The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 10, 1897, Page 1

/ VOLUME LD XXXTI.—NO — DURRANT'S ATE INTHE BALANC Official Delay and Mystery Are Very Ominous. The NOBODY WILL TALK OF THE CASE. A Funereal Air Pervades San Quentin and the Warden Is Grave. A RUMOR THAT BUDD SAY: “HANG.” The Attorney-General Has Given No Op:nion and the State’s Officers Are Silent. body save the Attornev-General, en Hale and Gove i can say vy whe Theodore Durrant will Quent ities b 1 10-mOrrow. concluded not to eding the solemn case and intend they are making be affair and m ke wisdom re is a funereal air about San Quen- 1 Warden Hale came to the City | crave, troubled mood. The ral has ven no opinion in case, the Warden has prob ly asked for none, and the aticrneys for lefense are filled with a sirange fear. Two weeks ago all the wiseacres and 1l the newspapers assumed, be- could pre- eodore Durrant 4 by the winds y. inciuding ssumes that o-morrow. Yet in charge of the matter le that the execution morrow, for there is consciences of those in med man to prevent al farce that has case for the past two d over Hale was interviewed on the His air was laden with About all ne did was to look y, *1 eannot discus case.’ ere was a rumor at Qient - yes Bu ay that Gove d bad declined ta reprieve in case, a.d that Attorney-General was confident that be to hang the prisoner and let. the Supreme Court split hairs over the question later. The most known at a late hour last night was that tne delay and silence on all sides are om:1 nd that there may yet be a ' an Jnentin to-mor- ToW in spite ¢ stacles. WELDED N (HE SLY. J. J. de Yourg of San Francisco Sur- prises His College Chums at Ny Y., June 9.—The marriaze of a young East student, J. J. de - of San F , and Miss Alice aud Kidney of this city was revealed to- the pu of a marriage t the couple were vesterday by Rev. Trinity Episcopal Chur aduaied from Eastman ( months ago. He has spent Pou - hkeepse, POUGHKEEPSIE, ) romantic courtship blication 1t inouncing e intervening time 1 Poughkeensie, go- to the college every day, but the real attraciion was Miss Kidney. Not even the bride’s most intimate friends were in- formed of what she contemplated. Her parents did not oppose the union and are ready to welcome the young couple if they return before going abroad, as it is understood they contemplate doing. Miss Kidney left home on Cherry street Tuesday, saying she was going to visit relatives in New York. De Young was one of the most populiar students at Eusi- man Coliege. - BUYS IN BLUE A~OT WANTED, Their Invitation to Confederate Rewnions “Hupocrisy and Gush.’ NEW ORLEANS, La.,, June 9.—At a meeting to-day of the Association of the Army of the Tennessee, the largest Con- federate veterans’ association in Louisiana, a letter was read from Pelham Camp of Confederate Veterans of Aaniston, Ala., in opposition to any invitation to Grand Army men (o take part in the annual re- union, particularly when the meeting is for the purpose of decorating the tombs of Confederates. The Louisiana association approved the sentiment of Pelbam Camp and objected to such invitation to the G. A. R. as hypocrisy and gush. There was but one dissenting vote. S o o I lock of Stores Burmed. DENVER. Covo.. June 9.—A special to the Times from Montrose, Colo., says: The Montrose Hotel, a two-story frame building, and & block o stores were burned early to-dny. Robert H. Mead, sged 65 years, of Portland, Colo., a guest at the hotel, was burned to death. A dozen other guesis were rescued uninjured The fire is belicved to have been of incen- diary origin. The hotel was owned bv J. C. Alian of California and was kept by Mrs. Lou Davis. The builaings were all olid and cheap affairs and the loss is not beavy. e s 4 Hravy Adrertiser Drad. CHICAGO, ILL., June 9.—Dr. A. Owen of electric belt fame died at his home in Palatine to-day from being kicked by one of his blooded horses. Dr. Owen wis 2 one time one of the most extensive ad- vertisers in the country and made a for- tune in a few years. THE NEW MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN CONCERT PLAYS HIS PART. HARBIN NOT LOST, BUT LIVING YET California Pioneer a Hermit Fifteen Years. His Fortune Lost in Mexico, He is Now Coming to San Francisco. An Associate of the Late Senator Hearst, Whose Career Rivals That of Monte Cristo. DURANGO, Mexico, 9.—J. N Harbin, an Am rican with a long white beard and a feeble step, applied to the United States Consular Agent lest night for help and food. He ssid for nineteen years he had been living in Mexico. June | | t l now speeding on his way to California see his family after an absence of nine- teen years. KiD LAVIGNE KKUCKED OUT. Runs Against a Hondy Detective While Carousing Wiih Two Sports on Coney Island. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 9.—George Lavigne, who holds the lightweight <upposed to be training for his coming ht with McPartland, was knocked o ess then a round early this morning by Detective Anthony Vachris of Coney Isl- and. vigne, Murphy and James Ryan, | sporting men, made a tour of the Coney | One Frenchman He was born 1n Tennesses seventy-seven | years ago and went to California in 1844, He says he became associated with the late Senator Hearst in mining ventures. He made considerable money and in 1578 came to Mexico as tne representative of California capitalists, seeking mining in- vestments. He located the Saint Marcos and Soco.ro silver mines for his comyvany. The mines proved very rich and made a fortune for the company. After clearing up $200,000 Harbin with- drew from the company and located the Vaca mine for himself. He purchased mining machinery in the United States and began the develobment of the prop- erty on a large scale. Just as fortune was in sight the mine became flooded and he met with a serious accident which con- fined him to bed many months. Tne water could not be controlled and | things went from bad to worse until all is money was gone. Ttese misfortunes dish eartened him so greatly he thought it would be better for bis family and old friends to think him dead. The report reached his wife and two children at Fresno, Cal., fifteen years ago that he had died of mountain fever. When his . health had improved Harbin went into the heart of the rugged Sierra Madre Mountains 200 miles from the rail- road, southwest of Durango. He found a cavern, where he has since lived as a her- mit, subsisting on wiid game and vege- tables which he cultivated. Ten weeks ago an American ore-buyer for the International Smelting and Refin- ing Company was making a trip to remote | mining camps in the Sierra Madre Moun- tains when he came across Harbin. The ore-buyer urged the old man to return to his family and friends in Califoraia. This the herwit said he would do, but had no money. Returning 10 Durango the ore-buyer telegraphed the news that Harbin is alive and wanted to return home to triends in ¥resno. A quick response was received from the bermit’s son, who telegraphed money for the journey. A messenger was sent into tbhe mountains for Harbin. He was brought to Durango and a through ticket to Fresno bought for him. Being very feeble, his ticket was either lost or stolen here, and he was put off the train. His son was notified and money for another ticket was forwarded. The old man is | in the hs | the executive commitiee. I-and Bowery last night and got into several rows. About 1 o’clock the three went into a restaurant, where Lavigne en- gaged in a combat with three of the wa ers and then proceeded to sprinkie ever. body’s head with catsup. Finally he be- came 8o boisterous that detectives decided to lock him up. Laviene fought the offi cers and Vacbris proceeded to punch the prize-fighter. A knockout blow, or some- thing very much like 1t, setiled Lavigne and ne was taken to the station-louse with a very black eye. To-day he was fined $10 and held in $500 bail for resisting —_— FOUGHT a DULL WIIH SWORDS, ounded and Both Re- Suse to Shake Hands, PARIS, France, June 9.—The duel arranged yesterday between Henri de Regnier and Count Robert de Montesquion occrred to-day at Neuilly, a suburb., of The duelists used swords. he Count was wounded in the hand, whereupon the seconds stopped the fight- ing. The principals refused to shake hands afterward, e LET WELL E UUGH ALONE. Sitver Hepublicans Map Out a Future Policy and Adjourn. CHICAGO, IvL., June 9.—Contrary to | expectations the Silver Republicans did not continue their deliberations to-day, but met and adjourned. The proceed- ings yesterday, lasting nearly all last night, were so satisiactory that the prime movers at the secret conference de- cided to let well enongh alone. The National man Towne, and future work will be left s of commitiees, especially Tuis body will have power to cali a National convention and take steps toward the organization of new political power in all sections of the country. Ex-Seiator Fred J. Dubois will be chairman of this bedy, according to Towne. *The other six members I have not decided upon,” he said. s i Novdica Will Sue Graw. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 9.—A dis- patch from London to tie Journal says: Madame Nordica said to-day that she lLas placed her professional affairsin the hands of Colonel Mapleson, and, acting on bhis advice, will at once sue the Royal Opera Syndicate, of which Maurice Grau is man- aging director, for her salary, amounting 10 about $3000, and lor heavy damages to her repuiation as an artist in not being permitted to sing at Covent Garden dur- ing the present opera season. 5 Farrintton Accused of Crime. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 9.—Claude D. Farrinzton, superintendent of the National Academy of Design, has been arrested on a charge of having embezzled over $4000 of the academy’s funds. Farringion has been superintendent of the National Acad- emy for the past seven years, esty was never before questioned. i i b, Abdul Homid Jubilee Representatives, CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEyY, June 9. — Munir Pasha, General Nuzir and Captain Enver Bey have been appointed to repre- sent the Saltan at the Queen’s Jubilee in London. to | mpionstip of the world, and who is | commitiee of the new | party will be subject to the call of Cnair- | His hon- | PRICE FIVE CENTS. e POLICE STOP THE BATTLE | Sharkey-Maher Contest at New York Ends in a Draw. |SEVEN ROUNDS OF SLOW FIGHTING. | Bluecoats Interfere When Both ignore the Sound of | the Gong. EACH MAN CREDITED WITH A KNOCK DOWN. of the Battle Near Its | The Irish Champion Has the Better | Close. PLAGUE ADDS T0 FEMINE'S HORROR' | Appalling Fatality in ‘ Interior Portions | of China. Over Bodies of the Dead | | Living Await Their Summons. | | PR i Rich Mandarins Refuse to Con-| tribute for the Rellef of | the Sufferers, | VANCOUV vices rep iR, B. C., June 9.—Mail ad- t that the fatality from famine and plague in China iz appaliing. The | famine north and east of £zechuan is causing many deaths. A traveler who has just retu from there reports having seen numbers of dead bodias lying about ttended. In one large town half the vopulation had perished from starvation and the that follows in its waxe, Tue Government tas sent 120,000 piculs of rice by way of relief, but erain cannot be got to sufferers beyond certain arts owing 1o sections made impassable | by swollen r Along the route to | smaller towns numbers of bodies lay de- | composing in the sun, while the sky was black with vultures, and on the roadsides were living relatives of the neglected deaa, 100 weak to bury those nearest and dea est, but, like ghastly scarecrows, frighten- ing away the ill-omened birds when they approached too closely to the open graves | on the highway. It would be their turn 1 next, and as they sat gasping for breath they but waited for the grim reaper to mow them down and end their terrible existence. The Government Commissioners in hun- | dreds of such cases came too late. In al- most every village the population was decimated. In districts free from tamine rich Chinese, 8o accustomed to famine and v | | plague stories, refuse to rontribute. In Snanghai only 103 tacls could be collected amonyg the merchants, and the amount was 80 small t it was given to four Frotestant missions to distribute. | Smallpox is prevalint in Tochege, ten or tweive new cases being reported daily. | Smalipox and other epidemics are very | prevalert in Tokio, while 200 more cases of | black plague are reporied from Taihoku | ana Taiwan, Formosa. There are some 850 cases altogether. - CONVENTION, MILLEES | Dectares That Reciprocity Would Do the Flour 1rade Good. CHICAGO, IrL, June 9.—The Millers’ | National Association, which has mem- | bers in twenty-two States and represents a daily output of 90,009 barrels, held its | annual meeting here to-day with a fair ttendance. Retiring President C. A. | Pilisbury of Minneapol:s, in au address, said tnat through the efforts of the execu- tive committee bolting cloth had been put | on the free list of the new tariff bill, and | it was hoped to have restored the draw- | back on burlaps. The chief work, how- | ever, he said, was in the direction of * | ing the tariff measure give the principle | of reciprocity the recognition that it de- served, so that the United States couia advance its trade with foreign countries, and tne flouring trade would be greatly benefited. Secretary Barry reported that the asso- ciation had aliied itself with the National Transporiation Association, and thus been commerce law and restraining acts of in- justice on the part of transportaiion com- | panies { | greeted by a large crowd. | t1s Shenandoan Valley campai. ns when | the largest s | in the Vulean mine caught fire by a miner The estab ment of a crop-report bu- Teau was reported to have been attended | with satisfaciory resuits. | Resolutions were adopted earnestly urg- | ing the embraciug of a reciprocity section in the pending tanff bill, and protesting against adulteration of flour with corn and other inferior names. g e L HeKINLEY'S SOUTHERN TRIP. Warmly Greeted on His Way to the Nash- ville Expositicn—Serenaded by a | Femous Band. | STAUNTON, Va., June 9. dent ana party arrived at noon en route for Nashviile. He was | The Stonewall Brigade band, which was with Jackson in McKinley was wiih Sheridan, was at the station and serenaded their former foe. | The President spoke briefly, saying: “My countrymen, I have no purpose of | making a speech. I appear enly to thank you for your courteous and gracious re- ception.” I wish for all my countrymen ins for their labor and in- vestments, the «reatest peace and prosper- ity [a voice: ‘Why don’t you give it to us?] throughout the land, and the great. est love ana content in all their homes. And now I bid you farewell.” The party stopped ov'r night at Hot Springs and wili reach Nashville Friday morning. — - — FIRE IN GOLOD MINES, Suiphur Bed Jgnites and Drives Miners Trom Their Work. GUNNISON, Coro., June 9.—Late yes- terday afternoon a large body of sulphur | dropping a candle and a farious fire is raging tnderground. The snioke is also spreading to the Mammoth chimney, 400 feet away, and the men have been com- pelled to stop work. No one knows the extent of the sulphur body. It may burn an unlimited time. The mines are gold producers and among the most valuable in Gunnison County. g TEXAS WINS 1WO MILLIONS. Successful Suit of the State Against Railroad Compnnies. AUSTIN, Tex., June 9.—The State to- day secured confirmation in the Court of C.vil Appeals of the lower court’s judg- ment against the Galveston, Houston and San Antonio and Houston and Texas Cen- [ able to accomplish much in the direction of | strengthening the force of the interstate THOMAS SHARKEY, t| | a tral railroads for $1,250.000. This mon was borrowed from the State school fund before the war and paid in Confederat- script. Several years ago the State sued for the recovery of the money, saving Confederate script did not pay the debt, as it was not legal tender. The sustaining of the opinion of the lower court is a serious blow to the railroads involved, as the interest and other features bring the aggregate sum up to more than $2,000,000. e g Litite Water and Much Fire, ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 9.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Carlinville, says: plant, owned by Sampel Cupples of St. Louis, was burned this afternoon, causing lcss of $100,000; insurance, $75,000. Owing to lack of water supply the fire ¢ne dangered surrounding property. The St. Louis Milling Company’s | NEW YORK, N. Y., June 9.—The police ! stopped the fight between Maher and | Sharkey at the Palace Athletic Club to- | night when 1t wss at its most exciting point. The men had fought six wary rounds, with Sharkey doing the most work and Maher acting warily. Patrons | of the fistic art had not seen much to ad- mire outside of the shilty footwork of both p. Maher had been knocked half way | through the ropes by the sailor in the sixth round, and the incident served to e the spectators to the highest point of expectancy. Maber was infuriated when the seventh round began, and for the first time during the battle displayed his splendid bitting | powers. Step by step and foot by foot he forced herculean Sharkey to the ropes, and shot home a straight right-hander which caught the sailor fiush on the chin, Sharkey’s bLeels cleared the floor, and he wou.d have fallen on his back had the ropes not stayed him. He gazed wildly about for a moment, grasped the ropes and slowly struggled to his feet. Maher was upon him like a Gemon, and the men were striving for the mastery when the gong sounded. Both were deaf | to the sound of the bell and pummeled and smashed long after the brazen echoes had died away. Then the police swooped down upon the ring, and before the par- | ticipants realized 1t they were arrested. For a moment a general fight was immi- nent. The frenzied seconds of both men claimed a foul because hostilities had not ceased at the sound of the gong. Sharkey struck viciousiy at one of Maher’s campe men. aro PETER MAHER, 2 % he “Pride of the Navy.” the Iish Champion. I ioweratatig police brandished their [clnbs threateningly. Thousands of ex- | cited spectators arose in their seats and | jeered at the police, who undismayed | quickly put a stop to the warlike demon- strations, They drew their clubs and were evidently ina temper to use them. | All participants in the affair, including the seconds and the referee, James Cotville of Boston, were taken to the po- lice station under guard, and the dis- gusted spectators deparied reluctantly for their homes. As for the fight itself it is safe to say it was the most unsatisiactory one hela in ew York under the existing law legaliz- | ing glove contests. There had been con- tests hundreds of times more brutal, but | the authorities had not moved a finger. Not one drop of blood was shed save that which flowed from Maher's lip and a scratch on his right thigh, where the | ropes tore the skin a trifl2 when Peter went balf-way through. Nota finger was moved during the opening bout between Roden and Quaide, which was decided be- fore the eventof the evening was called, | but Roden was stazeering and bleediny when the referee gave his decision. The authorities gave ample warning that the battle between the stars would be stopped at the first sicn of brutality, and many think this announcement was ra- sponsible for the altered style of fighting by both Maher and Sharksy. Up to the concluding round Sharkey had shown none of the rushing tactics which were