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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1895. o FIEHTS FOR FREEDOM, ,E'hig‘»agements in Whichj| the Cubans Showed Valor. THE MEN SLAUGHTERED. Fever and War Caused Great Havoc Among Spanish the crippled veterans who were seated on wheelchairs on the field. The Emperor then ordered the troops to form in squads, and, as this command had been obeyed, his Majesty addressed the soldiers. ol- leys of cheers from the assembled veterans and thousands of spectators followed the Emperor as he left the field. Ly N MANY PERSONS WOUNDED. Local Police Unable to Stop the Rioting at Mulheim. BERLIN, GERMANY, Aug. 19.—The com- petition between two steamship companies caused a tnmult in Mulheim yesterday, and the trouble continued to-day, The local police were unable to suppress the disorder, and they were re-enforced by police from Cologne. The combined forces of police attempted to disperse the mob that had gathered, but were met by show- ers of stones, bottles and fragments of iron and revolver shots. Many persons were DONE BY NIHILISTS: Terrible Explosion at a Russian Military Barracks. THREE HUNDRED SLAIN. Many Army Officers Among the Victims of the Disaster. Smith was 1mmediately arrested and placed in jail. Professor Underwood will probably recover. WALSH’S LONG WALK. Started on His Return Trip Aoross the Continent. DEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 19.—John Walsh, the San Francisco molder who has just walked across the continent in ninety- three days and won a bet of $500, and who started on his return trip from Boston at 2 o’clock this afternoon, arrived in Ded- ham at 5:30. He spent a half hour in the local newspaper offices and the boys made up a purse for him. From Dedham he goes to Providence, R. 1., then to New York City, where he expects to report Wednesday night or Thursday morning. He expecis to beat his time limit of 100 days by ten. PR Y GASOLINE AT THE CASTLE. PACIFIC COAST NEWS, A Bullet Fired at a Val- ley Railroad Em~ ploye. THORNTON’S RASH ACT. Workman Gibbons’ Demand for Money Resented by the Contractor. in port since Thursday, will sail to-morrow for its customary anchorage in Sausalito. Mr. Coleman and party started on to- night's steamer, to avoid the rough north- ern passage—rough on a sailing vessel at this season beating up against head winds. Mr. Coleman and friends have made a fourteen months’ cruise along the south- ern coast, stopping at all points of interest. All declare they have had a dehightful time, and will repeat the cruise at an early day. Progress of the Coast Road. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Aug. 19.— Latest advices from the northern part of the county announce the completion of the grading for the coast road to within nine miles of Lompoc Landing. The con- tractors have finally found stone which they believe suitable for building piers for a bridge at the mouth of the Santa Ynez River. This stone is on the Purisima MYSTERY OF A SUICIDE, Nellie McCormick’s Career in the School of - Design. Reasons for Taking Her Own Life Are Not Wholly Explained. The tragic ending of Miss Nellie McCor- mick’s earthly career is the theme of con- versation among students and teachers at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. The first reports of the tragedy from San Jose . were to the effect that Evelyn McCormick had committed suicide, but investigation disclosed the fact that it was Nellie Mec- Cormick, who was in no way related to Evelyn. J. R. Martin cannot account for the sui- cide on any theory other than that her mind was unbalanced, As a student she was peculiar, and had fits of melancholy as well as spells of obstinacy. He recalls many peculiar actions indicating a wan- dering of the mind. She entered the school when the rooms were on Pine street. Tnree or four times a day for et least four months she applied at the office for a letter. None ever came for her, but she never failed to inquire if one had come. In many little ways she exhibited mental pe- culiarities. She never associated for any ranch, and is of excellent quality. Soldiers. 0il Had Been Placed There and Attached to a Fuse. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug. 19.—Acting on in- formation furnished the Fire Department to-day by residents of the neighbood of the Holmes building, in Englewood, Mar- shal Kenyon found a can half filled with gasoline beneath the secretstairway on the second floor, and he is convinced that the fire last night wasof incendiary origin. Two men were seen to enter the building between 8 and 9 P. M. Half an hour after- ward they came out and walked rapidly away. Itis believed the men placed the oil there and attached a slow fuse. Police Inspector Fitzpatrick said to-day that he knew of no order for the release of the wounded, including the Vice-Burgomaster, a police commissary and twenty-one policemen. Among the wounded is a boy who is dying in a hospital. The police fired into the mob, but the effect was not reported. A large number of the rioters were arrested. The police have, however, not yet succeeded in restoring order, and it Z\”“ probably be necessary to use troops to 0 so. ZLowered a Local Record. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., Aug. 19.—Ole Overra, who broke his collar-bone in the Fourth of July bicycle races, yesterday broke the road record between here and Ventura, a distance of thirty miles, reduc- ing itfrom 2:23 to 2:11. He made the run by way of the beach overa rocky track, being forced to walk a considerable dis- ‘[i&_l;l_ce. but reached Ventura in fresh con- 1tion. STOCKTON, Car., Aug. 19.—R. R. Thornton, the railroad contractor, shot at Michael Gibbons to-night and narrowly FORTS HAD BEEN UNDERMINED., NARROWLY ESCAPED DFATH. FORMATION OF A REPUBLIC. | The Intended Victim Dodged and Recelved But a Siight Flesh Wound. Toola the Scene of the Last Outrage by the Men Who Hate the Czar. General Masseo Declared President ‘of the New Island Gov- ernment. pootaigit N Indemnity From Morocco. BERLIN, Germaxy, Aug. 19.—The war- ship Hagen has arrived at Withelmshaven from Tangier, having on board the $50,000 indemnity which Germany, at the can- non’s mouth, compelled Morocco to pay for the murder by natives of a German The Carnival of 1896. SANTA BARBARA, CaL, Aug. 19.— Flower festival directors have set April 8, LONDON, Exe., Aug. 19.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Trieste saying that newspapers there Special Correspondence of The United Press. NTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 10.,via Key s Quinlans or Owens and denies that the; i i i in. | 9.and 10 for next spring’s festival. ) S . AWest, Fla., Aug. 19.—Rebels under Major- [ named Rockstroh. report that an explosion occurred to-day | have left the city. y missed sending a bullet through his brain. =g great length of time with any one girl, but WVest, e PR e p——— 2 2 Thornton has the contract for grading for changed her companions oiten for no ap- General Gomez oun 4 at the artillery barracks at Toola, the cap- the Valley road within the city limits. parent reason. st inst oops under ‘Gen- ital of the Government of that name in Gibbons has been emplyyed for the past SPH[AD UI: H]HEST HH[S In nearly all things she kent her own éral Me! ncipe, between the 3 | Rueain: eleven days as a laborer throwing up the I | counsel. She said nothing to her mother road from 1 the road of Nue- : 1 Y B about competing for the institute medal :yitas. A a Svanish report the UL oo Three hundred persons are said to have grade and :?—duy w;n;g lns'puy.t He::g;i and when'shé wor it did: not ‘iform her Sate e Sy i Spani . been killed, including many officers. been several times ornton to get it, mother of the achievement. Febels had three killed. | T;icypfld‘;“;‘i: The Defender at Anchor in the | *F © " 1= mi et Gt Holna A | Goldan BIOtHE Camity {n | but without success, and to-day went to Millions of Dollars Damage| 'Wwhen her father died ho leftan estate AR toph aron B id f ST ery 1IN | i1e omee of the railway contractor for the C d by the North consisting mostly of landed property val- rt th umber of wounded. In an- Horseshoe Inside o > Y ause y e No ern 8 77 RO o ypuE e exsminafion;intobecande o jtheiexpin Texas the Scene of purpose of getting his money if possible. ued at $60,000, but he so tied it up that 1t " other encounter where the insurgents at- Sandy Hook. sion led to the discovery that the barracks X ‘Hityh Staniton ‘Andea mian named Oole: Conflagration. could not be dinnhuu@ until his youngest ked a convoy that the Spaniards were Hiad been-ulidermined yerywhere. Operations. - child, Nellie, bad sttained the age of 21 man were in the office at the time and were being paid off, when Gibbons came in and took a seat. He asked for his money from the timekeeper and was told ta years. She lacked only one year of that age, and of course knew that she would have as her share next year about $20,000. Obviously nothing stood in the way of gratifying her frequently expressed desire o on the 5th inst. the fourteen killed and forty Among the insurgents killed Civil Engineer Menocal, but Narrow Escape of a Passenger Train From a Plunge Over a Precipice. Many arrests have been made of persons suspected of being implicated in the out- rage, which is supposed to have been the Two More Races With the Vigilant to Declde Which Yacht Will Defend the Cup. The Pollce Making an Investigation and Expect to Capture the -+ .routed at Toma Siguaney, in the Sancti - - . the battle of Gravelotte, which was fought E v_-mnde by Dr. Wolfing, an Evangelical yet been reported officially. aniards do not mention their loss r of these engagements. s in Puerto Principe seem very bad the Spaniards. Great numbers of s have left the city lately and joined bels. A passenger who arrived here erday from Havana said that a few ymeénts before the vessel sailed from e there was a rumor that General Mella, Governor of Puerto Principe, had been killed. A captain of artillery will leave this city to-day with a company for Puerto Principe. He has received orders to go immediately. The Government has officially acknowl- the landing of two large expeditions, ie of Serafin Sanchez and Roloff with 255 men, 1000 Mausers and 550,000 cart- ridges, and the other of Maya Rodriguez, a e gentleman of this city who served the whole ten years of the first war. The | news of the landing of these expeditions bas disheartened the Spaniards very much and enlivened the Cubans. 3 the night of the 8th inst.a party of inistrgents under Joaquin Planas set fire to Moron station of the American railroad, completely destroying it, having a slight skirmish with the soldiers that were in the fort.- On the 8th inst. an encounter took | place in Zacatecas, near this city. The Crubans lost four killed and seven wounded dnd the Spaniards six killed and eighteen wounded, among the latter a lieutenant. In.Songo, a village on the line of the American. railroad, the authorities ar- restsd a painter yesterday who used to go | around selling jewels as an excuse to find " news for the rebels. They arrested him for visiting the fort and making inquiries there. General Martinez Campos has -, asked for more quinine from Spain, saying “that it has given good results. This is laughable when one sces the number of soldiers who die daily in the island from llow fevers and other fevers, The mili- hospital 1s always crowded with sol- s sick with yellow fever, and in the there are many cases. ie Cuban meeting that was to be held in the district of Puerto Principe to form - the Provisional Government of Cuba took place on the 7th inst., with the following result: General Bartolome Masseo has been proclaimed Provisional President of the republic of Cuba, the Marquis of Santa : Minister of the Inierior, General mo Gomez Vice-President of the re- of Caba and Minister of War, Gon- zaia du Quesada Secretary of Foreign Re- lations, with residence in the United states; Grantonio Maceo, general-in-chief ‘of the Cuban army; General Jose Maceo, : commander of the Easlern army, with Pedro Perez, Capote and Angel Guerray Rabi as generals of brigade. According to an official report from General Antonio Maceo eighteen regi- ments of 800 men have been organized in the eastern district of Cuba, 3000 of which are cavalry. “Géreral Maceo says that 7000 men are .very well armed with Remingtons, Win- chesters and Mausers, 5000 with machetes, : fevolvers and short-firing weapons, and “...the rest with machetes only, the troops | “peing all in very good spirits. i. General Gomez has been informed that {4 has 4000 men in Puerto Principe and 5000im Las Vilas. Tt is said that Dr. Cas- " itillo will be appointed diplomatic agent of i{the. Cuban republic at Washington and Mexico. MANY REBELS KILLED. x 'Hr'p.d;rl.l of Battles as Sent Out by the S Spanish. HAVANA, Cusa, Aug. 19.—Advices "from Santa Clara are that Colonel Palanca Spiritus district, several rebel bands un- . “der the command of Roloff and Sanchez. ‘Bixty rebels were killed while the Gov- -ernment force lost two killed and eight wounded. The rebels fled into the prov- ‘itice of Puerto Principe and were pursued -by the troops. Bands of rebels under Juarez, Sayas, Merchado and Fuste are _proceeding toward Campana, a town near the border line of the province .of Santa Clara and Puerto Principe. Colonel ~.Oliver reports from Remedios that the froops under his command had a battle with the rebels near Rojas and that the insurgent loss was heavy. The rebels at- tacked the Ramano plantation, but were -repulsed by the operatives. During the fight twelve rebels and one of the opera- tives were killed. Sl b MR GERMAN WAR FETES. on the Historio Field of : Gravelotte. ..BERLIN, GerMANY, Aug. 19.—Fifteen | thousand German veterans of the Franco- Prussian war celebrated the anniversary of " 4 Celebration on’ August 18, 1870, by a parade on the Templehoff field to-day. " The ceremonies attending the celebra- ion were begun at noon with religious . services. The choral “Nun Danket Alie Gott” was sung, and addresses were military pastor, and Dr. Vollmar, Catholic ecclesiastic. _After benedictions a NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 19.—The final preparations have been made for the first of the trial races to determine what yacht shall meet the challenger for the America cup, and the Defender and Vigilant will meet off Sandy Hook for a battle royal. Both yachts are in better trim than ever before and both will be sailed to the limit of their abilities. Without question the Defender has been held back, and whiie probably no jockeying has been in- tended, the syndicate boat has not shown her full ability to go. The newness of her spars, sails and fittings has made her people cautious about subjecting her to the heavy strai that she must endure when pushed. Now that her sails have been stretched and rig- ging gradually made taut, the boat is ready for her full powers to be tested. She has her big 105-foot boom and largest Herres- hoff mainsail aboard, and is now equipped as she will be for the interrational races, provided she is chosen to defend the cup. Her crew had a busy day to-day. They put the last finishing touches to her, and this afternoon she was towed from her moorings off New Rochelle to New York. | The recent painting and scraping of her aluminum sidesand bronze underbody and the new spars and sails, make her the most handsome cup-defender Yankee ingenuity has ever put together. At4p. M. the Defender made sail and started down the bay toward the Narrows. There was a spanking breeze from the north-northwest, and, under mainsail, fore- sail and jib, the crack sloop ran away from her tender, the Hattie Palmer, and easily passed the iron steamboat Taurus with a load of excursionists bound for Coney Island. The Defender passed the Narrows at 4:30 o'clock, and, with her white sides gleam- ing in the sunlight, swept down the lower bay to an anchorage in the Horseshoe, where the Vigilant has been since yester- day. The Horseshoe 1s just inside of Sandy Hook and is a safe anchorage ground near the starting point of the races and saves much work tor the crews of the yachts. The Vigilant remained quietly at anchor to-day. She isin perfect condition for one more try at the Defender, and George Gould, who has spared neither money nor trouble, and E. A. Willard, who has de- voted most of kis time, deserve much credit for their sportsmanship. Although they saw fit to retire the Vigilant from fur- ther races at Newport on account of the disregard for the customary rulesof yacht- ing, they bave kept their word and placed the cup-defender of 1893 at the disposal of the America cup committee for the trial races, Mr. Willard has stated, however, that any further disregard of the rules of the road by Mr. Iselinor the skiy{ ers of the Defender will be at their risk, as he does not propose to keep on forever giving way to the new boat. Although the regatta committee decided against Mr. Willard’s protest, the concensus of opinion among yachtsmen is that the De- fender attempted to *‘hog theline.” The unpleasant occurrence is not likely to be repeated, as neither Mr. Willard nor Mr. | 1selin want to see the Defender in a col- lision. The race to-morrow wiil be one of two which were set by the America cup com- mittee to determine which is the best vacht to meet Lord Dunraven’s challenger. General Payne’s Jubilee will not take part in the trials and the contest will be be- tween the Defender and the Vigilant. Shoula one boat win to-morrow’s race and the other boat the second race a third race may be fixed up for Saturday. From the showing that the Defender has already made in her races with the Vigilant there is little doubt that she will be selected to meet Valkyrie ITL. e WILL RELINQUISH COMMAND. The Duke of Cambridge to Retire From the British Army. LONDON, Enxa., Aug. 19.—Lord Lands- downe, Secretary of State for War, in mak- ing a statement 1n the House of Lords to- day regarding the retirement of the Duke of Cambridge, said that the latter would relinquish command of the army on the 1st of November 1nstead of on the 1st of October, as had been originally arranged. This change, his lordship added, was made in order to comply with the desire of the Duke to complete autumn inspection of the army. On motion of Balfour, the Government leader, the House, by a vote of 271 to 87, suspended for the remainder of the session the rule which provides for the adjourn- ment of the House. The Government will also take the whole trime of the House. After rejecting several amendments to the address in reply to the Queen’s speech, a Government motion to adopt closure was carried by a vote of 206 to 73. Then, by a vote of 217 to 63, the House agreed to the address. e L Drowned in a Collision. LONDON, ExG.; Aug. 19.—A dispatch from Hamburg says that the steamer Con- cordia ran down the motor-boat Beekman last evening, near Falkenthal, on the Elbe River. Seventeen persons were drowned. Of eight members of one family named Lagki, who were on board the motor-boat, only ¥rau Laski was saved. ety An Inguiry Refused. SHANGHALI, Cuixa, Aug. 19.—The Mer- cury of this city states that the Chinese Government has refused to allow the Brit- ish and American Consuls at Foo Chow to make any inquiry into the massacre of Christians at Ku-Cheng, where they and the other members of the commission of inquiry arrived a few days ago. il e Pt An Earthquake on North Island. WELLINGTON, N. Z., Aug. 19.—A se- -hdd been pronounced by the two clergy- men, Emperor William rode alon lines of troops, stopping occasionnfiy to speak to old soldiers, who bore visible vere earthquake to-day in the Taruanga the | district, on North Island, did much dam- age. At Tupo the residents were panic sigricken and fled to the fields, whexepthay goes of wounds received in battle, and to | aze now camping for safety. work of nihilists. Toola is an important manufacturing town on the Oopa, 105 miles south of Mos- cow. The population in 1882 was 63,510, 1t is the “‘Sheffield and Birmingham’’ of Russia, and has a fine appearance. Itis well built and has several convents, about thirty churches (one of which is a very handsome structure, adorned with marble columns), a free school and gymnasium, trades, foundling and other hospitals, a House of Correction, prison, arsenal, thea- ter, museum and a vast manufactory of arms, which owes its origin to Peter the Great. The articles produced are of good quality, and the work people enjoy peculiar privileges and immunities. Toola has also manufactories of mathe- matical and scientific instruments, jewelry, platinaware, silks, hats and leather. Itis the residence of a military Governor, a Bishop’s see and the seat of a Chamber of Manufactures. In its vicinity are many gardens, orchards and nursery grounds. FRAUD IN THE TRANSFER. Sensational Sequel to the Failure of a Dry- Goods Con pany. OMAHA, NEBR., Aug. 19.—A sensational sequel to the S. P. Morse Dry-goods Com- pany failure is the fact that the heavy creditors have consolidated and brought an action against the S. P. Morse Dry- goods Company, 8. P. Morse, William V. Morse, D. M. Haverly, Frank Lehmer, O. J. Lewis and the five creditors who ob- tained confessions of judgment in their favor from the officers of the S. P. Morse Dry-goods Company. The plaintiffs claim that at the time when the Morse Dry-goods Company be- came involved the officers of the company arranged with S. P. Morse to form a new company under hisown name, and thatthe assets and stock of the former company were turned in as assetsin the new com- pany, which is known as the 8. P. Morse Dry-goods Company. The plaintiffs assert that the transfer was made to relieve the stockholders of the former company from liability on the ciaim against it and to throw the Jiabilities on the new company, which had no assets except the stock on hand. They seek to set aside the confes- sions of judgment entered in favor of the five creditors who have possession of the stock of goods under execution, alleging fraud in transfer from the old to the new company. They also seek to render Wil- liam V. Morse and O. J. Lewis, the heavy stockholders of the former company, liable for the debts of the S. P. Morse Dry-goods Company. In the meantime they ask an order restraining the sale of the property now held under execution until after their rights can be determined. DOES NOT WANT A DIVORCE. Ex-Mayor Magowan of Trenion Denies He Has Been Interviewed. TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 19.—Mrs. Frank A. Magowan, wite of ex-Mayor Magowan, who was reported yesterday as baving ad- mitted to a reporter in New York that he went to Oklahoma recently for the pur- pose of instituting divorce proceedings against his wife, came to Trenton today- from Spring Lake and had a_long conver- sation with her husband, Mr. Magowan assured her that he had not been inter- viewed in New York and advised her to go back to Spring Lake, saying everything would come out all right. ~ Mrs. Magowan was satistied with her husband’s explana- tion and left for Spring Lake. Mr. Magowan, in conversation with a United Press correspondent this after- noon, said that he was not interviewed in New York yesterday, but admitted that he acknowledged that he had been in Okla- homa. While denying the interview, Mr. Magowan persistently declined to answer a direct 8ucslion as to whether or not while in Oklahoma he did or did not in- stitute divorce proceedings. i T e COLOEED KNIGHTS OF PYTHI AS The Old Legal Fight ¥et in the Supreme ZLodge. CHICAGO, ILv.,Aug. 19.—Matters looked rather mixed to the members of the Su- preme Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias of the World, when they assembled here to-day. Attorney Mack, on behalf of ex- Supreme Chancellor Williams of Louisiana, secured an order for a receiver for the Su- grcme Lodge, and there was little business one to-day. Late in the afternoon Su- preme Chancellor Mitchell appeared with Attorney Mack before a Master in Chan- cery, and the motion for a receiver was denied. The lodge then proceeded with the regular work. A public reception was given. to-night. The legal fightis an old one which was begun in Cincinnati four years ago, when ex-Chancellor Williams, who was accused of dishonesty, dissolved the Supreme Lodge and attempted to found a new order. —_— SHOT BY A BROTHER-IN-LAW. A Probabdly Fatal Affray Ended a Fam- ily Qurrel. GALVESTON, Tex., Aug. 19. —H. H. Underwood, professor of mathemutics in the Ball High School, was shot in the breast this afternoon by his brother-in-law, Everett Smith, during a family quarrel. Smith’s wife had left him and gone to her brother’s to live. To-day Smith went after her to induce her to return to him, but was unsuccessful. He drew a knife and attempted to cut her, but Professor Underwood prevented ith th ety pheia g, g, Gyl fhen i Vandals. PARIS, Tex., Aug. 19.—Graveyard van- dals have been plying their vocation at the old-time Peedee burying ground near Golden Bluff. Tradition has it that valu- able jewels are buried with the remains of some of those old-time planters and their families. Sixty years ago there removed to that locality some dozen or more wealthy fami- lies from Tennessee and among them Sam- uel M. Fulton, who owned several hundred negro slaves, besides cultivating a thous- and acres of the rich Red River soil. He also ran a river trading-boat. His daughter married a man by the name A. McCuistion, also reported to be worth many thousands, and when Fulton died young McCuistion inherited his great for- tune through his wife. She finally died and her many diamonds were buried upon her person consisting of ear rings, breast- pin brooch and finger rings. Her grave has been vandalized and the jewels stolen. Five other graves have also been entered and robbed of the jewelry. A complete investigation is besng made and the offic- ials have a clue which it is thought will result in the arrest and conviction of the ghouls. —— ——— EXPERIMENTS OF A PHYSICIAN., Medical Men Interested in the Treatment of Tuberculosis With Serum. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Euro- pean dispatches published yesterday told of the great interest aroused among medi- cal men in Europe by the recent experi- ments of Professor Marragliano of the University of Genoa, in treating tubercu- losis by the use of serum. At the recent medical congress at Bordeaux Professor Marragliano reported that he had treated over eighty cases of tuberculosis by this method, and that, while some of these were still under treatment, it was possible to report distinctly favorable results in three-fourths of all the casss. In speaking of the statements in regard to Professor Marragliano’s experiments Dr. Paul Gibler of the Pasteur Institute said yesterday: “There is nothing new in this method of treating tuberculosis. ‘When M. Charles Richet, who may appro- priately be styled the father o?’serum- therepy, began his experiments with this treatment, following the example and methods of Pasteur, one of the first dis- eases to which he turned his attention was tuberculosis. The experiments begun by him have been carried on since then bot in Paris and also in a modest way on this side of the water. ““The results of our work thus far in this asin other maglignant diseases are very encouraging. It is not claimed that the sero-therfliplc method of treatment will cure all forms of diseases for which it is usually administered, or even all cases of these forms. What has been proved is that certain forms of malignant disease readily yield to the sero-therapic treat- ment. There are men in good health to- day who owe their lives t %." - Wonderful Corn Crop. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 19.—A morn- ing paper prints a dispatch from Thornton K. Prime of Dwight, Iil., the crop expert, i which he says: *“In twenty-five years’ experience I have never seen anything like the prospects of the growing corn crop of 1895, Under present congi(ions you can look for a harvest of over 2,000,- 000,000 bushels of corn in the United States. This ought to be worth on the farms of the country, on an average, 25 cents a bushel, or $5,000,000. If the Euro- Bean grain crop is short, and the English arvest is known to be so, our exports should be enormous, insuring a balance of trade in favor of the United Etaua." —_———— Crops Ruined by Storms. TOPEKA, Kans, Aug. 19.—Reports frem Central Kansas to-night show that an unusually heavy rainstorm, which in some localities was accompanied by wind and hail, prevailed to-day. In Harvey County a hailstorm devastated the county, de- stroying crops. Corn was stripped of its leaves, fruit pounded from the trees and vegetation of all kinds badly damaged. Wires are down and it is difficult to get details. Enough is known, however, to say thatin the county nameda the crops have been so seriously injured as to leave less than half a crop. —_—————— Aid for the Armenians. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 19.—The Ameri- can Board of Foreign Missions has re- ceived from some of its representatives in the Sassoun region of Eastern Turkey an account of the distribution of aid sent from Englacd and America to the poor survivors of the terrible massacre. The scenes in the suffering districts are reported to be pitiful in the extreme. More money is needed at once. —_—— Trouble Over Confiscated Whisky. WICHITA, KaAns.,, Aug. 19.—Wichita's chief of Police, Park Massey, is to be tried for contempt of court for refusing to honor a replevin for confiscated liquor. There is also trouble between Deputy Internal Rev- enue Collector W. E. Huttman and Sheriff Boyce over the possession of confiscated whisky. Wreck of a Special Train. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Aug. 19— Meager particulars have been received here of the wreck of the Adirondack ;}m:ial from New York this morning near ehasans Park. It is reported that every ch exce| '.ini‘um Lake Placid sleeper the tnc;. ter advices state that no coa left one was P that he could not get it. He then said that he had tried several times to get his money, but without success, and was tired of the delay. At this Thornton, who was paying off Coleman at the time, ordered the time clerk to put Gibbons out of the office. The clerk had more discretion than valor, and Gibbons continued to sit in a chair in the office. He demanded the money due him again, and then Thornton went to the safe and took from it a re- volver. Walking over to where Gibbons sat Thornton said, “I'll fix you, » and catching hold of Gibbons’ shoulder he placed the pistol close to the laborer’s face. The latter threw himself backwards just in time, as Thornton discharged the pistol, sending a bullet through Gibbons’ hat and inflicting a slight flesh wound in the lat- ter’s face. : Thornton was placed under arrest but gave bonds at once. He had been drink- ing and this is perhaps the cause of his assault on Gibbons. The latter is an in- offensive man, and gave Thornton no provocation for the assault. Colonel Thornton is an old army officer. He entered as a lieutenant of engineers during the late war and came out as colonel. He was with the regular army for some time after the war, and was once tied to the stake by Indians and rescued by Custer as he was about to be burned. This experience turned his hair white, and since then he has been of a highly excit- able temper. Several times of late Thorn- ton has drawn his revolver on those who have opposed him in matters of business, but this is the first time he has ever fired it at any one. STEADILY IMPROVING. Governor Budd’s Recovery From Illness Is Rapid. STOCKTON, CArL., Aug. 19.—Governor Budd was much better to-day than he has been at any time during his illness. He ate a hearty meal of birds and was much brighter than he has been since taken sick. From this on his improvement will be rapid. He sat up for some time and seemed much stronger. A SANTA BARBARA HERD Gallant Rescue of a Drowning Man by an Exhausted Swimmer. Fell in a Faint After He Had Car- rled the Bather to Shallow Water. SANTA BARBARA, Cin, Aug. 19— William Rust is the hero of the hourin Santa Barbara, because of his heroic rescue of a drowning man from the water. Julius Varroni while bathing at the beach was seized by a cramp and sank with a scream for help. William Rust, who had been swimming for a long time and who had thrown himself down on the sand tired out,saw Varroni's peril and went to his assistance. Varroni, crazed with fright, attempted to climb on the shoulders of his rescuer, and both men would have gone to the bottom had not Rust given the drowning man a stout thump on the head, which put a quietus upon his struggles.. This accomplished he swam with his heavy burden to shal- low water, where his own strength com- pletely gave out and he had to shout for help. Genny . Larco and Ansel Birtch plunged in and carried Varroni to the shore, while Rust contrived to make his way out unaided, and dropped helpless and exhausted on the floor of the bath- house. Rust is 2 young Enlishman, 20 years old, who came to this coast with a younger brother two years ago and started a cattle ranch in thelonely San Rafael range. He comes of an excellent family and is riper in experience than in years, havinglived in India, where his father was Viscar of Cal- cutta and also in Germany. He speaks five languages fluently. BURKE-CAKHART NUPTIALS. A Brilliant Wedding in Trinity Epis- copal Church. SANTA BARBARA, Car, Aug. 19.— David H. Burke of Los Angeles and Miss Marie Louise de Castera Carhart, who with her mother, a wealthy resident of Burbank, has been spending the summer at Santa Barbara, were married in Trin- ity Episcopal Church to-day. The cere- mony was followed by a banquetat the Arlington, where sixteen covers were laid. The dining-room was decorated with potted plants, marguerites, palms and climbing asparagus. usic was furnished by the Arlington quartet. The guests at the dinner were: Mrs. D. S. Burke of Los Angeles, mother of the room; Miss Sabina Burke, a sister; De Enul finxke, a brother; Mrs. M. L. Car- hart, mother of the bride; Miss Helen Car- hart, the bride’s sister, Thomas F. Car- bart, Ralph and Warren Carhart, brothers of the bride; Rev, W. H. Ramsay and Mrs. Bicknell. The bridal party start for the north to- night by steamer. Return of the White Wings. SANTA BARBARA, CAn, Aug. 19— The yacht White Wings, which has been SPOKANE, WasH., Aug. 19.—The forest fires continue to spread with frightful ra- pidity throughout the north. Miles upon miles of forests are being reduced to charred and blackened stumps and ashes, and the damage already done will reach into the millions. One arm of the fire has traversed south to within twelve miles of this city, and to-night the smoke is so dense here as to almost obscure the vision. Along the line of the Great Northern for a distance of twenty miles the fires are burn- ing fiercely. The passenger train going East last night narrowly escaped being thrown down a steep embankment into the river. A huge burning tree toppled over onto the track on the mountain side as the train came around a curve. Before the engineer could reverse the lever the engine struck the tree, bringing the train to a standstill so suddenly as to throw the passengers to the floor. The engine and front coaches swayed to the opposite side from the cliff and almost fell into the torrent below. By the time the track was cleared the train was on the point of igniting from the in- tense heat from the burning forest. For a time the passengers were terror-stricken and thought their last hour had come. ‘When the train arrived here the coaches showed the intense heat they had been through, the varnish and paint being blis- tered. TACOMA, WasH,, Aug. 19.—A special to the Morning Union from Pittsburg, this county, says the forest fires have resnited in sparks and pieces of burning trees being sucked into the coal mine at that point, setting the entire mine on fire and preventing further work. The mine has been deserted and every air shaft sealed in order to smother the fire. The damage cannot be ascertained until the fire is extinguished. FIRE AT NAPA. The Ehrenberg Residence Wrecked by a Blaze. NAPA, CAL,, Aug. 19.—The residence of M. T. Ehrenberg on Main street was gutted by a conflagration to-day. After a half hour of hard work the flames were confined to the rear of the house, and were there extinguished. Flames then burst forth from the roof, and the fireman finve their attention to that part of the building. Soon the porch was again ablaze, and another alarm was turned in, summoning the companies, they having returned to the engine- houses. Many streams were soon brought to play on the burning building, and after thoroughly drenching every tloor with water the flames were extinguished. Mr. Ehrenberg and two children had a narrow escape from burning. He was awakened by a choking sensation, and found his apartment filled with smoke. He pprnng rom his bed and hurriedly dressing the two children sent them toa neighbor. He then turned in the alarm. The total amount of damage cannot yet be estimated, but it will reach a large figure. The building and contents carried an insurance of Mr. Ehrenberg will rebuild as soon as possible. AN INCENDIARY FIRE. Tramps Accused of Destroying a Medford Schoolhouse. ASHLAND, Og., Aug. 19.—The Medford public school-house, costing $15,000, was burned to the ground at 1 o’clock this morning. The fire was undoubtedly of incendiary origin, and two tramps who were severely handled by the Medfor police the day before are suspected. The school directors at a meeting to-day offered a reward of $1000 for the apprehen- sion of the guilty parties, and made ar- rangements for the construction of a new brick schoolhouse. The burned building was covered by $7000 insurance. BINGHAM LIES IN ASHES. Half of the Utah Mining Camp Destroyed X by a Conflagration. SALT LAKE, Uran, Aug.19.—Bingham, a mining camp twenty miles south of Salt Lake, was almost wiped out by fire this evening, the loss aggregating $200,000. Forty-tive houses and business places were destroyed and many lieople are homeless. Churches and other places are being used as a temporary shelter. The fire started in a livery stable, and, there being no_ effective fire department, the flames rapidly spread until balf the town was laid in ashes. The loss 1s partly covered by insurance. The tiames are now well under control. AR LA SONOMA AND MARIN FAIR. Fancy Stock Arriving for the Petaluma PETALUMA, Cal., Aug. 19.—The gates of the Sonomo and Marin Agricultural So- ciety will be opened to-morrow for the an- nual exhibition. The pavilion space is filling up rapidly, and the entry clerks in the l§00£ de%an{:’xent will be "obliged to work late and early to catch up with them. Pure-bred short horns, Holsteins, Jerseys and Red Polls are constantly arriving. Sheep, swine and poultry will be well rep- resented. There are two races on the speed pro- gramme for to-morrow—a 2:24 class trot. wWith Letter B, Palermo, Carrie C, Ei Benton, Bijou and Lady O entered, and a 2:25 pace, with Ruby M, Estell Wilkes, Senator, Birdross, Babe Martin and Alco to start. % SE e SR The National salute for both the army and navy of the United States is twenty- one guns, dominant in the “In this respect,” tally resembled Emil Carlsen. moods and real cause t! against her, and that her wérk in art was not understood or appreciated. She could do marvelously clever work with her hand, seeming without the slightest difficulty. The cun- nin, the the cause that led to the rash act, but I know there is nothing to reflect on her character.” Merchants Are Victimized by a Young | money from insurance men by represent- ing kimself as a relative or friend of some prominent officer at the head office of the company. letter introducing himself, which was fol- lowed by a call in person. scheme again or some one else is trying on the same game, but this time merchants are the victims. One Tells Another. to study in Paris. AW Mathews, who is Miss McCor~ mick’s teacher, knew her well and under- stood her mental pecuharities. “The artistic temperament_ was strongly irl,” said Mr. Mathews, e continued, ‘‘she men- * She bad : Eerhaps imagined without an; at her best friends had turn to grasp the technique of her hand was not governed by ° ead. Yes, I think her family surmise A SMOOTH SWINDLER. Man Who Writes and Talks Well. Some months ago a young man obtained He would first write them a Either he has commenced his swindling ———————— Eyebrows gently arched signify the mod- ] esty of a maiden; horizontally and in a straight line they show a vigorous char- acter; when horizontal for a part of their length and short, strength of mind is united with frankness and goodness. NEW TO-DAY. l Il It takes but a few days for the people to know where they can get the pure, simon pure bargains and then they will flock to that place. One’s Loss Is Usually Another’s Gain. The flood on the two floors of the Big Store Sunday week ago, whith damaged our goods on both these floors, caused us to sell our fine goods for a mere song. The people are get= ting ’em, and never since the big store opened has such a big crowd passed in and out of its doors. Yesterday was a record= breaker. We were com= pelled to close our doors fifteen times, AND STILL THEY COME. The very finest grades of goods for man, boy and child, going for a mere song. Raphael’s (INCORPORATED), 9, 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Street. )