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in'St. Louis. Mr. Dibble spoke of Mr. Cluff a5 asuccessiul merchant, an earnest, ac- tive Republigan “‘and a gentleman in every sense of the word. I will not call him an IrisheAmerican, because he is an Ameri- can Irishman,”” added Mr. Dibble. James Rea nominated O. A. Hale of San Jose. ~ ’ On motion of E. F. Preston, both nomi- nations were made by acclamation. The aiternates were chosen with the same unanimity. They are John L. Cos- ter of San Francisco and A. S. Mangrum of San Jose. On motion of Rea, it was decided to in- dorse the candidacy of Cyrus Jones as delegate at large. The convention adjourned subject to the call of the chair. THE SIXTH DISTRICT. McLachlan Renominated for Congress and Delegates to the St. Louis Convention Elected. SACRAMENTO, Can, May 5.—The Sixth District Congressional Convention metat the Capitoi and transacted all its district business in short order. ‘W. R. Porter was elected chairman and L. W. Kenny secretary. For delegates to St. Louis T. J. Field of Monterey and Henry Lindley of Los An- geles were chosen, and for alternates W. H. Barnes of Ventura and Thomas Flynn of Santa Barbara. For Presidential elector Elwood Cooper of Santa Barbara was chosen. James McLachlan was renominated for Congress by acclamation. The convention appointed the following Congressional committee: Los Angeles, 1. G. Brown, George Woodward, J. C. Rieves, Jobn Kingsley, G. L. Keefer and L. V. Youngsworth; Ventura, J. R. Wil- loughby; Monterey, W. J. Hill; Santa Barbara, J. W. Taggart; San Luis Obispo, Benjamin Brooks; Santa Cruz, George R. Radeliff. The convention adopted a resolution in- dorsing William McKinley and instruct- ing the delegates to use all possible influ- ence to secure his nomination for Presi- dent of the United States. The convention adopted a resolution in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. A resolution indorsing Lionel L. Sheldon and U. 8. Grant Jr. for delegates-at-large was unani- mously adopted. A report was spread abroad early this morning that Grant’s name was not on the register of voters of 8an Diego County. Colenel Otis soon secured from San Diego an explicit denial of the assertion. Grant’s name is there as a registered voter. mE R Roses for Reporters, SACRAMENTOQ, CAL., May 5.—The re- porters’ aesks in front of the convention platform were decorated with La France and tea roses in vases by Mrs. Talbot H. ‘Wallis. The display gave the *brains” a blooming aspect. POLITICS N THE EAST, The Feeling That Harrison Will Enter the Race Is Growing. His Old Adherents to Make a Strong Fight in the Indiana Con- vention. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., May 5—Nearly all the Republican leaders of the State have arrived here to attend the State Con- vention, which meets in Tomlinson Hall Thursday morning. The gathering prom- ises to be one of the hottest on record. The principal features will be the fight on instructions between the McKinley and ":. the old Harrison faction, the effort to in- . duce General Harrison to address the,con- vention, which is being bitterly opposed by the McKinleyites, the nomination of a Brate ticket and the attempt of Charles Fairbanks to show his strength by having himself chosen as a delegate-at-large to St. Louis. Fairbanks is a Senatorial can- didate and if he can land the 8t. Louis honor it may be taken as an indication that he can also land the Senatorship. The prospect of the appearance of Gereral Harrison at the convention has sent & thrill of terror into the McKinley - fanks. They fear that such athing will stampede the delegates and ruin their chances of getting instructions for their champion. General Harrison has been in- vited to speak, but he has not yet replied to the invitation. The general belief is that under the circumstances, and know- ing as he does the effect which his appear- ance in the convention ball might have, he will decline to accept the honor. For Governor there are thirteen candi- dates, all of whom seem to have a fair fol- Jowing, with Major Doxey of Anderson slightly in the lead. The platform will be short, and although -there has recently been a show made on the part of the free silver advocates, it can be safely said that the convention wiil de- tlare for “sound’’ money. On all sides is heard talk as to the prob- ability of General Harrison’s name being sprung at St. Louis. It is claimed thatan emergency might arise which would war- rant the use of his name, despite his distinct and exvpressed wishes to the con- trary, and this is said to be one reason why the anti-McKinley crowd will fight to the death rather than permit the Indiana delegation to be sznt to St. Louis with in- structions for the Ohio man. e e UNANIMOUS FOR SILVER. South Carolina Democrats Dominated by Senator Tillman. COLUMBIA, 8. €., May 5.—Compara- tively full reports received from the Demo- cratic county conventions held yes‘erday indicate that the State Con ention to be held here on the 20th will be almost unani- mous for silver, and will be dominated by Senator Tillman. It is interesting to note that so far as heard from not a single con- vention has indorsed Senator Tillman for a place on the National ticket. This is taken as an indication that his friends think his best chance is in another party. ° — - EASTERN CONVENTIONS. In Michigan Delegates Arve Not Ham- pered by Instructions. DETROIT, Mica., May 5.—Four dele- gates to the National Republican Conven- tion at St. Louis were elected in Michigan to-day. The Eleventh District convention indorsed the protective policy, but did not instruct the delegates. The Tenth District convention was hela at Alpena, but the delegates were not in- structed. 7 BELLAIRE, Ouro, May 5.—At the Six- teenth District Republican Congressional convention, held here to-day, delezates to the St. Louis convention, were instructed for McKiniey. Lorenzo Danford was nom- inated for Congress. = MONTICELLO, Iin, May 5—The Thirteenth Congressional District Republi- can convention was held here to-day. Con- gressman Vespasian Warner was renomi- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896. W nate | for a second term by acclamation. The delegates to the Natiopal convention were instructed for Mc]{ifiley. They are William H. Kratz of Monticello and Charles G. Eckhart of Tuscola. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 5.—At the convention of the Fifth Congressional dis- trict of Missouri, delegates to St. Louis were instructed for McKinley. MARION, IrL., May 5.—At the conven- tion of the Twenty-second District Re- publicans held here to-day Hon. George W. Smith of Jackson County was nomi- nated without opposition for his fifth term in Congress. Resolutions indorsing Mc- Kinley for President and instructing the delegates to the National Convention from this district to vote for him were adopted with much enthusiasm. CHICAGO, Irr., May 5.—The Republi- can District committee of the Fourth Con- gressional District, which met to-day to issue a call for the district convention, split over a resolution declaring that the wards should not be redistricted and that the polling places should remain the same as they have been for the past three elections, As the matter now rests there will be no contest at the primaries, but the fac- tions will each nominate a Congressman and two delegates to the National Con- vention, where the dispute will be settled by the Committee on Credentials. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 5.—At the Tenth Congressional District Republican Con- vention, Hon. Richard Bartholdt was re- nominated for Congress without opposi- tion. McKinley resolutions were adopted. In the Eleventh and Twelfth Congres- sional District conventions to nominate delegates to the State Convention resolu- tions were also adopted in favor of Me- Kinley. ST. PAUL, M1~x~., May 5.—In a vote of 25,500 to-day Frank B. Doran (R.) was elected Mayor by a majority of about 2200. Joseph J. McCardy (R.) waschosen Comp- troller by 3000 and Horst (R.) Treasurer by 1500. The Republicans elected nine Assemblymen and ten of the eleven Al- dermen. The city is. nominally; Demo- cratic by about 1000. Pl SILVEE AND GOLD FORCES. Democrats of Cook County Arrayed in Battle Royal. CHICAGO, 1L, May 5.—The silver and gold forces of the Democratic party machinery of Cook County were arrayed against each other in a battle royal to- night at a meeting of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee, and silver won. Theissue was not so much on the monetary question as upon the question of the committee’s right to hold the primaries for the county convention in the manner the committee saw fit withont in- terference on the part of the “sound money”’ Democrats, led by ex-Mayor Hop- kins and Alderman Cnllerton. The action of the administrative county Democratic body is a flattering triumph for Governor Altgeld, and the probabili- ties are that he will now be the nominee of the State Convention for Governor on a silver platform, unless the Democratic voters of this county declare against free silver. By a vote of 74 to 47 the committee de- cided not to adopt the plan of the cold Democrats to have the County Convention held June 3 to elect delegates to the State Convention, or to have the primaries held under the Crawford law, with three super- visors, composed of three silver and three gold members of the committee. It was decided to hold the county con- vention May 26 and the primaries the day before, and the appointment of judges and clerks, the main bone of contention, wili rest with the executive committee and the committee on primaries contests and ap- peals wherever the regular election board cerks and judges do not serve. The silver faction is in a big majority on both com- mittees. e A. P. A, Silver and Populists. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—1It is rumored that at the coming meeting of the Supreme Council of the American | Protective Association a movement will be made to turn the A. P. A. to the silver party and Populists and bring about a rand fusion of the three bodies—silver, opulists and A. P. A. THE CINCINNATI CALAMITY. No More Bodies Recovered From the Ruins. Dead, Injured and Missing So Far as Known. CINCINNATI, Onio, May 5.—No more bodies were to-day removed from the ruins of the wrecked building at 430 and 432 Walnut street, which was the scene of last night’s {errific gasoline explosion. The dangerous condition of the adjacent walls caused the Building Inspector to call a halt to further operations until they were braced. To-night a force of workmen were engaged in pulling down one of the walls and before morning the work of digging for more bodies will be resumed. Following is a complete list of the dead, injured and missing so far as known: | Dead—Rollia A. Davis of the Columbia | Carriage Company, Hamilton, Ohio; Adolph_Drach, proprietor of the saloon; Felicia Drach, his five-year-cld daughter; C. S. Wells, 46 Harrison street; Ella Sin- gleton of Zanesville, domestic in Drach's family; Mamie Kennedy, domestic in Fey's family. njured—Willard E. Cook, Emil Drach, Olga Drach, H. E. Hunwick, Peter Burns, Charles Spilley, Sidney W. Johnson, John McCarthy, Barbara Huddselman, Joseph Spriggs and J. B. Ward of Toledo. Missing—Lightfoot of Newport, and un- known man, said to have entered Drach’s saloon a few minutes before the explosion; William Laut, barkeeper; Barbara Stein- kamp, Louis Fisdick, John McGarvey, C. F. Andress, Jonn Beers, James Grant and William Carr. All the victims of the wreck who are at the hospital are resting easy, except John McCarthy. No encouraging signs have yet been discerned by the attending physi- ciansand his death is expected to-night. oA DEED OF A DESPERATE WOMAN. D¥owns Her Two Children and Herself in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. STURGEON BAY. Wis., May 5.—Mrs. F. X. Sailor, the wife of a business man, last night drowned her two children and then committed suicide by the same method. Tkte woman had gone to the bay shore, a distance of three miles from here, and had evidently walked out into the bay with her chl’;dren and held them under the water until life was extinct, after which she lay down and deliberately suffered herself to drown. v A fi-herman discovered the bodies float- ing in the water and immediately reported the matter fo the citv authorities, who went to the scene. They found the chil- dren, aged 2 and 4 years, upon the shore, while the mother’s body was out about sixty feet. Mrs. Sailor was about 25 years of age, and was the fourth wite of her husband, and from all reporis the couple had not been_living happily for a year or so past. Mr. Sailor owns a business block here and had until recently been engaged in the furniture business. = e B Prince Weds Princess. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, May 5— Princess Louise, eldest daughter of Crown Prince Frederick, and Prince Frederick of of Schaumbure-Lippe were married this evening at the Amalienborg Palace in the resence of the King and Queen and a arge number of relatives, LIVELY SESSION OF THE SENATE, Hill and Pettigrew Discuss the Peffer Bond Res- olution. AN UNFINISHED SET-TO. The New York Senator Sharply Criticizes the Proposed Investigation. FRAUD IS CHARGED IN REPLY. An Intimation That the Secretary of the Treasury Has Profited by the Deal. WASHINOTON. D. C., May 5.—The ses- sion of the Senate to-day was divided up in this way: The first hour was given up to routine morning business and to a resolution offered by Call of Florida and which went over till to-morrow, request- ing the President to require from the Spanish Government fair treatment for American citizens captured on the schoon- er Competitor; the next hour toa consid- eration of the river and harbor appropria- tion bill; the next three hours to speeches by Hill of New York against the Peffer bond resolution and by Pettigrew of South Dakota in favor of it, and the last hour to pension and other bills. After the routine morning business had been disposed of in the Senate to-day Call (D.) of Florida offered and asked imme- diate consideration for a resolution re- questing the President to protest against the execution of United States citizens capturcd on board the schooner Competi- tor by a Spanish cruiser, and to require and demand of the Government of Spain that they shall not be subjected to cruel treatment, but be held only as prisoners of war. The resolution was on the point of being declared by the Vice-President agreed to by unanimous consent, when Wolcott (R.) of Colorsdo interposed with the remark that if the facts were as stated by Call—that | the vessel was merely carrying war mate- rial—it was the manifest duty of the Presi- | dent to interfere, and it was rather unu- | sual to request the President to do his | duty. He should like to see how it looked in | print. He therefore objected ana the resolution went over until to-morrow. The Peffer bond resolution was taken up and Hill (D.) of New York con- tinued his argument, begun yesterday, in opposition to it. Peffer gave notice be- fore Hill commenced his remarks that he would ask the Senate to remain in session to-day until the resolution should be dis- posed of. Hill said he had been asked yesterday why he opposed the resolution. His an- swer was that he apposed it because it was wholly unnecessary and uncalled for and would establish a most pernicious and un- wise precedent. He wanted to protect the Senate from making itself ridiculous—it did that often enough without the adoption of the reso- Iution. He would not, therefore, vote for the resolution, becanse such a vote would stigmatize him as an ignoramus, and in his judzment every vote for it would be an admission on the part of the Senator giving it that he was an ignoramus. It | was a foolish, a contemptible, an ubsurd resolution. Of course, there was no law against it. There was no law agsinst the Senate making a fool of itself if it had a mind to. He analyzed the various points of the proposed inguiry, including the authority for the issue of bonds. On that point Hill exclaimed: ‘“Read the statutes and you will know. If you cannot under- stand them resign your seat.” There was nothing in the Graves busi- ness, there was nothing in the whole bond issue, that was not as clear as the sunlight of heaven. In connection with it he read an article from a Philaaelphia newspaper, which he said was in favor of a ‘‘recent Pennsylvania candidate for the Republi- can nomination for the Presidency.” [Laughter.] As tending to bring into contempt the practice of proposing investigations of all | subjects, Hill read a letter which he had received, asking him to propose an in- vestigation as to the removal from office of Governor Hughes of Arizona and a series of resolutions got up by “The Anti-Trust Legion of America” of Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, which presented, he said, “a delightful mixture of investiga- tion of the Brooklyn bridge, Brooklyn streets and Brooklyn highway robberies, including a censure of my«elf.”” It was that sort of feeling, he said,which Senators were truckling to. It was the Populist sentiment. It was the clamor against capital. It was the effort to an- tagonize men of wealth. Senators were simply playing with fire. He also read several financial contracts of 1876, 1877 and 1878, to show that financial syndicates were not a modern invention, and that although a Government loan might be called “‘a popular loan,” it was the capital- ists who got the bonds. He said that in the coming campaign he wanted these Re- publican syndicate contracts to stand side by side with the Carlisle syndicate con- tract. Pettigrew (R.) of South Dakota asked Hill if he would yield the floor to him to make some remarks on the bond resolu- tion, and as Hill politely did so Pettigrew read what he called “‘a history of the bond sales of the present administration,” their object being, he said, to destroy the use of silver as money and to allow certain per- sons to realize enormous profits. Pettigrew laid much stress upon the de- faulted Graves bid for four and a half million dollars, and on the fact that thos> bonds had been turned over to the syndi- cate at its bid of 110 7-10, although the “Investment Corporation of New York" had made an offer of 11434 for all the bonds of defauited bids. This action on the part of the Becr.tary of the Treasury, Petti- grew said, had given a profit of $71,000 to Morgan & Co., and he intimated that that vrofit had been divided between the Sec- retary of the Treasury and that syndicate of bankers. That seemed, he said. to be the sume, substance and gist of the whole trans. action, which was “‘rotten and dishonest and corrupt to the core.” It was, there- fore, quite proper for the Senate to investi- gate it thoroughly. Pettigrew then criticized Sherman for his indorsement of the President and Sec- retary of the Treasury in the bonds trans- action. Hiil inquired who was more competent to speak on that subject than the Senator from Ohio. “‘My answer would be a matter of opin- ion,” Pettigrew replied. *I do notdoubt that the Senator from New York and the Morgan syndicate will forever proclaim that the Senator from Ohio is the best authority thatcan possibly be found, so long as he openly indorses the plunaer of the people and the robbery of the treas- ury.” The matter went over with Hill still oc- cupying the floor. Allison (R.) of Iowa inquired of Peffer when he expected to reach a vote on the bond resolution. Peffer thought that a vote would surely be reached to-morrow. Allison—Why not have unanimous con- sent to have the vote fixed for a definite hour to-morrow ? . Hill—It is impossible to fix a date now. BIG STEAMER STRANDED. On the Bar Off Highland Light, New Jersey—Life-Savers Driven Back by the Gale. HIGHLAND LIGHT, N. J., May 6.— A large steamer has been discovered ashore on Peaked Hill bar. The life- saving crews of High Head, Highland and Peaked Hill stations are on the way to her. There is an increasing easterly gale with a rough sea. Captain Kelly and crew of Highland station made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the stranded steamer. They have just returned and report that they could not get beyond the outer bar, They could not make out the name of the vessel, but Captain Kelly reports that she is in no immediate danger, unless the gale should increasc. It is believed the steamer is the Ethelred, from Port An- tonio, Captain H. L. Hopkins. GHIBED Y A DETECTI How Testimony Was Manufac- tured in the Pearl Bryan Murder Trial. Seward Makes a Full Confession and Asks the Mercy of the Court. 4 CINCINNATI, Onio, May 5.—Several witnesses were examined in the Jackson trial this morning. With the exception of Watchman Brinkman of the Newport bridge the testimony adduced was unim- portant. Brinkman's story was a contradiction of that told by George Jackson, the colored coachman. From 3 to 4 o’clock Saturday morning Brinkman said he and the col- lector were in the south ticket-office of the bridge. From 4 to 5 o’clock three men were presont. Upon cross-examination the witness ad- | mitted tne fact that passengers have | crossed the bridge at night without paying fares, as Coachman Jackson says he did. At the afterncon segsion the defense closed its case with the devosition of E. E. | Hackelman, a fellow-student of Jackson and Walling. | In rebuttal, the prosecution introduced | John W. White of Danville, Ky., and | W. L. McCarthy of Kingsville, Ky., who | testified that Truste Sr. and Detective Seward were brothers-in-law. After Witness McCarthy left the stand, | Ed Mosby, first sergeant of the Caldwell | Guards, whose devosition was introduced | by the defense a few days ago, was called. In his deposition Mosby had sworn that there haa been no drill of his company on the night of the murder. On the stand he contradicted the deposition and swore positively that the company had drilled | that night., He also swore that he did not | sign the deposition, Under cross-examination by Attorney Crawford, Mosby admitted he “said in his deposition that he did not know where George Jackson was Friday night, Janu- | ary 31 James Smith, another deponent for. the defense, took the stand and denied his | deposition. {e had not signed it. John Lee, an- other Caldwell Guard, said the drill was Friday night and the court-martial | Wednesday. Colonel Crawford requested | the court to hold these witnesses and they were each put under $250 bonds. Detective Seward to-night made a full confession of his connection with the case to Prosecuting Attorney Lockhart, Colonel Nelson and Mr. Hayes, and has placed himself at tne mercy of the court.” Sew- ard has acknow!edged to these attorneys that he bribed Witness Truste to tell his story. THREE DEATHS BY FIRE, Result of a Gasoline Stove Ex- plosion in a Breoklyn Flat. A Frantic Mother, Enveloped . in F.ames, S:ts Fire to Her Own and Sister’s Children. BROO;LYN, N. Y., May 5.—By the ex- plosion Of a gasoline stove in a flat house, at the corner of Buhrwick and Johnson avenues, this morning three persons were burned to death and one person seriously injured. Mrs. Rebecca Cohen attempted to light a gaso'ine stove in the kitchen of her apartments about 8:30 o’clock this morn- ing, when the stove exploded. The woman's clothing caught fire and she ran to her twochildren—Karl,14months old, and Solomon, 3 years old—and clasped them in her arms, setting their clothes on fire. The woman then ran across the hall- way to the apartment of her sister, Mrs. Pastanack, screaming loudly for help. Mrs. Pastanack endeavored to extinguish the fire in which her sister was enveloped, and in doing so her own clothing caught. Mrs. Pastanack, with her clothing on fire, ran to her two children, Solomon and Rosie, and litted them in her arms, The two women and the four children, their clothing ablaze, then ran into the hallway. Help soon arrived, and Mrs, Cohen was taken to St. Catharine’s Hospital, but died before reaching there. Mrs. Pasta- nack was found in a corner of the haliway, and the Cohen children were found badly burned in Mrs. Cohen's apartments. They were taken to St. Catharine’s Hospital. but Kari died shortly aiter reaching there, It is expected that Solomon Cohen will recover. The Pastanack children were re- moved to tie hospital, but they are so badly burnea that the physicians have lit- tle hope of saving them. Isaac Kuschawv, who attempted to put out the fire, seized a slé)hon bottle, which exploded in his hand. A piece of glass struck him over the right eye, causing a bad but not dangerous wound. The loss by the fire is $100. R s g "MILWAUKEE'S STRIKE, Electricians’ Union Joins the Street Railway Employes. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 5.—There wera very few changes in the situation of the street railway strike to-day. Al- though the electricians’ union went out in a body this morning, the streetcar com- pany managed not only to have about the same number of cars running to-day as it had on Monday, but also to keep the elec- tric lamps on the public streets burning to maintain its contract with the city. Still the accommodation by cars was very poor, and peovle preferred to walk or to use the many bus lines established since the be- giuning of the strike. . There were some disturbances at differ- ent places, but none of them very serious. Big crowds would yell as soon as they no- ticed a car driven by ‘scabs.’”’ At the headquarters of the unlon everybody was feeling confident. 2 It was reported late to-night that many men who wer» working for the company had quit again, and the wmachines of the power-house on River street are under the sole care of Superintendent Crawford and his assistants, as all the hands are out. e COULDN'T STAND THE TEST. A 500-Pound Projectile Splits the 15-Inch Armor-Plate of the Big Battle- Ship lowa. BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 5.—Captain Sampson, Pprofessor Alger and other members of the Bureau of Ordnance this afternoon witnessed the attack by a 10-inch gun on a 15-inch armor plate at the Beth- lehem Iron Company’s proving grounds. The plate tested represented the group of plates for the turret of the battle-ship Towa. It was the largest ever finished in the country. 1t weighed 38 tons, was 17 feet wide, 9 feet high and 15 inches thick. A Carpenter projectile, weighing 500 pounds, was fired from a 10-inch gun with a charge of 154 pounds of powder, attain- ing a velocity of 1339 feet per second. The point of impact was a little to the left and below the center of the plate. The vrojectile was shattqred and the point imbedded and weldedin the plate. The plate was split across its width, while there was a crack at the bottom. The manner in which the plate cracked was strange, as there was no radiating cracks from the point of 1mpact. The re- sult was not an entire surprise, for the glate was originally rejected on account of aws noticed in one end. The company had confidence that the plate woulg stand the test, however, and decided to fire atit. The cracking of the plate was the opening of internal flaws known to bave existed previously. Under the circumstances the ordnance officials did not consider it advisable to continue the test. The company will be permitted to present another plate to be tested. e RED WHITECAPS. Oklahoma Indians Notify Their Agent to Leave the teservation. WICHITA, Kaxs, May 5. — The Cheyenne un&Ar.-_pahoe Indians of Okla- homa are greatly incensed against their agent, Captain A. E. Woodson of the Fifth Cavalry, and at an indignation meeting just held by all the chiefs and miost prom- | inent members of the tribes they decided to give him thirty days’ notice to leave the reservation. Bull Thunder, who is one of the princi- pal chiefs, conveyed the verdict to Wood- son in rson. The trouble has been brewing for many months, but the recent discharge by Agent Woodson of Black Coyote, ~who ~has been an In- dian policeman for many years and for a long time chicf of the Indian police, was as a spark to dry timber; it made the | redskins furious. Black Coyote is a man of fine intelligence, powerful physique, and for years has been = terror to law- 1 breakers in that country, but almost | idolized by his people. Among the other charges which the| Indians have against Captain Woodson is that he and his subordinates drank to ex- cess and otherwise set 8 bad exampvle be- fore the younger generation of Indians. | They appealed to Major E. J. Simpson to | act as their attorney, and he has agreed to do so. Alreaay there are grave charges hang- over Captain Woodson at Washington, and Major Simpson has forwarded addi- tional charges, which he declares can be fully substantiated. e SENATOR MOGLGAN OUT AGAIN. Will Inquire Into Offensive Partizanhip Cases in Michigan. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—A Wash- ington special says: Senator Morgan was in his seat yesterday for ihe first time since his recent illness. It is his intention to make a speech within a few days on the conduct of some 150 Postmasters and other Federal office- holders who took part in the recent Michi- gan Democratic State Convention. These office-holders, it is claimed, have violated | the spirit and letter of the civil service re- | form law. ! Senator Morgan has prepared a resolu- tion of investigation which will be offered | shortly. He wants to know how so many | Postmasters were able to leave their posts | of duty without first obtaining the formal consent of the Postoffice Department, which is a prerequisite to such absence. Senator Morgan has in his possession several copies of an interesting circular, sent out, it is saiq, either by Don M. Dick- inson or his partner, Mr. Stevenson, to these Postmasters, urging upon them the reat necessity of securing sound-money fielegnlim\s to the Detroit convention. [t also requested their presence wherever possible, % 5 Senator Morgan believes that a free sil- ver majority in the convention was turned into a sound money majority. He is anx- ious to learn whether Federal office-hold- ers were responsible for the change. e CHASING AN ESCAPE. Detectives in Hot Purswit of One of the Meeks Murderers. % SHELTON, Nesr., May 5.—George Tay- lor, one of the murderers of the Meeks family, who escaped from the jail at Car- rollton, Mo.,and who is under sentence to be hanged, has been recognized here by parties who claim to know the fugitive. He has relatives living in this town, with whom it is believed he has been hig- ing. Kansas City authorities were tele- graphed and arrived to-day. He was traced to Kearny, twenty miles west of here, and a description given by parties who saw him there tallies exactly with the man wanted. Rumor is that he boarded a westbound freight train, and telegrams have been sent to North Platte to intercept him. Three detectives started west to-night on the fast mail, and meanwhile the country around town is being searched thoroughly. —_— MADE A FALSE CLAIM. Grounds Upon Which an Insurance Company Won a Noted Swit. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., May 5.—By the decision of Judge Belden to-day in.the noted suit of Mrs. Lora Perkins to col- lect insurance on the life of Miss Lola Hawkins, the Security Mutual Life 1Insurance Company is given a verdict on the ground of falsehood in the application for the policy. Mrs. Perkins was arrested at the time on the charge of murdering Miss Hawkins, who died as the result of a lamp accident, but the Grand Jury refused to indict. It was shown thai the woman’s claim to be a sister was false. il APl Queen of the Biq Lakes. ESCANABA, MicH.,, May 5.—The new steamer Coralia, which came here from the Cleveland shipyard, left port this | McKinney, an aged invalid, to-day swore 3 LOS ANGELES SWINDLERS How “Judge” Carpenter and His Accomplices Fleeced Their Victims. Sold Many Bogus Labor Checks Issusd to Mythical Workers on a New Building. LOS ANGELES, CAL, May 5.—A. M. Carpenter, leader of the time-check swindle unearthed last night, was a former resident of San Pedro, where he at one time conducted a weekly newspaper and served a t:rm as Justice of the Peace. Since then he has been called “Judge.” For the past two years Carpenter has been a hanger-on in this city. He has aspired to practice law, but few were his clients. He had an office recently with E. P. Carmicel, architect of the Newell & Gammon block on Broadway. * Carpenter sold a number of bogus labor checks to Gardner Smith, purporting to have been issued by Frank Strange, a pseudo contractor. When Smith presented the checks to Newell, owner of the block, he refused to pay them. Smith then turned the checks over to Lawyer Rogers to collect. The names of the workmen were not in the directory, and the diffi- culty of finding them arose. A day or two later Carrenteruppeared at ‘Rogers’ office with a letter Rogers had written to Cranicle, and said that for $40 he could get the affidavits of the several workmen to the claims. This he was paid. Carpenter went away, and two days later he came back and wanted the "certificates. Rogers’ suspi- cions became aroused and he told Cargeu- ter he could have them the next day. Meanwhile he had them photographed, and he gave Carpenter the originals on the latter’s promise to return them. Carpenter then called to his assistance Frank Ham and George Mitchell. These men appeared before different notaries public to swear to the claims, getting the names from the original certificates. The | three appeared at Rogers’ office Saturday, when Detective Hawley and another offi- cer gathered up the affidavits. Carpenter, Ham and Mitchel! are now in the city jail and a complaint has been issued. Mitchell would say but little this after- noon beyond admitting the confession he made to the District Attorney last night. He acknowledged that he had forged four of the names received for mecktanics’ liens by Smith. He also said_ that Ham had forged some names. Mitchell de- clared that he had done a very foolish thing in making the confession. It is believed that other bogus time checks will turn up now that the swindle has been exposed. The particular item upon which tne complaint was issued this morning is an alleged time-check in favor of a mythical Gus Wreen for $66, for work rformed on the Newell & Gammon lock. It is possible other arrests may follow. 1t is not believed that the time- checks bought by Smith cover all that have been issued and disposed of to other persons. — FORCED INT0O A FILTHY BATH. Hospital Attendants Arrested Upon a Charge Made by an Invalid. i LOS ANGELES, Carn., May 5.—William out warrants for the arrest of two of the attendants at the County Hospital for bat- tery. McKinney is a superanuated lawyer who claims to have practiced law in San Francisco from 1860 to 1886, when he went to Portland, where he was Collector of In- ternal Revenue for severai years. When hie left the Webifoot State, six years ago, he claims to bhave had a fortune of $40,000, which he has since lost through sickness. At last he was forced to go to a public hospital. McKinney alleges that as he was pre- paring to leave the hospital to-day two of the attendants insisted upon his taking a | bath in a flthy bathtub. He declined, preferring to bathe somewhere else. They seized him and tried to put him into the tub by force. He shows numerous bruises alleged to have been received in the | struggle. PLAINT OF ALASKA TOURISTS. | Officers of the Lakme Threatened With | Violence Because of their Abuse | of Passengers. | SEATTLE, Wasn., May 5.—The tone of many letters received in this city from passengers of the steam schooner Lakme, now encamped on Coal Bay, indicate that Captain Anderson, the master, and Mr. | ‘Wakefield, the agent, who made the round trip, were very fortunate in not being mobbed and thrown overboard. The most | bitter feeling prevailed from the second day out and indignation meetings, grow- | ing out of the scantiness of the rations and other abuses, were frequent, to say nothing of the chagrin occasioned by the action of | Agent Wakefield in landing his 235 pas- sengers on a barren shore, 150 miles short of their destination — Six Mile Creek, H Cook’s Iniet. One Eeraon wrote that subscriptions | were taken up among the passengers for the purchase of food, which had been guaranieed with the payment of {are, but | not supplied 1in reasonable quantity. The | vessel's agent sold pies for 25 cents each. The trip is said to have netted those hay- ing the Lakme under charter over $5000. = hgt e MARE I1SLAND NEWS. The Flagship Philadelphia Arrives at the Station. VALLEJO, Car, May 5.—The Unitad States flagship Philadelphia arrived at the navy-yard this morning, and on coming up the river the yard battery saluted the admiral’s flag with nineteen guns, which was acknowledged from the flagship by a 'salute of less number. The flagship is now lying in the stream, ready to go into drydock at high tide to-morrow morning. The Petrel came to the yard on Monday | and in a day or two the Concord is ex- pected. = The ships now in commission at the yard are: The Philadelpbia, Monadnock, E——————————————— NEW TO-DAY. “The added pleasure of riding a Columbia Bicy- cle is worth every dollar of the*100 a Columbia costs.” & & & & & 2 ~ _ STANDARD OF THE Art Catalogue of Columbia and Hartford Bicycles is free if you call. WORLD morning with its maiden cargo, the inrgeat of any kind ever carried on the 'S, It consisted of 4860 net tons of iron 2nd it was not loaded aeoP on account of the obstructions she will have to meet. Sheis the longest boat in service on the lakes—432 feet. POPE WANUFACTURING CONPANY, 844 POST STREET. COLUMBIA CYCLERY, 1970 PAGE ST.. NEAR STANYAN, Bennington, Petrel, Thetis, Albatross, In- dependence and the big tug Unadilla. The latter will leave for San Francisco to- morrow to take some gear and other articles for use by the inspection officers who go Gut on the trial trip of the battle- ship Oregon. Medical Inspector George W. Wood, in charge of the naval hospital, will leave for Mexico to-morrow on a thirty days’ leave of absence, to visit among oldtime friends. SRS TURNBULL AT SAN ANDREAS. Placing Calaceras Mines on thv Ex- change Call List. SAN ANDREAS, CaL., May 5.—General Walter Turnbull, president of the Gold Mining Exchange, is here, accompanied by one of the mining engineers connected with the exchange. These gentlemen have been visiting the Edna Gold Mining Com- pany, situated three miles from this place, hich is cousidered one of the most prom- ising mines on the mother lode, with the intention of placing it upon the call list of the exchange. Although but six weeks have elapsed since the Thorpe mine, also on the mother lode, was placed on the call list of the mining exchange, all the treasury stock has been disposed of. S CARSON MINI SCANDAL. Jury-Bribers to Be Prosecuted by the Government. CARSON, N May 5.—It is rumored to-day that the Government is after more mint bullion that is buried near Gold Hill, Nev. Nothing authentic can be gained from the officials. The report has gone out that jury-brivers are the next to re- ceive attention from the Department of Justice. Dispatches were flying thick and fast between Carson and Washington all day. Sufficient evidence has been pro- cured, it is said, to convict the men_who handled the corruption money for Jones and Heney. £ill b A B o Sudden Death at Stockton. STOCKTON, CaL., May 5.—J. P. Mc- Intyre, a railroad man, died suddenly while sitting in a chair in the Troy Hotal last evening. McIntyre came recently from Houston, Texas, and was being kept at the hotel by a friend, as he was without means. He was expecting to go to work this morning. Heart disease was the cause of death. S e Body Found at Eureka. EUREKA, CAvr., May 5.—The body of a man, washed up by the waves, was found to-day by an Indian on the beach. It is supposed to be that of Captain Matheson of the Salvation Army, drowned three weeks ago while crossing Mad River. NEW TO-DAY. Sloane’s” IRISH POINT CURTAINS 500 Pairs. Sold Elsewhers $3.50 per Pair, to Close at S1.75 per Pair. 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