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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896. 3 JOWA REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION McKinley, Hobart and Pro-; tection Heartily In- dorsed. BIMETALLISM FAVORED. The Platform Adopted by the St. Lounis Convention Reaffirmed. SILVER STANDARD OPPOSED. William P. Hepburn Said Democratic Success Would Be a National Calamity. DES MOINES, Iowa, July-15.—The Re- publican State Convention to-day adopted resolutions reaffirming the St. Louis plat- form of the party, with a paragraph pledging the Iowa delegation in Congress to feithful work in behslf of international bimetallism and giving a hearty indorse- ment to McKinley and Hobart and the protective-tariff system. A complete State ticket, including Presidential electors, was named. Chairman McMillan of the State Central Comnmittee calied the convention to order at 11 o'clock and announced that on ac- count of the illness of Rolla M. Wilson of Fairfield, who had been selected for tempo- rary chairman, Congressman William P. Hepburn of Clarinda would preside over the temporary organization. The selection of Congressman Hepburn was due to a de- sire to please those members of the party who are inclined to be favorable to silver, because of his record at 8t. Louis against the adoption of an explicit declaration in favor of the pold standard. Some of the gold men were inclined to object to the selection, but were appeased by & promise that Congressman Hepburn would indorse the St. Louis platform in his address. This he did, following the indorsement with a long argument in favor of international bimetallism, which be delared to be the Republican doctrine and the only true bimetallism. He de- clared that the true indorsement at the polis of the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago would mean a calamity to the Nation worse than the Civil War. “I challenge,” he said, *‘a comparison of the Chicago platform with the Populist platform adopted at Omaha four years ago. There is no essential difference. Both aavocate repudiation.”” He closed with a declaration, sustainea by historical references, that the Republican party is thie only party which has ever done any- thing for silver. At the close of Congressman Hepburn’s addrvess the regular committees were named, and the convention adjourned to 2p M Upon reconvening the committee on credentials reported full delegations present and no contests. The committee on permanent organization presented the the name of Smith McPherson of Red Oak for permanent chairman. Both reports were adopted. Mr. McPherson, on assum- ing the chair, spoke briefly. He gave a cordial indorsement to the gold standard. At the opening of the Civil War, he said, thousands of Democrats rallied to the support of the Republican party in the defense of the Union, and now the Re- publican party calls upon the loyal Demo- crats of the country to rally to the rescue of the Nation’s honor. The platform as finally reported from the committee was adopted without debate. It indorses the St. Louis platform and pledges the Jowa delegation in Congress to work to secure the free coinage of silver through international agreement and at an international ratio. The financial plank continues: “We recognize the revolutionary character of the platform adopted at Chicago. We appreciate the danger of its startling doc- trines and the immeasurable disasters that would follow their adootion by the Gov- ernment. We are opposed to a change to a single silver standard because it will de- crease and not increase the supply of money in the country; because instead of restoring confidence it will destroy credits, instead of inspiring enterprise it will spread alarm, instead of aiding the debtor it will involve him in bankruptcy, instead of furnishing employment to labor it will make more uncertain and unremunerative that which it has, instead of benetiting the producers it wiil injure them, and, finally, because it would do infinite injustice and involve our country in repudiation and dishonor.” 10 HOPE O THE COLOBIA [ Continued from First Page.] might be necessary to remove them in a hurry, and they wanted to put them into shape. This is altogether probable. It will only take enough water to roll the ship over and leave her bottom-up in the breakers. The steam schooners, Newsboy and Jewel, are lying by the Colombia. The Newsboy was busy hoisting tons of coffee by the sack out of the Colombia’s hold and dropping it into her own. The steam winch got no rest since early in the morn- ing. Tne Jewellies outa way, awaiting her turn. She will tie up alongside when the Newsboy is' loaded. The latter will try and take all the coffee and the Jewel the remainder of the cargo, which is gen- eral merchandise and baggage. Most of the cargo will be taken out undamaged, as up to this evening there was water in the compartment forward only. The fishermen and farmers in the vicin- ity of Pigeon Point may have had a famine for many years, as to Central American fruit, but they are having a feast now. The fisherman’s boat in which 2 CaLy representative was rowed out to the wreck from Lighthouse Point this morning was nearly half filled with Cen- tral American limes. The enterprising boatman had picked them up from the surf and from the water near the ship. They were a part of the Colombia’s burst cargo. Thousands of the yellow fruit floated in the sea. Captain Clark was rather uncommuni- cative this morning on the subject of shipwrecks. He answered questions in monosyllables instead of sentences. The captain simply reiterated tbat he mistook the New Years Island fog whistle for the Pigeon Point fog whistle, and that is about all there is to it, and about all he had to say. When he hearda the Pigeon Point whistle he believed it was the toot of another vesse!l and changed his course to starboard. Five minutes later the Colombia was crunching in among the rocks. If the rocks had not stopped her in another half minute she would have had her nose buried in the sand of the beach. Third Officer Thompson, who was on watch on the bridge when the Colombia struck, told the best story of how it hap- venea. ““We had passed New Years Island light and thought it was Pigeon Point,” _be said. “The captain was on the bridge with me. We were listening for the fog signals and did not hear any, after pessing New Years, until we were about where we stand now. Then we heard two short whistles, close together, and thought it was another vessel. The captain com- manded ‘Hard a-starboard!’ and down went the wheel hard a-siarboard. Inabout five minutes she struck. She went on easy, but we could hear her crunching on the rocks. The fog was so thick it could be scooped up with a shovel. Iwason the bridge and I couldn’t see the bow of the ship. You can almost throw a line ashore now, but we could not see the shore. I saw breakers and shouted ‘Breakers ahead I’ but it was too late then.” “Do you think the ship can be saved?” “I fear not,”” he replied. The vessel rocked and rolled and pounded against the bottom while this conversation took place. Third Officer Thompson had to use his best sea legs to keep on his feet. “Isn't there danger of her snapping a spar?’ was asked. “That's what I'm looking out for,” re- plied Ship's Surgeon Arberry. “That Pigeon Point whistle ought to be changed,”” resumed Third Officer Thomp- son. *‘It sounds too much like a steamer. It was very low and the instant we heard it we went to starboard to get out of the way. The whistles ought to be longer or shorter or more of them."” Captain James Marner is the keeper of the Pigeon Point light station. He has been there eight years. Captain Marner is a typical lighthouse-keeper. He has the breeze of the sea in his jovial air. In regard to the criticism of his fog signals, he said: “The fog signals are fixed by the Gov- ernment. My duty is to see that they are carried out and the whistles blown. I blew my whistles from 11:35 o’clock on the night of the 13th to 12:25 o’clock on the afternoon of the 14th, when the fog lifted. I heard the ship go on the rocks. The noise could be heard plainly up here. I thought at first she was the Madrona, but when the fog raised I saw a big black ship. My signal is a whistle of four sec- onds’ duration, an interval of seven sec- onds, another blast of four seconds ana then an interval of forty-five seconds and then repeat. That of the New Years Island light is a blast of ten seconds’ dura- tion, an interval of fifty seconds and re- peat. ow, the captain of the Colombia has nobody but himseltto blame,” continued Captain Marner. “He has his charts, maps and books to tell him where he is, and I do not see how hé came to,get in so close. His books would have told him which was the Pigeon Point lizht. But I cannot talk much. Captain Clark will be examined in the City,.and I will be subpenaed.” J. €. Williamson, & merchant of Pesca- dero, says the Colombia is the fifth vessel to go ashore in the six miles between Pigeon Point and New Years Islaud. The ship SirJohn Franklin was the first to go ashore. This was in 1868, and seventeen lives were lost. A tomostone on the island marks the disaster. wrecked on that treacherous shore in 1869. B8he was coal-laden, and twenty-one lives were lost. In 1857 the ship Courier was wrecked on the point. The ship Hellespont was wrecked in 1870, in almost the same spot as the Colombia. At 10 o’clock to-night the Colombia was lying somewhat easier. She did not pound so hard, and that change in her condition, if it is permanent, may prove her salva- tion in the event that there is no rough weather. She seems to have slipped around an easier berth on the sand, but she still rollsbadly. Thisafternoon at low tide the steam-schooners were ex- tremely cautious in approaching her and lying alongside. The swell was heavier, and the waterlogged Colombia reeled fear- fully. The Newsboy anchored us far away as she could without interrupting the work of lightening. Her sides were protected by bales of gsy to prevent the Colombia from crushing them in. Frequently the steamship on her backward reel would strike the schooner a hard blow, but the hay prevented damage, though the con- cussion several times knocked the men off their feet. The work of lightening continued to- night, small boats carrying the cargo from the ship to the schooners which were anchored a considerable distance away. are tons and tons of new York merchan- dise yet to come out. Underwriters’ Agent Metcalfe says that further salvage of the cargo will necessitate the use of two scow schooners, and he will send to San Francisco for them. The plan and the hope of the underwriters and of Cap- tain Clark is to take out ail of the cargo as speedily as possible, then pull the Colom- bia off the rocks and tow her to San Fran- cisco. This is considered possible if she is not stove in more ana water does not get in any compartment other than the one forward. The Colombia to-nizght lay in theinky blackness of the little bay, a spectacle of light. Her donkey-engine was running, and the electric light plant was in ‘ull blast. ‘The ligits twinkled in toe dark- ness as she roiled first over toward the land and then back toward the open sea. Hundreds of feet above the lighthouse stood, flashing a warning of the Colom- bia’s fate to the other vessels, which could be seen with their red, green and white lights, passing safely by on the sea’s high- Way. TS et WILL BE DISMANTLED. An. Attempt to Save the Steamer’s En- gines Will Be Made. The Spreckels tug Reliance returned from the Colombia wreck yesterday after- noon, with Superintending Engineer Hawxhurst of the Mail Company and the stewardess of the steamer aboard. When they left the vessel was pounding and every fall knocked a hole in the hull. *“There is no_hope of saving the vessel,” said Captain' John Silovich of the Reli- ance. ‘‘She is hard and fast forward, and the tidé rises and falls in her hold just the same as it doeson the coast. All the cargo is dropping out of her.bottom and the sea is strewn with broken cases, limes, coffee and other material that will float. *‘Captain Olark was evidently making time, as the Colombia must have been going about thirteen or fourteen knots an nour when she struck. Her forward part has been ripped away, and I'll guarantee there is a hole in her bow into which I could put the Reliance, smokestack and all. Apart from this she is strained all over, and the water is rising two or three inches an hour in eyery compartment. When she falls with the tide and strikes the rocks the hull quivers from stem to stern, and the crew lives in hourly ex- pectation of the steamer going to pieces. “[f the worst comes to the worst the steamer will be dismantled and an attempt About ail the coffee is unloaded, but there | The bark Carrier was | E made to save her engines. About half a mile away the tug Vigilant lies at anchor and is ready at a moment’s notice to go to the assistance of the stranded vessel. Should a blow spring up, the Vigilant will be there to take off the crew. “How did the Colombia come to go ashore? Well, as near as Ican get at it, it was this way: When thev picked up New Years Island, Captain Clark thougnt he was opposite Pigeon Point and sha) his course northwest by north. A few minutes later he heard another whistle and thinkine it was an ocean steamer bound southward aitered his course half a point and was brought up standing about a mile below Pigeon Point. “Had Captain Clark’s calculations been correct he would have been away clear of Pigeon Poiat, and even with bis deviation of half a point would have cleared the whistling buoy without any trouble. Great credit should be given the Fort Point life-saving station. Adsoon as the captain heard there was danger he got his apparatus together and launched the boat. ‘When the Vigilant passed they were ready and at once got a line aboard. They were towed to Pigeon Foint, and when we left they were lying alongside the water-logged hull ready to render assistance ata mo- ment’s notice.” When the Colombia struck on the rocks at Pigeon Point she was nearly two days abead of time. This was not the captain’s fault, however, as he was_simply obeying instructions in attempting to make up time lost between New York and Panama via Colon. The steamer Finance from New York arrived at Colon two days be- fore the Colombia arrived at Panama. In consequence the cabin passengers had to put up at hotels, and many of the steerage passengers who were out of funds had to walk the streets until the Colombia put in an _appearance. The following is a list of the cargoon board the wrecked steamer: 67 cs 40 bales sheeting, 31 cs flat paper, 10 bags lentils, 137 pkgs locks, 2 es whips, 2 bxs iead penoits, 22 cs hinges, 26 cs screws, 41 bdls steel, 67 pkgs castings,10 ¢s tablets, 110 ¢s min- eral ‘water, 21 cs b books, 71 pkes toys, 3 pkgs metal, 27 pkgs ink and mucn-ge.t cs brass tubes, 189 pkgs paper, 2 bdls cordage, 64 pkgs shirting, 154 bxs nails, 4 cs umbrel: stoves, 1 es buttons, 16 ¢s bandiron, 11 cs tacks, 4 cs cardboard, 1 bol pitch, 17 y4gs earthen- ware, 82 ¢s mushrooms, 10 cs sardines, 5 cs fish, 225 cs 0il, 10 c¢s wood toothpicks, 2-cs buckles, 11 ¢s bolts, 5 crates shade rollers, 319 bbls and 7 hi bbls luboil, 53 pkgs mucilage and paste, 4 bxs baby carriages, 11 bxs battery zines, 2 ¢s sledges, 10 bxs b d hangers. 50 bales oskum, 112 pkgs merchandise, 4 bxd pianos, 4 bxs stoneware, 2 cs files, 1 ¢s soap, 1060 pkgs stamped ware, 1171 pkgs wire, 4 ¢s 5 bbls 9 pkgs 4 npdls licorice, 17 cs dolls, 2 rolls jute matting, 4 ecs tinware, 11 bdis packing, 200 ts soap, 162 pkgs provi- sions, 1 bag beans, 63 dry hides 2 cs leathr g00ds, 1 bbi witch hazel, 3 pkgs glass jars, 2 cs hosiery, 18 pkgs hardware, 85 pkgs sewing machines, 2 bxs marble, 17 ¢s solder, 8 pkgs handles, 40 bdls rims, 5 cs tinfoil, 11 ¢s 25 bales demins, 627 kegs 29 csks white lead, 10 bales blankets, 14 bxs scales, 9 cs knit goods, 6 bbis crucibles, 3 cs lead pencils, 5 bales pressed moss, 4 bales drugs, 15 bbls saltpeter, 3 cs shirts, 8 bxs rubber goods, 2 pkgs grease, 3 coils band iron, 16 pkgs machinery, 18 bdls, 8 anchors, 6 wheels, 20 cs 1 bale unbleached cotton, 2 ¢s blueing, 245 cs nuts and washers, 3 bxs rivets, 5 ¢s snooks, 69 cs axes, 6 bxs vio- lins, 1 bbl vinegar, 56 pkgs chain, 130 G 1 boilers, 19 pkgs snuff, 5 bbis liquor, 4 cs gran- ite, 9 cs blacking, 57 bbls oil, 6 cs wringers, 1 es i rolls, 1 es musical instruments, 50 pkgs paint, 420 plates iron, 2 cs_glassware, 3 bbls pumice stone, 5 bales drills, 11 pkgs electric supplies, 21 ¢s coffee-mills, 19 pkgs snuff, 12 pkgs W shades, 1150 bgs Coffee, 2 pkgs gold dust, 11 bxs soles, 686 bxs limes, 9 cs man- goes. The consignees are: A Vignier; Benj Curtaz & Son; Cunning- ham, Curtiss & Welch; Gaskell Regan; H Bohls & Co; Le Count Bros; M Frank- iin & Bros; Mack & Co: Payol pham & Co; Stevenson & Co; Weister & Co; W G Rich- Seattle Ha: are Co; H Davison & Phillip & € Federico Meeks; Otis, ter & Co; L F Lastreto; U S stmr Alert; W Loaiza & Co; A C Baldemaur & Hamilton; C B Kaufman; Clevela: and 0il Co; E C Dailey; Geo H Tay & Bradley; J 8 Cohen; Miller, Sloss & Micnalitschke Bros & Co; Pac Press Pub ( Rear Admiral Wm A Kirkland; sadler & W W Montague & Co; The Calvert Company Dr. James C. Greatres & Son; James de Frem- ery: Baruch & erink ; Urruel. x| So.; Sperry Klour Co.; Jusn_Urru Sresovich & Co.;.Goldiree Bros.; Bros. & Co.; Castle Bros.; Manuier, Kittle & Co.; Valentine Goldsmith; Woodward, Clark Union Fish Co.; The George Lawrence erman, Ciay & Co.; Redington & ter, Cornell & Co.; Levi Strauss & Co. M. Klein Electric Works; H. 8. Crocker & Hart & Co.; Hawley Bros. Hard: ton Heriware Co.; Bonestell & C Dallam: Blake, , 7 crates Co; Day- Aries & California Notion and Toy C: F. 'Marwedel; ¢, A. Balden; Pfeunneger & Co.: Holbrook, Merrifi & Stetson; John Boyd & Co; Lowenbers Company; & Co; New Home Sewing Machine P F Collins; Stewart, Thompson & Co; Tacoma Leather and Beliing Company; Vermont Marble Company ; W T Garrett & Co Pascal Dubedat; J Pinet & Co; E L G Steel Co; Cabrera, Roma & Castle Bros; g Com pt Robinson &;Co; Hulse, Bradford ‘ébo; Her- man_Cohen; J G Allen; Lewis, Myerstein & Co; Patrick Mastick & Co; S B Leavitt & Co; Thomas Day & Co: W H Stenley; Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company; Corbett, Falling & Robertson; Bailey Bros; Wieland Bros; Hyman Bros; John T Wright; Sutler & Coi 1 Ivancovich & Co; Chinese Merchants; order. —_——— PRAISE CAPTAIN CLARK. engers of the Colombia Exonerate 1ts Master. The following statement, signed by pas- sengers of the Colombia, evidences that the consensus of their opinion 1sthat Cap- tain Clark was not to blame for the dis- aster. Two of the cabin passengers refused to attach their signatures: ON BOARD STEAMSHIP COLOMBIA, July 15, 1896 —We, the undersigned passengers of the steamship Colombia, who sailed from Panama on June 25,1896, do certify that, to our best knowledge and judgment, Captain William A. Claik has faithtully fulfilled his official duties, and, from our own observations, has taken every precaution for the safety of the ship and the passengers thereof, for which we are most thankful. We sincerely re- gret the accident that occurred prfor to arriving to our destination, and gladly accept this opportunity to express our th#nks to Cap- tain William A. Clark in acknowledgment of the faithful manner 1n which he discharged his duties as tain on this trip, and further certify to his being extremely temperate. Those who signed the statement were: Robert Cabrera, Joseph M. O’Brien, Mrs. Joseph M. O'Brien, C. B. Lastreto, H. B. Ross, Charles Panto, Fred E. Kley, R. A. Leader, Daniel Norton, Charles Abraham and Mage Taber of San Francisco; Paul W. Drenside and Mrs. Paul W. Drenside of San Jose Costa Rica; 1. G. Strangher, Harriett T. Preston ana C. Roethberger of Los Angeles; Louis Lazo and wife, Alfred Kauss, R. Finzulo, Augustin Rodezno, Fred S. Houghton, M. Fernan, Var Padilla, Jose Fernandez Padilla, Carmen Robezno, C. de Derenad, Dolores de Francis, Lazo de Midenic, Juana Argueta, J. H. Raney, William Smith and Clixerio Meza of Guatemala; Mrs. Frank E. Sargent and F. E. Bargent of Boston; E. Meyer of Paris. — EXAMINED BY A DIVER. The Latest News From the Wreoked Mail steamer Colombia. At 2 o’clock this morning the tug Vigil- ant returned from the wrecked steamer and the captain reported that to all appear- ances the vessel is doomed, slowly rocking o pieces in the ground swell. The diver went on_ board the Colombia and made un external examination of the vessel, but no attempt was made to go below the surface of the water. He expressed no opinion upon the feas- ability of attempting to get the steamer off the rocks, That there is but little hope ot saving the big vessel is apparent by the return of the Vigilant. When the tug left the wreck the crew ‘was still on toard. —_— e Tramps Invade a Woodland Ramnch, ‘WOODLAND, Cav., July 152 A desper- ate fight occurred on the Coil ranch, near this city, to-day between H. E. Coil and several hired men against a gang of va- grants, Early this morning the tramps called at the house and requested that the cook prepare a breakfast for them. On being refu they said they would take the jood by force. ‘The cook Mr., Coil, and he and the hired men gave the hobos a sound thrashing. One of them TROOPS ARE OUT AT CLEVELAND, Police Utterly Incapable of Restraining the Strikers. GUARD NON-UNION MEN Repeated Charges With Fixed Baycnets Necessary to Protect Them. STREETS BLOCKED WITH MEN. Home of a Non-Union Man Riddled With Stones—Bloodshed Is Threatened. CLEVELAND, Onto, July 15.—To-night two companies of the Fifth Regiment are camped inside the bridge workshop of the Brown Hoisting Company and will remain there indefinitely. The police have proved utterly incapable of restraining the mob of strikers and to-night when the few men at work were marched out a crowd of 15,000 men was assembled in the streets about the works, and way for the wagons containing the men and police escort could only be made by the troops charging the crowd with fixed bayonets. There was hooting and threats of vengeanace. To-night the home of one of the non- union men was completely riddled with stones. It is feared that to-morrow will witness more of the guerrilla tactics in beating the ‘‘scabs’ as they go to work. The Brown Company refuses absolutely to arbitrate. The strikers, on learning last night that the company was recruiting its non-union forces in Canada ana Cincinnati, organ- ized committees of ten and twenty men each, They were given a section of terri- tory to patrol and look for non-union men. The committees were on duty early this morning. As the non-union men traversed the streets in the neighborhood of the works they were attacked and beaten with clubs and other weapons. Many hundred men climbed on the street- cars, the speed of which, when increased, threw men violently to the pavements. Several were injured. Thne rioters paraded the streets wiihin two blocks of the vicinity of the works. The police were utterly unable to cope with the strikers in this guerrilla fighting and so Mayor McKisson ordered a company of militia to the scene of the rioting. — e BERING SEA ADJUSTERS, Great Britain and Uncle Sam Trying to Settle Their Differences. Each Nation Selects a Commissioner, Who May Appoint a Third, if Necessary. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15—A further step was taken by Great Britain and the United States several days ago in the matter of a consideration of the British claims against this country for seizures in previous yearsin Bering Sea. The announcement was first made in the United Press dispatches that a treaty pro- viding for the appointment of a joint commission of two to adjust these claims was then in process of construction be- tween Sacretary Olney and her Majesty’s Embassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote.’ This treaty was subsequently ratified by the Senate. It provides, in addition to one representative on the part of each government, for a third commissioner in the event that the orizinal commissioners fail to agree. The British Government has selected George E. King, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, while the United States commissioner is Judge William L. Putnam of the First United States Judicial Circuit. The com- missioners will meet at Victoria, B. C., which was selected because of its prox- imity to the scene of the seizures, but probably not until next autumn. ———— INCREASING SILVER COINAGE, Condition of the Treasury Makes Such a Course Necessary. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—Owing to the fact that the amount of silver dol- lars in the treasury available for the re- demption of treasury notes has been re- duced to $10,569,852, and will be further reduced by redemption during the current month, the coinage of silver dollars at the mints will be increased from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000 the 1st of August, and will probably be continued at that rate in order that the treasury may have suffi- cient stock to redeem treasury notes. The amount of treasury notes redeemed in sil- ver dollars and canceled from November 1, 1893, to July 1, 1896, was $28,402,258. et s e Gold Withdrawals Continue. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.—Gold withdrawals to-day amounted to $1,184,- 900, leaving the reserve at the close of business l% $97,355,278. Of the with- drawals to-day $900,000 was in coin for ex- port. MURDER BX ARSON, Aaolph Herschkoph Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—The trial of Adolph Herschkoph, charged with murder by means of arson, ended in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court this afternoon, the jury rendering a verdict 6f guilty of murder in the second degree. Herschkoph was accused of engineering an alleged gang of firebugs that built numbers of fires in this city and Brooklyn in order to collect the insurance mopey. One of these incendiary fires ocenred eariy on the morning of May 13, 1394 m.,,{ Jaeger, a four-year-old child, was so nor- ribly burned that she died in a short time. Justice Fursman ll':; :emoed Hersch- ment for koph to imprison! Cable Line to Hayti. ALBANY, N. Y., July 15—The United States and Hayti Telegraph and Cable Company was incorporated to-day with a capital of $1,300,000. The directors in- clude John W. Mackay and other officials of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com- pany. Fatal Coltision on the Burlington. QUINCY, IiL., July 15.—A colliston oc- curred on the Burlington road this morn- ing at Sand Cut, near here, between a switch engine and a freight train. Both engines were demolished. Engineer Ham- mer and Fireman Athey of the freight train were killed. Fireman Smith of the switch engine was fatally and Engineer Van Steinberg seriously injured. Half a dozen passengers in the waycar of the freizht were badly shaken up, but none seriously injured. The collision was the result of a misunderstanding of orders. ————— EASTERN TURF E VIHTS._ Results at the Latonia, Aqueduct and St. Lowis Tracks. CINCINNATI, O=x1o, July 15—Latonia re- sults: Six furlongs, Amy T won, Chagrin second, Good Advice third. Time, 1:20. Five furlongs, Captain Piersai won, Will Wallace second, Hats Off third. Time, 1:06. One mile, Balkiine won, Reimy second, Major Tom third. Time, 1:483{. Nine-sixteenths of a mile, Conny Lee won, Queen of Liars second, Ilia third. Time 01} One mile and twenty yards, Aimee won, St. Helena second, Martin third. Time, 1:5034. Nine-sixteenths of a mile, Alice C won, Thorn Blossom second, Adalaide third. Time, 994, NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—Aqueduct Te- sults: Six furlongs, Helfling wou, Siroeco second, Tilusion third. Time, 1:16%%. One mile, Inquierendo won, Pearl Song sec- ond, Royal H third. Time, 1:4314. Five furlongs, Successful won, Florian sec- ond, Set Fast third. Time, 1:03. Mile and & sixteenth, Ajax won, Captain T second, Kallarhoe third. Time, 1:50; Five furlongs, Slowpoke won, Sir ond, Our Johnny third. Time, 1:03. One mile, The Druid won, Nick Johnson sec- ond, Bergen third. Time, 1:454. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15.—To-da; Five furlongs, Gold Top won, ond, Rosny third. Time, 1:033{. Thirteen-sixteentns ot a mile, Ozark Jr. won, Dick Deneath second. Bravo third. Time, 1:28%, 8ix furlongs, Pelleas won, Harry McCouch second, St. Pancras third. Time, 1:15%. One mile, Bridgeton won, Dave Zac second, Our Maggie third. Time, 1:43}4. One and a sixteenth miles, Biug Binzer won, Schiller second, Linda third. Time, 1:47%. Five furlongs, Gladys II won, Forsyine sec- ond, Lady Hamilton third. Time, 1:02!4. SAGINAW, Mich., July 17.—At the second day of the Grand Circuit racesthe weather was bad, & strong wind sweeping up the stretch. Favorites won in each of the events. Sum- maries: Board of Trade stakes. $1000, 2:40 class, trotting. Newburger won, Emma Offert second, Harry H third. Best time, 2:16. 2:20 class, pacing: pnrse $600, Red Oak won, Nellie K_second, King Egbart third. Best time, 2:15. 2:10 class, pacing, purse $£600, Lottie Loraine won, Choral second, Lucy Ban third., Best time, 2:103. e SPLENDID BALL GAME. (Olitke sec- esalts: raida sec- Boston Defeats Pittsburg by a Score of Two to One. PITTSBURG, PA., July 15.—Boston defeated Pittsburg to-day in one of the best played games of the year. Pittsburg both outbatted and outfielded Boston, and at one time had the bases full on good clean hitting, but falled to score. Score: Pittsburgs, 1, 12, 0; Bostons, 2,7,2. Bat- teries—Hawley and Merritt; Nichols and Ber- gen. Umpire, Betts. CLEVELAND, Omro, July 15.—Cleveland 1ailed to hit Meekin to-day with any degree of regularity, and New York won. Score: Clevelands, 4, 9, 2; New Yorks, 6, 11, 0. Bat- teries—Wiison and Zimmer; Meekin and Far- rell. Umpire. Hurst. CHICAGO, ILL., July 15.—Inability to hit Friend at the right time, coupled with poor support to the two pitchers at critical stages, tells the story of Philidelphia’s defeat in the closing game to-day. Score: Chicagos, 10, 17, 3; Philadelphias, 6, 9, 2. Batteries—Friend 'and Donshue; Garvin and Clements. Umpire, Emslis P msTa CANADIAN YACHT WINS., Seawanhaka- Corinthian Cup Captured by the Glencairn. OYSTER BAY, L. L., July 15.—The Ca- nadian yacht Glencairn to-day won the third of the international races, beating El Herrie by three-quartersof a mile. The Glencairn thus wins three straight races outof five and the Seawanhaka-Corinthian cup for boats under the 25-foot limit goes to the Koval St. Lawrence Yacht Club. The former club, however, has just sent another challenge te the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the size of the boat and other condiiions to be decided upon later. Eh et Gaudaur and Stanbury to Meet. TORONTO, Oxrario, July 15.—Jake Gaudaur, the oarsman, yesterday received & cablegram which stated that Stanbury would meet Gaudaur on the Thames course early in September for from $2500 to $5000 aside and the championship. Gaudaur, having promised to row at Vancouver, at once wired back, asking if there was any chance of the Australian entering the re- gatta there. Should the answer be in the negative, Gaudaur wili go to England to meet Stanbury. SUEHTRE T Death of a Famous Racehorse. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—A tele- gram received to-day from Lexington, Ky., announced the death of August Bel- mont’s stallion, Ravon d’0Or, at the Nursery stud, near that city, last night. A complication of diseases, coupled with old age, were the reasons assigned for the death of this famous old racehorse and sire. — Fddie Bald Beats Tom Cooper. KALAMAZOO, MicH., July 15.—The State meeting of the L. A. W. opened here to-day with a good attendance. The fea- ture was the half-mile open professional, in which Tom Cooper and Ed Bald again faced the tape for the third tim: days. Bald won, Otto Zeigler of nia second, Con Baker of Columbus third. Time, 1:00 3-5. . Johnson Breaks ecord. LONDON, Exg., July 15.—At the Cat- ford track to-day John 8. Johnson, the American bicyclist, made a quarter ofa mile from a standing start in 28 1-5 sec- onds, beating t! ecord. —_——— BRITISH SI'EAMER WRECKED. The Curfew and All Hands Lost in the Red sea. LONDON, Ex6., July 15.—A dispatch to Lloyds says the British steamer Curfew, Captain Learmouth, bound from Akita for Nantes, has been wrecked in the Red Sea and all hands on board lost. R Sy DEATH OF A CARDINAL, Dean of the Sacred College Passes Away at Kome. ROME, Itary, July 15.—Cardinal Ra- phael Monaco La Valletta, the senior Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, died at Castellamare last even- ing. He was born at Aquila February 23, 1827, and created' a Cardinal March 13, 1868. Cardinal Monaco La Valetta was the dean of the Sacred College. & R AR Fanderbilt Eesting Easily. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 15.—At mid- night an attendant at the Vanderbilt house said that Mr. Vanderbilt was rest- ing easily and that Dr. Jane Way, who was with him, bad instructed himto say to all callers that Mr. Vanderbilt's condi- tion was satisfactory in every respect. B T g Artillerymen at Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, CAL, July 15.—Batteries D and F, Light Battalion, Fifth Infantry, U. 8. A.. arrived this morning from Mon- terey and are in camp at Garfield Park, where :hey will remain for a week or ten days. There are 150 men, in command of Major McCrea and Major Green. They are on their return to the Presidio at San Pan Francisco from the Monuref celebra- tion, in which they participa: During the stay the battalion will engage in target practice. Tt Murdered at Comer. SEATTLE, Wash., July 16.—Mary Me- Cready, a bandsome young widow, resid- ing at Comer, was murdered some_days ago and her body thrown in Green River. The body was to-day recovered. Suspicion points to the woman’s- lover, who has dis- appeared. LOS ANGELES POKER SHARPS, Lawyer Dole Claims His Winnings Landed Him in Prison PLAYED WITH A FORGER Given a Raised Check When He Settled With the Man ‘Who Lost. DEPOSITED IT IN A BANK. Arrested in San Francisco and Ac- cused of Altering the Draft. LOS ANGELES, CaL, July 15.—One of the most hotly contested cases ever before the courts here is under way at this time. The prosecution is trying hard to convict Attorney E. J. Dole of raising a check on -| a Santa Ana bank from $2 50 to $350. Dole ‘was recently arrested in San Francisco and brought here for trial. Dole was on the stand in his own behalf this afternoon. When shown the raised check he admitted that he had been the owner of it at one time. On the morning of the 11th of February, Dole said, he came to Los Angeles from Riverside. While never having been a professional gambler, he had occasionally indulged in card games. On February 20 he went to Black’s pool- roomand had a conversation with a man named King, who intreduced him to an- other named Adams. Dole consented to 2o to aroom in the Vickery block, where they engaged in a game of poker. Dole won $750 and was paid with a certified check which Adams had drawn from his pocket. This check is the one which had been raised from $2 50 to $850. King had a $50 interest in the check, and there wasa’ small amount coming to Adams. These amounts, Dole says, he paid in cash,and after leaving he deposited the check at the State Loan and Trust Company to his credit. He had not the least idea that the paper was altered. On the following day he left for San Francisco, where he was later taken into custody. e The Arroyo Seco Spanned. LOS ANGELES, CAn, July 15.—The great steel-girder bridge of the Santa fe Railroad across the Arroyo Seco, between this city and Pasadena, has been com- pleted. It is 750 feet in length and cost $45,000. It is the intention of the com- pany to construct eight more steel bridges on the system by the first of next year. — FRESNO'S GATES OPENED, Supervisors Grant a Franchise to the Valley Railroad ; Company. The Line Alonz Q Street to Comsist of But a Single Track. FRESNO, CAL., July 15.—The Board of Supervisors to-day granted a franchise to the San Francisco and San Joaquin Rail- way Company to run a railway track over the public highways in the county on which the route has been surveyed. The franchise is to extend for fifty years. The road strikes the first public highway and Blackstone avenue in Belmont Addition north of the city. The route then extends along Diana street to the limits of the city, where it runs in upon Q street. The rail- road company wanted a franchise for two tracks along Diana, but property-owners on that street objected and a majority of the Supervisors recognized their claims. The franchise was allowed for one track only. Diana street is several blocks in length, and where it reaches the city it is some distance from the depot site for the road. The privilege of running the road out East avenue and south per the survey of the Hanford route was also granted. There was no objection to the granting of the franchise except that of the Diana- street property-owners. Among the reser- vations made by the board is that the railroad company shall construct such suitable crossings for wagons at such places as the Supervisors shall select. The ordinance 1s to take effect on August 3. The case of the Q-street property-owners, who have prepared to fight the railro: companr in the courts for damages which they allege will be done to their proper- ties by the passing of the road, at a standstill. No step is being taken at pres- ent by either side to seitle the difficulty. R e DOY TOX AGAIN ARRESTED. Taken to San Francisco to Amswer to & Charge of Robbery. . FRESNO, Car., July 15.—Among the passengers on the northbound train who left Fresno last Saturday morning was J. E. Ragsdale, the night watchman in China- town, and a deputy constable. Accom- panying Ragsdale was a Chinese girl named Doy Toy, whom he had arrested on a warrant from San Francisco charging her with robbery. Deputy Constable Ragsdale had an ex- citing time in effecting the arrest. - He was assisted by a brother deputy named John Dumas. gsdale received a warrant for Toy’s arrest early on Friday. He knew that her friends in Fresno would assist her if they coulq, for there is a fight between them and San Francisco Mongols for the possession of the maid. The two deputies waited on Saturday morning until fifteen minutes before the time for the arrival of the northbound train, which 18 due at 3 o’clock. The officers then made a descent upon the house in Chinatown where Toy was stop- ping. Ragsdale bad learned ‘the location of the girl’s apartment. He and Dumas rushed into the house and ran to the woman’s room, inum and to take her by surprise; but To; them coming and sprang from ran up into an attic of the house. Rags- dale saw her and followed. He found her crouchingin a dark corner of the attic, trembling with fear. They hurried her to the train and Ragsdale took her to San Francisco. n The friends of Toy in this city are loud in denunciation of the officers’ conduct. They say that the warrant sent here was not sufficient and was sworn out in San Francisco by Toy’s husband, who several months ago her for $2000. The charge, they say, was trumped up for the purpose of catching her. Twice she has run away from her husband and come to this city, only to be recaptured. —_——— FIGHTING FOR WATER RIGHTS. Rival Electric Companies at Fresno Lock Horns. FRESNO, CaL., July 15.—The electric company which recently brought electric power and light to this city from the North Fork of the San Joaquin River, at a point thirty-five miles east of here, will probably have to fight in the courts for the possession of the water in the river which supplies power to the plant. Since the introduction of the scheme the elec- tric company has had the enmity of the old gas company, which has also been op- erating an electric plant in this city. Now the gas company has purchased claims of water from the North Fork above the point where the electric com- pany diverts its supply from the s‘ream. Superintendent Decker of the gas com- vany left this morning with a force of men to dig a ditch to divert the water on the company’s claim. Superintendent Seymour of the electric company left at the same time for the mountains, intend- ing to stop Mr. Decker from proceeding with his work. Itappears that the gas company purchased a piece of land to get the water claim. Should it divert the water the wheels of the new company’s plant would beidle. S RAISIN-SEEDING PLANT. 4 New York Man’s Invention to Be Put to Practical Use. FRESNO, CaL., July 15—Work on an extensive raisin-seeding plant is to be com- menced in this city in a few days, and it promises to be an important facior for the welfare of the industry. Colonel William Forsyth, a prominent raisin-grower and packer, will supply capital amounting to $10,000 for a half interest, and the inveator of a seeding machine, George Pettit Jr. of New York, will own the other half interest. The plant will be located on the railroad reservation, and will be a three-story frame strocture. It will have a seeding capacity of two carloads a day. Pettit_has been operating a seeding factory in New York with success. He claims to possess the only practical invention. The seeding of raisins at nominal cost will undoubtedly increase the popularity of the product and 1ncrease the consumption. ) TRGEDY 4T SPOKM Grace Wilton, a Variety Actress, Ends Her Life With Poison. Known to the San Francisco Talent as a Living-Picture Model. SPOKANE,Wasx., July 15.—Grace Wil- ton, a variety actress at the Comique, com- mitted suicide this morning by taking carbolic acid. She was found by a porter of Hotel Pedicord, where she was stop- ping. She had been in this city but a couple of weeks, coming here from San Francisco with several others to open the Comique. Ia herroom a letter was found, which shows that a sister wrote for money for the support of her two little girls, and it was evident she could not send the money. While she took the name of Grace Wilton here, it is learned her fatheris Maurice Bernstein, a furniture dealer of San Fran- cisco. The woman’s two little girls are stopping at the Brunswick Hotel in San Francisco. Grace Wilton was well known in theatrical circies in San Francisco, although she played only unimportant parts at the theaters, and was never em- pioyed at the first-class houses except as an exra girl. She bad a beautiful form, and this fact made her in great demand during the living-picture craze. She had since taken part in such performances in low-class houses. During the last year she posed as a model for local photog- raphers. She was married to ‘Jack” Rivers, at one time a deputy at the City Hall. Her father, Maurice Bernstein, resides at the Hotel Brunswick. Mrs. Rivers’ two chil- dren, ayed about 10 and 6, are with him. Bernstein was at one time proprietor of the furniture store in the basement next to the old St. Ignatius Church. He failed, and has not been prominently known as a merchant since that time. The woman, who was about 27 vears old, has been known in theatricai circles for many years, but she was always considered weak- minded. i FURT BIDWELL HAILSTORM, Fruit and Grain Crops Damaged and " Fowls Killed. FORT BIDWELL, Car., July 15.—The upper end of Surprise Valley was visited on Sunday afternoon by a heavy thunder shower which lasted about an hour. It was followed by a terrific shower of hail, cov- ering the ground to a depth of two inches for a radius of two miles around Fort Bid- well and completely demolishing gardens and swripping trees of their fruit and nearly all their leaves. 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