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HUNTINGTON BUYS MOUNTAIN OF IRON And Will Establish a Large Steel Works at Durango, Mexico. DURANGO, Mexico, April 2.—The great Sierra de Mercedo mountain of iron, adjoining this city. has been purchased by C. P." Huntington. o The purchase pri-» is $800.000 in gold. The Sierra de Mercedo is a mass of magnetic iron ore, 2500 by 5500 feet and 2000 feet high, assaying from §8 95 to 75 per cent of pure iron. Huntington intends to establish a large g:i steel works here. The can International Railway, owned by Hunt- $ ington and associates, is built to the foot of the mountain. g SeisafaReiRei el el el el ] It appea y of -the | . . © after their long imprison- | g cause " with “.the 3 ble - that many orving in the Fili- | s is the case the werable, they | tiations for th jected to ne for ers from the out- of the out ment tion of prisoner ADDITIONAL DEATHS AMONG CUR TROOPS| - WAS TRADED FOR-A FARM Mrs. Millie Tomkins’ Sad Story. lowing is Gener Manile COMPELLED BY HER FATHER TO MARRY. private | Arrested for Attempting to Kidnap Jakota, | 3 Dakota, | Her Children After She Had 2%5—Rd- | L Thie | Been Granted a Bolin, quar- | Divorce. t Towa. Martin, private, Infantry. private, | 5 Sotith iDakots. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Stovall, private, llery. | TACOMA, April 2—Mrs. Millie Tomkins, who has been arrested for having attempted to abduct her own children at Seattle, tells an unusually ad story of domestic uphappiness. She that when she was but 14 years ld she was sold by her father to Joseph Cantzeler for sixty acres land. It was a literal sale of flesh and blood. Cantzeler was many years her senior and e abhorred him, but one day her father and Cantzeler got her into a room and compelled her to sign a paper agreeing to marry him. For this inhuman act her father received from Cantzeler a deed to sixty acres of Yel- lowstone bottom land. Laws were loosely enforced on the Yellowstone in those days, and there was no one to protect the helpless girl: For six troubled years she lived with him, and they had three children. At length, in 1889, his cruel treatment forced her to flee to friends for safety, i | and she obtained a divorce at Helena, e on learning that Alva Dix, her | being awarded the custédy of her chil- had been killed” on the battle- | dren. In July, 1890, Cantzeler came to her penniless and she fed him. He hung around for several days and fre- quently took the eldest two children out for a walk. One day he brought them west to Seattle. Thither she fol- lowed him and made a fight in the courts for their possession, but as she was without funds the Judge ordered | them sent to the Orphans’ Home. Both Cantzeler and she married aga She went to Butte to work, but returned to Seattle to see her children. She claims Cantzeler abused them, compelling them to sleep on beds of gunnysacks. vear-old daughter "to coma and intended- to return later for her son. For this faithful devotion | she is now under arrest. | SAMUEL HALLER SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED Promoter of Athletic Contests At- tacked by an Albany Sport- ing Man. NEW YORK, April 2.—Samuel Haller, formerly of San Francisco, a ticket | agent for Buffalo Bill’'s show and well | known on the Pacific Coast and | throughout the West as a manager of | athletic performances and as the first manager of “Jim” Corbett, was shot | and mortally wounded this afternoon FOLLOWS HER SLAIN FIANCE TO THE GRAVE WICHITA, April —DMii a private in Company nsas Volunte Be- Was a prosperous on County, and just be- ‘Wilson's graduated re father and mother and took a dose of morphine that ended her Ii T young people were to have b ried in Jun MEMBERS OF ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION Bix of the Seven Men Definitely De- cided Upon by President McKinley. spe to McKinley " w seven memt Canal Comm! sor 'Haup sion, Civil E R e B R in W. J. Featherstone’s barroom on : o West Thirtieth street by William H. Holland, a sporting man of Albany, | who is said to run a poolroom in Mon- treal. The men had just been intro- duced. Holland took offense at a re- mark made by Haller and shot him. GILLETTE A FAILURE AS A HOTEL-OWNER Fugitive Cattle King Sells the Prop- erty He Purchased in Chihua- hua, Mexico. EL PASO, April 2.—Grant C. Gillette has made a failu¥e in the hotel business Nicarag that 1 1 possible to the 1 rdcr that an appropr T body for com- L as pre Tt s i obtained fr mencing work on th FOUNDERED IN FUNDY BAY. i | Schooner Gleaner Lost in a Hurricane, | but Crew Escapes. | | at Chihauhau, Mex. He purchased the N. €, April 2 — The| Hotel Palacio within a month after dis- \ner, from Parrsboro, N. | Ppearing from Abilene, Kans., refurnish- t. John, N. B.. laden with cdal, | P8 it throughout. —He has-just sold it | and it is known he failed to make his ex- Nor- | from Chicago, by the name 0f Burke, who Captain Lar- | IS largely interes: in the cattle busines 251 Dev o hien | in Peru. Gillette has since announce for Devonport, which | ne has been engaged by Burke to g0 {0 3 port to-day, reports| Peru to look after his cattle interests the American schooner D. K. | there. "aptain Hewitt, on March .2, in | hh&l“l\ill‘f;st«‘:{ld{n% t;:le eltlntlemen:s n;‘a[de latitude longitude The schooner | D%, ette that he has little or nothing -was full of water. | 1eft, it is known he has not less than S $100,000 in cast;x)é'md his wife's diamonds, FUNERAL OF A WARRIOR. L valued at $20, Gillette says he will return to the ited States in a few years " Services Over the Body o- the La;ei ; Colonel Hamilton. if he is successful in his present venture. He will start for Peru in a few days. GENEVA, N. Y., April 2 ° of the late Colonel John Hamilton of | RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN DEAD. the Ninth Regular Cav: who was | Brother of the British Colonial Sec- killed while leading his regiment up San | retary Passes Away. ~Juan Hill on July 1 last, was held fmmi LONDON, April 2.—Richard Chamber- 3 a he funeral Stat or ] s aftel 5 ‘ e StEfect e attended by bout 5p) | 1ain. brother of Joseph Chamberlaln, Sec- . people. Flags floated at half-mast from | Tetary of State for the Colonies, dled in London to-day. Richard Chamberlain at one time rep- resented the west division of the bor- ough of Islington, London, in Parlia- ment in the Conservative interest. Since his retirement he had devoted his atten- lings and the G d Army and | panies formed the escort. | WILEELMINA TO WED. Holland’s Queen Betrothed to Prince ub bu local militia co: tion to managing the extensive Cham- William of Wied. berlain properties at Birmingham. .- NEW YORK, April 2—A Berlin cable TR R to the Journal says: Statements from | Mrs. Mayer a Suicide. an authentic source in Amsterdam are to| PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 2.—The Cor- the effect that at an important gala ban- oner’s jury returned a verdict of suicide .quet there on April 12 the betrothal of in the case of Mrs. George Mayer, who Queen Wilhelmina and her cousin, Prince Willlam of Wied, will be officially pro-| claimed. | was found dead in her apartments at the Windsor Hotel last night. Mrs. Mayer shot herself in the left breast during a e F fit of despondency. Mayer, who was ac- Quay at a Conference. cused of having killed his wife, has been WABHIN April 2—There was a | discharged from custody. * gonference between Senator Quay, Sena- | = it Marquis de Chennevieres Dead. PARIS, April 2.—Marquis Charles Phil- ippe de Chennevieres, member of the In- stitute and editor of Academie des Beaux Arts, and chairman of tue board . tor Penrose and Attorney General Elkin of Penns) rla to-day at the home of | Senator Quay, at which_the Senatorial | slituation was discussed. What the result | of the informal meeting was is notknown. Senator Quay refused to answer questions | of administrators _o; e Paris Exposi: about it and vrolested that it had no sig- | tion of 1878, dled to-day in his seventy- mifcance. ‘A ninth year. s of | Last week she | up as iost with = s : o rencheq | Penses and to pay the price agreed upon. 4 *d | " Since selling the hotel Gillette has been that their | jn consultation with a number of promi- undered in the Bay of Fundy | nent cattlemen, and on Friday. last he the hurrican of Wednesday | ahua for Torreon, where he met g in boats. ‘ement a well-known_cattleman | | family details | Cuba, with 500 slaves on board. Car- | sloop Hartford. THE SAN e FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL o5 SUICIDE OF REAR ADMIRAL CARPENTER Retired Naval Officer Shoots Himself in the Head at a Sanitarium, HAD LONG SUFFERED Was a Viotim of Nervous Disorders That Caused Him to Go Under Medical Treatment. Special Dispatch to The Call BOSTON, April 2.—Rear Admiral C. C. Carpenter (retired) committed sui- cide yesterday in a sanitarium in this city. Admiral Carpenter was calied from the retired list to active duty in charge of the navy yard at Ports- mouth, N. H., during the war, while Commodore Remey was on duty at| Key West. Admiral Carpenter for the last six weeks was an inmate of the Adams Asylum, in the Jamaica Plain district, and at the earnest request of his have been withheld He shot himself in from the public. the ‘head. For a number of years previous to his retirement Admiral Carpenter suf- fered severely from nervous disor- ders, and soon after being released | from service went under medical treatment. He had apparently recov- ered, but six weeks ago there came a relapse, and he was again placed in the asylum. Again he seemed to im- prove, and the family had hope that he would be himself again. Charles C. Carpenter was born in Greenfield, Mass., in 1834. He was ap- pointed midshipman from this State in 1850 and was attached to the sloop Portsmouth of the Pacific squadron from 1851 to 1 He was in the Naval Academy from 1855 to 1856 and was promoted to passed midshipman in the | latter year. Later he served on the| steam frigates Merrimac, Roanoke, | Colorado and Dolphin. He was made | a lieutenant in 1858 and attached to| the steamship Mohawk, which captured the slaver Wildfire off the coast of penter was transferred in 1862 to the steamship Flag of the South Atlantic squadron and was soon_ promoted to lieutenant commander. He next saw service on the monitor Catskill of the South Atlantic blockading fleet, and was on board during the operdtions and attacks upon the defenses of Charles- ton in 1863. After the close of the war | he went to the Asiatic station with the His first command was the steamship Wyoming, on the same squadron, serv- ing on her for one year and then re- turning to this country. For two years he was stationed at the Portsmouth navy yard, during which time lie was commander. Sea duty alternated with | duty at Portsmouth for the ten years following. In 1883 he was commander of the Hartford, which carried the English and American eclipse expedi- tion in 1883 to the Caroline atol. From 1888 to 1850 he commanded the ship Wabash at the Charleston navy vard, finally being transferred to Ports- mouth as captain of the yard and later as commandant. He received his com- mission as commodore in 1883 and as rear admiral a year later. As com- mander of the Asiatic squadron in 1894 he saw many of the naval movements of the Chino-Japanese war. Under his orders was fired the first and only shot by an American man-of- war at a Chinese ship, thereby en- forcing the demands of this Govern- ment and averting the impending breach of relations between the United States and China. His action was com- mended by our Government. Admiral Carpenter was retired in 1896, but during the Spanish war was recalled to act as commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard in place of Commodore Remey. Admiral Carpent.r leaves a widow and family, one son being assistant surgeon in the navy, D. M. Carpenter, who was on the Raleigh during the op- erations against Manila and who has been transferred to the Olympia. An- other son is with the Cramps Ship- building Company and a third lives with Mrs. Carpenter and her two daughters at Portsmouth. KILLS HIS SWEETHEART AND COMMITS SUICIDE “Lovers’ Rock,” a Romantic Spot in Ontario, the Scene of a Double Tragedy. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 2—A romantic and tragic story comes from Point Pelee, Ontario. James La Blanche, a young French Canadian, killed his sweetheart, | an Indian girl, named Olga Postamie. The Frenchman lived on the mainland and had not seen the girl during the winter. | ‘When he went to her home he learned that she had given her love to another, | an American. He begged the young | woman to take a walk with him. When they arrived at “Lovers’ Rock,” a spot | made famous because an Indian chief had | there murdered a French girl who refused | to marry him, La Blanche is said to have stabbed Miss Postamie, He threw.the body into the lake and then drove the knife with which he killed the girl he loved into his own heart, fall- ing dead into the water after her. SE e POWDER CAR EXPLODES. One Tramp Loses His Life and Two Are Injured. SEATTLE, April 2—A Post-Intelli- gencer special from Everett, Wash., says: A powder car belonging to a Great Northern freight train blew up here this morning, Kkilling one tramp and injuring two others, who were rid- ing in an adjoining car. In addition to the powder car two others containing mixed freight were burned. The in- Jured men gave their names as Sylves- ter Fagan and Charles Flebotte. The name of the dead man was unknown to them. It is thought the car in which the tramps were riding was set on fire by them and the heat exploded the pow- der car. SRt A Alameda Alerts Defeated. HAYWARDS, April 2—The Alameda Alerts were defeated in a ball game here to-day by the Mount Edens; score, 12 to 9. Ten innings were played. Knell and Billings were the battery of the Mount Edens. The work of Hirsch on second base for the Mount Edens was the lea- ture of the game. One New Smallpox Case. LOS ANGELES, April 2.—Une new case of smallpox was discovered by the Health Officers to-day, this time in a lodging- | house iIn the center of the business dis- trict, on North Spring street. The cus- tomary quarantine measures were adopt- ed, and, notwithstanding the central loca- | a wild scramble for the city. ‘pletely gutted. 5 | flames, which had again started in a block | tion of the case, no especial anxiety is entertained as to the result. FOUGHT FIRE AND FILIPINOS AT SAME TIME How American Troops Sup- pressed Incendiaries in Suburbs of Manila. BRAVE NIGHT BATTLE Fully Two Thousand Buildings De- stroyed Before the Flames Had Finally Been Subdued. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. MANILA, March l—After many false alarms and frustrated attempts, the oft-repeated threats of the rebels to burn Manila and massacre every European and American within its walls culminated in a disastrous con- flagration and an attempted uprising, which was promptly checked, on the night of Washington’s birthday. That preconcerted arrangements had been made to fire the city in half a dozen different places simultaneously there can be no doubt, but fortunately the plans miscarried, for various reasons, and the natives themselves, or at least their sympathizers lost as much, if not more, than those upon whom they sought to wreak their vengeance. A quieter day than that of February 22 it would be difficult to imagine. All the banks and leading mercantile houses were closed, and except for the fact that the saloons were open it seemed motre like Sunday than a holiday, the excesslve heat and the condition of affairs outside having | kept most people indoors. About sun- down, however, the town bestirred itself, and the streets were soon filled with peo- ple taking an airing before dinner, it being the custom here to dine at 8 o’clock and retire immediately afterward. Just as the long strings of carriages which daily pass and repass each other on the Luneta were forming for the procession homeward a dense black column of smoke rolled up above the intervening roofs, and almost immediately afterward an ominous red glare was reflected from the sky. Murmurs of horror were followed = by sharp orders to coachmen, and there was Even when this was reached and it was ascertained that the fire was in Santa Cruz district, some distance from the residence section, the alarm was not abated, for no one doubted that incendiaries were at work | and none knew where the next blaze might be started, | On the streets in the vicinity of the fire, which was within two blocks of the Es- colta, the wildest confusion reigned for | some time, people scurrying here, there and everywhere. The biaze had started | in a row of two-story modern buildings | with brick foundations on the Calle La- coste, in the center of the Chinese sec- tion, and as several of these had been fired within a few minutes of each other it soon assumed alarming proportions. The local fire brigade turned out with commendable promptitude, but with more zeal than discretion proceeded to pour three tiny streams of water from as many lines of hose upon the red-hot brick walls of the first building fired, which was al- | ready doomed, instead of attempting to prevent those opposite and adjacent from igniting. The consequence was that by the time General Hughes and his men arrived on the scene and commenced to clear the streets the fire was spreading on both sides of the Calle Lacoste and a stiff breeze was fanning it forward. During the excitement the hose was cut five times and other impedlmems?laced in the way_of the firemen. Upon learning of this General Hughes issued orders to his men to shoot the first man who inter- fered with the checking of the flames or attempted to start others. Several natives who picked up burning brands and darted off with them were either shot or bay- oneted by the guards, and then a general round-up of all natives on the streets in the vicinity was ordered. As thousands of people were vacating their houses and carrying off their effects and theside- walks and roadways were littered with furniture for blocks, this was a work of some difficulty, but by degrees the sol- diers corraled hundreds of protesting na- tives and hustled them into yards and vacant lots, where they were guarded until the excitement subsided. = About 9 o'clock the European volunteer fire brigade arrived on the scene with a modern engine, and after three hours work the fire was controlled. Meantime the whole of the block in. which the blaze originated, two-thirds of that on | the opposite side of the street, and a block and a half west of it had been com- From a spectacular standpoint the fire was a magnificent sight, the flames leap- ing from the wooden structures fifty feet into the air, while millions of sparks glis- tened among the rolling clouds of smoke and fell in golden showers upon adjacent Scores of fires were started by these sparks to windward, but as every one was alive to this danger they were promptly quenched in t incipiency. Shortly after midnight, just as the weary workers and watchers were repair- ing to their quarters, congratulating themselves that the fire, bad though it | was, had been no worse, another blaze was reflected from the smoke-beclouded sky in the direction of Tondo. This being | the most densely populated native dis- trict in the city, which had always been | identified with the rebel cause, prepara- | tions were at once made for trouble, and | it was not long in_coming. | No sooner had the fire brigade coupled | its hose and commenced to play upon the | of buildings occupied by Chinese, shots were fired at the men from the windows of the adiacent houses. Com- | panies B and M, of the Second Oregon olunteers, and M and C of the Thir- teenth Minnesota Volunteers, under Major ‘Willis, were hastily reinforced by Major Goodale's battalion of the Twenty-third | Infantry, and an attempt was made to clean out the mneighborhood. ~Suddenly, however, shots were fired from half a dozen streets at once, and when this fusil- lade was followed by volleys from Maus- ers’in the vicinity of the railway station, it was realized that the enemvy had sneaked around to the left flank of the outposts at Caloocan, by way of the :‘;eeik?ha.nd estuarle‘-_‘s of Vitas District, and a ere was other work th hi thfi flr; to be rlm;‘e. - fLnene & the strength of the enemy was un- known it was a ticklish 5ltuéugn to cope with, but it had to be met and the Amer- icans, regulars and volunteers alike, met it like men. A skirmish line fully a guar- ter of a mile lone was formed and ad- vanced under cover of huts and trees until the rebels were discovered behind hastily formed barricades of paving- stones and street car rails, commanding two streets, and within two stone build- ings. The firing from bushes and rhacks became so hot that it was found neces- sary to set fire to other shacks to wind- ward in order to smoke the rebels out, and this having been done, an advance was made upon the barricades. Both were carried with a rush, but the rebels made a determined stand within the ruins of an old church, and it was not until a_detachment of the Oregon Volun- teers flanked them from an adjacent brick building that they were moved. Thirty were shot within this inclosure and six more in another. Once the rebels commenced to fall back it was easy to keep them moving, a]lhoufh they threw up barricades and hastlly entrenched themselves near . the terminus or the Malabon street rallwaf. This, however, occupied all of Thursday morning, the rebels not being driven out of the city limits until long after day- light. ‘While they left 113 dead on the ground and several hundred were taken prisoners, many escaped into the swamp lands north of the city, this side of Caloo- can, and are still believed to be In hid- ing there. In order to guard against fur- than ther attacks of this nature this section has been céaremf‘thrfahngs Ltives’ shacks having been daln:uyed by , 1899 fire, The American loss was one private of the Twenty-third Infantry killed, an officer and three privates of the Minne- sota Volunteers and a private of the Or- egon Volunteers wounded. hile all of this was happening be- yond the scene of the fire the fiames rapidly consumed whole blocks of bam- boo structures, the popping of the explod- ing canes conveying the impression that a regular battle was being fought. So long as the fire was confined to this class of buildings no effort was made to sup- press it; but when it spread to other streets lined with stone and brick build- ings a battalion of the Twenty-third Reg- iment relieved the native firemen and fought the flames until noon, when they were finally subdued. It is impossible to estimate the amount of dflmafie done by these two fires, fully 2000 buildings being destroyed, together with their contents. WEDDING GIFTS FOR MISS FAIR Gorgeous Collection of Presents. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK , April 2—Intimate friends of Miss Virgi..ia Fair and of W. K. Vancerbilt Jr. had an opportunity this afternon at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Oelrichs to view the mag- nificent wedding presents that have been sent to the bride-to-be. These presents wcre arranged on long tables placed in the ballroom along the sides and across the conservatory, and formed one of the most gorgeous dis- plays of wedding gifts ever seen in New York. Among the presents displayed there was a great amount of solid gold plate. Charles Fair, brother of Miss Fair. sent a pair of massive goll candelabra, with ten ‘lights each. From Mrs. Herman Oelrichs there was a set of twenty-four compotes, dishes for the dinner table and a candelabrum, also of gold, and from Mr. Oelrichs there were beautiful dishes. : Mr. and Mrs. H. Mch. Twombly sent twenty-four- dishes of gold; Mr. Reg- inald Vanderbilt, a vase; Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Brooks. an oblong dish: Mr. and Mrs. .C. H. Mackay, a solid gold toilet set, plain in design, but elegant; Mr. and Mrs. William A. Duer, a ir of gold bottles for the toilet table: Miss Neilson, two tall golden candlestick: Mr. and Mrs. John R. Livermore. a frame; Mr. and Mrs. George Crocker, a beautifully wrought and pierced tray; Mrs. Willlam Burden, an after-dinner coffee service of gold. From the Duke and Duchers of Marl. borough there were four superb loving | cups of solid gold, very large and with tLr-- handles each. Other gifts included a brooch of tur- quoise and diamonds from Mrs. Will- iam Astor; a silver tea service and ob- long tray, of beautiful design. from Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont; a toilet set of ivory for Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht, and enameled with his monogram and yacht club flag, from Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Tams; a pair of openwork silv. vases, from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, and a silver vase from Mrs. Henry Clews. The donors of most of these gifts were at the house this afternoon. Miss Fair was attractive in a simple gown of pale blue silk. Tea was served in the hall, just outside the ballroom. Miss Fair has presented to her neph- ew, the son of Herman Oelrichs, a pony and cart, and has given to her sister, Mrs. Oelrichs, her share of the Newport property, which thev owned jointly. MINISTER DUDLEY’S WORDS APPLAUDED The American Congratulates Chile and Argentina on Having Averted War. Bpecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1865, by James Gor- don Bennett. LIMA, April 2.—The Chilean Minis- ter last night gave a banquet in honor of the officers of the Argentine cruiser Sacramento. Among the guests was Irving B. Dudley, the United States Minister, who was loudly applauded when he finished an eloquent speech by proposing ‘“‘the happiness of two great South American nations, which had the patriotism and good sense to submit their differences to arbitration—the mother of peace and the grandmother of prosperity.” There was an immense crowd yes- terday to bid farewell to the Arch- bishop and Bishops who were starting to attend the council in Rome, and there was much emotion when the Archbishop pronounced his benedic- tion. Tllness compelled Bishop Falcon to defer his visit. e ENGLAND BACKING _ITALY IN CHINA San Mun Bay to Be Occupied by Ital- ians Before the Close of April. LONDON, April 3.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says he learns in official circles that Italy and Great Britain have arrived at an agree- ment which will result in Italian occupa- tion of San Mun Bay, province of Chi Kinni, China, before April 25. PEKING, April 2—The Hongkong authorities are pressing for an expansion of territor. treaties of Canton and Nanking, on the ground that more land i$ needed for Gov- ernment buildings. They propose to_ build a custom-house for the collection of Chi-| nese revenues, and promise to increase the Orlum duties £40,000 annually if the exten- | h | to-day, and as a first result three men lie on is granted. In case of refusal they threaten to remove the Chinese custom- house_from British territory. LONDON, April 2—The Peking corre- spondent of the Times says: The Chi- nese autnorities have notified tne British Council at Tientsin_ that .he foreshore recently opened at Port Ching Wan Tao is reserved for a Chinese mining company. The British legation has flled a protest, pointing out that this action renders the opening of the port nugatory. FEriendly relations continue between the German Jegation and the Tsung Li Yamen, and China offers to grant a raf.way concession if the German troops are withdrawn. —_———— AMERICANS ATTACKED BY CUBAN BANGITS Two Men Set Upon Near Holguin and Robbed of Jheir Arms and Horses. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April 2—The telegraph line to Havana, constructed by the. United States Signal Corps, is com- pleted and will be opened for commercial messages to-MOTTOW. Five more bandits have been captured, including Nainon, a noted desperado. A body of armed men a few days ago at- tacked two Americans in the neighbor. hood of Holguin, took their arms and horses, and then went still further north to rob the iighthouse at Gibara. Colonel Gruble of the Second Immunes has gone in pursuit. The trouble seems to have grown out of the cessation of public works in the Erovlnce and the delay in the approval of the estimates. Many who be- came bandits during that period now re- fuse to return to work Strauss Visits the Sultan, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2.—Oscar Strauss, the United States Minister, had an audlence with the Sultan yesterday. The interview, which was protracted, wi of the most cordial character. was, four | ceded to Great Britain by the | | year and of controlling the four dele- | men couid not obtain in ' single day | ODDITIES OF THE CLEVELAND CAMPAIG Democratic Candidate S and a Republi upported by Republicans can Aided by Democrats. the munici ! campaign, which ends contests. Republican candidate is the present ley, for many years Democratic boss elected Mayor of Cleveland. date. supported by the Anti-Saloon Leagu son’s personality. and adherents. Several ministers of There are two candidates. Democratic One of the peculiarities of the campaign is the fact that a Republi- the Demniocratic candi- 8 o active supporters the Christian Endeavor Union. The executive commit- tee of the Epworth League has also sent circular letters to members in this city advising them to vote for Farley. Party lines are entirely lost sight of. The fight is hased on McKis- He has the antagonism of Senator Hanna's Kis.on sermons, while on the other hand the Methodist Ministers’ Asso- ciation of the city has repudiated Farley and the Methodist Times which CLEVELAND, April 2—More diversified elements have entered into to-morrow, than is usual in political and Republican. The Mayor, Robert E. McKisson, who has already heen elected twice to office. The Democrat is John H. Far- of Northern Ohio, who was once can paper, the Cleveland Leader. is supporting Farley, although he owns and operates two sa jons, is warmly e, and also numbers among his friends the gospel have preached anti-Mc- ELECTION ISSUES N OHID CITIES National Politics Will Be Affected. FIGHT AGAINST M'KINLEY HIS FOES WORKINC FOR CON- TROL OF THE STATE. Robert McKisson, Whom Hanna De- feated for the Senate, a Candi- date for Mayor of Cleveland. Special Dispatch to The Call. CINCINNATI, Aril 2—While themu- nicipal elections in Ohio to-morrow are for local offices, yet they have strong bearings on State and National poli- tics, and also on factional interests in both parties. The municipal machinery will have great influence in the selec- tion of delegates to the State conven- tions, to be held next month or later, and the candidates for the Gubernato- rial and other State nominations are conducting aggressive canvasses now in connection with the municipal elec- tions. The bearing on national politics is seen in Senator Foraker's presence and interest in the course of events. Should a Republican Governor be elect- ed next November who is unfriendly to the senfor Ohio Senator, that Governor would no doubt be at the head of the State ticket for his second term two vears hence, when members of the egislature are elected to choose the successor to Foraker. The friends of the national administration want a sol- id Ohio delegation to the National Re- publican Convention a year hence, The Republican candidate for Mayor of Cleveland, the home of Senator Han- na, is Robert McKisson, who was the fusion candidate before the Legislature in January of last year for Senator against Senator Hanna. It is said throughout the State that McKisson is running for a third term not for the Mayoralty alone, but also for the pur- pose of having President McKinley, Senator Hanna and others in the Ohio State conventions this year and next gates from the Cleveland district. and. if possible. other Ohiy delegates to the national convention next year. In other Ohio cities the factional lines are less directly drawn. In To- Jedo there are two Republicans running for Mayor, while the Demdcrats have but one candidate. In this city there is no election for Mayor, but much in- terest is taken in the election of two members of the Board of City Affairs. which controls the local municipal patronage. The usual fight is being waged by the Demorats and independ- ent Republicans against George B. Cox as the Republican “boss.” MURDERS IN CHICAGO AMONG WARD HEELERS | CHICAGO, April 2—The order of the Harrison campaign managers to their heelers to resort to intimidation even to the point of murder bore immediate fruit | Barly this afternoon | dead in their homes. | Paul Lund, Democratic ward worker, armed with a revolver and bad szk_\',;' went into a saloon at 104 Oak street and became involved in an argument with Arthur Lawson, a leader of the young Swedish-Americans. Lawson, seeing Lund was drunk and in no temper for argument, started to leave the place, but before reaching the door he was shot down, dying in a few minutes. Late to-night Baptiste Kinsella and Eugene Thiel, both rival ward workers, met in a saloon at 30 Polk street. Kin- sella, a partisan of “Hinky Dink"” Kenna, took offense at some remark made by | Thicl concerning the Democratic. candi- | ate, and drawing a revolver shot him. hiel fell, but struggled to his feet and grappled with Kinsella. In the struggle he secured possession of the revolver and in turn shot Kinsella twice. By this time the police reached the scene and stopped the fight. Both men died before the am- bulances called could arrive. BICYCLE TOURNAMENT AT THE_ CAPITAL CITY Iver Lawson Wins the Five-Mile Handicap and Cotter the Mile Event. SACRAMENTO, April 2—The bicycle tournament to-day under the auspices of the Capital City Wheelmen was well at- tended. The day was all that could be desired, except for a strong breeze set- ting against the riders on the back: stretch. The track was slow. Tt is used for training horses daily, and the wheel- of Jreparation the hard surface desirable. he_riding was in heavy dust over a good part of the course, rendering rec- ord breaking out of the question. The results were: 3 One mile tandem handicap, profes- published Farley's advertisement. g . Another oddity of the campaign is the organization f about 300 phv- & sicians of high stanc'ng in the city to work for Farley. One socially § g prominent Jewish rabbi is making stump speeches for Farley, while an- ¥ &% other, recognized as the head of the orthodox Jews, has declared for Mec- % g:i Zisson. Among the active lieutenants of the Democratic candidate are & Harry and James Garfield. sons of the late President, znd Webb C. & g Hayes, son of the late Rutherford B. Hayes. § [ ISttt Al ul fut R el el wiwiN el R el g e s e S S S i e et B et Bt wi A st ] ] onart and Barnaby, of Chi- cago (2% yards), won; Downing and Cot- ter, San Jose (scratch), second; Turville ;r;g‘gawson (15 yards), third. Time, ‘One _mile amateur handicap—McNiss won, Valentine second, Robinson third, McEller fourth. Time, 2:46%. Davidson, Patterson and Schnerr also started. Otto Zeigler of San Jose, who four years ago lowered the world's r.cord on the same track, went a half-mile exhibi- tion,- paced by Clem Turville, in 1:01: One mile, open, professional, paced by J. Lawson—Cotter, Tacoma, won; I. Law- son, Chicago, second; Downing, San Jose, third. Time, 2:07 2-5. Ziegler, Turville, Barnaby, Wells of San Francisco, Julius of Sweden and Leonart of Buffalo also started. Five-mile handicap, _ professional—I. Lawson (scratch) won, Cotter (60- yards) second, Barnaby (70 yards) third, Wells (80 yards) fourth, John Lawson (1Z4 yards), fifth. Clem Turville, sixth. 12:07%. Downing (250 rds), Leon- ards), Krafts (175 vards), Julius irds) and Ashinger (450 yards) also starfed. “Baby"” Gibson, paced by tandems, went an exkibition mile in 2:01, and says could have made it away below 1:40 the pace had permitted. Ten-mile invitation race, for six-day riders only, paced for nine miles by Wells and Dixon—the distance was covered in 27:45. John Lawson won, John Chapman of Atlanta second, Barnaby third, Oscar Julius fourth and *“Old Man” Ashinger, ex-world’s champion long distance rider, a good fifth. Ll o Brings Admiral Spotts’ Body. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. LIMA, Peru, April 2—The United States cruiser Badger, carrying the body of Rear-Admiral James H. Spotts of the United States navy, who was buried in the Falkland Islands in 1882, to-day re- sumed her journey to San Francisco. e Blizzard in South Dakota. PIERRE, S. D., April 2—A furious Easter snowstorm has been raging here all day, about six inches of snow having fallen” already. It is drifting badly and the temperature is falling. The hay sup- ply is practically exhausted, and as gra: ing is impossible the stockmen are con- fronted by a serious condition. he it ADVERTISEMENTS. “He Who Pursues Two Hares Catches Neither,”” Said a well known young man about town, “I tried for years to burn the candle at both ends, in the pursuit of pleasure while trying to attend to business. 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