The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 1

PRICE FIVE CENTS. STRUCK ON BILLY ROCK, Mysterious Wreck of a Ship Off the Falkland Islands. IDENTITY OF VESSEL NOT KNOWN. It Is Believed That About Twenty Americans Perished in the Disaster. ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE THEM MADE IN VAIN. The Only Clew to This Puzzling Ocean Horror May Be Obtained From a Lawn-Mower. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—The Falkland Islands, off the coast of Pata- gonia, were in May the scene of a marine disaster involving the loss of nearly twenty American lives, which as yet re- mains wrapped tn mystery. But few de- tails af the disaster have yet been received from the United States Consul at Port Stanley. Consul Miller reports that on the even- ing of May 14 news was brought thata large ship, evidently of American build, had struck on the Billy Rock. The Falk- land Islands Company’s launch was pressed into service with a volunteer crew, commanded by Patrick McPherson, master of the bark Bankville of Liverpool, and went to the rescue. sea, however, Captain Mec- Pherson found prevented him from get- ting close to the ship. He brought her, however, near enough to count fourteen men in the rigging, who hailed him in English and begged him %o rescue them. Captain McPherson put back to port for a lifeboat and returned immediately, but before he returned the ship had broken up. The rescue party svood by all might in the hope of picking up the survivors, but, after sixieen hours’ unwearried effort, gave up the hope of saving life and returned to Port Staniey. Late in May a diver went down into the vessel, but was unable to ascertain its name or hailing port. The only trace of humanity found on board was the body of a young woman about 18 years old, dressed gown, with a gold watch chain about her neck, but nothing to farnish a clew to her identity. The body was buried according to the Episcopal service by the Government of Falkland. = Several articles were recovered from the wreck, but the only one giving a clew to the identity of the vessel was partof a lawn-mower, marked on the outside of the wheels, “Philadelphia lawn-mower,” and on the inside, “Philadelphia, style M, 1895.” The receivers of the condensers, of which the diver reports a number of different sizes, were marked, “Manu- factured for Holbrook, Mernll & Stetson, San Francisco and Sacramento.” FLOODS 1N NICARAGUA Heavy Loss of Life Occasioned by a Sudden Rise of Shal- low Rivers. Plantations in the Valleys of the Rama and Siquia Completely Overflowed. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6.—A special from El Rama, Nicaragua, reports one of the greatest disasters that ever visited that country. The heavy rains which fall at this season of the year have caused arapid rise in the Rama and Siquia rivers. The water overflowed the banks and in- | undated the country for miles around. It | rose so rapidly that many of the inhab- itants could not escape. Moderate esti- mates place the loss of life at twenty, but 1 those who know say that later reports will show that a far greater number perished. In El Rama only fifteen buildings were left sianding. All the plantations in the vicinity of the town are destroyed. The lossof property is fully $1,000,000. Panic-stricken people took refuge on | the high grounds. A number were also taken on board the small steamers in the rivers. The rivers continue to rise, and it is hard to say just where the flood will stop. The country in that vicinity is low and has had several floods before, but never any equa! to the present inundation. The rainy season oegins in May and lasts until January, and the rains are very heavy. This year they have been un- usnally so. The Rama River rises in the hills of the San Chontales district between Lake Nicaragua and the Caribbean Sea. Itisa small river and is navigable for only a few miles from its mouth. The district of San Chontales, where the Roma rises, is cele- brated for its gold mines, of which there are more than 300. Copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc, antimony and quicksilver are found in abundance. : The plantations along the course of the Rama are among the richest of the world, producing cocos, cotton, rice, indigo, to- bacco and corn in great abundance. So rich is the soil and so favorable the in a maroon-colored dressing | and two crops of corn are raised each year. Although the loss to the planta- tions is very heavy the recuperative power of the land is such that the damage will not be permanent. The flooded district is just north of the San Juan River, the proposed route of the Nicaragua canal. =S AR DEFEATED THE MATABELES. But in Doing So the British Forces Suf- fered a Loss, Major Kershaw Being Among the Slain. BULUWAYO, BourH Arrica, Aug. 6.— The British column under the command. of Colonel Plumer had an engagement yesterday with the impis or regiments of Chiefs Sekombes and Umlugulas, and three other impis of rebellious Matabeles. The rebels were completely routed, but Major Kershaw and four non-commis- sioned officers of the British forces were killed and fifteen men wounded. It is estimated that 300 of the Matabeles were killed. —_— BEAUTIFUL FLOATS DISPLAYED, The Fourth Anwual Fiower Carnival of Colorado Springs. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Aug. 6.— The fourth annual flower carnival of Colorado Springs was held here to-day and was a big success. The city was in holi day attire and the streets were filled with thousands of visitors from every section of the State. The flower parade was two miles long and made many gorgeous dis- plays. Floats symbolizing the evolution of history in the West and parties of early explorers and pioneers were among the greatest attractions. Regular troops and genuine Indians from the Ute reser- vation were in attendance. Governor Mc- Intyre and staff, Governor Richards of Wyoming and many otber prominent Western men were present. IRREGULAR TARIFF BATES Railroad Officials Refuse to Take Commissioners Into Their Confidence. Therefore Little Progress Is Made in the Inquiry Into the Law Violations. CHICAGO, Iin., Aug. 6.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission made very slow progress to-day in the direction of finding any irregularities in freight rates charged by the railroad people. C. M. Parker of the Missouri Pacific was on the stand this morning and admitted that his road had hauled grain at six cents, but said 1t was only to points within the State of Missouri, and the commission has no authority over State rates. D. Miller, traffic manager of the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas line, was an obliging witness, but as his road hauls little or no freight under the varying rate little information was elicited from the gentleman. Several other railroad officials were examined and found in the same category as Mr. Miller. . Nothing was learned. In the afternoon A. B, Stickney, presi- dent of the Great Western, was on the stand. He explained that the Anglo- American Company acted as brokers for the Iowa Developing Company and that the stock of the latter company is held by the Great Western road. One of the com- missioners suggested that this is equiva- lent to the railroad being in the grain business and gave them a great advantage over the ordinary dealer. Mr. Stickney said that the question involved points of law which he could not discuss. 3 The commissioners will continue their labors to-morrow. SACKING OF HERAKLION. Christian Residents Ejected by the Mus- sulmans and the Governor Seriously Wounded. LONDON, Exc., Aug. 6.—The Daily News will print to-morrow a dispatch from Canea, under date of August 5, saying that a body of 10,000 Mussulmans forced an entrance into Heraklion and ejected all the Christian resiaents from their houses. The News will also publish a dispatch from Athens, dated August 5, confirming the report thata massacre had occurred at Heraklion. The number of personskilled, the dispatch adds, is not known. Hassan Pasha, the Governor of Heraklion, was seriously wounded. The Central News has also received ad- vices confirming the report of a massacre, and adding that the town of Heraklion was sacked and the Russian vice-consul stationed there seriously maltreated. RS ES T MAY MEAN ANOTHER STAR, Under a Chief the Choctaw Nation Is to Be Prepared for Statehood. ATOKA, L. T., Aug. 6.—Hon. Green Mc- Curtain, candidate for President of the Choctaw Nation, has carried the election, and the intermarried citizens are assured their full rights as citizens, Captain Mc- Kennon of the Dawes commission arrived at Atoka this afternoon‘and seems to pe gratified with the results of the election. He says the way for allotment and State- hood for the Territory is opened, and with McCurtain as chief and a full equal di- vision of the Council another star can be seen appearing on the flag. The other candidates and their supporters intimate that the end is not yet, and that they may appear in war paint before the chief is in- aogurated, Ll A4 MIXED MARRIAGE. White Man and Coloved Maid Licensed to Wed. DETROIT, Mics., "Aug. 6.—John Pe- trosky,'n white man, yesterday appiied for & permit to marry Julia Spann, a colored girl, 18 years old. The license clerk re- fused to give the permit without the writ- ten consent of the girl's parents. That was obtained and the license issued yes- terday. ‘The pair went to Judge Shellenberger to have the ceremony performed, but he flatly refused, saying: “I will not join people of these two races in matrimony. 1 have conscientious scruples against it, and there is nothing in the law to compel me to perform the ceremony." This is the first time in the history of Detroit that a license has been issued to a white man and a colored woman. Col- ored men have repéatedly married white climate that two or three crops of sugar women. e AN APPEAL FOR HELP. HANNA GREETED AT PHILADELPHIA, An Important Meeting With Prominent Men of Business. THE PROSPECTS BRIGHT. Leading Members of All Par- ties to Co-operate With Re- publican Managers. MKINLEY WILL BE ELECTED. Honor and Financial Integrity of the Nation to Bz Uphela by the Voters. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Aug. 6.—Mar- cus A. Hanna dropped over here to-day on his way from New York to Cleveland, and held a consultation with a sub-com- mittee of the Business Men’s National Campaign Committee upon the campuaign. The sub-committee which met Mr. Hanna was representative of the leading manu- facturing and business firms ot the city. Mr. Haona arrived here at 3:12 o’clock this afternoon from New York, with Con- gressman Butterworth of Ohio, who met him by chance on the train. Charles C. Harrison, the millionaire su- gar-refiner and provost of the University of Pennsylvania, met Mr. Hanna at the station and escorted him to the Stratford Hotel, where he met ex-Postmaster-Gen- eral Wanamaker, ex-Minister to Russia Charles E. Smith,editor of the Philadelphia Pres; Thomas Dolan, the manufacturer; Rudolph Blankenburg, chairman of the sub-committee of the Business Men’s Committee ; Theodore C. Searc 1, president. of the National Association of Manfactur- ers; Howard B. French, the wholesale druggist, and several other prominent gentlemen, including these Democrats of wealth and prominence: William Singerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record; Joseph H. Sinnot, of the distilling firm of Moore & Sinnot, and Frank Thompson, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Rail- road. Mr. Converse explained that the object of the Business Men’s Nationa! Campaign Committee was to co-operate with the National Republican Committee and assist it in the coming campaign by the rasing of money for the campaign expenses, the dissemination of sound money literature and the establishment of headquarters for this purpose in various cities in different parts of the country. Headquarters have now been establisked in Boston, and it was explained that Mr. Blankenburger would go to Chicago on Monday next to see some prominent busi- ness men and establish headquarters in that city. Mr. Singerly, speaking as a Democrat, said that the question of the present cam- paign was one greater than that of party politics, and that it was a question of pre- serving the National honor and financial integrity. Mr. Hanna said that he was in hearty | sympathy with the objects of the associa- tion, and expressed himself as grateful for the help that it would accord the National Committee in its work. Mr. Hanna was afterward entertained 3t dinner at the Union League Club house by Silas W. Pettitt, president.of the club, and at 8:50 leit for Cleveland, —_———— WILL CAREY THE WEST. McoKinley’s Strength Manifested im Sup- cussed in detail this afternoon at the Re- publican National headquarters so far as they relate to South Dakota and Washing- ton. Messrs. Dawes, Leland and Durbin of Mark Hanna’s Western Campaign Com- mittee, National Committeemen Cum- mings of Iowa and Jamieson of Illinois, who have been authorized by Mr. Hanna to act at headquarters in an advisory ca- pacity, United States Senator Wilson of Washington, National Committeemen Kerens of Missoari and Kittredge of South Dakota, Chairman Elliott of the South Dakota State Committee, Chief Hahn of the speakers’ bureauand Perry Heath of the literary bureau, were the participants in the conference. The details of the con- ference were not considered proper mate- rial for the press. The campaign in Washington will not commence in earnest until September 1, and for two months a hot, close fight is expected. Free silver and free trade will be fought equally as hard. National Com- mitteeman Jamieson returned from a plessure trip with a new opinion of the situation and probableresult in November. His colleagues had regarded him as an alarmist and injudicious for declaring that Illinois was in doubt and urging imme- diate heavy work if the Western States were to be wrested from Bryan. To-day he predicted 80,000 majority for McKinley in this State, and said he had found within the last month a remarkable re- action in sentiment among the agricul- tural voters, who at first intended voting for Bryan. By the middle of September he thinks the Republican work which is now being planned from National and State headquarters will show that Me- Kinley will win, and that a revival in com- mercial lines will immediately follow. John C. Kelly, collector of internal revenue at Dubuque, Towa, -passed through Chicago to-day on his way to at- tend the sound money conference at Indianapolis. He said: “Iowsa will. cast the largest Republican vote in its history this year. Hitherto it hasbeen a question of Republican pluralities against the Democrats and Populists. This year it will be a question of Republican majority over all. Iowa has bundreds of sound money Democrats who will not vote for Bryan.” 7 Mr. Hahn to-day assigned ex-Congress- man Horr several dates in Minnesota. This will wind up Mr. Horr's tour of Minnesota, and he will next speak in Iowa, the assignments to be arranged by National Committeemen Cummings and Leland. Mr. Hahn left for New York to- night to get the promises of all the Eastern orators he can find of the attrac- tive kind to come West as soon as pos- sible, The Railway Ags, which is engaged in the anti-free silver compaign, reports that a resilway men’s sound money club has been formed in Lincoln, Nebr., with 300 members; one at Huntington, Ind., with 300, and one at McCook, Nebr., with 214, It also reports that a ballot of 471 .employes in the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad shops at Minneapolis resulted as follows: For gold, 402; for silver, 25; blank, 43; greenback, 1. o SO AL The Natiow’s Defenders., CANTON, Onio, Aug. 6.—Major McKin- ley had a score of callers to-day, and as usual they were from many sections of the country. Major McKinley talks to the pgople and learns something from every e with whom he talks. The work of organizing campaign clubs goes on rapidly all over the country. Charles Fetzer tele- graphs from Springfield that a Repub- lican elub called The Nation’s Defenders, with 1500 members, has been organize: and is actively at work for McKinley an Hobart. S . AR el M pig posed Bryan Styongholds. | OHIOAGO, Iia.. Aug, f—The nolitiesl) situation ‘and were dis THESE DEMOCRATS NOT BRYANITES, Yet They Are Among the Leading Men of the Party. SOUND MONEY FAVORED Representatives of Many States Meet in Conference at Indianapolis AND WILL CALL A CONVENTION Provisional Committeemen Who Wi'l Thoroughly Canvass the Situation Before Acting. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Aug. 6.—The indications point to a large representation of distinguished Democrats, aside from the members of the committee. It is known that at least thirty-five and pos- sibly thirty-nine States will be represented by committeemen, selected as follows: Alabama—J. M. Falkner, Montgomery. California—E. B. Pond, S8an Francisc: Connecticut—David A. Wells, Norwich. Florida. L. Gaskins, Jacksonville. Georgia—T. B. Neal, Atlanta. Illinois—John M. Palmer, Springfield. Indiana—John R. Wilson, Indianapolis. Towa—L. M. Martin, Marshalltown. Kansas—Eugene Hagan, Topeka. Kentucky—R. T. Tyler, Pickman. Maryland—John E. Semmes, Baltimore. Massachusetts—Nathan Mathews Jr., Boston. Michigan—Thomas A. Wilson, Jackson. Minnesota—F. W. McCutcheon, St. Paul. Mississippi—Edgar §. Wilson, Missis- sippi City. Missouri—L. C. Krauthaff, Kansas City. Montana—Charles Conrad, Kalispel. Nebraska—Euclid Martin, Omaha. New Hampshire—Gordon Woodbury, Manchester. North Carolina—Louis de la Croix, Rock- ingham. i New Jersey—W. J. Curtis, Paterson. New York—Charles Tracey, Albany. Ohio—J. H. Outhwaite, Columbus. Oregon—C. E. 8. Wood, Portland. Pennsylvania—John C. Bullitt, Phila- delphia. Rhbode Island—C. O. Munford, Provi- dence. South Carolina—T. F. Foley, Anderson.. South Dakota—J. H. Hanlon, Water- son. Tennessee—W. nooga. Texas—George Clark, Dallas. | Vermont—W. H. Creamer, Montpelier. Virginia—E. C. Venable, Petersburg. ‘Washington—Thomas Burke, Seattle. ‘West Virginia—H. C, Simms, Hunting- ton. ‘Wisconsin-—Ellis B. Usher, La Crosse. Aside from these, Maine, Louisiana and North Dakota are expected to send sepre- sentatives. Colorado sclected Louis Eh- rich, but he is detained at home by ill- ness. The meeting of the committee will be held at the Commercial Club beginning at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon and it is not likely that the committee will at this ses- 8. Frierson, Chatta- sion determine anything farther than the | question of whether or not to call a con- vention. The situation ‘in each State, as | explained by its representatives, will be carefully canvassed before a conclusion on i this subiect is reached. Then if it is de- termined to call a convention the time and place will probably be left to be de- termined at a session Saturday morning. While the sessions of the committee will not be opened to the public not only the committeemen but all of the sound money Democrats who have come to the city will be invited in and their views consulted. 1f it is determined to call a convention, which is entirely likely, Indianapolis will make a strong plea for the gathering. The joint committee of the Commercial Club and the Board of Trade will guunnt_ee the expenses of the gathering and will make a good showing of the city’s capac- ity. It has also been invited to come to Miftneapolis, Detroit, Louisyille and Chi- cago, but tne choice seems to be between this city and Chicago. After the first ses- sion to-morrow the visiting Democrats will be entertained a: lunch and with a drive about the city tendered by the Com- mercial Club, A canvass made of the sentiments of the | thirty-five committeemen who will be in to-morrow’s meeting shows that twenty- nine of them wili favor another conven- tion and ticket. The six who are opposed, because they would rather make the fight and let voters go for the Republican ticket, include Texas, Georgia, Alsbama and three Eastern States. Thenorthern States of the West and Middle West, where the fighting ground is supposed to be, a.e in favor of a new ticket. This will be de- cided upon at to-morrow’s meeting and a sub-committeé will be appointed to draw up an address to the sound money Demo- crats of the counury, giving the reasons why a third ticket is necessary. This will be adopted at Saturday’s meeting of the committee and the time and place of hold- ing toe convention will then be fixed. It will be held during the first week in Sep- tember, and the committeemen now in the city believe it will be held at Indianapolis. Much comment is excited by the atti- tude of the Easternleaders. While all the Eastern States except New Jersey and Delaware will be represented atto-mor- row’s meeting they will not be represented by party leaders nor by men who have the party organization behind them. Neither Mr. Cleveland nor any of the men close to him has spoken a word of encouragement for the movement, and the impression is fast ‘growing that they prefer to have the sound money Democracy make a fight for principle and throw its strength to the support of the Republican ticket.. Much disappointment bas been caused by the receint of a dispatch from Colorado Springs, stating that Louis Ehrich, the well-known sound money leader, is ill there and will be unable to attend the conference. For this reason the mass- meeting proposed for S8aturday night has been called off, thus spoiling another im- portant feature of the gathering. P D T ELECTIONS IN TENNESSEE. By Their Usual Tactics the Democrats Gain Office. NASHVILLE, Texx.,, Aug. 6.—One of the hottest fights eves made for vpolitical office in Davidson County culminated in the election to-day. Democrats and A. P. A’s waged relentless war for weeks, Much bitterness was engendered, and the recent killing of Tim M. Hanifin, editor of & labor paper, by Deputy Sheriff Alex Barthell, an A.'P. A, played a conspicu- ous part in to-day’s results. To-night excited mobs surround the newspaper bulletin boards, lustily cheer- ing the returns favorable to their candi- dates. It now seems to be acomplete victory for the Democratic ticket, which was ingloriously snowed under two years ago by the A. P, A.’s. However, the vote is much lighter than expected. In the State elections indications point to‘a safe majority for the Democratic delegates of the Chancery Court of Appeals. In county elections honors are easy, many important tickets meeting with suc- cess owing to the effect of fusion between the Populists and Republicans. Ruther- ford Courty, once strongly Democratic, has given the fusion ticket a small majority, though 'Major _Richardson, Democratic candidate for Congress, was indorsed for re-election by nearly two- thirds of the county’s vote. In the Ninth Disirict the returns indi- cate that Richard Pierce has defeated Mc- Dearmon, the present Congressman, by a small majority for the Democratic nomi- nation. In the Eighth District it now appears that Hon. B. A. Enlow will be the Demo- cratic nominee for Congress. ey BRYAN'S SPEECH REVISED, By Quotation Marks He Dodges Charge of Plagiarism. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 6.—The first installment of the revised edition of Mr. Bryan’s Chicago speech was received at Democratic headquarters to-day, ard will soon be circulated, as there is an enormous demand for the document. It bears the evidences of having been care- fuily gone over by the autbor, for the al- terations in grammatical construction and verbiage number 118. Among the correc- tions made is a reduction from thirty to iwenty years as the period fixing the time dur.ng which the Republicans have tried to secure an international agreement. An entire new sehtence appears at the conclu- sion of the paragraph, in which Mr. Bryan defies the finding of a record in history where the common people of any land have declared in favor of the gold standard. This new sentence reads as follows: “They can find wkere the holders of fixed investments have declared for a gold standard, but not where the messes have.” The extracts from the speech of Secre- tary Carlisle are quoted, as is also the closing reference to the crown of thorns and the cross of gold, thus removing the charge of plagiarism that has been made in some quarters. The entire speech has been paragraphed and much attention given to the punctuation. “The speech will be found,” said Sen- ator Faulkner, “to contain only stch cor- rections as are needed to correct the errors that might naturally be found ina speech that has been taken down steno- graphically and not subjected to the scrutiny of the man w ho delivered it.” the To Wed a Millionaire’s Daughter. GREAT NECK, L. L, Aug. 6.—The en- gagement of Miss Marguerite Lanier ‘Winslow to Arthur W. Little, a New York business man, has been announced. Miss ‘Winslow is a daughter of Edward Winslow of the banking firm of Wicslow, Lanier & Co. of New York, and many times a millionaire. The engagement was an- nounced yesterday at Winslow’s seat, Keneimslea. No date has as yet been set for the wedding. ‘ STO0D THE THUGS Pluck of a Bank President Prevented a Daring Robbery. NOGALES THE SCENE OF THE RAID. Two Men Demanded the Money, While Three Accomplices Awaited Outside. BUT THEY RECEIVED BULLETS INSTEAD OF GOLD. During the Exchange of Shots John Dessart, the Gritty Official, Was Wounded. TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 6.—Word was re- ceived in Tucson early this afternoon that the International Bank of Nogales bad been held up. The latest facts obiainable are from various private and official tele- grams. The attack was made upon the bank at 12:30 p. M., the time being well selected, as but one man was on duty at the noon hour, the president, John Dessart, being the only person in the bank when two armed men stepped into his presence and demanded the money in his care, while three accomplices remained on watch out- side. President Dessart showed fight and fired in return when they made an attempt to kill him. He suceeeded in holding them off until the noise of the firing attracted assistance. ‘Mr. Dessart was hit by one of the bandits’ shots, but the wound was not serious. The robbers made good their escape, starting in the direction of Calabasas. A posse of citizens was at once organized and started in pursuit, Nogales being 1n astate of high excitement. Later reports by way of San Bernardino ranch, Sonora, nine miles over the line, state that five Americans passed. They were well armed, and one appeared to be wounded. The Nogales citizens’ posse was in close pursuit. Sheriff Leatherwood and a deputy leit Tucson thisevening for the line to head off the bandits in case they swerve to this side again, as they are described as ali be- ing Americans, five in number. Mr. Dessart, the plucky president who stood off the bank-robbers, is well known in Southern Arizona, and the latest re- ports are that he is only slightly injured. FRESHD ROBBERS FOILED Timely Arrests Spoiled a Job Arranged for Last Monday Night. Confession That Will Probably Break Up a Notorious Band of Desperadoes. FRESNO, CaL., Aug. 6.—Deputy Con- stable Crutcher, who recently effected the arrest of Ed Vanderzweip and Frank Quintera, highwaymen and robbers, has secured positive evidence that had the ar- rests been delayed one day Vanderzweip and one of his pals would have attempted to crack a safe in the store of Murrell & Taylor at Mariposa and I streets. Quin- tera has confessed all the doings of the gang of robbers. Nearly every robbery and burglary which has taken placein the city and vicinity during the past yearis now laid to this gang. It is believed that Quinterais telling a straight story. He and Vanderzweip have both been identified by Messrs. Green and Latter, whom they held up east of the city last Sunday night. Quintera hasin- formed Officer Crutcher of all details of plans which had been laid to rob Murretl & Taylor’s store. It was to have taken place last Monday night. Vanderzweip.has boasted that he can open any safe in the country, and has claimed that he and his brother Jim (now in San Quentin) robbed a safein San Fran- cisco more than a year ago. The crime re- ferred to was a peculiarly bold and adroit one. Cracksmen onenight entered a saloon and restaurant on a busy street, solved the combination of the safe and stole $750 in coin and many other articles of value. An attempt to fasten the crimeon the Vander- zweips will be made by Detective Gibson of San Francisco. e SALINAS MASS-MEETING. Indignant Tazpayers Demand Protec tion dgainst Fire. SALINAS, CaL., Aug. 6.—An immense mass-meeting was beld in the pavilion to- night., Some 1500 indignant taxpayers at- tended and protésted against the action of the Citv Council in abolishing the Volun- teer Fire Department without providing other proper precautions against conflagra- tion. This city has been for three weeks without an organized fire company. Reso- lutions condemning the action of the City Council were unanimously passed, and three prominent citizens, W. A. Kearny, C. F. Lacy and J. R. Hebbron, were ap- pointed a committee with power in the name of the citizens of Salinas, to rem- state the former fire brigade on its old footing, and if necessary to take action to impeach the City Council. Greatindigna- tion prevails, as two fires occurred last n\uniu:.