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L J < jury THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. people demands something higher than that. Mr. Horr should bave thought of how the Government fixes the price on gold. We ask the same thing for silver, that’s all.”” Mr. Harvey then entered into an argu- ment on what he regarded as scientific bimetallism, advocating the option of the debtor to pay in either metal, the most important and essential in the success of bimetallism, preventing corners in either metal, always increasing the demand for the cheaper metal, and thereby restoring it to parity if there should be a break. To give the option to the creditor would cause the dearer metal to be used and a parity would be permanently broken, the gap growing wider all the time. With silver discarded we must go to the men who own the gold to get it and submit to their terms. A corner on gold could not, as it does now, threaten the credit of this Nation if silver was in competition with gold as primary money. If we used the $300,000,000 silver now in the treasury there would be no borrowing of gold. “My friend Harvey insists,” said Horr, “in conducting this debate without per- mitting me to refer to anything he has said in the previous part of the debate un- less it comes in order according to his idea in his book. It is easy to see why he does that. He has a portfolio filled with writ- ten essays worked out by himself or some- body—I don’t know who—which he pro- poses to read in his order. I came to Chicago without a syllable having been written, supposing this was going to be a sort of stand-up fight. Every word I read is called out by the statements that he makes here in the discussion. 1t may be annoying to him, but I am running this business to please myself.” “That is right,” shouted Harvey. “Iam not laboring very hard to please you,” resumed Horr. *Now, Brother Harvey yesterday called attention to the great increase of farm tenancy in the United States since 1860, making that one of the points of his book to prove that the country is going to the dogs. Itisfrom his point of view, but not from mine. He calls this an increase of evil and I call it good. Mr. Harvey sees in tenancy, as it is in the United States, the rising of man by the hundreds of thousands from a low to a high condition. He calls that a national calamity. Isit? I donotregarditso. If you would show the people that thisin- crease in tenancy had been the expense of farm-owners you would have madea point, but that is not the truth. Undoubtedly in Massachusetts they have left their lands in the hands of tenants, but they have gone to the West. They make up the best people in the western country. Persons who have graduated from the farms of New England have helped to build up this great country of ours in the West. They are the sinews of this nation.” “By the rules of this debate,”” said Harvey, *“Mr. Horr had no right to go to that tenant subject now. Its logical place in the debate is elsewhere. The statement he had just made, I promise to show at the proper time, will appear plainly unfair and inconsistent with the facts. Primary money is the measure of values. Gold (our present primary) is now the measure of values. Mr. Horr and I agree as to that. Silver and eold working in the ground virtually as one metal were form- erly the measure of values.” ou purpesely misled the people of this country,” retorted Horr, “as to the amount of taxes levied and paid on the banking institutions of this city in order to smirch bankers and business men of the city where you live. In ‘Coin Up to Date’ you endeavor to make the people believe that the bankers and banks were swindling the people and are using their money for taxation.” The debate was adjourned to Thursday, at1r. M. THREE MEN WERE KILLED An Expiosion of Dynamite in a Big Drainage Canal. Unfortunates Blown High in the Air, While Others Fled for Their Lives. CHICAGO, ILvL., July 23.—Dynamite in- stantly killed three men and seriously in- jured a fourth, on the drainage canalat2 o’clock this afternoon. The accident took place near Willows Springs, and was caused by a premature explosion during the process of tamping. The dead are: William Kelly, 32 years old, lived in Marquette, Mich.; Thomas Somker, 45 yearsold, lived on Wood street, Chicago; Joseph Smith, 35 years old, resi- dence unknown. Injured: Matthew Healy, 30 years old, severe scalp wounds, will recover. The men were employed as laborers on section 2, for McArthur Bros., contrac- tors. Nearly 100 men were working a short distance away, and it is remarkable that more deaths did not result. At the time of the explosion the men were pounding dynamite sticks intoa hole. Suddenly there was a deafening explosion, the rock beneath them shot up and the three men were hurled high into the air and fell over twenty yards from the point of the explosion, mangled almost beyond recognition. The gangs of men became panic-stricken and ran for their lives. Healy was hit by a huge piece of rock and rendered unconscious. The cause of the explosion is a mystery to the men employed about the canal, nothing of a similar nature having oc- curred there before. Hon. B. P. Cheney Dead. BOSTON, Mass.,, July 23.—Hon. B. P. Cheney, president of the American Ex- press Company, died to-day at his hume in Wellesley of intermittent fever, aged 80. Mr. Cheney was born in Hillsboro, N. H., August 12, 1835, He received his educa- tion in the common school, but at a very early age was forced to give up educa- tional advantages on account of embarrass- ments of his father. He was one of the most wealthy men of Boston. The growth of Cheney’s fortune has been but the natural growth of the business of the com- pany. Found Guilty of Murder. PIERRE, 8. D., July 23.—E. 8. Davis of Wellington, I1l., has boen declared by a to be guilty of the murder of Nels Carlson, and the penalty was fixed at im- prisonment for life. Apollinais “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” Received the HIGHEST AWARD at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the ANTWERP EXHIBITION, THEY DUG ALL DAY, Laborers Delve in the Cellar of Holmes’ House. EVIDENCE NOT FOUND. Various Wild Rumors as the Investigation Slowly Progressed. ONE MORE CRIME ALLEGED. The Suspected Murderer of the Pitzel Children Said to Have Killed Miss Conner. CHICAGO, Irvr., July 23.—Four sturdy laborers dug all day in the cellar of the house formerly occupied by H. H. Holmes at Sixty-third and Wallace streets and found little encouragement for their toil. The net results of the day’s labor were a woman’s petticoat of a small polka-dot pattern, the cover of an iron teapot and a small piece of iron, which at first was supposed to be a portion of a human skull, but which the reporters present would not build a story on. Once the delvers came upon a board covering to a gaspipe. This was at once | announced as a coffin containing the body of Anna Williams. The detectives in charge of the case did not deem the search of sufficient importance to be upon the ground sooner than 4 o’clock. The building is now closed to everybody, including reporters, the merchants occu- pying it being very indignant about the sensational stories which have been sent out, few of which had any foundation in fact. Not a clew has yet been discovered which is conclusive. The petticoat found to-day had some discoloration on it which may or may not be biood, but which looks remarkably like those which might have been made by a piece of rusty iron. The petticoat was found in a barrel half hid- den in dirt in a corner of the cellar—just such a barrel with just such contents as may be found in almost any cellar. ‘Within a few days the big brick block at Sixty-third and Wallace streets where Holmes carried on hisalleged crimes will probably be razed to the ground. When the work of demolition is accomplished it is believed that the fate of Minnie Wil- liams, her sister Ina, Mrs. Julia L. Conner and Gertrude Conner will be known by the revelations now hidden by the mysterious pile. The detectives who have been searching the building have found themselves baffled by its peculiar construction. Careful measurements indicated spaces unac- counted for by the size of the rooms. The jonly way to find any tangible evidence of crime was to tear down the building to the ground floor. The Building Commis- sioner visited the place to-day and found it unsafe. The owners will be asked to remove it. ONE FRESH CRIME CHARGED. Holmes Said to Have Caused the Death of Mrs. Conner. CHICAGO, ILL., July 23.—That Mrs. I. L. Conneris dead is certain. That Holmes either killed her or is directly responsible for her death is equally sure. Holmes yesterday admitted that the woman was no more, but, as usual, tried to shift the blame on some one else. Almost equally sure is 1t that Mrs. Conner’s daughter Ger- trude is not in the land of the living. Holmes says that he does not know what has become of her, and that in itself is practically an admission that she has been made away with. The fact that Holmes admits Mrs. Con- ner’s death is known to the authorities in Philadelphia. He made the admission to a man yesterday afternoon,a man who, with District Attorney Graham, was closeted in the Moyamensing Penitentiary. This is his statement: *“Mrs, Conner got into trouble, and a Chicago doctor per- formed an operation. The job was such a bungling one that the woman died.” This is the first light shed on the case since Mrs. Conner disappeared from pub- lic view in 1893. When her husband learned of her entanglement with Holmes, he secured a divorce, but although parted from the woman he assisted her parents in Davenport, Towa, in endeavoring to secure some trace of her. That they were heart- broken over her disappearance was shown yesterday when in searching the house in Sixty-third street a letter from them to Holmes was found. It was evidently in answer to a letter from Holmes to them— that being presumably a scheme on his part to throw them off the track—asking where she had gone. The letter closed as follows: “The letter we received surprised us very much, as we supposed our daugh- ter Julie in your company. We are very anxious to know her whereabouts and her daughter also and by answering this letter and telling us where she is you will greatly relieve her old gray-haired father and mother.” Holmes was closely questioned on the subject of Mrs. Conner’s death- by his counsel, Mr. Shoemaker, and answered his interrogations in a way which showed he thoroughly understood who was re- ferred to. The detective who was present at the interview, however, thinks Holmes confuses Mrs. Conner with a girl of the same name, but only 18 years of age, who died about the time he mentions under similar circumstances. FROM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Kind Callahan the Last One to Dyop Into East River. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—Kind Cal- lahan, a bartender, dropped from Brook- Iyn bridge into East River this morning. He was picked up by two men in a rowboat and taken to a Hudson-street hospital, where he lies in a dangerous condition. A man named McGorry was arrested by the police as an accomplice of Callahan’s. Not a policeman was near to stop Cal- lahan when he alighted from a carriage and dropped into theriver. The conductor on the bridge trains witnessed the leap, however, and notified the police, who cap- tured the rowboat. When arrested Callahan said that it was a bigger jumg than he thought. His back was hurt. The hospital physician decided that the man was suffering from severe in- ternal injuries. McGorry, who was arrested as an ac- complice, said that several days ago a wager was made by which Callahan was to win $1000 if he successfully jumped from the bridge. McGorry was discharged by Magistrate Braun. T A Had a Narrow Escape. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—Mrs, Jabez Gilbert who, with her husband and Mrs. Walsh and her infant child, had such a narrow escape from death by lifiht- ning in Newark on Sunday night, is ina serious condition at her home at 206 Sey- enth street, Harrison, to-day, but the at- tending physicians say they think she will come around all right. ~She is badly burned about the body and limbs and 18 suffering terrible pain from' the shock. Mrs Walsh whose foot is badly burned and who isaiso suffering from the shock, was able to be removed to her home in this city. That any of the four persons is liv- ing to tell the tale is almost marvelous. —_———— HAD A CURIOUS ADVENTURE. Funny Things Ocourred Aboard the Good Ship Sintram. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—The ship Sintram of Freeport, Me., Captain Wood- side, 135 days from Hongkong, had a curious adventure onl June 23, when 108 days out. On that day, about 11 A, ., she was jogging along slowly in latitude 8 deg. mnorth and longitude 42 deg. west, with all sails set, and had just entered the outer edge of the northeast trade winds. Suddenly from astern, as_if from a clear sky, came a great puff of wind that sounded like a cannon shot. It swegt away the mizzen-to pmast and all attached and the fore and main topgallant masts at the caps as if they had beer made of cardboard. The wreck of the mizzen topmast in falling landed on the crossjack braces, broke the braces and left the yards standing free. “Strange to say,”’ said Captain ‘Wood- side, “everything fell inboard, and still stranger to relate, not a breath of air was felt on the ship’s deck. The wreckage fell upon the deckhouse and pinned in the first and second mates until the debris was cleared away. Fortunately none of the men were hurt.” When the ship had been dismantled the squall disappeared as quickly as it came and all was calm again. ANNIE OF MANY ALIASES Arrest of the Most Notorious Shoplifter in the Union. After Operating In Nearly Every Sectlon of the Country She Became Insane. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—Annie Davis, alias Emma Lewis, alias Annie Meyers, alias “Sheeny Annie,” who is known to the police of New York and half the principal cities of the United States as the “Princess of Shoplifters,” was picked up at the corner of Grand and Clinton streets last night by Policeman Campbell of the Delancey-street station and sent to Bellevue Hospital as an insane patient. It was some time before the famous shop- lifter was recognized in the half-clad, be- draggled woman who was taken into the station-house by the officer. When Camp- bell first saw Annie she wore only a blue and white striped waist, dark skirt and low-cut shoes. Her hair was hanging down her back, and she had on neither stockings nor hat. She walked up to Campbell and said: “Hello, Bill, I see you have a gold tooth; I must get one too.” She walked across the streét into the rooms of the Albany Dental Association and there insisted on being supplied with four gold shells on her upper front teeth. She was put out. She dropped into various milinery-stores and ordered large quantities of goods, but was turned out of them all. Finally she came back to the policeman and proposed to marry him, offering a team of horses as an inducement. Camgbe]l, who had been watching her since she first accosted him, pretended to assent and persuaded her to accompany him to the station-house. To the sergeant there Annie at length admitted who she was, and dgtailed a long list of her aliases. She was a crook, she said, stole for her living and lived at 31 Hester street. The last theft she committed was at a store near the New York Hotel, where she stole a pair of %loves. Before that she had been arrested Y Detective O'Brien at Fulton Ferry, while on her way home with a lot of goods she had stolen from a dry-goods house in Brooklyn. They could not con- vict her and she was discharged, =After letting Annie talk for a while the sergeant summoned an ambulance and sent her to the insane ward at Bellevue. She went away in good spirits, promising a handful of diamonds to every policeman in the station-house and telling the ambu- lance surgeon that she would make him rich for life in the morning. The woman, who seemxfikely to end her days in the insane asylum, is perhaps the most noted pickpocket and shoplifter in this country. Her picture is in the rogués’ gallery of the detective forces of all the prominent cities of this country,where she has practiced her trade. She is now 31 years old, and is the child of Hebrew parents. The only education she received was in a thieves’ school, from which she and several of her brothers and sisters grad\mted as accomplished crim- inals. One of the brothers plrticulnrly has become notorious as “‘Sheeny Davis,”’ the counterfeiter. Annieearly in life com- menced her career as a shoplifter, working in company with *‘Big Grace.” S ROBBED AN OREGONIAN. At Least That Is the Charge Against Pro- fessor Glick. NEW YORK, N. Y.. July 23.—Professor Ulysses 8. Glick is under arrest, charged with stealing $334 from George Williams, a wealthy Oregonian, with whom he had gone into a large venture for creating a land boom and another to supply the pub- lic with telephones. Glick’s friends say that he is a nephew of General Grant, quoting him as their authority for the al- leged relationship. They assert, too, that he is related to the Drexels of Philadel- hia, lhis sister having married Charles rexel. ‘Williams, who swore out the warrant on which Glick was arrested, started a fine suite of offices on the thirteenth floor of 237 Broadway in which to promote his two corporations. His story is that Glick was to put $75,000 into the companies, or influ- ence its coming into them, and that, out of srntitude for doing this, he was to be made vice-president. The Oregonian ex- plains that some weeks ago he was called out of town_on business. Having perfect confidence in Glick, he gave him money with which] to Puy the office-boy, gas money, buy mucilage and stamps, and ar- range generally for the petty cash di bursements of the establishments. Wil- liams adds that Glick bolted with $334 of this money. A. P. Williams of 140 West, Thirty-third street, a cousin of Mr. Williams of gon, will appear against Glick. Several others, it_is saiq, re%ret their business relations with the professor, but whether they will figure actively in the case known. P TR When Old Glory Must Wave. - WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—Cus- todians of public buildings have been in- structed by the Treasury Department that the flag of the United States shall be hoisted over all public buildings under con- trol of the department during the hours of business and on February 22, May 30 and July 4 from sunrise to sunset, excepting when stormy weather prevents its dispiay. ‘When either of the days fallson Sunday the flag will be displayed on the day that is observed locally. On May 30 the flag should be placed at half staff. The revenue gag will also be displayed over custom- ouses. is not yet PESERSTE I == Foul Play Feared. VICTOR, Coro., July 23.—Thres weeks ago Victor Hainer, brother of Congress- man Hainer of Nebraska, started to walk from Victor to Cripple Creek and nothin; has since been heard of him. Hainer h: considerable money on bis person, and foul play is feared. BACK FROM LONDON, Assistant Secretary Cur~ tis Completed His Task Abroad. BUSINESS WAS BOOMING. Expected Money Legislation Retards the Purchase of Securities. AMERICAN CREDIT VERY GOOD. In England a Change In the Govern~ ment Does Not Cause a Scramble for Office. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—W. E. Curtis, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, was at his desk to-day after an absence of six weeks in connection with the delivery in London of $30,000,000 United States bonds to the Belmont-Morgan syndicate, much improved by his trip. Mr. Curtis to-day, to a United Press reporter, talked interestingly of his visit abroad and the impression received. “The business in London,” he said, “is successfully completed, and I am glad to return to my own country. I found the feeling regarding investments in United States stocks, bonds and other securities, Doth phblic and private, better than I had expected. There is a very large amount of money in England awaiting investment, and I am satisfied that if the owners were assured that the value of what they bought would not be reduced by legisla- tion regarding our currency, large amounts would flow to this side of the water, and an era of great prosperity would follow in this country. “I was surprised to find England enjoy- ing an American summer. During the six weeks of my stay in London thers were but two or three light showers, the remain- der of the days being warm and bright. In fact, the continued drought has had a very serious effect upon the agricultural interests of the midland and southern counties. “The present excitement upon a change of government was most marked and the dissolution of Parliament and the cam- paign of the new elections were very inter- esting to an outsider. A point, however, which struck me very forcibly was that the change of Government made no change in the daily business of the departments, and though I was in the treasury the morning after the announcement of the new Ministry taking office there was no attendant line of office-seekers, and the heads of bureaus and divisions had no anxiety as to any prospective decapitation. In fact, I was told by a member of the new Government that the total patronage, in- cluding of course the highest offices, only amounted to about sixty places, and the hardest problems Conservative leaders had to deal with was a fair division of these few places among those considered en- titled thereto.” TWENTY-FOUR SAVED. Five Persons on a Schooner Drowned in a Collision. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—The Nor- wegian steamer Terrier arrived from Demerara this morning, and reports that on July 12, outside the harbor of Deme- rara, she collided with the schooner Eagle of Barbadoes and sunk her. Twenty-four persons were saved and five lost. Those lost were two women, one child and two men. ‘When the schooner was struck among the first to abandon her was the captain, who did nothing whatever to assist the | passengers, among Whom were several women and children. He walked the steamer’s deck sobbing, moaning and wringing his hand. All' the men abandoned the vessel with- out attempting to assist the women or children. After the accident the sea was covered with all kinds of floating material from the wreck. The search was contin- ued for along time in the hope that some unfortunates would be found ulinfi‘mg to | the wreckage, but none were found. The Terrier returned to port, landed the people of the Eagle and proceeded on her vov- age. The Terrier sustained slight damage. I e e TROUBLE 1IN THE TENT. The Possession of a Girl Causes a Row at a Salvation Meeting. EMPORIA, Kaxs., July 23.—A writ of habeas corpus was obtained in the District Court here to-day, issued against the Sal- vation Army for possession of Anna Maude Butler, a 14-year-old girl. It has caused a great deal of excitement. The girl refuses to go with her mother, who, she claims, does not support her. On last Sunday evening her brother entered the Salvation Army tent during services, created a row, shook his fist under Captain Cromwell’s nose and took his sister from the platform, threatening to slug any one who oppos bim. For this he was to-day in the Police Court fined $75 and costs amounting to $135. The habeas corpus case has been postponed until Tuesday next. T T S, ILLUMINATING GRANDEUR. Power of the Niagara Falls to Be Used to Light the Scene. CHICAGO, Irvn., July 23.—Experiments have been in progress for some time at the Schenectady works of the General Electric Company in the interests of the Michigan Central Railway, for a construction of searchlights of sufficient magnitude and qunmf to_illuminate the falls of Niagara at Falls View, where the trains of the Michigan Central stop. Itis proposed to install two 48-inch lamps of 100,000 candle- power each, producing an effect similar to the illumination of the Rhine Fall at challhausen, thus utilizing the great orce_of Niagara to illuminate its own grandeur, e digeR. Failure of a Stockbroker. CHICAGO, Irn, July 23.—Sidney L. Fraser, a broker on the Chicago Stock Ex- change, was unable to make good his con- tracts on the floor to-day and stock was sold for his account.fiHe is said to have left the city, The failure i3 not regarded as important by the members, although it is not known how he stands with his cus- tomers. His seat was sold yesterday, and, although an active member, he was finan- ciaily weak. g Sunk by a Snag. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 23.—The steam vacket sailing between here and Camps- ville, on the Illinois River, sank in twelve feet of water near Carson’s Landing and will probably prove a total loss. The boat was loaded with wheat. It is believed that she struck a snag. The crew and passen- gers escaped in safety. The estimated loss of the vessel and cargo is $12,000. oy es 8 An Act of Vandalism. MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, July 23.— Great excitement prevails overan act of vandalism at the cemetery of the Soldiers’ Home. Some unknown miscreant, with a sledge hammer, defaced forty-six marble slabs erected by the Government over sol- diers’ graves. The damage will reach $1000. A reward has been offered. Threats are made by the veterans against the life of the guilty men. A discharged inmate, who is suspeeted, has disappeared. P L COULD NOT BE HONEST. No One Gave the Fx-Convict a Chance to Reform. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 23.—Litlie Bierral, daughter of respectable parents living at 342 East Eighteenth street, ran away four years ago, when she was 16, and wasmarried in the City Hall to Charles Bier- ral, aged I7, the son of “French Louis’’ Bier- ral, who shot and seriously wounded Hans Beattie, when the latter Was Suryeyor of the Port. During the honeymoon Charles was arrested for burglary and he was sent to State prison for three years and six months. He promised to lead a new life when he came out of prison and, believing in his promise to reform, the young wire declined to obey her parents by seeking a divorce. Charles was released four weeks aco and they went housekeeping again. He told his wife that he would never do a wrong act in his life again. But he was held in the Yorkville court yesterday on two charges of burglary committed since his release. “I've done my wife enough harm,” he said yesterday, ‘“and she ought to be glad to get rid of me. I intend to plead guilty and I'm going up for a long stretch. Iintended to be honest when I came out, but no one would employ an ex- convict.” T00K ALL BLUE RIBRONS American Warships Received Much Admiration at the Kiel Celebration. The New York Was Admired Par- ticularly by the Emperor and Even the English. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—Cap- tain Robley D. Evans, commander of the warship New York, in a personal letter to a friend in the Navy Department, gives an enthusiastic account of the magnificent re- ception given the American representa- tives at the naval celebration recently held at Kiel. To use Captain Evans’ own ex- pression the American warships took all of the blue ribbons during the festivities so far as the naval display was concerned. The cruiser New York was the object of special admiration by the representatives of the German and English navies, and they pronounced her the greatest and best appearing ship at the celebration. They admired the construction of the vessel, her armament, her equipment and the dis- cipline maintaired by the Yankee crew, and the German newspapers printed columns after columns of extravagant comments upon the magnificent display made by the American ships. The German Emperor was particularly impressed with the New York, for he made several visits aboard her, and he never seemed to grow weary of admiring her. He made several close inspections of her guns, her machinery and her general equipment, and he was freely quoted in the German newspapers for his compli- ments to the American navy. Even the English officers were profuse in_their ad- miration of the New York, and they ad- mitted that the Americans made the most attractive display with their four ships, the New York, the San Francisco, the Columbia and the Marblehead. The comments on the American ships made in the German newspapers were not sent out by the news associations at Kiel, as they are controlled by Englishmen. The letter contained numerous cligpings from the papers referred to, and they show that the German press was not backward in award- ing the palm to the American vessels and officers. s o OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Pensions for Veterans and Patents for the Ingenious. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—Among the hotel arrivals are: J. L. Cheney, San Francisco; 8. C. Barber, Oakland. J. C. Allen was to-day appointed Post- master at West Point, Calaveras County, Cal., vice T. A. Wilson, removed; M. H. Parker at Greenville, Or., vice W. L. Moore, removed; S. C. Andrews at Oysterville, ‘Wash., vice D. O. Parmeter, resigned. Pensions. California: Original—JohnJ. Swasey, Galt; James Hart, San Francisco. Oregon: Original—Caswell W. Grubb, Drain. Reissue — Frederick H. Kinsey, Portland. Washington: Original — Daniel Curry, Fidalgo City. Reissue—Henry Richards, Pine City; William T. Downs, Latonia. Pacific Coast _patents: Joseph Bacher, Santa Monica, Cal., envelope; Christopher M. Bridges, Seattle, Wash., assignor of one-half to J. 8. Fanning, San Francisco, Cal., self-measuring liquid tank; Albert Butzer, Deer Park, Wash., pocket gopher trap; Andred Chavanne, Grass {’Jley, nozzle reguiator; Davia Cox, Sacramento, Cal., can labeling machine; William Cur- lett, San Francisco, globe valve; Thomas C. Devlin, assignor of one-half to D. 8. Cohen and 8. Grutze, Portland, Or., stamp attaching and sealing machine and st.alw) affixing machine (two patents); Juan W. Ernest, Los Angeles, folding voting booth; V. Kantorovitz, assignor of one- balf to G. Retzer, Walla Walla, Wash., device for measuring garments; James A. Moore, Lancaster, Cal., wave motor; Archie J. Murray, Unite, Or., folding stock for firearms; Richard Schroe- der, Bacramento, can-filler for ice ma- chines; Wada Y. Shibata, San Francisco, telephone exchange; Jacob F. Schultz, assignor of one-balf to E. B. Knapp, San Jacinto, Cal., ax-setting device; Edgar Thompson and F. W. Zuyer, San Fran- cisco, assignors to A. Klein, Gloversville, N. Y., glove-fastening; George W. Walten- baugh, San Francisco, engine igniting ap- paratus; Jacob H. Wiseheart, Sacramento, assignor to J. Mason, Petaluma, trace con- nection for vehicle-shafts. i s iy SIX NEW GUNBOATS. Proposals for the Composite Craft Issued at Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—Pro- posals for the construction of six light- draught composite gunboats authorized in the naval appropriation for the current fiscal year were issued by the Navy De- partment to-day. The gunboats are desig- nated as Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. The contractor must guarantee a speed of not less than twelve knots an hour maintained successfully for four consecutive hours, and if the vessels fail to maintain eleven knots it will be optional with the Secretary of the Navy to reject them or accept them at a reduced price to be agreed upon be- tween the Secretary and the contractors, If the vessels make more than twelve knots the contractor will get no premium and if théy make less than specified speed the Secretary is authorized to purchase them at a reduction of $10,000 per knot. Each gunboat is to be completed within fifteen months from the day of con‘ract. They are to be of two general types, those of one type having single-screw engines and full sail power and those of the other twin- :;xieyw engines and carrying steadying sails ——a To Attend an Encampment. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.— Sec- retary Lamont to-day detailed Captain Charles M. Dempsey, Second Infantry, to attend the encampment of the Iowa Na- tional Guard at Centerville, Towa, from August 3 to 10. He will report to the Gov- ;lg:)'l’ for such duty as may be required of MURDER AT MADERA, Judge I. L. Baker Shot to Death by His Son-in-Law. EILLED IN COLD BLOOD. An Old Grudge Aggravated by a Quarrel Over a Team of Horses. PURSUIT OF. THE MURDERER. Relatives of the Victim Swear They WIill Avenge His Death. MADERA, Can, July 23.—Judge I. L. Baker of the Fifth Township of this county was shot and killed to-day by Victor Adams, hisson-in-law. The shooting took place at O'Neals, about twenty-five miles from here, at 6 o’clock this morning. Ever since Adams married Baker's daughter there has been bad blood be- tween the two, and their old grudge was aggravated by trouble that arose lately over a span of horses. The two met this morning at a blacksmith shop, near Judge Baker's house, where hot words were passed. Atthat time Adams had his shot- gun with him and threw it up to his shoulder as if to shoot, but was stopped by the blacksmith. When Baker left the blacksmith-shop Adams followed him to his house, walking some distance behind. When Baker ar- rived at his home and as he stepped upon the threshold he turned and saw Adams in a position to shoot. He called to Adams to put down his gun, but the words had scarcely leit his mouth before Adams fired. The charge struck Baker in the abdomen and he fell almost into the arms of his wife, who was coming to meet nim. Adams fired the remaining charge left in the gun into the prostrate body of his victim, and then started off toward the brush, loading the gun as he went. The neighbors who lived across the road and Judge Baker’s employes were so seized with consternation that they did not im- mediately pursue Adams and he escaped in the thickly wooded country that sur- rounds O'Neals. This forenoon at 10 o’clock J. B. Baker, the brother of the murdered man. sent to Sheriff Westfall the following telegram: PoLLASKY, July 23, 1895. To 8. W. Westfall, Madera, Cal.: Vie Adams shot and killed Judge Baker; go to O'Neals. Sheriff Westfall, Coroner Payne and Jo- seph Conley, the court reporter, left im- mediately for the scene of the tragedy. Adams will undoubtedly make a hard fight before he is captured, as the reputa- tion he has borne here was not of the best. Some time ago he drove his stepdaughter from his home into the woods, and word was received from a former wife of his in Arizona that she wished to prosecute him for bigamy. There was talk at that time of lynching him, but it went no further, and he now has murder added to his list of crimes. Judge Baker was a native of Missouri, a man of middle age and well liked by all. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Judge Baker had four brothers, who are said to have sworn that Adams shall never have a chanee to stand trial. They know every partof the foothills and as soon as they heard af their brother’s murder they armed themselves and started on the trail. Baker also had several young nephews in different parts of the foothills and they are known as determined men. A few months ago Adams returned home after having been away all dsy and found that his five-year-old stepdaughter had lost asmall band of sheep which he had told her to watch during his absence. Before daylight he compelled the little girl to go out to hunt the sheep, and when she returned a few hours later without them, he again sent her off without any breakfast. The wife pleaded for the child, and Adams threatened to shoot both of them. Late in the afternoon the child re- turned home again unsuccessful, and with- out being given any food was driven out nce mere. The neighbors finally heard of the inhuman affair, and late the next day found the child cowering under some brush ten miles from home. Adams barély escaped lynching. £ Itis now learned that Adams tried to kil the mother of his stepdaughter on the day before ne drove the little girl out into the mountains. The elder stepdaughter yisited the homeof a friend near Sanger, and later was found in a creek, with her hands and feet tied. She was rescued after having been in the water several hours. She had been bound and thrown into the stream by a man who had surprised and overpow ered her while she was in the barn collecting eggs, and evidence lately pro- duced shows that this man was her step- father. Earnings of a Kailroad. CHICAGO, ILL., July 23.—The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway for the third week of July were $501,621; for the corresponding week of 1894, $448,503 ; increase, $52,913. —_— Fatal Accident at Traver. TRAVER, CAL., July 23.—Mrs. Oswald Krenz died last night from the effects of a fall from a load of hay. 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Before being treated by these specialists I was a continued sufferer both by day and night. My sleep was disturbed every hali-hour or hour Dby the bladder tronble. I was despondent and hopeless. Now Isleep soundly sll night with- out being disturbed, am cheerful and hopeful, and feel that I have a new lease of life. In fact, I can thankfully say that under the skill- ful treatment of these doctors I have been re- stored to health in every respect, and I can conscientiously recommend the staff of physi- cians of the Hudson Medical Institute to all sufferers, knowing that they will be honorably and skillfully treated. (Signed) FRANK WISE, Sacramento City, Cal, PR o T SE i B A Nervousness, chronic constipation, bilic troubles, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, ¢ bility and loss of capacity can be cured by the doctors of the Hudson Medical Institute. * ok o% oxow PO A Dear Sirs: It affords me great pleasure to tell the condition of my present health. 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