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VOLUME LXXVIIL—NO. 129, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1895. e PRICE FIVE CENTS. age containing the money, and implicated J. R. Barnett, the ticket agent of the Van- crime. The men separated after dividing the spoils, Farden going south, while Bar- nett traveled westward. The latter, it is Floors of a Church Fall said, is still at large. With Hundreds of People. MANY FATALLY INJURED The Basement of the Structure Transformed Into a Death-Trap. FOUGHT LIKE WILD CREATURES. Scores Trampled Under in the Mad Rush to Scale the Walls. LORAINE, Onro, Oct. 6.—A frightful ac- cident attendedVthe laying of the corner- stone for the new St. Mary's Catholic Church in this city this morning. Fully 5000 people were gathered around the foun- dation of the new ire, and the priests were about to b the services, when a n of a platiorm constructed of boards ning entirel; ross the area, and ich were 1000 people, gave way, pre- 300 of them into the excavation. 2d, which resulted in increas- t of fatally injured. Mary Weber was crushed to death, The fatally injured were: Rose McGee, 3 years old, of Loraine, skull frac- Katie Griffin, 8 years ‘old, of ne jured internally; Mrs. Mary irath of Loraine, left leg crushed and red internaliy; Mrs. John Ensten, aged of Loraine, left leg cru chest red; Mrs. Cornelius v of Lo- spine injured and left leg crushed; eder, aged lady, of Loraine, chest crushed and hurt inter Mike of Loraine, in 3 hurt internally; effield, both legs Mrs. Margaret internally ; ull fractured. Nellie Dol- .eo Theobald, at; Colonel W. rown of Loraine, right arm and leg ed ; Mrs. John Fox of Sheffield, both Mrs. William Burgett of Loraine, hurt internally; Mrs. Mary Lati- of Carhisle Center, right leg crushed; Mary O'Keefe of Loraine, hurt in- ; John Martin of Loraine, left leg Jobn Ensten of Loraine, back 1. M. Bruce of Hoganville, left ankle broken; William Ryan of Loraine, right leg broken. Mrs. O’Keefe of Loraine, who had her leg crushed, will have to have mb amputated. » foundation of the building extended about ten feet above the basement bottom, andont was erected a platform where the ceremonies were being held. Over 1000 persons were standing on the floor when a section of it, containing about 300 people, beneath its burden and pre- cipitated them into the pit. The section e way was in two wings and as it sank it formed a deathtrap for the people there was no chance 1o escape. esembled an inverted roof of ) slant, the ends being closed up s, and into this it was that crowded men, women and children in one struggling heap. As the floor gave way, a great cry went up from the multitude, and in another second it had fallen and carried in its ruin the lives of several persons. Those at the top of the mass escaped easily, 1t when the pit was partly emptied those ms stili entrapped could not clamber the steep sides, and they trampled each other like so many wild creatures, the strong getting on top and the weak being ath the great weight. there were a thousand people to rush tothe rescue, they could cery little aid to the helpless per- in the pit, and several minutes before ropes and ladders could be ed. When assistance finally reached > unfortunate victims several had al- » trampled to death and others red. ) tholic church near by was turned into a ospital and morgue. Into were carried those who were killed injured. Notwithstandin dent the pries me there were v uy hed b the shock of the acci- ded in quieting the crowd and continued the service. Verv Rev. Mgr. Boff of Cleveland delivered the sermon. The contractors are said to be respon- sible for the accident, poor timbers being used for the support of the platform. The Mayor and other city officials lent a helping hand in carein} for the injured. The town to-night is in deep mourning over the ac N W VENTURE. Radical Changes to Be Made in the Policy of the ¢ Jowrnal.” NEW YORK, N. Y. corder says: Unless something entirely unlooked for now transpires, the Morning Journal will pass into the hands of W. R. Hearst of San Francisco, proprietor of the Examiner of that City. Mr. Hearst spent a great part of Saturday in the Journal office going over the books, and negotia- tions reached a stage then to warrant a settiement to-morrow. It is understood that Mr. Hearst will make radical changes in the policy of the paper, and that he even contemplates ngits name. In politics he is an anti-Cleveland Democrat. He has done good work with the Examiner. 5. 8. Chamberlain, for a long time of the Herald, and recently managing editor of the Examiner, is to be managing editor of the Journal. PR CAUGHT BY A PINKERTON. Farden, the Adams Express Robber, Taken at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Mp., Oct. 6.—John Don Farden, alias T. J. Franklin, formerly a clerk in the Adams express office at Terre Haute, Ind., was arrested here last night, charged with the theft of $16,000 from his employers. He waived extradition pro- ceedings and was taken West to-night by a Pinkerton detective, who has been on his trail since the robbery a few weeks ago. Farden admitted that he took the pack- ., Oct. 6.—The Re- | B FATAL TO BONDHOLDERS. Disastrous Results of the Northern Pa- cific’s Tangle. CHICAGO, ILL., Oct. 6.—A special from Milwankee say The order of Judge La- combe in the ited States court at New York restraining the former receivers of the Northern Pacific from turning over to their successors any of the moneys or properties of the company within his jurisdiction is a most important one, not only from the fact that there is considerable money deposited in New York, but because the books of the company are in that city, and if the re- ceivers, especially Bigelow, who has charge of the finances. are ot to have access to them there will be almost insurmountable obstacles to overcome. There were two obligations which were due October 1. One was the interest of the mortgage bonds of the Missouri division of the road. This division lies wholly within Judge Caldwell’s jurisdiction, and the amount due is over §57,000, while the sink- ing fund charges to be paid on the same amounts to something over $16,000, but these amounts are insignificant in com- parison with the other obligation. Interest to the amount of more than $300,000, is due on the collateral trust gold notes, and it is imperative that this obli- lation be promptly met. The collateral trust fund is one of the most important that the receivers are charged with looking after, and default on the above would be almost fatal to the interests of the bona- holders. AMBUSHED BY INDIANS, Bannocks Shoot Three White Men in the Jacksons Hole Country. Captaln Smith and Two Compan- lons the Victims of Thelr Vengeance. SALT LAKE, Urax, Oct, 6.—J. W. Wil- son, who lives near Jacksons Hole, re- ported at Idaho Falls, Idaho, yesterday that Captain Smith, who precipitated the Indian troubles in the Jacksons Hole country last July, and-two other white men were killed by Indians'on October 3. The killing took place at the lower end of Jacksons Hole, the victims being shot from ambush. A special from Pocatello, Iaaho, says: An employe of the Union Pacific shops at this place, while out duck-hunting in the In- dian reservation to-day, about five miles from Pocatello, was accosted by two In- dians, who confiscated his gun and ammu- nition and ordered him off the reserva- tion.. They claimed to be Indian police and uider instructions from the Govern- ment. In regard to Captain Smith and the other two white men who were reported killed by Indians on October 3, J. W, Wil- son, who bronght the news to Idaho Falls, and Constable Manning, who were scout- ing in the Jocality of the shooting, saw the bodies of the murdered men. The names of Smith’s companions could not be learned. Indian Agent Teter was in Salt Lake to- day. He said that if Captain Smith orany other white men have been killed they must have been the aggressors, as the In- dians, according to Teter’s story, are not only peaceable, but are absolutely ter- rorized by the whites, and could not be in- duced to go to the Jacksons Hole country without a strong guard of United States soldiers to protect them. MAY BECOME LADY PEEL Mers. Langtry WIll, it Is Said, Enter the English Aristocracy. The “Jersey Llly’s” Divorce Sult Will Not Be Tried In San Franclsco. NEW YORK Y., Oct. 6.—It had been frequently said of late that Mrs. Langtry’s object in suing for a divorce was to enable ber to contract a marriage with Sir Robert Peel, whose attentions to her were not only the talk of Manaco, where it is said the couple first met, but also of half of Europe. Mrs. Langtry and Sir Robert also svent some portion of the summer together at Baden Baden. The “Jersey Lily” is at present in London. In reference to the rumor that Mrs. Langtry was to marry Sir Robert Peel, her counsel, A. H. Hummell, said: *‘I bave no knowledge that Mrs. Langtry intends any such thing, but it would not surprise me in the least if, when her pres- ent marriage bonds are shattered, she should marry again, and possibly a scion of the British nobility. *“Under the laws of California Mrs. Lang- try is entitled to a divorce on the ground of nop-§:xy'>{pon. She has been a resident and citizen of that State for several years, and owns a ranch in Lake County. “The summons and complaint in her action are in the hands of our London cor- respondents for service upon the defendant, but until issue is joined no steps can be taken in court. The suit will not be triea in San Francisco, but in Lake County, where her interests are located.’” L EZETA’S RIFLES TAKEN. Surrendered to the Mexican Authorities at Acapulco. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 7.—The Her- ald’s cable special from Guatemala says: Ex-President Ezeta of San Salvador, who was a passenger on the steamer City of Sydney and who recently landed at Aca- pulco, Mexico, had with him a few hun- dred stands of arms of a surreptitious manifest. They were surrendered by the captain of the steamship to the Mexican authorities at Acapulco. It is reported that the authorities of San Salvador are not in the slightest degree alarmed, and it is believed that in spite of the boasts of Ezeta he will not go further south than Mexico, y AID FOR ARMENIANS, England Insists Upon "Quick Reforms in Turkey. THROWN INTO THE SEA. The Sultan’s Bulldogs Hiding the Bodies of Those Slain. SLAUGHTERED BY MUSSULMEN. Twenty-One Victims Added to the List—Sald Pasha Again in Power. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Oct. 6.— Said Pasha, formerly Grand Vizier, or Prime Minister, who was removed to make room for Kiamil Pasha, has been ap- pointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, the position occupied by him before he was made Grand Vizier, Turkham Pasha retir- ing from the post. Sir Philip Currie, the British Embassa- dor, has visited Kiamil Pasha and urged upon him the necessity of reassuring the Armenians by stopping the arrests of per- sons suspected of complicity in the recent rioting. It is said that Kiamil Pasha will advise the Sultan to grant amnesty to all the Armeniansarrested since September 30. Six foreign diplomats met on Triday resolved on sending a collective note to the Porte. They ordered their respective guard ships to make their winter moorings in the harbor in order to be in readiness to protect foreigners, Embassador Currie has asked the Porte for permission to instruct Secretary Sister to visit the prisons where the Armenians are in custody. Eight persons were registered as having been killed on Monday and Tuesday last. None of the bodies of those killed in the Kasmin quarter have been recovered. It is known that the bodies of many off those who lost their lives during the riots were thrown into the sea. So far as known only Major Serwet Bey and two subalterns were killed on the Turkish side during the riot- ing on Beptember 30. A few gendarmes were wounded. The Mussulman laborers in the Peragas works killed twenty-one of their Armenian comrades on the night of October 3. The refugees in the church remained there yesterday and their number is in- creasing. A hundred women and children took refuge in the garden of the British Embassy, which goes to prove that al. though quietness prevaiis in the city the attacks will be made upon them. The Armenian Pa triarch has written to the representatives of the powers urging them to use their authority to restore or- der. He declares that men disgunised as Softas, Mohammedan theological students, began the attack on the Armenians. He gives the names of 400 Armenians who have been reported at the Patriarchate as missing. When Sir Philip Currie visited Kiamil Pasha on Saturday he insisted in vigorous terms on the absolute necessity of tne Porte accepting the scheme of reforms submitied by Great Britain, France and Russia on May 11, and upon the immediate publication throughout the empire of a decree proclaiming the fact that the Gov- ernment had accepted the scheme. He im formed the Grand Vizier that the British Prime Minister had not the slightest in- tention of abating his demands of prin- ciple, whatever modifications he might admit in the reform scheme as presented. The events of thelfweek, Sir Fhilip said, had shown the intolerabite consequence of a delay that could no longer be permitted. At the same time that the Embassador was visiting the Grand Vizier the drago- man of the British Embassy, acting under Bir Philip’s orders, visited the Patriarchate to express sympathy with the Armenians and to explain the action that had been taken by the powers. Sir Philip’s insistence upon the promnt acceptance of the scheme throws much doubt upon the correctness of the reports that have reached here from London to the effect that the Salisbury Government would recede from its position of demand- ing protection for the Armenians and a radical reform in the administrative meth- ods in Armenia. It is generally believed here now that notwithstanding the alleged Armenians are apprehensive that further: fact that Russia and France have expressed themselves as satisfied ' with the Sultan’s proposed reform, Great Britain will de- mand and enforce the’fulfillment to the letter of the reforms submitted by her. Though the city is quiet, cases of vio- lence growing out of the troubles here are occurring in many places along the shores of the Bosphorus, in which the Armenians are always the vicums. Tbe murders in the Peragas works have excited deep indignation among the for- eign residents. This massacre illustrates the feeling of fanaticism that is prevailing and fears are entertained that it will spread to the provinces, in which event serious results may follow. In the city a spark may any moment ignite into flames the smoldering: embers of religious hatred. This is particularly the case here. The walls of the church of Kara Gum- ruck, where a number of Armenians are seeking refuge, were breached last night, evidently with the intention of affording a passage to Mohammedansif the sanctity of the church should be violated. Viewing the situation dispassionately, it is impossible to foresee where the trouble will end. Large crowds gather about ghe gatesof the British Embassy, but no fears are entertained that any attack will be made upon the women and children who have fied there for safety. Should the Turks violate the Embassy they would without doubt call down upon themselves a storm that would render their existence in Europe more precarious than it is at present, if it did not drive them across the Bosphorus into Asia | Minor. Opposite the Embassy a patrol marches backward and forward, As has before been stated in these dis- patches the present outbreak was by no means unexpected. The Hintchak, an Armenian anarchist society, some time ago declared its intention of creating a riot. All the shops and bazaars owned by Armenians are deserted and two-thirds of the trade of the city is stagnant. At night the silence in the suburbs is only broken by the tramp of the patrols and the occa- | sional shrieking of women when the police | search houses and carry off their inmates VERGING ON A BEVOLT, Threatened Uprising of Lib- erals Viewed With Alarm in Portugal. Ald of Other European Courts to Be Invoked by the King. LONDON, Exa., Oct 6.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid says: It is the general opinion in weil in- formed quarters that the eritical political sitnation in Portugal is the real cause of | the impending visit of the King of the country to London, Madrid, Rome and Berlin. The growing power of the Lib- erals and their disconter against the Gov- ernment threaten . to bring abouta revo- lution. It is stated that the Liberal leaders have notified the King that unless he dismisses the Cabinet they cannot prevent their fol- lowers from rising. The King fears the Liberals, put for the vresent he adheres to his Ministers. He | desires to sound the courts of Great Brit- | ain, Spain, Italy and Germany as to | whether they are inclined to support his 5 throne in the event of a republican revo- { lution. e | DEATH IN A WRECK. The Captain and Carpenter of the Italian Bark Filippo R. Lost. LONDON, Exc., Oct. 6.—The Italian bark Filippo R., from Cardiff for Buenos Ayres, foundered October 4 in longitude 10 west, Captain Mortola, the master of the bark, and the carpenter were drowned. The remainder of the crew were picked up after having spent thirty hours in a small boat and were landed at Plymouth. e sager Accuses Her Army of Cowardice, PARIS, France, Oct. 6.—Advices from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, under date of September 22, are to the effect that Queen Ranavalona has issued a proclamation accusing her army of cow- ardice. Her Majesty declares that she will neither leave the capital nor yield to the | French. Foreigners are unable to leave | the city. AVt - ] - Billlard Table Factory Burned. DENVER, Covro., Oct. 6.—The roof and | fourth floor of the Brunswick-Balke-Col- lender Company’s building, Nos. 1638 to 1642 Lawrence street, burned this evening, entailing an estimnated loss by fire and water of $30,000. The cause is supvosed to have been alive wire igniting furniture material stored on the upper floor by the Cooper-Hagus Furniture Company. - FIGHTING FOR GLORY. Americans Who Joined Fortunes With the Cubans. GIVEN GOOD COMMANDS. Captain Watson Writes of His Campaign on the Island. DYNAMITE FOR SPANIARDS. Two Officers and Sixty-Eight Men Blown Up While Watching a Bull-Fight. OMAHA, Nesr., Oct. 6.—The following letter has been received by R. 8. Ober- felder, a responsible citizen of Sidney, Nebr., from Captain Watson, who was formerly a private in the Twenty-first United States Infantry, stationed at Fort Sidney, but is now fighting for Cuba’s freedom: “IN CAMP, SANTIAGO DE CUBA,} “Sept. 16.\ “My Dear Sir: You will be surprised to receive a letter from me at this point. I got my commission at Tampa, Fla., on March 1, 1895, for a captaincy in the Cuban army at $100 per month, payablein gold (and I get it); but the conditions were that Iwas to take chargeof anindependent company and to have the pick of my own men. I wentto nNew Orleans and, as luck would have it, got five ex-United States cavalrymen and a very smart German who graduated at Leipsic, Germany, in chem- istry, and is an expert in making all kinds of explosives. I also picked up a young graduate of Rush Medical College and got him a commission at $75 per month. “We startea from Tampa, Fla., on a small steamer on March 12, 1895, and landed without any trouble near Santiago de Cuba. I reported in person to General Maceo, and he. gave me carte blanche to pick out my men. I selected 42 whitesand 50 colored, and I have the best-drilled and disciplined men in the Cuban army. I se- lected from the armory 100 44-caliber rifles, 20,000 rounds of ammunition and a com- plete reloading outfit. “My camp equipage is not of the best, I established my headquarters nearasmall town where we had plenty of sympathizers. My commission gives me the privilege to forage on the enemy and destroy all prop- erty belonging to the sympathizers of the Government. “Since my arrival here my company has been in several engagements. [ sent out a scouting party in charge of Lieu- tenant Hamilton, a former private in the Seventh United States Cavalry. He re- turned in two hours, reporting that he came across twenty-two Spanish soldiers in camp, eating dinner, with no guards out. He approached within 200 yards of their camp. I took seventy-five men at once and arrived at their camp at 2:20 A.nr., surrounding them, and in ten minutes after our arrival captured one officer and thirteen men and killed six, two getting away. I was well rewarded in my first engagement with the Spanish. We also took twenty-one Mansur rifles 2000 rounds of ammunition, ten boxes of hardteck, five cases of canned meat, as well as camp equipage and $375 in gold. I returned to headquarters and turned the prisonersover to General Maceo. “Our first defeat was on July 5. Sergeant ‘Wilson, formerly a private in the Fourth Unitea States Cavalry, after two days’ scout, returned and reported seventy-five Spanish soldiers coming this way, escort- ing three Government officers. We started with eighty-five men, and instead of find- ing seventy-five Spanish soldiers, ran into a hornets’ nest of 2000. We retreated the best we could, but lost twelve good men, among them Sergeant Joseph L. Rounds, formerly of the First United States Cav- alry, whose folks live at St. Louis, Mo. “On August 26 we moved our headquar- ters thirty miles further north, and the following day sent Lieutenant Hamilton, with a detachment of twenty men, to scout the country. He reported 1500 Span- ish troops encamped at a small town twenty-six miles south of us, and that they were holding a fair or festival, and ‘were having horse races and bull fights. “They had erected a large grand stand ana the farmers and soldiers were in daily attendance. We held a council of warand our chemist, Herr Donzlemann, suggested T i BUILDING FREIGHT-CARS FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY BAII.BOD AT SECOND AND TOWN- SEND STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO. [The yard where the cars are being constructed at the rate of ten a week gives employment to twentg-five men, while more than double that number are kept busy at the workshops manufacturing the various parts. If the Valley road directors will continue to patronize the local industry of car-building, now almost in its infancy.in San_ Francisco, this yard will be permanently maintained, and many men will | find remunerative employment in the work. The contracts insure already at least siee months steady work.] that we dress as farmers ten of our men and blow the grand stand up with dyna- mite. There was his first opportunity to show what he could do. “They left camp at5 p. M., and arrived at the camp of the Spanish troops at 12:30. He and the men mingled with the soldiers until 5 p. M., when he placed under the amphitheater twelve pounds of dynamite at four daifferent locations and exploded it by electricity. Our men escaped, but the explosion killed two of the Spanish officers, sixty eight men, and wounded 113. That was the best day’s work we have done yet. Epwix C. Warsox. e RE-EINFORCEME. FUOR CAMPOS. Twenty-five Battalions to Be Sent From Spain. MADRID, Sparx, Oct. 6.—The Nacional claims to have official information that twenty-tive battalions will shortly be sent to Cuba. The Government, it says, has been waiting for the troops of the 1895 class to join the colors in order to send them to Hawana. A special dispatch to the Imparcial says that the Chief, Paco Recio, is dead. The dispatch adds that General Echague with 1800 men defeated Antonio Maceo near the River Gelayaba on September 25. The insurgents abandoned their camp and a quantity of arms and ammunition fell into the hands of the Spanish troops. Maceo was carried from the field wounded. One report has it that Maceo was killed. The reports of losses differ, but the num- ber of the killed appears to have been few. A dispateh to the Imparcial from Ha- vana says that the gunboat Alsedo left Madrugada on September 26 and fusilladed with grapeshot the insurgents at several points along the coast. The maneuver prevented a projected attack by the rebels on Maysi. e TWO BATTLES FOUGHT. Onea Decisive Vietory for Colonel Tejeba’s Patriots. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cusa, Sept. 27, via Key West, Fla., Oct. 6.-—-The excite ment created 1n this city by the arrest of four prominent gentlemen, mention of which has already been made in this cor- respondence, increases daily. One result of the arrests has been to cause many men, and even boys of 13 and 14 years of age, to leave their homes and join the rebels. An- other result has been to cause a large in- crease in the emigration from the island, a great number of people going to San Do- mingo. The arrest of these four men has given the death-blow to autonomy here. One of the prisoners is the vice-president and the others members of the committee of the autonomist party. The president left for San Domingo on the steamer which sailed from here yesterday. On September 25 Colonel Canellas, with eighty men of the Simancas regiment and twenty mounted civil guards, surprised the rebel camp of Giland Perequito Perez at Bayamesp. It is said that there were 1000 insurgents in the camp. After fifty minutes’ fighting the rebels fled, leaving fivekilled and abandoning a quantity of ammunition and provisions. The Spanish loss wasfour wounded. This is the Span- ish version of the fight, which, it may be said, nobody believes. It is, however, im- possible toobtain any private information showing the true result. On the morning of September 26 a guer- rilla force led by Lieutenant-Colonel Tejeba et a rebel party of 400 men near Hatillo. The Spaniards were 900 strong, but were badly whipped. Their loss was eighteen killed and seventy-four wounded, among the latter being a lieutenant. The Span- iards fled, leaving many of their wounded behind them, including the lieutenant. The insurgents lost four killed and twelve wounded. Everybody here is astonished to learn that the notorions Captain Garrido of the guerrillas of Guantanamo, who attracted general attention by his butcheriesin the present campaign, is about to be raised to the rank of commander on the recommen- dation of Captain-General Campos. It is asserted here that when Campos was on one of his visits to this city a woman went to him and told him that Garrido had assassinated her son. Cam- pos showed great indignation and called General Jiminez Moreno to hear the woman and investigate the case, saying that he would not allow such things to be carried on. =gt ASSISTANCE FOR THE PATR107TS. Plans for a National Demonstration Under Way at Boston. BOSTON, Mass., Oct.6.—The chord note struck in Chicago for assistance to the struggling Cuban insurgents has taken root here and an attempt will be made shortly to hold some sort of a National demonstration. This movement was started some time ago by the local branch of the Cuban Patriotic League and peti- tions were sent to all parts of the country. It hasincreased and at present has se- cured the support of a great many promi- nent people in the East. As a result, the Patriotic League has been instructed to send notices looking to the congregation from all over the country of delegates interested in freedom for Cuba. The date has not as yet been set, but will be announced later. A meeting was held to-day in Music Hall, which was largely attended, and a set of resolutions drawn up to be submitted to the various organizations in other States. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Dr. Mary A. Livermore, the active philanthropist, who has taken such a strong part in the Armenian outrage ques- tion. Referring to the Cuban question she said that it should supersede all others at the present time. “The Armenian outrages are terrible enough, and one can ill afford to let them pass by unnoticed, but when we have an evil nearer home and witness a weak sister struggling agamnst the bonds of slavery it is our duty to turn to them a belping hand.” Owing to the meeting having ceen called at such short order 1t was impossible to get speakers, but another meeting of a similar nature will be held in two weeks, when it is expected that Governor Greenhalge and many well-known persons in all walks of Iife will attend. This meeting will be for the purpose of drafting resolutions looking toward a National convention during No- vember at a point which will be most ad- vantageous to all. A subscription is being raised, and the cause of Cuban liberty will be pushed forward with more energy than ever. i et rer Gomez to Invade Las Villas. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Oct. 6.—A cable- gram to the Times-Union from Key West, Fla., says: Private advices state that Maximo Go- mez has left Camaguey at the head of 1500 |men to invade the district of Las Villas. FAITH HIS PANACEA Scoffers Cease to Jeer at Denver’s Divine Healer. RUSH TO BE TREATED, Stories of Miraculous Cures Attract Crowds to the Cobbler. CROOKED LIMBS STRAIGHTENED, The Wealthy and Intelligent Seek His Blessing, but He Refuses Compensation. DENVER, Coro., Oct. 6.—Yesterday closed the third - week of Francis Schlate ter’s attempts to heal the afflicted, and but for a stiffening of the fingers, he declares he is in the best of condition. Fully 25, 000 people have been treated by him,; and as many more have passed up handker chiefs to be blessed. Letters continue to pour in from all over the Nation. Schlat- ter says no answer need be looked for, but that if those who write have sufficient faith they will be healed. He is always carefu! to make faith the test and he further insists-that instantaneous cures need not be expected. Faith -in the unknown power of this healer grows day by day, and many who 2o there‘to scoff ‘come away impressed that -some power for good exists in the man. Of course, there are many cases cited, some of which bear the test of in- vestigation. Especially potent is this man to drive away rheumatism. Men crippled with rheumatism exverience marked relief, and they prove it by the freedom of their movements. Yesterday a man badly doubled up was carried to him. His head was bent down, his imbs were crooked and his deformity was pitiful. Under the treatment of Schlatter this man straightened up and walked unaided toa carriage in waiting. The man’s name is Nichols and he is em- ployed as a machinist atthe Burlington and Missouri Railroad shops. Many women suffering from stomach troubles announce a marked change for the better, Paralyzed limbs are given renewed life. So far no cases of blindness cured have been verified. Schlatter stated yesterday that more wonderful work will yet be per formed when the public shall be ready to receive it. He is consistent in his refusals to accept money and in placing all the power with “The Father.” On Friday in & pouring rain all day the healer stood at the fence and he treated 700 persons that day. A more intelligent class of people are now seen in the waiting lines. Death Added to Inswlt. WALDRON, Ixp.,, Oct. 6. — Dr. R. R. Washburn, late member of the United States Pension Examining Board at Shelbyville, was fatally wounded last evening by James Thompson. It is claimed Thompson had said something derogatory to Dr. Washburn, and the lat- ter demanded an explanation, which Thompson refused to give. Thompson gave himself up. For Pacific Coast Telegrams sece Pages 3 and 4. 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