The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—N 6. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MOR Ii\TG, DECEMBER 6, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOUTED THE SPANISH. Insurgents Won a Glorious Victory in a Recent Battle. SLAUGHTER OF TROOPS. Over Seven Hundred Men Under Campos Killed in the En- gagement. GENERAL ALDAVE WAS SLAIN. Panic Seized the Regulars, and They Dispersed in a Most Disorderly Manner. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 5.—A special to the Trauscript this evening from Santiago de Cuba, by way of Key West, says: The great bat ween the Spaniards and the insurgents ngasco, Department of | Las Vil t late last month, was not a defeat for the insurgents, given out by sh orities, but was a most glori- ous victory for them. This news is re- ved from the most reliable sources in rgent camp. 1e description of the battle as given by the patriots was as follows: In this battle the Spanish troops numbered 10,000, under the command of Generals Campos, Luque and Garrich. The insurgents numbered s, 4000 under the imo Gomez, and ry and 1000 alry under the of General Antonio Maceo. nish troops made the attack on mez with his 40( lasted all day and o 7000, divided in two bod of General M comm b, z had retired from his position, were ready to move forward in irsuit when, to their astonishment, they 1d Go aind his men at the break of dy formed in line of battle. A farious ment then took place. While the Sp ged wi Gomez, General Maceo w infantry and cavaliry fell upon the Spanish from the rear, rs and machetes and scatte r the Spanish in confusion. | d them and they were forced to disperse in the most disorderly and de- moralized manner, leaving 700 killed and t number wounded. the dead was General ave. ts captured 760 rifles and large of ammunition. — - TEIS FROM THE sieported Defeat of the United Insurgent Forces quantitie SPANISH. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 5.—On December 2 the Spanish columns, under the com- mand of Generals Suarez, Valdez and Na- g 1250 men combined, had the united insurgent varro, numberi of Gomez and Maceo, 1 have for: on in Riforma, en Las V iaguey. The who were 4000 strong, lost a large and wounded. The aptured the rebel camp surgents to Trilladeros. | ports of the battle received mention is made of the valor- e E nglish ofticers, Lieu- hill, son of the iate 1, and Lieutenant | 1es, both of the Fourth Huzzars of the who recently joined the in Cuba. el camp was found a number pertaining to the Govern- so-catled Cuban republic. i Randolph C army, of docum ot of the h troops were re-enforced by ish army has had | of rebels under | in which twenty rebels inded. an enco the leader wus killed under him. . W CLEVELAND UNFAIE. Cuban Patriots Say He Did Not State the Eeal Facts. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. Manuel Sanguily, brother of Julio Sanguily, who tly sentenced in Cuba to life imy nt for aiding the Cuban rebels, 5. prisonm was delegated by the revolutionary party express the general Cuban opinion on that part of President Cleveland’s mes- ge which referred to the situation on the Sanguily said: “The message asfaras refers to Cuba is a severe utterance, it though I do think the President has been erroneously informed concerning the tatus of the war. He says that the rebellion is confined to the eastern part of Cuba. 1f he means by the eastern part all that portion of the island lying east of Havana he is correct; but that would acknowledge the fact that the Cubans occupy four-fifths of the island. If he means the part east of Camaguay he is in error, because the revoluti extends throughout Camaguay and La Villas, and there have been revolts in Matanzas,where e are many insurgents. he President says the Cubans are fight- ing in order to achieve ‘more’ autonomy. The truth is that they never had any autonomy at all. The last method em- oyed by Spain in implanting in Cuba is so-called autonomy would have led ¢ to a reorganization Jf the Govern- 1tina centralized manner subject to dictation of Madrid. The President’s references to the dis- orders in the islands, to their effect on the commercial relations with this country, were not in the vein which would have been employed by a great statesman, but the President ought to know the canse of all the disturbances and disorders is the tyrannical policy of Spain in Cuba against the feeling and aspirations of its native habitants. I think the course whicha atesman should adopt would be to pre- his by striking at the root of the _ Senor Estrada, the Minister of the Revo- lutionary Government in the United States, would only say that Sanguily had Sayas’ horse | TOV® 2& b . | in the United States court this alternoon, | in their possession. much cause for comfort. The general opinion among Lubans and Cuban-Ameri- cans was that the message was a sad dis- appointment and very discouraging to the revolutionists. — EAN THE BLOCKADE. Arms for the Insurgents Landed Near Havana. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 6.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Havana, says: A rebel blockade runner, loaded with arms and munitions of war for the revolu- tionists, has succeeded inlanding her cargo near Mariel. The significance of the foregoing becomes evident when it is remembered that Mariel is only about twenty miles from Havana.' It has a large and well-sheltered harbor and is connected with Havana by a river. RESCUED FROM THE GYPSIES. The Little Daughter of a Prominent Boston Man Kidnaped and Taken to Canada. MONTREAL, QuEskc, Dec. 5.—Secretary Lamonche of the detective department to- day succeeded in finding the 3-year-old daughter of William Leonard, one of the most prominent citizens of Boston, Mass., who disappeared over six months ago. The case has caused great excitement in New and, as it was thought thkat the child had been kidnaped. The develop- ments prove that to have been true, as the hild was discovered with a band of gyp- s at Point Lewis, opposite Quebec, on the other side of theriver. They had been trying to evade the pursuit of the special detective. but were run down to-day near the former place and the child found The child will be re- turned to its parents at once and the chief of the gypsies arraigned on the charge of kidnaping. DON'T LIKETHE MESSHGE Cleveland's Utterances Cause Dis- cussion Among Canadian Politicians. Government Organs Declare the Presi- dent Entirely Neglected Home Affairs. TORONTO, Oxtario, Dec. 5.—President Cleveland’s message to Congress has been of more than ordinary interest to Cana- éian political circles, and for the time being is causing no end of discussion. The World, the organ of the Govern- ment partv, to-day printed a dispatch from its correspondent in Ottawa, severely arraigning the message. The principal topic of interest to Canadians is the section referring to the Bering Sea control: The dispatch says: “‘President Cleve- land’s observations on Bering Sea control show clearly that he has been loaded up the wrong way. He complains about British vessels'not co-operating in making the patrol effective. If the English men- of-war do not do their duty the United States cruisers overdid theirs. Twenty- ght Canadian vessels operated in Bering Sea during the vast season, every one of which was visited by an Americar: cruiser one to six times. Of the United States sealing vessels, fifteen in number, it turns out that only two were properly equipved with licenses and flags, showing that the | United States cruisers neglected to watch their own vessels. Three seizures were made of Canadian vessels, none of which | were justified by the courts.” Nearly all the other Governmentorgans in Montreal, Ottawa and Ontario are equally condemmnatory of the foregoing phase of the mossage, and speaking edi- the Globe says that tne message is nothing else than a lot of nothingness, with too much attention to outside affairs and not enough to home ones. v i COMPANIES MAY COMBINE. Judge Showaller Decides a Famous Case in Favor of the Chicago Gas Concern. CHICAGO, IrL., Dec. 5.—At the conclu- sion of arguments in the case of Pitt Bar- rows against the Chicago Gas Company, Judge Showalter surprised everybody, in- cluding counsel on both sides of the dase, by deciding i at once. It was thought he would take the case, which involves some nice points at law, under advisement for at least two months. The decision was in favor of the gas company, and according to it they can now combine when and where they please. Pitt Barrows, a Con- necticut bondholder of the company, asked for an injunction to restrain the different companies furnishing gas to Chi- cago from combining, as he understood their purpose to be under the new re- organization plan. This injunction Judge Showalter refused to grant. e DEFAULTER WARD RETURNS. He Did Not Foluntarily Surrender to the Officer. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 5. — The steamer City of Dallas, having on board A. K. Ward, the Memphis defauiter, got in about midnight, and this morning at 9 o'clock Chiet Mosley of Memphis left with his prisoner for that city. Chief Mosley says there there is no fruth in the story that Ward surrendered voluntarily, Ward claims that he went aboard the City of Dallas intending to surrender. Mosley says he and his men traced Ward until just before Ward boarded the steamer. A man named Belden said Mosley threw Ward down. When the officers arrived at Puerto Cortes Belden sought them and proposed to produce Ward for $1000. Mos- ley ascertained tit Belden really knew Ward’s whereabouts and succeeded in learning that he was in hiding on the City of Dallas. Pt g Foundered in Mid-Ocean. LONDON, ExG., Dec. 5.— A telegram has been received from CaptaingPatterson of the British steamer Madura, which sailed from Hamburg,November 14,for Port Royal, 8. C., who has arrived at Corrunna, Spain, stating that the Madura foundered in mid-ocean. i cgd wiih ) Killed by a Gas Explosion. DUBLIN, Ireraxp, Dec. 5—Three men were killed in one of the streets of this city to-day by the explosion of gas in un- derground gaspipes they were repairing. bl A M. Challemel-Lacour Very Ill. PARIS, Frascg, Dec. 5.—M. Challemel- | acour, president of the Senate, is very : L: cxpressed his views. He added that he | iil, and his condition is regarded as most believed the President had given Spain |serious. ARMY OF ARMENIANS, That Is What the Rev. Mr. Chitjian Is Trying to Organize. WILL DIE IN THE CAUSE. Uprisings Will Be Continued Until Turkey Is Eatirely Dismembered. ADDITIONAL TALES OF HORROR. Wretched Condition of the Destitute in Provinces That Were Deluged in Blood. BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 5—A dispatch from Syracuse, N. Y., stated yesterday that Rev. Q. B. Chitjian of that city was organizing an army ot Armenians with the ostensible purpose of returning to their native land and fighting against the Turkish Government. It is known that he but it must be very near 1000, if it has not passed it. The number of wounded in the hospital is over 100 and many remain in hiding. The very large proportion of killed demonstrates the fact that the attack was with intent to kill, which was confirfned by the awful nature of the wounds. “The present condition of the people is as bad as that of Sassoun after the massacre. There no houses remained, but the people could get to districts where they could be housed and scantily fed. Here no district has escaped, and the stories from villages of the outlying districts are heart- rending. The attack seems to have been almost universal and very ploody. The wanton destruction of property that could not be removed will be very marked. Boxes and other furniture were spiit and provisions that could not be carried away were destroyed. Picklesand preserves were emptied into flour-boxes and beets, pota- toes, flour and other provisions were piled in the middle of the floor and trampled into pulp. “In Erzeroum alone there are between two and three thousand people destitute of fuel, bedding and food, and the majority have only the clothes they have on their backs. The remnants of the villages are even worse off. Beventy-five thousand dollars were to have been expended in Sas- soun this winter. The Sassoun affair is forgotten in this thousandfold more dire calamity that has befallen the country. “The wave started at Constantinople, and has so far swept through Trebizond, Baboort, Erzinghan, Bitlis, Harpoot and most of the intervening districts. Of the districts, aside from the cities, that have suffered are: Vegung, at the west; Ke- makh, Erzingan, Terjan, Baboort, Kooroo Chai, Ezroomslain, Keepoo, Passen, Kra- 1 l‘!im 1l | 1 1 il ABDUL HAMID, SULTAN OF TURKEY, WHO IS REPORTED INSANE. Rome, Ttaly, Dec. 5.—A dispatch from Constantinople, received in this city, states that the Sultan has become insane. has received many recruits, although as yet he has refused to give his exact inten- tentions as to the disposal of the army. The authorities learned to-day of a simi- lar attempt being made in this city to into an armed struggle. The leader of the Governmentin this city is Rev. Quarckin B. Chitjian, and when seen by THE CALL correspondent to-day he had this to say about the movement: “We have begun and will continue to cause uprisings year after year until we dismember the Turkish Governmen®. T may not do any fighting in the mountains myself, but I will do that which wiil be of greater consequence. I will go about among my people, organize them and spur them on to fight for their liberty. They are ready to die: Their dear ones are dead. We are going to our deaths, but I do not think that this country will per- mit any further massacres. *‘Let 1,000,000 aie if it will free 2,000,000 Armenians. We will not depend on our force which we gather in America, as it will probably not number over 1000, but we will gain recruits in Europe, and then shall fight until we are exterminated. know that if Ido not fight for my liberty and keep silent that the Turkish Govern- ment will again be on us with slaughter. We will die fighting rather than in silence. We are trying to make the people a power in the direct way. If we do not make it a systematic organization we shall be powerless.” A special meeting of the prudential com- mittee of the American Board of Foreign Missions was called to-day, and as a result an order has been issued calling on the members forming the, Red Cross Society, of whici Miss Clara Barton of Washington 1s president, to undertake reliet work in Turkey as an international organization in that country. It is though that this humanitarian or- ganization being international in its char- acter is the only one that can suc- cessfully carry out the work of American relief, as Turkey herself being a member of the society cannot forbid its work. g DELUGED IN CHRISTIAN BLOOD. Fivid Story of the Bold Plunder of Many Provinces. : BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 5.—A letter de- scriptive of recent events in Erzeroum, Asiatic Turkey, has been received in Bos- ton from a correspondent, who says that the eity is quiet and the Government is trying to reassure the people. “But,” he adds, “it did that prior to the massacre, and the people are in a state of nervous panic. The strain to which they have been subjected has been wearying, and the future is uncertain. The doors of the houses were beaten in and houses plundered of everything, and many of the poor people have not even money enough to get the doors repaired, and they are afraid to sleep behind broken doors. ‘“‘About 700 houses and about 1500 shops were plundered of all that wasin them. The number of killed can never be known, for there were many strangers in the city enlist the cause of all Eastern Armenians | I | killed. roos, Alashgird and Byazia. The entire Erzeroum province has beeen deluged in Christian blood and the bulk of Christian property plundered or destroyed. “The Government is making a show of distributing the plunder collected from the barracks to the rightful owners, though this-attempt is rather farcical. A few will get something back, a good many will get nothing. The Government is giving out bread to thedestitute. How long this will continue is not known. ‘‘More recently there was a scare and the firing began to be general all over the city. The people became terrified snd rushed for places of safety. Ten or fifteen were However, the Government took prompt measures to suppress the firing and it continued only about an hour. It started from the quarrel of two soldiers over loot, in which one shot the other. The Consuls have done all they possibly can for the safety of the city. The English Consuls have done everything for the safety of life and property. The Consuls have suggested that the various Governors be made personally responsible for the safety of the foreigners, both Consuls and missionaries. Only foreign occupation will establish a beneficial change. The reform scheme was born dead and there is no hope from that quarter. If Europedelayslonger the suffering this winter will be most har- rowing. ‘ “The Turks declare that the Armenians made an attack on the Government house, and so the affair began. This declaration is absolutely without foundation. There was no attack even contemplated by Ar- menians. The first shot was an aged priest, who was at the Government house to present a complaint to the Governor. He had been robbed in his own house in the village of Tivnig, and only got off with his life by giving a note for $500 for five days. He was an inoffensive old man ana would be the last man in the world to offer an attack. “The attack was made by Moslems after leaving the mosques after the noon hour of prayer, and it was simultaneous all over the city. The Armenians were in their places of business, the most of which were simply death-traps in case of any sort of attack. The silversmiths’ row was cut off at eitherend. Not a8 man escaped, and thé shops were not only plundered but wrecked. “The more violent Armenians— the Hunchagists, had determined to keep perfectly quiet till the scheme of reform was well tried. Those who are forced to give up plunder are bitterly complaining that they were told to plunder and now are forced to give up what they got, besides having ruined their Armenian neighbors and friends. The scheme of reform has now become an impossibility. The only hope of this 1and is foreign occupation. This part of the country will undoubtedly fall to Russia. ‘“We hope the time is not far distant when we shall see order restored on a permanent basis. Very many bread- Continued on Second Page ADA NOT IN CUSTODY, No Evidence to Connect Her With the Murder of Morris. WILL REMAIN IN JAIL. Prefers Seclusion to the Com- pany of the Men Who Are Hounding Her. NOW BEFORE THE GRAND JURY. Bungling Work of the Detectives May Make It Difficult to Convict the McReynolds. SONORA, CaL.,, Dec. 5.—Ada McRey- nolds, the seventeen-year-old girl who signed a siatement for the private detect- ives accusing her brothers, Albert and Westley, of killing George Morris, the operator and Wells-Fargo agentat Chinese Camp, last month, is again a free girl. The Grand Jury and District Attorney Otis de- cided this morning that there was abso- lutely nothing on which the girl could be held for murder and that she must be re- leased from Sheriff Yancey’s mansion over the hill. Shke was released all right, but the child refused to leave the prison, say- ing she preferred staying there than going out into Sonora and seeing the people, who would ‘‘stare me out of countenance,” as she put it. I want to wait until ‘maw’ comes with ‘paw’ and I'll go home with them,” Ada said to Deputy Price, who let her out of her cell and told her of the Grand Jury’s decision. The girl seems to have under- gone a revolution of feeling since her in- carceration and she has a perfect horror of the men who were her intimates. Some of the men, including Jasper Brown and a man named Hopking, bave been hanging about the County Jail ever since she has been there, seeking an interview with her. Of course the Sheriff denied them that privilege, but they still waited until the hour when the girl stepped outand took alook at them and ran back. “I don’t want to see those men again. I will not go away from here. Take me somewhere, for God’s sake, where I can forget all this”’ As the girl exclaimed this she threw herself into the armsof Mrs. Yancey, wife of the Sheriff, whose family occupy the front part of the jail as a dwelling. Mrs. Yancey comforted the weeping girl and brought her into the house, where she will remain away from the hounds that have been pursuing her. Early this morning the Grand Jury con- vened, and Ada McReynolds was one of the first witnesses. She told her story substantially as it appeared in THE CALL. She told how Jasper Brown had become her intimate friend and had coaxed her to sign a paper stating that her brothers had killed Morris. She related how Brown knew that the statement was false, but that he told her to sign it any- way, because if she would it would prove that Morris did not commit suicide. This proof, to her, was equivalent to $5000, as Brown said that the policy was made out in ber name. She signed as directed, but only after M.J. Reilly, the other detect- ive, swore that he wonid have no arrests made and that no trouble would come out of the whole thing. The girl's testimony presented both Brown and Reiily in a bad light and they were brought before the jury to explain their position. They stated that the in- surance dodge was but a bait to induce the girl to tell what she knew about the mur- der, and they professed that their efforts were made only in the interests of justice. Brown produced an old Fireman’s Fund insurance envelope with the word ‘Fire- man’s” blotted out. On this was written, “Insurance policy, $5000; George Morris in favor of Ada McReynolds.” This envelope and a telegraph message from Reilly to Brown saying, “Our general agent is in town; bring Ada to see him,” gave the girl all confidence that the in- surance money would be hersand no ar- rests would be made, since both Reilly and Brown said so. The nature of the evidence was such that the jurors promptly ordered the girl to be liberated and incidentally took occasion to let both Reilly and Brown know what they thought of that class of detective work which they had exploited. “What can you expect from private de- tectives?” District Attorney Ous said. “They had no business to ever have ar- rested that girl. The result of the bungling work, principally on the part of Brown, is that the Grand Jurors are very much in a quandary.” The evidence on which to indict the Mc- Reynolds for the murder of George Morris is meager enough without all the “faking’” that has been indulged in, and the jury is averse to taking action. If Westley Mc- Reynolds is guilty of having murdered George Morris he was not given sufficient chance to talk and boast of it. Two or three days’ more detective work before he was arrested would have fastened the noose around the fellow’s neck. He is a talkative man, and some say he boasted that he would kill the other Morris boys as he had their brother. Detective Reilly, Sheriff Yancey and District Attorney Otis all procrastinated, thinking it for the best, but Jasper Brown drank too much, and began telling the people about Chinese Camp that Westley McReynolds was the murderer and was about to be arrested. This talk precipi- tated the action of the authorities. West- ley McReynolds and his brother Albert were arrested and housed in the County Jail ahead of the time the mob assembled to lynch them. Now Westley McReynolds lies back in his dark cell and actually Jaughs. He seems to be easy of feeling and does not show any dread of the re- sults of the terrible accusation made against him. Westiey depends chiefly for an acquittal on the testimony of the Ward family. He claims that he was heard to cough by them some time about the hour when the murder was committed. Ir:fim is the only alibi the accused can present there is_every likelihood that the detec- tives will hang him. The ““cough” alibi was started some days ago. Detective Reilly suggested it him- self to one of Westley McReynolas’ friends, saying: *I hear thatthe Wards for whom Westley worked heard him coughing in bed the night of the murder, but T don’t believe it.” That was the bait Westley McReynolds heard, and he swallowed it. Since that time he is depending on that alibi. The Wards deny they saw Westley that night. There is a wonderful revul- sion of feeling in regard to the accused men since the methods of the private de- tectives to obtain their conviction have been bruited. It is now believed thateven if indictments are found a conviction can- not follow on account of the lack of evi- dence. The situation is so very different from that of Sunday, when Senator John Shine of Mariposa, Stanislaus and Tuo- lumne believed it advisable to drive to Chinese Camp with Jim Gillis, “Truthful James,” as he is better known, to talk to the mob and prevent the prospective lynching. There is a quarrel that has started among some of the friends of the murdered man. It seems that at the time of the arrest the telephone wires of Calaverasand Tuolumne counties were kept hot by somebody call- ing up Goorge Morris’ iriends, telling them of the cold-blooded murder and urging the speedy lynching of the suspected. This was an appeal of great significance, the de- ceased standing not only as a very popular man among the masses, butasa prominent member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Foresters, representing a force of 213 friends and brothers in the county. The telephone azencies in the various town- shipsand stations on realizing that troubie was brewing cut off the wires. Now this attempt to gather a mob for lynching pur- poses is known to everybody and no one cares to shoulder it, preferring to let the blame rest on another. The result is that the Morris brothers at Chinese Camp, who are the telephone agents, are being accused of the whole matter. They deny it, and in some way Private Detective Reilly and one of the night clerks at the City Hotel in Sonora have come together with mutual accusations of guilt. No matter who tried to incite the riot, it had a retrograding ef- fect and the men in' jail have a much better chance for a fair trial by jury than they have had before. KILLING OFF THE BUFFALO. Within a Short Time No Wild Animals Will Be Left in the National Park. Incompetency of Soldiers and Officers Shown by the Wholesale Slaughter. HELENA, Moxr., Dec. 5.—1If the present rate at which the wild animals in the Na- tional Park are being killed is continued it will not be many months ere that beauti- ful park will have lost all its larger game. The wholesale slaughtar demonstrates that the officers and soldiers put there to guard the park and protect the animals are eitner incompetent or unable to do the work. Not many years or months ago the park herd of buffalo numbered about 500 and to-day it is impossible to find fifty head. One gentleman who came from the park last week said that he visited every nook of the place and saw less than twenty. He was sent down as an official investi- gator of that very matter and made that report on his return. His visit was con- nected with the recent arrest of Thomas Courtney of Butte, who is now under bonds of $1000 to appear before Judge Mc- Hatton to answer to the charge of killing twelve buffalo in the park. He killed the animals only recently and sold some of the heads and hides in Butte. The au- thorities are loth to take any notice of these depredations, and Courtney would not have been molested had he not openly sold the skins and told where he killed the animals. SRR DID NOT MEET WITH FOUL PLAY. Lawyer Janes’ Suspicions Connected With the Death of the Originator of Living Pictures. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 5.—Wilfiam H. Janes, a lawyer, called at the Coroner’s office this afternoon. He told Coroner Heber that the death yesterday of Ed- ward Von Kalanyi (the originator of liv- ing pictures) had occurred under suspi- cious circumstances at his late home yes- terday afternoon. Coronmer Hceber re- quested the police to keep the woman with whom Kalanyi had been living under surveillance pending an investigation. An autopsy was performed this after- noon. The result showed that death was due to rapid consumption. Coroner Heeber said it is a wonder Kalanyi did not die sooner as he was in bad shape. - WERE BEATEN TO DEATH. An Aged Woman and a Man Killed in a Brutal Manner. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Dec. 5.—News of a dastardly lynching which occurred in this State last Monday night reached here to- night. It took place in Colleton County, near the Barnwell and Hampton lines,and was not known generally in that vicinity until Wednesday morning, when the dead bodies of two victims, stripped of their clothing, were found, one being an old woman. They had been taken out and beaten to death with buggy-traces. The man’s offense was that he was suspceted of having stolen a Bible and some furniture from a church, and the woman’s offense being that she was supposed to know something of 1t. Liquor seems to be the only incentive to the deed. SRS Western Roads Agreeing. CHICAGO, ILL., Dec.5.—The threatened dissolution of the Southwestern Traffic Association has been averted for the time being at least. The Cotton Belt road recently withdrew and it was feared that this withdrawal would be followed by others and the life of the association thus placed in danger. To-day the Cotton Belt road agreed to rescind its withdrawal for ten days, pending the outcome of the ad- visory committee of the Western immi- grant clearing-house’s controversy with the Sonthern Pacific. It was intimated that the Western roads had agreed upon what percentage they would allow the Southern Pacific, and that the whole mat- ter might be satisfactorily adjusted. STl SR To Comnect With the Flyer. CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 5.—Beginning De- cember 8 the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific fast train for Omaha, leaving -Chi- cago at 5:45 P. M., will arrive at the Union Pacific transfer station at 7:55 A. M., con- necting with the new Union Pacific flyer. MET WITH A RUPTURE Pittsburg Bankers Will Not Raise the Expected Million FOR AIDING UNCLE SAM. Waiting for the President’s Mess sage Not the Only Motive for Delay. SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY AROUSED., Of All the Concerns That Promised Gold Only One Made Any Shipments. PITTSBURG, Ps., Dec. 5.—Some months ago Pittsburg bankers formed a syndicate for the purpose of raising $1,000,000 in gold for shipment to Washington for the purpose of keeping up the treasury reserve fund. At that time the Pittsburg bankers were as willing to help out Uncle Sam as any bankers in the country. A rupture, however, has occurred somewhere—just where nobody seems to know—and as a result the §1,000,000 has not been raised. James H. Willock, president of the Sec« ond National Bank, Pittsburg, took it upon himself 1o raise the money in this city. He is said to have visited every one of the sixty odd banking institutions here, and s cured promises ageregating $1,000,000. Eight or ten of the largest and soundest banks in the city had agreed to furnish this amount. It was resolved to wait until after the President’s message was submitted, ostensibly for the purpose of learning just what the administration desired in the way of financial rehabilitas tion. Back of this, however, there seems to have been a hidden motive for delay. Jealousy had been stirred up among the banks, and the trouble-makers were rap= idly sowing the seeds of discontent. Promises were withdrawn and those who had opposed the syndicate idea from the first chuckled heartily as they saw the million-dollar fund dwindle down to a paltry $100,000. Asan excuse for brokenm vledges several said they had talked the matter over and concluded that there was no use of draining the banks of gold when the depletiocn of the Government reserve fund was habitual. They maintained that as long as there were no remedies forthe coming to stop the steady drain on the treasury, it was just like sinking gold inte an endless abyss. Of all the banks that had promised to send gold to the treasury only one could be found to-day that lived up to its obliga= tions. This was the People’s National Bank, which shipped $106,000 yesterday. This bank also shipped $150,000in gold some months ago, making §250,000 in all. Most of the cashiers and bankers when questioned to-day on the matter would give no reason for the change in sentiment, but curtly replied that they had nothing to say. SUSPECT THE TREASURER, Officials Investigating the Burns ing of a County Court- house. Evidence That Vaults and Records Were Tampered With Just Before the Fire. LINCOLN, NEBR., Dec. 5.—State House officials are in possession of facts which will lead to a searching investigation of the burning of the Gosper County courts house at Eiwood on November 14. Accord- ing to reports received C. McCloud, State Examiner of County Treasurers, ar« rived at Elwood on November 13 and had spent one day ex:fminin;: the accounts of W. E. Aldrich, County Treasurer. He says Treasurer Aldrich and a young clerk came back to the courthouse at night to do some work and remained until 11 o’clock, They went away, and at 5 o’clock in the morning the courthouse was destroyed by fire. Subsequent examination showed that the vault was in fair condition, although some one had been in it and not only opened the inside vault door leading inta the County Clerk’s office, but also left open the inner door of the vault which leads into the County Treasuter’s office. The outer door of these two entrances to the vault preserved the records. The discovery was also made that many of the Treasurer's books were missing. Examiner McCloud has been instructed to continue his investigation and an exe tended report is expected soon. — - — SECURITIES AT AUCTION. Those of One Trust Company Pass Inta the Hands of Another. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 5.—Securi- ties of the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Company of the face value of $1,775,000 were sold this afternoon on the steps of the Federal building by J. F. Downing, re- ceiver for the company. They were first sold in separate lots and afterward resold in bulk, according to an order of the court, which required the double sale. The North American Trust Company was the successful bidder in_ the sale in bulk and took all the securities for $236,000. The amount was less than $10,000 more than the total amounts bid in the separate sales. R. R. Conklin of the old Jaryis-Uonklin Company is the controlling officer of the North American Trust Company, and was present at the sale, though the bidding was done by his attorney, H. M. Beards- ley. Fine paper with a beautiful monogram or address or crestay how luxurious ! $15 Bk sirest__H S,CRQCKER g