The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1896. CUBNS DECLIE " WEILER WILL FAL Defeat of the Brutal Leader * to Terminate the ' War. _ In That Event Spain le!‘Try " to Precipitate a Confl:ct With ] This Country. Carlists May Overthrow the Present Government and Place Don Carlos cn the Throne. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 16.—The Cu- bans 1n this city are greatly excited over the campaign which General Weyler is waging against Genera! Maceo, and all think thata er; n the revolution has arrived, and that should General Weyler suffer defeat und be compelled to return to Havana the war would be soon termi- nated. About the probability of war between Spain and the United States Senor Julie stro of the Cuban revolutionary vd to-day to a teporter of the ed Associated Presses belizve that Spain will try to precipi- tate a war with this country, because her own Government at home is threatened. .If Spain loses Cuba without the interven- | tion ol the United Stiates it is certain that the Carlists in Spain will rise, and as they nymber about 2,000,000 the result will be the gverthrow of the present Government - "and the accession to the thronec of Don ] States and Spain Russia would be favor- able to the United States is not true. The communication alleges that the Russian Government has assured Spain that it will preserve au absolute neatrality to & cer- tain point. From this it is argned at the legation here that as a war with Spain would be based on the interference of a foreign power im her inalienable | right to hold her territorial posses- [sions, the United States need not expect sympathy from Russia or any other European nation. France, having recently acquired colonies, would bitterly resent, it is thought at the legation, any country’s effort to aid Cuban indepen- dence. Russia likewise has immense interests at stake, besides having a treaty of alli- | ance with France. The Spanish Minister believes the revolt of Cuba is the begin- ning of trouble with all of the West India isiands and that Engln}\d and Holland are watching their colonies with ill-concealed uncasiness. Jamaica has of late manifested a marked restless- ness, and reports received at the legation say Great Britain has been on the alert { for six months to suppress incipient re- | bellion. e MANY MINOR BATTLES. Engagements in Which Both Sides Lost Heavily. HAVANA, Cusa, Nov. 16.—No definite news regarding the movements of General Weyler, who is operating against the rebels under Maceo in the province of Pinar del Rio, has been re- ceived. The last reports stated that | he was penetrating the Rubi hille, under a harassing fire from the insurgents, but since then nothing has been heard from him and there is considerable anxiety among the loyalists here. Rumors of all kinds are current, but none of them are trustworthy. | Official reports were received to-day giv- | ing accounts of skirmishes between the { troops and rebels in all the provinces of Pinar del Rio. The gunboat Magallenes which has ar- | rived here brings information that | General ~Castellanes bhas arrived at Gascorro. He reported that he had eignt Carlos, who is now in Paris waiting for t such a move. “The Spanish officials,” said Senor de €astro, ‘‘real and the ze this danger, na war with this country, which 1 give them an excuse for losing the islavd, as they surely must i1n such a — RUMOES OF FIGHTING. " But No News Is Obtained of Weyler and Macer T, Fra., Nov. 16.—Prominent Cubans in this city state that no news has 1 reccived of the allezed battle be- tween Weyler and Maceo. It was reported ¥ that Weyler was at the trocha and sending out detachments to lo- . cate Maceo. The Cubans claim that Wey- 's plan of campaign against Maceo has * Saturdey nigl diled. JACKSOXNVILLE, Fra., Nov.16.—Ru- lors are rife here that there has been ing for three davs in Pinar del Rio. Huana, agent of the Junta, says he . basinformation that there has been fight- * ing, but has no definite news as to the “outcome. It is absolutely impossible to secyre reliable information. BRUTALITY OF THE SPANISH. .Harsh Treatment of Shipwreciced Seamen © Who Landed on the Cuban Coast. NEW YORK, N. Y., Now. 16.—Among the passengers who arrived to-day per the ‘Ward line steamer Yucatan from ‘Havana were thirteen shipwrecked seamen. They were Captain Nelson and twelve of the .crew of the British steamer Coila, which . ran ashore on Colorado Reef at 3 o’clock on the morning of November 2. Later the steamer got off into deep water and Captain Nelson attempted to run her across the strait to Key West, but the ‘avater gained so rapidly that at 5 a. a. they abandoned the steamer, which shortly afterward sank in deep water. . AtT7A. theshipwrecked seamen landed on the Cuban coast, about sixty miies wesi of Havana, where they fell into the handsof the Spanishsoidiers. The Span- iards, believing them from the American coast, tre_;ued the prisoners harshly, threatening “to shoot .atl hands, and finally they were raken to Havana, where they weretaken in charge by the British Consul, who sent them to New York. Henry W. Delorey, one of the ship- wrecked crew, in speaking of their ex- perience in Cuba, sai “We landed abont sixty miles west of Havana and were taken in charge by a -troop of soldiers, who escorted us to_a rar estate. Here they used us very -kindly, but they had strong suspicion that | we were American fil Late in the day another troop of soldiers took us to Marian, where they insisted that I couid speak Spanish. I was taken to the head- quarters and questioned by a big Spaniard, who asked if we were English or Ameri- can. I answered English. ‘No, Ameri- can,’ said he, striking me over the head with a loaded cane and stunning me. The blood ran down my neck and I felt weak, and as the soldiers pointed their guns at me I expected to be shot. Failing to find Americans among our crew 1 was dis- missed. We were compelled to sleep on the bare stone floor with soldiers on guard. We were then sent to Havana, where we were cared for by the British Consul. If we had been Americans we would never have lived to tell the tale.” The Coila was a vessel of 1162 tons, built at Ayer, S.otland, in 1884, * s S54YS WAK IS POSSIBLE. Spanish Minister de Lome Speaks of the Serions Mituation. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 16.—A Wash- ington dispatch says: Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Minister, was asked to-day the direct question: ‘Do you be- lieve there is any danger of a war between the Unived States and Spain?"* It is possible,” the Minisier answered. «It would be a terrible one. One can fore- see its beginning, but not its end.” This remark of the Spanish Minister, made in ail seriousness by a diplomat in his standing, is remarkable. It admuts the tension in the relations of the two coun- jes and shows that the spirit of desperate :»rrl:\sr:do that would push Spain o war with the United States is not confined to the Spanish common people, but even affects those high in authority wh? are better acquainted with this country’s re- sources and power. L Senor de Lome is far more inclined to believe war possible than is generally sup- posed in diplomatic circle Spain’s Minister has not so much confi- dence in the next President or the next Sec- S!t:ry of State, It jsfeared at the Spanish tion that a desire for popularity may move the new administration to actively aid insurgents, in which case the Spanish pride will rebel and trouble may re- sult. ‘An official . communication from Spain’s political agent at St. Peters- burg ioforms the Spanish Min- ister ihat the recently published report that in a war between the United to pe filibusters | | encounters with the rebels, who | were very ,active. Returning from | Gascorro to San Miguel he had further en- | counters with the enemy, who were | commanded by Garcia, Cebreco and | other leaders. The rebels, who were | numerous, sustained heavy losses. | The Spanish co'umn fired in the | various engagements forty-three cannon shots and used over 100,000 cartridges. The troops lost twenty killed and a major, a lieutenant and 113 privates wounded. The rebeis have destroyed the town of Guamaro, in the eastern part of the prov- ince of Puerto Principe. SOUTHEREN PROIECTION, Forts That Require Considerable Strangthening Without Delay. NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 16.—Sev- eral weeks ago Major J. Quinn, United States engineer, recognizing the compara- tively defenseless position of this city against a foreign foe, evolved an elaborate plan for the building of a series of forts twelve miles below the city at what is called English Turn, The plans of Major Quinn take into con- sideration the expenditure of $50,000,000 and the establishment of the forts would occupy fully three years. Theimportance of the suggestions was recognized by the United States sauthorities having in | charge the Work of erecting the' fortifica- tions alonz the guif coast, ana this morn- ing the Board of Fortifications, consisting of Colonel H. M. Robert, the chairman of | the board; Colonel J. J. Barlow, attached | for the special duty, and Colonel Leo L. | Gillespie, proceeded down the river to make the necessary examinations in con- | nection with the project put forward by Major Quinn, | Fort Phillip and Fort Jackson are at | present the only protection to this city. | The Government has recently made many improvements at these forts and equipped them with two Jarge guus each. | ! | NOT 4 cask OF SUICIDE. Mrs. Alma Merrtt Accidentally Took an Overdose of Laudanum, LONDON, Exg, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Alma :.\Ierritt. wife of George Merritt of New | York, died here Saturday night under circumstances that first lett to the belief that she had committed suicide. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt were stopping at the | Hotel Cecil on theembankment. Saturday | evening Mrs. Merritt was found in a comatose condition in her bedroom. By | the bedside were found two empty bottles | that had contained laudanum. Physictans | were summoned with ail possible spsea and they did everything that could be | done to restore the woman to conscious- | ness, but their efforts were in vain and she died in a short time. MF. Merritt | was present when bhis wife died. The coroner was notified ana the body was re- mgoyed to the Parish Mortuary.” A post mortem examination whichwas held here to-day revealed the fact that death was caused by Jaudanum. It seems from all that can be learned that Mrs. Merritt had for some time been a suffgrer from neu- ralgia and had been in the habit of taking laudanum to relieve the pain. Itissup- | posed that she accidenurly took an over- dose of the drug. e s PAN-AMEKICAN MEDICOS, Delegates to the Congress to Be Well En- tertained at Mexico City. CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico, Nov. 16 — Nearly six hundred delegates, one-hal! oi the number from the United States, took part to-day in the opening session of the Pan-American Medical Congress. Cuba, Hayti and the countries of South America are glso represented. The Pan-American Medical Congress was organized in 1893, the first meeting teing held in Washington, and the Goy- ernment appropriated $15.000 * for the entertainment of the foreign visitors, Dr. William Pepper of Philadelphia is E{resldznt of the congress and Dr. C. A. L. eed of New York secretary-general. The present congress will be divided into twenty-one sections, at which all branches of general medicine will be discussed. Tne languages of the coneress are Spanish, French, Portuguese and English. Elaborate preparations have been made by the city government und the Mexican soeiety for the entertainment of the dele- gates, and President Diaz has issued invitations for a reception at the castle of Chapultepec. Agh e Left a Vast Estate. GUADALATARA, Mex., Nov. 16— Much surprise was created here upon the opening of the will of Mrs. Jesus Romero Valsco, a widow who died recently, when it was found that she left an estate and money amounting to $2,000,000. She was not known to be wealthy. There are a number of heirs to the fortune. = ioagasyy A New Turkish Loan. . LONDON, Exc., Nov. 16.—The Man- chester Guardian learns that the powers haye agreed to guaranteea new Turkish loan of £5,900,000 to assist the Sultan in carrying out promised reforms in Asia Minor. ——e S Death of Admiral Richards. .LONDON. Exa, Nov. 16.—Admiral Sir Frederick William -Richards, Lord of the Admiralty, died suddenly to-day in a hotel as B’llh. He was 68 years of age. BANDIT BORONDA DIES FIGHTING The Lower California Des- perado Killed by a Rurale. Battle to the Death Fought in a Canyon Stronghold on the Peninsula. The Outlaw ani a Pursuer Meet in a Desperat: Hané-to-Hand Conflict. SAN DIEGO, Car.. Nov. 16.—Guadalupe Boronda, cattle-thief and outlaw, who terrorized the sparsely settled country back of Ensenada for a number of years, bas been laid away with a rurale’s builet througb his head. But Boronda fought hara, and the battle between him on one side and Kurale Jesus Escobar and Justice of the Peace Simon Contreras on the other will be remembered as one of the most ex- citing in the annals of the peninsula. So great has been the thievery of cattle in the pastoral country below the line that a peculiar Jaw wasenacted by the Anunta- miento of Ensepada to stopit. This law was, in brief, that no man sheu!d kilf a cow or calf without first giving notice to the nearest Justice of the Peace, who was thento go and personally witness the killing, or send a deputy, the object being to officially inspect the brand and see that the butcher had not killed the wrong animal. Boronda, the outlaw, scoffed at this quaint Spanish Jaw, and kept up his pre- datory habits, visiting the corrals or ranges of the cattlemen and picking ont the best steers and heifers for his own use or profit. He made his headquarters in the inaccessible country beyond Santa Clara Valley, where he kept a sharp look- out for pursuers, and is said to have made away with Vicente Ramos, a rancher, who followed the tracks of his stolen steers to his own death. Nothing was ever heard of Ramos, and men who followed his trail said it led to the little canyon which Boronda made his stronghold.” They did not follow the tracks further, as Boronda had a habit of lying in a nest of rocks, which afforded a birdseye view of the ap- proach for several miles. On Sunday nignt, November 8, Boronda was seen skulking on Augustin Josea’s ranch. The next uay the best calf in the bunch was missed, and Josea determined to follow up the thief. He hunted up Judge Contreras and told him of the theft and infraction of the law. The Judge said he did not care anything for the theft, as Josea was understood to be able to look out for himself, but as for the infraction of the law—well, he was determinei to hunt the criminal down. The Justice sent for his best rurale, Jesus Escobar, a dead shot, and together the three men took the trail. They were armed with Winchesters, and Escobar rode ahead. It was on Monday afternoon when the men arrived near the little canyon where Boronda heid out. They followed the trail easily, discerning the tracks of the missing calf. Escobar got off his horse when near enough to make the hunt interesting, and asked the others to stay back. They followed him at a distance. Escobar crawled through the brush over the crest of the conyon. Just as his head appeared against the horizon there was a shot from below and the rurale’s head dropped. But he was not killed. He lay like a snake watching his chance. When a fewy moments had passed and hefailed to stir, a head was cautiously lifted from bebind a rock 200 feet ahead and quick as a flash the rurale’s rifie sounded. Boronda was too quick for him, and had dodged back when he saw the rurale’s arm raised to fire. The two men, having located each other, kept up a brisk fire, both emptying their magazines and keep- ing them refilled. Kscobar, who is famous for his daxing, edged constantly closer to his adversary, keeping in the sheiter of bowlders. The Justice and Josea followed and appeared over the brow of the hill, but a shot from Boronda’s ready rifle split the bone in the rancher’s arm and he re- tired. Contreras made a detour and found a position where he could rake the rear of the outlaw’s reireat. Doronda realized instantly that the game was up. He fired a shot at the Judge to temporarily rattle him, and then, yith a curse, sprang out from behind t erock and rushed toward the rurale, who was sprawled behind a small bowider not thirty feet distant. In two bounds Boronda was uvon the aston- ished rurale, who had his rifle at his shoulder. Both men fired at the same in- stant, but the excitement of the charge sent their bullets astray. Boronda landed squarely upon Escobar, and they clinchad. Escobar had a second to grasp his revolver, while the outlaw was trying to get at his knife. Judee Contreras dared not shoot, as the com- batants were rolling over and over, cursing and striking st each other. Escobar managed to get his right arm fres and with lightning-like quickness raised the revolver and fired. The outlaw’s brain was pierced ana he fell over without a word. Throwing him from his arms Ru- rale Escobur fell exhausted, while the Judge and Rancher Josea came up. The outlaw was buried where he fell, and a bowlder rolied upon his grave. The Justice took official note of the proceed- ings on the :pot, and reporied them te his superior at Ensenada. The men went 10 Boronda's camp and there found a lot of stolen cattle grazing on the rich bot- toms and a jot of plunder in the outiaw’s house. The cabin was an arsenal of weapons. 2 Among the rifles on the wall was the one taken by Runcher Vicente Kamos in his search for the outlaw, and for the first time the rancher’s fate was definitely known. He had been laid low by Boronds, his body rovbbed and thrown to the coyotes. MONEY FOR MISSIONARY WORK. Scme Liberal Appropriations Made by the General Committee of the Mgthodist Episcopa’t'hurcll. DETROIT, Mrci, Nov. 16.—The gen- eral missionary committee of the M. E. Church continued its work of apportion- ment of appropriations for home missions this morning with the following resull Northwest Pacific Coast conferences, i cinding Scandinavian missions, $35,7 Norwegian and Danish missions, East, West and Northwest, $19,800; French missions in the United States, $4024; Spanish missions in New Mexico, $12,750, including $1750 for Spanish mission schools; Chinese missions on the Pacific Coast and in New York City, $9615; Bohemian and Hungarian missions, Baiti- more, Piitsburg, Iowa and East Ohio, $8410; Japanese missions in California, $6500. and in Hawaii $1500. In the discussion of the work in Hawaii, the annexation of that country was touched on, several bishops favoring it. B shop Hurst, however, claimed that an- nexation would b a grave mistake, and declared that the people of the United Sl:ncu would vote it down if submitted to them. The entire afterncon session was taken up in discussion of _South American mis- sions. Anderson Fowler of New York and the Building and Transit Fund So- ciety had also invested $50,000 in schools and property in Chile, which had in- creased in value to $200,000, which had been presented to the missionary commit- tee in 1893 on the condition that the com- mittee continue the self-supporting mis- sions in Chile. Tbese missions, kowever, had not been self-supporting, and the special commitiee appointed to consider 1he question made two reports. The ma- jority favored the purchase of the prop- erty at its first value, $100,000, while the minority favored the return of it to An- derson aud the fund of the societv. The majority report prevailed, and $5000 was appropriated to make the first payment and continue the work. —_————— HOBART'S LATEST PURCHASE. Secures Prize-Winners at New York Which W.Il Be Exhibited at the Horse Show Here. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 16.—John 8. Bratton, the Chicago horseman who cre- ated a stir at the horse show last week by his daring driving of a four-in-hand team, to-day sold to Waiter S. Hobart of San Francisco the prize-winning carriage pair, the Czar and the Sultan, for $4000. The horses won first prize as a pair in one of the important harness classes of the horse show, and the Czar in single was second to Harry Hamlin’s champion stepper, Cogent, in another class. Like nearly all of the crack high steppers of the recent show the Czar is a well-bred trotier, being by Jerome Turner (2:15)¢) from a daughter of Messenger Wilkes, the sire of Joseph C. ‘Wideous, champion high-stepper, He is a bay gelding, 15.3 hands in height, and is & tvpical high-class coach-horse. Hobart, who purchased the Czar and the Sultan, now owns one of the best col- lection of harness horses in this country. About two years ago he purchased from George B. Hulm the widely known tandem t.am Superba ana Mayday, and from C. F. Bates tbe equaliy noted tandem Cadet and Contribute, paying sometiing like $10,000 for the four horses, according to the report. Shortly after the close of the National horse show in 1895, he bought from Mr. Bates for a long price the prize-win- ning four-in-hand team, Acrobat and Ath- lete and Autocrot and Aristocrat. Mon- arch and Performer, the champion car- riage pair of last year's horse show, were added to the Hobart stable a few week’s ago, the young California_horseman hav- ing purchased the team from J. F. Tal- mage of Brooklyn in time to enter them at this year’s exhibition. Itis said that all of the stars of his col- lection will be shown at the San Francisco horse show next month. Mr. Hobart is an all-round horseman, owning a string of thoroughbreds which includes Bright Photbus and Ferrier and_a stable of trotters made up of Hazet Wilkes (2:11), She (2:143;), Tuma (2:18){) and & number of otuer fust ones. —— ; DEBATED IN THE REICHSTAG. Interpellation of the Centrists Turns Qut 1o Be a Rathgr Tame Affair. BERLIN, GerMaxy, Nov. 16.—The an- nouncement made last week tnat within the order of to-day’s proceedings in the Reichstag the Centrists would offer an in- terpellation demgnaing an explanation on the part of the Government of 1the neutraliy treaty between Russia and Germany, the exis- tence of which, from 1834 to 1890, was disclosed by Prince Bismarck in the recent series of articles in- spired by the ex - Chancellor which appeared in the Hamburg Nachrichten, caused the galleries of the Reichstag 1o be packed with people to-day. There was also an unusuatly large attendance of members in the Chamber. Shortly alter the opening of the ses- sion Count von Hompesch, Deputy for Aachen and one of the recognized lead- ers of the Centrist party in the Chamber, introduced the promised terpellation. In the course of his re- marks Count von Hompesch said that the party of the Centrists decided to move the distrust which has been caused by the recent disclosures of the existence of a treaty of neutrality between Russia and Germany during the period extending from 1884 to 1890, a distrust which was being felt throughout wide circles at home and abroad. Prince Hohenlohe jn reply said that he was not able to give any in- formation concerning the Russo- German neutrality, because that agree- ment had been contractd in abso- lute secrecy, therefore Gerwany would be unable to raise a one-sided argument in regard to the convention or make any explanation of the agreement. Still, he said, he conld solemnly affirm that WRECKED HEAR it igr LIKE American Schooner Puritan Strikes Shore During a Feg. : Captain and Crew Rescued With the Aid of Two Indians cn Land Reached by a Lifeline After Passing | Ten Hours in the Wave- Washed Rigging. VICTORIA, B.C., Nov. 25.—The Amer- ican four-masted schooner Puritan is the latest addition to the long list of ship- wrecks which have made the rugged shore of the west coast of Vancouver Island a terror to seamen. The vessel is a com- plete wreck near the spot where, some eleven months ago, the ship Janet Cowan went ashore. Happily this latest disaster is unattended by loss of life. Captain C. H. Atwood and his crew of nine men, after spending some ten hours on the wreck, with the waves dashing over them, re- ceived assistance from two Indians and | succeeded in getting to shore. As soon as the Puritan struck huge seas began to wash over her and carried away the only two boats and everything on deck. The men lashed themselves to the rigeing and watched, between seas, for an opportunity to float a line ashore. Their efforts to secure a rope connection with the shore” proved unsuceessful, the dis- tance being too great and the undertow too strong. About an hour after the schooner struck the fog lifted, showing Carmanah light. . About 8 o’clock two Indians on the beach, waiting for low tide, succeeded in geiting onto a ledge of rock near the ves- sel. They threw a fishline, weighted with u stone, far enough for those on board to secure it by another line with a hook at- tached. Then a three-inch hawser was stretched between the ship and the rocks. One end was made fast by the Indians around a point of rock and the other was fixed through a block twenty feet up the jigeger rigging. By this rope all hands succeeded in reaching the rock ten hours after the schooner struck, the captain being the last_to leave tbe vessel. They waded through the breakers to gain the beach. The Indians treated the wrecked men hospitably, giving them something to eat never st any time was the policy of Ger- many under English influence. Con- tinuing, the Chancellor said he believed that the clouds of distrust which arose among the people of Germany’s allies when the revelations were commenced had already been dispelled, and he was certain that full confidence existed be- tween Germany and Austriz and Italy. Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the next speaker. His remarks, which occu- pied forty minutes, were delivered in a tone hardly audible to the members. He asked the house to desist from exciting further trouble over the matter, which had already had the effect of causing great perturbation throughout the country, and’ rebut ted the charge that Germany was ready to break solemnly contracted treat- ies entered into by her with the other powers. The debate was a tame affair in com- parison with what was expected hy the opponents of the Government and feil far short of being sensational. As a matter of fact, after the speeches of Count von Hompesch, the repliesof Prince Hohenlohe and Baron von Marschall von Bieberstein and the remarks of Count von Mirbach and Herr von Kardorff the dis- cussion flattened out completely. Count Herbert Bismarck stated that he had remained silent during the debate becanse the declaration of the Chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, had supplied him with no basis upon which to discuss facts, and he was not going to deal with hypothesis. IHe would, therefore, confine himself solely to denying that the interview upon the revelations of the Hamburger Nachrichten, published in Vienna, and supposed to have been fur- nished by him, emanated from him, or that he knetv anything about it. e amal Gold Bonds Floated. MAPLIE, Tex., Nov. 16.—Advices were received here yesterday that the Tlahua- lilo Company, whose extensive hacienaa is situated in the Nazas River Valley near fiere, has succeeded in floating $1,650,000 of gold bonds in London at par. ‘This financial deal is looked upon as being of great importance in Mexico. e The Fountain of Health, No great extreme of coid and none of the usual winter discomforts at Paso Robles. No winds, no fogs, but an exhilarating, en joyable atmosphere all the year around, particularly pleasant in winter time. The hot mud baths and the springs strongly impregnated with soda and o minersls have been enjoyed by nature with wonderful ana lasting hull:\g powers. and a place to sleep. The seamen saved nothing but what they wore. Some of them were but scantily ciad at the time, and others did not have even their shoes on and their feet were painfully lacerated by sharp rocks in waiking from the end of the lide to the’ shore. The walk from Eonilla to Carmanah was also a trying one for those who were unfortunate eaongh to be without covering for their feet, as the conntry is of the roughest de- scription. Too much praise cannot be given to the two Indians who for nearly two hours stood on the rocks, in the ice cold water, endeavoring to throw a line within reach of the shipwrecked sailors. By an atmost superhuman effort one of the Indians threw the fishing-line, weighted with a stone, nearly 150 feet, and thus the con- nection was made with the shore. Had not the Indians bravely stuck to their un- comfortable post the lives of the men aboard would have been lost. The Puritan was a four-masied wooden schooner, of a little over 600 tons register, forty feet beam and twelve feet deptl of hold. She was built at Port Madison some six years ago and was in the coasting trade. Her managing owners are C. A. Hooper & Co. of San Francisco. She was chartered to load a cargo of lumber at Port Gamble for San Francisco. Her in- surance is not known. Captain Atwood and crew will probably leave for San Francisco on the first outgo- ing steamer. e I~ IH A BAD LOT. Dismissal of a Charge of Murder Against a Child Wife, DALLAS, Ga., Nov. 16.—The child wife of young Henry Jarman, himself onty 17 years old, was acquitted here Saturday evening of the charge of murder. Al- though Mrs. Sallie Jarman has been mar- ried nearly a year she is only a few months past 14 years of age. She is pretty and refined and several stations above the youngster with whom she eloved against the wishes of her parents. But young Jarman, who was a handsome young fel- low, was known as a daring younesterand he won her. They had been married only a couple of weeks when the wife wasarrested, charged with. having poisoned the family of her husband, for whom she had been forced to cook after her marriage with Jarman, All the members of the family recovered except the youngest child. A post mor- tem examination revealed no trace of arsenical poisoning, but sentiment was so strong against the young girl, who was disliked because she was superior to those in the Jarman neighborhood, thata trial was forced. \ Some of the theories advanced by the defense were that the death was caused by the acid from vinegar cooked in a tin pan, or that the poison kept by Luke Jjarman, a brother of the girl’s husband, to put in his blockade whisky to make it bead, ac- cidentally got in the coffee. Henry Jar- man is now under arrest, charged with dealing in moonshine whisky. g e GRAIN FOr CORK. Negotiations Are Under Nay to Charter a Steamer. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 16.—It was learned to-day that negotiations are under way for the charlef of a steamer to load at this port with grain for Cork for orders, with the privilege of “Bombay direct.” The Bombay rate is said to be fixed at 8 shillings a quarter. The shippers are believed to have prepared for this cargo by purchasing 80,000 bushels of corn and 50,000 bushels of mixed ocats. It is also reported that 24,000 bushels of No. 1 hard Duluth wheat for prompt shipment to Australia has been purchased, and that a rgo of flour is under negotiation to be siripped to the'same market. These char- ters and pngchases are taken as a confirma- tion of the famine reports in India and the short crop in Australia. —_——— Fire in a New York Depot. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 16.—A fire early this morning gutted the room in which the packages were stored in the annex portion of the Grand Central depot. The fire is believed 1o have originatea from a spark from the electric wire. The damage to !I'ha depot is $500. Loss on the cka; owever, may prove very ex- lp:nsiv:" as the value of the contents can ong“bo told by the owners, who live various parts of the counwry. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. X R e e e ey THE PH@ENIX, FROM THE ASHES RISE! Amidst the smoke of Tuesday last, when all owr four floors were submerded by smoke, when at one time it looked as though the big and popular Kearny-street store was doomed, we come up agdain, smoked, but still in the ring. WHAT SMOKE MEANS TO YOU. Smoke places within your reach our very highest class of Suwits, Overcoats, Men at Ulsters and Trousers for 1/= Price. Smolke places within yowr reach owr very highest class of Boys’ Ulsters ; the highest class of Reefer Top Coats for the little ones; our highest class Swits at 1/= Price. Smoke places within your | reach our very highest grade of Fedora Ohilirenzs A'(,l”.z.gt‘.,\"/'(,'ku'mr and Holiday Sus- Men’s + Hats, Ladies’ Hats and Novelties for the Holidays. 15 PRICE. Smoke places within yowr irr'rwh our highest drade of | Men's Furnishings. Underwear, | penvders. | goods at | L& PRICE. The highest srade of The crowds that have been coming to the big store since we announced this Smoke Sale have been simply phenomenal ; nothing like it ever happened before in the history of commercial enterprise. OPEN EVENINGS TILL NINE. RA We_propose to bring this-sale t0 a short issue. We have adopt- e 1 heroie methods to accomplish | B4, as yow know our stock is the nighest grade ever shown in the West ; nothing like it has ever been shown before. We have re- served nothing. We wish to et ready for owr Holiday trade and have therefore indulded in a merciless slawghter of valwues PHAEL’S INCORPORATED). ——THE FRISCO BOYS—— * 9,11,13 and 15 Kearny Street. LIKE THE PHENIX FROM THE ASHES RISE.