The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1895, Page 1

" VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 67. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 6, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PLEDGED TO SILVER, Missouri Democrats Will Indorse the White Metal. VICTORY IN A CAUCUS. Gold Champions Defeated in the First Test of Strength. TO-DAY THE CONVENTION OPENS Over Five Hundred Delegates Are Instructed to Vote for a 16 to 1 Ratio. , Aug. 5.—The tate Silver convenes at this sum- t noon are slowly are less than hotel in the i located in the f the State, and is but yurg, the home of convention, which resolutions, promis ever held in Missouri, t will be attended by few per- y accredited dele- inties in Missouri, 1at each county has tes. ate places those @ t nearly 545. So careful aders been in guarding that in many cases the ntions passed resolutions pro- : who are already on the Governor Stone, Senator ssmen Bland and DeAr- Seibert, State Treas- ate cretary Le Seur, oner Hickman, Judge Colonel together tors, Circuit Judges gold advocates in attendance, e memb of the State o y disconcerted cement that Chair- St. Louis would not be in nce on account of the deathofa Mr. Mafiitt’s absence will be keen d to have influence over the rural ates. In the event of his non-arrival, John P. Carroll, legal lor ot the Burlington road, will call convention to order. At to-r t's caucus the State Commit- tee decided to ask the convention to double the number of members of the State Com- mittee, thereby adding to it one member from each Congressional district. This action is regarded as an effort to pacify the clamors of county delegates. The decis- ion of the caucus was hailed with rejoicing by the silverites, and they are now busy in liscussing the aceeptance of the concession. 1 e so jubilant over their victory, however, that they now declare that noth- ss than the resignation of the State Committee will satisfy them. They now a resolution will be offered in the on to-morrow demanding that the attend relative. State Committee shall be ‘composed of t four members, one from each Sena- t rict, and nothing less s between Governor Stone, Sen- ator Cockrell, Hon. K. P. Bland and a few r ed friends is being held at ell’s residence to-night. Bland declares that nothing 1 that the control of the Demo- in Missouri be placed in the 1ds of the silverites will satisfy him. Governor Stone not so extreme in his y d, together with Senator Cockrell, ndeavoring to induce him to modify demands. The conference was still € t 11 . »., and from the em- anner in which Mr. Bland was asserting that the time had now come for the silver men to assume entire control of the Democratic party of Missouri, it was apparent that the session 1d not be concluded until after midnight, and not then unless Mr. Bland’s demands had been agreed to. views g DIED OF . "TON. Mrs. Vandivier Thought Relatives Were Attempting to Poison Her. WILL N, Fra., Aug. 5—Mrs. Lou Vandivier died here yesterday of starva- tion. Five weeks ago Mrs. Vandivier be- came possessed of the idea that her family end the community had formed a con- spiracy to poison her, and she began to re- fuse to eator drink. The woman seemed nal on all subjects save this. v one approached her with 1 begin to scream: “Take it you have poisoned it!"’ ar-old danghter brought food, her pushed the child away, *You want to poison me, £00.”" 3 weeks the woman continued in this condition, taking neither fuod nor drink during the entire time, and yester- day, emaciated to a skeleton, death came to her relief. . STRUCK BY A TWISTER. Don Cameron’s St. Helena-by-the-Sea En- tertains an Unwelcome Guest. CHARLESTO) C., Aug. 5.—A special to the News and Courier from Beaufort, 8. C., says: A destructive tornado, cutting a path about- fifty wyards wide, passed over a part of St. Helena Island Sunday morning about 1 o’clock. It entered Captain Ward’s place, and demolished two houses belong- ing to colored people and played general havoc with Senator Don Cameron’s *‘St. Iielena-by-the-Sea,” tearing down part of i s, demolishing the chimneys to h and doing other damage. i SETTLED A FEUD. Two Murders End a Quarrel in Missis- sippi. BATON ROUGE, Miss, Aug. 5. —A tragedy occurred Saturday night at An- tioch Chureh, about fifteen miles from here. For some time bad feeling existed between Hill Picou and Albert O'Neal, of that neighborhood. It is said a young lady was the cause. Saturday night Albert O’Neal and his brother, Henry, attended church at An- tioch, where a_ Frocrscted meeting was being held. Hill Picou and his brother, Wallace, also went there. All the parties named went to the church heavily armed. During the services the O’Neal brothers left the church. As they reached the open air they met the Picous. Almost instantly there was a sound of three shots and the O'Neal brothers fell dead. The Picous were not wounded. —_——— KISSED THE MAN SHE XILLED. Then Lucy Perry Fired Two Bullets Into Her Head. PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 5—Will Sims and Lucy Perry, sweethearts, quarreled to-day and Sims startéd to leave the woman. She pulled a pistol from the folds of her dress and fired at him. 1he ball entered his head and he died in- stantly. The Perry woman picked the body up and kissed the man several times. By this time the neighborhood was aroused. Seeing the officers coming the woman fired two shots into her head, dy- ing instantly. There were no witnesses to the tragedy and the direct cause is only conjectured. Sh A LEACH ELECTROCUTED. Paid the Penalty for the Murder of His Wife. SING SING, N. Y., Aug. 5.—Richard Leach was electrocuted this morning for the murder of his common-law wife, Mary Leach, which occurred December 11, 1894. Leach was a young man, a flori He took the woman out of an unsa; sort and the two lived together. was the cause of the murder. No sensational features were connected with the electrocution. Leach prepared for meeting death as calmly as though it were a commonplace affair. The execu- tion was completely successful. HELD THE MOB AT BAY, A Chicago Policeman Stands Off a Crowd of Levee Roughs. Stood His Ground Agalnst All Com~ ers by a Liberal Use of His Club, CHICAGO, Inn, Aug. 5—One police- man and a crowd of tough citizens started a riot in the most lawless part of the levee district to-night. Patrolman John C. McMahon ordered a number of loafers to move away from in front of a restaurant on State street, be- tween Polk and Harrison streets. One of the men responded by striking the officer, and another of the crowd knocked Mec- Muhon off his feet. Then the policeman jumped up and struck at everybody with- |in reach with his club, knocking a half dozen of the gang to the sidewalk. Two of them lay unconscious and the officer stood his ground against all comers. Riot, citizen and ambulance calls were sent to Earrison-street station, but in the meantime McMahon was trying to get.two of the mob to the station. Three hun- dred denizens of the leyee followed close upon the lone officer’s heels, the Jeaaers trying to hem him in and scores of the ex- cited mob yelling to kill the officer. The police in patrol wagons and ambulances dashed to the rescue and saved McMahon. Baut the mob followed to the station, yell- ing for vengeance, and broke through the police ranks into the station-house. ‘They were finally driven back to their haunts with a display of clubs. The ambulance officers found Charles Devore of 371 State street suffering from scalp wounds, and removed him to the County Hospital. The other rioters who had been injured were helped away by friends. Several citizens brought charges of drunkenness against McMahon, who denied the charge, but he was suspended pending trial before the Police Board. —_ TWO PLANTS AMALGAMATED. Union of Two of the Largest Industrial Concerns. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 5.—The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of this city, which are owned by Burnham, Williams & Co., and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburg, two of the largest industrial concerns in this country, have been amalgamated. The official announcement of the deal was to-day made by a member of the firm of Burnham, Williams & Co. Negotiations looking to the amalgamation have beeu in progress for two months, and to-day they were ratified by the local concern. To- morrow the board of directors of the ‘Westinghouse Company will take similar action. The coalition of interests, it is stated, will result in the early introduction of im- proved forms of electric motors for raii- roads, and will give employment to up- ward of 10,000 men in busy seasons. Al- though by the amalgamation the two com- Eumes will work as one, both plants will e retained as they are at present, exten- sions being made as business shall require. There will be a division of work, the Bald- win taking such as is suitable to_its facili- ties, and the electrical work will be done by the Westinghouse Company. ey SAW HER HUSBAND'S WRAITH. Mrs. Noble Says Her Crime Was Freely Forgiven.) MACON, Ga., Aug. 5.—*“He has come to see meand I know he forgives me now,” said old Mrs. Noble yesterday. She is under sentence of death for the murder of her husband, whom she helped to put out of the way because, as she said, he ‘“‘pes- tered” her. 4 _She said the old man came to her bed- side Saturday night, and together they discussed their children, “We didn’t say nothing about the killin’, but I jest know he forgives me or he wouldn’t hev cum.” It is f:em:rally believed that she will es- cape the gallows, as the sentiment here %imr_m hnng_ug';x woman is very strong. She is very illiterate— ype of -‘cmcker."y ate—the lowest type of g TR Yoted for an Increased Capital. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 5.—The stock- holders of the Kansas City Terminal Con- struction Company met to-day in the office of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company and voted to increase the capital stock of the Terminal Construotion Com- pany to $3,000,000. The proceeds of the increase will be used to build the extension of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway, that is now being pushed from the vicinity of Siloam Springs, Ark., to Shreveport, La. ———~—— Quarreled to the Death. ST. LOUIS, Mo,, Aug. 5.—A special from Victoria, Mexico, says that Jesus Villerio, Superintendent of the Public Schools o; that city and a_prominent civi i was uho’t’ and killed by Jose Cslsueu?gla?l{.' known young man there. The quarre] was over a trivial affair. Casas was ar- rested. MRS: TALMAGE DEAD. Passed Peacefully Away After a Lingering Iliness. DUE TO A SEVERE SHOCK. Her Decline Dated From the Burning of the Brook- lyn Tabernacle. A WORKER FOR CHRISTIANITY. She Proved a Powerful Helpmeet In the Labors of the Great Divine. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5—Mrs. T. de Witt Talmage. wife of the famous Brooklyn preacher, is dead. She passed peacefully away at 5:30 o’clock this morn- ing. Her husband, son and daughters were with her when she died. Her death occurred at the sanitarium in Dansville, N. Y., where she had been under treatment at various times during the past year. It then simply Mr. Talmage. He was but little known outside of his own field; reputation had not yet come, and thus Mrs. Talmage started with her husband at almost the foot of the ladder of fame which he soon began to climb so quickly. And few wives have proved such help- meets to their husbands as did Mrs. Tal-: mage. She has, in every respect, fulfilled the best idea of a helpful wife and proved her husband’s richest endownent. Although Mrs. Talmage never shared her husband’s life work, she was still one of the busiest women in Brooklyn. If there was a sociable, a ladies’ meeting, a fair in the Tarbernacle, she was at the head of it. She was president of the Missionary Society of the church, and presided at its meetings. Sne was a member of almost every society in Brook- lyn having to do with religious, literary, musieal or humane objects. Her social duties were naturally numerous, and she fulfilled them all. Two young daughters, recewving their first educational training, demanded her constant care and attention. In her personality Mrs. Talmage was favored. Her disposition was sympathetic by nature. Like her husband, she saw only the cheerful side of life. Her whole personnel suggested activity. Her eyes were a good index to her life—they were never still. Her features were pleasing and were rarely without the smile which continually played upon them. She was in the prime of life, of medium height, full of figure and more often considered hand- some than fair. Her face was youthful, because she kept her heart young and her hands busy. She was a good dresser, tasteful in her wardrobe, but never 1 / THE LATE MES. T. DE WITT TALMAGE. * [Reproduced from a photograph.] ‘ was supposed by the anxious watchers at her bedside that she. would. live .through the day, as they had been assured that the crisis of the disease would then.be passed, and that there would be a possibility of her recovery,but she began to sink rapidly and death came sogn after dawn. e Mrs. Talmage’s illness dated from the burning of the Tabernacle, that she had aided her husband and his devoted con- gregation in building. Her nervous sys- tem received such a severe shock when she was informed of the destruction of the building on May 13 of last year, that she was dazed for several hours, and all her faculties seemed par- alyzed. She was not able 10 leave her home for three weeks thereafter. = Her nervous system never recovered from the shock, and within a short time she was taken to the sanitarium. She returned from there late in June, and went to Europe for a little over a month. When she returned, slightly im- proved, she remained at home under the care of the family physician until this spring. Abouat three months ago she became much worse and was taken again to the sanitarium. Her dechine was gradual un- til about two weeks ago, when she failed rapidly, and Dr. Talmage, who was lectur- ing out West, and her children, were sum- moned to be with her. Her remains will be brought to Brooklyn to-morrow morn- ing, and the funeral will occur from the family residence on Thursday. Mrs. Talmage was the doctor’s second wife. Her maiden name was Susan Whit- temore. Her father was a prosperous real estate broker and architect of Greenpoint, N. Y. Previous to his settlement in Greenpoint the family resided on FEast Eighth street, at that time the aristocratic part of New York City, and it was there that nis daughter, Susan Curtiss Whitte- more, was born. Her education was most carefully regarded, and when she was 15 the family moved to Birmingham, Conn., where she finished ner training at the High School. Clara Louise Kellogg was one of her classmates. A few years later the Whittemores settled in Greenpoint, practically a portion of Brooklyn. On May 7, 1863, Miss Whittemore was married to T. de Witt Talmage in the building where they had first met a few months - before, the Greenpoint Dutch Reformed Church. The bridegroom wu| | doing 'well. | brother still lives among - the scenes of her early home in Gfeenpoint, prosperous and Two unimarried sisters live to- gether buta few blocks from the Talmage home—as close - in spirit. and relations to the great preacher’s family as if they were material parts of it." Dr. Talmage's first wife was drowned while boating in 1862, leaving a daughter, Miss Jessie, and a son, Thomas de Witt, who has since died. Mrs. Talmage became the mother of five children—Rev. Frank de Witt Talmage, Mrs. Dorin, Mrs. Mag- nal, Miss Maude and Miss Daisy. PLOTT0 KL ROOSHELT A Dynamite Bomb Sent to the New York Police Com-~ missioner. The Fuse Ignited When the Box Was Opened, but a Young Lady Extingulshed It. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 5.—Police Commissioner Roosevelt was probably saved from a sudden and untimely death by a discovery this morning made by Miss Daisy James, a clerk in the General Post- office. A hox addressed to Theodore Roosevelt, Central Police ofhce, New York, came into her hands. Its peculiar appearance made her think it was not all right and she started to pull the cover off. She at once heard the snapping of a match in the box, smoke came out and a flame appeared. She blew the fire out and sent for the superintendent of the department. A fuse haa been placed so that the burning matches would fire it, and it is supposed to have been extended to a small dynamite bomb. Detectives have been placed in charge of the case and are now investigating it. padiile Gl Killed by a Jealous Husband, MOUNT STERLING, Ky., Aug. 5.— Henry Reynolds, a 17-year-old boy, was iesterday shot and killed by John Haw- ins, a farmer, who claimed_that the boy had been $oo intimate with his wife. Hawkins will be lynched if caught. HAULING EARTH FROM THE BED OF MORMON o e L etk A " i 2 > I : e o Ve fi- . s W, 4, CHANNEL AT STOCKTON FOR THE VALLEY ROAD * [Drawn ‘jm a photogranh.). | DUEL TO THE DEATH. Triple Tragedy in the Kentucky Bluegrass Region. FATHER AND SON SHOT. Victims of an Unprovoked Quarrel With a Drunken Man. THEIR ASSAILANT WOUNDED. All Partles to the Affray Prominent in Social and Business Circles. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 5—The most desperate and tragic duel that has taken place in the Bluegrass region since the famous fight in which Goodloe and Swope killed each otheroccurred in the Woodford Hotel at Versallles this afternoon, when ‘William Newton Lane of this city shot and instantly killed James Rodenbaugh and mortally wounded the young man’s father, H. C. Rodenbaugh. The facts leading up to the difficulty show that it was the result of a drunken debauch. Lane was drunk at Lexington Saturday night, and yesterday morning, it is said, had a wordy war with a hotel clerk because the clerk would not give him another drink. Lane was very ugly, and serious trouble was barely averted. He went to Versailles this morning, and on arriving there continued drinking. About noon he went to the Woodford Hotel and ‘was given a room, and slept until about 4 o’clock this afternoon. A few minutes after that hour he came downstairs and met James Rodenbaugh in the hallway. He was in a bad humor. He asked the young man the amount of his bill, and upon receiving an answer Lane began abusing Rodenbaugh, who was a cripple. Their words soon led to blows, and both men drew their pistols about the same time. Lane’sfirst shotstruck Rodenbaugh in the neck just above the collarbone and lodged just under the skin in the back of his neck. Almost at the same instant that Lane fired Rodenbaugh’s pistol was dis- | charged, the bullet producing a flesh wound of little consequence in Lane’s left side in a line with his heart. The blood gushed trom Rodenbaugh’s throat, and, giving a few gasps, he fell backward a corpse. Just as he fell his father opened the door, and as he did so the slayer of the son turned upon the father and fired, the ball striking him in the mouth and lodging in the back part of his héad. He reeled, and when falling Lane fired again, the second bullet lodging in the old man's spine. He dropped to the fioor and lay by the side of his son. Casting a glance at his victims Lane walked out of the hotel to be arrested at'the door by an officer and placed in jail. ‘When physicians arrived they found the young man dead and his father in such a serious condition that his death is ex- pected at any hour. H. C. Rodenbaugh was a first lieutenant in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry and wasa gallant soldier. He was Postmaster at Nicholasville for two terms under President Grant. He was also a prominent turfman, being for years the senior member of the racing firm of Rodenbaugh & Rodgap. W. N. Lane is a native of Montgomery County and is about 28 years old. He has been considered a goed business man and a quiet gentlemen when sober, but when drinking he is quarrelsome. Lane comes of a good family and is related to some of the best people in Montgomery and Wood- ford counties. Lane was seen in jail to-night and told the following story: “I came down and told Mr. Rodenbaugh that the room was so filthy that I did not care to pay for it. He cursed me and started toward me as if to do me bodily harm. Ishotthe old man because I thought he was going to kill me. While I was shooting the boy got his pistol and began shooting at ‘me and I had to shoot or be killed.”” There is great gxcitement in Nicholas- ville, and the people of Versailles are highly wrought up over what they call an unprovoked murder. It is believed that should Rodenbaugh die the slayer will be lynched. KNIFE AGAINST PISTOL. Harry Kelly Killed in a Duel at Frank- fort, Ky. FRANKFORT, Kv., Aug. 5—A bloody tragedy was enacted on the streets of Frankfort late last evening, and as the re- sult of a quarrel between Richard Suter, a brother of Hon. Lee Suler,a well-known attorney of Louisville, and Harry Kelly, a politician of this city, Kelly lies cold in death and Suter is in jail. *Kelly bad a quarrel wiih William Willis and cut him up pretty badly. Suter, who saw the fight, testified in court against Kelly. This infuriated Kelly, and when the two men met by chance to-night a quarrel was started. Finaily Kelly drew a knife and rushed toward Suter, who pulled his revolver and fired three shots, one of which struck Kelly in the abdomen, killing him almost instantly. Suter was il Wy, Wgshu GRADE, at once arrested and placed in the county jail. i NEGROES DRIVEN OUT. Whitecaps Cause an Exodus From a Texas County. PARIS, Tex., Aug. 5.—News hasreached here of a bad state of affairs prevailing in Delta County, which adjoins this (Lam- pas) County on the south. One night last week every negro was notified to leave the county at once, or he would be taken out and hanged. Notices were posted inform- ing white men who undertook fo protect them that they would meet with the same fate. . This caused a perfect stampede among the negroes, who, being thoroughly alarmed, began to move out of the county at once, although the good citizens tried to dissuade them and offered them every protection. In a radius of five miles 2000 acres of land, crops and all, were aban- doned, and contracts for another year abruptly canceled. The whitecappers, or whoever they were, continued to post threatening notices, and the exodus has been complete. Some negroes who owned valuable farms have remained behind to sell their lands for whatever they could get for them. There is great excitement over the outrage. Thousands of acres of the finest farming lands in the South will be idle in conse- quence. WINKED AT THE MURDERS Chinese Officers Made No Effort to Check the Wha Sang Massacre. It Is Now Learned That an Amerl- can Misslon at Shasl Was Also Destroyed. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 5—The Daily Telegraph will print to-morrow a dispatch from Shanghai, saying that Rev. H. S. Phillips of the English Church Missionary Society witnessed the atrocities at Ku- cheng, but was powerless to do anything to prevent them. The Chinese magistrate, the dispatch says, waited until the foreign- ers were murdered or had fled before he appeared. The rioters, who numbered fifty, were led by a man carrying a red flag. 1t seems that the massacre was carefully planned. There are about 1000 soldiers stationed at Kucheng, and they could have stopped the riot had the officials chosen to order them to do so. The same dispatch said that the Ameri- can mission at Shasi, near Hankow, on the Yang-tse-Kiang River, has been destroyed, and its former occupants are fugitives. The American Consul here advised the missionaries in other parts of the country to retire. A meeting of foreign residents at Shang- hai, of all nationalities, was held to-day under the auspices of the China Associa- tion. Foreigners were urged to appeal direct to the heads of governments of their various countries to secure reparation for the many outrages committed in the Chi- nese Empire, and especially for that at ‘Wha Sang. Some of the speakers at this meeting declared no crederice could be placed in the diplomatic representatives at Peking. The residents desire the appoint- ment of a commission to inquire into the outrages in Szechuen and other inland provinces, apart from the British commit- tee, to be under the control of American Consul Jernigan, and Mr. Cqnner, the British Minister, has given his assent to the proposition. The existing committee is compos ed of British Consul Tratmai of Chung King, one missionary, the native preiect at Cheng Tu, the provincinl treas- urer and the provincial Judge. All of the latter are regarded as having been impli- cated in the attacks upon foreigners. The. Times to-morrow will print a Shanghai dispatch saying that the ladies at the missionary stations begged for life,, promising to surrender their property an valuables, but the Jeader of the mob 1ssued orders to kill them outright. DEPLORED BY CHINA. Perpetrators of the Kucheng Massacre to Bo Punished. LONDON, Exg., Aug. 5—E. G. Mac- artney, Secretary to the Admiralty, in an interview to-day, said that a meager tele- gram had been received at the Admiralty Office announcing the massacre at Wha Sang, near Kucheng. The Chinese Gov- ernment also said, had issued imperative orders to the provincial authorities to search out and punish the persons guilty of the outrage. The Government deplores tl’;}e event, which is most unfortunate for China. r retn STERN SENT TO JAIL. Convicted of Insulting the Arrogant Fon Thuengen. KISSENGEN, GerMANY, Aug. 5.—The trial of Mr. Louis Stern of New York, who is charged with insulting Baron von Thu- engen, deputy commissioner of the Spa here, took place to-day. The courtroom was cmwdeg throughout the entire. hear- ing, which lasted eight hours and resulted in the conviction of Mr. Stern. The court sentenced the prisoner to a fortnight’s im- risonment and to pay a fine of 400 marks. t was also ordered that the terms of the sentence be printed in three newspapers. e S KING CHRISTIAN'S ILLNESS. He Has Grown Much Worse and Suffers Great Pain. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Aug. 5.— The condition of King Christian, who is ill with catarrh of the bladder, has become worse. He is much prostrated and suffers great pain, although he is not at all fever- ish and has a good appetite. Dr. Petersen, his Majesty’s physician, is in constant at- tendance, having taken up his residence at the royal castle. —_—— CLAMORING FOR BRFEAD. No Abatement to the Riots at Tabreeze, Persia = TABREEZE, Pegsia, Aug. 5.—The riot- ing resulting from the agitation over the scarcity of bread here is being carried on. The mob attacked and wrecked the resi- dence of the City Governor, who has re- signed. The officials continue to promise to obtain a reduced price for bread, but desvite this fact the excitement has not in the least abated. Many of the female resi- dents of Tabreeze have taken refuge at the Russian consulate there. G e MACEO’S FORCE ROUTED. Defeated by Spaniards in a Brush Near Santiago. MADRID, Spary, Aug. 5—Official dis- patches from Cuba state that the Govern- ment troops defeated, near Matanzas, a band of insurgents from Las Vallas. It was added that Jose Maceo's band was de- feated near Santiago and several of the in- purgents killed. HILL FOR MORRISON, The New Yorker Wants a Western Man Nominated. IS OUT OF THE FIGHT: Believes That No Democrat From the Empire State Could Win. FACTIONAL STRIFE T0O0 ACUTE Leaders Turn to the Illinoisan as the One to Solidify the Party Vote. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—Senator Hill is quoted as having said: “If Democrats intend to continue in business in New York State we must nominate a Western man for President.” This remark is said to have been madein the presence of a number of politicians while discussing the prospects of Presi- dential candidates, and is believed to have significance at this time. It is said that Mr. Hill prefaced his remark with the statement that a Western man is neces- sary, for the reason that it would be im- possible, under existing conditions, to se- lect a candidate from New York who could draw out the entire Democratic vote of the Empire State. The claim is made that the factions of the Democracy in New Yorkare in such a state of antagonism to each other that there is no Presidential timber in sight to unify diverse ‘political elements of the party and swing them into line to pre- vent an unbroken front to the enemy. It is said Mr. Hill is convinced that neither he nor Mr. Whitney could do this thing, and as for himself, he has made up his mind to abandon all hope of the nomina- tion in 1896, and to-bide his time. ‘With this realization of the situation in his mind Mr. Hill is said to have reached the conclusion that a Western man is the only solution of the problem of turning out a full and undivided Democratic vote in bis State. The statement 13 further made that Hill is favorable to the candi- dacy of William R. Morrison of Illinois for Presidential nomination. This is asserted upon the authority of one of Mr. Morrl- son’s warmest friends and supporters, and who keeps in touch with all details of the campaign which is now progressing in fa- vor of his nomination. ““While of course my evidence will be en- tirely partisan and upon one side,”’ said this man, “I can pear witness to the fact that Mr. Witliam R. Morrison is right in {ront in the race for the Presidential nomi- fation. Senator Hill is not the only Demo- cratic leader who believes the nominee of the party should hail from the West, nor is he alone in his belief that Mr. Morrison is the most available Westerner in the party. Heisaman who can solidify the West and command the support of the solid South.” MORTON'S PUERLE LA An Effort to Force Department Clerks Into “Sound Money”’ Views. Salarles of Those Opposed to His Ideas Are to Be Paid In Silver Coin. +WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 5.—Secre- tarv Morton is a ‘“sound money” man. Several of his personal assistants at the Agricultural Department are strong advo- cates of the free coinage of silver. One of these gentlemen has been spending a month’s vacation in the West. When he returns to Washington to-morrow and calls at the office of the disbursing clerk for his salary it will be handed to him in a lump sum. That is to say he will receive 175 silver dollars. They are containedina can- vas bag 8 inches long by 4 inches wide, and it weighed, when placed on the scales to- day, exactly ten pounds. Secretary Morton isnow anxiously await- ing the result. He believes that the offi- cial in question will be nettled about his payment in silver, but the Secretary will insist that he cannot consistently object to a coin payment in view of his repeated ut~ terances in favor of the white metal. The Secretary says that arguments hav- ing failed to convince his assistant that silver as a circulating medium is not equal to gold he has had recourse to the method of treatment used by physicians of the homeopathic school as expressed in the Latin phrase “simila similibus curantur.” Skl STEWART IN THE SANCTUM. The Senator to Become Editor of the “Sil- ver Knight.”” WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—Senator ‘William 2. Stewart of Nevada, as soon as he recovers from the injury to his knee- cap, sustained last week by jumping off a streetcar, will, according to an announce- ment in a local newspaper, enter the field of journalism. He will be at the head of tne editorial staff of a weekly paper to be known as the Silver Knight, published by the Order of Silver Knights of America, recently incorporated with headquarters in this city. It will advocate the free coinage of silver. S g Of Interest tothe Coast. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug.5.—Gustave A. Gutman was appointed Postmaster at Germantown, Cal., and Jasper N. Stuhr at Newman, Cal. By direction of the Secretary of War, First Lieutenant ' William H. Wilhelm gecently promoted) is assigned to the: ‘ourteenth Infantry, Company E, to date from July 31, vice McGuire resigned. He will proceed to join his proper station, Vanc¢ouver Barracks, Washington. Pensions for California: Original — James D. Minard, Angels Camp; Francis K. Sml#x. Fort Bidwell; William H. Wen- derly, National Soldiers’ Home; Edward Teliier, Bullards Bar; Andrew J. Mussel- man, Santa Rosa. Increase—Elisha H. Chadwick, Kernsville. dOregan: Increase—Asa P. Lacey, Con< on. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 2, 3 and 4.