The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAVOR AL SECTIONS, Prominent Men of the West| Meet in Congress at Omaha. DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER | An Equal Hearing to Be Given Twenty-Four States and Ter- ritories Represented. | { VERY INTERESTING ADDRESSES. s . L Ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico Speaks of ‘the Resources the Trans-Mis: i Region. % % | — N Eonnl-i es of the | > Trans- mbled at issippi Cc Creighton Hall The audi rates to the cc States and Te sippi, prominent en of Omaha and me: from the Woman's C s rge Q. Can- tion to order, non of Utah v 1 1. W. Carpenter and introduced ( of the Com ymmittee, who greeted the Mayor Bemis fol- lowed in & welcome, touch- f interest to the city and the Wes g with the address with which he i the Populist Na- n 1892, in which he de- ree coinage of silver. I welcomed the dele- ional C 1 the many congresses e been held. They s of farmers, oankers, or s, but the Trans-Mis- was made up of men f life and engaged in many and acquainted with the ons of the great West. But ss was not sectional; it was i would not advocate legislation ntal to any part of the country. Governor Holcomb then branched out into a discussion of the development of the West, suggesting what action thefcon- should take on it and on irrigation nd a number of other matters. He was igorous and emphatic in his advocacy of the recognition of , backed up by force of arms if necessarv. This senti- ment was greeted by a most enthusiastic rst of applause. And when the band America” the enthusiasm was re- or L. Bradford Prince of New ddress in reply to the | His speech was a | 1siastic one. He said a ords of welcome was t task, and to speak for a such as the congress repre- gh honor. He emphasized e congress was not in any one. If there wasany sec- it was “‘on the other side of the e briefly and eloquently e settlement and the great va- rces and climate found in the veopled by an intelligent constituency. He showed that New Mexico sent more Union soldiers into the civil war than all the Territories recently made States; that the percentage of ‘foreign-born population was very much less than any other Terri- | tory or State in the Union. L 3 PALMER WON THE BATTLE. Given a Decision Over Billy Plimmer in the Fourteenth Round. LONDON. Exa., Nov. 25.—The fight be- tween Billy Plimmer and Palmer at 112 pounds for a purse of £1500 took place to- night. The referee stopped*the fight in the fourteenth round and awarded the battle to Palmer, owing to Plimmer's brother entering the ring. The fight took place at the Bolingbroke Club. Both men fought fast from the be- ginning. The first and second rounds were in Palmer’s favor. The third, fourth and fifth were pretty even, neither getting the better of the other. Thereafter Palmer had the advantage in nearly every round, and in the fourteenth round, when the fight was awarded to Palmer, Plimmer was dazed by the pounding Palmer had given him. Another event on the programme was a fight between White and McCoy. The | latter had the advantageof the first six rounds. Then White picked up and won the battle. e WRECKED ON ATLANTIC COASTS. Storms Cause Many Shipping Disasters Along the Shores of England and France, TONDON, Ex6., Nov. 25.—The northeast storm which setin Saturday continues and a large number of vessels on the eastern and southern coasts of England and on the French coast have been wrecked. In most cases, however, no lives were lost. The Norwegian ship Isbaaden stranded at Yarmouth yesterday and broke up before the lifeboat could reach her. An attempt was made to get a line to her by means of a rocket, but this failed, and the crew, about a dozen in number, perished. A number of Torbay trawlers were caught irethe gale and made for home. While run- d spoke briefly of the | Ping into the harbor three of them were dashed upon the rocks and one sank. Twenty were serious! TIED UP ALL THE WIRES, Gradual Increase of the Storm Until It Became a Blizzard. Families in Remote Districts. Will Suffer and Cattle Probably Perish. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 25.—Kansas City awoke this morning to find a half inch of snow as a gloss to the covering of ice on the ground caused by the sleet- storm of Sunday. The asphalt streets were as slippery as skating ponds and traffic and travel were generally impeded. At noon snow began falling in earnest and was driven by a gale from the north, It continued to fall all the afternoon and up to a late hour to-night. The storm is gen- eral all over Kansas and Okiahoma. Re- ports from the former indicate a regular blizzard at Emporia and west and south from that point. Guthrie, Oklahoma, reports a remark- able snowstorm, a thing heretofore un- known at this season in that country. Sev- eral inches of snow has fallen, and one of ppi region, but the variety of | rests, when understood, were not an- | stic. Speaking of the great extent | i territory represented in the congress, | ernor Prince emphasized it by stating | two of the delegates to the congress | 1t in the hall never before in their | lives had seen snow until they saw itin Omaha now. Speaking further of the | variety of interests and resources of the trans-Mississippi region Governor Prince referred to a number of them —silver, wheat, wool and others—and argued briefly that the antagonism to the inter- | ests of it was foreign and not oforin | jtself. » To the Governor, Mayor and business men of the city Governor Prince returned thanks for the welcome tendered the con- vention, and he also gracefully thanked and complimented the ladies who had decorated the hall and shown such an in- terest in the congress. President Cannon then made a short ad- dress in which he reiterated the demand for non-sectionalism made by the Gov- ernor and Mr. Prince. Adjournment was then had until 3 o’clock, when Professor Waterhouse of ‘Washington University, St. Louis, was in- troduced and spoke on the cultivation and use of ramie, otherwise known as “*China grass,”” “grass plant” and “rhea.’ He claimed that it was the strongest fiber known, that the garments made from it were waterproof and could not be worn out for years in China, the same being handed down to three generations. The ramie requires a clayey, sandy, alluvial | soil, found in the Southern States. He predicted that the invention of a new ma- chine for separating the gum from the fabric of ramie would revolutionize the textile industries, as did the invention of the cotton-gin. Hon. Hugh Craig of San Francisco spoke the hardest snowstorms ever known is now prevailing there. Hennessy also reports an unusnal storm for this time of year. Snow commenced fallingat 4 o’clock this morning and had not abated up to-night. The storm was accompanied by a high wind. Stock will necessarily suffer, as will families in re- mote districts, who are poorly prepared at this time of year for such severe weather. CHICAGO, Inn, Nov. The big snowstorm that passed over the Hocky Mountains on Sunday reached this section early this evening, but in different forms at different localities. At some places it was merely a wet, soft snow, while at oth- ers it turned into sleet and bail. Not for years have the wires iu the Cen- tral States met with such an obstacle and by 10 A. M. not a wire was left unbroken between this city and St. Paul or west to Omaha. The Kansas City wires remained up an hour longer, when they, too, went. From meager reports the most serions damage appears to have been done in Central Missouri, where the storm took the form of a Western cycione, doing great damage to treesand shrubbery and leaving the railroads and telegraph com- panies with no means of communication. ommces T00 MILD A CONTEST. So the Spectators Drove the Bulls and Toreadors From the Ring. NEW YORK., N. Y., Nov. 25.—A special from Mexico City says: There was an alleged bull-fight here yesterday. The bulls were so mild and genial thut they even refused to kill a toreador when they had a chance. This so enraged the audi- ence that they tore the ring to pieces, and, | using planks as paddies, spar.ked the bulls until they ran bellowing from the arena and hid under the seats. Although the bulls and the fighters suc- ceeded in escaping without sezious injury, many of the spectators were hurt. It re- quired the efforts of a regiment of soldiers on the Hawaiian question, American mer- chant marine rehabilitation, and the cable to the Sandwich Islands. Resolutions were presented in favor of Government control of the Nicaragua canal, indorsement of ramie, appointment of a United States irrigation commission, admission of New Mexico to statehood, iree coinage of silver, improvement of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, enactment National bankruptcy law, annexation of Hawaii and Cuba, construction of a rail- way from Southern California to Salt Lake, speedy completion of the Hennepin canal and favoring the deepening of Duluth harbor. A reception was given to the delegates at the City Hall 3t 7 o’clock this evening. The e # Sed Bn was given over to an adadress by ex-(! fernor Prince on “‘State- hood of New Me ' and by Professor Jobn R. Park of Salt Lake City on “For- estry in the Rocky Mountain Region.” Ex-Governor Prince’s paper abounded in facts and figures as to New Mexico’s re- sources and fitness for statehood. He showed that his Territory had many min- eral and agricultural advantages and was to stop the tumult. There were several hundred arrests made. e Killed the Children and Himself. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Nov. 25.—After killing his two children by locking them in a Jarge box and suffocating them with gas, Herman Hattenborst, a boxing in- structor, committed suicide by sending a bullet crashing through his right temple, No cause is assigned for the deed other than despondency over business matters. Chicago Express Met a Freight Train. TWO POSTAL CLERKS KILLED. None of the California Passengers Hurt, but Several Easterners Were Injured. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. 25.—A disastrous wreck occurred on the Santa Fe Railroad at Shoemaker, a small station just north of Las Vegas, this aiternoon. The fast Chicago express from California (train 4) was proceeding at its usual speed when, without warning, it collided with weéstbound fast freight 35. Roth engines, mail and express cars were badly wrecked and piled up in the river. ‘The wreckage took fire, and it was with great difficulty that any passengers were saved from the cars that leit the track. As sudden as was the collision the train crews succeeded in jumping and saving their lives except Conductor Robb of the freight train, who is charged with having caased the wreck by allowing his train to pro- ceed upon the passenger train’s time in order to make a meeting point. He was caught under the wrecked cars, and is supposed to be fatally injured. The two postal clerks, Harry Russell of La Junta and F. D. Pitney of Denver, went down in their cars and were instantly killed. So far as known no California passengers were injured, although a lady and her two small children had a very narrow escape, they occuyying the chair car and were all three thrown into the river, but were res- cued by others. Several Eastern people were quite seri- ously injured, but uot fatally. The wreck occurred at 4 p. M. and the injured were immediately sent to the com- The bodies were found to-day in the rooms used by the man to give boxing lessons, on the second floor of 1295 Broadway. Hat- tenhorst was 35 years of ace. i ey Into Voluntary Liguidation. OMAHA, NEBR., Nov. 25.—The Nebraska Savings Exchange Bank of this city has gone into voluntary liquidation. The de- posits, amounting to about $150,000, are re- ported secure. The stockholders will get something. P g e A Bliszard in Texas. DALLAS, Tex.. Nov. 25.—A big storm set in early this morning. The weather is very cold and a blizzard is blowing. I'his is zfie earliest big snowstorm in Northern Texas since 1883, Eany's hospital at Las Vegas, where they ave had their wounds dressed, and ata late hour to-night all were reported as doing well. —grs MURDERED FOR THEIE MONEY. Fate of Three Men and a Boy Who De. parted in a Boal. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 25.—A special from Paris. Tex., to the Seripps McRae League, says that later developments con- cerning the finding of a dead man ona trading-boat below Arthur City yesterday evening reveals the fact. that four were murdered. About three weeks ago three hunters purchased a boat and with a hired ‘boy moved two miles below Arthur, For several days the boat was observed While Going at Full Speed the| GEORGE E. WHITE, KING OF ROUN WRECK ON THE SANTA FE D VALLEY, AS HE APPEARED IN THE COUNTY JAIL YESTERDAY. {Sketched From life by a *‘Call” staff artist.] anchored without a human being in sight. Yesterday parties concluded to investi- 'Fabe, and-the corpses of three men and a ‘boy ‘were all séen lying in bed and un- dressed. ' A ferocious dog prevented the varties from eptering. The victims had evidently been dead for several days. One had teen killed by his skull'being crushed.: When the trappers Eurchased the boat they were known to ave $300. It is supposed they were fol- lowed up and raurdered for the money. ALl Al WANTS MORE - WARSHIPS. Secretary Herbert Will Recommend Ad- ditions to the Navy. NEW YORK, N: Y., Nov. 25.—The Sun’s ‘Washington special says: Battle-ships and torpedo-boats will again be recommended by Secretary Herbert in his annual report, which has been completed and goes to the President on Tuesday. Last session he asked for three battle-ships and three torpedo-boats, which the House author- ized, but when the bill came to the Senate one of the battle-ships was stricken out and six gunboats of about 1000 tons dis- placement were substituted. The num- ber of torpedo-boats was also reduced. This year Herbert will urge in his re- port that two or three ships of the class of the Kearsarge be provided and a good- sized fleet of torpedo-boats be authorized. It is not expected that any more cruisers will be asked for, as the Secretary is of the opinion that there are enough of this class of naval ships, with those building. for the present requirements of the service. The Secretary will also reco;ymend two sailing- ships for the use of the cadets at Annapo- lis, to cost about $250,000 and to be con- structed on thesheathed-bottom plan. The Secretary believes that the qualities which make fine seamen can be better acquired by cadets in handling vessels of the old type than those of the modern ships with mod- ern machinery. Sl 2 FUNERAL OF FIREMEN. Burial of the Four Brave Men Who Perished at Chicago. CHICAGO, ILn., Nov. 25. — Impressive funeral services were held to-day over the remains of Patrick J. O'Donnell, John Downs, Martin Sherreck and Thomas J. Prendergast, the firemen who followed duty to death in the Woolen Exchange building fire. The sefvices were conducted at_three churches, great crowds sssem- bling at each. The three corteges met at a driznated point and proceeded together toward' the cemeteries. St. Louis was rep- resented by Assistant Chief ‘Hillenkoelter and three other members of the fire de- partment. Chief Swenie, his assistants and many otber Chicago firemen attended each funeral in a body. —_— ATCHISON KEORGANIZATIGN, It Ts Understood That Ripley Has Been Closen President of the Road. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 25.—The joint executive reorganization committee of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe held a protracted session this afternoon and will meet again_to-morrow. 1t is understood that Third Vice-President E. P. Ripley of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- way has been elected as president of the Atchison_ road. According to reports re- ceived Aldace F. Walker is to be chairman of the board of directors. and First Vice- President _D. B. Robinson is to retain his present position, VISITED BY SEVERE FIRES IC)Jicago Again = the Scene of Two Destructive Blazes. VERY HEAVY LOSS SUSTAINED. | Arnold Bros’ Packing-House and Trude’s Commercial Building Badly Damaged. CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 25.—A destructive fire started in A. 8. Trude's commercial building at Randolph street and Wabash avenue, between 10 and 11 o’clock to-night and destroyed- the building, creating a property loss of $75,000. The fire started in the engine-room. The chief tenants of the building were Brewer & Selbach, who conducted a saloon on the ground floor. The employes of this establishment had barely time to escape. Three upper floors were occupied by ‘the Clohesy printing concern and the Kehoe Candy Company. The stock and material ‘in both places were totally destroyed. The structure was destroyed by fire five years ago. Between 12 and 1 o’clock this morning fire was discovered in the Arnold Bros.’ packing-house and meat market on the Haymarket square. The fire started about the middle of the building in the smokehouse and burned out the south half of the building. The fire would not have gained such headway had not the fire alarm telegraph swires . broken down in - the storm, it being necessary to send in an - alarm from the police station near by, by * telephone to the fire head- quarters. y The Arnold’ Bros.” building was a five- story brick, and several families live in the upper floors. All were driven into the street. The property damage was esti- mated by one of the proprietors at $125,000, with an insurance of $75,000. IRk R INNOCENT. ONE PRISO. Was Wrongfully Seatenced to a Term of Fifteen Ycars. UTICA, N. Y., Nov. 25.—Burglars blew open' the vault of the Vernon National Bank in this county in February last and secured $400 in money and $300 in postage stamps. In June Joseph Thornton, Wil- liam Murray and John Farrell were found guilty of the burglary. Thornton Was sen- tenced to fifteen years in Auburn. Sheriff Weaver believed that James Sul- livan, a Providence (R. I.) cfacksman, and Frank Cassidy were implicated in the crime. He traced them to Omaha, and there lost track of them.. Cassidy, it now appears, was sent to the penitentiary in 'the latter part of June from Oswego County for assault. At the time of the burglary trial he was in Utica.. Sullivan was ar- rested at Albany and sent to the peniten- tiary for three months for stealing a ride on a freight train. When _liberated both meén, were rearrested and brought here, charged with the burglary. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to Auburn on Friday, their terms being six yearsand a half each. Before going to prison Saturday Sullivan contessed to Sheriff Weaver that Thornton had nothing to do with the robbery and was not with the gang at Vernon that night. Steps wili at once be taken to se- cure a pardon for Thorntou. The evidence against him was purely circumstantial. —_———— Failure of a Newspaper. " NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 25.—The State, one of the two papers in this city taking the service of the Chicago Asso- ciated Press, was not printed to-day. The Sheriff has possession of the plant and has ros&ed a notice on the doors of the build- ng that the plant will be sold by him next Saturday. BADED B DETECTES An Alleged Medium Rudely In- terrupted During a Seance. “I Am Your Sister’s Ghost,” Said “ Dr.” Rogers’ Assistant Just Before Arrest. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 25.—‘Doctor”’ Henry R. Rogers, the spiritualist and al- leged medium living at 100 West Seventy- fifth street; Elias S. Whitmore, 62 years old, a painter of 232 Madison street, Brook- Iyn, and Mrs. Mathilaa Chadwick, 42 years of age, whose residence was refused by her, were arrested at the ‘‘doctor’s’” house last night. - The arrests were made on a warrant issued in the Yorkville Court on Novem- ber 21. The complainant is Neil Girard of 232 East Eleventh street, and the defend- ants are charged with fraud in having takeu $1 from the complainant. Girard reported to = acting Captain O’Brien that Rogers was 1mposing upon the public and the head of the detective bureau arranged with him to send two de- tectives to a seance which the ‘‘Doctor” was to give last night at his house. De- tectives Fay and Brown accompanied Mr. Girard to the house. They found a se- ance in progress, with soft music and dim lights. - Mrs. Chadwick is said to have been in the cabinet when the detectives arrived and was impersonatine Emma Lockman, a sister of Mr. Girard. Just as she said, “I am your.sister’s ghost, Emma,” the detect- ivesturned on the lights and announced themselves. They arrested the woman and the two men. Whitmore attempted to assault De- tective Brown. ‘The remainder of the au- dience cleared out in the wildest confusion. THE KING'S OWN CASE George E. White, Autocrat of Round Valley, Explains. BEEIND PRISON BARS. Sensitive as to Prevalent Impressions of His Personality. {4 HE POSES FOR HIS PORTRAIT. His Version of the Legal Battle Re- sulting in His Imprisonment for Contempt. George E. White, the King of Round Valley, occupies his comfortable quarters in the County Jail as imperturbed as though he were the guest of the Palace Hotel and enjoying the freedom of the City. Apparently time does not hang on his hands. He spends the day in walking about the small corridor, lounging in tne spacious room just over the jail office and reading the newspapers. This latier recre- ation has been enhanced by hiz own state- ment made in THE CarLon Snuday con- ce rning the Lold-up of himself by Daniel T. Woodman. He strolled into the corridor yesterday after a social visit from Dick McDonald ‘of Pacific Bank infamy. Dressed in a tailor- made long frock suit of black cloth, his carriage that of a man who had lived well and enjoyed the good things proauced of earth, he appeared of the same impassive nature that he has always been. whether the world “wagged well’’ or ill for him. He was more interested in watching his fellow-prisoners, who were taking their afternoon exercise in the iong corridor, than in his own affairs. *“That is Durrant, is it not?’ he asked, evading a question as to himself and pointing to the convicted man. “I bave never seen him before, but I recognize him from the pictures I have seen in the newspapers.” “The pictures must have been accurate, then,” was the reply. “That’s true, but the artists make a bad stagger at my pictures. Why, they pre- sent me with my hat thrown back on my head, making me look as though I were starting out to hold up a stage.” He stepped into his room as he was talking, and taking from the closet a high silk hat, placed it on his head. “Do I look like a highwayman?” he asked. Being assured that he did not, the K ing of Round Valley consented to sit for a por- trait. “But I do not care to say anything, par- ticularly about my arrest for contempt of court, at present,’”’ recurring to the ques- tion asked him in the corridor. “There isn’t as much to say about 1t to-day as there will be later. This is not the end of it. Five days in jail doesn’t bother me. [ am well treated here, and I haven’t done anything disgraceful noranything to merit the punishment. If Judge Hebbard had listened to the excuses I presented for my non-appearance in his court last April there would have been no sentence for contempt and nothinz for the Supreme Court to hear. “At the time I was summonea to appear in Judge Hebbard’s court last April in the matter of the receivership growing,out of the suit brought by my wife I had been accidently shot in the right leg. Dr. Bel- lamy attended me, and advised that I was in no condition to make the trip from Round Valley to San Francisco. My leg was very badly swollen, but I insisted that I ought to go in answer to the court’s or- der. He said it might cause me the loss of my leg, so I concluded to stay. “Within three or four days I made the effort to get down here, and finally sue- ceeded, reaching Judge Hebbard’s court one day after the date set for my appear- ance. I had Dr. Bellamy's sworn certifi- cate as to my condition, but it had no manner of effect upon Judge Hebbard. He wouldn't look at it. He wouldn’t look™ at my leg. He wouldn’t look at anything, but adjudged me 1n contempt. Of course my attorneys carried it to the Supreme Court, but that did no good. The judg- ment was affirmed, and here I am, where my friends will have no trouble to find me. I'll be ‘at Lome’ here for a day or two.” The King of Round Valley showed a full lower row of gold teeth as his lips parted in a smile, and cast his eyes about on the rude though not uncomfortable furnish- ings of the room, remarking that it wasn’t such a bad place. Then he turned to look at the skbtch that had been made of him. “That isn’t a bad picture of me,” he said, eying it critically. “It will do very well if it shows apin print all right. An artist might as well make a man look like a gentleman as a horsethief.” John 8. Rohrer, who was arrested and brought down from Round Valley and who is sharing White's quarters in the County Jail, entered the room. “Mr. Rohrer,” said White, *‘is the man to whom I leased my property in June, 1894. This was about the time the re- ceiver was appointed by Judge Seawell. But before this appointment my property had been attached by my creditors, and I thought it best to lease it to Rohrer so as Aches And pains of rheumatism can be cured by removing the cause, lactic acid in the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism by neutralizing this acid. Thousands of peo- ple tell of perfect cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. $1; 6for $5. Hood’s Pills iR i '