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THE SA FRANCISCO CALIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1897, 25, *LIVEY ARE LOST IN AN AVALANCHE Disaster on the Trail to the Klondike Gold Fields. SHEEP CAMP SWEPT BY THE MASS. Earth and Ice, Loosened by Warm Rains, Slide Swiftly Down. SEVERAL ARE CAUGHT IN THE DEBRIS. Conflicting Repcrts of the Number Killed, but It Is Kncwn That Several Perished. PORT TOWNSEND, Wask., Sept. 24 — Ihe tug Pioneer, Captain Nielson, ar- rived here at 3 o'clock this morning direct from Skaguay with news of a land glacier | de on the Dyea trail last Saturday, sc- comyanied by the loss of the lives of sev- eral people, the exact number not being own. Eighteen persons in all, seven- teen men and one woman, were reported miissing, and while it is not supnosed that more than seven or eight were killed, it wo d not surprise those who brought ou* enews to learn later that none of ihe sing ever turned u e accident is des nowslide, by others a landslide, and others as the tearing loose by the rains a huge glacier that overhung Sheep and the trail. The news reached v Sunday evening, there at 3 o’clock Monday mornixg. as Villiam Sprague, brother of Captain Sprague of the tug Sea Lion, was a pas- senger on the Pioneer, and he tells the following story of the destrustive slide: “I heard the news of the slide on Sun- vy evening from a man who claimed to ve witnessed 1. The accident was ed by the rain. During the first part he week it was cold and ice had formed around. On Thursday a change came, re wasa warm rain, accompanied by a nook wind, which thawed out ever: The rain came Jdown in torrents— orst storm of the year for that sec- and continued all Friday and Satur- Avout noon on Saturday g the Dyea trail at what caused it could n. Just ,but there came a siide of earth nd water that carried all in its | neep Camp. eep Camp was in the path of the literally wiped out of ex- there were not many y compared with e number usually at the camp. Tt ere the loss of life occurred. Every- body left their outfits and baggage benind and fled for life. Some were caught in the de e. Just bow many may never be known, buteighteen were missing alto- | gether. Two of themw were a man and his wife med Crockett, I believe, who were r a resta 1 Sheep Camp. It is believed that the iost. No trace of either of them had been found or reported up to the time I left body had been found, It was that of Choyvnski, a cousin of the pugilist. He was found a quarter of a mile from whera he bad been camped on the trail, and was in a t rrible condition when discovered. | from his ! All his clothes had been torn body, which was bruised and mangled, but he was not dead when discov was suffering untold agony, within a short time after being found. Four or five othier missing men were In- packers, and one of them is reported to have had $4000 with bim, and was just starting out for Dyea when the slide came. “There is great excitement along the d at Dyea and Skaguay over the re- ne big siide, and it was first re- ported that fifty persons hud been killed, but the facts are as I have stated them aiready. Charles Finn, assistant engineer of the neer, confirms tne story told by He was on the shore at Skaguay o’clock Monday morning and made igent inquiries about the reported land- de. Mr. Finn believes that one of the 1o be seen hanging aong the mouniain sides, was washed out by the heavy rains, and that it came 8 glaciers, which are crashing down the hill, dealing destruc- tion along its path. Jus fore reaching the trail and Sheep Camp, this glacier swept through a lake at the foot of one of the hills and in- stantly there was an exit for the lake and its waters followed tne glacier and numer- ous bowliers as they came crashing along through Sbeep Camp. This, Mr. Finn thinks, accident, and he is certain, from what he hear¢ while on shore, that at least seven were drowned or crushed to death in the stide. “Tne shde left destruction along its path,”’ sxid Finn, “and the waters were so swollen that the footbridge 2t the mouth of the Skaguay River, w h was erected av the time of thedrowning th re, < washed oul. with was an Indian packer who bad es- caped the floot oy running, and he de- cared that it was the worst storm he had ever known in that country. He knew the names of several of the missing, but soon 100 drunk, atter landing in suay. to talk intelligently on any sub- Taere is consternation at Dyea and s and it will deter hundreds from trying to maxze it across this vear. I was told that aguay trail was literally obliterated no use trying to gei over it again this year.” . Charles Tintley, chief engineer of the tug Pioneer, talked with an Indian who witnessed the avalanche at b_heep Camp. The Indian called it & SDOWS. ide and said ied everything with it down the it ca untain side, and :l"rerorxed missing would be found dead. But the Indian was very much ex__cneu ana Tinsley thinks only a lew were killed. Capiain Nielson of the Pioneer de- ibed by some as a and the Pioneer Thursday night and Friday morning | hisis | woman at least was | s a reasonable explanation of the | One of themen I talked | aguay over tne report of the accident, | it was bis belief that | scribes the rainsiorm of last week at Skaguay as the worst he ever witnessed. It came down in torrents and there wasa foaming mass of water pouring down the mountain side at Skaguay, the mud and | slu<h being three feet deep where a few weeks,ago <e ground was hard asa fl or. Gaptain Nielson asserts that the Ska- guay trail was entirely obliterated by the storm of last week and is now ve ng aban- doned by every one there. Itis Captain Neilson’s opinion that on account of the | warning given of the oncoming flood it { wiil be found that nearly all succeeded in | escaping with t.eir lives. At the same | time he says that those who were in the path of the flood and avalanche certainly !‘ went to destruction. s ey | VERY COLD AT SKAGUAY. But the Majority of the Gold- Hunters Have Already Crossed the Trall, SEATTLE, WaisH., Sep . 24.—The latest news from guav.trai was brought {down by Jonn Vance, Government in- structor in the Indian -chool at Niah | Bay, who arrived on the steamer Al-Ki | He left Skaguay two days after the Al-Ki had sailed from Juneau, going to Juneau | on the steamer Detroit, thence to Depar- | ture Bay on the George W. Elder and to | Seattle on the Al-Ki. He was at Skaguay last Friday. Vance says it will be a gi- gantic undertaking for any company to | attempt the construction of a railroad to | the summit of While Pass. | the membver of a surveying party making | the preiiminary calculations for a route from tne seashore to the summitl this statement is considered authoritative. Vance said : “Under Chief En | is from the he § neer A. R. Cook, who t, we are making our sur- | vey from the summit of White Pass to the shore, a distance of about severteen miles according to rough calculations. This distance. for a railroad, will probatly be increased to twenty mites. Up to the time I left, 1ast Friday, we had surveyed about twelve miles from the summit. The route will be difficult to any one who attempts to build a road. There 1is absolutely no soil; allis rock and big bow!ders which { would have to be cvercome by blasting. The expense of this would be enormous. The grades would not be particularly great. There are numberiess survey par- ties in that country. At Stickeen River there is a party making preliminary sur- { veys; another at Takou Inlet, represent- trail. “One of the parties at Dyeaisled by A. McL. Hawkes of Tacoma for the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. The prospectors and miners who have been congregated at Skaguay the last sev- | | eral weeks are all now well over the trail. | They have had a hara tussle, but have i got through all right. The greatest ! impediment they had to meet was them- | selves for the trail was so crowded by the | numberless borses and movers that a de- {lay in the front forced all in the rear to stop. The trail was almost a solid mass of | mua, but it could be traversed. The weather when I left was exceedingly dis- | agreeable, so much tha* we could do hardly any work except a little time about noon. The fogs are exceedingly heavy uniil that time of day. There are heavy severe frosts every night” SEE g Berry’s Brother's Enriched. FRESNO, CaL., Sept. 24 —Clarence J. Berry, the King of ndike, who is spending the winter Salem in this county, has s0 at received a leiter from his brothers Henry, Frank and Fred, whom he left at work in the fields of old on the Yukon last June, when he returned to civilization with his wife. The missive | isdated August 8, and is very brief. The | probability is that the three fortune seek- | ers were too busy digging out the gold to devote much time so writing bome. i Tue brothers stated that since Clarence | left in June they had taken out about | $50,000. They were working together as partners in a claim. At the time of the writing of the letter it was freezing quite | severely at nights and the miners were about to leave the claims they worked during the summer and go to work on those they operated in winter. The ground was freezing so hard that it could not be worked, and the waier used in sluicing was running shori,as it was mostly turned into ice. The letter contained no intimation of a threatened famine. According to the tone of the missive the brothers were in the best of spirits. They wese much satisfied with their success on the claim. - Back Fromn ASTORIA, Or., Sept. Slder arrived irom Skazuay and Dyea this evening, bringing twenty-three passen- gers. When questioned about the condi- tion of affaits at Dyea and Skaguay, Cap- tain Jensen said there was a disgusted set of men at Skaguay, many of whom would have to winter 1here or retur Skaaway. 24 —The steamer TAMALL 5.0V. +XPLODES. One Man Will Die and Severat Others Were Badly Injured. CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 24.—One man was fatally burned and six other parsons in- jured last night bv the explosion of a gasoline stove at 181 West Adams sireet. The injured are: Cnarles Emerson will die; Jobn Lewis, J. T. Sheldon, Eva Evans, Albert Beach, Arthur Emerson, Hen Martin. The basemsnt was cccupied by Beach and Charles Emerson as a tumale Xitchen. Waile Emerson was filiing the tank of the stove it exploded, enve'oping him in tlames and hurling him through the door into an alleyway. Lewis was blown fifty feet, and the others thrown against the walls and floor. BECOMES A4 KRAVING MANIAC, Fear of Lynching shatters the Keason of kd tefil back. COLUMBUS, Kan~s, Sept. 24 — Ed Staffleback, one of the notorious jamily of murderers in jail here, has gone stark mad through fear of lynching at the hands of a mob. Ed Stafleback is convicted o’ mur- derin ihe fi Frank Galbraith, one of the several per- sons supposed to have been murdered in the den of the Stuffl ks at Galena, this county. The constant talk of lynching heard, in conneciion with the searching of deserted mine shafts at Galena for the bodies of other victims. has caused him | to become a raving maniac. He is con- fined in a strait-jacket. et 1} Fxchange of Gold in WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. ant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip, in answer to inquiries from New York, hus stated to bankers there that they would not be permitied to deposit gold in San Francisco in exchange for currency de- livered in New York, They wou d, how- +ver, be allowed 10 exchange at San Francisco for any kind of currency they m:ght desire, but that the Government would not agree o transport gold at its | expense. Lieutonant I s Mission. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—First Lieutenant Edwin B. Babbiti, Or.anance Department, will proceed from Benicia Arsenal to Fort Point, Cal, on wfficial business pertaining to the adjustment of throttling-bars of ten-inch disappearing carriage, and upon the completion thereof will return to bis proper station. As he was | PEARY BOOND 1000 08 D Declares He Will Reach the North Pole Next Year. Ample Arrangements Made for the Final’Expedition to the Arctic. The Lleutenant Says Andree WIII Not Accomplish Anything and May Have Lost His Lite. PHILADELFHIA, Pa., Sept. 24.—Late this afternoon Lieutenant Peary, who is in this city said: *‘I have made my plans for next year's expedition, and when I leave again, which will be about the end of next July, it will be to remain up there till I reach the pole or lose my life in the attempt, if it takes five years to accom- plish the otject. Next summer I shali take by vessel up to Sherard Osborue Fjord, and make that place my base of supplies. *On my last trip I made arrangements with the Arctic Highlanders, a tribe of stern people, and twoon the Dyea | t degree for the kiliing of | | Eskimos, consisting of 230 mer, women | and children, known as the most nortk- | eriy tribe or human beings on earth, to | put in this coming winter obtaining T, | seal and deer skins, for our clothing, and securing all the walrus meat tuey can for dog food. T have singled out eight young men of the tribe, with their wives, canoes, dogs, sledges and tents, to accompany me tn Sherard Osborne Fjord, which is about 300 miies farther north than their present abode. “My party will consist of a surgeon, possibly another white man and myself. The rest will be Eskimos. The conditions under woich I shall make the coming ex- pedition are of a most satisfactory char- | acter. The American Geographical Soci- ety has subscribea $150,000 to meet all expenses, and I have been given five yeurs’ leave oi absence, I shall probably buy a new ship for next year, though we may use the Hope again. Mrs. Peary will not accompany me. “I am quite sure I sbull succeed n reaching the pole. Nansen got within 260 miles of it, but Andree did not have one chance in a thousand when he started to drift over the pole. 1 do nou think Andree will accomplish anything. He may bLave lost his life ere this in his attempt.”’ BRYAN MUST QUIT TALKING. Democracy’s Leaders Declare That Mew Issues Are Aecessary for Party Success. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 24 —As a result of conferences between Senator Jones, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, ex-Governor S'one of Mis. souri, ex-Governor Altgeld, National Comi- mitteeman Thomas P. Graham, Mayor Harrison and other prominent Democrats, there will be a modilication of the plans of the Democracy before 1900. It is recognizea that Bryan with his sye: chifying is oecoming tiresome, and he will probably be requested to withdiaw from under the calcium lightof t:e public gaze. Free coinage of silver has Jost much of its attractiveness for the farmer, who now gets a dollar in gold for his waeat, These issues are not promising for an- other campaign and something else must be fourd. To the discontentea element of society the Democracy will appeal in State snd local campaigns between the present time and the Congressional elcc- tions of 1898. So-called “‘national issues” will be kept out of si-ht. “Rights of Labor,” “Govern- he Common Peo- 1 subjects will be the themes orators in lowa, Ohio, Ken- tucky and Greater New York. enator Jones, Governor Stone, James McCann of Springfield, Mo.. E. J. Boyd of St Louis, and rrank H. Ray of Chicago left to-night for Minocqua (Vilas County), Wis,, to become guests of Colonel M. C. Wetmore of St. Louis, who has some fine fishing grounds there. They wiil be joined on Monday by Mr. Bryen, and for the nexi ten days they wiil be lost to the general public. It 1s rumored that this is simply a scheme to get the former candidate for the Presidency away from the Iowa cam- paign, wiere he has been placing the sil- ver question so far above lpcal is-ues ti at it is feared the result will be harmful to the cause of the Democracy. It is also hopeu to patch up the little difference between Senator Jones on one side and Mr. Bryan and Mr. Stone on the other, which has arisen over the question of makinz s:lver the paramount 1ssue in the mayoralty race in New York. Lo tEaves i ANOTHER BIG STRIKE BREWING. Streetcar Men of Chicago Threaten a General ite-Up. CHICAGO, Iin, Sept. 24 —Develop- ments of the last twelve hours point to a general strike of all streetcar conductors, motormen and gripmen in the employ of the Chicago City Railway Company on Monday morning. From the present outlook the only block to a general walkout wouid be the surrender of General Manager Bowen and the reinstatement of twenty discharged men, together with the recognition of the new union by the company. A general mass-meeting of all men of the city has been calied for 1 o’clock Sunday merning to take final action. Thi. course was decided upon to- night at a conference attended by twenty- rive of the most prominent labor leaders 1n Chicaco and the executive commitiee of the local Streetcar Meu’s Union. e WEALOUS AMD EESPONDENT. Wesley Nading Kills Himself ana Idres a Bullet Into His Own Brain. CINCINNATI, Ouio, Sept. 24. —A Shel- byviile (lnd.), -pecial to the Times-Star says: Thetown of Flat Rock, this county, was ihrown into a furor th:s morning by the report that Wesley Nading, a well- known and wealthy citizen, had shot and killed his wife and then fired a bullet into brain. He is alive, but cannot recover. Nuding was of a despondent nature, and at times wou/d become temporarily de- ranged, on Which occasions be woud grow jealous of his wife and threaten ner life. One of those speils 1s supposed to have overcome him this morning. ————— U’ Burne lLeturns to New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept, 24—The Times this morning says: Colonel John O'Byrne, who left this city in 1889, re- iurned yesterday irom San Francisc:, and i~ staying witn his son at Bath Beach. He had been summoned to appear before the Commissioners of Accounis and Docks to tesiity as to what he knew of the corruption lund ot $13,000 that had been raised by oystermen at ihe footof Charles street to secure the passage of a bill re- serving a pier for their exclusive use, Colonel O’Byrne was counsel for the oys- termen, and was said to have handled the muney. ¥ | a speed of 2 CROISE OF THE TORPEDO FLEET Deadly Little Craftto Go on an Outing by Themselves. Down the Atlantic Into the Gulf and Then Up the Mis- sissippi. Several Belong to That Class of Naval Vesse's Known as *Lame Ducks.” NEW YORK, N. Y., Sert. 24.—The Times says: Fiom present appearances the torpedo-boat flotilla which is to cruise in the inland waters of the United States will not be ready to leave on the date that hud beeu set. Tue little boats are now as- sembling at the navy-yard at Brooklyn for repairs prior to their departure. The boats now there are the Porter, iricsson and Foote. Tne Porter arrived irom tne proving ground at Saz Harbor a few days ago. She is moored to the Cobb dock, where repairs and alterations are being made in some of the minor machinery. The large torpedo-tube, which was fitted on the deck of the vessei aft for the pur- posz of tesiing the torpedo, has been re- moved, and the old one putin place. The Porter will be ready to leave the navy- yard on September 29 Itis not known how soon the Ericsson can be made ready for service. The boat is in bad condition and needs consider- able repairine. Her machinery is badly shaken up and several parts will have to be removed and replacea with new ones. The vessel has never been satisfactory. On nearly every cruise some parts of the machinery have become crippled and she has obeen ob.iged to return to the navy- yard for repairs. This was notably so on ber last cruise. She is now at the navy- yard incapacitated for service. Her en- ginesand uer propeller-shafts are disabled. One of the latter 1s twisted and 1s believea 10 be cracked. One of the propellers is so broken that it will be necessary to remove ana replace it with a new one. On the way to the navy-yard from the training swation at Newport the vessel ran into something in the sound. It is not known what it was. It twisted the shaftand broke the propeller-blades. The vessel will be docked as soon as one of the drydocks now available can be pre- pared to float her. The flotilla, so far as known, will con- sist of the following boats: Tre Foote. Dupont, Ericsson, Porter, Cushing and Stilette. They will assemble in the lower bay before starting on thecruise along the coust. The Yoote, which arrived at the navy- yard some few days ago from Nor.olk, Va. 1s looked upon s a failure. On her tria trip she barely made the speed required | by the builders’ contract. Since ihen she bas never equaled it. On the trip from Norfolk to ths port she made an average of only 12 knots. I'he coniract callea for Knots Lieutenant-Commander W. W. Kimball will, in all probabilily, when the torpeao- boats are ready for their crui-e, make the Porter, which is the fastest and best, his flagship. They are exp+cted to be readv 10 leave about October 1. They will go along the coast to the Gulf of Mexico and then up the Mississippt River as far asSt. Louis. Itis expected that the cruise will iast about six months. HILL TR BESMEN COWED. Mullah Promised to Close the British Guns by Divine Power, and Failed. SIMLA, Ixpia, Sept. 24.—Owing to the protracted campaign against the Mah- mounds, Sir Wiliiam Lockbart, com- mander of the Punjab frontier forces and in supreme control of the punitive opera- tions, has decided to postpone the general advance against the Afridis ai Tirah, their summer headquarters, until October 9. The Afridis are encamped in a strong position on a rugged plateau, which it will be most difficuit to scale, and they are assembled there in great force. According to iutelligence received from Samana, an advance body of over 2000 of the enemy has arrived in the Knanu Val ley and is watching the movements of the British troops. The Afridisare spread- ing a report that the Ameer of Alghanis- tan has demanded hosiages from them, and will help them if hosiages are given. The news from the Mahmound expedi- tion is very sa'isfactory. General Jeffrey: liitle opposition, is destroying the enemy’s fortifications and villazes. The tribes- men appear cowed and overtures of sur- render are expected very shortly. Itap- pears that they lost over seventy killed and a large number during the night at- tack on Sir Bindon Blood’s coiumn, their heavy defeat destreying their faith in the Muliah, who had promised to close the muzzles of the British guns by divine power. —— - OF INTEREST TO 1HE COas7T. Domestic and Foreayn Steam Vessels In- wpected in San Francisco. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—The Supervising Inspector of Steam Ves-els says in his annual report that at San Francisco there were eight foreign vessels inspected, having a gross ionnage of 28,- 478 tons, and 266 domestic vessels, with a tonnage of 111 196 tons. There were 1990 licenses issued at San Francisco as follows: Masters, 652; mates, 392; pilets, 91; engineers, 865; joint pilots and engineers, 9. Colonel Charles R. Greenieaf, Assistant Surgeon-General, will in addition to his present duties in charge of tne medical supply depot at San Francisco, take charge of the office of the Chief Surgeon, Department of California, during the ab- <ence on leave of Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson V. D. Middleton, Deputy Sur- geon-General. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—John Weisheimer, San Francisco. Re s:ue and increase— John Murphy, Veterans' Home, Napa. Oregon: Original—Willlam Finley, Ne halem. —_— CHAKGED WITH LOBBEKY. Frank Purcell of Sun Fraucisco Held to An-wer in the Police Court. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 24 —Frank Purcell, 30 years old, irom San Francisco, arrested and charged with robbery, was to-day held at $1500 bail for trial by Magis- trate Cornell of tue Jefferson Market court. Purcell was positively identified by Saloon-keeper Wolf Fisi of 34 Grand street, as one of the three men who on tbe night of Juiv 12 last entered his place and after choking nhim robbed him oi a $300 diamond stud, which was torn ‘rom his shirt front; a gold watch chain valued at $100 and $100 in money. The men then fled and the robbery was reported to the police. Fish identitied Lynch as another of the men, Tbe police are searching for 1 the thirds % : el who is meeting with i DEFENSE OF LUETGERT Those Who Claim to Have Seen the Miss~ ing Wife Testify. | Evidence Relatlng to Her Threats to Leave the Sau- sage-Maker Ruled Out. Naw Tangle In the Celebrated Mur- der Trial Owing to Oid Charges Against a Juror. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 24.—Thse testi- mony for the aefense in the Luetgert trial to-day was for the most part that of witnesses who said they had seen Mrs. Luetgert in the vicinity of Kenosha, Wis. within a few days after the date on which, | it bas been claimed by the State that she was murdered. An effort was made to introduce evidence regarding threats that | Mrs. Luetgert is said to have made of leaving har home. When this question was first brought up the court ruied that threats of this kind, when made more that one week prior to the disappearance of the woman wou!d be admissible, but that he could not permit testimony on | this point dating back further than a week. The witnesses for the defense who were to testify rezarding the intention of Mrs. Luergert to leave her home had heard the threats several months prior to May 1, and the court threw out their evi- aence. Te-morrow the defense wiil make a strongzeffort to zet tne court to alter his ruling on this point. The fact that Juror William Harley was indicted in 1887 for conspiracy and brib- ery in connection with the Cook County Commissioners’ scandal was dragged to 1 the front to-day. There were no new | cases pending against Juror Harley anc be was never put on trial on the indict- ments against him. State Attorney Dee- nen stated to-night that he had known for a mon¢h all about the former charges agatnst Juror Harlev. | “Had I been fully advised at the time | he was chosen I might have objected to ! him,’" said the State Attorney. ‘I have since spoken 1o ex-State Atiorney Longe- necker, who had charge of the County Commissioner boodle cases, and he as- sured me that Juror Harley was a per- fectly honest, honorable and reliable man and that all the churges against bim had been wiped out. He was indicted at a time when all men holding any kind of a county contract were looked upon with suspicion. Tne State is perfectly satistied witn the makeup of the jury.” State Attorney Deenen was apparently notdisturbed by the evidence of the wit- nesses irom Kenosha, Wis, who iuenti- | fied the picture of Mrs. Lueigert as 'hat of | a sirange woman they saw in the Wiscon- in town on May 3, 4 and 5. “Wait until we put on our rebuttal evi- said tke State’s attorney. “We will show this defense up 1n a way that will be surprising.” To-morrow witnesses will be called to | show Luetgert’s treatment of his wife. It | will be sought to be shown that he wasa model husband and that his home lifs was pleasant or reasonably so, and that there was no unusual bickering or auarreling between himsclf and his wite. Next week the testimony of experts in regard to the bones fouad in the factory will be heard | dence.” | BUCKS FIGHT Thk POLICE. Lively Sertmmage at the Fort Hall In- dian Kexervalion. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. .—Ac- cording to a report received by the Com- missioner of Indian Affairs from Lieuten- ant Irwin, acting agent for the Indians on the Fort Hall reservation in Iaaho, that reservation recently has been the scene of a quite lively skirmish between ‘i the Indian police and about seventy-five of the young Bannock bucks, The en- coun:er grew outof an effort on the part of the police to restore a young Indian girl to the agency school, which she had left without permission of the school au- thorities. This the youns rmen undertoox to prevent, and while they were not suc- cessful, they beat some of the palice quite badly before the latter accemplished ineir work of returning the girl to her place in the school. The officers found themselves unable to arrest the insubordinate bucks, nd Lieutenant Irwin asks the detail of a wroop of cavalry to the agency for this purpose. The Secretary of the Interior has forwarded this request to the War De- partment with his favorable indorsement, CAMNOT Lt DEFLECTED. New Attochment to a Torpedo Making 11 Course Unerring. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—The Naval Ordnance Bureau has been securing some remarkable results from experiments it has been making with an attachment for torpedoes, the invention of an Aus- trian named Obrey. This is a kind of gyroscope, and the reports from the tor- pedo stations where the tests have been made show that it has the property, hav- ing been once directed at the object to be hit, of actually restoring the torpedo to which it is attached to a straight course toward that object, even after it has been deflected. The additicn of this device is said by the experis to make the torpedo almost a weapon of precision. e S Government Iroops Vicloriows. MANAGU A, NICARAGUA, Sept. 24.—Gen- | eral Peaz, the commander of the revolu- tionary forces, iz reported to have been wounded in the Jeg during the battle fought yvesterday near Rivas, with the Government troops, which is said to have resulted 1 a complete victory for the latter. The foreizn cousuls have sent a petition to Pres.dent Z:laya asking him to release from the prison at Grenada Senor Ebeeche, | the Consul-General of Costa Rica, and to allow him to reside on parole at the house of one of the consuls here. The Zuni Prisoners. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. Secretary of the Interior has been in- formed of the safe arrival of the Zuni prisoners, arrested on the charge of tor- turing & _member of their tribe, at Las Lunas, N. Mex., where they are to be tried. The trial has been set for Febru- ary, and meantime tie white personsat the agency, who are expected to testify against the offenders, will be guarded by atroop of cavairy, which will, by order of the War Department, be stationed at Zuni. 24,—The R Seti Lord Farrer on Bimetallism, LONDON, ExG., Sept. 24.—Lord Farrer has a three-coumn letier in the Times this morning on bimetallism and the Iu- dian mint. He say-: “In my opinion t e ultimate solution of the question will be found in the adoption of the goid stand- ard in Ind:a.” cdivpdigadio As Spanish Deninls do* Belisved. LONDON, ExG, Sept. 24, —The Madrid correspondent of the Times says: The Government organs reuudly deny that Minister Woodford has mwentioned an | vitimatum, but the public’ miad is noi altocether relieved thereby. The policy of the Government in devying and sup- pressing news and direcily denying the truth of almost everything in any way unpalatable must always tend to increase public uneasiness. e e AMID EXPLGDING CHEMICALS. One Kan Tries to Save His Friend From a Burning Drugstore and Both Perish. CHILLICOTHE, Omuro, Sept. 24,—The viliage of Bainbridge was tue scene of one of the most disastrous conflagrations Thursday that ever occurred in this coun- try. An entire square, containing most of the prominent business houses, seveial handsome residences and the Mathodist church, was entirely destroyed and two prominent business men lost their lives in an explosion whichk occurred in the drug- store of W. P. Beardsley. The fi:e was ~tarted in a barn in the rear of Perril Brown’s general store by two little boys, who were playing with lighted maiches. Beardsley’s drugstore adj ing was next ab.uze, and with the hnited weans at hand lor lighting fire it passea 4ll bounds and became uncontroslable. In the miast of the excitement & terrible ex- plosion occurred in thedrugstore, and Mr. Beardsley, who was inside endeavoring to save some ol his property, lost his life in the ruins. His brother-in-law, Thomas Higgins, who went to his rescue, was uu- able to get out and was burned to death, while several others were more or less in- jured, but none fatally. setting a fresh start from the burning oils and chemicals in the wrecked drug- store, the tire l=aped from house to house, until it was evident that the entire town way doomed. A message was sent to Waverly and to this city asking for aid, and both fire departments responded. The Baltimore and Onto und ihe Southwestern und Ouio Southern railwavs sent speciai trains with the engines, but they did not arrive until nearly 4 o‘clock, three hours afier the first alarm was given. The best that coulu be done was to prevent the fire from communicating to the other squares. But two houses were left standing on the square in which the fire originated, both being private residences owned by Perril Maore. The estinated loss is $50,000. The bodies of Beardslev and Higgins were found on the floor about fifteen feet from the front entrance, mutilated and burned beyond recognition. The list of wounded includes Homer Huiing, broken hip, and Albert Frev, internal injuries received by falling from a buiiding. Relief has been sent from this city, and the needs of the people of the unfortunate town will be immediately looked after, IT WAS NOT A SUCCESS. Beciman tad a Prrilous Time With Hix Barrel-Boat. RAR HARBOR, ME, Sept. 24.—Cap- tain Beckman of Bucksport, the inventor of a unique barrel-boat, started early on Monday moriing from Southwest Harbor with his i0-year-old scn for Rockland, in order to prove the practicability of the in- vention. Nothing definite has been heard from him since, although the 1 ghthouse men at Baker I<land as-sert that peckman and the boy were rescued. The strange crait wasa double affair, with space enough in the inner barrel for three or four per- sons, while the outer shell revolved around the inner by legpower. The outside was furnished with paddles, and Capiain Beck- man claimed a speed of five milesan nour. A heavy gale came up and swevt the coast all night and part of Tuesday, causing a terrific sea. The men at Baker Island saw an object five milesaway which looked like the barrel-boat, and it is supposed the Gloucester fishing schooner Hurvester res- cued Beckman, but the barrel-boat was abandoned after nearly caus:ng the death of its inventor. Captain CUBAN LEAGUE ADDRESS. A Year of Patriotic Work About to End in Grand Kesults. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Presi- dent Ethan Allen of the Cuban League of the United States has issued the follow- ing address to the members of the league: A year of patriotic work 1s about to end in grandest re-ults. t spring nearly every Governor of this republie, at our request, backed by the Legisiature of bis State, spoke for C independence. Now the hour of emancipation for Cuba is nt haud. The commanding voice of the nation has at lastrenched the executive, though the delay hus teen much too long. Our Minister in Spain, with a patriotic President behind him, will do that which shall end the murder, plunder and medieval tyranny in Cuba, al- lowing its entry into a sovereign state. The nation is ready with guns if necessary. Every member of tnis league should be alert to up- hold the President in such a policy. Letall, when the moment comes,say to him, “All divisions end at the water's edge.” Lol Aem TOBACCO DAMAGED 4bout Thirty Per Cent of the Crop Has Been Destroyed. NASHVILLE, TEsN., Sept. 24.—Reliable reports show that the tobacco crop has been badly damaged by frosts throughout Tennessee and Scuthern Kentucky. Many planters report that about halt an averaze crop will be barvesied. HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., Sept. 24 —Care- fully prepared estimaies of the injury done to the topacco crop of this section of the State by the heavy frosts of the past two nighis’are that at least 30 per cent of the crop has been killed and that much damage has been done to the rest of the crop. There was an advance of $1 yester- day in tbe local tobacco marketand a further advance of 50 cents to-uay. Re- ports from other :ections of Kentucky are that the crop has been seriously damaged. e And They Were Married. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 24.— Robert J. Hibbert was placed on trial in Mays Landing Thursday on the charge of attempting to murder Mrs. Phoebe Phillips at Atlantic City iast summer. He shot her four times. After all the evidence BY FROST. was in Hibvert and Mrs, Phillips were al- lowed to see each other, and surprised sverybody by announcing that they in- tended to be married, and the ceremony was performed at once. —_—— Death of Strang’s Second Wife. LAMONI, lowa, Sept. 24 —Mrs, Eliza- betn Strang, aged about 78 years, wasbur- ied here T'nursday. Mrs Strang was the secon! polygamous wife of James Strang of Beaver Isiand (Mich.) notoriety, where Le set up a faction of the Mormon faith after the death of the Smiths at Nauvoo. There were four of this harem, but when Strang was killed his church :cattered. Two of the wives are now dead. —_——— An Execuiion Bungled. KEY WEST, Fra., Sept. 24.—Silvanus Johnson was hanged hereat11 a.x. Thurs- day for assault. The hangman bungled the execution and the nooseslipped under the cui: Jo inson siruggled violent.y 1or ten minutes, and was still a ive at the end of twenty-five minutes. He confessed his crime, professed conversion and died for- giving and biessing his enemies. — . Dulie of ¥ork’s Cruise. LONDON, Exg, Sept. 24 —The Duke of York has been appointed commodore of three cruisers, and will take command of the firsi-class cruiser Terrible next April. He will go for a twelve months' cruise vis- iting the principal colunies of the empire. g F Car Passengers Drowned. MADRAS, Ixpia, Sept. 24.—Floods have washed away a widge on the Bengalore- Minsore Railroad, near Maddur. Anen- gine and five cars filled with passengers were precipitated into the river, causing great loss of ufe. REGEPTION BY THE CHILDRE Young People Besiege the President on the Street. One Enthusiastic Youngster Rides in the Carriage With Mrs. McKinley. Splendid Greeting to the Chlef Executlve and Party at Lencx. Mass. LENOX, Mass., Sept. 24 —President and Mrs. McKinley, with other members of the party whick for the past four davs have been visiting in Adams, reached Lenox this afternoon. There was an immense crowd about the station at Pittsfield to meet them. Cheer after cheer was given for the President and his wife as they ap- John peared upon the platform. Hon. Sloane, whose guests they will be un morrow noon, welcomed them and es- corted them to the vehicles awaiting to take them to his home. ‘Lhe drive led through the business portion of the town. All the horses wentata rapid gait, the crowd following the party to the park and soldiers’ monument. The President’s victoria was driven for quite a distance up the street and was then turned and he came back to the square. The crush of children crourd the car- riage was tremendous. So excited were the children that they leaped upon ihe carriage while it wasin motion, and as many as twelye hung upon the top as it was turned back. One youngster jumped upon the step beside Mrs. McKinley, and she was obliged to hold him ou, for other- wise he would have fallen uader the wheels. The carriage was stonped in front of the park, which was filled with a struggling mass of young Americans. The President had stated when he received an invitation to stop the carriaee for a moment at the park that he would not make any re- The tremendous enthusiasm of the school children was too much ror the President, however, and he rose in his carriage and made ashortaddress to them, referring 1o the duties of citizenship be- fore them and advising all to continue to live lives of morality and virtue practiced in their youth, The arive was then resumed. It was just beginning to sprinkle as the ca- Tiages were entered, and within about two miles from Pittsfield the rain iell in for- rents. Great haste was made, but just as the main section of Lenox was reached the rain ceased and the sun shone. A rapid trip was made through the tovn and to the residence of Hon. J. W. Sloane, “Wyndhurst.” Before long u car- riage was taken for the links of the Lenox Golf Club, wnere the President was jus: in time to greet the winner of tl'e Lenox cup tournament, Arthur H. Fenn of Aiken, 8. C. As the President alighted from the car- riage he was greeted by Presicent W. D, Sloane of the ciub and escorted to a large tent on the lawn. Here he held a short reception. The President then watched the playing of several gentlemen, and entered hisca:« riage again and returned to the Sloane residence, arriving there at 5:30. At 8 o’clock the host, Hon. John Sloane, led the way to the dining-room. Those who were seaied ut the table besides the Presi- dent and Mrs. McKinley and the ho~tand hostess were: Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Miss Mabel McKinley, Miss Marion M Kenna, Attorney-Genesral McKenna. Mise Evelyn Sloane, Baron and Baroness von Reichenan, Mr. and Mrs. Dupuy de Lome, Hon. Joseph Choate, W. D. Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Jesup ana Mr. and Mis. J. 8. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lan- jer, Mayor Hawkins of Pittsfield and General John A. Kasson, ex-Minister 1o Austria. Immediately ofter dinner the guestsand their hostand hostess adjourned to the reception-room and received the towns- veople who had been invited by Mr. Sloane to meet Lis gues Falal Landslide. LONDON, £x6., Sept. 24—A private dispatch from Rome says that about forty persons were killed and many others in- jured by an earthslip at the sulphur mines near Girgenti. Boy's cheviot reefers for school or Sunday All wool, handsome patterns Chinchilla reefer coats, $2.50. Warm wearable wool. Wide collars, heavy braid, but- tons and seams stoutly sewed. We make them; know how they are made. Maker’s price. Buy of the maker. BLUE signs, 2d block from Market.;s BROWN BROS. & C0, ‘Wholesale Manufacturers Selling at Retail. 121-123 SANSOME ST. Most Compiexion Powders have a vulgar glare, but Pozzonr’s is a truf beautifier, whose effects are lasting. NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. 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