The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1896, Page 2

FRANCISCO CALL, available for active operatious are required for garrison duty in cities and towns. About 2000 small forts or blockhouses have been built and these are occupied by the troops. The establishment of the latest trocha—that between Mariel and Majana— absorbs 30,000 regulars for tne defense of the line. There are about 10,000 regulars, divided into flying columns of 1500 to 2000 men each, operating aggressively against Maceo just west of the trocha in Pinar del Rio and in all of the other provinces there are not more than 13,000 troops in the field against the enemy. “‘General Weyler made numerous at- tempts to surround and crush Maceo and Gomez during his first month on the island. He did not succeed. He then re- sorted to the well-worn Spanish device called a trocha, which had beenabandoned by Campos and Marin as useless. “in order to make it a strong line he has practically stopped aggressive opera- tion in all the provinces except the west- ern one and concentrated his troops there. Gomez, Lacret, Jose Maceo, Calixto Garcia and other insurgent leaders with large forces are unopposed. They move from one province to another constantly reviv- ing and spreading tne flame of rebellion. They are gaining accessions daily from the better classes and their followers can no longer be designated as ignorant blacks. The number of insurgents under arms is now fully 45,000. Cubans claim anywhere from 60,000 to 75,00, but they include un- armed camp-followers and men whose only weapon is the machete. *‘Spaniards say the Cubans will not fight, but I have seen many trainloads of wounded Spanish troops brought into Ha- vana and other cities, and American planters upon whose estates encounters have taken place declare the Cubans are absolutely reckless unaer fire. They go into a fight with two or three rounds of ammunition to the man, knowing they must capture cartridges or they cannot fight on the morrow. When the last shot is gone they charge upon & mule train with machetes and generally obtain sup- plies for the next day. “It is true they avoid general engage- ments. They have not the ammunition nor the artillery to operate as a fully equipped army. They therefore resort to guerrilla wartare, and Spain can make no progress against them. There are many reasons for this. In the first place, Gomez and Maceo are men of military genius. The rank and file of the insurgents wor- ship their leaders and obey orders im- plicitly, On the other side there are jeal- ousies, political intrigues, and personal ambitions among all grades of Spanish officers. General Weyler says when an officer obtains a rank above that of colonel in Cuba his usefulness is gone. Twelve brigadier-generals have been sent back to Spain for incompetency since General Weyler arrived. *The Spanish troops themselves have no beart in the fight. They are raw con- seripts from the peasant class of Spain. They are poorly fed, and are driven about like cattle. They obey orders faithfully, undergo bardships and exposure in a climate to which they are unused, and fall by the wayside or die in hospitals, the victims of a war in which they have no in- terest. Their condition is pitiable indeed. In a few weeks the rainy season will set in and yellow fever will cat wider swaths in their ranks than the bullets of the enemy have yet done. ““The entire interior of the island is either in actual possession of the insurgents or is in sympathy with them. In every small town the Cubans are doing what they can to aid the men in the field. “The office-holding class of Spaniards and the merchants who profit by Spanish continuance in power still insist that Spain must win, even though the island be laid in ashes and her sod drenched in gore. The rabbid Spaniards are the ones who forced tiie recall of General Martinez Cam- pos. They have recently attacked General Weyler, accusing him of being as lenient as Campos. Owners of plantations—for- eigners and Spaniards as well as Cubans— state that the Government columns sent out in pursuit of insurgent bands, in fail- ing to force a fight, or getting the worst of one, fall upon the peaceable, unarmed em- ployes in the fields or hiding in their houses and slaughter them without mercy. This is followed by an official report of a brilliant victory.” e ESCAPED FROM THEIR GUARDS. Two Young Cubans Who Will Not Grace a Spanish Prison. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2%.—Two young Cuban patriots, both of whom had been captured while fighting for the Cuban cause, were passengers by the French line steamship La Bretagne, which arrived from Havre to-day., The young men are Alonzo Rubenzo and Alfred Mar- tino. They are 19 years of age and the sons of good Cuban families. They were made prisoners by the Spaniards when Martinez Campos was commanding the forces of Spain in Cuba. They were or- dered to be deported from the island and imprisoned in the fortress at Barcelona. They were accordiugly sent under guard to that city, but managed to escape from their keepers while the ship was approach- ing her pier. They remained in hiding a week and stoleout of the city at night and made their way to the Pyrenees Mountains, which they crossed after many hardships and perils and finally succeeded in reach- ing Paris. There they applied to Dr. Bo- tenees, head of the Cuban junta in that city, who affordea them means to come to New York. The young men would not say whether they would tempt fortune again by returning to Cuba in aid of their struggling countrymen. —_— OI;TIITTING FOR A CRUISE. The Filibustering Bermuda Will Again Carry Arms to Cuba. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., April 25.—The filibustering steamer Bermuda arrived in port at 6 o’clock to-night, anchored off the Clyde steamship dock and took on a cargo of large boxes from a barge, also six large eight-oared surfboats. Jv is said the contents of the boxes, several bundred in number, were rifles, smell arms, machetes, dynamite, powder and medicine. A number of small boats, some containing spies, some Cubans and e pumber of reporters hovered near the Bermuda, but no arms were seen and no definite proof could be obtained that the boxes contained arms. The Bermuda chose her time well, the revenue cutter Boutwel! havingz just left this port, and a Spanish man-of-war hav- ing just departed for Key West. The Ber- muda’s crew was increased at this port, but by how many is not known. e SPANISH ELECTIONS. Large Government Majority in the Sen- ate Obtained. MADRID, Searx, April 26.—The elec- tions for members of the Senate were heid to-day and passed without any excitement. It is known that a large Government ma- jority has been returned. Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo will now hasten the Cuban tariff reforms, the scheme of which will shortly be issued. GOSSIP FAOM THE GERMAN CAPITAL, French Political Situation Viewed With Grave Concern. A CRISIS IS INEVITABLE. The Reichstag to Be Asked for Credits for Further Mili- - tary Equipment. ENGLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL Civil War Predicted Unless the Cape States Are Granted Compiete Autonomy. BERLIN, GERMANY, April 26.—The pros- pect of a collision between the French Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, re- sulting from changes in the constitution placing no control over the power of a sin- gle chamber, is regarded in responsible Government quarters here as a matter of the gravest concern. The mere resigna- tion of a Cabinet upon a party question has long been considered a matter of small moment, but the present situation threat- ens to shake the stability of the Eastern relations of the French republic. In an article commenting upon tbis state of affairs the National Zeitung holds to the belief that henceforth the permanency of the policy of France is impossible to rely upon, and that sooner or later the internal troubles of the republic will be reflected upon the relations of France with foreign powers. The Vossische Zeitung expresses fear that the constitution of France will not furnish President Faure with adequate means to avert an uitimate conflict be- tween the two chambers, though he may be able to hit upon temporary expedients to delay the struggle which is nearing the inevitable, and the interested Europeans oughtto exert their influence to the end of securing a new form of government for France. The feeling of uneasiness inspir- ing these and similar comments by the press is due to the belief that the exist- ence of the Senate restrains the dangerous impulses of the democratic Chamber. Whatever political stripe of government France has had since 1870, not one of them has ceased to prepare to take the fore- front in a conflict for the restoration of her military supremacy in Europe. It has been learned by the German War Office that the Bourgeois Ministry some time before its fall had decided to ask the chambers for a credit of 470,000 frans for the purpose of supplying the army with quick-firing guns of a pattern superior to any that has yet been produced. This, however, was not a surprise to the War Office, which had already provided designs for a new quick-firing gun sup- vosed to be a great deal more effective than the French weapon. The French inven- tion has long been in possession of the War Department and has been kept a strict secret, the Government being reluc- tant to order the construction of the guns, as a radical change in the artillery equip- ment of the army would involve an out- lay of 200,000,000 marks. Now that France is likely to obtain a new and formidable gun it is imperative that the Reichstag must be asked for the necessary credits to strengthen the artillery equipment of Ger- many. Confidence is felt in officlal circles that the Reichstag will recognize the fact that the artillery arm of the military ser- vice urgently requires the credit and that upon hearing the Ministerial statement upon the subject may also grant a naval credit and so bring both the military and naval services up to date. The officially inspired press, speaking freely on the subject, are giving out an accurate expression of official and public opinion as to the relations of Great Britain in South Africa, which the papers declare are not alone confined to encroachments upon the Transvaal, but upon the whole Afnkander interests to which Germany, these journals assert, is now inclined to tender.-her moral support and even diplo- matic intervention. The North German Gazette argues that the Cape States ought to sustain as com- plete autonomy as Australia and the re- maining members of the British empire and with as full a measure of inde- pendence. Nothing short of this, the Gazette adds, will effectively prevent civil war. The Vossische Zeitung blames Mr, Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secre- tary, for want of tact in dealing with Presi- dent Kruger of the Transvaal Republic, for insulting the Boer administration by accusing it of wholesale corruption, and for acting throughout as though it were an absolute fact that South Africa is going to pieces. “Itis an extremely serious matter,” the paper continues, “to find that the words ‘race war’ are current throughout the Cape. If a conflict takes place between England and the Transvaal the British possessions in South Africa will be at stake.” The Altdeutsche Blatter boldly contends that Germany and the Boers ought to hold together and force back English i vasion and forever make South Africaa great field for German immigration, where Germans could preserve their na- tionality and give solid supvort to German doctrines, theories and interest every- where. The Altdeutsche Blatter is less diplo- matic in its utterances than the North German Gazeste, but the paper better ex- presses the popular sentiment. Apropos of the general German feeling in regard to England the cognate question, *‘Will the Emperor go to Cowes in the autumn as he had proposed to do?” has been variously discussed with the result that the preponderance of opinion is that he will not visit England 1f the present tendency of the English policy continues and thatnoinducement that can be offered by family connections is likely to persuade him to go. In an article upon this subject the in- spired Magdeburg Gazette says: The Kaiser will not visit England without fully con- sidering the political situation, and the rapidity with which changes are being made therein maks 1t hardly possible for him to decide what he will do in the mat- ter several months ahead. Recurring to the policy of the Dreibund in regard to the succession of the Papacy —-the object being to secure the selection favorable to the interests of the Dreibund | and less inclined to democracy, 8s well as less friendly to France than the present Pontiff—it is stated thatadvices from high Catholic sources diviae the probable can- didates for the tiara into two groups. The first of these, following the present policy of Leo XIII, includes Cardinals Svampa, Ferrari and Santi, and the second, 'V!th a policy supbosed to be less politically biased and therefore more favorable to the Dreibund, is headed by Cardinal Galim- berto. The group includes Cardinals Vincenzo, Serafino, Vannutelli and the brothers Ca- pacelatro. The two ablest members of the Sacred College, Cardinals Parecchi and Rampolla, are not considered, for various reasons, as being eligible. The quesm_m of the Papal succession is certainly stir- ring the secret depths of diplomatic life. Dr. Von Stephan, Minister of tbe ln_mpe- rial Postoffice, has charged the American sculptress, Mrs. Cadwallader Goula, with the modeling of two great allegorical fig- ures representing respectively Posts and Telegraphs to be placed upon the post- office building at Magdeburg. The German sculptors, through the Vossische Zeitung and other papers, have protested against this award of the work. Owing to recent instructions from Wash- ington the American embassy will here- after enforce stricter regulations in regard to the passports, persons making anplign- tions for which must give the most satis- factory proofs of their identity before they can obtain them. Prince von Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chanceiler, is suffering from a prolonged attack of insomnia, accompanied by fail- ure of appetite. It is now plain that the Chancellor s advanced age is telling on him, and this has renewed rumors of his early retirement and speculation as to bis successor. The Emperor’s military Cabinet concur in opposing the proposal for reform in the military code of criminal procedure. The Berlin Industrial Exhibition is in a state of chaos. The Emperor insists upon its being opened on May 1 and prepara- tions for opening on that date are as far as possible being rushed night and day. The workmen, who are masters of the situa- tion, have raised a demand for increased wages in open violation of their contracts. They will not work except when they please, and itis impossible that the prepar- stions can be completed before June. A host of American visitors are expected to be in atrendence. The golf handicap was played here this week and was won by Mr. Lascelies, son of 811 F. C. Lascelles, the British Embassador, with a score of 94. The other scores were: Dr. Miller, 98; H. G. Squires, second sec- retary of the American embassy, 99; Prince Albrecht, 103; Captain Evans, mili- tary attache to the American embassy, 109, and J. B. Jackson, first secretary of the American embassy, 112 A MANIAC'S AWFUL WORK Shoots and Kills Five Persons, Then Ends His Own Existence. His Fever.Stricken Sister. Hearing of the Tragedy, Expires From the Shock. ROCKVILLE, Inp., April 26.—One of -the bloodiest tragedies that ever occurred in this part of the country took place here and as a result seven people are dead. About 7 o’clock in the morning Peter Eg- bert, a young man 23 years of age, went into the back yard to saw some wood. Just as he was starting his work Mrs. Herman Haschke, who occupied the adjoining house, left her residence and went a short distance away to milk her cow. As soon as she was ont of the way Eg- bert went into his house, and securing a gun, entered the Haschke house, adjoin- ing. The first one he found there was Mrs. Haschke's ten-year-old daughter, whom he at once shot dead. Then he shot at the girl’s brother, a few years younger. The first shot only wounded him, and he ran out on the porch calling for help, but Egbert pursued him and shot him dead. > Then the murderer went in search of the mother of his victims. He found her in an alley near by, and firing at her he fatally wounded her. She died two hours later. Shouldering his gun, and still evidently thirsting for blood, the murderer started toward the business part of town. There he saw Sheriff W. D. Mull and Constable W. M. Sweem crossing the street toward him. He called out to them and warned them not to come near him, at the same time threatening them with his gun. The two officers ran for the stairway of the Na- tional Baunk building, but before they could reach it Egbert fired, and both men dropped dead. The murderer fled, pursued by a big crowd. He started to run toward the fair grounds, with citizens close behind. Once he turned and threatened the crowd with his gun and some one fired at him, hitting him in the heel and crippling him. Un- able to run any further he turned his gun on himself and fired a charge into his breast that proved almost instantly fatal. The gun was so close that the powder set fire to his clothing. At the time the tragedy occurred Egbert’s sister, Miss Florence Egbert, was lying ill of typhoid fever. Some one told her of the affair. The shock prostrated her and she died soon after, making the seventh death. The crime was undoubtedly due to in- sanity. Egbert wasat one time confined in an insane asylum, but had been dis- charged as cured. It is the general belief that he suddenly became insane as he had no motive for his dreadful deed. e e BUNNEKE GROWS WORSE. Relatives Give Up the Hope That the Editor of Puck Will Live. NEW YORK, N. Y. April 26.—H, C. Bunner, edivor of Puck, who is suffering from tuberculosis at Nutley, N. J., to whieh place he recently returned from a Califor- nia trip, became much better during the warm weather. The chilly weather of the last few days, however, has given him a severe setback. His cousin, William Bun- nerof California, is constantly with him, but has little nope that the e(fitor will re- cover. —_—— Somewhat Afraid of the Water. LOUISVILLE, Krv., April 26.—Rev. W. E. Whitsitt, D.D., president of the faculty of the Baptist Theological Semi- nary, is to be investigated by the board of trustees for not being sound enough in his doctrine in the matter of baptism by im- mersion. The trounble is of some months’ standing, Dr. Whitsitt wrote an article about Roger Williams, in which he said that when Williams was baptized he was not immersed, but was sprinkled. He also said that prior toe Roger Williams’ time haptism by sprinkling and not by of a Pope to succeed Leo XIII who will be | immersion was the custom. oy b i Ao e B 7 AY, APRIL 27, 1896 L ! | didate for the Democratic nomination for w : © " ¢ ghy zo.pav. Governor, in a card to the public declines : > torun, His card closes: "-D ESJN WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE? McKinley’s Manager Sends Out His Usual Weekly Bulletin. CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. Claims 444 of the Delegates So Far Chosen, Exclusive of the Doubtful. ELECTIONS YET TO BE HELD. Of the Votes to Come at Least 125 Arg Expected to Be in the McKinley Column. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.—Gen- eral Grosvenor gave out to-night his regu- lar weekly statement of McKinley votes. As usual he declines to make any figures upon other people’s strength, confining his figures to a comparison of McKinley votes and the number necessary to a choice—456. He also declines to discuss the accuracy of the table of votes of any- body else, and said to-night: “lrely with absolute confidence upon ultimate resuits to vindicate my figures.” McKinley’s strength, as General Gros- venor gives 1, stands to-day at 444 He further states: “I do not place my votes in Connecticut or New Hampshire in the McKinley table at this time, although I see that the New York Tribune gives the names of three Connecticut delegates. 1 vrefer to leave those States to make known their status when the roll of the convention is called, and I may add in this same connection that there are a considerable number of delegates not classified as McKinley men ir other States than Connecticut and New Hampshire who may be relied upon to protect McKinley from any combination looking to his defeat. Now, looking iorward, the prospect is very pleasant. There are about 200 dele- gates to be elected bereafter, as follows: Alabama 4, Georgia 4, Illinois 12, Vermont 8, Arizona 6, California 18, Michigau 26, Nevada 6, West Virginia 8, Montana 6, Missouri 16, Dela ware 6, Colorado 8, Wash- ington 8, Idaho 6, Wyoming 6, North Car- olina 18. Total, 166, “And the balance, making up about 200, are scattered by districts over the en- tire country. ‘It will be observed by careful analysis of these votes to come that it is a modest and conservative statement to claim that McKinley will have 125 of those votes, and probably more. Thus, it will be seen that my statement that the 1st of May would see McKinley within reach of a majority was not only not an exaggera- tion, but has been veritied by results, and will be conclusively demonstrated by ac- tual figures when the delegates are elected.” —— MANLEXY'S STATEMENT. The Maine Congressman Makes a Very Conservative Estimate. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.—Man- ley of Maine gave out the following state- ment this evening: “‘Congressman Aldrich of Illinois left for his State Saturday. He will attend the State convention at Springfield on Wednesday of this week. His statement of April 20, which was made upon ac- curate and reiiable information derived from the delegates themselves, was based upon the election of 604 delegates. Of this number Reed was given 128 delegates, Governor McKinley 214, doubtful 66 and all others 196. It gave McKinley 3514 per cent of the delegates elected. The state- ment was made with so much care and ac- curacy that it can be relied upon with the utmost confidence. “I have taken Aldrich’s estimate as a basis for my statement of delegates elected up to that date, adding those elected from the 20th to the 26th of April, inclusive, and elassified them with the following results. It will be seen that there are many dele- gates placed 1n the doubtful column. “‘There are in many instances contested delegates, and it does not seem proper that, prior to the action of the National Committee, which has to act as a commit- tee on credentials for the temporary roll of the convention, and prior to the action of the credentials committee on the conven- tion, any one has a right to assume what delegates will be seated in the con- vention; therefore I have not presumed to claim how these delegates would vote, but have preferred to place them where they belong—in the doubtful column. In no instance have I anticipated the election of any delegates. Thisstatement only relates to the delegates actually elected. “Out of 250 delegates thus far chosen in the block of States north of the Potomac and east of the Ohio—a block of States con- taining a great proportion of the manufac- turing and commercial interests of the country—McKinley has secured only nine votes. McKinley’s percentage oi the dele- gates elected remains practically as it did one week ago. The whole number elected, 711. For Thomas B. Reed, 161; for Gov- ernor McKinley, 250; for all othex candi- dates, 217; doubtful and contested, 83. StaTm, “KouryoN & ma, District of Columbia.. s 2 iy Objects to Free Silver. LITTLE ROCK, Axk., April 26.—Hon. A. A.EBevier, who has been a strong can- Recognizing that State issues in this cam- paign_are being wholly disregarded or obe scured by the all-absorbing silver question and feeling that I not in accord with the pre- vailing idea that we should refuse -uppor& to the nominee of the Chicago conven tion unless he should be a free-silver man upon & free- silver platform, I retire from the canvaes. CONGRESSIONAL BUSINESS. Numerous Imporiant Measures Hanging Fire in Both Houses on Account of Apgropriation Bills. WASHINGTON, D. C., Apnl 26.—It is probable that the general pension bill will be brought to a vote to-morrow under the operation of an order to be reported by the Committee on Rules. General Hen- derson, chairman of the Committee on Ju- diciary, expects that the House will thep take up the bankruptcy bill and discuss it for two or three days. Babcock, chairman of the District of Co- lumbia Committee, to which committee Monday’s session is assigned, says that if deprived of that day’s session the committee will insist upon some other day in !me week in which to press District bills. Aside from the pension_and bankruptc: bills on the programme of the House it is uncertain what will be done, and every- thing is dependent upon developments from day to day. The Senate will probably continue to devote most of its time to the considera- tion of the appropriation bills, being far pehind the House in the disposition of these bills. Hale will call up the Naval bill to-morrow. Frye expects to Zteport the River and Harbor bill either to.mor- row or Tuesday at the latest, and it is the expectation that both the bills will be passed before the week is ended. Sherman will renew his attempt to se- cure the passage of the bill to repeal the free alcohol for the arts clause of the tariff bill. Should he do so, Senators Lodge, Chandler, Platt, Pritchard and others will vigorously oppose him, and it is openly sald that if this matter should be pressed it will involve an indefinite prolongation of the session and the opening of a general tariff discussion. Meanwhile Peffer’s bond resolution, now divested of nearly all its salient features, holds its place as the unfinished business, giving way from day to day for the consid- eration of appropriation bills. Wednesday Vilas will present resolutions accepting the statueof Pere Marquette and will makea speech on the resolutions. S SUNDAY BASEBALL STOPPED. Indianapolis Officials Prevent a Game on the Sabbath. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp., April 26,—The fate of Sunday baseball was detinitely set- tled to-day when the Sheriff with & big force of deputies prevented the game that had been scheduled between Indianapolis and Grand Rapids. FKully 7000 people gathered to see the game, and in order to keep within the law no admission was charged; but the Sheriff was obdurate and threatened to arrest. every man who at- tempted to play ball. Nothing was left for the managers but to explain matters to the angry crowd and call the game off. ‘There will probably be no further at- tempts to play h‘undn{ ball in Indianapo- lis, and under the Western League rule the Sunday games scheduled here will be played elsewhere. 2 PR ON THE DIAMOND. Cincinnati Beats Chicago and 8t. Louis Takes Lowisville’s Measuve, CINCINNATI, Oxrro, April 26,.—Dwyer’s superb pitching at critical stages, aided by errors on the part of Chicago, enabled the home team to win an easy victory this afternoon. Burke's fielding was the fea- ture of the game. Attendance 10,000. Bcore: Cincinnatis. 50300010211 12 Q Chicazos. 200010000— 3 12 6 Batterie: Vaughn: Thoraton, and Griffith and Kittredge. Umplre—Sheridan. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 26.—The Browns got their hits to-day when the Colonels were making errors. Parrott was out- pitched by Smith, but had better support. Attendance 10,000. Score: St. Louls..... .22100001%6 9 1 Loutsvilies. . 011000100—3 1 5 Batterios—Parrott and McFarland, Smith and Boyle. Umpire—! Tennis Finals at Del Monte. DEL MONTE, CaL., April 26.—The an- nual tennis tournament for the champion- ship of this section of the State was held at Del Monte this afternoon. The final was won by A. W. Jones Jr., ex-champion of Saata Clara and Monterey counties. —_— Santa Cruz Team Wins. SANTA CRUZ, Cawn., April 26.—The Santa Cruz baseball nine beat the San Jose team at Vue de I'Eau Park to-day by a score of 10 to 6, The grounds were in fine condition and the weather was perfect. NEWS OF MARE [SLAND, The Concord and Bennington to Be Overhauled at the Navy-Yard. Enlistments of Men to Form the Battle-Ship Orezon’s Crew Are Being Made. VALLEJO, Cav., April 26.—Chief Engi- neer George F. Kutz, who has been in charge of the department of steam engi- neering for the past three years and has reached the age of retirement, willin a few weeks be detached from active duty and take up his residence with his family in Alameda. Chief Engineer Trilley, well known at this station, having been on the Monterey and one of the cruisers on this coast, will be given charge of the depart- ment made vacant by the detachment of Chief Kutz. The gunboats Concord and Petrel are ex- pected at the yard within the next week or two. As each is in need of extensive re- pairs the vessels will be placed out of com- mission and a number of the crew retained for the Oregon. Quite & number of men have already been secured for the battle- ship at the recruiting station at S8an Fran- cisco, Stores are on the way from the East ana at the yard many articles have been laid out preparatory to being put aboard on its arrival at the yard. The blacksmith-shop was almost deluged with water during the heavy rain of Thursday night. The old shingles had been removed to be replaced with new, so Pluvius haa a fair sweep and made the most of it. The Thetis will remain at the yard for some months. The officers and men all seem to be glad to get back to tbe station after their survey work down the coast. About $23,000 was disbursed by the yard paymaster yesterday to the em- ployes. A number of additional me- chanics have been set to work within the past few days. The number will be largely increased before long to work on the Balti- more and other large ships. A force is still employed on the woodwork of the Hartford, and after July, when the new appropriations are available, the number will be increased not oniy in the construc- tive but the steam engineering department, where it is very quiet at present. The Monadnock looks as neat and clean ascan be, the crew taking especial care that every bit of bright work shines like a new dollar. 1t has hauled out in the stream ready for sea. ) BURNIG HOTEL, The Old Bridge House at Moline, IIL, Destroyed This Morning. A YOUNG MAN PERISHES. Slumbering Guests Aroused and Scramble for the Streets in Night Robes. THE STAIRWAY EXIT IS CUT OFF Women Leap From Windows Before Ladders Could Be Placed for Their Rescue. MOLINE, ILL., April 27.—One man was burned to death, several persons were in- jured, and many more had narrow escapes from cremation when the old Bridge House was destroyed by fire early this morning. A panic among the guests added to the excitement and danger. William Sage lost his life, Nellie Swan- son, a domestic, and John West, a black- smith, were badly injured. The house was a frame hostelry of un- certain age. The fire was discovered on the ground floor about 2 o’clock by a night watchman. | It was burning fiercely and the slumber- ing tenants, all of whom were on the upper floors, were in extreme peril. The watch- man battered on the doors and yelled “Fire” to arouse the inmates. His outcries had the effect of arousing and stampeding the guests, nearly all of whom bolted for the street in their nightclothing. The doors were . broken down, and a few of the persons inside escaped by the stairway and regular exits. The greater portion, however, speedily found the stairways cut off by Aames and smoke, The women ran screaming about the upper hallways, and finally threw themselves headlong from the windows before ladders could be placed. The fire- men did all that was possible, but the ra- pidity of the flames made it impossible for them to do much in ike work of rescue. Mrs. Steve Walters, wife of the proprie- tor of the hotel, escaped with great diffi- culty through the flames and climbed down on a long plank placed against the side of the building. William Sage, the young man who was burned to death, was an orphan, 18 years old. His remains were found at 5 o’ciock this morning in such a position that it was evident that he died in his room. TULARES RUSE FESTIAL Energetic Women Have Charge of Arrangements for the Flower Show. Methed by Which the Queen Will Bz Cloen Is Kept a Guariel Secret. TULARE, Cav., April 26.—As the time approaches for holding the annual flower carnival the interest in the success of the undertaking increases. The flower show lest year was a success in every way. Mrs. A. Borders, the gueen, with her aids, held sway for two days, and all loyal Tulareans remember with pleasure her reign amid the blossoms. Year by year Tulare is becoming more and more a city of roses, and no town in the interior can excel her magnificent dis- play of lovely floral products. This year the carnival is to be beld on Friday and Saturday, May 1and 2, and a somewhat different plan is to be adopted in the se- lection of a queen. The arrangements are wholly in the hands of Tulare’s energetic women—the Ladies’ Auxiliary. In 1895 these untiring ladies did much to make the carnival a success, and aleo added a goodly sum to its treasury. It is understood that the selection of queen is in the bands of the members of the Tulare Cornet band, and a good deal of dignified mystery is involved in the plan for the oncoming fiesta. Whatever method may be pursued it may be safely anticipated that the rose carnival will easily surpass any former affair of the kind held in Tulare. The exhibit of flowers next week will be a gorgeous one. The town will be dec- orated, the hall be transformed into a ower of lovely blossoms, the queen will be crowned and ail Tulare will be in gala attire. Sl SELMA HONORS HER DEAD. Masons Bear the Body of Monroe Snyder, a Pioneer Miner, to the Grave. SELMA, CaL, April 26.—Monroe Sny- der, a pioneer and one of the oldest Masons in the State, was buried here to-day with Masonic honors, . The funeral was one of the largest ever attended in Fresno. Friends of the deceased were present from all parts of the county. Mr. Snyder was a native of Holmes County, Ohio, and aged 67 years. His an- cestors came over in the Mayflower, and the 1am11¥ records bear the names of many heroes of the revolution. He came to California in 1852 and experienced the usual vicissitudes of pioneer placer mining in the northern counties of the State. Later he engaged in farming in Yolo County. He was the first City Marshal of Woodland. He came to Fresno County twenty-three years nfo and setiled ona tract of Government land, where he died. The tract is now nfarfi of the town of Selma, He returned to Ohio in 1862 and married, a widow and seven ehildren sur- viving him. A Butte County’s Delegates. CHICO, OAL., April 26.—The following Republican delegates were elected yester- day in Butte County to attend the Btate Convention at Sacramento on May 5: Delegate-at-large, W. P. Hammon; district delegates—0. L. Clark, George Miller, H. C. Bell, John Gale, William James, Levy Cohn, N. P. Stow, W. L. Cress, William Thomas and Dr. Thompson. Tulare County’s Loss. VISALIA, CaL., April 26.—Hon. J. C. Brown died at his home near Exeter yes- terday, aged 75. Mr. Brown represented Tulare County at the convention that framed the new State constitution, fi}z‘i‘s From a f/.?{y Store/ Our Yew Book for Skop- ping by Wlail will be ready shortly for distribution. Jis pages are replete with our very newest styles, clearly ilustrated. Ghis book will bring you closer in touch with the big store’s doings than any of our former books for oui- of-town shoppers. I’s an up-to-date gath- ering of good things from our many departments. Ghe prices guoted have but one intent and purpose and that is lo caplure your trade. Send us your name and address and we will mail the book to you free of any charge. HAddress ail Order Department, Raprael’s (Incorporated), Ole Frisco Boys. 8, 7, 73, 78 Kearny Sireet. GRAND EEUBSWN Auction Sale! AT SAN MATEO, BY THE SAN MATEO LARD ASSOCIATION, ON SATURDAY, MAY 2, At 11 0’Clock A. M. 255 Cholce Suburban Resldence Lots and Viila Sites, O San Mateo Heights ‘The Most Beautiful Residence Portion of the Growing CITY OF SAN MATEO. The streets are graded, the sidewalks curbed, trees and palms planted. A modern sanitary sewerage system has just been completed. Water-mains are now being laid and electric-light wires put up. Improvements Complete and Up fo Date, LARGE LOTS, 50 to 200 ft. 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