The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 7, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1S97 *WITNESSES PUT \THE STAND OF UPON THE RACK WREAT BRITAIN £ Monotony of the Luet- gert Trial Slightly Relieved. Scholey’s Character Is Torn into Shreds by His Neighbors. Important Testimony of a Teamster Who Was Employed by the Sausage Man. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. CHICAGO, ILvL., Oct. 6.—The testimony to-day in the Luetgert trial was more in- teresting to the general public than it has been at any time for she pasi two weeks. The dry, technical evidence of the experts gave way toimpeachmentevidence offered by the inst the witnesses for the defense v 1 stated on the stand that Mrs. Luetgert had been seen in the vicin- ity of Kenosha, W thin a few day after the murder is said to have been committed. Severaiof those who claimed 1o have seen the woman around Kenosha fared badly at the hands of their neigh- bors, and Witness 8choley, the principal witness for the defense on the Kenosha story, ha character torn into shreds. One of his neighbors who testified agains him =aid he did not Enow what was meant by Scholey’s ‘‘veracity,” but made himself clear in the next breath by add- ing: “I do know, though, that Scholey is no good.’” Evidence was introduced to show that Luetgert had not put any grease or chipped bone into his vats for making soap on the night of May 1, as his business partner, William Chaurles, had testified, becauss it had all been carted away on the morning before. It was also shown that Luetgert had no occasion to make any soap, for when the tactory was seized by a Deputy Sheriff several days afier the murderis said to have been committed a great many barrels of soap beionging to him were found in the basement oi the factory. One of the sirongest featuresin the re- buttal evidence offered in the trial to-day was the evidence of Adam Brinker, a mster for the facio It was in refer- llow and grease and chipped land said he veliv- n May 1, and which iam Charles testified was procured as some of the ingredients of soft soap, which was to be made tor the purpose of thor- ough!y cleaning up the big sausage fac- tory pr nary to its prospective sale to an Eu, syndicate. PRrinker said he hauled all the tallow—66 pounds—and 350 pounds of bone away ifrom the factory May L. Heexplained that it was bis duty to do this once each week, usually the last day of the week. He conveyed the ma- terial to a soap-making firm by which he was employed. “Dia you see bones, tallow or mixed grease in barrels otuer than the grease you handled May 1?'’ asked Assistant State Attorne, saw in the factory that day ‘Did vou ever put any bones or tallow he icehouse ?” This evidence was considared important as con icting the story of the deiense to tne eff ct that Luet.ert haa used bar- rels of grease and tallow in the factory on the nigntof May 1in making soft soap. To-morrow witnesses from Kenosha, Wis., will be called to the siand to reiute the stories of the persons who stated posi- tively that they saw Mrs, Luetgert in the Wisconsin town on May 3, 4and 5. Itis expected that these witnes-es will be con- fronted with the woman they mistook for Mrs. Luetgert. NEW YORK POLITIC If 4 QUBER MUDILE Tammany and Croker’s Ticket Meet With Rebuffs on Every Hand. Republican Dissensions May Cause the Defeat of Tracy—Henry Georgs’s Chances, Special Dispatch to THE CALL NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—Tammany is in a turmoil. It is meeting with re- buffs on every side and the outlook for Mr. Croker’s ticket is far from rosy. Colonel William L. Brown, a member of the Tammany executive committee, and Dr. William J. O. Sullivan, counsel for the Central Labor Union and the medico- legal expert of Carivie Harris fame, sent their resignat ons to John Sneehan to-day. Colonel Brown's loss isa severe one to the Wigwam. He 1s editor of one of the WO newspapers that supported Tammany and Bryan in the national campaign and it is probable that his paper, the Evening News, will dec! for Henry George in a tew days. Col n:l Brown, in his letter of resignation, sflirmed his personal friend- ship for Sheenau and his opposition to the return of Crokerism and the dictation of candidates, To night Seth Low made the opening speech of his campaign at Cooper Union, His ta'k was cleverly made, but it was hardly more than a repe ition of the Ciil- zens’ Union platform. Whenever General Tracy’s name was mentioned it evoked appiause, whereas Mr. Low’s remarks were received with only moderate enthu- sm. Tue followers of Henry George seem euger, but the single-taxer’s ranks are apt to be split by jealousy. There are many contending factions, and the promise to- night is that there will be no less than three tickets in the field, with George at the head of each, and George is liable 10 be sold out by any of these for sonie minor office. So far as the Republican situation goes ibere is no appreciable change. T, svonsibility for non-union against many Hall rests with the Citizens’ Union, and no amount of evasion, no excess of quibbling, can aiter the fact. To the laxt minute, before m: inations the Republicans stood ready to accept a compromise candidate on whom all anti-Tammany voters could unite. It never has changed its position. Even now, to save New York trom Tammany, it would unite upon a candidate accept- able to the great muass of honest govern- ment voters. But the Citizen’s Union says: “No, it must be Low or nobedy.”” g it Coming by Wheel From Chieago. CHICAGO, Irr, Oct. 6.—F. W. Van Buskirk, a well-known local rider, is the last man to attempt the long and rather verilous trip to California by wheel. He feft this afternoon and expects to be in Ban Francisco within fiity days. B ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos, with ©1 without removal J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission 3 Bars Russia and Japan From the Sealing Conference. Will Not Meet With Represan- tatives of Those Coun~- tries. Her Action Due to Canadian Ob- Jections — The News at Washington. Special Dispatch to Txg CALL LONDON, Exg., Oct. 6.—The officials of the British Foreign Office have communi- cated to the United States Embassador, Colonel John Hay, the tinal decision of that Government that Great Britain must refuse to take part in any sealing confer- ence with representatives of Russia and Japan. The British Government, how- ever, asseris its willingness to confer with the United Staies alone, but it insists that Russia and Japan are not interested in the Bering Sea seals to a degree entitling them Lo representation at the conference. The British Government does notsugz- gest any date for a conference with the United States, and it is thought probable in London that Great Britain’s wilh- drawal will result in two meetings—one between the United States, Russia and Japan and the other between the United States, Great Britain and Canada. It cannot be too strongly reiterated that the withdrawal of Great Britain from the Washington conference is due to Canada’s in<istence, and that until the Canadian officials informed tne Foreign Office here of Canada’s objections o meet- ing Russia and Japan, out of fear of being outvoted, Great Britain fully intended toat- tend the conference with the other Govern- But for Colunel Hay’s renresenta- announcement of Great ingness to take part iu the conference would have been final, but the United States Embassador 8o plainly pointed out the unu-ual character of Great Britain’s change of mind at solate a day that some of the Foreign Office offi- cials decided to reopen the question, and have been endeavoring, but unsuccess- fully, to secure Canada’s acquiescence. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Em- bassador to the United States, also used his influence in a spirit of friendliness to the United Statesin efforts to secure the adherence of Great Britain to the original programme. The diplomats here consider that Great Britain’s course was not courteous to Russia and Japan. Experts who have been investigating saies of seaiskins in London, in order to obtain evidence for the use of the United Siates at the conference, have vroof that 80 per cent of the skins sold by Canadian sealers ure jemales, and that most of tha animals were shot. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 6.—In- quiry at the Stute Department confirms the information from the British Foreign Office that the British Government has refused 1o take part iL any conference in which Russian and Japanese delegates particpate. Beyond this confirmaion the officials of the department decline to discuss the question as to further progress on the subj-ct. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State, ments. | who is in c arge of the interesis of the United States in the Bering Sea seal fish- eries maiter, was asked about the state- ment that there would be two confer- ence ne between the United States and Great Britain and the other between the United States, Russia and Japan, and he declined to discass this point at the pres- ent time. Hon. John W. Foster makes pub'ic the names of the following de.ezates who are to represent the Russian Government at the conference: Councillor Martens of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and professor of interna- tiona: law in the University of St. Peters- burg; Court Counciilor P. Bolkine of the Ru-sian diplomatic service, formerly at- tached to the le; Washington, and Councillor of State Grebitzky, Goverhor of the Commander Isiands. T SECRETARY sSHEKMAN PROTESTS, He Witl Address o Letter fo the Govern- ment of Great Britain. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A special from Washington : The administra- 1ion proposes to make clear to Great Bri- tain the embarrassment she nas caused this Government by her refusal to partici- pate with Russia and Japan in the pro- posed sea'ing conference. A note is now in course of preparation at the State Department which depre- cates the withdrawal of the British Gov- ernment at such a late bour and calls at- tention to the fact that the communica- tion of May 10, wlhich Secretary Sherman addressed to Lord Salisbury, announced that Russia and Japan would be invited to take part in the conference. The British Government bas, therefore, no reasonable ground at this time for re- fusal to participate, when she had already accepted an invitation to take part, know- ing that Russia and Japan would be repre- sented in the conference. 1t is also understood the Administration will yieid to the inevitabie and ask Great Britain to send representatives to meet tho-e of the United States. Toere 1s no iniention, however, to abandon the pro- posed conference with representatives of Japan and Russia. hese gentlemen will reach the Uni'ed States 1n a few days. The iatter confer- ence will be held, it is thought, after the representatives of the United States and Great Brituin have bad a meeting and reached a conclusion, and the delegates of Russia and Japan will then be asked to ratify the action of the Anglo-American conference. The determination to send the note heretofore referred to followed the receipt of an official announcement from Embas- sador Hay to tre effect that Great Britain had refu-ed 10 take partin the confer- e n view of the representation therein which Russia and Japan would have, Additional information which has reached the department indicates that Great Britain’s action was taken at Can- ada’s insistence. Great Britain naturaliy contends, in defense of the course she is pursuing, that the purpose of the proposed conference was to consicer a revision of the Paris award consequent upon the de- termination, should it be reached, that the seul herds were diminishing. To this award there were only two parties—the United States and herself. The real reason behind Great Britain's withdrawal, however, is traced by officials to Canadian interesis in the sealing indus- try and the fear of British and Canadian authorities that tne United States, Russia 2nd Japan, being in the majority, will vuivote her representatives on ail impor- tant matters which may be considered. #E F1.8T BORN Chicago to Be Treated to the Great San Francitco Swcoess. CHICAGO, InL., Oct. 6.—The Columbia Theater of this city has made arrange- ments for the proauction the latter part of this month of Francis Powers’ dramatic sensation, “The First Born,” which had such a phenomenal run in San Fran, CHICAGO STOCK VARDS IN FLANES Fanned by a Brisk Wind Much Property is Destroyed. Several Persons Injured and an Unknown Burned to Death. With Great Difficulty About Flve Hundred Terrified Horses Are Saved. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. CHICAGO, Itn, Oct. 6.—Fanned by a strong wind from the west, a fire broke out in the Dexter Park paviiion at the Union Stock Yards this afternoon, spresd- ing to the district betweeen Halsted street and Union avenue and Forty-third and Forty-fifth streets, demolishing pusiness Lou-es and residences. The worst sufferers among the residents were those living along Halsted sireet, be- tween Forty-third and Forty-fourth. Business houses and residences alike, all of them frame structures, furnished reacy material for the flames, which raged irom 3until 5 o'clock and then yielded to the vigorous work of the Fire Department. The total damage to the Dexter Park Pavilion is estimated at about $50,000, but it may exceed that sum, as the exact number of horses burned in the fire is not known, and a calculation of the amount of food stored in the pavilion is yet to be made. A number of persons were injured during the fight with the flames, and one man, according to an employe of the stockyards, was burned to death. The injured are: Patrick Casey, employe of the stockyards, not seriously; Maurice Maloney, fireman, overcome by smoke and heat, will recover; P. F. Shearn, broken leg; Henry Walsh, employe of stockyards, slightly burned; William Donauue, fireman, injured by falling timber, will recover. The Dexter Park Pavilion stands only a few yards southwest of the main horse market, which is an immense frame affair, covered by a huge dome. For the latter buildin: to have canght fire would bave meant the destruction of the sreater portion of the stockyards. The pavilion contained 500 horses, and it was with the greatest difliculty that they were rescued. Patrick Casey, an employe of the stock- vards, discovered the fire, and, aiter turn- ing in the alarm, ran_with three compan- ions into the pavillion to release the horses. Many of them were in pens, and it was an easv matter to turn them loose, but a very different thing to get them out of the building. Casey and his compan- ions narrowly escaped being trampied to death by the maddened animals as they endeavored to drive them through the doors. Casey was knocked down once and badly bruised, and Henry Walsh, who was also trying to release the horses, was injured in the same manner. Neither man wasseriously hurt, however, It was found impossible to get a single horse to leave the pavilion until the men by main strength dragged one through the door- wayv, and then tae others followed rap- idly. The flames spread so rapidly that not all of them couid be saved, but it is not thought that many were destroyed. The chief losses resulting from the fire are as follows Dexter Park Pavilion, consisting of eight barns, $50,000; feed in pavilion, §6000; freight cars beionging to the Union Stock Yards and Transit Com- pany and the Chicago and Alton Rml- road, $10,000. Twenty-eight residences and stores were damaged by the flames, the loss in each particular instance being small. Thedam- aged buildings include all those between 4301 and 4403 Halsted street, not one build- ing in the viock beiween Forty-third and Forty-fourth sireets escaping damage. During the progress of the fire the wild- est excitement was prevalent in its vicin- ity. People dragged their belongings out upon the sidewaiks and began loading them into wagons, wheelbarrows, and any- thing else that could be utilized to carry them away. The body of the unknown man who was burned to death while attempting to save the horses was not recovered to-night. Rachel Cohn, 4 years old, supposed to be burned to death, left alone in her home, could not be found afterward. YALE MEN AT HaKVARD. The Cambridge Institution Is Filling Up With Them. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 6.—Yale’s colony at Harvard is growing and never con- tained so many distinguished young grad- uates of the New Haven aniversity as this year. Some of the most prominent ath- letes and other members of the class that was graduated from Yale last June have entered the Cambridge institution. Fred Towsley Murphy, captain of last year's Yale football eleven, has just entered the medical school. Another of Yale's star athletes who has gone to Harvard is Harry Letion. Lyman Bass, for three vears end rush on the Yale eleven, has also entered the Harvard law scnool. He 1s a nephew of Senator Teiler. Dean Rage of Albany, son of the promi- nent philanthropist, will enter the law department. He was a footbali substituie for two years. Another member of last year's graduating class at Yale who will join_them at Harvard is A. C. Leayard. Ho'is a sccial Mxbt W.B Hal bl Jr., D. 8. Tate and Reuben Hitchcock of last year's graduating class are ail in Har vard’s law school this fail. Hitchcock is Yale's star mile walker; A. N. Jerrems, Yale's fuliback of "95, has entered the Har- vard law school, and Lloyd W. Smith and Knight B. Wade, '95, are also in the school. Lo BY A MAJOKITY OF ONE, The Peruvtan Chamber of Deputies Adopts a Gola Standara. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A special to the Herald from Lima says: After a discussion which was continced for sev- eral days the Chamber of Depaties of Peru to-night adopted a gold standard by a majority of one vote. ’ The plan for a gold standara was sent to the Chamber some time ago, after it had been aporoved by the President and Cabi- net. The Cubinet believed that this was the only possibie solution of the finaucial troubles which beset Peru on every side. There was a long fizhit over the question in the Chamber, the Government support- ers arraying themselves unanimously in favor of a gold standard. The narrow murgin of their victory shows how per- sistently the question was contested. Bl EDITOR DANA CEKITICALLY ILL, His Family Has Been Summoned to Hix Bedside. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—The condi- tion of Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun, ‘has become so much worse to-day that his family has been summoned to his bedside. Just what turn bis condition may take the physicians attending him are unable to foretell. Mr. Dana uas been ill for three months, and, while showing re- markable vitality, he has become much worse during the last twenty-four hours. SEVEN PERSONS PERISH BY FIRE Holocaust in the South Dakota Industrial School. Instructress and Six of Her Charges Cremated at Midnight. Twenty-Filve Others Escape With the Greatest DIfficulty—No Fire- Fighting Apparatus. Special Dispatch i0 THE CALL. PLANINGTON, 8. D., Oct. 6.—One of the worst disasters in the history of the State occurred last midnight, when seven lives were lost by the burning of the girls’ dormitory at the State Industrial School. The dead are: Tillie Hooper, instructress. Mabel Tobert, aged 9, of Sioux Falls. Bessie Merry, aged 14, of Hot Springs. Ida Warner, aged 16, of Watertown. Christina Bergman, aged 11, of Yankton, Nellie Johnson, aged 13, of Grafton, N. Dak. Lillian West, aged 11, of Sioux Falls. The burned structure was of wood, three stories in height and was but recently completed. The origin of the fire is un- known. The watchman saw the flames bursting from the upper windows while he was in a building some distance away. There was no fire-fighting apparatus at the school, and, the bnildings being over a mile from town, no aid could be ren- dered. In ashort time the entire annex was enveloped in flames, and in less than twenty minutes from the time the fire was first seen the building was destroyed. Nothing whatever was saved. There were about twenty-five personsin the school, who escaped in their night clothes witn the greatest difficulty. Search for the bodies was commenced as soon as possibie, and this afterncon all had been recovered and will be immedi- ately buried. Each was burned beyona recognition. PERTH AMBOY CONFLAGRATION, Extensive Smelting Works Destroyed, With a Loss of $250,000. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—The Gug- genheim Smelting Works at Perth Am- boy, N. J., were destroyed by fire last night and the loss isestimated at $250,000. The property of the smelting works is about thirty acres in area. Flames shot up from the smelting-room and the hundred workmen fled for their lives. The fire gained sach rapid head- way that before the firemen were on the scene ihe buildings were enveloped in flames. The smelting works were the largest of the kind in the country. Yesterday Mr. Guggenheim went to an insurance agent to renew bLis policies, and it is thought that the loss is fully covered. The cause of tue fire is not known. _— BRAZIL’S FINANCIAL CRISIS, The President Gives Assuranca Her Obligations Will Be Met. NEW YORK, N. Y/, Oct. 6.—A Herald snecial irom Buenos Avyres says thet the President has given his personal assur- ance that all Brazil's obligations will be met despite the financial erisis in Brazil. A big cargo of arms and ammunition in- tended for the Brazilian rebels in Rio Grande do Sul has been seized by the Gov- ernment. The prospects are excellent for a good wheat crop in Argectina. The locuasts haye not done as much damage as was ex- pedled. That For Supreme Judge of Nebraska. OMAHA, Nese, Oct. 6.—The State Committee of the National Democratic party met at Lincoln yesterday and nominated Warren Switzler of Omaha to be candidate for Supreme Judge instead hof James M. Woolworth, who resigned. Switzler was chairman of the convention in this city, and atiracted considerable at- tention by reason of his speech on that oc- casion. New Orleans Board of Health Practically | Powerless. Forty New Cases and Five Deaths the Record of Yesterday. | Two Hundred and Fifty Patlents Under Treatmeant — Sanitary Measures Ignored. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 6.—Even as early as 6 o'clock this evening the day had proved a record breaker, both as to the number of cases and as to the num- ber of deaths that had been reported. The increase of cases to-day was not un- expected. The weather has been warm during the afterncon especially, ana the | large territory the Board of Health has to cover makes perfeci scrutiny impos- sible. Germs are being distributed which, if the toislity of cases was fewer, would easily be restrained. ‘While the number of cases under treat- ment to-day is in the neighporbood of 250, there are many houses which have not yet been infected. but in which the patients have been declared well. Less restraint than usual is imposed on the in- mates of such premises, and the result has been that the number of foci has been increased. But the total death rate is stilismall in proportion to the number of cases. At 6 o’clock forty new cases had been reported and the jollowing deaths: Jeane M. Corte, 1solaiion Hospital; Emma Weil, 1521 Cambronne (Carrollton), Ade- line Rogers, 2260 Hospital; Robert Parry, 3801 Laurel; M. P. Brady, Jackson Ber- racks. Two of tne aay’s new cases are in Al- giers, making seven that bave appeared in that suburb. The disease has appa- rently died-out at Ocean Springs. Discrepancies in Court ieccounts. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 6.—The Finance Committee reporied to the Board of Super- visors that numerous errors had been found in the bcoks of Justice I. Her- rington of Santa Clara, Justice J. D. Beggs of Los Gatos and ex-Justice W. H. Dwyer, formerly of th.scity. Itappears thatthe officers have collected several hunarea doilars that they are not entitled to under the fee bill. Justices Herrington and Beggs have been summoned w0 appear before the board to-morrow and explain these discrepancies. It is not known what action will be taken in Dwyer’s case, as he is threatened with prosecution for im- moral conduct if he ever returns to San | Jose, and on such condition was allowed to resign his office. IMPORTANI SOCIALIST MOVE, Menace io the Conservative Majority in the Prussian Diet. HAMBURG, GerxMANY, Oct. 6.—The So- cialist Congress, sitting in this city, to- day adopted a resolution indorsing the decisions of the Zurich Congress in aia of the protection of labor, and also a resoiu- tion proposed by Herr Bebel, one of the Socialist leaders in the Reichstag, in favor of the Socialists taking part in the next Prussian elections. This action of the congress is important. Under the present Prussian electoral sys. tem it is almost impossible for the Social- ists to elect a representative to the Diet, but they are said to be willing to form an alliance with the advanced Laberals. Their participation in the elections, there- fore, may result in breaking the Conser- vative majority in the Diet. Lo TSt Captain Langtry’s Unforiunate Plight. CHESTER, Exgranp, Oct. 6.—The doc- tors of the asylum for the insanein which Edward Langtry, the former husband of Mrs. Langtry, the actress, is confined, be- lieve he is suffering from concussion of the brain. —_—————— The brain of an ant is larger, in propor- tion to its size, than t oi any other known creature. At the First Christian Church a series of dramatized sermons will commence within the next two weeks. The first will be given a week from Sunday and will be in the nature of an “old-time serylce.” The church will be lighted by candles only, hymns are to be lined and the singing led by an old-fashioned leader with a tuning-fork. The text of the sermon for that day will be “Seek ye the old pat will have either “The Prodigal Son” for the " The first of the dramatized or il'ustrated sermons subject, or “Seven, Seventeen and Seventy.’’ These dramas will be given evary second or third Sunday. The Rev. Frank Ford, it will be remembered, was the originator of this style of church work. He gave at his church some months ago the illustrated parable of the “Seven Fooli<h Virgins. Mr. Ford is a great believer in originality, and believes in utilizing every means in his power to attract to his church the many who would not care t0 go to hear an ordinsry service. Through the sense of sight, he says, sometimes a much more powerful lesson may be taught than in any other way. In speaking of the effect the drama has had and can have in teaching the truth, he sald: “*The drama was one of the greatest if not the greatest insirument in the Reformation. The rhetoric societies, by acting what they did not dare to say, rang the town bell, at whose signel gathered the hosts who have so successfully battled for liberty of conscience. The stage has been and may be now & powerful instrument in God’s hands, if used with consecrated com- mon -sense, ior tenching the truth, ‘and it is the truth that maketh fiee.’ fact that truth can be presented through sight #s many cases much more powerfuily. I believe 1t is & well-known well as through any other senses, and in that all our powers to attract or reach the people are God-given talents, and thet our condemnation is on the side of the man not using them., The man who was afraid was the one who was lost.” PEVER GERMS IN |FLYING ACROSS EVERY QUARTER THE CONTINENT Officers and Seamen to Join the Cruiser Baltimore. Scheduled to Run From New York to Mare Island in Ninety-Six Hours. The Lleutenant in Charge Wil Later Head a Rellef Expedition to the Yukon. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. OMAHA, NEBR., Oct. 6 —A dozen naval officers und 101 seamen are aboard a spe- cial train hurrying across Nebraska to- night to fan Francisco. The marinesand the seadoes are on their way from New York to Mare Island. They have been ordered from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast to join the Uniled States cruiser Baltimore, which is being fitted out fora voyage, presumably to Honolulu. The special train bearing the party ar- rived in Council Bluffs about midnight, and the men were there transferred to another special of four cars on the Union Pacific Railway. The men left New York on Monday at 10 . M. and are due in San Francisco on Friday at 10 A. M., taking but ninety-six hours to cross the conti- nent. Itis estimated that this is the fast- est run that has been made across the continent since the Jarrett & Palmer train in 1876, which made the trip in eighty-one hours. The route is via the Pennsylvania from New York to Chicago, the Milwaukes from Chicago to Council Bluifs, the Union Pacific from Council Bluffs to Ogden and the Southern Pacific from Ogden to San Francisco. The party is in charge of Lieutenant G. M. Stoney, flag lieutenant of the Pacific station. Lieutenant Stoney will remain in San Francisco and head an expedition to the Yukon River. It will be in the na- ture of a relief expedition, but he does not expect to be able to render any aid before spring, though the expedition will be pushed as far north as possible at once. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS AS A NAVAL RESERVE Forty-Two American Vessels Would Be Available If Needed. Navy Department Collecting In- formation as to Others That Could Be Utilizad. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 6.—A dis- patch from Washington says: The Navy Department has sent letters to the lead- ing steamship agents, whose vessels have American registry, asking for in.ormation as to the displacement, speed and general adaptability of the vessels for war pur- poses. All ships of great tonnage now built in this country are so constructed that they would readily meet the require- ments of the navy as auxiliary cruisers, should their services be required. The navy at present carries on its list of vessels that wouia be available ascom- merce destroyers in war time the names of forty-two ships, thirty-two of which are on the Atlantic coast, six on the Pacific and the rest on the great lakes. Chief Constructor Hichborn, under whose construction plans are being drawn by which the St. Louis type of vessels could be converted into formid- able modern auxiliary cruisers, esti- mates that he can send the St. Louis to sea in three weeks, fully equipped with an effective battery and ‘witn the vitals well protected by a system of coal bunk- ers. He estimates that the navy now has about one dozen ships which’ could be quickly converted under the plansaiready perfected, and states that others could be made available in a littie more time. He anticipates that at least five years will be required to draw plans for the full list of vessels carried on the list of mer- chant ships that could be used for war purposes, and by that time rifles will have been delivered at the navy-yard for every one of such ships. Capiain O'Neil, the ordnance chief, will, in his annual report, now in prepar- ation, urge that $500.000 be provided with ——————————— NEW TO-DATY! ¥ DESKY Of the only exclusive deskhouse on the coast. JUST RECEIED. *7ofiin pome ™ PRICES REDUCED 10 PER CENT. ROLL-TOP DESKS FROM $1070 $200 GE0. . FULLER DESK (0, 638 AND 640 MISSION ST. YOUNG MEN You don’t need go around with dark rings under your eye-, dizzy, nervous, tired, no cuergy, no snap about yon. If you are troubled with night losses, seminal weakness, lost man- 1ood or nervous debility you can be entirely cured by taking Dr. Cook’s Vital Restorative. 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This is the third announcement from Rio Janeiro since April last of the capture of Canudos by the Government troops, but the first timde that Antomio Con- selbeiro, the leader of the fanatics, has been reported among the prisoners. If tls extraordinary individual, a strange combination of priest, warrior and man of affairs, has fallen into the hands of the Government troops the cause of the fanatics has suffered the most dam- aging blow it has yet received. “Antonio, the Counselor,” as he is called by nis followers, has been irom the outset the backbone of the insurrection in Bahia, and without his presence and di- rection it is likely to collapse. FaNazic —_— OBLITERATES ALL EECURDS. RBemarkadble Homeward Trip of the Kaiser Wilhelm, PLYMOUTH, Exe., Oct. 6.—The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Captain Engelbart, from New York for Bremen, arrived here at 3:05 this afternoon. Thetime of passage from New York to Plymouth was five days, filteen bours and ten minutes. 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