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- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 9 1897. CLEARING OF A MURDER MYSTERY One of the Dastardly Assas- sins Confesses to the Crime. The Deed Inspired by Anger Over an Alleged Slanderous Statement. A Lot of Valuab'e Bonds Recovered From the Rebbers Have Dis- appeared. WICHITA, Kans., April 8.—The mys- tery surrounding the murder of W. H. Orvis of Severy, Kans., the stock man who was sandbagged at the Severy devot on the night of his intended departure for Kar ity in August, 1895, and who aiterward died from his injuries, has been cleared up by T. N. Webster, now an inmate of the Hutchinson reformatory. Orvis, who was a rich Englishman, was found lying unconsciousand badly bruised beside the depot platform, and his pockels had been rifled, leaving the impression | that robbery bad been the sole motive for the crime. The robbers gota roll of bills amounting to $400, $6000 in Govern- ment vougs and his gold watch. Upon | the partial recovery of Orvis, he was una- assail- ble 1o give any description of h ants, and no one has ever pee though Greenwood County su offered a $500 reward for their a; conviction. The injured man died sud- denly about two months after the sand- begging. In the meant very mysterio e aletter reached bhim g that if he would 20 to Kansas Cit and without giv- ing the detective ntof his purpose, his bonds would be returned to him. He followed the instructions and the bonds were restored to him by a man who was ger. a total stra The con n of Webster is that he, together with a man named Powell, d the robbery and that the origina! on was to kill Orvis outrightand then place his body on the railroad track where it would be mangled by the train which Orvis intended to tzke. Powell struck the blow and put the body on the | track, but at Webster's solicitation re- | moved it, and the very men who com- d the crime gave the alarm to avert According to Webster's state- ment Powell was incensed st Orvis because Orvis had made statements which com- promised & woman with whom Powell was closely reiated. Powell has been located in Arkansas by Webster's testimony and County Attor- ney Johnson of Greenwood County, who has the matter in charge, will cause his arrest. The executors ol the estate of Orvis brought suit in the United States Circnit Court at Fort Scott to recover $3000 acci- ce, but the Judge ruled the case out of cour:, declaring that the evi- mit suspicion. dence pointed conciusively to suicide. The Coroner’s jury, however, had re- turned a verdict of death from injuries re- ceived at the hands of unknown assail- Webst-r's confession was obtained by the officers upou the promise of immunity for bis part in the crime. Greenwood Connty offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of When search was made for the bonds 5 Orvis was known to have recovered, e executors were unable to find them, Orvis was infatuated with a woman at Tojeka and it is suspected that she got with the bonds. RICH MINERAL DEPGSITS. A Large Area in the W.chita Mountains That Is Just Beginning to Be Developed. WICHITA, Ka tinues to be o about the rich mine the Wichita Mo and owa Territory. organized homa and have expert have locs April 8.—There con- iderable excitement al deposits found in ains, in the Comanche reservations, in Indian Mining companies are being several points in Okla- | Indian Territory. They metallurgists at work and ted quite a number of mines, both of silver ana They have located the mines accordiug to the United States but they seem debarred from any fu e and work by the fact that the treaty between the United States and these bes—the Com- anche, Arapahoe and Kiowa—forbid any settiement or occupation of their lands, either as farming or mining. They are now taking proper steps to havs at least the best mineral portions of these moun- teins opened up to prospectors and loca- tions of mines. One assay has been made by an expert at Pheenix, Ariz., showing $47 worth of gold to the ton, while silver and other less precious metals are also found in paying quantities. Another assay showed gnld- bearing quartz running as high as $0150 perton. This mine was located on the south side of Mount Sheridan. There are tine beds of asphalt formed into lakes and so soft that one can run a stick down two or three feetinto it. There are several lakes of this deposit, and it continually oozes out of the earth and has the appearance of thick tar. Around these asphalt lakes is a continual spring of salt water in the dryest weather. Expert geologists say that they are of the opinion that these asphalt lakes or streams have their origin in the coal re- gions of Kansas. Oue thing very peculiar about these beds, however, is that there are mussel shells to be found all through them. The fact that they are there is very apparent, but how they came there is & matter of interesting conjecture. The strata in most of these Wichita Mountains seem to run perpendicular, showing that their formation was due to some powerful volcanic action or agency directly underneath them. Al kinds of minerals can be found in quantities that would pay bandsomely if properly worked. Bitver in its various sulphate forms can be found; also iron, copper, slate, granite and various other quartz formations. Gold is found most {requently in its dust formation, being deposited in little cells, together with iron and silver in and about the granuled quartz. Springs and streams sufficient to run mills and various niining machinery the year round are found in the valleys be- tween these mountains, which show the richest mineral deposits. This mountainous region is only fit for 1 BRYAN NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, April 8.—William J. Bryan narrowly escaped death or serious injury to-night. He addressed a great crowd, which afterward pressed forward to shake his hand. Thoir weight caused the platform to col- Iapse, precipitating Mr. Bryan and members of the reception committee, Senator Frank Conover, Clifford Foster, Judge McWilliams und A. J. Watts, together with the I'irst United States Artillery band and 100 men, women and children, into a struggling mass thirty feet below. Eryan was picked up unconscious, but he soon recovered. His face was cut and his logs brutsed. About twonty-fiv. o others were injured. mining, and will never benefit any man until it is put in the proper shap: to be legally worked. A few of its vaileys are good for farming and sto ng, but this area is small compared with the larger portion, which is composed of mountains, thresded by narrow valleys. ooty MILLION-DOLLAR CONFLAGRATIOR. Heart of Knoxville, Tenn., in Ashes—Two Liwves Believed to Have Been Lost. Many Irjured. KNOXVILLE, Tesx, Apnl 8.—Two lives are thought to have been lost and probably a dozen people badly injured in a fire that destroyed four blocks of build- ings here this morning in the business part of the city. The fire siarted in 3 grocery store and spread to the Hotel Knox, in which were | filty sioeping guests, next door. The fire- men set their ladders against the sides of the hotel and rescued most of the inmates. All are accounted for except L. E. Wil- liams of Springfield, Mass., and 'W. H. Holloway of Newport, Tenn. It is fesred were burned to death. he firemen were unable to fight the flames to advaniage because several large zrocery shops were in the burning dis- t, and bundreds of barrels of oil stored in their celiars were likely to explode. By 9:30 o’clock, after the firemen had worked six bours, the whole Chattanoogsa fire department had arrived, and an hour later the fire was under control. Itdid $1,000,000 worth of damage. During the fire P. C. Dyer was overcome by excite- ment and was stricken by paralysis. He fell to the sidewalk, fractured his skull and will die. John Bogle of London, Tenn., was burned seriously and will die. Many othersare injured. Eighteen build- ings were burnad in all among them being tne largest and handsomest busi ness and office structures in the city. The wholesale district was almost wiped out. It was only partly insured. Destroyed by Fire, SHIRLEY, Mass., April 8.—The Fre- donia Mill of the Sampson Cordage Com- pany wes destroy e to-day. $50,000. —_—— TWO NOTABLE DEATHS. Horace G. Bird and Robert Cunningham Poss Away—Both Achieved National Fame. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8.—Horace G. Bird, composer, organist, singer and choral conductor, died Wednesday at his home here. He induced Patti to come to Chicaco the first time, led the music in the Wigwam when Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the Presidency, and &t the dedication of Bunker Hill monument in Boston sang a solo part in the dedication song. Ha was born in Watertown, Mass., sixty-seven years ago. Robert Cunningham died of apoplexy to-day. Heissaid to be tae man who gave out the news which caused the Black Friday panic of 1869. As the story goes, he happened to be in the telegraph office and overheard the message from the Sec- retary of the Treasury to the sub-treasurer saying that $4,000,000 in gold would be sold by the Government. He gave infor- mation to Fisk and Goutd. Gold dropped from 160 to 135 and the panic followed. — - UNION #ISSIONARY CONFERENCE. Grand Gathering of UDivines and Stu- dents at Pittsburqg. PITTSBURG, Pa., April §.—Represen- tative divines rom different parts of this country and abroad participated to-day in the opening exercizes of & union mission- ary conference held under the auspices of 250 students of the three theological semi- naries in this city. Amone those present from abroad were Rev. Dr. Hunter Cor- bett, the veleran mi:sionary to China; Rev. Dr. F. L. Somerville of New York, who has just returned from an extended tour to the missionary fields of Syria Evangelist Beil of Chicago_and Professor W. G. Moorenead of the United Presby- terian Seminery at Xenia, Ohio. The conference will coniinue for twodays. = “SOUND MONEX.” New Monthly Publication Appears at Chicago CHICAGO, IrL., April 8,—The National | Sound Money League, the headquarters of whica are in this city, has just issued the first number of & monthly paper en- titled **Sound Money.” 1t advccates the gold standard, the gradnal retirement of ereenbacks and the | tion, | enlargement of national bank cireut The office E. Leighion, of the league are: George . Louis, president; Gusiav H. Sciwab, New York, chairman of the executive commitiee; A. B. Hepburn, New York, treasurer; C. . Hutchinson, Chicago, associate treasurer, ana E. V. Smalley, Chicago, general secretary. The league is a non-partisan organization. BRITISH HATEED OF GERMANT, It Manifests Itself én the Organisation of a Leaguo. LONDON, Exc., April 8.—The British feeling against Germany which came into existence in this country when the present Emperor first began to manifest his anti- Englih proclivities, and which was fanned into a flame by the Emperor's recent tele- gram to President Kruger, has taken tangi- ble form in the organization of a secret movement which is to be known as the “British Anti-German League.” The Gov- ernment bill now before Parliament pro- hibiting the 1mportation of prison-made goods is. it is kuown, directed mainly against Germany, while another recent evidence of the feeling a:ainst that coun- try is the protest of British waiters against the bringinz over of G-rman waiters to as- st at the Queen’s jubilee banguets. The objecis of the newly formed league have not yet been defined in print, but they are siated to be a promotion’ and cultivation of a sentiment against Ger- many and everything bearing the stamp of that country and the boycotting of German irade<men, of whom there are thousands in London alone. In a circular for private distribution issued under the anspices of the league it is deciared that the sole mission in sife of the German Emperor, who is half mad and will probably end his days like George IIL under restraint as a iunatic, is to thwart England. The clrcxl_lr declares that the German is to be found iy every occupation in Eng- land, and that the country is harboring & nest of enemies whose chief purpose in life is to oust the native Englishman and to spy upon him in every walk of life for the purpose of using the kuowledge thus acquired to his detriment. ‘Ihe Germanizing of England, it is de clared, must be stopped, and’ Germany must be regarded ns the chiel enemy of the country, German influence is statea to have penetrated Parliament to such an extent that there are over twenty mem- bers of the House of Commons of that | orizin in the supporters of the Salisbury administration. The court, too, is crowded with high- salaried Germans who hold places in_the army snd navy above the heads of Eng- lishmen. The circular concludes by declaring that the German bacillus hud affected the en- tire nation. “Every patriot,” it says, “‘must be up in arms against the German- izng of England, so that we may make it manifest to the mad Emperor and the multitude upon whose neck he tramples that we are aware of bLis animosity, that | we recard Germany as our chief enemy, | and that we wiil be prepared when the occasion arises to show oy our deeds that | a nation which in great part owes its ex- istence to our blood and money shall be sternly taught the reward of international ingratitude.” Itis understood that a member of the House of Commons was recently dissuaded from questioning the Government regard- ing the league and its legaiity by the per- sonal intervention of the Marquis of Salis- bury, who was fearful that if the matter were elevated to the dignity of parlia- mentary discussion it would give cause to the yo Emperor to break loose once more with his tongue or pen. ENGLISH MILITARY UBS Why the Fiita Battalioa of the fcottish Rifless Was Dis- banded. During a Drill They Appeared in | Such a Slovenly Condition It Created a Sensation. | LONDON, Exc., April 8.—There wasa sensation among the volunteers and militia of the country over the disbanding, | by order of the Secretary of War, of the | Fifth Battalion of the Scottish Rifles, 800 strong. The disbanding is the outcome of a re- port made by Sir Francis Grenfell, who was sent by the War Office to inspect the | battalion, the latter being given twelve hours’ notice to appear on parade. The report in question reads more like a piece of exaggerated American humor than a serious official statement to the Government. It was shown that some of the men appeared for drill in their slippers. Dur- ing the drill the officers end privates ad- dressed each other by their Christian names. The swords, rifles and other ac- | couterments were in an astounding con- dition of rust and general uncleanliness. Three of the officers kept saloons, and took turns in supplying liquor a: the shooting ranges, and another officer was a plumber who repaired the targets. One colonel was shown to have sold 18,- 000 rounds of ammunition furnished by the Government 10 a rifle club. One officer, when ordered to put the | corps throueh battalion drill, was found to be ignorant eyen of the words of com- mand. The disbanding of so large a bat- | talion and under such circumstances is | without precedent in the history of the War Departmént of this country. e g PORTO RICO’S REVOLUTION. It Would Seem That the Movement of Insurrection Was Suppressed at the Start. | NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8—Mail dis- | patches from Porto Rico say that the revo- lutionary movement there began March 24, when an insurgent band under Jose | Nicolas Quinones attacked the town of Yauco. Two other bands appeared later | at La Quebrada de Yauco and Sabana Grande. Copies of newspapers from San Juan | and Ponce to March 29, brought by pas- | sengers on the steamer Senior, say that the movement was suppressed at the star.t | Most of the insurgents surrendered. It is admitted by some newspapers, how- ever, that some forty men remained in the field and that several Spanish col- umns had started for Torres Hills; where the insargents under Velez and Cubano had taken retuge. . TROUBLE IN THE§TRANSVAAL. Large Section of the Country in Open Revolt—British Troops Leave for the Scene. NG., April 8.—A dispatch to mes from Cape Town says that ad- | vices rece.ved there from Delagoa Bay an- | nounce that the country bordering on and across the Limpopo River, forming for many miles the northwest and north- ern limit of the Transvaal, is in open re- | voit. | Itisadaed that the situation is serious. Troops are leaving for Delagoa Bay by | the steamer Carnarvon. A further upris- | ing is expected in Mapuiatand. CAPE TOWN, Souts Arrica, April 8.— A dispatch from Vreybure says that the volunteers have captured and burned the insurgents’ stronghold at Gaissepe. Lieu- tenant Harnis was among the kilied. wbwieslon CHILEAN AKMY DISSENSIONS, | Officers Meet and Plot for the Kemoval | of General Korner. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8.—A Herald dispatch from Valparaiso, Chile, says The Ley, an ultra-Radi newspaper in Santiago, has disclosed certain facts with regard to the situation in army circles which have had a disturbing effect upon | the public mind. The paper says that re- cently a meeting of great significance was held at the house of General Canto, a division commander, at which were pres- ent four other generals and two colonels. The paper declared that the object of the meeting was to frame a petition to the Government for the removal of Gen- eral Korner as chief of the military siaff, The Government papers at first denied the truth of the alleged disclosures made by the Ley, but it now seems to be ad- mitted thatsuch a meeting was held and to-day the Chileno, the Porvenir, the Ley and other papers say that the Government has investigat-d the matter and will adopt severe disciplinary measures against General Canto and all those who took part in the criticism of General Korner. General Canto was the chief of the revolutionary army of 1891, which over- threw the Balmac:da Government. —_— Raslroad Combinar mor Denied. MONTREAL, Querec, April 8.—T. G. Shau-hnessy, vice-president of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway, states that the re- port in New York thata traflic arrange- ment had been effected between the Canadian Pacific and the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific reilways, with regard to transcontinental and Pacific Coast business, is not true, HAWAIL 15 1N JOYFUL oD Action of Congress on the Treaty Delights the People. Mrs. Dimond’s Attorney Makes a Statement of His Conduct of Her Case, Those Jipanese Immigrants Still R:fused a Landing—Another Ship- load on the Way. HONOLULU, Hawarr, April 1.—The ar- rival of the Australia, with the news of the favorable action of Congresson the Hawaiian treaty and the tariff on sugar, has brought joy to the planters and the whole people, for all here are more or less dependent on the price of sugar. The good news that the treaty is likely to be continued in force for another Presiden- tial term pleases everybody. At the headquarters of the Annexation Club there is also joy, it being announced that the prospects of annexation at Wash- ington were uever better. Your corre- spondent learns that the news was con- tained in a letter from a close friend of President McKinley, who intimates that Hawaiian affairs will be attended to after the tariff bill is passed. The Evening Bulletin of to-day an- nounces the appointment of William A. Kinney as Special Commissioner to Wasn- ington and an interview with President Dole confirming it. Mr. Kinney goes in the interests of annexation and will carry the answer of the Government to certain queries made from Washington in the last mail. Mr. Kinney is a briliant young member of the Honolulu bar, a fluent speaker and an ardent annexationist. He was formerly in partnership with Charles L. Carter, the only victim of the late revo- lution. In a published and signed statement A. 8. Humphries, one of Mrs. Carrie H. Di- mond’s attorneys in thetrial of her divorce case, refutes the statements made by ker in certain San Francisco papers that he advised her to withdraw ber appeal on the ground that certzin members of the Supreme Court were related to Mr. Di- mond, as was also the trial Judge, A. W. Carter. He says in part: In justice to myself 1'wish to deny in toto every ce 1o Judge Carter as to hus de- cision being controlled by his relationship to Mr. Dimond. Iam not now aware that there relationship, either by sfinity or con. and Wes Dot when the case was d or since. ous for advising my client against was based upon the evidence in the ourt and upon the actions of Judge Carter throughout the trial. At the close I declined to argue the case, but I toox occasion 1o thank Judge Carter for the fairness of his ruiings and tLe ledrning he displayed in try- ing the case. There were many things brought outin evidence, which while not clearly prov- ing the charges of adultery, certainly infl enced Judge Carter, and would have infi enced any other fair-minded Judge in the s way. Mrs. Dimond’s statement that I advised her to compromise her case is unqualificd- ly false. 1 had heard that Mr. Dimond was willing to give my client & sum of money to enable her to go to her home in Iowe. Isentfor Mr. Kinney 10 inquire if the Teport Was correct and he referred me to J. 0. Carter. From him T learned that some such arrangement might be made, end 1 afterward learned from Lim that the smount Mr, Li- mona would pay was $1000. 1 then calied on Paul Neumann, senior coun- sel in the case, aud reported the matter to him and asked his views. Personally I was opposed 10 her accepting ihe money irom s hand which she scorned and which I felt satisfied scorned her. 1 presented my views to Mr. Neumann and we agreed that 1 should advise her against accepting the momey. I then sent for Mrs. Dimond 2nd told her what could be obiained, but cautioned her sgainst nccepting it, as it would bar her from making any statement to her friends. It is the privilege of any person who loses a case to tell their friends the trial was not fair and that justice was not meted out; any one can say that, whether it is the truth or not. 1 told’ Mrs. Dimoud she had better leave here without a dollar with the verdict against her than to accept money from the man who Lad charged her with an offense, and of which she had been convicted in the court. Iwent even further than this, and offered to advance her sufficient money 10 carry her to any point in the United States and rely upon her father 10 reimburse me. Sne preferred the 1000 and signed a letter to that effect. Here it is: A. 8 Humphries—DEAR Sx: I hereby author'ze yOU 10 effccta serlement of ali my matters upon the best terms which you can make. Very respeci- tully, CaRRY HIGLEY DIMOND. On March I wrote J, O. Carter tnat I would close he matter up for $1000, the same to be ed ns per schedule furnisned. Mr. Carter responded the next day, nccepting on behalf of Mr. Dimond the proposition I had made. accepted each of the conditions ne requested that the draft for $450 be mude on & San Francisco bank rather tnan on Williams, Dimond & Co., for Teasous which 1 felt sure ho would appreciate. The settlement of $1000 was made and the money paid as agreed on, Mrs. Dimond receiy- ing no more, no’ less. I regret exceedingly that Mrs. Dimond has given cut the impres- sion 1n San Francisco thatunlessa person is related by family or religious ties they cannot get justice in the Honolulu courts. As her attorney I can say, and without violating any of the confidences which exist between lawyer and client, that the trial of the Dimond case before Judge Carterwas as fair as it could have been in any court in the world. The Japanese brou-ht here by the Sa- kura Maru and refused a landing, 224 in all, are still confined at the quarantine station awaiting the arrival of a steamer for the Orient. Captain Brady of the Sa- koramara and Willism G..Irwin & Co., the agents of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, gave a joint bond in the sum of $6000 that they would be returning on the first steamer to Japan and their expenses paid while here. This was done to allow the Sakura Maru to make her regular trip to Seattle without risking any trouble with the United States authoriiies over the un- desirable immigrants she carried as pa: sengers. Another Japanese steamer, with some 700 more immigrants, should be on the way here unless stopped by cable message. Her passengers Wil be subjected to the same rigid examination as the last two lots, and undoubtedly a large proportion will be sent back. The Chinese colony is making great preparations to receive the Chinese Min- ister to the United Biates, who is due here on the Gaelic on the 3d. 1t is possible he may not be allowed to land on account of quarantine regulations. —_—, BICYCLE-MAKERS 4T WAR. Une Ohio Company Bues Another for a atent Infringement. CINCINNATI, Omio, April 8. — The Miami Cycle Company of Middietown, Ohio, manufacturers of the Racycle whee!, has bronght suit in the United States court against the Union Manufacturing Company oi Toledo to restrain the latter irom using the crank-hanger on which the former claims to have a patent. Suit is not only brought for mfringement of pat- ent but also for an uccounting of profits in the manufacture of all wheels that have their crank-hangers claimed that other suits will be brought against the manufacturers of nearly all wheels for Toyalties on this crank-hanger. e b A4 Temporary Keceiver, NEW YORK, N. Y., April 8.—George Norris was to-day appointed temporary recoiver of the E, ¥, Dean Company, s A SFHARP NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. CONTRAST All we ask of yow to dois to look at what other stores are showing, examine closely the tailoring of the garments, look at their antiquities and ancient styles, et their prices, and then come to ws. Not only do we cut their prices in half, but what else do yow det ? THIS IS WEHAT YOU GET! You Set the pick from the only new stock in all San Francisco. You get the pick from the richest and choicest buds sathered, for Spring. You get the very cleverest and new ideas of the swell tailor’s shops of both Euw- rope and America. THESE YOU GET S .50 OUR on them. It is| BIG CORNER WINDOW Shows these remarkably clever Sarments. They're the very mewest Spring styles. The colorinds are marvelously hand- some. class art tailoring. They're the top notch of high- We merely made the introdwctory price $8.50 to popularize and to launch our Spring business with a hurrah. gone beyond ws. the Sreatest successes in our remarka- ble onward and upward history. § S Q N § 2 7 S 255 TN It's| It has proven one of| THE FABRICS Represent Scotches, those very natty Worsted Serge Cheviots and those very clever Athlone Tweeds, colorings for dress wear, colorings for business wear. Such a srand agdredation of high-class | Suits were never seen in this city or ever held under one roof, and especially at such a tiny price, --$8.50-- THE STYLE OF GARMENTS. That distingwished and dressy look- ing sarment, the Cutaway ; that awfully Jaunty and swell looking garment, the Double-Breasted Sack, and that true Spring sarment that always looks well, the Single-Breasted Sack. £ [ How they look and, how they appear can best be judded by the crowds that are daily attending this sale, and also by a c into our big corner window. 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