The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 11, 1896, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO OCALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1896. FRESNO GROWERS FORM A COMBINE Determined to Check the Cutting of Rates on Raisins. JOIN IN AN AGREEMENT Output of the District to Be Controlled by a Central Organization. IT WILL REGULATE PRICES. Packing-Houses to Be Operated and Money Loaned to Needy Vineyardists. FRESNO, Can., Apnl 10.—After years of cutting and slashing, of distrust, doubt and discontent, which bankrupted many growers of raisins and almost totally and hopelessly demoralized the whole raisin industry in this valley, a plan has finally been formulated whereby the marketing of raisins has been raised to a basis which promises results of the greatest moment to California growers. This is the outcome of many weeks of almost incessant labor by eight prominent business men, fonr from the Hundred Thousand Club and a like number from the Chamber of Com- merce. The plan agreed upon by this committee was unanimously approved yes- terday by what is known as the commis- sion-packersof this valley and also adopted unanimously by both civic organizations ina special meeting last night. To-day twelve of the most influential packers took the initial steps toward the formation of a raisin combine. The plan outlined last night is covered in the following salient points: The for- mation of a corporation with a capital stock of $1,000,000, $100,000 to be paid in before any contracts made with the grow- ers are delivered to the corporation. The name of the corporation will be the Cali- fornia Raisin Association. The object shall be to loan money to raisin-growers; to concentrate the selling of raisins as far as possible and to establish a central sell- ing agency; to buy, pack, stem, grade, box and sack raisins; to rent, build, purchase and operate packing-houses and ware- houses, and todo anythingand everything necessary to the business of purchasing, caring for and disposition of raisins and the product of raisin grapevines. All sales of raisins shall be made by and the right to sell shall be confined to the corporation, under certain restrictions. All contracts made by the corporation with growers, packers or dealers in raisins shall contain a clause requiring all raisins placed with the corporation to be sold only at the prices and subject to condi- tions fixed by its committee, and its con- signments will not be made under any circumstances. The corporation will agree that the minimum advance on good average quality of raisins shall be 1 cent per pound, exclusive of packing and stem- ming charges, which advance shall be a guaranteed advance to the grower. As fast as raisins are packed, stemmed, graded and inspected certificates shall be issued by the corporation to growers for their respective deliveries, which certifi- cates shall specify the date of delivery, quantity, kinds and grade according to the inspection. These certificates shall show the advances made and all packing charges against the raisins. After raisins have been received and accepted by the corpo- ration and certificates have been issued to the grower such certificate shall be con- clusive evidence of the weight, kind and grade designated by the inspector’s brand, and any allowances made on account of rejection thereafter shall be borne by the corporation. Packing charges shall be fixed as fol- lows: Dehesa clusters, 50 cents per 20- pound box; London layers, 3214 cents per 20-pound box; London layers (plain papers), 30 cents per 20-pound box; mus- catels (loose), 20 cents per 20-pound box; muscatels (loose), $9 50 per ton in 50-pound boxes; sacked goods, $6 per ton. A growers’ committee of five and five members of the board of directors of the corporation sitting jointly shall determine when the necessary percentage of raisins for the season of 1896 has been obtained, in order to make all contracts made by the corporation with the growers binding and in full force. HUMBOLDT TAX CASE DECIDED. Judge Hunter Rules Upon the Right of the State to Sell Lands of Delin- quents. EUREKA, Cav., April 10.—Judge Hun- ter of Department 2 of the Superior Court to-day handed down a decision of great in- terest not only to property-owners of this county but of the entire State. A month 2go Z. Russ & Sons Company, a corpora- tion, owning extensive tracts of land in this county, filed suit against J. L. Crich- ton, Tax Collector of Humboldt County, 10 enioin him from issuing tax deeds to the State for certain lands owned by the company and sold to the State prior to the time the patents were issued. The suit comprised two claims. In the first the lands embraced were United Btates land when the taxes were levied, and the Tax Collector, instead of selling the possessory right of the persons against whom the assessments were levied, sold the land to the State for the taxes levied between the years 1874 and 1883. In this case the court holds that as no patent had been_issued the title to the lands was in the United States. The land not being subject to taxation and sale for taxes the court holds that the sale is void, and an injunction restraining the Tax Coliector from delivering the deed to the State has been grantea. In many cases where a man’s land is in danger of sale to the State for taxes levied and unpaid years ago the same state of affairs exists as in this case, where, instead of seiling the possessory interest, the land itself is sold. Eight suits similar to this were filed, this being made the trial suit. In the second case the lands were State lands and had been sold to the person to Whom they were assessed, 20 per cent of the purchase price being paid and the cer- tificates of sale issued. Subsequent to the issuance of these certificates of sale and before patents for the lands were 1ssued by the State these taxes were levied, and while they were sold to the State which had not finally parted with its title to the lands the court holds that the title which the State originally had to theselands and the title it received by tax sale did not be- come merged in one £o as to pass the un- clouded title to the person who received the patent. The injunction asked in this second case was denied, the court holding that taxes levied on the land after the State had given its certificate of purchase to the holger created a lien on the land in favor of the State, which must be satisfied before the cloud on the patentee’s title can | be removed. LA A STOCKTON ASYLUM SHORTAGE., Action to Be Brought at Once Against Major Orr’s Bondsmen. STOCKTON, Cavr., April 10.—The board of directors of the State Insane Asylum to-day decided to proceed without more delay to put matters in shape so that an action might be commenced against the bondsmen of Major Orr, the defaulting treasurer of the institution. Recently the | Attorney-General wrote to President Southworth that he bad no official knowl- edge of the shortaze, and that the proper method of procedure was to officially lay the facts before Governor Budd, who would in turn acquaint the Controller and the Attorney-General of the deficit of over $10,000 in Major Orr's funds. A resolution was passed to-day authorizing President Southworth to prepare a statement of the facts in the case and forward them with- out delay to the Governor. — TEAMSTER INJURED. Thrown Under the Wheels of a Heavily Loaded Wagon. STOCKTON, Caxr.,, April 10,— Eugene Jones, a teamster, met with a painful acci- deat in a runaway while coming down the grade from Priests’ Hill. He was driving for Sylvester Carlin and had eight mules attached to the wagon, with a trailer behind the main vehicle. One of the wheelhorses was a fractious animal and began to kick when the team was on the down grade. The brake-block came off and the wagon ran down on to the horses. They started to run down the hill, and Jones became entangled in the reins. He was thrown off and the heavily loaded wagon passed over one ankle, com- pletely crushing it and tesring two toes from his foot. He was taken to Chinese Camp, where a physician attended to his injuries. TRAGEDY IN REND'S JAIL Murderer Vaughn Attempts to Cheat the Law by Taking His Life. STOCKTON Swallows Poison After Having Been Convicted of Killing the Litster Boys. RENO, Nev., April 10.—The jury in the case of the State against Alfred Vaughn, charged with murdering two boys named Litster in Lander County in 1893, after being out twelve hours, brought in a verdict this morning of murder in the first | degree. Similar verdicts have twice before | been rendered in the case. Each time the Supreme Court granted a rehearing. The prisoner appeared unmoved when the verdict was announced, and, with the an- nouncement from Judge Cheney thatatl o’clock the time of sentence would be pro- nounced, he was removed to an iron cell in the county jail. A few minutes after noon Under Sheriff Caughlin went to Vaughn’s cell and noticed the latter acted strangely, but thought his actions were simply the result of the subdued excitement under which the prisoner was laboring and endeavored to cheer him with encouraging words. Going to the cell Jater Vaughn was found ina collapsed condition on the floor. It was then evident that the prisoner had swallowed poison with suicidal iuatent. Three physicians were summoned, who labored all the afternoon in an endeavor to bring the man outof his stupor. He seemed to waver between life and death without apparent change up to 7 o’clock this evening, when the physicians gave out the report that his condition was more favorable and the chances for recovery good. It is not definitely known how Vaughn secured the drug, but the belief is general that it was given him by some of his rela- tives, who have constantly been in at- tendance at court during the trial. Some believe the vial was hidden 1n a bouquet of flowers given the prisoner by his mother. gy Y SIGHTED A DERELICT. The Hull of the Helen Meorriam BStill Rides the Waves. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasg., April 10.— Captain J. H. Hellison of the schooner Helen M. Kimball, which arrived yester- day from San Francisco for a cargo of lumber, to-day reported at the nydro- graphic office that on the morning of March 27, at 8 o’clock, the Helen M. Kim- ball passed quite near the dismasted schooner Helen Merriam, which was some time ago fired by a passing vessel after having lost its masts and rigging. Ac- cording to Captain Hellison, the attmpt to remove the derelict has ‘been a failure, as it is still floating around, a menace to nav- CARNIVAL TOWNS OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Rosa’s Floral Queen Will Be Announced To-Night. VOTING AT HEALDSBURG. School Children Place Miss Nellie Petray in Third Position. ‘SANTA CRUZ'S PREPARATIONS Bunker Hill Anniversary to Be Cele- brated—Features of San Jose's Festival. SANTA ROSA, CaL., April 10.—There is no changein the position of the contestants for Queen of the carnival, Mrs. Burris hay- ing increased her lead by twenty-nine votes to-day. This scant advantage of thirty votes seems indicative of the final result to-morrow and wagers on the favor- ite against the field find no takers. The votes will be counted at 1 o’clock to-mor- row afternoon and the contest will close at 9 o’clock at might. The lightest vote of the week was recorded to-day, as the friends of the candidates seemed afraid of exciting the opposition to greater efforts by any show of strength to-day. A large vote is not looked for at the first count to-morrow for the same reason, and each side will play a waiting game until the supreme moment, depending upon close watching of the ballot-box to ascertain the amount necessary to win the coveted honor. Inaletter received to-day, signed “Mayor of Occidental,” the voting committee was informed that Miss Jessica Kloppenburg “‘would be strictly and everlastingly in it,” and that when the last Santa Rosa nickel had clicked against Occidental gold the plucky little town over the hills wouid also pay for its favorite’s costumes, which were already ordered from San Francisco. The “Mayor” neglected, however, to inclose any cash to back his bold words, and those who know the distinguished official de- clare that he is addicted to what Hoyle de- clares to be necessary every seven hands in the American game—commonly called che *‘bluff.” George F. King, chairman of the floral ball committee, has completed arrange- ments for the game of living whist. Fifty -two young ladies in appropriate costumes will represent the cards, and after the shuffle, cut and deal will be manipulated according to Cavendish by F. H. Atwater and Walter Towne, two of Petaluma’s crack whist-players, while F. G. Hahman und Arthur Harris of this city will try to win the game for Santa Rosa. The Board of SBupervisors to-day appro- priated $75 for courthouse decorations, and the big building will be resplendent in a garb of yellow and green when the festival begins. AR G SAN JOSE CARNIVAL EVENTS. Programme for the Four Days of Pleas- ure drranged. SAN JOSE, CaL., April 10.—The enter- tainment committee of the carnival of roses has completed the programme for the carnival. As arranged it will afford the thousands of visitors to this clty one continual round of pleasure. The carnival will open with a floral parade on Wednes- day, May 6, and end on Saturday evening with a parade of the King of the carnival and royal family and a masked ball. The programme of events is as follows: ‘Wednesday, May 6—3:30 p. M., opening exer- cises at carnival pavilion to be about as fol- lows: Opening remarks by Hon. B. D. Murphy, resident of the day; address by Hon. James . Budd, Governor of California; oration b; Professor Dayid Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni- versily; music by Roncovieri's band; 8 P. M., at pavilion, grand illustrated concert’ by Ron- covieri’s band; after concert, dancing. Thursday, May 7—2:30 P. M., at Agricultural Park, polo game, Burlingame vs, Riverside; 8 P.M., at Recreation Park, grand pyrotechnic display; 8:30 P. M., concert by La Favorita Mandolin Club, under the directorship of Professor William Frederick d’Ablaing; 9:30 P. M., at Carnival Pavilion, grand bell. Friday, May 8—10:30 A. M., at Recreation Park, intercollegiate baseball game, Stanford vs. University of California; 2:30 P. M., at A Agricultural Park, field sports, Stanford vs. the igation of vessels on the coast. The |WEHa: &'p ., at Carnival Pavilion, diversified charred and biackened hull is plainly dis- | stage entertainments by students of Stanford tinguishable in daylight, but at night the vessel could not be found with a search- light. The location of the aerelict when sighted by the Kimball was 38 deg. 42 min. north and 124 deg. 16 min. west. g ity BEQUEATHS PH NIX LANDS. Ex-Attorney General Churchill’s Will Leaves All to the Widow. PHENIX, Ariz., April 10.—The- will of the late ex-Attorney-General Churchill was filed for probate to-day. Itis dated March 24, 1896, is very brief and was written by Churchill. By this will he be- queaths to his wife, Virginia Frances Churchill, all of nis property, both per- sonal and real. The estate includes eighty acres of land, comprising a part of Church- ill’s addition to the city of Pheenix and on which the Churchill mansion stands; a section of land three miles from the city; canal stock and water rights, and an in- terest in several stock rangesin Northern Arizona. —_———— INJURED NEAR MARXSVILLE. Fate of a Man Who Slept Upon a Street Railway Track. MARYSVILLE, Cavr., Apnl 10.—Jerry O'Brien, a San Francisco stonecutter, is in a hospital here suffering from injuries resulting from being run over by a horse- car midway between Marysville and Yuba City at midnight. He wason an extended debauch and went to sleep on the track. The upper half of his lefv jaw was to-day removed by physicians. His nose was cut in two, one leg injured and there were many scalp wounds. He will recover. A membership card in the Stonecutters’ As- sociation found in his pocket bearsihe name of James McCormack. e Arizona’s Political Row. PH@ENIX, Ariz., April 10.—Colonel J. F. Wiison of Prescott, one of the trustees of the Normal School, has handed in his resignation to Governor Franklin, in which he says he resigns because he believes that the administration should be free to in- augurate and carry out its own policy, and should not be hampered and embarrassed bd' the appointees of Governor Hughes. e holds that ail officers under Governor Hughes should resign forthwita. ONE COLD AFTEE ANOTHER, will, with many coustitutions, securely establish the seeds of Consumption in the system. Those in need of a remedy will find Dr. Jayne’s Expectorant always prompt, thorough and efficacious. University, to be followed by dancing. Saturday, May 9—1 P. ., at Recreation Park, League of American Wheelmen bicycle meet, under the auspices of the Garden City Cyclers; 8 P. &, parade of the King and members of the royal family through the principal streets of the city to the pavilion, where the King will be mounted on his throne, after which will commence the grand masked ball. s e PATRIOTIC SANTA CRUZ. Carnival Guests to Celebrate the Bunker Hill Anniversary. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., April 10. — The Carnival Association decided to-night that, as the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill falls on Carnival day (June 17), the entire day will be devoted to the celebra- tion of that event. Assurances have been received from Senator Perkins and Secre- tary Herbert that one or perhaps two men- of-war will be available for the occasion and for the entire carnival. Invitations will be extended to the Bunker Hill Asso- ciation and the Sons of Revolutionary Sires at San Francisco to attend the carni- val on that, the opening dav. A design was reported for the stage or approaches to the Queen’s palace, which will be erected on the east bank of the S8an Lorenzo River. The floor of the stage will be 80x4C feet in dimensions, and on the rear will be buiit the palace, decorated in the interior with carnival colors—white and yellow—and illuminated with 250 in- candescent lights. A committee of twenty women, of which Mrs. Dr. Fagan is chairwoman, was pointed to assist the San Jose carnival committee to secure flowers. District At- torney Carl E. Lindsay was made chair- man of the committee on parade and County Treasurer W. H. Bias commodore of the fleet. ————e HEALDSBURG’S FVOTE. Miss Nellie Petray Joins the Leaders in the Carnival Race. HEALDSBURG, CaL., April 10.—~Work has been commenced on the grand stand at the wheelmen’s new bicycle track and a force of ten or fifteen men will be busy from now until the flower festival opens putting things into readiness for the big bicycle meet. Healdsburg is already commencing to take on a festival appearance. On Mon- day carpenters will remove the old bell tower from the square and erect inits stead a tasty stand, where the queen of the carnival will be crowned. The contest for L queen is much more exciting than it was last year. To-day 300 votes were deposited in the ballot-box, and of this number Miss Petray received enough to place her in third place. Miss Petray is a brunette of commanding presence, and would make an ideal queen, Bheisa teacher in the pub- lic schools and it the thousand children carry out their plan she will be elected. Miss Alice Haigh stil leads, with Edna Biddle second and Miss Nellie Petray, Oza Wnldrdop and Emma Widlund in the order named. EN ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES. 4n Oregon Woman to Claim a Share of the Downey Estate. PORTLAND,Ok.,April 10.—Mrs. Amean- da Guerro, claiming to be a niece of the late Mrs. Governor Downey, who for the past five years has been a seamstress in Southern Oregon, passed through here for Los Angeles Tuesday to litigate for the estate left her by her aunt. Mrs. Guerro told an old California friend here that the money was withheld from her because of her change of religion. Mrs. Downey was a most devout Catholic, who never in many years neglected to attend early morning mass, rain or shine. It 1is alleged that in her will she stipulated that in the event of any one of her devisees abandoning the Catholic faith before the distribution of her estate after her death such renegade from the church should be disinherited. The name the woman now bears was that of her first husband, who died about eight (f"“ ago. A year thereafter she wedded a Protestant clerk in a Los AnFeJes Bank, the ceremony being performed in an Episcopal church. Mrs. Guerro says after that her relatives refused to recognize her, and a month later she and her husband left Los Angeles for Seattle. Abouta year ago, this woman says, she became con- science-stricken, returning to the religious faith of her ancestors. fac.r she also re- solved {o make a_demand for her aunt’s bequest to her, which has steadily and per- sistently been refused her. —_— AN INDIAN REFORMER. Young OChief of the Cayuses Declares War on Whisky. PENDLETON, Or., April 10.—Young Chief, the head of the Cayuse tribe of In- dians on the Umatilla Reservation, has of late been conducting a literary bureaun. Especially since the laws bave been inter- | preted in such a manner as to give his people freedom to purchase and drink whisky the chief has been prolific of com- munications to the East Oregonian, in which he has urged that some action be taken to cure the Indiansof their habit. Young Chief hasnow risen to the dignity of a reformer and has Prnposed another plan for the correction of the evil tenden- cies of his dusky warriors. The plan may not be novel so far as con- cerns reservations further east, where the Indians have adopted all the modes of civ- ilized life, but out here, where the red- skins are arrayed in their flaming colored blankets and go about with their long flowing locks, the idea is new indeed, Young Chief's plan is set forth in his letter, which reads: AT HOME, April 6, 1896. By Young Chicf to my Dear Friends : 1 regret very much to hear that so many of our people are causing s0 much trouble and pain to those who arse friends to us all. I, for one, am almost discouraged to hear of so many being put in jail, all owing to the liberty of getting whisky, Which is a ruin to usall. Iregretit very much, as I look upcn you all as my children. I hope, my deat friends, that you, Kash Kash, Peo and others will meet together and hold meetings to instruct our people to quit drinking liquor; advise them to go to church, send their chil® dren to school and teach them to work, muke gardens, raise potatoes and other vegetables, such as our fathers and mothers used todo when I was young. Iam your friend, YOUNG CHIEF. e CAPTURED AT SPOKANE., The Bupposed Murderer of Pocatello’s Policeman Under Arrest. SPOKANE, Wasn., April 10. — Paddy O'Brien, arrested last evening in a gang of hoboes, is found to be the man who mur- dered Police Officer James B. Scanlon at Pocatello, Idaho, a short time ago. His resemblance to the description had by the police was found to fit, and to-day telegrams have been passing between the officers of this city and Pocatello confirm- ing the suspicions. A telegram to-night says the Sheriff ison the way to identify the man. O’Brien is wagted for the brutal murder of Officer Scanlon, depot policeman at Pocatello. O’Brien, with other hoboes, was causing trouble, when Scanlon tried to stop them. A fight ensued, and al- though O'Brien was injured in the melee he succeeded in stabbing Scanlon through the heart. O'Brien is an old offender in Spokane, having been in & number of desperate affairs bere, but in some way has always managed to keep out of penitentiary. PSRN i WILKINS OF MARIN., Governor Budd Names Prison Director Devlin’s Suecessor. SACRAMENTO, CAL., April 10.—James H. Wilkins was appointed a member of the Board of Prison Directors by Governor Budd to-day. It is claimed that E. T. Devlin had a thorough understanding in this matter before leaving for Washington. Elcaganens Fisalia Suspect Reloased. VISALIA, CAv., April 10.—Frank Daven- | port was arrested one week ago on suspi- cion of knowing more than he revealed about his ride with Dan McCall, the out- law killed while attempting to rob a train at Tagus a month ago. This afternoon he was released by Captain Merritt. SolT T Yisalians Favor Stockton. VISALIA, CAx., April 10.—The Board of Supervisors to-day adopted a resolution favoring the location of the Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts at Stockton. L GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Heavy Loss Sustained by a Carnival of Rate-Cutting. LONDON, Exa., April 10.—The directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company met here to-day. The president, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, urged that the stockholders be allowed to put into effect the needed reforms which they had in view. The annual report was adopted. 8ir Charles Rivers Wilson said there was nothing to complain of in regard to the volume of traffic, but unfortunately the freight rates were lower than they ever had been. Reckless competition on the part of the through lines in the United States, he said, had had its climax in a carnival of rate-cutting, and the reduction of rates bad caused a loss of revenue amounting to £60,000 during the last year. He expressed his regret that the Canadian Pacific Railway had not joined the Traffic As- sociation, but said that the committee of the association, recently appointed in New York, was still hopeful of inducing the Canadian Pacific and the Norfolk and ‘Western companies to join. Among the important steps the board had taken, he said, was to obtain the appointment of the general manager of the Grand Trunk as one of the receiversof the Central Ver- wont Company. For American Fessels. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Avril 10.—Some of the leading ship and engine builders of the country met here to-day and formed an organization to co-operatein facilitating station to-day via the Fitchburg Railroad. The party, including ladies, numbered eighty persons, and the special train was &1;; of the most elegant ever seen in this —_—— YAMAGATA AT OMAHA, The Field Marshal Talks of Affairs in Japan. OMAHA, Nesr., April 10.—Marquis Yamagata, field marshal of Japan, and his staff spent yesterday in Omaha, tbe special guests of Department Commander General Coppinger. After attending to urgent diplomatic duties his Excellency granted an interview to a representative of The United Press, who, with Private Secretary Terusaki acting as interpreter, conversed with him on matters of general interest and in particular the latest cable dispatches from Japan relating to army changes. Marquis Yamagata said that the in- orease of the regiments in Japan from twenty-eight to fifty-two was something that bad Jong been contemvlated and that doing this had no signiticance of approacn- ing difficulties. The Marshal expressed himself as highly pleased with his recep- tion in this country and said that the most kindly relations _ existed between the United States and Japan. It was the wish of Japan to continue on friendly terms with all countries on the face of the globe. “Japan,” he said, “is at peace with all the great European countries. There is no intention of either Japan or Russia oc- cupying Korea. It is the intention of both countries that Korea shall be an independ- ent country. The occupation of a portion of Korea by either country does not mean that there is the slightest danger of a con- flict between them.’” On the financial system in Japan and its adaptation to the needs of the country, he had very vositive views. He declared that Japan had no wish for a gold standard, as the Oriental nations, with which it had lnrg‘;elcummucial interests, used the white metal. e TRACED BY THE SMOKE. Discovery of a Murder and Suicide in o Tenement. SALEM, Mass., April 10.—The smell of smoke yesterday morning'ina house at 122 Boston street led to the discovery of a double tragedy. The house was occupied by seven tenements. The peoplein the upper partof the house smelled smoke and tried to trace the smoke to its origin. They found that it came from the room occupied by Miss Josephine Manning, a dressmaker. The door was fastened, and as there was no response to knocks entrance was forced. The room was full of smoke, bwhich came from a smoldering fire in the ed. Miss Manning lay in the bed dead, with her head covered with blood from bullet wounds. Across the foot of the bed the body of a man was stretched. He was not quite dead, but died before a doctor could be summoned. He, too, had been shot. The affair was evidently a murder and suicide. The man was recognized as James E. Flynn, who has for some time been keeping company with Miss Man- ning. He was a widower, 35 years old, and she was 38. He had evidently killed the woman and then committed suicide. The cause of the tragedy is unknown, and it is not known when Flynn went to the house. When found he was fully dressed in his working clothes. The family living upstairs reported that they heard three reports about an hour before the tragedy was discovered, but they did not recognize them as pistol shots and aid no attention to them. The woman ad two bullet wounds in her head, and the third shot had fatally wounded Flynn. The bed had evidently been set on fire by the pistol. FOR MILES’ PROMOTION. Licutenant-General Deemed an Appro- priate Title for the Veteran. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.—Hull of Towa, the Chairman of the House Mili- tary Committee, filed to-day the majority report on the joint resolution which pro- motes Major-General Miles to the rank of lieutenant-general. The report states that the committee deems the rank of lieuten- ant-general the most appropriate title for the general commanding the army in a Nation of this magnitude, the army now numbering 25,000 men. In case of war, by filling up the companies and regiments, it would be more than twice that number. e Because She Refused Him. LEAVENWORTH, Kaw., April 10.— George Owens, an ex-soldier, cut the throat of his sweetheart, Cora Barton, this after- noon and afterward committed suicide. He killed the girl because she refused to marry him on the day set, last Tuesday. After the murder Owens fled toward Fort Leavenworth, and when about to be cap- tured in a field drew a razor across his throat, nearly cutting his bead off. Had he not committed suicide a lynching prob- ably would have followed. Shogted 2 Badly Damaged by Fire. CHICAGO, ILL., April 10.5— The four- story building at 278 Madison street was badly damaged by fire this morning. A. Ellinger & Co., cloak manufacturers, occupying the three upper floors, were the heaviest losers, their stock and fixtures being damaged to the extent of $100,C00. They are fully insured. The total loss is $130,000, covered by insurance. Murdered While Asleep. CHICAGO, Irn., April 10.—William Smith, a painter, was shot and instantly killed while asleep by William Cummings this morning. Cummings was arrested. Jealousy 1s believed to be the cause of the murder, Smith having supplanted Cum- mings in the affections of Miss Maggie Connors, with whom Smith was living. W. W. McNEIL. One of the kindest of gentlemen that ever put pen to paper, that ever spoke word to man, is Mr. W. W. McNeil, hos- pital steward of the Second Artillery, N. G. C. Mr. McNeil is not very talkative, but what he says he means, and when he does say anything it is with the best in- tention in the world. He has none butthe best feeling for Joy's Vegetable Sarsa- parilla, and gladly told the writer of the present laws before Congress affecting their interests. It was decided to adopt a vigorous policy towards placing American vesselsin their proper place—among the foremost of the world’s carrying trade. Lo e New England Delegates Coming. 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