The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1896, Page 3

| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1896 POPULISTS MAY NAME TRUMBULL, The Aged Ex-Justice Their | Probable Standard- ‘ | Bearer. ; CHCICE OF THE PARTY.! Favored Because of His Stand| Against Concentration of Capital. | HE WOULD PROBABLY ACCEPT.| | Practically Certain of the Nomina-% tion if He Allows His Name to Be Used. CHICAGO, Iry, Jan. 12. — Lyman Trumbull of this city, who prior to 1855 was successively Representative in Con- gress and Justice of the State Supreme Court, and for the three terms beginning that year and ending in 1873 represented Illinois in the Senate of the United States, | may be the standard-bearer of » Popu- list party in the dential campaign. W jvertures to that end have yet been ma him, it understood that his will canvassed at the meetin Nati Comm e of the which is to be held at St. Louis next to decide on the time and place for holding the National Convention, and that quite a number of members of the committee, | representing States in which the Popu- | 1 | s have material strength, will be favor- disposed tow ige Trumbull’s | andidacy. The only other man who is | ikely to be talked of is United States| Senator Mari One however, braska), i horse, and m: the front sho [ rded in the light of a dark v be brought prominently to 1 declinations or other cir- to place Judge Trumbull tside the pale of con- vond the three gentlemen on, no other name has been mentioned as the nominee of the party nt. onal committee man from a far State, who was in this city for a | ime this morning, said that it was | tly desirable that at its meeting | week the National Committee should over the field and discuss the outlook | idential timber, | don’t propose,” he said, “to be placed in the dilemma that is a part e history of the Omaha convention of 1892. As will be remembered, so certain were our leaders that Judge Gresham would pt the nomination, that no other | name was given consideration, and up to the opening of the convention it was re- ded as cerlain that the committee we laboring with him away down in | Inaiana, where he had gone to attend the | funeral of a relative, would succeed in ob- | taining his consent of the presentation of | his name. It can be stated now, and I| hink for the first time, that the immedi- ate members of Judge Gresham’s family were strongly in favor of his placing him- self in our hands, and that so far as he himself was concerned his objections were more personal than political. | “It will be remembered, moreover, that on that memorable Fourth ot July we con- vened and adjourned, reconvened and again adjourned, talked and sang to kill time and did not give up until the final and authenticated refusal from Judge Gresham was wired into the convention hall. Then we were in a quandary. Time was getting short, somebody had to be nominated and the choice fell upon Gen- eral Weaver. I have nothing to say against the old greenback warrior of Iowa, but the fact is now recognized in the party that he was not the strongest man who might have been nominated had there been more time for deliberation, and that had we not made the mistake of pinning our faith exclusively upon Judge Gres- | ham’s acceptance we might have had an- other standard-bearer under whose leader- ship our campaign would have been more potent of results. his time we propose to look ahead and to know just where we stand without until the convention is actually n. Out my way there isa strong g favorable to Judge Trumbull on | account of the stand he has taken of later years against the growth of centralizing tendencies in a National Government and the gradual concentration of capital in the ds of a few to the injury of the | masses. I believe that either Judge Trumbull or Senator Butler of North Carolina would be highly acceptable not ouly to the Populists but to the silver and | reform elements, and with the name of one or the other at the masthead we | might kindle a wave of enthusiasm that would sweep over the country.” The first intimation that his name was being seriously spoken of in connection | with the first place on the Populist ticket | was conveyed to Judge Trumbull this | evening by a representative of the United | Press. Despite the fact that he has rounded his 82d year, the venerable ex- statesman is as bright mentally and as active physically as the average business man of 50, while his speech is as clear and | his manner as earnest and vigorous as in | e days when on the floor of the United tes Senate he enunciated the doctrine 1 he afterward wrote as the thirteenth ment to the constitution, that | slavery nor involuntary servi- 1all exist in the United States.”” ie intimation he guickly returned estion that he had long since been litics, and that, moreover, his| e should preclude the pos- | v of his being called again into har- o the suggestion, however, that, , at least, he was in better shape Blaine in the campaign of Mr. Thurman in the campaign of i88%, I e did not interpose a negative, and, while avoiding any absolute expression of opinion one way or the other, his manner left th erence that, were he approached with the sanction of the National Com- mity be might be persuaded to place €l in the hands of the convention. n the course of the conyersation, Judge imbu id that the suggestion of his bly erew out of the fact that a er a conference of the reform t St. Louis, he was waited upon by a committee which sought his edvice regarding the leading questions'of the day ler ¢ | | | tion of several million copies, is regarded as a | vember will surprise the country.” | story about Captain Thompson drinking | the night of the disaster. upon which a union of all reform elements might be effected. By request, he drew up A brief platform, containing, so far as he remembers, but four planks. A search of his desk, however, failed to bring to light a duplicate of the document. Its specific or general terms he could not, on the moment, remember. Judge Trumbull’s last public appear- ance, outside of his argument last year be- fore the United States Supreme Court on the appeal of the officers of the American Railway Union against the sentence for contempt of court imposed by Judge Woods, was at a great Populist meeting held in this city on October 6, 1894, when he spoke at some length upon the causes leading to discontent among the masses, emphasizing the fact that ‘‘deliverance from the oppression of privileged monopo- lies and millionaires could be had only through the ballot.”” He dilated upon the encroachment of Federal courts upon the constitutional rights of the people, and .de' clared himself in favor of the rehabilita- of silver. This speech, which in pamphlet form bas obtained a circulation textbook among the various elements that go to make up the Populist organization. - BUTLER NOT A CANDIDATE. The North Carolinian Lacks Thres Years of the Constitutional Age. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—Senator Butler of North Carolina, when seen to- night by a United Press reporter, said that so far as he was concerned, there was nothing in the story about his being a iate on the Populist Presidential r second place. 1 not,” said he, ‘‘for almost three years reach the constitutional age that would permit me to take the office were 1 to receive the nomination and be elected. ies T am not and would not be a can- late. Senator Allen is a strong man in | r party, and if he permits his name to be used in the convention he wili have a good following. | “The vote our ticket will poll next No- | LAST CRUSE OF THE JANET COWAN Continued from First Page. sailing vessels were sighted ahead coming | in and the mate advised the captain to tack ship to the southward and iollow the schooner just ahead of him. He says the captain obstinately refused to do so, but kept close to the Vancouver shore. Mate Legalle was aroused at the hospi- tal to-night and asked to corroborate the above, but would say only that he could have brought the vessel in safely had he been in charge. He regretted that the had got out, but refused to deny it. Captain Gove of the tug Tyee, which brought the sailors here, says the vessel was surely not well handled, even though | it was in a terrible storm. However, he says there is some extenustion in the fact that the Cowan was very light. Her ton- nage was over 2500 and she had less than 1100 tons ballast. She was consequently so light that she would not answer her helm, otherwise she could have been safely | brought about even after the rocks were sighted ahead on the night she went ashore. Gove says her position could not have been better selected, and that if shei had struck tairty yards on either side of her present position it would have been | impossible for the crew to have reached | the shore before the vessel was smashed to i pieces. \ Mate Legalle still insists that there are eleven men behind, but it seems his con- | dition was such that the others did not tell him of the death of the last two, cook and donkeyman. So there are now eight remaining behind as follows: T. Dugan, J. Hanley, J. Marshall, F. Chamberlain, and C. Campshell, able seamen; R. Her- rie and W. Walker, ordinary seamen, and J. Taylor, steward. The tug Pioneer has been sent to their rescue, and will arrive here with them Tuesday morning. The survivors here are being cared for by British Consul Klocker, and the man- | agers of the local Seamen’s Bethel. Six of them were seen at the latter place this evening, and practically corroborated all that had been said by Cox regarding | the drinking of Captain Thompson and his disagreement with Mate Legalle. They | said the ship was too light for such a voy- age, and that she was tossed about like a | cork off the Cape. Several sailing vessels were sighted by them while on shore, and although every effort was made to hail | them none were successiul. They saved a | foghorn from the Cowan and kent it going | | almost continually, but without avail. When the tent caught fire yesterday | morning Mate Legalle urged the others to | leave him to die and lvok out for them- selves, but they rigged up a stretcher and | got him safely down over the bluff to the | beach, when the tug coming to their res- | cue was sighted. The men on shore hugged each other for joy at sight of her, and were soon on board. Cox, the passenger, gives a vivid de- | scription of the landing from the vessel on | Chamberlain, the man who had tried to take the lead | boat that was sent out an hour later with | four men capsized in the surf and there | was a wild scramble for life. | They then rigged out a boatswain’s chair line from the mizzenmast to the shore. It was a pretty steep grade, and as each | man shot down the line he was told to hold on fast. Cox says that when his turn came—the third man from the last—he clenched his teeth and slid down. When | near the shore the huze breakers were con- | tinually washing the line and it seemed an age while passing through them, and it re- quired the muscle of an athlete to hold on to the line. Cox tells a pathetic story about Logan, the 13-vear-old apprentice, who was very much excited and in piteous | tones begged foralife-preserver. Cox gave him one. fastened it around his waist and Logan then disappeared aft, never being seen afterward. Carpenter Peterson and four inteliligent seamen alleged to-day 1in the presence of British Consul Klocker and a CALL corre- | spondent that the loss of the vessel was due to the intemperance of the mas- ter, the inexperience of the sccond mate, who was scarcely 20 years old, and the lack of a ship’s full complement of able seamen. Instead of there being twenty- four seamen, as the law requires of a ves- sel of that size, there were only sixteen for the two watches. “It was a terrible experience through which we passed,” said Carpenter Peter- son to a Carn correspondent, “and to- night I can almost see and hear the piteous moans of our abandoned comrades. “Their cries were heartrending, and had we not thought our own lives in the greatest danger we would have made extra efforts to get Peveral and Selkirk back to the ship. Some of us were barefooted and we were helping and partly carrying | man, however able, bas any control. | of that year. | of ber then and had been for a number of | Massowah, the capital | line ashore, was given up for lost, and the | theY Were repulsed with heavy loss. The | near Holyhead, was ot afloat this morn- some of the weaker ones. At every step ! some of the boys left blood upon the frozen ground. ! “*Captain Thompson seemed dazed from | the time he passed through the ragged | surf and reached the shore. That night, | while the steward was caring for him, he | died in & bank of snow and the next day in going down a trail one of our men fell over his corpse. “Further down the road Perval and Sel- kirk lost their reason and were laughing, crying and chattering like magpies. Face down over a log, frozen stiff, lay the corpse of George Kinnear, the cook. The snow fell continuously for forty-eight hours, | and clad lightly, as we were, it is the | greatest wonder that we did notall perish.” On board ship he said the men gutted the cabins and broke into the storeroom. When the first officer fell down in the laz- arette they refused him assistance, and kad it not been for the timely arrival of the carpenter he thinks they would have abandoned him to his fate. et il THOMPSON KNOWN HERE. Was a Seaman of Exceptional Ability and @ Cautious Navigator. The Janet Cowan is a four-masted vessel, | bark rigged on the jigger or aftermost mast. She was built by R. Steele at Greenock in 1866 and was entered at Swan- sea. Her length is 214 feet, beam 35.4 feet, depth 22.5 feet and has a registered ton- nage of 2498. She belongs to the “burn” line of vessels, of which are the Otterburn, Routenburn, and the Celticburn, now on her way to this port from Newcastle, New South Wales. Captain Thompson, who perished from exposure after leaving his ship, is a native | of the Shetland Islands, and was about 45 | years of age. He had a wife and family in | England. He entered the employ of the | company that owned the Janet Cowan at | an early age, and passed upward through | all the gradesof an officer until he was | promoted to the rank of master. By those who are intimately acquainted with him he is described as having been | an exceedingly careful end cautious Scotch | skipper, and a seaman who had no superi- | | ors in the profession. “I knew Thompson well,” said Alexan- der McBoyle, the druggist at the corner of | Washington and Sansome streets, ““and | | knowing his abilities as a commander, his discretion as a navigator, I cannot account for the loss of the Janet Cowan. I believe that the disaster was the result of a combi- nation of circumstances over which no sea- Cap- tain Thompson would never lose a ship if | human skill could save her.” The Janet Cowan was in this port in | 1893 and sailed for England during October Thempson was in command years. Like many who have been lost at sea he was intending to resign his com- mand and remain at home after this trip, which has proved to be indeed lis final voyage. | OFF SANDSPIT. Fictoria Y¥acht Winnifred JFounders in the Straita. | PORT ANGELES, Wasn., Jan. 12.—The | corpse of a man was found last night on the | beach west of this city. It had evidently | been in the water for some time, as there was no clothing on the body and an arm was missing. It is supposed to be that of a sailor who was lost overboard in the straits from a Victoria sealing schooner two weeks ago, The Victoria yacht Winnifred is wrecked on the straits shore off Sandspit. Custom- house officers believed she had been stolen | and an effort was made to detain the men who brought her over, but they succeeded in getting away last night. MANY DAY CVERDUE. Grave Fears for the Safety of the British Bark Lorton, PORTLAND, Or., Jan 12.—Shipping have grave fears for the safety of the h bark Lorton, which is now out over sixty days from Mazailan, Mexico, for this port. The bark was due a month ago, and her wheat charter expired on De- cember 31. The Lorton sailed from Liverpool June9, and arrived at Mazatlan October 25. There she discharged a part of bher cargo, and sailed on November 6 for this city. The Lorton is well known here, having been in port a number of times in charge of Captain Steele, whose place was afterward taken by Captain Archer. She registers 1380 tons, and carries a crew of about | twenty men. REPULSED BY ITALIANS. Abyssinians Suffer Heavy Loss in an Onslaught Upen Makalle. They Have Entrenched Themselves Upon the Heights Command- ing the Town. ROME, ItALy, Jan. 12.—A dispatch from | of the Italian | colony of Erythrea, says the Abyssinians | made three attacks on the town of Makalle on Friday last. The Abyssinians had can- non and used them against the town, but Ttalians wounded. After their defeat the Abyssinians en- trenched themselves on the neighboring heights in such positions as to enable them to prevent the garrison at Makalle from drawing water. The fortress has reserves of water that will last until the end of January. The garrison is in good spirits. Re-enforce- ments continue to arrive at Adigrat. gl e lost five killed and twenty England Congratulates Portugal. LISBON, PortucaL, Jan. 12.—Great Brit- ain has congratulated Portugal upon the capture of Gungunbana, the Bast African chief who has been hostile to the Portu- guese for a long time, and upon the con- solidation of Portuguese authority in the province of Mozambique. e The Largismore Not Damaged. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 12.—The British ship Largismore,Spencer,irom San Francis- co via Falmouth for Silloth, before reported grounded at the mouth of Silloth harbor, was floated, after having been lightered of 700 tons of her cargo, and will be docked. She has sustained no apparent damage. e The Ceptalonia Floated. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 12.—The Cunard line steamer Cephalonia, which struck a rock off the South Stack while bound from Boston for Liverpool and was suvsequently beachied at the upper end of New Harbor, ing by means of pontoons and tugs. s Sy Advance Upon the Ashantees. CAPE COAST CASTLE, Bririsn West Arrica, Jan. 12.—The Ashantee expedi- tion has reached a point within twenty- eight miles of Coomasie, the capital of Ashantee. Theadvance oa that place will be made to-morrow, | is a Cuban by birth. | the24th he went from Manzenillo with sixty | hag been losing money on its fast limited | { killing an old man, the owner of the place, | o account of the increased danger and the | FIGHT NEAR HAVANA, Insurgents Re-Enter the Province and Engage Valdez. | | i MACEO TO JOIN GOMEZ. His Force Leaves Santiago to Meet the Army Moving Westward. BATTLES LOST BY SPANIARDS. Regulars Defeated by the Islanders in a Series of Bloody Conflicts. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 12.—A special | cable dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: General Gomez re-entered Havana prov- ince from Pinar del Rio Saturday. He en- countered a Spanish force under Suarez Valdez at 8 o'clock this morning, three | miles from Batabano, and a desperate | fight followed. No official report of the casualties has been given out. | Telegraphic communication across the | island with the cable line was cut at Bata- | | bano vhis morning. : _— INSURGENT VICTORIES. | Regulars Defeated in Several Desperate Engagements—Crime of a Spanish Leader. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cusa, Jan. 4 (via Key West, Jan. 11).—On the 26th ult. | the guerrillas of Colonel Tejeda and the | battalion, constituting 1200 men in all, had | abloody engagement with the rebel leaders, Brigadier Cebreco and Colonel Pancho Sanches, with 500 men, 1n Loma de los Ciegos and in San Prudencio. { The Spanish troops commenced the at- | tack with such a hurried and continuous | tiring from different directions that the insurgents abandoned the first-mentioned place and took positions in San Prudencio, | after inflicting some losses to the troops. Colonel Tejeca, after giving some rest to the soldiers, azain attacked the rebeis in their new positions. A terrible fight en- | sued, but when the Spaniards arrived about | half y up the mountain they began to show signs of weakening in consequence of the constant and deadly fire of the rebels. Colonel Tejeda then ordered an attack with bayonets, and the insurgents, seeing that, suddenly atiacked the guerrillas with machetes. The latter disbanded and in running disorganized and scattered the battalion, leaving them alone in the field. Colonel Tejeda, being unable to rally the aispersed guerrillas, had to retire with his wounded. | In this engagement the Spanish had Dr. | Gomez, four officers and fifteen soldiers killed, and Commander Ponet, seven offi- | cers and forty soldiers wounded. The | rebels had six killed and fiiteen wounded. The insurgents captured several horses, three mules laden with ammunition, many weapons and a large box of medicines. Another encounter has taken place lately in La Tontina, between Spanish | Colonel Sandoval and Cuban leaders Ruen | and Dominguez. After a short but hard | tight Dominguez defeated the Spanish | column, The troops had nine killed and thirty wounded. The rebels captured ten mules laden with ammunition and medi- cines. A horrible crime was committed near | Manzanillo on December 24 by Spanish | s commanded by Colonel Benitz, a bandit whom Martinez Campos took out | from the prison where he was serving a | term for crime and raised to the rank of | colonel of the Spanish army. Lolo Benitz | On the evening of | guerrillas with the object of inspecting the | surroundings of the city. In the middle | of the night they arrived at a country seat | called San Francisco, where there were | about twenty-five persons celebrating Christmas eve, the majority of them | women and children. The guerrillas went | to the front of the house, fired a volley at | it and then entered, machetes in hand, | two other men, two women and two children and wounding four men, three women and four children. Lolo Benitz took three men with him to Manzanillo as prisoners, saying that he had dispersed a party of rebels. On December 24 a Spanish cclumn 500 strong, under Colonel Ochoa, left Mayari to carry a convoy of ammunition to a de- tachment of troops stationed at La Juli- ana. On their way they were met by the rebel leader, Matias Vega, with 900 men. The insurgents attacked the convoy and captured forty mules laden with provis- ions and ten with ammunition. The troops retreated to Mayari, having eight killed and thirty-seven wounded. The Cubans also captured eight prisoners. On December 28 the Spanish columns of Colonels Rodons and Pablos, with 1100 men, left Tignani by different roads with the object of meeting in Manacahueca and continuing together to the Venta des Casa- nova to fortify it and to vlace there a gar- vison, The insurgents under Colonel Lora and the forces of the brigade of Cam- bute, who had learned of the plan of the Spaniards, took up positions in Manaca- hueca ahead of the troops. Rebel conimander Abad Reyes with 100 infantry and twenty cavalry began to fire at Rodons’ column, which trusting in Colonel Pablo’s arrival, entered the trap which the rebels had prepared jor them. They were fired npon from all sides, and afterwards a terrible charge was made with machetes, which scattered the troops. The forces of the Spanish Colonel Pablos arrived too late to be of service. More than 100 Mansur rifles and twenty mules, laden with ammunition, were left in the hands of the rebels. The Spaniards had three officers and thirty-nine soldiers killed and five officers and nine soldiers wounded. Lieutenant-General Pando has issued an order threatening to court-martial all owners of sugar estates if they do not grind the cane on their plantations. Of course, some planters, fearing that Pando would carry out his threat, tried to com- ply with the order, but the very day the order was published in Guanatanamo newspapers, all the canefields of those who were grinding were set on fire and they had to stop. Jose Maceo and Rabi have notified the planters that if they attempt to grind again not only the cane will be burned but their houses and machinery, too, General { to send him immediately 1500 men for | | dents of the island of Cuba who are able | | Cuban Junta and also at the S | lines at a meeting held Friday afternoon Pando has particular interests in Guana- i tanamo, because his wife, who lived in | that city, has a sugar estate there. Marshal Martinez Campos sent an order by cable last night to the authorities here | Bantanabo. Itissaid so many men can- | not be spared, as there are numerous rebels | around the city, awaiting a chance to pay a visit to Santiago. | The arrest of persons on suspicion con- | tinues in all this district. Some are taken in the miadle of the nightand shot; others are sent to Africa. A detachment com- | posed of a sergeant and twenty-five soldiers, | who were on duty in the suburbs of the | city, joined the rebels last night with their | arms and ammunition. e FLEEING FROM CUBA. Residents of the Island Are Leaving in Large Numbers. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan. 12.—A ca- blegram to the Times-Union from Key West, Fla., says: The steamship Olivette brought from Havana to-night more than 100 passengers, who report that all res are leaving. Farms are being deserted, | and most of the large business houses out- | side of Havana are closed. There was great excitement in Havana vesterday over the arrest of Solano, Chief of Police. A mob assembled and wanted him shot, but the officials protected him and sent him to-day as a prisoner to Spain. Trujillo succeeds Solano as Chief of Police. ——— ARRESTED AT HAVANA. A Putative Correspondent of the New York Jowrnal in Trouble. | HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 12.—Charles A. Soloman, who claimed he was a corre- | spondent of the Journal of New York, was | arrested here to-day on the arrival of the steamer Seneca, on which he had traveled from New York. The authorities Lad | been notified of his departure, and of the | fact that he was suspected of being in league with the insurgents. It is sup-| posed that compromising letters were | found in his possession. He was lodged in jail, and the officials refuse to allow any one to have communication with him. Antonio Maceo, the rebel leader, and his | command are reported to be in the vicinity of Quivican and San Felipe, moving east. iW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Charles A. Salomon, who was arrested in Havana upon his arrival there, is a young journal- ist well known among newspaper men in this city. Ever since he became engaged in newspaper work he has made a specialty of South American news, and is, perhaps, better known at the Consulates of South American countries in this city than any other writer. He was a daily caller at the nish Con- sulate, showing 1o favor to either side. Salomon decided last week to go to Cuba to look over the places he had written about, and sailed for Havana on the Seneca last Wednesday afternoon. Itis a well-known fact that all persons, reporters especlally, who visit the Cuban Junta in this city are watched regularly by detec- tives, and that their movements are re- ported to the Spanish authorities. The young man’s regularity in going there | after news has no doubt lea to his being | suspected as a sympathizer with the Cuban cause and his arrest. FAST TRAINS TAKEN OFF. Santa Fe Limited Between Chi- cago and Los Angeles to | Be Abandoned. Retrenchment the Order of the Day | With the New Management of | the Road. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan. 12.—Retrenchment | is the order of the day with the new man- agement of the Atchison, Topeka and | Santa Fe Railway Company, and the first | ep in this direction will be the abandon- 1 ment of the fast limited express train be- | tween Chicago and Los Angeles. This train was put on about three months ago as an experiment. The time made | between Chicago and Los Angeles was only three days, and the equipment of the | train was equal to that of the famous lim- ited trains between Chicago and New York. It is claimed at the rate the company expressits loss at the end of a year would | have been over ,000. President Ripley informed the general | managers of the Chicago and Missouri River of the intention of his company to take off the California limited, and the announce- ment was received with much satisfaction. The managers of all the Chicago and Kan- sas City lines are opposed torunning extra fast trains, especially during the winter, extra expense. CRIME OF A POLICEMAN. He Murders a Sergeant Who Had Found Him Off His Beat. Mingles Unconcernedly With His Fellow Officers After Slaying His Superior. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan 12.—Sergeant Timothy Cantlin of the Seventh Precinct, was shot and killed by Patrolman Micbael Sammon this afternoon, because he found the latter off his beat and intended to re- port him therefor. After shooting Cantlin, Sammon walked to the station-house, which he entered, saying he wanted to get warm. Lighting his pipe, he chatted for some time with the reserve men and then started out again. As he was leaving the station-house, Patrolman McClure entered, and laying his hand on Sammon’s shoulder, he said: ““You are under arrest for shooting Ser- geant Cantlin.” Cantlin lay where he fell for nearly a half hour, but did not lose consciousness. Taking his whistle from his pocket he blew alarms until he attracted the attention of Patrolman McClure, to whom he told the facts of the shooting. He was removed to the hospital, where he died this afternoon. Sammon refused to talk about his crime. SH i vk AGED OFFICIALS DOOMED, The Official Ax to Be Swung in the Patent Office. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.—An- other exteasive ‘‘shake-up” is contem- plated in the United States Patent Office, among the force of examiners, with a view, it is said, of raising the standard of efficiency among that corps of officials. Some eight or nine months ago, two prin- cipal examiners, whose service dates back a number of years, were relieved from duty “‘for the good of the service.” It has been reported within the past few days that a similar faze wovld be meted out to several other aged officials in the immedi- ate future. . | Lake Chapula. FEARFUL MAELSTROM Volcanic Opening in the Bottom of Lake Cha- pala, Mexico. | | | IN A TERRIBLE VORTEX Those on Shore Were Powerless to Aid and Stood ‘ Aghast. WATCHED THE BOATS GO DOWN. Between Twenty and Thirty Lives | Were Lost in the Fathomless and Unknown Depths. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Jan. 12.—Particulars were received to-day of a terrible con- vulsion of nature at Lake Chapala, in the State of Jalisco, Mexico, which occurred last Wednesday. It is an isolated place and has no tele- graphic communication. The lake is | about fifty miles long and ten wide, | and on the morning of the 8th instant was subjected to some volcanic disturbance | which evidently made an immense cavity in its bottom, as the waters of the lake re- ceded several feet and created a whirlpool in golag down through the hole, which sucked down several small vessels and drowned about twenty people. The region is peculiarly subject to sub- terranean disturbances, being not far from the volcanoes of Colima and Jorullo, which are in eruption almost constantls On the forenoon of the Sth resiaents in one of the small setilements near the western end of the lake were terrified to see a gigantic whirlpool raging far out on the water, the cause of which was a com- plete mystery. The waters swirled and rose in great serpentine movements and from all direc- tions rushed toward a common center, where a stupendous cavity seemed to exist. The weather was clear and calm at the time and the horrified people on shore could hear a cavernous rumbling far out in the lake and beneath their feet in the bowels of the earth. The mighty action of the waters of the lake was exactly such as would be pro- duced in miniature by the pouring of water into a funnel. The whirlpool result- ing from this sinking of the lake’s bottom was of wide extent, and pleasure-boats and | fishing craft were sucked into the awiul abyss. The natives on shore could plainly see the boats, none of which were near the center of the whirlpool at first. But as the rush of waters continued the irresist- ible force could not be overcome by the men in the boats, and their herculean efforts to escape the death that reached out for them were most appalling to their friends on the shore. Now and then some boat would appear to waver and stand still, but the Niagara of waters would swell upon it and hurl it quickly into the chasm. | There was not one boat within reach of that current that escaped, and the score of persons in the boats all lost their lives. | The whirlpool continued for neariy | twenty minutes, and when the inhabitants | of the surrounding territory turned their eyes from the overwhelming sight they saw that the lake had receded several feet from its former shore line. | As the lake is about fifty miles in length, with a width of ten miles, the enormous amount of water that was swallowed up by the earth may be faintly imagined. | After the whirlpool subsided the surface | of the lake resumed its placid aspect and | the subterranean rumblings ceased. | The greatest excitement arose among | people for miles in the vicinity of the west- ern end of the lake, the more ignorantand superstitious natives being beside them- | selves with fear. Yearsof familiarity with | volcanic eruptions and terrestrial disturb- | ances did not serve to reassure them dur- ing this dreadful experience. The news was received by Professor Ed- | win H. Coffey, who formerly lived near | He is well acquainted | with its surroundings, having explored much of its coast line in the year 1888. At | that time he found petroleum and coal in | quantities that proved the existence of vast wealth in that region. | Since the strange occurrence on the lake | last Wednesday vpetroleum has been found running in small streams above the surface on the southern shore. The Lerma River empties into Lake Chapala on the western side and flows out in a west-northwesterly direction the name of the Coloton River. Jorulto voleano rose in a night from the | under | | objection to Mr. An | he contends that resid, | second level plain in the year 1789, and a sight of the terrible upheaval was missed by onlya day by the traveler Humboldt, who has left a succinct account of the occurrence in his writings. After the strange sinking of Lake Cha- pala on Wednesday, no unusual activity was noticeable in the volcanoes of that region. OPPOSES HOKE SMITH. Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma Waging War Against the Secretar W HINGTON, D. C., Jan. —Dele« gate Flynu of Oklahoma continues to wage war against Secretary Hoke Smith, Recently he attacked that official in a speech on the floor of the House, alleging that the secretary had appointed relatives in Oklahoma in connection with the work of the generalland office. Mr. Flynn’s Jatest move is an effort to block the confirmation of W. H. Anderson of Kentucky as Register of the Land Office at Enid, 0.T. Mr. Anderson was formerly a chief of div: m of the Interior Depart- ment, and w: appointed Receiver last summer to succeed Robert M. Patterson of Georgia, who was killed in a aifficulty with an editor at Enid. Flynn bases his rson’s confirmation on the ground that he is an outsider, and s of the Territory should hold the offices accordance with the declarations of the Democratic plat- form. COURSINGAT SICRAMENTO Lovers of the Sport Saw the Longest Race Ever Run in the State. Preliminary Winners in Some Exciting Contests With Hares and Hounds. SACRAMENTO, CArL., Jan. 12.—Despite the threatened inclemency of the weather there was one of the largest crowds of spectators in attendance at the free-for-all coursing match of the Sacramento Cours- ing Club to-day that has ever been known in this vicinity. At least 700 vehicles were on the ground and over 2500 people. The grounds were in excellent condition. The feature of the day was the perform- ance of McMahon's dog Gile, who bested Skyball, 12 to 9 points. The latter is con- ceded to be the fastest dog in California, if not in the world. Gile has also won many honors, taking sec L d last year. The outc: was the surprise of the day Conley and Annie Rooney ran the longest race ever judged in the State, making fifty-six points inall. The next longest was made at | Merced, when forty-eight points were scored. In to-day’s run N Conroy handled her hare so cleverly that Annie S along, after killing in his contest with Kelly’'s Jack, started a hare and ran into a wire fence. This Jaid him up aad he was unable torun out his tie with Wayfarer. The latter was pitted against Kingston, but eventually ran a bye. In the first series Gorman’s Kingston ; beat Stout’s Landsdale; s Captain im beat Griffith’s Combination; Hala- nan’s Governor Jim beat Welsh’s Clover Leaf shland stable’s Fly beat Shee- han’s E: S; Nethercott’s Little Wonder beat McMakon's Lily of the West; Grace’s Rollalong beat Kelly’s Jack kennel’'s Wayfarer ran 's Banjo beat San Joaquin a Laurie failing to appear; Cronin’s Skyball beat Steigler’s Tamman McMahon’s Gile beat Muldcon; Grace ellie_Conroy beat Weich’s Annie Roone Devine’s Straight Tip beat Kennec hoolgirl; Sheehan’s Govern M ham beat O'Neil’s Robert J; Renwick’s Snowdrift beat Mahoney’s Mary Lou. In the first tie San Joaguin beat banjo, Governor Jim beat Captain Jim, Little Wonder beat Fly, Wayfarer ran a bye, Gile beat Snowball, Nellie Conroy beat Straight Tip, Snowdrift beat Governor Markham. In the second ties San Joaquin beat Gov- ernor Jim, Littie Wonder and Wayfarer ran an unended course, as it got so dark the judge refused to render judgment. It was agreed to finish the course next Sune day, when Gile will be run against Nellie Conroy, Snowdrift having a bye. DICK MOORE DEFEATED. Paddy Purtell of Kansas City Whips the St. Paul Man in Four Fast Rounds. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 12.—Paddy Purtell of Kansas City (the ‘‘Saginaw Kid'") knocked Dick Moore of St. Paul out in four rounds to-night, after a lively fight in a barn in this ci About 200 sports saw the contest, which went off without a hitch. The two fighters had met several times before unsatisfactorily, and to- nicht’s go was for a purse of $1000 and “blood.” Time was called at 9 Moore went at his man hard in_the fi two rounds, and certainly looked like a winner, but in the third round he let up on his gait, and in the fourth Purtell seemed to have him winded and knocked him down three times. The last blow caugnt Moore on the jaw and phased him. The betting was on Purtell from the start—$100 to $80 and $100 to $75, with few takers. NEW TO-DAY. benefactor. 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