The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1896. VICTIMS OF THE. | GREAT TORNADO, Over Five Hundred Perished | in the Two Cities | of St. Louis. ‘ MANY ARE YET MISSING. | | When the River Gives Up the| Dead All the Fatalities Will Be Known. RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE. Helen Gould Sends Her Sympathy and a Check for a Thousand Dollars. ST. LOUIS. Mo., June 1.—The sys-| tematic work of the committees and those | n charge of the work of clearing up the | s of the buildings destroyed in last nesday’s great storm have at last ised of the fatalities wrought by the | But one place remains to be | rd from, and this, in fact, may never | al the truth—the Mississippi River. | gives up the dead slowly, and | e statist ns at work on the list of the ne fatalities have not yet reached an te of the number lost in the great | They know certainly that five | t on the steamer J. J. Odell, and | now that others, whose identity xe-\ a mystery, were seen to disappear e rive the tornado. ver captains and patroimen along vee say that a conservative estimate | bouts, shanty dwellers and | 8, who lost their livesin | s than twenty. The total | and missing as compiled | g numbers 490 men. The | dead in St. Louis are 196; unknown | St. Louis, 8; fatally injured in St. | in Bt. Louis, 118; | St. Louis, 145; un- | Zast St. Louis, 3; fatally Louis, 2; total fatality, | ured in East § The corpse of John Barfeest was taken the ruins of Ottenad’s factory, at and Soulard street, this after- | The remains of an unknown white | man were taken from the river at the foot of Tesson street to-day. The body was found clinging to the wheel of a steamer ored near that point, and from the ion of the body it is surmised that leceased was blown into the river dur- e tornado and tried to save himself nging to the boat wheel. . work of searching the ruins zoes v forward. That a great many corpses are in the ruins seems to be certain | ct that the police have a long sing. Some of them may turn up, of course, but it is safe to assume that the major portion of them are dead. al the debris is being of prisoners from the no corpses nave been . Sutter still claims there were | hs 1n all that institution, son to suppose that any d is now beyond $100, I work of relieying the as been begun. Canvassers repre- he relief committee were b all | d. As rapidly as it could tained what was needed by per- o had suffered from the storm | taken to relieve them. In some nstances food and shelter were provided, n others clothing was given out. |-President Warner of the Missouri received the following telegram to- ription to rel cyclone. The city HELEN M. GOULD. done to their lines by tornado and are again ; the business of the public with- The Bell Telephone Company | ed greater damage, and the repairs To-day there 000 instruments in working order 500 were still silent. Tt will be at week before all repairs can be The continuous rains are a great draw- back to the vigorous efforts that are being made to start the street lights. -After working night and day all the streetcar systems in the city except one are running on schedule time. The sitnation in East St. Louis is dis- cou ng. Along the river mist, fog and malaria are following in the wake of the storm, and the sogey and sodden piles of splintered houses and boxcars are their miserable abiding places. Foul odors from the decaying carcasses of dead ani- mals. It is still too soon for any thought of rebuilding the homes of the island poor. The devastation was so terrible and com- rlete that this cannot come for some time, ess interests which have cap- ital them are on their feet and orking with all their might. This is nifest, and somewhat relieves the other- e forlorn aspect of the situation. he V. freizhthouse and gratifying progress is ng made. The East St. Louis cold- storage plant, which was damaged to the extent of $50,0000, has 100 men working on it. The relay depot is also being put into some sort of shape. All the schools opened this morning ex- t the Howe and the Douglass. The lat- - was on the island and was completely lown away. The Howe was also too badly | ced to admit of use without extensive repairs. I’I he carpenters of thecity are working auv light advance on the ordinary schedule. There is a great demand for bricklayers, sonie of whom are being paid for their k at the rate of 75 cents an hour. two militia companies are still in the city and kept busy doing police work. Without their assistance the police here 1ld be unable to cope with the thieves d boboes. Mazyor Bader, chairman of the relief committee, reports generous returns to their appeals for aid. The distribution of food, clothing and medicines is appor- tioned to the varicus volunteer societies, we we | gives e public to be fairly accurately | | high |and a noted Mexican beauty se | \dalia people are rebuilding their | and a greatdeal of distress has been re- lieved. i OUTSIDE QF ST. LOUIS. Accurate List of the Killed and Property Losses. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 1.—The extent of the tornado’s disastrous work here and in East St. Louis has overshadowed the losses sustained in adjacent towns in Missouri and Illinois, and no accurate list of the killed has been compiled. A careful com- vilation from all sources made to-day the following losses 1n outlying towns by the tornado: MISSOURI, OUTSIDE OF ST. PLACE. Rennick Clark Laddoni Farber Dye Schoolhonse. Curryville. . Vandalia 30,000 Bear Creek. 0 09 The total loss in Randolph and Audrian counties will amount to $300,000 additional. Loss on crops and farm property in entire | State will swell total beyond $2,000,000. ILLINOIS, OUTSIDE OF EAST ST. LOUIS. | E] 8] gk PLACE. 2 H Pl 3 er 1y I : <2 | Breckinridge. 8| Z2|ms) Birkner.. | 8 20 faaza] sas) sl | 18 Mount Verno: . 5 Fairfield jie Richview | 3 Irvington | 5 High Hill. 1 Total.... 16 The losses at scores of other points, in- cluding farm property and crops, may raise the total to over $1,000,000. g e TO AID THE AFFLICTED. Chicago Preparing to Go to the Relief of East St. Louis. CHICAGO, IrL., June l.—Mayor Swift this afternoon 1ssued a proclamation to the people of Chicago, setting forth the want and suffering of the survivors of the tornado in East St. Louis and calling for subscriptions and supplies. The Mayor says outside assistance is not required in St. Louis, but reports that East St. Louis and other localities indicate great distress. Elbridge G. Keith, president of the Metro- politan National Bank, is appointed treas- urer, but donations of food and clothing will be sent direct to the Mayor of East St. Louis. NOTABLE SOCIALALLIMCE Marriage of Miss Milmo and Prince Radziwill at New York. Ancestry of the Bride in Mexico Dates Back to the Days of Max- milian ~ NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.—One of the most noted social alliances that has taken place in this country occurred here to-day, when Prince Albert Radziwill, of the ancient house of Radziwill, was mar- ried to Miss Prudencia Milmo, who comes from an old Mexican family, which was in the councils of that country during the regime of the monarchy. St. Francis Xavier's Church was the scene of the wedding, which was cele- brated by his Grace Archbishop Corrigan. The ceremony was followed by the nuptial mass, the Rev. Thomas E. Murphy, pastor of St. Xavier's Church, being the cele- brant. 'be bride is a decided brunette She is 26 y claim a years of age. She can rightf | good share of distinguished ancestry. Her | mother, who died about three years ago, was the daughter of General de Vidauri, who was Prime Minister in the court of the ill-fated Maximilian and also a commander in-chief of the imperial Mexican army and Governor-General of the northern province of Mexico. General de Vidauri was executed in the public square of the City of Mexico at the same time Maximii- ian was put todeath. Miss Milmo’s father isof Irish extrac- tion. His estatesin Mexico are vast. The Prince, who is 30 years old, is the oldest | son of Prince Matias Radziwill of Warsaw. The young people will leave for Europe | on Wednesday. SR AN INCENDIARY FIRE. Wipes Out the Business Part of a Nebraska Town. NELSON, Neg., June 1.—The business part of Nora, a small town abcut six miles southeast of here, was almost wiped out by fire last night about 11, o’clock. The fire originated in the general merchandise store of J. C. Smith & Sons Company, con- suming the building and contents; the hardware store of B. P. Rice and general merchandise store of A. Mallatt, over which was the A. O. U. W. Hall. The losses are as follows: J. C. Smith & Sons Company, stcck and_building, stock $26,- 500, fully insured; B. P. Rice, building | and stock $3200, no insurance; A. G. Mal- | latt, stock $4000, no insurance; A. 0. U. | W.'building $2000, no insurance. The | fire issupposed to be of incendlary origin. | - | To Be Organized From Wall Street. CHICAGO, ILL., June 1.—As a result of | JTudge Wheeler's decision affirming the legality of the Joint Traffic Association agreement, it is said similar organizations on the joint plan are to be brought into | being at once until the railroad territory of the country is under such control; the new governing power beine the capitalists, bankers and security-holders of roads not financially independent. The roads which can operate on their own financial re- | sources are few. The Transcontinental, | Western, Southwestern and Southern lines are to be so-organized from Wall street in that order, according to the reported plan of the magnates. SR | Cutting Coal Rates. TOLEDO, Osnio, June 1.—As a result of the aggressiveness of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern road in cutting coal rates, a meeting of traffic officials of | lines interested was held here to-day and | a cut of 20 cents a ton decided upon from | the Ohio mines and from the Pittsburg district. The Michigan Central protested, but it went unheeded. The cut is not ex- pected to stop at 20 cents, and the board of control of the Joint Traffic Association will be powerless, because coal was exempt from the agreement. The war is expected to affect the alleged coal trust in the pub- lic’s favor. It ST Fought Before Their Families. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., June 1.—In Washington County yesterday Henry Danley and James Powell, who married sisters, fought in the presence of their wives and children. Powell sank an ax into Danley’s left shoulder, almost split- ting off the arm and part of the side. Dan- ley then shot Powell through the stomach. Powell is reported dead and Danley will tie. A family quarrel caused the duel. SENATOR TELLER MAY BE NAMED. Democrats Likely to Enter a Republican in the Race. ANOMALOUS CONDITION. The Colorado Senator Recognized as the Leader of the Silver Men. VERY SOLID IN THE SOUTH. So if He Wil Only Bolt at St. Louis Convention the Democrats Will Be Happy. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—Senator Teller’s nomination for President by the Democratic Convention is being seriously discussed. It is an anomalous condition of politics that a delegate at large to a Re- publican National Convention should be regarded as even a possible candidate of the Democratic party, and it may be stated as a fact that Senator Teller’s nomination by the Chicago Convention is at leasta possibility. The best-informed Democrats in Con- gress of both the gold and silver factions now consider it practically certain that the Democratic Convention will unqualifiedly declare for the free coinage of silver. If the St. Louis Convention does not deciare for unrestricted free coinage Senator Tel- ler and his friends will, if they live up to their promises, renounce the Republican party. Teller is the recognized leader of the free-coinage movement, and with the sil- ver men in control at Chicago they would naturally turn to him in the hope that he could swing enough Republican votes to give the Democracy a fighting chance to win. A prominent Republican Senator said to THE CALL correspondent to-night: “The Teller movement is a good deal stronger than many persons imagine. I know Democratic Senators on the floor (in- dicating the Senate chamberj who not only believe it to be wise for the Democracy to nominate Teller, but who are actively working in his behalf. He has always been strong among Southern Democrats bacause ne denounced the so-called force bill and really prevented its passage. “While he is a protectionist, that fact would not be held against him by many Democrats, who have come to think during the last three years that protection is not so bad a-thing as they have been led to believe it. Teller has shown by his course this winter that he is a silver advocate first, and that he would sacrifice anything else for the white metal. Silver men, irrespective of party affiliations, know that they can depend upon him. Then, too, the silver party is for Teller, and the silver Democrats believe that if they do not nominate him he will be nominated by a third party, and thus draw votes that they might get by placing him at the head of their ticket. Of course, the Democrats as usual are playing for position. They are working to win—with a Democrat if they can, with a Republican or anything else if they must.” So far as can be learned Senator Teller hasnot yet given countenance to his Demo- cratic boom. His free-silver and Demo- cratic friends are urging his nomination, but it may be said that he is not placing any logs in their way. AR i MONEY 18 FORTHCOMING. Democrats Arranging for the Conven- tion at Chicago. CHICAGO, InL., June 1.—The sub-com- mittee of the Democratic National Com- mittee, which has charge of convention matters of a preparatory character, met at the Auditorium Annex to-day and another session is to be held to-morrow. The principal business to come before the members is relating to the decoration ot the Coliseum, the music arrangements and the appointment of assistant ser- geants-at-arms. Incidentally the com- mittee will put out its hand when Chair- man Donnersberger of the local committee aelivers a check for the remaining $11,000 of convention subseriptions, which he says he has the money for, and so make good the full promise of the Chicago guaran- tors. The committeemen know that the men who signed the guarantee will pay if the subscribers are delinquent, and there is no uneasiness on the financial score any more, especially as the rest of the fund is not needed at present. Chairman Har- rity, Secretary Sherin and Messrs. Wall of Wisconsin, Prather of St. Louis, Canda of New York and Sherley of Louisvilie at- tended the meeting, besides Sergeant-at- arms Martin. After the meeting the committee dined at the Chicago Athletic Club house as the guests of judge Adam A. Goodrich, and in the evening attended the opening of the Coliseum with Buffalo Bill's show, in order to test the acoustic properties of the hall. E. C. Wall, the Wisconsin member, saia to-night: *I will speak for Wisconsin on the money question. You can put it in the gold column. The convention June 23 will declare solidly for sound money. The silver men will not be heard from,” Secretary Sherin said for Indiana: *“We have given up my State so far as sound money is concerned. Tue wave is likely to sweep over the entire State.” RS e e TACTICS OF THE DEMOCEATS. Trying to Exterminate the Single Tawers of Delaware. WILMINGTON, DgL, June 1.—The Democratic politicians of Delaware are in a profound quandary. They are scared, and not without cause. With the State convention only two weeks off, they are now taking flash-light views of the politi- cal situation in the three counties, and to their terrible surprise, they find the party in a “big hole.”” For the past year they have toiled and worked assiduously to widen the breach in the Republican ranks and totally ignored the Single tax party. Single tax, they claimed, would not re- ceive 100 votes, and these votes, they con- ceded, would come from Republicans. A cursory glance at the’ situation at this time, however, has convinced that they are in error, for the Single tax party of Delaware can claim to-day more than 5000 members, nine-tenths of them being former Democrats. With these votes against them the Democratic ringsters know that victory next fall is impossibls, | that the Republicans will capture the State hands down and that the coveted vacant seat in the United States Senate will stip from their grasp. And they are now conducting their war of extermina- tion against the single-taxers. That their action is ill advised is con- ceded by the Democratic organs of the State, which are now clamoring for recog- nition for the single-taxers. Those in charge of this campaign of extermination remain unmoved by the appeals of the press for harmony, and have announced their determination to drive the single- taxers from Delaware by arresting and imprisoning every man who attempts to | speak upon it. The headquarters of the committee in charge of the campaign is in this little town and is located in the back part of the law office of Ezekiel Cooper, one of the leaders of the Democratic party of Kent County. Among Cooper’s colieagues are some of the most prominent Democrats of the State, including ex-Chancellor James L. Wolcott, who aspires to the United States Senate. The situation is very in- teresting and the single-taxers will have to be exceedingly alert to cope with 1t. Alderman, Cooper and his colleagues have controlled the destinies of the Dem- ocratic party in Delaware for twenty years, and the courts, which are Dem- ceratic, are in their power. Thus it will be seen that once a Single-taxer 1s caught | in their clutches it would be a difficult thing to get out. Horan and Stephens, who are now behind the walls of the county jail here, will not be out for thirty days. ’i‘x ey have declined assistance from their friends, but the latter have taken steps to secure habeas corpus writs for their release. These writs have been issued but argument will not be heard for ten days. i A correspondent of THE CALL inter- viewed the men in their cells to-day. They were bright 2nd cheerful, and though unaccustomed to their enyironment they were contented with the situation. In an- swer to a query, Mr. Stephens, who 1s well | known on the Pacific Coast, said: “Tell my friends out there that I am in jail because I took a breath of God's air and because I spoke his language and thought his principles. Tell them Horan and I propose to show the world and the Democratic Bourbons of Delaware that we believe what we teach and like Paul will suffer physical and mental pun- ishment in the defense of our principles.” it Ry CHECKED BY THE POLICE. | Rival Populists Indulge in a Riot at a Chicago Meeting. CHICAGO, ILL., June 1.—A mesting of the County Central CommiXee called for the purpose of appointing delegates to the convention of the People’s party in St. Louis July 22 ended in a riot to-night and two wagon-loads of police were sent out to quell the disturbance. It is alieged that Dr. Taylor, chairman of the committee, has been running the affairs of the party to suit his own erds and that in sending out calls for meetings he has omitted to notify members whom | he does not consider hisfriends. Dr, Tay- lor, his opponents claim, called a meeting to-night of the Central Committee for the | purpose of appointing delegates to the N. tional Convention 1n St. Louis, and accord- ing to custom notitied only his friends of the meeting. The other members of the committee heard of the affair, and being re-enforced by other members of the Peo- ple’s party arrived at the meeting-place of | the Central Committee and were organiz- ing for business when Dr. Taylor and his | crowd arrived. | William Hogan was in the chair and several motions were put upon.which the Taylor crowd voted. This tue Hogan side claimed legalized their meeting, as the Taylor element had recognized the meet- | ing by voting. A general row followed and a riot call was sent in. Fighting was just commencing in earnest when the police arrived. The entire crowd was ejected from the hall. Two separate meetings will now be held and both will elect delegates to St. Louis. P KENTUCKX'S CONVENTION. Friends of Blackburn Exzpect to Gain | the Control. LEXINGTON, K., June 1.—Delegates and visitors are arriving 1n the city to- night to attend Wednesday's State Demo- cratic Convention. Senator Blackburn | and several of his most trusted lieutenauts arrived to-night. In an interview the Senator said, when asked what he had to say about the silver victory of Saturdaj “I did not win a_victory, but my friends did win a great victory.” He would say nothing further. His friends, especiaily those from Western Kentucky, are anxious that the conven- tion indorse him for President. At 10 o’clock to-night several well- | informed leaders of the silver movement | agreed that the most Jikely man for tem- porary chairman is Charles K. Wheeler of aducah and for permanent chairman John B. Carroll of Newcastle. They also agreed that the most likely men for dele- gates at large to the Chicago convention are Senator Blackburn, General P. Wat Hardin, John S. Rae and W.T. Ellis. A large number of leading silver men are o arrive here to-morrow evening, and wiil hold a convention in the afternoon on the matter of organization of the convention. WILLIAM Mc Calls Attention to the Enthy American People. CLEVELAND, Onro, June 1.—Hon. William McKinley was in Cleveland for a few hours to-day in consultation with Hon. A. M. Hanna. When asked to an- swer some of the questions which have been fired at him so freely from all sides as to the Quay meeting and the money question be said: _ “The greatness of the American people is evidenced in nothing more than in the interest they take in the exercise of suf- frage. In every election they manifest the greatest enthusiasm and so long as they do so this Nation is safe from its enemies within and without. The people keep at it year in and year out and have made oi- | the servitude of the man to the mass. Publicoffice is a peovle’s honor Public service well done is its own honor.’ fice holdin e General Clarkson Improving. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.—The con- dition of James S. Clarkson of Towa, who for the past two weeks bas been seriously ill in his apartments in the Filth-avenue Hotel, was reported to-day to be greatly improved, and no doubts of his_ultimate recovery are now entertained. While still confined to his rooms Mr. Clarkson ex- pected to be shortly able to leave. YOUNG sEVREN'S GOOD JOB. Appointed Chief Examiner of the Civil Service Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—The | President to-day sent to the Senate the | following nominations: Abraham R. Sev- ren of New York, to be chief examiner of the Civil Service Commission; William B. Childers to be United States Attorney for New Mexico. | " Sevren is a native of Waterloo, N. Y., | | 34 years of age and considered a young man of great ability. In May, 1893, Sec- retary Carlisle appointed him to duties in connection with the organization of the National banks. Mr. Sevren entered Hamilton College in 1883, receivea his A. B. degree in 1889 and became an A. M. in 1800. He was afterward principal of Weterloo Union College, where he taught Latin, Greek and German. He studied law in 1891 and was practicing when ap- Boimed to his position in the Treasury epartoient. S Off for Gray Gables. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—The White House steward and several servants lefy Washington to-day for Gray Gables to make the President’s cottage ready for the reception of Mrs. Cleveland and her chil- dren. Mrs. Cleveland and the babies will probably leave here for Gray Gables Thurs- day. The President will of course remain here until after the adjournment of Con- gress. | them. WOMEN FLEECE PORTLAND CHINESE Two Fair Bigamists Who Have Wedded Many Mongols. RICH HEATHEN TRICKED Their Pretty White Wives Flee Soon After the Marriage Ceremony. CARRY AWAY GIFTS OF GOLD. Slant-Eyed Suitors in a Dozen Cities Deplore Their Worship at Hymen’s Shrine. PORTLAND, Or., June 1.—One of the most prominent Chinese merchants on Second street called on Chief of Police Minto to-day, complaining that about ten days ago two very pretty white women, 25 or 26 years age, and giving their names as Inez Wilson and Jennie Nelson, mar- ried two of his friends, the ceremony hav- ing taken place in Vancouver, Wash. The honeymoon in each instance wasa very brief one, for as soon as the women suc- ceeded in wheedling a few hundred dollars out of their elated husbands, which they did within a_week after the marriage, they left for other and at present unknown fields of operation. The police have long been on the look- out for these women, who change their names as often as they do their places of habitation. First they were heard as hav- ing “worked” the marriage frand on two wealthy Chinese in Ogden, Utah. They fleeced the Mongols out of $2500 in money and diamonds. Next came similar re- ports from Helena, Butte and Missoula, Mont.; Boise City and Moscow, Idaho. By this time these two pretty but very unscrupulous adventuresses must have gathered in between $10,000 and $12,000 by their unique and felonious schemes. They not only are guilty of larceny and obtain- ing money under false pretenses, but they also committed bigamy in almost every town they visited since leaving Ogden. Detective Sam Simmons says that these women are the smoothest and most origi- nal female “‘flimflammers’” in the country. In the first place they have none of their photographs scattered about so that the authorities might trace them by the pic- tures. But they carry pictures of other girls, which may in some way resemble them, which they pass off as their own when a Chinese lamb, about to be led to the *‘altar,” presses them for a “likeness.” They are said to haye a matrimonial agent i1n the person of a halfbreed China- man, born in Australia, speaking English like a native, and who would never be sus- pected of having Chinese hlood in his veins when clothed in European garb. This fellow visits a city, in which the women wish to operate, aitires himseif in a genteel Chinese costume and circulates among the better class of Chinamen. When he finds one or more susceptible and eligible gudgeons, introduces them to the girls, and, in most instances, the vic- tims fall into the matrimonial trap set for It 1s an established, but not gen- erally known fact, that most of the better class of Chinamen on this coast, baving accumulated a competency, have a pen- chant for white wives. Detective Simmons believes that the ‘Wilson and Nelson women are now in San Francisco, where, presumably, they will work their hitherto successful scheme. LOS ANGELES AOMANCE Midnight Wedding the Result of a Tally-Ho Ride Into the Country. A Deputy Clerk Is Roused From His Slumbers and Supplies a Mar- - riage License. . LOS ANGELES, CaL., June 1.—A tally- ho drive to Millard’s Canyon in which a party of young gentlemen and lidies par- ticipated Saturday night resulted in a hasty and romantic marriace at a Twenty- eighth-street residence in the wee hours of the Sabbath morn. And a tally-ho courtship caused Deputy County Clerk Kurtz of Boyle Heights to lose much valuable sleep, for he was aroused near midnight by a youth who had won a “yes” irom a fair maiden dur- ing the ride and wanted a marriage license without delay. The good-natured clerk saw the urgency of the case and went to t}ie Courthouse, where the valuable paper whs filled out. The license contained the names of Charles Edward O'Brien, who was born in Canada and is 26 years old, and Miss Le- nora Allen, who first saw the light of day in Arizona and is 22 years of age. Sheisa daughter of Colonel Allen, formerly In- dian agent in Arizona. During the tally-ho ride the young man got his sweetheart’s consent to marriage. The party learned of the conquest and entered with zeal into the plan for a hur- ried wedding. After the return in the evening the chase began for the license and it was 11 o’clock before O'Brien drove over to Bovle Heights and routed ont Mr. Kutz. Hls companion wanted him to give 1t up, but that did not suit the young lover, ana his face beamed when he marched out_of the clerk’s office of the courthouse with the precious document. After thanking Mr. Kurtz, they rushed off to the Twenty-eighth-streec home of the bride, where a little party of frienas and relatives were waiting for the minis- ter, and shortly after midnight Mrs. Charles Edward O’Brien was congratu- lated on being a bride, and her husband was smiling as if he were the happiest man on earth. - RIVERSIDE MURDERERS TO DIE. Supreme Court Affirms the Judgment - Against the Cummings Brothers. LOS ANGELES, Cav., June 1.—The Su-l preme Cour! bhas handed down an opinion afirming the judgment of the lower court in the case of the People vs. Jobn and Cwmsar Cummings, who were convicted in Riverside of the murderof T. C. Narra- more of this city. The accused were sen- tenced to be hanged and the sentence will now be carried into execution. The murder occurred August 3 last. Narramore was the owner of a ranch three miles east of Riverside and the Cummings ranch to collect rent owed him (about $565) and they paid it. Shortly thereafter one of the boys approached him from be- hind and struck him a blow on the head with a bludgeon, knocking him senseless. He was then killed. The murder was wit- nessed by a Mexican, on whose testimony the men were convicted. The object of the murder was to recover the rent money. ——— FRESNO SENSATION. Rev. Dr. Do Witt Fined for Threatening a Peac: Officer. FRESNO, CaL., June 1.—Rev. Dr. H. G. De Witt, formerly pastor of the First Bap- tist Church of this city, was to-day fined $100 by Judge E. W. Risley for contempt of court. Dr. De Witt took possession of a house at Clovis which was in litigation. ‘When the Sheriff came to serve papers, he found the reverend gentleman in charge. The officer had to come back to laresno to get papers to serve on Dr. De Vitt. Meantime the doctor notified the Sheriff’'s office that he would resist any attempt to relieve him of possession of the house, by force if necessary. This notification to the Sheriff was considered contempt. De Witt’s plea in the contempt proceed- ings was that he had been instructed to so réoli!y the Sheriff by his attorney, L. L. ory. . VISALIA OUTLAW ON TRIAL. Three Jurors Sworn to Pa JInnocence of Lovren. VISALIA, CaL., June 1.—The trial of 8i Lovren, accused of complicity in the attempted train robbery near Tagus on March 18, when Outlaw Dan McCall was slain, was called this morning. Three talesmen were accepted and sworn 1n as jurors during the day. They are: Allen M. Henderson, a teamster of Springville; Rudolph Klein, a farmer of Oak Flat; William Conway, a farmer of Porterviile. At all the former appearances of Lovren in court a crowd of his admirers flocked around waiting for a chance to shake his hand or at least gain a smile of recogni- tion. As this was becoming monotonous, Deputy Sheriff Haafiey put manacles on him this afternoon. Lovren did not like it and expressed himself in pretty strong language, remarking to Haafley: “Re- member, I will never forget this.”” BUDGET OF ALASKA NEWS Fatal Explosion in the Mexi- can Mine as the Result of Carelessness. Upon the Passengers of the Steamer Lakme Put Ashore Far From Their Destination. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, June 1.— The steamer City of Topeka arrived vesterday from Alaska and brought news of an explosion on May 21 in the main shaft of the Mexican mine, in which Henry Bell was fatally and George Belcher seriously injured. Bell was a single man, aged 29 years, recently from San Fran- cisco, and his parents live in Illinois. Belcher was from Tacoma, unmarried and aged 32. The blame for the disaster rests with the members oi the day shift, who left an un- exploded charge of giant powder in a newly drilled hole and neglected to notify Bell ‘and_Belcher when they came on in the evening. They found the hole and began drilling it deeper. Both men were thrown for a distance of fifteen feet. > There was considerable excitement in the residence portion of Juneau last Mon- day evening, when William Whitmore, with revelver in hand, chased ‘Jack” Noblets down the street and out of the city, warning him never to return. Whit- more suspected an intimacy between his wiie and Noblets, and on Monday evening his suspicions were confirmed. The_citizens_of Juneau will forward to Washington City a remonstrance against the rinaF‘.\warding of the Yukon mail con- iract to the Chicago corporation that put in the lowest bid, on the ground that the work cannot be done ior the amount named in the bid—$500 per trip. The Juneau business men point to the fact that the Alaska mining companies pay the In- diau ail carrier, “Jimmy” Jackson, $1500 for making the same trip, and that Jackson refuses to continue work unless he is paid $2000 a trip. A pritate letter per the steamer Topeka from Circle City, dated May 10, contains the following: “Everybody is growing wild over town lots, and crowds are now heading toward Sunrise City and its western addition. A petition was signed by about 300 and sent down on the steamer Albion asking for the establishment of a postoifice at Sun- rise City. Mr. Kruzner of Juneau has opened a saloon and brewery iu Sunrise. The town also has a Deputy Collector of Customs. Whisky is hard to get at $10 a gallon. ““The boats which are now waiting at Coal Harbor, about 130 miles below here, number ten. Three others which sailed from Seattle nearly two months ago, one of which is the Lincoln with nine pas- sengers, are reported lost. Among those at Coal Harbor waiting for the flow of ice in the Arm to cease is the steamer Lakme, which brougit up 200 passengers. I learn that the boat now refuses to bring passengers up to Six Mile and Resurrection creeks, accord- ing to contract with one Hayword, who is making a living off an innocent public by misrepresentation. The passengers as- sert that the Lakme put them on two meals a day the second day out from Se- attle, and after the first week they were told that they must be contented with one meal a day; and now they are thrown off on Sand gpit. over 100 miles from their destination, and are compelled to contribute $10 each to smaller craft to oring them through. gl PORTLAND FEARS A FLOOD. Rapid Rise in the Columbia and Wil- lamette Rivers. PORTLAND, Or., June 1.—The Wil- lamette and Columbia rivers are rising rapully, and reports from the interior to the weather bureau say that their tribu- taries are overflowing. Fears are ex- pressed that Portland will undergo another flood similar to that of two years ago. The lower docks and wearehouses on the river front are being cleared of freight in anticipation of high water in the next three days. The river is now nearly fifteen feet above low water mark. All tyaffic on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Compang’s line between Wallace and DBurke is suspended for an indefinite time because of the dam- age done by high water. Canyon Creek bas been rising for several days, in com- mon with all the streams in the Ceeur d’Alene district. _—— Portland Mystery Cleared. PORTLAND, Or., June 1.—The body of Courtney Meek, who disappeared from this city on May 13 under circumstances that led to the belief that he bad been murdered for his- monay, was fished out of the river to-day. In hisclothing was found nearly-all of the money on Meek’s erson at the time of his disappearance. Meek came to Portland from Washington and went on a drinking spree. It is sup- fiosed he fell into the river, as the body ore no evidence of violence. S g Pest-Germs in Apples. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C., June 1. All fruit dealers bave been forbidden to sell and ordered to destroy the Australian apples brought by the steamer Warrimoo. Tnis order is the result of an examination by the health authorities, which showed that the apples contain germs of various boys were his tenants. He went to the | fruit pests. ROBBING VICTORI'S DEAD Fiendish Work of Ghouls After the Point Ellice Bridge Disaster. Bodies Mangled in Their Haste to Piuck Jewels From Ears and Fingers. VICTORIA, B. C., June 1.—Another horror has been added to the Point Ellice bridge catastrophe. It is the robbing of the dead. Relatives who, unable to gain a footing on the doomed car, waved a pleas- ant adieu to loved ones considered more fortunate in having secured seats, arrived on the bank of Victoria arm after a mad- dened drive to find mothers, sisters or wives not only dead, but despoiled by ghouls. One of the victims of these fiendisn thieves was a former Portland girl, Mrs, Dr. Prevost of Seattle, daughter of P. E. Barrelly of 327 Salmon street, Portland. Miss Evelyn, a younger daughter, was the guest of her sister at Seattie, and together with Dr. Prevost and a gentleman friend the four attended the Queen’s birthday festivities in this city. In the great crush at the Point Ellice bridge the party be- came separated, Mrs. Dr. Prevost and: the escort of Miss Evelyn remaining on thecar. ‘When the news of the horrible disastér came back over the bridge the first car« riage obtainable was procured by the fear- stricken husband and sister and the horses were sent flying around the circuit of the arm to the spot on the farther bank where the work of recovering the bodies of the: victims had been commenced. The dis- tance, at tne great speed it was rum, was covered within a half hour. Arriving on the scene, almost - the first corpse encountered was that of Mrs. Dr. Prevost. When she entered the car she had worn a pair of diamond earrings, a diamond ring ‘and a plain gold wedding ving, a gold watch and chatelaine and carried a purse containing a small amount of money, possibly $15. All of these were gone. On the finger wearing the wedding ring was a wound, as though the ring had been violently drawn from the hand. Likewise, in the lobes of the ears whers had been the diamonds were marks of rude violence, one ear being badly torn, Every article of value about the dead: woman’s person had been taken. SOQUEL RANCHO LITIGATION. The F. A. Hihn Company Opposes the Appointment of Mrs. Peck as . Administratrix. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., June 1.—Another move was made to-day in the celebrated Soquel Augmentation Rancho suits, liti- gation which affects several hundred farmers and the towns of Capitola and Soquel in this county. The F. A, Hihn Company, owners of a large share of these 40,000 acres of land, and who sold much of it to the present holders, filed to-day in the Superior Courta contest against the issuance of full letters of administration upon the estate of Martina Castro Depeaux to Mrs. Elizabeth Peck, who is the origi- nator of the suii for the recovery of the lands. The contestant claims that Mrs. Depeaux ‘was known in lite as Martina Castro, thus intimating that she was not the wife of Don Castro, who held the lands now in litigation under a conveyance from the Mexican Government. Itis alleged, also, that she disposed of all her interest in the lands, amounting to over 30,000 acres, and that the grantees and present owners have improved the tract and paid the taxes. The allegation made by Mrs. Peck that Mrs. Depeaux was insane and incompet- ent to make deeds is controverted by the F. A. Hihn Company in a deposition of C. H. Snyder, who swears that he knew Martina Castro Depeaux and that she managed her business affairs like any other sane perso: et b PIUTE MOUNTAIN GOLD. Rich Ledge Found Near the Bright Stay Mine. BAKERSFIELD, CaL, June 1.—The miners on Piute Mountain, in the eastern part of this county, are greatly excited over the discovery of a thirty-four-foot ledge of gold-bearing quariz adjacent to the famous Bright Star mine. Detrick Bahten is the locator of this large ledge, which it is said will average $25 to $75 per ton for the entire width. -Bahten is one of the brothers who owned the Brignt Star. He declares that he has at least $300,000 in sight. This discovery is about twenty-five miles from Caliente, in a_locality where there is plenty of wood and water. e Harmens Goes to Folsom. SACRAMENTO, CAL., June 1.—John P, Harmens, who was convicted several weeks ago of the crime of grand larceny, was this morn ing sentenced to serve three years in Folsom Penitentiary. _Harmens, alias “Carl the Tramp,” Iound and squandered $50,000 of the booty hidden by Train-robbers Brady and Browning. i ch g s tiE) Albuquerque Mine Disaster, ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEx., June 1.—Two Mexican miners, Francisco Cantats and Florentino Balderino, were suffocated by as yesterday in an old part of the Copper i‘lnt mine, near this city. Each leaves a widow and six children. NEW TO-DAY. You may throw me, Jim, but this rumpus is ot ‘making rags and ruin of my clothes as it is yours. Why don’t YouR mamma trade at Roos Bros?” Btar attractions this week: Sailor Suits in new shades of tan, gray and blue, 3 to 12, $1 50, worth $2 25, Zouave Suits, ages 3 to 7—*'cute,” jaunty, breezy—just the thing for *‘first pants oc- casion”’—$2 50; pavy blue, cadet blue and tan. Fancy trimmings. Boys’ Waists and Hosiery; decent goods - at popular prices. ? Mail orders carefully filled and money refunded if not satistactory. B =