The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1896. RAN ASHORE N A FOG | Continued from First Page.) shock as the vessel was going along care- fullv. There were, in fact, three little bumps in quick succession. Everybody rushed out from the cabin, but there was hardly any excitement and what there was lasted only a moment. | he captain immediately gave orders to lower the boats and there was the best | of discipline among the passengers and | the crew. Captain Clark was perfectly cool and had the men well under control. The purser went off in the first boat and carried the news of the accident ashore. “About 6 o’clock two or three tugs came in sight of the vessel, the Active being the | first to come up to us and take us on board. “The Colombia was resting entirely on her forvard compartments on the rocks | | and bad only & little water in her hold when we left her. There is a big hole knocked in her prow about twelve feet from the stem. I believe that it will take a great deal of repairing to put her afloat again. We struck at extremely low tide. “Captain Clark is certainly one of the finest officers and one of the most perfect gentlemen that I have ever sailed with and I have been on the sea a great many times. Donaldson, U. 8.; Mrs. £. Sargent, U. 8.; Emil Meyer, Engiand; C. de Lerence, Guatemala; L. Lugo Arriago, Guate- mala; M. Fernandez Perdadilla, Spain; Felipe Lazo de Nidenee, Guatemals; Carmer Rodzna, Spain; A. Krauss, Ger- many; J. C. Quinn, United States; Wil- liam Smith, United States; J. H. Rainey, United States; Hall Dianski, United States; Miss May Taber, United States; P. H. Herlihy, United States; M. C. Kolter, Germany; Mary Kolter, Germany; Mrs. Sara Brisk, Colon; Elcho Bouike, United Staies; W. Bird, United States; L J. Straughan, United States; Charles R. Hawkins, United States; John C. Patterson, Sweden; Ann Kolter, Germany; David Brisk, Poland; Temple Bourke, United States; C. H. Pfaff, United States; Daniel Nolton, United States; Cherio Meza, Spain; S. Klen, Ger- many; R. A. Sedray, United States; P. Janus, Denmark; L. C. H. Spencer, San Francisco; H. P. Ross, Canada; C. Meade, West Indies; C. Panter, Ger- many; N. Rodweld, Germany; C. Roth- lisher, Unitea States; Joseph Brisk, Po- land. There were also four Chinese. SEEs AR S DELUSIVE ACOUSTICS. A Big Loss of Life Probably Averted by the Absence of All Pamic. According to the statements of numer- ous passengers interviewed the striking of the Colombia was one of the most remark- able marine disasters ever recorded, by reason of the almost entire absence of any- thing like fear, confusion or panic, either among the crew or the passengers. At the time the vessel struck she was ‘‘Before leaving the vessel the passen- | gers wrote a paper to which every one sub- | scribed their names. It was in substance | as follows: | We the undersigned wholly exonerate Cap- | tain Clark from any blame whatever in con- nection with the accident to the Colombis and desire to express our sincere thanks to him for his courtesy throughout the trip. We further desire to compliment Captain | Clark for the periect diseipline of his men and | their prompt action at the time of the accident. “No, sir; Captain Clark was sadly de- luded by the echo of the foz horn. No mortal man could have done better than he under like circumstances.” Among the most stoical of the rescued passengers was Emil Meyer. Mr. Meyer | stooa on the deck of the Active as she ap- | proached the City, and looked anxiously | toward the lighted docks, but did not join in the complaints which the other pas- sengers were making. “It was about 8 o'clock this morning | when the vessel struck,’’ said Mr. Meyer. “It was fogey, and at first we did not know what was the matter. When we did | find out what was wrong there was | nothing to be htened at. We were | resting on the bottom, but we were as- | sured there was no danger. At any time we could have gone ashore in the boats if it had been necessary. We stayed there in sight of land all day as patiently | as possible under the circumstances. It was nearly 6 o’clock when the Active came | to relieve us. Then, of course, we were | glad to get away from the stranded vessel. The trip from the scene of the wreck here has been of great inconvenience. Especially | has this been so for the ladies, The | weather has been miserable for travel in | an open boat, and the ladies have suffered | severely. | “We have no complaint to make of tne actions of the officers. To-day we passed | resolutions exempting them from all| blame, and we have no complaint to make | about our treatment.” Isaac Straughan of New Jersey was one of the passengers who claims to have been on the geck when the catastrophe oc- curred. | “There was no excitement when the vessel struck,” he declared, “but the rea- | son, perhaps, was that very few knew that | anything had happened. There was no | perceptible jar and there was no sign of | the vessel having struck. | “The first the people knew of the acci- dent was when they were informed by the officers, and then they were assured there | was no cause for alarm. “The shore was in sight, and it seemed | such a little way to dry land that the passengers readily kept up their courage. “The most disagreeable part of the | whole incident has been the trip up from Pigeon Point. “The accommodations have, of course, been very poor, but we were in luck to get off with our lives, so I suppose we ought | not to complain.” g THE ACTIVE AKRIVES. She Brought Up the Bullion, Money and | Mails of the Wrecked Steamer. At midnignt the tug Active, Captain Harry Marshall, .of the Spreckels line came to anchor in the stream off Meiggs | whar{ with all the passengers, the bullion, | money and the mails of the wrecked Co- lombia. The Active also brought all the baggage of the rescued passengers. The tug was taxed to the utmost, and, despite the strenuous efforts of all her officers, there was considerable complaint from the passengers over the project of | being compelied to spend the night in an oven boat after their experiences of the day. Their peace of mind, however, was re- stored when they learned that they would be allowed to land as soon as matters could be arranged. Soon the Active hoisted her anchor and was rushing to- ward toe Pacific Mail dock. This was reachea at about 1:20 o’clock this morning, and after they had been comyelled to undereo the usual examina- tion by the quarantine and custom officials, all who desired were allowed to land, and most of them gladly took advantage of the privilege. Within a quarter of an hour the passengers who did not care to go ashore were transferred to the Newport, which was lying at the Pacific Mail whar?. Here they were made as comfortable as circumstances would permit. The Active left here at about 1 p. u. ves- terday and arrived at the locality of the wreck about four hours later. The passengers, their bagpage, the bullion, treasure and mails were at once as rapidly as possible transferred in boats from the Colombia to the Active, which lay about 600 feet away from the unfortunate vessel. As soon as this work was completed the Active steamed away for this port. —_— THUSE WHO CAME HOME, Full List of the Passengers Who Came Up on the Active. The passengers who came up in the tug Active were as follows: D. L. de Franzis, Guatemal R. Fen- dado, Germany; R. Cabrera, Mexico; u. Abraham, United States; Harrier Pres- ton, United States; Mrs, Lizzie Dienski, United States; C. B. Lastreto, United States; W Eakayi, United States; F. Don- aldson, United States; F. Sargent, Eng- land; Dr. F. Carrer, England; Houghton, U. 8.; Miss - Jobanna Aequitle, Guatemala; Mrs. Cecelua Ar- rago, Guatemala; J. Fernandez Padilla, Spain; Augustine Rodegna, Spain; Joseph M. O'Brien, United States; Mrs. Cecilia O'Brien, United States; Mrs. Alice Lackaye, U. 8.; Mrs. E. L. moving under slow belis, and the jar, while distinct, was not sufficient to cause alarm, and most of the pas- sengers only knew that some- thing unusval had occurred when visited by one of the officers of the Colom- bia, and quietly informed that the vessel had run aground. They were instructed to get ready to go ashore, and many were so undisturbed as to select their Sunday- best apparel. The accident was caused by the decep- tive acoustics, due to the varying strata of the fog banks. These caused the fog sig- nals on shore to sound as if they came from the sea, and Captain Clark, believing he was approaching another steamer, headed directiy inshore. He discovered his mistake only when the vessel struck. As soon as it was ascertained that the vessel could not be released by her own efforts Purser B. J. Harnette put off in a boat for shore to telegraph for assistance. Owing to the fog the boats pulled along shore for some distance, but finaliy landed about nine miles south of Pescadero.. He left the Colombia at 8:30 A. M. and reached shore a half-hour later, near a school- house. He secured a team near by and hastened to Pescadero, where he tele- graphed to the Pacitic Mail officials. S e MAIL COMPANY DISASTERS. The Loss of the Colombia the Last of a Series of Misfortunes. Disaster stiil follows the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Of all the concerns that make money and pay dividends to Eastern staskhold- ers it surely is the most unfortunate. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. DOWNSTAIRS IN THE | BASEMENT. The most wonderful Cloak values you ever saw or heard tell of. Why, the than the cost of asingle yard of material! It will pay any one, no matter how fastidious, to visit our basement salesroom. You get your money back tenfold. JACKETS, $1.00. All kinds and styles, silk-faced, lined. Some have more than#1 worth of buttons on them. In their day they sold for $10. Are sightly, ser- viceable and dirt cheap. English Long Coats, $2.95. Come in tan, black, blue. These gar- ments will be as good for fall wear as any $20 piece could buy. Were sold last fall for that and more. Prince Albert Coats, $3.95. | Some of these sold for $35—none less | than $20—these are the ravages of | Dame Fashion. Plush Jackets, $5 and $8. Sold for $20 to $40. The plush and satin linings would bring the price on & remnant table. Children’s Jackets, 69c. Not & word—the price speaks all. Golf Capes, $3, $3.50 and $5. Sold for $15 and upward, all silk-lined; made of double-faced English K seys; nothing ihore serviceable, nothing so grandiy cheap. 95¢.. A tabl® full of Juckets, Capes, Ulste: “They may heve seen better days’ now they go to the tune of “The Dead March in Saul.” Worth three to five ilk- | Steamer after steamer has gone ashore | and become & total loss. Others have gone ashore and after great expense were got off, while in one instance the vessel capsized in midocean and the loss of life was appalling. As the company carries its own insur- auce, it can easily be seen that its losses | during the last five years must bave been enormous. The first of the company’s recent losses was the Granada. After leaving Manza- nillo she went ashore at Point Tigupau, All on board got away in safety and Cap- tain Deering was acquitted. Next came the Nicaragua. She came here from New York after being launched and fitted out. She sailed for Panama on her maiden trip in command of Captain Nickerson, but | ran on a hidden reef, which extends a few miles out from Point Romidias, San Sal- vador. The next wasthe City of New York. Owing to a mistake in judgment the pilot ran her on Point Bonita and she became a total loss. The passengers and crew were saved. It will thus be seen that so far the company had escaped with the loss of their vessels, but when the unfortunate Colima went down in a storm there was weeping and wailing from all parts of the country. The story of this terrible disas- ter is still fresh in the minds of everybody and damage suits are now pending in the New York courts. Of the vessels that did not become total losses there is the Riode Janeiro that went ashore near Yokohama, but was eventu- ally got off and taken to Hongkong for re- pairs. Then the San Juan went ashore near Point Sur, but was saved, the City of Peking that broke down 1n mid ocean and made port under sail and the Rio de Janeiro that ran out of coal and had to burn her deck houses in order to reach Honolulu. On the top of thisseries of disasters comes the news that the fine new steamer Colombia went ashore at Pigeon Point yesterday at 8 A. M. in a fog and will prob- ably become a total loss. She was on her way here from Panama with a full cargo, but Captain William Clark lost his bear- ings in a dense fog and ran his vessel on the rocks. The Intest dispatch from the wreck received oy the Merchants’ Ex- change yesterday afternoon reads: *Ves- sel careening. Latest reports say that she is bumping badly on the rocks and if not lightened 18 liable to go to pieces. One of her compartments is full.of water. The Colombia has on board 36 cabin passengers. 26 steerage passengers and a crew of 90 men all told.” As soon as tne news reached the City the tugs Active and Reliance of Spreckels’ line and the Sea King of the Shipowners’ and Merchants’ line were at once dispatched to the scene of disaster. Later they were fol- lowed by the Spreckels’ tug Vigilant and the steam schooners Jewel, Newsboy, Bes- sie K and Noyo. The Jewel will take down a lot of pumps and the Vigilant some wrecking gear. Captain Metcalf, as therepresentative of the underwriters, and General Manager Schwerin of the Mail company also weut down on the tug to saperintend the work of unloading the cargo and the attempt at getting the vessel off the rocks. Shippers at this end will not suffer any inconvenience, as the company at once chartered the Oceanic Steamship Com- pany’s Zealandia, and she will take the Colombia’s place for the time being. The Colombia is 8 new ship and is one of the latest additions to the company’s fleet. This was her maiden voyage on this side. She sailed from San Francisco May 19 and arrived June 19 at Panama. She was scheduled to arrive here yesterday. The Colombia was built in Chester, Pa., in 1892, and is of 3616 tons burden. Her dimensions are: 327 feet long, 45 feet broad and 18 feet deep. She is a sister ship to the Peru now running in the China trade, Pigeon Point i P s a rocky projection, rising abruptly fifty feei above the sea, with a ‘low neck of half that elevation insiae the point. Behind it rises the nufia of mountains of the penin- sula of Ban Francis:o, and at the bend of the land to the eastward and about 150 iurd rortheast of the light is a small boat anding which is available only in good weather. The sea breaks there when the wind is westerly or northwesterly. A chute with booms and derrick attachments is maintained, as the whalers frequently go ashore at the spot. It is thought that the Colombia’s passengers were rowed to this landing m boats and put ashore in ute:{. All freight from coasters is usually unloaded from surfboats, The shore line from Ano Nuevo to Pig- times the price in the suction-room. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. UPSTAIRS. Ladies’ Capes, 75c. Stylish, new, seasonable; People’s Store | sold them for $2; so did we. Scal- | loped edge. Persian embrojdery trim- ming, ribbon bow and streamers, tan, | and we don't care. cLO 0-0-0 AKS gUITS sK\RS AND 1 STOCK-~PEQ STORE Lo S ANGELE TOMORROW AT ¢5¢ ON™ %{0FCOST | THESE DOUBLE ATTRACTIONS WILL CROW OUR STORES AS NEVER BEFORE. o NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. FOR YOU NE SAW. $1.25, Worth $2.50 Ladies’ Double Capes, trimmed ~ with gold brald. $1.95 Capes, 000000000000 0000] OR HEARD. = W W YOU wiLL VER KNEW. \0F SUC™ BARGAINS AS YOUWILL \ GET HERE TOMORROW. COME EARLY-° AVOID<* CRUSH PLES ILLBEONSALE . ISTS D RPORATED ———— Were $5. All new, seasonable Capes, every siyle of trimming. ~ appligue, embroidery. You couldn’t get one made | under 22 50. Tan, b ue. | black. Pay vou to lay | aside untii next year. Never were Capes 50 pinched In price and so full in material. $3.95 Capes, Beautiful and wretch- ed—beautiful s:yle, de- sign and material, wretched price. You never saw such slaught er of Innocents. Ham- burger & Sons are rich $5.95 Capes, Were $10. Taflor-made Strapwork Caspes, Imported Ker- seys and Meltons with inlaid velvet collars; some embroidered with spangles, some trimmed with Trilby buttons. $9.95 Capes, Were $20. Silk-lined Fancy Triiby Capes that sold for $20. This stock is all new—:ihis season’s goods. All last yesr styles are in the basement. You almost get 16 for 81. $13.95 Capes, Were $25. Parisian models, single garments. imported to copy the styles from. ned with flnest Parislan flowered siliks. The richest things in Capedom. I o CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. Dooooooooo0o00oloocoCocoooooobd THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 21,000 OFFICES IN Au:ch'“ Thelast priced jacket sold at $35. It is all that can be put Into a for it. Now, if price is any inducement, we'll sell you jackets for less mouey than ln your wildest _extravagunce you expected to ex- pend. $2.50, Were $7.50 The newest Midsum- mer Jacset in tan, with four large, -elegant vearl button: very inch a lady’s” jagket. They can’t last long at the price. Every store in this town makes it their leader jacket. Children’s Jackets, $1.50, $2.95. $3.95, Were $4, §5, $7 50. Now's the time $3.50 Capes, Were $5. Tmported Black English Kersey Donble Capes, tashionable always for middle-aged ladies. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. JACKETS UPSTAIRS $3.95 Jackets, Were $10. Words are idle: you buy more jacket in style | but come early. Ifall the women in Frisco make | 0000000 COCIO00000000000000000000CO000000000COCOOI00] | | jucket your girls for 1. ® 000 LADIES’ SUITS. $7.50 Suits for $1.50. They are a few seasons old, but the style Is all | ‘Why, you can’t buy a calico wrapper for Tight. €1 50. and yet you get wool suits that were cheap at $15. $1.75 Wrappers for 75e. You won’t be fooled. They are the $175 kind, and quality than was ever heretofore sold in the.| UP thelr mindsto come there won' be room. known orld. Jackets ac 85, were $10 50. Jackets at 85 95, wers 12 50. Jackets at 86 95, were $15. Jackets at #7 95, were $17 50. Jackets a: $9 95, $10 95, 815, $17 50. Ladies’ Percale Waists, 35e. They are the 75c Kind. 1f they are cheap enough, why, come early. The cheap this city that's at ail decent. Elsewhere Is 45c. black, blue. pikanrger -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- é jacketif you pav $50 | to | est waist in | | more. | Lined Jackets and Skirts. | ings alone cost meore. Now, don’t say SKIRTS! Business to-day is a question of price— the lowest man wins. Try every suit house, dry goods or cloak store in this city. If they can match these prices by 50 per cent tell us. We’re making fools of oufselves. Pongee and Silk Skirts, $1. Black and Colored Silk Skirts, $2. Seersucker Skirts, 19c. A fell swoop is going toclean them out. They embrace skirts from $350 to $10. Are you golng to have one ? I guess yes. Black Jerseys, S'ze 32, Only 25c. 1 50 Duck Vests for 25¢. 3 50 Cloth Vests for 50¢. $5 Silk Vests for $1.50. Children’s Embroidered Cashmere Cloaks, 50c and 75¢. There are garments in this lot that sold for $5. $2 50 Bicycle Bloomers, $1 50. $10 Bicycle Suits, $5. Tan or Black Velvet Collar, Jacket Suits. Ladies’ Suits, $2 50 and $3.50. You wouldn’t believe it, nor would we. The suit that is to be sold to-morrow at these prices, made of all-wool materials, cost wholesale $1 50 a yard. They are sightly and serviceable, and you're get- ting bargains tnat are miracles. Sold for $12 50, $15 and $20. $5 for Suits, Were $15 to $25. Prince Alberts, Corduroys, Box Coats, Well, the lin- Nobby psbaw. but come and se¢ and 1f you don’t find yourself the most surprised woman write us down an ass. $7.50 for Suits, Were $25 to $40. Some this season’s, some last. Silk- lined Jackets. Silk in the lining cost more. We can’t eat them. We must sell them, and this absurd price is named so they will go aflying; Duck Suits, $1.50. The People’s Store 821d them at $3, $4 and $5. Yourmoney back if any one in this city will duplicate them for $8. Go around town from Kearny to Post up to Market street’s business end, ac- quaint yourself with prices, then come here yow'll “never go there any eon Point is very rocky. Upon this stretch | of coast the sea breaks heavily. Rocks lie off the beach in dangerous array. The light is what is known as the first order. It gives a white flash every ten seconds and in the night can be seen from Point Bonita on the North Head. The fog signal buildings are on the western point of the cape. The whistles are of the com- mon locomotive type, one of them being a ten-inch and the other a twelve-inch dome. Fogs come up suddenly at Pizeon Point and during the winter the whistles wall often be kept going for days at a time. At such times the fires are banked in the boilers when the fog. lifts, but ordinarily they are simply laid ready to light ata moment’s notice. Wood is used at first and the boilers are so constructed that steam can be raised in less than forty min- utes. If the foz should come up very sud- denly and vessels are known to be near a bell is tolled until one of the whistles is | blown. Because of the fogs and the treacherous currents in its vicinity, Pigeon Point has always been considered a very dangerous | locality and the cautious marines give it a wide berth. It is said that since 1804 twenty wrecks have occurred on the point or in its immediate vicinity. Most of the disasters, however, occurred before the lighthouse was erected, in 1872, The point takes its name from the clipper ship Car- rier Pigeon, which was lost there in the early fifties. Opposite the same point on December 20, 1887, the, steamer San Vicente was burned. Eieven of the officers and crew took to the ‘boats, but n attempting to make & landing were drowned. The mas- ter and second officer and some of the men stood by the ship and were rescued. The Mail Company officials lost no time in seeking information as to the probable cause of the disaster. They called upon several captains of the Pacitic Coast Steam- ship Company, who know the coast, but they could get very little information. “No man can tell for twenty-four hours at a time how the current will set around Pigeon Point,”” said Captain Alexander of the Santa Rosa. “It changes with ever wind and tide and in a heavy fog you can’t tep where your ship is going.” Susanville Girt Missing. PENDLETON, Og., July 14.—C. J. Carl- son and W. W. Kobbins returned yester- day from a trip to the North Fork of John Day River, and reported that a young daughter of the Postmaster of Susanville has been missing from home since July 4. She strayed from home and became lost or was carried away. Two hundred men are scouring the country trying to find some clew to the girl’s whereabouts. Carlson and Robbins searched for two days, and THE SITUATICN IN CRETE Christian Delegates Demand the Exclusion of Turks From the Assembly. Non-Combatants, Women and Children Are Slaughtered by the Sul- tan’s Troops. CANEA, Crerg, July 14.—The Christian delegates in the Cretan assembly, sitting nere, withdrew from that body yesterday, stating that they had resolved to formu- latea deciaration setting forth their claims and demands, and then unite in a special assembly from which Turks should be ex- cluded from membership. The insurgents at -Apokorona a day or two ago killed the crew of a Turkish bark. The Turkish troops pursned the insur- gents, and in their pursmit fired upon everybody they met along the shore, mak- ing no discrimination in favor of women and children, of whom they killed a great many. The action of the troops has caused intense excitement and indigna- ,tion, and the foreign Consuls have made a protest against it to Berovitch Georgi Pasha, the newly appointed Christian Governor of the island. s RUDINI’S CABINET. Reconstructed Without Marked Change wn Its Personnel, ROME, Itavy, July 14.—The Marquis di Rudini has reconstructed the Italian Ministry by the selection of Viscount Vis- conti-Venosti as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Signor Luzzatti as Minister of the Treasury, General Pelloux as Minster of War, Signor Sinea as Minister of Posts and Telegraphs and Signor Prinetti as Minister of Puolic Works. Otherwise the personnel of the Cabinet remains as be- fore, the Marquis di Rudini retaining the premiership and the Ministry of the In- terior, Admiral Brin the Ministry of Marine, Signor Branca the Ministry of Finance, Signor Guicciaridini the Min- istry of Agriculture, Signor Costa the Ministry of Justice and_Signor Gianturco the Ministry of Public Instruction. TSR R during their tramp over the country met many others similariy engaged. Fears are em.:;tuinod that the girl has been mur- dered. i L Bunstroke Victim at Woodland. ‘WOODLAND, Cav., July 14.—J. C. Clark, an old and highly esteemed resident of Winters, died to-day from the result of a sunstroke received last Friday. This is the second dezth occurring in this county from sunstroke this summer. The mer- cury has registered as high as 113 degrees in the shade, but the heat is moderating. ARG poRteeis ' Vagrants Fight at Woodland. WOODLAND, Cav., July 14.—In a rough and tumble fight engn%ed in by a gang ot hobos near the depot last night, one of them, Bernard Little, was fatally stabbed by Edward Morgan. Morgan was arrested and is now in the County Jail awaiting the result of Little’s injuri —_— Zire at Madison. BAKERSFIELD, CaL., July 14.—Mrs. H. F. Eddy’s dwellings and contents were totally destroyed by fire at Madison last night. Loss $1500; msurance $700. ——— A Morning Fire. Fire caused about $5000 damages in the rear Unreliable Correspondents. COWES, Exa., July 14.—Despite the fact that certain correspondents have denied the statement cabled yesterday that Mr. Ogden of New York had been seriously ill on board the yacht White Layde, which has been anchored here, the United Press learns that the report was correct. He is, however, rapidly recovering. —— End of a Berlin Sensation. BERLIN, GerMANY, July 14 —Franz Tenbach, the celebrated artist, has been granted a divorce, with costs, from his wife, who was the Countess von Moltke, on the grounds of her intimacy with Dr. Schweninger, Prince Bismarck’s physi- cian. P A Hungarian Statesman Murdeved. VIENNA, Avstria, July 14, — Count Stephan Sztaria, a member of the Hunga- rian Diet, was found murdered at his chateau. FUNERAL D.X¥ AT OMAHA. Business bduspended and Streets Filled different cemeteries. Never in the history of the city were there so many funerals in one day, and while no formal action was | taken except by the Union Pacific Rail- road employes, so impressed were all by the trage houses and offices were allowed to uttend the funerals. In consequence they were very large, over 200 hacks and carriages following one, and the number of friends attending the others being simply limited to the number of conveyances which could be obtained. Churches where the services were held were invariably draped in black. TO EXAMINE ARMY OFFICERS. Aged and Infirm Must Retire in Order to Provide for Recent West Point Graduates. CHICAGO, IuL, July 14.—A special order issued at the War Department yes- terday, a retiring board will meet at Chicago, August 10, 1898, for the purpose view to ascertaining whether they are capable of performing service, have been detailed as members of this board are: Major-General Wesley Merritt, Brigadier-General J. R. Brooks, Coionel J. F. Wade, Fifth Cavalry; Lieatenant-Colo- nel W. H. Forwood, deputy surgeon-gen- eral; and Major C. de Witt, surgeon. At the head of the list of officers who will be ordered before the board for retire- ment stands Colonel R. E. A. Crofton, Fifteenth Infantry. An intimation has been given friends of Colonel Crofton here that he will resist to the utmost any at- tempt to place him on the retired list at this time. An impression prevaiis, how- ever, that even if Colonel Crofton makes a successful fight against retirement now when he reaches 62 years of age (in De- cember of this year) the President will ex- ercise his prerogative as commander-in- chief of the army and order him upon the retired lisi. Besides Colonel Crofton four other field officers will be ordered before the Chicago board—Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Bradford, Seventeenth Infantry; Major J. T. Turn- bull, First Artilery; Major John G. Dar- ling, Fiith Artillery, and Major A. S. B. Keyes, Third Cavalry. Five officers of and below the rank of captain wil! also have to run the gauntlet before this board. Records of the War Department are be- ing scrutinized with a view to preparing a list for submission to Secretary Lamont of officers now on the active list of the army who have heretofore been recommended for examination to determine whether they are physically or otherwise fit to re- main in the service. There are fifteen vacancies on the lim- ited retired list of the army, and the Sec- retary of War desires to fill them in order to provide for a number of additional sec- ond lieutenants recently graduated from the Military Academy. R VICIORY FOE ARMOUR. End of a Ritter Fight Against the Com- pany’s Elevators. CHICAGO, ILn., July 14.—The long and pitter fight which has been waged by the majority of the members of the Board of ‘frade and thair representatives on the board of directors against the great grain elevator interests on the exchangexcame to an end to-day. The fight has been chiefly directed against the Amour ele- vators, which were declared irregular, and members of the firm were tried on charges of violating therules. The directors held a special meeticg to-day and decided by a vote of ten to six to declare the Armour elevators regular. The anti-clevator ele- ment is not extinct, but it is in the With Sad Processions. OMAHA, Nesr, July 14.—The full force of the death stroke whigh fell upon many Omaha homes Saturday night was not of the Maison Francais on Dupont street 1 this morning. = il i —— LOANS on watches, jewelry, silverware, at Uncle Harrls', 16 Grant avenue, fully appreciated by strangers until this morning, when from all partsof the city funerals wended their solemn way to the minority. s Ry s rranged for His Own Funeral. SHELBYVILLE, Inp., July 14.—Alfred McCray, a wealthy and aged widower, went into an undertaking establishment Saturday last and ordered a coffin and | burial garb. He went to & marble-cutter’s that emploves of ali business | from Washington st rdi: | S mpcul Sy AoiceMng ORI | SToo was lauteit g bk ol S5 bomns examining ten officers of the army with a | Those who | shop and purchased a §1500 monument, Jeaving full directions as to the lettering, Next ne went to the office of the Forest Hill Cemetery, where be purchased a lot, and then returned home, went to bed ana died yesterday of what the doctor pro- nounced senility. dhiee e AT WASHINGTON’S TOMB. Christian Endeavor:rs Hola a Song and Praise Service at Mount Vernon. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—The Christian Endeavor celebration at Wash- ington’s tomb to-day drew a great crowd of visitors, delegates ana Washingtonians to Mount Vernon. President Clark, Sec- retary Baer and a number of trustees of the Union societies attended. The great chorus was on hand also, and a service of song and praise was held be- fore the tomb. Short speeches were made by prominent Cnristian Enceavorers, and memorate the fifteenth annual interna- tional convention of Christian Endeavor- ers. The excursionists returned early in the evening to witness the Christian En- deavor parade, Liner Collides With a Mud Seow. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 14.—The Mal- lory line steamer Colorado, from Bruns- wick, Ga., with twenty-eight passengers and a general cargo, collided with a loaded mud scow this morning while proceeding up the main channel in the lower bay, and is badly damaged. There wasa panic, but all the passengers were safely taken off in tugs. —_——-— Killed by Falling Buildings. BOSTON, Mass.,, July 14.—By the col- lapse of two wooden buildings on Bennett avenue this afternoon an unknown Italian was killed, a boy named Leveroni was se- riously injured and soveral others slightly hurt. The buildings were being taken down by the city to make room for the North End playground. R Struck by a Train. SARATOGA, N.Y., July 14.—Dr. 8. Z. Gibbs of Fort Ann was Kkilled instantly at that place bv a Delaware and Hudson train yesterday. He was 69 years old and leaves a widow and three children. One daughter lives 1n St. Louis, Mo., and a son is attending the Leland Stanford Uni- versity, Cal. —_— Fall of the Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day amounted to $98,271,935. - The day’s withdrawals were $141,900. Modern Art Taxidermy. In the methods now used in taxidermy the word ‘‘stuffing’’ is a misnomer; the method employed is called dermoplastic, and consists in enveloping a skeleton or framework with tow wrapped and sewed into a rough approximation of the shape required with pack-thread or cord, and coating the whole with clay, afterward to be modeled into the forms required. Upon this the skin is stretched and made to conform in everé particular. There is, therefore, no difference in the require- ments of the best work in sculpture and taxidermy, except that one is principally em loEed in treating the human figure, and the other exclusively the forms of animals. Real Secret of the Bicycle’s Popularity. Now the bicycle has offered to the great majority of citizens a means of athletic exercise and open-air enjoyment for which they need not be specially equipped by nature. Man and woman, weak and strong, dwarf and 300-pounder—all sorts and conditions of men—can and do learn to wheel, and with comparatively small perseverance become as proficient for all practicai purposes as the most handsomely endowed athlete of them all. This is tue true secret of the bicycle’s firm hold on the bicycle, and here is its great value.— July Scribner’s, NEW SUN CREEK TRAGEDY Rancher Swearinger Killed by a Man Whose Life He Threatened. Tries to Shoot His Daughter’s Lover and Is Slain by Hmm in Self-Defense. PORTLAND, Oe., July 14.—Full partic- ulars were received to-day of the murder of Isaac C. Swearinger on the Fourth ot July by John H. Campbell at New Sun Creek, Crook County. The murdered man and his family were separated, be having taken up his abode on a neighboring ranch. On the morning of the tragedy, he armed himself and went to his wife's house looking for Campbell, his daugh- ter's sweetheart. *If he’s here I'm going to kill him,” he said to his wife, who met him at the door. ‘‘He's here,”’ was the reply. Swearinger at once entered the house. His wife attemptea to take his shotgnn away from him, ana they scuffled through the house on to the back porch, both re- taining a bold on tne gun. Then Camp- bell, who had been in a bedroom near the front door, stepped out on tc the porch. When he appeared at the door Campbell said: *Ike, if you have anything against me we will seitle it now.” According to Mrs. Swearinger’s testi- mony Swearinger jerked the gun from her hands and leveled it at Campbell, who stood in the doorway. Campbell quickly drew his pistol and shot Swearinger, the ball entering the breast near the right shoulder. between the first and second ribs, and coming out four inches lower and to the left of the spine. Jobn Gibson, a friend, heard the shot and ran to the house. At the gate he met Campbell, who exclaimed, ‘“‘John, it was a mighty hard thing to do, but I had to do it to save myvself.” Swearinger was found standing on the edge of the porch holding to a post for sup- ort. L 'He shot me down like a dog,” he ex- claimed when they abproached. He died within a few minutes. Campbell is but 22 years old, and hehad heretofore borne a good reputation. NEW TO-DAY. 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