The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1896. STORMS SWEEP OVER THE EAST, Severe Losses Are Reported Both at Sea and Ashore. RAPID RISE OF RIVERS: Waters Overflow the Lowlands and Hundreds of Families Leave Their Homes. HEAVY WINDS AND RAINS. In Many Sections Railroad Tracks and Bridges Are Washed Away and Traffic Is Suspended. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6. — At noon the wind was blowing seventy-two miles an hour, and out on the ecean it is still more furious. The clamming sloop Fa- vorite, containing three men, was upset at 10:30 0’clock this morning in bthe ay of St. George, S. 1., one of the men being drowned. A tug and a fishing smack are also reported sunk opposite Sailors’ Snug Harbor. A special dispatch from Plainfield, N. J., dated 2 A. M., says in reference to the flood and fire at Boundbrook, N. J.: Itisre- ported that many lives have been lost. The report was brought to Plainfield by a man who had escaped from Boundbrook. Boundbrook, thirty-one miles out on the Central Railroad of New Jersey and pop- ulated largely by commuters, was last night visited by a devastating fire. Atan early hour this' morning it was at.its height, the flames-being readily seen from Plainfield, seven miles away. Owing to water six feet 1n depth in the streets,the inhabitants were unable to fight the flames. Direct communication was early destroyed, all the telegraph and tele- phone wires having fallen under flood and fire. A Morristown (N. J.) special says: The dam at Pocahontas Lake broke this after- noon, and the lower part of tnis city was i ated. So far as is known no lives have been lost, although twenty-five per- re missing. Their disappearance is creating intense anxiety. The calamity occurred at 3 o’clock. In ten minutes the water rose ten feet in the streets. The embankment of the Delaware and Lackawanna Ratlroad runs through the town. The Whippany River flows under this embankment through a sixteen-foot culvert. The immense vol- ume of water rushed against the embank- ment and not being able to escape backed up through the town, rising into the houses and flooding all the first floors. People fled in terror to the second stories. The news spread through town and the work of rescuing those in danger was bagun. Br 6 o'clock the danger was over, a\ the waters had begun to recede. The tricks of the Whippany Railroad are under water and muy be washed away entirely. Many heroic rescues were made, but no lives are reported lost, although about twenty people are missing. BOSTON, Mass.,, Feb. 6.—The terrific gale predicted by the Weather Bureau reached here this evening. The barometer has steadily fallen since Wednesday even- ing, when it marked 30.4, until at 6 o’clock this evening it dropped to 29.17, with the prospects of it going still lower. The storm steadily increased from the early afternoon until at dark it was blowing a howling gale, with the indications that it would attain the velocity of a hurricane during the mnight. Up to a late hour to-night no casualties bad been reported. The strong easterly gale caused an unusually high tide this evening, when the water had attained its highest point several wharves along the water front were inundated. Cellars along Atlantic avenue were flooded to the depth of several feel, and considerable damage must necessarily result. 3 NEW LONDON, Coxx., Feb. 6.—The fiercest storm of the winter prevailed to-day with a northeaster and violent rain. The wind bécame a gale at mnoon. The tug T. J. Scully wasreportea off Corn- field with four barges by the tug Hercu- les, which passed here at 8:15. The Stickney went out, but did not find her, The Scully was bound east and it is feared the barges may go adrift and be lost. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 6.—With the twenty-four hours: ending at 8 o’clock to-night 3.86 inches of rain fell in Pnila- delphia. The barometer sank to 28.65, the lowest ever recorded here. The greatest velocity attained by -the wind was forty miles an hour. The Delaware River over- flowed its banks in this city and in Cam- den, N..J. Much damage was done to property along the river front. ‘The Bchuylkill River also overflowed its banks, and in Fairmont Park the river-front drives were badly washed out in many places, and two bridges spanning small streams were carried away. At Wilkesbarre hundreds of houses and outbuildings were unroofed. 2 At Norristown the Schuylkill River rose twenty-five feet. The Pennsylvania and Reading railroads are covered with four feet of water and mno trains are running, The bridge at Port Kennedy has been closed to travel, and the structure is ex- pected to go down the river at any minute. The lower floor of the Wyoming Mills are flooded. Their losses will foot up into the thousands. At Newport the trestles under ‘the iron bridge at Second street, across Buffalo Creek, have been carried away. Bethlehem reports Monocacy Creek out of its banks from the slate regions to its out- let here, cauzing damage- which cannot even be estimated to-night. The wires are down and all communication with the, slate regions is cut off, and the report that. there was a ‘cloudburst at Wind Gap, twenty miles north, cannot be verified.| The tracks of the Lehigzh and Lackawanna Rallroad paraliel the creek, and have been Wwasied away at many places. Bridges at Bethlenem, Saylorsburg and Bath have been torn away. All tratfic has been at a standstill since 10 o'clock this MOrning. Upward of 200 families have either deserted - thieir homes or bave taken refuge on the yecond flpors. The thoroughiares were flogged in ten minutes :23 "t‘;::’t’ 4% could be served from cellars oors. poorest classes, The opibanti e ie x)xz]: flllle lowlands of Schaylkill Haven, at SHPs many delegates have been sub- \ \ merged ana the families had to move out. Owing to the heavy rains the rivers in the vicinity of Easton are overflowing their banks and causing much damage. The Bushkill Valley is inundated and sev- eral dams have burst. EASTON, Pa., Feb, 6.—Heavy rains and melting snow are causing the rivers and creeks to rise rapidly, resulting in much damage. The mail train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was stuck at Bridgeville, N. J., in consequence of a landslide, and the Oxford tunnel on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road was filled with ties and lumber. Iraffic on the Bangor and Portland, the Easton and Northern and the Lehigh and Lackawanna railroaas is abandoned on account of washouts and other causes re- sulting from the storm. The bridge crossing Saylor’s Lake on the Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad gave way while a mixed train was passing over it, but no one was burt. The Delaqure, the Lehigh and Bushkill rivers are rising very fast. Dams are bursting at different points throughout the country. HAZLETON, Pa., Feb. 6.—Not a ‘col- liery in this section is working to-d'ay owing to the wind and rainstorm which has prevailed for nine hours. A number of mines are already drowned out. The lowlands are flooded and great damage has been done in the farming districts. The rain is still coming down 1n torrents this afternoon. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb.6.—A tor- nado of cyclonic character accomnan_ied by a heavy rainstorm has been raging throughout the Wyoming Valley since 8 o’clock this morning. The Wilkesbarre lace mill, the largest structure in this val- ley, was partly unroofed. JACKSONVILLE, Fra.,, Feb. 6.—A severe storm began here yesterday and continued all night, and at noon to-day it still continues with great fury. Many wires are down, retarding business to a great degree. SOMERVILLE, N. J., Feb. 6.—The storm has raised the Raritan River twenty- five feet. Bridges are being swept away, railroads washed out and a large amount of proverty destroyed. 2 The towns of Clinton and Boundbrook are partly inundated. Oneman was found dead near the track of the Central Rail- road of New Jersey, near North Beach. Two men who attempted to cross a very high bridge at this place with a horseand wagon were swept into the stream. They clung to the branches of a tree until rescued by onlookers. The horse was drowned. A fierce fire is raging at Boundbrook and the streets are under six feet of water. The fire started in a lumber-yard in the center of the town. The fire departments of this place and Plainfield have been called upon for assistance. ATLANTA, GaA., Feb. 6.—The tremen- dous rainstorm which began yesterday, accompanied by a very high wind, con- tinued through -the night. The railroads between Montgomery and Mobile were washed out in numerous places and traffic has been suspended in consequence. A number of wires are down. OHID SOLID FOR M'KINLEY Governor Bushnell Says He Is Sure of the Vote of ‘the Buckeye State. General Harrison’s Letter of Declina- tion Materially Adds to His Strength. HARTFORD, Coxx., Feb. “6.—This morning Governor Bushnell of Ohio said in relation to the feeling of Ohio in regard to McKinley’s candidacy for the Presi- dency: 5 *‘Ohio is solid for the nomination of William McKinley for the Presidency. All the reports to the contrary are given out by the opposition press, who fear his candidacy, and by those who favor the nomination of some other candidate. “Bat Ohio is a unit for her favorite son, and the delegation will go to the Repub- lican Convention at St. Louis to remain there first, 1ast and all the time for Me- Kinley. General Harrison’s letter declin- ing to be a candidate has materially aaded to McKinley’s strength. I think -when the baliots are taken at St. Louis that the Indiana delegation will be for McKinley.” : Faade i TEXAS BILVER DEMOCRATS. They Reach a Compromise in the State Ewxecutive Committee. AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 6.—The free-silver element in the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee to-day surrendered the one-convention idea in so far 2s to agree to two separate conventions, with but one primary to elect delegates. This virtually makes but -one convention, which is to meet twice, and the sound-money Demo- crats are denouncing it. There wasa long and bitter fight over the form of ballot to be uséd in the pri- raaries, the silverites favoring printing on them, “In favor of free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16to1"” A compro- mise was finally consummated by agree- ing to have on the ballot, “For bimetal- lism.” The convention to select delegates to the National Convention meets June 23. i PROSECUTION OF LYNCHERS. Outrages in' South Carolina That Will Not Pass Unnoticed. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Feb. 6.— Several weeks ago at & place called Broxton Bridge, in the wilds of Colleton County, two negroes, a man and woman, were whipped to death by white men, and another, a woman, was so terribly lacerated by buggy traces that for several days she lingered between life and death. It was the first case on record of a woman-having been Iynched in this State. The charge against Isham Kearse, the man murdered, was that he had stolen a Bible from a church. Coming directly after the passage of the anti-lynching ordinance by the constitu- tional convention the affair caused a sen- sation. Governor Evans sent a detective to the neighborhood, and as a result a number of prominent men have been arrested for murder. s Court will convene on February 17 at Walterboro, and the cases will be brought to trial within three days. The State Solicitor is Duncan Bellinger, the author of the antj-lynching resolution in the con- stitutional convention and the man who worked up, such a sentiment in that body that they vrovided for the disfranchise- ment of any officer who allowed a prisoner to be taken from himi by a mob, and ren- dered the county in which lynching oc- curred iiable for damages in not less than $2000 to the heirs of.a man murdered by a mob. Severalof the accused men haye prop- erty, standing and influence, and a power- ful array of legal talent to represent them. kg Defeat of. Slave-Traders. LONDON, Exc., Feb..6.—The Govern- ment has received word stating that the British have won two victories over the slave-traders of Central Africa, and four- teen Arabchiefs have been taken prisoners. BATTLE OF THE | HUNS AND POLES An 0ld Feud the Cause of a Terrible Riot at Whiting, A SALOON THE SCENE. During the Encounter Three Men Are Shot Dead and Two Wounded. FIRED FROM THE BARRICADES. Joseph Maovitik Joined by His Wife in Holding the Fort Against the Enemy. 5 WHITING, Ixp., ¥eb. 6.—Whiting was the scene of a bloody riot this afternoon, and as'a result three men are dead and another is lying at the point of death. The dead are: Emory Szanjo, Ateve Mutcha and John Mokin. Seriously mjured: Jacob Gladstone, ci- gar manufacturer, 397 South Main street, Chicago, shot in breast; John Thomas, foreman for Standard Oil Company, shot in right side, will die. The trouble began in the saloon of Jo- seph Maovitik, at the corner of Adams street and Whiting road. For some years bad blood has existed between the Hunga- rians and the Polanders living in Whiting. Maovitik is a Pole, and about 2 o’clock this afternoon a crowd of Hungarians en- tered his saloon with the avowed purpose of clearing out the place. They began by directing insulting re- marks to the saloon-keeper and his wife, who was also in the saloon at the time. Several of Maovitik’s friends were present, and one of them struck a Hungarian, knocking him senseless. The Hungarians became enraged at this, and, drawing re- volvers, opened up a promiscuous shoot- ing. Maovitik and his wif2 fled upstairs, leaving the Hungarians in possession of the saloon. % Several of them rushed outside and, with clubs, began breaking the large plate- glass windows ' of the saloon. Maovitik, from an upper window, fired a volley at the men below. His shots told, and when the smoke cleared away Szanjoand Mutcha lay dead in the street. In the meantime Mrs. Maovitik stood at the head of the stairs and fired into a crowd attempting to mount the stairs, Thomas fell, it is thought, mortally wounded. Gladstone was in the saloon at the time the trouble began taking orders for cigars, and was endeavoring to escape when one of the shots from the woman’s gun struck him in the breast, just over the heart. The bullet was eheckéd by a matchbox in his vest pocket, which saved his life. Then Chief of Police Dobbins, Officer Lowenthal and Deputy Sheriff Emmell came on the scene. The maddened Hun- garians barricaded themselves in the saloon and refused to come out. With drawn revolvers the officers attacked the doors of the buildings, They succeeded in forcing an enirance and arrested the ringleaders. They took the prisoners to Hammond jail, where they will be given a hearing to-morrow. There is talk among the Poles to-night that may signify trouble to-morrow. TO RECOGNIZE BELLIGERENCY. General Weyler Will Yasue a Proclama- tion to That Effect. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—A Herald special from Washington says: Just as soon as General Weyler, the successor of General Campos in command of the Span- ish forces in Cuba, assumes his new duties he will issue a proclamation, I understand, practically giving belligerent rights to the insurgents. ‘I learned at the department yesterday that Secretary Olney has been advised of the proposed proclamation and of the pro- gramme Spain has so far outlined for car- ryingon the war. The proclamation will declare the intention of Spain to carry on a humane war as long as the Cubans con- fine their war to civilized methods. Gen- eral Weyler will issue the proclamation, it is expected. within a week. It is the ex- pectation of the Spanish Government that the rebels will agree to the terms of the proclamation to be issued, and cease the destruction of property of non-combatants. The action of Spain in this matter is looked upon as a shrewd diplomatic move by the Madrid authorities. The commu: nication received at the State Department was very friendly in tone, and it relieves the United States from- taking any steps in the direction of suggesting action by her looking to belligerency, such as was sug- gested by the resolution favorably reported by the majority of the Senate Foreign Re- lations Committee. That the Secretary of State has not com- municated the provosed action of the Spanish Government to the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is shown by the fact that it agreed yester- day upon the substitute for the resolution heretofore reported. Sy IN NO HURRY TO AcCT. The Question of Recognizing Cubans Heard in Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—The question of recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents was fully dis- cussed at the meeting to-day of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pearson of North Carolina Pprecipitated the debate by suggesting that the House should formulate a resolution recognizing the belligerency of the Oubans without waiting further for the data from the State Departmeént which the committee called for several weeks ago. At thattime the general subject of Cuban affairs was re- ferred to asub-committee, of which Adams of Pennsylvania’is chairman. When Pearson had finished the question was asked of "Adams what ought to be the attitude of this Government with refer- ence to Cuban recognition. Adams obviously was not over friendly to the'proposition. He thought the United States ought to proceed slowly in the mat- ter. He went on to say that he had in- quired among the larger business houses of Philadelphia as to the conditions in Cuba and that his replies had not been satisfac- tory. 3 He proceeded from this point to define the legal status of the United States with reference to Spain, with whom'we have JUST 14 DAYS TO-DAY SINCE WE challenged our competitors, or rather, our imitators in this town, to put upaline of goods equally as fine as ours, equally as ¢hoice in style, equally as cleverly tai- lored, equal in point of values, which were $18, $17, $16 and $15 Suits and Overcoats, to put up like values at —$9.00— Up to present writing they haven’t said a word, but observed a clam-like silence, because they know they cannot put up a line of goodsequal to ours or anywheres near it at double the figure we quote. That's why you see the big store crowded. The clever garments you see surround- ing this advertisement are the garments that we are offering; tailors can’t make ’em better. The Suits are indeed clever, representing all the very newest cuts in the Cutaway, in fine Black Clay worsteds, fine Cheviots, Double-Breasted Sacks, Sin- gle-Breasted Sacks, in all the very latest” colorings, as well as the plain staple gen- teel Buits for Sunday wear. For a few days yet ai the challenge price, -$9.00-- RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). 9,11,13,15 KEARNY ST NEW TO-DAY--CLOTHING. | (il i Going 0ff2 Ves, Indeed Hot Cakes Too. \ il }\\\\ o Lik - RAPHAEL’ INCORPORATHD). THE PLACE WHERE THE MASSES TRADE. THE ‘WAY THE-OVERCOATS HAVEf been going during this sale and the way the fashionable folks are taking hold of ’em, Baturday night will see big holes knocked into our stock. ‘They’re withous a doubt the prettiest and cleverest gar- ments we have ever placed before the buye ing public. Those handsome Kerseys in blues and blacks, silk velvet collar, satin sleeve line ing; those very pretty Meltons in tans, grays and Oxford mixtures, have taken the town by storm, especially at the ohal« lenge price, --$9.00— The Ulsters too are clever garments, in rich Friezes, cut long, with fine worsted linings, blues, blacks and Oxford mixtures, awfully clever garments. We won't at- tempt to tell you what they were sold at before. We will merely state that this challenge has made a deep impression upon the people of San Franciscoand that for a few days only you’ll be able to buy ’em at --$9.00—~ RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED), 9,11,13 15 KEARNY ST treaties of amity and commerce and with whom, also, friendly relations exist. Other members of the committee ques- tioned Adams upon other phases of the situation, and the suggestion. was ad- vanced by McCreary of Kentucky that re- cognitions of this character were purely an executive function. This brought Smith of Michigan, one of the young members of the House and an enthusiastic sympathizer with the Cuban insurgents, into the discussion. Smith in- sisted that the constitution contained no authority vesting such power in the ex- ecutive. A recognition of belligerency, however, which might involve war, was, in his judgment, a legislative function, and therefore a concurrent resolution of recognition, which should be presented to the President for his signature, would fix the responsibility where it belonged— namely, upon the legislative branch of the Government. He informed the commit- tee that Senator Sherman in 1870 reported a resblution recognizing the bdelligerent rights of the Cubans at that time, After further discussion Hitt, the-chair- man of the committee, announced that the correspondence desired had been prepared at the State Department and that as soon as it was received by the House the com- mittee would be called to consider it. Money of Mississippi interjected "an ob- servation that it was the duty of this Gov- ernment to remain on friendly terms with the Spaunish Government. To this Smith made a pointed denial. The point was also raised that citizens of the United States have large property interests in. the island and the question was asked as to the effect of a resolution of belligerency npon these interests. Smith replied that he had given no thought to that question and that he never measured his patriotism by dol- lars and cents. e gl GERMAN WORKERS DISSATISFIED Berlin Firms Asked to Submit Griev- 4 ances to Arbitration. BERLIN, GermaxY, Feb. 6.—The wage agitation among the persons employed by the clothing and linen manufacturers of Germany is growing and already exceeds any previous trade movement in the his- tory of the country. The movement is supported by the workers in all the large cities and a strike has been begun in Bres- lau and Hamburg. ; The demands of the employes are every- where recognized as having ample justifi- cation. The Government has appealed to the Berlin firms affected b{:ne agitation to submit the difference between them- selves and their employes to arbitration. pAE S i Se:ni-Ofictally Denied. - LONDON, Exg., Feb. 6.—The report that Great Britain had recognized the sov- ereignty of Brazil in the isiand of Trini- dad, which the former recently occupied for a cable station, is semi-officially de- nied, 5 : SAN BERNARDINO'S ~ BIG SUIT ENDED, The San Francisco Savings Union Secures Judg- ment. REVIEW OF THE CASE. How the Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company Became - Embarrassed. SEQUEL TO A LIVELY BOOM. Settlers Sell Their Homes at a Saéri. fice and Move to Other Points. SAN BERNARDINO, Carn., Feb., 6.— The case entitlea the San Francisco Sav- ings Union vs. the Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company. has at last come to an end, after being in the courts for some years. On Monday Judge Otis of the Su- perior Court rendered his decision in favor of the Savings Union, and unless the lands of the defendants are not redeemed by September 15, 1896, a Sheriff’s sale will be the result. The sunit was brought by the Savings Union on a note for §750,000. The mort- ga e given to secure the note included 17,000 acres of land situated to the west of 8an Bernardino and forming the greater part of the Rialto settlement, about 140 bonds of the Rialto Irrigation District to thie value of about §70,000 and forty shares of the Lytle Creek Water Company. The loan was made in two parcels, the smaller being for $13,000 on 180 acres of land a little northeast of Rialto, the inter- est running the amount up to $13,723 48, The case is one of the most important ever tried in the courtsof this portion of the State. When the original suit was brought there were 450 defendants. When the Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company started it went witha boom, Ex-Governor Merrill of Iowa was at the head of theen- terprise, supportea by a large number of vrominent men from different Eastern points. Streets were laid out and real estate offites opened. A large and com- modious hotel graced the acres and acres of wild, unculitivated land. - The sale of lots commenced, and rapidly the sagebush and cactus gave way to a thriving settlement. Settlers bought with the knowledge that a blanket mortgage hung over the lands, but the boom was on and they had hopes of being able to pay off the mortgage and have their little homes free. Many paid in full at the first payment and received a release of the mortgage, but those who failed are ‘the ones who are in despair, and the seven and.a half months’ time gives but little hope to them in the face of the present de- pressed times. It is said that some have left their places and gone to other points, letting their homes go for what they wiil. 8till, in the face of all this, the Savings Union has made & very liberal offer to those who are in arrears. The attorney for the Savings Union said to a CALL corre- spondent: “The Savings Union has filed a reasonable release clause, so that it will cost no purchaser of land more to redeem it than he was originally to pay. Instead of paying to the Semi-Tropic Company, he will pay the balance he owes to. the Savings Union, and receive a release from the mortgage. Of course this must be done within the time given by the court.” Baid a prominent Rialto man to a Cary correspondent: “We are in hopes that all will come out well and think it will, so that none of our settlers will sufrer. Our country is growing, and the land is now commencing to give value received. There may be such a thing as that an extension of time can be had if the outlook for a settlement is anywhere good.” Aside from this present difficulty, the Semi-tropic Company is striving to get an injunction against the Grapeland Irriga- tion Company, as the latter, by tunneling under the Lytle Creek waters, it is claimed, will tap the supply now used by the former for watering its lands, as the water owned by the Semi-tropic Company .flows from Lytle Creek Canvon and the Grapeland’ company is running a 3000-foot tunnel under the bed of the creek. The case is now pending in the courtsand the decision is awaited with great interest. ANOTHER EAJ!TA CRUZ EVENT. 2he G, A. R. Encampment to Be Held in That City in April SANTA GRUZ, CaL., Feb. 6.—The local G. A. R. post is to-day in receipt of in- formation that the G. A. R.encampment will be held here on April 22, 23 and 24. Preparasions will be made to give the old soldiers a grand reception. A few years ago this town raised $1400 to, bring the encampment here, and on the coming occasion Will be as well prepared to entertain them. The Woman’s Relief Corps and Ladies’ Auxiliary will also be of the encampment. This adds one more to the events that are already booked for. Santa Cruz, and will make a fine introduction to the open- ing of the season. PORTLAND WIFE MURDER The Woman’s Throat Cut by Her Jealous and Drunken Husband. Made a Desperate Attempt to Kill Himself, but' Will Re- cover. PORTLAND, Oz., Feb. 6.—George Bax- ter, a logger, who recently came here with his family from Roslyn, Wash., at6 o’clock this evening slashed his wife’s throat from ear to ear in the Winters lodging-house on Davis-street and Grant avenue, East Port- land, She died in a few moments. The act was committed while, itis sup- ‘posed, his jealousy was fired by drink. ‘When the police kicked in the door of the room, Baxter drew a razor across his own throat. He was a rowerml man, and be- fore the officers could club the weapon out of his bands, he inflicted six deep and ugly wounds unon himself, and feli to the floor in an unconscious state. Coroner Cornelius, however, does not think that Baxter's injuries are necessanly fatal. .He was taken to the Good Samari- tan Hospital, and the remains of his victim are now at the morgue. Both had been drinking heavily to-day, and at 7 o’clock this evening they were seen crossing Burnside-street bridge in an intoxicated condition. The woman wanted to return to the West Side, and a quarrel ensued, which resulted-in her death an hour later, The people in the house know very little of the couble, but give it as their opinion that the man was inordinately jeanlous of his wife. They also say that at times he acted as if he had been mentally unbal- anced. The only surviving eye-witness to the bloody -affair was their four-year-old daughter, Edna. She is a bright child, as yet incapable of realizing the enormity of what has befallen her. She said: “Mamma and papa had a quarrel, and he struck her in the face, which made the blood come, and she fell on the floor. I asked papa if mamma was dead and be said ‘no.” We then botn kissed her and papa began to cry.” An inquest will perhaps reveal more of the motives prompting this tragedy. —— Crushod by the Cars at Redding. REDDING, Car., Feb.6.—John Flynn .| this morning, while crossing a freight train, fell between the cars and was killed. is legs were crushed pearly off,