The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1895, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1895 be the main purpose for coming, and all | are welcome.” R. F. Carman, Francis Underhill and H. K. Bloodgood, the well-known New York whips, who are to act as judgesat the horse show, arrived here yesterday | morning and. went to the Palace. After | brushing off the dust of travel they took | the 11:45 o'clock train for Bnrlingflme,‘l where they were the guests of J. D. Grant. | This evening they will be the guests of | honor at a dinner given by President Henry J. Crocker at his home, where they | will meet the other directors of the show. | They will begin their work Tuesday. | Mr. Carman, who is known as the best all-round whip in New York and owns & farm at Carmandale, Long Island, was out here at last year’s show with Reeves, who acted as one of the judges The horse shows in New York,” he said vesterday, *have had a very beneficent | effect. Every year I wonder at the im- | provements that can be traced directly to | the mfluence of the shows. They tried to | improve the breeding of classes, of course, | more than anything else, but are beneficial to everything that pertains to the horse. | od result is that there is much more | shown in all turnouts. Then | have caused a great many more people to go in for riding and driving. The number of four-in-hands is increasing | all the time. Your show out here las? year l has from all I can see and hear done a great deal. Many of your people have | been buying he and harness and car- | iages in the East since then. In New | INCREASE THE NAVY, That Is Recommended in the Report of Secre- tary Herbert. MORE VESSELS NEEDED. Uncle Sam Lamentably Deficient in Battle-Ships, Cruisers and Torpedo-Boats. ADDITIONAL SEAMEN REQUIRED Important Reasons Urged for the Establishment of a Large Reserve Force. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—Advo- cates of continuing the increase in the TOILET OF ONE 18} ey 52 % e 7 OF THE *“400.” of course, it is a great event to 1% is really the opening of the r season. Mr. Underhi L= show hibitors ve “Ex- vhat ideal | 1d try to come up to, and can- first, understand the decision. that there are certain or us to go from which viate. The people here are enterprising, and I believe that there will | { arm down at Santa alter Taylor Jr., editor of the Riderand ver of New York, the only paper in the country interested in higlt class saddle and barness horses and hunt- ers, arrived from the East last evening for the purpese of attending the horse show. It is his intention to publish a special edi- | tion devoted to the San Francisco horse | the 21st. 1 z x or is looked upon as an author- ity on the classes of horses used for riding | and driving. ! “The early horse shows in New York | enot at all successful,” he said last | g at the Palace. ‘A few years ago, when society became fteroated 1h this, | they braced up, and the stock is now sell- | ing for fabulous sums. The tendency of | the New York horse shows has been, more | than anything else, to give the people an idea of zood form in horses, harness and | carriages and so has developed a taste on | the part of those who can afford them. As | a consequence the price of horses has beenp | materially affected. “People used to look upon carriages as | :ere conveniences to take them about and | - ements to their coach. | men. Nowt take pride in their turn- outs and look out for them themselves and | do not get swindled as much as they used | to. There has been a tendency to less vul- | garity, the trappings and trimmings have | been toned down. As to the horses the shows have taught | the people what to- buy and given the breeders a definite knowledge of what to | 1. Botk | breed. Both sides have been educated. | The riding and driving have also been greatly increased, and the prices for good | horses of the different classes required ad- vanced. _“We all know that trotting horses bred simply for speed—to try to get down to two minutes—bring Jow prices. If a breeder fail to get speed he hason his hands a lot of horses not fit for anything— long, ewenecked, slabsided eyesores. They should stop breeding for extreme speed and try to get horses with beauty of conformation, bone and substance.” SHOTS FIRED AT A MEFETING. An Assemblage in Sofia That Broke Up in a Panic. SOFIA, Burcarta, Dec. 1.—A meeting in support of the Macedonian movement was held here this afternoon. The square in which the meeting was held was crowded. M. Takioff presided. He claimed for Mace- donia concessions from ‘Turkey similar to those granted to Armenia. Before the p¥o- ceedings had progressed far disorder broke out and two revolver shots were fired. This caused a panic, and in the rush that followed to escape from the square several persons were injured. A number of police and a detachment of cavalry cleared the square, and, fearing that there might be a repetition of the disorder, the cavalry were ordered to patrol the streets during the evening to prevent any further gatherings. . Culmination of a Feud, CROWN POINT, Ixp., Dec.l.—During a melee at Shelby last night, John and Frank Lattey were sbot and probably fatally wounded, and Frank Fuller was clubbed unmercifally, and is in a critical condition. Six men were injured. The cause of the trouble is the culmination of an old family feud. It’s Christmas at Crockers® already. , Pocket books, card-cases, bags, portfolios, writing-paper —plenty and beautiful. 227 Post street 215 Bush street % | the continuation of | tion of Congress. new navy will find satisfaction in the an- nual report of Secretary Herbert to the President, from which the injunction of secrecy is to-day removed. The Secretary recommends the construction of two battle-ships and at least twelve torpedo- boats and prefaces his recommendation with the statement that ““an inspection of the tables herein given, showing the rela- tive strength of navies, will furnish, it is believed, all the argument now needed for the building pro- gramme heretofore indicated by the. ac- ‘We are not in want of ordinary armored cruisers or gunboats, but we are lamentably deficient in torpedo- boats, and we certainly need more battle- ships. An inspection of the building pro- | grammes of other nations will demon- strate that the lessons taught at Yalu and | Wei-hai-wei have tended to confirm the belief of nav world in the effi of vessels.” That gunboats and torpedo-boats may be built cheaply the Secretary points out briefly. The gratifying progress made by our manufacturers of steel and our ship- builders, and the competition amongthem has epabled the department during the past two YVears, he says, to contract for gunboats and torpedo boats at a very large reduction from former prices. The price per ton for the gunboats Machias and Castine, contracted for in April, 1390, was $302 86, the average price of the three boats contracted for in Jan- uary, 1894, and of the six others just let out to contract is $222 34 per ton, a saving of $80 52 per ton, or 26 per cent of the price of the ships. The price of the Ericsson, contracted for in October, 1891, was $954 83 ver ton. The average price of the six tor- pedo-boats contracted for in 1895 is $766 58 per ton, a reduction of $179 25 per ton, or about 20 per cent in the price of the boats. These prices compare very favorably with the prices of similar work done abroad. Toward this proposed increase of the navy Mr. Herbert estimates that $9,638,3%3 is necessary, and inclusive of that amount his estimates for the complete expenses of the naval establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, aggregate $29,311,166. Out of the appropristion for the current fiscal year amounting to $14,212,801 there remains $942 ‘With the exception of the appeal for more ships, the most important topic treated by Secretary Herbert is that of a reserve system. He prefaces his suggestion that such a system be established, with some comment on the necessity for having more enlisted men, and recommends that the enlistment of 1000 more men be authorized. Giving figures to show how small our enlisted force is and how large those of European countries are, he makes a comparative statement of our 13,800 blue- jackets and marines with Germany’s 21,- 487. Germany’s available men, while not all at one time in actual service on board ships, would in case of war furnish no lack of trained and drilled material for the im- perial navy, ‘‘and,” says the Secretary, *‘in case of a naval war, readiness, other condi- tions being equal, means victory.” “In the emergency of war coming quickly what should we do for men?”’ he asks, “All allowed by law are enlisted and all enlisted are already on ships. We have a magnificent squadron, if armed and manned, but we have not a man to puton one of them and no authority to accept the services of a single one of the thonsands who, in case of war, would vol- unteer to serve. “All this ought not to be. It is the height of unreason to pay heavy subven- tions to swift ships and call them our auxiliary navy unless we have the means of arming them; it is folly to maintain these ships and procure arms for them if we are never to man them, and certainly it is unwise and short-sighted to defer making any provision by law for procur- ing the men who are to utilize these ves- sels until after the emergency of an always possible war shall have arisen. ‘“There is no other nation that has so much of the material of war that is so little prepaged to utilize it; that has so much of personnel available and that is so experts throughout the iency of these two classes .utterly without authority of law to em- ploy it. The department needs present authority to enlist the thousand men asked for, and this number will be suffi- cient, if the policy hererein outlined be approved hy Congress, to answer all the ‘necessities of the Government while we are so fortunate as to be on a8 peace foot- ing. It will certainly suffice for years to come.” But Congress should not stop here, says Mr. Herbert, and he therefore suggests that, in order to be able to iuan our reserve fleet ana such naval vessels as may not have full crews, the President be author- ized to enlist in the naval service, upon exigencies to be judged of by him, such of the naval, militia and other men. not to exceed altogether the number necessary to man all the ships of the navy and such ships as under the laws now existing, or hereafter to be enacted, the Government has the right to call into its service far a period of say two years, the Government reserving the privilege of discharging when the exigency may have passed. The Secretary follows these arguments with a statement as to the necessity of keeping always a portion of our fleet in reserve. He shows by tables that of the total number of vessels belonging to Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, 55.5 per cent are 1n reserve and 44.5 in commis- sion, and says that as a rule our battle- ships, coast defense vessels and torpedo- boats; after they have been ‘broken in,” should be kept largely in reserve. Policing the seas could be done better and more economically by cruisers of lighter draft carrying smaller crews and by gunboats. The idea which Secretary Herbert thus suggests is summed up in this manner: “The department proposes, unless other- wise directea by you or by Congress, to keep, as soon as circumstances may per- mit, a number of ships, chiefly mcnitors and coast defense battle-ships, as ‘ships of the first reserve.’ After a vessel in this category has been thoroughly overhauled and pat in first-class condition in all Te- epects, she will be taken to the station where she is to lie, and her officers and crew reduced to a skeleton organization, composed of skilled artificers and other leading men, to care for her battery, hull and motive power. Such of her stores as may not be necessary for her maintenance in this condition and such others as would deteriorate by remaining on board the ship, will be taken out of her and put in a special storehouse for such ship and in immediate proximity to her, there to be separately kept as a vart of her outfit and so tallied and desig- nated in a state of readiness to be placed immediately on board. Such ship isnot to be considered as in ordinary, but isto be treated in all respects as a ship in com- mission, and subject not to the dock-yard authorities of the yard where stationed. but to the orders of the commander-in- chief of the-squadron to which she is at- tached, or under the direct control of the Navy Department. In other words, the ship would be in commission with a largely reduced crew and treated accord- ingly. The saving thus effected in men, coal stores and other charges is obvious, and at the same time the efficiency of the ship as a fighting machine will always be maintained. At least once in each year these vessels are to be given full crews and to be sent on short cruises to test their conditions, and that the men and officers may gain experience in handling them. Vessels undergoing a general overhauling at a navy-vard will be considered the sec- ond 1eser Vessels of the merchant ma- rine liable to naval service under acts of Congress will be considered the auxiliary navy.” The natural distribution geographically of these ships, it is stated, would be a station each to New England, New York harbor, the Central Atlantic coast, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast, sev- eral vessels being kept in each station. An appropriation of $100,000 is requested for giving new compound engines for Far- ragut’s old ship Hartford. Rapid-fire guns will also be placed on the vessel. On the subject of drydocks the Secretary has much to say. When the new dock at the Brooklyn Navy-yard is completed we shall have on the Atlantic coast two docks—the other at Port Royal, 8. C.—of sufficient size to accommodate our largest vessels. The Secretary says there should be a dock-yard and repairing station on or near the Gulf of Mexico, but the condition of the treasury prevents him from asking for an approvriation for its construction. He thinks that it would be extravagance to construct and maintain—as has been urged—new docks at Norfolk, Portsmouth, H., Boston, League Island, Pa., and Mare Island, Cal. SHOT DOWN BY A POSSE, Close of the Career of a Ken- tuckian Who Killed His Wife and Her Friend. Taking Refuge in a Hut, He Fought the Pursuing Officers Until Slain. CYNTHIANA, Ky, Dec. 1.—A ternble tragedy is reported from the adjoining county of Bracken, wherein two persons were killed and two others seriously shot by Orville Eals, who was himself killed by a posse after he had murdered his wife. Eals was a farmer living near Brown- ingsville, and his wife deserted him for John Fields, a tenant on the place. Eals induced his wife to return, and also Fields, whom he shot on Tuesday, death ensuing the next day. Eals defied arrest, and since then a posse has been endeavoring to locate him. FEals was well armed, and took refuge in a hut. A large posse came upon the hut last night. When an attempt was made to attack it Eals fired upon them from within. It was deemed best to wait for daylight, and to-day at dawn the attack was made. When the rush was made from the heavy timber Eals began firing. A man named McCombs fell mortally shot, dying in a few minutes, and two men namea Wells and Herbert were seriously shot. The storming party effected an entrance to the hut and a horrible sight met their gaze. On the floor lay the mutilated body of Mrs. Eais almost nude and covered with ugly wounds, while nearby lay a bloody hatchet, with which she had been kflled. The posse had fired a fusillade of shots as it entered the house and Eals was killed. The bodies of Eals and his wife were buried by the posse without the formality of an inguest. Erma No Prayers for Ingersoll. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 1.—To-day was the time designated for the special prayers in behalf of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoil by the Christian Endeavorers of the United States and Canada, in which it was an- nounced the Salvation Army was to parti- cipate. At the Salvation Army National headquarters there was nothing known re- garding i, and H. A. Kimports, secretary of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor of the State of New York and of this city, told The United Press reporter to-day that endeavorers here and through- out the State would not offer any such spe- cial prayers. IBANKS ANDCURRENCY. An Interesting Report Made to Congress by the Comptroller. REVIEW OF THE YEAR. Methods Employed to Facilitate Commercial Exchanges and Sustain a Circulation. AS TO THE CAUSE OF FAILURES. Recommendations That Only Banking Institutions Be Allowed to Issue Notes. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—The report of Hon. James H. Eckels, Comp- troller of the Currency, submitted to Congresg, gives information in detail in regard {o the organization, supervision and hquidation of the National banks fer the year ended October 31, 1895, and similar information as is obtainable relative to banks, banking companies and savings institutions organized and doing business under the laws of the several States and Territories. * In addition to the foregoing the report shows briefly the various systems of bank- ing in operation in foreign countries and in the States and Territories comprising the Union, as affording information as to the different methods employed to fa tate commercial exchanges and sustain a bank note circulation. The total number of National banks or- ganiz ed since the date the first certificate of authority was issued, June 20, 1863, to the close of the report year has been 5023, making a yearly average of 152. Of the number organized there were in active operation on October 31 last 3715, with an authorized capital stock of $664,136,915, represented by 285,190 sharehoiders, or an average capital stock of $178,772 for each bank; average number of shares to each, 2136, and of shareholders 77. The totai amount of their circulation outstanding was $213,887,630, of which amount $190,- 180,961 was secured by United States bonds, and $23,706.669 by lawful money deposited with the Treasurer of the United States. During the year 43 banks were organ- ized, located in 20 different States, with an aggregate capital stock of $4,490,000. Of these new banks 28, with a capital stock of ,000, are in the Northern and North- western sections of the country, and 15, with a capitab stock aggregating $2,360,000, in the South and Southwest. The num- ber of banks organized during the year was less than 30 per cent of the yearly av- erage. There was a net decrease during the year of §10,779,597 in the amount of circulation secured by bonds, and a gross increase of §6,322,540 in the total circula- tion. On September 1895, the date of the last report of the condition of the 3712 banks then gperating, their total resources was §3,423,629,343 63, of which $2,059,408- 402 27 represented their loans and dis- counts and $356,577,580 61 money of all kinds in bank. Of their liabilities, $1,701,- 521 28 represented individual deposits, 350 86 surplus and net undivided profits, and $182,481,610 50 outstanding cir- culation secured by bonds. Of the 3715 banks in active operation, 2001, with & capital stock of $536,725,832, are in the northern and northeastern half of the country, and 814, with a capital stock of $126,848,950, in the South and Southwest. There are 2611 National banks located east of the Mississippi River, with a capital stock of §527,612,792, and 1104 west of the Mississippi, with a capital stock of $135,961,990. The corporate existence of seventy-one National banks in sixteen States, with a capital stock of $10,662,000 and a total circulation of $3,226,275, has been extended during the year. The number of banks leaving the system by reason of the expiration of their cor- porate existence was four, having a capital stock of $300,000 and a circulation of $123,700. Of these, two were located in New York and one each in Maine and Pennsylvania. A new association, with a capital stock of $50,000 and circulation of $22,500, succeeded to one of the two in New York. During the year ending October 31, 1896, the corporate existence of twenty- eight banks, with a capital stock aggre- gating §$3,453,800 and circulation of $1,310,- 400, will expire. In the succeeding ten years, from 1896 to 1905, the corporate ex- istence of 889 banks, having a capital stock of $129,694,950 and a circulation of §34,016,- 887, will expire. The number of banks leaving the system during the year through voluntary liqui- dation was fifty-one, having a capital stock of $6,003,100, and circulation of $1,- 152,000. Receivers for thirty-six banks have been uppointed during the year. The aggregate capital stock of these banks was $5,235,020, and their circulation $1,003,402. Of the banks two, with a capital stock of $450,000, were reported last year as being 28 capital stock of $2,750,000, were of the num- ber of banks which closed their doors in, 1893, and subsequently resumed business, but through continued business depression and the slow character of their assets were unable to meet their obligations, and were thus compelled to go into insolvency. Abstracts of the reports of 1893 and 1834 are given for the purposes of comparison, those of 1893 showing the extreme condi- tion and serious banking loss. In reference to receiverships, the Comptrotler says: “In the majority of instances no bank closes its doors while it 15 possessed of quickly convertible paper, and therefore there comes into the possession of the Comntroller oniy that which is slow, doubtful, bad or absolutely worthless. It thus follows that with little or no cash received, but debts which are slow of pay- ment and much involved in or necessitat- ing litigation, the closing of trusts is pro- longed and the expense attendant therein increased. The records of the office, how- ever, show that such expense, as compared with any other class of receiverships is greatly less and tne result attained far more substantial.” During the year 101 dividends were paid, amounting to $1,380,552 65. The following amendments to the law are recommended : First—That the Comptroller, with the ap- proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, be em- powered in all proper cases to remove officers and directors of National banks for violation oflaw and mismanagement, first according them a hearing on charges preferred. Second—That the loans of any bank to its executive officers and employes be restricted and made only upon the epproval of the board of directors, a sepsrate written record thereof .being kept. Third—That the assistant cashier, in the ab- sence of the cashier, be authorizea to sign the circulating notes of the bank and reports of condition. Fourth—That some class of public office be empowered to administer the general oaths re- quired by the National bank act. Fifth—That bank examiners be required to take oath of oftice and execute & bond before starting upon their discharge of duty. Sixth—That upon & day in each year, to be designated by the Comptroller, the directors of National banks shall be required to make an examination of the affairs of the banks and submit to the Comptroller a report thereqn upon blanks to be furnished for such purpose. Seventh—That the Comptroller be authorized to issue to Netional banking associations circu- lating notes to the par value of the bonds de- posited by them with the Treasurer of the United States to secure such notes. Eighth—That the semi-annual tax levied on account of the circulating notes of National banks be reduced so as to equal but one-fourth of 1 per cent per annum. With the exception of the sixth addi- tional suggestion, the Comptroller says all these recommendations have heretofore been made to Congress. “‘The advantage accruing to the Govern- ment by the substitution of a bank note for a treasury note cnrrency,” he says, *‘would be immeasurably great. The need of maintaining a gold reserve to meet the recurring demand obligations, now never retired, would in a reasonable time be ob- viated and delivered from this vexatious and expensive difficulty; the Treasury Department could return to its legitimate function of collecting the revenues of the Government needful to meet Governmental expenses, and disbursing the same. *“With the relief gained to it through the removal of this burden would come a zreater one to the business interests of the individual citizen, whose every operation would no longer be harassed by the un- certainty springing from a fear that either in the present or the future the currency obligations now forced by his Government through the provisiong of an inflexible law into the avenues of trade and commerce may be discredited and dishonored. The relegating of the note issue entirely to the banks would give a better guarantee of meeting the varying wants of trade, which is impossible with a legal mandate decree- ing an amount of treasury issuesof no greater and no less volume at one season of the year than another, whether or no there be a corresponding increase or lessen= ing of the demand for currency to transact the business in hand.” LIFIYETTE_ AND WASHINGTON. Unveiling of a Bronze Group Representing the Two Great Generals Shaking Hands, PARIS, France, Dec.1.—A bronze group by the sculptor Bartholdi, representing Lafayette and Washington shaking hands, was unveiled in Rue Etats-Unis this morning. After the work had been pre- sented to the city M. Bompard, vice-pr dent of the municipal council, made a brief response in accepting it on behalf of the council. Embassador Eustis did not attend the ceremony owing to ill health and the re- cent death of his wife. Mr. Morss, the American Consul-General, acted in his stead. He eloquently described the grati- tude felt everywhere in the United States for the services rendered by Lafayette in their struggle for freedom. Mr. Morss’ speach was warmly applauded. Among those present were M. Bartholdi, the Hon. William E. Quinby, American Minister to the Netherlands, Mrs. Morss, Commander Rogers, naval attache of the embassy, Colonel Keliogg, military at- tache, Meredith Read, Henry Peartree and M. de Remusat. Count Assailly repre- sented the Lafayette family. During the ceremony a military band played the “Marseillaise” and American airs. FNSHED WITh TEN MEN Olympics Were Roughly Used in the Football Game at Butte. Beaten in & Hustling Contest After Four of Their Players Were Disabled. BUTTE, Moxr.,, Dec. 1.—The second game between Butte and the Olympics was played on the home grounds to-day and resulted in another victory for Butte by a score of 12 to 6. Both teams had been greatly strengthened since the game on Thursday, the Butte team by the addition of McMillan, until recently with the Reli- ance of California. To-day’s game wasa hard-bucking contest and was character- ized by a great deal of rough playing. Laswell of the Buttes was disabled n one of the first rushes and Hartzell took his place. Four of the Olympic men were knocked out, all the substitutes were ex- bausted and the team finished the game with ten men. ‘When Smith made the only touchdown for California there was a dispute over the touchdown and the um piredecided againsi the ()l_vmgics, but on the request of Presi- dent Clark of the Butte Club, the touch- down was allowed. The line-up: Position. Olympic. in voluntary liquidation, and nine, with a‘| Brook Lasw uilback. edlar Substitutes—Butte, Hartzell, Olympics, Bowen, Boyce, Cameron, McPherson, Porter, Mouroe. ‘The score—Butte 12, Olympics 6. Referee—W. H. Armstrong. Umpire—Sam Hall. Wesley Warren, W. H. Wix. Touchaowns—Butte, Hartzell 2. Olympics, Smith 1. Goals kicked— King 2, Thierkranf 1. Pedlar, Olenberg and Porter of the Olympics were disabléd, but not seriousiy injured. ‘The day was raw and cold, and less than 1000 people witnessed the game. S totn s COMING TO THIS CITYX, - The Famous Stallion Artillery to Cross the Atlantic. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. L—A well- known racing man of this city recently received word that the 12-year-old horse, Artillery, by Musket, dam Ouida by Yat- tenden, a half brother to Carbine, who ‘was purchased last summer by the Duke of Portland, is shortly to be sent to this country. Amlleré is owned h{l . T, Parsons of Christ Church, N. Z. e was a good racehorse, though not in the same class as Caroine. He will be shipped to San Francisco and sold there at auction. Musket wag originally imported to Aus- tralia from England. "It was thought at the time by the shrewd Britishers that he was little or no account, but he proved to be the sire of so many great winners that there has since been a demand both in ‘l:m%}innd and this country for the Musket lood. J. B. Haggin imported Maxim, one of Musket’s sons, about three years ago. Axiom, now dead, and Miss Maxim, both high-class fillies, were the first of his get to race here. Maxim got cast in his stall last spring and received injuries from which he died. Artillery, if he arrives safely, will be the only Musket stallion in America. WRECK AT A SIDING. New York and Philadelphia Express Ran Into an Open Switch. TWO TRAINMEN KILLED. The Engineer and Firemen Crushed and Pinned Under the Locomotive. COACHES WERE SET ON FIRE. Panic-Stricken Passengers Escaped in Time to Avoid the Flames. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 2.—The New York and Philadelphia express on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad which left Syracuseat 10:10 p. M. was wrecked half a mile north of Preble station, twenty-six miles south of this city, at 12:30 o’clock this morning. The train, which consisted of one baggage car, one mail car, two day coaches and a sleeper was running at the rate of fifty miles an hour when the wreck occurred. The sidine at Preble had been opened to allow a freight train to get out of the way of the express, and the switch was left open. The train crashed into the freight cars on the siding, completely telescoping three of them. The engine and tender of the express car were completely demol- ished, and the engineer, George Young, of Syracuse, was instantly killed. Webster Roof of Syracuse, the fireman, was taken from beneath the wreck of the engine and died scon afterward. At least a dozen passengers are badly injured. No sooner had the wreck occurred than the baggage car, which was reduced to kindling wood in the collision, caught fire from the engine. ‘The panic-stricken pas- sengers had hardly time to get from the cars before the whole train was in a blaze. The scene of the wreck is half a mile from any farmhouse,and the passengers had to fall back on their own sesources to assist themselves and their injured com- panions. There were about fifty passen- gers on the train, including the members of the “Bowery Girl” theatrical company. Willine hands went to work to rescue the bodies of the engineer and fireman, which were in danger of being cremated by the flames of the baggage car. Fireman Roof was found in a dying con- dition, pinned down by part of the engine cab. He was taken out and died soon afterward. ‘The engine was literally smashed to fragments by the collision. At 1:30 o'clock the whole train is in flames. A wrecking-train, with physicians on board, has been sent out from Syracuse. It is not certain that the engineer and fire- man are the only ones killed. The body of Engineer Young has not been found, as it is cevered by the wreck of the engine. It develops that the wrecking of the train was undoubtedly meditated and not due to carelessness in leaving open the switch. The switch was found locked open after the wreck occurred. It is impossible to get fuller particulars this morning, as the scene of the wreck 1s half a mile from apy telephone or tele- graph office. TROUBLE FOR PABST. The Discharge of a Man May Cause a Strike in the Brewery. MILWAUKEE, Wi, Dec. 1.—One steamfitter and his helper may cause the Pabst Brewing Company a heap of troubie. They were employed at the Pabst power- house and quit work yesterday on orders from the Steamfitters’ Union because the company would not discharge a non-umon man engaged in Chicago. This man was in the employ of a Chicago company and had been engaged to do a certain class of high-grade work. The union demanded his discharge a week ago, but instead the Pabst Company dis- charged the president of the union. It was supposed Friday night that the trouble had been satisfactorily arranged between Manager Parker and Delegate Lawrence of the Trades Council. The Steamfitters’ Union is a member of the Federated Trades Council. Where NEW TO-DAY. OVERGOAT WEATHER ALL RIGHT. We don’t know of any particular reason why you should buy ours other than that you've heard of the goodness of our Overcoats: Men’s $7.50 to $55. Boys’ $5to $25. Children’s $3.50 to $55. Eversthing for Men’s and Boys' wear. Good values in Smoking Jackets. o you know our 50c Neckwear ? Hais—we save you Mr. Hatter's profits. Winter Underwear that fits. “THE HUB,” Cor. Kearny and Sutter. —NO BRANCHES—~ Open Evenings Till 9. R wiier cires Summmmer Compainie iarens Fears plaints, eart- ‘urn, Sour Stomach, Flatulence, Colic, Nauseas l; & trouble is brewing for the Pabst Company is in the Brewers’ Union, which is also a member of the Trades Council. They may be expected on a sympathetic strike to support the steamfitters. Lrs g TWO MEAN ROBBERS HANGED. After Very Harsh Treatment of an Aged Man They Were Plrsued and Put to Death. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 1.—A special from Alexandria, Va., says: Alexander McClintook, an aged citizen of Fairfax, was decoyed into the woods near that place on Friday by Henry Poss and Thomas Henry, who then knocked him down and bound and gagged and robbed him. After their departure the old man, with his hands still tied behind him, made his way to the railroad station and reported the outrage, and soon_ aiterward the per- petrators were arrested here. This afternoon officers from Fairfax came here and left with the prisoners for the latter place, which is fifteen miles from telegraph and telephone communica- tion. A Fairfax man, just in to-night, says that about_half way out a party of armed men took Poss and Henry from the officers and hanged them. The report, though as yet unconfirmed, is believed. —_— NEW TO-DAY, Don’t let it get away! Opportunities!—if we all had a dollar for each one we’ve let get away we'd all be rich. But they were not all as big as this one we are offering in Boys’ Clothing—don’t let it zet away. Kilt style Overcoats, ages and warm, $3. Cape Overcoats (6 to 12) $1.75, $2.25 and $3.50. Choose from a hundred. For Pava’s boy who is getting ‘big enough for pants,” Zouave Suits (3 to7) $3.50—usual price $3.50. Fancy Fauntleroy Blouses, 50c. Tam O’Shanters, all colors, 45¢c. European Novelties—ask for them. oo Pn Thousands order by, mail. ¢ 2% to 6; good WHAT NICER HOLIDAY - GIFT THAH A PICTURE? 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