The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1%95. is spoken of in advance as *‘the Cabinet of all the talents.” The Nippon, heretofore one of the strongest upholders of Japanese diplo- mats present at Seoul during the coup d’etat, has lately veered around and adds its voice to cry for the resignation of the Cabinet. The imporal Japanese Diet convokes De- cember 25. The inhabitants of Tokunoshima, Kago- shima prefecture, are said to be in a very destitute condition. A serious storm vls- ited the island on July 24, and the sweet potato crop, the chief staple of the island- ers, was ruined. The rice was also greatly injured. The inhabitants, numbering 30,000 in all, are now reduced to eating leaves and stalks of potatoes, various herbs, ete. Local officials find it difficult to relieve such a large number of persons, and it is feared that many deaths will ensue. The etiquette of the Japanese court does not permit deaths in the imperial family to be officially announced until certain preparations are completed, so that, al- though the late Prince Imperial died on the 26th ult., the fact was not officially de- clared until November 14. The Prince fell a victim to the terrible malarial fever Formosa, where his Highness wasin mand of the guards. The Chinese r has thus cost Japan the lives of two of nost illustrious Princes. His imperial I ness was in his forty-ninth year. He was highly educated, having spent seven years in Europe, mostly in Germany, where he acquired military knowledge. He was bandsome, intelligent and noted for nial courtesies of his address. His untimely death is profoundly mourned | by the.nation. An excellent story comes from Peking. A member of the Tsung li Yamen, the Great Wong, who is said to e his position to his anti-foreign ideas, , on assuming office, that it was one g to abuse the foreigner verbally and another to deal with him practically. Sir Nicholas 0’Connor proved specially dis- turbing, for hie actually pounded the table under the serene mandarin’s nose. The latter complained to London about this sledgehammer diplomacy, whereupon the Marquis of Salisbury replied that Wong had better attend to Sir Nicholas or he, the Marquis, would come out and do the table-poundin BANKRUPTS THE COLONY, Newfoundland Must Appeal for Aid Because of Bank i Swindlers. | Every Financial Institution on the Island Affected by the Whole- sale Loot. ST. JOHNS, N. Nov. 20.—Another sensation was sprung to-day in the inves- has been goingonin regard ale banking frauds, in which 1y every bank in the colon cerned. These new developments show a conspiracy and a depth of infamy which it | is almost impossible to comprehend. The | directors of the Union Bank and those | summoned before the Cfown courts on the | 16th, and who were held in bonds of $36,000 | each, have jumped their bonds, and the | investigating authorities have been un- able to find any trace of them. The im- pression is that ¢ left on aspecially chartered sailing vessel, landed on Cana- | dian shores and will proceed to the United States or Mexico. Even yet the true in- wardness of the gigautic swindlings is not | apparent, and it seems as {f nearly every official of any capacity in the colony is implicated. The bonds on which the prisoners were held were brought forward to-day, show- ing that they also had been fraudulently drawn up by the presiding Judge of the | Supreme Court, thereby permitting the prisoners to escape without serious conse- quence. The committing Judge has fled and it has been proved that he was impli- cated in the frauds. The Bank Examiners have not as yet succeeded “in straightening out the ac- counts, but it is thought that over three- quarters of the entire funds of the Union Bank have been misappropriated, and that | some of the smaller banks are in even worse straits. The general feeling is that the colony has been forced to the wall, and that the only recourse left isa direct ap- peal to the home Government for help. sl VENEZUELA’S UPRISING. Crespo Attacked for His Cowardly Policy Toward England. CARACAS, VeNEzUELA, Nov. 20.—The police this afternoon arrested two men who clandestinely circulated a proclama- tion by Rojas Paul calling Venezuelans to arms against Crespo, claiming that the revolution is now fully prepared to start. Paul arraigns Crespo for his cow- ardly policy toward England. It is re- ported that more arrests wili follow. Rebel bands which for some time were reported to have been operating in the vicinity of Coro Areu, Valencia and An- gostura, are now trying to concentrate and work tpward the coast, where a cargo of arms is known to have been landed within the last few days. The Government press denies reports of severe fighting at Maracaibo and the ex-| ecution by the rebels of the commandant and twelve officers of that garrison. gtiis ITALY'S PARLIAMENT. The Financial Statement to Be Considered at an Early Date. ROME, Itavry, Nov. 20.—Parliament re- opens to-morrow. .The Government will ask that the financial statement be taken up for discussion at an early date. It is understood that Signor Sonnino, Minister of the Treasury, in reference to the budget, | will declare at least an equilibrium of rev- enues and expenditures, and it is thought quite possible that a surplus of revenues m: R nnotnsed. S e Minister Crispi, it is stated, will propose to defer other than financial legislation with the exception of laws directed against social- ists and anarchists. Bl R S wLAIN BY AN ENGLISH FORCE. The King of Oyo and Many of His Fol- lowers Killed. LONDON, ExG., Nov. 20.—A dispatch from Lagos, the capital of the British col- ony of that name on the West African coast, states that Captain Bower, the Brit- ish Resident at Iberdan, has attacked and killed the King of Oyo and many of his jollowers and burned their quarters. LT Said Canada Woula Be Annexed. TORONTO, Oxt., Noy.20. — At this morning’s session of the National Fra- ternal Congress the motions to change the name of the organization were considered. In the course of the discussion T. W. Sears of Kansas City said it was only a matter of time when Canada would be an- nexed to the United States. The report of the committee was adopted, it recommend- ing that the name remain unchanged. W. R. Bpooner of New York was elected presi- dent by sixteen majority over Howard Morse of New York. PACIFIC ROADS DEBTS, Huntington's Lobby Getting Ready for the Coming Struggle. OUTLINES A CAMPAIGN. Another Funding Bill to Be In- troduced as Soon as Con- gress Meets. POWEFRS TO HAVE CHARGE. Congressman Maguire Expects the En- tire California Delegation to Fight the Measure. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—The Southern Pacific is evidently expecting a hot fight this winter on the funding bill, which it is expected will be introduced shortly after Congress meets. The Post, which has always befriended the Pacific | Mall, the Pacific railroads and other of the Huntington and Stanford interests, has an editorial, evidently inspired by the rail- road, opposing Government ownership of railroads. Judge Powers of Vermont, who was active in Huntington interests as a mem- ber of the Pacific Railroads Committee in the last Congress, will, it is expected, be chairman of that committee, and it is said he has prepared a bill to extend the debt for another term of years. Brice is now chairman of the Pacific Roads Committee in the Senate. He will be a Senator until succeeded by Foraker in 1897, but whether he will be chairman of the committee | | until then depends on the Senate reorgan- | ization. Noone seems to know whether the Republicans will pbe able to control the Senate, and it is both aflirmed and de- nied that Senator Jomes of Nevada will vote with the Republicans for reorganiza- tion. But whether Brice is chairman he will be a member of the Pacific Railroads Committee and will, 2s he did last winter, work among the Senators to protect his | Union Pacific interests as well as those of Mr. Huntington. Congressman Maguire is counting upon the entire California delegation to stand with him in the fight against any refunding proposition, though he is not certain that all of them will favor Govern- ment ownership. THE DEPARTME. EAST. fecommendations of General Miles in Hi Annual Report. ON, D. C., Nov. 20.—Be- | vond the routine movement of troops in the Department of the East during the last | fiscal year General Miles, who was in com- mand at the date of the report from that department, has little to discuss. The general recommends that the posts be supplied “sub-calibers” for practice work of beavy artillery, aud the enlistment for the long term of ten years for a special class of non-commissioned officers to be trained as experts in artillery fire. All of the infantry in the department and part of the artillery had been armed with the new rifle, which haa given satis- faction, except in the sighting and some minor defects which no doubt will be cor- rected. The consolidated post mess was not en- tirely satisfactory and the old company mess is believed to be better. Sty CANNOT USE THE MAILS. Privileges Denied to the United Indem- nity Company of \Los Angeles. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—The | are correspondingly happy, as the district | | law was one of two acts introduced in the | Postcffice Department has denied the priv- ileges of the mails to the United Indem- nity Company of Los Angeles, Cal., for conducting a lottery or similar enterprise. The company’s business was a bond in- vestment scheme, such as was conducted by numerous other concerns whose ap- | peals are now before the Postmaster-Gen- eral frou the department’s action in shut- ting them out of the mails. £ Several months ago these companies em- ployed Hon. Benjamin Butterworth as counsel in their cases. He argued before the Postmaster-General on the uncAnstitu- tionaligy of such action. Judge Thomas appeared for the Government. The case has not yet been decided by the Postmas- ter-General, but in the opinion of depart- ment officials he will not reverse the deci- sion of Mr. Olney, who, when Attorney- General, declared these concerns lotteries. e 1 GOLD GOING ABROAD. The Reserve Now at the Lowest Point Reached in Months. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—The gold reserve stands to-day, with all gold withdrawals for the past few days de- ducted, at $36,803,594. Since July 13, when gold exports were resumed, $37,500,000 in gold has been withdrawn from the treas- ury for export to Europe. It is said here that further gold shipments on Saturday are expected. Secretary Carlisle is now in New York and it is understood will confer with New York financiers as to replenishing the gold reserve if it fall below the point of confi- dence. Whether the means of building up the goid reserve will take the form of a new bond issue is known only to the President and Secretary Carlisle, neither of whom is aceustomed to make public his plans in advance of action. Eem s Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—C. S. Wright of San Francisco, who, with his wife, daughter. son and two nieces, have been abroad for six months, is at the Riggs House. He will leave for New Orleans to- morrow and after spending a few days there will arrive in San krancisco on Thanksgiving. Miss Erwin of San Fran- cisco is registered at the Hotel Normandie. Hugh Craig and J. J. Plister of San Fran- cisco arrived at the Ebbitt House to-day. e To Construct the Gunboats. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—Among a number of naval orders issued yesterday by the Navy Department was that detach- ing Naval Constructor W. S. Capps from the Bureau of Construction nns Repair, December 21, and ordering him to duty at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, as superintending constructor of gunboats 14 and 15. e dage Southern Pacific Grant Approved. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—Secre- tary Hoke Smith has approved a grant of 20,723 acres of land to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company along 1ts main line and 17,419 acres to the. Florida Central and Peninsula Raflroad Company. Fled With Stolen Money. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 20.—There is no clew to the whereabouts of Daniel H. Brenizer, secretary and treasurer of the Citizens’ Trust and Surety Compeny. whose disappearance after having embez- zled $25000 of trust securities was an- nounced to-day. Of the amount missed the officers of tge trust company expect to recover $15,000, leaving an actual loss of $10.000. Brenizer left the company’s office last Thursday, and since then nothing has been heard of him. ;s A ACCUSED OF ARSON. Charges Preferred Against the Owner of a Building in Which Four Persons Were Cremated. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—Morris Levy, owner of the buildings, 4and 6 Pel- ham street, which were burned on Novem- ber 3, and in which four persons lost their lives and twenty others were crippled, is accused of having set fire to the building, 234 Cherry street, formerly owned by him. Jacob Cooper and Simon Auerbach, who were Levy’s tenants at 234 Cherry ‘street, have brought two suits to recover damages for their stock and mackinery destroyed by fire. Papers in these suits were served upon Levy yesterday. In the complaints both men allege that Levy willfully set fire to the building for the purpose of collect- ing the insurance. Affidavits made by other tenants in the building, accusing Levy of arson; have been filed with the District Attorney. No. 234 Cherry street was a five-story | brick structure, used asa sweatshop. In the affidavits it is alleged that Levy, aided by two men unknown to the affiants, satu- rated the building with oil and then fired it. Rubin Schwartz, a tailor of 108 Mon- roe street, who had a shop in the burned building, alleges that several days previ- | ous to the fire Levy made propositions to | several persons to burn the building, offer- ing a sum of money to anybody who would undertake the job. Levy owns, or did own, a large number of buildings on the East side. According to the records of the Fire Department Levy's buildings have oiten suffered from fire. In September, 1893, 47, 49 and 51 Pike street, owned by him, were destroyed, and several persons were injuged. The Cherry-street fire_destroyed several build- ings. * Assistant Fire Marshal Freel inves- | tigated, but could not find any tangible | proof that the blaze was incendiary. el e eg Miss Eleanor Hume Injured. NEW Y.ORK, N.Y., Nov. 20.—Miss Elea- nor Hume, who recently came here from San Francisco, fell down an area-way op- posite Jefferson market last night, receiv- ing severe contusions of the left knee. She | was brought to Bellevue Hospital in a | hysterical condition. Her brother, Myrian | Hume, is an official in the general Post- office at San Francisco. The physicians say she will be out in a few days. IRRIGATION ACT ~ VALID Sustained by a Decision of the | Supreme Court of Ne- i braska. A Law Copied After That Passed in[ California Declared to Be Constitutional. LINCOLN, Nesr., Nov. 20.—The consti- tutionality of Nebraska’s district irriga- tion law has been sustained by the S preme Court. Persons interested in irri- gation and development of the industry | last Legislature which were intended to be enforced jointly in order to develop | the industry. The first pertained to water rights and State control of water. Under that act the present State Board of Irri- gation is adjudicating claims of farmers and canal companies for water. In a suit passed upon several months ago by the Supreme Court the irrigationists won the point contended for—the right to condemn right of way fdr ditches. The case just decided was entitled The Alfalfa Irrigation District vs. Collina, an appeal from Keith County. The district act provides for the organization of irri- gation districts and taxation of property to pay the cost of construction of ditches and other necessary works. The act is copied after the Caiifornia law, the con-| stitutionality of which is now pending in the United States Supreme Court. b ke il MANUFACTURED NEWS. | Two Gems of Untruthfulness Sent Out by the Chicago Associated | Press. 2 NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—The mas- sacres in Asia Minor and the troubles which environ the Sultan of Turkey, threatening the dismemberment of his empire and menacing his life, being the all-absorbing topic of the hour, the small portion of the reading public of New York and other cities who purchase the news- papers served with the “news” of the Chicago Associated Press, not being aware of its sources, were startled yesterday afternoon to read the Jollowing ‘“cable- gram’’: | BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov. 19.—A dispatch re- ceived here from Sofig, Bulgaria, says that the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, has been voisoned. No details are given. The only element of verisimilitude con- tained inthis alleged Sofia dispatch via Berlin—it might just as properly have been dated Port Jervis or Cape Town via Bangkok, Chattahoochee or Penn Yan—is | conveyed in the sentence, “No details are | given.”” Never was so solid and inde- structible a chunk of truth hurled from the ‘“‘didn’t-know-it:was-loaded” depart- ment of the Chicago Associated Press. Of course “no details were given.” There were no details. The most exhaustive search in Berlin via Sofia and Sofia via Berlin has ffMed to discover the slightest suspicion of 4 detail or the faintest reason or remotest pretext for sending out such a canard, and the only jinference is that it was put out in the hope of influencing prices, which result was achieved in Chi- cago, as evidenced by to-day’s report that ““wheat opened to-day at an advance es- tablished yesterday afternoon on the rumor of the death of the Sultan of Tur- key.” K’ob a newspaper in Berlin printed a line even dimly suggesting the poisoning of the Sultan, and nobody in Sofia has heard of such a rumor. Not satisfied with the glory of sending out its “‘beat,”’ of which the United Press did not have the merest mention, the Chi- cago Associated Press sprung upon its long-suffering clients this morning the following gem of accuracy and exhaustive information: MLONDOPXI, ’if\'fifi' No}r. ZO.EA repo;t has just en received here from Constantinopis Rustem Pasha is dead. e For the information of the benizhted readers of the newspapers gulled by the Chicago Associated Press, it may be men- tioned that Rustem Pasha was the Turkish Embassador to the Court of St. James and that that aged statesman and diplomat died in London, where he had been ill for several days with congestion of the lungs. Why it was necessary for the London sgent of the Chicago Associated Press to have recourse to Constantinople to obtain an iraportant piece of London news is not explained. The inference 1s that he did not know what was going on. puc ey Martyred Garfleld Eulogized. CLEVELAND, Onro, Nov. 20.—The an- nual banquet of the Garfield Club was held in the armory at Painesville last night, with over 300 guests in attendance. Mrs. Garfield, the widow of the martyred Presi- dent, gave a reception to the members of the club and a reception was also given at Lake Erie Seminary. Goveinor McKinley made a eulogistic address. The banquet was the most brilliant and largestattended in the history of the club. PLAINT OF SHERMAN: Incidents of His Defeat in the 1888 Convention Recalled. HE STILL IS BITTER. —— Claims Harrison'’s = Supporters Bargained Without Their Leader’s Consent. THE INDIANAN NOT POPULAR. The Senator Does Not Believe Silence Is Aiding His Presidential Boom. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—Senator John Sherman of Ohio was seen to-day in his room at the Fifth-avenue Hotel by a reporter. The Senator stated that he had met ex-President Harrison and Warner Miller and had had pleasant chats with them. He added that Mr. Miller came to his (the Senator’s) room last evening and they talked over many of the incidents of the convention of 1883. Mr. Miller’s recol- lections of events tallied with the Senator’s. “The New York delegation,” added the Senator, ‘“held a banquet on the Saturday night before the convention of 1888, and after Senator Miller hud made a speech they all agreed to supvort me. I received a telegram to that effect. Sunday inter- vened, and in the meantime Elkins and other friends of Harrison got Mr. Platt to agree to vote for him on the first ballot Monday. The result is known. I have no charges to make against ex-President Har- rison and our relations are pleasant. Whatever bargains or promises his friends might have made he did not sanction them, because he absolutely refused to appoint Mr. Platt Secretary of the Treasury.” “Did you hear that General Alger in- tended to answer you soon ?”’ “No; I don’t believe ie has read my book yet.” “He will answer that part which refers | to the buying of delegates at the conven- tion in 1883." *I shall be glad to read his answer. My relations with General Alger have been pleasant. I simply wrote history. It was his agent who acted for him that I charged with doing the work.” “Senator, did you read a story to-day which said Mr. Harrison’s friends would ask him to say whether he was a candidate for re-election?” “No, but I certainly think he should an- nounce whether be is a candidate or not. It would be much better for him, I imagine. I don’t think he is very popular with the people. In Ohio Mr. Harrison cannot be said to be very popular. Even when he ran the first time his own State went against him.” The Senator then turned his attention to Secretary Carlisle's speech. The basic error of the speech, he maintained, was his idea that legal tenders could be dome away with entirely. It could not be done. | He said the great mistake was the way 1n which the Democratic administration had tampered with the gold reserve. Itshould have issued short bonds of five years’ dura- tion, which the banks here would have taken up quickly at 3 per cent, and with this paid the expenses of the Goveanment, instead of intrenching on the gold reserve. These short bonds of course woald have been paid for in legal-tender notes. In- stead of doing this the administration had permitted Democratic and foreign bankers to clear $11,000,000 by selling bonds for gold at 4 per cent. Carlisle’s plan proposed last year was impracticable. There are 3000 | National banks, and it would not do, in order to have currency, to take the gold out of the United States treasury and scat- ter it around for these banks to redeem money that had been issued by these banks. The Senator said he did not know when the Republi¢ans would be able to organize the Senate. When it came to an issue in regard to money he thought the East would be against the West, irrespective of party. As long as Cleveland was Presi- dent, he said, there would be no silver legislation, because he favored ‘“‘sound’’ money. The Senator thought the *'silver craze’ was on the wane. TALKING FIGHT AGAIN Stuart Claims He Has Found a Meeting Place for Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Confident That Both Pugilists Will Sign Articles for a Mill Near El Paso. DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 20.—Dan Stuart, who has been on a pilgrimage to El Paso and the contiguous territory for the last two weeks looking for a place where a prize-fight of the first grade may be pulled off without molestation, returned to Dallas to-day. He said: “I have found a spot where Corbett and Fitzsimmons or any other pugilist may fight as long as they are able to stand up and nobody will interfere with them. The place is not far from El Paso, but I shall not make the battle ground public until the morning of the fight. Allthat any- body needs to do to see the fight will be to be in El Pasa with a ticket. I have mot the slightest doubt that the Corbett-Fitz- simmons match will now be consummated without further trouble. I shall start for New York on Sunday next, and feel confi- dent I will have no trouble in getting Cor- bett to sign articles. 1f ] thought;I could not, I would probably not go. % “Fitzsimmons is in earnest and will fight Corvett on any terms. Western Texas in the neighborhood of El Paso is booming and the cattlemen are especially prosper- ous. They are eager for the fight to take place and ‘will be on hand in force to wit- ness it when it comes off.” —_—————— FLYERS UNDER#THE HAMMER., California Trotting Stock Disposed Of in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—Madison- square Garden was given over to trotting- bred stock to-day, when William B. Fassig & Co. commenced their four days’ sale. The sale attracted widespread atten- tion, and lovers of trotters and pacers from all sections of the country were present. The majority of the animals sold to-day were yearlings and the prices averaged about $200 a head. The consignment from the Empire City | e ——— ] stud of Cuba, N. Y., was put up for sale aiter a few miscellaneous lots End been disposed of. J. 8. Ferguson of New York paid $500 for Electrician, by Electioneer out of the great producing daughter of General Benton. Heisa brother in blood to Sunol (2:08){). Three of his get were sold for §395. Charmer (2:29¢), by King Wilkes out of Georgie by George Wilkes, went to J. Mullen of Norfolk, Va.. for $475. Daghestan, the Cahfornia stallion, was the first of the lot sent from the Savanna Park stock farm at Savanna, Cal., to come under the hammer. He has a two-year- old record of 2:251¢, and is a handsome brown horse by Stamboul out of Alta Belle, by Electioneer, by Hambletonian. After some spirited bidding the stallion was knocked down'to Julius French of Cleveland for $1300. Lady Clare and her earling colt, by Daghestan, went to A. Koenig of New York for $745. Winoa, by Electioneer, out of Winoa, dam of Pre- tender, bred at the Palo Alto farm, fell to W. Smiler of Springfield, Mass., at $320. Thirty-one head were sold from the Cali- Ofgrma farm for a total of $6287—an average $200 each. Newsboy, consigned by Mrs. Emily J. Briggs of Omaha, Nebr., was bought b; John Hancock of New York for $610. Newsboy is_by Brentwood, first dam Lemons by Dan Allen, second dam Ver- million Maid. The gelding has a trottin record of 2:201 and a pacing record of 2:13){. Kate Caffrey; from the same stable, found a purchaser in J. D. Nichols of Hempstead L. I., at$675. The in-bred Frqnddagghte{nuf George Wilkes, Fannie Gaines, brou $360, going to George H. Huber of Ne‘v‘v York. Rl o S Winners in the East. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 20.—Six furlomgs, Fannie B won, Holton second, George Dixon third. Time, 1:2314. Mile, Maurice won, McKee second, Sun Up third. Time, 1:48!5. Six furlongs, Beatrice IV won, Helen H IT second, Predicament third. Time, 1:22%4. One and an eighth miles, Augusta Belle won, Marshall second, Tomoka third. Time, 2:011%. Five furlongs, Tremargo won, Venetia 11 sec- ond, Florrie third. Time, 1:0614. One and a sixteenth miles, Eclipse won, Can- delabra second, Vanbrunt third. Time, 1:5614. LEXINGTON. KY., Noy. 20.—Three-quarters of amile, Interior won, Kodack second, Bessie Misner third. Time,1:16. Mile, Sunburst won, Addie Buchanan sec- ond, Iselin third. Time, 1:434. _Five and a half furlongs, James Monroe won, ?u(') g;nssar second, Peep o’ Day II third. Time, Fiftéen-sixteenths of & mile, Lindolette won, Gateway second, Colleen third. Time, 1:13. Five and a half furlongs, Feast won, Fred Barr second, Garland Bar third. Time, 1:08}5. wmerigpdine Close of St. Lowis Races. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 20.—The racing at the Fair Grounds track is over for this season. This morning President Maffitt canceled to-day’s card and stated that owing to the inclement weather there would be no more races on the Fair Grounds track until next spring. gt Bubear Beats Hanlan. GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. 20.—Bubear beat Hanlan in to-day’s scull race. The race was very exciting. Hanlan fouled at the turning stakes twice. He recpvered, however, and was beaten by oni’ half a boat length. The race, which was over !h;osume course as yesterday, was rowed in ——— Clark Makes Another Record. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 20.—Harry Clark, a Denver class A rider, to-day réde an un- paced half-mile in fifty-nine seconds, es- tablishing a new world’s record for that distance. Clark now holds the world’s record in class A for unpaced half, one, two, three four and ftive mile distances. YOUNG FIENDS CONFESS. Youths Under Arrest for Wrecking a New York Central Train Admit Their Guilt. ROME, N. Y., Nov. 20.—The Coroner's jury in the case of those killed in yester- day’s wreck on the New York Central, brought out the testimony of the sweet- heart of young Hildreth, one of the four boys under arrest. To her Hildreth de- tailed the affair after it had occurred. The boys had been reading sensational novels, but became alarmed when they saw the consequences of their fiendish act, and fled. One of them lost his hat in the flight, and it was this that led to their capture. Three of the boys have confessed, but one remains silent. The evidence of all three of the others implicates him and makes Hildreth the leader of the gang. Their object was robbery, and they say they expected to get $30,000 from the dead or dying passengers. The boys don’t seem to feel any severe pangs of remorse. S S geati STORMS ON THE LAKES. Sailing Craft and Steamers Damaged by Heavy Seas. PORT HURON, Micu., Nov. 20.—The steamer J. B. Ketchum and the consort Montgomery, lumberladen, had a terrible experience on Lake Huron last night. The Ketchum arrived here at noon to-day in a dismantied condition, having jumped out her masts, rolling in the heavy seas, smashing her cabin and losing nearly all of her deckload. The Montzomery broke away from the steamer during the night and was driven ashore near Cull Drain, Ont. She will prove a total loss. The crew of the Canadian schooner Dauntless was taken off by the tug Crosby seven miles out from the Fort Gratiot light. The schooner is at anchor, but is being battered to pieces by the heavy seas. POINT EDWARD, Oxr., Nov. 20.—Two schooners, names as yet unknown, are ashore about three miles west of Black- well. Tugs have taken the crew off one of the schooners. The crew of the other are in the rigging and the tugs are unable to reach them. CHICAGC HAS A CHILL. Genuine Winter Weather Causes Pedes- trians to Grumble. CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 20.—After a dose of five or six kinds of assorted wetness yes- terday, Chicago’s weather this morning settled down into the genuine wintry va- riety. It was the coldest day of the sea- son, 20 deg.. above zero being about the lowest temperature recorded. A sharp wind from off the lake added to the dis- comfort of those on the streets, who, however, derived consolation from the fact tha? yesterday’s slush and mud were frozen stiff and the air was dry and crisp. —_—— SIX SEAMEN LOST. Foundering of a Schooner Off the Florida Coast. JACKSONVILLE, Fra, Nov. 20— A special to the Times-Union from Tarpon Springs, Fla., says: The sponge schooner Shamrock of Key West, owned by William H. Asbury, founded in the gulf off St. Martins Key this morning. Six of the crew were drowned. The vessel was a 23-ton schooner and carried a crew of fourteen men. The disaster occurred about 10 o'clock and the schooner went down in six fathoms of water. e S \ PLACED IN COMMISSION. The Monster Battle-Ship Indiana Now + Ready for Service. PHILADELPAIA, PA., Nov. 20.—The United States battle-ship Indiana was placed in commission at League Island Navy-yard this afternoon. The ceremonies were customarily brief, merely comprising the reading of orders from the Navy De- partment and the hoisting of theensign on the flagstaff. Captain Evans was prevented from being present by rheumatic The Xndim%n‘sp crew muzbm 450, A MR, PEFFER'S LATEST. The Whiskered Senator Has a New Reform to Urge. OPPOSED TO EULOGIES. He Wants Ceremonies in Honor of Deceased Congressmen Abolished. CLASSED AS USELESS “ORGIES.” Funeral Parties Alleged to Have Spent the People’s Money for Champagne. WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20.—Sena- tor Peffor intends to make himself more conspicuous than ever, if possible, this winter. He believes that many dollars are wasted in each Congress on the funerals of dead Representatives and Senators. He was at the Capitol to-day getting data for a forthcoming speech on this subject. He finds. that it cost $1000 to bury a Mary- land Senator, and that large amounts were |- expended in similar ways in many other cases. Peffer will give an itemized account of the expenses and tell how much wasspent for casket, shroud, gloves, flowers, railway fares, sleepers, tips to porters, wine, cigars, etc. He belieyes that Congressmen have a merry timeon these funeral trips, and that the expenditures should be curtailed or abolished altogether. Peffer was one oi the committee to es- cort the body of the late Representative ‘Wright to its last resting place in Pennsyl- vania, and it is presumed by some of his brother Senators that he took notes on this trip and has a very minute record of the bottles of wine drunk and number of cigars smoked by each of the funeral party. Peffer’s speech will denounce some of these burials at public expense as disgraceful “orgies,” and will contend that Congress should not fritter away the people’s money in this way. He contends that much time is consumed and many dollars wasted in eulogies on deceased legislators, and that eulogies should not be allowed on working legisiative days, but another time should be selected—Sundays or after legislative hours on working days. DR. FLOURNOYS DEAD. His Passing Due to a Knife Wound Received in His ‘Famous Duel With Carth. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 20.—Dr. Thomas Flournoys, a principal in the famous bowieknife duel between himself and Edgar Garth at the University of Virginia in 1854, died here to-night from the effects of wounds received in that encounter. Both men were wounded in the affray, Garth desperately. The trouble grew out of a controversy between a kinsman of Flournoys and Garth. The former took up the guarrel and challenged Garth. Both men were cool and determined. The fight, though conducted without seconds, was perfectly fair, It was continued until Garth fell to the ground. .The father of Garth became Flournoys’ bondsman and kept him from being sent to prison. Within twenty-four hours after the tight Garth summoned his opponent to what he supposed was his death bed, and there a friendship began between the men aud continued as long as they lived. L POLITICIANS IN A ROW. Fight Between a Georgia Editor and a Postmaster. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 20.—A special to the Constitution from Rome, Ga., says that Postmaster M. M. Pepper and W. A. Knowles, editor of the Rome Tribune, both politicians, had a serious fight there to- night. : Pepper called Kndwles a liar and was knocked down. A fight in which Knowies had the advantage of the Postmaster en- sued. Representative Maddox of the Sev- enth Congressional District and other friends of the two men attempted to break them apart, but Vincent Sanford, a friend of Knowles, stood by and swore that it was a fair fight and that it should go on to a finish. The two men were eventually separated. P A DOOMED BY HIGHBINDERS. Sentence of Death Pronounced Upon a St. Lowis Chinaman. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 20.—Several months ago Jen Lot, a Chinaman, running a laundry at 1414 North Garrison avenue, separated himself from his queue, aban- doned fan-tan, embraced Christianity and began the task of reforming his former brethren. To these radical departures from the traditions the Chinamen objected, and the matter wasthe principal subject of dis- cussion at the last session of the High- hinders’ Club. According to Jen Lot’s story, as told to the police authorities to- day, the sentence of death has been placed upon him, and he asks police protection, —— THE ADIRONDACKS LAUNCHED. Christening of the Largest River Boat Ever Built. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 20.—The new steamer Adirondacks for the People’ sline to Albany was launched at the ship-build- ing yards of John Englis’ Sons at Green Point to-day. The Adirondacks is the largest vessel ever launched in the harbor of New York. She isalso the largest river boat ever built and is constructed upon linesana provided with apartments quite new in vessels of her class. The launching took place at noon before a large assemblage. The boat was chris- tened by Miss Marie A. Engls, daughter of John Englis, senior member of the firm My Back Arms and limbs are stiff and lame and itis misery for me to move. This is rheuma- tism, caused by lactic acid in the blood. Neutralize this acid, purify the blood, and cure rheumatism by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla ‘The One True Blood Purifier. “Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents. of the Adirondacks’ builders. The launch- ing was accomplished without a hitch and immediately afterward the Adirondacks was towed to the Fletcher Works at Hoboken, where her boilers, machinery, ete., will be put in. — - TEMBLORS IN THE EAST. Distinct Farthquake Shocks KReported From Twa Cities. CHESTER, PA., Nov. 20.—There was a very perceptible earthquake shock early this morning, which was felt in this city and various parts of the country. There was a rumbling sound, followed by a vibra- tion of the earth, which rattled windows and aroused light sleepers. WILMINGTON, DEL., Nov. 20.—Resi- dents of Claymount, six miles north of here, report that they experienced an earthquake tremor about 3 o’clock this morning. —_—— BURDICK MENT TO JAIL. The Stockton Abductor Unable to Secure Bail. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 20.—William P. Burdick, the young man who is charged with baving enticed Miss Marjorie S. Roden from her home in Stockton, Cal., to this city, married her and. after securing her money, deserted her, was before Judge Ernest and sent to jail in default of §1500 bail. g “Curly” Brown in a Fight. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19.—Clem Crev- ling, the well-known racetrack judge, and H. C. Brown (*Cuily”) of San Francisco, had a fist-fight on the street to-day, the quarrel being over a recent decision made by Crevling. —_——— Shipment of Gold. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. Zfl.f\\'illinm H. Crossman gnd brother will ship $1,000,- 000 gold to Europe to-morrow on the steams ship Fuerst Bismarc! RUMOES OF 4 WRECK, Reported Disaster to a Southern Pacific Train Near Dunsmwir. MARYSVILLE, Can, Nov. 20.—A Southern Pacific wrecker, with a crew of fifty men, passed through here to-night. It is reported that a wreck has occurred near Dunsmuir—a train going through a bridge—and that five or six people were killed. 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