The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 28, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1896. 3 SEVERE BLIZZARDS ARE VET RAGING Trains in the North Are Stalled by the Snow Drifts. " "Very Cold Weather Experienced Throughout the Middle West. In the South Cyclones Cause Lam:-ge to Property — Death and Injury. MOOREHEAD, Minx., Nov. 27.—One of the severest blizzards that has in years visited this section is raging to-day. It has been on twenty-four hours, and there is no prospect of abatement. Traffic in the streets and business is suspended. Nearly all passenger and freight trains are snowed in, but the Northern Pacific man- . aged t0 move one passebger train this morning. No 9, northbound, on the Great Northern, reached here an hour late this evening, but got stalled at the depot and had to be due out. It took four power- " ful engines to take four passenger coaches - trouble is feared. across the river to Fargo, where turther The trains are unpro- vided with snow plows, which renders the ". engines almost helpless. The snow in - some places is four and five feet deep. DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Nov. 27.—A trainload of cattle are reported stuck in " -tue drift, near Churchs ferry, and frozen . Trains are badly delayed. todeath. The wires are down, forbidding direct communication. ST. PAUL, Mixx~., Nov. 27.—The storm which has been raging throughout the Northwest for the past forty-eight hours is the severest that has visited this section since the blizzard of January 12, 1888, in which 107 lives were lost. No lives are reported lost in this storm, but thereisa complete blockade of traffic in Northern Minnesota, North Dakota and portions of South Dakota. Trains into 8t. Paul from the West are from five to ten hours late. It is four degrees below zero here to-night, with a terrific north wind blowing. FERGUS FALLS, Minx., Nov. 27.— The mercury is at zero. Business is suspended. ARGYLE, Mi~x~., Nov. 27.—The worst blizzard ever known here has been raging for the past thirty-six hours. Drifts in the str ets are as high as the buildings alongside. Trains are tied up. The storm shows no signs of abatement. There may be a number of deaths reported later. LINCOLN, N8R, Nov. 27.—Dispatches from Southeast and Central Nebraska tell of zero weather and high north winds. To-day and to-8ight were the coldest for November in the State for years. Among small farmers stock is provided for, but fur- ther north on the range there will be loss. *Not half of the corn crop has been gath- " ered, and with a heavy coating of ice, which prevents husking, hundreds of thousands of bushels seem destined to lie “ in the fields until spring. . News comes from Reisel, six miles from OMAHA, Nesg, Nov. 27.—All the roads .running west and northwest have been busy for the past thirty-six hours getting ‘up the telegraph wires and poles that went down in the storm. The Eik Horn was put in the worst plight of all. Four hun- - dred poles were down. The St. Pau!l and Omaha lines are all in bad shape near Sioux City and Mankato, Minn. In astretch of eighteen miles the wires were broken in fifty places, forty- one poles down and fifty-eight cross-arms broken. Since early Thursday morning there has been no telegraphing over the Union Pacific west of Columbus. Six hundred poles are down. The Burlington did not have a great deal of trouble on its ‘Western hines. MEMPHIS, Texx., Nov. 27,—A cyclone struck a corner of Tunison, Miss,, last night, wrecking a boxcar, several small bouses and killing a negro woman, be- ".. sides seriously injuring half a dozen others, It scattered household effects over a broad area. ‘WACO, Tex., Nov. 27.—A cyclone visited " a section twenty miles southeast of Waco ‘Wednesday and demolished several farm houses. Damage occurred near the town of Mart, McLennan County, with which there is no telezraphic communication. Mart, that the residence of R. A. Douglass was totally destroyed, his wife severely burt and one of his children was killed outright. . Five persons were more or less injured, as far as heard from. The temperature ranged nearly at summer heat. In passing over the prairie the cyclone took away everything it touched, leaving the earth bare of grass. It was a mile wide and eight miles long. PADUCAH, K., Nov. 2.—Owing to the wires being down only meager details of the storm which swept West Paducah last night have reached here. One house was destroyed at Fulton and considerable other damage done here. A man and child are missing from Kuttawa, Ky. It is believed they were blown into the Cumberland River and drowned. The depot was wrecked at Eddyfield, a faciory blown down and the courthouse unroofed. e g i FLOOD AND EARTHQUAKE., Many Persons Drowned in the Raging Torrents in Europe. LONDON, Exa., Nov. 27.—The News will to-morrew publish a dispatch from the Pireeus saying that eighty persons are CLEVELAND PREPARING HIS FAREWELL MESSAGE|S]||Ff [EADERS WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—President Cleveland has been devoting a great deal of time to his annual message during the last week and now has it well in hand, so that it can be finished in a couple of days. This message is expected to be one of the ablest public documents Cleveland has written during his two terms. It will be, in a sense, his farewell to the American peo- ple as their chief executive, and there is little doubt that he will embrace the opportunity to mark out the course he believes ought to be followed by the National Government for the maintenance and advancement of the honor and prosperity of the country. Foreign affairs will naturally claim considerable attention, and the President will have an opportunity to congratulate Con- gress and the country npon the solution of the Venezuelan boundary controversy in a manner honnrl_ble and satisfactory alike to the United States and to Great Britain and Venezuela. The condition of affairs in Turkey will be dxscus:ied in detail, and the President will be able to snow that the ordinary diplomatic agencies have snfficed for the protection of American life and property in the Turkish empire. ‘TlLe last paragraphs of the message to be written will be those dealing with the situation mn Cuba. He will avail himself of thelatest possible information as to the military situation in the island, and the prospects for the early success or failure of the in- surgents may have much to do with shaping his policy. Present indications are that he wilt make no radical recommendations on this subject. Although there is no prospect for enactment of any revenue or financial legislation during the mt of his term Cleveland is understood to be preparing for an elaborate discussion of these subjects, and will recommend legislation v.rhich he believes, 1f carried out, will put the treasury and the financial system of the country on a sound basis. The President will doubtless express his approval of recommendations for increasing the revenue by imposing revenue duties on tea am? coffee and increasing the internal revenue tax on beer. The financial reform recommendations of the message will be along the lines of Cleveland’s former recommendations, and will have as their basis the advocacy of the single gold stancard as the foundation of the monetary system of the country. The retirement of the greenbacks and the Sherman notes will be recommended, so as to take the Government entirely out of the business of issuing promissory notes. Banking reform will be recommended at the same time, to enable the banks of the country to issue circulating notes which will be safe and which can be expanded or contracted in volume to meet the needs ot the business of the country. Cleveland is alive to the necessity of continuing the expansion of the navy and of constructing coast defensesto put the country in a condition to resist foreign aggression, and the recommendations made on these lines made by Secretaries Lamont and Herbert in their annual reports will be seconded in the message. a matter of fact the instrument dated for a period of seventeen years from Novem- er 27, 1879. 2 o ItZZus been officially stated by high offi- cers of toe Western Union Telegraph Company that no steps bave been taken looking to an extension of the contract, and which bas virtually been the main- stay of the Bell company, and it is there- fore believed that the Western Univn pro- poses to go into the telephone business for itseif. The developments of the next few months in this connection will be awaited with interest by telephone-users through- out the country as well as by the inde- pendent telephone manufacturers. P £ MASKED HIGHWAYMEN FOILED. An Unsuccessful Attempt Made to Hold Up an Electric-Car at a Lonely Spot. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 27.—Four masked highwaymen made an unsuccess- ful attempt to hold up an electric-car mid- way between this city and Independence at midnight last night. The leader, Oscar Bridges, said to be a bridge and parachute jumper, was caught and brought to this city to-day. He gave the names of his companions as Eugene Ridgway, a barber, and Ernest Rideway, a professional high- diver, both of Shoenfeld, a suburb near the scene of the hold-up, and James Re- pine, whose home is in Centropolis, a suburb of this city. A saloon-keeper has given information which makes it almost positive that the men are the gang which boldly held up a westbound Cnicago and Alton train just outside Independence about & month ago. The electric-car was filled with theater- goers, and when it reached a ionely spot Bridges jumped on the rear platform, went through to the front end and thrust a revolver in the motorman’s face. An- other robber entered the rear door and was in the act of ordering the passengers to hold up their hands when the con- ductor threw him trom the car. The mo- torman was able to start his car, ana the other robbers, who were to have covered the conductor, escaped to the woods with the third man. Bridges was fighting with the motormarn, who was aided by some male passengers, while the women screamed in fright and fainted. Bridges was finally overcome without firing a shot and the car proceeded to Independence. e LEFT A BIG SHORTAGE BEHIND. Funds of an lowa State Bank Looted by a Cashier Who Recently Departed for His “Health.” COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa, Nov. 27.— John C. Watts, cashier of the State Bank of Neola, Iowa, left the city several days ago stating that he was gomng to Denver for his health. Information reached this city to-night that the officials of the bank bad discovered a shortage of nearly $10,- 000, whicn they were inclined to charge up to Watts. George E. Kings of Des Moines, the pres- ident of the bank, has been in Neola for two or three days looking into the case, and Judge Bancroft of Des Moines, said to be a director or stockholder in the bank, is also there. The investigation got pretty close to the bottom of matters this even- ing, and tbe facts elicited seemed to war- rant the action taken. The bondsmen of Mr. Watts at once came in and deposited sufficient money to cover the probable shortage. Mr. Watts is a son of M. A. Watts, formerly County Auditor of Greene County and cashier of the Council Bluffs Savings Bank. e s il BMexican Corn Shipments. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 27.—The rush of corn shipments'to Mexico through here has been the heaviest ever known during the past three weeks, and the transferring capacity of the roads at the border has been taxed to its fullest capa- city. The great bulk of corn comes from Kansas, iowa and Nebrasks, where 1t is gnrchased for 10 cents to 15 cents per ushel and sold in Mexico as hich as $2 per bushel, Mexican currency. In addition to these shipments by rzit heavy exportations are being made by water for the most southern States of Mexico. R A “Knockout Dro; Not Given. - CHICAGO, Iiw., 27.—A special Nov. from New York says that the chemical analysis of the viscera of Frank P. Ar- buckle proves that “knockout drops” had not been given to him. It may prove that morphine or some such drug was admin- istered, but no indications to that effect bave yet been discovered. The analysis wili not be finished for about two weeks. preai st Valuable Stamps for Sale. NEW YORK, N. Y. Nov. 27.—The announcement made by Albrecht Loewit, missing and that it is belived that they are drowned. The Times to-morrow will publish a dis- patch from Athens saying the storm which caused the flood was unparalleled for violence. It was accompanied by slight earthquakes. The 1llissus River, which is a very small stream rose twenty feet, and all bridges spanning it except two were demolished. It is believed that the ancient monuments in the path of the flood have not been injured. The dam. age to factories at the Pirzus amounts to 20,000,000 drachmas. It is believed the viliages of Attica have suffered severely, but the interruption of communication preventsany information reaching Athens from there. TELEPHOME CONTRACT EXPIRES. ZTherefore the Westerm Union May Go Into the “Hello” Business. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 27.—The contract between the Bell Telephone Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company formally expired by limitation to-day. Various stories to the effect that the con- tract bad already expired have been printed during the past few weeks, but as | a city stamp collector, that he has for sale about $20,000 worth of the original unused issue of the Columbian $2 stamps at §1 75 each has attracted much atten- tion among stamp experts. Mr. Loewit is a member of many philatelic societies of this country, Canada and Germany. ———— Epidemic of Throat Trouble. CHICAGO, I1L., Nov. 27.—Never within the recollection of its oldest physicians— and many of them have passed the mile stone of three score years and ten allotted to man by the prophet—has Chicago ex- perienced such an epidemic of throat iroubles as prevails at the present time, —_— Confessed Heavy Judgment. CHICAGO, Irn., Nov. 27.—Shoninger, Levy & Co., wholesale lace-dealers, con- fessed judgment in the Buperior Court for $53.000 to-day. Their liabilities are about $100,000, with assets not stated. The trou. ble was caused by slow collections and lack of business. 3 Xure of an Extra Session. GRAND 'RAPIDS, Mica., Nov. 27.— Congressman Smith, who returned from a visit to President-elect McKinley last night, at Canion, said he was sure an extra session of Congress would be called. URGE HELP FOR THE ARMENIANS An Appeal Issued by the General Officers of the W.C. T. U. Much of the Good Work Must Now Be Done Over Again, Persecuted Christians - - Who Starving in the Land of the Turk Yet Necel Help. Are CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 27.—The following statement has just been issued by the gen- eral officers of the World’s Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union: HEADQUARTERS OF THE WORLD'S WOMEN’ CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE, 2 THE TEMPLE, CHICAGO, I!1., Nov. 25, 1896. To my Comrades and to All Who Love and Trust me: From the first you have helped the hunted Armenians by your prayers, your sympathy and your honest, hard work. Thousands of ther are to-day in comfort or in safety bacause of the intelligence and devotion with which you have wrought for our Christian brothers and sisters and the littie children on the bleak and dangerous hillsides, and in those valleys smitien by outrage and rder. It is a blessed fact that “patientcontinuance in well doing” is the foremost quality in & white ribboner, for we must do our first works over again, “and more also.”” Hereafter the Armenians can never feel a sense of safety— at least mot in our time. The more forceful among them are determined to risk all in the effort to reach freedom, and while it is not for us to stremgthen this purpose on their part, we must hold ourselves in readiness to help the refugees who are constantly escap- ing from the dominion of the Turks. But we must not let this work cause us to cease send- ing help to the shelterless and starving who remain in that hapless country. ‘We must give money to establish industrial homes and orphanages for the women and children, but it must be apparent to all that if we can help to find homes and work for the starving refugees we have at the same time helped to set the Armenian people on their feet and to put a new hope in their hearts for the future. The sorrowful and outraged women can do little for their nation. The vigorous and forceful families and youth who have the energy and skill to seve themselves alive by msking their escapes are full of promise for the years to come. They are de- voted 1o the interests of their country and de- termined to live rather than die for her. Thousands of them are penniless to-day in Bulgaris, Alexandria, Marseilles and all along the border of the accursed Turkish Empire. It is the purpose of the leaders you have chosen and who believe they are but carrying forward your wishes into deeds to establish a home for refuge t some strategic point, possibly in Bulg‘u which shall belong to the World’s W.C. T. U.,and shall testify to the loyelty and tenderness of our soclety toward those who most needed our help st a time when the heart of the whole world was stirred by theirunutterable misery. May I not, in closing, urge upon ail good peo- ple the significance of making Christmas offer- ings this year at least for the most part to the Armenians who are starving in their own country, or as & refuge for Armenians who have escaped, sending in either case to Mrs. Helen M. Baker, treasurer of the National W. C.T. U., the Temple, Chicago. In this prayer and hove, I am yours for the deliverance of God’s most loyal people, Frances E. Willard, Isabel) Somerset, Agnes Slack, Auna Gordon, u-’;y gnndaraon, general officers World's W. — BURNED LIKE A TINDER-BOX, Destruction of an Elevator and a Vast Amount of Grain. ST. PAUL, Mix~, Nov. 27.—With a fierce raw wind blowing from the north and the temperature four degrees below zero, a fire broke out this evening at 6 o'clock in t"e elevator of the St. Paul Ele- vator and Warehouse Company, corner of Third and 8. Petersburg streats, It burned like a tinder-box. Shortly after 7 o’clock the structure fell with a crash, the debris covering the Milwaukee track to a depth of <everal feet and temporarily stop- ing traffic on the line. There wers 100,- gooxmheu of grain in the elevator. The loss is $100,000, covered by $70,000 in- surance. g Not Cured by the “Gold Cure® LEAVENWORTH, Kaxs., Nov. 27.—At the investigation of the Soldiers’ Home by the Congressional committee to-day witnesses testified that the old soldiers were not compelled to takg the ‘‘gold cure’’ and that brutalities wére not prac- ticed. They also testified to the kindness of Governor Smith, and said they had never received any ill treatment. Sta- tistics of arrests for drunkenness in the home, which were asked for and presented, make a poor showing for the gold cure, There were 703 arrests in 1890, while there were 1102 in 1895, A Chinese Detective’s Pisit, DENVER, Coro., Nov. 27.—Ling Wah Chung, attonded by half ascore of ser- vants, is in the city looking up the meth- ods of apprebension and punishment in cases of crime in this country. Ling Wah Chbung is the head of the great detective force of the Celestial empire and comes as the accreditea agent of his Majesty the Emperor. While in the city he has signi- fied his willingness to watch every detail in police and detective work, and ‘also to disseminate his views nfion official ques- tions in a manner that will furnish lessons for American sleutus. > —_— Collected Political Assessments. DENVER, Covo., Nov. 27.—A dispatch from Washington this afternoon reads as follows: The Secretary of the Treasury dismissed William R. Morley, engineer of the public building, Denver, for collect- ing political assessments from Govern- ment employes in violation of the civil service law. His case has been under in- vestigation by the Civil Service Commis- sion. Morley’s room in the postoffice building was a political headquarters dar- ing the campaign. The case has been re- ferred to the Attorney-General for prose- cution of those persons alleged to have violated the law. ——-— PERMITTED TO LEAWE TURKEY. Minister Terrell Securcs the Departure of Wives and Children of Ameri- can Citizens. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—Secre- tary Olney received a cablegram from Minister Terrell at Constantinople that twenty-six women, wives of naturalized American citizens, with their children, will leave Harpoot at once under proper escort for America. Twenty-three women, also wives of American citizens, will leave in a few days. The Minister also stated that he had been informed by wire from Marmosh that the Governor of that province facilitated by all means in his power the departure of all persons on whose account application for permission to leave the country is made. This is the first substantial fruit of the concession re- cently secured by Minister Terrell in behzli of the wives and families of Turks who have been naturalized in the United States. —_— AS TO THE LONG HAUL. Railroad Companies Petition the Inter- state Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—The ratiroad companies doing business be- tween common points in Colorado and terminal points in California have peti- tioned the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion for relief from the fourth section of the interstate commerc® act so *‘that they may be aushorized in the transportation of like kinds of property to charge less com- pensation in the aggregate tor the longer distances between Colorado points and California terminal points than for shorter distances over the same lines in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance.” They revresent in their prayer that competition with water transportation from Atlantic Coast poiats tc Pacific mar- kets renders necessary a lower through rate than they can afford to make on business which is not carried entirely tbrough. The commission has ordered a hearing on the petition for December 18. The companies are also ordered to fight their existiong tariffs on through and local business, together with the changes they wish to make in case suspension of the law be asked. g BTAYS OUT Or THE CLUB. Prince Iiurbide Not a Proper Person to Associate With Gentlemen. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25.—The jury in the case of Prince Iturbide, the adopted heir of the late Emperor Max- imilian of Mexico, against the Metropoli- tan Club of this city to-day returned a verdict in favor of the club. Iturbide was expelled by the board of governors last May upon the charge of having made certain accusations against the daughter of a fellow member, and he brought suit for a writ of mandamus to compel the club to reinstate him, alleging that he had not been fairly tried by the board of governors. Judge Bradley, presiding, said that it was out of the province of the court to say whether or not the governors acted wisely in applying the extreme penalty for the offense charged. The only question at issue, the Judge said, was whether, when Iturbide was before the governors, he was fairly and fully apprised of the charge against him? Iturbige says he will appeal the case. —_—— OF INTEREsT TO THE COAST. Changes Among Postmasters in Several Smaller Ofices. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—The following Pacitic Coast postmasters were appownted to-day: Karluk, Alaska, A. Rosanan, vice L. Larson, resignea; Forest Home, Amador County, Cal., N. Lam- bert, vice J. Graham, removed; Gar- lock, Kern County, Cal, R. B8. Simpson, vice I ~ Kelly, resigned; Denning, Whatcom County, Washington, J. Gray, vice J. N. Johnson, resivned ; Derby, King County, Washington, W. R. Peterson, vice E. M. Doree. resigned: Douglass, Douglass County, ‘Washington, M. S. Cannon, vice J. Cioninger, resigned; Gig Harbor, Pierce Coun:y_!w"hmg:on, 8. H. Franklin, vice J. Bale, resigned. Pensi have been granted as follows: Californ Original— Calvin D. Case, Pasadena; Robert J. Banks, Los Angeles. Increase—Special. November 18, Major 8. Davis, Veterans’ Home, Napa. Oregon: Additional—Elisha Johnson, Florence. ‘Washington: Original widows, etc.— Special, November 18, Jacob Phillipa, arkham. ER IS As to Herbert’s Report. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C,, Nov. 27.—The following statement was given ont by the Navy Department to-day: Becretary Her- bert’s attention being called to published reports purporting to give the features ot his forthcoming reports, said that all re- rts of this character were purely con- jectural, They are based in part on his former reports and on the fact that the Secretary has_received data on various subjects from Navy Bureau centers. The Secretary’s aunual report will be pub- lished in the morning papers of De- cember 8. —— W. H. Mills in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—Wil- liam H. Mills of San Francisco, land agent of the Central Pacific Railroad, was here yesterday on business connected with land patents for his company, and took dinner at the Hotel Normandie with 8. W. Lamo- reux, United States Land Commissioner. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—To- day’'s stacement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $227, 876,907; gold reserve, $129,856,185. A WANT “ORGANS" They Claim That All the Influential Press Is Not With Them. So They Are Talking Wildly About Starting Newspapers in Several Cities, But the Sad Experience of Others in That Line Should Cuol Their Ardor Somewhat. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.—It has been'a frequent cause of lament among silver leaders that all the influential press of the East and West was arrayed against their cause. Mr. Bryan in his campaign made several allusions to this, as did others of hisside on the stump. Some of the silver mine owners have more} than once in the last three or four years indi- cated an inclination to remedy this, if it be made practicable. Since the election there has been a good deal of cheap talk on this subject, and from the manner in which some of the wild-eyed silver orators let themselves loose it might be imagined that nothing is easier than to start a newspaper and keep it going. It bas been given out here that arrange- ments are ou foot to establish newspapers to be devoted to the advocacy of silver in Washington, Baltimore and Lousville. It is asserted, but of this there is absolutely no evidence, that a large fund has already been raised and partial engagements entered into for a staff of writers and cor- respondents. However, adamper islikely to be thrown upon thedreams of some of these news- paper magnates when they discover what is really essential for the establishment of a newspaper in a great city on anything like a subsiantial or promising basis. One of the biggest newspapers of New York City, which is said to have spent $10,000,000, is now in the hands of a re- ceiver, and another, which is known to have thrown away $5,000,000 in a vain ef- fort to get on a paying basis, has very re- cently given up the ghost. No one can count the money which has been lost in trying to build up newspapers in that city and in other cities in competition with al- ready firmly established journals, whose fonndations are laid in the respect and confidence of the people. An experienced man of business in journalism said to some of those who are ambi ious to distin- guish themselves that it would be sheer folly to think of venturingon a newspaper enterprise of such magnitude. S PAYING A FOOLISH WAGER. Young Woodward Riding Across the Continent on a Donkey. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 27.—Astride a small donkey R. Pritchard Wood ward, ayoung Brooklyn man, 6 feet 6 inches tall, left the Hotel Bartholdi, Twenty-third and Madison square, this afternoon bound for San Francisco, as the result of an elec- tion bet between himself and Benjamin Lillard, a Brooklyn publisher, which was made just before the election when Wood- ward offered the bet and Lillard accepted. Itis stipulated in the conditions of the bet that Woodward must pass through Canton and cal on Major McKinley. From there he is to go to Lincoln and pay a visit to Mr. Bryan, ‘Woodward made his informal start from Brooklyn atl o’clock this afternoon, but by his contract he had to 20 to the ‘‘seat of defeat,” the former Democratic head- | quarters in the Bartholdi. Woodward leaves the city penniless. He must make his way 1o San Francisco within a year and must earn his living as he goes. He expects to reach San Fran- cisco in eight months. Should he not ket there in twelve months he will be com- pelled by his contract to forfeit a stipu- lated sum of money. Many young society people from Brook- lyn were at the Bartholdi to see Wood- ward make his start. S SILVER LEADERS IO CONFER. General Warner Will Issue the Call im a Few Days. CHICAGO, Irn, Nov. 27. — An im- portant conference of leaders in the late ceampaign for the free coinage of silver— Democrats, Populists, Republicans, Silver party and American Bimetaliic Union rep- resentatives—will be held in Washington about December 10. The call for the con- terence will be issued next week early by General A. J. Warner, vresident, and Georga E. Bowen, secretary of the Amer- ican Bimetallic Union. Secretary Bowen said to-day to a re- porter for the United Associated Presses that he was waiting to receive the form of the call irom General Warner or instruc- tions to issue it himself. He said it was expected Mr. Bryan would be present to offer advice and be consuited regarding the best plan to solidify the free silver forces and conduct an aggressive educa- tional campaign under organization if possible. The idea is to hold the silver lorces together and lose no ground during the next four vears, besides making new converts to the cause. Senators Sones, Butler, Teller, Dubois and Pettigrew; Governors Altgeld and Stone, Messrs. ‘Washburn and Towne and the executive committee of the Bimetallic Union com- mittee are ‘expected to be present. —_— BLACKBURN IN THE RACE, Declares That Be Is a Candidate for Re- election as Senator. VERSAILLES, Ky., Nov. 27.—In an in- terview this evenin: Senator Blackburn announced that he was a candidate for re- election and tbat he would be in the fight to the bitter end. He said that if Gover- nor Bradley was a smart man he would not call an extra session of the Legislature, and that body, if it chose a United States Benator, would not select the Governor, Benator Blackburn paid his respects to Spain in very forcitle language, and said that he believed Congress wouid take a pronounced stand on the Cuban bellige- rency. In reference to the tariff legisla~ tion, be said he did not believe that Con- gress would pass any legislation on this subject. Receiver for a kailroad. TOPEKA, Kaxns, Nov. 27. —In the United States Court here late this even- ing a petition was filed by Charles Blood Smith, representing the Farmers’ Losn and Trust Company of New York, pray- ing for the appointment of a receiver for the St. Lounis, Kan=as and Southwest rn Railway, and Judge Foster appointed Dwight Breman of Boston, who is now here, receiver. The road, whicn is sixty miles in length, runs from Arkansas Gity to Mahoney, Kansas. Itwas a part of the | 8t. Louis and San Francisco system, but | when the reorganization was made re- cently it was not included. For the past thirty days it has not been operated. The trust company represents the holders of $700,000 worth of bonds. i DEATH OF A DRUNKEN FATHER. | Shot Down by a Son Whom He Was | Trying to Kill With a Rifle. STRATTON, Ngsr, Nov. 27.—J. W. Burney of this city was to-night shot and killed by his son, a young man 21 years oi age. The deed was provoked by thd elder Burney, who threatened the life of the youth. The tragedy occurred at the fam- ily residence. About supper time Mr. Burney, who has been on a prolonged spree since the election, procured a rifle and repairing to his home demanded that Mrs. Burney call the “kid” as the time | had come when he must shoot both of | them. The young man happened to be in ‘ an adjoining room and overhearing the | conversation came out only to be con- fronted by his father, who pointed the gun athim. At first the boy begged the en- raged man to spare his life, but without avail. As the father drew back to cock the rifle young Burney seized his own gun, which stood near by in a corner, and be- fore the drunken man could again take careful aim, sent a bullet into his father’s breast. Mr. Burney expired in half an hour. . Fizing the Penalty at Death. AUSTIN, Tex,, Nov. 27.—The jury in the Burt murder trial returned a verdict this afternoon of guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing the penalty at death. The crime for which Burt was sen- tenced to hang is the murder of his wife and two children on July 24 last, when he murdered them and threw their bodies in & well. He then went to Chicago, where was arrested on August 20. The case will be appealed. e Out on the Lake in a Storm. ASHLAND, Wis., Nov. 27.—Nothing has been heard of the steamer Cumberland, which left here before the great gale of Wednesduy night. When last seen by the captain of the steamer Ericsson the Cum- beriand was eight miles abead of him The storm at the time was increasing in violence. The captain of the Ericsson says it would have been impossible for the Cumberland to have made a harbor in safety and she must have ridden out the gale in the open lake. L e Urders for New Cars. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 27.—The Obie Falls Car Manufacturing Company at Jef- fersonville, Ohio, received an order from he Sierra Madre and Pacific Railway in Mexico for 150 boxcars, seven passenger coaches, a private car and three cabooses. In consequence of this order and other orders received from roads in the United States the car works will resume opera- tions next Tuesday, December 1. Four hundred men will be given employment and this force will be increased to 2500 by January 1. Al T e Cleveland’s Guards Carele, NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 27.—A Sun special from Washington says: It has just been discovered that President Cleve- land’s might bodyguard of policemen have been in the habit of sleeping all night and in consequence there has been a shaking up of the White House force. —_— Killed Nephew and Himself. BURLINGTON, lowa, Nov. 27.—A few miles west of Burlington to-day, Georee Wilber, 58 years old, shot ana killed Emory Flagley, his nephew, 17 years old, of Carmen, Ill., and then committed sui- cide. Wilber was temporarily deranged. o a o v Wreok of a Coal Train. MASCOUTAH, I, Nov. 27.—A coal train was wrecked at Reitchter station, three miles west of here to-day, and Con- ductor C. C. Kieffer was killed. Brakeman M. Teneck was injured internally and Brakeman W. 8. Kelly slightly hurt. T R Suicide of a Merchant. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 27.—Harry Hackes, 45 years of age, a member of the clothing firm of Lippman & Hackes, com- mitted suicide by shooting, this morning, in Central Park. 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