The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 13, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1896. 3 THE DEATH-ROLL S THIRTY-ONE, General Mourning Marks the Sabbath at Omaha. THE FUNERAL TRAINS. Vast Crowds Surge Forward to Meet Them and Learn the Worst. SOBS AND GROANS COMMINGLED Headless Trunks and Limbless Bodies on Boards of Pine—The Killed and Injured. OMAHA. Nesr.,, July 12.—This has been a day of general mourning in Omaha. The harvest of death from the logan (Iowa) wreck of last night has been increased, and the list of victims now numbers thirty-one. The crowds of anxious people at the depots did not scatter with the break of dsy, although the excitement of the night wore off as relatives and friends of the dead ones became convinced of the worst. About 7 o’clock the first funeral train from the scene of the catastrophe arrived at the Union depot, and there was an invol- untary push forward to gratify a morbid desire to learn the news from those who had been in the disaster. The first train contained many of the more seriously injured, and as the poor unfortunates were lifted in blankets from the car the groans of the wounded mingled with the agonized sobs of rela- tives and friends. It was a most touch- ing scene. Some twenty passengers were taken in ambulances to St. Joseph’s Hos- pital. Several of them cannot hope to live more than a few hours at the furtbest. At 8:30 o'clock the train carrying the dead was sighted coming across the long Union Pacific trestle. Nearer tne specter drew and an involuntary wail of mourn- ing burst from the assembled multitude. The contrast of the day before was sharply drawn. A crowd of happy young people had gathered on the same depot platform. Good-bys were said amia the waving of flags and playing of bands as the cars moved out. No one dreamed of the terri- ble fate that was in store for the merry excursionists. The approaching train consisted of two cars—a baggage car (a chamber of horrors) and a passenger coach. As it drew up to the station a special cordon of police guarded the approaches and kept the crowd back. Seventeen bodies laid on pine boards and covered with a plain mus- Ln shroud were taken out one by one and placed along the floor of the baggage- room. Only friends of the missing ones were sllowed adinission. Those silent forms gave evidence of the force of yester- day’s collision. Headless trunks, bod. without limbs, limbs without bodies grewsome spectacle—were gathered in that smalil space. 3 Oceasiorally some one would recognize the features of ason or daughter. Kind friends wonld gently lead them from the room and the body would be ticketed and sent to the undertakers. Women fainted, and anguish was ofttimes pictured on the face of some gray-haired old man. A complete list of the dead and injured is as follows: Dead: A. M. Gerard, 1839 Seventh ave- nue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Owen Cavanaugh, Eighteenth and Charles streets, Omaia, aged 18. Willie Cosgrove, 1722 Nicholas street, Omsha. E.G. Winegar, a brakeman, Boone, fowa. Fred Neilsen, Omaha. Lawrence Peterson, engineer of the wa- ter works at Council Bluffs. Mrs. Oarroll, 1219 Norih BSeventeenth street, Omaha. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll. Mrs. Bradley, wife of a molder at the Union Pacific shops, Omaha. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley. —— Dudson, son of Sam Dudson, Omabha. William Summit, Missouri Valley. Mrs. Neilson, 222 North Thirty-third street, Omaha. John Perxins, street, Omaha. —— Pierson, son of Andrew Pierson, machinist, thirteen years old. John Larson, sixteen years old, 1112 North Eighteenth street, World-Herald carrier. Patrick Scullv, stationary engineer, Union Pacific shops, 2522 Center street, Omaha. fiss Maggie Cosgrove, Eighteenth and olas sireets, Omaba. Charles Heiman, Missouri Valley, Iowa. ‘William Wilson, Ninth avenue and Fif- teenth sireet, Council Bluffs. —— Claire, son of Robert Claire, boiler- maker, Omaba, head off and body 1den- tified by shoes. John Cosgrove, Eighteenth and Nicho- las streets, Omaha. James E. Cosgrove, Omaha, head torn off from mouth up, identified only by laundry mark. George A. Lawrence, tinsmith, Omaha. ‘Walter Jennings, Missouri Valley, lowa. John McDermott, machinist, 1612 Nich- olas street, Omaha. Mary Tracy, 1107 North Eighteenth street. Mrs. John Kahler, identified in Council Bluffs, where she lived. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. John Kahler, three months old. Phillip Carroll, boy, 1425 North Seven- teenth street, Omaha. John Kinzie, Forty-sixth and Cuming streets, Omaha. Injured: EngineerJ. D. Mont-omery, bones broken, deep cut over the eye. John Fahler, Council Bluffs, head cut and injured internally. Jack Taylor, Council Bluffs, crushed ; probably fatal. Mrs. Mary Scully, Omaha, chest and in- ternal injuries, probably fatal. § Joém McKenna, Omaha, severely in- jured. Leonard H. Mack, Omaha, head cut, se- vere injuries. Michael Shannon, Omaha, extent un- known. ' Henry Conrad, boy supposed to be steal- ing a ride, lives in Dayton, Ohio, contu- sion of chest and arms. —— Conrad, his brother, similar injuries. Moses Baudo, Omaha, probably fatally mjured. am Dodson, Omaha, chest and arms injured, _J. A. Lillie, Omaha, president of the Union Pacific Pioneers, chest contusions. J. J. Fitzgibbon, Logun, Iowa, legs and chest injured, 1442 North Nineteenth head Fred Kintey, Omaba, face, neck ani- shoulder injured. Katharine Cosgrove, Omaha, badly shaken up, Mike Leonard, Omaha, slight injuries. Stepben Meany, face cut, contusion of chest, Miss Jetter, badly injured. Teresa Tracy, eye badly cut. Bobbie Buchtel, Omaha, nose broken. Lizzie Byles, Omaha, arm broken. Jack Kinney, Omaha, internally injured. —— Hurley, badly hurt. Oliver Colvin, Omaha, scalp wounds. Anpuie Colvin, his sister, back nurt. Eva Nielson, Omaha, limbs crushed. ¥red Kinsey, O maha, shoulders crushed, ace cut. * William Christensen, Omaha, legs and back injured. H. M. McMichael, Dayton, Ohio, head cut, hurt internally. i. Messerschmidt, Omaha, legs crushed. Miss Maggie Scutly, arm broken and body crushed. J. J. O'Hearn, Council Bluffs, breast crushed. _ Mrs. J. J. O'Hearn, head badly cut and internal injuries. Eisie Kahler, Council Bluffs, 7 years old, face badly cut, hurt internally. Patsy Carroll, Omaha, wrist broken, chest crushed. Mary Tracy, head badly cut and body horribly bruised, lives in Omaha. C. W. Johnson, Omaha, head cut and legs bruised. hN. C. Kenns, Omaha, chest and arm urt. The dead were taken in charge by the local undertakers, preparatory for buriai, when they reached this city. ;. 1t is generally conceded among railroad men as well as others conversant with the facts that the blame for the accident lay with the conductorand engineer of the ex- cursion train. Engineer Montgomery re- fused to talk and to-day went to Boone, where he lives. The story is current, how- ever, that Conductor Reed of the excur- sion’ train gave the signal to go ahead without waiting for orders from the oper- ator at Logan. The excursion train was to Lave waited for No. 2, the fast mail, and No. 38, the fast freight, to pass before leav- ing for Council Bluffs. When the hmited mail had passed he forgot about the freight, which is a regular train, so the story goes, aud gave the signal to pull out. The fast freight was due at Logan at :43 o'clock and the excursion started at 0. After leaving the switch it stopped and the switch was reset, and the excur- sion train was just getting well under way when the collision occurred. Members of the -picnic party state that the train was not going faster than four or five miles an hour. When Engineer Montgomery saw the other train he set the air brakes on all the coaches in his train_and the brakes were set when the collision occurred. Raiiroad men on the train say the fast freight was going about tifty milés per hour. The engine of the fast freight was forced through and over the engine of the excursion train and lifted itself almost clear of the rails. ‘The baggage-car was forced back through the first coach, the left-hand side of the baggaye-car passing outside of the left side of the passenger coach and the right side cutting through the passenger coach in line with the right row of seats. 1t was on this side that most of the fatal:- ties occurred. According to the rules of operating trains Engineer Montgomery must, from statements of railroad men, share in the blame, The rules require engineers to wait for telegraphic orders before starting. They are not aliowed to assume that the conductor has received orders, but must insist on getting orders which are sup- posed to be a duplicate of those given the conductor. If Montgomery assumed that the conductor had received the orders to Jeave and puiled his train out on the sig- nal under this assumption, that fact does | not excuse him, Mountgomery is almost crazed with grief, and the rumor was currcnt yesterday that he bad tried to commit suicide, but had been prevented. An effort to verify this report was made, but it was denied by his friends. R CLaas ANOIHER DISASTER. Five Excursionists Killed and Twenty Injured Near Chicago. CHICAGO, July 12.—An excursion train on the Wisconsin Central ran into an open switch at Altenheim, a suburb ten miles west of this citv, this evening, kiiling five people and injuring about twenty. The names of the dead are: Charles Samuels, Chicago. Frederick Keitel, Chicago. Fred Kerry, Chicago. Miss Mary Arnold of Chicago. Miss Hobart of Chicago. Injured—Mrs. Fagin, Chicago, right leg broken. Edward Kelly, Chicago, left leg broken. D. E. Alden, left arm broken, J. H. Heater, conductor of the train, badlv bruised. Peter Conner, injured internally. Fred Gravell, badly bruised and internal injuries. Ten or fifteen others were injured, but were taken away in carriages, patrol wa- gons and other conveyances before their names could be learned. The train consisted of thirteen coaches and was returning from Schiller Park, where the Graded Assessment Club, a lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, bad given a picnic. The train was coming down a grade, approaching Altenbeim station, and the speed was so great that the engineer coula not stop in time to avert the wreck. Standing on the sidetrack were a switch engine and a passenger train waiting for the excursion train to pass. When the picnic train struck the engine and train the baggage-car was telescoped by the next coach. Those who met death were riding in the baggage-car, as no seats were to be had in the coaches. It is not known who is guilty of leaving the switch open, but pending an investiga- tion the police arrested Conductor Heater, James Grant and William Dolan, the crew of the excursion train, and the crew of the sidetracked passenger train. Operator Knisner, who works the switches from a tower, admitted to-night that he had placed the switch in the right position, but neglected tos lock it, and it had reopened. He was arrested. CORPSES STRENN ILONG THE SHORE Continued from First Page. that happened to be playing ‘g0’ in a teraple situated on high ground. Sucu are the tales of death and ruin that come from place after place, the terrible totals at this writing being 29,073 killed, 7737 wounded and 7844 houses washed away or wrecked. In tbe Prefecture of Iwate, where 36 towns and villages on the coast were vis- ited by the wave, 25413 persons were killed and 6779 wounded out of a total pop- ulation of 104.771, so that out of every three inhabitants one was killed or wounded. It is difficult yet to say whether males or females preponderate among the victims. Statistics from Mi- yagi Prefecture show that out of 1376 deaths in 20 villages 876 were males and 500 females. On the other hand, a traveler passing through the two hamlets of Tan- no-ura and Funa-kosbi, the day after the catastrophe, saw only 30 young men there. Not a living woman or a child was visible, On the road, bowever, within a distance of some 200 xnda, he counted corpses of women and children to the namber of 33. There were some remarkable escapes. Men swept out to sea from one side of a bay were thrown up alive on the opposite beach; and in one case several persons were deposited on an island nearly three miles from the town whence toe wave had torn them. A few saved their lives by clinging to baulks of timber, and several getting wedged among the wooden debris of wrecked buildings, were breserved un- til the wave receded. Ataninnin O-uraa traveler, apparently the only man in the house, was grasped by four terrified women, and the combined weight of the five fur- nished a steady point. But such oright in- cident: ere rdare, whereas of inexpressi blv sad happenings there are numbers. John Schindler, Omaha, chest crushed. | The parents of six chilaren caused the lit- tle ones to throw theirarms around a beam of the house. There they clung, the water reaching up to their shoulders. The small- est child losing its hold, was swept away, and its mother, springing after 1t, shared its fate. Presently the father, trying to fend off some floating debris that threatened to strike the children, was carried off, and the five orphans alone remained. In an- other family of ten one child of 8 drifted to arock and was saved; and in another family of the same number the father, having carried a baby to a hill and found that none of the otbers followed, set down the baby and ran back, only to perish with the rest. The story of a retired soldier is worth repeating. His experiences in the recent war had taught him to apprehend the raiding of Japan's coasts by a hostile fleet. Thus, when the cannon-iike roar of the advancing waters and the cries of the people reached him, he threw on his tunic and ran shoreward, sword in nand. Next morning his corpse was found, much battered, but not separated from the sword. Strange to say, fishermen plying their trade four miles from the coast did not observe anything to indicate the occur- rence of a serious phenomenon, though a party only three miles out, in the same district, encountered heavy breakers roll- ing from the north. By and by one of the boats observed what séemed to be a large fish floating on the water, but on rowing nearer they saw that it was a child iying on a mat. Inthe same manner three other children were picked up by a fisherman, who, to his astonisbment, found’ that one of them was his own son. Inexpressibly sad was the case of some fishermen who, returning shoreward in the early morning after the catastrophe, received their first notice of what had occurred by finding the corpses of their wives and children float- ing in the water. At points closer to the center of the dis- turbance, however, the commotion in the water was perceptible at a much greater distance from shore. Thus, a party of fishermen who were out looking for tanny | off the Shizukawa coast, between 7 and 8 P. M., heard, as they sugposed, the boom- ing of big guns in the distance. Soon afterward, looking seaward, they saw the surface of the ocean heave in huge masses, which, after rising to mountainous heights, broke in the middle and swept northward and southward, ultimately | striking the shore with a deafening crash. { Tne waves passed under the boats without swamping them, but the water in the vicinity of the shore remained so rough throughout the night that the fishermen could not make land until morning, when they found their wives and children dead and their homes in ruins. The scene presented by the devastated districts is shocking. Along the beach the timbers of wrecked houses lie piled upon each other; moss-covered roofs of thatch that sheltered happy families a few days ago in quiet country nooks are strewn Eell-mell on the sanas. Here, houses that ave had their walls torn away stand, mere skeletons; there, others have been wrenched from their foundations, tele- | scoped into each other, tumbled upside down or heaped together in shattered con- fusion. 1In one instance the immense mass of water, rushing up a narrow inlet, tore from their foundations the houses on either side and drove them with terrific force into the highland ahead, where they now lie crushed into a confused mass of timber, thatch and wreckage of all kinds, the grave of many a mangled body. Horses and cattle lie wedged among the rocks, and men and women wander about, stupefied and helpless, looking as though | their minds and energies had been | numbed. Numerous corpses are still bur- | ied under the debrisof ruined buildings, or under heaps of mud and sand thrown | up by the waves, and often when a body | is disinterred, no friend or relative re- mains'alive to identify it. The Govern- | ment is, of course, adopting vizorous measures of relief and liberal subscrip- tions are pouring into the newspaper offices, both vernacular and foreign, for when calamity overtakes Japanese, the benevolence of the foreign community is invariably large-handed. As to the cause of the disaster, opinions are still divided. At first it was $upposed that the disturbance had its origin ina sudden collapse of the sides of the subter- ranean crater known as the Tuscarora deep, Commander (now Rear Admiral) Belknap of the United States navy, on a deep-sea-survey cruise in the United States frigate Tuscarora, twenty-two years ago, found a trough-like depression off the northeast coast of Japan, in vorth latitude 44 deg. 50 min. and east longitude 152 deg. 30 min. The heavy sounding lead took about one and & half hours to reach bottom and indicated a depth of 4655 fathoms, or over 534 stat- ute miles. Butit being tolerably eyident that the center of the recent disturbance lay between the 39th and 40th parallels of latitude and theld42d and 143d meridians of longitude, the Tuscarora Deep seems to be excluded from the problem. On the other hand, considering that the advent of the great wave was immediately preceded by earthquake shocks whose vertical character precludes the hypothe- sis that they were due to the studendous rolling of the wave itself, the most reason- able conclusion appears to be that a sub- marine voleanic eruption took place some- where within the area of ocean bounded by the 1424 and 143d meridians of east longitude and the 39th and 40th varallels of north latitude. The Baundai-san phe- nomenon of 1886 illustrates very vividl the kind of disturbance that may at any moment occur among the ranges of vol canic mountains on the ocean’s bed, At Bandai-san millions of tons of earth and rocks were hurled in a given direction with force that carried an enormous wave of solid material over a distance of many miles at railway speed. Anything of that kind happening at the bottom of the sea would evidently pro- duce surface effects precisely such as those experienced on the 15th of June. That the water had been thrown up from great depths to swell the bulk of the colossal bil- low is proved by the fact that deep-sea shell-fish were found in the hills visited by the wave. Moreover, at one place, lying beyond the destructive range of the wave, the fishermen next morning found their seines floating on the curface upside down. Toey bad evidently been_cast up by some submarine commotion. It may be added here that since the catastrophe the fish seem to have deserted the ubper waters, A few can be caught now only by using the deepest seines, the great bulk having apparently gone down to inaccessible depths. n every previous instance, however, the marine disturbance is spoken of as the although 150 seismic vibrations were felt in the northeast between the evening of June 15 and noon on the following day —twenty-four of them making themselves sensible in Tokio—not one was sufficiently severe to cause any alarm. . A shocking feature of these phenomena is their savage energy of destruction. In the valleys below Bandai-san men’s bodies, when not torn limb from limb, were bat- tered out of all human shape. No wonder that such was the case, for so. stupendous was the atmospheric disturbance that it not only leveled forests to the ground, bat also stripped the trees of bark and twigs, reducing them to blanched skelctons. And now, in the case of the Iwate wave, corpses recovered within a few hours of death looked as though they had nnder- gone a week’s decomposition.” The wounds suffered by tbe survivors and shown by the bodies of the dead are also of a shocking description. In some cases the flesn is torn into shreds, exposing the bones be- neath; in others the eyes are forced out of their sockets; in others the trunks seem to have been wrenched asunder by forces act- ing in opposite directions; in others the skin looks as though it had been plunged in boiling water, and almost every corpse shows purple nfitu as if it had been fiercely pelted with fragments of stone or iron. It 1s expected that over 30 per cent of the survivors now receiving medical treatment will succumb. Then the tale of deaths will considerably exceed 30,060. F. BRUIKLEY. e Los Angeles Fiesta Incorporated. LOS ANGELES, Cav, July 12.—The committee of thirty has decided to incor- porate the annual celebration he di the name of La Fiesta dnnlm A.nsr:lo‘:.n T corollary of a severe earthquake, whereas.| ALVARADD'S NEW CAMPAIGN CLUB, Fifty Republicans Form a McKinley Bicycle Corps. MUSIC ON THE WHEEL. Spokes of Their Silent Steeds Adjusted to the Tune of “America.” THEIR EMBLEM A SUGAR BEET, Electric Lamps Flash Out the Red, White and B ue as They Rid: On. ALVARADO, CAr., July 12.—Alvarado, the “cradle of the American beet-sugar industry,” has organized a McKinley Bi- cycle Corps with fifty members. Many striking and novel features have been embodied in the uniforms and other para- phernalia, and when all the details have been perfected no political gathering in this good ola Republican county will be deemed a success without the Alvarado Corps. Special pains are being taken to train each member carefully in the ma- neuvering of his wheel, and when the en- tire body of wheelmen displays ics in- tricate evolutions at the first public ap- pearance it will be a dazzling sight. At the intersection of each spoke with the rim is piaced s small incandescent electric lamp, the colors alternating red, white and blue. A suitable device is placed on one side of the hub to succes- sively light the different colored lamps as the wheels revolve. Electricity is supplied by a storage battery carried on the top cross-bar, just back of the steering head. The spokes are not all screwed to a uni- form tension (as is customary with best bicycie manufacturers), but are adjusted to give forth various musical notes as the wheel revolves and the spokes come in contact with a metallic finger. The vari- ous wheels have been tuned by a member of the Alvarado Choral Society, who should here be given credit for the origi- nality of the idea and the painstaking way in which it has been carried out. The first intention was to have the wheels tuned to play some stirring cam- paign song, but this was found imprac- ticable, owing to the many lady riders who would be unable to ride so fast; so a compromise has been arranged “America’’ is played. Several practice runs have been made on the unfrequented roads beyond the pumping station, and it isan inspiration to see fifty gayly deco- rated wheels rushing down the road and pouring forth our melodious National air. Other tunes may be played later, as the addition here god thereof a false spoke may give the desired effect. The uniform consists of black stockings, white coat and knickerbockers trimmed with black, and a uniform cap quite in keeping with the general aspect of the wheel, and with the great and promising industry which bas made Alvarado better known in Germany and France than in America—the beet-sugar factory. Thiscap resembles an inverted sugar beet, the root forming the spike of the cap and the green leaves drooping over the head. The beet root is made of fine white porcelain and bas a small electric lamp concealed in the center, directly opposite a transparent por- trait of McKinley. Below this portrait is a small sign, “16 to 1”—i. e., sixteen pounds of sugar for one dollar. The club’s first public appearance will be made in about two weeks (if the condition of the roads permit), when they will run over to Mount Eden to participate in the dedication ceremonies of the McKinley wigwam now being erected in th:t village. i P LOS ANGELES REFORM CLUB. Purity in Po litics Its Platform for the Campaign. LOS ANGELES, CaL, July 12.—The Fourth ward of this city is destined to distinguish itself in a peculiar way politi- cally. A unique ciub was formed in this ward last evening. Though espousing politics it is not allied to any party. It is called the Fourth Ward Reform Club, and already has a signed membership of 188 voters, all piedged to support no candidate not indorsed by the club. The meeting last evening was opened by Rey. Francis M. Larkin, who delivered an addre ss describing and explaining the ob- jects and intention of the club. President Parker read, for the benefit of non-mem- bers present, the original pledges of the club, which every member has already signed : We, the undersigned residents, taxpayers and voters of the Fourth Ward in’ the city of Los Angeles, State of California, nereby sign our names and Yledse our ln‘pport to this club and the principles on which it is organized. Our object 1s not to antagonize any particu- iar party organization or individ nor is it to further the particular interest of any one. We are of the penfile and for the people; there- fore, believing that only in union is there strength, and realizing that our officials are not always the choice of the people, but of the few political leaders, we pledge ourselves to give neither %romlle 1OT SUPPOrt 10 any can- didate not indorsed by our club. J. A. Williams was elected vice-presi- dent, J. C. Godwin permanent secretary and A. H. Liscomb treasurer. The meet- ing was largely attended and enthusiastic, each member pledaging himself to take keen interestin the coming elections. ————— LOS ANGELES NEW DAILY. Free dilver Democrats to Have a Morning ‘Newspaper. . LOS ANGELES, CaiL, July 12.— For weeks past there has been talk of estab- lishing a free silver morning daily news- paper in Los Angeles. The nomination of Bryan has revived this talk, and it now seems probable that the new paper will appear in the near future. At least two able newspaper men bave been spoken to in_connection with the engerprise. It is said that ample capital will back the en- terprise and_that the full night report of the United Press will be taken. The office will _be in the quarters lately vacated by the Evening Record. A pmm'in...g official of the American Protective tion will see that the new venture receives recognition in that organization. It is said that the gold pro- clivities of the Herald, the Democratic organ, will ot it from strongly sup- porting the Presidential nominee, hence the supposed necessity for an out-and-out free silver daily. Aasets YL LR ESPOUSES BREYAN'S CAUSE. Judge Winsor Departs for St. Louis to Work for the Nebraskan. SEATTLE, Wass., July 12.—Judge Richard Winsor, delegate to the National and | Populist Convention from this State, left to-night for St. Louis. He will, by reason of his standing and ability, probably head | the Washington delegation, composed of seventeen members, and a majority of whom expect to gather at Spokane and dern for St. Louis on the morning of July 16. Judge Winsor goes at this time in order to be upon the ground early to lend assistance to the movement to have Bryan, the Democratic standard-bearer, either indorsed or nominated outright by the St. Louis convention. “I'm going to do what I can to have Brysn nominated, provided he is willing to stand u; our platform, and of that I have no doubt. Since his nomination I bave put in my time trving to ascertain the sentiment of the Populists of this State, and aimost to a man they favor the selection of Bryan on the conditions I have indicated. As to Sewall, I hardly know what to say. It may be that the lan is to have him withdraw and a Popu- Est named in his stead.” S ute T R JACKSON’S YOUNG FIREBUG. The Son of a Miner Confesses That He Started Several Recent Con- flagrations. JACKSON, Cax., July 12.—For over a week the new fire alarm system has given daily warnings, and the citizens of Jack- son have not only been alarmed them- selves but the whole district of the mother lode. The first fire startea on the Fourth of July in a house adjoining the school- house, and since then the alarm has been sounded each day. Yesterday some barns and other buildings were burned, with a loss of $2000 or $3000. To-day there was a fire near the courthouse, the barn of Marelia & Parker being destroyed. Ad- joining 1t were the law offices of ex-Uon- gressman A. Caminetti, Judge John F. Davis and Silas Penry, and their valuable libraries were damaged considerably. though many of the books were saved. The total damage was about $18,000. After the fire yesterday a peddler was released to-night, when the actual firebug was discovered. He is George Savich, a Slavonian employed in the Zeila mine. The boy is about 13 years of age. Savich, after his arrest, acknowledzed his crime and stated that he had started the fires because the owners of the buildings bad accused him of acts of theft. The total loss by yesterday’s fire was $15,000. OMALE FELLS RAAGED Flames Sweep Over Grain Lands in the Valley of the San Joaquin. Acres of Wheat and Barley De. vastated and Several Buildings Destroyea. STOCKTON, Cav., July 12.—One of the largest grain fires ir years started last night at 6 o’clock a few miles east of Oak- dale on the Threlfail ranch. How the fire originated no one seems to know, but it destroved betweer $7500 and $10,000 worth of grain and buildings. The greatest loss was sustained by Rancher Ericksen, a renter from Has- lacher & Kahn, the Qakdale bankers. lost 500 acres of fine wheat, together with a house, barn and Llacksmith shop. The property was partly insured. Harry Owen, another farmer, lost 350.acres of chboice wheat ready for cutting, and sixty acres of wheat on the Threlfall ranch where the fire started was completely destroyed. John Conner was another heavy loser, his 100 acres of fine barley being burned. The Oakdale Land and Improvement Company lost 100 cords of wood. The fire will completely wreck a number of those who sustained losses, as some carried no insurance. Every efiort to stop the progress of the flames was unavailing. A wind was blowing at the time, and as the grain was dry the fire spread rapidly and carried everything before it. g FIRE AT SAN RAFAEL. Flames Destroy a Half-Dozen Buildings in the Business Section of the Town. SAN RAFAEL, Car, July 12.—A fire broke out at 3 o’clock this morning in the Miller block on Fourth street. Two build- ings, owned by William Dale, which con- tained his furniture store and Ramos’ res- taurant, were destroved, together with | Costa’s grocery and the express office of Wells, Fargo & Co. T. C. King’sbuilding, which was occupied by Malone’s phar- macy, 1s left standing, although the in- terior is a wreck. On A street a new two- story building, owned by James Tunstead tog raph gallery and Hotchkiss’ eyclery, is a total loss. The McMillan and Hotchkiss families, who resided in the building, were not aware of their peril until window-panes began to crack around them. They had only time to get out without saving even their clothing. ; McMillan’s insurance is $750; Hotch- kiss’ loss is $4500, insurance $1000: Ramos’ loss is $1500, no ins‘irance; William Salt has an insurance of $5000 on bis building and $2500 on his stock; Malone’s loss js $2500, insurance $1500. Lot Fire at Los Olivos. LOS OLIVOS, Cav., July 12.—Fire that presumably started from hot ashes from a locomotive destroyed the engine-house and a locomotive of the Pacific Coast Rail- way at this place, spread to adjacent stub- ble-fields and consumed a small dwellin, on the hill above, Only by the heroic ef- forts of the people was the beautiful $10,000 schoolhouse saved. Many acres of grain stubble were destroyed. The total loss is about $5000. RS A A San Rafarl Mourns. SAN RAFAEL, Cav., July 12.—Captain D. F. Bradford, an old resident of this place, died at his summer home in Bolinas yesterday. His death was the result of an accident which occurred early last week. While fishing on Bolinas Bay his boat was run into by a schooner and upset. The captain was well along in ‘years, and from the first it was feared he could not recover. He leaves a widow and one son, William B. Bradford. s S San Jose Incendiarism., SAN JOSE, Caw., July 12.—A fire that was probably of incendiary origin oc- curred to-night at the residence of Mrs. E. Hughes at 351 South Fourth street. ‘While the family was sitting on the front porch the fire b out in two closets. in different parts of the house. The blaze was di in time to prevent it from etting under headway. The loss, amount- ing to about $300, was covered by insur- ance. e ST Incendiariam at Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex., July 12.—There was another disastrous fire on the wharf here to-day and property valued at $150,000 was destroyed. The fire was of incendiary origin. Owing to this discovery it is be- lieved the $200,000 wharf fire of ten days ago was also of incendiary origin. The pmverl.i destroved to-day was a shéd owned [! the Mo Steamship Com- ny, which contained 2,000,000 yards of f;u bagging. 2 Catholio Church Destroyed by Firve. BROOKLYN, N. Y., July “"12—The Ro- man Catholic Cnurch of the Visitation, corner of Verona and Richards was $150,000; d m?m a’:{i to-night. Loss, arrested on a charge of arson, but he was | He | and occupied by George McMillan’s pho- |. | house of the tragedy, doubts that the GHASTLY FIND AT SANTA BARBARA, Blood-Stained Garb Worn by the Slayer of the Richardsons. 5 CONCEALED IN A DITCH.| Had Been Discarded Near the Scene of the Double Butchery. CUNNING OF THE MURDERER. Donned a Suit of Overalls Before He Began the Work of Death. | SANTA BARBARA, CaL., July 12.— An important discovery has been made in connection with the Richardson mur- ders. Officer Peter Storni, one of the keenest men ever connected with the local detective force, has been for days quietly beating the neighborhood in the vicinity of the Richardson place in the | hope that some evidence might be found | which would help to determine the iden- tity of the murderer. At noon to-day, while searching in a field directly oppo- site and below the Richardson place, he found in a ditch near a line of gum trees a bloody shirt, a pair of overalls and a pair of shoes, which are now in possession of the Coroner. The overalls are a pair of common blue denines, somewhat worn, but neither frayed nor ragged, so that there is no ap- parent reason for their having been dis- | carded. They would fit asmall man of about the height of Barnard, the sus- | pect killed while resisting arrest. The shirt is of blue calico, with a white lily of the valley figure, worn, but not frayed at the wrists and collar. Upon the right cuff and the front of the garment are stains and clots of blood. The garment is slit lengthwise, front and back. This may have been done in hastily tearing it off or by a cow, which had been placidly chew- ing the left sleeve of the unsavory morsel, perhaps kttracted by the blood. The shoes are large, but bore evidence of baving been lately worn by a man with a small foot, the leather being shrunk in a | manner to cause this impression. The shirt seems to have a No. 14 collar and the | sleeves are short. Nothing was found in | the pockets of the overalls, and no foot- | steps could be traced from the place. The garments will at once be handed | over for microscopical examination, to de- | termine whether the blood is human. No one who sees them, knowing that they | were found but a stone’s throw from the blood came from the murdered Richard- son women. The apparent age of the blood clots is the same as those now dry- ing in the lonely house above. It was demonstrated beyond a doubt that who- | ever murdered these helpless victims must have been spattered with their blood. The shirt is of a peculiar pattern and of a style | and make bandled by a local clothier. It | is believed that it will be easily identified. Mrs. Peterson, Cyrus Barnard’s step- | mother, upon being questioned relstive to l his possession of a shirt of the color and pattern described, vigorously denied that he owned such a garment and declared that having done ail the young man’s washing she was in a position to speak positively. On the overalls are some white spots, as though made by paint. This is regarded as further evidence that they belonged to Barnard, as he often worked as a house painter. —_———— Arrested at Pasadena. LOS ANGELES, Car, July 12—H. H. | tha Taylor of Pasadena, formerly of Santa Barbara County, has been arresied upon a charge of having, by false pretenses, ob- tained from B. C. Clay and C. Ehrenfeld $300. It is alleged that he represented that be was interested in boring for oil and had a lease on seventeen acres of oil lands. He is charged with having sold some of this land without having owned an acre, RINCON EAGLE DANCE. Weird Orgies Indulged In by Braves on the Southern Reservatian. SAN DIEGO, CAL., July 12.—The In- dians on the Rincon Reservation have just concluded one of their annval ‘‘eagle dances.” This custom is one dating back to their barbaric stage, but it is still kept up with zealous ardor and regularity. In the high, rocky ecliffs on the upper San Luis Rey eagles build their nests and the growth of the yoling birds is carefully noted. When the birds are nearly ready to fly a man is let down by means of a rope suspended from the top of the cliff to the cave where the nest is and the young eagles are captured. Then the signal is #iven that an eagle has been caugit and many Indians gather, dance and rejoice over its capture. A night is then set (gen- erally three weeks from capture) for the eagle dance. At the appointed time the Indians, young and old, from all over the reserva- tion gather at the usual dancing place, where huge piles of brush have been piled up and campfires lighted. The eagle is tied and wei‘:gled down with calico. The dance bezins and is kept up incessantly throughout the night, accompanied by the Indians’ weird music, shrieks and whoops. In the course of the performance messages are sent to departed relatives and friends, to be delivered by the eagle to those who nave gone to the Indian heaven. Raiment and food are also sent as tokens of remembrance and good cheer. No ready-made clothing is ever sent. Presumably the Indian believes "that clothes made here might not be ‘‘correct” in st{le in the land over there, or that the angel [ndian has plenty of time to make his own clothes or plenty of go!d to em- ploy a tailor. New calico seems to be the favorite goods to send. At the break of day the brush pile is set on fire, and eagle, calico and all are con- signed to the flames, the breeze fanning smoke, ashes and fumes heaver.ward; the dance ceases, the gnmering disperses, and the Indians return to their homes rejoic- ing. Indian ek e DROWNED AT BLACK DIAMOND. James Fitzgerald’s Resolve Suicide Mads too Late. STOCKTON, Can., July 12. — As the steamer Mary Garrett, bound for Stockton from San Francisco, was at the wharf at Black Diamond last night James Fitz- gerald, who was slightly under the influ- ence of liquor, stepped upon a stringer on the outer edge of the wharf. He looked for a few moments into the water, as Against | though deciding whether to make the plunge or not, and attempted to step back. In aoing so helost his balance and fell headlong into the water near the side of the steamer. As Fitzgerald came up for the first time a friend, who saw him fall in, called out, | **Can you swim, Jim?'’ to which the man in the water shouted, *No.”” Then the friend leaped into the river to rescue Fitz- gerald, but be was 100 late, as the current had carried the drowning man down stream and beneath the surface. Life nre- servers were thrown from the Mary Gar- rett and oars and pieces of wood irom the wharf, but without avail. Fitzgerald was not seen again. PRy GRANT COUNTY WARFARE. Strife Betwcen Sheepmen Likely to End in Bloodshed. PORTLAND, Oxz., July 12.—News comes from Grant County that the sheep war, as it is called, is becoming serious, and if the sheepmen overstep the quarantine limits there will be bloodshed. Eariy thisspring the people of Fox Valley decided that sheep could not longer be prom herded in their valley and notified ali to effect. As a result of their deter- mination two bands were fired upon and many sheep killed and wounded. Lust week a band of sheep belonginz to Scharff Brothers was shot into, eight being killed and about a dozen wounded. The next night a similar attack was made on a band belonging to John Nealan. This time about fifteen sheep were killed and about sixty wounded. ;i‘he herder, one of George Creighton’s boys, was in bed asleep when the shooting occurred. A ball struck and killed his dog by the bedside. The probabilily is that in a few days not only sheep’s blood, but Luman blood may be shed. NEW TO-DAY. For One Week ————————— We are going to hold a “Clean Up” Sale of all the end- of-the-season and broken-lot ready-made Suits that were regularly sold at $10, $12.50 and $15, giving you your pick and choice for $5.65! Single-breasted Sack Suits ; Scotch Tweeds, Cassimeres, Cheviots and Worsteds, light, medium and dark colors. week All-Wool Pants $2, $2.50 and $3 regular values—this 51 Cheaper than overalls ; stylfsh as tailor-made. REMEMBER, these prices for this week only. No re- reserve while they last, but the stock is limited. COME EARLY to make a good selection. Pa\\— - A NOILEN & e MARKET oy g SIREEN