The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1897. STOLEN FRON 1S PARENTS Kidnaping Case Akin to That of Charley Ross. Boy Abducted From Home at Albany, N. Y., and Held for Ransom. Terms of Release Dictated by the Scoundre!s—Police Puzz'ed and Mother Distracted. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 17.—The police to-day are working on a kidnaping case | rivaling that of Charley Ross and equally pu £ The case is remarkable for its similarity to the Ross mystery. Yester- day morn the five-year-old son of el J. Conway, living at 49 Colonie disappeared. Conway is night in dispatcher at West Albany, on the tarn Central. Yesterday he returned home after his night's duties and ate vas usual with his family, com- After s wife and three chiidien. ikfost the father retired and the boy s allowed to go into the streer and I'wo hours afterward Mrs. Conway ered a rine of the doc 1 and l4years old, poorly dressed, handed a letter addressed to Mr. Conway. His wife took it to him in hisroom and he read the contents, as 10llows: 3 AvGUST 16. v John has been | an put the | e and at | house. » spot at 8:15 e is with the v again. this to any one out- | the man you send | u take any steps to 1 of the ‘police, you | ain, for 1f any one | the risk of return- | espect you 18 after the where you can go and sefe and sound. fter this thing for a long We know our business and can beat all in Ame We're aiter money, 0ld no harm will il to do what we ing we you not to ¢ look on your child again, | sa God in heaven. We know | nk and that the d we must have it Don’t tell them A1 say you are sh—for this must be i you want your boy the case of Charley Ross of Fhila- father did not do es he was told, much as ver saw hi: ord to little boy to the aay of is enough. time. Don’t open your lips a trosty man to the place ht. He wants to be sure o postible danger of any e 20, within two hours, d from us where your boy you make will be known to pt any crooked work with to your boy and look out for you and all will be well, and ight with you. If you make move vou will regret itto ir death. back sa 1o exactly as you are told. every direction you will have AIN OF THE Mrs. Conway screamed and skrieked and went into hysterics beiore her hus- band had half finished the letter. Her filled the house with neighbors in a | seconds, and Conway, after securing a | - his wife, rushed’ at once to | rters. 2 ot afraid of this band of cow- hesaid. -‘My boy will come back to or latter. But I want these » assassins of little cnildren run | would- down and put to death, 1f nécessary. went to the bank with his| end”” anda made a bluff atdraw- ng o 3000. In full view of the street 10 was put in a package and ! ded to him. Along withit was another e—a dummy one containing paper. out of tbe door and carried the other one down thLe street with him. The b: cashier picked up the good money and put it into the bank vanlts. The aummy package was intrusted to the with instructions to follow im- the airections contained in the | kidnaper's letter. Then Conway went home and rested until evening. | The police secretly sent men out of town instructions to drop off at nd get back the best they could to rendezvous on the Troy road at | nightfall. The friend with the dummy | package leit Albany on his lonely walk at 7 o'clock; the police scattered aboutaa field of waving wheat on the upper siae of | the road from the big hollow tree; the | pac was deposited as directed, and then the man turned back toward town. But there absolutely no sizn of the | kidnavers. The police waited for houars, but got no trace of them. Then a search was made of ihe surrounding country, but this, too, was without success. Then the news of the ab luction was made public in town and the hunt became a general one, After the police returned from their weary search there was 2 conference in Chief present all the detectives of Albany, the | polic2 captains and Assistant District At- | torney Cocke. The conference decidea that a general alarm siould be sent out | all over the country for the missing child. | The roads between here and Troy have | been patrolled to-doy, and searchine par- ties have been scouring tbe woods in all | directions. A terrible change bhas come over the wother, who yesterday was light-hearted and to-day is on the verge of prostration. 8he has borne up brayely, but the terrible strain she is laboring under is commenc- ing to tell, and unless she receives relief tbrough the return of her boy, ber mind | all these points is Mrs. L. C. | who was originally a Boston girl, but who | Francisco. liyou | police and then spent five | he could have got him beck | Get the money | Put the package there | Ii you want to have | | to the Yukon River | time to connect with the steamer Bristoi, | gold. Davidson’s office, at which were | is likely to give way. Here isa descrip- tion of the boy : John Conway, 5 vears old; wore knee pants with pink stripe; blue waisi; straw hat with browu siripe; black stockings: black button shoes; has blue eyes; light-colored hair. cut short. The boy is a remarkably bright and 1n- | teresting child. The police were ‘old by | some one that the little lad had been seen | near Wilson street ana Broadway about | an hour after his mother missed him. i From that time on, however, the trail was lost. Several nightsago two men called at the second house above Conway’sand inquired who lived at C nway’s house. When they learned that Conway lived at the third house they appeared satisfied. A son of Michael Dollard and a boy named Thomas Conley say that between 9and 10 o'clock yesterday morning they saw a well-dressed man with a shabbily attired man baving a lost boy by the RN T THROUGH TS Continved from First Page. Livingstone wilt invest considerable money, which she is taking along, in mining properties. She is 20 years of age and Mrs. Rooney is 27. The party pro- poses to live as well as possible in Alaska and are not sparing any money in their outfit, which was bought entirely in Seattle. They spent $790 for clothes and furs, Mrs. H. J. Laritzen is another venture- some woman. A desire to be with her husband and son, who have the mining fever very badly, was the objeci that | caused this accomplished Eastern lady to leave a pretty home in Brooklyn. She is not a bit sorry she is going up to this voint and does not anticipate any change of feeling. Mrs, Laritzen will sleep in sleeping-robes instead of sleeping-bags, as are usually taken. Her costume in Alaska will be bloomers, covered by a short skirt and a heavy fur waist. Possibly the most 1teresting of all the passengers is a Harvard graduate of the class of 1893, a schoolteacher and a news- paper woman. The little lady combining Howland, has been living for several years in San Mrs. Howland intends to teach school in Dawson City while her husband manages one of Mayor Wood’s river steamers. She is taking a library, including a complete outtit of the last textbooks for children and along more | advanced lines, It was expected that the steamer City of Seattle would sail to-aay for Juneau and Dyea, but it was found impossible to ob- tain some portion of the equipment necessary for the loncer voyage to Araska. In order to prevent disappointment to the | many passengers who have engaged pass- age it has been arranged that the steamer City of Kingston shall take the sailing and it is expected that she will be ready to leave Seattle to-morrow at noon, or twelve hours after it was proposed to ais- patch the City of Seattle. It is possible that the City of Seattie will be place.i on balarice of her equipment has been re- | | ceived, and when this is to hand she will | be placed permanently on the Alaska run ay originally intended and the City of Kingston will go back to he Victoria run. | The steamer Farallon cast off linesat Schwabacher’s wharf to-day and is now | sailing for Dyea and Skaguay with 120 passengers and seventy head of horses. Last evening the tugboat Mayflower ar- rived in port from Astoria, having in tow a seventy-foot barge which is being sent north on a hunt for business. The par- ties owning the Mayflower and outfitting the expedition are all Astoria men who propose to run a store at Dyea. The May- flower has a capacity for sixty-five passen= gers. | Itisexpectec tonight that the steamer | Bugene, under the management of the | Portland and Alaska Trading and Trans- portation Company, will leave Portland | for the Sound. The Eugene will leave Portland with only a working crew aboard and make the outside trip to the Sound | in tow of one of the Q. R. & N. tugs. The passengers engaging transportation leave Portland in on which they will embark for St Michael, which will be reached by Sep- tember 2, with the steamer Kugene in convoy. After arriving at the mouth of the Yukon no time will be lost in trans- ferring the passengers from the Bristol to ihe steamer gene and the start for Dawson City will be begun. The Eugene being of light draught and with nothing in tow, it is promised that the trip to Dawson City will be made in ten days or less, landing all the passengers in the heart of the new goldfields in ample time to prepare winter quarters preparatory to comimencing active work in the hunt for EEA R MAKE SLOW PROGRESS. Passengers Who Started North on Anclent Vessals Have a Hard Time. VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 16.—Some of the passengers who recertly sailed from Seattle bound for Dyea, St. Michael and thence to the Klondike have aiready ex- perienced some hardshipson tLe northern coast in a mild form. A returning steamer from Union, Vancouver Island, reports the steamers George Starr, Eliza Ander- son and Rapid Transit are already meet- ing difficulties. All are o.d vessels pressed into rervice, especially the Eliza Ander- son, which has eighty passengers aboard. She brokeddown three times before reach- ing Union. Sue has no modern facilities for con- densing salt water and had to put in and get waler where she could, at creeks. The same applies to the others. The Eliza Anderson 1s leaking badly. All the car- penters available were pressed into serv- ice. She is said to be leaking *‘like a barrel in the sun all summer.” Some of the passengers decided to re- turn and go north on stancher vesseis. Provisions are already short and the smat stores abount bought out. ‘The most ser- | ious aspect is that the vessels are not suited .or such lonez voyages, as when they run out of the North Pacific they will be unable to get water. 1t is doubtful if they reach St. Michael in three months, - GREATLY DIiSCOURAGED. Spregue Writes That Few Can Get Throuzh tha Pass From vea. TACOMA, WasH., Aug. 17.—Mrs. W. W. Spiague has r ceived a le:ter from her husband, ex-Deputy Sheriff Sprague, who is now at Dyea. He was a passenger > | penses packing this yea 3 BOONOR Py 4 ;\\\\\\J\\‘\"\?‘»‘\ O A AR -\\‘\‘\*\k,‘y- o TR FIRST LIEUTENANT E. W. HUBBARD, Who for the past nine months has been stationed at the Presidio, where his duties have be>n in connection with the new heavy armament, has by recent orders of the War Department been assigned for duty as professor of military seience and tactics at the Nevada State University at Reno, where he will succeed Lieutenant Hamilton on September 1. Lieutenant Hubbard ‘was appointed to West Point from his native State, Con- neciicut, by General J. R. Hawley, graduated in Juue, 1885, was assizned to the First Artillery and served on the Pacific Coast at the mouth of the Columbia River and at the Presidio untii 1880. In Military Academy on duty as instructor, and thera &pent four years. rd Artillery at Atlania and at the artillery served since being promoted to the Tk school at Fart Monroe, where he 100k a two years’ post-graduate cour came to the Presidio with the Third Artillery. the latter year he went to the West Poin¥ He has and then ¥. popu- He is a man of fine al lar in army circles and with a host of friends outside the service who esteem and admire him as a gentleman and-scholar. north on the Mexico. The tone of his letter indicates that he is much discour- aged at the prospects of getting through to the gold fields this fall. He states that the prospectors who went up on the Mex- ico were continually fizhting and quarrel- ing amoeng themselves and quite a num- ber of them got gloriously drunk every time the boat made a landing. He said the cantain had to finally threaten to put some of the men in irons to preserve the yeace. He says the pass from Dyea is most effectually blocked and there is but little hope of the majority of the lar e crowd of prospectors who are camped there getting through until after the wincer sets in aud everything is frozen up | tighi. Mr. Sprague advises those con- templating making the trip to wait until spring before they start, as they can live cheaper at home than at Dyea and get into the interior just as early. Dr. H. B. Runnells, who went to Skaguay on the steamer Queen, gives : °21 00 | Jome new facts ina letter just recsived. the Victoria run for a few days until the | jor'c,® 1 He describes the unloaaing of freight during the first days -of August, as fol- lows: “It was a hard task and more than dis- agreeable, for it rained and stormed all the time. We had nothing to eat and did not sleep for twenty-four hours. When the freight was landed a committee was ap- pointed and it was all sorted, and no man allowed to take his goods until he showed his freight-list. Very little was lost, com- paratively. We now found that the trail was not finished and it was not known when it would be. There were fifteen men working on 1t. We called a meeting and appointed thirty men to go ahead and help finish it, and word has just got into camp that it is finished. “Fortunately for us I was scquainted with one of the company and I got work for Mr. Pettigrove and Mr. Peterson, so we are saving our outfit and making some money besides, and the probabilities are that we shall be able to leave here about the end of October, or from then on till February, on sleds. Any one who comes up in the spring shou.d bring plenty of horses, for he will have no trouble in sell- ing them after he has finished with them. There is one man here who told me ihat he had already made $10,000 clear of ex- so tar. Dogs are worth bhere; $200 each—that is, the rea! Alaskan dog—and are impossible to get at that price.” e DEATH IS CERTAIN. Warning to Physically Weak Men Who Intend to Cross the Passes In Winter. PORTLAND, On., Aug. 17.—Frank S. Venables, who, up to three years ago, was a warrant and money broker here, writes from Alaska, where he has been since he left Portland, to an old friend in this city ominously deprecating the cur- rent rush to the Klondike, “Now, to the poor fellows coming up bere at the beginning of the forbidden season of the vear, as if attracted by a delusive mirage, I can only express my sympathy,” writes he. “If powerfully descriptive letters, pubiished in the daily press, can have any preventive influence against this insane rush to the Klondike or any other portion of Alaska just at the point when the winter of 1897-98 is getting ready to break loose with its usual fury, suc ) letters should daily beprinted in the American press for humani:y’s sake, “Those attempting now and from this time on till next spring to cross either the Chilkoot or White pass .are takiag their lives into their own hands. Success is exceedingly questionable, even vith men of powerful physique. But death is cer- tain in the case of those not physically strong or in any way afflicte# with an organic complaint. There are plenty of that kind of men here, and, I suppose, an equal number at Skaguay. Should just one of our ordinary blizzards strike a party of pbysically weak men engaged in crossing either the Chilkoot or White pass their lives will be as quickly extin- guished as a reed is broken under the blast of a tornado. “Already there are plenty of men re- cently come here with whom it is a toss- up of a half-dollar whether they go ahead or go back. Many, whose judgment tells them to go home and wait till spring, will risk and pernaps lose their lives rather than sacrifice their false pride. Dyea is already overcrowded with men and out- fits, and if any more gold-hunters come this season I really don’t know what we’ll do with them. +0ld California prospectors find the sys- tem of mining different to what they have been accustomed to. From that you can | rmagine what the new hand at the busi- ness can accomplish, Before closing I again must say that the mortuary list be- tween now and the time winter actually sets in will be a sadly larze one.” Lo KLLONDIKE GOLD. Deposits Made Here Not Reflected in the Treasury Statement. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 17.—Some surprise is expressed in financial circles over the fact of large receints of gold from the Klondike, which have been announced | from time to time at San Francisco. It |18 said to have not been reflected in the Treasury Depertment statement. The treasury holds $!41,500,000 free gold. Ac- cording to treasury officials the Klondike gold received at San Francisco was proba- bly all turned into the mint at that City, but not reflected in t. e treasury statement of gold on hand for the reason that gold «coin was paid out for it and that the coin has gone into the banks. In San Francisco banks as a rule take gold payment for their assay office chiecks, because gold circulates among the people on the siope, whereas here many of the banks generally, except in times of panic, take greenbacks in payment ot assay office checks, and so the treasury here gains lit- tle gold that way. A dispatch received in Wall street to-day from Washington quotes Mint Directar Preston as saying the mints at San Francisco and Philadel- phia are now coining gold received from j the Klondike region. The gold is being coined into eagles and half-eagles. Preston says he expects fully 75 per cent of the gold taken from the Yukon gold- fields will find 1ts way into the States in spite of tha restrictive reguiations of the Canadian Government. At the assay of- fice in this city, it is said, as yet no Klon- dike gold has been received. R TR The Capilano Salls, VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 17-—The Capilano sailed this evening for Skaguay Bay and Dyea with 50 passengers, 70 cattle and 35 horses. Six more mounted police arrived to-day and will sail Saturday on the Danube. Fourteen more will follow later. They will take in another Maxim gun and dogs to establish a mail route over the country. Inspector Stricklana isen route to join the party. Inquiries for passage nortk are pouring in from all | points. SR g THE NORTH FORK DELAYED Doubtful Whether the Ship WI.l Get Away for a Day or Two. The steamer North Fork did not sail yesterday, and it is doubtful if she will be able to get away to-day, owing to the fact that there are some questions to settle as to whether she is 100 heavily laden and as to whether the Mare Island will be al- lowed to accompany the steamer on the journey. Scores of the passengers are growing very angry over the delay of the steamer, which was advertised to go last Saturday. United States Surveyor English and Inspactor Bowles have been asked to pass on the ship and give their permission for her to sail, but they have refpsed to give any opinion until they see the entire cargo aboard, at which time they say they will pass on the question of the seaworthi- ness of the vessel. The Mare Island has beeu thoroughly renovated and it is said she is now safe in every way. The owners have applied for a charter as a freight boat to do business on the bay, and that question wiil be passed on in a few days. If it be denied she will be able to go on. the Yukon as a barge. All over the City there is a great deal of interest in the news of returning miners from the north and 1t appears to be the general opinion that those who went over the Chilcoot route made a great mistake. Those who have had experience in the north say there ought to be no trouble in making Dawson' City now if the boats that go make any kind of speed and if the boats they take for the Yukon are properly made for the trip. One of the things that kept back the ex- pedition was the fact that some one leit the sea valves of the Mare Island open a few days ago and when she startea over the bay so much water came into her that she had to be taken back and tiie water pumped out. Itis now the general opin- ion on the water front, however, that the Mare Island is fully seaworthy. The steam schooner Navarro will sail for the Yukon on the 25th inst. and.is the next one of the northern fleet 1o depart irom this port. She will arrive from San Diego to-day and it is though: she will make the tr.p in short time. More than seventy passengers are said to be booked for the voyage in this way. OLTIMATOM OF THE OPERATORS Pennsylvania Mines Are to Be Started Up at Once. Will Import Men, if Necessary, and Protect Them With Armed Forces. Hanna & Co. the Only Firm That Refuses to Ab!de by This Decislion. CLEVELAND, Ouro, Aug. 17.—Tele- grams were sent from Cleveland this even- ing to the Pennsyivania mines controlled by twenty-five of the leading operators or- dering that the mines be vpened and operations bezun immediately. This ac- tion was taken to-day by operators who have been in conference here for two days. Ninety-eight per cent of the coal operators were represenied. The meeting was called at theinstance of cerlain exécutive officers of the R:publican committee, who hoped that an amicable settlement of the strife between the mine operators and miners could be obtained. The suggestion of the Republican managers was that if it was necessary to secure a settlement the oper- ators should makea complete surrender and grant the 15-cent increase demanded. Many operators were of the opinion that the time for the operators to take decisive action had arrived and accordingly at- tended the meeting. Tne statement of President Ratchford of the Mine Workers’ Union that no work would be donie in any coal mine until all the operators had acceded to the terms de- manded by the strikers determined some af the overators who had heretofore pas- sively awaited a settlement. The opera- tors met and resolved to offer the miners anincrease of 10 cents, making the price per ton 64 cents, The miners demand 69 cents. Tne offer was signed by the coal operators and sent to President Ratchford to-day, who gave this answer: ~Ido not think the miners will accept less than a 15-cent increase. We can get 15 cents if we wait. However, I shall pre- sent the proposition to the miners and it will be given fair consideration.” It was urged upon Ratchford that if the union would accept the 10-cent offer it would le victory for the miners, and the conference therenpon discussed the situa- tion in ali its points. Daa R. Hanna and E. T. Young, repre- sentatives of M. A. Hanna & Co., urged other operators to wait and not take hasty action. The prevailing sentiment of a large majority wasagainstremaining idle, and by an almost unanimous vote the op- erators decided to open the mines immnie- diately. The firm of Hanna refused to abide by the decision. The operators will import new laborers to their mines, and if necessary employ armed forces to protect them from vio- lence. Wherever possible union miners willing to work without authorization from headquarters will be re-employed, but it is thourht by the operators that de- spite the sufferings of miners in certain sections it 1s likely that comparatively few of these can be obtained. At the rate offered the operators claim that it is pos- sible for even common Ilaborers to earn from $150 to §175 per day. One reason why the operators would not give the ad- ditional 5 cents asked is that they have al- ready made large contracts on a basis of 54 cents for mining. The operators before adjonrning drew up a statement to the public, signed by all operators, except Hanna & Co., which is as lollows: ‘ An enthusiastic meeting of operators of Pennsylvanian mines was held at Cleveland to-day and it was determined that the mines of Pittsburg district should be started up at once and operaied without further delay. Tae miners have taken the high-handed po- siiion that nothing but an unrea<onable price for mining will satisfy their demand, and have been unwiiling to treat with the ope- rators on any tair ground. There is no other course left Open to the operators at this time, | and they nave determined that all coal sold at a Hd-cent basis of mininug this year must be mined at that price. No change in the price of mining will be considered until con- tracts made on & 5i-cent basis of mining o filled and a unitormity agreement complcted. At least three-fourthis of the tonnage of Pittsburg district was represented. All were unanimous and agreed to, if neces- sary, forcibly resime operations, with the | exception of Hanna & Co., who notified the operators that the firm would not agres to stand with the other operators to attempt to force a settlement on a 54-cent basis. The firm tbinks that 1he operators are somewhat incon-istant in demanding that no change be made in the price paid ; for mining untila uniformity agreement has been adopted when but three out of 2500 have signed it. If they insist that it be adopted and refuse to give it their sanction it will look very much like a no- tice that they never intend to pay a higher | price than the 54-cent rate tor mining. ——-—— SHERIFF CALLS FUR TROOPS, Fears 7That Strikers Will Burn an Ilinots Fillage. HILLSBORO, Irn, Aug. 17.—In the mining village of Coffen to-day, in spite of the proclamation of President Traylor, 600 strikers marched trinmphan:ly tnrough the streets. During the morning boasts were made by the strikers that they wouid enter the village, and Sheriff Randle ordered twenty extra depnties on duty. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the deputies saw coming up the highway the 600 strikers, marching eight abreast, a band brineing up the rear. The twenty Deputy Sheriffs, armed with muskets, wese stationed across the road, about 100 yards inside tbe corporate limits. The line stood with fixed bayonets while “General” Bradley’'s army drew near. Fresident Traylor of the village board stepped in front of the deputies, and when the strikers came up he ordered a halt. Bradley, disregarding the command, or- dered the men forward and they obeyed. They pushed Traylor forcibly aside, and when the deputies were reached their guns were svized and they, too, were forcibly thrown aside, while the march continued. No order tc fire was g.ven, and none of the deputies were willing to fire without orders. Traylor shouted to arrest Bradley. Two Deputy Sheriffs seized him and before he could be rescued they rushed him through a side street, placed him in a carriage and bastily brought him to the Hillsboro jail. Meanwhile, the victorious army of strikers moved into the village. As soon as Sheriff Randle saw that the deputies were overpowered, he formed them in picket line around the coal mine, and or- dered them to shoot any one attempting 'gcome ou the property of the coal com- pany without a permit. The strikers remained near the elevator until after the men had quit work at 5 o’clock, hoping to have a meeting with them, but the workinz miners went home as soon as they had juit work, and re- fused to parley with the strikers. The Sheriff has asked for troops, as trouole is feared to-morrow, but Governor Tanner has refused until 1t is shown that the Sheriff is unable to cope with the strikers. The Sheriff fears that the town will be burned, and has so wired the Gov- ernor. TTLE BOOTY FOR THE RISK Santa Fe Express Train Held Up in Okla- homa. Messenger Flres at the Rob- bers, but Is Overpowered and Bound. { Futlle Attempt to Blow Up the Safe. | Only $500 or $600 Secured. OKLAHOMA CITY, OkrA., Aug. 17.— Passenger train No. 45, southbound, on the Santa Fe road, was beld up by tram robbers at 12:15 this morning between this ciiy and Edmond. Six or eight men “were in the party. The robbers boarded the train at Ed- mond. They were not apparently in one party, and neither the train crew nor any of the passengers noticed anything sus- picious about them. When the train had | proceeded a few miles out of town the robbers held up and disarmed the con- ductor, and while two of them kept guard | over him and the passengers the rest wrnt through the train. Two of ithem ciimbed over the tender | and threatened the engineer. John Rain, and his fireman with revolvers and com- | pelled them to stop the train. Meantime there had been an exchange ot shots in the express-car. The express | messenger had been ordered to throw up his hands and had responded by drawing his revolver and firing at the robbers, but he was overpowered and bound. The attack was evidently aimed &t the | express-car. The robbers made an at- | tempt to blow up the safe in the car with dynamite, but failed, and finding that | they could not ope:n the safe they took whatever valuables they could lay their hands on 1n the car, got off and escaped. It is said they secured only $500 or $600. No attempt was made to rob the passen- gers. I'be train proceeded to this city | and detectives have been put on the trail. | | i | | ASSASNMINATED AT NIGHT. Fate of a Gay Young Railroad Man of ! Macon, Ga. MACON, GA., Aug. 17.—Frank Harrold, a well-known young railroad man, with a | friend, visited the house of Anne Ragby, | a beautiful but notorious woman, last: night. At2 o'clock this morning some one battered the door ferocieusly and de- manded immediate admission. This be- ing refused, the party went away, but rewurning soon afterward repeated the demand. Believing the woman's life in jeopardy, Harroid slippea her dress on over his | clothes and appeared in the doorway. In- stantly he was zrabbed and tightly held while iiine shots were fired at him, four taking effect fatal.y. - The woman states that a negro some week< ago attempted to assault her, and ihreatened to slay Harrold if she refused him again. This man, she believes to be the guiity person. No arrests have been made. BANKERS IN . GONVENTION Welcomed by Detroit’s Mayor and Michigan’s Governor. Pingree Talks About Money Af- fairsand Incidentally About Corporations. Many Matters of Interest to Finan= clers to Be Considered by the Assemblage. DETROIT, MicH., Aug. 19.—The Ameri- can bankers’ annual convention opened here to-day. Mayor Maybury made an address of welcome. Governor Pincree said: *'As Governor of the State of Michi- gan it gives me great pleasure to welcome to our chief city this gathering of gentle- men representing the banking interests in the country. The poor we have always with us. Not =o the financiers of the eountry. Therefore it yives me especial pleasure to welcome you to our city and State.” Governor Pingree said he did not pre- tend to understand the theory of money, | being an every-day shoemaker, but had had a thought which he wished to start rolling for discussion, and that thought was would it be a good tbing to place a tax on zold for use in the arts and manu- facture? He talked about this being a debtor nation and quoted statistics from the Mint. Of course, he could not resist taking a fling at corporations, and said a great cause of complaint against them was the laws to tempt the people to orzanize them for the very purpise of escaping re- spons bility. Itis believed the same re- sponsibility imposed on National banks, if applied to corporations, would remedy this evil. Georga H. Russell, who replied, called out the applause of the assembly by say- ing he would not attempt to give any ad- vice on money, as he had been in the busi- ness of banking only eight or nine years and, of course, was not as well informed as the Governor. President Lowrey replied to various ad- dresses of welcome znd dealt with the needs of the association. He said in closing: *“The banker has felt a depression and is longzine for the re- turn of prosperity, which has not yet arrived but is on the way."’ Secretary Branch read a statistical re- port as to the growth of the organization, and Treasurer William H. Porter a finan- cial report. Vice-President Hendricks for the exacu- tive council read an elaborate report recommending amendments to the con- stitution. These amendments called for the appointment of committees by the assembly instead of the president and increasing State representation in the council from three to five. The amend- ments were adopted and the convention adjourned until to-morrow. % | the ridiculous price of | | cut below cost. any price. | NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. To give you an idea of the way we are sacrificing Clothing during this great sale: We are selling our regular $9 and $10 Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits for And All-Wool Pants, formerly $2.50 and $3, are going at $1.85. These are just instances. Our entire stock is reduced proportionately, all prices being as low as cost—and many have been Uncalled-for garments will be sold at We must clean out all these goods be- fore we move in our new store (now occu- pied by the Golden Rule Bazaar), S.N. WOOD & CO. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 541 Market Street, Directly Opposite Sansome. $s.60. T QT T TR AT o SRR TR