The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY,: JUNE 11, 1901 TRGALS AMBUSH | THE AMERIGANS Two Lieutenants Killed in the Engagement Near Lipa. | Insurgents Are Defeated and | a Cavalry Troop Is in Pursuit. acoa MANILA June 10.—The lled in the gents 2 s Lieuter utenant cabled. ountered by Captain W. relm of the Twenty-first Infan- ¥ men of that regiment, were | t of Lipa, in Ba-| isted of more | wers, Suppo Sonzales. The I their losses have troop of the | rsuing_them. | t Lieutenant An- | nty-first Infantry 1 killed. Lieuten.. | was shot in the C officer named recent battle Lipa, province ant Lee of the Fitzhugh Lee | s in officers are n two ser- nded and one | PRISON'S DOORS OPEN 70 THEM Unger and Brown Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud. Sequel to Their Attempt to Steal From Insurance | Companies. CHICAGO, June 10.—Dr. August Unger FIREMEN WORK TO SUBDUE FLAMES RAGING ‘ROUND EXPLODING CHEMICALS Fire in the Block Bounded. by Spear, Howard, Folsom and Main Streets Destroys Fully: $100,000 Worth of and Wayland Brown, on trial for conspiracy to defraud insurance com- panies through the death of Miss Marie Defenbach, were this guilty and sentenced to the under the undetermined law. indicted with Unger guilty and turned State It is likely that he will light- sentence. | evidence in the case showed that | Brown, Smiley and Miss Defen- | d into a conspiracy by i as to appear as_the afli nd of ‘the woman. She was then | aken ill and apparently die, leav- | him the insurance, which included | evening found | penitentiary | Frank H. and Brown, aence. ing one policy in a stock company and two in fraternal organizations, the total ag: gregating $25,000. The woman, in her will aid that she desirea her remains to . and it is supposed that it w. ntion to hurry her s s after | body procured from a hospital. | The woman became sick, according to but did not rally, and died. at-once cremated. An in- P He amme b Ar - e Snea quest w held by Assistant Coroner ) - jvere Dlanning 10| John B. Wreckler, without a jury, and s the n they were fired” Wreckler returned to the Coroner's office 3 a verdict that the woman had dled of | iff decision has State: General | Lagun and afterwa. 1 leaves MLEl 10 THE W | URDER Burglar Dorman Admits Kills a Variety Actressj-'* Complicity in a [ Killing. f not irprise by le trag- | door, " mur opened_tiTe for* help. Her ntil 1 get my into the other room again, to fall dyin d that he saw two the bed, while the third | ther. MRS. McKINLEY SHOWS STEADY IMPROVEMENT White House Patient Is Able to Sit | ° | with that organization during its run in Up in a Chair Part of the Time. June 10.—Dr. Rixey, White House at 10:15 to- | WASHINGTON, left the when ncouraging. nicely. $h t up in a rolling | to-day, aggregating | We 2 e very much en- . {mprovemen, Surgeon T Sternberg made his | a! visit to the White House, and, on | g, said that Mts. McKinley co to improve and was doing very June 10.—Rev. Dr. Holt, dean , presided at the banquet of | Union to-night, at the Hotel | A dispatch was sent to President | expressing the sympathy of all | vith him in the illness of his wife | and resolutions of condolence with Lady Besant, upon the death of Sir Walter, wers pted and forwarded. e To Reorganize Spain’s Navy. MADRIP, June 10.—Senor Sagasta, the | Premier, addressing a meeting of his su porters to-day, announced that the Gor ernment would issue a loan for territori: defense and a reorganization of the navy. | | married to Mac Belle Devis, an actress natural causes. | The death of the woman is shrouded in mystery, and phvs ns on the stand differed widely as to its cause. The State, however, declared that the woman ° | was murdered, although it could not be positively proved. It was shown that all the insurance carried by the woman was assigned before her .eath, and that her will was drawn up after these assign- ments had been made. The will had no effect save in the clause touching crema- s claimed by the State that | the vas prepared only to facilitate the dispositiorn ~f the hodv after death. | Their Engagement Expected. : LONDON, June 10.—According to the Vienna corresr dent of the Daily Mail the announcement of the engagement of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria to Princess | Xenia of Montenegro is imminent. St e e @ TERRIBLE GRIME OF LAW STUDENT and Then Commits | Suicide. 1 CHICAGO, June 10.—Side by side, each th a buliet wound in the temple, the | dead bodies of a couple Who registered as | L. Hartman and wife, were found in their | bec Great Northern Hotel this evening. The room showed no evidence of | uggle. Both lifeless forms were com- posed and the covering of the bed wi 1l tucked about them. The revolver clutched in the right hand of the husband told the story of the double tragedy. e woman was identified as Rosa Le bre, a variety actress known as Rose sbede. The father of the dead man s | to be a wealthy tobacco dealer in | s in New York City. rtman and his wife registered at the | 1otel June 6, giving as their address New | York. Both were stylishly dressed and | ared to be persons of means. They not mingle with the other guests and spent most of their time in their rooms. v were reserved in manner, but from evidences of affection they displayed surmised by attaches of the hotel ey were on their wedding trip. unday night they retired to their :nts and nothing was seen of them ening, when they were found w artr until this dead in bed. From the position of the woman's body it is thought by the physicians that she was killed while asleep by her husband. | NEW YORK, June 10.—It was learned | from Stage Manager Lawrence of the | New York Theater that a young woman who was billed as “Rose Violette” had been appearing in different productions at that theater all last winter. She is described as being about 22 years of age, ¢ handsome, with wavy brown hair beautiful complexion. The young s originally engaged by George | ar in “The Man in with that produc- | run at the New York | in that part of the “red and black girls.” | _booked with the " Company, . stayed | thi and then went on the road when it was taken We: { After this com y completed its run | on the road Rose Violette returned to this city with the intention of rehearsing for | another play. That company did not open here, however, and the girl is said to have gone West. Rose-Violette's friends say that she left for Chicago a week ago in company with | Louis Hartman. They also say that she | met Hartman three weeks ago. Hartman | was the son of Max Hartman, a wealthy cigar manufacturer. He was a graduate of Columbia Law School and in March, 1897, when he was 17 years old, he was whcm he met on the previous evening. This marriage was annulled. Hartman was only about 21 years of age. Friends of the couple sald to-night that he was insanely jealous of the girl at times, and that they were not sur- prised at learning fhat he had shot her. Rioting Renewed at Belfast. BELFAST, June 10.—The rioting which began here yesterday by an attack upon the Corpus Christi procession was re- newed to-night, when the crowd vigorous- ly stoned the police. The latter were finally compelled to invoke military aid in order to disperse the rioters. % - youth to who feel the “Fou: the body fail. Le TROROROAONG DAORCHORY GROROF AT Ol year-old. “I nev: wvour_bel Co., Cal. 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McLAUGHLIN, ORRHOLE Property---Checked With Great Difficulty and Danger HORTLY before 9 o'clock last night fire broke out in the block bounded by Spear, Howard, Fol- som and Main streets, and before the flames could be subdued thgy Lad eaten their way from street to street and caused damage amounting to nearly a hundred thousand dollars. Intense excitement was caused during the progress of the conflagration by nu merous explaglons. caused by the Igniting of niter, sulphur and other combustibles. | The explosions hurled immense volumas of debris and showers of sparks into the | Fortunately there were no casual- The firemen stood to their posts and ir. | ties. worked with unabated energy while the loud reports of the explosions were #ound- irg in their ears, but all escaped un- scathed. When the fire was first discovered it was burning in the rear of the bulding oc- cupied by the Santa Barbara Asphaltum Company and Tompkins & Favares, cab- inet-makers, at 210-212 Spear street. An alarm was rung in from box 36, but be- | fore the first relay of engines reached the scene the fire had gained great headway, and the sky was ruddy from the refiection of the flame: Immediately adjoining the structure in which the flames originated is a lumber yard, and in the rear several factories. The entire block is composed of buildings stocked with materials of a highly inflam- mable character, and for a time a big con- flagration seemed imminent. Chief Sullivan immediately ordered a second alarm, but before the extra engine companies could respond the fire -had spread to the T. P, H. Whitelaw Wrecking Company’'s establishment at 216 Spear street. Lumber Yards Saved. The firemen worked from Spear street and turned their attention to saving the lumber yards of Charles F. Doe, on the corner of Spear and Howard streets. The heat from the flames ignited the lumber and the sheds under which it was piled. After many minutes of hard labor the efforts of the firemen were rewarded and the yards were safe from destruction, not, however, until the owner's loss had run up to $3000. The numerous passages be- tween the buildings and in the yards en- abled the firemen to work with great ad- vantage and streams were played on the fire from all sides. ‘When it seemed that the fire would be confined to the burning territory the first explosion occurred. It was something the fire-fighters had not anticipated, and fol- lowing it flames shot out in all directions. The roar was deafening, and burning timber was thrown in the streets by the concussion. The entire roof of the as- s MAIN, phaltum works was raised by its force, and when it settled down into the ruins with a great crash dense volumes of smoke enveloped everything on the prem- ises. The firemen did not flinch, but stuck to their posts and continued ' to direct streams upon the flames. Debris dropped around them, and several had narrow es- capes from being killed. Intense excitement prevailed, especially when the first explosion was followed by several smaller ones in quick succession. No one knew what caused the explosions, and rumors that quantities of high explo- sives were stored in the burning buildings drove_terror into the minds of spectators who had assembled in large throngs: to witness the fire. People rushed about peii- mell, shouting and screaming. The police attempted to drive them in haste to places of safety, and after a time the fire lines had .been re-established some distance from the position of danger. Many of the terrified spectators did not stop until they were many blocks from the scene. Then came more explosions, but none so severe as the first. Each renewed the sense of fear and the ignorance as'to the ‘cause created a supposition that at any moment a great disaster might occur that would not only result in a heavy property loss. but a terrible sacrifice of life. Immense Crowds View Fire. Immense crowds of people had congre- gated on the scene. The alarm was sounded at a time when the principal thoroughfares of the city were crowded and the flames were visible from almost every loeation. The dash of the fire ap- paratus down Market street attracted the attention of pedestrians and soon thou- sands of people were headed in the direc- tlon of the water front. Every street car was jammed. Men hung on the stanch- ions and climbed to the roofs. This im- mense mass of humanity was near when the first bursting sound was heard and that lives were not lost in the stampede that followed seems miraculous. The spread of the flames, after the SCENE AT FIRE IN BLOCK BOUNDED BY SPEAR, HOWARD, FOLSOM AND — - * severe concussion, caused a third alarm to be sounded. The fire was sweeping in the direction of Main street-#nd the rear of many buildings that front on the last named thoroughfare were ablaze. The Golden Gate plaster mills, at 215-217 Main street, became ready food for the flames and it was with great difficulty and dan- ger that the Cyclops Mills and the ngi- neering plant of P. F. Clerc were not totally destroyed. At this point the fire was brought under control, but it was several hours before it was wholly extin- guished. The cause of the conflagration is sup- posed to have been spontaneous.combus- tion. Sacks of niter and other inflama- ble material were piled high in the rear of the asphaltum works, and the Fire De- partment was called upon to extinguish & blaze among them only three months ago. The explosions were at first believed to have occurred in Whitelaw’s wrecking es- tablishment, but the proprietor took the first occasion to deny that he had any ex- losives whatever in his place. " The urning asphaltum added to the intensit of the fire, and long after the woodwor{ of the structures lay in ashes it sputtered and blazed. The property loss will be heavy. T. P. H. ‘Whitelaw figures that his damage will ap- proximate $30,000. He carries but $2000 in- surance on his stock. The Tompkins & Favares Company lost about $10,000. The Golden Gate plaster mills, which is & ruin, suffered to.the extent of about $30,000. P. F. Clerc and the Cyclops Mills lose about $5000 each. The Charles F. Doe Lumber Company figures its loss at $3000, and other establishments in the vicinity = suffered more or less from fire and water. @ nieieieeeinieleivfelfbiiiniein bbbl e neelfefelefdefeeleee, oottt @ SOLDIER PATIENTS SAVED FROM-FIRE e Continued From First Page. pensive surgical instruments, but they were not damaged other than by the water and handling. The clothing of the patients and hospital corps men, except the garments they had on, was burned, as were many boxes of valuable curios brought from Manila. Dr. Clark, officer of the day, and Dr. Purviance marshaled the force of men connected with the hospital and are de- serving of great credit ror their efforts. The corps men worked like beavers and rformed their duties in a manner that Rxe'oughl forth warm words of praise from the army officials, ‘The soldiers of the garrison, led by Majors Davis and Lockwood and Lieu- tenants Brower and Carleton, responded quickly to the fire call and made noble etforts {o prevent the destruction of the hospital. Colonel A. C. Girard, deputy surgeon general in charge of the hospital, did not reach the scene until the fire had been brought under control. He was on duty at the Phelan building. He is almost heart-broken over the disaster which has overtaken the institution, which he has had charge of since the laying of the foundation stones. He was offered a transfer some time ago, which was prac- tically a promotion, but refused it in order to remain with the institution to which he had devoted his best efforts. He said yesterday: Loss About $40,000. “I think about $40,000 will replace the buildings and place the hospital in as good condition as before the fire. Of Course there are many things that money cannot replace, and the loss of these is what I feel. The work of rebuilding will, no doubt, be commenced at once. The cause of the fire, I hear, was due to an explosion of a paint burner. I do not believe blame can be attached to any one. I am greatly pleased with the con- duct of my men. ey have done every- thing that my orders erquired to be done on occasions such as this, and in addition to obeying the mere orders, displayed an interest that is a great solace to me.” . fire. T. H. Troy of Engine Company No. 23 was burned about the legs and arms, Acting Hospital Steward Clay Purvis was burned slightly on the face and neck, and Hospital vate Seymour Lee re- celved a scalp wound. The injured men are not severely hurt. ‘When order had been restored all of the patients with the exception of the bed gatlents were removed to the wooden uildings formerly used as an annex to the general hospital. The bed patients Were" glven quarters in the undamaged portion of the hospital. b The nurses and corps men fig& served with hot soup, coffee and vicl by the ladies of the Presidio after they had brought the fire under control. VACANCIES ON STAFF OF GENERAL MILES FILLED His Son-ln-Law,—L-lentemt Colonsl Reber, Is Appointed Military Secretary. ‘WASHINGTON, June 10.—The vacancies in the staff of Lieutenant General Miles, commander of the army, caused by the death of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Michler and the transfer to the inspector general's - department of Lieutenant Colorel H. K. Balley, have been fllled by the lfsl ment o uoutenfint Colonel tary and the assignment of Lieutenant Colonel M. 2 i'l’a,uu‘to duty as aide-de- camF Colonel” Reber is General Miles’ son-in-law. . e Admission Day Preparai Begins. . SAN JOSE, June 10.—The Native Sons and Daughters of this city, now that the Admission day celebration is to be held here, have already begun active work to make the occasion an enjoyable one for the visitors. It is proposed to have the celebration extend from September 7 to 10. Four thousand dollars is to be raised for the entertainment of the visiting Jors. Twenty- parlors in Central Cali- fornia have announced their intention of attending. The local parlors intend . to nake the big parade a feature. Verus cures piles, or $i0 reward, For druggists. . Only three men were injured during the !sale by all CALIFORNIA’S DAUGHTERS GATHER AT SACRAMENTO Session of the Trmd Parlor Will Begin To-Day With a Notable Attendance. SACRAMENTO, June 10.—A large dele- gation of Native Daughters of the Golden West arrived from San Francisco and many ether points to-night. Committees formed of members of the local parlors greeted the visiting delegates at the de- pot and escorted them to the City Flaza, Where an open air concert was held in their honor. Several thousand people thronged the square, and the light attire of the young women gave the visitors a charming gumapce of summer life in the capital city. There were many reunions of friends, and the concert was in every way a pleasant ushering in of the season of sociability which is to mark the w To-morrow night there will be a recep- tion at the Crocker Art Galléry, to be n the Senate and’ mbly cham- bersm mattfihe Sg:’tlel C:Bilol. it ] ere an excursi :‘uzrtnboat upu thamrlt\;:r. mdd on l?‘.fidgg 2] a reception le grand officers the State Capitol. e The sesslons of the Grand Parlor will open to-morrow and continue each ‘day until Friday. It is expected that by to- morrow there will be 155 delegates and fully 400 visitors in attendance u the session, which will be the flttsentg in the history of the order. Celebration of Dairy Opening. GILROY, June 10.—The formal opening of Spreckels’ Tequisquito dairy took place jesterday and was an Interesting event. . M. Pyle, superintendent of the dairy, and Thomas Lynn, superintendent of the ‘Tequisquito ranch, had invited about of their friends to celebrate the day wi them. After an in: tion of the “dairy- houss there was. & parbecue, —_——— - WASHING 'ON, June 10.—The Comp- troller of the that within the next two dend of 40 per cent will be creditors of the First Currency has announced | the National Bank of Vancouver, Wash,, which falled seversi A CONPIRACY Theory of .Prosecution Regarding Kennedy Murder. Fa R Attempt to Show That Wife Was Foreced to Act by Relatives. Rty LS KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 10.—The State in the case of Lulu Prince Kennedy, on trial for murdering her husband, rest- ed this afternoon and court adjourned un- til to-morrow morning, when the defend- ant’s side will be presented. The case will probably be given to the jury some time Saturday. To-day the State adduced additional evi- dence to prove their claim that Kennedy was forced to marry Lulu Prince at the point of a revolver; that Will Prince fur- nished, the weapon and nerved Mrs. Ken- nedy up to committing the crime; that the Princes conspired to kill Kennedy and prédicted the murder days before it oc- curred, and that the woman's claim that she was in a delicate condition and shot her husband in a fit of temporary insan- :ty, produced by this condition, was un- To-morrow the defense, will begin its testimony to show that Mrs. Kennedy in- Lerited msanity; that Kennedy had ruined her. and that his refusal to acknowledge her as his wife temporarily deprived her of Ler reason. Following this the State will offer evi- dence to show that she was not a good .wcdman before she met Philip H. Ken- nedy. Mrs. Kennedy Is Still Weak. Lulu Prince Kennedy had recovered sufficiently from her breakdown of Satur- Gay to sit in court this morning, and her trial for the murder of Philip H. Kennedy was resumed. The prisoner was pale and she was suffering apparently from ex- treme weakiess or the effect of sedatives taken to produce sleep. Attorney Near- g, for the defense, expressed the fear that she would not be able to continue the strain for any length of time. The first wit- nesses produced to-day by the State were examined in an effort to prove that a con- spiracy to kill Kennedy was hatched and carried out by the woman’s father, two brothers and herself. Jack Caldwell testified §o a conversa. tion with Will Prince on the day follo: ing Lis sister's marriage at the cour house to Kennedy, at which ceremony Will Prince and his father were present. Will had related the scene at the court- house to witness and told of Kennedy saying when friends congratulated him, ©1 will not be a live man three weeks from to-day.” Prince had retorted, “Well, ¥lou have prolonged your life by this mar- age. Frince had also aémitted to witness that the marriage had been forced upon Ken- nedy. Then later, when Prince and his father had called at Kennedy's office and tried to collect 340 for Mrs. Kennedy's beard, Will Prince related to the witness fthat Kennedy had run out of the office and had gone downstairs head first. He practically admitted that he and his father were armed at the time and that Kenredy was ‘‘under the shadow. of a gun. The Murder Was Expected. Kennedy had been married but a month when he was killed. Saturday it was ad- duced that Bert Prince had forecasted the murder. A newspaper reporter told of Mrs. Kennedy and her brother Will comlni to his office .after the murder. Mrs. Kennedy wanted Kennedy roasted in the paper, and Will said the marriage was fcrced to prevent Kennedy from mar- rying_another woman. . J. Curtin testified to a conversation with C. W, ince, the father, after the marriage. Prince had sald: “I was not going to let this man jilt my daughter. It things don't go right you will have a good deal more sensational things to write about.” Prince had mistaken Cur- tin_for a reporter. Two witnesses testified to seeing Mrs. Kennedy and Will Prince going in the direction of Kennedy’s office on the after- noon of the murder. Elizabeth Jackman told of the two boarding a car for down- town and of Will Prince requesting his sister to do something. Witness did not catch Will's words, but heard her answer, “All right, T will.” It is the theory of the State that Prince furnished the prisoner the revolver with which she killed Kennedy and accom- panied her to the scene of the killing, rerving her to the point of committing the crime. Continuing, Miss Jackman testifled that ‘Will Prince called on her after the mur- der. He believed Miss Jackman would be a witness in the case fand asked her to testify that she did not see him with Mrs. Kepnedy on the day in question. The State finisned its side this after- noon and an adjournment was taken to to-morrow morning, when the defense wil] open. CALLAHAN ON TRIAL ON CHARGE OF PERJURY OMAHA, Neb.,, June 10.—The prelimi- nary examination of James Callahan, on the charge of perjury continued in the County Court to-day. Edward A. Cudahy Jr. was on the witness stand for more than an hour relating the incidents of his abduction and explaining how he iden- tified Callahan as ‘“‘the dark man” who rticipated in the . kidnaping. Young (Q:n‘]ahy‘s testimony was substantially the !nTle as that given by him at the robbery A dozen other witnesses who testified in Callahan’s trial for the highway robbery also repeated their testimony. TRIES T0 PROVE WOODMEN BUILD A TENTED GITY Prepare to Hold Their Annual Convention at St. Paul Report of the Head Clerk Shows the Order Is Flourishing. ST. PAUL, June 10.—The biennial head camp of the annual convention of the modern Woodmen of America will be called to order at the Auditorium in this city to-morrow morning, and already many thousands of people are in the city for the opening meeting. Each of the 629 delegates represents 1000 members. The sessions of the convention will continua. until Sunday, June 16. It is estimated that fully 10,000 members will be present during the week. On Thursday the grand street demonstration will take place, with 25,000 Woodmen in line, 6000 of whom are now encamped in a city of tents In the western part of the city. Among the uniformed drill teams which have arrived are these from Topeka, Wichita and Coffeyville, Kans. Some of the delegations from the West arrived to-day over the Northern Pacific. Among these was the banner camp of the State of Montana, claimed to be the only State of the Northwest to be represented by a uniformed drill team. The team is l;nowu as Silver Bow, and has 475 mem- ers. The report of i1e head clerk, Charles W. Hawes, for the biennial term January 1, 1899, to December 31, 1900, contained = the following: The total number of benefit certificates issued was 309,135, representing 278,508 cer- tificates to new members and 30,627 on ac- count of changes. There were 5348 camps in good standing December 31, 1398; chartered during the term, 3362; surrendered, 330; leaving 83980 camps in good standing December 31, 1%00—a net gain of 3032 The receipts of the benefit fund were $7,570,988, and the disbursements $7,630,914, the balance being $345,8§3. Out of the society’s total membership of 537,858 there were but 291 expulsions. The total insurance carried is $965,153,500. The claims reported in 1899-1900 aggre- gated 37,684,500, and thosé reinstated amounted to $5000. The claims paid dur- ing the period footed up $7,630,914; com- promised, $37,00; discontinued, $57,000. Within five years there has been a falling off in contributions to the benefit fund of 11.84 cents per capita, notwithstanding the fact that the llabilities have enormously increased by the gains in membership, and the average amount of death claims has decreased from $2035, in 1895, to $1794 in 1900. NEGRO GIVES BATTLE TO SHERIFF'S POSSE Riddled With Bullets After He Had Fatally Wounded One of the Officers. UNADILLA, Ga., June 10.—A lively bat- tle ocgurred near Grovania, about nine miles from this city to-day, between a Sheriff and his posse and a negro desper- ado, which resulted In the killing of Sgperce Wright, the negro, and the prob- ably fatal wounding of John Mathis of Elko, Ga. The posse surrounded the cab- in and the African deliberately came out, Winchester in hand, and began firing at it. When he had consumed the ammuni- tion in hand, he turned and ran back into the house. At this juncturs the word was given and the crowd closed in rapidly, reaching the hut just. as the negro began firinz again from the Interior, The doors and windows were quickly broken open. In one minute more than twenty pistol shots were fired, about ten taking effect in the body of the negro. In the engagement John Mathis received a ball in his leg which severed an artery. YOUNG NEGRO SUSPECTED OF A HORRIBLE CRIME Girl With Her Throat Cut Found in a Suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., June 10.—Miss Bessie Jackson, the adopted daughter of R. C. Flower, a dairyman at Poplar Springs, a suburb, was found murdered near Fis home to-day. She had been missing since last Thursday. A negro boy employed on Mr. Flower's place has been arrested on suspicion. Her throat was_cut. At the Coroner’s inquest Dr. H. J. Green testified that the girl had been assaulted. There was no direct testimony implicating the negro, Gathro English. here is con- siderable excitement in the neighborhoud, however, and the negro was brought into the city for safety. pae - 3 BTSN Christian Young Men Gather. BOSTON, June 10.—Streaming into Bos- tor from every quarter of the globe came delegates to-day to the Semi-Centennial and International Jubilee Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America. Practically every civil- ized country in the world will be repre- sented to-morrow when the convention will be called to order in the Exhibition hall of the Mechanics’ Building, and it is confidently expected that there will be nearly 5000 delegates from the different associations in attendance during the six days the convention is in session. ”%\ LI /:¢///////”//" Every man and boy in San Francisco and miles about has heard of S. N. 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