The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 12, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1895. _— . A that as she was working for a newspaper and her interviews with Durrant were pre- sumably for the purpose of obtaining in- forn: ation for publication, why did she not make use of the sensational news she iy said to have obtained? The answer to this Is that Durrant pledged her to secrety before he made her his confidante, and that she respected her promise even though it was made to a man accused of a terrible crime. That she did not keep her promise even when questioned by the authorities is explained by a supposed conflict that occurred‘in her mind between the sanctity of her promise and her duty to justice. Miss Cunningham first came under the notice of the prosecution because of her frequent visits to the prisoner at the County Jail, where she is said to visit at least once each day, remaining from one to five hours. She was sent for by the prosecution a few days ago. and was then told it was her moral duty to give the cause of the people the benefit of any evidence in her possession, whether obtained under tlie promise of secrecy or not. Miss Cunningham hesitated not a little before she could distinguish between a promise to Durrant and her duty to the State, but the result of the conscience- struggle is seen in the severe cross-exami- nation to which the young medical student was subjected yesterday. It is a prevailing impression that Miss Sunningham has been in the employ of the police, though Captain Lees vigorously denied this when seen last night. When Gen: Miss Carrie agham proposed to testify to on behalt of the prosecution he simply shrugged his shoulders and said he could not by any theory imaginable ac- count for the peculiar course of the lady in question. “Her conduct,” he said, ‘‘is simply un- accountable to me. Only theother d: refused w e on the stand to divulge the source of a story she wrote for publication in connection with the case on the ground that she had given her word not to make known the name of her informant. Yet here she is apparently prepared to testify nder oath to baving been made the con- nte of Durrant and to having received a confession from him that would be, to say the leas t injurious to his case. Now it is no 11 likely that Durrant or any other person on trial for his life would volunteer such information or give it with- out a pledge of secrecy. Therefore, for ham to go on the stand to ust break her word, if noth- erstood the testimony to-day ter Durrant simply admitted that Miss Cunningham had asked him wheth lfry and seen the killing of nton tbe second landing of the beliry, ar that he had refused to either confirm or deny the story. “Before Miss Cunningham propounded these questions to Durrant, as I understood his testimony to-day, she got up on the stool or box in front of Durrant’s cell, ed her head heavenward, and volun- took an oath not to divulge a word at was to be spoken between them. I there is to the matter. As I fiss Cunningham’s character e to me. What value her testimony will have under these circum- stanc to be seen.” It is understood that when Miss Cun- ningham takes the stand next week the defense intends to put her through a se- vere course of questioning with the pur- pose of showing that a large portion of her evenings, from two to four hours, were regularly spent in Durrant’s com- pany at the County Jail, and an almost equally large portion of her time during the day 'was - spent in conference with the police authorities, or in fluttering between the office of Cap- tain Lees and the courtroom of Judge Murphy, where the trial of Durrant is in progress. The idea will be to show that while she was ostensibly in the employ of per, she was really employed as a detective by the Police Department. Miss Cunningham refused to talk last evening of the testimony she will give when called tothe stand. *The District Attorney,” said she, “has very positively forbidden me to say a word, as I am sub- venaed as a witness, and he does not want me to tell my story until I take the stand. It is untrue that I took an oath'not to reveal anything Durrant said to me. I simply gave my word not to publish any- thing concerning him without first in- forming him of what the story contained. “Itis not true that I am or have been in the employ of the police or the prosecu- tion, and that my visits to the County Jail were made for the purpose of obtaining information for them. I went entirely on my own account and was not prompted in the matter by any one or by any particular motive.” Miss Cunningham has for weeks visited Durrant every evening. She would stand on a stool, talking to him through the wicket of his cell door for two and three hours at a time. Last evening she expressed regret] that her having furnished information to the prosecution had made her persona non grata to the prisoner and said: I suppose he wont’t want me to come to see him any more. Like Othello, ‘My occupation’s gone.’ of wh is a peculiar o COLLAPSE OF A BANK. Al the Trouble Caused by a Kenewal of Bad Loans. OMAHA, NEgR., Oct. 11.—The Citizens’ Bank, a small concern with $50,000 capital, passed into the hands of the State Banking Board to-day. The trouble arose through bad loans, which the borrowers have been renewing until the bank could not carry them any longer. It is expected that the bank wiil pass into a receiver's hands in three or four days. The State board says that every dollar of liability wiil be paid ir full. There is sufficient cash on hand to satisfy 50 per cent of the depositors’ claims. The officers of the bank have been trying for the las six months to liquidate and wind up its affairs, but finding they could not make collections as ravidly as they expected. finally requested the State Banking Board to take possession. e SUFFOCATED BY GAS. 4 Man and Woman Found Dead in a Lodging-House. OMAHA, Ngpr., Oct. 11.—Daniel Law- son, aged 25 and employed at the Union Pacific carshops, and Georgia Rhinehart were found lying dead at the Ewalt Lodg- ing-house, 1109 Fafnam street, this morn- ing. They had peen asphyxiated by illu- minating gas. The circumstances lead the Coroner to believe it is a case of accidental suffocation. The woman has had a pa- thetic history, having attempted last spring to commit suicide. She had been deserted by her husband and had relatives here who cast her off. ey el Stumbled Over a High Cliff. BUENA VISTA, Onro, Oct. 11.—Henry Loos, a hotel keeper of this city, 72 years of age, wandered from ‘home Tuesday and became lost while hunting fora cow. In the darkness he stumbled over a 100-foot eliff. lodged on a ledge fifty feet below, and after lying there several hours rolled off to the bottom. His shoulder wes dislocated, his teeth were knocked out, his nose broken and other injuries were inflicted which will probably cause his death. The whole town was out search- ing for him, but he was not found until twenty hours after the accident. 1 Dickinson was told what | T0 SEND N0 BISHOP Episcopalians Act Upon the Missions of Alaska. HOW MONEY WAS SPENT. Explanations Made and Se- renity Once More Prevails in the Board. MEETINGS OF BOTH HOUSES. Little Progress Made In Considering the Sections of the New Constitution. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixy., Oct. 11.—The shadow of the disturbed spirit brought into the missionary meeting last night enveloped the Episcopal House of Deputies to-day. Little else was talked of prior to the morning as- semblage and after the recesses at noon and in tie evening. The bitter at- tack of Bishop Neeley on the administra- tion of church affairs in Alaska; his show- ingof the fact that for an expenditure of $12,000 per annum for years past there was practically nothing to show; his insinua- tion that there was something behind the latest movement to elect a Bishop of Alaska; his unspoken denounciation by name of the present Alaskan missionaries, taken in ‘connection with the trenchant and heated retorts of Bishops, priests and secular delegates, some of whom were forced to admit the substantial accuracy of the facts submitted by the venerable Bishop, but deprecated their exposure to the public eye, all combined to create an epi- sode unprecedented in the general conven- tion for the last half century, and the effects of which in various executive and other branches of the church will be felt for years to come. he deputies generally, even those dis- posed to side with the Bishop, deplored the episode, and the feeling was made manifest immediately after morning prayer through a resolution submitted by George C. Thomas of Philadelphia, pro- viaing that the board of missions continue its consideration of the Alaskan question with closed doors. This was lost only by the narrow margin of eight votes, the bal- lot standing 125 to 133 in the negative. Both houses spent the day upon the re- vised constitution. A resolution was subm itted calling for a full report .om the committee on revision on Monday, which brought out the state- ment from Dean Hoffman, the spokesman of the committee on the floor, that the body did not expect to have a constitution adopted at this convention. A yesolution, providing - for final adjournment on October 18, was referred to the proper com- mittee. After Dr. MeKim of Maryland had made his sixth speech of the week in favor of in- definitely pastponing further action on the constitution, and having declared in great heat that in six days the honse had done nothing but pluralize a word and mangle a definition of the church the commitiee of the whole proceeded to give a quigtus to Dr. Bennett’s pending motion that dio- ceses be legally represented in future con- ventions. by persons not residing within such diocesan jurisdiction. An hour was wasted on technical and mnnnecessary amendments concerning the manner of choosing deputies, but all were defeated, and article 1 to section 5 inclusive was dis- posed of. On section 6,which providesthatone cler- ical and one lay delegate chosen by each missionary district shall have seats in the house without the right to vote, ex-Gov- ernor Prince of New Nexico protested that this took away from the delegates in that category all the privileges they had en- joyed for fifteen years. There was more debate, but finally, at the instance of Rev. A. B. Baker'of New Jersey, the houze by avote of 193 to 60 did the fair thing by giving the missionary delegates the rights of all other delegates when a vote by dio- ceses was taken. As the eommittee was working on the Bishops' revision instead of the commis- sion’s revision, it took no cognizance of section 7, article 1, providing for joint meetings of the two houses whenever nec- essary for conference and mutual under- standing, and which the Bishops had ta- booed. After being argued by Dr. Hill- burgwin of Pittsburg section 1 of article 20 was adopted, providing that future con- ventions shall assemble on the first ‘Wednesday of every October of every third year at a place to be fixed by the preceding convention, each convention;however, be- ing given the right in the exercise of its discretion to fix a different time than that of the constitution. Mr. Nash of New York was in favor of holding the conven- tions but once in five years; but on being put to a vote the motion was overwhelm- ingly lost. It was announced by Chairman Packard that the committee would proceed to vote, clause by clause, upon that portion of the constitution sent down by the House of Bishops, and thus prepare a message to be returned in the form of concurrence or nonconcurrence. The secretary called the roll on the first section, the only amend- ment being the change of “synod” to *‘convention.” The clerical vote was unanimous, with the exception of two dioceses, while of the laymen only California voted no. The second section passed as it came from the Bishops, and the clause providing that the presiding officer of the House of Bishops shall be senior in service was again put through by a large majority. After tbis an additional veto was given to the unfortunate word “Primate,” and the question of the rights to be given to delegates from missionary jurisdictions came up for the second time within an hour. Many of the delegates were visibly disgusted with this state of affairs, but under the rules which provide for con- sideration clause by clause of the Bishops' revision, there was no help for it. Another effort was made to give the missionary delegates the right to have their votes counted in ballots by dioceses, but it was defeated, the vote by dioceses standing: Ayes—clerical 11, lay 9; noes—clerical 33, lay 31, divided 6. Further consideration of the Bishops’ revision was deferrea until Monday morning. The upper house sent down the report of the committee of conference concerning the place of holding the next convention and recommending that Washington, D. C., be selected. The house concurred by unanimous vote and then adjourned. The Bishops to-day followed the ex- ample of the lower house by laying on the table the solemn declaration of faith which served as a preface to the revised constitution. Concurrence was voted with the House of Deputiesin creating Northern Michigan a new diocese under the name of Marquette. In opposition to the report of a special committee it was also decided to elect a second Bishop for Japan, with the designation of Bishop of Kioto. ‘The board of regents of the church uni- versity is constituted asfollows: Bishop of Albany, Bishop of Kentucky, Rev. Elijah N. Potter, Dr. Morgan Dix, David H, Green, D.D., William R. Huntington, Professor Henry Dresler, George W. Vanderbilt, Silas McBee and Professor James N. Gar- nett. Rev. H. C. Duncan, Louisiana, was ap- pointed recorder of ordinations, a new of- fice and title, to the missionary Bishops of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. At 8 o'clock to-night the two houses again assembled as the general missionary board for a turther consideration of the Alaskan question. The meeting was called to order prompt- ly at 8 o’clock by the chairman, Bishop Jones of Albany. The pending business of the session was the resolution of Bishop Gilbert of Minnesota that the House of Bishops be requested to choose a Bishop of Alaska. Bishop Neeley of Maine took the plat- form and said it was his purpose to offer a substitute for that resolution. The Bishop opened his remarks by a personal explana- tion. He said he owed to the board an apology for some remarks dropped in the heat of debate. He had not intended to make any aspersions on the character of a devoted missionary. God forbid that he should make unkind remarks about any man who was struggling to discharge his duties in any of the fields of the church of God. First he had said that he did not con- sider the missionary of Alaska as a good man for the State of Maine. He had only thus intended to convey the idea that he was not a man who had successful mis- sionary qualities, He had also spoken of the work of the missionary in Alaska as peity. He would humbly apologize to the board for having made an uncalled-for re- mark, and assure the audience that he had not meant to impugn the character or standing of the man of whom he was speaking. He hoped that those who had heard his remarks would accept his apology and concede that it came from the bottom of his heart. He stiil insisted that too much money was being expended in Japan. This board should take the matter in hand and put a stop to what was bractically a waste of money that could be expended usefully in other fields. “With regard to the election of a Bishop of Alaska,” said he, “that would only be adding $3000 to the present expense of the Alaska missions. In view of the finan- cial condition of the board it should not incur the expense for & Bishop. Who would give Bishop Bompus §500 to take the work of Alaska? Again, the Bishop of Olympia would make the visit to the Juneau district for the payment of his ex- penses, say $150. Now, we are to have another Bishop in Japan, should we put the board to the additional expense of this expensive Bishop of Alaska?” Rev. Dr. Langford, secretary of the board, made an explanation as to the ex- penditure of $12,000 on Alaska last year. For mussionaries’ salaries the board ex- pended $6000. For buildings more or less permanent $4000 was. expended. For ex- traordinary traveling expenses they ex- pended $2000. The pay was $1500 per an- num for married and $700 for unmarried missionaries. Dr. Langford then drew a graphie picture of the spiritual and. physi- cal condition of the Alaskan Indians and pleaded for assistance for them. Bishop Talbot of Idaho and Neyvada took strong grounds in favor of sending a Bishop to Alaska. F. M. Butlerof Central Pennsylvania followed in the same line of thought. Bishop Potter of New York said the question might be viewed from three asgpects—the personal aspect, the statistical aspect and the prophetic aspect. Dr. ‘McVicar of Philadelphia believed this church would be discreaited hy the gross and sordid way in which this ques- tion was being met. Bishop Morris of Qregon added live- liness to the discussion by a telling and humorous speech, which conyulsed the large audience with laughter, all going to put the board in a good humor for adopt- ing the pending resolution. Bishop Nichols of , California, Bishop Rulison of Central Pennsylvania and Bishop Neeley closed the debate in brief and pertinent speeches. The last named raised a storm of laughter by announcing that in case it was determined to elect a Bishop for Alaska he should nominate for that place the rector of Holy Trin- ity Church of Philadelphia, Dr. Mec- Viear. The chairman put the question, which was adopted by a rising vote. Ayes 161, noes 37. The board then adjourned to to- morrow evening at 8 o’clock. —_— A California Wrestler. P. D. Holcomb of the Klamath last week, while milking in a corral near home, noticed that the cows acted strangely, and looking for the cause, discovered a cub bear calmly sauntering into the corral, says the Record. Mr. Holcomb, who is a wrestler of some note, immediately gave chase, and, after a short tussle in which his clothes suffered considerably, he suc- ceeded in getting a firm hold on his bear. ship’s neck, in w%:ich manner he carried him to the house and deposited him in an empty room. The bear was some three months old, and since his capture has be- come quite tame. Mr., Holcomb has him in training for a wrestler. ———————— INcrEASING UTILIZATION OF WINDPOWER. Dr. Frank Waldo has called attention to the great extension in the use of wind- mills in the United States. One firm sold over 20,000 wind wheels last year. The total number ot wheels in use is upward of 1,000,000, and the annual increase is put at a minimum of 50,000. The uses to which wind wheels are put are numerous. Probably the most important at the present time is the working of water- pumps and the raising of water, either for storage, domestic purposes or irrigation. It is also superseding horsepower on farms for cutting wood and fodder, and for churning and grinding grain. Itis be- lieved that the utilization of windpower, by meant of wheels as a pumping force, will be the main instrument in irrigating and thus reclaiming the arid regions of the West. The most important use of wind wheels in the future will probably be the accumulation of electric encrgy. This application will be expedited by some mnotable improvements now in progress in the storage of electricity. In Texas, where the wind- wheel has done good service, a 12-foot di- ameter wheel is said to have raised from 50,000 to 100,000 zallons of water per month to a height of 50 feet. In Wisconsin, a 10- foot wheel raised fifty barrels of water per day to a height of 50 feet. In Iowa, a 10~ foot wheel raised water 40 feet in sufficient uantity for 300 cattle. A 15-foot wheel in issouri has ground twenty barrels of corn in one hour, and a 10-foot wheel in Nebraska raises 1000 gallons of water per day to a height of 70 feet. Dr. Waldo sug- gests that the Government should under- take experimental work to determine what can be accomplished by using wind as a motor in any region of the United States in which wind observations have been e, A3 TO ARMY LEADERS, General Miles May Hold Office for Eight Years. ELIGIBLES GO SOONER. They Will All Be Retired Before the Commander Leaves the Service. EXPERIENCE IN CIVIL LIFE. Views and Needs of the Soldlers Free From Devotion to Clique or Corps. _ NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 1.—A Wash- ington special to the Sun says: A leading subjgct. ot discussion in military circles continues to be the appointment of Gen- eral Nelson Appleton Miles to the com- mand of the army and of General Thomas Howard Ruger to the Department of the East, with the other changes thereby occa- sioned. While both of these officers have had, of course, very long service in the army, they are more in touch than some of their fellow-officers with civilian life. General Miles, as is well known, wasa clerk in a store up to his appointment as & company officer in a volunteer regiment in 1861. General Ruger had a West Point education, and, graduating third in his class in 1854, joined a corps of engineers, but he resigned the following spring in or- der to engage in the practice of law at Zanesville, Wis., and remained in civil life until 1861. These are rather striking facts to record of the two highest officers now in the active list, and 1t is not to be expected that such commanders will be repeated. General Miles will not be retired for age until August 8, 1903, nearly eight years hence, and at that time the very last of the other major-generals and of the brigadier- generals now on the active list will have been retired. General Ruger retires in 1897, General Merritt in 1900, General Brooke, now the senior brigadier-general, in July, 1902, a little over a year in ad- vance of General Miles, General Wheaton in 1907, General Forsyth in 1898, General Bliss in 1899, and General Coppinger also in 1899. And not only will General Miles, if he lives, thus outlast all the other gen- eral officers on the active list, but by that time all the really illustrious who achieved a National fame during the civil war will also have gone into retirement. It is true that there will be some survi- vors of that war still in the army, and many able soldiers, but the names as re- nowned thirty years ago as are those of General Miles and his immediate predeces- sors in his presént high office will have all disappeared. General Miles commanded the largest division of the Army of the Potomac, and for a period of about a fort- night, during the absence of General Hum- phreys, he commanded the Second Corps. In the next eight yearsit is possible, of course, that we may be involved in a great war, or in Indian hostilities, or may have other calls for the active service of the army. Yet it does not seem likely just now that 1803 will show an officer to suc- ceed General Miles who has had so re- markable a field of experience as his, com- prising the hardest sort of service in the Army of the Potomac, and then an extra- ordinary series of Indian campaigns, which, for their number and success, may be called unparalleled. Meanwhile, it is a source of satisfaction that an officer whose experience not only in the extent of geographical area of com- mands but of variety of service is so ex- ceptional has been called to the command of the army. It has recently been implied that a movement was contemplated by Secretary Lamont to increase the powers and responsibilities of the general com- manding. This, however, has been posi- tively denied by the Secretary, who has repudiated any purpose to enlarge or re- duce the functions of the general com- manding. This imaginary project was to give the commanding general some control over the staff departments of the army which he does not now have, and in that sense there would have been an increase of au- thority, although it would still have been held under the Secretary. But the main purpose of the suggestion seews to have been to foster the notion that army head- quarters were to have been a little differ- ent from hitnerto. Some persons, indeed, seem to be bent on not having any com- manding general hereafter, although such an office is not only recognized by army regulations but by statutes of Congress, as, for example, the one that makes him ex- officio a member of th® Board of Ordnance and Fortifications. Itis known some offi- cers were very anxious not to have General Miles in Washington, but their ideas and projects did not work. Meanwhile researches into the subject have brought out some interesting facts in regard to the past commanders of the army. After the war of the Revolution the forces were mustered out, with the ex- ception of a small detachment at West Point. But with the new constitution General Harmer, General Wayne and Gen- eral Wilkinson successively became senior officers. The danger of war with France brought in Washington in 1798 as lieu- tenant-general, but his death followed near the end of the following year, and then for a few months Hamilton was senior officer, until some changes again brought Wilkinson into that place. Dearborn was senior officer during the greater part of the war of 1812. Brown succeeded him in 1815, being in turn followed by Macomb in 1828 and by Scott in 1841. That brings us down to familiar times, since in 1861 Scott gave way to McClellan and the latter to Halleck, while Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Schofield and now Miles'com- plete the list. General Miles’ wide and varied experi- ence as a line officer has been such as to make him conversant with the views and the needs of the army, and also to free him from devotion to any clique or corps. e e CALLS IT A CONSPIRACY. Belva Lockwood Appears to Answer a Charge of Libel. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the famous female lawyer and one time presidential candi- date, appeared in the Police Court this morning to meet a charge of libel pre- ferred by a lawyer named White, formerly having offices in a building owned by her. He complained that Mrs, Lockwood had posted scandalous notices on. his office- door, oae being as follows: **You beet one woman outen hur rent an’ now tryin’ to beet the lone an’ truss company.’’ Mrs. Lockwood, desiring time to secure competent legal advice, gave her personal bong w0 .;5;?1": on ‘5ednenday, in the meantime pleading not guilty. In re- qu.estin’f ipostponement Mrs. ~Lockwood said: “This is a ver{lserious charge against me, and I do not think I shall rely on my own ability and knowledge, for'in my zeal for justice I may miss opportunities to down this conspiracy, which is really gotten up with a tendency to influence a suit in a higher court which is now pro- ceeding.” —_ OF INTEREST T0 THE COAST. Secretary Smith Refuses to Review the Swamp-Land Ruling. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—Secre- tary of the Interior Smith several days ago ruled that the State of California could not collect indemnity for losses where lands had been recovered from within the swamp-land grant. This ruling was upon a review of the case. The State was dis- satisfied with this decision and moved for another review. This has now been de- nied by Secretary Smith, and the case is now settled conclusively, the State losing the contest. Postoffices were established to-day as follows: Minear, Mariposa County, Cal., John I. Minear, postmaster; Poleta, Inyo County, Cal.,, George L. Wallace, post- master. Pensions were granted as follows: California: Original — John_ Poitras, alias John Williams, Arcata. Increase— Robert P. Gilmer, Sanger; Otto Hoppe, San Francisco; Emil Wieser, Auburn. Reissue—John E. Crawford, Fort Jones; George W. Vestal, Escondido; James A. Leeson, Mariposa; John Paul, S8an Diego; Francis H. Johnson, San - Francisco. Original widow — Emily A. Rhoades, Kingsburz. Oregon: Increase—Myron C. Gould, Junction City. Washington: Increase—Sylvester Relch, Palouse. Reissue—William J. Adams, South Bend. WAL ALY VESSLS Steamships That Could Be Readily Turned Into Cruisers. With Suitable Armament They Would Become Formldable Commerce Destroyers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—The completion of the AmerTcan liner St. Paul adds to the naval auxiliary list the fourth vessel available for efficient service in event of war, the three others being her sister vessel St. Louis and the Paris and New York, which came under American registry by special Congressional legizla- tion. Besides there are several othersof the Red Star line sailing from Philadelphia, which were for years the only vessels crossing the Atlantic under the United States flag. Several vesseis ofr the Red Star line and some running to Cuba and West Indian ports are also 1n the class which could be impressed by the Govern- ment should they be required, but of the entire number it is doubtful if any would prove serviceable except the four crack American liners. X All these vessels, while available for Government purposes, would be of prac- tically no value as fighting machines un- less Congress authorized an appropriation for the manufacture of guns to be used on them in the service. An attempt was made in the last session to secure an ap- propriation for this work, but the entire sum was stricken from the House bill by the Senate. This session the Secretary will renew his petition for an appropria- tion, and, if granted, forty four-inch and fifty five-inch naval rifles will be manufac- tured for ships now subsidized and others thladt may be gathered into the Government Both the St. Louis and St. Paul are so constructed as to be fitted with a strong battery in a short time. The Parisand New York, with slight alterations, could also be equipped, and would in all proba- bility make as fine commerce-destroyers as many of the smaller ships of the navy. It is contended by some of the officers that they would be as efficient as some of the cruisers for preying on commerce. The recent additions to the fleet would be of no use except as storeships. Officered and manned with naval re- serves the St. Paul and St. Louis would be capable of playing havoc with foreign com- merce. Their high speed would admit of their overtaking the fleetest ocean ships, and with rapid-fire guns any merchant ship could readily be brought to surrender. Their great coal-carrying capacity and ability t~ keep the seas for two or three weeks Ir occasioh required ' would make them most useful to a country which has no outlying naval coaling sfations. As auxiliary cruisers they are excelled only by the Lucania and Campania, and equipped with five and six inch gunscould give a good fight to some of the best of the unprotected cruisers. e e “Butch”” Lyon Hanged. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 11.—*Butch’ Lyon was hanged in the County Jail at noon to- day for the murder of Alfred B. Mason last February. Mason and a man named Con O’Brien were walking with Lyon on Van Buren street when O’Brien and Lyon assaulted and robbed him. Lyon beat him over the head with a revolver while O’ Brien held him. From the effects of his injuries he died three days later. O’Brien was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiaty. Lyon had been a criminal since boyhood. " He had been ar- rested for rape, assault and burglary sev- eral times. ——— Inherits Title and Fortune. WARWICK, N.J., Oct. 1.—Rev. W. H. Evans came to this place last summer to preside at Christ Church. He was of modest demeanor .and an interesting preacher. Word has just reached here that he has fallen heir_to an estate in Ire- land and the title of Lord Carbu?. The estate gives him an income of between £8000 and £9000 annually, e Failure of Cigar-Makers. CHICAGO, IrL., Oct. 11.—The Roper & Baxter Cigar Company made an assign- ment to-day. The liabilities are estimated at $100,000. The assets exceed that amount by about $25,000, but they are largely open accounts. The cause of the failure is said to be the difficulty of making coliections and the general depression of business. - —_——-——— Prelates Going to Santa Fe. BALTIMORE., Mp., Oct 11.—Cardinal Gibbons left to-day for Santa Fe, N. Mex., where he will invest Archbishop Chap- elle of that place with_ the pallium. In gt. Louis Archbishop Kain will join his party, and at Kansas City a number of prelates from Chicago and other western cities will join them. STEALING THE ARMS, Raid of San Salvador Plotters Upon a Barracks. GUNS WERE PASSEfl OUT. Police Assailed by the Thieves and a Lively Fight Fol= lowed. SOLDIERS WENT TO THE RESCUE Two Men Were Killed and Several Officers Arrested on Susplcion of Being Implicated. SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 11.—The police discovered a movement at 10 o’clock last night among a number of men who had congregated near the artillery barracks in this city, and suspecting that something was wrong, watched them very closely, and after a while saw that some persons on the inside were passing arms to those on the outside. A messenger was immediately sent around by the officer in charge of the police to advise the commandant of the barracks, but the conspirators who were receiving the arms got some inkling of what was going on, and they intercepted the messenger. The messenger called ouf to his comrades, who came to the rescue, when a fight ensued, in which twelve police officers were attacked by about thirty citizens, and the police were getting the worst of the affray. The noise of the fighting attracted the attention of the officers in the barracks, who immediately came out with over 100 men. The conspirators who had received the arms, seeing the approach of an armed body of men, immediately fled, closely pursued by police and troops, but owing to the darkness they were enabled to make their escape, and the police only suc- ceeded in making two arrests, and those two both claimed they were attracted by the row and had nothing to do with the affair, and were released from custody this morning, as there was no proof of their complieity. Of the two men who were killed and whose dead bodies were found one has been ideftified as.a tramp and the other is entirely unknown. The authorities have ordered a strict investigation into the matter and a number of soldiers and non- commissioned officers have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the so-called stealing of arms. Itis the general opinion that the arms were being taken out of the barracks in the interests of the revolutionists, who are re- ported to be making efforts to bring about arising in this city, while the friends of the Government claim that it was simply an attempt to steal a few arms for the pur- pose of selling them. THE SOCIAL. German Workmen Not in a Position to Dictate to Employers. BRESLAU, GermANY, Oct. 11.—The socialist congress to-day, by a vote of 158 to 68, approved a resolution offered by Herr Kautsky, which is tantamount to rejection by the congress of the proposed agrarian programme. The congress then proceeded to the dis- cussion of the question whether approval should be given to the observance of the first of May as a general hohday. Herr Bebel said that although the day was be- ing increasingly celebrated, the time had not yet arrived for insisting that it should be a general holiday. The question, he added, could only be finally settled when workmen were in & position to dictate to the employers. SRt AL, BIG STRIKE AT BELFAST, Engineers and Assistants Quit Work at the Shipyards. BELFAST, IreLAND,Oct. 11.—Three thou- sand engineers and their assistants in the shipbuilding-yards here went .on strike to- day, their employers refusing to concede their demand for higher wages. The other employes remain at work for the present. The molders have given notice that they will strike on the 18th inst. unless their wages are raised. CONGEESS. Robbed n Royal Train. SAN SEBASTIAN, Searw, Oct. 11.—The Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, with her children, has arrived here to pay a visit to Queen Regent Christina. Two sa- loon-cars of the royal train which brought the Queen Regent bere were entered and ransacked while lying on a side track at the station last night, the thieves carrying away a number of valuable articles. S ooy Coronation of the Virgin. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexrco, Oct. 11.— Immense preparations are being made for the coronation of the Virfiin of Guadaloupe to-morrow. Over forty Bishops are here, and about 50,000 pilgrims are in the city. The Central Railroad alone would receive over $100,000 for conveying pilgrims. All the railways are taxed to their utmos capacity. . —— Execution of an Anarchist. PRAGUE, BomEemia, Oct. 11.—Antonio Hoffmann, the anarchist who murdered Police Inspector Baumgarten in June last, was put to death this morning. He re- fused all religious ministrations and uttered anarchist cries until the last. Pty Tans Gave Birth to a Son. LONDON, En~6., Oct. 11.—Princess Adolphus of Teck gayve birth to a son this morning. The Princess isa daughter of the Duke of Westminster and was married to Prince Adolphus on December 12, 1894, el Thirty-Two Were Killed. BERLIN, GEBMANY, Oct. 11,—It is now ascertained that thirty-two persons were killed by the collapse of the spinning-mill at Bocholt, Westphalia, yesterday. —_——— Excitement Among the Greeks. ATHENS, GrEEcE, Oct. 11.—The blood- shed in Trebizond causes great excitement. Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS. “ First in Purity” ° BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. It is reported that a number of Greeks were among the victims. It is known that the Greek Consul at Trebizond requi- sitioned & passing steamer to remove Greek subjects from the city. The Gov- ernment remains in_close friendship with the Porte, and enjfms absolute quiet on Greeks in the Turkish domains, especially Crete, where a mere spark may cause an upheaval. MANY CHILDREN POISONED. Arrest of a Woman and Seven Accom~ plices for Ficndish Crimes. PALERMO, Sicrry, Oct. 11.—A woman has been arrested at Aderno, seventeen ! miles northwest of Catania, on the charge of poisoning children. After her arrest she confessed that she had poisoned twenty-three children, her object being to avenge the death of her two sons, whose taking off, she declared, was due to witch- craft. The bodies of ten of the prisoner’s victims have been found in the piaces where she said she had caused them to be buried. The woman is not believed to have been alone in the crime, and seven ersons, who are supposed to have been er accomplices, are also under arrest. - Leaving the Churches. CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Oct. 11.— During the evacuation of tpe churches here to-day by the Armenian refugees, who had sought safety in them fa!wr the recent rioting, the potice were withdrawn from the vicinity. The cavasses of the embassies searched the refugees for arms, whicn, if discovered, were taken away from their possessors and deposited in the Patriarchate. As the refugees left the buildings the priests entered their names in books. RS et Bayard and Sackville. LONDON, Exe., Oct. 11.—The Chronicle will to-morrow shy it is expected that when Embassador Bayard returns to Lon- don he will decline to be drawn into a con- troversy with Lord Sackville. The feelifig existing in regard to the pamphlet is one of unqualificd regret. This finds its strongest expression, perhaps, in dip- lomatic circles, where the incident is a matter of general comment. L Said Pasha Will Kesign. LONDON, ExG., Oct. 11.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Berlin repeating the assertion that the Sultan had agreed to grant the re- forms in the administration of Armenia demanded by the powers, after which, it is said, Said Pasha, the Foreign Minister, will resign and other changes will be made in the Government. T g T Epidemic of Typhoid Fever. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—The Health Department at Washington says that an epidemic of typhoid fever éxists in this city, and that unless sanitary pre- cautions are observed by the inhabitants geni‘rnll{; a serious condition of affairs may shortly be expected. Several Rioters Wounded. BARCELLONA, Iravy, Oct. 11.—There was further rioting among the students here to-day. It was so serious that the gendarmes were compelled to charge the mob before they were able to disperse it. Several of the rioters were wnunde(fi. e Massacred by Black Troops. BRUSSELS, Bereruy, Oct. 11.—The In- dependence Belge says that mutinous black troops at Luluabourg, in the Congo State, have massacred Captain Pelzer and Lieutenants Shaw and Bolen. e Sentenced to Be Hanged. WASHINGTON, Ga., Oct.11.—F. Eng- lish and Mrs. Handy Cody were to-day sentenced to be hanged for the murder ot Cicero Cody, the woman’s husband. e Earl of Elgin Resigns. LONDON, Exe., Oct. 11.—it is reported that the Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, has resigned for personal reasons. —_—e Silver Bullion Report. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 11.—The Mer- cantile Safe Deposit Company reports: Silver bullion on hand, 162,547 ounces; de- posited, 126,437 ounces; withdrawn, none; certificates outstanding, 162. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM Little Billee, Taffy and the Laird, had they lived here, would have got their clothes from us. Because they had to dress “au fait,” “comme il faut,”’ yet had no money to throw away. Rogers, Peet & Co.’s and Brokaw Bros.’ Ready-to-Wear Suits and Overcoats (best tailor’s style, quality, fit and finish, at one- third less than tailor’s prices), would have filled the bill exactly. OUT OF THE COMMON : $750—Blue, Black and Brown, Single and Double Breasted All-Wool Suits; com- monly $10. $7 50—All-Wool Boys’ Long Pants Suits, single and double breasted, ali the season’s shades; commonly $10. $3 50—Boys’ Latest Style Reefer Suits and Ovsrcoats, 4 to 14; commonly §5, Parisian de Joinville Scaris, 25¢; com- m%nly 75¢. 9 = New_ arrivals in House Coats, Gowns, Bath Kobes, etc.—fine things at populas prices. Bix Bicycles “for the guessing.” Roos Bros. 27-37 Kearny St. With our Samples and Measurement Rules you can order by mail, and satis- faction guaranteed. A TADEES' GRILL ROOM Has been established in the Palace Hotel N ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the of the clty restaurant, with direct entran Market gi. Ladies shoppiug will find thi Gesirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gontlemen’s Grillroom an International reputation, will prevad n shis new deperiment. 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