The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1896, Page 1

P —— R R S n N “VOLUME LXXIX.—NO 124. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1896. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. letter written by Dygart while in | and strongly favored San Pedro, no appro- THEAEHEHY UN Guines jail. The letter con- priation has been made by Congress for PEHlSHEU IN A tained remarks which were con- either place. These were the ‘‘outer” 3 strued into an admission of THE BERMUDA, The Filibustering Steamer Seized at Puerto Cortez. BETRAYED TO WEYLER. Spanish Gunboats Prevent the Landing of the Munitions of War. THE CARGO IS CONDEMNED. Honduras Authorities Hold the Ves- sel for Spain—Garcia Believed to Have Reached Cuba. PHILADE.RHIA, P, vate cablegram récdyed that the tering has been Honduras Government with all the muni- tions of war aboard with hich she sailed from New York for Cubs The vesselis being closely guarded, awaiting the arrival of Spanish agents, who bave been sent to Hondyras with evidence to have the steamer and her cargo condemned as con- traband of war. Captain O’Brien and the crew of the vessel are known to b:. aboard, but the whereab of General Calixto Garci the 170 men who went out on the It is said that ther somewhere, and th £ vessel Bermuda zed at Puerto Cortez by the eamer an. ff he d he place where an attempt the cargo of the e attempt to land at night, near several Spani: earing down upon lsa"had concealed at hand when a made ali steam and have landed at this tix attempt was made to land war material, and again they may be still aboard the vessel Px, Cubans in thisci ¥ say that Maximo Gomez, *he Cuban commander-in-chief, is | now on his way to Philadelphia to receive medical treatment. s'may be true, but from reports here the contention of the h-that Gomez is dead isnot improb- d Gomez's leg has ecome -an ulcerated 1in his arm has uble and he has remain in the 1l s past, and it is that for the past four months he has hed the command of the Cuban 3¢ SHINGTON, D. C, April 1.—The n M ter is in receipt of a mes- g the ure at San Jose, the Honduras authorities of the steamer Bermuda with all her con- traband of wa: NEW YORK, N. Y., April 1.—Eaitor flo of EI Porviro, who is the most active leaders here Cubans, this evening denounced the report that the steamer ch carried a -filibustering ed with its cargo of n at Puerto Cortez, duras. In an interview with a repre- tative of the United Press he said: “The fact that the Bermuda was at Paerto Cortez is not news. We have known it several days. She landed her men and cargo in Cuba safely. She then proceeded to Puerto Cor sargo of bananas. She is now on her way home. She will stop a: Philadelphia and discharge her cargo 1 then she will come to New York.” v T e DYGART IS DOOMED. Spaniards Possess Ecidence That Was About to Become a Kebel. HAVANA, Crea, April 1 (via Key West, Fla., April L.)—The Government is extremely reticent about .the whereabouts of Maceo. Reports from other sources in- dicate that he has entered Havana province, crossing the new trocha along the Pinar del Rio line between Marie-and Majana. The authorities declsred the line imoregnadle. - Earthworks have ' been bai extending almost . continuously across the isiand. Weylér is absolutely certain that Maceo is peaned up in the west. The Spaniards are confident that he is doomed at last. Thirty thousand troops. are stationed along the trocha. Aroleusisiin command. The columns of Linares, Inclan and a half dozen others have been -parsuing Maceo since theJanding of Calixto Garc.a, but no sericus engagement has been fought. The Govern:nent urged the corres- pondents yesterday to circulate the rumor of Gomez’ death, which no one here be- lieved. The latest exploit of the rebel com- mander-in-chief was to enter the capital of Santa Clara province. His forces swarmed into the city, filling the plaza. Mounted guards patrolled the streets from midnight till morning and secured shoes, clothing and considerable ammunition, General Bazan, surprised with a few troops n the city, rushed about dressed in under- clothing oniy. He selected the roof of the theater as a safe place from which to direct operations. The ‘iusurgents de- parted at dawn, with a loss of two men. General Pando has been ordered back to Spain for permitting Gomez 1o enter Santa Clara province without a batle. Walter Dygart, the Ameri¢an prisoner about whom the Senate asked information and abcui whom the State Department wired peremptorily to Copsul - General Williams, is now doomed. While his present whereabouts is still a mystery, Consul - General Williams received a ez and took a He 'muda was show- | janintention to join the insurgents. Wil- liams furnished a copy of the letter to the only American correspondent bere having close. relations with Weyler. Before the letter reached the palace the officials said Dxgart would probably be released, owing to lack of evidence. They now declare the chain of evidence iscomplete. Dygart will be treated as a prisoner of war. The Gov- ernment claims a gun was found ten feet away when Dygart wes arrested. He de- nies this, Three prisoners of war were sho' in the Cabanas prison last week. One had hi arm in a sling, as the result of a wound, when captured. Nine political prisoners were deported during last month. What becomes of all the prisoners of war and suspects arrested it is impossible to learn. The recent affair at Bainoa, which Gen- eral Melonizo reports as a brilliant victory, resulting in the insurgents losing eighteen men, is now said to have been similar to the Delgado affair, 1n which Melquizo also figured. The only one of the eighteen who fought was a negro, who, though shot in the head, seized a machete, nearly killed the Spanish captain and wounded three others bef i J. FRANK CLARK. e COLONEL JAREZ DIES. Wound Received While Escaping From a Prison Proves Fatal. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 1.—Colonel Placca Jarez, who was a few monthsago in command of a Cuban regiment, died at the city hospital here last ht from blood-poisoning brought about by a bullet wound received ir escaping from a Spanish prison. Jarez was 8 sugar planter in the province of Pinar del Rio%nd with his son en- listed in the Cuban army at the first out- | break of the war. The father was given command of a regiment, and the so Gonzales, was placed over a company in | Maceo’s command, whe )On November 21 Colonel Jarez and seven of his men were captured by the Spanish | and sent to jail at Pinar del Rio. On Feb- | ru: the prisoners attacked the guards | and escaped. | Colonel Jarez, badly wounded in the l right leg, made his way to the south coast | and embarked in asmall boat. He was | picked up in an exhausted condition by | the American schooner Annie M, bound | from Aspinwall for New Orleans, and eventuaily made his way ity. He | was sent to acity hospital on Thursday | 1ast, blood poisoning having resulted from | lack of proper tereatment of his wound. Colonel Jarez's last words to those at his bedside were, *‘Send word to my son to fight till the end for the cause.”” The deceased was 61 years old and was |born in Mexico. Twenty years sgo he lived in Arizona and did valuable service in aiding the Government troops to fight the Apaches. i i | | —_— | EQUIPPING AN EXPEDITION. | Arms and dmmunition Dispatehed From | Key West. { KEY WEST, Fra., April 1.—The largest expedition that has ever been equippea for the insurgzents is now being silently ar- ranged 1 this vicinity. Angel Figuerdo, general manager for the insurgents, sta- tioned at this port, has made several trips up the coast during the pastfew weeks and returned this morning from Bis- cayne Bay. Large quantities of arms and munitions of war have been smuggled out of the city on the schooners Dellie and Pearl. Last night the schooner Martha, owned by J. E. Horr, ex-collector of customs, left for Biscarne with a full cargo of armsand ammunition, which are intended to be | transferred to some steamer. e Gomez Is Once More Killed. MADRID, Spary, April 1.—A dispatch to the Imparcial from Havana says that Cap- | tain-General Weyler has been privately in- |formed that the rebel leader, Maximo | Gomez is dead, and has been buried on a plantation in the province of Matanzas. FRANCE. GANS SUPPOAT, One Member of the Dreibund Said to Oppose England in Egypt. Three Warships Are Lying at Tou- | lon in Constant Readiness to Sail. PARIS, Fraxce, April 1.—The Matin says it is stated in ministerial circles that one of the powers composing the Dreibund has modified its original attitude upon the Egyptian question, averring that if. out of friendship for Italy, it felt com- pelled to authorize the use of the Egyptian: reserve fund .toward the paying of the expenses of the Dongola expedition this does not-im- ply any intention on its part to assist in the completion of Great Britain’s domina- tion in Egypt; but on the contrary .it would concur with France in reminding | Great Britain of her repeated promises in regard to Egypt. The - exchange of views which has taken place upon this subject between France and the power mentionea has hitherto been verbal, but, it is stated, a dispatch of the foregoing tenor is expected in time for Premier Bour- geois to use it in-the Chamber of Deputies | to-morrow. . Three warships are lving at Toulon in constant readiness to sail. LONDON, Ex6., April 1 Assouan say that the transportation of the Nile expedition is proceeding smoothly. A rich local merchant, the advices state, has been condemned to ten | years’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of | £1000 for having furnished powder to the | Dervishes. Osman Digna has turned from | his liné of march to the southward toward Sinkat. e LR NO SEPARATE SCHOOLS. Advices from Result of the Conference Held at Winni- peg, Manitoba. WINNIPEG, Maxttosa, April 1.—The schools conference is over and Manitoba has refused to re-establish separate schools. The Attorney-General made this announce- ment to-night, but said the transactions of the conference would not be made public until the arrival of the Dominion Com- missioners at Ottawa. He sid that Mani- toba_had been made an ofier for settle- ment, the text of which might be given to the press to-morrow. s e he still remains. | m W tispr e FAMINGSTRAT! THOSE HEAVENLY TWINS TRAIN HELD UP AND DYNAMITED. Express Car in Missouri. HOW THE JOB WAS DONE. They Brutally Clubbed the Mes- senger and Then Blew Open the Safe. GOT AWAY WITH ABOUT $30,000 Terrified the Passengers for an Hour and Finally Ran Off With the Engine. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April .—The 8t. Louis and San Francisco fast express from the near Richland by three masked men. Just asthe train was approaching Richland the engineer saw a bright red light on the track. He reversed the engine and stopped the train. into the cab with a Winchester rifle in his hand and ordered the engineer and fire- man to hold up their hands, an order that was promptly obeyed. The robber then made the - encineer mount the platform of the express-car and tell the messenger to open the door. Two more robbers, both masked, had made their appearance beside the track as soon as the train stopped. When the mes- senger refused to open the door of the ex- press car they began to fire through it and to threaten to blow up the car with dyna- mite. Then the messenger weakened and opened the door. The robbers entered the. car, but found the safe locked. The messenger was or- dered to open it, but said he could not, as he did not know the combination. The robbers evidently did not believe him, for they tried to force him to do so, striking j him over the head with the butt end of a gun and seriously injuring him. Finaliy they went to work on the safe themselves and succeeded in blowing it open with dynamite. It took them nearly an hour to do this, and all the time some one of them kept firing their guns to frighten the passengers. When the safe was opened at last they secured its contents, mounted the engine, which they cut loose from the train, and started down the track in it. About one- eighth of a mile east of the train they left the engine, mounted horses tied near by and galloped off into the darkness. The amount they secured is variously stated at anywhere between $10,000 and $100,000. A conservative estimate is $30,000. In their flight they dropped a bag containing $1700. As soon as the news could be sent of the robbery a posse started out from Lebanon in pursuitof the thieves. As the train- men were able to give a good description of thent, itis probable that they will be caught. e Do dana A POSSE IN PURSUIT. Some of the Plunder Picked Up—Descrip- tion of the Men. LEBANON, Mo., April L.—An hour after the robbery was reported here a posse made up of 100 citizens started in pursuit of the robbers. About 110'clock | a member of the posse returnea. He says | they found in the woods west of whera | the robbery took place two checks, one for 4 ‘NEITHER TO GET | containing a $5bill. Hence it is supposed that the cutting loose of the engine was | | merely a blind and that the robbers | | jumped off within a few hundred yards of | the train and took horses and came west | | across the country. At least thisis the | Three Masked Men Loot an | ‘West was held up at 3 o’clock this morning | As the train slowed upa man sprang | theory the officers are proceeding on. Wells, Fargo & Co. have issued & circu- ar offering $300 reward for the arrest of the bandits. “The descriptinn 3t the rorbirs, chisined from the passengers, is as follows: First—Large, well built; sandy mus- tache; black overcoat and black slouch hat, and belt with pistols. Second—Small man; smooth face; dark hair; black overcoat and slouch hat. | Third—Medium height; dark complex- | ioned; heavy few weeks’ growth of beard; dark and stubby mustache; oroad band black slouch hat; no overcoat, and brown | sack cutaway coat. TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED. Three Captured, One Mortally Wounded, and 2wo Escape. | BREMEN, Ixp., April L.—Five men at- | tempt to hold up the westbound Baltimore | and Ohio limited express at 4:30 o’clock this morning. The gang of robbers boarded the train.at Garrett, and when this side of this city a few miles, robbed a passenger, Theodore Belistein of Chicago, of his gold watch and money, and then | threw him from the train. It was the gang’s intention to hold up the train some- where between Walkerton and Bremen, | as a large marsh west of Bremen affords | them a good opportunity. Bellstein re- covered sufficiently to walk to Garrett and notify the officials, who wired the opera- tor here and the night police, with several men, went to the depot armed, and when the train arrived a desperate battle took place. Three of the robbers were arrested | and placed in the Bremen jail. One of them is mortally wounded. A posse of men is now searching the country for the two highwaymen who escaped. OPPOSED BY MRS, M'KEE General Harrison’s Daughter Will Not Be Present at | His Wedding. Does Not Wish to See Mrs. Dimmick Take the Place of Her Mother. CINCINNATI, Oxro, April 1.—A special to the Tribune from Indianapolis says: It has been definitely decided that Mrs. Mec- Kee will not attend the wedding of ex- | President Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick in | New York on Monday next. Friends | volunteer the infdrmation that she had | been exposed to the measles since shie came | to this city, and the physicians advised | against her going to New York. L | While this is offered as an excuse for her | absence, her friends no longer attempt to conceal the fact that she is very much dis- | appointed in her father’s marriage. It is | not that she is opposed to Mrs. Dimmick, but because she does not want any one to take the piace of her mother in the home. She will leave here next Tuesday for Bos- ton, and will not come in contact with her stepmother at all. A lady friend of Mrs. McKee said to- night that she would not return here to visit unless she were called home by such an exigency as the sickness of her father. ‘While her relations are pleasant with him, she could not reconcile herself to his mar- 4 €. l-hl\sot over twenty-five invitations to the wedding have been issued. These went to relatives of the ex-President and Mrs. Dim- mick and to ‘former members of ex-Presi- dent Harrison’s Cabinet. After the wed- ding General Harrison and his bride will leave for Indianapolis. They will return East in a short time and pass the summer in the Adirondacks. Santa Monica and San Pedro Appropriations Defeated. LOST TO CALIFORNIA. | Huntington’s Scheme Fails, but He Thwarts the People as Well. MLACHLAN'S FRENZIED RAGE. Scores His Colleagues for Opposing i the Southern Pacific—Frye | Shows His Hand. VASHINGTON, D. C., April 1.—*There is the devil to pay in the California delega- | tion.” This was the expressive though inelegant declaration made by a California | Congressman toa CaLL correspondent to- | day. ““What is the matter?” “Follow me,” said he, leading the way to the Rivers and Harbors Committee | room. A watchman was stationed on the | outside, but within loud voices were heard. [ They were considering the San Pedro and | Santa Monica harbor appropriations, and were having a veritable ‘‘monkey and par- rot time.” The matter was finally settled by striking out the appropriations for botn places. Thus Southern California lost $490,000. To those who are unfamiliar with the Southern California deep-harbor project, it may be well to explain that the Southern Pacific tracks in Southern California terminate at Santa Monica, where the railroad has builc wharves at a cost of $1,500,000. Therefore, C. P. Huntington, through a corps of lobbyists in Washing- ton, is striving to secure from Congress an appropriation of $3,000,000 to deepen and otherwise improve the harbor. Senator Jones of Nevada, who is financially inter- ested in the development of Santa Monica, is working hand in hand with him toward this accomplishment. They have enlisted the active support of 8enator Frye of Maine, president pro tempore of the Senate, chairman of the Commerce Com- mittee (which has charge of river and | harbor mattars), and altogether a power | m the upper branch of Congress. | Two different boards of War Department engineers have reported that, as between | the two rival sites, San Pedro, twenty | miles southwest of Los Angeles, is much better adapted for a deep harbor than is Santa Monica, which is eighteen miles west of that city and twelve miles distant from San Pedro. Their recommendations | were, in effect, that natural conditions wereagainstthe selection of Santa Monica, and at the same timne made San Pedro peculiarly adapted for a deep harbor. Huntington endeavored to counteract the effect of these official reports by having i Southern Pacific Engineers Hood and Corthell submit expert testimony directly to the contrary. For the past five or six years Hunting- ton has tried to induce Congress to make an appropriation for improvements at Santa Monica which by the ‘‘continuous contract” system would ultimately ap- proximate $3,000,000. But inasmuch as the California Senators and Representa- tives, supported by the almost unanimous expressions of Southern California | ple, persistently opposed Santa Monica harbor projects, but the plan for improve- ment of the “inner’” harbor at San Pedro, to cost $392,000, as recommended by the board of Government Engineers, was not a subject of controversy, and it was under- stood that this improvement was desired by all Southern California people and all the railroads terminating at Los Angeles. Senator White, who addressed the Rivers and Harbors Committee several weeks ago, with Colonel H. G. Otis and others, who were here to urge the improvement, made this statemeut, and Huntington, who was present, did not contradict it. It was generally understood that the { Southerp Pacific would not oppose ‘‘inner harbor” improvements at San Pedro; | neither would it urge its Santa Monica project. Representative McLachlan of Los Angeles, by his energy and influence with the members of the Rivers and Har- bors Committee, succeeded in securing from them a promise to insert an appro- priation of $392,000 for improvements on the inner harbor at San Pedro. This was CARSON BLAZE. Horrible Death of John P. Sweeney, the Noted Turfman. PENNED IN BY FLAMES, Escape Cut Off After He Had Thrown His Valuables From a Window. | done and McLachlan was greatly elated and received the congratulations of his friends and colleagues; bnt, to his amaze- ment and the astonishment of the entire | California delegation, it was discovered that Huntington and his agents had been at work, and the Committee on Rivers and Harbors had appropriated $100,000 to com- mence a deep-harbor project at Santa Monica, which would have ultimately cost 000,000. Huntington’s work had bzen done so quietly that no one had any idea of what he was about. His agent, John Boyd, had approached the members of the committee and reported to them that the California delegation as well as almost the unani- mous sentiment of Southern California people favored this Santa Monica improve- ment. The combine friendly to Hunt- ington was not hard to influence and the item was inserted. McLachlan was afraid to antagonize it, for fear that it might defeat hisappro- priation for the ‘inner” harbor im- provements at San Pedro. He endeav- ored toinduce his colleagues from Cali- fornia not to antagonize the Santa Monica appropriation; but Bowers, Ma- guire and Barham did not heed his wishes. The former went before the committee and protested strongly against any money being appropriated for Huntington's har- bor, declaring that the boards of engineers had reported adversely to it, and Southern California people were aimost unanimously opposed to it, and were in favor of San Pedro. Judge Maguire and Representa- tive Barham also talked with individual members of the committee. Representative McLacblan was in a frenzy of rage to-day. and was very bitter in his denunciation of Bowers and Bar- bam. He declared that Barham had no business to interfere with Southern Cali- fornia affairs. He indulged in some very intemperate language when he referred to the “work” of Barham. The latter said to TuE CALL correspondent to-day: *Last May I visited both San Pearo and Banwa Monica for the express ‘purpose of informing myself as to the relative merits of these rival sites, and from personal ob- servation concluded that there was no comparison between them; that San Pedro was, by all odds, the best place for the deep harbor. I attended a meeting at Los Angeles at which Senator White and Representative McLachlan were present; and when, in answering to the toast ‘Cali- fornia,” I mentioned that I would favor San Pedro for a harbor, there was enthu- siastic applause from nearly 2000 citizens who were at that meeting. This convinced me that the sentiment was for San Pedro. ‘“‘Several days ago members of the Rivers and Harbors Committee said to me that Huntington’s agents had approacbed them and represented that the California delegation and California people generally favored Santa Monica. I told them the truth as I understood it and have no reason to regret it. ButI did not appear before the committee, for I have 400 miles of coastline in my own districts, besides several rivers, to look after, and did not seek to interfere with Southern California affairs. Mr. McLachlan seems to hold me partly responsible for to-day’s result, and although he admits that I correctly stated the attitude of our California people he blames me in part for defeating San Pedro’s appropriation.” Senator White - said to THE CALL corre- spondent to-night: “I was very much sur- prised to learn that San Pedro’s appropri- ation had been stricken out, merely be- cause an objection was madeto the Santa Monica appropriation. The Government engineers, California’s Representatives and both Senators favoring San Pedro and opposing Santa Monica would seem to leave an impartial committee but one course to pursue.”’ Another member of the California dele- gation said: *‘The River and Harbor Com- mittee seems to be complétely subservient to Huntington’s wishes. The fact that ne or two members of the California delegation (or the entire delegation, for “that matter) remonstrated against any appropriation being made for Santa Monica was no reason for striking out the provision for the inner harbor project at San Pedro. They were separate and distinct propositions and were in no way related. It merely shows that Hunt- ington is a power, and dominates more than one committee of Congress. I had believed until to-day that the Southern Pacific was not opposed to the San Pedro inner harbor project, but now am of the opinion that Huntington had his $3,000,000 Santa Monica item inserted merely to kill the San Pedro appropriation. . It is possi- ble that Huntington will attempt to have his Santa Monica item incorporated when the bill.reaches the Senate. Frye, the chairman, is Lis friend, and can do about as he pleases, but in conference committee it will be expunged again.”’ TrE CALL correspondent learns o-night that tne river and harbor bill willappro- priate the $250,000 for restraining works at Daguerre Point on Yuba River. It may also include $50,000 for dredging San Pedro. The report printed in California to the effect that the Oakland harbor would be placed under the continuous contract system is erroneous. B LOS ANGELES STAND. Heaffirms the Position Heretofore Taken in San Pedro’s Favor. LOS ANGELES, CaL.,, April 1.—The directors of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon induiged in a heated discus- gion of the harbor question, the result of which was the adoption of a resolution re- affirming the position heretofore taken by Continued on Sccond Page. FIREMEN ARRIVE TOO LATE. The First Alarm Regarded as a Firste of-April Joke—Rumors of Foul Play Discredited. CARSON, NEv., April 1.—The people of Carson were horritiea this moraing to learn that during the night John P. Sweeney’s house had been destroyed by fire and that the occupant had been roasted to death. About 10 o’ciock last night a fire was noticed in the direction of Sweeney's ranch, but little attention was paid to it, as it was supposed to be sage- brush ourning. It was nearly midnight before the fire bells sounded an alarm, and even that excited but little intere. was regarded by many asan *“‘Apr joke. The persons who first sounded the alarm were told that they had been duped and tapped the signal to return. Shortly afterward word was received that Swee- ney’s residence was burning, and the fire companies hurried to the ranch, two miles from town,and found the house nearly de- stroyed. The firemen knew that Sweeney had been taken home early in the evening and must be in the burning building, but the flames ‘had made such progress that it was too late to rescue the untortunate man. Soon after the engine arrived the wall of the southeast corner of the house burned away and exposed the room in which Sweeney had perished. As the smoke. was blown back by the breeze his body, wrapped. in the flames, could be plainly seen. The heat was so intense that an approach nearer 'than fifty feet was . impossible, and theé firemen were ob- liged to stand ialy by as the body was slowly consumed, and‘finally, as the floor gave way beneath, they saw the charred corpse roll into the cellar. Some hours afterward. theremains were recovered. Nothing was left but the trunk. The rest of the body was burned to a erisp and the bones feil apart as they were moved. The charred remains were brough# to town and an inquest was held, a verdic of accidental death being rendered. Sweeney had- a ra¢etrack on his prop- erty and a long line of training stables for fast horses. As the house could not be saved, the firemen turned their attention to the stables. “ Alphus, the famous ‘rot- ting stallion, was liberatéd, but he be- came so crazed that it required hard work to keep him from running into the fire. Hundreds of chickens, which were liber- ated from their houses, flew into the flames and were burned. Sweeney wasdrinking heavily yesterdav and about 6 o’clock some. of his friends took him home and put him to bed. It is supposed that later in the evening he lighted ‘a lamp and this being overturned started the fire. The evidence at the in- quest proved that he was able to get about the house when the fire broke out, and that he attempted to save his valuables. He had thrown some of his wife’s jewelry out of a window and a Paris mutual pool- box was clutched in his arms. He.went to bed in the northwest corner of the house, but died in the southeast room. Sweeney’s wife- was in San Francisco, and a telegram containing the awful news ‘was sent to ber at once. John P. Sweeney was a native of Ireland, and came to this State from Detroit, Mich. He has lived in Carson nearly twenty vears. He was a public-spirited man. and his purse was always ready in any enter- prise that helped the town. He erected the Ozark saloon building and also the brick building occupied by Cagwin & Noteware. He brought the horse Gibral- tar to this State:to improve the breed of trotting horses at a time when Gibraltar held the world’s trotting record—2:2214, He then purchased the place known as the Swift ranch—the scene of the fire—and began breeding fast horses and thorough- bred - Holstein cattle. Senator Leland Stanford offered Sweeney $7000 for Gibral- tar, which’ was refuséd. He raisea some fine horses, but -met with bad luck on the turf, and the siump in the horse market was very disastroiis. He was once worth $25,000 or $30,000, but he met with many reverses, and finally began drinking heavily. < Rumors were afloat this evening to the effect that he bad been followed home, killed, robbed and his dwelling fired. This idea is credited by no one who knew any- thing -regarding the circumstances sur- rounding the case. The Cororer’s jury, hewever, did not finish its labors and will futther investigate to-morrow. i e s CARSON'S POSTMASTER OUSTED. Government Agents Are Investigating & Reported Shortage. CARSON, Nev., April 1.—A shortage is reported in the Carson Postoffice. To-day Inspector Thrall removed Postmaster Bell and called a meeting of his bondsmen. They are John Rosser, L. H. Bell, Jacob Klein and Edward Burlington. Edmund James was placed in the office until a new appointment can be made. Expert Me. Laughlin was sent for to change the com- bination of the safe. The amount of the shortage cannot be learned. Bell, the Postmaster, has been drinking heavily for over a year, and is now in a Keeley insti- tute in this city. % % James, in an interview this evening, stated that Bell’s accounts had been in everv way settled, and the in:pector was perfectly satisfied, but owing to Bell's mental condition and to avoid furiher trouble he was removed. There would be no farther action taken in the matter.