The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1895, Page 2

2 . . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895. fou and your associates to repeal the McKin- ey bill, we did not propose to return toyou . with the McKinley bil! unrepealed if it lay vithin our power, and we did not. We had \lso been sent by you to support the Govern- nentof the United States, and to secure the rosperity and happiness to the people of his country. This we could not do if we abol- ished all taxesand large appropriations, re- {ulting in the bankruptey of the United States [reasury and consequent uncertainty and ruin ) all your business, financial and industrial nachinery. We could, therefore, not consent ‘o the passage of & bill which did not provide Jufficient revenue. Had we done so’ the con- idence of the country in the ability of the Democratic party to administer the affairs of ment would have been destroyed. belleved the income tax should be ili—some demanded it. I doubted its constit r. Had I felt certain that It was unconstitutional I should have voted against it, but with the bill framed, with the {ncome tax included, sufficient revenue would have been raised during the past fiscal year to pay,all the Government outgo—no more. With restored trade, however, it is now clear that the bill, éven without the income tax, will pro- vide about ‘the amountof mouey thatis re- quired to carry on the Government. i come here to urge the partyin Ohio to stand on the platform of 1892 on the money question; to let the currency remain as it now i&, and not to change our ground without full deliberation at,a National convention and a deliverance from that body; I come to urge that a declaration for iree coinage would be foolich, but it would be an impotent and idle declaration. It would separate s from the Natfonal Demoeracy.” It would dzive from out support thousands, hundreds of thousands, who otherywise would act with us. A declara- tion in favor of free and uniimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 made by this convention would have no practical effect and it would mesn an abandonment and disclaimer of the splendid res your administration. Youand I have pe ffered from Mr. Cleveland at some time and in some things, as it was our right, our privilege, our duty to do, if we were conscientious in doing so, but taken v and large he is the greatest statesman ty leader of his time. His Democracy, esty, his integrity and his coutinued to business, which constitutes «, have never been excelled, and, in my , Democratic success in 1892 was as Democratic success in 1 ly due, to the character of our President and to the high plane upon which he has scught to place his party and istration. Do not unaerstand me as suggesting the candidacy of President Cleveland for re-elec- | tion, No such question is now before us. You bhave heard the Republican war ery — their | statement that while both the tariff and silver | question will be discussed, neither will be the issue in the sense of obscuring other ques- tions; that the great paramount issue upon which the battles of both this year and next will be fought will be the record of the Demo- cratic party under President Cleveland; that the question will be whether it shall be repu- diated and its policy ended. We accept this, and on it will make our con- test, and of the final judgment of the Ameri- can people there can be no doubt. The references of the Senator to the money question were londly applauded, nd equal enthusiasm was manifested when the speaker pronounced his eulogy upon President Cleveland. Just as soon as he had concluded the report of the committee cn credentials was called for, n here were manifestations of sup- ed excitement. In the Butler County | test the report favored the seating of | the contesting delegation headed by Hon. James E. Campbell and of the contesting | delegation from Cuyahoga County, Cleve- | land. A minority reportin favor of the regular delegation from Cleveland was presented, amid mingled cheers, groans and hisses, by Phil Crowe of Hardin. In the Springfield contest the majority report was against_the seating of the dele- gation headed by Hon. J. H. Thomas, whe was Brice’s competitor for the senatorship six years ago. A minority report was also presented in the interest of the Bowles faction, and a flow of argument vro and con was inaugurated. J. E. Clark of Mahening, Horace Alvord of Zanesville and Frank O. Blonde of Cleve- land made heated speeches, and amid considerabie disorder the report Wwas sepa- rated and a rollcall by counties was or- dered on the question of seating the Cleve- land delegation that had been listed by the committee on credentials, and which stood for silver. The ballot resulted, ayes 367, noes 339, and the result was received with great cheering. Another tedious rollcall was ordered on ‘the Clark County contest, but. the uproar and confusion was so great that Senator Brice suspended proceedings until the delegates could behave themselves. The convention refused to. seat the Thomas delegation from Clark County by a decisive vote. This disposed of the con- tests, and the report of the committee on permanent organization, continuing the temporary organization, was adopted.. Sen- ator Brice had not a second speech in his pocket and so the convention settled back to listen to Frank Hurd, the free-trade apostle of Toledo, who presented the ma- jority report of the committee on resolu- tions. Itread: The Democratic party of Ohio, in convention assembled, points with satisfaction to the wis- dom of that party in the last two years and the results accomplished according to its promiseg,to wit: the repeal of the Republican legislation knowm as the Sherman law, the un-American Federal election law and the McKinley law, from which repeal has resulted returning prosperity to the country to such an Democra paign. These submitted the following mi- nority report to the financial plank: We demand the immediate restoration of the law providing for the free coinage and legal tender of both gold and silver coins, without diserimination against either metal, as pro- vided in the constitution, and without await- ing the assent of England or any other foreign nation. Twenty minutes only were conceded to each ‘side for argument, and ex-Senator Patrick of Canal Dover led off for silver. He declared that the Democratic party had always been the party and the Iriend of the white metal, and it could not now go back on its record. They ought not to vote the sentiments of “the *cuckoos,” who were arrayed against the cause of the common people. It was a fight of the mil- lionaires against the millions,.of the pluto- crats against she people; a fight of the poor man’s money for restoration. “Your gold is in the hands of the very rich,” shouted the venerable speaker, and as he turned in the heat of his oratory toward Sepator Brice the convengion ap- reciated the force of the reference and aughed and yelled to its heart’s content. L. A. Russell of Cleveland also spoke for silver, while Frank Hurd spoke briefly but to the point for ‘‘sound money.” He in- sisted that an Ohio Democratic Convention had no_right to change the declaration of the National convention of the party, and he denied the right of the convention to change the obligation and the duty that rested upon the conscience of honest Demo- crats to support the National platform. If they wanted to change that duty and to enforce their sentiments, he said, let them go to the next Natiofial convention. R. D. Marshall of Dayton spoke after- ward for harmony, and a rollcall was de- manded on the adoption of the minority report. The vote for the silver amendment resulted: Ayes 270, noes 525. When the silver issue was out of the way, General E. B. Finley of Bucyrus created a diverson by submitting another plank to the glat{orm viewing with alarm the invasion by Great Britain of a friendly country in opposition to the tenets of the Monroe doctrine. The chairman ruled that under the rules governing the body the resolution could not be considered. In different forms this decision was chal- lenged in all parts of the house, and after a prolonged preliminary skirmish- the resolution was put upon 1ts passage as an independent motion. Opposition was offered by John L. Follette of Cincinnati, who declared that they were not there to intimate that they had no confidence in the Democratic administration. If any necessity arose for the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, there was no doubt but that Grover Cleveland would enforce it. President Ingalls of the Big Four warned the convention against tacking planks to a regularly prepared platform, but ex-Governor Campbell, in a few vigorous remarks, carried the convention with him. He asked his hearers if they would split upon the ancient Monroe doctrine or affirpn it. There was no intention of flonting the administration of the greatest of living Americans. Ten years ago and again a vear ago, throngh Mr. Bayard, this coun- try had warned England to keep its hands off the South American republics.” Con- gress had passed a resolution to the same effect, but on the other side they had sneered at that resolution and they had smiled with contempt when it said tnat the Monroe doctrine should be respected. The resolution was simply intended to notify the incoming Congress that the peo- ple demanded legislation that would drive Great Britain out of Venezuela, and that they were not prepared to lie down and allow the British lion to put his paws on them. The platform, with its sound money plank, was adopted by a viva voce vote, a undred delegates or more yelling ‘no.” Just as soon as nominations were de- clared in order, ex-Governor Campbell was again in his chair. Cries of *‘Campbell for Governor”_drowned his voice for a few minntes. Finally securing silence, Le gaid there was a mission before the Democratic party of the State this fall—that of achiev- ing ‘a victory that should electrify the whole country. From Hamilton County— Here the ex-Governor gave ex-State Chairman Norton of Tiffin permission to interrupt him, and Norton proceeded to move that Campbell be nominated for Governpr by acclamation. This was the cue for the convention ‘to rise en masse and give three cheers twice over, while the band played “The Campbells Are Coming.” ‘173“ the ex-Governor held his ground and, having once more secured silence, he proceded to say that he had made five races under unfavorable auspices in ten yvears, all calculated to deplete his condition, financially -and physically. There were men in Ohlo who could better afford to make the fight and_make the sacrifice, and if the conventionjjwas com- posed of his friends it onght to respect his wishes and bestow the ngmination else-, where. He concluded by nominating General Peck of Hamilton, but the con- vention would not haye it, so after President Ingalls of the Big Four had said that between the wishes of the conven- tion and the wishes of the candidate the latter would perforce go to the wall the nomination was made by acclamation. Seeing that he could do nothing else, the ex-Governor gracefully accepted the situa- tion, and the remaining nominations fol- lowed quickly, each beingmade without a contest. J. B. Peaslee of Hamilton County was nominated by acclamation for Lientenant- Governor without a word being said in his behalf. For Snrrcme Judge William T. Mooney of Auglaise and for State Auditor James W. Knott of Mansfield were nom1- nated by acclamation. The remaining nominations were as follows, all being made by acclamation: For State Treas- urer, W. T. Shobock ot Gallia; for Attor- ney-General, George A. Fairbanks of Franklin; for member Board of Public ‘Works, H. P. Hoffer of Tuscarawas County ; for clerk Supreme Court, J. W. Cruikshank extentthat even Republicars are pledged to recognize the same. We congratulate President Cleveland that his efforts in favor of the repeal of these vicious laws and the upholding of the credit of the country have been successful. We congratu- late our Senator, Hon. Calvin §. Brice, for the earnest and effective support he has given to the President in these matters. 4 H ‘When we consider the facts that the Demo- cratie party received from the Republicans fn 1892 a bankrupt treasury, that it inherited from them vicious currency and tariff laws which had prepared and finally produced the panic of 1893, we insist that it isentitled to the thanks of the people for the' courage with which it has attacked and repealed these laws. We reaffirm the following portion of the seventh plank of the last National Democratic Convention: “We hold to the use of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be aajusted by international agreement or by such safe legislation as shall insure the main- tenance of the parity of the two metals and _ the equal power of every dollar at all times in the payment of debts, and we demand that the paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such coin.” We insist upon this policy as especially neces- sary for the protection of farmers and laboring classes, the first and most defenseless victims of unstable money and fiuctuating currency, We call the attention of the people to the methods and practices of “bossism” by which the Republican partyin this State hasbeen managed in the last few years, and for exam- ples point to its history in Hamilton County and to the final culmination of the same in the Zanesville convention, and we ask the people by their votes this fall to put their condemna- tion on such practices. We denounce tne last Legislature as corrupt and unworthy of the confidence of the people, and we submit to the voters whether they wish to perpetuate this condition by placing the Republicans again in power. We view with alarm the large increase in indebtedness throughout the State by coun- ties and municipalities, as authorized by the Jast Legislature, and the increase in the last few years in the tax rate, and we demand economy in expenditure and conservatism in the inerease of debt. The platform was signed by nineteen out of twenty-one members of the committee, the dissentients being A. W. Patrick of Tuscarawas and J. M. Lewis of Cham- / / of Miami. The convention .dti]?med the roster as an amendment and then adjourned sine die. WILL DECLARE FOR SILVER, Nebraska Democrats to Meet in Conven- tion To-Day. OMAHA, NeBr.,, Aug. 21,—The Demo- cratic, State Convention will be held here to-morrow. Already a large number of delegates -are here from all over the State. It is conceded on all sides that the plat- form will be a repetition of the one of last year, and will declare for free coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1. The chief interest lies in the nomina- tion for candidate for Supreme Court Jus- tice. Last year the Democrats indorsed the Populist candidate for Governor. This year there is no talk of thissort, the fusion 1dea being pretty nearly abandoned for this year at least. Mayor W. H. Thomp- son of Grand Island, who can have the nomination for Supreme Court Judge, has declined to accept it, but the Ohio plan may prevail in his case. There are also two nominations for Regent of the State University to be made, but no candidates are on hand for the places. the convention will be the address in the evening by Hon. W. J. Bryan. Victory for Tillmanites. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Aug. 21.—Returns from thirty-three of thirty-five counties show that in the election held yesterday throughout the State 105 Tillman Demo- crats, 45 anti-Tilimanites and 1 negro were elected as delegates to the constitutional convention meeting here on September 10, Quay Won in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 21,—Con- ventions to elect delegates to the Republi- can State convention at Harrisburg next Wednesday were held in twenty-eight leg- islative districts of Philadelphia to-day, Ata late hour this afternoon it is esti- msted that 17 delegates are for Quay ont of a total of 70. Bailed for Bremen. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 21.—Freidrich Tschinner of San Francisco, Wilhelm Lorenzo of California, and Victor A. Depresz of San Francisco, were passengers on the steamer Havel, which arrived here to-day from Bremen. . FRANCE MUST SETTLE A Formal Demand to Be Made .in Waller’s Case. CLAIM FOR INDEMNITY. Over a Million Dollars Will Be Demanded for the Outrage. A VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLICY. Secretary Olney Preparing an Ac- counting With the Chinese Government. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 21.—It seems sltogether probable that the admin- istration has determined to make its for- eign policy as vigorous as possible, in con- tradistinction to hitherto vacillating and weak methods. Secretary Olney, while Attorney-General, could never be induced to prosecute the Government’s interests as against railroads, corporations and trusts, but in dealing with foreign nations he has no selfish interests to consider, and he is extremely anxious to make his foreign policy reflect credit on the admihistration and thus relieve it of some of the odium that has especially attachea to the State Department. . This determination is not only evidenced in the matter' of Mora’s claim against Spain, which bids fair to be settled satis- factorily, but he is resolved to take action to secure the release of Waller, the ex-Con- sul, now in a French prison, and to demand the punishment of Chinese murderers of missionaries. It may be the intention of the administration to make some sort of a naval demonstration in China, for Assistant Secretary McAdoo, now acting as Secretary of the Navy in Herbert'sabsence, called his burean chiefs into consultation with him to-day and a conference of some length was held. it is learned by THE CALL correspondent that Acting Secretary McAdoo has tele- graphed Commandant Howison at the Mare Island navy-yard to rush work upon the Boston and Adams, and to have the former ready for a three years’ cruise. There was considerable speculation at the Navy Department to-day as to the destination of these vessels. It is certain they are not to leave Pacific waters. The opinion was divided as to whether they were bound for China or for Central and South American countries. It isconsidered probable they are bound south, for Acting Secretary McAdoo was heard to say within aday or two that he needed one or two vessels for service in Central and South American waters, in view of the disturb- ances existing there alréady, or likely to arise in the future. 5 A reply was received this morning from Commandant Howison saying the vessels can be ready within a few weeks. The Boston’s repairs will be completed in a few days, and after a dock trial, the vessel will be ready for service. The case of ex-Consul Waller has as- sumed a phase that justifies this Govern- ment inthe belief that Waller’s days of’ confinemegt are nearly ended and that he will soon be restored to liberty. It.can be stated on the highest authority that the only reason why Embassador Eustis has not been instructed to demand Waller's immediate release isthat sucha course might weaken the claim for indemnity which the Urnited States proposes to make against France for the confiscation of the rubber concession in Madagascar. The President and ‘Secretary Olney are, now thoroughly satisfied that Waller's military trial was not conducted in a proper manner and that his conviction of the crime of treason was based on the flim- siest evidence. It will be a matter of a very short time, The feature of | &! a few weeks perhaps, - before - Secretary Olney will instruct Embassador Eustis to secure Waller’s release and make a claim for indemnity against the French Govern- ment on account of the confiscation of his rubber concession. : Tie amount of the indemnity to be “asked is more than $1,000,000. The exact sum cannot be ascertained and the proba- bilities are that it has not been determined on. The report that Waller is dying of consumption in prison is giving the State Department some uneasiness, but the in- formation is not believed to be strictly accurate, as the latest letters from Waller said the chills and fever from which he suffered had left him and that his health was much improved. As matters now stand, Waller's pros- pects are very hopeful and- his release is assured, even if the indemnity fails to be forthcoming. OEDERS FOR MARE JSLAND, The Boston and Adams to Be Ready for a Cruise. VALLEJO, CaL., Aug. 21.—Work on the Boston has suddenly been accelerated by orders from Washington that are almost of a sensational nature. The navy-yard officials have been ordered to have the ves- sel in readiness to sail in the shortest time possible, and the Adams is also to be made ready for a long sea voyage. Despite the fact that the Mora claim has been an- nounced as definitely adjusted, the offi- cials are of the opinion that this sudden move is occasioned by the difficulty with Bpain, and the consequent possibility of a coup in Cuban waters. The Boston isto prepare for a three years’ cruise, and the consensus of opinion at the yard.is that the prow of the vessel will be pointed to- ward the Horn when the order to move is 1ven. ‘The department appears suddenly very anxious for the Boston. Some 180 men, who have been gathered at the recelving ship Independence by transfers from the Olympia and re- cruiting, have been held back, although it was understood the first complement gathered together would be utilized for the Marion, which bas laid for nine months past in the stream here all ready for sea except for coal and proyisions. Now it is announced that the Marion will have to wait; that the Boston is wanted and wanted quickly. Early Monday morning dispatches be- gan coming from Washington, désiring to know all about the different departments of the vessel, and demanding definite in- formation as to just when she can be made available. These weze followed by instruc- tions authorizing additional haste, and more men were put on her during the day. Preparations have boen made for night work if necessary. It will take nearly a month to make everything ready. There is a great deal of Got painting to be done and the electrical plant is far from complete, and then .the ship ‘must be docked to have a couple of coats of anti-fouling mixture put on. Aloft she is rapidly becoming shipshape. Topmasts are hoisted, yaras swung and rigging and sails bended. Considerable speculation is being in- dulged in as to the cause of this anxiety to 'have the Boston available, and with all the rumors that which connects her with Spanish troubles seem's most reasonable. It would appear from conversations had with local officers that the temper of the Government is undergoing a change regarding events in Cuba, and that it is to adopt acourse which Spain may regard as bordering on an ex- pression of Cuban recognition. To antici- pate any exception beine taken by Spain to this course the Navy Department may mobilize an effective marine force in trop- ical waters, both on the eastern and west~ ern sides. A S e NOT KILLED, BUT MARRIED. Simultaneous Announcement of General Fry’s Death and His Wedding. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 21.—A dispatch from Topeka, Kans., announces that Gen- eral Fry of Commonweal fame was killed by the cars in that city to-day. General Louis C. Fry, the only genuine Commonweal leader, is in this city i the enjoyment of vigorous health. TH’EX' however, came a crisis in his affairs. At noon the general was wedded to Mrs, Jennie Guthrie,a handsome widow, who is a business-like and a successful book- canyasser. One child remains to Mrs, Fry, as the result of a former marriage, and the eneral was a childless widower. General E‘rv is 'a paid lecturer for the Socialist- Labor party and has made some headway inlocal politics. WRECK OF A COLOSSEUM. A Monster Chicago Structure Borne Down by Its Own Weight. Watchmen Warned by Crashing Iron in Time to Make Thelr Escape. CHICAGO, IrL.,Aug. 21.—The Colosseum building, a great open structure, which was being erected by the Chicago Exhibition Company on the block bounded by Hope and Stony Island avenuesand Sixty-second and Sixty-third streats, was wrecked to- night at 11:30 by the collapse of the iron roof. If the disaster to the building had occurred a little earlier there would have been great loss of life, as over fifty men had just quit work for the night. They had been installing the arc electric lights for the opening of the big show building with the Barnum & Bnilefishow. So far as known there was no one killed by the accident. Several watchmen had made their rounds of the interior and were standing under the walls, which are unusually low for the size of the buildinfi. Toey hap- pened to be on the street side, and when the crashing superstructure of iron gave warning of danger they had plenty of time to rush to a place of safety. hen the massive arches of iron began to break loose from their fastenings on the four sides of the structure, the strain was too much for the thin, low walls of pressed brick. With a deafening sound the mass of iron carried with it the four walls ina chaotic heap toward the oenter,and the work of destruction was éomplete. The cost of the colosseum was o be $225,- 000, and as it was nearing completion for the openi;&)ulmw the loss is believed to be nearly $200,000. Everything was being done in a hurry to keep the opening date, and only last week three workmen. met death when engaged on the superstructure. Two of the iron-workers fell 150 feet from beam while placing bolts in an iron arch. DELVING FOR THE DEAD. Twenty - Bodles <Recovered From the Ruins of the Gumry Hotel. An Attempt to Raze the Walls by Fire Started Another Furious Conflagration. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 21. Seven more bodies were found to-day in the ruins of the Gumry Hotel. They were those of W. S. Blake, Pueblo, Colo.; Peter Gumry, owner of the hotel, Denver; A, M. Monroe, Des Moines, Iowa; Lizzie Laager, Louise Reinhuber and Emma Muhlthahy, cham- bermaids, of Denver, and General Charles Adams of Denver. This runs the list of known dead up to twenty, and five more are still missing, in- cluding the engineer. The bodies sup- posed to be those of Blake and Gumry were in a horrible state of decomposition, and friends of both men are still deubtful as to their identity. The ruins wers k{red to-day in hopes of reducing the dangerous walls to the i ground, but the fire gained such headwa: that the entire fire department was ulll{ out to quench the flames. work of recovery progresses slowly, and what bodies remain in the wreck must be partly cremated from to-day’s fire. The Coroner’s jury, composedjofs promis nent citizens, will meet to-morrow to fasten the responsibility upon some one. Beven of the victims were buried to-day. Ll in HANGED 70 A TREE. A Negro Murderer Lynched by a Ken- tucky Mob, NEW RICHMOND, Kv., Aug. 2L—Im- mediately after Anderson, a negre, who choked Franklin Friedman to death last night, was captured and taken to the city jail this morning, shouts of “hang him,” aroused the community, By 3 o’clock the mob had quieted down and the marshal tried to take the prisoner to the county jail at Batavia. A deputy sheriff arrived and an attempt was made to remove Anderson before daylight. At 4 A. M. he was quietly taken from jail. The mob wrested Anderson from the officers, dragging him a square away and hanged him toa tree. The officers made all possible resistance, but were over- gowered a8 they thought the excitement ad p-rfiy died out. L A Battle With Brigands. ROME, ITavLy, Aug. 21.—A dispatch from Bassari, Sardinia, says a stagecoach was | attacked a few days ago near that place by a band of brigands, who robbed the mails and seized all of the money and valuables in ession of the passengers. The brig- ands were d and overtaken by a party of carabineers and a fight ensued, in Wwhich the captain of the carabineers and oné of his men were killed and the two other carabineers were wounded, - e Rioters and. Police Clash. ‘BERLIN, GerMAXY, Aug.-2L.—The riots at Mulheim, growing out of the competi- tion between two steamship companies, continue. Several encounters have oc- curred between the rioters and the police, in which many of the gendarmes were hurt b taliated °glrlinl upon m‘?;flvd with b nets, woundi Mqomh"zi 01 . The or the district n?fum’w proclaim 8 state of siege if the rioting is continued longer. A POSSES N PURSUIT Close on the Trail ot Nebraska Train- Robbers. WILL SOON BE TAKEN. Two Disabled Horses Left in the Path of the Hunted Men. DETAILS OF THE HOLD-UP. The Express-Car Treasure Saved by the Strategy of a Plucky Engineer. NORTH PLATTE, Nesr., Aug. 21— Bheriff Miller and posse are hot on the trail of the men who robbed Union Pacific train 8 last night near Brady 1sland. The special train arriyed there at 4 o’clock A. . and immediately the Sheriff picked up the trail, which led directly rorth. Brady Island is located in the sand hills, and at the place of the hold-up the hills slope to the track, making an excellent place for the attempt. The men are sup- posed to be three in number, as the im- print of the horses’ feet indicate. A re- port has just arrived that one robber has been corraled in a cornfield seven miles north of Brady Island, and that there is a fair prospect of catching the others before morning. One robber was wounded in the explosion of the express-car, as an aban- doned horse and saddle has just been found. If captured the men will be brought here, as the robbery occurred just within the county line. Union Pacific Claim Agent John Keith and Superintendent Park are with the party and the Union Pacific detectives have gone north from Gothenburg and will meet Sheriff Miller before night. A mes- sage was received at Union Pacific head- quarters which stated that the posse was following the trail of the robbers and had traced them nearly to Arnold, a small town located almost directly north of the point where the robbery occurred. It was stated that the officers had no doubt but that they would succeed in reaching the robbers inside of forty-eight hours. A high official of the Union Pacific road received a message from one of the detec- tives at Brady Island stating that another disabled horse had been abandoned by the train-robbers eight miles north of that point in their flight to the sandhills. The Sheriff sends word heis hot on the trail and expects to get his men to-night. The story of the robbery, as told by the train crew and passengers, shows that the bandits thoroughly understood the task they set out to accomplish. They flagged the train, and when it stopped boarded the engine. They then climbed on the front end of the mailcar asthe train was leay- ‘ing Brady Island. When the train reached the switch at the east end of the station the robbers clambered upon.the tank and ,engine, and covered Engineer Austin and Fireman Duke with their guns and ordered them to run the train ahead until com- manded to stop. The robbers told the engineer and fire- man to nncouple the express and baggage cars from the train and run them ahead. They compelled the engineer and fireman to pound on the doors of the car and tell the baggageman and expressman to open it. One bandit entered the car with dynamite, while the other one visible guarded the engineer and express messen- ger. A third is supposed to have been out- side watchineg the train, it still being coupled to the express-car, and trainmen coming out to see the cause of the stop. Meanwhile robber No. 2 was guarding the engineer and fireman on the outside with revolvers and a Winchester. Robber No. 1 asked the fireman to hand him the dynamite which was on the tender, which he did. The dynamite was placed in posi- tion on the big safe, a fuse attached and a quantity of waste packed around it. The match was applied. The express messen- ger was ordered out of the car, and the robbers and the trainmen walked a short distance away and all laid down on the ground. At this time the engineer asked the rob- bers to allow him to turn off the injector, so'as to prevent his engine from blowing up. The fireman was allowed to go for- ward to the engine, but instead of turning off the injector the fireman cut the steam and air pipes and bellcord, detaching the engine from the train, and turned on full steam and started for Gothenburg for as- sistance. The explosion followed almost upon the departure of the engine. The robber who entered the car soon reappeared and, dis- covering that the engine had gone, said that the business was a failure all round and called to his companions to follow him. The three men escaped in the dark- ness and mounting horses rode away. After the explosion the train crew en- tered the baggage-car and put out the fire which was kindled by the explosion. Seven trunks and contents were demol- ished by the explosion. The big fire and burglar proof safe was not seriously dam- aged. The top was slightly disfigured. The fireproof packing was disarranged and a hole about six inches in depth was made in it where the dynamite was placed, reach- ing to the steel cover. One of the steel bands, which holds the safe in position, ‘was rent asunder and hurled a distance of ten feet, pemetrating a trunk. The Pacific Express packages of freight were undisturbed at the front end of the car. The total damage to the car and con- tents will not exceed $1000. . OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. The Stockton School Land Case-Decided Against the State. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Auvg. 2L.—Gov- ernor8ims, Acting Secrétary of the Interior Department, has decided a number of land contests. The entries of George C. Po- land, J. B. Saindon and Olaf Hanson, in the Olympia and North Yakima land dis- tricts in Oregon, were canceled and the land awarded to the Northern Pacific-Rail- road Com; . The decision of the Gen- eral Lnu?‘ ce, canceling school land se- lections in the Btockton (Cal.) land dis- trict, from which decision the State ap- ed, was affirmed. - A patent was directed to be issued upon the entry of Joseph L. D to lands in the Helena (Mont.) district, contested for by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. g i McKENNA IS ALL RIGHT. His Case Not in the Samo Category as 3 That of Ransom. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2L.—The records of the Department of Justice show that the published reports placing Circuit Judge McKenna of the Northern District of California in the same category with ex- Senator Ransom—that of having been ap- pointed while a member of Congress to an office created in the term for which he was elected—have no foundation whatever. He was appointed March 17, 1892, while serv- ine as representative from the San Fran- cisco district to succeed the late Judge %809““0 Sawyer, who died September 7, The report doubtless had its origin in the confusion of the appointment of Judge McKenna with that olp udge Gilbert at the same time, to be an additional Judge of the Cirenit Court, as provided for in the act establishing the Cirenit Court of Ap- peals. But if Judge McKenna had been named the additional Judge the appoint- ment would not have been obnoxious to the constitutional prohibition for the rea- son that the Court of Appeals act was passed by the fifty-first Congress and he was a member of the fiftv-second Congress when the appointment was made. ST KILLED IN AN ASYLUM. A Patient Choked to Death by Food Being Forced Down Her Throat. CINCINNATTI, Omto, Aug. 21.—Lizzie Sherley, a lunatic, was killed by the attend- ants at the Long View Asylum geswrd-v. She imagined that she would die if she partook of any food, and since her advent the attendants have had to force food down her throat. Yesterday as usual Mrs. Sherley refused to take any breakfast, and the operation of forcing down the food was begun. The gatient grew unusually violent, but the at- endants were all the more persistent. They crammed the food into the woman’s mouth just as she tried to scream. Part of the foo %ot into her windpipe, and after a fearful -struggle she choked to deathin the arms of the attendants. Mrs, Sherley was the wife of James W. Sherley, who lives at 919 West Ninth street. The Coroner was notified, and will make an investiga- tion. KNIGHTS AT SALT LAKE, Visited the Tomb of Brigham Young and Bathed at the Beach. The Tourlst Clans Enjoying Life on the Route to Boston Town. GRAND JUNCTION, Coro. (on board Golden Gate Commandery limited special, rolling through Utah after passing through Mormondom), midnight, Aug. 21.—The sun rose out of & new country this morning and inaugurated an all-dav pienic, the echoes of which can yet be heard ricochet- ing along the Palisades as they issue from the windows of the forward car. There seems to be a constant reiteration of the statement, coupled with more or less mel- ody, that “We won’t go home till morn- ing.” This, of course, is mere by-play, for the fact is they won’t be home for two or three weeks, although, to be literal and matter-of-fact, every man, woman and child on the train is making him or her- self perfectly at home at this minute. Most of them are enjoying again the pleas- ures of the day in dreams. It is only the more robust Sir Knights in the *‘stag”-car who are still insisting that they won’t go home till morning. The cry of “Ogden’ sent everybody in a rush to the dressing-roomsat 6 o’clock this morning. Ogden, however, was but intro- ductory to Salt Lake, which was on the card for 7:15. 8ir Knight Sanborn, who has been handling this train with the steady tone of voice of an expert, was a busy man during this bour.” The pro- gramme was to breakfast at the Temple Hotel, ride to the beach for a plunge in Salt Lake and be'ready to take the train aeain at 30 minutes past noon. The engine slipped a link within a few miles of the city, cansing a few minutes’ delay, but not breaking the chain of the programme. Carriages were waiting at the station, breakfast was ready, and tbat plunge in salt water here in this oasis was a thing never to be forgotten. Many of the knights, however, did not take the plunge, but spent the interval by the grave of Brigham Young and the six of his sixteen wives who have been gath- ered to him. Qthers, again, tried to bribe the old sexton of the temple to take them into the underground passages, where it is said that Brigham’s peculiar people keep a goat that throws five sixes every time at razzle-dazzle, and that even the best breeds of the animal in Masonry 0 lame in his game, but the sexton Foaked at the big bronze statue of Brigham Young standing in the yard still boxed as it came from the Chicago fair, crossed himself and said “No.” ‘When the pilgrimage was resumed this afternoon the ladies immediately took pos- session of the commissari_and some bottles were taken off the ice. To-night another concert was given in the diner. Oekland Commandery, with the Grand Command- ery which started Monday night from Oakland mole, is two hours in our wake. e TANNER EULOGIZED LOCHREN., A Demand for the Dismissal of an Old Republican Clerk. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 21.—Some- thing of a sensation was created in polit- ical circles yesterday by the appearance of an open letter from ex-Commissioner of Pensions “‘Corporal” Tanner to the present Commissioner for the reasons that it con- tains a warm eulogy of Judge Lochren’s acts as Commissioner, and that it de- mands the dismissal of &n old Republican clerk, Dr. W. 8. Bell, upon the ground that he refuses to do justice to claimants, Commissioner of Pensions Lochren said that his only information of the letter of Corporal Tanner was what he had read in the newspapers, as he had not yet re- ceived the communication written him by Mr. Tanner. He said that he would be very sorry to know that there existed among his em- ployes a tendency 1o knife the administra- tion of the bureau by such actionsas were set forth in the charges made by Mr. Tan- ner. If upon receipt of this letter in ques- tion there were any direct charges made he would cause a vigorous and thorough in- vestigation to be made into them. —_—— CRITICIZED CLEVELAND., Now There Is a New Postmaster at Selma. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 21.—One of the appointments of Presidential post- masters yesterday was at Selma, Cal. In connection with this office there is a bit of history. The outgoing postmaster was Waiter T. Lyon, a Demoerat, appointed a year ago. Mr. Lyon is the proprietor of a news- paper in that city called the Irrigator. There npggnred in its editorial columns an article which reflected npon the adminis- tration of President Cleveland. Some one forwarded a copy of the issue to the Post- office Department for the information of the Postmaster-General. The result was Mr. Lyon was summarily dismissed for his criticism of the chief magistrate of the Na- tion, and W. H. Staley appointed to suc-' ceed him. [ — MRS. FOLTZ’S ILL FORIUNE. Lost All Her Luggage by the Sinking of the Seaford. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 21.—Mrs. Clara 8. Foltz, the noted woman lawyer of California, who was on board the steamer Seaford, which was sunk in the cpan- nel as the result of a collision “with the steamer Lyon, yesterday afternoon, lost all of her luggage, and the other Americans who were on board the lost ship are in a sim plight. All of them are here and engdged in the purchase of necessary clothing to-day. BIG SHORTAGE FOUND. Accounts of Librarian Spofford in a Bad Tangle. LARGE SUMS MISAPPLIED. A Deficit That May Reach Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars. HIS STATEMENT OF THE CASE. The Venerable Keeper of the Books Denies the Charges Agalnst Him. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 21.—A special to a morning paper from Washington says: The thousands of friends and admirers of Ainsworth R. Spofford, the venerable librarian of Congress, will learn with pain that his financial affairs as librarian of Congress and chief of the Copyright Bu- reau are in aninextricable tangle, and that his shortage to the Government is at least $35,000. The real amount is probably above that sum, but can never be definitely as- certained on account of the destruction of the librarian’s account-books and his fall- ure to keep anything approximating a cor- rect record of receipts and disbursements. The detailed report of Treasury Expert Myers of the Fifth Auditor’s office, who has been investigating his accounts, has shown so serious a condition of affairs that Secretary Carlisle has Jaid it before the President for action. Accompanying the report Secretary Carlisle has sent a letter to President Cleveland giving his opinion of the startling developments in language so vigorous and denunciatory that treasury officials who were aware of it have been daily exgecting to hear of the dismissal of Mr. Spofford. The report of Expert Myers shows that treasury funds have been misappropri- ated; that thousands, possibly hundreds of thounsands of dollars, have been lost or wrongfully disposed of and that false and fraudulent vouchers have been presented at the Treasury Department by Mr. Spofford for payment. Mr. Spofford was shown the statements regarding his accounts and made the fol- lowing statement: *In a matter involving so many particu- lars,both of misstatements and distortion of facts, it can only be said that thisis not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last, that a public official has been held up to odium for offenses not committed. Stripped of all sensational statements, the whole matter rests upon an admitted confusion of accounts, growing out of the extreme pressure constantly upon the librarian in his double office as librarian of Congress and Registrar of Copyrights to the whole country. This neglect has been owing to the fact that while the d aily and onerous business of deciding upon and issuing copyrights and the almost inces- sant demands upon the librarian for infor- mation by Congress. ) - FREG PONEHE Opening Demonstration at Met- ropolitan Temple of the Human Magnets. Whose Remarkable Power Over Discase Will Be Fully Exempli- fied Upon the Public Stage. A new way to heal the sick without drugging the patient to death is what the invalid world has been anxiously praying for, and looking forward to, and it has been lett to Dr. A. H. Bryant, the celebrated London physician, to prove to the public there is 3 much better way. Through his instrumentality the famous Herr- ‘mann Brothers, Forest and Karl, known through- out the country as the “Human Magnets,” wers induced to enterthe service of the Pacific Coast Magnetic Tustitute, which power 1s to be used in the treatment of the most serious chronic cases. - The Human Magnets are the only Hving expoe nents of animal magnetism who publicly demone strate the wonderful power it has over disease when properly developed and scientifically applied. A twofold purpose prompts Dr. Bryant in giving these free public exbibitions to the public. First, 25 a rapid and more satisfactory manner of {ntro- ducing this modern treatment to the sick and suf- fering of California, and next because of his char itable disposition and humanitarian views, desirs ous of extending charity to the afilicted wherever possible, By this marvelous power and gift of healing possessed by the Human Magnets, combined with the famous Magnetized Remedies used by Dr. Bry- ant, there have been cured the deaf, blind and lame, and all diseases of the throat, lungs, heart, liver and kidneys and nervous system, vitalizing and driving all impurities from the blood. They are especially successful in all forms of paralysis, rheumatism, epllepsy, dropsy, diabetes, Bright's disease, tumors and cancers. the stomach and ‘womb—surpassing anything ever attempted or con- celved of in the healing art. ‘Acéompanying the public demonstrations of Magnetic Healing are the following series of pri- vate lectures delivered by Professor Hall, the eminent lecturer, which are not only Interasting, but highly instructive to both sexes: & THURSDAY NIGHT, August 22—Gen- eral lecture to both sexes. Subject: «The Human Magnets—Their Power and From Whence It Came.”” 3 FRIDAY MATINEE, August 23—Pri- wvate lecture to ladies only.. Subject: «Suffering Woman and Her Heroic For- titude to Endure.” FRIDAY NIGHT, August 23—Private Jecture to gentlemen only. Subject: «Qur Disobedience of Nature’s Laws." Saturday morning, August 24, from 10 to 11 .3, and every morning the following week from 10 to 11, a free public demonstration will be given at Metropolitan Hall, showing the power of vital ‘magnetism in the cure of chronic disease, at which time The Deaf, Blind, Lame, Paralytic and Rheumatic will be treated free upon the stage. PERMANENT OFFICE. The Pacific Coast Magnetic Institute is perma- nently located at 930 Market street, entrance at Baldwin Hotel annex, rooms 1, 2,3, 4,10, 11,12, 138 and 14, where all those who are able and willing to pay for private treatment may call any day except Sunday from 10 A. M to 4 ». . and obtain consultation, examination and advice free of all expense, and if curable may take the treatment 1t they so desire. Prices are within thre reach of all. g;k Gibbon’s Dispensary, 9 In 1554