The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1895, Page 1

' VOLUME LXX SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAVOR FREE COINAGE, Democratic Champions of Silver Begin Their Conference. JONES IN THE CHAIR. Delaware the Only Eastern State Represented by a Delegate. OBJECT OF THE GATHERING. It Is Sought to Commit the Party to Free Ccinage In the Convention. Y, D. C., Aug. 14.—The ) vorable to the 1 at noon to-day the session be- s to effect an or- | ty strong enough onal Democratic to commit the party to National platfo: e the meeting of the and parlors of the well-known public extended use y metal. Senator Jones to be presiding offi- om explaining g to an interested relative to the pro- | rence in the room of in question with a s .in the lobby. The 1ri ons arrived arly and were introduced to es from th -Rep- a, Repre- a and Repre- iscussed with s fram otk sections the advisa- the proposed move, while dele: notso well known listened atten- experienced brethren. said that the in accordance with the explained its purpose. He call which wanted to see a silver militia organized to coy The rollcall es represented with ia 15, West 3, South | arolina 3, s 14, | e 4, Alabama 4, Ohio 1, | i 14, Indiana 2. Dela- 3, Kentucky 1, Mis North Dakota 1. It was stated that three additiona! States would be rep- resented before adjournment. | After the rollcall Senator Harris sug- d that the business of the convention tor Daniel of g resolution, with the gold forces. d nineteen S proceedings and same to the con- ting, to be held at irman .of the con- io & memper of this on of the resolution a e minutes was taken to nes to prepare the com- recess Chairman Jones lowing committee of one | fr each te represented: Missouri, Governor Stone and H. M. Hill; North Illinois, W. H. A. W. Clarke; Alabama, J. Carmack; v; Maryland, M. in, W. Stocksdale; Trentlen; West Vir- Texas, ex-Senator | ator Jones; Fior- | | South Carolin: ginia, J.J. C P. Hare ida, J. 8. Beard. ter the announcement of the com- mittee the conference adjourned until 4 | o'clock. The committee on programme and resolutions, after a three hours’ ses- sion, adjourned to report to the conven- tion that progress had been made but it | avas found impossible to- report the resolu- {ions in the short time elapsed since ad- journment, but that a report would be ready for the conference to-morrow morn- ing. Senator Daniel, in -accordance with the gramme, reported the proceedings and ed the conference to adjourn until 10 to-merrow, at which time they ex- pected to be able to report. The requestof Senator Daniel met prompt compliance, and the conference- adjourned . untjl 10 o’clock to-morrow. There are about eighty-five delegates in attendance upon the-conference.” Promi- nent among those present this morning were “Senators Harris and Jomes, who joined in issuing the call, Sendtors Jarvis of North Carolina and Call of Florida, ex- Senator Walsh ‘of Georgia. The East has but a single representative, from Delaware. Ex-Representative Gresham was at the hotel, but refused to take part in the gathiering. Prominent by reason of their absencé were Senator Turpie of Indiana, who was the third signer of the call; ex Representative Bland of Missouri, named to head the delegation from that State; ex-Representative Sibley of Pennsylyania, the candidate of the Bimetallic League for President, and ex-Representative Bryan of Nel ka, the free-silver missionary to the South. Speeches were made 1n the conference committee by Governor Stone of Missouri, Senators Harris, Call, Daniel, Jarvis, ex- Senator Walsh and others. After a long discussion a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Stone, Hinrichsen, Walsh, Jones, Jarvis, Carmack and Daniel was appointed to prepare an address and present a plan of National organization to be submitted to the general conference to-morrow. Up to a late hour the resolutions and addresses bad not been completed. The corridors of the Metropolitan Hotel were crowded all the evening with persons anxious to hear their purport. Mha wosgion ~% éha smhosmeseefiden —-n secret, and most of the members ap- proached refused to give any views con- cerning the resolutions. The reason why ‘Senator Turpie of In- diana, whose arrival has been anxiously awaited, is not here, is because of illness in his family. A prominent delegate stated that Representative Bland of Missouri was not expected and no disappointment was felt because he had not arrived. . Harry M. Hill of St. Louis, one of the delegates, when asked to state the tenor of the reso- lutions and addresses, said: “The resolutions will urge thata National committee be formed, composed of one member from each State, with full power to direct that sub-committees be appointed in certain States to carry on the good work whenever it be considered necessary. Of course it is left discretionary with the Na- tional Committee members as to whether such organization is ne€essary, for therea- son that many of the States, such as Illi- nois, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas and Mis- sippi, have recently declared for free silver almost unanimously. There is no doubt, however, that organizations will be perfected in-all the States. The resolutions will deal with other subjects, but until to- morrow it will not definitely be decided how they ‘shall read. In a conference of this kind, when the' conferees represent so many States, it is but natural that a great side issues should be presented for consideration, and these take time to dis- pose of. “There will be an address prepared set- ting forth the reasons for the conference and the needs of the silver party. A fight is declared on inside the ranks of the Deémocratic party, and under the banner of the Thomas Jefferson Democracy, for the free coinage of silver at the ration of 16to 1, and mot under the banner of Joe Jefferson, now fishing. “Of course the resolutions we submit may be defeated, but such a result is not expected. Thus far absolute harmony has prevailed, and such unison as we have had will be sure to bring about satisfactory re- sults. A numberof delegates have signi- fied their intention of making speeches, but none of them will probably- be of long duration. At any rate, we will adjourn to-morrow sine die, as it will not be neces- sary to name a time for the next conven- tion before the coming campaign. “Some inquiry has been made as to whether we intend to name a choice for the Presidential nomination. While indi- vidual members may discuss that subject it can be stated that the conference will not go on record at this time as favoring anybody.” The sub-committee will report to the full committee at 9 o’clock to-morrow morning the result of their work, and the latter committee will have one hourin which to discuss it. In case the resolutions and ad- dresses meet with the committee’s appro- val they will, at 10 o’clock, be submitted to the conference. Senators Jones, Turpie and Harris and | Governor Stone and Mr. Hinrichsen will | be constituted a provisional National com- mittee empowered to select National com- mitteemen for each @Bate and perfecta plan of organization. PEARS. FROM A FRIEND. A Gift That Caused Miss Flag- ler to Be Seized With Convulsions. w No Unkindness Was Meant, but the Fruilt Recalled the Killing of Green. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 14.—The News this afternoon says: Miss Flagler, who shot and killed young Ernest Green, and who is only beginning to recover from the prostration attending the tragedy, has received a terrible .shock, the innocent cause of which was one of the young lady’s most devoted and sincere friends. Green; as is known, received the fatal shot from Miss-Flagler’s pistol while in the act of picking up a pear which had fallen from ‘the tree. Miss Flagler’s friend, who is a young woman living in the country, without thinking of - the significance attaching to the sending of several specimens of fruit to her, and entirely out of the goodness of her heart, expressed a basketful of pears to Miss Flagler, inclosing a friendly note. s Flagler chanced to see the package, and with her own hands opened it. The first thing she saw the large and beautiful pears carefully packed in the basket. It. seemed to ber the work of some vicious mind to send such a2 package. So violent was the shock to her that. she was seized with convulsions. A physician was hastily summoned, and grave- fears for her were entertained for some hours. o g SESSION OF LIBRARIANS. An Interesting Paper Read by Miss Wade of San Francisco. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 14.—The second day’s session of the librarians’ convention was held to-day at the East Denver High School. Miss Emily I. Wade of San Fran- cisco read’ an interesting ‘paper on ‘‘Cata- loguing in the Future,” and in which she set forth exhaustive plans for the benefit of the librarians, advocating the use of the Mergenthaler linotype in indexing and cataloguing. A William H. Brett of Cleveland talked on the “Use of. Periodicals,” dwelling at length on the advisability of newspaper files, even if articles of the press had to be preserved in a scapbook. Lieutenant A. G. Winterhalter, United States Army, made an interesting talk on . “Ship’s Libravies.” The afternoon session was voted to a lengthy address by Aaron Gove and a discussion orf *Improper Books.’’ Bandit Silvia Recaptured. TRENTON, Mo., Aug. 14.—Nat Silvia, murderer and train-robber, was arrested at Spickard and placed in the Trenton jail with his wife. In 1893 Silvia and Frots- men held up the Rock Island train near Round Pond, O. T., but the robbery was frustrated when a brakeman killed one of the bandits. Silvia was captured later, after he had killed three deputy marshals, and-put in jail. He knocked the jailer down with the latter’s pistol and escaped before be had been tried. His capture was the result of a long search, and was accom- plished by strategy. =< LS Hog-Killing on a Large Scale. CHICAGO, Aug. I4.—Armour & Co. are revolutionizing the hog-killing industry at the stockyards with improved ma- chinery. They are arranging for a ma- chine with a killing capacity of 6000 hogs in a half day, just twice as many as the house manages to kill in a whole day at the present time. Whether- the new ma- chine will retire the workmen or a part of the gangs at present at work is not known, but the capacity of the works will be quad- et ) HUNTINGTON IS BACK. He Tells a Reporter All About His Foreign Tour. A SERMON ON HONESTY. Why Some Rallroads Grow in Favor Here and Abroad. VIEWS ON FINANCIAL ISSUES. The Magnate Fearful That This Government May Fall Into Corrupt Hands. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 4.—C. P, Huntington returned from Europe to-day on the steamship Majestic. He was ac- companied by Mrs. Huntington, and they were driven immediately to their home at 65 Park avenue. Mr. Huntington sailed for Europe on May 17 last. He has been traveling in England, Belgium, Holland, Germany and France. The railroad king I believe that silver should be a legal tender to the amount of $25." They said over there that they were willing to make silver a legal tender up to.$5. There is more silver in sight ten times over in France than there is in this couutry. The same is true in England. Here a man will apologize to you if he gives you a silver dollar instead of abill. If I wish to pay a hackman for a short drive at night 1 would rather pull out a “dollar of ourdaddies’ than try to hunt up a bill. I can be sure of the silverdollar, but I must have a light to make sure of the amount of the bill. The people of our country are rather educated up to the use of paper, although in 1837 there was lots of it that was good for nothing. Now we are accustomed to using it and we don’t like silver, but we would if we got used to it, as they are in France and England. Why, it is common there to pay for $4 or §5 worth of goodsin silver. By gradual approaches we may some time get silver on a parity with gold, but not now. I talked this abroad and they seemed to regard this view of the matter favorably. “As to the 16 to 1 question, I would rather have the Government stampon a piece of silver on a 16 to 1 basis and de- clare that this was a dollar than to have it on a 24 to 1 basis, for tbe latter would be too big. If the stamp of our Government says that such or such a piece of silver is a dollar—I am queer about these things, but such is my view—then, if the Government be honest, that piece of silyer is a dollar. But the danger is that we might get into the hands of dishonest people. and they would end up perhaps by trying to make doilars out of our forests. Give us good men in power and it doesn’t matter much what the currency is. Our large transac- COLLIS P, HUNTINGTON. [Reproduced from: a recent photograph.] received a reporter at his home late in the afternoon and chatted- about his trip, American securities abroad, railroads, the East African Company, in whose fortunes he expressed a deep concern; the Nica- ragua canal and other matters. Mr. Hunt- ington is looking in excellent health. He wore his proverbial black skull'cap and Prince Albert coat. As'to his trip Mr. Huntington said: “I did not go abroad to sell anything. 1 went for a vacation as much as anything. I was all over Germany, Belgium, France and Holland, and spent {two weeks in Lon- don on my way over and two on my way back. “No, I found nothing new in railroad matters over there. I don’t think their railroads are as good as ours. Their fares are much higher, and in some countries they allow you no baggage except a hand- bag. In Belgium you have to pay for all your baggage. Their cars are very good. They generally gave me a saloon-car, pos- sibly because I was a railroad man, although I paid my way. “I found everything in Europe looking well, the crops especially. Money is very cheap all over Europe. They are particu- lar what they buy. As to American se- curities they stand well. But Europeans bave learned to be discriminating, and their investments are now made only after careful investigation. I had much in- quiry made of me regarding American railroad securities. As I never organized and built a road and defaulted on the coupons, 1 suppose investors came to me in a feeling of confidence that they could rely upon what I said. I told them, as I tell you, that there has been much reck- lessness on the part of railroad builders in this country, but that this era had largely passed, and I thought that much had been learned here through experience; that there were good railroads and bad rail- roads. I need not mention the roads that have been recklessly Lhandled. You know them. “These inquiries were made of me par- ticularly in Germany, England and Hol- land. In France there is hardly anything held in our securities. There is as much holding of our securities in England as in the past. In London Pennsylvania 4 per cents were all sold out at 108; Chicago bonds sold at less than 3 per cent, as I read it. There is a good market for safe rail- road securities and for the bonds of our large cities. “The silver question is being discussed abroad a good deal,”’ Mr. Huntington said, and added: *“They don’t want us to run into silver currency. I told them that sil- ver would always have a place in financial economy, and that fourteen-twentieths of the human race belonged to the debtor class, who would insist that silver should have a good place. There Was no one in this country, I said, but who wanted silver to have ‘a good place. I told them that the gold people on our side were learning wisdom and favored ‘a good vplace forsilver, but they did not want it to the extent that silver should be legal tender. To the silver men e (T men a hettar silvar man than vou: tions are done by check; the cash is not actually handled. I payout'a great deal of money a year, but I suppose I don’t see $10,000 in actual cash. Confidence is the great factor behind the currency question. “In response to inquiries I was very careful, as is my habit, to.speak conserva- tively and .cautiously. - There-is evidently astrong interest in Europe in our securi- ties; but we have had so many poor things there now. This is a good thing for the people. It will make them more careful.” As to tbe recent issue of Government bonds in this country, Mr. Huntington said: “T heard almost nothing about it abroad, that is especially in conversation. They know there that our gold - bonds will be vaid in gold, and that is all there is of it. There is no better security in the world than our Government bonds, and as that goes without saying, there is not much talk abroad about our bond issues.” Mr. Huntington took a deep interest in the British elections, and of the result he said: “There was a general feeling of satisfac- tion in getting the people who supported Gladstone out and getting the Salisbury. government in. The foreign policy under Salisbury will be stronger and more stable than under Gladstone. I havea great faith in Salisbury, whose career I have watched with great interest. I think now there will be a development ‘of commercial in- terests in African trade. The Government has just taken over the British East African Company, and good results may be expected from this. This company was going to build a railroad from the east coast of Africa into the interior as far as Vietoria Nyanza, to connect with the gchain of the three great lakes. WeM I going to build I should go up the Juba River where steamers reach und so save some 120 miles of road to build to Lake Victoria Nyanza. When the road is built it will civilize the country and break up the slave trade. It will open up a fine country. I took an interest in the East African company myself to the ex- tent of $75,000 directly. I did this notasa speculation, for I expected to sink the money, but to open up the country. In- stead of bullding the road the Englishmen thought it better to sell out. Gladastone was vacillating in his foreign policy, but now that Salisbury is at the head of affairs and the government has taken the com- pany up, I think the railroad will be put through. +1 also put $50,000 into the railroad to be built along the Congo under the auspices of the Belgians. Leopold II individually put a great deal of money into that scheme. The Congo falls some 2100 feet in some 250 miles, so the road was to be built fifty or sixty miles away from the river but paral- jel to its course to Stanley Pool, whent there would be good navigation. Again expected to lose my money, but I fut, itin for opening up the country. It looks doubtful about the building of that road. I think more speculation in Belgium than building in the Uongo is zoing on in that tter. m;(r. }'Innfingtén is a great admirer of - Continued on Third Page, SACRIFCED IS LIFE Artist Hovenden Killed in Trying to Save a Child. STRUCK BY AN ENGINE. The Little Girl He Attempts to Rescue "Also Meets Death. JUMPS A SECOND TO00 LATE. Sad End of a Famous Painter When at the Zenith of His Fame. NORRISTOWN, PA.. Aug. 14.—Thomas Hovenden, the famousartist, wasinstantly killed by a railroad train near here this evening, and it was in attempting to save the life of a little girl that he lost his own. The sacrifice of Mr. Hovenden’s life was useless, because the child that he at- tempted to save also met her death be- neath the wheels of the same engine. The accident occurred at a grade cross- ing on what is known as the Trenton cut- off of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Chestnut Hill Trolley Company’s tracks run up to the tracks of the railroad com- pany at the point where the accident oc- curred, but do not crossthem. Passengers of the trolley company are compelled to leave the car at the railroad tracks and cross the latter on foot to take a car on the opposite side. Mr. Hovenden has a sum- mer residence in Plymouth Township, this county, and he was returning home this evening on a trolley-car. When the car reached its stopping point on the far side of the railroad track the passengers alighted as usual and prepared to cross to the car on the other side. Besides Mr. Hovenden among the pas- sengers on the car were Mrs. Clara Peiffer and her 10-year-old daughter Bessie. A fast-freight train was approaching the crossing as the passengers from the trolley- car alighted. The little girl did not notice the train, and she ran ahead of her mother to cross the tracks. The train bore rapidly down and the engineer blew his whistle freely when he saw the little figure standing between the rails. The child seemed to become confused and awaited her coming death withoutattempt- ing #2 avoid it. ¥ N:. Hovenden rushed forward and snatched the child up in hisarms. Be- fore he could make the leap that would have saved them both the engine struck him and horled him across the track with terrible force. The engineer stopped his train and he and the fireman ran to where Mr. Hovenden and the little girl were lying. The man was dead and the child died as soon as she was raised from the ground. Thomas Hovenden was one of the lead- ing artists of America. He was still in the comparative prime of his intellectual vigor and artistic skill, being but 54 years of age. His best known painting, ‘Breaking Home Ties,” has been engraved probably more than the work of any American artist and is a familiar object on the walls of thousands ot homes in the United States. The painting was one of the most notable of American groups at the World’s Fair. He was born in Dunmanway County Cork, Ireland, December 28, 1840. He received his early art education in the Cork School of Design; came to New York in 1863 and studied in the Na- tional Academy: In 1874 he went to Paris, where he studied, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Cabanel and returned to the United States in 1880. He was elected an associate of the Academician in 1882, a member of the So¢iety of American Artists and a member of the American ‘Water-color Society in 1883, a member of the Philadelphia Society of Artists in 1883 and a member of the New York Etching Club in 1885. flis works include “The Two Lillies,” 1874; “A Britany Woman Spin- ning”’ and “Pleasant News,”” 1876; ‘““The Image Seller,”” Paris Salon, 1876; “Think- ing of Somebody,” and “News From the Conscript, 1877; *‘Pride of the Old Folks” and “Loyalist Peasant Soldier of la Ven- dee 1793, 1878; “In Hoc Signo Vinces,” 1880 (published by Goupil & Co.; Paris); “Dat Possum,” 1880; ‘Elaine,” 1882, and “Last Moments of John Brown,” 1884, A ROAST FOR CLEVELAND, Ca'ustlc Arraignment of the President by Senator Butler. \ Denounced as Dishonest, a Traltor and a Tool of the Gold=- bugs. Z RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 14.—Senator Marion Butter, in his speech at Concord, made one of the severest attacks on Presi- dent Cleveland ever heard in North Caro- lina. 'He said: “The man who puts party above princi- ple is the best tool the goldbugs have, and the devil never had a better servant than the goldbug. Every bond this Govern- ment owes England or any other country, or individual, is payable in gold or silver at the option of the Government, and it says so0 on the face of the bond. Yet Cleve- land is going to England to get gold when he could pay bonds in silver. He does not pay them in silver because he is a hireling of the goldbugs. «] charge it here, and I'll charge it on the floor of the United States Senate if he sends down his army after me for saying so. 1f you have an honest man for Presi- dent he could make times easier in ten days by calling Congress together to fur- nish relief. “It is not enough to send honest men to Congress. We will never see better times il we drive traitors out of the White House and get an honest free-silver man for President.” . A Poison in the Pail. CROWN POINT, Ixp., Aug. 14.—Twenty persons were poisoned at Horseford Park last night. A dance was in progress and all who participated drank from a pail of water in which arsenic and strychnine bad been placed. All the victims wiil recover except Charles Williams, Miss Reisig and two others. The Sheriff is making investi- gation. —_——— FIVE YEARS FOR TAYLOR. The Defaulting Ex-Treasurer Receives a Light Sentence. PIERRE, N. D., Aug. 14.—Ex-State Treasurer Taylor was scntenced this morn- ing to five years in the penitentiary" in Sioux City by Judge Gaffey. The courtroom was crowded when judg- ment was pronounced on the offending ex-State Treasurer. Ina low voice the de- fendant, in reply tc the question if he had anything to say, said: “I have not.” The court then reviewed the crime and the statutes bearing on the case. He con- sidered the much-discussed section void and intimated that the two-year sentence was not intended to cover such a case. The worst part of Taylor's crime, in the estimation of the Judge, was that he had tried to force a compromise after getting his hands on all the State funds he could. pele WILL MARRY HIS VERA. Corbett and Miss Stanwood to Be United Next Week. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 14.—A special from Asbury Park, N.J.. says: It 1s at length announced that Cham- pion Jim Corbett is to marry Vera Stan- wood, who was the co-respondent in the divorce suit recently won by Mrs. Corbett. The wedding, it is said, is to take place next week. FIGHT RECORDS IN A HEAT, Cyclist Titus Lowers All Marks From Three to Ten Miles. Tyler of Springfield Sets a New Time for One and Two Mile Dashes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 14.—The bi- cycle tournament held at the Manhattan Beach track to-day deveioped sensational record-breaking performances in the ama- teur and professional ranks. F.J. Titus of New York, the famous crack of the Spalding team, lowered the world’s ama- teur competition record for ten miles. He covered the distance in 20 min. 58 4-5 sec., beating the previous record of 21 min. 35 3-5 seconds by Harry Maddox of Asbury Park by 4 4-5 sec., and incidentally lower- ing all existing records from three miles up, inclading the five-mile record of 10 min. 20 2-5 sec., held by himself and J. S. Johnson. H. C; Tyler of Springfield, Mass., low- ered Barden’s world’s professional one- mile record of 1 min. 50 2-5 sec., covering the distance in 1 min. 49 2-5 sec. He went on for the two-mile record, from which he clipped two-fifths of a second, his time being 3 min. 56 sec. The tournament was in aid of the New York Herald free ice fund and between 3000 and 4000 people attended the sport. The weather was admirably suited to record-breaking, scarcely a breath of wind to retard the riders. The programme was of a nature sufficiently varied to suit the most exacting spectator, including a spar- ring exhibition, trick riding, an actors’ race and a match race between Champion Corbett and Harry Wheeler. Wheeler was presumably imbued with that branch of spirit of the charity which is self- effacing and Corbett won by a length much to the amusement of the spectators. In the ten-mile race between Titus and Maddox the latter jumped ahead when the pistol was fired, but Titus outmaneuvered him and got the quad, on which were Cutter, Newhouse, Matto and Waller. The pace was a hot one and Maddox, who had taken a lot out of himself in the skirmish for the quad, was tiring visibly when the first mile was done in 2:08 1-5. The second mile was made in 4:04 2-5 with Maddox nearly half a lap behind, and in the second round of the third mile Titus overlapped him, BStonge and Silvie came out on a tandem to help the Aspury Park man along, but he could not go the pace, and the Spalding crack covered the third mile in 6:06 2-5, a lap ahead. On the fourth mile Maddox had enough, and quit. Titus was loudly cheered as he sped along on the heels of the quad, ana the fourth mile was made in 8:113-5. When Fred Burns announced the time for flive miles, 10:18 1-5, world's record, the ap- plause was deafening. The Riverside wheelman sped on, going fresh within himself, and urging on the tandem, which had reg}aced the quad, and was steered by Billy Murphy and Austin Crooks. The sixth and seventh miles were finished in 12:23 3-5 and 14:29 respec- tively, and when the time at the end of each’ mile was announced as having broken previous records, the - cheering broke out anew. After the eighth mile was made in 16:33 1-5 there ensued a piece of mis- management, which undoubtedly pre- vented the record-breaker from taking a much bigger piece off the previous best time. Originally, it was intended to have two quads to pace alternately, but one broke down before the start, and tandems were put on instead. The pacing was fair until the eighth mile, when the tandem pair tired and Titus, after calling for the quad which for some unaccountable reason had dis- mounted, went ahead and practically made bis own pace for the last two miles. The watches made the ninth mile 18:46, and, amid tremendous applause, the speedy Titus passed the finish line in :58 4-5, beating the world’s previous amateur record (in competition) from 3 to 10 miles. Following Titus’ great feat came the an- nouncement that Berlo of Boston woula try to _lower the American professional one-mile record held by himself of 1:53. He succeeded in tying this time. Armong other features of the programme during the afternoon was the sparring exhibition Bob Fitzsimmons and Frank Bosworth, his sparring partner. Those who expecl.ed to see a repetition of the Philadelphia fracas between ‘‘Lanky Bob” and “Gentle- man Jim,”” who was performing in a new capacity to-day, were disappointed, as the rivals for championship honors did not re- new hostilities. RS, ZLeveled by a Hailstorm. BELLE PLAINS, Mixr., Aug. 14.—A tornado, rain and hail storm struck this placelast evening. Hail of great size fedl to the depth of four inches, breaking all filua fronts in business places, all the win- ows in dwellings, churches and the City Hall. Many small buildings were un- roofed and overturned. Horses standing on the streets were knocked senseless. The corn crop .is -totally destroyed. The loss to property at this time cannot be ufimhs. Culverts were destroyed and railroad traffic 1s delayed. LYNCHED BY A MOB. The Vincents Hanged to a Tree by Citizens of Ellensburg. TAKEN FROM THE JAIL Determined Men Overpower the Sheriff and His Deputies. SHORT SHRIFT FOR BOTH. Willing Hands Pull the Rope That Launches Them Into Eternity. ELLENSBURG, Wasn., Aug. 14.—Mur- derers Samuel and Charles Vincent, father and son, were taken from jail here early this morning by & mob and lynched. The avengers were determined, and the Sheriff and his deputies were soon overpowered. The doomed men were given no chance for parting words, and scores of will- ing hands launched the murderers into eternity. 2 The Vincents were to have had a hear- ing to-day, but the people of Ellensburg decided to save the expense of a trial. A crowd gathered in the streets last night and proceeded to put their plans into ex- ecution. At least nine-tenths of the peo- ple favored immediate action, and some of the most prominent citizens were in the crowd. A few were masked, but the ma- jority made no attempt at disguise. It was1o’clock this morning that the word was given to move on the jail. Sheriff Stinson made a brave effort to de- fend his prisoners, but without avail. His force was too small to have any effect against the big crowd that demanded ad- mittance, and the jail was such a weak structure that it was impossible to keep the crowd out. As soon as they entered the lynchers made a rush for the cell in which Charles Vincent was confined. It was one of the steel cages, and for a while it defied the ef- forts of the crowd, but it was finally opened and the prisoner drageed out. He made little resistance, seeming to be overcome with fear. He was dragged out of the jail and to a small silver-poplar near by. A rope was thrown overa branch, tied around his neck, and iu: another moment he was dangling in the air. The crowd then rid- dled the body with bullets. The mob had at first intended to lynch young Vincent only, but just at this time news was spread that Burglin, the man stabbed by the elder Vincent, was dead. Then it was decided to make a thorough jobof it. The avengers marched back to the jail. Again Sheriff Stinson made a brave but unsuccessful fight to save his prisoner. Vincent, apparently half dead with fear, made no resistance. He was dragged out and soon was hanging beside his sen. ’ The excitement in town to-day is in- tense, but so far the authorities have taken no action. The crime for which the citizens of Ellensburg took the law into their own hands was wholly unwarranted. On Sun- day, while drunk, Charles: Vincent shot Mike Kohlopp, the proprietor of a saloon, inflicting a wound which quickly proved fatal. John Burglin, who, was in the sa- loon at the time, tried to"save Kohlopp’s life, but was stabbed and mortally wound- ed by Sam Vincent, father of Charles. Burglin lingered until last night, when he died. 2 The killing caused an intense feeling of indignation in the community. The Vin- cents were looked upon as bad men, and there was a determination to get rid of them. Charles Vincent had a bad crimi- nal record. He had served a term in the Oregon penitentiary for burglary and was regarded as a second-class crook. He acted as a stool-pigeon for the detectives in a proposed robbery of the Northern Pa- citic Railroad and exposed the plans of the robbers. As soon as news of the killing spread there was strong talk among the citizens in favor of lynching. Lawless deeds have been so frequent that it was felt that a warning was needed. RAWLSON’S GREAT SCHEME. Arrest of the Man Who Stole Railroad Rails at Wholesale. CHICAGO, ILL., Aug. 14.—A. W, Rawl- son was arrested here to-nighton a war- rant charging larceny from the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska. July 25 last Rawlson and his partner hired a dozen men and six teams at Grand Island, Nebt., and attempted to load a lot of steel rails on flat cars at Grand Island for shipment to Chicago and Indiana. At the time Rawl-~ son’s partner was arrested, but Rawlson escaped, and coming to Chicago went to work as a collector for a business house. The police here say that the two men had planned to steal $30,000 worth of.rails and ship them to Chicago and that they made contracts for delivery to 'several parties _is definitely known. They chartered cars from the Burlington road for the shipment. ; Previous to July 25, while Rawlson was in Chicago making contracts for the de- livery of the iron. he encountered Azel F. Hatch, a lawyer. Rawlson painted the scheme with such a rosy hue that Mr. Hatch, the police say, advanced Rawlson . This part of the s ory isdenied by fi?? Hatch. Rawlson will probably de- mand a requisition before returning to Nebraska. e FELL ONE HUNDRED FEET. Thrilling Accident to an Aeronaut Whose Parachute Failed to Open. BALTIMORE, Mp., Aug. 14.—W. H. Hanner, a young aeronaut from Cincin- nati, had a narrow escape from instant death to-day. He made an ascension at Point Breeze, intending to make a para- chute leap when at a high altitude. When about 100 feet in the air his balloon was caught in a contrary wind which hurled the bag against a windmill. Hanner saw that a collision was inevitable and cut loose His parachute refused to open and he fell like a log to the ground. He was apparen unhurt, although the physi- cians fear he may have sustained internal injuries that will prove serious. JFor additional Pacific Coast news see Pages 3 and &