The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1898, Page 3

SEVENTY MEN ENTOM A Two Explosions BED IN COAL MINE in Which Eight Delvers Meet a Terrible Death. Amid Scenes of Awful maining Workers Are Finally Resc Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 23— Seventy men were entombed to-day in | the Empire jnine of Snowden, Gould & | Co., one-fourth of a mile below town, | as the result of an explosion of gas, followed by another explosion of fire damp. Of the number entombed all escaped or were taken out by rescuing parties except eight, who were killed outright and three more or less hurt. The dead: John Haiston, miner, aged 35, colored; wife and two children. Salem Halston, miner; his brother. Robert Davi.son, miner. John Bennett, driver. ‘William Pritchard, miner. Henry Hagar, driver. * John Cartwright, miner. | James Hill, miner. | The injured: George Baker, miner; | John Baker, slightly burned; Samuel | McIntyre, cut on head. | The explosion is said to have been | caused by the loosening of a large | block of coal which opened a pocket of | gas. Immediately following the explo- | sion of gas there was a second ex- | plosion of fire damp. There were | seventy men at work in the mine at | the time of the disaster and at first it seemed an impossibility for any of the fifty-four men in mines No. 9 and 10, | where the explosion occurred, to es- cape. Four men, Jacobs, Davis, Whesa and Walker, who were near the en- trance, managed to crawl out and the | others, with the exception of those caught by falling 1, escaped by traversing a mile and a half of under- | ground passa, , - coming out at the entrance near Lynn station. This point | is four miles from the opening-of the mine. It is difficult to find words to describe the scenes of to-day. Shortly after | the report was circulated that an ex- plosion had taken place at the Empire mine and that many miners were en- tombed, Water street, a narrow | thoroughfare leading to it, was crowded | with men, women and, children, all | ’ 2 ¢ e | allayed the fears of many, and as fast Moving at Dreak-neck speed toward | o the men were accourted for to their the mines. There were moans and sobs (triends and families rejoicings and | and a general feeling of painful ap- | prehension. There were conjectures of whether husband, father, brother or sweetheart were victims. When the | mine was reached willing hands at once went to work. Everybody seemed to want to go into the mine. It was by sheor force that those in charge at ‘the entrance kept the crowd out. It was the Re- Suspense ued, announced that there was a sufficient force of men inside to do rescue work, when a weary and painful wait of hours took place. Just above the entrance to the mine there is an artificial plateau up against the hillside. From the edge of the pla- teau a good view of the track leading | to the mine could be had. Here women | stood wringing their hands in angulsh, weeping and wailing. The hundreds of people realized that they stood at the| entrance of a living tomb. It was sev- eral hours later that the tinkling of the electric bell in the engine house an- nounced that a train of coal cars was coming from within. The scene of the disaster {s more than a mile from the entrance. The cars were taken in and out by means of heavy iron cables wrapped and unwrapped by two large spools. It took about ten minutes for | the first load to reach the outside world. While the cable was winding the suspense bordered on the awful. No one knew what was coming, but feared | the worst, in which there was no dis- appointment. As one of the spools in- | dicated that the load would soon arrive, | the suspense became all the greater. “Here {t comes,” was an almost unanimous whisper. When the little train of cars emerged a shudder was visible in the crowd. First there came two cars loaded with coal. then three cars, in each of which there were two bodies. In one were two brothers, side by side, John and Salem Haiston. In| the others were Robert Davidson and John Bennett, William Pritchard and | John Cartwright. James Hill was in the last car. | When the bodies were brought up from the mines, they presented a| ghastly appearance. Thelr faces were begrimmed with black dust of the mines. Before they were brought out the rescuers tied handkerchiefs around thelr heads to give them a better ap- pearance. After the first lot of bodies had been brought out, the excitement grew more intense. There were yet many men in tha mine, and there was | more anxiely to know who would be | brought out next. During the entire | afternoon there was a desperate wait. | It was announced many men had come | out of the mine from an abandoned entry nearly three miles distant. This congratulations followed. At 9 o'clock to-night the last of the | explorers from the mine came out and | announced there was nothing living or | dead in the mine, leaving the list of fa- talities as given. To-night there is a constant stream of people passing In and out of the undeftaking establish- ments to view the bodies. RUIN WROUGHT BY HURRICANE Terrible Loss of Life and Property. TOWNS SWEPT FROM THE MAP | | DETAILS OF THE DISASTERS IN THE WEST INDIES. ; | | | | At Kingston Two Hundred Houses Demolished and Suburb- an Villages Obliter- ated. Special Dispatch to The Call. KINGSTON, Jamalca, Sept. 23.—Mail @dvices which reached here to-day brought news regarding the full ex- tent of the hurricane disaster at the gslands of Bt. Vincent, St. Lucia and Barbadoes, showing that the first ac- counts were not exaggerated. At St. Vincent about 300 lives have been lost, not counting the loss of life suffered through the destruction of shipping. The coast is strewn with the wrecks of vessels, many of which were from Barbadoes. The storm raged from 10 o'clock in the morning, Sunday, September 11, un- til 2 o'clock in the afternoon, completely wrecking the isiand. At the capital, Kingston, fully 200 houses were demol- | ished, while the suburbs, Coxheath and | Monte Bello, were obliterated. Among the principal buildings destroyed are the Anglican and Catholic ehurches, the fine new hospital and Fort Charlotte. All the other public buildings were more or less injured. Cloudbursts from the mountains swept much of the ruins into the sea, | @s well as several dead and injured| Persons. Throughout the island the destruction on a wholesale scale, not only the @states and buildings being razed, but eultivation being obliterated. The following towns and villages were destroyed: Rose Place, Grand Sable, Arnosvale, Mount Pleasant, Argyll, Wallilabo, Barrouallio, Layon and Buc- cament, and the second city, George- town, was considerably damaged. No approximate estimate of the pe- cuniary damage done has been reported, but the island is practically ruined. Il 8t. Lucia suffered mostly from rain and landslides, the deluge lasting ten hours. Cul de Sac and Rousseau val- leys, the centers of the cane and cocoa- nut trade, vere converted into lakes and partly filled with debris from the mountains, - which ruined the crops, while many plantations elsewhere were wrecked. Serious damage Wwas sus- tained at Mormetabo, which precipi- tated an avalanche three miles long, covering the valley to the width of a mile and over, covering Ruby and a couple of other islands. Several other slides partly destroyed the Dramond and San Jacques plantations. The city of Castries suffered somewhat, chiefly from a tidal wave which swept over half the town and @ portion of the bay stréet. Thirteen lives were lost. The full extent of the damage has not yet been computed, but It is incompar- ably less than at St. Vincent. The hur- ricane struck the island of Barbadoes on the night of the 10th, completely wrecking that flat, exposed island and sweeping away 10,000 houses, while damaging thousands more. It left three- quarters of the inhabitants homeless. Over 200 people were killed, so far as known. The city of Bridgeton was partly destroyed and the suburbs, St. Michael and Belleville, were entirely demolished. All the shipping was | wrecked or blown out to sea. In the country the desolation is awful, owing to the destruction of the provision grounds on which the population de- pended. While all the parishes suf- fered, the greatest distress is in St. Michaels, Christ Church and St. Philip. All the sugar estates are damaged and many of them are completely wrecked. But, while the cultivation of cane has suffered considerably, the cane has not been totally ruined, as first reported, the damage not exceeding one-fifth of the cane. The total estimated damage besides the loss on the cane crop and provisions is about $1,500,000 at Barba- does. i INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC -COAST Changes Among Army Officers Or- dered by the War De- partment. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — Penslons have been granted as follows: Califor- nia—Original: George L. Meyers, San Francisco, $6. Special, September 16: Charles Migley, Pomona, $8; John Fro- mont, Shingletown, $6. Original widows, etc., Mary A. Caffrey, San Jose, $8. Mex- ifcan War survivors, increased, special, September 15, Hiram Jones, $8. rmy orders: First Lieutenant Bryant H. Wells, Eighteenth Infantry (recéntly Yromoled from second lleutenant, Second nfantry), is relieved from duty with the National Guard of the State of Utah and will proceed to join his regiment on the Philippine Islands. Major Willlam W. Harts, engineer of- ficer, United States volunteers (first lieu- tenant corFs of englnenrn. United States army), will report by letter upon the ex- piration of his present leave of absence to the chief of engineers of the United States army for duty, under his imme- diate orders, and will proceed to and take station at Portland, Or., and relieve Major Walter L. Fisk of duties thus transferred to him by First Lieutenant Charles L. Potter, corps of engineers, United States army (lieutenant colonel and chief engi- neers, United States volunteers), together with all money and property appertain- ing thereto. he assignment to duty September 20, 198, of Captain Sedgwick Pratt, Third United States Army Artillery, as chief mustering officer for the State ot Califor- nia, with station at Los Angeles, and of Captain Henry C. Danes, Third United States Artillery, as his assistant, at San ancgrco.uls ar;n&mcxd] v _direction o e Assistant Secr of ‘Var. tel;&r&shlc instructions oteg:?: tember 9. 1 irecting the discharge from the service of the United States by their respective commarnding officers of the following named enlisted men, are hereby confirmed: Musician J. C. Jacques, Seventh California Volunteer Infantry: Hospital Steward Walter McDonald, Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry. The following postmasters for the Pa- cific Coast were appointed to-day: Cali- fornia—Bostonia, San Diego County, Da- vid G. Gordon, vice Joseph Donald, re- signed. Oregon—Lents, Multnomah-Coun- ty, Clara B. Coffman, vice Jay F. Wing, resigned. Investigation of on, and San the postoffice cas Pomona and ta Ana, N ., about to ! in the purchase of a steam roller. | words spoken by expire, have been order: e Builet Ends a Quarrel. BAKERSFIELL, Sept. 23.—Dan Dough- erty, a bartender In Tibbett’s saloon at Kernville, shot ind instantly killed a eager on Wednesday. ot pmdiey B S S nes- d}%‘ reenflul the quarrel and Dougherty shot him, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898. REA'S MOUTH WAS SLANDER'S SUPPLY. DEPOT From It Poured Abuse of Jarman. LET PASS NO OPPORTUNITY SPREAD FAX AND WIDE HIS ACCUSATIONS. Numerous Witnesses Testify to the! Charges Oft Preferred by the “Boss” Against the City Official. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Sept. 23.—In the Jarman- Rea slander suit to-day a large num- ber of witnesses were examined, and all gave testimony showing that Rea lost no opportunity to tell his story impli- cating Jarman in alleged crookedness The attcrneys on both sides are making a hard fight and nct the smallest point is being overlooked. The prosecution’s case is nearly finished and when the court convenes on Tuesday it is ex- pected the defense will make a motion for a non-suit. This will require a couple of days' argument at least. The courtroom continues to be crowded, as people are curious to learn the intrica- cies of politics as practiced by the gang. At the opening of court Judge Kit- tredge announced that he would sus- tain the objection of the defense to the introduction of Landers' testimony re- garding the witness’ inference as to the Rea. Mr. Delmas then asked Landers what he under- stood the words uttered by Rea to mean. The objection was again made and sustained and an exception noted by Delmas. George Koenig was the next witness. He is a painter and paper-hanger and was employed by Jarman in painting Mrs. Goodrich’s fence at the time of the trouble. He heard Rea tell Jarman that what he sald behind a man’s back he would say to his face. “That $900 was paid on the purchase of that steam roller and you got $400 or $425 of it,” sald Rea. The witness sald Jarman denounced this as a lie. Archibald McDonald, general man- ager of the San Jose Woolen Mills, tes- tifled that at a meeting of the directors of the Hotel Vendome last month Rea had stated that Jarman had received money on the steam roller. There were present at the meeting, besides the wit- ness, James Dougherty, Joe Rucker, Ed Clayton and Rea. Jarman’s name was brought up in a discussion of the vari- ous candidates. Rea said that while Jarman was a member of the City Ccuncil the steam roller was purchased; $400 had been divided among the Coun- cilmen and he believed Jarman got his portion of it. The witness said Rea stated that he ‘‘didn’t see the money paid to Jarman, but he believed he got $400 of it.”” Rea aiso saild “Jack was not straight,” in regard to city affairs. Ex-Councilman E. P. Main was called and everybody expected some sensational testimony. Instead he was only asked a few questions. He sald that .just after Rea and Jarman had the altercation near Mrs. Goodrich’s place he rode past on a wheel. Rea cried out: “Hello, E. P.; I was just asking Jarman whether it was $420 or $450 he got out of the steam roller.” J. B. Church, former superintendent of the Infirmary, said that last March Rea stopped him on the street and ask- ed him why he was advocating the election of Jarman. The witness an- swered: “Because Jarman and I are old ac- quaintances. I know Jarman to be honest and capable.” “If Jarman could be proved dishonest would you support him?” Rea asked. “No; if he were dishonest I would drop him as quickly as I would a hot potato,” was Church’s reply. Rea then told the witness his story of the steam-roller purchase. Joseph H. Rucker and E. W. Clayton, directors of Hotel Vendome, substan- tiated the testimony of McDonald. Rucker said Rea declared that Jarman was not honest and that the agent for the steam-roller told him that he had paid the Councilman $900 and that Jar- man “had taken some of the money or was a fool and was having his leg pulled.” Rea said he knew of the mat- ter in that way. Clayton testified that Rea told those at the meeting he did not think Jarman was ‘'square,” and his connection with the purchase of the steam-roller was not above reproach. The witness said that Rea sald the roller had been offered to him for $900 fess than the city paid. E. A. Hayes, president of the Good Jdovernment League, was called. Rea had questioned him about the Good Government League and asked if Jar- man belonged to it. He then charac- terized Jarman as “a member of the boodle Council to which Dittus and Krieg belonged, and the worst of them all.” Hayes said that, personally, he was not unfriendly to Mr. Rea, but was opposed to his political methods and had denounced the workings of the gang in control of municipal affairs as corrupt. L. Seldenberg, representative of the San Francisco Call, testified that he in- terviewed Rea in regard to the state- ment about Jarman. The interview as published was admitted as evidence. It was along the line of the testimony al- ready given. J. R. Patton had a talk with Rea and asked the latter if he thought Jarman got any of the money paid on the roller. Rea answered: “Yes, I think so; why, of course.” City Clerk Cook presented docu- mentary evidence showing purchase of a roller. E. T. Sawyer, reporter for the Mercury, indentified an article appearing in that paper as an inter- view with Rea. There was objection to parts of the interview being admitted. Before the question was decided the court adjourned until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. POISON THRQUGH THE MAILS Physician Receives Candy Contain- ing Rough on Rats. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 22—An at- tempt was made to murder Dr. W. D. Mason, a prominent dentist of this city, by poisoning him. He received through the malils a small package of stick candy, of which he ate a small amount, but be- fore he reached home he was in a pre- carious condition. A physiclan was called who pronounced it a case -of poisoning. On examination it was discovered that the candy had been gummed over with rough-on-rats. The police are Investigat- ing the case. — MANY FISHERMEN DROWNED. Fearful storms Prevailing in the Baltic Sea. MEMEL, Prussia, Sept. 23.—Heavy storms are prevailing in the Baltic Sea, and 120 fishermen haye been drowned be- tween Pols and Lil of the m:fnbo?ot Ccurlnn‘h.“ ..il’omn Rotds | WORKING ON THE BOTKIN CASE Delaware Authorities Preparing New Papers. SOME AFFIDAVITS ADDED WARRANT SWORN TO BY THE FATHER OF THE VICTIMS. Legal Verviage Changed in Order to Conform to California Laws in Requisition Pro- ceedings. Hpecial Dispatch to The Call, DOVER, Del., Sept. 23.—The office of{ Secretary of State Hughes looked like an express packing-room soon after Attorney General White arrived to-day and settled down to hard work on the poisoning case. The Attorney General had received immense boxes and crates from San Francisco containing magni- fled writings, photographs and other mechanical evidence that will be neces- sary in the trial of Mrs. Adelaide Cor- delia Botkin for the murder of Mrs. Deane and Mrs. Dunning. In fact the Attorney General has no idea that the Delaware authorities will fail in their efforts to get the woman. Secretary Hughes started early this morning on the new requisition papers which are much more full of phrase- ology and legal verbiage than the oth- ers and are accompanied by a lengthy affidavit and the warrant of former Congressman Pennington, who certifies that his daughter, Mrs. Ada H. Deane, the first of the victims to dle, “did live, exist and have being in the town of Dover, etc., until killed, murdered, etc., | by one Adelaide Cordelia Botkin of the | State of California by means of poison sent through the United States malls with full knowledge and mal.ce afore- thought, in sweet meats and chocolate | candy.” % Cashier Walter Morris of the Farm- ers’ Bank, who was the custodian of | the box of candy, which has figured so | prominently in the Investigation 3500 | miles across the continent, and Con- | fectioner Stephenson, who examined | the candies, were each®closeted with | the ..ttorriey General for nearly half an hour. The Attorney General con- tinued his affidavit hunt until this evening. The requisition paper is now more in the form of an indictment, while the first one was in the nature of a com- plaint. The one made out to-day was | framed to conform with the California laws Besides the large number of ex- hibits attached to it exact coples of the affidavits made by the Delaware and San Franciseo witnesses accompany it. LARGEST GOLD CARGO OF THE SEASON | Steamship Bertha Coming From St. Michael With Several Millions Aboard. SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—The. ste: Al-Ki arrived to-day from. Skaguay, Alaska, with 220 passengers, most of whom were from Copper River. Fifteen passengers from Dawson had a small amount of gold dust with them. The steam schooner Samoa arrived here to-night from St. Michael, Alaska, | fifty-three Klondikers and gold AN timated at $100,000. Among the Samoa’s | passengers was Dr. Wolt of San Francls- 0. The officers of the Samoa say th steamer Bertha was to have s’a’nedmrrtu): 8t. Michael September 13 for San Fran- cisco, with one of the largest gold cargoes of the season. They estimated that it would be between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. A number of rich miners were to have come down on the Bertha, among them the Berry brothers of Fresno, Cal. ‘Woodford’s Resignation. WASHINGTON, - Sept. 2.—Following the custom In the case of a Minister who has been obliged to leave his post by the breaking out of hostilities, &ewnrt L. Woodford has flled his resignation as Minister to Spain. | by CONVICT GOULD AGAIN IN PRISON Recaptured Near Camp Taylor. MARINS MAN HUNT ENDED RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE ESCAPE. He Shows Fight When Overtaken and Is Wounded by a Bullet From an Officer’s Revolver. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 23.—For just four days and five nights Alton H. Gould, the convict “trusty’” who es- caped from San Quentin by scaling the walls at night, was permitted to inhale the air of freedom and amuse himself by rifiing houses of valuables. Last Sunday evening Gould effected his es- cape. To-night the fellow lies'in a dungeon, with the prospect of ten years more in prison instead of five before him. The credit of the capture belongs to Constable Louis Hughes and Guard Benjamin Merritt. At risk of life they accomplished what whole posses had failed to do. At 11 o’clock last night Hughes, Mer- ritt and The Call correspondent took the trail of Gould, near Fairfax, after he had obtained a shotgun and am- munition by robbing a cabin near San Anselmo, and followed it unceasingly until his capture was effected at noon to-day. The trail led for the most part along the road leading to Olema and Gould’s footsteps were distinguishable the fact that they appeared as though his shc>s were tied to his feet with ropes. The night was pitch dark in the lonely canyons and the trail could be- followed only by lighting a candle and looking for Gould’s foot- prints at intervals of a hundred yards and at cross-roads. Gould traveled very fast and suc- ceeded in temporarily baflling his pur- suers. At about 4:30 o’clock this morn- ing he took a path diverging from the main road. His pursuers hurried to Tocaloma, about five miles further on, in the hope of ambushing the convict. Missing him there they returned and were informed by Mrs. Stedman that Gould had passed through her yard, carrying a shotgun under a brown overcoat. He wore leggings stolen at San Anselmo, which accounted for the peculiar prints made by his feet. Mrs. Stedman sald Gould had crossed the strect and entered the brush. The correspondent was dispatched to ‘Warden Hale with the news and a re- quest for reinforcements, while Hughes and Merritt retraced their steps. At 10 o’clock a man named Rodgers, liv- ing near Camp Taylor, told them Gould was only a short distance ahead and keeping in the bed of the creek flow- ing near the road. They overtook him within a half mile of Tocaloma. Creep- ing up as close as possible Hughes pre- sented his shotgun and shouted: *Your hands up, Gould.” ‘With an oath, the convict turned and started to raise his gun, but a scatter- ing charge of bird shot changed his mind, and he sprinted for the brush with his pursuers fast gaining. | Hughes' second cartridge snapped and he drew his revolver and began to pep- per away. Merritt shot four times with his revolver and as Gould leaped a fence and entered the brush they closed in. The convict was found ly- ing under some scrub oaks and was forced to surrender. He was manacled and brought to San Anselmo on the train. There Warden Hale and Captain Bir- lem were waiting with a carriage. Gould complained of pain in his left side, and an examination by Dr. Law- lor, the prison physician, showed that a revolver bullet had inflicted a flesh wound. Gould's haggard face plainly tells of little food and less sleep. He says he is suffering with consumption and if kept in prison cannot’live longer than two years. As flve years were still before him he tried to escape and get to a better clilmate. Five years were all the same as twenty to him anyhow and credits eut no figure. “I am unacquainted with the coun- try,” he said, “and cannot tell where I have been all the time. I subsisted on grapes and apples until I was- so weak I could hardly stand. Three dif- ferent times I have lain hidden within ten feet of men searching for. me and could have killed several, but I have shed all the blood I ever shall.” BALTIMORE’S STREAK BROKEN BY CALLAHAN NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs— W. L. Pot. | Clubs— W. L. Pet. Boston . 44,669 Philadelphia 67 62 .519 Baltimore 47 .644|Pittsburg ...67 69 493 Cincinnati 54 606/ Louisville ...60 T4 .448 "Cleveland 58 .561|Brooklyn ....49 76 .392 Chicago 63 .540| Washington 44 90 328 New Yorl 62 .534/St. Louls.....35 98 .263 | | BALTIMORE, Sept. 23.—Callahan broke | Baltimore's streak at Union Park to-day. He was invincible when men were on bases. Maul was rather wild and only the sharpest kind of flelding prevented the Orphans’ total fromi being larger. At- tendance 1600. Score: Clubs— Baltimore ks Chicago .. P Batteries—Maul and Robinson; Callahan and Donchue. Umpires—O'Day and Brown. BROOKLYN, Sept. 2.—Kennedy won his own game to-day by sn.ashing out a double with two men on bases In the R. H. E. ninth. It was a pitcher's battle, with Taylor hm'lnsi the better of it up to the | finfsh. Attendance 600. Score: Clubs— . H. B Brooklyn . 9 1 St. Louis . 764 Batteries—Kennedy and Ryan; Taylor and Clements and Sugden. Umpire—Wagner. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Carrick, for- merly of the Newark "Atlantic League team, was put in to pitch for the Giants to-day. He was benchworn and very | wild. With men on bases he was heady, | gnd will, no doubt, make a good man. core: Clubs— R. H. E New York .... Vagh ol Louisville €508 1 Batterles—Carrick and Warner; Magee and Kittridge. Umpires—Hunt and Connolly. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Baker's pitching in the first game won it for the Senators. In the second, although Haw- ley was hit hard, the Reds were able to get better results wnen they connected with Willlams' delivery. Attendance 1800. Bcore: Clubs— Washington ... Cincinnati .. Batteries—Baker an: and Wood. Second game—8core: Clubs— Washington Cincinnati .. Batteries— ;' Hawley, Dammann and Wood. Umpires—Emsile and Andrews. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.—Philadel- phia played another errorless game this afternoon and won its third straight vic- tory over Cleveland. Young's support was wretched. Tebeau took exception to the | umpire's decisions in the second inning | and finally kicked himself out of the game. Attendance 1200. Score: Clubs— R. H. B Philadelphia. . B IR 0 Cleveland . 8 2 Batterfes—Orth and McFarland; Young and Criger. Umpires—Swartwood and Smith. BOSTON, Sépt. 23.—To-day’s game was' a_pitchers’ battle, in which honors were about evenly divided. Boston made the winning run in the ninth by bunching 1 4 Batterles—Willls and Bergen; Tannehill and, Bowerman. Umpire—Gaffne: THE BOARD UNABLE TO PLACE THE BLAME THE THOMAS DAMAGES MAY RE-/ MAIN UNSETTLED. General Miller, However, Hopes to Be Able to Satisfactorily Adjust the Matter in 2 Few Days. The report of the board of Inquiry ap-1| pointed by General Miller to fix the re- nsibility for the damage done the property of Zero .homas was submitted to General Miller yesterday. It will be remembered that in its first report the board only implicated Privates Davis and Anderson of the Tennessee Regiment. Colonel Smith refused to pay the dam- ages, which were assessed at $231, because he declared that other soldiers than those of his own regiment were concerned in tne affair. The report then went back to tne | board, and it was Instructed to fix the blame upon the responsible parties. The their hits after one man was out. At- tendance 3uw0. Score: A Clubs— R. H. E. Boston ... 3 9 Pittsburg for several weeks, and in {ts second re- port declares that it is unable to find any additional guilty parties. General Miller refused to let the report be given out and would not discuss it. It Is sald that Major Cheatham of the Ten- nessee Regiment refused to divulge to the board the names of five or six men that he saw in the mob. The board is saiu .0 have reported that soldiers of the Iowa and Kansas regiments were also con- cerned in the affair, but it was unable to ascertain who these soldiers were. Col- onel Smith has stated, and so written to General Miller, that he was willing to make all fair compensation to the Thomas family, but he did not want his regiment to be the only one to bear the blame. The gresom report will be sent to Colonel mith, and as the damage is small it is believed that it will be paid and the inci- dent closed. It is in General Miller's power to appoint a new board or else to assess the damage among_the aurerent regiments of the brigade. The general is hopeful of obtaining a satisfactory solu- tion of the matter in a few days. Formal charges have been preferred against Private John B. Moore of the Tennessee Regiment, and he will be tried by a general court-martial. Moore, it will be remembered, on ‘Tuesday night went into the restaurant of Mrs. Hard, 2742 Greenwich street, ordered a supper and went away without paying for it. He alsa wrenched the arm of Mrs. Hard in break- ing past her to leave the place. Several of his comrades who were with him will be brought before a summary court. Sev- eral unimportant court-martial cases were approved both at brigade and post head- quarters yesterday by General Miller, The War Department has issued an order announcing that the applications of enlisted men for discharges, whether ap- proved or disapproved, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of War. This order is the result of the holding back by officers of applications for discharges, and may result in an investigation. Private Henry F. Judson, Battery D, California Heavy Artillery, died at the ;_]l\'lsion hospital yesterday of typhoid ever. The Second Rattalion of the Washing- | ton Regiment will remain at Angel Island until the regiment sails, and will not be brought over to the Presidio, as previous- 1y _ordered. Mme. Modjeska visited the Presidio yes- terday morning, and was the guest of Colonel Wholley of the Washington Regi- ment. She witnessed guard mount and was. afterward shown over the garrison by Colonel Wholle —_——— HUNDREDS OF COTTACES HAVE BEEM DESTROYED Italian Peasants in Flight Before Three Streams of Lava From Vesuvius. NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—A cable ta the World from Naples says: Thers are three lava streams descending re- spectively toward the villages of Ve- trana and Crocelle and the town of Resina. The last named is seriously threatened. It is a place of 13,000 in- habitants, directly on the coast and five miles southeast of Naples. Panic prevails at Torre del Greco, three miles south of Resina. Peasants on the hillsides are moving out with whatever they can save, leaving the lava to devour their cottages and out- buildings and vines. Hundreds of cot- tages have been destroyed. Showers of rocks and ashes have al- ready wounded fifty-six persons, but ne loss of life has yet occurred. o INSTITUTE OF YUBA AND SUTTER FARMERS and Stats University Scientists Highway Commissioners Ad- dress the Gathering. MARYSVILLE, Sept. 23.—The first %! farmers’ institute to be held in Marys- ville, under the auspices of the University of California, convened here at 10 o’clock this morning. Professor D. T. Fowler and Professor E. J. Wickson are In charge and to-morrow they will be joined by Professor E. W. Hilgard and Highway Commissioners J. R. Price and ‘W. L. Ashe. The proceedings opened to-day with music by a local orchestra and an invo- cation by Rev. T. J. Lamont, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. B. F. Walton, a prominent agriculturist of this sec- tion, presided, and introduced to the as- semblage of Yuba and Sutter counties’ farmers Mayor C. S. Brooks, who deliv- ered the address of welcome. Mayor Brooks was followed by Professor Fow- ler, who explained the relation of the State University to farmers’ institutes. This afternoon Professor Fowler lec- tured on ‘“Our Rivals in Wheat Culture. Then followed a discussion of querfes E’!uced in the question box. “Modern airying” was taken up by Professor ‘Wickson, who was assisted in the discus- sion by illustrations which he carries. This evening Professor Wickson spoke on “The Relation of a Garden to Modern Homes, and Plants Best Suited for Rain- less Summers.” To-morrow an effort will be made form a Farmers' club. Commission Price and Ashe are to lecture on_‘Prac: tical Road Building,” and “Good Roads,’ i board has been considering the question respectively. ¢“GOOD THING” No. 3. Extra Fine Under- wear Offer. - Line of men's full- finished Medlicott all-wool $2.00 un- derwear for $1.35. — Percale Shirts, full body, separate cuffs, new styles, 50 cts. New ideas in Neckwear—Ascots and Puffs, 26 cfs. 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