The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL.—NO. 99. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILL DEFENDER WIN? Herreshoff’s Creation Is Now Decidedly the Favorite. BOTH BOATS MEASURED. Valkyrie 111 Will Have to Give a Time Allowance of 29 1-10 Seconds. BRISK WEATHER PREDICTED. Opinlons of Experts on the Various Chances of the Aspirants for the Cup. Sept. 6.—All is val between the tain’s pride, and mation of aluminum ze, the Defender, which all hope will keep the cup on this f the Atlantic one more year. arations for the first of the aces have bees made. Both 1chored in the Horseshoe ready o-morrow. The veil of mystery kept the public in ignorance of al dimensions of the competing was raised to-day. Honest John slop, official measurer of the New York Yacht Club, passed his steel tape from bow to stern, from deck to masthead and along boom and bowsprit of both crafts, and the that the Valkyrie IIT allows the Defender 29 1-10 seconds. This is less than yachting sharps have guessed. The appearance of the Valkyrie and the Iculations which have been made cred- with an excess of water-line and a over the American boat, which would allow the latter from 1to 2 min- over a thirty-mile course. The cut- g away of the after body of the Val- ne light steel boom which was substituted have undoubtedly a saving on load-water line, hich reduced the time allowance to less I a minute. Both boats are less 9 feet on the load-water line ad cloze to 90 feet and the Valkyrie is hs of a foot longer than the De- er. Her sail area is greater, but the 1der has a boom 116 feet long, while tiar of the other boat is only 106 feet. The prospect of seeing the Valkyrie and Deiender togetber before the great race was an attr: whicn drew crowds to the ¥ v began to arrive at the hefore going to breakfast. The numbers increased, till at 11 o’clock fully 3000 people swarmed about the dock, and during | the afternoon it was estimated that 8000 were present at one time. During the day | 1early 20,000 persons must have visited the boats. y were of all conditions, and there many women. YORK, N. Y for t battle 111, Gre cor nkee result x0 were nd there was cr seaman, who talked yachts as glibly as »p arrived before noon, fter 12 o’clock went aboard He began the work of as the tall mast of the De- fender was s over the great storehouse near the entrance to the basin. As the Defender was towed into the ace B. Flint the hed to the end of the neighbor- and chmbed up the sides of o theirrigging, and surged at the wharves. Small boats crept around from all directions, and rom the crowd of spectators, grouped piet on some festal occasion, a shout went up for the American ptain Haff responded by taking Iselin was at once taken e Defender, and the absence flag, loating from the starpoard spreader, was chts were brought ater weight of the s spars and rigging was apparent. near toge Valkyri The Defenier’s rig was more graceful and | trim than her rival’s, as her underbody was also. The light-blue paint on her top sides did not show up favorably, however, with the immaculate white of her oppo- nent’s, nor did the unbleached color of the ramie-cloth mainsail, in its furls, look as yrie’s white duck. An inspection of the Defender showed that with her change of booms, gaffs and sails, and the removal of her water tanks and other fixtures dispensed with in the races, she floated pretty light. It was, therefore, decided that she could stand some more ballast, and accordingly about a ton of lead in pigs, which had earlier been placed on the tender, was passed over on to her and stowed below. Then the measuring was vroceeded with, the sale area being taken last. . Mr. Watson said: “We hope to win, but are prepared to lose,” and he looked as though the hope fathered a thought. Mr. Iselin would say nothing of the pros- pects, but he looked as though satisfied. It was generally believed in yachting circles that the difference in time allow- ance in favor of the Defender would be anywhere from one-half to two minutes, and consequently there was some disap- pointment when the announcement was made. On the eve of the battle betting has be- come quite brisk. English and Canadian money has been held back for better odds then have been offered. Small bets were made at odds of 3 to 2on the Defender, but in large amounts the odds were 6 to 5 and 10 to 7. The latter was the latest figure at the New York Yacnt Cluband the hotels. On the Stock Exchange to day it was said on good authority that $36,000 was placed. F. T. Adams placed $7000 on the Valkyrie at oddsof 7to 10. The wager was laid for an English client. The betting opened and closed 7 to 10 with wagers in the interim at 8 to 10. The Valkyrie end of the betting has been taken principally by Canadians. The weather outlook for to-morrow favors the American rather than the British boat. Local Forecaster Dunn, after carefully going over his reports to- day, saidg “Taking all in all, the con- ditions most likely to prevail tc-morrow will be favorable for the contest. There will be a brisk wind of from twelve to break of day, many taking in the sight | Yacht caps | shipmaster eighteen miles an hour. It will come at first from the northeast, shifting to a south- easterly quarter. It is bound to be an on- shore wind. The indications are that the sky will be overcast nearly all day. There may possibly be light showers. It is not likely that there will be any heavy rain.” ‘The hotels are full of people from a distance, and New Yorkers have made an early return from summer resorts in order to witness the struggle for the blue ribbon of the seas, Tt is estimated that fully 30,000 persons will witness to-morrow’s race. Mr, Hyslop’s officialr eport is as follows: Valkyrie T11, Defender. . 88.85 88.45 Length on load water line..,... Leugth from outer end of uain boom to forward point of measurement. ... ..186.02 18175 Length from foreside of fore- mast to forward point of measurement 78.94 73.55 Length exireme of syinnaker 1 _ boom 78.94 73.36 Length . 55.98 1-6 44.78 Height upperside of m 10 topsail halyard block........120.80 125.48 Square foot of sall are as per S, 3 1414 11226 Sailing ie 0149 10036 s th Time allowance, 2! WHICH ONE WILL WIN? An Expert’s Review of the Strong Sailing Points of the Defender and Valkyrie. NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 6.—The Tri- bune to-morrow will publish the following summary of the bect characteristics of the Valkyrie 11T and the Defender. The con- trast is made by an expert. Now that the international yacht races are at hand a statement of the possibilities in favor of each boat will aid intelligent interest. These reasons for victory contrasted are given for the purpose of illustrating the ideas of those who pin their faith to cer- tain beliefs. The grounds upon which guccess is hopea for here are catalogued as the opinions which are current among yachting men, more or less expert, and they probably set forth the best that can be said for both vessels. Why the De- fender shonld win: First—A model that 1s easier in the water. The Defender is several feet narrower than the Valkyrie 111, and when going 1o the windward in a plunging sea is expected to proceed with an easier movement. Her bows, not spreading out to the same width as the Valkyrie's, have less of bluffness, which tends to reduce a yacht's headway as she buries in an oncoming sea. This point is. not of so much import- | ance now as in earlier aays, when the width of the hull was extended down further into the water. The npper hull portions of the present models, being so much shallower, have to deal | with the water at the surface, which is rore easily displaced than at a greater | depth, where the pressure’s densities and resistances are greater,according to the theory. The model of the Defender is neater, cieaner, | more refined than that of the Valkyrie. It is the so far best realization of the traditionally | English aims, which, from time beyond the | memory of present yachting men, have sought to produce a craft that would cleave the water on such scientific and refined lines that she would need a minimum ares of canvas to drive her at her best speed. In this way the De- fender will undoubtedly be at her best with a smaller sail plant than the Valkyrie's. Mr. | Herreshoff has shown great judgment and skill in producing the Defender as an im- provement on the Britannia, which until this vear was the best all-round bost in the world. This is more fully explained In the second Teason. ‘Second—Because of less displacement. In giving the Defender the same beam as the Britannia, though apparently not all her bal- last, Mr. Herreshoff secured for her a great deal of the Britannia’s phenomenal stabliity, { while at the same time he has improyed the | model under water by largely reducing the bulk of the sunken portion of the hull. Asto 1‘ this point the Valkyrie III is also an improve- menton the Britannia in the lessening of the depth of the hull (meaning that upper portion of the hull which is not the keel), but not to so great an extent as the Defender. The Ameri- can representative has a finer middle body than the Valkyrie. Itisnotsynkso low in the { water and consequently will not offer so much resistance to it. 1f the Defender wins it will be chiefly and perhaps entirely on this point, which is most | important, for the Valkyrie is notso lean in this region. The sailing of the two boats has already shown this, and, whereas the Defender | can go through the water at almost top speed | and disturb it very little, the Valkyrie leaves a big wave rolling out from her wake. This always means that water is being disturbed in some way that the best science seeks to avoid, and it always advocates the presence of some obstacle which assists toward slowness rather than speed. Since her arrival, the sail- ing of the Velkyrle has already shown, although she has not been pressed to top speed, that the judgment regarding her middle body as expressed by the Tribune when she showed herself in the drydock was | correct. It does not, however, necessarily sug- | zest defeat, ais there are other counterbalancing items to be considered, more especially since it isafact that many wave-rolling yachts have | proven winners. But this difference in the | two boats can be confidently declared to show an important advantage for the Defender, no | matter what other powers may intervene to nullify the gain here made. If aluminum has been the metal used, it may be taken for granted thata great saving of weight in the upper works has been obtained and thatan alvantage 1s here gained in comparison with the Valkyrie, whose upper structures are of wood and steel. Part of the advantage here secured seemed to have been indicated in the races with the Vigilant. The Defender isavery quick starter. As soon &s her sails are filled she goes like a rocket. She is the | quickest starter ever built; far quicker than the Britannia. Here the Defender has quite an advantage over the Valkyrie, which will always be valuable so long as there are no breakages. The wind resistance is also min- imized by this general lightness. So far as the general “sit” of the canvas is concerned there will probably be little to choose between the two competitors. It is true that the Defender bhas now taken on a new and untried mainsail, but there i no reason to suppose that it will sit any less well than the previous ones. Yet the Defender has one sail that the Valkyrie spparently does not possess. It proved of great vailue t6 her in the last race but one with the Vigilant. 1t is 8 iib topsail, which extends from the bowsprit end to the topmast head and is valuable for beating to windward in dry light winds. It has no great reach aft, and it sits as close to the wind as is necessary. Balloon jib topsails will not sit “by” the wind, and small ones are of little use, but the sail referred to, which on the Defender is of silk, is of much value. Dur- ing the light airs of the race mentioned it lifted the Defender so far to windward and ahead of the Vigilant that the gap thus cre- ated was one almost impossible to close up in subsequent heavier winds. A distinguishing quality in American yacht-racing has always been the carrying of tremendous head can- vas whenever the chance offered. Until lately this bas never been the custom in Eng- land. On their narrow cutters when reaching or running, the Englishmen carried a balloon foresail and a larger jib topsail, but not until after the Americans had used their enormous areas of balloon jib for certainly twenty-five years did these find favor in England. Even as late as the sailing here of Valkyrie II Cran- field showed that he did not anderstand or re- fused the use of the balloon jib at the proper time, and when he did use it he did not trim it riffhtly nor did he set it ightly. Now, these points are of great importance to the Defender because her people understand al there is known about the used of the huge Ameri- can head canvases, and there is at present little ground for supposing.that Cranfield | knows much more about them than he did two years ago, and that was not a great deal. In the second (triangular) race with the Vigilant he lost at least three miles by hanging up a miserable, narrow and incompetent English jib topsail when the Vigilant was literally run- ning out of sight with the proper big headsail on her. Ofall the advantages which may be catalogued as being probably in the Defender’s tavor this may come first. Itisan undeniable fact that the Americans do ‘*everlastingly stack iton’’ when they get the chance, and this has been a necessity in former years, when great beam required much shoving. When it is seen, therefore, that the present Valkyrie is possessed of an American beam the fact be- comes appsrent that she must be driven through in the American way if she wants to win. Why Valkyrie IIT should win. Itisa curious fact that-the present Valkyrie appeals much more to the traditional yachting ideas of Amer- icans than the United States representative. The Valkyrie has all that beampower and ini- tial stability which for forty years has been peculiarly American. Never before has there been sucha complete mix up as at present, Watson going over body and bones to the American beam and Herreshoff pursuing the Fuglish ideal of slim, scientific treatment. As to the result of this, so far as shape of hull is concerned,the Defender’s main reasons for win- ning are English, and so far as broad beam is concerned theValkyrie'sreasons for winning are American. ‘1here never has been a time when splenetic prejudices and loud backiugof na- tional types have received soamusing aquiotus. Those who clalm that the Valkyrie should win because of the great sail-carrying power which she develops in her wide bilges are merely re- peating the American argument of the last forty years and we have yet to learn there is anything wrong about that argument. It stands as well to-day as it did in the triumphs of forty years ago. It means the development of what the English call “brute force,”” when it was opposed to what they call the more scien- tific modeling of their fine drawn hulls. The international contests have been compared to duels fought with bludgeon against rapier. Very good, but the bludgeon always came out | on top, and the seientific weakling invariably | took a back seat. It will be difficult, then, for some Americans to avoid the idea that the Valkyrie should win, though if Herreschoff succeeds, he will be really beating the English at their own game, and at the first try. In the trial race of August 29 the Valkyrie came down from three or four miles behind and slmost caught the two competing yachts. At that time there was no breeze perceptible on the surface of the water. The Valkyrie was passing large schooner yachts that were be- calmed. The fact that her lofty spars could reach up into and use high planes of moving air which other boats could only point at was made apparent. In extremely light weather this superiority in high reach must be ranked as an advantage, because a rig of this kind will often sneak away slowly in almost & calm and open a gap which cannot afterward be closed when good breezes spring up. The strength of sails 1s a point to which the Valkyrie people heve given much consid- eration and preparation. Every effort has been made to give her mainsail extraordinary strength, and mot only in the | material itself. While one is not able at close range to tell where each cloth ends and the other begins it can be seen that extra strength is given by running two and perhaps three sewn tucks down the entire length of each cloth and between the joints atthe edges. This, together with the doubling at the join- ing of the strips, gives a sail that isliterally ribbed with its own folds until its tensile strength must be very great. This advantage will not appeer in light winds, but when it comes to lower canvas breezes or {o reefing, these Ratzsey sails, which are the admiration of the nautical world, may be expected to hold together. The new mainsail of the De- fender, made of ramie eloth, is as to strength an unknown quantity, and it is & pity that more time could not be had to test it, because Ratzsey's sails are not unknown quentities. The ramie material may, however, prove per- fect and the alleged advantage for the Valkyrie under this head may be thus nullified. Itis only mentioned here because it is claimed by the Valkyrie's friends, and because it is the | well-established finding of the yachting world, that itis always an advantage to have Ratz- sey’z sails. The Valkyrie had a huge headsail of silk on her when she made the peculiar catch up in the race of August 29, and in the | upper partat least it filled out to rotundity and moved the yacht, when in apparently the same airs all other headsails hung flat and al- most useless; and to repeat, it is what a boat steals during the light airs that often wins races. The Defender has not so far shown a silk balloon jib, but she may bring it out to- day. Atpresentan advantage on this ground is claimed for the challenger. Captain Bush, the skipper of the schooner-yacht Crusader sails on the Vigilant as one of the expert crew, having been formerly an English professional yachtsman. He probably knows the dif- ference between the workings of different crews,and he puts it this way: “The Val- kyrie’s crew are lifetime yachtsmen. Dur- ing every season they pass their life in yacht-racing. They never stop it, except in winter, and then some go to the Med- iterranean racing. Now, it is not to be expected that you can go along this coast and pick up a crew from a fishing village that will learn yachting and do their work like the lifetime men. It’s impossible.” Captain Bush is a believer in the prob- able success of the Defender, it is under- stood, but he mentions this exception as a drawback to her chances, Coming from one of the very few men who understand the yacht racing of both countries, this opinion is not to be ignored when the Valkyrie's chances are being catalogued. The fact that the Valkyrie steers with a tiller is greatly in her favor. As we ap- proach the period of equinoctial winds the advantage which is claimed for the Valkyrie in her crew’s experience of rough weather and reefing may or may not be- come apparent. Possibly it is entitled to be noticed here. Itisthe custom during hard weather in English races to reef the bowsprit and house the topmast. If this becomes nesessary in the international races (hardly, certainly, to be expected), the English crew will be at their regular work. But itis doubtful whether the De- fender's crew has ever reefed her mainsail, or has even reefed a bowsprit. As tothis point the advantage is here catalogued for either boat because their staying abilities seem about equally rapid. GUESTS OF MR, MACKAY. Correspondents of ““The Call”’ to Have a Favored Position for Witness- ing the Great Race. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 6.—The spe- cial correspondents of THE CALL have been invited by John W. Mackay and James Gordon Bennett on board the steamer Mackay-Bennett to-morrow in order to witness the yacht race between the De- fender and the Valkyrie. The steamer will be telegraphically connected with the New York oftice of the Postal Telegraph Company by means of a submarine cable, This will admit of sending specials to Tre CavL every minute if necessary to explain the progress of this great international vacht race, Tue CArL will therefore be able to supply the public with instanta- neous and continuous information in re- gard to the prospects of the-contest and to give the earliest possible announcement of | the result, . CHEATED THE GIBBET., Suicide of a Man Who Committed Two Murders. AN AX WAS HI§ WEAPON. Killed His Wife’s Father and Brother in a Cowardly Manner. LURED THEM TO THEIR DEATHS, When Surrounded by the Angry Avengers the Wretch Sent a Bullet Through His Braln. SULLIVAN, Ixp., Sept. 6.—James Ward murdered Aaron Hunter, his father-in- law, and John Hunter, his brother-in- law, near here last night by splitting their heads open with an ax, and committed suicide by shooting when he was sur- rounded by a posse determined to lynch him. The doubie murderer lured his vic- tims to their death. A domestic quarrel led to the horrible tragedy. Last night at 11 o'clock Ward and Aaron Hunter were in town and bad apparently patched up a disagreement between them. ‘Ward insisted, however, upon the old man going to the woods for the purpose of hunting coons. While the hunt was in progress and Hunter was sitting on a stump Ward hit him on the head with an ax. His head was split wide open. ‘When Hunter fell Ward struck the pros- trate body again and cut off the head. The ax sank into the ground. The mur- derer then proceeded to kick the head of his victim about. He then went home, awoke his wife and told her to call her brother, ashe and the old man had treed a coon, and ask him to come and help fell the tree. The younger Hunter got up and went out into the yard, when Ward, with a stroke of the ax, felled him to the ground. Young Hunter died almost instantly with his head split open. Ward then told his wife to keep quiet about the whole affair, that if she did not she would suffer the same fate as her father and brother. Ward then went about half a mile down the road and stopped at the Breckels home. He told Mrs. Breckels that he had killed both the Hunters. Before many hours the crime was generally known, and a posse consist- ing of miners and farmers started on the hunt for Ward, armed with various Wweapons. 2 Ward had two' revolvers, and this fact was known by his pursuers. The posse became enraged, and when the old man's body was found the mob became more de- termined than ever to hang Ward if caught. Just as the posse had located Ward and surrounded the field in which he had been hiding a single shot was heard. The posse closed in on the spot whence the sound had come and found Ward on his back on the ground, with a revolver in each hand and a bullet wound under the left ear. He was dead MURDER OF MISSIONARIES Dr. Reid of Shanghai Com- plains of Minister Denby’s Tardiness. Had the Representative of Uncle Sam Acted Promptly the Out- rages Would Have Ceased. LEXINGTON, K., Sept. 6.—A vigorous letter relative to the recent outrages on missionaries at Kucheng, China, was re- ceived to-day by E. P. Pearce, president of the Kentucky Wesleyan College, Win- chester, from Dr. C. F. Reid of Shanghai, who is presiding elder of the Methodist Church in that district and an American citizen. Writing of the massacre he says: “Had our Minister acted promptly and adequately in the first case the second would probably not have occurred, and we should have been spared the spectacie of eight young and consecrated women being dragged from their beds and brutally mas- sacred, helpless infants hacked to death and a faithful servant of God burned to death in his bed. I wish I could put my copy in the hands of every editor, every Congressman and every other man who has any interest in the weifare of the church or the honor of his country. We don't seek revenge, but we do ask for justice and the protec- tion which every American has the right to demand. Foreigners in China are unanimous in the belief that a little prompt and vigorous action would at once put an end to these things. We have lost all hope of help from the legation in Pe- king and now appeal directly to Washing- ton.” LONDON, Exa., Sept. 6.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette says that the leader in the Kucheng massacre has been cap- tured by the authorities. The total num- ber thus far arrested for participation in the outrages at Kucheng is 130, of whom twenty-three have been convicted. irTa i WILL ASK FOR A PENSION. Letter-Carriers Have a Bill for Presenta- tion to Congress. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Sept. 6. —The consideration of the pension bill was con- tinued at the session of the annual conven- tion of the National Association of Letter- carriers to-day. After each section had been passed upon separately, the bill was adopted as a whole amid great cheers. Many delegates rushed up to Delegate Hogan of Chicago, who introduced the bill, and congratulated him upon his success. The measure, which will be presented to the next session of Congress, provides for the payment of a pension to all carriers who are injured in the service, and the retirement on half pay after 20 years’ service, The moneyis to be obtained by deducting 2 per cent from the pay of the retired carriers. % - An Error of Judgment. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 6.—After the examination of witnesses in the court- martial of Captain Sumner, for improperly docking the cruiser Columbia at South- ampton, a statement by Captain Summer in his own defense was read, after which the court was adjourned until to-morrow. The captain in his statement admitted that he was partly reprehensible for the charges azainst him—culpable inefficiency in the performance of his duty. There is no law, ne said, specifying what a cap- tain’s duty was under these circumstances, and his duty was therefore s matter of judgment. He therefore pleaded that the damage to the Columbia was the result of an error of judgment, and did not rise to the gravity of the charge. e e CAUGHT A CLEVER ROGUE. Chicago Detectives Arrested the Prince of Modern Forgers. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 6.—Central sta- tion detectives made a sensational capture in this city to-day in the person of Howard Castle, alias Castello, alias Raymond. He is believed to be the most dangerous of modern check-forgers and there are now rewards offered for his arrest by police de- partments of three cities. Castle began his career in Detroit about ten years ago by forging the name of his millionaire uncle to a check for $5000 and getting the cash for it. This act landed him in the Ionia penitentiary for two years. It is said the forger’s father represents a district of one of the great Western States in Con- gress and has paid out many thousands of dollars in squaring up forgeries committed by his wayward heir. He has been all over the country and it is believed is wanted for forgery in no less than a dozen States. WASHED BY THE RAIN Baltimore Visited by Heaviest Downpour in Many Years. the Foundations Were Undermined and Several Dwellings Were Swept Away. BALTIMORE, Mbp., Sept. 6.—Baltimore was visited to-day by the heaviest down- pour of rain in twenty-five years. Starting at 2 o’clock this morning, there was little cessation until 6 o’clock to-night. There was little wind and no thunder orlight- ning. The most serious accident occurred on Greenmount avenue, near North. The quantity of water that dashed down the surrounding inclines soon overflowed the sewer and caused it to cave in. The over- flow flooded the cellars of 1812, 1814 and 1816 Greenmount avenue. The rushing torrent undermined the foundations and the buildings collapsed, the occupants thereof barely escaping with their lives. The material and furniture was carried away piecemeal by the angry waters, and to-night a big yawning hole in the ground marks the place where the three dwellings stood. A frame house at 1822 Greenmount avenue was also badly wrecked. Fremont avenue, between Baltimore and Lexington-streets, wherein a sewer is be- ing enlarged, was badly washed. It is feared that the foundations of a number of houses that line the thoroughfare .nave been damaged. One death, the result of the storm, was reported late to-night. Mrs. Annie O. Smith and her son were washed off the footbridge that spans Jones Falls at Mount Washington. The young man succeeded in reaching the shore, but his mother was carried toward the city on the turbulent stream and drowned. s fea MY 3 PLETHORA OF DOMESTIC WOES. ZLove at First Sight Ended in a Fight and Desertion. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 6.—William J. Lovett, now 75 years old, several years ago married a Mrs. Harris of Astor, Iowa. It was a case of love at first sight. Lovett bought a cottage on Beekman avenue, in which they began housekeeping, and dur- ing the first few months their married life was blissfal. A few weeks ago rumors came to Lovett that his wife had another husband, with whom she was correspond- ing. %Irs. Harris is the mother of a daughter 25 years old and a son of 19. The son Jived with her. Durinf Wednesday evening he gotinto a quarrel with Lovett about feed- ing the horses. Lovyett threatened to throw them all out of the house. The son threw a pail of hot water over the ola man. Lovett tried to stab the young man with his pocket-knife. Mrs Lovett interfered, and he made a lunge at her. Then he picked up his wife and threw her out of the window and kicked the boy out of the back door. He threw their belongings out and forbade them to re-enter. While Lovett was at work yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lovett and her daughter forced an entrance and took out several articles which she claimed are her own. Lovett, on learning of it, followed them to the railway station, where he requested a policeman to arrest them. The police- man refused and the couple left for the ‘West. Lovett last evening was excited and threatened to kill himself. He told a reporter that it was not the loss of his wife that he was moaning about, but the articles she had stolen. He says he has authentic proof that she has a husband and several children in Iowa. Lovett pre- sented a sorry appearance, though he is said to own bonds and gold to the amount of $50,000. Lo AT LYNCHING IN TENNESSEE. A Brutal Negro Taken From Jail and Hanged. NASHVILLE, Tex~., Sept. 6.—While Charles Jones, a highly respected citizen of Lincoln County, was in Fayetteville on Monday night attending his lodge, a negro broke into his residence in the country, where his wife and her sister were staying, ana attacked his wife. The sister ran away to secure aid. Both the women recognized the negro, Dock King, a farm hand, as the assailant. King’s arrest followed next day. He was found to have marks on his arm which was injured while he was forcing his_way into the house. Both women visited King in jail yesterday and further identified him. This morning early a mob of 200 men took King from jail and hanged him. st FRAKER Is IDENTIFIED. No Longer Any Doubt That the Insured Man Tives. RICAMOND, Mo., Sept. 6.—The county jail at this place was visited yesterday by many old friends and acquaintances of Dr. George W. Fraker, who is under arrest for swindling life insurance companies. There is not the slightest doubt of his identity. He was recognized by over a dozen promi- nent people, whose acquaintance extended oveuperlofl of ten years. Between five and six hundred people were admitted to the jail during the day, and he talked freely and .dplenlntli to all, and when ladies called to see him he thanked them. No arrangements have yet been mads for his reliminary hearing. Several of Dr. Fra- Eer’s friends here and at Excelsior Springs are making an effort to secure his release on bail, but it is not believed their efforts will be successful. ST a g COMING WITH ONE ENGINE. An Accident Said to Have Delayed the Normannia. NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 6.—Samuel Morrill, the captain of the immigrant transport steamer George Starr, which took a party down the bpv this morning to meet the in- coming Hamburg-American steamship Normannia, reports that the Lucania brought news of having passed the Normannia on the 4th inst. on the eastern edge of the banks, broken down and proceeding to port under one engine. Accoraing to Captain Morrill, this infor- mation was received from the doctor’s boat at quarantine and from officers on the Lu- cania. No detailed account of the injury of the Normannia was obtainable, and in shipping circles it is hardly credited. The vessel leit Hamburg on August 30 and was due at this port this morning. Her cabin and steerage quarters are filled with returning tourists. The officers of the Lucania reported that they sighted the Normanniaon Wednesday afternoon,when her captain signaled that the port engine was disabled and that they were using the starboard engine. He expected to make port to-day. —_——— CAUGHT IN A STORM. Thrilling Experience of Passengers on a River Packet. CLINTON, Towa, Sept. 6.—The steam- boat Verne Swain, running ‘between here and Davenport, was caught in the storm last night and nearly went to the bottom. The wind was terrific and the lightning was expected momentarily to strike the boat, which is a large packet, and the pas- sengers were completely panic-stricken, running wildly about and expecting to be drowned. The vessel at lastdrifted toward some rocks, and the mate, Stephen Church, went out alone in a small boat to cast the anchor in hopes of saving her. His boat capsized and he was drowned in full view of the crew and passsengers. The boat went on the rocks and parrowly es- caped being wrecked. She was gotten off to-day with some bad injuries. e gt PAWNEE BILL’S SHOW WRECKED. An Accident on the Rail in Which Six Men Were Injured. PINE BLUFF, ARk., Sept. 6.—The train of Pawnee Bill’s Wild West show was crashed into at this place this morning by a car which was uncoupled and ran down a steep grade. The injured are: John Ross, trainman, foot crushed; John Me- Lean, trainman, back badly injured ; Mike Ryan, shoulder dislocated; Frank Smith, hip and feet injured; John Beans, Arab acrobat, ankle sprained. An Indian, whose name could not be learned, was also badly injured. The wounds of the injured were attended to and the train pulled out for Little Rock. —_— ARMED MEN ON A TRAIN, They Were Looking for Desperadoes Who Did Not Appear. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 6.—The Forth Worth and Denver train this after- noon brough in a lot of heavily armed rangers and deputy sheriffs headed by Captain -W. J. Macdonald of the rangers and Sheriff Coffer of Hardeman County. The party went out on the northbound Rock Island train to-night to prevent an expected hold-up on that road by the noted Christian gang, who murdered a deputy marshal near Guthrie several days ago, and who is now believed to be in Texas. The railroad officials are. reticent uabout the affair, but it is believed that some definite information of the immedi- ate plans of the gang have been received. TUPCS OF THE DOCTORS Interesting Papers Before the Medico-Legal Con- gress. Statistics Show That Those In Higher Walks Mostly Use Antimony for Poison. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept 6.—The third day’s session of the Medico-legal Congress began this morning. The Hon. Rastus S. Ransom presided. The business began by the reading of a paper on ‘“The Brutality of Capital Punishment” by Gustav Boehm. In the absence of Mr. Boehm the paper was read by Clark Bell. Mrs. C. L. Morehouse of New York read a paper on “Compulsory Vaccination and Its Krrors.” She said that when our fore- fathers fought for the liberty of this coun- try they did not imagine their descendants would be subject to the tyranny of com- pulsory vaccination. The subject of chemistry was then reached and Professor Doremus read an interesting paper on milk' adulteration. Then Professor Doremus read an interest- ing paper on “Two remarkable cases of chronic antimonial poisoning.”” He dwelt with the case of Rev. G. J. Vosburg, pastor of the Baptist church, Bergen, Jersey City, charged with attempting to poison his wife with antimony, and the case of Dr. Henry Meyer, who was tried for poisoning Ludwig Brandt with antimony. Vosburg was acquitted and Dr. Meyer was con- victed. Dr. Doremus gave a minute history of the trials of Vosburg and Meyer, both of which were celebrated cases, and especially the latter one. He said that antimonial poisoning, as the records showed, was re- sorted to by people in the better walks of life. Albert Bach, in the discussion which followed Dr. Doremus’ paper, as a lawyer denounced the system of paying the pub- lic prosecutor by the convictions secured. The section of bacteriology being reached Dr. Paul Gibier spoke on “What May Be the Part of Bacteriology in Forensic Medi- cine.” i e Clarkson Names Allison. PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 6.—General James 8. Clarkson, the Iowa member of the Republican National Committee, stopped over in Pittsburg to attend to some private business to-day. Mr. Clark- son, of course, believes that Senator Allison of Jowa is the logical candidate of the Re- K‘ublican party for President. Me said that cKinley was formerly the favorite of the Republicans of Pennsylvania that Thomas }? Reed had been gradually inin- ing in strength and would probabl: ave the Penuly?vnnin delegation at the Na- tional convention. The tariff, he said, would certainly be the issue in the next campaign. The money question had worn itself out. HELD UP BY A BOY, A High School Youth of Los Angeles Turns Outlaw. VADIM DEMENS' CRIMES. The Bold Cucamonga Robber -a Son of an Angels City Capitalist. CAPTURED THROUGH STRATGY. Full Confession Made When Placed Behind the Bars at San Bernardino. SAN BERNARDINO, Car., Sept. 6.—A Los Angeles High School boy, 18 years old, began a career as a highwayman last Sat urday at the west end of this county, and ended it to-day behind the bars of the County Jail. His name is Vadim Demens. Heis 6 feet 2, an athlete and the star player of the Los Angeles High School football team. His father is worth a half million dollars. He was for many years sec- ond vice-president and general manager of the Orange Belt Railway in Florida, owned by the Drexels of New York. Fear of the yellow fever drove him to Southern Cali- fornia a few years ago and he got rich in real estate. The boy is wild and had come under his father’s displeasure. School closed the first week in June and he was sent to work on his father’s fruit ranch at North Cuca- monga in this county. He kept at it until last week, when he was seized by a desire to visit Florida and determined to get the money to travel on by robbery. Saturday night, having stoien a revolver, voung Demens held up D. Kilgore, the Santa Fe agent at North Cucamonga. The agent was called to the door of his office about 9:30 o’clock, and as he opened the door and stepped outside he was con- fronted by Demens, who, holding a big revolver at the agent’s head, ordered him to throw up his hands. Kilgore was so badly frightened that instead of doing so he turned and ran, meantime yelling at the top of his voice. Demens fired as the agent turned, the bullet whizzing past Kilgore’s head and going through a win- dow. The robber himself was frightened at the outcry and disappeared in the dark- ness. Tuesday morning Demens held up a grocery-store at Ioamosa, a village four miles from this scene of his former opera- Ltion. The storekeeper, William Johns, was awakened about 6 o’clock by some one pounding at the baek door of his store and calling upon him to get up and sell some groceries. Johns at once got up, and after hastily dressing went to the back door and opened it, to be confronted by a tall man wearing a mask and holding a revolver almost against the grocery- man’s face. The order was given for him to throw up his hands, and at the same time a shot was fired, the bullet passing so close to John'’s face that the powder burned it. But instead of throwing up his hands John fell forward and Demens grappled with him, beating him over the head with the revolver and inflicting some very seri- ous injuries. Again he was frightened away, and left without booty. By as clever a strategy as has been per- formed in Southern California for some time, Fred Pourade of this city, a special officer of the Santa Fe, ran Demens down in Los Angeles and secured the revolver, the clothing, hat and mask which the young desperado had worn during the hold-ups. Late this afternoon Demens made a full confession to the District Attorney. He hopes to get off with a sentence to the Re- form School. After his arrest he sent the following message to.his father: My Dear Father: 1havedone a great wrong. I suppose you have heard about the hold-ups at Cucumonga. Iam in the hands of the San Bernardino officers. Why did I have a quarrel with you! 1do not care what becomes of me. Itis the shame on all you folks. Why did I not behave myself! Come immediately to San Bernardino. Vapru. MARYSVILLE BOX Work on lhe New Sewerage System to Commence at Once. MARYSVILLE, Can., Sept. 6.—The bonds of the city of Marysville, voted at the special election held on the 18th of June last, were sold to San Francisco par~ ties last night. The bonds are for §40,000, bear interest at 5 per cent, and are payable in ten equal yearly installments, commenc= ing with November 1, 1396. The money is to be used in the extension and improve- ment of the sewerage system of the city, and in filling the slough. The City Coun= cil will meet to-morrow night, close up with the contractors, and preparations for actual work will commence at once. PR For an Improved Water Supply. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Sept. 6.—The City Council to-day decided to act with the Board of Trade in investigating the best method of turnishing Santa Barbara with anample and permanent water supply. To this end it appointed a committee of three to take such measures as it may see fit in regard to the matter, subject to the orders of the joint committee of the Coun- cil and Board of Trade. On this executive committee Mayor Halloway appointed E, 8. Sheffield, cashier of the First National Bank; Councilman N. D. Smith and City Engineer J. K. Harrington. DS SOLD. For additional Pacific Coast news see Pages 2,3 and § SMOKE LABELLE CREOLE CIGARS, 3 for 20c--10¢ Straight--2 for 23¢ ASK DEALERS FOR THEM. RINALDO BROS. & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 300-302 BATTERY ST, S. F,