The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 12, 1895, Page 1

> tthat his boat was crowded by the De- » VOLUME LXXVIII.—NO. 104. SAN FRANCIéCO, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOULED BY VALKYRIE, Protest of the Defender| Sustained by the “~ Committee. | GIVEN THE SECOND RACE | Cranfield Violated the Rules When He Crashed Into the American. THE INCIDENT REGRETTED. Yachtsmen Confident That the Britisher Could Not Take Another Heat. NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 11.—That the regatta committee should have been com- pelled to al protest of the Defender and award ber ce has given risetoa of regret. In the clubs and | ere was a genuine and | e hope that some way out of | would be found and the race ed as a bye, but this was, under the ppossible, and both 1lselin and aven preferred to accept the com- , n as governing the unhappy To-morrow’s race will in all probability be the last, as the wonderful work of the Defender with her spiit topmast and wounded condition on Tuesday clearly proves that she is the faster boat, with 1ce to win, Her work yesterday magnificent. WirLiaM GREER HARRISON. g WAS AT FAULT. CRANFIELD The Committee Compelled to Give the De- Fender the Race. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 11.—The re- gatia committee of the New York Yacht Club rendered a decision, late this after- sustaining Mr. Iselin’s protest t the Valkyrie and awarding yester- s race to the Defender. This result was reached after deliberations and con- es lasting practically all day. As the occurrence was directly under the eyes committee, and was also witnessed housands of spectators, there was only on possible. Every one conversant with the racing of yachts and rules of the road at sea agreed ghat the British yacht was at fanlt. Lord Dunraven and his friends, however, held noon, fenaer and that the accident was unavoid- able. The committee gave each side ample op- portunity to state its case, and took the testimony of the crew of each yacht and of others who were on board. David Hen- derson, who sailed on the Defender as the representative of Lord Dunraven, and J. R. Bush, who represented the New York “acht Club on the Valkyrie, each reported on the occurrence. All the interested par- ties were at the yacht club house until late in the afternoon. With Lord Dunratven were Rear Commodore Arthur Glennie of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club, Sailmaker Ratsey, H. Maitland Kersey, Captains Cranfield and Sycamore. In Mr. Iselin’s party were Woodbury Kane, Newbury Thorne and Herbert C. Leeds. It was 4:30 p. M. when the decision was announced. It was in the form of a reply to Mr. Iselin’s protest and reads as follows: . C. Oliver Iselin: We beg to acknowledge tof your letterof yesterday protest- e have given the matter our tion and believe that the foul | rough the miscalculation of dis- een the two yachtsat & critical mo- m our observation, sustained by that of others who were in a good pesition to see, we | find that the Valkyrie, in contravention of sec- tion 2 of racing rule 16, bore down upon the Defender and fouled her by the swinging of her main boom when luffing to straighien her course. We also consider thatthe Defender sllowed the Valkyrie sufficient room to wind- ward to pass clear of the committee-boat. Your protest is therejore sustained. 0LSON KANE, Chairman. IRVING G L. CHESTER GRISWOLD. The racing rule referred to is the follow- ing: A yacht shall not bear away out of her course 50 as to hinder sanother yacht in passing to leeward. Section 2 of the same rule says: A yacht free shall keep clear of one close- hauled. The rule covering disqualifications is: If a yacht in consequence of her neglect of any of these rules shall foul another yacht or compel another yacht to foul any yacht, mark or opstruction, or to run aground, she shall be aisqualified and shall pay all damages. As stated in these dispatches yesterday, the Defender gave the Valkyrie plenty of room to cross the line, and it was only the Valkyrie's bearing away to prevent cross- ing before the gun fire that caused the fouling. The Valkyrie was to windward and close to the committee-boat end of the line. She was running freer than the De- fender and was leading slightly. She was Japping the committee-boat, and going to- ward the line at a pace that would prob- ably have carried her over before the signal. To avoid this she bore away to Jeeward and eased out on her sheets in or- der to spill the wind and check her head- way. i The change of course brought her with- in a biscuit-toss of the American boat. The latter held her course. The British skipper, to avoid a collision which seemed inevitable, luffed up, and the Valkyrie's boom did the damage to the Defender. He violated the rules by bearing away and by | advantage after it had been officially failing to keep clear of the Defender,a yacht close hauled. Such is the verdict of the committee and also of all competent judges on the attendant fleet. Captain Cranfield of the Valkyrie holds that the fault lay with Captain Halff of the Defenaer, and insists that he could sail no closer to the end of the line without foul- ing the committee-boat. Lord Dunraven Lccepts the decision, and will have the Valkyrie at the line to-morrow for the third international race. The regatta committee posted the fol- lowing at the New York Yacht Club this ! evening: nbers of the New York Yacht Club: Your co ce beg to state, before arriving at a de- cision on the Defender’s protest, that they en- deavored to bring about & mutual agreement between the respective yachts to resail yetser- dwy's race, but each preferred that the com- mittee should pass judgment on the protest. THE REGATTA COMMITTEE. Lord Dunraven left the clubhouse after the hearing. He declined to talk. Messrs. Kersey, Glennie and Ratsey of the English contingent were equally reticent. After the long session of the regatta com- mittee was ended, Mr. Grinnell, one of the members of the committee, was asked if there was any question that Lord Dunra- ven would race to-morrow, in view of the published reports that he wouid not do so if the decision should be adverse to the Valkyrie. “No,” replied Mr. Grinnell. “He ac- cepted the decision as any true sportsman should. He did say, however, that he would not race unless the course was kept clear of excursion boats. Some of these boats behaved very badly yesterday, and Lord Dunraven was emphatic in his pro- tests against them.” J. V. 8. Oddie, secretary of the New York club, said that he was much pleased with the decision, and that he thought all who saw the fouling would acquiesce in the committee’s view of it. Both the Defender and Valkyrie were drydocked at Erie basin to-day to fit them for to-morrow’s race. The Defender went to the dock to repair the injuries received at the start of yesterday’s race, and the Valkyrie went in for another coat of pot lead on her bottom. The Defender's cracked topmast and starboard spreader were taken down. The horn of the spreader was broken entirely off, while the topmast had a split in it about one-third of the distance up from the mainmast head. Another spar to take its place has been brought to the basin. It is not a new spar, but one made for the Colonna. Captain Haff said it would an- swer the purpose all right. 1t weighs 400 pounds less than the old stick. The damaged spreader was also taken down. Its overboard end looked as though it had been chewed off. The Defender's water line will not be remeasured; the Valkyrie's will. Eighteen pigs of lead, weigh- ing between one and a quarter tons, were removed from her hold to-day and she will set higherin the water. Prob- ably the difference in the water line meas- urement will wipe out the 29 1-10 seconds allowance which she gives the Defender. John Hyslop, the official measurer of the New York Yacht Club, was at the drydock all the afternoon waiting for the Valkyrie to be floated, but when she was still resting on the blocks at 7:30 this evening he went away as it was too dark to take the meas- urements. The new topmasts of the Defender were set on end at 5o’clock. The spreader was replaced by a new one and the shrouds were put in place. It was9 o’clock before the yachts were floated. To-morrow’s race will be fifteen miles to windward and return. The start will be from Sandy Hoox lightship, unless the committee established another starting point in order to obtain a windward course of fifteen miles. The same rules that governed the first two races will prevail, Should the Defender win to-morrow the America cup will remain here another year at least and the international yacht- ing contest of 1895 will be closed. SR Ty MAY BE RESAILED. Captain Haff Makes a Generous Declara- tion Regarding the Decision. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 11.—The Tribune to-morrow will say: When it was announced to Captain Haff that the regatta committee had decided in favor of the Defender he exclaimed: “That's right. And now the Defender will refuse to take the race on a foul and will offer to sail it over again.” The Tribune to-morrow will also say: “Mr. Iselin is reported as having said to- day concerning the possibility of a resail of the race: ‘I don’t know why I 8hould do anything like this. It would not be sportsmanlike for me to give up an awarded me under such circumstances. I will not say anything for publication.’ ” LS ACCEPTS THE DECISION. Lord Dunraven Again Demonstrates His True Sportsmanship. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 11.—Late to- night in an interview Lord Dunraven when asked if the report was true that he would not race any more on account of the adverse decision of the regatta committee most emphatically said it was not, and added: “Ishall enter the race to-morrow as a sportsman, because I have no occasion to do otherwise. I believe in the ability and honesty of the regatta committee of the New York Yacht Club. I believe that no effort hasbeen made to influence their de- cision. I believe them to be gentiemen and yachtsmen, and while I don’t care to say anything about the Valkyrie 1 yet think that Mr. Watson has fulfilled his en- gagements to build me a good boat. I don’t expect that Mr. Iselin will offer a chance for a resail or anything of that sort. While it is very certain that the America cup is lost by reason of Vale kyrie's showing, it is not so certain that at some time the cup may not be car- ried across the Atlantic.” Mr. Glennie said: “Every fellow thinks he 1s right, and we thought we were. We'll beat the starting line to-morrow and have another try.” ENGLISHM. INDIGNANT. The Committee’s Ruling Denounced in London Club, LONDON, ExG.. 8ept. 13.—The decision of the Amernca cup committee to give Tuesday’s race to the Defender was known in the London clubs and newspaper offices about 10 o’clock this evening. The gen- eral public will know nothing about it un- til the papers appear in the morning. Clubmen and the London agents of pro- vincial papers stood in groups discussing the matter. All were surprised at the de- cision, and some were indignant. The universal expectation was that the race would be resailed. Those discussing the decision know nothing of the evidence before the com- mittee or the detailed rules governing races for the America cup; nevertheless, many angrily denounced the decision. The Yachting World in its first leader on the subject, written before the decision, ays: 5 !Twa races have been sailed. The Val- Continued on Second Page. e PARADE OF WARRIORS Fifty Thousand Soldiers Tread Louisville’s Streets. BLUE AND GRAY UNITED. The Procession Led by Men Who Fought Under the Stars and Bars. MANY PROSTRATED BY HEAT. General Walker Leads In the Race for Commander=in~ Chief. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 1lL—Fifty thousand ex-soldiers of the Union army marched through the streets of this Southern city to-day. Before them, at the head of the column, rode two Ken- tuckians who enlisted in the Confederate service at the outset of hostilities and fought to the last ditch. One bore aloft the stars and stripes, the other a silken banner of virgin white, having in its center a golden dove and in its mouth an olive-branch. Thus was typified *“The flag of peate,’’ the reunion thirty years after of the victors and the vanquished. Three hundred thousand people lined streets and windows and housetops and gave the marching hosts a reception that will be memorable in Grand Army annals, and remembrances of which will be car- ried by every participant to his last hour. In these great throngz of spectators were tens of thousands of those who fought on the other side, who even to-day speak with pride of the fact that they rallied under the stars and bars and wore the gray that was so dear to Southern hearts, These were the loudest in their plaudits and the most vociferous in joining in the chorus when the strains of “Rally Round the Flag” and other Northern war songs filled the air, and proudly the great un- armed army received the plaudits of their one-time foemen. Full of sentiment and pathos also were the demonstrations of the women folk when a maimed or crippled veteran came hobbling along. For fully a mile in the aristocratic resi- dence district the lawns and gardens were filled with the fairest buds of a State of beautiful women, their costumes of white adorned by tricolored sashes or miniature ‘American flags, and those not content with ‘the waving of handkerchiefs and similar feminine modes of greeting showered flowers on the heads of the aged and crip- pled as they passed along. From start to finish it was more the homecoming and passage of a victorious army fresh from the battlefield than a reunion of conquered and conquerors three decades later. In accordance with the resolution adopted last year by the Council of Ad- ministration, the route of march was lim- ited to twenty-six squares, or a distance of two and a guarter miles, complaints hav- ing been made that the routes heretofore chosen were too long for the veterans, who are yearly getting more feeble and less able to stand a long march in the heat of the day. The early morning trains from interior points of the State, as well as from Indi- ana, Illinois and Ohio, brought tens of thousands of spectators, and these, added to the hundreds of thousands already in the city, made the central streets well nigh impassable. Ample police arrangements, however, had been made, the roadway over which the parade was to pass had been roped off, and altogether the arrange- ments for the proper movement of the parade were admirable. Numerous public reviewing stands had been erected along the line of march, and every seat was oc- cupied long before the time appointed for the procession to move. . At 8 o'clock the citizens’ committee were assembled and mounted, while the Grand Army band of Canton, Ohio, and ‘the Louisville Legion drum corps awakened enthusiasm about the City Hall square with inspiring music and tattoos. At 9:30 the signal was given for the first division of the column to form, and half an hour later the head of the division, comprising the commander - in - chief and staff, his escort, the Columbia Post of Chicago, the citizens’ committee and board of managers, the mayors of Louisville, Jeffersonville and New Albany and the visiting Gover- nors aud their staffs were en route from the Galt House to the locality assigned them. Every division was in readiness at 10:15, but it was not until fifteen minutes later that the signal was given for the head of the column to move. Then, with flags flying and a torrent of patriotic music the parade moved. One of the features of the parade that attracted attention was Old Ned, who is believed to be the only horse now living that participated in the rebellion. He is not a member of the G. A. R., but of recent years he has been pretty regular in his at- tendance at encampments. He was at Pittsburg last year with Post No. 67, from Erie, Pa. Ned is now 40 years old, accord- ing to tradition. His present owner, R. F. Crawford of North East, Pa., got possession of him thirty-two years ago, and he says Ned was then 8 years old, “according to his mouth.” Ned was captured from General Jubal Early’s corps near Washington by a Union scouting party thirty-two years ago, and was given to his present owner to replace an animal he had loaned and which had been shot in a skirmish. The parade was four'hours and a quarter passing the reviewing stand. It moved like clockwork and was remarkably free from tedious breaks. Despite the intense heat the large majority of the paraders went over the entire route of two and a half miles, although many were compelled to drop out early in the march. There were numerous cases of heat pros- tration, which were promptly treated by the emergency corps. Among the victims were four members of the crack Columbia Post of Chicago—H. W. Martin, V. Bas- com, 8. P. Walters and Jobn Carver— James P. Neil of the National Military Home at Dayton, Ohio; Harry Bowen of the Old Guard of Philadelphia; Colonel Gerthart of Pittsburg (Pa.) Post No. 88; A. H. Dixon, Dayton, Ohio, and E. 8. Her- bert of Springfield, Mass. The latter was taken to the City Hospital, where his con- dition is reported serious. The others re- covered under treatment and left the emergency hospitals during the day, with the advice to take it easy for the remainder of the heated spell. The opening of the encampment proper was preceded to-night by a campfire at Music Ball, which was filled with a bril- liant audience. Mayor Tyler presided. Henry Watterson spoke words of welcome for the citizens’ committee and ex-Lieu- tenant-Governor Jacobs for the Kentucky department of the Grand Army.e Brief impromptu responses were made by Com- mander-in-Chief Lawler, General Lew ‘Wallace and Mrs. John A. Logan. In the Tower Hall the visiting officials and members of the Ladies of the G. A. R. were banqueted by Mrs. C. E. Heirst of this city, and Hon. W. O. Bradley, Repub- lican candidate for Governor, General ‘Willlam Warner of Kansas City, Corporal Tanner and W. W. Dudley of Washington and 8. U. Cook of Columbus responded to toasts. The National officials of the Ladies of the G. A. R. were deluged with telegrams to day concerning a report sent from this city yesterday thata merging of that or- ganization with the Women’s Relief Corps, from which its founders originally seceded, was contemplated. Great indignation was caused by this development, the ofticials declaring that the report was purely gra- tuitous and that under no circumstances would a consolidation be considered. The only foundation for the report is the fact that in her annual address, to be delivered to-morrow morning, National President Wallace of the Women’s Relief Corps will recommend the appointment of a com- mittee of five to promote a union of all women’s organizations working in con- nection with ex-soldiers’ movements. This proposition, however, is not even sup- ported by the president’s own department, that of Illinois, which has filed for action a resolution by which all members of the Women’s Relief Corps joining the Grand Army ladies are declared expelled from the parent organization. As soon as the delegates had recovered from the fatigue of the parade the wire- pulling for the location of the next en- campment was resumed with vigor, and the corridors of the hotels became as ani- mated as though a political convention was in progress. It was early evident that Buffalo’s efforts were more in the nature of a bid for the encampment of 1897, and that the contest lay between Denver and St. Paul. The committees from these cities worked like political veterans, and a prodigious amount of button-holeing argu- ment and persuasign was indulged in by both sides. The St. Paulites are claiming to-night that they have the victory won, but their opponents, while not so sanguin& as yesterday, are not inclined to concede defeat. The prospects are that St. Paul will be the selection. For commander-in-chief General T. N. ‘Walker of Indiana is having things his own way, and it was said to-night that his only competitor, General Thaddeus 8. Clarkson of Omaha, will'move to make his selection unanimous. Walker came within eleven votes of winning at the Pitts- burg encampment. At midnight of Tuesday, after a contest of several hours’ duration, the Naval Vet- erans elected Captain Charles W. Allmond of New York as rear admiral for the ensu- ing year. The election was challenged on the ground that the constitution provides that the member elected must be in at- tendance on the convention, whereas the successful candidate has failed to show up in Louisville. This afternoon, however, the objectors decided not to insist on the protest. The incoming admiral will desig- nate the place of holding the convention. The proposition to strip the uniforms of officers of all gold-lace decorations was de- feated. - Other cases of heat prostration were: W. R. Gile of Washington, D. C., vice-com- mander of the Department of the Potomac, who fell from his horse; John Thomas of Detroit, who in falling cut a deep gash in his head; Commander William Janecke of the Department of Missouri, and J. P. Perchall, his vice-adjutant. Janecke’s condition is serious. Mrs. L. A. Turner of Massachusetts will be unanimously elected national president of the W. R.C. T. U. G000 USE OF A BEYCLE Flight of a Murderer Checked by a Young Woman on a Wheel. Lon Rooker Cut the Throat of His Wife and Her Female Friend. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Sept. 11 — A bloody tragedy occurred at 6 o’clock last evening at a little cottage, 79 Rhode Island street, occupied by Mrs. Emma Pees. Mrs, Pees is a young married woman, separated from her husband. A couple of days ago she was joined by Mrs. Margaret Rooker, who had also left her husband, with her boy Arthur, a child of 6 years. Her husband, Lon Rooker, had been hanging about the house, endeavor- ing to see his wife, whom he accused of infidelity. Last evening Rooker entered the house, and a moment later Mrs. Pees ran scream- ing into the street, with a deep razor-cut across her throat. Before any of the neighbors could get to the cottage Mrs. Rooker also ran from the house and fell dead a short distance from it. Her throat had been cut. Then the child ran out, having escaped unharmed. By this time a crowd had gathered, when Rooker himself dashed from the cottage, having cut his own throat. The crowd made way and he ran a square and jumped upon a streetcar. He had distanced the crowd, but a strange young woman had followed on a bicycle and kept up with the car, yelling at the passengers to capture the murderer. Finally they understood her, and Rooker was aragged from the car and taken to the hospital. Mrs. Pees will probably die, but it is thought that Rooker will recover. —_————— To Delve for the Dead. HOUGHTON, Micy., Sept. 11.—Shafts 2 and 4 of the Osceola mine were un- covered thisevening. The fire is entirely out or burning feebly. It is hoped the mine can be ventilated sufficiently to allow the recovery of the bodies before the end of this week. s BATTLED FOR HOURS Spaniards Driven Back After a Desperate Fight. AMBUSHED BY SANCHEZ. Cubans Defeat a Regiment of Newly Arrived Troops From Spain. ARMS ABANDONED IN RETREAT. Detalls of the Patriots’ Decisive Victory In the Struggle Near Sanctl Spiritus. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 11.—President Palma of the local Cuban junta received a letter from General Serafin Sanchez yester- day. It was dated September 2 and dis- patched from a camp near Sancti Spiritus. It described one of the most recent engage- ments of his forces with the Spaniards. ‘Word was sent to Sanchez that a column was preparing to leave Havana and it was believed that an attack upon his camp was intended and that if possible the Spanish troops would try to surprise him. Sanchez determined to intercept the army and his first act was to tear up that part of therail- way which ran into Sancti Spiritus. Taking a picked body of 1500 men with him he moved up the railway and placed his men in ambush near the place where therails had been cut and awaited the ap- vroach of the toe. On August 2 a train moved out of Havana. It contained 200 of the capital’s fire brigade, who had volunteered for service, and 800 of the newly arrived troops from Spain. Tke train came to a full stop near the spot where Sanchez’ men were in hiding. While the Spanish force was quitting the cars the Cubans sprang out of the bush and voured a rapid fire on them. After a conflict of four hours the engine was “killed” with dynamite. The Spaniards abandoned the train and re- tired slowly, the Cubans not following them. The Spaniards lost in killed and wounded 183; the Cubans 65, of whom 23 were killed. The Spaniards left their dead and wounded in the hands of the Cubans. The Spaniards also left behind them 300 Mauser rifles and 2000 cartridges. A larce quantity of arms and ammunition were destroyed by fire gnd dynamite. The Spaniards took up a position at a railway station eight miles away and the next day retired in the direction of Havana. 3 = FOUGHT A TERRIFIC BATTLE. Melo Repulsed by Gomez After & Two Days’ Fight. KEY WEST, Fra., Sept. 11.—Passengers arriving by the steamer Mascotte to-night report that a big battle was fought near Camaguey between the insurgents under Maximo Gomez and the Spaniards under General Melo. The battle is said to have lasted forty-eight hours, and the Spaniards were repulsed with heavy losses, léaving over fifty killed and wounded on the field. Roloff’s band has been active during the last week, having blown up s troop train by dynamite near Santiago de Cuba and a bridge near Bagua. The Spaniards admit that the train was blown up, but claim that only five men were killed. Advices received here state that nearly 100 soldiers were mangled by the explosion. The harbor of Havana is almost de- serted. When the Mascotte left for this port to-day not a ship of any kind could be seen save those belonging to Spain, and they were few. \ i A prominent cigar manufacturer who arrived to-night on the Mascotte reports tobacco very scarce and price high owing to the insurrection and to the failure of the crop. The Vuelta Abajo district is producing very few wrappers. e JOIN THE INSURGENTS. Members of Aristocratic Families Enlist- ing Under Maceo. . SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 2, via Jack- sonville, Fla., Sept. 11.—Thirty young men of this city, members of the most aristo- cratic white families of the province, have received a letter from General Antonio Maceo inviting them to accompany him to Camaguey. They are preparing, it is un- derstood, to leave here in a body during the coming week to incorporate themselves with the command of the rebel chief. Insurgent emissaries of this city are sending recruits through the Government picket lines nearly every night to join Maceo. In business circles the feeling is growing that Martinez Campos’ plans have virtually fallen through and that the war will con- tinue two years or more. General com- mercial houses are arranging to close up their affairs. Few planters now hope to be able to har- vest their crops, ahd hunger is beginning to stare the poorer classes in the face. HATRED FOR THE WEALTHY. The Paris Bomb-Thrower Explains the Motives for His Action. PARIS, Fraxce, Sept. 11.—Further 1n- quiry on the part of the police bas estab- lished the identity of the man who at- tempted to explode a bomb in Rothschilds’ Bank as Victor Bouteilhe, grandson of the magistrate at Nimes. Bouteilhe is 1n jail here. He has written a letter to the Juge d’Instruction explain- ing his motive for attempting the outrage. He dilates upon the hardships undergone, and declareg that although a man of educa- tion, he was unable to procure means of tiving. This led him to dream of social regeneration, and misfortune inspired him with hatred at the sight of wealth. He, the letter continues, a man equal tothe most powerful, is obliged to spend his life en- riching millionaires. He gives theaddress of his mother, and asks that the police break the news of his arrest to her ggntly. sy, Swept by an Avalanche. { LONDON, Exc., Sept. 1..—A dispatch to the Globe from Geneva says thatan ava- lanche from the Altels glacier swept over a tract of ground at the foot of the moun- tain two miles in length. It is reported that six persons were killed. % BERNE, SwITzERLAND, Sept. 11.—The avalanche from the Altels glacier has blocked communication between the can- tons of Berne and Valais. It is feared that ten shepherds and 300 cattle perished. —_— WILL SUE FOR A DIVORCE. Actor Hanley Wants Separation From His California Wife. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 11.—Lawrence Hanley, leading actor in “The Players” company, now at the Grand Opera-house here, sent the following telegram to Law- yer Davis Newburger of New York: “Please institute proceedings for abso- lute divorce from Mrs. Hanley, formerly Edith Lambert of California, for Lawrence Hanley of New York. Have ocular proofs. Eugage the best of lawyers to help you, I must have custody of my child.” Mr. Hanley says that desertion will be the ground of the divorce suit. Mrs. Hanley was with the company up to their engagement in Cincinnati last week, but was discharged for indifferent playing. —_——-— SLAIN BY HOLMES. Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury Over How- ard Pitzel’s Body. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Sept. 11.—Coro- ner Castor to-day announced that in his verdict in the inquest on the remains of Howard Pitzel he would declare that the child came to his death at the hands of H. H. Holmes. His findings will be filed to- MOrTow. The Marion County Grand Jury this afternoon found ad indictment against Holmes for murder in the first degree, and should he escape conviction in Philadel- phia he will be brought here for trial, where the chain of evidence against him is much more complete. WILL NOT TAKE THE OATH Delegates to South Carolina’s Constitutional Convention in a Quandary. Ralsed the Point That Government Officers Cannot Swear Al- leglance to State. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Sept. 11.—The Con- stitutional Convention began its session this morning with another rush and there have been lively proceedings thus far. President Evans announced his standing committees at the opening. Senator Irby is chairman of the committee on declara- tion of rights and Senator Tillman is in charge of the committee on rights of suffrage, which means the reporting of the Mississippi plan with modifications. The minority has been given a pretty fair representation on the committees. Mr. Henderson of Aiken offered several new ordinances, one relating to suffrage and one to divorces, which were received. Attention was called to the fact that the delegates had not taken tbe constitutional oath, and for three-quarters of an hour things were lively in the extreme. The convention did not wish to take the oath provided in the old constitution and a fight resulted, but finally it was decided to do so. ‘When four delegations had been sworn in and President Evans had taken the oath, Senator Tillman submitted that under the same constitution, if he took that oath he would have to leave the con- vention along with others holding United States offices, for the constitution dis- tinctly said that no man holding an office could hold a State office. This was an- other office. “We are the people,” he said. “We are not officers but represent the sovereignty and I cannot take the oath.” General Soles, the negro statesman, said the same question had arisen in his case, he being a Senator and a United States Con- gressman at the same time. He simply lost his pay while he a¢ted as aState Sena- tor. The convention referred the matter to the Judiciary Committee to report whether they should take an oath or not, and if so, to prepare a suitable one. A recess was taken pending this report. AL Sme NON-PARTISAN CONVENTION. Free Silverites in North Carolina Combine far the Campaign. RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. 11.—The con- ference of Populists, at which Senator Butler presided, to-day decided to indorse the Non-Partisan State Silver Convention called by Democrats to meet here Septem- ber 25. The following was issued, signed by Senator Butler as a member of the National committee and B. F. Keith as president of the Memphis Silver Conven- tion: A call having been made for a Non-partisan State free silver conyention, uniting all per- sons of all popular parties who favor free,.n- dependent and unlimited coinage of silver and gold in the full legal-tender dollars at the ratio o0f16 to 1, and inasmuch as such convention will be on the line of the Memphis silver convention and will tend to get all trne friends of silver together under one banner to fight the foreign gold trust and its American Tory allies; therefore, we favor the holding of such silver convention, and upon houest- money free-silver clubsin the State and other persons who favor the objects of said clubs to attend. Eeshaeeee Fell From a Balloon. PENNSBORO, W. Va., Sept. 11— While assisting in a balloon ascension at the Ritchie County Fair Willis Davis, aged 25, was accidentally caught in the ropes and carried up with the bailoon. At a height of 500 feet Louis Bush, who was making the ascension, cut the parachute loose, and the balloon, with Davis, shot up to a height of 2000 feet, when he fell to the earth. Davis’ home wasat Blooming- ton, Ohio. kg Stanley in America. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 11.—Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer and au- thor, recently elected member of Parlia- ment, arrived to-day on the White Star line steamship Majestic. He was met at the dock by Major Pond and a half-dozen newspaper men. Consul Munchmeyer Dead. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 11.—A cablegram was received to-night at the State Department from Vice-Consul Daw- son at San Salvador, announcing the death of Consul Munchmeyer of yellow fever. His wife has been attacked with the same disease. & Froigh ST Plotting Against Ferdinand. LONDON, Exc., Sept..11.—A dispatch to a news agency from Rustchuk says that twenty arrests have been made of persons implicated 4n or suspected of being con- nected with a plot to take the life of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. BLOWN YARDS AWAY, Four Men Killed by the Explosion of a Caisson. DEATH IN AWFUL FORM. Demonstration of Veterans at Louisville Marred by a Catastrophe. WERE SEATED OVER POWDER. A Young Lady Claims That One of the Victims Was Smoking a Cigar. LOUISVILLE,Ky., Sept. 11.—Fpur mem- bers of Louisville Legion were instantly killed this morning by the explosion of ammunition in the caisson of a gun which was being driven to Pheenix Hill for ser- vice in connection with the G. A. R. parade. The victims were: Corporal Robinson, Private Woods, Private McBride and Wil- liam Adams, the colored driver. The men were seated on thecaisson. SergeantConn and Private Hobbs were injured, but not seriously. Another member of the bat- tery, whose name is unknown, is reported missing. The caisson contained sixty pounds of powder, enough to fire forty rounds. The cause of the accident is inexplicable. A re- port that one of the men was smoking is denied. ‘When the accident occurred the Legion Hospital Corps was notified and hastened to the scene. Sheets were taken from neighboring houses and spread over the bodies. The remains of the killed werg badly mangled and charred beyond recog- nition. One man was a mass of raw flesh. Three lostarms and legs. All the clothing was torn from the bodies. The bodies were found many feet away from the scene of the disaster. One had been hurled into a tree and fell through thé branches, striking an iron fence and crushing it. A negro passing opposite the cannon at the time was hurled through the air by the explosion to the top of a house, Where he struck with full force against the stone wall and had his leg broken. The explosion . created consternation among the occupants of the fashionable residences of the vicinity. It was heard for several miles. Soon exaggerated re- ports began to circulate. Thousands rushed to the scene of the disaster and the police found it necessary to rope off the street into sections for three blocks. The accident cast a gloom over the city and lessened the interest in the parade already in process of formation. Colonel John B. Castleman said it was one of those unfortunate accidents that cannot be guarded against. A similar one occurred in Chicago during the strike, in which three men were killed and several wounded. Governor John Brown, who was stop- ping with Major George B. Easton, was asleep in bed when the caisson exploded. The explosion stunned him, and it was some time before he revived. Mrs. Easton was in the bathroom at the time. She saw the flash and was knocked off her feet by the explosion. She.was badly stunned, but as soon as she was brought around began ministering to Governor Brown. In the near-by residences several people were knocked down and othersrushed into the streets. A foot of one of the victims was found in the back yard of one of the houses and a leg in the front yard. Miss Flora Foree. who occupied the Yandell mansion, was at a window when the explosion occurred. She said: “I saw the men coming down the street with the cannon drawn by two horses. They were all seated on it laughing and talking. One of the men who were seated on the caisson was smoking a cigar. I heard one of the men say to hu ‘Look out for the sparks from that cigar.’ He was just about to knock off the ashes. A moment later the explosion came. I was knocked down.” Tne explosion was heard for a distance of several miles, although at the moment it was supposed to be simply the discharge of a carinon. ————ge——— ¥ICTIM OF LYNCHERS. A Negro Murderer Hanged and Then Riddled With Shet. OSCEOLA, ARk., Sept. 11.—Mrs. Rhea, living twenty-five miles north of Osceola, was murdered and robbed yesterday by two negroes. Will Caldwell soon became frightened and confessed that he had killed Mrs. Rhea. Caldwell was taken from the Deputy Sheriff and hanged to a limb and then riddled with bullets. His last words were: “For God’s sake, hang the other man, for he got me to kill her.” The other man was in_custody, but it is possible that by this time he has been lynched. GELUIE UK Big Fire in Nova Scotia. HALIFAX; N. 8., Sept. 11.—An incen- diary fire that started in an unoccupied building early yesterday morning de- stroyed the business portion of Liverpool, N. 8., including fifteen stores, the Advance and the Times newspaper offices, the Sheriff’s office, a number of dwellings, the Congregational Church, Trilby Hotel. Mu- sic éalfi Jubilee Hall and several offices. The loss exceeds $120,000, with insurance of only half that sum. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 3 and 4. 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