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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1895. judgment in full. Had the decision been otherwise it might have been exceedingly difficult for her to have collected $1 of the judgment.” 4 In explanation of the socc_mdar_v judg- ment rendered against White Attorney Linforth said: : “in April of this year the receiver went to Round Valley to take possession of White’s property under the order of the court, but he was prevented from doing so by White’s nephews and his agent, John S. Rohrbough. Rohrbough claimed to have a lease of alt White's lands, which had been made by White to him. He claimed the lease was made in June, 1894— about a week before the receiver was ap- pointed. The lease was for two and a half vears. It was very suspicious on its face. It was in the handwriting of Rohrbough, and with the naked eye it was quite plain to see that the date of the lease was writ- ten in with a different ink, a different pen and at a different time from the rest of the lJease. It had never been recorded or acknowledged before a notary. It was witnessed, or purported to have been wit- nessed, by two of White’s ranchhands, one of whom was J. M. Vinton, the man who claimed to have been shot oy Little- d for which it was claimed that Littlefield haa been lynched by a mob, investigation showed that he had murdered. “When the late Judge Wilson made the first decree in the White case in 1889 he restrained White and his agents from sell- ing, mortgaging, leasing or incumbering any part of his property. This decree was served both White and Rohrbough and when the receiver returned and re- ported tous what had taken place we at once had White and Rohrbough cited to appear before Judge Hebbard and show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court in interfering with the receiver and in violating the injunc- | tion. Th heard at length be- fore Judge Hebbard. He found both White and Ronrbough guilty and gave them the full limit, five days in jail each and $500. They both went to the Supreme Court and applied for a writ of habeas corpus, and pending the decision on that matter the Supreme Court stayed all pro- ceedings in the way of enforcing that The matter was argued be- bank in May and sub- in Sacramento the court atter and denied the appli- cation of White and Rohrbough. This means that White cannot trifle h the law any longer. He and Rohr- bough must go to jail for five daysand each must y ine of $500. WILL SOON BE SETTLED, Canadian Statesmen Claim the Alaska Situatien Is Not Alarming, Both England and the United States Said to Have Been at Fault. OTTAWA, OxTario, Nov. 13.—Among the leading politicians and in diplomatic circles here the general feeling prevails that the Alaska question will soon reach its set- tlement, and that an agreement satisfac- tory to both the United States and Canada will be arrived at. Sir €harles Hawkes, when seen to-night. said that he had in- formation from an official source that an investigation had been completed in the disputed territory, and that both Govern- ments were provided withall the facts in the case; that, far from being intricateand liable to produce any ruction, they were remarkable for their simplicity. Beyond this, however, Hawkes refused to make any | statements as to the right of ownership to | the territory in dispute. From other sources, however, while no information of an absolutely authoritative character can be obtained it is understood that both nations have been somewhat at fault, and that each will have to give way somewhat in its claims. The main ques- tion now is the possession of the entrance to_Chilcat, and over this question the real struggle will take place. This entrance is the direct one to the gold fields, and, in fact, is the most important feature of the whole trouble, a fact which the Canadian authorities have been striving to belittle. Tnited States Commissioner Deering left the city this evening for Washington with the information which he had at hand. He refused to talk, but gave it to be undem stood that matters were progressing favor- ably and nearing their termination. CURED BY THE HEALER Hundreds of Ailing People From Distant Points Visit Schiatter. Tales of Miracles Worked Continue to Attract Crowds to the Cob- bler’s Home. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 13.—The fact that Healer Schlatter has announced his work to end on Friday has resulted in turning the attention of the public generally toward him to such a degree that the whole city is discussing the matter earn- estly and to the neglect.of all other topics. The trains to-day broughtin a thousand more people from Kansas and-Nebraska and more distant points. J. B. Handy of Ellsworth, Kans., created a sensation by appearing on crutches be- fore Schlatter and then walking away with- out them. He was photographed and ex- hibited for a time as a sample of the work done by the healer. Judd Webb of Omaha was treated and his paralysis was instantly cured.. The hotel clerks report that they have seen guests come apparently afflicted and later have seen them go away happy and well. One man who limped into the Oxford yesterday on crutches to-day walked across the corridor without sup- ort. These are but illustrations of the stories that fly ebout. Theé\crowds grow greater and it is not an unusuai sight to see people standing at downtown street cornersin the early morning waiting for the first cable- cars to start out that they may get over the river as early as possible. To-morrow Schlatter is to appear as wit- ness in the case brought before the United States Commissioner, wherein two fakirs are charged with using the mails to de- fraud, by advertising handkerchiefs for sale that have been ‘‘blessed’” by the healer. As the strangers seeking treat- ment will. be more numerous to-morrow there is considerable curiosity to know if be will leave his work to attend court. “Joseph A. Connor, a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Denver to-day with a petition from that body to Schlatter, requesting him to stop over in Omaha for several weeks while en route to Chicago. Mr. Connor had great difficulty in presenting his credentials to F¥d Fox, the general manager of Schlat- ter's affairs, but obtained a reluctant prom- ise from that individual to present the matter to Schlatter to-night and return an answer to-morrow. A special train is of- CHEATS THE GALLOWS Texas Lynchers Robbed of Their Victim by a Suicide. HIS OWN EXECUTIONER. William Kuentz Ends His Life After Murdering a Mother and Her Child. LAREDO'S TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Mrs. Caroline Menn and Her Infant Daughter Brutally Put to Death. LAREDO, Tex., Nov. 13.—A diabolical murder of a motker and child, for the pur- pose of robbery it is supposed, was re- vealed to-day, followed by the self-destruc- tien of the fiend when he realized that his crime had been discovered and that lynch- ing awaited him. It is believed the mur- dered woman was Mrs. Caroline Menn of Dallas, Tex. Her child was a girl of about 10 years. The murderer is supposed to be William Kuentz of Kansas City. A tall, fine-looking man, accompanied by a woman and pretty girl, registered at the Hotel Hamilton as C. Schuler and family Monday evening. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Schuler, who was realty Kuentz, hired a buggy and took the woman and girl to the depot, despite the Inclement weather. At 5 o’clock he re- turned the vehicle and ate supper at the hotel without exciting any suspicion, re- tiringafterward. During the night a shepherd discov- ered two bodies lying in the brush in Cha- con bottom, just beyond a small reservoi: two and a half miles from Central Cit He noticed trails where the bodies had been dragged through the thorns by the murderer, and the prints of the buggy wheels were seen on the ground. Without touching the bodies he came to the city and notified the Recorder. Officers pro- ceeded at once to the scene of the crime and removed the bodies to the city. They were identified as those ot the woman and child who had gone riding with Kuentz. The news of the murders was known all over the city early this morning, and the sequel came at 6 o’clock. The proprietor of the hotel knocked at Kuentz’s room and asked him where his family was. Kuentz replied that he had taken them last evening to Aztec, where they had taken the limited train for Mexico. “I think you're mistaken,’’ said the pro- prietor; *“‘your family is not in Mexico.” Kuentz shut the door and, drawing a re- volver, shot himself through the heart. On his person was found a cigar-case contain- ing over $1600 in bank bills. On the cigar- case was stamped “Sam Kuentz.” Itis believed his brother lives in Fort Worth, and he was at once notified of the tragedy. Kuentz spent most of his time while here in saloons, and no doubt meditated the deed. In the murdered woman’s trunk was found a marriage license bear- ing the names of Catherine Menn and Theodore Menn. A letter was found in the woman’s effects, dated October 4, from G. B. Brown, a Fort Worth (Tex.) merchant, addressed to Mrs. Caroline Menn, Dallas, Tex., the merchant requesting her to send a check for From this it is inferred the woman had a bank account. She stated that Mr. Christen, her son, kept a hotel at Fort Worth, and it is believed Kuentz stopped at this hotel, found out the woman had money, and enticed her here to murder her and get her money. A telegram was received here to-day from Fort Worth stating that Mrs. Menn's son had left that city to come here. The wounds on the child’s body and the position in which it was found indicatea that she had died a lingering death. She was cut slightly on the leit knee, as though she had fallen on a sharp stone, and the left side of her head was cut as though by a glancing blow of a club. There was an- other wound on the top of her head, but death had come from a knife wound in the neck, severing the jugular vein and carotid artery. The body was found on its back, the little arms raised as though to ward off the murderous blows. Mrs. Menn, who was rather stout and about forty years old, was shot in the breast and probably struck a crushing blow on the head, breaking the skull. The fiend, in Jack-the-Ripper style, then used his knife, stabbing his victimn repeatedly. The bodies of the suicide and his vic- tims were taken to Fowzer's morgue, which was surrounded by a large crowd of enraged citizens, who would have made a lynching party if the murderer had not cheated them. An insurance policy for $3000 in his own favor, a deed of trust. executed by Cather- ine Menn on property in East St. Louis, a photograph of Kuentz and pictures of a handsome young woman and child of 6 were found in Kuentz’s trunk, besides the letters addressed to William Kuentz, Kan- sas City. Kuentz was employed at Heim’s Brewery of this city as chief engineer last Fevruary. He was a tall, fine looking man, dark eyed and had dark hair. He was smooth faced. He had a wife and little girl that answer the description of the woman and girl murdered in Laredo. He was about 35 years of age and well liked. 2 CAPSIZED BY A WAVE. The Captain and Crew of a Steam Oyster- Boat Go to the Bottom With Their Vessel. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 13.—Five lives were lost this morning by the capsizing of the steam oyster-boat James W. Boyle, near Rockaway Inlet. A strong wind from the northwest was rolling up a big swell over the shores which separated the ocean and the lower bay when Captain Robert H. Deakin of the tugboat Mutual, returning from sea with a string of city refuse scows, saw the oyster-boat headed to the eastward and making for the mouth orthe inlet, which is the entrance to Ja- maica Bay. That was at 7 o’clock. The tide was half ebb and the tug was struggling along, making slow headway. A half hour later Captain Deakin saw the oyster-boat steam- ing around the bellbuoy which marks the channel and leading to the northwest for the inlet. The change of course brought her into the trough of the sea and she rolled heavily. She had gone but a few lengths when a big sea was seen to sweep over her forward deck, where there was an open gangway. It lifted off the pilot- fered Schlatter if he will accept the invi- | house and afterdeck and the vessel heeled tation. | over. Before she righted another comber dashed itself over the luckless craftand she disappeared from view. Ouly the top of the pilot-house was left to mark the spot where she went down. Captain Deakin brought his tug and tow around and headed back towards the buoy. * He had four scows, on éach of which were twenty-five men and the keepers’ families. He did not dare anchor them in such a seaway, and he therefore kept his tow with him. It took him three-quarters of an hour to reach the wreckage. Float- ing about were the pilot-house, upper deck blinds, sashes and other bits of joiner work, but though he scanned the water carefully, not a sign was there of the crew. All had gone down with the steamer. These were the captain, Peter McDonald Jr., 28 years old and married, of Princess Bay; Engineer John Finn, 38 years old, of Rondout, N. Y.; Deckhand ~John New- bgrgh,‘m years old, married, of Totten- ville, 8. I.; John Carroll, deckhand and €00k, 40 years old, a widower, of Hoboken, N. J., and Walter B. Wood of Inwood, L. L, leaves a widow and four children. T i RODE 4 STOLEN HORSE. Molly Maloy Traveled a Hundred Miles to See Her Mother. SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Nesr., Nov. 13— Molly Maloy, a 15-year-old girl, was ar- rested here for horse-stealing. It was learned at the trial that she had been taken ill, and wishing to go to her mother, who was a hundred miles away, she took a horse from a stable and rode it the entire distance, being almost dead when she ar- rived there. She was discharged. VISIT THE HORSE SHOW. Equine Beauty Gives Way to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. A Policeman Necessary to Keep Back the Crowd That Surrounds Their Box. NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 13.—Fifteen thousand people were in attendance this evening at the horse show in Madison- square Garden, and the great amphi- theater was crowded with the most bril- liant throng that probabiy has ever been within its doors. Society turned out in more gorgeous array than on either Mon- day or Tuesday evenings. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough were present, the observed of all observers. They sat in the arena seats which Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt has used all the week, and not in W. K. Vanderbilt’s box, as every one expected. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Colonel Jay and Mrs. Jay sat with the Duke and Duchess. So great was the rush of the multitude to get a glimpse of the yourg couple that an officer was detailed to keep the people from passing down the aisle 1n front of them. In the boxes were the Astors, Wideners, Kips, Goulds, Goelets, Iselins, Hollisters, Bronsons, Webbs and Benedicts, and a hundred other well-known familie: The promenade was jammed with people all the evening. Hundreds, when they got as far as the entrance, turned away when they saw the crowd. Even this afternoon there was a large attendance and the box- office receipts for the first half of the week have exceeded those of all former years for the period. The programme for the day and evening was one of the best of the week, and the display in coaching, carriage and hunting classes was beyond that of the best of the former shows in this city. JUDGE COOPER'SADVANCE The Californian Is Now Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hawaii. Rapid Promotions Gained Through Friendship for the Dole Government. [Special Correspondence of THE CALL.] HONOLULU, Hawam, Nov. 6.—The new Minister to represent Hawaii at the United States—Hon. Francis M. Hatch— has departed for Washington, and his suc- cessor as Minister of Foreign Affairs— Judge Henry E. Cooper—is now in charge. Minister Hatch’s last official act was to send the reply of the Hawaiian Government to British Commissioner Hawes in relation to the claims for redress of British subjects imprisoned in Hawaii duting the late so-called revolution. The document presented to the British Gov- ernment was an extremely bulky one and is said to contain voluminous aflidayits which represent the case of Hawaii, and which it is expected will satisfy the Brit- ish Government that President Dole was justified in making the arrests. Judge Cooper, the new Minister of For- eign Affairs, was born in New Albany, Indiana, August 28, 1857. Atthe breaking out of the war his father entered the Northern army, while his mother took the children to her old home in Boston. The elder Cooper died shortly after the close of the war and the family remained in the East. Henry attended the public schools of Boston and afterward studied law and was admitted to the bar there in 1879. He was at once appointed assistant solicitor of the Mexican Central and Atlantic and Paciftic railroads, at that time in course of construction, and which were largely owned by Boston capitalists. Ween the California Southern Railway Company was organized Mr. Cooper was placed in charge of the law department and moved to San Diego. At the begin- ning of the boom which struck that piace he was attorney for the Santa Fe system, but resigned his position to organize an abstract and title company. In the sum- mer of 1890 he first visited Honolulu as the representative of a syndicate whose mem- bers wished to investin the coffee industry here, and he then decided to settle here and practice his profession. Upon the overthrow of the monarchy, in January, 1893, Mr. Cooper came to the front as a member of the Com- mittee of Safety, and when the plans of the Provisional Government were ma- tured he was selected to read the procla- mation dissolving the Goyernment. His demeanor at that time at once stamped him as a determined and fearless man and one on whom the Government could depend under any circumstances. When a vacancy on the bench occurred soon afterward Mr. Cooper was selected for the Pposition. 3 ITALY TO AID ENGLAND. Five Warships to Join the British Squad- von in Eastern Waters. ROME, 1tavy, Nov. 13.—T! Govern- ment has ordered that five ships of the Eastern Mediterranean squadron - shall join the British squadron in Eastern waters in any movement necessary for the protection of Europeans in case grave events shall arise. The commander of the squadron, Vice;Admiral Accini, is in- structed to act/ in concert with tie ad- miral of the British fleet, © TYRANNY OF CAPITAL, Mr. Sovereign’s Address to the Knights of Lahor Delegates. WORKMEN MUST UNITE. Urged to Stand Together in the Struggle Against the Oppressor. ARRAIGNMENT OF SECEDERS. The Master Workman Declares the Order Is Now Stronger Than Ever Before. \VA_SHI.\'GTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—This morning’s session of the General Assembly of the Knights of Labor was devoted to a further discussion of the report of the committee on credentials. There appears to have been a misunderstanding on the part of some of the assemblies with regard to the representation allowed under the new article of the constitution adopted last vear, and this resulted in the sending of some delegations larger than the constitu- tion permitted. It has taken the better part of two days to straighten out this tangle. The question of admitting certain dele- gates whose rights to seats were contested on the ground that under the constitution proper apportionment had not been ob- served was disposed of during the after- noon by the admission of Delegate De Leon of New York District Assembly No. 49 and O’Brien of District Assembly No. 30 of Massachusetts, Both of these men are said to be anti-administration delegates, and will aid in the fight to oust the ad- ministration now in power in the General Assembly. Their admission was a com- promise. 1t appears, however, that the adminis-’ tration people have a very comfortable majority of the votes in the assembly. ‘The report of Grand Master Workman Soy- ereign was indorsed asread. It was asfol- lows: ~ To the Oficers aud Members of the General Assemdly: In the general master workman’s annual report, read &t the General Assembly, which convened at Iudianapolis, Ind., Novem- ber 18, 1888, may be found the following words: ‘‘Many causes combined to reduce the num- bers of those who swore allegiance to the principles of the Knights of Labor. The cir- culation of false statements concerning the strength of the order drove away many thou- sands who regarded quantity as being superior to quality in the make-up of the membership of a labor organization. When the rumors went forth from the enemy’s quarters that the numbers were dropping down, the members who looked to others for what they should do themselves dropped out a ““When the divergence opinion between the general officers became heralded broadcast by those who al magnified, then the mem- bers who looked for unity among the officers, instead of doing their duty by waiting until they could replace these officers with others, withdrew from the order temporarily. The story so often circulated and so wonderfully magnified, of the extravagance of the general officers frightened others, end they, too, stood still until this session would assemble. In their ranks wereaen whose love of self pre- dominated; whose selfish desires could not be suppressed for the commonweal and on 1o oc- casion would they consent to sink self for the good of all. The oft-told story of their griev- ance sickened and drove many from the order.” Ii the cause above quoted had a Qisintegrat- ing influence upon the order seven years ago and had a tendency to arrest its onward march in the struggle for industrial emancipation, what could be expected as the result of a well- direeted conspiracy to destroy it, controlled and directed by men who had served for many | years in its highest and most influential posi- tions? At the General Assembly, which convened at New Orleans one year ago, there were men who took part in its sessions by day and went out into the shadows at night to act with a con- clave intent on dismemberment and destruc- tion. While pretending loyalty to the order and shedding numiq, sympathetic tears for its cause, they were plotting under cover of the night to effect its assassination in the most cowardly manner known to intrigue and de- ception. The doors of the session were scarcely closed until letters were sent to all parts of the country containing falsehood and vil ification and urging local assemblies to pay no more per capita tax to the General Assembly. Five delegates came to that session with $1500, which they drew from their corstituents, and evidence is not wanting to convince the most credulous that they were actuated by sinister motives. The ex-general master workman solicited funds from members under pretense of landing the present general officers in jail end came to New Orleans with a coterfe of ex- officers and defeated candidates to aid in the work of disruption and death. He was not willing to wait until officers whom he disliked could be replaced by others, nor would he sink self for the good of all, as expressed in his complaints against members in his Teport of 1888, He joined the clan of office-seeking destrue- tionists who used the virtues of the order to cover up their devilish treachery, and com- mitted their crimes in the name of Knight- hood. Baflled in their every purpose io disrupt the order at New Orleans, the band of seceders silently stole away to seciuded ambush and organized a guerilla warfare against the order they had sworn to support and protect. They employed the ever-willing emissaries of pluto- cracy and the columns of the public press to malign the general officers and discourage the loyal and confiding memb They printed scurrilous circulars and coutributed money to sow the seed of discord and dissension in our ranks, and publicly boasted that 65,000 of its members had joined the revolt ageinst what they called the regime of official corruption in the order. Thousands of loyal members were induced by false representations to withhold their sup- port from the general oficers, and thousands of others went out in the gloom of hopelessness and despair, To say that the acts of these conspirators embarrassed the general officers and retarded the ordinary work assigned us general officers is indeed a mild expression of the strain and distress thus imposed upon us. Butno gener- al officer lost heart or gave up in dismay, and under the shield of an order pledged to humanity, and armed with the truth, we applied the knife of surgery to charters and membership disloyal to the cause of Knight- hood, and whenthe virulent tumors were exposed to the world thousands of misguided members eaw the error of their ways and returned to the sanctuary. Seceders were sum- marily ejecte | from local and district assem- bly meetizigs, portraits of seceding ex-general officers were thrown into the fire by local members as an expression of scorn and con- tempt, and the benign influences of recupera- tion spread over the entire order. To-day for the first time in many years our order stands before the world a united whole Wwith an unbroken front. battling for the brotherhood of man and the freedom of labor {rom the thralldom of greed, and the so-called independent movement, which had its origin in selfishness and dishonor, has sunk behind the horizon in the industrial field to be mourned by monopolies, who fondly hoped it would crush forever the order of the Knights of Labor. Now that this order has proven its ability to live in spite of the aggressions of organized capital and will stand the assaults of designing persons who sought to subordi- nate its usefulness to their selfish desires, I wonld urge that this session of the General Assembly be devoted as far as possible to the work of extending the fields of our operation. Labor is now between the devil and a deep sea, with the devil running down the beach and the tide flowing in. Capital has monopo- lized the elements of production and labor is in competition with itself for the right to live, and there can never be exact justice to labor and a final solution to the- industrial question while the competitive and wage systems con- tinue to hamper the passionsof greed and grind the faces of the poor. A money oli- garchy is fast wiping out the last vestige of in- dividual liberty. Construction by judiclal au- thority is already given to law, placing all labor organizations in the category of criminal conspirators. Misdemeanors of the most trivial character have been raised to felony without sanction of law and used to imprison representatives of labor organizations, and injunctions followed by charges of contempt have been usen to con- demn labor leaders to the felon’s cell without evidence of guiltor trial by jury. The asso- clated banks have declared war on the money of the people, and the whale plutocratic fra- ternity has invaded the real of free govern- ment and constitution security. Year by year the laws become more exacting in their application to the poor and more lib- eralin their application to the corporations and the idle holders of idle capital. Year by year labor grows weaker and more despondent and the possibilities of resuscitating more doubtful. The industrial masses are fast being reduced to circumstances that over- shadow independence and manhood with the struggle for bread and shelter. With these facts before us I take the liberty to urge upon this General Assembly the neces; sity of preparing for an aggressive campaign against the common foe. In former sessions we have spent most of the time debating and legislating on technical questions concerning the internal government ot the order, and very little time debating how to organize a force and curb the powers of greed or stay the hand of the social robber. And after all thejlong and weary sessions we have spent in this manner T don’t believe we have any better constitution to-dsy than we had fiity years ago. Inmy opinion the constitution now governing this order is conflicting in many of its sections. I firmly believe we should liberalize our present constitution and grant to local, State and district assemblies the greatest possible measure of home rule and local seli-govern- ment compatible with the security of the order. In my opinion our present constitu- tion requires of the general officers too much time and too much of the funds of the order in adjusting petty offenses and too little time and money in the great field of organization and education. Throw additional safeguards around our test of membership by strengthening the obligation, and most of the differences and contentions between members and assemblies will pass away. During the pust year it has been my pleasure to meet many friends of our order who are actively engaged in agriculture on the broad prairie of the West, and who know the needs of organization, and from the friendly expres- sions received on the subject, I must earnestly recommend that this General Assembly in- augurate & movement looking to the organiza- tion of a National trade assembly composed entirely of farmers and farm laborers. A movement of this kind will enabie us to suce cessfully refute the arguments of the emis- saries of the capitalistic classes in their efforts to convince the farmers that they have no in- terests in common with the wageworkers of the towns and cities, and will give to both farmers and wageworkers additional power and prestige. After carefully reviewing the wreck and ruin wrought by the money power and the de- signs of the sound-money clubs, which propose bonds and Gatling guns fora solution of the 1abor question, I issued a boycott on the notes of National banks, and if I were to die to-mor- row I would declare it the most righteous act of my life. Itexposed the nnsound money of the “sound” money advocates, threw plutoc- recy on the defensive and forced the National banks into & humiliating confession of their preposterous acts of bad faith with the people. ‘And now I urge this General Assembly to in- dorse that boycottand give it every possible force of official sanction, The conflict between the working peopie and the idle holders of idle capital isinevitable. The wealth of the meny is gravitating to the few with increasing ratio, and labor is drirting toward seridom faster than ever before. 1did not join the Knights of Labor for the mere sake of organization, I do not now advo- cate its principles for the mere sake of organization, but to curb the powers and com- bat the combinations that are robbing labor of the fruits of its toil. If it cannot do this, I have mistaken the purposes of this organiza- tion, and its declaration of principles is a snare and a delusion. Trusting in the fidelity of the lerresent&tlvcs here assembled, thanking them for their un- faltering support and hoping this session may be productive of great good to the poor but deserving toilers, I re ‘10(1%5 to you my best efforts in the cauce of Kn ghthood. J. R. SOVEREIGN, Grand Master Workman. The report of the treasurer (A. R. Hayes) bhas thus far been religiously guarded. Itis in the hands of a commit- tee, and there isan intimation that it may be given publicity later in the session. There has been some cr sm about the disposition of the Philadelphia property of the organization and the amount of money derived therefrom. It is also said that the financial statement is not. as pros- perous as it has teen in the past, and the diminution in membership s also com- mented upon. All these things, however, are merely hinted at, and none of the members will take up the subject save in the most guarded fashion. RAPID-FIRE GATLING. A New Gun Which Can Be Discharged Eighteen Hundred Times Within Sixty Seconds. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 13.—A Wash- ington special to the Tribune says: The naval rapid-fire gun board, of which Lientenant N. E. Mason is the senior member, has submitted a report on the trial of an improved Gatling gun. A novel attachment is used with the gun, which permits of about 1800 shots a min- ute being fired, a remarkable showing, The experiments with the Gatling gun began with the firing of 100 rounds delib- erately. This was followed by the dis- charge of 100 rounds rapidly. In the sec- ond test the record was nine seconds. There were no interruptions to the firing. Then twenty rounds were discharged; time, 3 seconds. One misfire occurred. Forty rounds were fired in 5 seconds, fifty rounds in 6 seconds, 100 rounds in 7 seconds, 200 rounds in 14 seconds and 400 rounds in 37 seconds. There were no iuterruptions to the operation. Oueman operated the crank and two men were at the feed. Later 100 rounds were fired in three seconds. Without any difficulty 466 were fired in one minute. The experiment was satisfactory to the board. The board then, made experiments with the gun having the electric motor fitted"| on. The weight of the motor and casing is 106 pounds, their length 213¢ inches. The board says that severathundred shots were fired and that the action of the one—and that is, purify your . $Sarsaparilla One Way To cure Catarrh —and only are easy to take, mild, effec- motor was smooth and regular througzhout. e e S Blood. One True Blood Purifier Haod's Pills SAVED BY THE CARGD, The Bark Alameda Struck by the British Steamer Idrani. ESCAPE OF THE CREW. The Vessel Kept From Sinking by the Lumber in Its Hold. MARK TWAIN IN AUSTRALIA. Dividing Honors With Zimmerman, the American Bicycle Champion. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 13.—Mail ad- vices by the steamer Warrimoo, which arrived at Vancouver to-day from Austra- l lia, say: The American bark Alameda, which | loaded lumber at Vancouver, B. C., for | Australia, was run into and waterlogged by the steamer Idrani just prior to the | steamer’s sailing, The bark was struck | broadside by tne steamer, and water rushed | into the immense hole made by the | steamer’siron bow. Its cargo of cedar and | fir kept the bark afloat, but its timbers are | bulged and cracked and its iron bolts and metal work twisted into fantastic shapes. | The Alameda drifts off Garden Island,a | complete wreck. The Alameda was built in the State of Maine in 1876, and was commanded by Captain Halcrow. The second officer says | the steamer bore directly down upon them | from a mile off. The steamer was repeat- edly hailed, but paid no attention. If there had not been a million and a half | feet of lumber on board the steamer would have gone right through the bark. The bow of the English steamer is twisted badly and its plates strained. The com- mander, Captain Birkhill, refused to ex- plain his conduct, but awaits the action of the authorities at Sydney. Sugar plantations are closing up at Fiji one after another and the greatest conster- nation prevails. Islanders say the planta- tions cannot be worked owing to the low price of sugar. From different parts of Australia the same news comes, entire sections of the sugar-growing countries in some cases being abandoned. Smallpox was discovered on the vessel Cuzco, which arrived in Melbourne about the time of the sailing of the Warrimoo. This caused the greatest excitement throughout the colonies, as the vessel had been discharging cargos ata number of seaports and it is feared disease germs are in the discharged freight. Harding, the English champion sculler, claims the championship of the world be- cause Jake Gaudaur, Canadian world’s champion sculler, failed to row against him when challenged. Realizing, how- ever, that Stanbury, the Australian world- championship claimant, was a menace to the title, he has challenged him for the world’s premiership and $2500. Stanbury accepts, subject to his friends raising $10,000 for stake money, expenses and side bets. The amount has already been prom- | ised, and if Harding does not back out | Stanbury will leave for England in Feb- ruary. 1 In the combined championship sports in | New South Wales many records were broken. The Colonial championship was won in very fast time. In many instances American world records were crowded. | The five mile bicycle championship of all Australia was won by E. Reynolds of New - \ NEW TO-DAY; THE BEST LOOKING \ OVERCOAT OF OUR FALL GATHERING ‘When you want a top-coat go where a complete stock iskept. Someat $12 50, $16 50 and $25— the best $30 to $40. Ulsters for rough weather, $10 to $35. New things in Suitings from $10 to $40, JOTTINGS— ‘Winter Underwear that fits. Hunting Suits—Corduroys, $13 50, Cycling, Golfing, Riding Outfits—new ones. Hatters' $4 Hats at $2 60. 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