.—A charge of alleged immorality in the Boston schools is being used in Manitoba as an argument 4gainst the public school system. A.R. Martin, member of the French Canadian party in that province, who is carrying on the agitation for separate schools, has charged the public schools in the United States, and particularly those of Boston, with being the fountainheads of fimmor- ality. The most mysterious feature about the whole thing is the identity of the re- ports which Mr. Martin read. No report has ever been made upon such a subject as the state of morality in the schools, either by the city of Boston or the State. Mr. Pettigrove, president of the Boston school committee, declared to-day that the story was absurd. He said there was no document on earth making such a state- ment about Roston schools as that men- tioned in the dispatches, and, so far as he knew, there was no document of sucha nature relating to the public schools of any other city. In Massachusetts there is no report or public document published which bears upon the subject mentioned. The Manitoba legislator who made the statement about the Boston schools had no report whatever from which he could quote. . WORK ON THE DEFENDER 1 The Exact Date of Her Launch- ing Has Not Yet Been Made Public. A Large Force of Men Busy Putting the Finishing Touches on Her. BRISTOL, R. I., June 22.—The exact date of the launching of the Defender has not been made known here. The greater part of the Defender’s under | body now shines like gold. The men first scrape off the rough plates, after which' the metal is sandpapered and then followed with a rubbing down with fine emery paper. After this work is done the men use pumice-stone and oil and pro- duce an elegant bright polish. The hatehes along the deck number seven, in- cluding skylights, and are now being put in. The batch frames and coaling are of | butternut. The section of the rudder post ! eharged against him, and said he wasa | that was castat the brass foundry of Still- man & White at Providence arrived here Thursday afternoon and was taken to the shops immediately upon its arrival. Tt weighed 585 pounds and measured eight feet in length. The men were at work on it soon after it arrived, and pre- parations were made to set the rudder up | persons were invited, and scarc and cover it with the sheathing of Tobin bronze, A gang of men are at work sheathing the big. mass of lead on tne keel. This sbeathing is of bright/Tobin bronze and is one-sikteenth of an irich in thickness. It is put on in lengths of about four feet, which are about eighteea inches in width. The sheathing is fastened to the lead the same as on the bottom of steam and sail- ing yachts, and is held by screws which run into the lead at intervals of about four | inches, the sheathing being punched for | the screws to go through. At the forward and stern endsof the keel the sheathing meets the bronze shoe- ing that was put on some time ago and the workmen are making a neat job of joining the two platings. The sheathing is lapped several inches. The sloop Colonia, with the crew of the Defender on board, arrived to-day, with Mate Berry in command. Capuain Haff will join the Colonia here, as she is to stay for the 1aunching. - MRS. VANDERBILT RETURNS. New ¥ork’s Four Hundred Will Now Be Involved in a Society War. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 22.—Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt, the divorced wife of William K. Vanderbilt, is expected in New York from Europe to-day. She will go directly to Newport, where her house has been ready to receive her for some weeks. It is said Mrs. Vanderbilt will join in the season's festivities, and will give a large ball to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, her daughter. Newport cottagers are already discussing the possible outcome of her re- appearance in society. It is said she is de- termined to offset vigorously any attempt to make her feel she has grievously in- jured the Vanderbilts by her divorce. The outcome ‘of the affair will presum- ably be a society war in which no quarter will be asked or given. e o OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Liewtenant Lissak to Inspect the Pneu- matic Gun Plant. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22.—By direction of the acting Secretary of War, First Licutenant Ormond M. Lissak, ord- nance department, will make one journey each week, commencing in July, 1895, until the completion of the work, from Benicia arsenal to the works of the Fulton Engi- neering and Ship-building Company, San Francisco, and to ¥ort Winfield Scott, Cal., and return, on official business per- taining to the inspection of the air-com- pressing plant, etc., for the battery of pneumatic dynamite guns to be erected at Fort Winfield Scott. Pensions have been granted as follows: California—Original: Edmund A. Turner, Los Angeles. Reissue: John Mangin, San Rafael; John M. Scoggan, Santa Rosa; Samuel M. Childs, Manton. Washington—Original: Charles Jenkins, Lewisville. Reissue: Samuel Q. Woods, Lowell; Cornelius H. Stone, Shelton. Oregon — Increase: Firman C. Couch, Ashland. Reissue: George W. Owen, Kingsvillage., 7 e Hawaii’s Coffee Industry. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22.—The Department of State has received from Consul-General Mills at Honolulu a report of the Labor Commission on the coffee in- dustry of the Haw ailan Islands. The commission sees no veason why the coffee industry should not be made to equal the cultivation of sugarin Hawaii. The soil and climate are favorable and the demand for labor is readily supplied by the Japanese, whose contracts with sugar- planters bave expired. But the commis- sion says this investigation raises the question whether the Occidental or Oriental cultivation shall dominate there. It recommends that vigorous efforts be made td induce immigration to Honolulu by the farmers of the United States, | on the occasion of the new waterway isa | symbol of co-operation of all nations in the | fusion, although there was a tremendous WILLIANYS FINE TACT. Congratulations to the Emperor for His Diplomacy. ARCH OF HIS SUCCESSES At Kiel He Is Most Masterful in the Great Art of Con- ciliation. PACIFIC DESIRES OF GERMANY. There Can Be No Mistake as to the Significance of the Naval Celebration, BERLIN, GerMany, June 22.—Yester- day and to-day the incoming trains from the north have been crowded with Berlin- | ers returning from the Kiel fete. | body is happy and brimful of enthu and all agree that everything passed off without a hitch that the most captious could cavil at. The concord displayed by the officers and men of the various fleets assembled was perfect, and is regarded as the strongest pacificatory augury for the fu- ; ture that could possibly be made. Upon all sides the Emperor is congratu- !lated upon 'his tact and diplomacy, and it is universally admitted tbat he has on this occasion added the keystone to the colossal arch of his successes. He has certainly proven himself to be most masterful in the i art of conciliation and is receiving his full | due of encomiums. The German press generally iy echoing and re-echoing e pressions of satisfaction at the way things have gone, and declare that the proceed- | ings, as a whole, could not be surpassed as | a series of events beneficial to the empire, | and oughf to prove to the world the pacitic character of the German nation and the supreme desire for peace which finds ex- | pression through the Emperor’s words, and | the pepular demonstration which accom- panied them. The Tageblatt says that although the opening of the canal was accompanied by formidable displays of naval strength the real significance of the celebration could not be mistaken. The Emperor placed the enormous power of the country at the ser- | vice of peace and international com- merce. There is no warlike ambition, but | its aim is enterprise. | The Vossische Zeitung says the display | work of civilization. The whole aim of the imperial Government is to enrich Ger- | many and the rest of Europe with works | | tending toward the mutual prosperity of | | the nations. { Those who took part in the Holtenau ban- | quet and tbe admiralty ball at Kiel gave | the palm for brilliancy and interest to the | latter of these functions. While 2000 any of i them failed to attend, there was no con- {crush. At 10 o'clock the Empercr, with | the four eldest of the young Princes, made | his appearance and a few minutes later the Empress, robed in satin of a heliotrope ! color and ablaze with diamonds, entered | the-ballroom. | Her Majesty seemed much fatigued, and, | after walking in the imperial procession taround the main hall, stood near the Kaiser, around whom were circled the Princes and the ladies of the court. Later the Emperor made a tour of the rooms, chatting with one and then another. spend- ing much time in conversation with Ad- | miral Kirkland and Lord Walter Kerr, the | admiral commanding the British squadron, | and subsequently exchanging a few words with the Italian and Austrian admirals. | In the meantime, Admiral Menard of the | French squadron, M. Herbette (French Embassador to Germay), and the Russian Admiral, Skrydlov, formed a group, which the Kings of -Saxony and Wurtemberg joined. The Empress asked to see Admiral Menard, and the French admiral was es- corted to her side. Her Majesty and the admiral chatted together for a few min- utes, the Emperor in the meantime ex- changing greetings with Admiral Skrydlov. Those who were looking on thought, how- ever, that the greetings were rather formal on both sides. The assembly dispersed amid a torrent of rain. «In contrast to the almost general con- cord of congratulations upon the success of the fetes and the general expressions of satisfaction, some of the members of the Reichstag complain of having been neg- lected. Herr Richter, the Freisinnige leader in the Reichstag, at the banquet in Ham- burg found himself geated by the side of his bitter political opponent, Rector Ahl- wardt, the notorious anti-Semite deputy. Herr Richter is very indignant at this and charges the officials with having purposely insulted him. For the yachting week at Kiel 214 of the yachts entered are in the bay. Of these, four are English and three, the Atalanta, Dakotah and Mrs. Bigelow’s Konigin Louise, are American. The races, which take place June 23 to June 28, have 425 entries, which include the Kaiser's Meteor (formerly the Thistle), the Verena, the Viking, the Corisande and the Lorna. The course to be sailed over on Monday | Will be twenty-four miles; on Tuesday forty-eight miles—an outside triangular course. The coursefor Friday will be from Labre to the Travemunde and back, eighty miles. On Wednesday and Thursday prizes will be sailed for. In this contest the American yachts are not entered. The progress of the inquiry into the charges of cruelty against the monks con- ducting the Mariaburg Asylum tends to diminish the strength of the accusations. The Frankfurter Zeitung reports that the 1most rigorous examination of the rooms of the monastery, the closest questioning of the inmates and the most exhaustive scru- tiny of their persons by a commission com- posed of two State Councilors, two Govern- ment physicians and two police commis- sioners disclosed nothing that would sub- stantiate any of the serious charges made against the brotherhood of monks conduct- ing the asylum, and the commission has telegraphed Herr von Koeller, Minister of the Interior, to this effect. The result of the inquiry has given the Catholic press an opportunity to comment upon what they characterize as an unseemly exhibition of public fury arising out of the charges and the consequent inquiry and its revela- tions. The truth is, the papers assert, that cruelties, such as they were, were practiced upon some of the insane patients in the institution by a few members of the dis- tinct fraternity governing the asylum without the knowledge of their associates, This bemg the case, the fraternity as a body cannot be held responsible, The confirmation of the infant Princess {in which the latter was killed with about Carola-Feodore of Baxe-Meining, niece of Emperor William, born May 29, 1880, will take place on July 20 at the schloss in Liebenberg. The Prince of Wales, ex-Em- press Frederick and a large number of other royal personages will be present at the ceremonies. Prince Frederick of Schoenburg-Wal- denburg has become a convert from the Lutheran to the Roman Catholic faith. WILDS. Thrilling Experience of @ Young Sports- man in the British Northwest. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 22 fter months of wandering and hardship in the unexplored barren lands of the B}‘! sh Northwest Territory, Casper W. Whitney, the young writer and sportsman, returned to this city on Wednesday night. Frozen by the icy blasts from the Arctic Ocean, with death from starvation more than once staring him in the face, and with no companions save Indian guides and d he traveled on and set his foot where few white men have ever been before. Whitney left this city on December 18, 1894, with A. H. H. Hemming, an artist, in the interests of a well-known magazine. Ten days later, with sleds laden with sup- plies, a pack of dogs and two Indian guides, the men started from Calgary and began their journey into the frozen norih. On the fourth day Hem ¢ became so ill that he was forced to return and give up the trip. Then Whitney pushed on with no com- panion save his guides and dogs. He trav- eled north, going down the frozen bed of the Athabasca River to Athabasca Lake, and from there down the Siave River to the Great Slave Lake. He stopped at Fort McMurray, Fort Smith and Fort Chip- pewal, and spent many nightsin the tents of the native Indians. At other times a nole in the snow, with heavy fur garments for a covering, served him as a place to rest. He is in good health and happy. PROGRESS O THE AEVOLT Caban Insurgents Battling Fiercely for Their Free- dom. One Engagement'In Which a Span- ish Leader and Sixty Soldiers Are Killed. JACKSONVILLE, ., June A ca- blegram from Key West, Fla., say Pas- sengers by the steamer Mascotte to-night report that a battle was fought on the 12th near Vegah-Alta, in Remedios, between the insurgents under the command of Ro- loffs and Sanchez and the Spaniards under Salamanca, 2 son of ‘teneral Salamanca, y men. The insurgent loss was small. It isalso reported that Coronado, director of La Discuscion, was arrested and put in tne cabanas yesterday for publishing re- ports from correspondents in the field. Itisreported in Havana that there are uprisings in San Jose, Las Lajas, Bejucal Santiago de Las Vegas, Guira and Alqui. zar. A The first battalion of volunteers, about | 100 men, hav 1 arrested and put in the | cabanas for re: ng to go into the field. Colonel Basallo with 450 men deserted and | joined the insurgents. Itis also reported | that a lieutenant of volunteérs near Camaguani with fifty men has joined the rebel forces. Itis claimed thatthey were | badly treated and poorly fed. ED CORRIGAN INDICTED. He Is Chavged WWith mow Gambling-House. | CHICAGO, IrL.,, June 22.—The Grand Jury this afternoon returned indictments | against Edward Corrigan and others, pro- prietors of the Hawthorne racetrack, charging them with conducting a commor gambling-house. Indictments were also returned against the proprietors of the Harlem racetrack on the charge of gambling on May 14. A large number of bookmakers and em- ployes on both tracks were also indicted. i e Cornell Musicians Sail for England. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 22.— The Musical Club of Cornell College sailed for England to-day to givea series of concerts throughout the United Kingdom. Their first appearanco abroad will be at London on the Fourth of July. They will join their comrades at Henley in time to wi ness the great boatrace, in which th re confident that the Cornell crew will take the honors. They will appear in England, Scotland and Ireland, returning to the United States early in August. PR Gl Indictment of a Bank President, JACKSONVILLE, Fra., June 22—E. W. Agnew, president of the First National Bank of Ocala, was to-day indicted by the United States Grand Jury on charges of embezzlement, abstraction and misappro- ph Jonducting a Com- | ¢ NEW TO-DAY. SPEGIAL FOR MONTH JUNE! 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D0 YOU RIDE A BIKE? the present is to ride a aith-giving exercise can be old or young, and of kindly to it, and skirts or bloomers it is nee: e 0gnizing and K m lower than our competit ong ba: comes up over the knee we will sell for $1 50. and the leggin 0 is 50 for bought Ladles riding bicycles require Blcycle Shoes specizlly made for ‘that purpose, as the regular shoe or Oxford is not adapte pecially on bicycies with rat-trap pedals. - We have 8 very Low Cut Bicycle Shoe, made of a fine kangaroo kid, that fits the foot well, and can be guaranteed for wear, and which we will sell for B2.50. ‘These shoes aro unlined, are easy on the feet, and are just the thing for ladies who wish to wear com- fortable shoes. 1 hey retail elsewhere for $3. for riding, and es- priation of the funds of the bank. Agnew 1s under bonds for appegrance for trial and will be arraigned next Tuesday in the United States court here. e His Body Found Near Pheniz. PHENIX, Ariz., June 22.—The corpse of B. Muller, who has been missing for several days, was found this morning in the brush near the city. He had com- mitted suicide by shooting himself through the head. : For 10 Years I have had lumbago and sciatic rheuma- tism. At times I could not dress myself orturnover in bed without help. I was all worn out, liver disordered, Tired and Weak, when Ibegan to take Hooa’s Sa After using half a bottle I was much befter, and since taking three bottles I have not been troubled with rheumatism. We con- sider Hood’s Sarsaparilla the best blood and liver medicine on the market.” D, Brooxs, Thetford, Michigan. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purifier prominently in the public eye to-day. Hood’s Pills rsaparilla. with act h&rmoniouslfl. o Hood’s Sarsapari Men’s Low-cut Bieyele Shoes. - $2.00 Men’s High-cut Bieycle Shoes. . $ This Is the season when Russet Oxfords are in demand. as they are easy and cool on the feet and present a very atty appearance. We have a com- plete siock of Tun Oxfords and Southern Ties on hand, and we will sell them at the lowest market rates. We are making a special drive of Ladies' Tan-colored Russet Goat Oxfords, with pointed toes and V-shaped tips, which we will sell for $1.25. These Oxfords are hand-turned and require no bresking in, and we carry them in G, D and widths. A#-Country orders solicited. BaSend for New Illustrated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third Street, San Franelsco. PHILADELPHIA SHOE co. _— - TRY The San Francisco Laundry. 33 Geary Street. Telephone Main 5125. BRUSHES FOR BARBERS, BAK- ers, bootblacks, bath- - houses, billiard - tables, brewers, bookbinders, can nakers, canuers, dyers, ‘flourmiils, foundries, laundries, paper- TS, printers,’ painters, shoe factories, stable e S CH AT AN "R h Manufacturers, 609 SacramentoSte