The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1897. consisted in p: % the salaries of the dep- uties and clerksin the office and the in- cidental expenses of it, by check on the Sub-Treasury. Te gaugersof the district are paia by checks sent direct from Wash- ington. As Disbursing Officer a lump sum was plaged to his credit in the Sub-Treas- ury every three months, and the salaries and, 5.-all bills under his jurisdiction were paie vy him by check. His account with this fund was audited quarterly at Wash- ington. It is broadly intimated that Welburn has managed to put small sums thus dis- bursed into his own pocket by drawing checks for dummies, holding back por- tions of salaries due employes, dividing salaries with men he had appointed and tampering with the funds at his disposal in some such petty ways. Vague guesses and intimations of more serious things | that might follow a thorough exploration of the affairs of the office floated ‘about yesterday, but they remained only un- charitable gossip and surmise. All who are officially concerned in the matter pre- served much secrecy about it, but it is known that the offense charged is about as described. Special Agent Thrasher, with the as- sis.ance of Special Accountant Sewell from Washington, has bean investigating all the accounts of the office since the | books of Cashier Norton were experted, and on Monday some things in the ac- counts of the Disbursing Officer that seemed to require explanation were run into, Welburn did not appear at the office on Monday, aud search for him that was be- | gun at once and kept up on Tuesday failed | to afford the shghtest ciew to bis where- | abouts. He had simply disappeared. Last week Special Azent Thrasher re- rorted to the Treasury Department that Welburn had said that he was willing to return the forty odd thousand dollars em- tezzied by Norton, but asked for time to ct from Norton’s bondsmen. Thrasher eived instructions that time would be ven if Welburn was’ personally innocent | of wrongdoing. On Tue-asy, however, Thrasher tele- | aphed a report of his discoveries in | Weil s own accounts and of his dis- vearance. On the same day Thrasher | ttied Welburn’s tondsmen that Wel- disappeared and that new ir- ties in his office had been found. e office was running without a onsible head and as the bondsmen responsible for the administration of | notification that it was | hustle to the front and atio we for them to Jook after the sit Both the depsrt nt at Washington aud the bondsmen scted promptly yester- | n trelicved the sure- ties of further respo by simply re- moving Welburn from office. At 10 A. M. | a telegram was received by ster noti- fying him that Welburn had.been re- | moved and that Deputy Bart M. Thomas | was made Acting Coliector. Thomas re- ceived notice of bis appointment and a telegram addressed to Welburn, which, be- | ing opened, was found to be u notification | of nis removal. Thomas at once assumed charge of the office, with which long ex- perience has made him familiar. For fif- | teen years he served with special Treasury | agenis here as a depuly, snd two vears 220 be became a deputy ia Waelburn's of- i Welburn was net suspended pend- turther investigations; he was sum- | murily and absolutely removed, a pro- ceeding that was evidence of the serious- ness of his own offenses. Enacly in the aiternoon E. B. Pond, W. { A. Whitehurst of Gilroy and James W. Rea of San Jose met Special Agent | ‘Thrasher and Acting Collector Thomas | at the Appraisers’ buildine, and there | were three hours of closetings while the | situation was being gonme into. Pond is | the only San Francisco surety on Wel- | burn’s bond, and Whitehurst and R-:a | representea the sureties of Santa Clara | County, of whom James W. Rea’s father, | Thomas Rea of Gilroy, is one. Special Agent Thrasher zave these gen- again withdrew from the world a deeply troubled man, greatly concerned with his threatened reputation and tbe teelings of his family. He had entered a simople but vigorous denial of .wrong and as irom the tombs had declared his presence and his intention to face the music. Late In the evening his son stated at his home at 930 Grove street that nothing had yet been seen or heard of him. James W. Rca hustled quietly about | last evening on business relating to the | Internal Revenue Office, and nad but little information to impars -beyond the fact that Welbutn had not yet been heard of. It wasyet Mr. Rea’simpression that he had left the City, which impression he shared with Government officials, who did not believe that the Collector was simply in temporary retirement. 7 “Idon’t thing Mr. Welburn's principal sureties have anything but the Norton defaleation to be concerned with,” said Mr. Rea. *There are seven of them, if [ remember riehtly, E. B. Pond being surety of $50,000 end tne others for $25.000 | each.” 1f Norion’s sureties pay the $20,000 for which they insured him, Welburn’s bondsmen will be responsible for the other $23,000 or so, making about §2500 apieca for six of them and $5000 for Mr. Pond. “If the surety company that secared Norton does not pay it will nearly double the amounts. I don’t know what the prospects of a contest with the surety company are, but I would suppose that they will pay it promptly.” Mr. Welburn’s acquaintances about town are pointing to him as a man who was wrecked by going into politics. — FALSE IMPERSONATION. The Collector’s Accusation Against the Dead Man. A day or two after the death of Issac Norton Collector Welburn said that he bad been annoyed for many weeks by women ringing him up on the telephone and asking tenderly and even affection- ately how he felt after the racket of the night before. “Ob, Mr. Welburn, you're a thorough- | bred. Are you coming down again to- night?” and” such . other remarks, which | became so persisient and annoying that | he had the telephone removed from his | residence in order io have peace. He | added that affer the tragic end of the | cashier he realized that Norton had been passing himself off for -Lis chiel in the | shady places of the tenderloin district. | When the fact became known in the Appraisers’ building that Mr. Weiburn had not been near the office since last Saturday. the seal of secrecy began to] locsen about many things, and the fact was commented upon that Mr. Welburn hud not made his complaint about some one having falsely personated him until alter Norton’s suicide. It was remarked tha: Norton was dead, and, therefore, could not deny the charge, and that the | ccusation would have come with better race if it had been made while Norton was alive. It wasintimated also that the | Collector lived in very good style and was | by no means slow to enjov the good things of life, that he was not averse to a quiet game of poker, and thas he had a well-de- veloped capsCity for-enjoy ment. Standing against all these intimations and charges of 2 more formal character is | the honorable record and reputation of Mr. Weiburn. -His friends, relying on | that record, are unwiling to believe that he could be guilty of the charges made | against him, There can bs no doubt that the develop- | ments worried him & good -deal, particu- larly on account of his bondsmen, who may have to pay the whole amount of the shortage. When Abraham Norton, a brother of the cashier, handed him the | fragments of the note writien by bis brother, just before the suicide, Mr. Wel- burn feit relieved. Tue nole was written in percil, and the greater part of it re- | ferred to iamily matters, but the follow- ing few sentences told-thestory of a self- ruined life: THE. LAST NOTE LEFT EY SUICID}:‘. NORTON, Tell dear father for me to pay Louis Loupe $300 for me; My reason for destroying myself is that | am a defaulter in a large sum to the Government, and do not wish to live to look my good friends, Loupe, Welburn and All the money was lost gambling. Your dying brother, Thomas, in the face. IKE. tlemen an exposition of the situation. | WHITE DEFENDS WELBURN. | Though they were not responsible for any | irrégularities of the Coliector as disburs- | ing officer, they made up their minds that | Welturn had escaped from a sea of trou- | bles, and they were deeply interested in knowing whether theie was anvthing be- | sides Norton's big shortage that would lighten their pocket-books. At about 3 o'clock they went upstairs | with Thrasher to the floor where justiceis supposed to reign, and there were confer- ences with Assistant District Attorney Sculessinger and Marshal Baldwin, and when the conferences were over Schles- singer had drawn a2 complaint charging Weliburn with embezzlement, Special Agent Thrasher had sworn co it and Com- | missioner Heacock bad issued the war- rant. Then Deputy Marshal Gallagher put a | paper in his pocket and went forth on a hard quest and the sureties went off to | worry and wonder elsswhere. All con- | cerned were dumb as clams about the | iesuance of a warrant or the reasons for it, but the fact early became known. ‘“Whatever there may be that is irregu- | lar may be found to be in the accounts of | the disbursing officer,” said Mr. Thrasher | warily. “No; 1 don't think the amount | will be very iarge. Ican’t tell you just | how any irregulurities there may be oc- curred. They might occur in many ways. For instance, if you were Collector, you might appointa man to a $1500 position and-say, ‘Now you must give me $500 of it n From other sources come intimations that more direct frauds have recently been practiced by Welburn, such as draw- ing checks payable “'to bearer’ and in favor of dummies, and even that one man’s salary was drawn by the Collector and used by himself. But Welburn’s friends find it hard to believe that he bas been guilty of anything actually dishon- orable, and that when things in question are explained there will be left but the carelessness, Private detectives joined the Govern- ment searchers ir the chase after the absent Collector yesterday afternoon, but late in the evening his trail had not been struck and the supposition that he had fled grew stronger. | At about 6 o’clock, however, Mr. Wel- burn rang up the editorial-rooms of THE CALL lo deny the report, with which ne had just become acquainted, that he had absconded. He wished the report denied in justice to himself, and explained his absence - by saying he had been doing a little private detective work on his own account in con- nection with Cashier Norion’s shortage, and had traced $1200 worth of stamps tnat were supposed o be missing, In tones thatsuggested a physical state of nervous- ness he said: *“Well, you see I have uot absconded. I have been guilty of nothing wrong, and I 2m not going to run away. I will face the situation. I have bsen removed, I suppose, on account of my absence,which has ’m;da people think that I had skipped out.” Mr, Welburn declined to intimate his whe:eabouts at that moment and respect- fully declined to be interviewed by a re- porter at any place he might name. His only statement concerning his where- abouts was that he was zoing home at once and would be in the privacy of his family by 9 o’clock. “Iv’s false; there is nothing to it,” was his reply to the charge that he had been guilty of irrezularities as Disbursing OI- ficer. When told that a warrant had been issued for his arrest he expressed sur- prise. “I had not heard of that,”” he said. ““There can be no reason for my arrest as you know if you remember the confession of Norton which you published.” ‘With a nervous *‘good-by’’ Mr, Welburn | fended Mr. 1t rather strange that the Collector | should be held responsible for the peculations of a subordinate, when May Introduce a Bill Ralleving Him of the Norton Burden. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 30.—Sec- retary Gage has directed that Colleetor of | Internal Revenue Welburn be suspended This action is brought about by the | report of the Treasury Department in spector. The California dele ation has not.| yet decided whom they will recommend to succeel Weliburn. S:nator Perkins | said to-night tiat they would consider the | matter in a day or two. | Senator White, in conyersation witi ! THE CALL correspondent to-night, de Welburn. He said tnat he| had been instrumental in securing his appointment, and that he always con- sidered him a very careful and conscien- tious business man. He does not think that Welburn is to blame. He thinks the treasury expert reported reguladly from month to month that the accounts | were all right. Senator White says that he may introduce a bill in the Senate to relieve Collector Welburn or his bonds- | men of this responsibility. I:iis under- stood that Collector Welburn’s bondsmen will have to make good at least $22,000. PR COULD NOT BE FOUND. Welburn Has Not Been Seen by Any of His Acquaintances for Three Days. When Deputy United States Marshal Gallagher sallied forth from Marshal Baldwin’s office yesterday afternoon and placed the warrant tor Welburn’s arrest in the breast-pocket of his coat, he was under the impression that it would be a raalter of an hour or so before he would be able to find the Coliector in some of his favorite haunts. But he hzd reckoned without his host, the aforesaid host being the Collector himself, who was not in any of the popu- lar resorts along the line of his travels for recreation. He traveled until ke was foot- sore, but the missing man could not be found. Marshal Baldwin himself putin several hours 1n investigating, but iailed to find a single person who had seen the Collector for three days. Then the Mar- shal set his whole force of deputies on the trail, but they met with no more success than he had. At midnight the Marshal went home tired out and almost hopeless of catching his man. There were two very peculiar facts con- nected with the disappearance of the un- fortunate official. At4 o'clock in the aft- ernoon some one representing himveif to be Mr, Welburn telephoned to Marshal Baldwin's office that he would call and deliver himseif up at 5 o’ciock. When ed where he was he declined to an- er, but the person at tbe telephone in the Marshal's office said that the voice of the speaker was not the voice of Mr, Wel- burn, A few minutes later the office was rung up again, and the person receiving the message is in doubt whether the voice was that of the Collector or not. At balf-past 6 o’clock a person repre- senting himself as Welburn called up a reporier in THE CALL editorial rooms and inquired whether tbe announcement in the evening papers thata warrant bad been sworn out for his arrest was true. It sounded very like the Coliector’s voice, but he deciined to state where he was at that time. He said that he would be lhome last evening. The Marshal and several reporters <isited the residence at 920 Grove street SOMAL) 0s th W QoEN . X T R LEND 8"‘!4» Fravat Ras Raaress Frsg, 4 epiine RDEN N R Araatwe S : S Cane Guavaa i s ' Ras Rapars ReshReny Ba'allon tida < Tha Brathers” ¥ ‘Socorna l@fi,’wo Ras Radressa sSHioiC F AN TN O, 23, N S R S s | Sdimatings — Fatham,, Scalc of Micea o FChart of Northwest Part of the Indian Ocean, Showing Ras-Radressa Reef, Where the The soundings (.ndicnta the rapidity with little warning of the danger. her proper cour-e. Steamer Aden Was Lost. which the'water shoals as Ras-Radresss Reel is. neared, and the vessel had but It will be seén from the chart that the Aden was driven by the storm nearly 100 miles north of The island of Socotra ‘lies between the two routes from Aden to India and far enough from either to give but small prospect of relief except by a mere chance. The easiern end of the island, wheye tne wreck occurred, fs uninhabited, and but for the timely arrival of the search vessel Mayo, sent out by the Indian Government, the fate of the steamer would never have been known. There are no lights along these coasts till Aden is approached. last night at different times uv to a late hour,” but they were informed.that the family did not know where Mr. Welburn was and that he had not been home for the last three days. % Norton’s Suretles Objsct. It was reported yesterday, on apparently good authority, that the Eastern surety company which insured Cashier Norton’s honesty to the extent of $20,000 had defi- nitely decided to refuse to pay the amount on the technical - plea that Collector Wel- burn was guilty of contributory negligence in not xeeping better track of Norton’s doings and accounts. If so this will mean a suit-against the company'by Welburn and his bondsmen. | The ~Government has nothing to do with Norton’s bonils. Norton was secured to Welburn and Welburn and his bonds- men are alone held responsible by the Government for the amount of Norton's detalcation. MRS, NACK H:=LD In CUSTODY. Evidence to Cennect Her With the Brutal/ Butctery of William Gield- ensuppe. NEW YORK, N. Y,, June 30.—Follow- ing the tdentitication of the fragments of the body found -last ‘weék as Willlam Gie!densuppe, Mrs. Augusta Nack, with whom he lived, was arrested early this morning. When arraigned this afternoon the detectives told the magistrate they did not charge the woman with murder, but as they had discovered evidence to connect her with the ‘crime they -asked that she be remanded, which was atcord- ingiy done. About noon to-dsy Herman Nack, husband oi Mrs. Nack, who_is the driver ol a wagon of the Astoria bakery, was also arrested. From the fact that Nack did notlive with his wife and had at one time been jealousof her because of her fondness of Gieldensuppe, it was thought he might know something about the cutting up of the pbody. Nack.was discharged from custody later in the day. Five employes and Superintendent Schellenberger of the Murray Hill baths, where Gieldensupps worked, visited the morgue to-day. Each was positive in the identification. Euch pointed to the same place where a shield-shaped piece of flesh had been cut away from the chest, ana said the cutting had been done to removs the head and bust of a woman that had been tattooed on Gieldensuppe’s breast when he was a sailor. The legs belonging to the mur- dered man were found tied in a bundle, which was seen floating in Fast River, near the Brooklyn Navy-yard, by Mathias Frederickson, chiet boatswain of the re- ceiving ship Vermont, this afternoon. sy eg Rl CALLED DOWN BY THE CZAR. So Turkey's Sultan Immediately Decided to Accept the Terms of Peace Ar- ranged by ths owers. VIENNA, AvusteiA, June 30.—The Greco-Turkish peace negotiations have suddenly been accelerated by the Czar addressing another letter to the Sultan appealing to his love of peace and asking in the fricndliest terms that he renounce unrealizable claims. The Sultan imme- diately instructed his representatives to accept the indemnity and frontier rectifi- cations recommended by the powers. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, June 30.—M. J. Zenovieff, at present Russian Minister to Stockholm, has been ap- pointed to succeed Nelidoff as the Czar's Empbassador to Turkey. The appoint. ment has occasioned much surprise. Nelid#ff has always been regarded as most snccessfully npholding Russian interests, Zenovieff is represented to be difficult to deal with. e FATAL FLOODS IN ROUmMANIA, Sixty Soldierr and Many Wemen and Childven Drowned. GALATZ, RouMANIA, June 30.—Torren- tial rains have fallen here, causing rivers to rise, and in some cases to oveiflow their banks. Lake Bratisch, near the city, be- came badly swollen. A temporary em- bankment was built, but to-day the waters burst out and deluged a part of Galatz. Sixty soldiers ana many women and chil- dren were carried away and drowned. e Zonors Conferred by Yale. NEW HAVEN, Coxx., June 30.—The Yale commencemant exercises ended to- day. Among the honors conferred were: University fellowships — J. T. Allen, M.A, niversity of California, 1895, Berkeley, Cal.; university scholarship in English—Anna H. Billings, Redlanas, Cal.; Rev. John Watson (Ian MacLaren), Caprain Alfred T. Mahan, United States navy. | | was rescued. THO CHRISTIA WORKERS KILLED Fatal Accident on the Northwestern Road at West Chicago. One Section of the Endeavor- ers’ Special Run Down by & Section Following. ASecond Fatal Wreck Occurs on a Vandal!a Train, but None of the Delegates Are Injured. CHICAGO, I, June 30.—Section 4 of the .Christian’ Endeavor special on ‘the Northwestern Railroad. was run into by section § about 1 o'clock this morning at ‘West Chicago, thirty -miles ‘from here. Three persons were killed and more than twenty injured. The killed were: Mrs. R Shipman of Fond du Lac, Wis.; Mrs. John Gooding of “Fond du Lac; ‘an unknown tramp. The train was filled with excursionists going to the Christian Endeavor Conven- tion. 'Nine sections left the Northwestern depot here at intervals of fifteen minutes, beginning at 10:30. Section 4 left at 11:13 and stopped at West Chicago to take water. While the train was standing at the tank, section & struck the rear end of section 4 at full speed, Section 5, running under close block orders, in some way got wrong instructions. Itslocomotive plunged into the Pullman coach Garrisus, which in turn telescoped the Pullman sleeper Cold Springs. The passengers in the car, a few of whom had gone tosleep, were crushed in the wreckage. 1n the two coaches were eighty persons. Mrs. Shipman and Mrs. Gooding, the two passengers who were kiiled, were in the second sleeper. Mrs. Shipman’s daugh-. ters were found fast in -the debris, butre fused to be taken out until their mother The daughters were not seriously hurt. Mrs, Gooding was crushed to death between the partitions of her ber:h. Charles Courtn engineer of section 5, was so seriously injured that he cannot live. % Professor Leo Williams of Fond du Lac was found buried under a pile of debris, and though unable to extricate himself he escaped With a broken arm and a cut wrist. Two hotels in West Chicago were turned into hospitals and physicians were promptly in attendance. The sections following those which met the disaster—6, 7, 8 and 9—carrying 2500 people, were delayed three hours. Finally the north track was cleared and they were enabled to proceed. Assistant General Superintendent Wil liam Gardner said this morning that he could give no tangible reascn for the cause of the accident. “The road is run on the semaphore block system all the way to West Chi- cago,” said Gardner. *‘This blocks a train every 1600 feet, and in addition we were using last night what we call the positive block system. . “This consisted in the operators at May- wood, Wheaton and West Chicago run- ning trains by wire and keeping a close tab with the dispatches as to the time each passed the station, Then the dis- patcher regulated the speed and distance between trains,’’ “The road between Chicago and Turner Junction is protected by the Hall block system, and immediately after my arrival last night I tested the signals and found them in perfect order,” said General Su- perintendent J. C. Stuart to-day. “*Courtney must have been insane to pass without seeing the two danger sig- nals, which indicated a train ahead. These siznals are placed 1000 feet apart and when at night cars pass over the place where they are situateq, a rea light shows, and any train following the one which released the switch is supposed to stop until the white lights show."’ Engineer Courtney declares the signal displayed denoted a clear track, He 2lso says he was running carefully, and that there was ample time to stop the train after he had sighted the train in front, e ———————————————————————— The fac-simile signature of Pt Tt is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. but the" air brakes refused to work. As they were in good order at Dixon, five miies back, he believes that tramps tam- pered with them. 2 3 TERRE HAUTE, Ixp., June 30.—The Christian Endeavor excursion train on the early this morning- west of this place. H. T. Sherman, mail clerk, and W. P. Conn, baggagemaster, of Indiarapolis, were killed, and Samuel Parkinson, mail clerk;of Columbus, and Frank Owens, fire- man, of Terre Haute, were injured fatally. No'passengers were injured. Train 6 did | not'take the siding to which it- was or- dered, but kept on to another siding. - No Christiau Endeavorers were hurt. TWO MOKE SPECLAL TRAINS, New York and Brookiyn Delegations to the Christian Endeaior Conrention, NEW YORK, N. Y., June30.—New York | and Brooklyn are very largely représented in two Christian Endeayor excursions | which. lefi here for California Monday { night and to-night. | Tnefirst division of New York delegates | to the International Conference started in charge of V. V. Beard ‘and the.second division left under the management of Transportation Manager Kinyorts. Rev. Dr. Jobn R. Davies of the Fourth- avenue Presbyterian .Church of this city, Rev. Cortland Myers of the Bantist Temple af Brooklyn and Rev. George F. Pentes- cost of the First Presbyterian Church of .| Yonkers -have prominent’ places in .the convention programme. In the New York delezation were: W. 8. Womsley and party, Norman A. Law- ior, E. M. Merrill, Rev. Dr. Wylie, Rev. James Steele and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Van Glabn, H. M. Welch, Miss 8 E. Williams, J. W. Williams, Miss C. H. Whitley, Miss Mary V. Worstell, James F. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson, Charles C. Pierce, Migs Jennie E. Palmer, Frederick Kent, William J. Wills and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bernard. RS HEAVY FLOODS IN MISSOURL Houses and Bridges Swept Away and Traine Delayed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 30.—Word has been received here that many houses in Excelsior Springs, Mo., have been washed away, and possibly some lives lost by the heaviest flood this section of coun- try has ever known. For five hours this afternoon rain fell in torrents at Lawson and neighboring towns, and Fishing River was soon a rushing flood. This river flows through Excelsior Springs, and when the flood reached that point it was a quarter of a mile wide. Several houses and the big bottling works were swept away and all railroad and wagon bridges in the town destroyed. It is reported that the Wabash day train from St. Louis is caught between two points where the bridges were washed away and cannot be moved before morn- ing. The Burlington has a big washout near Liberty, Mo., and passengers to Chi- cago had to be sent through St. Joseph. The incoming Burlington train is stalled there. ————— Bryan Comes Talking All the Way. CHEYERNE, Wyo,, June 30.—W. J. In nice kitchens— where the floor is clean, the stove pol- ished, the pots and pans shining and everything else prim and proper—there es- pecially is the place for Baking Powder and Zimames Spices and Flavoring Extracts— (the enemies of impurity and adulteration.) Tillmana & Bendel, Mfrs. Vandalia road collided with train No. 6 | ically receivea here to-day. He is on his way to Calilornia, but felt that he could not go through ‘Wyoming without telling the ople of this Brate wnat his views on tgea silver question are. He made a speech to an immense and enthusiastic andience. He was frequently applauded as he voiced the sentiments ot the majority of the people in_ this vicinity. Brvan looks in splendid health and is'in good spirits. ek e 600D FOR THE EMPLOYES. New Business A rangcmsnt for the Broad- way Central Hotel by Which Profi.s Are t> Be Shared. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 30.—In cele- bration of her five vear<’ ownership of the Broadway Central Hotel Tilly Haynes has announced a new business arrangement | for the principal employes. In addition to their regular salaries the heads of de- | partments Wwill, beginning July 1, divide one-third of the profits of the house. This will make the Broadway Central the only botel in this city, if not the country, hav- ing a profit-sharing system. Ten persons, including the head waiter and most of tbose in the hotel office, enter into this | dtvision of profits. Reckoning on the | buviness of the past each will receive over $500 yearly in addition to wages. g —_—— ZU CARE FOR HER GRAVE. The Purial Place of Lincoln’s Mother Will_ Bé Neglected No Longer. | " INDIANAPOLIS, Txp, June 30.—Rep- resentatives of the Grand Army, Loyal Legion, Sons of Veterans,-Order of Lincoln | and Women’s Relief Corps met to-day on the call of the Governor and formed the Nancy Hanks Memorial Association, the | object being to care for the grave of the mother..of Lincoln, who was buried in Spencer County.. Governor Mount was | elected president of the association. Steps | will be taken imnrediately to beautify the site. Each organizat'on is pledged to | subscribe to a fund for the purpose and | books will .bz: opened for popular sub- eriptions, £ i o Lighthouss Sercice Transfers. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30.—Major William H. Bixby, upou being relieved as | engineer ‘of the Fourth Lighthouse Dis- | trict, will, in addition to his other duties, relievé Major ‘Williany. H. Heuer of all | river and harbor work now uunder his charge, . Major Heuer, upon baing re- lieved by Major Bixby, will proceed to and take station at San’ Francisco, and relieve Major Charles E. L. B. Davis of the duties formerly® performed by Captain Cassius E. Gillette, and assume suchb duties as may be assigned him by the chief of engineers. sy Nominations Confirmed. ’ WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30. — Among the nominations confirmed by the Senate to-day were the following: Church Howe of Nebraska, Consul at Apia; Clarence W. 1de, Marshal for Washing- | ton; Alfred Taylor, receiver of public | monev at Susanville, Cal.; Jobn Rus- ! selt Young of Pennsylvama, - librarian of Congress. e Endeavorers Coming Through Denver. DENVER, Couo.,.June 30.—Ninety-five per cent of the Christian Endeavor travel to California is coming through Denver to-morrow. - Colorado railroads bave aban- doned freight trains in order to handie this business. | Belasco ‘has' bought the Chinese pla i ’ RED AND WHITE FLOAT ON HiGH Youngsters of Cornell Win From Columbia and Pennsylvania. Most Sensational Freshman Race Ever Rowed in This Country. Coach Courtney’s Ithacans Galn a Great Victory In Dashing Style. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 30.— Once again Cornell’s red and white pen. nants float on bigh. In what was proba- bly the most sensational freshman racs ever rowed in this coantry Coach Coart- ney’svoungsters, who were badly defeated by Harvard and Yale last week, showeda surprising reversal of form to-day and won-by a clean length over the Columbia ireshmen, who were not more than three- ers of a length in front of the Penn} sylvania eight. It was anybody’s race for half tance; then the Ithacans, who t least a 100 per cent more sklilfuli, 1 steady than on last Wednesdey, dr ¥ away, never to be headed. Both Columbia and. Pennsylvania puton such aterribls burst of speed the last half mile that ths lead of the Iihacans for a moment was i danger of ‘being cut to a minimum. The .struggle between Columbia ajd | Pennsylvania was really somsthing thjst rarely has been seen at a college boatrade. As far as form went there was not mugh choice between them, but in the matter pf endurance the Columbia men had a sligftt advantage ‘and in the great rally at 1198 finish' they tfock the place.. Time wis? Cornell 9:21 1-5, Columbia 9:22 3-5, Pery®* sylvania 9:25 1-5. RELIGIOUS KiOr 4N INDIla, Troops Mecessary ta Preserce Order tween Hindoov and Mohammedans' CALCUTTA, Inpra, June 30.—A serid riot occurred.at Chitpur between Mohaf™" medans and Hindoos over the alleg®" profanation of a.mosque. sary 1o call out troops to restore ordf"™ Rioting continued throughout the as}’ Many European officials and some vilians were wounded. — e Belasco Buys “1hs First Born.” | NEW YORK, N: Y., June 30.—Day Euglish entitled, ““The First Born,” Francis Powers, which has beenf play| eight weeks in" San Franciseo, Hew produce it here next fall. The inciyf; members of the company now }.’Xng ;‘_ Ban Francisco have been engaged’ to pear when the play is produced here. ! NEW T F'YOU HAVE NEGLECTED TO G Fourth, we have them. If you still I complefe equipnent for parties. FIREWORKS In wood boxes for shipment and at reguiar factory prices. Speclal Assoriment, 150 pieces.. . Exhibition Assortment, largér plecas .. ... Other As.or ments... .$7.50, $11.50, 8 Firecrackers by (he Box ....2., 80c, Firecrackers by the box To padoes, 10 packages fo Muslin Flags on Sticks. | Please note sizes as well as numbers. Dozen Gross. | $0.03 $ 25 05 50 10 75 15 1.5 25 2.50 35 4.00 | 45 525 | 75 875 125 225 | FI n q! ity from a single one U. S. regulaticn Bunting Fiags from 3 feet to 18 feet, and even longer, a. makers’ prices. | | LANTERNS. Chinese Lanterns, per dozen....20c, 40c, 60c, 78¢c BUNTING. Bunting by the yard or piece, and Paper Deco- rations, for early or iate comers. Store will be open Saturday till 7. LLAST CALL! tions, come 10 us. ‘Christian Endeavor Flagy also at wholesale or retail pric F.reworks.in lots from $1.00 up, regular assortments for shipping. if yon intend leaviug the city or.nred these. Lunches from a single 15-cent outfit | Little Boys' Nobby 3 Piece Suits. [ Little Boys’ Regular 2-Piece suits. Closed ail day Monday. Dining-room on 6th floor will not be open on Moaday. ! '0-DAY ET FLAGS OR LANTERNS FOR T HE need Bunting, Ribbon or other decory Camping outf; HURRAH!! Tn addition to regular 4th of July goods fun and frolic you'll want tofit the foiks with things to wear and provide liberaily your visiting friends, who will come in on in the next ten days In great numbers. ( store is the place. Bigger Boys' 2-Piece Suiis.. Coats with Capand two Yants Youn: Men's Suits, loug p snts Genty' Weoi Suits. dark mix ure Gen.s' Light or Dark Fiue Suits.. Ladies' Summer Dre: Ladies’ Wool Skir s. 10 ordes Ladies' Summer =kirts, 10 o Ladies’ Wool Dresses, to order. . Tadies' Snirc Waists, 1897 style. Everything in the line of Women's ren's wear on hand or made to order. LADIES’ HATS. A big commotion, e: liy in untrimmd of the better grades. our stylishk Milsf, Hats, in the Princess, ina, Knox andotby, 50 April g] Hats worth $1.U0 April 18t . All 2-bi. va ues now ... . Buggest color preferred and giva age of wears) We will muke selection. It Flowers, Ribbon other trimmiog 1s wanted, we have them, We are strong on our Shoe lines; chean for camp or extra good. \ Yo Weare to lerce goods on our patrons The Big Store at the Ferrv-—25-27 MARKET STREET. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pal Nervous Complaints, Liver an Lumbago, Colds, Coughs. Local Burns, Swellings, Beils, Sore: Itehings and many other compliai L. CALLISCH, Wholesale Age: The trade_suj For sala by all druggists. hnns toy & Mic . CASH STORE We aim to give every one a welcom their stay, whether for a moment o pleasant as possible. t DR, MARTIN'S GREAT PAIN CUREE; OF THE AGE (S A CERTAIN CURE FOR tery, Cholera Morbus, Diphtheria, Sove Throat, Pneumoni ache, Earache, Toothache, Sickness in Stomach, Back Bruises, Scalds, Wounds, Indigestion, Skin Diseases, PRICE, 25¢, 50c, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. ! for the Pacific Coast, San Jose, Cal. nd to mak: medth, &} 1 that you musi st nnt;lkcn-cflni = not 10 sell, always ““willin; t in General, Dyspepsia, D: Kidney Complaints, Sciatie and General Debility, Heal Uleers, Colie, Cramps, 8 me h ints too numerous to na ed by R i n & Co., Mack & San Franc g