The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDN’ESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1896. 3 MAJOR McKINLEY TALKS T0 VOTERS Rain Does Not Check the Stream of Visitors to Canton. Ringing Words to Show That the Financial Policy Must Be Upheld. REPUDIATION MEANS RUIN Delegations to the Shrime of Repub- licanism Told of the Blunders of Democrats. CANTON, Onro, Oct. 6.—Notwithstand- ing the inclement weather vgpiting delega- tions to the shrine of republicanism to- day heard Major McKinley’s words of wel- come and utterances on the issues of the campaign, but the tabernacle had to be used instead of the porch of the candi- date’'s house. The first deiegation that arrived was from East Brady, Pa. ' Major nley addressed it in part as follows: thing I think we are sometimes too apt 4 gel—1we are too apt to forget what is be- hind us, too apt to be heedless of our own ex- We can hardly realize that from 93 we reduced the public debt 1,308 570,000,000, We paid off during those twenty years $1,623,581,- 671 of the public debt. And we were under & protective and sound money system when we were making large payments. Two-thirds of that great debt disappeared, and while we were paying it off we were building up in this country the most splendid industrial enter- prises, glving constant, steady employment to rerican labor. Now, my fellow citizens, ‘four years ago the people of this country determined to change its policy. They did change it. What has We bLave since that time neipal and inter- we have haa for treasury, the Government not collecting ent revenues to meet its eurrent expenses. Labor has been unemployed. If we will but follow the lamp of experience, foliowing in_ the direction ht of that lamp leads us, on yvember we will vote down ies which have brought us these con- nd vote to continue a monetary sys- 1t upon & solid basis, which will give sest money in the world—a money cannot disturb and busiuess inilures cannot depreciate. We want good , plenty of work, good wages and good How will you vote? I thank you v for this call, snd bid you all ning. At 3 o’clock a delegation of 950 lumber- men from Buffalo and Tonawanda arrived on a special train, To them the ¢andidate said, after quoting extensively from sta- tistics relating to the lumber industry and the benefite it derived from the protective tariff: Iam in favor of encouraging our shipping interests in every proper and suitable way, and 1 am in {avor of the restoration of a tariff sys- tem which builds up home factories, home markets and home trade and which makes this wonderful international commerce of ours possible. [Great cheering.] For the past three years we have contributed something to build up menfacturing in the cities of Europe, which is well enough if we had no idle men at home [grest laughter and applsuse], and while we have been doing this we have cor- respondingly been doing something to drag down manufacturing in the United States and g good to our foreign relatives 1o our own helping foreign markets by surren- £ our own markets and getting nothing e process. Is that business? [Cries of ;mmon with other good citizens you are ned in the proper settlement of the free- uestion. [A voice, “We will settle it tollowed by great laughter and ap- plause.] Dia you ever reflect how it wou.d hetp the prices of real estate and bufldings to have .l values unsettled and the validity of [ s thrown into jeopardy? The history the world proves that real estate suffers t severely in every period of finaneial dis- s and of all property it recovers the most Read the history of the great finan- sions and panics of 1825, 1837, 1873, 1878, 1893 and 1896 and see it this is not true. The triumph of sound money and protection at the pollsin November will,in my judgment, restore confidence and thereby help every species of business, and when that is done your business will share in the general advancement and profit by the general prosperity. [Great applause.] The next delegation to arrive was from Syracuse, N. Y. They came at 5 o’clock and marched throngh the driving rain to Major McKinley’s house and then to the Tabernacle, where the candidate addressed them in part as follows: In common with Republicans everywhere this year you show an ardent interest in the pending campaign, of which yet only four wecks remain. The campaign of 1894 was veculiarly a campaign of the people—then they expressed themselves for the first time after the campaign of 1892. Their verdict was an impressive protest against the tariff legislation of & Democratjc Congress. Men of acuse, have you changed your opinion of that lation since then? [Loud cries of “Not ') The same guestion i8 presented now with the added ome which involves the cheracter of our country and the inviolability of our credit. Democratic Congress merited (as I think justly) the condemnation you gave it, how much greater must be your vote of protest and disapproval when it is coupled with the prop- osition to enter upon the free and unlimited coinage of the silver of the world. The people of New York naturally are most deeply concerned as to the outcome of the latter issue, possessing @s tney do nearly $600,000,000 in their savings banks, $300,- 000,000 in United States insurance companies, and $700,000,000 in the capital and loans of your State and National banks, in addition to your other forms of property, in all of which they would suffer immense loss if we should enter upon an era. of dishonest and depreci- ated currency. Greatly &s you have suffered in your business enterprises by the tariff policy which has prevailed for the past three years the new issue would still further.entait loss axd injury, and is a change, I believe, that our peoole will not tolerate for an instant, as they value their material interests and the honor of this great Nation. [Greatapplause and cries of “No, never.”] Property and investments. are dear to all of them, but I am fully persuaded “now, as so many times in the past, neither would weigh 1n the balance with love of country whenever, wherever and however its honor may be as- sailed. As the allied parties in opposition are urging this question, it is not & proposition for the free coinege of both gold and silver, but practicaily that of silver alone, and not silver by international agreement, for to that they are not opposed, but solemnly, exclusively and defiantly if you please, the free, indepen- dent and unrestricted coinage of the :ilver of the world, regardless of consequences and despite the certain distress and ruin in which it would involve us all. [Applause]. A voice—"We don’t want free silver.” plause.] Considerations of prudence, a faithful regard {for obligations and proper respect for the rights [Ap- It the free trade policy of the | of our citizens as individuals, are all left out of the question, and we are blindly to follow wherever they may dare to lead. Itisnot a leap in the dark, for we kpow from sad experience what a depreciated cur- Tency means to every invested interest; what it means to wages, to labor and to properts; to credit and to the country itself. Ignoring all existing conditions among the great commer- cial nations of :he world.and the requirements of sound finances, obvious to every considera- tion of prudence, care, thrift-and National in- tegrity, their proposition would engulf usina system of absolute silver monometalism, for they are themselves the only unconditional and unqualified monometallists in the United States. Our policy insures the use of poth gold and silver at an equality. They seek to drive us to silver alone. They advocate what they call financial independence, and in the name of independence they appeal to us to debase our currency and repudiate in part or whole all our debts and sully our National honor, This we decline forever 1o do. [Great ap- plause.] This is pendence character of inde- which the American people love and sustain and are accustomed to exercise. It is independence Wwith honor to which we hold, independence to which attaches & taint of dishonor. We would not want that distinction at any price. [Cries of “Right, right.”’] It is neither digni- fied nor justified in public debate that we 1n- dulge in harsh names. Iiis not becoming to any to do it, nor does it help the cause which they espouse. 1 prefer to treat my fellow- citizens as being honmest in their convictions and desirous of what they believe will pro- mote the public welfare, convinced that if they are wrong they will eventually espouse tne right, when at last they see the right. It is their intelligence we scek to reach; itis their sober judgment we invoke; it is their patriotism to which we appeal. Itis to per- suade not to abuse, which is the rightful ob- ject of discussion. In that spirit I address my | fellow-citizens ana abjure to reflect before they add dishonor to our credit or our eur- rency. Let the words of the reverend states- man of all partiesof the past dissuade them from putting auy stain upon the financial and hitherto gooa name of this Republic. [Great applause.] A delegation from Kewanee, Mich., Aumbering 500, marched into the hall as the Syracuse visitors left. The Michigan men were stalwart farmers and they made the auditorium ring with their lusty | cheers, When silence had been restored ue said: To me the contention for protection is from first to last a plea for labor and the agricul- tural interests of the United States. [Great cheoriug.] I: is a recognition of the men who toil, whether in the factory or on the iarm, and au effort for their advancement and coastant betterment, We want in this country none of the harsh and degraded’conditions on the free silyer in America that prevail in some coun- tries. [Cries of “No, no,” and applause.] And we do not mean to have them, because unlike other Governments of the world, this Govern- ment rests upon the consent of the governed. [Tremendous applause.] We have no place for the laws of caste or primogeniture and want none of their artificial conditions of btrth and society in our matchless ctvilization. [Ap- plause.] The door of opportunity swings open to the honest, industrions workingman, as well as to hose of every other condition. [Cries of “That's right!”] They talk about our being a dentor nation, and because we are a debtor nation they want us to repudiate our debts, [Loud cries of “No, never!"] That sentiment, my fellow-citizens, will never meet with the indorsement of a majority of the American people. [Applause.] In the evening the Syracuse Republican escort, bearing colored flambeaux and fol- lowed by the delegation from that city and by all the uniformed campaign clubs of Canton, marched up to Major McKin- ley’s residence and were reviewed by him. The visitors were cordially applauded along the line of march, and they made the most effective night parade that has been witnessed here. Among Major McKinlev’s callers to-day was A. M. Hig-ins, president of the Amer- ican reague Clubs of Indiana. Mr. Hig- gins tola Major McKinley Indiana would give him a plurality exceeding 150,000 — . FOR A ViGUKOUS CAMPAIGN. not the Republican Leaders to Labor in Doubt- ful States. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—There was quite a number of callers to-day at Repub- lican headquarters. Mr. Hanna left for Chicago this evening and in all probability will not return until after election day. Mr. ranna was early at headquarters to- day, and during the morning finished up the campaign work that required his per- sonal attent'on. The executive committee held a meet- ing this afternoon and Mr. Hanna and his associates discussed the political situation in detail. A vigorous campaign will, it is said, be carried on in ali the doubtful States, and every inch of ground will be fought over. e LARGE REPUBLICAN GAINS. Town Elections én Connectiout Show the Drift of Sentiment. HARTFORD, Coxx., Oct. 6.—The town eleetions held in this State yesterday show large Republican gains over 1895, larger than those of 1894. Of the 1602 towns that voted last year 98 were Republican, 28 Democratic and 36 divided. There were 162 towns which voted yesterday, all ex- cept Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Ansonia, Derby and Naugatuck. The results so far as can be learned indicate that of these 162 towns 113 are Republican, 18 Democratic and 16 divided. There is Republiican gains of 16 towns. The only Republican loss was in Litchfield County. pRiste e s The Florida Election. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Oct. 6.—The election in Florida to-day passed off quietly, but the meager returns so far re- ceived indicate that a very light vote was cast. Only very meager returns are be- ing received as the count is exceedingly slow owing to the length of the baliot. All the returns will not be in before to- morrow or next day, but estimates to- mnight place the Democratic majority at less than 20,000. croio s Good News From McGraw. NEW YORK; N. Y., Oct. 6.—John H. McGraw, Governor of the State of Wash- ington, in a lelter to Assistant Secretary Perkins says: “Our friends are very con- fident that they will not only be able to elect our Siate ticket, but also give our electoral vote to McKinley.” GRAY GABLES DESERTED. President Cleveland and Family on the Way to Washington. BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., Oct. 6.—The President and family took leave of Gray Gables this morning. The weather was anything but favorable for traveling. Mr. Cleveland, in company with his private secretary, Thurber, left at daylizht on the steam yacht Oneida as guests of Commo- dore E. C. Benedict. Mrs, Cleveland, Ruth, Estoer and Marion left on the cars. The President will cruise along the sound and will probably make a few stops before reaching New York, whence he will go 10 Washington, via the Pennsy!vania Rail- road. He expects to arrive in the latter city either Thursday or Friday. —— Convention of Bookaellers. BOSTON, Mass,, Oct. 6.—The thirteenth annual convention of the National Asso- ciation of bookseilers, newsdealers and stationers was opened to-day in Wells’ Memorial Hall. There were nearly 100 delegates present from the easiern part of the United Siates. The sessions of the convention are secret. The programme calls for the consideration of a number of subjects of great interest to the book trade. FIERCE FIGRTING N FAIR CUEA Three Thousand Insurgents Surround a Spanish Column. Re-Enforcements Save Regu'ars From Apparent Utter Annihilat’on. HEAVY LOSSES ON EACH SIDE. As Usual, However, Weyler’s Forces Claim to Have Routed the Patriots. HAVANA, Cuea, Oct. 6.—Lieutenant- Colone!l Granado reports that shortly after his column left Pinar del Rio city yester- day he found at Guama and Cantabria a Spanish column surrounded by 3000 rebels who had been sent by Maceo to attack the Spaniards. Granado attacked the enemy, who fired twelve cannon shots at close range. "A promiscuous retreat to Canta- bria saved Granado’s column as well as the Spanish troops, which had been sur- rounded. The Spanish forces were united at Cantabris, and in the meantime the rebels had taken positions at Loma Blanca. The united Spanish forces made an attack upon the rebels, who were dis- lodged after a five hours’ fight. The rebels lost eighty killed and many wounded. The Spaniards had twelve killed and ninety-two wounded, including four officers, Yesterday a fierce engagement occurred at Toja del Negro between a force of 700 Spanish troops under General Bernalez and the force of Maceo. The rebels occu- vied good positions. The battle began at 2 o’clock in the morning. The enemy made a stubborn defense, but were finally dislodged, losing 100 kitled. Tt issaid that when they retired they carried away 200 wounded. The Spanish losses were Lieutenant- Colonel Romero ana General Bernalez's adjutant, killed ; Lieutenant-Colonel Chas- ela and eight officers wounded, eighteen privates killed and sixty-five wounded. I A LONDON PRISON Waiter M. Castle, Wife and Son Accused of Having Stolen Furs. Colonel Castle, Brother of the Accused, Says the Charge Must Be a Mistaka. LONDON, Exa., Oct. 6.— Walter Michael Castle, who claims to be an American merchant; Ella Castle, his wife, and Fred Castle, his son, 10 years old, were arrésted to-day at the Hotel Cecil and were charged at the Police Court with stealing several sable and chinchilla skins, of a total value of $105, from furriers of this city. Evidence was presented that the pris- oners had entered the shops, and after ex- amining the furs went out without buying any. Immediately after tie proprietors missed the goods the Castles had exam- ined. The police say they found in the rooms occupied by the Castles at the hotel sev- eral trunks marked “Mrs. William Castle, San Francisco’” and *‘Mr. Walter Castle,” which contained the missing furs, much jewelry and some old hand-painted china. Mrs. Castle, when taken into custody, said: ““We bought most of the things in Ge- neia and one Saturday we bought from a booth in the street.” The prisoners were remanded for a week, bail being refused, and the boy was discharged. 1n reference to the news that Walter M. Castle, his wife and child, have been put in jailin London on a charge of theft, Colonel Albert E. Castle said last night: “This must all be a mistake. No one who knows Walter will believe any such statement. If Walter is in jail there is some misunderstanding about the matter. Ido not believe that there is anything to it or I would have received a personal dis- patch from him, but I have not had such adispatch. Walter was to have started for home with his family to-morrow.” Walter M. Castle is a member of the firm of Castle Bros. He has always been known as a2 man of high character and is exceptionally popular, for many amiable qualities, all over the Pacific Coast. He has also been noted for public spirit and enterprise, being one of ' the foremost young business men of San Francisco, He has been abroad upon a vacation, st Condition of British Crops. LONDON, Ex6., Oct. 6.—The report of the condition of the British crops up to October 1shows that the cereals have been damaged by rain, but the roots and grass have been improved. The average of &h;‘n is now 1049 and that of barley MUST MOVE 1HE SALOON, One Property- Owner Can Prevent an Ob- Jectionable Business. DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 6.—An impor- tant decision was handed down to-day in the District Court. George Rohl, a saloon- keeper, was enjoined from opening his place because a property-owner within fifty feet had objected. When Rohl opened vhe saloon a year ago he had the consent of all property-owners as required by law. Oneof them afterward changed his mind and asked for the injunction, The case was fought, and the court held that a saloon man had no protection against such contingencies. Rohl held a long lease of his room and had his liquor tax paid in advance, but without any re- course on those accounts he must close. Several other cases of the same kind will be commenced at once, property-owners in the business part of town being of the opinion the saloons hurt their property and business. The Rohl case will be taken to the Supreme Court, o LT CAR FAMINE IN IOWA. Railrosds Unable to Handle the Busi- ness of the Farmers. 5 DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct, 6.—There is a car famine in Iowa, which is growing more serious daily. The railroads are re- ceiving constant complaints from all over the State of insufficient service. The rush | of grain is great along the Chicago and Northwestcrn road, and at muny towns shippers are waiting many days for cars. A week age the trouble was confined to North and Northwest lowa, but now it is eneral and gettin: worse constantly. The roads that have Eastern lines have ordered cars to be rushed to the State, but they are not to be had, us the connections will not give up their cars. —— SAW THEIR SHIP GO DOWN. Survivors of the Willie Rosenfeld Tell of the Wessel's Loss in a Heavy Gale. NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 6—On the steamer Carib Prince, which arrived this morning from Rio de Janeiro, were Mate E. H. Gillespie and wife, Steward Burn- ham and his wife, Who was the stewardess* and a cabin boy of the wrecked ship Willie Rosenfeld, which left here on April 23 last for San Francisco. Mate Gillespie tells this story: Two days after leaving New York Charles Simpson of New Jersey cut his thioat. They got along well until on Julyll, in latitude 58 south, longitude 60 west, a southwest gale and tremendous sea struck them. The vessel sprang a leak and they could barely keep her free, On the morn- ing of the 18th of August there was four and a half feet of water in her hold and it was decided to leave her. They began work on the boats and by 9 o’clock next morning were clear of the ship. Two and a half hours afterward they saw her sink. The first boat was commanded by Mate Gillespie, and contained Captain Dunphy, Mrs. Gillespie, steward, stewardess, car- penter, boatswain and five seamen. The second boat was commanded by Second Mate Baldwin and contained six sailors. Two of the men who shipped as A. B.’s were Englishmen named Ross. They were sons of an English barrister, wko had bought a fruit ranch for them in Cali~ fornia, and they were on their way to take charge of it. The third boat was in charge of Third Mate Smith, formeriy a Columbia River fisherman, and contained six sailors. The boats soon got separated, bnt the first boat and one other landed, which one Gillespie had been unable to find out. By 11 o’clock on this day it was blowinga galeand the boats rearly capsized befcre they hove to and took in sail. The gale lasted about thirty hours, The women suffered very much. They first sighted land ninety-nine miles out of Imbetiba, Brazil, and could see the people on the beach, but could not land on ac- countof the breakers. They finally landed at Imbetiba in the afternoon of August 19. S T S e MANY HOUSEs WASHED AWAY. Hundreds of ILives Lost During the Floods in Mewxico. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 6.—A special toa morning paper from Guadalajara, Mex., says: Overland advices received here from the portat Mazatlan state that thedamage wrought by the recent floods in the State of Sinaloa was much greater than at first estimated. All the rivers in that State were over their banks, and a number of villages and farmhouses were washed away. Over 100 bodies have been recov- ered and many others are missing. The damage to shipping in this vicinity is believed to be very great, but as yet re- ports as to the safety of coast vessels are very meager. A full report of the damage done has been forwarded to President Diaz, and a public appeal will be made for funds to relieve the wants of the storm sufferers. e Crittenden Is Criticized. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. 6.— Ex- Governor Crittenden, Consul-General to Mexico, who is in Kansas City on a vaca- tion, has received a note from Secretary Olney, in which the Consul-General is eriticized for publishing in the New York Journal mnformation which should appear first in the consular reports. The letter was printed September 14. In it Crit- tenden gave at lenzth the information he had gathered regarding the industrial and commercial conditions of the Mexican govemmanm The facts told in the letter ad also been used in the consular report, but the report has not yet been published. e Foreign Missionary Work. TOLEDO, Omro, Oct. 6.—The eig*ty- seventh annual meeting of tbe American Board of Commerce for Foreign Missions opened at 3:15 this afternoon in the First Congregational Church here. Up to that time about a fourth of the 500 delegates had _ reported. Rev. Dr. Williams of the First Congregational Church opened the meeting with an address of welcome. The response was made by Rev. R. S. Storrs, D.D.. president of the board. The annual reports of the secretaries was the first business taken up. Rev. Dr. Daniels vresented that of the_home department. Assistant Treasurer Wiggin reported on the finances. —_— Francis Vis . Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 6.—Secretary of the Interior David R. Francis arrived yesterday from Washington, looking fresh and undisturbed by the political storms which are raging at the capital as well as in St. Louis. He is here to look after a number of private business matuers, among them being the administration of the affairs of the United Elevator Com- sany‘ He and Mrs. Francis attended the 'ockran - meeting last night and were among the well-known people to attract attention. He will remain here a few days, returning to Washington in company with Mrs. Fran HOLOCAUST AT SUMMIT, Entire Family Burned to Death in the Little Oregon Village, Charred Corpses of Mrs. Savage and Her Three Children Found in Ashes. ’ ALBANY, Or., Oct. 6,—News was re- ceived here to-day of a shocking tragedy that took place Sunday evening near the town of Bummit, in Benton County. A whole family was burned to death, and none of the neighbors knew of the disaster until the next morning. On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Tom Savage, living near Summit, went to call on her neighbors, the Thrashers, and left their house to return to her own home, not far away, early in the evening. A little later aneighbor passing her house saw her in thelyard cutting kindling wood, appar- ently preparing for the evening meal. Still later, about 8 o’clock, a neighbor passing the house noticed that everything about 1t was quiet, and that the lights were out, $ On the follow ing morning Bert James, driving along the road, aiscovered that the house iud been burned. He went over to view the ruins, and found that there were several blackened bodies in the ashes. An investigation was begun and the body of Mrs. Savage was found in the ruins beneath where her had stood. Near by was the charred corpse of a young baby. Upon a wire mattress lay the re- mains of the two Savage boys, burned to a crisp. They had apparently been othered, as there were no signs of a »&a‘d&.' An ax lay on tne floor in the of the room. e canse of the fire is unknown, and the affair is regarded by the neighbors as “my: The discovery of the on the floor bas caused suspicion that the fire may have been preceded by foul play. STAGE ROBBERY AT CRIMEA HILL Mail From Chinese Camp Captured by a Lone Outlaw. Finds but a Single Money Order 4o Repay Him for His . Risk. PASSENGERS NOT MOLESTED. Wells-Fargo’s Treasure Box Is Taken, but It Contained Nothing of Va ue. STOCKTON, CarL., Oct. 6,—The stage that runs between Chinese Camp and Knights Ferry was stopped an an early hour tais morning by alone highwayman. The stage had five passengers—four men and a woman. As it neared Crimea Hill, midway between Chinese Camp and Cloudman, the driver heard the com- mand ‘“hait” from the side of the road. Having previously looked down the bar- rels of a shotgun he did not hesitate, but pulled up immediately. The coach was going up grade at the time and the robber stepped from behind a tree as it came up to him. It wasdark and all the driver could see was that the highwayman held a glistening revolver in one hand. The robber ordered the ex- vress and mail matter thrown out, and this was done with alacrity. Then the highwayman ordered the stage-driver to start the horses, and he did so without further ceremony. The passengers in the staze were much frightened, but the highwayman did not attempt to molest them, being content with what he thought he would get out of the mail and express packages. Assoon as it became light the Postmaster at Cloudman drove out to the scene of the hold-up and found that the mail pouch had been rifled. The letters were scat- tered over the ground about the empty pouch, and a registered letter containing $65 was missing. This seems to be all that the highwayman got for his pains, as a later investigation showed that he ot nothing of value from the Wells, i‘argo & Co.’s box. 1t has been the custom, since the hold- ups of the past year, to invariably send a shotgun messenger with every stage that contained anything of value, and, as there was no coin to be sent from Chinese Camp to Knights Ferry, no measenger was sent. There is little doubt butthat this 1s the same man who stopped the Chinese Camp stage on two former occasions. Ia each instance he got very little plun- der. The detectives in the employ of Wells, Fargo & Co. were confident after tue last holdup that they knew the iaentity of the outlaw, but they have evi- dently not been able to locate him. After the second robbery a number of the de- tectives in the employ of the express com- ny were in Stockton looking jor the ighwayman to show himself here, but they went away disappointed, as .he kept to the woods. Every effort is now beini made by the autnorities to catch the lone hignway- man, and as he has secured very little plunder he is not Jikely to go far from his haunts. SAN JOSE CHINESE SHOT. Ah Wah Fired Upon by a Fellow Countryman With Whom . He Gambled. Claims- He Was He d by Three Men While the Fourth Used a z Revolver. BAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 6,.—Ah Wah was shot through the hip by another China- man in a gambling-house in Sixth street, Chinatown, about 11 o’clock this forenoon. While Ah Wah ana four others were gambling & row ensued over some money owed one of the men by Wah, and the latter says three of the men held him while Ab Gong shot him. Wah then ran out of the house and fell in the street, while his assailants escaped through a rear door. He gave the names of the other three men in the place at the time as Ng Yueng, Louie and Mahk Jay Ning. The autherities at once began a searc and arrested a Chinaman found hiding in a Chinese bunkhouse. He denied having had anything to do with the shooting, but on his person was found a revolver with one chamber empty, and the bullet ex- tracted from Ah Wah fitted the weapon. Hong Quong, alias Ah Qong, was subse- quently arrested by Detective Haleys and positively identified by Ah Wah as the man who shot him. nen arrested he was found hidden in a bunk over the gambling-house where the shooting oc- curred. Wahsays that Ah Sang, the first man arrested, is one of the men who hela him while Quong shot him, —_——— TROUBLE IN THE COUNCIL. Investigation of Alleged Shady Trana- actions Is Ordered. BAN JOSE, CAwn., Oct. 6.—The meeting of the Common Council this evening had an unexpected feature. Mayor Koch called attention to a claim against the city for $12 for labor, stating that the money had been paid, but he had since been in- formed that the work had not been per- formed. He asked thatan investigation be made. Councilman J. P. Fay of the second ward, in making a motion thatan invesii- gating committee be appointed, intimated that t‘heu had been trafficking in liquor licenses. . He favored a thorough investigation so innocent members of the Coun might not be classed with those who had usea a public office for private gain. A commit- tee of three was appointed to make an investigation. The claim referred to by the Mayor was in favor of Charles Knapp, who formerly kept-a saloon in this city. The claim was passed b{ Councilman Jutius Krieg, chair- man of the Claims Committee. A i AITTACHED BY CREDITORS. Claims Against the People’s Talephone and Telegraph Company. SAN JOSE, CaAL., Oct. 6.—rhe People’s Telephone and Telegraph Compauy, which has been doing business in this city for the past seven months, was attached to- day for $18,908 on claims of creditors held by the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company of San Franciseo. George P. Renkin, the plaintiff’s attorney, ted last evening that the suit grew out of the | failure of many of the stockholders of the new telephone company to meet an as- sessment le vied for the purpose of pay- ing off all indebtedness. *The creditors assigned their claims to the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,” he said, “and the suit was brought to secure control of the telephone system. An entire reorganization of the corporation will be necessary. The busi- ness will go on and we expect to put the company on a solid basls, —— Another Dunham Suspeet. SAN JOSE, CaL, Oct. 6.—A man giving the name of W. H. Dunham has been ar- rested at Rockford, Iil., on suspicion of being James C. Dunnam, the Campbell mnrderer. Chief of Police Kidward has received a telegram from Chief of Police Barger of that place it W. H. Dunham was wanted here for murder and asking for a descrintion of Murderer Dunham, It is not believed that the right man has been apprehended. et Qi ey Pastors’ Union Election. BAN JOSE, CAL., Oct. 6.—The Pastors’ TUnion of this city has elected the foliow- ing officers for the ensuing term: Presi- dent, B. B. Burton of the First Christian Church; vice-president, J. C. Lynn of the United Presbyterian Church; secretary and treasurer, James Bean of the Society of Friends; executive committee—B. B. Burton, J. C. Lynn, James Bean. e Bohemia Club Officers. SAN JOSE, Cav., Oct. 6.—The Bohemia Club of Santa Clara has elected the foliow- ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, J. C. Dodson; vice-president, Ralph Withrow; secretary, W. A. Bronstrup; treasurer, C. A. Nace; sergeant-at-arms, C. W. Dibble; bicycle captain, E. Mec- Quoid; baseball manager, George Foley; billiard manager, A. F. Harlow. e B eiieuies Found Dead in Bed. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 6. —Daniel Free- man, a well-known residen: of Santa Ciara, was found dead in bed yesterday. Death had resulted from heart discase. He was a native of Maine, aged 79 years. He came to California in 1859, and had resided in Santa Clara for sixteen years. A widow and six grown sons and daughters survive him. —_——— Shipments of Dried Fruit. SAN JOSE, CAL., Oct. 6.—The shipment of dried fruit to the Kastern market has begun in earnest, and the indications are that the shipments this season will exceed those of last. Last week the dried fruit shipments footed up 2,552,050 pounds, of which 2,315,850 pounds were prunes. Bl i, Collapse of a Chinese Firm. SAN JOSE, CaAL., Oct. 6.—Quong Lee & Co., a Chinese firm doing a mercantile business in Sixth street, Chinatown, to- day filed a petition in insolvency. Their liabilities aggreeate $5820, assets $1885. RUM'S FOES AT VALLEJD Good Templars’ Grand Lodge of Californ'a in Annual Session. Absence of Ministers From the.Order Deplored—New Lcdges Institated. VALLEJO, Can., Oct. 6.—The Grand Lodge of California, Independent Order of Good Templars, convened in thirty- seventh annual session in this city to-day, Rev. J. W. Webb of Fresno, grand worthy chief templar, presiding. The Grand Lodge degree was conferred on thirteen past officers. A letter was re- ceived from Past Grand Chief Templar Hoag, announcing his inability to attend the opening session owing to the death of his wife. Resolutions of condolence were passed and ordered transmitted to him. The report of the grand chief templar was submitted at the forenoon session. He regretted greatly that a gain in mem- bershin could not be reported. Though the officers had striven to build up the order, other religious temperance societies had drawn largely from the Good Temp- lars. Comparatively few preachers worked in the ranks, though all were for temper- ance. They prayed for it, some worked for it, but they did not join the lodges. He recommended rousing educational meetings and personal attention to juve- nile work. Tue grand chief templar also recommended that a beneficiary feature be attached to the order; that the number of lady managers and trustees of the Orphans’ Home be considerably reduced, inthe interest of harmony and efficiency, and that the elective members of such boards be carefully chosen, with a special view to their experience and fitness rather than their distribution over the State or their personal popularity, The Rescue, the official paper, is poorly patronized and a recommendation is made that the columns of some weekly temper- ance paper be utilized. Women are wel- comed into the order and the Prohibition, Populist, Natioral and Republican parties are complimented for advocating woman suffrage. The grand chief templar urges all men to vote for the party that bas the best temperance plank in its platform. The grand secretary’s report shows a membership of 4226. Number of lodges 120. Eighteen new lodges were instituted within a year and it is hoped the down- ward course has been checked. During the year there has been a loss of 1161 mem- bers and a gain of 293. making a net loss of 868. The loss so fur this year is.198. Dr. Oronhyatekha, past grand chief tem- plar of the world, visited the Grand Lodge this afternoon and made an interesting address, During the day a resolution was intro- duced by Judge Thompson declaring that in the opinion of this Grand Lodge the time had come to consider tie advisability of forming a corporation under which to conduct the business of the Good Tem- plars’ Home for Orphans,and resolving that for that purpose a committee of seven be appointed to consider the same and re- port on Wednesday at the opening of the afternoon session. The purport of the resolution isthat in the future no'debt can be saddled on the home. An effortisto be made to counteract the impression that the orphans’ home is exciusively for or- mmn of Good Templars, when, asis the t, it is open to all orphans, o Santa Barbara Improvements. SANTA BARBARA, CaL, Oct. 6.—The good work is going on in Santa Barbara arbor in the placing of old buoys to- fethar with & number of new ones. The ogs, which cost $60 apiece, are brought from the Sierra Nevada, and are attached to $3000 anchors. — . Santa Barbara Accident. SANTA BARBARA, Car., Oct. 6.—D. Ww. Tobef of Carpinteria, was to-day probe ably fatally injured by an accident. Tobey was driving a four-horse team with a load of wood and lost control of his horses. He was thrown to the ground, the whéels of the heavy wagon passing over his head and arms. e — For Armenian Refugees. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Oct. 6.—Com- mander Booth-Tucker, accompanied b, two women, representing the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, called upon Dr. Senner, Commisioner of Immigration, at Ellis Isiand yesterday, to urga the sup- port of the Immigration Bureau in their work of forminz a colony in the Western States for Armenians, Syrians and other refugees of the province of Turkey. The conference was occasioned by the expected arrival of several Armenian refugees on a steamship from Iodilqrr-nun ports yes- | terday. e i Rrorganized Northern Pacifie. NEW YORK, N. Y. Oct. 6. —The first annual meeting of the reorganized North- ern Pacific road was to-day postponed for a week to allow time for the preparation of a complete report on the condition of the property. 1 SAN BERNARDIAO'S MURDER MYSTERY Mrs. Rodriguez Confesses to the Killing of a Mexican. Declares That She Brained the Man to Protect Her Honor. HER STORY IS NOT CREDITED. Oificials Believe That the Woman Seeks to Shield the R:al Assassin. BAN BERNARDINO, CAn, Oct. 6.— Mrs. Vireinia Rodriquez killed a Mexican named Manuel Monjarro this morning. The woman gave the alarm herself and the police were gquickly on the premises. They found Monjarro’s body lying in a pool of blood with his skull erushed. The woman admitted that she had done the killing, but declared it was in defense of her horor. She claimed that after she had retired the man came to the back door of her house and demanded that it be opened, or he would break it down. Finally she opened the door and was con- fronted by Monjarro with a razor in his band. She pushed him over, seized an ax and crushed his skull. The story of the woman is not believed in certain guarters and the officials are in- vestizating. Itis intimated that another man is mixed up in the affair and that the woman’s story was conceived to shield the real murderer. The Coroner is also taking a hand in the endeavor to arrive at the facts and this afterncon that officer re- fused to proceed with the inquest claim- ing that he had received information which 1f found correct would place an en- ti&-eliy different aspect on the mysterious affair. GOLD FROM THE YUKON. Returning Circle City Miners Bring With Them a Good Season’s Wage iu Gold Dust. SEATTLE, Wasu., Oct. 6.—Nine horny- handed miners from the Yukon walked into the Hotel Butler to-night, registered and deposited 125 pounds of gold dust with the clerk for safe-keeping, They were of the steam schooner Lakme’s passen- gers, numbering, ail told, 150. The Lakme arrived in port this evening, thirteen days out from St. Michaels. The passengers, all of whom are from the Yukon, came down the river to St. Michaels on the North American Transportation and Trading Company’s steamer P. B. Weare. Fifty of these miners were successful in their efforts at go!d-hunting, securing from $3000 to $15,000 each; in fact, a con- servative estimate places the Lakme’s cargo of gold dust at §250,000. Nearly alt was taken from Mastodon, Deadwood, Eagle and Cloendyke creeks, around Circle City. i Sl N Teachers Meet at Watsonville, WATSONVILLE, CAL., Oct. 6. Santa Cruz' County Teachers’ In convened here yesterday for a week's ses- sion. A reception and banguet were given to the visitine teachers and their friends at 1. 0. O. F. Hall last evening by the citizens of Watsonville. There are over 125 teachers in attendance. P AR By Portland Clothicrs Fail. PORTLAND, Og., Oct. 5.—J. M. Moyer & Co., one of the lar-est clothing-houses in the city, was closed by the Sheriff this afternoon on a $9000 attachment from a Chicago concern. The liabilities of the firm are large, bu: no statement could be had this evening. Napa Suspect Gains a Delay. NAPA, Can, Oct. 6.—William Moore, the alleged murderer of Mrs. Greenwood, was arraigned to plead before the Superior Court this morning. Further time was asked and a continuance to next Tuesday granted. The right kind—*fit right, look right, wear right, price right. All-wool Double-breasted Suits (for boys 8 to 15), and Reefer Suits, trimmed with Harcules braid around collar and cuffs (for boys 3 to 10), are still on sale at $3.30. Don’t miss this opportunity. 1000 Boys’ Suit, at $1.30. 500 Boys® Overcoats at $2 50, Mail Orders receive special atten:ion. =4 ROOMS Srh-ar FURNITUR-E PARLOR,BEDROOM. DINING-ROOM, KITCHEN EASY PAYMENTS. 0il Cloth, per r-i' - ST Solid Oak Folding Bed, with Mirror. “T. BRILLIANT, 410 POST ST.,above Powell . OPEN EVENINGS ‘Four-Room Catalognes Mailed Free. G Pree Packing and Delivery across the Bags