The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1897, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897. streets, The shop was closed between 6 and 7 o’clock on the evening of June 1, and on his way home, while in fiont of the Hoffman-Rothchild housze, witness heard a shot, seemingly fired in that building. Witness me. 2 man just around the corner and remarked about it to him. Several witnesses were called in an effort to locate the time more exactly, but with little success. Philip Beale, who keeps a saloon at Clay and Davis streets, said that it is his habit to close his place not later than 20 minutes 10 7; that when Pleasant passed the saloun that evening it was still open. Plessant traversed the following course: Down Da- vis to California, to Front and Market, thence to Bush and Battery. These were the only circumsiances developed to fix the time. The character of Thomas Turnbull, who has_heretofore testified o having seen Hoffman enter bLis place of business at 6:32 P. 3. of the day he was murdered, as a‘tacked through several witnesses, John F. Mclntosh, who keeps a saloon at 42 McAllister street, said he bad been in partnership with Turnbull and that he Lad been refused a license until be should get rid of him. Turnbull had said to him on one occasion, speaking of the Fair will case, that he would like 10 get on the jury of “"one of those fat fee cases.” 8. G. Little, who lives at Dixon, knew Turnbull and said be was not a reliable man, “financially not worth a snap,” as he did not pay his bills. B. F. Newby, Deputy Sheriff at Dixon, said that Tur bull’s reputation was bad, Oscar G. hultze, who keeps a peneral mercha ise store at Dixon, having told bim that Turnbull was one of the crookedes: men nd greatest liars he ever knew. Chief Lees was called to say that he had made inquiries of the Chief of Police of San J , and understood from the lat- eport that the Alexander boys were in that city on the night of the murder. He said he had sent an officer to Sacra- mento to investigate as to whether Hoff- man was in that city on the 1 of May, and he read the followi tigated. is information is as follows: | 1. Hoftu beld 3000-mile ticket No. 24,647, | issued by the Southern Phcific Compauy at | the gencral office Ma 62 v 17,1897, in exchange | for book heid by M. H. Dreytus, | one of H ¢ Hoft" man left S isco 897, for Sac- | ramento on traiu No. P. M., d arrived at | 9:40 p 3. leit Sacrameato for o May 18, 1897, on train No. 2, He arrived 1u San Francisco at Harrv H. Hoffman tola the story of the fire of 1891, substantially as given in his formal statement pubiished in THE CaLy | of yesterday. 8o far from Mr. Hoffman | reproving the two boys for having extin- | iished the fire, he rewarded them each suit of clothes. /. A. Ryan, 3 reporter of the Chroni- cle, had made tests of the time required 1o go from Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. the ferry substantia himself as having do J o as Figel reports * on the night of ne 1. It took him five minutes on one sion, when the car was just right and there were no 1nterferences. The second attempt, under different conditions, cost bim seven minutes. Louis Seidenberg, reporter of THE CaLL, made the same test of time, going from | the Cabin saloon in company with Cor- poral Geimann. He made it a point to choose tne time of day at which Figel made his run for the boat, leaving the sa- loon at 6:25. He was just five minutes and twenty seconds on the w. | Dr. Sumuel 8. Kahn was present at the | 2uio] made on Hoffman's boay. As! one familiar with gunshot wounds ne | testified that he made a careful examina- tion and that it was bis opinion the wounds were not self-inflicted. This was all of the testimony. Officer McCormick brought forward the bloody clothes of the dead man, which were disp! evidence, and Offi identified a bloody pewspaper which he had picked up from the floor of the office near the telephone-room. Chief Lees read a telegram from Detective Ross Whitaker at Sacramento in which he con- firmed the previous evidence of Mr. Hoff- man’s having been in that city at the dates and time mentioned, The Coroner cailed for any other festi- mony that might be at hand bearing on the matter, asked the jurors if there were any points that they desired to be enlight- ened upon, received no answer, and de- clared the inquest closed. *“You will now retire to your room, gan- tlemen,” said the Coroner, *select your foreman and bring in your verdict in Writing, siatinz who the party was, when and wiere he came to his death, and all the vpariicuiars atiending such death; whether or not such death was accidental, suicidal or homicidal; state whether or not a crime has been committed; if a crime has been committed the nature of the crime; if the pervetrators are known or any accessories, or any further finding thet you may have from testimony offered, you wiil set down in writing and bring in as your veraict.” The jury retired and the crowd of wit- nesses, the lookers-on and the officers themselves evinced their sati-faction at bayving reached the end of the long in- quiry, and that whatremsined was wholly with the jury. For the few minutesthe i’ury was absent officers, witnesses and ookers-on mingled freely and speculated upon what the return would be. W. M. Taylor, Figel’s friend, talked volubly and smoked a shori-stem pipe. When 1he verdict was deliverad be was the first to leave the rcom and hurried away, presumably to carry the news to his triend. The jury was out just foarteen minutes. Filing in, the verdict, already written out and signed, was presented, so that it was apparent Lo deliberation had been found necessary. The Coroner approved the verdict and | the jury was discharged with the Cor- oner's thanks for their long and careful attention to the testimony. - e FIGEL’'S ARREST ADVISED. Attorneys Ach, Napthaly and Mur- phy Will So Counsel the Widow. The Police Scored. Henry Ach, the attornev who has been most active in bringing to light the facts that convinced the jury thata murder had been committed, was outspoken as to what the future course of the widow should be in view of the course that has hitherto been pursued by the Police Department unaer the direction of its Chief. Inci- dentally he pays his compliments to the Police Department in forcible language, *I started in to w-ork on this case in op- yosition to the Chief of Police,” he said, “who claimed it was a case of suicide, basing his clsim on tne troubles between Hoffman and his wife. I did not propose 1o allow his wife and four children to rest under the stigma that the husband and iather had committed su’ “This is the sirongest ¢ stantial evidence ever presented, and shows Figel cuilty of embezzlement, for- gery and perjury and murder. “Notwithsianding all the si y testi- mony the police introduced against Mrs. Hoffman and the Alexander family, the jury brought in a verdict in_the shortest possible time of muarder. There was no one in the wide world wko bad a motive 10 kill Hoffman except Figel. It was Fige:'s pistol with which the murder'was committed, and unless some one can be found who saw him sell the pisto! to Hoff- man he must have done the murder. It was clearly proved at the inguest that he flis not hesitate to lie. If instead of trving to prove an alibi for Figel the police uad directed their efforts 10 finding outif a crime had veen committed, and, if so, who had committed it, there would bhave been no doubt as to the verdict of the jury, either here or in any ot tribunal, L shall advise Mrs. Hoffman that this is the strongest case of circumstantial evidence ever presented here, and in this Mr. Napthaly, Juage Murphy and all her counsel a-iee. “1 sball advise her the: she ought to swear out a warrant for the arrest of Figel as the murderer of her husband. 1 have now done my duty in the prose- cution of this case and shall resume the of circum- | liberty and | not for the Police Department to of the case will be conducted by Judge Murphy. We are now giving the Chief of Police an opportunity to act.” Then Mr. Ach called attention to what he considered a remarkable phase of the matter. He saia: “‘We have investigated this case and bave secured evidence to show that it was a murder. The public moneys of tois City bave been spent in trying to prove an alibi for Figel, while to prove the crime it has been necessary to spend private money.” AP WAITING FOR HER UNCLE, Mrs. Hoffman Will Not Dectde Upon Her Course Until She Confers With James S:mmons. When Mrs. Hoffman was informed yes- terday of the course she will be advised to take by ber counsel she stated thatshe woulda come to no decision until she had | seen and conferred with her uncle, James Simmons, who 1s cxpected {o arrive from New York this moraing. This is the reia- tive 1o whom tue now famous “Uncle Jim” fetter was written. ‘1 have not made up my mind,” said the widow yesterday, ‘‘what to do, and I can’t make upmy mind until 1 see my uncle. I will have to have a consultation with him before I decide what to do.”” Speaking of the verdict of the jury, she said: *“I was surprised that the jury couid not find out who did the murder, in | view of the character of the evidence that was introduced. But 1 do mnot blame | them, for their minds were undoubtedly confused on this point by the evidence of some of the witnesses who were put on the stand by other persons than those who represented my interests.” e WILL KEEP DIGGING. Chief Lses Says That Is All There Is for the Police Department in the Premises. Chief of Police Lees left the cOmnen; office at the conclusion of the inquest yes- terdey with the purpose of attending the funeral of Captain Short. He had in- structed his officers to take all the exhib- its in the case to the City Hall and make a careful inventory of them and there- after to placy them where they would be safe. Tne Chief was much absorbed in the case and the outcome of the inquest, | but declined at that time to say just what he intended to do, further than that the verdict of the jury was a definite point in the proceedings, and would necessarily influence bis subsequent proceedings. Seen at his oflice later in the day the Chief said: *'I have no criticism to make i 3 s ] upon the verdict of the Coromer's jury. | bat is_done with, and it only remains | for the Police Department to shape its | | | | =] course accordingly. 1 have laid all the evidence before the jury that wasin my possession, znd we simply propose to go digeing for more. “I will to-morrow turn over the whole matter to Captain Bohen. At the begin- | ning of this affair I personally conducted | the investigation and inspection of the | office wiere the body was found. Captain Bohen was with nie and wouid have had | full cbarge of the work had it not been for | the Littie Pete murder case, which has been on trial almost ever since. As ho had charge of that case he had 10 foliow it through the court, and the Hoffman case, therefore, bas fallen to me. Tne Little | Pete case is finished, Captain Bohen is at from this time will have charge of this _matter. We propose to keep digging. We will make no arrests | until we have the evidence in hand to back It is them up. That 1s all I have to say. conclusions—only to gather the and present that to the courts for judge ment.” NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT. Juégs Irving Bedell Dudley of San Diego to Be Sent as Minister to Peru. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—The President sent tte following nominations to the Senate to-day: Irving B. Dudley of California to be Minister to Peru, Frank Dillingbam of Caliornia to be Consul at Auckland. . il s JUDGE DUDLEY'S CAREER. Popularity of the Man Nominated Min- iiter to Per SAN DIEGO, CaL., June 2 deil Dudley Irving Be- asborn in Soutbeastern Ohio in 1860. In 1877 he entered Kenyon Col- lege, graduatiag therefrom four years later with high honors and taking the de- gree of A.B. He then by the advice of his parents and friends decided to make the profession of the law his life work, and his success in life thus farin his chosen career haseminently justified the wisdom of thatchoice. Aiter reading law a few months he removed “to Wasnington for the purpose of studying at the Columbia Law Bchool of that city, from which insti- tution he was sentout at theage of 25 a full ledged doctor of laws. At this time a flatieriug offer was made bim to remain in Washington in the ser- vice of the War Dep=rtment. Three years’ service followed, and in the spring of 1588 e migrated to the West, landing in San Diego in April. He immediately opened alaw office with M. C. Cleveland, and in a few months found himself one of the most popular young lawyers of the young city of his adoption. In the fall of 1890 he was elected to the office of Police Judge of this city, and at the expiration of his first term was re- elected by a big majority. Two years ago last fall he received the nomination for District Attorney of the county, but after an extraordinarily hard-fought campaign, he was defeated by a scratch by a fusion of Democrats and Populis Personally Judge Dudley is and always has been one of the most popular young men of San Diego. Politically he has ever been an uncomprom isiog Republicau, true to the traditions and fundamental doc- trines of his party and always, even in the face of threatened defeat, refusing to be led away from the main issue by any of the false gods of alleged reform. His appointment as Minister to Pern is received with unadulterated pleasure by every one who knows him, ponllcully op- posed or otherwise. Physically speaking, Judge Dudiey occupies the enviable posi- tion of being generally considered the dsomest man in this bailiwick. He stands 6 feet 1 inch in beight, weighs 200 pounds and is straight as an arrow. s iy Pacific Coast Pensiony. WASHINGTON, . C., June 25.—The pensions issued to-day were of the issue of June 14, 1897. California: Increase—Ira Woodman, Garden Grov Joseph P. Maxwell, Los Gatos. Reissue—Hiram M. Kiley, San Francisco. Original widow— Sarah Anent, Greenville, Washington: Increase—William W. Mason, Mica. Oregon: lncrease—John Prior, Prine- [floe Changes, WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 25.—The name of the postoffice at Pokegama, Sis- kiyou County, has been changed to Kiamathona, with Alice R. Lafiesh as postmisiress. Lizzie Ferreto has been appointed postmistres : of Newton, El Do- rado County, and F. L. Powell, postm as- ter at Lemoore, Kings County. P RCIFTC ocEARN 25 So SecaLE oF . MirLEs P ‘ormer Rovtel overDiv £ perIray }e- Divete il E £ k2 5 L o [} Map Showing the Situation of Skagaway Bay and the Proposed Route to the Yukon Gold Fields. The dispatch published in TrE CALL a few days since stating a company had been formed to build a railroad into the Yukon gold fields has aroused considerable interest. At present there are two ways of getting into the Yukon country. The first and easiest, but longest and most expensive, is by sea to St. Michaels Island, near the mouth of the river, 2300 miles mer up to Circle City, 2300 miles, and beyond. from San Fiancisco, and thence by st As the river is not open until the early part or middle of June this route entails a loss of a good part of the very short working season, and is not much followed. By the other way one must pass an overiand journey of nearly 800 miles from tidewater to the mining district. There are several of these overland routes. One starts just below juneau and goes up Taku River over the divide to the head of Teslin Laks, and thence by beat built on the ground, down the lake and the Hootalinqua River to the Lewis, and thence into the Yukon. This is the longest of the overiand routes, but is the easiest alter reaching Teslin Lake. build a railroad from It was proposed some time since to ‘Taku Inlet to Teslin Lake, and application was made to the Canadian Parliament for a charter. The project was dropped, however, owing doubtless to the expensive engineering incident to the route. One of the other routes overland, that from Ty-a (or Dyea), at the head of tidewater navigation, eighty miles above Juneau, over Chilkoot Pass to Lake Linderman, the headwaters of Lewis River, is the one most used, fully 90 per cant of all the travel in and out choosing that road. The start is made from Juneau a3 & base in.March, soas to getover the pass before the snow melts and have a boat built ready for the melting of the ice on the laki nd rivers beyond. The summit of the pass, fifteen miles from [fy-a, is 3500 feet above the sea. Ths passage up is very arduous and parties are frequantly detained by snowstorms for ten da; mile Post. To lessen the disadvantages of t. or two weeks at a time, adding this much to the six or eight weeks necessary for the trip to Forty. the most troublesome part of the route, Juneau parties have established a pack-train of horses to carry baggage over the summit, a hotel and restaurant a: Sheep Camp near there and a sawmill and boat-building shop on Lake Linderman. But with all tnese helps a month or six weeks of working weather is lost. A bill was presented to Congress providing for a charter for a railroad over this pass from Ty-a to Lake Linderman, but it will hardly be built. The new rouie promises to cut the time from Junean to Forty-mile Post in half or even less. 1t will start from Skagaway Bay, a good harbor on the east side of Ty-a Inlet, some five miles below that place. On the shores of this bay is one of the few sites eligible for a business town on all these coasts, Into the bay flows the Skagaway River, whose waters rise high up toward the summit of a pass over the divide to the headwaters of Attin Lake. This pass is about the lowest on the whole chain and the approaches to it are easy compared 10 the Chilkoot and others. A good road can be mads up the river valley and over the divide down to the lake for a comparatively small amount of money. With & saw- mill and boat-building plant at the lake and a railroad around the ra) & matter of days instead of weeks. pids below the journey to the Lower Yukon will only be A steamer of less than 150 tons, with strong machinery, can run up Lewis and Thirty-mile rivers to the head of Lake Le Barge, and it is probable that the parties interested in this route will put on two or more steamers in the near fature. A sub- sidy for carrying the mails will probably be granted by the Canadian Parliament. The Mississippi Valley Trust Company 1s bis guardian. He retired from business a quarter of a century ag: e WAS CUT DOWN T0G SOON. So Jim Williamson, a Texas Murderer, Was Suspendei a Second T.me Uail Life Was Extinc’. ‘WHARTON, Texas, June 45.—Jim Wil- liamson was hanged to-day for complicity in the murder of the Crocker family last week. As the time of the execution drew near it was seen that Williamson was fast breaking down. A physician admin- isterea nitrate of strychnine. After the body was hanging nine minutes the doctors declared life extinct and the rope was cu The body showed signs of lifs and & ma- jority of the pbysicians said the man was alive. A new rope was procured and the body hoisted up again. The body was sus- pended twenty-two minutes before the physicians allowed the rope to be severed. fonbimbart. ecsi MUERDERER MixTINEZ MUST DIE. 4nd Now He Wants & Brass Band to Escort Him to the doaffold. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 25 — Maximo Martinez, the Mexican who as- saulted Juana Acosta and then murdered the girl and her aged parents, :n Wilson County, was tried and convicted of mur- der and to-day sentenced to hang on July 80. The trial took place at Floresville. Martinez says he wants a brass band to escort him to the scaffold. PR R TERRIBLE ELECTEICAL STORM, Great Loss of Life and Property by Lightning in Georgta. ATLANTA, Ga., June 25.—This State was visited by aseries of disasters from lightning yesterday. The electrical dis- play was terrific, and the damage to property and loss of life unprecedented in & single storm in Georgia. Hattie Scott, daughter of tke Mayor of Powder Springs, was killed by lightning at7r. m. In the same town a bolt sirick & threshing ma- chine, tearing it to pieces, and so severely shocking one of the attendants that there is little hope of his recovery. At Milner, Samuel Lawrence, a farmhand, was killed, and apother rendered unconscious. At Carrolton James Downs and Szmue! Con- nie were killed. The crown of Connie’s Dr. Bouthard licachrs Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 25.—Dr. W. F. Bouthard of San Francisco arrived here to-day on his way to Moscow to at- tend the medical conference. TSR Sy Weds the Widow of His Son, ST. LOULS, Mo., June 25.—James Wil- liams, a millionaire, 90 years old, married Mrs. Lizzie Williams, widow of his eldest practice of law. Tbhe further Pprosecution son, to-night. Williams is so old that he isincapable of managing his own estate. hat was completely torn off and his neck broken. S Want the Duty on Tea Ketmined. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.—Nearly 100 representative tea importers of this city to-day passed resolutions urging the Finance Committee of the Senate to tain the proposed duty of 10 cents & pound on tea. ————— THE schedule of whe excursion train to kiah next Sunday wilt allow four bours lay. over at that point. Kound trip Leave Tiburon ferry 8:30 A, X, » AN AGED MAN'S MENY WIVES They Caused Interesting Proceedings and Suits for Divorce. Being Reported Missing After the War, His Absence Led to New Marriages. Now the Gay Veteran Is 82, and His First Wife, Who Is 756, Continues to Seek a Legal Separation. BOSTON, Muass, June 25.—Mrs. So- phronia W. Mathewson, 75 years old, to-day brought suit for divorce from Lu- ther W. Mathewson, 82 years old. This remarkable domestic drama was ex- ploited in the Appelate court, in Pro dence, R. L, and one of the most surpris- ing things about the is the fact that the aged defendant is alleged to have three other living wives. On October 2, 1853, the plaintiff was married to Luther W. Mathewson. In 1861 he went to the war and was reported among the missing. Seventeen years later she marri James M. Piace, by whom she haa several children. In 1890 Mathewson showed up and ‘had another wife with him. Mrs. Place continued to live with her busband No. 2, and began proceedings for a divorce from Mathew- son. The court refused this petition, ruling that as Mrs. Mathewson continued to live with Place afrer she knew her legal hus- band to be alive, she was guilty of infidel- ity. The court setaside both of the sec- ond marriages. Mrs, Mathewson No. 2 brought suit against putative husband for $10.000 for serving as bis housekeeper. Then tle original Mrs. Mathewson ap- plied to him for her support. Mathewson went away and was next heard from at Wataska, Ill, where last January he was again married, this time toa Mrs. Laura Zrigl The origifal Mrs. Mathewson sent a citation to Mathewson, which fell into the bands of Mrs. Mathewson No. 3, and from the Wataska woman was re- ceived the edilying information that three months ago Mathewson left her and had gone to Kansas, where he had taken up with another woman. SEARCHING FOR THE ADEN. The Steamshp Left Yokchoma for Lon- don on Jun: 1 ond Has Not Yet Reached Port Said. LONDON, Ex6.. June 25.—Great anxiety is felt for the Pacific Line steamship Aden, which left Yokohama June 1 for London with a number of passengers and a valusbie cargo. The steamer has not yet been reported at Port Said. Vessels have been sent from that port in search of her. The underwriters have reinsured her at 80 guineas premium, Ghusmona i S STRUCK 4 SUKMERGED REEF. The Ru: n Warship Gangut Sinks, but the Crew Is Sared. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 25.— The Russian warship Gengut, belonging to the Baitic fleet, strack a submerged reef off Transund during a storm and sank. Her crew was saved. et ACCIARITO'S APPE4LL DENIED. The Anarchist Who Tried to Kill King Humbdert Gets Life Impriconment. ROME, Itavy, June 25.—The Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of Anarchist Pietro Acciarito from the judg- ment of the lower court condemning him to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate King Humbert. —_——— Writers of All Nations Maet. STOCKHOLM, S8wepex, June 25.—The fourth International Congress of Jour- nalists opened kere to-day, with Dr. Wilbelm Singer of Vienna presiding. England, Germany, France, Poriugal Norway, Spain, Switerland and the United States are represented. The Internationsl League of Press Clubs of America responded to the rolleall for the first time. The magnificent main ball of the House of ihe Nobility has been placed at the disposal of the Con- b arrangements have been the entertainment of the dele- gates. King Oscar will banquet them at the Castls of Drottninghoim, and a similar function will be given by tie municipal authorities of Stockholm. —_— Closing of the Reichstag Seasion. BERLIN, GErMANY, June 25.—In the Reichstag to-day, atter the bill provid- viding for the supplementary estates bad passed its third reading, the Im- peri Chancellor, Prince Hobenlohe, read an imperial message closing the sessions, after which three cheers were given for the Emperor. —_— Wil deo-pt the Governorship of Crete. VIENNA, Avsteia, June 25.—Droz, ex- President of Switzerland, has informed the French Foreign Minister that he is willing to accept the governorship of | Crete, recently tendered to him. INDIANS AWED BY A METEOR'S FALL Goes Through a Barn and Buries Itself in the Ground. Then There Is a Loud Explo= sion and the Earth Se- verely Shaken. azzling Lights and a Pecullar Smell That Badly Frighten Red- skins In the Vicinity. PARIS, Tex., June 25.—J. Z. Colgate, | who resides 1n the interior of the Choctaw | nation, Indian Territory, some forty miles north of this city, who was here to-day on business connected with the Federal Court, recited & most remarkable story re- garding the falling of a gigantic meteor in his neighborhood at 2 o’clock last Mon- day morning. It was exceedingly bril- liant, lighting up the heavens almost as light as day, and the light lasted for a | few seconds in its wake aiter it had passed. The meteor fell at a sharp angle. | It strack the barn of an Indian which it | crashed through as if it were but an egg- shell, burying itself in the ground be- neath for a distance of some eight feet, when it burst witk a loud report equal to that of the largest cannon. The barn was completely demolished and the frazments were burned. The | earth wus shaken as if by some seismic disturbance for some distance around. An old horse and cow in the barn were in- stantly killed and appeared to have every bone in them broken when taken out after the fire. Frazments of the meteor were huried in every direction and the trees were blazed and the limbs torn off. | The atmosphere had a very peculiar smell, similar to that of sulphur, after the explosion. The Indians in tbat vicinity | are reported as being awes tricken. EXECUTIONS IN THREE STATES.| A Colored Muid rer the Principal in Ecch Event—Starti.ny Confession of One of Them. FAYETTEVILLE, W. Vi, June 25.— | Clark Lewis, a negro murderer, was hanged | here to-day. Three murderers were to have been hanged on the scaffold, but Governor Atkinson respited Albert Viars and Jerry Brown at the request of Judge Hall. The | hanging was witnessed by 5000 people, the | scaffold having been erected at the foot of | three hills. Lewis made a dying statement to the effect that an old coal mineat | Montgomery contained the bodies of three more victims of the gang. A scarch of the mine will be made at once. Lewis was | haneed for the murder o! Charles Gibson, a white miner. It is believea that eight other murders were commitied by the Lewis gang. ATLANTA, GA., June 25.—Terrel Hud- | son, & negro, who was to have been hanged two weeks ago for murder, but was re- prieved by Governor Atkinson, was exe- cuted at Decatur to-aay. Hudson killed Sanborn Malcolm, another negro, in a | quarrel about a dog. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 25.—James Pol lard, colored, was hanged in_the jailyard | to-day for the murder of Joseph Irvin, also colored. The murder was committed in July, 1895. Pollard had threatened to kill Dave Irvin and went to the home of the Irvins one night. Finding the family at_supper he fired at Dave Irvin, but wissed him, killing his brother. ——— GUSTAVE WALTER'S ENTERPRISE About to Establish a Second Orpheum in New York City. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.—Gustave Walter of San Francisco has been negoti- ating for a lease of the American Theater, intending to open it in autumn as a place similar to the Orpheum. A. A. McCor- mick, receiver of the American Theater, said to-day that the court had granted permission to lease tn Walter and that the nece:sary papers would be signed im- meiately thereafter. ““Walter takes the house for five years,” said McCormick. ‘*‘He assumes the man- agement at once and intends to pursue the same policy here asin San Francisco.” il TORRENTS OF KAIN IN KANSAS,| Ratlroad Iracks Ha-hed Uut and an Enginerr Killed. FORT SCOTT, Kaxss., June 25.—The greatest rainfall ever known here ended to-day with a precipitation of over six and a half inches. Over 600 feet of the Mis- sour:t Pacific Railroad track has been washed out ten miles east of here. St. Louis trains are runnmng around by Cor- neiland Nevada. Engineer David Jones | of the Memphis road was killed this morn- ing by his engine colliding with cars biown from the switch at La Cygne. g TAEING 1HE KE:tLEY CURE, Cherokee Indian Chief Under Treatment at White Plains, N. ¥, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 25— Ablane, a Cherokes Indian chief, is tak- ing ‘the Keeley cure. He arrived atthe institute one night this week arrayed in full regalia, Friends who brought him and Manager Brown of the institute had considerable difficulty in persuading him that the cure would be more effective and that he would attract less attention if dressed as a white man. He treats Dr. Page with the utmost deierence, and thinks he is the white man’s greatest medicine-man. —— 4 MAMMOIH P .CKING-HOUSE, Armour & Co. to Empend $1,000,000 in Soulth Omaha. OMAHA, NgsR, June 25.—Armour & Co. of Cuicago will erect an immense packing-house at South Owaha. Details have all been arranged and the papers were signed this atternoon. A tract of land has been purchnasea adjoining the land bought a year ago, and another large tract lying west and north has been bought from the Union Stock-yards Com- pany, making about nineteen acres. A packing-house ){“ than any in the city will be built. Nearly all the nineteen acres will be utilized by the buildings, Work will begin at once. It ig expected | that the plant will cost $1,000,000. —_——— 4n Unknown Leaps Into Niagara. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., June 25.— This afternoon an unknown man leaped from Prospect Point and was swept over American Falls. Just before he jumpea be borrowed a pencil ata Dear-by saloon and wrote thison a plece of brown paper: *God bless all on earth and have mercy on mysoul.” About Yo ut 100 people saw nim — Swpposed to Have Died From Fright. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jun The Perfume of Violets | charge of §2 weekiy. Merbach, 65 years old, was struck by a truck on Broadway to-night, and died al. most instaatly aiterward. Itis supposed ! that he died from fright, as otherwise he was apparenily unhurt. — WORLD’S STUDENT CONFERER Morning and Evening Sessions to Be He? The Afierncons to Be Devoted to Recreation. NORTHFIELD, Mass., June 25.—Wity an attendance not only from this but from many foreign countries, the annual World’s Student Conference, under the personal auspices of Dwight L. Moody, opened to-day. These conferences have been among the most potent factors of recent years in the promotion of Christian living and work among college men, and, it is claimed, bave deepened the spiritual life of tno sands of students and given a marked im- petus to Bible study. Sessions are to be held morning and evening for the next ten days, the afternoons being given to recreation, The importance of the movement is in. dicated by the presence of the official Tepresentatives of the following orzan- izations: British _ College Chrisian Union, German University Christian Alliance, Scandinavian University Chris. tian Movement, lntercollegiate Young Men’s Christian Association of India and Ceylon, Australasian Student Christian Union, Student Christian_Union of South Africa, Collere Young Men’s Christian Association of China, Student Young Men’s Christian Union 'of Japan. The National encampment of the Young Men’s Christian Association also opened to-day in the pine grove sast of the vii- lage. Several thousand tents have been erected and furnished with cots, mat- tresses, pillows and looking-giasses, at a Allzyoung men and their employers, whether members of any .M. C.'A. or not, are welcomea. The idea is to enable those whose vacation Pperiod is limited to combine pbysical and spiritual recreatio; o S R AN ISSUE OF INTENSE INTEREST. Appointment of Col.eztor of ihe Port of Ph.ladelphia a Matter of Great Concern, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 25.—With« in the next two weeks President McKinley is expected to appoint a Collector of the Port of Philadelphia and there is redhot interest in the personnel of the successiul nominee, from the fact that the appoint- ment will probably determine the tuture attitude of Senator Quay toward the ad- ministration. There are but two candidates—Siate Senator Wesley Thomas of this city, whose interests have been made a personal matier by Senator Quay, and Judge Thomas J. Clayton of Chester County, who was one of the five McKinley dele- gates from Pennsylvania to St. Louis and is the distinct candidate of the McKinley- ites. From a personal standpoint the contest is of National interest from the fact that Judge Clayton 1s a brother of ex-Senator Powell Ciayton of Arkansas, President McKinley's appointee as Minister to Mex- ico, and of William Henry Harrison Clay- ton, appointed by President McKinley as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Arkansas. There were originally four brothers, one of them having been killed in Arkansas 1as the outcome of a political feud two years sicce, and with two of the others already provided for, the Quayites are sar- castically asking whether it is_ really necessary for the President to do any- thing more for the Clayton family. Senator Quay has made a characteristic fight for his friend, and if the plum should fall to the third of the Clayton brothers, t is predicted that he will be heard fron n his usual vicorous fash’on. NEW TO-DAY. 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