The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. THE LATE NEWS OF SN JOSE. Absconding Contractor M. Clinton Is Now Very Repentant. SAYSHEWAS GOING BACK All but About Seven Hundred Dollars He Took Was Recovered. A BASEBALL PLAYER'S PLIGHT. KEchn, Who Swindled the Russ House on a Forged Check, Is in « Custody. Jan. 23.—Menzo Clin- ton, the abscond contractor who left this city five weeks ago with some $3000 belonging to a number of sub-contractors, and who was arrested in San Francisco last evening by Sberiff Lyndon on a charze of felony-embe. was brought back to this city this morning and lodged in the County Jail. It seems likely that Clinton will make a satisfactory settlement with his bonds- men, as it is not believed he could be con- victed of embezzlement, as in appropri- ating the money to his own use it was simply a breach of trust. Clinton said to-day that he was thor- oughly repentant and was on his way to San Jose to settle up when ar When arrested Clinton b possession, which was taken charge of by Sheriff Lyndon. At noon to-day J. J. Cherrie, one of Clinton’s bondsmen, began an attachment Clinton, and the money in the s hands was lev- | ied upon. He alleges in his complaint that the defenda secame indebted to his firm in the sum of $2668, the amount of their liability on the bond of David Jacks, the owner of the b ing which Clinton was erecting when he left. An attachment was served on the $2259 in the hands of the Bheriff. W wden, attorney for Clinton, said this afternoon that he had pra arranged a seitlement that was satis SAN JOSE, Cax to all. He said Clinton ordered the & Co. bonds- men, and when this was done Mr. Cherrie would have the Late yesterd. examined bel of feiony embezzlem J.J. Cherry, who swore to the complaint which caused a warrant to be issusd for Clinton’s arrest on the charge of embezzle- ment, was the only witness examined. He testified as to his connection with the ac- cused and to the payment of $2500 on the contract by Clayton & Co. for David Jacks, which should have been applied to the nissed. aton was n the charge payment of sub-contractors and for material, but stated tiat Clinton had em- bezzled no mone, m him. After hear- ing this testimony it was apparent that there was no evidence to convict on the charge, and the District Attorney movea that the complaint be dismissed, which was granted by the Ju - NORMAL SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Committee Appointed to Report on Rais- ing the Standard of the Schaol. SAN JOSE, CAL., Jan. 23.—The Board of Trustees of the State Normal School of €an Jose met at 8 o'clock this evening. All the members were present except Gov- ernor Budd. A motion by Trustee Angell to raise the standard of the school as high as pos- sible was passed and a committee of three was appointed to confer with the faculty in respect to the same and to report its decision to the joint meeting of the Nor- mal trustees of the State, which convenes in this city in April. The report of the executive ecommittee, showing a balance of $35,%2 33 in the various funds, was read and adopted. Professor A. H. Randall was elected vice- principal of the school, Trustee Angell alone voting in _the negative. The report of Principal Childs showed 642 students in the normal department and 190 in the training department. About seventy pu- pils were granted diplomas. The meeting adjourned until to-morrow moraing. —_— KOHN, THE SWINDLER, CAUGHT. He Is Serving a Ten Days’ Sentence in the Sacramento Jail. SAN JOSE, Cax., Jan. 23.—Chief of Po- lice Kidward bas been notified by the Eacramento authorities that ‘George P. Kokn, the man who swindled A. F. Oui- met, proprietor of the Russ House, out of $35 by means of a forged 4raft op Colum- bet & Ce. of San Francisco, is serving a ten-day sentence in the City Prison of Sacramento for obtaining money under false pretenses. Chief Kidward at once notified the Sheriff of Sacramento County to hold Kohn at the expiration of bis term, and he will be brought back to answer to the complaint of obtaining money under false pretenses. Kohn is also wanted in Santa Barbara to answer to a like offense. Kohn was for- merly a drummer for a .San Franeisco firm. He claims to have been a member of the National Guard. g G 4 VICTIM OF MORPHINE. Garcia, the Baseball Player, Is Losing His Mind. SAN JOSE, Caw, Jan. 23.— Andreas Garcia, an old-time baseball player, who is confined in the branch jail on the Bol- linger road, is rapidly losing his mind, and in all probability he will be brought into the County Jail and examined as to his sanity. Garcia is a morphine fiend, and at his own solicitation was given & six months’ term for vagrancy in the hog_es that he could break away from the habit. For the past four days Garcia has | imagined that his fellow-prisoners are crazy, and that he is a physician who can cure them. Gareia was one of the finest baseball players on coast about four years ago. He was a pitcher who attracted the attention of many baseball managers and they made him some flattering offers. Garcia, how- ever, was then keeping bad company and soon degenerated from bad to worse.” The craving appetite for morphine got a strong hold on him and he soon became a slave. —_—— THE MILK INSPECTOR'S WORK. Some of the Milk Seized Fell Below the Standard. SAN JOSE, Civr., Jan. 23.—Veterinary Insvector Spencer last night went on a milk-inspecting tour and secured samples from fifteen different dealers. In four cases it was found that the milk went be- low the requirement of 3 per cent of butter fat, in one case it being as low as 14-5 per cent, the highest percentage of butter fat being 6 2-5. The matter will be Jaid before the District Attorney and the dealers pros- ecuted whose milk showed a delinquency of butter fat. Runaway Boys Captured. SAN JOSE, Car., Jan. 23.—Johnnie Cun- liffe and August Bodel, the two runaway boys from San Francisco, who have gained considerable notoriety in this;lfir ugder the names of John and James Kelly, have been arrested at Morgan Hill by Constable TFay, and will be returned to San Francisco. They were arrested here and placed in the Home oi Benevolence, but ran away several times. Mrs. O'Brien of San Franeisco, an aunt of the Cunliffe boy, has been com- municated with and asked to come and take the boys home. fuis5iT i Arrested on Suspicion. SAN JOSE, Car, Jan. 23.—Plutarcho | Quijada, an ex-convict, was arresm@ _hy | Oficer Pickering this morning on suspicion of having stolen a sack of chickens he had in his possession. Besides having served five terms in the countw jail for petty larceny, he served three years in San Quentin for holding up and robbing G. de Martin of $80 on Orchard street in this city in* June, 1891. If an owner can be found for the chickens, a charge of prior conviction will be placed against hin STOCKTON HEIRS CLAIMS. They Are Going to Sue the Government for Over $40,000. STOCKTON, Carn., Jan. 23.—Attorney James A. Louttit has filed a petition ask- ing that an administrator be appointed for the estate of Patrick Elliott. His heirs claim that the Federal Govern- ment owes them $40,000 for losses incurred by Elliott through the depredations of the Fourth and Fifth regiments of California Volunteers who camped on his place dur- ing the Civil War and appropriated every- thing he bad on it, Attorney Louttit intends to press the claim against the Government as soon as he can get it in shape to present. PLAYER. Outruns the Averages of the Crack Bil- liard-Players. CHICAGO, Irn., Jan. 23. —Tom Galla- elled all his previous performances liard line at the tournament this afternoon by running out his string of 400 points in fourteen innings; while Sutton, whose billiards entitles him to sixth place, scored a He it evidently out of y Tom’s’ average was . This beats the highest averages made by Jake Schaefer and Frank Ives be- fore they met the last time here and in New York, when both the Wizard and the Napoleon of billiards made such phenom- enal runs and averages. But the verformances in the champion- ship games were made with the anchor not barred. Previous to the last two tournaments the best average, anchor in- cluded, 800 points up, was 23 made by Schaefer and 16 by Ives. Gallagher ran up 104 to-day with easeand fell on a hard masse. McLaughlin, the player from the Quaker City, to-night added another game to those he has won, defeating Hatley, the brawny man from Duluth, who could only muster 287 carroms to his credit at the end of a long and at times tediously slow game. McLaughlin passed the century mark again, scoring 103, and falling down when in great form to make a bigger run on a short one-cushion carrom. e INTERESTS ALL WHEELMEN, Weekly Bullelin Issued by the L. A. W. Racing Board. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 23.—L. A. W. bulletin — Records accepted: Two- thirds of a mile, class A, tandem, unpaced, flying start against time, by N. A. Pippin and A. B. Hughes, at Denver, Colo., 1:21 4-5, December 21, 1895. Half mile, class A, tandem, unpaced, flying start against time, by N. A. Pippin and A. B. Hughes, at Denver, :50 2-5, De- cember 21, 1895. Three miles, class A, unpaced, flying start against timé, by. O. B. Hachenberger, at Denver, 7:03, December 13, 1895. Four miles, class A, unpaced, flying start, against time, by O. B, Hac':enberger, at Denver, 9:31 2-5, December 13, 1895. Five miles, class A, unpaced, fiying start, against time. by O. B. Hachenberger, Denver, 11:56 4-5, December 13, 1895. Transfers to class B—Hardy Downing and Floyd A. McFarland, San Jose, Cal. Suspended—0. O. Hayman, Grand Island, Nebr., from all track racing until July 1, 1896, for false entry at Kearney, Nebr. Declared professional—H. L. Johnson, Holstein, Towa. C. 0. Hiles, Sioux City, Iowa, was sus- vended irom all track racing for one year irom October 23 for competing in unsane- tioned races while under suspension. e i BUYING COLORADO MINES. Extensive Properties Secured by Syndi- cates and Others. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Jan. 23.— Hon. John C. New, proprietor of the Indianapolis Journal, who has been in the camp for a few days past, has purcbased a group of claims near Victor. He left for ‘Washington to-day to interest capital in his enterprise. The May-Be-So mine has been sold to Messrs. Rice and Ish of Den- ver for $35,000. The mine is under lease and bond to Boston capitalists for $50,000. Max Straus of Baltimore, who has been in the camp fora month past, has acquired 400 acres of patented and other land for a syndicate of Eastern capitalists. He paid $50.000 to bind the sale of sixteen miles. Chicagn parties have bought a group of n clzims in the Four-mile district for e ZLasker the Chess Champion. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 23.— Lasker won the chess tournament to-day by increasing his total to eleven games, which none of his competitors could reach. The game left unfinished on Tuesday night between Piilsbury and Steinitz, a guezn’s gambit declined, was won by teinitz after forty-eight moves yesterday. To-day she results were as follows in the second sminfi of the final round: Pills- bury ana Lasker drew a Ruy Lopez after fifty-one moves. Tschigorin and Steinitz adjourned their game at 11:30 to-day. The record: Lasker won 11, lost 6; Pills- bury won 73, lost 93¢; Steinitz won 8, lest 734; Tschigorin won 6, lost 10. e TR, R Broke a Skating Record. ST. PAUL, Mi~~., Jan. 23,—The two and three mile skating contests for ‘the championship of the Northwest took Blace at Fort Carnival this evening. H. avison of St. Panl won, breaking the world’s two-mile record of 6:03 1-5, held by Joe Donoghue. Results: Two miles— Harley Davison of St. Panl won, O. Rudd of Minneapohs second. Time, 5:54. Three miles—H. Davison_won, F. McDaniels of Minneapolis second. Time, 9:30. oo 0 S SR Internal Revenus Receipts. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The re- ceipts from internal revenue for the last six months of the current fiscal year ag- grezate §76,807,5622, a decrease as compared with the corra;yondiug riod of 1894-95 of $5,040,198. The principal decrease is in spirits, of $6,677,709 (owing to the increase of tax). Receipts from fermented liquors increased $1,190,555, and those from to- baceo $768,304. el SOt o Reception at the White Howse. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The President and Mrs. Cleveland were at home to-night from 9 to 11 o'clock to Congress and the Federal Judiciary. It was the second of the official evening re- ceptions of the present social season, and. ?:;3“.; the rainy weather, was largely lé THE LUX ESTATE AFFAIRS, Motion to Reopen the Potter Re moval Suit at Redwood City. PROCEEDINGS AT REDWOOD CITY Attorneys Absent and Judge Buck Granted a Continuance for One Week. REDWOOD CITY. CaL., Jan.23.—In the Superior Court to-day counsel for Jesse Potter made a request that the hearing of the motion to reopen the Potter removal suit be postponed for two weeks. Judge Buck granted a continuance for one week and said that if counsel found they could not proceed at that time the postponement for an additional week could be asked for. Attorney J. H. Campbell of San Jose and Henry Lux, the petitioner for Potter’s removal as executor or the Charles Lux estate, were in town this morning, expect- ing that the motion would be heard. Last week the absence of Messrs. Delmas and Campbell delayed the proceedings and to-day it was Messrs, Pillsbury and Mc- Enerney’s turn to be absent and through Attorney George C. Ross ask for further time on the plea of other engagements. The motion to reopen the trial agdinst Potter was to have been made on the ground of the newly discovered evidence reiating to the check for $800 which Potter swore on the recent trial had been given him by John Brown, a roustabout at Ba- den, it now beinn(g charged that Potter paid this money to Mrs. Sadie Young, the pro- prietress at that time of a house at 205 Post street, San Francisco, around the corner from Marchand’s restaurant, SACRAMENTO FOOTPADS. They Ave Doing @ Land-Office Business Holding Up Right and Left. SACRAMENTO, CAL., Jan. 23.—Since 6 o’clock last evening one man has held up and robbed five persons, coming to or go- ing from the city. He made his stand at Thirty-first and. P streets, and has been doing a land-ofiice business. He stood up three wagons this evening before 7 o’clock. Shortly aiter dusk this evening Adam Bergman was sandbagged by two footpads just as he was entering Capitol Park. He showed fight, when one of his assailants struck at him with a knife, cutting 2 long gash in one arm. Then they Xkicked him insensible and ran off. g ang Excursion to Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., Jan. 23.— The Southern Pacitic Company has booked another excursion to Santa Barbara on February 12 with round-trip rates from Los Angeles to this city and return at less than half the usual rates. As there are a great many Eastern people in Southern California a great influx of visitors is ex- pected, and the Board of Trade and other local organizations are busily formulating plans for their comfort and entertainment. 2 g S Movement of Warships. SANTA BARBARA, Carn, Jan. 23.— The Philadelphia returned to port to-cay and will remain until Sunday. The Mon- terey, which was expected here last night, had not materializea at sundown to-day, nor has anything been heard that will ex- plain her unaccountable delay in arriving at the appointed time. —_— Captured at Victoria. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. — Albert Monzenmeyer of Lorin, Cal.,, who in the course of a Christmas-eve drunk shot John R. Perkins of Qakland, was arrested here this morning, ana is held for extradi- tion. He makes no defense save that he was intoxicated. Lucky for him his vie- tim is now rapidly recovering. IZ g Death of a Woodland Pioneer. WOODLAND, CarL, Jan. 23.—William McGriff, a pioneer of 1847 and a highly esteemed resident of this city, died this moraing at 7 o’clock. The deceased was a native of Ohio, aged 65 vears. The funeral will be held from his late residence on Friday. 2 ————— A Santa Cruz Shooter. SANTA CRUZ, CavL., Jan. 23.—Thomas Atkins, charged with shooting Blanche Edwards at Watsonville before Christmas, was bound over to the Superior Court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and was held in $2000 bonds. e 4 Fatality at Pheniz., PHENIX, Ariz.,, Jan. 23. — Charles Stahl, 45 years old, nativity unknown, was found dead in the Salt River Valley canal this morning, baving fallen, it is sup- posed, while intoxicated. SQUANDERED STOLEN MONEYX. Embezzler Altmanspager’s Peculations Reach an Immense Sum. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Jan. 23.—C. A. Altmanspager, who was arrested a nden, Iowa, yesterday for forgery and embezzlement, waived examination this morning at Avera, and was held to the Grand Jury at Council Bluffsin the sum of $10,000. Bonds have not yet been given, and the prisoner is still in the hands of the officer. Henry Wiese, one of the members of the Beiffert-Wiese Lumber Company, for whom Altmanspager was manager at Minden, said this afternoon that the proo- able loss the company would sustain was larger than first reported. New develop- ments in the case are showing Altmans- pager to have been carrvingon his steal- ings in many lines, and it is now believed his peculations will amount to over $50,000. He ran an insurance agency and failed to send in hundreds of policies. Through a building association at Avera, for which he received remittances to be forwarded, he secured another large amount and while acting as a forwarder of taxes to the have taken large amounts. The school district of Minden is out $2915, and he looted a number of trust funds that he had charge of. Altsmanpager was a high liver ana had an elegant housein Minden, a town of 400 people. He kept a team and servants and a cellar_stocked with imported wines. He has a wife and five children. PR CHOKED A LITTLE CHILD. Arrest of an Inhuman Father for a Most Fiendish Crime. FOWLER, Ixp., Jan. 23.—Albert Tolds was brought o this city early yesterday morning and lodged in jail by Sheriff Mor- gan of Newton County and a posse of dep- uties. Tolds is charged with having choked his own child to death, and was brought here to escape the vengeance ot a mob which threatened to storm the New- tx;oin County jail at Kentland and lynch m. Sunday night the neighbors of the pris- oner were attracted to his house by the screams of Mrs. Tolds. On arriving they found the wiie aminion the tloor holding in her arms an eight months’ old babe, from whose mouth and nose the blood was gushing, while the father was seated in the corner smokingbe: p?e. Tolds ex- Elamed that he had n disturbed from is sleep by the child’s erying and had tried to pacify it by gently placing his hand over its mouth, and said it would be T | to-day was as follows : County Treasurer he is also thought to | ali right as soon as its nosé stopped bleed- ing. Some one called a doctor, who found that the child had been choked and was seriously injured. The babe died and a charge of murder in the first degree was placed against Tolds, St SRR EILLED A TEXAS MARSHAL. Two Negro Desperadoes Used Pistols in Resisting Arrest. WEIMAR, Tex., Jan. 23.—While dis- charging his duty as an officer and at- tempting to arrest two negro desperadoes who were concealed on a passing freight- train City Marshal Hatch York was shot through the heart and instantly killed. The negroes were armed with pistols and had pulled them on a brakeman, whoon reaching Weimar notified "the Marshal. The latter atiempted, with the assistance of Sim Watson and J. K. Tooke, to arrest the negroes, who fired on them, and a pitched battle ensued. The Marshal was killed and one of the negroes shot through the leg by a member of the officers’ posse. The negro who killed the Marshal escaped, but is being pursued by armed men. The escaped negro’s name is Jim Harris. York wasa popular man and well known all over the State. FERTS S I HELD UP AND KILLED. Robbery and Murder of Artist Atwater by Highwaymen. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 23.—Bertram E. Atwater, & well-known artist, of 151 Wa- bash avenue, Chicago, was held up, shot and killed at Webster Grove, a suburb, to- night. The highwaymen, three in num- ber, were John Smith, Peter Smith and Sam Foster, a negro. John Smith was shot by Atwater over the heart and is dying. The other highwaymen are in jail at Webster Grove station. There is great excitement, and threats of lynching are heard. LAWMAKERS IN TROUBLE Members of Ohio’s Legislature Under Arrest for Alleged Corruption. Grand Jury Indictments Charge Them With Soliciting Pay for Their Votes. COLUMBUS, Oxio, Jan. 23.—The Grand Jury of this county created a sensation by 1ts partial report last evening. It has been known for some time that the jury has been investigating charges of bribery against members of the State Legislature. In the partial report are three such in- dictments. The accused are all ex-members of the Senate. They are L. C. Ohl of Youngs- town, W. C. Gear of Upper Sandusky and John L. Geyer of this city. The latter represented the Paulding District in the Senate, but has recently removed to Columbus. Gear is charged with asking Senator George Iden of Newark for $250 to vote for a bill to pay him $700 to deiray his ex- penses in a contest for his seat. Ohlis charged with asking for a like amount for a similar bill to recompense ex-Senator D. H. Gaumer of Zanesville. He is said to have been paid this sum. He is also charged with proposing to give Sénator E. M. Avery of Cleveland $160 to hold up a State university bill in committee. Geyer is charged with asking for $400 to votefora bill empowering trust companies to ad- minister estates. He asked 1t of W. F. Burdell of this city, who is the president of such a company and presumably interested in the passage of such a measure. It is understood that there is more to follow. Senators Geyer and Gear were arrested here to-night and a deputy Sheriif left for Youngstown at midnight for Senator Ohl. Iden, Ohl and Avery are Republicans and Geyer, Gear and Gaumer are Democrats. e SR HURLED TO THEIR DEATH. Three Men Killed by the Collapse of & Building Gutted by Fire. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 23.—A fire took vlace last night in a five-story building at 415 North Broadway. While salvage men were at work on the second floor covering %oods the fioor above them gave way. hree were buried in the ruins and killed. Five were injured. This mornin bedies of the desd had been remove the exception of that of K. Kerley. The dead are: James Rodday, age 28; K. Kerleyv, aged 24 and John Stanton, aged 36. Theinjured are: Captain John Glanville, Owen Hines, foreman, George Rucker, Edward McCarthy and Reinhart Miller. the with e Business Houses Burned. NEOSHO, Mo., Jan. 23.—Fire broke out early yesterday morning in a row of frame buildings on the north side of the square in the building occupied by Ames & Robins asa grocery, causing a total loss of five business houses, aggregating in amount 6000, which is partiaily covered by in- surunce. The families who occupied rooms over some of the stores had a narrow escape with theirlives. The fireis thought to be the work of an incendiary. Sias gt 8 Flight of a Treasurer. CHICAGO, ILv., Jan. 23 —Henry Mehl, who has been the Treasurer of the town of Dolton, twenty-six miles from Chicago, since it was incorporated, has disappeared with all the municipal cash in the treas- ury, $2000, and also deserted his wife and eight children. He turned over all his real estate to his bondsten, who will make good the loss. He had become involved in speculation. SR s S e Balloting for Senator. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 23.—Balloting for Senator in the joint assembly was con- inued to-day. The deadlock was still pre- served. There has been no change in the status of affairs from yesterday, The vote Hunter 66, Black- burn 57, Wilson 1, Buckner 2, Carlisle 4, McEreary 3. Poor (Pop.) voted for Clar- ence S. I{nt.es, the Populist nominee. e A Ezeta a Fugitive. SAN SALVADOR, Jan. 23.—Govern- mwent officials refuse any information re- garding the reported capture of Antonio | Kzeta in Costa Rica, but an official paper publishes a decree declaring bim a fugitive irom justice for crimes commitied during Carlos Ezeta’s Presidency. The troops are held in strict marching orders, to Ee ready in case of necessity. —_———— Steel Workers Killed. YOUNGSTOWN, Oxio, Jan. 23.—Charles Hadmank was killed, Andy Piasko fatally hurt and two others serians‘l{ injured by the breaking of the cable and the falling of a cage f%nm the smelters’ cupola this morgmz in the Ohio Steel Company’s works. —_——— Death of a Noted Ship-Builder. BERLIN, Gervaxy, Jan. 23.—Ferdinand Schichau, the noted ship-builder of Elbing, died in that city to-day. He built the first iron ship that was constructed in Germany. He was 84 years of age. e by Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The treasury gold reserve to-day stood at $50;; l:gse The withdrawals reported to- day were $250,000. QUEER HONDO ISLANDERS Had Never Seen a Caucasian and Viewed Miss Suthon With Surprise. DIFFICULT MISSIONARY WORK. Miss Suthon’s Story of a Strange Murder in Her House Which Yet Remains a Mystery. Miss G.Suthon, who for sevenjyears past has been engaged in missionary work on the curious out of the way island of Hondo, belonging to Japan, and situated 500 miles from Tokio, is in the City. Miss Suthon is from New Orleans and is of the American Episcopal Missionary So- ciety. She was the first foreigner who was ever in this queer island, and was the only European there for two years afterward. Even now there are almost no Europeans in that part of the Mikado's realm. The lady says that when she went there and for months aiterward the natives in- spected her with wide-eyed wonder, as though she were some strange being who had dropped from the clouds. The chil- dren threw snowballs at her a good deal at first, for it snows to a great depth there, but otherwise she was not disturbed. She was living and doing mission work in the town of Aomo, of 25,000 inhabitants, at the extreme northern part of theisland, where there is a fine harbor and a military station. At the siation are about 3000 soldiers. One day, so she tells, one of the princes of the blcod royal came up to take com- mand of the troops. There was an enor- mous crowd to greet the prince, and she Miss Suthon. went forth with one or two of her newly acquired Japanese friends, not thinking much about anything, but expecting to see the prince. She got into the crowd, but soon became cognizant that she was the observed of all observers. The sensation which the prince was ex- pected to cause was nothing compared with that which the lone missionary cre- ated among the little brown islanders, They manifested their astonishment in many strange ways, and the situation be- came very embarrassing. She was finally enabled to get back to her home, a great crowd following meanwhile, however, and once there the Fldy locked and barred her door and did not venture forth again ex- cept for short distances for a long while. The country about Aomo on the island is balf wild, though in general it is pretty thickly settled, Miss Sufhon says. Bacl from the bay are large areas of rice lands, and back of these the country is rugged. “The bay and rivers fairly swarm with fish,” said she. hey are the finest fish in all Japan. Mauy of them are much like our trout in this country. Among the fine fish is the tai, which is in taste very much like the mountain trout. “The province of Mutsu, of which the island of Hondo is a part, has nearly 12,- 000,000 people. = “As for the people of Hondo they are less educated and less modern, so far as civilization is concerned, than those of any other part of Japan. The railroad was only completed there four years ago. *‘There are no modern inventions used there of any kind. You see almost noth- ing to remind you of America. However, a company has lately been organized to put an electric-light plant in the town of Aomo. “f had a remarkable experience befall me in this town last September which caused my friends a good deal of anxiety. “A Japanese student was murdered in my house one night, and no one knew who did it, and it has never yet been found out. It was done with a sword, the man being killed while he lay asleep in bed. “I slept upstairs and the Japanese be- low; and there was nobody else in the house except the cook and his wife. Nobody heard any noise. The murdered man had been studying English, taking lessons of me. He had no enemies that any one knew of, and the whole thing isa mystery that noneof the officials, includ- ing courts and detectives, have as yet solved. “Several arrests have been made and there was a preliminary investigation, at which I attended and atwhich I gave such evidence as I had. I was placed in no un- pleasant position whatever by the circum- stance.” Miss Suthon will remain in this country a year, and will then return to Hondo Island, where she says the natives are rather slow to receive the teachings of the Christian religion. They have been so se- cluded from the world, asknown to Ameri- can and Europeans, however, that she thinks it is little wonder that they do not take to a new doctrine. It snows six feet deep at Aomo and the winter lasts five months. There isonly one other place in Japan where it snows more. The natives use horses a great deal and raise a great many of them. The horses are not as large on the average as A meri- can horses, but are pretty large for Japa- nese. Miss Suthon will leave for New Orleans to-night. e MUST MAKE CONCESSIONS. Railroad Companies Will Kwxtend Time on the Encampment Tickets. CHICAGO, ILv., Jan. 23.—The delega- tion of *sie..esota citizens who came here in the et=zests of St. Paul to confer with Commander-in-Chief Walker of the Grand Army in reference to the objectionable time limit for National encampment tickets fixea by the Western Passenger Association met Chairman Caldwell of the association to-day. They informed him that the action of the railroads was satis- factory except as to the limit of return to two dawsafter the encampment closed and that St. Pauldid not want the encamp- ment unless the time was extended. In compliance with their request Chairman Caldwell notified the members of the association that a special meeting was asked to reconsider their action. 1’wo of the roads responded by asking that such a meeting be called, and this being suffi- cient the chairman issnsd a call for the NEW TO-DAY. meeting next Tussday. Thisstepis favor- able for the encampment being held in St. Paul, as some of the general passenger agents have experienced a change of heart to the extent of meeting the demands of Bt. Paul and the G. A. R. balf way in the face of threats to hold the encampment outside their territory. ity SR HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. Conduct of the Supervising Architect’s Uffice Criticized. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 23.—Two- thirds of the tbree-hour session of the House Wednesday was occupied in con- sidering a Senate joint resolution author- izing the expenditure of $55,000 all told for the employment of outside assistance to the supervising architect of the treasury in the preparation of plans and specifications and supervision of the Chicago public building. In the course of the debate the conduct of the archifect’s office was the subject of considerable criticism. The joint resolution was passed, as were the {olfuwing: A resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit to the House the report made by Henry W. Elliott to that department in November, 1890, upon the condition and prospects of the fur sealing industry, House bill extending three years the time for completion of the incline railroad on West Mountain, Hot Springs, Ark. Senate concurrent resolution author- izing the printing of 6000 extra coplesmof a paper on ‘“The gPublic Lands and Their Water Supply,”” contained in the sixteenth annual report of the director of the Geological Survey. = House bill providing for the appoint- ment of a chaplain of West Point from civil life. The unanimous report of Elections Com- Something Rwfully Good! About 500 pairs of those very fashionable English Corduroy Trousers, for lit- tle fellows between the ages of 5 and 15, the usual $1 grade, for Friday only and but two pairs to a cus- mittee 2 that H. C. Miner was entitled to the seat now occupied by him_as Repre- tomer, at sentative from the g\'mth New York Dis- trict, and that Timothy J. Campbell, con- testant, was not entitled thereto, was el gt e agreed to without discussion. & The House at 3:30 o'clock adjourned until to-morrow. Ao Gold Reserve Decreasing. B WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The gold reserve to-day at the close of business stood at $50,618,659. The withdrawals for the day as reported amounted to $181,000. THREE SHODTING SCRAPES One Man Killed and Three Wounded at an Early Hour This Morning, That’s how the big store does things during Jamu. ary 3 none of those hali. hearted cuts § no would-be pretensions; no little re- duction of 5¢ or 6¢c on a garment, but when we do cut, we cut out of sight. THIS MORNING Deadly Encounter at a Feast in AT 8 O'CLOCK. Chinatown—Gave Builets for a Drink. % There was an epidemic of shooting scrapes this morning. After midnight there were three deadly encounters, in which one Chinaman was killed, and two white men and one Chinaman wounded. J. Herveau and Albert Calin were hav- ing a quiet talk in the saloon at 2208 Sut- ter street, when a stranger entered and demanded a drink. Herveau, the barkeeper, refused, and the intruder pulled a pistol. Calin seized the weapon, when it was discharged, the ball going through the calf of Calin’s left leg. The man then shot Herveau, the bullet penetrating the left side of the abdomen and passing out at the back. The wounded men were taken to the | Receiving Hospital, where they were treated by Dr. Fitzgibbons. Both will | recover. There was a Chinese feast at4 Bartlett alley at 2 o’clock this morning, at which Lee Ah Wong and anotl:er Chinaman en- gaged in a quarrel, and both were shot. Wong’s left knee was shattered, but he will recover. The other man, whose name is unknown, was fatally wounded. 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