The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 1, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCIS 0 CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895. OUINLAN BROKE DOWN Holmes® Janitor Wept Like a Child When Questioned. THUMB - SCREW PROCESS. Severe Methods of the Chicago Police Inquisitors to Se- cure Evidence. CRUEL TORTURE OF A WOMAN. Told That Her Husband Had * Con- fessed All,” She Crled Out In Anguish. CHICAGO, ILvL., July 3 Mrs. Quinlan, the wife of the janitor who is supposed to know so much about the misdeeds of | Holmes, made a partial confession this | morning to the police, though Chief Badenoch and Inspector Fitzpatrick re- fuse to say whether or not this was the case. Early this morning the two principal investigators of the case went to the Har- rison-street station, where Mr. and Mrs. Quinlan have been confined ever since | they were suspected of knowing more than they cared to tell. taking with them a stenographer. They first devoted them- selves to the man. About an hour was consumed in his examination, and when the interview was over it was noticed that the stenographer carried under his arm voluminous notes of the interview. Chief Badenoch declared that nothing | had transpired which he could give to the press without injuring the police status of the case. e admitted that Quinlan broks down completely and wept like a child, | but denied that he had said anything which would implicate either him or Holmes in the various murders which have been laid at their doors. Quinlan was confronted with the new information given by Lawyer Capps in re- gard to the identity of the man Alien, or Hatch, now in jail at Little Rock; but while admitting that he knew Hatch, which in itself is considered very important by the police, he retused to acknowledge | him either as an accomplice or a friend. The interview with Mrs. Quinlan which followed was a sensation in the extreme, | and the police are very reticent about it. Mrs. Quinlan was very much affected,” said Chief Badenoch.- *‘She not only wept throughout the whole interview, which, I need not say, was unusual she said: ‘I call on God t know nothing more of the murder than I | have already told. If Pat says I know | anything more about it he simply lies, tnat’s all.”” mark was called out by the decoy | t made to her that her husband | At least thisis | , but it is believed | from th v the poiice conducted them- | selves after coming out that much more | was said than the inquisitors cared to giv out for publication, for the very good rea: the story the police te w ; 1 son that a premature publication of their | would in all probability spoil every- pl ng. . Attorney Capps was present at both in- terviews, but refused to say what had taken place. He says he will remain in Chicago for three or four days yet before | £0 le Rock to further look into the knowledge of the man Allen. “We shall not go to Little Rock at all,” | said Inspector Fitzpatrick. ‘‘We are going to bring Allen here, if possible. No, we cannot bring him on a requisition, as he is already confined on an offense of which he has been convicted, but I think we can get | him here all right on parole.” Lawyer Capps stated further to-nigh that it was true that Quinlan and wi made confessions, but the nature of tk admissions he said he not privileged to divulge. “You can say,” said Capps, “that we | have a complete case against Holmes and | Quinlan and Allen is the corpus delicti | that makes conviction possible. There is | no speculation about it and the specific | case upon which he will be tried will be for | the raurder of Minnie Williams.” | The police were not communicative after | their work of the day. They held a long | gession with Quinlan this afternoon and | this evening declared that they got but | little information from their conversation | with him. It is generally believed, how- | ever, that Quinlan quealed” on | Hatch, alias Allen, alias Caldwell, now in | the Little Rock penitentiary. The police are playing the two men one against the | otber for information concerning all par- ties and it is believed that Quinlan told them several important facts concerning Hatch to-day. Despite Quinlan’s denial, it can be proved that he went to Fort Worth with Holmes, Pietzel and Hatch, and that he wasin the Fort Worth Bank with Hatch when the bank loaned $15,000 on the ‘Williams property, which had been trans- ferred to Pietzel under the name of D. B. Lyman. Quinlan admitted he was in Fort Worth with Holices and Pietzel ina talk with Attorney Capps last Saturday. He said at the time he had nothing to do with the forgery. Chief Badenoch confided to a friend to- night that the principal admission of Quinlan to-day was in reference to Allen, now in the penitentiary in Arkansas. Allen, who has also been known as Hatch, Mascott and several other aliases, Quinlan says, was not only a friend of Holmes’, but was doing business on his own hook. Quinlan also admits that he was hired by Allen to do the job for Allen in Fort Worth, Tex. He went to Texas, but Allen did not show up. There he met Holmes, who was sailing under the name of Pratt. ‘What the job was Quinlan was to have done is not known, but it is supposed to. have been an insurance deal. The testi- mony of Quinlan to-day is considered im- portant in that it verifies the statement that Allen was connected with Holmes. Chief Badenoch said this evening that he believed Holmes had corrupted Quin- lan, as the latter was known as an honest man when the fiend first got hold of him. Quinlan worked for Holmes as a laboring man latterly, and drew $2 a day, but he never did any labor and acted more as a contidential agent. This is the only real ground for the belief that he knew that his employer was doing murder. A sample of the oil found in the cellar was submitted to the city chemist, and it was found that the fumes from it in a closed vault would suffocate a person in less than a minute. The oil will be analyzed to-morrow. It is also believed from an experiment made by the chemist, that the footprint 1n Holmes’ air-tight vault was made by a foot which had been in this deadly oil. The chémist put some of the oil on his hand, then placed it on the bottom of a metal pan. The iron was im- mediately corroded where the oil touched and the print of his hand was left on the pan. The theory is now that the oil was used by Holmes in murdering his victims. ENTERED 4 CONVENT. How Holmes Accounts for the Disappear- ance of Miss Cigrand. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 3L— Holmes the much-accused murderer,hasan explanation for the disappearance of )li_ss Emiline Cigrand, one of his alleged vic- tims. Holmes' explanation of Miss Ci- grand’s disappearance, like all of the fel- low’s explanations, is clever, but like all of his tales, it is lacking in essential par- ticulars. Inan interview to-day Holmes said that he had led Miss Cigrand astray. According to Holmes the girl had resisted him persistently and he only accomplished her ruin by inducing her to take an ex- cursion with him on one of the Lake Mich- igan steamers. .Miss Cigrand was a Catho- lic and in her confession to her priest she told him of her downfall. The priest visited Holmes and insisted upon his righting the wrong by marrying her. Holmes pretended to be willing to marry Miss Cigrand and so lulled the priest’s suspicions. To satisfy Miss Cigrand Holmes went through the ceremony of marriage with her, but unknown to the girl the man who officiated was not an ordained clergyman, but only & complaisant friend of Holmes who had consented to play the part of a priest. Holmes and the girl lived together as man and wife for a short time and then Miss Cigrand learned that she had been twice deceived and was not a legal wife. Upon learning this the girl was over- whelmed with shame and remorse and the left home and entered a convent. Where this convent is Holmes failed to state. CONVICT ALLEN EXCITED. Declared Tkat He Will Not Against Holmes. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 3L.—Convict Allen, in the State prison here, who is fig- uring so prominently in the Holmes case, Testify { was to-day questioned as to his real iden- tity. When shown a Chicago dispatch stating that he and Hatch were one and the same, he said: “Now I positively re- fuse to talk, but will state that my name is not Hatch, and that I never at any time passed under that alias. My real name is Caldwell, but I have passed under the alias of Allen and Fogg, and was known in Fort Worth as Mascott.” When reminded that he claimed toknow all about the Fort Worth operations of Holmes, and that Hatch was prominent in them, and asked to tell who Hatch was, he became confused and said he thought Holmes had been working there as a car- penter by that name who, had.a scar or mark on his right cheek. I can unravel the Fort Worth swindle,”” said he, “if T am pardoned for it, and ecan show that Minnie Williams was not mur- dered. I heard from her a few months ago and she is afraid to come to this coun- try.” When reminded that the turning of State’s evidence by Quinlan might send him to the gallows, he said with some ex- citement: “Quinlan will never be allowed to hang Holmes or anybody connected with him. Of the two men Holmes is | much more a gentleman.” Allen said further that he would not testify against Holmes in a criminal case because Holmes always treated him well. Notwithstanding his denials it is be- lieved that Allen and Hatch are the same persons. Relative to a pardon for Allen Governor Clarke to-day said: “If I am convinced that Allen can convict Holmes of murder I would be inclined to pardon | him if requested to do so by the proper authorities.” Attorney Capps is expected here to- morrow to investigate Allen’s identity. MISSING MABEL BARRETT. Holmes Took the Girl to New York to Become a Manicure. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 31.—A dis- patch from Boston states that Holmes, the insurance swindler, persuaded Mabel Bar- rett, an oyphan, 18 years old, to come to this city in Jaly, 1893, ostensibly to open a manicure establishment on Sixth avenue | with a woman named Mary Forster, who at that time, it is said, lived at 51 West Twelfth street. At West Twelfth street nothing is known of Mary Forster, The house is rented in furnished rooms. The woman who keeps the house has only been there since the 1st of this month. She says the former tenant was a Mrs. Dunn, who she thinks went to Nova Scotia. A neighbor thinks the woman moved to Boston. There is every reason to believe that Mabel Barrett and Mary Forster never opened a manicure establishment in Sixth avenue, as proposed. Acting Chief O’Brien was shown the Boston dispatch and asked if he would take any steps to investigate the story. He said he would take no cognizance of it unless officially requested to do so by the Chief of the Boston police, He said that if the latter made the request an effort would be made to obtain a trace of the girl in this city. STOLE FROM THE TRUNKS. Thieving Express Messengers Bun Down by Detectives. CHICAGO, ILL., July 31.—City and rail- rood detectives to-day- succeeded in put- ting behind the bars an organized gang of thieves who bave been preying on the property of passengers who traveled over the Chicago, Milwankee and $t. Paul Rail- road during the last six months. Thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry, clothes, dress-goods, bric-a-brac and other goods easy to dispose of have been taken from the trunks of passengers by means of skeleton keys. The trunks were opened by the thieves, three of whom were ex- press messengers, during the run of ex- press trains from Savannah, Ill., to Chi- cago, the baggage-car being attached to the regular express trains at the former point, and the messengers having sole ac- cess to the coach until the train reached Chicago. The men arrested are: Frank A. Snead and J. D. O’ Meara, United States Express Company messengers; James Boynen, Adams Express Company mes- senger, and R. 0. Rubor, a St. Paul road baggageman, allliving here. Part of the stolen property was found in O’Meara’s possession or with women he had given it to. He made a confession. P U ST CHASING TWO OUTLAWS. The Slayers of Two Offiwers Pursued by the Police. SALT LAKE, Utan, July 31.—The out- laws George and Coughlin, who shot two officers in Wyoming yesterday, are said to be in this section. The police patrol, with Captain Donovan and six men, left for Farmington, ten miles north of here, at m_idnight, Two policemen are guarding City Creek and two are patroling the north beach. At this writing—1 A. M.—a tele- phone message from Donovan says that the men must have crossed over into City Creek, and at daylight the chase will com- mence. The outlaws are Utah fugitives, which has caused the Sheriff of this county and local police force to take a hand in the chase, | WON AS HE PLEASED, The Victory of Azote, the Big California Gelding. HULDA’S REAPPEARANCE Had Been in Retirement Since She Broke Down at Chicago. BICYCLE RACES LOOKED BAD. On the Whole, it Was a Good Day for the Talent on the Eastern Tracks. CLEVELAND, Onio, July 31.—An Octo- ber sky, wind shifting to the south, a fast track and between 5000 and 6000 people were the conditions at Glenville for the third day’s grand circuit to-day. Interest centered in the great free-for-all trot, in which Azote, Hulda, Fantasy and Ryland T were entered. At the lasi minute Ham- lin drew Fantasy. Hulda,the fleet-footed little mare that had. not gone a race since she broke down in the Columbian stakes in Chicago, was the cynosure of all eyes and g favorite with the audience. In the betting Azote, the big California geld- ing, was a favorite at $25 to $15 for the ticld. He won as he pleased in three straight heats and broke the Glenville rec- ord, the heats averaging 2:0814. The finish of the pace was postponed on account of darkness. The bicycle races were uninteresting and had a very bad look, especially the mile open,in which Tyler quit in the stretch. Free-for-all trof Azote, b. g. by Hulda, o. Ryland teto cerom o 2:20 class, pacing, $2000 (untinished). [ rdinal Wilkes e S % . 4 silman,ch, 's., by AllleWilkes (Hill) 1 uras, b.m., by Artfllery (An- CommRan®E SH PL LTINS e G B BB kS R o4 1 g - of o E - @ enc Mandol Time, in 2:19 class, trot, $3000. Bouncer, b. m., by Hummer (Andrews).. Siduey McGregor, b. s. (Starr). Brunhilde, gr. m. (Splan)... Henrletta G Lady Wilton. Double Cross. WARERORRO Charming Chimes Time, 2 — 21145, open, $1000, Patrick 0'Con- Tyler'second, Time, 2:15. One mile bicy nor won, Harry One mile bl Klinsmen, 60 yards, won; 115 yards, second; Harry C. Tyler, third; Al Weinig, 100 yards, fourth: Patrick O'Connor, 70 yards, fifth. Time, 2:15%. SARATOGA, N. Y., July 31.—An origi- nally good card was spoiled by scratching, only tweut_)' horses starting in the five events. Owing to yesterday’s heavy storm the track was very heavy, and the weather was clear to-day but decidedly cold. The feature of the day’s events was the third race, the United States Hotel stakes, which brought out a field of six starters. six furlongs, Rap-a-Tap won, Lookout second, Bellicose third. Time, 1:173{ One mile, Lucalia wo! Lady Diamond third. Tim Five furlongs, Axiom wo: Merry Prince third. Time, 1 % One and a sixteenth miles, Arapahoe won, llmrgl)'elsoulecond, Stonemason third. Time, 5414 Six furlongs, Faliing Wave won, Marquiso second. Florence Colville third. Time, - “April Fool second, 1:47)5. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 31.—Thre: fayorites, one second choice and an out- sider got all the money to-day at the local track. Six and a half furlongs, Hesperia won, Pella second, Hopper third. Time, 1:29%4. Five furlongs, Favorita won, Abbie Fisher second, Cemille D third. Time, 1:07)4. Five ‘aud s half furiongs, Bessie M. Nichols 7on, Senuylkill sccond, Gatéway third. Time, Seven furlongs, Tenspring won, Collector second, Virginite third. Time, 1:3%141: Five ‘turlongs. Bessie Yeiser won, Thurman second, Susie F third. Time, 1:07. ST. LOUIS, Mo.,July 31.—ix furlongs, Lottie Mills won, Hibérnia Queen second, Upman third. Time, 1:164. Five furlongs, Fannie Rowand won, Travis second, Hano Bélle third. Time, 1:03%. Selling, one and & quarter miles, Aunt Jane wou, E. H. Sherley second, Jim Hogg third. Time, 2:11%. Nine-sixteenths of & mile, William Drake Jr. wou, Falcon second, Sixty third, Time, :36}. Thirteen-sixteenths of a mile, Mother of Pearl yon, Probasco second, Ben Lomond third. me, 1:23. BRIGHTON BEACH, N. Y., July 31.—Six fur- longs, Chiswick won, Kinglet second, Shelly Tuttle third. Time, 1:16}4. Six furlongs, Volley won, Yankee Doodle sec- ond, Bonaparte third. Time, 1:16};. Ofie and a quarter miles, Sabills won, Golden Gate second, Tom Skidmoré third. Time, 2 :123. Half mile, Aunot Lyle won, Eliza Bélle sed- ond, Fred Train third. Time, :49. Mile, Inquirendo won, Silk second, Balinsdro third.” Time. 1: 43. Mile, Little Tom won, Captain second, Lo- chinvar third. Time, 1:44. OAKLEY, OnI0, July 31.—8ix furlongs, Aimee Goodwin won, Santa Maria second, Prince Im- perial third. Time, 1:15%. Seven furlongs, Rondo won, Belle Brummel second, Landseer third. Time, 1:28'4. Five furlongs, Frontier won, Cozette second, Ben Johnson third. Time, 1:03. One and three-sixteenths miles, Voorheis won, Rhett Goode second, Lehman third. Time, 2:02. Mile, Flyln{ Dutchman won, St. Maxim sec- ond. ’m;m,1 :Ao%ol;rwo started. Seven furlongs, ve won, Candor second, The Sculptor third. Time, 1:37. KNOCKED OUT BY DIXON. Victory Scored by the Champion Feather- weight Over Connelly. BOSTON, Mass., July 3L.—George Dixon, champion feather-weight of the world, von another victory this evening at ion Park Hall, this city, by defeating Tommy Connelly, ex-champion amateur feather-weight of America, in the fourth round. It was the most disappointing fight that has taken place in Boston for years. Dixon clearly showed his superior- ity over Connelly while the fight lasted. In the fourth round both men clinched and Connelly suddenly went to the floor, apparently knocked out, but not from a blow. He lay there until the referee had counted nine seconds, when his trainer entered the ring and picked him up. Con- nelly was as fresh as when he entered the ring. As soon as Referee “Bill” Daly an- nounced Dixon as the winner Connql? approached the ropes unassisted and said, 2} Dot licked and will fight Dixon any th]‘;e'" rances it was clear to the a) r&l?onpmt he -did not care to go on with the fl::i“' and lay down to avoid ing knocked out. beanusrin‘; the t round Dixon kept punching his opponent in the ribs and stomaclt and rushed matters generally. Connelly got in but one blow on Dixon’s face. In the second and third rounds Dixon resorted to the same tactics, that of forcing and a right swing on the jaw in the third l round. "At the close of both of these rounds Connelly souxzht to avoid Dixon’s rushes by running about the ring. . . In thefourth round the men were fight- ing about one minute when they clinched and Connelly fell, apparently knocked out. Dixon was given the gecision. On the Ball Field. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 3L—Philadel- phias 7,12, 5. Brooklyns 6,12, 1. Batteries— Carsey and Clements, Kennedy and Grim. Um- pire—Burnham, BOSTON, Mass., July 81.—Bostons 1, 5, 3. Baltimores 7, 13, 3. Batteries—Stivelts and Ganzell, Hoffer and Clark. Umpire—Emslie. PITTSBURG, Pa., July $1.—Pittsburgs 6,14, 2. Chicagos 11, 15, 4. Batteries—Hart and Merrit, Giiffith and Kittredge. Umpires— 0'Day and McDonald. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 31.—Louisvilles 15, 15,1. 8t. Louis 7,10, 1. Batteries—Weyhiogand Warner, Breitenstéin and Miller. Umpire— e. WASHINGTON, D, C., July 31.—Washingtons 4, 9,0. New Yorks 5,10, 1. Batteries—Ander- son und Maguire, Meekin and Farrell. Umpires —Hunt and Heydler. Where Bob Will Train. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 3L artin Julian, the manager for Robert Fitzsim- mons, signed a contract to-day with the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad Company to train Fitzsimmons at Corpus Christi, Tex.. for four or five weeks pre- vious to the mill at Dallas with Corbett on October 1. Will Dallas Get the Fight ¥ NEW YORK, N. Y., July 8L.—A. L. Smith, who has a $5000 cash interest in Corbett’s stake, took 5 to 1 to the extent of $100 that the big fight would not take place in Texas. Joe Vendig laid the odds. Last night Smith offered to bet $500 to TESO that Stewart would not succeed in pulling off the fight. ASKS BETTER RECIPROCITY Why Mexico Refuses to Grant the Extradition of Ches~ ter W. Rowe. But the Embezzler May Be Prose- cuted Down There for ‘“Con- tinuous Embezzlement.” WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3L— Senor Mariscal, Mexican Minister of For- eign Affairs, in discussing the refusal of his Government to order the extradition of Chester W. Rowe, the defaulting Towa County Treasurer, upon the ground that he had become a naturalized Mexican cit- izen and was therefore exempted from the operations of the treaty, said: “The plain truth of the matter is, there must be a better reciprocity on the part of the United States Government before it | can expect to have an entirely satisfactory treaty with Mexico. When a just case for extradition is presented by the United States Mexico accedes to the request with promptness and with as little formality as possible.” It is the opinion of persons familiar with the facts that he had in mind the case of Inez Ruiz and two others, Mexican citizens, which is now pending in the Su- preme Court ot the United States, Ruiz and his companions were arrested upon charges of murder, arson and kidnaping in connection with the Garcia revolution of 1892, but Judge Maxey of the United States Circuit Court for the Western Dis- trict of Texas, before whom they were taken, released them on the ground that their offense was political and not crim- inal, and therefore that they were exempt from the operations of the extradition treaty. After the failure of the revolution, Ruiz and his associates took up their abode in Texas, and were living there when ar- rested. The Mexican Consul, who secured their arrest, appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the case DOW rests. Nothing official has been heard at the State Department from Mexico regarding the request of this Government for the ex- tradition of Rowe and his brether, but new’ipaper advices are to the effect that the Treasurer will be prosecuted there as a Mexican citizen for *‘continuous embezzle- ment,” and his brother will be sent back to the United States. ———— FIRE CAUSED MUCH LOSS. Considerable Property Destroyed at Me- nominee, Mich, MENOMINEE, Micn., July 3L.—A dis- astrous fire broke out in the center of the manufacturing district to-night and before it was controlled had done damage which is roughly estimated at over $200,000. Four men were seriously injured. Chief Kratz of the Fire Department had his nose frac- tured, but went back to the fire. He was afterward carried out of a building in an uuconscious condition. Aid was asked for from Green Bay, but it did not come. A part estimate of the losses and insur- ance is as follows: A. Spies, loss $60,000, no insurance; Girard Lumber Company, $50,000 to $75,000, fully covered by insur- ance; Bay Shore Lumber Company, $100,- 000, fully insured; dwellings and hotel, about $12,000, partly insured; Clark Match Company, $20,000, insured; Donovan & O’Connor, $12,000 to $15,000, insured. The smaller losses will aggregate probably $20,- 000, the most of which is protected by in- surance. The city was in great danger of being reduced to ashes, but the hard work of the Fire Department stayed the flames about midnight, and at this hour the fire is under control. —_— ELECTION JUDGES INDICTED. Gross Frauds Charged Against & Num- ber of Chicagoans. CHICAGO, IrL., July 31.—~The Grand Jury to-day voted indictments against six election judges, charging fraudulent prac- tices in the First and Second wards at the election last November. The indictments resulted from the evidence brought out by the McGann-Belknap Congressional elec- tion contest. The men against whom true bills were returned are: A. E. Gage, Andrew Buchanan, John Reedy, . R. Strain, Thomas Meenley and Timotay McLaughlin. Indictments alleging fraud at an alder- manic election last spring were also re- turned against Joseph O’Reilly and Fred Sanger, who were election judges, and against Edward Hopp and John Neybert, who were clerks. —_— VICTIMS OF THE RACE RI1OTS. Another Negro Dying, and It Is Thought More Were Killed. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., July 3L—The larger part of the Sheriff's posse that went to Brookside last night to suppress the raceriot, which resulted in two deputies and four or more negroes being shot, re- turned to Birmingham to-day, bringing with them eleven of the negro rioters, who are in jail here. “Jim’’ Biggers, who caused the riot, was arrested to-day. He tried to shoot the officer, but was overpowered and disarmed. Repeated efforts were made by the miners to lynch him, and he had to be hurried away. ‘‘Bob” Sims, a negro rioter, was found dying in a cabin from a wound in hisside. It is believed others who were wounded were taken away by their com- vanions. N e e Fell Eight Stovies. CHICAGO, IiL., July 31.—Bloern Ed- wards, publisher of the American Con- his man about the ring and punching | tractor, was fatally injured this mornin; bim when and where he p by falling eight stories from & buflding Connelly got in a lemhnnq upper cut | which he owned. FIGHTING AT SOLAPA Government Troops Led Into Ambush by Cubans. REBEL FORCES ROUTED. Rumored Landing of a Well- Equipped Expedition on the Island. HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRING. The Party Was Organized and Armed in Florida by a Mysterious Mr. Grant. HAVANA, Cuss, July 31.—Private ad- vices from Santa Clara are to the effect that an engagement took place on Satur- day last near Solapa, in the Santa Clara district, between a reconnoitering party of cavalry and the insurgents under Suarez Zayas. The reconnoitering party num- bered twenty men, who had been detached from the eavalry column of 223 men com- manded by Major Zubias. When between Barrabas and Corojito the reconnoitering party was fired upon by rebel pickets, who had not been observed by the cavalrymen. Immediately after the entire rebel force, estimated to number 300 men, who bhad been hidden in the woods, attacked the small force of Government troops. The main column of cavalry was not far dis- tant and the heavy firing gave notice to Major Zubias that assistance for the recon- noitering party was needed. He at once proceeded with his force to the relief, and after a fight that lasted fifteen minutes de- feated the insurgents. The troops cap- tured thirty carbines and a number of revolvers, ete. Itis believed that several of the rebels were wounded. No official report has yet been made of this engagemgnt. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., July 3L—A cablegram from Key West to the Times- Union says: Private telegrams received here confirm the story of the safe landing of the largest and best equipped expedition that has ever landed in Cuba. As was stated, the expedition was commanded by Generals Roloff, Sanchez and Rodrigues. They carried 280 men, 28,000 rounds of ammunition, 450 rifles, 4700 pounds of dynamite, one gatling gun and one cannon. Dr. Valdez Dominguez went as colonel of the sanitary corps. Part of this expedition left here early in June in the tug Childs, but after several attempts to land on the east coast of Cuba, returned and camped on Harbor Key, about thirty miles from Key West. Shortly after landing Roloff left them, and it is rumored went north, going via Biscayne Bay, to secure another vessel. He returned a week ago last Wednesday on an ocean tug, name unknown. She was covered from stem to stern with canvas, and took on the men and amnrunition last Thursday a week, and started for the Bal- hama Islands. He took on General Rodri- guez with fifty-six men, 8000 rounds of ammunition and 150 rifles. - It is reported that Henry Brooks was with the expedition, he having made sev- eral visits to Pine Key, coming and going by way of Biscayne Bay. He was known here as Mr. Grant. Prominent Cubans here state that the safe landing of the ex- pedition has put new life into the Cuban cause, and its failure to land would have been its death blow. The expedition was so well planned and executed that few, even of the Cubans, knew anything about it. DEATHTRAP IN K TAVERK, Wholesale Murder of Tourists by Women Who Conducted a Hostelry. Drummers and Rich Travelers Polsoned and Their Bodles Buried in the Cellar. CINCINNATI, Omro, July 31.—Chief Deitsch heard a startling story yesterday from Joseph Reeder, a night watchman employed by 8. 8. Davis. 1t was of a deathtrap of women who plied their mur- derous vocation undismayed and without fear. Reeder said: “The occurrence of which I want to speak was in a hotel in Rantoul, Iil.,where I worked three, four or five times. The first time was five years ago, the last two vears ago. I wasa porter about the estab- lishment. The actions of the family aroused my suspicions from the beginning. I observed that they were very attentive to traveling men. This was particularly the case when drummers hailed from some very distant town. Several times men who were induced to stay over night did not leave again.” “In the cellar one day,”’ he continued, “I found in a box under the stairway sev- eral skeletons, and once turned up a lot of bones in the yard. There were always strange things going on at night. One evening a man registered who carried a lot of diamonds. The proprietor’s daughter took him into the parlor, and I saw them put a white powder into his glass. Iknew it was arsenic, for they always kept that powder in the kitchen, where they could readily get at it. “At 2 o'clock I heard them dragging him downstairs. He groaned all night. I could not sleep, but I never saw him after that, although T was the first one up and did not leave the house all day. I wrote to the Chicago auihorities, but they never made any investigation, claiming it was out of their jurisdiction.” Chief Deitsch will communicate at once with the proper authorities and send one of his men to Rantoul with Reeder, who has volunteered his services in order that the story may be verified. The World’s Fair Tests showed no baking powder 50 pure or so great in leave ening power as the Royal. NEW TO-DAY. You Must Save PR R A vyl o S A If you attend our sale of SHOFES. We'’ve not only taken some lines of Fine SHOES and cut them PRS- way under cost, but we’ve made SOME Reduction On Every Shoe In Our Shop. SALE BCHOES! « $1.25 LADIES' SOUTHERN TIE Black or Tan, Cloth Top, Pic- cadilly Toe and Tip, Hand-turned. At $3.00. STITCHED HEEL SHOES—Every pair of our $5 Stitched Heel Shoes, pointed and square toe, cloth and kid tops, all sizes. At $1.00. KID OPERA SLIPPERS—The $1 50 kind. A lot bought under epecially favorable conditions. Not many. At $1.10. CHILD'S CLOTH TOPS SP. HEEL—Dot- ted Cloth Top, Kid Vamps, 8p. Heel. Sizes, 8 to 104. At $1.28. MISSES’ CLOTH TOPS SP. HEEL— Stylish Dotted Cloth Top, Kid Vamp, Patent Tip, Dressy Shoes. Sizes,11to2, At S2.50. STITCHED HEEL OXFORDS—Pointed, Opera and Square Foes, patent tipped and plain. Laird, Schober and Mitchell and other well-known makes. At $2.00. HAND TURNS ‘AND WELTS—Ladies’ Vici Kid Button, Razor or Philadel- phia Toe, patent tipped, hand welt or nand turned. At S2.75. MEN’S HAND WELT LACE—Pointed Toe and Tip, best selected calf, high- grade finish; a lot bought at a bank- rupt sale; regular $4 shoe. Kast’s 738-740 Market Street BUSINESS MEN WHO HAVE GOODS FOR SALE ALWAYS WANT TO MEET THOSE WHO DE- SIRE TO BUY The e The Former Latte IN THE COLUMNS OF The Weekly Call PUBLISHED TO-DAY. UNDER THE HEADING “COAST NEWS CONDENSED,” Is PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN- FORMATION CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ENTER- PRISES, AND DEALERS MAY THUS SECURE EARLY INFORMATION CONCERNING PROPOSED SCHOOL HOUSES, BRIDGES, RAILROADS, ELECTRICLIGHT PLANTS, CREAM- ERIES, BUSINESS BLOCKS, ETC., ENABLING THEM TO BID FOR FURNISHING SUPPLIES. CONSUMERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, LEARN OF THE ADDRESS OF DEALERS IN GOODS WHICH THEY DESIRE TO PURCHASE. It Pays TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE Weekly Call PER ANNUM, $1.50. SIX MONTHS, . 75. MAY *““DON’T BORROW SAPOLIO 'T1S CHEAPER IN THE END. TROUBLE.” BUY WE ARE OVERSTOCKED ONYX Tables, Banguet ind Piano Lamps. MUST GLQSE OuT. We Wiil Offer Them This Week at FABULOUS LOW PRICES. ALL NEW AND SHOWY GOODS. AN ELEGANT WEDDIYG OR ENGAGEMEST PRESENT. Handsome Gilt Banquet Lamp, with Sil- ver Cupid Center, Satin Shades, ane$3.2 Trimmings, complete. Fancy Brass Parlor Table, Onyx Top, 1M~$5.30 est design A —_— Fancy Brass Piano Lamp, Center Draught $ (i Burner.. m These prices cannot beduplicated after this week. Finer Grades l-‘_nfl$7 50 to $20. HAVE YOU A CARRIAGE FOR BABY? IF NOT, GET OUR PRICES. Hood or Parasol Tops, Reed Body, Steel Wheels, 4 Finer Grades, $8 to $25. KElectrical Construction and Repairing of All Kinds. Estimates Given. NOTE.—Special attention paid to Grinding iazors, Shears and FEdged Tools y skilled mechanics. FPrices moderate. 818-820 Market Street Phelan Building. Factory—30 First Street. STATEMENT =~——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS AACHEN ANBTMII ICH FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F AIX LA CHAPELLE, GERMANY, OX the 31st day of December, A. D. 1584, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insur- ance Commissioner of the State of Califormia, pur- suant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of Political Code, condensed as per blank fur- [ nished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock paid up in Cash. $450,000 00 #309,100 40 471,492 85 . 3,141,537 35 L 1407830 Cash in Banks. 460,349 95 Interest due and Stocks and LOARS..... .........iioue 21,915 57 Premiums in due Course of Coliec- tion.. . 256,874 58 Bills rec 3 3 for Fire and Marine Ris 276,809 32 Due from other Companies insurance o 54,222 40 Total Assets. 5,008,380 73 LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpaid.... 112,500 00 it Suspense. .. 2 Losses resisted, including expenses Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one_year or less, $—, rein- surance 50 per cent. Losses in process of Adjustment nr} | J Gross premiums on Fire Risis run- [ 1559813 47 ning more than one year, $ Telnsurance pro rata. Cash dividends remat 322,500 00 Al other demands against the Com- ‘pany. . 76174102 --$2,756,855 39 Total Lisbilitles........ INCOM! Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums seooeo.... 1,808,278 85 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources. wresass 400,299 65 ‘Total Income. 2,203,578 30 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $73,297 92 losses of pre- ‘vious years’ 1,061,588 72 Dividends to stockhoiders 522,500 00 v C ion o hhx’!rgll-ufl::fd D a0 Paid for Salaries, and other { charges for officers, clerks, etc._...; 71,600 20 Paid for State, National and loc: pRIREY 120,444 97 iy e Total Expenditures... $1,897,860 39 Losses incurred during the r .$1,174,088 72 (Aire)......... TS :zls- T Fire Risks. Premiums. Net amoun Id of ,EDX‘BE::;K:.!:II = $487,791,369 $2,691,079 03 NQC' amo wfl of e e voaedur| 133,727,279 2,641,828 07 Net amount {1 Dec 3 ember 31, 894.......... .3 1,575.546,142| 1,569,913 48 he DR. MAX LUDEWIG, Managing Director. Subseribed and sworn to before me, this 3d day ot May, 1895 & . EMMET, U.S. Consul PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, 204 Samsome Street, San Framcisce, Cal, V0SS, CONRAD & CO., GENERAL MANAGERS. JULIUS JACOBS, San Francisco Agent. LUNDY'S JEWELRY-STORE For 20 Years at the Corner of Third and Market, is REMOVED T0 16 ELLES ST, OPPOSITE FOURTH, Where Old and New Customers Will Be Welcomed. 18k WEDDING RINGS A SPECIALTY. &D;bfiibbon’s Dispensary, 01853 fof tne featmenear pined Ma bility or NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY-AT law and Notary Pubiic, 635 Market st., oppo- site Palace Hotel, Residence 1 Ty 620 Fell st '&b