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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895. River at this city, and that $15,000 was act- ually paid to said ccmpany before any work had been performed or materials fur- nished; and they further agree to pay $15,000 more when said contemplated bridge shall be completed, if com pleted by December 30, 1895. The payment of the $15,000 and the agreement to pay the re- maining $15,000 was without authority of law.” A sensational part of the report is that the claim for the money paid to the rail- yoad company purports to have been sworn to be W. B. Hamilton, County Clerk, when in fact it was not sworn to before him or any other officer. This claim, the report was made out at the request of Eu- Gregory, ex-Mayor of Sacramento. “In justification of their action,” con- tinues the report, ‘‘the Board of Super- visors claim that the railroad company agreed to construct a steel bridge at a cost of $260,000, when in reality no contract to that effect was ever made. The Grand Jury recommends that a demand be made upon the railroad company for the return of the money paid.” It also finds that the Board of Super- visors allowed to R. T. Cohn, County Au- ditor, a large sum for work that could be performed by a competent person in a short time. Tt further claims that the board has paid extra for deputies that should have been paid out of the salary of the County Clerk, Recorder and Assess- or. It requests that the District Attorney be directed to formulate proceedings against the railroad company for the re- turn of the $15,000, and against Eugene Wachorst, Deputy County Clerk, for the amount paid for rearranging the oid rec- ord; also against Assessor Irvine for the amount allowed deputies; and against H. 8. Crocker & Co. for $1000 paid to them by the county for the publication of an adver- t scheme known as the ‘“Bee Souvenir.” The Grand Jury further finds that the County Hospital has been systematically overcharged for supplies, and that it re- ceived short-weight goods without protest. All bills of this kind, it is said, were marked correct and no action was taken to check this obvious abuse. Concluding, the report says that the Board of Supervisors has violated the pro- vision of the statute, and are culpable, and should be vroceeded against for misman- agement and misappropriation of the funds of the county. MOODY GULCH ADVENTURE Two Mountain Lions Invade the Camp of a Los Gatos Party. One Man Kept In a Tree All Night, After Wounding One of the Beasts. LOS GATOS, Car., June 27.—W. H. Ed- wards of this city while camped with a party near Moody Gulch, Tuesday night, bad a narrow escape from a mountain lion. Members of the party were awakened about 11 o’clock by a series of loud roars, and, looking out of their tent, saw two large mountain lions. The beasts were evidently half-starved, and began search- ing around the camp for food. Edwards seized his rifie, while the other members tQok to their heels. He fired at one of the lions at a distance of about thirty feet and struek it in thehead. The enraged animal dashed at him, and he barely had time to Erasp the limb of a tree and swing into the oughs. The two lions remained at the foot of the tree all night, growling sav- agely. They left at daybreak for their lairs, and Edwards came down from the top of the tree. he other members of the party returned sbout 6 o'clock, they having spent the night in a barn half a mile from camp. They traced the lions by the blood of the wounded one for several miles and dis- co\l.;cred their lair, where they foung nine cubs. A party, headed by Mr. Edwards, will leave Los Gatos Baturday for Moody Guleh. Those composing it will be well armed and expect to enjoy rare sport hunt- ing for the lions. SEEN N R SACKAMENTO. 4 Tramp’s Encounter With Lulw Wirt, the Escaped Insane Girl. SACRAMENTO, CaL., June 28.—Despite every effort of the police and Sheriff, Luln Wirt, the demented girl who escaped from the custody of her mother at the railroad depot Tuesday night while en route to Oregon, has not been captured: For two days and nizhts she has been wandering through the brush and tule basins of Yolo County, without food, as far as has been learned, and liable to become the prey of any wandering tramp whom she may en- counter. The only really authentic news that has yet been received of the girl's whereabouts comes from & member of the tramp frater- nilr, who met the girl traveling on the railroad between this city and Davisville. Seeing that she was weak and demented he endeavored to persuade her to accom- pany him to the shzlter of some house where she couid be cared for, but the girl absolutely refused to go, and when he at- tempted to lead her she fairly flew at him and tore away the entire sleeve of his coat. The man then desisted and hurried to this city, where he informed the officials, who have dispatched men to search the locali- ties where she was last seen. Bt il A SHOOTING AT STARBUCK. Two Men Quarvel Over o Piece of Ice and One Will Die. SPOKANE, Wasn.,, June 23.—A fighi took place at Starbuck this morning be- tween James Callaghan and Peter Barber over the -possession of a small amount of ice. Barber drew his revolver and shot Callaghan. The wounded man was re- moved to Walla Walla for surgical aid, but there is little hope that he will live. Barber was arrested. - SEATTLE'S BIG CANAL. Conmtracts for the Waterway to Lake Washington Awarded. SEATTLE, Wasu., June 28.—The con- tract for aredging the waters of the chan- nels, cutting a canal from the harbor to Lake Washington and filling in tide flats south of the city was let this afternoon by the Lake Washington Waterway Company to the Bowers Dredging Company of Pori- land. Under the terms of the contract the work will begin July 1. —_—— Regimental Conference at Seattle. SEATTLE, WasH., June 28.—Governor McGraw has called a convention of Line officers of the First Regiment, W. N. G., to be held on Saturday. The object of the meeting is for consultation, the Governor desiring to learn the feelings of the new officers regaraing appointments to bé made under the new militia law. The mostim- portant positions to be filled are these of colonel and major. The appointment of Captain Boutelle of the Fourteenth ment, U. 8. A. (Vancouver), as an adju- tant-general has also been called in ques- tion, it being alleged he is not a citizen of the State: —_— Umatillas JWill Celebrate. PORTLAND, Or., June 28.—The Uma- tilla Indians will celebrate the Fourth of July, and invite all white people to partici- pate in the festivities, #ur adaitional Pacific Coast news sce Pages § and §, i i ¥ DEATH NOT CERTAIN, Experts Disagree as to Fatal Effects of Elec- trocution. FATE OF DR. BUCHANAN. Some Say He Will Be Killed by the Surgeon’s Knife in the Post Mortem. USE OF THE CARDIOGRAPH. One Little Instrument That Will De- clde How Long the Wife-Mur- derer’s Heart Beats. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 28.—As his sentence now stands, Dr. Robert W. Bu- chanan, convicted of poisoning his second wife for her money, will be executed in Sing Sing prison some day next week in the electric chair. It is said by many ex- perts that he will die on the dissecting table; that the shock will not kill him, but that the surgeons’ knives will while they make what they call the post mortem. Dr. Van Giesen, the pathologist of the charity hospital, will make the examina- tion of Dr. Buchanan’s body after he is taken from the electric chair. Dr. Van Giesen made the same examination of Hampton, the murderer, but it is stated that he has told his students at lectures that he is not certain that electricity, as applied in carrying out the death sentence, kills. Dr. Van Giesen has verbally invited Dr. R. P. Vance of Randall’s Island, Robert Safford Newton of New York, and Dr. Wendell Story of Buffalo to be present at the examination of Buchanan’s body. ‘Whether Drs. Vance and Story are there or not Dr. Newton will be present at the examination as the representative of the Court of General Sessions, where Recorder Goff last fixed the date for Buchanan’s legal taking off. Dr. Newton studied medicine abroad and was on the house staff of the London Hospital when Dr. Ernest Sampson of that hospital invented and applied an instrn- ment called the cardiograph in the early eighties. To understand sufficiently well what the cardiograph is it is only neces- sary to say that a man’s heart is roughly shaped like a pear, and the pointed end communicates the heart’s pulsations to the walls of the chest. The cardiograph is applied over this point or apex of the heart. So delicately accurate is this carafo- ograph that it registers the faintest heart beat. Dr. Newton will apply this cardio- ograph over Dr. Buehanan’s heart the in- stant he is lifted from the electric chair as soon as he is permitted to do so. “We will go to Sing Sing to assist in the examination of Buchanan’s body,” said Dr. Newton yesterday. “It has not been promised that we can apply the cardio- graph, but I consider it as necessary for the purposes of that examination as any other instrument.” “Then what will stand in the way of the application of the cardiograph ?”’ asked the reporter. “1t might show that the heart was beat- ing five or six minutes after Buchanan is taken from the chair,” answered Dr. New- ton, significantly. “What would you do if it did?” “Set to work to revive him,” said the doctor, emphatically. Then he went on: It is well known that at the execution of John Johnson, in Aubprn prison, where he murdered two other convicts, he was not killed by the electricity. He was warm when taken from the chair. Of the sev- eral physicians presentsome said his heart was beating; others thought not..If the cardiograph had been in use there would be no such diversity of opinion presented. It bas never been shown, as it should be, that that death is positive and merciful. In Johnson’s case resuscitation was begun and did so well that it was stopped by per- emptory orders of the Warden.” NLOERMEN ANTDAMIGES Five Suits for Libel Against the Morning Papers of Denver. Officlals Do Not Like the Way in Which They Have Been Criticized. DENVER, Coro., June 28.—This after- noon five suits for damages were filed in the civil division of the District Court against the Denver Republican and Rocky Mountain News. The amount prayed for in the aggregate is $250,000 against each of the morning organs. Thecomplainants in the suits are the well-known members of the Board of Aldermen and Board of Supervisors who comprised the water committee of the City Council. They are Aldermen A. R. Young, Peter Fidel and Daniel Hingley and Supervisors Abraham Buckton and C. S. Phister. EBach complainant asks for the sum of $50,000 and costs of suit from each of the defendant papers involved. For cause of action the complainants recite the various alleged libelous utter- ances of the two papers since the begin- ning of the struggle over the water ques- tion. T RS LARGEST IN FRESH WATER. The Monster Ship Victory Wilt Be Launched To-Day. CHICAGO, IrL., June 28.—The workmen at the South Chicago shipyards are busily engaged to-day krocking the scaffolding from beneath the monster new ship, the Victory. She will be launched to-morrow and will be the largest vessel ever floated on fresh water, measuring 405 feet over all, or 19 feet longer than the North Land, which_is now the biggest craft on the Great Lakes, and 45-foot . » Three weeks later the Zenith City will be launched in the same yards. She will have the same dimensions as the Vietory. It is expeeted that the Victory will be ready to put into commission in August. -— The Royal Baking Powder maintains its vigorous hold on the public, and is active and aggressive against the impure and in- jurious baking powders palmed off on the people. E IR Admits He Is a Humbug. CHICAGO, ILn, June 28.—A special from Cleveland, Ohio, says: “Frank Mel- bourne, the erstwhile Western ‘rain king’ whose services were in such wrgent de- mand in the West two or three years is now in this city. In speaking of hi:g;: erience as a rainmaker Melbourne ad-! Hocking < Rai gxmed the whole thing was a hlm.ibng, ';?fceu in th: Enm“'.! and that he never possessed any more | rus, Ohio, last night. power in'that respect than any oné else. He says the American people like to be humbugged, and the greater the fake the easier it is to work. Melbourne made a fortune in the business and spent it like a prince.”” — FOUGHAT WITH CLUBS. Duel Between Two Ferocious Men in the Woods. SHAMOKIN, “Pa., June 28.—Anthony Paocli and John Turnick fought a duel in the woods yesterday afternoon, using clubs for weapons, Paoli is.dying from the effects of his wounds, and Turnick, though badly hurt, managed to crawl into the underbrush and has not yet been found by the police. The principals were powerfully built young men, and they were rivals for the hand of a fair maiden. The two men went to the woods stripped to the waist and with huge clubs went at each other. Paoli was struck on the shoulder, breakingthe bone. Paoli then struck Paoli opponent in the stomach, After an interchange of blows Turnick struck him three times on_the head, knocking him insensible. He regained consciousness soon afterward, but could not raise his head, which was terribly battered. When Paoli was found his opponent had disappeared. A trail of blood led to the ungerbrush, after which all trace of him was lost. e MURDERED BY THE MAFIA. Sensational Story Connected With Julius Ruffino’s Death. KNOXVILLE, Texw., June 28.—Julius Rauffino, who was found dead in a Pullman car near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, was well known in Knoxville and spent several days here last week. He had a number of warm friends among marble producers, of whom he hought largely, and to-night one of them who knew Ruffino intimately, advanced the theory that he was murdered by a2 member of the Mafia. Ruftino claimed to have enemies in this country. DUE T0 MISMANAGEMENT. Peculiar Failure of the Big Mis~ souri and Burlington Pack- ing Company. Serious Charges of Irregularities on the Part of the Prinocipal Stockholders. DENVER, Coro., June 28.—George W. Ballantine was appointed receiver of the Burlington and Missouri Packing Com- pany late this afterncon by Judge Butler in the District Court. His bond was fixed at $25,000. The suit was filed by H. F. Mayers, R.C. Fisher and Bonne I. Look, stockholders of the company, and A. J. Campion, H. H. Mills and Barnabas Huber are the defendants. The company was organized in November, 1892, with a capital stock of $225,000. Of this amount it is alleged that the defendants owe §138,- 000 on notes. Mills, it is claimed, owes $42,000, Cam- pion $41,000 and Huber the remainder. All of this with the exception of $20,000 by Huber, it is stated, is still unpzid. The complaint charges that the insolvent con- dition of the company is due to the mis- conduct and mismanagement of the de- fendayts, Mills and Campion. Tt i& alleged that Mills has converted $18.000 to his own ‘use and that he is now insolvent, living in California. Campion is alleged to have used $4000 and Huber owes the company $30,000. The assets are stated to be §93,000 and the liabilities 98,000 — FOR POLITICAL REFORM. Beginning of an Important Meeting at Prohibition Park. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.—Thera were over 100 delegates present this morn- ing at the opening session of the political reform conferente at Prohibition Park, Staten Island. The session will continue for four days, and during that time an almost exhaustive list of political and social reforms will be considered, including about every radical idea that has been placed before the public during the last half century. -Here are a few of them: The regulation of the sale of intoxicating liquors, the readjustment of the tariff, the abolition of monopolies, Government ownership of railroads, tele- graph and telephone lines; more rigfd civK service reform, woman suffrage, tax reform, the election of Senators by direct vote of the people and, to use the words of the announcement, ‘‘other questions,” Members of all parties were invited to send delegates and the call was numer- ously signed by editors of Hrolnbltxon. Yabor and socialist papers and officers of similar societies. S S In National Convention. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 23.—For the fourth time since the organization of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Meth- odist Protestant Church its members met to-day in National convention. The Meth- odist Protestant church should not be con- founded with the Methodist Episcopal church. The young people of the latter form the Epworth League, which is now in session at Chattanooga, Tenn. About 500 delegates were present this morning when the gathering was called to order by Presi- dent Paul M. Strayer of Baltimore. —_———— Capture of a “Crooy. s» RED CLOUD, NEspr., June 28.—Frank Rutledge, a well-known “crook” who has operated in Eastern States and Canada, was arrested last night at the instance of the Greeley (Colo.) authorities, who charge him with theft. "Rutledge was connected with a big robbery at Clarksburg, Ont., last August, and is supposed to have had a hand in recent crool‘z)ed work at Toledo, Ohio. Canadian authorities have wired the Sheriff to hold him, but the claim of Colorado will probably be first honored. P o Fire in a Box Factory. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 28.—The Kansas City Paper Box Manufacturing Company, Third and Wyandotte streets, a three-story building, was discovered on fire to-night. The Fire Department suc- ceeded in getting the fire.under control be- fore serious damagle wus done. The loss was about $25,000, fully insured., g ians ol ibia The true test of a baking powder is well known to every housekeeper. It is to try it in making bread, cake, etc. The a; plica- tion of this practical test will show tgnt the Royal makes the best, the most and the most wholesone fo — Bishop of South Dakota. ST. PAUL, Mrxw., June 28.—Father Christy, the well-known priest of Minneap- olis, has been appointed Bishop of South Dakota to succeed Bishap Marty, who was transferred to 8t. Cloud, Minn.” The tion was offered to Dr. O’Gorman of Wash- ton, D, C., but refused by him, S TR Vacation for Employes. i WALTHAM, Mass,, June 28.—The American Watch Company closed its works to-day for three weeks, in-accord- ance with its usual custom of giving its employes an annual vacation. Last year the works were-closed for four wecks, bat owing to the inereased demand for the company’s output it was necessary ta eur- tail the vacation this summer. bk b In a Receiver’s Hands. COLUMBUS, Onio, June 28.—It is re- ported here that the Columbus, Sandusky mpany nds 6f a récefver nt’Bu‘:;" NO POVERTY THERE An Era of Prosperity in the State of Nebraska. A BRILLIANT BANQUET. Business Men Unite in Paying Homage to Governor Holcomb. THEY OPPOSED HIS CANDIDACY. Good Times, However, Settle Many Little Disputes in Political Questions. OMAHA, NEBR., June 28.—The Omaha Commercial Club gave at its rooms to- night one of the most brilliant banquets in the history of Omaha. The object of the banquet was two-fold. It was first designed to celebrate the wonderful pros- verity which is dawning upon this State as a consequence of the bountiful crops .which are assured to the State this year, and which will be far the greatest in the history of Nebraska. On account of the widespread tales of destitution in Nebraska which bave Leen sent all over the land it seems fitting that a public event should be the medium tonotify the country of the contrast between this and last year, for there is not now even one county of the State in which the brightest prospects for plenty do not ob- tain, the drought section of last year he- ing especially favored. The second object of the banquet was to express the sentiments of the business men of Omaha in admiration of the ad- ministrative course and acts of Governor Silas A. Holcomb. This is of peculiar significance on account of the fact that lust year the candidacy of J. G. Holcomb was opposed by the leading business men of Omaha for the reason that- it was feared that his- election as a Popu- list would be detrimental to the interests of the State. in the East. ‘This banquet was to show the Governor that his public acts had been such as to receive the warm commenda- tion of the business men of this city, and that the credit of the State had not in any way suffered through his course. Such an evidence is without parallel in the State’s history, and is all the more remarkable on account of the Governor’s politics. Governor Holcomb arrived from Lincoln at 4:15 p. M. and held a public reception at the Paxton Hotel, where many citizens of all parties called on him. The banquet began at 8 o’clock in the clubrooms, which were gayly decorated for the occasion. Hon. E. M. Barrylett was the toastmaster. C. F. ‘Weller, president of the club, delivered an address of welcome, to which Governor Holcomb responded, delivering an elo- quent tribute to Nebraskaand its resources and thanking the club for its testimonial. .| He expressed great pleasure and pride in the welcome and hoped to always merit the applause of this club. “Nebraska to-day is most prosperous,” said the Governor; “the climatic condi- tions are fixed, and are as eertain as the movements of the planets. The eastern half of the State is shown by statistics to have a greater average rainfall than sev- eral other States of the Missouri Valley, which are proverbially prosperous. The western half is dependent to some extent on irrigation, and already over 1,000,- 000 acres are under irrigation, which, with the grazing counties, makes the western portion very productive.” The Governor made a hit by advocating the ceding to the State by the Government of Government land, as isdone in other West- ern States, and irrigating it and using it as forestries. In concluding the Governor =aid he believed that Nebraska is capable of supporting and will be supporting in twenty years more than 1,000,000 people. Great applause followed the speech. E. A. Bzrnes, president of the State Board of Agriculture, responded to “Agri- culture, the Crowning Glory of Nebraska.” Dr. George McLean, the new Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, spoke of “Edu- cation in Nebraska”; G. N. Lamberston, ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, on ‘“‘Nebraska, Ever Be Prospefous.” The last response was by the brilliant orator, Hon. Henry D. Estabrook of Lincoln on **What Are We Here For?’ COTTLE MUST TESTIFY. It ¥s Evident That He Paid a Large Sum to the Kidnapers. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 28.—There are no new developments in the Cottle kid- naping case. Edmund P. Cottle yesterday told the police all the incidents of his in- terviews with John C. Emery at Fort Erie, but he has told enough to satisfy them that a large sum of money was paid to Emery and that he was hold- ing out for more. This was further cor- roborated to-day by the fact that on Tues- day morning Edmund Cottle tried to ne- gotiate a mnote at the Farmers and Me- chanics’ bank for a large amount and waus refused. The bank officials will not disclose the face value of the note, but it is said to have been $5000. It is supposed Mr. Cottle suc- ceeded in cashing the note atsome other bank and Emery got the entire sum. The strange actions and reticence of Cottle is another phase of the case which puzzles the authorities, The police stated that'Mr. Cottle had agreed positively to eonfer with Distriect Attorney Kenetick at his office this after- noon and go before the Grand Jury for the purpose of giving information to secure an indictment against Emery and Allen. In spite of his promise Cottle failed to appear, sending ‘word that_he was too ill. The officials say now if Mr. Coitle does not a r to-morrow he will be taken before the Grand Jury by force if he is physically able to be out. —————— The Royal Baking Powder isso much superior to all the other preparations for quick raising that it will amply repay housekeepers to use the necessary persist- ency to procureit in spite of all objections. e o Noted Counterfeciters Taken. RED OAK, Iowa, June 23.—Special United States officers made a rich baul yesterday when they arrested William Harfisdon and Harry Gatewood, alias Mc- Donald, for counterfeiting. They are prin- cipals in the McCarty gang that has been operating in Omaha mf ngmrn sections for ye-‘;s. They had 100 silver dollars and "had been here. One of th mron made a full confession. S Fatal Fight With Mooushiners. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Jun® 28.—There was a fatal encounter four miles from the city of Bpartanburg this morning between State Liquor Coustables Pettigtew and Toland and two moons| i o W iy hiners named e trouble arese over the seizure of 100 gallons of liquor belonging to the moonshiners. Both the moonshiners were killed outright; so was Pettigrew. Toland was shot ti:ough the lungs and mortally wounded. e CARL BRO He Feels Very Bitter Toward His Wije’s Father. PITTSBURG,PA.,June 28.—Carl Browne and his bride. Mamie Coxey, the Goddess of Peace of the Commonweal Army, ar- rived in Pittsburg to-day on their honey- moon trip. Browne has no money, but lives in good style. A carriage met them at the Fort Wayne station and conveyed them to a good hotel. Brown complains of the treatment given him by his fatber- in-law, General Coxey. 5 ‘When the latter heard of the marriage he drove them from the house. Browne “struck” an acquaintance for 25 cents and went to Canton. There he delivered a lec- ture and earned enough money to pay their way to another town. This programme was followed at every place they went, and finally they reached Pittsburg. Here Browne expects to get a “lift” from the People’s party. He proposes to go to ‘Washington, where the Commonwealers will hold a rennion July 4. Browne is not materially changed. He is clothed in his buckskin trappings and wears the broad, fmy sombrero with whizh the public is amiliar.. He glories in his bride and de- nounces her father, who tried to prevent the marriage. e, Supreme Council of Travelers. COLUMBUS, Onio, June 28.—The Su- preme Council of the United Commercial Travelers met in eighth annual session here to-dav. The Supreme Council is the court of highest resort to seventy-seven councils of the order, from Maine to Texas. Some important business will come be- fore the council in regard to proposed amendments to the constitution. iy “Bad” Tom Smith Hanged. LEXINGTON, Ky., June 28.—“Bad” Tora 8mith was hanged in a jailyard at Jackson, Ky., at 1 ». M. to-day in the pres- sence of 5000 people. This morning Smith made a full confession of the murder of Dr. Rader. Smith walked to the gallows with a firm step and, in sporting parlance, died game. E’S TOUR. et Suicide of @ Schoolgirl. CHICAGO, Iry., June 28—Minnie Lynch, aged 19 years, living at Halstead and Forty-sixth streets, committed suicide this morning by taking carbolic acid. She was a pupil in the Lake High School and ex- pected to graduate this week, but failed to pass the recent examination. This was the reason of her act. PLANS FOR A GREAT FEST. Sharpshooters of the Nation Will Contest for Honors at New York. San Franciscans Among the Noted Marksmen Who Are to Com=~ pete for Prizes. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 28. —The Schuetzen fest has assumed a National complexion. Two-thirds of the marksmen at least will be Americans, and San Fran- cisco alone has two rifle clubs on hand as competitors for the glory and things more substantial than will accrue to the victo- rious sharpshooters. That competition will be fierce, though friendly, goes with- out saying. German sharpshooters will be there who have already gathered lau- rels in Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and other European cities, where the Schuetzenbund is an institution, and American riflemen from Kentucky and California, from Maine and Pennsylvania will try and show the thousands assembled that native marks- men are also true and steady. The Scheutzen fest will be held in Glen- dale Park, eginning to-morrow and end- ingJuly 8. Glendale Park bas been chosen because of its capacity to contain the immense numbers that will undoubtedly attend the fest. Although the Schuetzen fest virtually opens to-morrow, it will practically not begin until Sunday, when 20, Germans will assemble on St. Mark’s glnce, and, marching over Broad- way and other thoroughfares, leaye for Glendale Park. Forty bands will furnish the music, and, in short, nothing will be left undone to make this the biggest dis- play of the dying century. ‘The list of prizes Wouli fill columns, but a few of the principal may be mentioned. They are: Silver-plate service, worth $1200, contributed by George Ehret; another silver service, valued at $1000, by Jacob Rupert; a $750 piano by William Stein- way ; & $500 piano bv William Sohmer; a monogram made of $50 in zold by the New York_Schuetzen Club; $500 cash by the New York Schutzen corpe. There are upward of 700 cash prizes -altogether, ranging from $1 to $500. This is the programme briefly outlined: Satus- day, June 29, welcome to out-of-town guests; Sunday, general prize shooting, fireworks; Monday, mammoth parade; Tuesday,Volkesfest societies’ day ; \r'ed nes- da{, veteran’s day; Thursday (Fourth of July), salutes, fireworks; Friday, bowling convention of the bowling kings; Satur- day, turners’ day; Monday, July 8, dis- tribution of pri; A e STEALING PUBLIC TIMBER. Swits to Compel Big Minnesota Firms to Pay Up. ST. PAUL, M1nx., June 28.—The United States of America, in an action brought to-day in the Circuit Court at St, Paul by its Special Consul John L. Striker, alleges that a number of the most prominent lumber men in Minnesota have, without any warrant whatever, been devastating the mnorthern part of the State, de- nuding the territory of its timber, and that they must pay the full market value of the lumber to the extent of the round sum of $467,474 34 and interest. The defendants in this important and sensa- tional suit are the Pine River Log- ging and Improvement Company, Joel B. "Bassett and William M. Bassett, copartners as J. B. Bassett & Co; John S. Spillsbury and Charles A. Smith, co- partners, The technical name oi the offense alleged in the action is conversion. Defendants are charged with unlaw- fully entering on the territory within the Mississippi and Winnebago res- ervation and systematically cutting the timber and converting it to their own uses. The timber has been worked into lumber, and the market value of lumberis represented in the amount of damages demanded. W. L. Bassett of J. B. Bas- sett & Co. said this afternoon that the new suit is the revival of the controversy of several years ago. S - — Worlks of the British Mint. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 28.—The an- nual report of the Deputy Master of the British Mint, which has just been received in this city, shows that the total mintage for the past year was £6,654,441. a decrease of over £4,000,000 in comparison with the preceding year. During the year £663,068 was expended in the purchase of silver, the coining value of the same being £965,- 447, thus netting the Government a profit of 45,6 per cent. Gail Hamilton Gaes Home. ‘WASHINGTON, 'D. C., June 58.—Miss Mary A. Dodge (Gail Hamilton) left Wasi- ington this afternoon for her home in Salem, Mass. She was taken to the station in an ambulance and made very com- fortablein a s%onl car attached to the regular train. Johnston found his patient, 50 much better that it was un- necessary for him to make’ the journey witn her. [FAVORS HIS OWN SON General Duffield’s Fine Work in the Coast Survey. EXPERIENCED MEN OUT. Determined Efforts to Secure the Restoration of Davidson. DENNIS' FATE IS SIMILAR. Peculiar Favoritism Shown by the Head of This Government System. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 28.—The reorganization of the Coast and Geodetic Survey has caused much gossipand several of the changes are severely criticized. Generally, it is asserted, old and expe- rienced men have been reduced and re- moved to make room for young men of limited scientificattainments. It isopenly stated that his age was the cause of re- moval of Professor George Davidson, the distinguished head of the geodetic service on the Pacific Coast. A determined effort will be made to secure his restoration to office. The news that he had been dropped from the roll created a commotion among Federal officials, shippers, steamboat men, gcientists, and in many other circles wherever Professor Davidson has friends or acquaintances. Senators Perkins, White and Allison have telegraphed protests against his re- moval. He was appointed United States delegate to the meeting of the Interna- tional Goedetic Association, held in Paris in 1889. The French Oabinet unanimously elected him a member of the Bureau of Longitude of France. The promotion of W. W. Duffield, son of the superintendent, from $2000 to $3000 is also criticized. It is said that he has just arrived at his post, although appointed and drawing his salary since May 1. He suc- ceeded W. H. Dennis, who had faithfully served in the coast survey for forty years, having entered as a lad, and worked his way up both in field and department work until he had attained a high aegree of skill and efficiency, being often promoted until during the present administration his salary was increased to $3000. Last July, however, it was reduced to $2000. The first of May he was infermed that his services were no longer required, and W. ‘W. Duffield was appointed to the vacancy. Mr. Duffield is now promoted to $3000, and his rapid advancement has caused talk. The Navy Department will order ships now stationed on the California coast to be placed at the disposal of the San Fran- cisco citizens’ committee for the Fourth of July. The Philadelphia will remain at Mare Island until after July 4. and per- haps longer. Admiral Beardslee will re- main with her unless he is ordered to ‘Washington to report on Hawaiian affairs. The Olvmpia will also take part in San Francisco’s Fourth of July celebration. A board of survey for the Philadelphia’s repairs will be ordered. Repairs on the Hartford are expected to be completed in one month and she will be as good as new. Navy Department people say the present dock at Mare Island is not adequate. It cannot accommodate the largest ships, so it is no use to try and repair it. A postoffice was established to-day at Alexandria, Elko County, Nev., special from Halleck, with Charles D. Alexander as Postmaster. Edward G. Homes was commissioned Postmaster at Idria, Cal. Pensions have been granted as foliows: California: Original—John M. Irwin, John Adams. Increase—George W. Parker, San Diego; Charles Kuntz, Pomona; Burns Tyrerrer, Fort Bidwell. Reissue—Frank Paschal, Santa Rosa. Oregon: Reissue—Garrett Crockett, Mer- in. % ‘Washington: Additional — Charles T. Dally. Orcas Island. Reissne—Richard Armstrong, Thornton. Original, widow— Mary C. Mason, Ellensburg. CON RIORDAN’S DEATH. An Illustration of the Fatal Biow Made in Court. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 28.—In the trial of Bob Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, for the killing of Con Riordan, to-day, Seguer- ney Lapham of the Syracuse Courier was the first witness. Lapbam, in describing the set-to, said that Riordan led the fight- ing, driving Fitzsimmons back. Then there was a reversal and Riordan was driven into the centerof the stage, where Fitzsimmons landed on his neck and side of the jaw, the edge of Fitz- simmons’ fist coming to the point of the chin. Immediately Riordan threw his head back, staggered, recovered for a second, then sank to the floor in a sitting position, only to fall over, with his head on the floor. Then he was helped into the side wings, nobody deeming it necessarv to pay any attention to him, and the show went on. At the afternoon session Edgar N. Wil- son, a well-known attorney and politician of Syracuse, was called as a witness. He said "that Riordan was struck on the right side of his face and never raised his guard again after the blow. He would call it an old-fashioned side blow, and it was a light one. The gloves used by Fitzsimmons were produced and Wilson' illustrated the blow. % After Con Riordan’s funeral last Novem- ber his body was piaced ina receiving- vault and his brother in San Francisco notified. The brother never sent any word as to what was to be done with the body. To-day Fitzsimmons purchased a lot in Oakwood Cemetery and gave orders for the body to be properly cared for and buried at his expense. —_— ERNEST WOOD'S MISSION, He Expects to Seon Reorganise the Chinese Army. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 28.—Ernest C. ‘Wood, who spent two years at West Point, has just returned from Washington, and ex‘)‘)ecls 10 go to Chima and assist, with other officers, in reorganizing the Chinese army on the basis of Western armies. Mr. Wood said several German officers and a number of West Point men would be brought to China for the purpose, I went over to see the Chinese Embas- sa.dor.. said he, “and I have now every ex- pectation of go n§ to China, although the :‘I‘x?chlogs of o*rien al déplomncy are such _received no positive assurances “;c" Embassador, But 1 fully exwg Mr. Wood, who is six feet tall, hand. some and mili i ' 3 fome x1c dl; ottary in bearing, comes from .Lord Tdewt, nt of Irveland. LONDON, Exe., June 28.—The Pall Mall Gazette asserts that Earl Cadogan has b 3 4 ]::§| :‘;t inted Lord Lieutenant of Ire- 4 seat in the Cabinet. g AMeCarthyites Save the Seat. LONDON, Ext., June 28,—The parlia~ mentary election to ‘fill the seat for Cork City, made vacant by the retirement of William O’Brien, was held yesterday and resulted in the return of James F. O'Brien by a vote of 4309 to 4132 for V. Roche, the Parnellite candidate. The McCarthyiteg thus save the seat. e DISASTER AT TACKS BEACH, Three Men and a Boy Go Down With ¢ Fishing Boat. HALIFAX, N. 8, June 28.—Advices from Newfoundland to-night give briet particulars of a disaster at Tacks Beach. A boat while on the way to fishing grounds was seen to go down a short distance from land. The names of the missing are: Wiltiam Bolt, master of vessel, aged 60; William Bolt, his ed 30; William: Bolt, a cousin, aged Kirby, aged 16. The boat was afterward discovered with the bodies of the captain and son entangled inthe rigging. Rumor Murders a Duke, PARI1S, FraNCE, June 28.—An uncons firmed rumor was in circulation here this evening that the Duke d’Aumale, Prince Henry of Orleans, had been murdered, He returned to Chantilly to-day from Lone don, whither he went to attend the mar- riage of Princess Helene of Orleans to the Duke of Aosta. Turkey’s Armenian Inspector. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurxEY, June 28, Chaki Pasha, first aid-de-camp to the Sultan, has been appointed Imperial Com. missioner in connection with the reforms in Armenia. His official title is Imperial Inspector. el A o Wrecked Off Cape Horn. MONTEVIDEO, Urveuay, June 28.—The American ship Arabia, from New York May 14 for San Francisco, was totally wrecked off Cape Horn some days agos The crew was landed at this port to-day. Tl RN The Manitoba Legislature. WINNIPEG, MasitoBs, June 28, —The Manitoba Legislature adjourned to-day without taking action on the school ques« tion. ALL THE PLACES FILLED, Additional Appointments to the Cabinet of Great Britain. Lord Salisbury Will Soon Issue the Manifesto of the New Government. LONDON, Exa., June 28.—The following Ministerial appointments in addition to those already made are officially an. nounced: Lord Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor; Viscount Cross, Lord of the Privy Seal; Sir Henry James, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Sir Matthew W. Ridley, Home Secretary; the Marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War; Lord George Francis Hamilton, Secretary of State for Indis; the Right Hon. Charles T. Richie, President of the Board of Trade; the Earl of Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Lord Asiburne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Lord Balfour, Secretary for Scotland. The other Cabinet appointments previ- ously announced officially are: Lord Salise bury, Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Duke of Devon- shire, Lord President of Council; Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury; Right Hon. Joseph Chamber- lain, Secretary of State for the Colonies; Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancelor of the Exchequer; and Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty. All of the foregoing will be mernbers of* the Cabinet. Robert William Haunbury, M.P., has been appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and George Nathaniel Curzon Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The Pall Mall Gazette says that Lord Salisbury will issue the manifesto of the new Government on July 3. Lord Rosebery went to Windsor thig afternoon. He was granted an audience by the Queen and later took luncheon at the castle. Her Majesty approved the out- going Ministry’s list of royal honors sub- mitted by the outgoing Premier. —_—— Russia Will Protest. COLOGNE, Ex6., June28.—The Gazette’s correspondent at St. Petersburg says that if the Chinese loan raised in Paris and guaranteed by Russia is not accepted in the entirety of its terms by China, Russia will send a note to Peking protesting against the intrigues of Germany and Eng- land against Russian interests in China. w When Run Down There is nothing] like Hood’s Sarsaparilla for building up because it thoroughly purifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood. “I had bilious fever 7 weeks and was slow in gaining strength, barely able to walk, had night sweats, stomach trouble, etc. My wife insisted on my taking Hood's Barsaparilla, and thre¢ botiles built me up and made me periéctly well. She began to take it for catarrh and to our great -nrgni’se it _cured her of swelled neck, or goitre. We cannot speak too highiy of Hood's Sarsaparilla asa blood purifier.” Jamzs P, Spaxey, Tuscols, Ill Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purifier promis nently in the public eye to-day. 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