The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 21, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. INCREASE OF HORRORS Sickening Scenes in the Ruins of the Gumry Hotel. DELVING FOR THE DEAD. Thirteen Bodies Recovered and an Equal Number Yet Concealed. VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER. The Detectives Searching for the Drunken Youth Who Caused the Explosion. PSSR, DENVER, Coro., Aug. 20.—The horrors of the Gumry Hotel catastrophe grow more and more evident each hour. The scene was sickening in the e: eme and, though five more bodies were t rom the ruins, making thirteen in all, it is supposed that thirteen more are still buried under tons of debris. The revised list of the dead, missing and injured is as follows: Dead at the morgue: Robert G. Greiner, Denver; Mrs. Robert C. Greiner, Denver; on, JTowa; E. F. Me- Creek; Will Richards, . R. Wolfe, Lincoln, Nebr.; Belai Lorah, Central City; George Burt, Colorado Springs; Ferdinand French, Cen- tral City; James M. Murphy, Denver; My- ron E. Hawley, Denver; E.W. Edwards, Denver. ry, Denver; Genéral Charles Adams, Den- ver; Albert S. Blake, Pueblo; W. J. Cor- son, Pueblo; J. L. Kirke, Omaha; J. A. Brown, Omaha; A. M. Monro, Colorado Springs; Lizzie Lagar, chambermeid, Den- ver; Louise Reinhuber, chambermaid, Denver; Emma Millethaler, chamberma; Denver; Elmer Loescher, engineer, Den- ver; S. A, Abbey, Pueblo; William Decker, bellboy. Injured: M. E. Letson, Joseph Munal, Alexander E. Irwin, Nathan C. Burgess, Bud Hopkins; Silas Johnson, fireman; J. E. Troy, fireman; A. Mengini, fireman; Frank Johnson, fireman; E. Gilchrist, fireman. & The Coroner’s office and undertaking es- tablishments were besieged all day long by thousands of people, some idlers, but the majority people who had friends supposed to be in the wreck aud are among the long list of missing. The police and all city officials have tried their utmost to facili- tate the search for bodies, but the work proceeds slowly. Portions of the walls have been torn down, but thres upper floors and an immense square skylight in the roof hangs suspended in midair di- rectly over where the bodies are supposed to To add to the awful scene at the wreck several bodies beneath the ruins have begun to decompose and a fearful stench turns strong men faint. The fire- men, laborers and their superintendents have worked incessantly, but little appears to have been accomplished. The saddest of all the scenes occurred this afternoon. The body of E. W.Ed- wards had been partly exhumed and by- standers crowded forward to catch a glimpse of the distorted and blackened features. One man in the crowd peered intently into the face of the corpse and then fell over, apparently lifeless. He bad recognized in them his beloved brother, and the strain was too great. The only daughter of Mr. Edwards had haunted the scene since the explosion, but fortunately she was absent when his re- mains were found. About twenty feet' from the spot where this body was found are known to be lymng the body of General Charles Adams and three chambermaids. Though the work- men have been most persistent in their ef- forts to dislodge timbers and bricks they are wedged as though cemented. Hel- muth Loescher, the Gumry engineer, is still supposed to be alive, and the police and detectives have started out to find him. The boy is known around town by several names and is a reckless and indo- lent fellow. Chief of Police Goulding is in receipt of hundreds of letters and telegrams from all over the country making inquiry of the missing. The annual police parade scheduled to take place to-morrow has been postponed, and the city really hasa mourning aspect. The funerals of George Burt ard James Murphy vook place to-day. Burt's remains were sent'to Chicago and Murphy's to Cin- cinnati. SUITS ON PE Forced Collection From Firms Whose “I. 0. U.’s”’ Were Valuable. WICHITA, Kanxs, g, 20.—The re- ceiver of the Wichita National Bank has brought suits in the United States Circuit Court for over $200,000, the greater portion of which is money borrowed on personal notes. Among there are the following: A. W. Oliver, $12,963: A. N. and Ralph Niederlander, $28,238; George L. Rouse, $26,000; The Kansas Loan and Investment Company, $9000; The Fairmount Invest- ment Company, $10,000; M. L. Cohen, $11,- 350; Oliver & Imboden, $36,500. The re- cerver is gradually bringing the affairs of the bank into shape. 2 The receiver of the State National Bank has brought suit in the United States Cir- cuit Court against all of the stockholders who have failed to pay double their sub- scribed stock in the defunct State Na- tional Bank. This will increase the as- sets 80 as to enable the receiver to meet 75 ver cent of the bank’s liabilities. AL NOTES. ———— ARREST OF A WRECKER. Capture of a . road Disaster. CLARKSVILLE, Tex~., Aug. 20.—Wil- liam Beard was brought here to jail on a charge of wrecking a passenger train on the Clarksville Mineral 'Railroad some time ago. He was caught while at work as a farm laborer. The supposition is that Beard desired to make away with " his wife, as she was a passenger on the train. Stones were placed on the track near Van Leer station, and much property was —————————————————— ;flpollzhahfsf “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS” . Received the HIGHEST AWARD at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the . ANTWERP EXHIBITION, \ | Man Who Caused a Rail- | destroyed, as well as lives endangered, by the wreck. The place selected was on a high hill and at a curve. Before the train could be checked several cars passed over the obstruction, and were, with the engine, wrecked. Nobody was mortally injured. GETS A NEW COMMISSION. Ransom to Remain as Minister to Mexico. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 20.—A Wash- ington special says: It is believed that Ransom’s new commission as Minister to Mexico will recah the State Department in ‘the next mail from Gray Gables. There have been intimations for the past few days that the President may accept the plea of ill health that Ransom has put forward for his continued absence from his post as sufficient reason for his refusal to reappoint him, but it is stated with positiveness at the State Department that Eamom will be appointed to succeed himself. Itwas with this understanding of the matter, it is said, that the Senator left Washington only a few days ago and went to Blowing Rock, N. C. It leaks out that for some months Mexican officials have been aware of the cloud upon the title of Ransom tq the place he occupied, and while they looked on the situation as somewhat anomalous, it was not within their authority to ques- tion the credentials through which he was accredited to them as the represen- tative of this Government. There will be no guestioning of his past acts, however, as he was Minister de facto, and his official acts were accepted by both Governments. There will likewise be no trouble about the salary, for one of the first things the next Congress will be called upon to do will be to pass a law making good to Mr. Ransom or the disbursing officer the amount that has been paid him and which may accrue between the time when his accounts were held up und when l|isdlegfll appointment shall have been made. NOTPERMITTED TO MARR So Milton C. Merrill Com- mitted Suicide by Turning on the Gas. His Invalld Wife Had Secured an Injunction to Prevent Him Wedding Another. CHICAGO, Irrn., Aug. 20.—Milton C. Merrill, who was night yardmaster on the Burlington Railroad in this city, commit- ted suicide at his residence last night, bringing to a tragic climax a most peculiar case. His wife Minnie, who has been an invalid since she received astroke of paral- ysis last January, petitioned Judge Chet- lain yesterday to enjoin Merrill from carrying out his oft-expressed intention of marrying Mrs. Mary Beetich, who con- ducts a saloon at 661 Halstead street. At the same time Mrs. Merrill’s attorney filed a bill for divorce. The court issued a temporary restraining order, which isthe first one of the kind known to lawyers here. Mrs. Merrill alleged in her petition that she married Merrill in 1878, and that he had destroyed the certiticate, but his daughter, Mrs. F. H. Richards, says her father told her yesterday he had merely secreted the document in the house at 1400 Lexington avenue. Last Bunday Merrill brought Mrs. Beetich to his home, and in the presence of his wife and mother-in- law said he had never been legally married to Mrs. Merrill, and that he was going to marry the saloon-keeper. This scene brought o the legal proceedings, When Merrill heard of the injunction he re- turned home after starting to work. He said he was too disheartened to attend to his duties, and remarked to Mrs. Richards that he wished he had never met Mrs. Beetich, as he feared she would kill him. He retired to his room soon after and turned on the gas. In the morning he was found dead. Mrs. Merrill was prostrated with grief when she beard of his death. “I believe my father was not in his right mind,” said Mrs. Richards to-day. “Early this year his mother died. Soon after that a sister, and later two of his sons, Markey and Milton, 25 and 26 years old, died. Mar- key died two weeks ago in a Cincinnati hospital, and father arrived only two days ago from attending the funeral there. I suppose all this trouble was more than he could bear.” LIES LOST ON LAKS Six Passengers Perish Near Buffalo by the Foundering of a Yacht. Two Boys, a Young Girl and a Man Drowned In Mighty Michigan. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 20.—The small pleasure steam yacht Rung Brothers, owned by the Burley brothers of this city, with thirteen passengers and a crew of three, foundered early this evening be- tween the inner Government lighthouse and the Reading coal-trestle and six of the passengers were drowned. Their names are: Albert Stafford, Frank Cannon, Frank Bugman, Jacob Bauman, Henry Shingler and Charlés Fisher, All of the occupants of the boat were employes of the New York Central stock- yards at East Buffalo and had formed a part of a picnic party which went down the Niagara River this morning for a day’s outing. ! In making a landing the captain was compelled to cross the lower end of Lake Erie, a part not protected by the break- water. Caught in the trough of the waves when near the Reading coal-trastle, off the foot of Georgia street, the yacht careened to one side, filled rapidly and-went down almost instantly. CHICAGO, Ivv., Aug. 20.—Four persons were drowned 1n Lake Michigan yesterday. Two boys, & young girl, and a man were the victims of accidents. Arthur H. and Walter Butler, brothers, were drowned at Evanston. The boys had gone in swim- ming. Walter, was carried beyond his depth by the undercurrent and Arthur went in to save him. Both went down to- gether. Their bodies were recovered. Florence Millard, daughter of William Millard, who bas an office at 85 State street, was drowned in the lake off High- land Park. The Millard girl, who was 13 years old, went in bathing with Grace Mihill, aged 17, and a sister of Miss Mihill, aged 9. The waves carried them beyond their depth. Two men, George Brownsand Harry Duck, saw their predicament and managed to save the Mihill children, but could not save the Millard girl. Her body was washed to the shore two hours after she went down. Thomas Walsh, 35 vears old, was drowned while bathing in the lake at the foot of Indiana street. - One Counterfeiter Held. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Aug. 20.—At a hearing given the counterfeiters’ gang to- day William Brockway was committed to CAMPBELL THE MAN, Democrats of Ohio Will Nominate Him for Governor. PROTESTS NOT HEEDED, His Objections to the Honor Drowned by the Cheers of Constituents. SORG ALSO VERY OBSTINATE. Brice Men Control the State Con- vention, and Silver Issues WIill Be Dodged. . SPRINGFIELD, Omro, Aug. 20.—Un- less there is a sharp and sudden change in the political temperature the nomination for Governor will be bestowed by the Democratic State Convention to-morrow upon ex-Governor James E. Campbell, and that by acclamation. All the afternoon and evening the bands have been playing “The Campbells are Coming,” the thou- sands in the streets have taken up the re- frain, Campbell badges have sprang into view in every direction, and the voice of the ex-Governor himself, as he declared to his friends with earnestness and unques- tionable sincerety that he was not and could not be a candidate, and that neither his financial condition or his future en- gagements would permit of his making the race, was drowned by the cheering of the packed corridors for ‘‘Campbell and vic- tory.” There was a time this morning when it looked as though Congressman Paul J. Sorg would be the nominee. Many of his friends were of the opinion that he had only to say the word to head the ticket and the wires to Lakewood, N. J., and Chautauqua, N. Y., at one of which places he was supposed to be sojourning, would be kept hot with messages urging him to take a special train and put in an appear- ance among his friends. Had heyielded to these importunities, the programme con- templated the selection of ex-Governor Campbell as permanent chairman, from which point of vantage he could have de- clared his inability to become a candidate, and then the nomination of Scrg without the formality of a ballot would have fol- lowed. Alongin the day, however, the Congressman wired from Lakewood that he was sick and unable to make the journey, and that ne did not seek or want the nomination. Joseph R. Hughes, ex-Consul to Bir- mingham, and regardea as the chief expo- nent of the Congressman’s boom, :aid to- night that Sorg’s name would not be men- tioned in the convention to-morrow by any one. But no amount of eloquent pleading or protestation will avail Camp- bell to-morrow if the delegates continue in their mood to-night. It was not until the voice of the conven- tion on the financial issue assumed the form of a foregone conclusion that any- thing was said or hedrd about candidates. Before that, from the coming in of the first delegation the gquestion of silver or gold was the all-absorbing topic, while with it was blended the strong personal hostility manifested in many quarters toward Senator Brice. This latter feature was eliminated at the secret midnight con- ference of the silver men, as calculated to injure their cause, while the radical ele- ment, was also overruled by the adoption of a moderate resolution as the silver plank for the platform, and in which the terms “free and unlimited’’ and *16 to 1"’ were for once conspicuous only by their ab- sence. Itbecame apparent to-day that the friends of silver were overwhelmed by numbers. ‘Tbey found delegates of their thinking among the Brice following who would not antagonize the statesman by resting with them, while they also claimed to have suffered- sufficient losses in their own ranks because of their decision to keep out of personalities. Efforts were made this morning to in- duce Allen W. Thurman and his cohorts to be content with the indorsement of the National financial plank of 1892, but he brusquely replied that he would as soon support a resolution affirming allegiance to the financial platform adopted by the Republican State Convention at Zanes- ville. Until the arrival of Senator Brice this afternoon there was some question among the ‘‘sound money” advocates as to the exact form of the financial plank that would meet his position, but he soon set all doubts at rest with the declaration that all that was necessary wasa ringing reaf- firmation of the National Democratic money plank of 1892. When this was con- veyed to Allen W. Thurman he went over to the Senator’s quarters and after greet- ings had been exchanged put the question bluntly: “How do you interpret the platform of 1892, Senator; don’t you regard it as a gold platform "’ “Certainly,” the Senator replied. “Then do you want us or expect us as Democrats who believe in silver to adopt it?” “The Democracy in National convention adopted it,”’ was the Senator’s diplomatic rejoinder. “Well, we won’t,”” Thurman retorted as he turned on his heel. Subsequently the Senator said: “I want it to be understood that I am here in attendance at this convention not only on account of the vleasure I take in meeting a large number of my constitu- ents, but also because it is my earnest de- sire to see that the Ohio Democracy sus- tains the National administration upon the financial policy. Iam not here to do anything else orto secure anything else, I have no preference in the way of candi- dates, and do not propose to say anything about that feature of this convention. Not in asingle instance have I attempted or will attempt to exert any influence other than that which will follow its object, the support of ot‘?;e administration and the placing of io Democracy upon a good financial platform.” Y The “‘sound money” advocates to-night u‘re claiming seven-tenths of the conven- tion. The selection of a committes on resolu- tions to-night shows eighteen represent- ing the sound-money sentiment and only three the silver minority. Each of the contesting delegations from Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) were given a repre- sentation on the committee, and two of these will be retired. Thc committee went into session at 8:30 », a. and organized by the selection of Hon. Frank Hurd of To- await the action of the Grand Jury in de- | ledo as chairman. fault of $15,000 bail. In the new State Central Committee se~ lected the Brice men are overwhelmingly in the majority. CAMPBELL DECLINES. By Refusing the Nomination Re Shatters the Slates. SPRINGFIELD, Omio, Aug. 21 (2:30 A. M.—Aftera consultation of two hours with his immediate friends, ex-Governor Campbell has just announced that he will not be a candidate and has sent a notice of his decision to Senator Brice. The news has created consternation among the dele- gates. Herman Cellarius gave out the newsin the shape of a statement from Governor Campbell, who says that he will not accept the nomination and appeals to his friends to prevent it. This declination has broken all slates, shattered all predictionsand leaves the delegates foundering in & sea of uncer- teinty. e MATT QUAY WILL WIN. Primarics Indicate That He May Defeat Hastings- PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,, Aug. 20.—The Republican county primaries were held here to-night. The whole interest cen- tered in the election of deleghtes to the State convention and the results of to- night's primaries will in all probability de- cide the winner in the tactional fight now raging in the Republican ranks in Penn- sylvania between Senator Quay and Sena- tor Hastings and the Republican leaders of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The battle te-night resulted in a victory for Senator Quay. The opposition has conceded but ten delegates from Philadel- phia, but to-night he won seventeen, and seven are in the doubtful column. With the gaining of seventeen delegates from Philadelphia Mr. Quay seems to have won his fight against his opponents in the State and is probably assured of election as chairman of the State committee, ENRAGED AT HARDIN. ¢Sound Money’” Men Object to His Utter- ances on Silver. FRANKFORT, Kv., Aug. 20. —The “sound money’’ Democrats are incensed at the action of General Hardin in declaring for free silverand interpreting the platform to be a declaration in favor of the white metal. The silverites are in high feather and taunting the gold men on the hot shot Hardin gave the sound money leaders and the National administration. The sound money men declare they will cast a vote for sound money by supporting Colonel Bradley. The silverites go so far to say in public that Hardin crammed enough silver down the throats of Lindsay, McCreary and Buckner to amply repay him for the mconvenience these gentlemen have put him to by formulating an alleged sound money platform. It is said Hardin will line up with Blackburn and fight the en- tire Democratic State press. The Louisville Post has dropped General P. Watt Hardin and calls upon him to withdraw. There is already talk of bring- ing out a sound money candidate for Gov- ernor, and General Buckner is regarded as the right man. There is no doubt that the unsatisfied Democrats will taze some ac- tion looking to bringing out & candidate. Colonel Bradley left Louisville for May- field this morning and General Hardin went this afternoon. The second of the series of debates will be held at Mayfield. SQUIRE ON SILVER ISSUES. The Senator Says There Is Hope for a Currency Reform. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 20.—Senator Watson C. Squire of Washington was at the Fifth-avenue Hotel yesterday. Sen- ator Squire looked healthy and ruddy. He has been down at Sulpbur Springs; Va., resting and is now on his way to Washington to look after his political fences. Senator Squire said in speaking of the attitude of the silver men over the coun- try: “The hope ot the silver element in this country for the establishment and maintenance of a parity between the two metals by an international agreement appears to be nearer consummation to-day than at any time in the past. The elections in England which recently took place have shown that there is some hope for the establishment of a ratio by international agreement. You do not hear so much talk about the free coinage of silver now as you did some time ago. That is not because the sentiment has died out. It is asstrong now as ever, and will be menifest at election time. The reason is that reviving business has stilled the talk. People now have other things to think about, but the same feeling still re- mains.” In speaking of Presidential poasibilities Senator Bquire said concerning Cleve- land’s third-term chance: *‘I hear scarcely any talk whatever in the South about a third term. I don’t think that Cleveland has any chance of getting a renomination. As for the Republicans, I see that ex-Sen- ator Manderson says that Governor Mc- Kinley is strong in Nebraska. Governor McKinley is, I think, a favorite all over the West, but I don’t know that he has anything of a solid fellowing. Senator Al- lison is strong, and all the men named as probable nominees have their followers. It is too early te predict.” Ex-Congressman Walter Gresham of Texas, who is at the Gilsey House, said in the course of a conversation upon the sil- ver question yesterday: “Despite the fact that about every representative of Texas in Congress believes in free silver I don’t think that the preponderance of sentiment among the people is in favor of the white metal. Mr. Chilton, the new Senator, is a silverite, and so are many more prominent politicians, but I don’t lake it that they represent the people.” Gresham does not think President Cleve- land wants a third term, or could get it if he aid want it. He said that it must be a peculiar condition that would cause him to vote for Mr. Cleveland for a third term, although he admired him greatly. Bpeaking of the Presidential timber he said: “I think some Western man ought to be nominated by the Democrate, Colonel Morrison is a strong candidate, and I would cheerfully vote for him. Btill, New York is a pivotal State, and in Mr, Whit- ney you have a strong candidate. I think be would make a good President.” T DAMAGED BY THE HAIL. Crops in Kansas Ruined by the Severe Storms. NBWTON, Kaxs., Aug. 20.—The most destructive hailstorm in the history of this county took place about 8 o'clock last night and did great damage to crops and buildings. The storm came from the northwest and the wind was very high. Trees were snapped off and buildings de- molished. Corn was injured fi:«nely. The stalks were twelve feet high and very thrifty. They were divested of leaves and many broken down. All kinds of stand- ing crops were damaged and_garden truck ruined. Ripening fruit was knocked from the trees and the crop almost totally de- stroyed. Tge damage in the cily was great. Thousands of windows were demk inclndinwery skylight in the city. The carriage factorv, a three-story stone struc- ture, was ruined. Many buildings were wrecked. The damage will reach into thousands of dollars, eannot be esti- mated aocurately now. DEFENDER™ GAVE UP, Withdrew After Getting Far Ahead of the VIgilant. RACED IN ROUGH WATER Sails Were Blown From the New Yacht and She Weakened. VIGILANT DECLARED VICTOR. While the Contest Lasted Some Clever Exhibitions of Seaman= ship Were Displayed. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 20.—The first of the appointed trial races to decide whether the Defender or the Vigilant shall be selected to defend the America cup, which was sailed here to-day, resulted in a disappointment all around. The De- fender after outsailing her rival decisively over the first round and continuing to in- crease her lead for several miles on the second, suddenly withdrew from the race and stood off for a run back to her anchor- age. This was due apparently to a disin- clination to risk the sloop furtherin the strong and steadily increasing breeze which had blown up since the race started. After the Defender’s retreat the Vigilant kept sturdily on her course. When she had completed about three-quarters of the second windward beat she was recalied by the judge, who assured Mr. Willard that the race was ended and the Vigilant was the winner. The start was made from the Sandy Hook lightship, and the race was a beat to windward and return. This meant a {rip down Jersey coast and back, as the wind was south-southwest. The start was made without the exciting rush for the line which has on two occa- sions almost led to a collision. One min- ute before the signal the Vigilant headed for the line on the starboard tack. The Defender slowly followed. The Vigilant crossed at 11:45:56. Sheimmediately luffed up to get a more windward position, but continued on the starboara tack. The De- fender shot over the line at 11:46:53. Bhe was also on the starboard tack and was under the same sails as the Vigilant, ex- cept that she did not use s jib topsail. The wind, which was a good fifteen-knot breeze at the start, was freshening and the Vigilant, with her jib topsail where the Defender had none, and with a larger club topsail than the new boat carried, was heeling well over, but footing at a tremendous pace. The Defender, with less canvas, stood up better and pointed higher. The rattling breeze bellied out the sails and made them draw for all they were | worth. For a full half hour the two sloops con- tinued on the starboard tack. The De- fender began to gain after the first five seconds, and gradually the lead of fifty- seven seconds, which the Vigilant had at the start, melted aways At 12:17 the Vigilant went about. There was & moment of doubt among the specta- tors as to whether the Vigilant would cross the Defender’s bow or go astern of her. Captain Haff did not like the possibility of the former alternative and put the De- fender about at 12:18:30, so that both boats were standing in shore on the port tack, with the Defender having a slight advan- tage. The wind was working up guite a sea, and both yachts dashed clouds of spray over their decks as they tore through the water. The canvas-jacketed crews of the racers lay about the weather rail like so many sandbags and the polished decks were soused with spray. After the long board out to sea both yachts stood on the port tack well inshore, the Defender constantly drawing away from her rival until she was a good mile in the lead. The time at the outer mark was: Defender, 1:09:18; Vigi- lant, 1:14:54." The Defender rounded the mark without jibing and started on the run to the light- ship. The Vigilant jibed around the mark, a risky thing to do in the wind that was blowing. At 1:16, almost seven min- utes after turning, the Defender broke out her spinnaker, Six minutes later she broke out her balloon jib topsail, rather tardy work for a cup-defender. The Vigi- lant had her spinnaker drawing at 1:18 and her balloon was out at 1:23. The quick work on the Vigilant enabled her to cut down the lead of the new boat a little, and her balloon seemed to draw better than the Defender’s. At 1:09 the Defender took in her spin- naker preparatory to rounding the light- ship. The time at the end of the first round was: Defender, 2:04:29; Vigilant, 2:08:32. The wind had reached fully a. forty-mile gale as the boats started out.on the second round. Seven and a half minutes after rounding the Vigilant lowered her club topsail and under plain lower sail continued her chase of the Defender. At 2:22, when she was on the port tack, lead- ng the Vigilant nearly a mile, she luffed up in the wind for aninstant and then wore away toward Sandy Hook. There was no sign of a mishap, and every one wondered what bad caused her to give up the race and the Astor cup and start for home, The Defender ran instde the Hook, low- ered her topsail and scudded up the har- bor to Bay Ridge. After the Defender's sudden withdrawal the Vigilant continued on her course. The wind was now blow- ing fully forty miles an hour, and at 2:27, five minutes after the departure of the De- fender, the Vigilant's Herreshoff jib gave way before the strain. At 8:14 the Vigilant was put about and started for home. She was off SBandy Hook at 3:52 and turning in she went to her anchorage within the Horseshoe. Late in the evening several members of the America cup committee met at the clubhouse on Fitth avenue and held a short conference. At its cbnclusion the following announcement was made: “The America cup committee an- nounces that the trial races will not be re- sumed until next week. “A. Cass CANFIELD, Secretary.” Ex-Commodore 8. Nicholas Kane of the committee was seen by a United Press reporter after the committee meeting. He said that the judges had officially noti- fied Mr. Iselin that the sudden withdrawal of the Defender to-day was necessitated by a weakening of her rigeing, which made it unsafe for the boat to sail around the course the second time. How badly the Defender’s rigging is | Paii weakened could not be ascertained, but it was stated that the damage is such that it will require several days to put the De- fender in racing form. Arthur Clennis, Lord Dunraven’s personal friend and represen- tative, who watched the race from the club boat Lukenback, said: “The Defender stands up well, but she is very light. Iam surprised at the extreme lightness of her boom. She is a grand little boat, though, and she gave the Vig- ilant a fair and square beating on the first round.” The America cup committee announces officially to-day that the first race for the semorlca cup would take place Septem- r 7. MINNIE WILLIAMS ALIVE. A Telegram ¥rom a Girl Thought to Have Been Slain by Holmes. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 20.—A startling revelation came to light to-day in the- Holmes case. W. A. Shoemaker, counsel for Holmes, received a message from Minnie H. Williams, dated Provi- dence, R. I., which stated that the sender was alive and well. This is one of the women whom Holmes is accused of having murdered in his Chicago ‘“castle.”” When the message was shown to Holmes he at once exhibited his feelings. “I knew my story that I did not kill the girl would be confirmed,” said the crimi- nal as he brushed the tears away. Then he reiterated the statement that he has made so often that the last time he saw Minnie Williams was when he left her at Toronto with the Pietzel children. The genuineness of the telegram will be investigated. TONS OF GOLD DUMPED Two Millions More Paid In by the Belmont - Morgan Syndicate. For the Third Time the Wall-Street Magnates Propped the Ebb- Ing Reserve. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 20.—The treasury gold reserve stood at the close of business to-day, with the withdrawals and deposits taken into account, at $101,577,148. The withdrawals of gold reported to the treasury to-day were: At New York, August 19, $100,000; at New York, August 20, $2,850,000; total, $2,950,000. There was deposited at New York to-day by the Belmont-Morgan syndicate in gold $2,000,000. The telegram announcing the withdrawals arrived at the treasury about 3p.u It came from Assistant United States Treasurer Jordan and occasioned much speculation as to whether or not the syndicate would permit the gold reserve to fall below $100,000,000. Unless a depotit of the syndicate was made, the withdrawals announced would carry it below the mark. About 3:45 o’clock a welcome telegram from Mr. Jordan stated that a $2,000,000 deposit of gold coin had been made by the syndicate and the gold reserve was still intact. This was the third time that the syndi- cate had come to the rescue of the gold reserve within the past few weeks. Inall it has depositel In excess of its bond stipulation $7,000.000 in gold coin, or nearly fourteen tons of the yellow metal. Since July 13, when the present gold export movement began, the treasury has lost in gold coin taken for export, $13,185,000. AR e OF INTEREST TO THE UOAST. Patenis Secured by Inventors and an In- crease of Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 20.—H. Bond has been appointed Postmaster at Greer, Cal. The following patents were issued to- day: Daniel Best, San Leandro, gas engine and generator; James A. Bouk and C. R. Bushnell, Banta Cruz, device for saving valuable and precious metals; Charles 8. Chamberiain, Oakland, fruit crate; George H. Chick, San Francisco, amalgamator; John B.élot. San_Francisco, machinery for forming and soldering bodies of met- allic packing cans; Antonio C. Denotovich and J. Porteous, Fresno (said Denotovich assignor to said Porteous), press for pack- ing fruit; Van Curtis Dodge, Sacramento, folding table; Charles Freeman, Ingle- wood, machine for lifting and loading hay, grain, etc.; Eugene J. Gregory, Sacra- mento, automatic photographic camera; Henry P. Holland, San Francisco, ore- roasting furnace; John P. Miller, Santa Cruz, combined stopxle and hand hold; August Pirch, Los Angeles, plow; Otto Ruf, Los Angeles, combined bridle front and winker brace; Rufus A. Simpson, Ferndale, butter box; Albert G. Province, Puyallup, Wash., sprayer. Pensions have been granted_as follows: California: Original—Martin V. Kimmel, Red Bluff; James M. Larue, Montgomery Creek. Reissue—James McDonald, San Francisco; Noah A. Hoover, Milo; George Taylor, Los Angeles. Mexican war sur- vivor—Increase: ~ Cornelius D. Hughes, Veterans’ Home, Napa. Oregon: Original—Edward Donnelly, Oswego; Allen D. Wolcott, Prosper. A g Fatal *Wild West” Craze. TUNKHANNOCK, Pa., Aug. 20.—The “wild West” craze has cost the life of an- other boy. A number of boys were play- ing at killing Indians yesterday morning in Neehofi:ny Township. Nine-year-old Lenford Love was a redskin and 12-year- old Fred Doty wasa cowboy. According to all established rules of boxhood fightin, the young redskin was to die at the han of the cowboy, and Doty placed a su sed empty revolver to the mouth of mfi; fiuva and pulled the trigger. Unknown to the boys the revolver was loaded, and the bullet passed through . the child’s neck severing the spinal cord and instantly kill- ing him. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3, 4 and 5. PERLENTAE PHARMAGY, 853 MARKET ST, " SOUTH SIDE, Bet. Fifth and Sixth, Five doors above Hale Bros. FREE! ‘We have secured the services of a sclentific 3:]1:{:1:. Who will examine your eyes without arg Do not infure your i) es that -y lymmw by wearing glass One of our Customers. ‘WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF Eyeglasses and Spectacles! AT CUT PRICES. ARTIFICIAL EYES FITTED. Galvanic or Faradic Batteries Electric Belt: Trusses, oth: rice. NEW TO-DAY. SULLIVAN’S Big Accnma@afiun Sala! A Suoccessa From the Start. Only Two More Weeks to Bgns Our Stores Packed From The Start. Every One Pleased. IT MUST BE OUR FAULT If we are not busy during the next four days, fos we have taken all the odds and ends in our big stock and marked them down to almost nothing. Sale commencing to-day and ending Saturday Right. OUR ODDS AND ENDS. LADIES. 110 patrs of FINE KID OXFORDS, all - 4()0 style toes, sizes 2 to 3, only As 98 pairs of FINE TAN KID O; 90° 24 18 .60 SOUTHERNTLES, all stylesrs . coer $1=2 126 pairs of " GENVINE LOUIS XV FRENCH HEELS, TAN KID SOUTHERN TIES, cloth or kid tops, hand-sewed soles; theso ties are @ 0).30 3 .00 ON. sizes ¢ 10 335 only. — 186 pairs of FINE VIUT FRENCH Kib, g»] .40 neat toe-caps and sewed soles. et 195 pairs of FINEST TAN 15 ton or lace, tvlish. patent-leather toe caps and hand-sewed soles: .00 shoes have sold for $5 and $6. CHILDREN'S, ¢ FINE KID, butt 40 108 pairs of CALF, SHOES, all styles..... 31_ 90 pairs of GENUINE RUSSIA CALF$1.90 45 94 pairs of BEST HAND-SEWED CALF$ 33 SHOES, all style toes. —_— BOYS. rs of EXTRA-SOLID CALF$1.25 OES, all styles 1 BEST T $1=8 Country orders on the above shoes. must be re- celved no later than Saturday, August 24. 180 8! Our new Catalogue sent free, post pald, to any address for the asking. SULLIVAN’S SEOoO=E XEoOoOUSsE, 18, 20, 22 Fourth Street, Just South of Market. + Quit Drugs E POSITIVELY GUARANTEE TO cure all forms of Nervous Debility, Nervousness, Forgetfulness, Confusion of Ideas, Languor, Dyspepsia, Lame Back, Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder Com- plaing and the many evils resalting from secrei habits in youth or passionate ex- cesses In maturer years: we wish 10 say that the marvelous invention of Dr.Sanden is an absolutely positive cure. 1t has cured T . thounsands S e P i afterall kndwn 7§ medicines and fother treat- % ments have failed. The fact these troubles, 28 you well know If yon are a_sufferer and have tried them. ELECTRICITY—which is nerve force—is tha element which was drained from the system, and to cure IT MUST BE REPLACED. We guarantee our patent improved Electric Suspensory to DEVHMLOP SHRUNKEN OR . UNDE: VELOPED ORGANS or nopay. In short, we faithfully promise to give cvery buyer - the crowning triumph in medico-electrical science, and have placed the price within the means of every sufferer. The book, “Three Classes of Men,” %ree by mail, closely sealed. Address SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., Council Building, Portland, Or. OBDONTUNDER DENTAL PARLORS 815% Geary, bet. Larkin and Hyde. R L. WALSH, ‘D. D. 8, Prop'r, directly opp. Sar- atoga Hall Price list: Extraction (painless)28e Eone filling 60c: Amal- am filling 50c: gold fill- ng $1: Bridgework §5: Crowns 85: Plates $5 and $7; Cleaning $1. Every = operation guaranteed. 2@ On entering our parlors be sure you see DR. WALSH, nally. KI SWAYNE'S NT oy internal medicine, will eure ‘Bheum, Ringworm, Piles, Itch, Sores, Frysi o matter B T, G INDORSED BY ALL THE LERDING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS! FREDRICK'S SANITARY TOOTH BRUSH With Tongue-Cleaner Attachment ON'T GO AROUND WITH A BAD TASTE D% your mouth or coated tongue. A preventive Malied to any address on. against throat diseases. receipt of 30 OENTS. WILL & FINCK GO., 818-820 Market St. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEARNY ST. Es . Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases. Lost Manhood, Debility or Qsease wearing ou bodyandmind sad Skin Diseases ‘I'e doctorcureswhen othersfall. Try him. Charges low. Curesguaranteed. Callorwrite, Dr. 3. F. GIBBON, Box 1957, San Francisco, BRUSHES FOR BARBERS, BAR- Boases. > biiara- cant - tabl candy-makers, can: e NOTARY PUBLIC. RARLES . PRULE, ATORTeLAT site P alace Hotel, Residence 1620 Bone bio Foll st “* by