First National
Bank Building
HE LEFT TWO WIVES.
What Matt Ryan's Death
Disclosed.
THEATRICAL MANAGERS' DAT.
Manager I.eavltt Sued for Dlvirce for
threatening to Kill His Wire
Manager Miller Arretted f.ir Ob
taining Money Under False Pretense.
St. Louis, Nov. 19 The death of Matt
Ryan, manager of Havelin's theatre,
has brought out the fact that he leaves
two widows. Ryan married Mary Louisa
Cole some years ago, but some months
alter she fell sick and went into the
country with a faint hope of regaining
sufficient strength to enable her to
live.
Ryan then met Stella Plate, courted
her, was accepted and married her.
Mrs. Ryan No. 1 got well and came home
and then Ryan had to keep up two
establishments. He did it for several
months and wife No. 2 did not know
she had been deceived until a few days
ago when Matt fell sick with erysipelas
and did not come home. She looked
him up and found him with wife No. 1,
who was nursing him. His will will be
contested when it is probated.
MANAGER SUED FOR DIVORCE.
New York, Nov. 19 Mrs. Hattie
Leavitt has sued for separation and ali
mony from her husband, Michael Leav
itt, the variety theatrical manager, on
the grounds of assault with threats to
kill, and conspiracy on the part of her
husband with his nephe.v, Leo Leavitt,
and his brother, Ben Leavitt, to tarnish
her reputation. Judge McAdams has
issued an order to show cause and Mr.
Leavitt has been cited to appear before
him in the Supreme court Monday.
Mr. Leavitt owns a theatre in San
Francisco and controls theatres in Den
ver and in Colorado. He was Herman's
manager .before Herman started for
himself, and today manages a number
of well-paying theatrical companies.
When seen at his house yesterday he
said that it was true that there was a
little family quarrel j that his wife had
left him, but that she would be very
sorry for it before the suit was ended.
theatrical manager arrested.
New York, Nov. 19 Arthur E. Miller,
the theatrical manager, was arrested
yesterday at the Oriental hotel on the
charge of obtaining $7689 under false
pretenses from VV. J. Cunningham, a
rich Fhiladelphian. Miller is 27 years
old and during the last years he says he
has lost $15,030 in the theatrical busi
ness. He was advance agent for ."Jack's
and Miller's Comet;" he was manager
of the Wolf Hopper's "Hundred
Wives."
He was also manager of Minnie Mad
dern for four or five years and his en
gagement to her was reported onlv a
short time before she was married to
Harrison C. Fiske. Miller then managed
Rhea's "Ship Ahoy;" was unsuccessful
at the Standard theatre and Miller g$t
heavily in debt. J. M. Hill took the
company and is said to have made $15,
000 out of it last season. Miller was
confined at police headquarters yester
day and was taken to Philadelphia last
night.
Miking Aotive Preparations to Resist
the Forces of the Dictator.
Montevideo, Nov. 19 A dispatch
from Rio Grande de Sul says that the
insurgent leaders have not got implicit
confidence in each other, and it is
claimed that important secrets as to
the insurgents' forces and certain pro1
posed movements have come into Fon
aeca'a possession. It appears that the
program of the insurrection included
an attack on the important city of Des
terro, capital of the province of San'a
Catharina. The vessels at the disposal
of the new movement were being quietly
firepared for the expedition, when it was
earned that Fonseca was aware of the
intention and had taken steps to frus
trate it.
This has caused much disappoint
ment, as it was hoped that the small
but important province of Santa Catha
rina might be induced to join Rio Grande
de Sul. The war preparations of the
latter province continue with great ac
tivity and foreign engineers have been
sentfor from Montevideo to take charge
of the construction of defensive works
of Rio Grande de Sul and other points.
Brutally Murdered.
Allentown, Pa., Nov. 19 The murder
of Mrs. William Nibch and probable
fatal injury of her husband at fronton
yesterday threw that hamlet into a state
of great excitement When found the
woman was dead and her husband
conscious. He charged William Keck,
a quarryman, with the crime. The
couple weie over 70 years of age. An
attempt was made to lynch Keck but he
was safely landed in jail.
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M1TSTER7 OF ARABELLA VILLA.
A Tale of a Burglary.
I am the secretary of the Anti-Burglar
Security Association. The society has
been running some three years now, and
it was very uphill work.
But it has, I am happy to sav. turned
out a tremendous success. My poster
did it my artful poster. On mv poster
gentleman and his wife were "dis
covered" in bed smiling blandly; there
was a masked burglar, of ferociouB as
pect, presenting a revolver at them.
Beneath was the following legend:
Burglar "Good evening; have you
used Pears' soap?" Mr. Careful "No,
sir; we have not; but being insured in
the Anti-Burglar Security Association,
we must insist that you will effect your
purpose quietly and not disturb our
peaceful slumbers." That poster did
it; but I worked like a horse. When
ever a robbery took place I or my can
vassers called on the neighborhood in
detail, making what is termed a house-
to-house visitation. We invariably
reaped a large harvest of insurers. I
believe that, in time, holts and door
chains will become a perfect drug in the
market. When I asked my friend Tom
Shiftless to insure he laughed.
"Nobody would think of burgling our
little place, Dolly," he said; "why,
we've only got a hundred pounds' worth
of valuables at Arabella Villa. There's
Aunt Jane's teapot, there's my wife's
christening-mug, and the whole of our
plate and jewelry might make up the
amount. It's hardly worth insuring."
"Well, it's only six shillings, Tom,"
I said. "Insure yourself for a hundred ;
it can't do you any harm, and every
fresh name is of vital importance to
me."
"I wouldn't lose Aunt Jane's teapot.
Tom, for worlds," burst in his wife.
Women are so absurd; they think if
they insure their lives that people live
longer; they think that people who
insure their property never have a fire.
Of course we talked Tom over between
us.
"I do it," said he, "just to oblige you,
because you're my chum, Dolly."
"Tom," I replied, with a chuckle, "I
hope for your sake that you'll be burgled
within the week ; we are most liberal in
our settlements."
Then we all three laughed, and little
Mrs. Shiftless declared that if she saw a
burglar she thought she should die of
fright. I had a final cup of tea out of
Aunt Jane's teapot and took my leave.
Some six moths afterward, my dear
old friend Tom Shiftless called at our
offices to see me. I keut him waiting
outeide a good while to impress him
with my new-fledged dignity. When
he entered my sanctum, I indicated a
chair, and went on writing for full two
minuteB, letting him see what a busy
lei low I was.
"Now, old man," I said, briskly, put
ting down my pen, "what call I do for
you? Tom, be brief and as concise as you
can, for my time is, as you know, the
property of the Anti-Burglary Associa
tion." "Can you lend me 50, Dolly?" he
said; "I can't be more brief than that."
Such are the penalties of greatness. In
the old days, he would never have
thought of asking for more than five.
"Tom," I said, a little solemnly, as
suming my director-of-the-Bank-of-Eng-land
manner, "I am deeply grieved.
Had you called but half an hour ago I
could have obliged you. The very sum
yon mention I have just advanced to an
impecunious friend. Fifty pounds I de
vote annually to the cause of friendship
ana ol chanty. But 1 am a man ot rule,
Tom; I limit myself to fifty pounds.
Whenniy friend returns it, it is very
much at your service. Till then, my
dear fellow, I regret that I cannot help
you." Then I began to wash my hands
in the air, as I h.we seen the hard
hearted millionaire do upon the stage.
"What on earth am I to do?" said
poor Tom. "We owe half a year's rent,
the butcher won't give us anw, more
credit, and things are very bad with
us."
I changed the subject, and I tried to
cheer him with soft words, a dry bis
cuit and a glass of the secretarial sherry.
He had a second glass, and the poor
fellow went away smiling. As soon as
he had left the room I touched my elec
tric bell. A clerk appeared.
"Should that gentleman call again," I
said, "you can tell him that I have gone
away on business."
The clerk knew what I meant.
It was just a week after that that a
claim for indemnity was laid upon my
office table. It ran as follows :
To the Anti-Burglar Security Associa
tion: Gentlemen I- regret to inform you
that my house was entered last night by
an armed burglar. He has stripped the
place of valuables, of which I send you
an approximate list. There may be
possible additions; but my wife has
been too much frightened to assist me
in making the inventory: One silver
teapot, 22 10s. ; one silver christening
mug, 5 5s. ; 12 silver teaspoons, 0.
And so on and so on, the total coming
to the sum of 75 lis. 4d. The letter
was dated from Arabella Villa, and it
was signed Thomas Shiftless.
I flew to Arabella Villa in a cab.
DIM
GEMRAI MEMMDISE
Always keep in stock
Cash. All kinds -
There was a little crowd outside the
door; three plain-clothes officers were
interviewing the general servant in the
kitchen; and the chief of them in
formed me that an entry had been
effected by the scullery window, and
that, "from information received," he
had no doubt whatever that that emi
nent cracksman, Mr. Robert Smoucher,
had done the trick.
He looked tremendously intelligent;
when I told him who I was and when I
gave him' half a crown, he looked inorS
intelligent than ever. Tom was minis
tering to his unhappy wife.
"The poor thing has had a fit of hys
terics every quarter of an hour ever
since," he explained to me.
"Oh, Mr. Pushard!" cried the poor
sufferer to me, "Oh 1"
I soothed her. Little by little I
learned all she had to tell. To put it
shortly, her story ran as follows: Her
husband was at his club; she was sud
denly awakened by a noise in the room ;
she saw a gigantic figure standing at the
foot of the bed ; it wore a pea jacket, a
red comforter, and a fur cap; the face
was concealed by a hideous mask. "The
man's eyes sparkled like burning coals,"
she said; "in his hand was a pistol
which might have gone off at any mo
ment. I fainted away at once. When
I came to myself, Tom was holding the
smelling bottle to my nose; and, oh,
Mr. Pushard, I shall never believe in
you and the Anti-Burglar Security Asso
ciation any more." Then she went off
into file of hysterical laughter, and I
went back to the office.
They never caught Mr. Smoucher, the
eminent cracksman.
It was about a year after the burglary
at Arabella Villa that Tom Shiftless
came into his uncle's money. Within a
week he had another stroke of luck ; he
discovered the whole of the property
which had been stolen from Arabella
Villa; he came to the office one morn
ing and informed me of the fact; in his
hand was a check for 76 lis. 4d.
"Mr. Pushard," he said (the fellow,
now that he had come into his money,
actually had the impertinence to be dis
tant to me. I was his dear Dolly once.
Bah I how I hate ingratitude !), "last
night, while digging in the garden be
neath a gooseberry tree, which 1 planted
the very day after our burglary" here
his eyes twinkled, and be smiled in a
fatuous manner "I discovered the
whole of our plate, and the fur cap, and
the pasteboard mask of the villian who
robbed us. Under the circumstances, I
feel that I cannot do less than return
the sum paid me by the Anti-Burglar
Security Association. Now, I'll trouble
you for a receipt."
"Your, conduct does you immense
credit, my dear Shiftless," I cried. "Let
me shake you by the hand," I added in
my enthusiasm.
But the upstart thrust his hands into
his pockets, and he would not even sit
down.
One cannot afford to quarrel with a
man who hasj ust come into money.
"Let me offer you a glass of sherry,
Tom," I hospitably cried, "just to show
there is no ill feeling." Then I banded
him the receipt.
"I don't want your sherry, Mr. Push
ard," he replied.
Then a light burst in upon me at once.
I saw it ail. I knew now who had
burgled Arabella Villa. It was Tom.
St. James Gazette.
Against Several Chicago Kaliroad Offi
cial aud Shippers
Chicago, Nov. 19 In the office of the
United States district attorney, Mil
christ, Beveral indictments were pre
pared today against Chicago railroad
men and shippers. The witnesses ex
amined during the season of the federal
grand jury have been officials of the
Wabash, Lackawanna, Chicago, St.
Paul & Kansas City roads; employes of
Swift & Co., the packers, and Special
Agent Kretschmart of the interstate
commerce commission. All witnesses
except Swift and the employes answered
questions freely and unless the testi
mony they gave was strong enough to
call for indictment, Mr. Milchrist will
see that they are fined for contempt of
court.
Alllanoa Congressmen Instructed.
Indianapolis, Nov. 19 One point in
yesterday's proceedings of the Alliance
escaped the press till an early hour this
morning. That is the committal of the
supreme council to the third party move
ment. This came about through the
adoption of a resolution instructing
Alliance members of Congress not to
I enter party caucuses.
Hunters Capture a Cub and Then Have
to Fight Its Parents.
Hki.fenhtkin, Pa., Nov. 19 While
John Crawson, Samuel Weatherby,
Richard Specht, Frank and Robert Min
sie and Robert James, six farmers living:
i near here, were hunting in the nxuintr
ains yesteraay tney discovered a cao
playing near a cave. They captured it
and were departing, when the mother
made her appearance. A terrible hand
to hand conflict followed, the hunters
finally retreating to the cave, where
t he v came in contact with the male bear.
The animals attacked the hunters, woo
were terribly lacerated and torn before
they could bring their Winchesters into
play. James was caught by the mother
bear and so badly injured that he will
die. Weatherby's right arm was torn
off and Specht had one eye gouged out.
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THE PICTURESQUE POET.
Walt Whitman
Patiently Awaiting His
Knd. -
The noble old poet who. at his modest
residence in Camden, N. J., ib awaiting
the end of his days, was first stricken
with paralysis as long ago as 1873. He
retired from his clerkship at Washing
ton the following year, and since then
has rested from all but self-imposed em
ployment. Mr. Whitman, it is under
stood, is provided with resources ample
lor nis simple needs, ifecently a visit
from Sir Edwin Arnold gave him a wel
come surprise.
WALT WHITMAN.
Walter Whitman is a native of Long
Island, N. Y. He was born at West
Hills, on March 31, 1819. His. business
was that of printer. When his brother
was wounded in the civil war he Dro-
cured an appointment as nurse in which
capacity he served in Washington and
Virginia trom 1HUU to 1885. During the
ensuing nine years he held a clerkship
at the Federal capital.
Whitman's masteroiece. his "Leaves
of Grass," was first published in 1855.
ii was received with little but adverse
criticism and continued to he a subject
of depreciation, much of it of a frivolous
sort, until Ralph Waldo Emerson, fol
lowed by other eminent writers, both
American and foreign, pointed out its
Deculiar excellencies. "TrfrnvRs of nrana"'
has been republished several times and;
commands a steady sale. Whitman has:
contributed occasionally to newsDanerss
and periodicals. His unconventional. I
picturesque style is the apt expression; j
of the strong originality of the writer. '
-A Bsnk Teller Uses 4hs Clearing House
to Cover Uls defalcations.
New Orleans, Nov. 19 Charles W- V
5atha, paying and receiving teller of th
Traders' Bank, was last night announced,
as a defaulter in the sum of $8000. The
shortage was discovered yesterday
morning by the clearing house, the
package of checks from the depository
being found short. Mr. Wagatha be
longs to an old family of high position,
and his father was in charge of the
branch depository of the State National
Bank.
The young man has of late been
spending money freely in bad company.
He waB absent from the bank yesterday ,
but is known to have been about town
late Tuesday night. The detectives
have bo far obtained no clue to his
whereabouts. His cash accounts have
not yet been balanced but they are
thought to be all right, in which case i
the bank's losses will be covered by the
bond of $10,000 in the Fidelity and Cas
ualty Company, of New York.
Wagatha's system was to place checks
iin the package to the extent of several
hundred dollars and precede the addi
tion on the outside by the figure "1,"
making it appear as if there was $10,000
more inside than the real amount, it is
the first time that this system of defal
cation has been worked here.
The Faster May Die.
New York, Nov. 19 G. Henry Strat
ton, the dime museum faster, was in a
critical condition in Bellevus hospital
iate last niffht and thnra liti-io hnnn
for his recovery. Dr. Hollister, who is
attending the patient, states that he
might die within 24 hours. Striitton is
being nourished with food administered
hypodermically.
FASTER STRATTOH DEAD.
New York, Nov. 19 G. Henry Strat
ton, one of the dozen men who 44 days
ago began a fasting contest in the mu
seum in Fourteenth street, and who out
fasted all others and was taken to Belle
vue hospital last Tuesday in sn ex
hausted condition, died this morning at
the hospital.
Suffocated by Gas.
Andkrbon, Ind., Nov. 1 Mrs. Mary
Huffman and two grown sons, of La
pelle, were luffocated last night bjr gas,
which escaped from s gas stove.
Northern Faeifto IMrldend.
New York, Nov. 19 Directors of. tht
Northern Pacific railroad have de ilared
the regular quarterly fividenil oil oo
per. cent, in preferred stock.
GAZETTE, N0VEMBERJ6, 1891
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After a Severe Attack an Ensign of the
Navy Disappears.
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 19 F. J.
Loomis, formerly an ensign in the
navy, is reported missing. trienus
from Lynn, Mass., were in Hartford to
day gathering information about his
movements. About a month ago Loomis
left a small satchel at a store and told
the merchant that he would call for it
during the afternoon. Nothing more
was heard from him. Two trunks are
also at the Hartford depot. Loomis is
believed to be temporarily insane from
the effects of a severe attack of the grip
some months ago.
Advocated by tile Salvation Army.
San Francisco, Nov. 19 General
Booth, head of the Salvation Army in
England, has turned out an unexpected
advocate of the scheme of establishing'
an agency for the sale of California
products in England. He thinks there
will be an excellent market in England
and believes that among the middle
and lower classes dried 'ruits would sup
ply the place of vegetables, which are at
present very hard to get. He has asked
the board ol trade to send him samples
of dried fruits it is intendea toonor lor
sale.
lnhum.ii a,llor.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 19 The sailors
of the bark Sarah, wrecked off Cara
manah, is rated by the collector ot cus
toms, Milne, in reply to Captain Cox,
who inquired into the circumstances, as
inbumau in leaving the captain of the
Sarah and his iamily behind when they
put off from the wrecked vessel.
Captain ClarK, harbor master, has re
ported that the outer harbor improve
ments are completed, and that the depth
of water is 28 feet at dead low spring
tide, ample for China steamers.
Proposed Russian Loun Kumor Denied.
St. Pethrshurg, Nov. 19 The Bourse
Gazette today publishes a denial of the
eport that the government intends
shortly to issue a 5 per cent. loan. The
Gazette states the imperial bank holds
a sufficient amount of gold to meet the
charges on external loans for the next
four years.
Vera Crux to Have a JMew Harbor.
Citv of Mexico, Nov. 19 The official
newspaper has published that a contract
has been entered into between the sec
retary ol state and William Pritchard
for the construction of a pc"t and har
bor work at Coatzacoalcos in liie State
of Vera Cruz for $4,500,000. The legis
lature of the State of Durango has
passed a law authorizing the Governor
to purchase corn aud establish places
for its sale in all parts of the State
where people who are oppressed by the
high prices caused by failure of the crops
can buy.
A Belgian Syndicate Mafclug I'urohases
Along the Boundary.
West Superior, Wis., Nov. 19 Mayor
Pattison, a large owner of Maesabic
range iron lands, and J. Fred Bishop are
negotiating with a Belgian syndicate for
the sale of extensive tracts of iron land
on both sides of the lioundary. The
Belgians are represented by Ferdinand
Vonbuoystil, consul general of Belgium
in Canada, and Girard Macquet. A deal
is already made, it is said, lor 2000 acres
west of Tower, Minn., but the largest
share of the property is 00 miles from
Tower on the Canadian side, which is
exceedingly rich in anti-coking mineral.
I'almlstry, ringers, Nostrils and Nose.
Those learned in palmistry and kin
dred sciences tell us, according to the
Boston Commercial, that when ho grasps
a, so to speak, boneless hand, a hand
with no apparent vitality in it, to Deware
of its owner, and that the soft and firm
to the touch hand is only possessed by
the honest man. They also asHert that
a thick, hard hand is a sure sign of ob
stinacy and conceit in its owner. They
tell you that long-fingered, double
jointed people can not be sincere If they
try.
Another authority advises: If you
want to know what sort of a person you
are examine your nose critically in the
glass. People of a fearless disposition
breathe fully and freely. All the fiercer
animals have dilated nostrils. The
drooping nostril shows histrionic talent.
If the nose also droops it denotes tragio
power, and if only tne nostril, the
capacity is marked tor the interpretation
t 01 comedy. Where the noBe is thin at
the bridge it shows generosity, while a
nose that is thick at the bridge argues
acquisitiveness. When it is "tip luted
like the petal of a flower" the person is
inquisitive. A projecting nose argues a
disposition to investigate. It is aheal
ol the person, as it were, and wants to
scent out things.
Florence llroov.riug.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19 It is stated
this morning that Florence, the actor, is
improving and that he is much bitter
today.
Jtobbed the folios.
San Francisco, Nov. 20 Barney Ma-
fouey and Charles Marshall, who robbed
theolhce of the police property clerk
last May, pleaded guilty today and were
e&ch sentenoed to five years' imprison
ment at San yuentin.
Ihe Next Papal Consistory.
Rome, Nov. 19 The pope has fixed the
date of the next papal consistory here
for December 14.
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Marshal le Fonseea Reported Seriously
111.
London, Nov. 20 A dispatch just re
ceived here al 5:30 p. m. from Brazil
says Marshal De Fonseca is seriously 111.
It is added that his principal ailment
is extreme nervous prostration.
demand fonseoa'b resignation.
London, Nov. 20 News concerning
the situation is Brazil continue to be
very meagre. The Provisional J unta is
authority for the statement that Rio
Grande de Sul is taking active meas
ures to strengthen its position and to
maintain opposition to i'onseca's dicta
torship. Baron Lucerna, of President
Foneeca's cabinet, has sent a dispatch
to the Junta offering, on the part ol the
dictator, to recognize the local govern
ment that the people of Rio Grande de
hul may prefer, on the sole condition
that peace aud tranquility be first re
stored. To this offer the Junta replied
that their forces woal 1 only disarm when
Fonseca Bhall have resigned and a na
tional congress shall have again assem
bled. Must Have ,.! l.aaaue.
Oakland, Cal., Nov. 20 Joseph York,
who leit ins wile in .North Oaitiaud aud
wrote to her mat ue would commit sui
cide, has been heard troui. He writes
to his wue uom Yosemile V.illey, saying
that he is working ui a liotoi there, and
that he must have been insane wueu he
threatened suicide.
i'wo 1'eupie Killed While attending a
Magiu Lauieru Shuw.
London, Nov. 20 During a magio
lantern show last nigutut the Methodist
chapel in Keyatoiie, Derbyshire, wii.cu
was crowded with nieii, women ana
children, while all were intently gazing
at the pictures, and the room was dark,
to render them more effective, suddenly
there was a blinding flash aud an explo
sion. People were thrown in every di
rection with great violence and there
was a great panic in the darkness wmch
followed, all the magic lantern apparatus
having been destroyed and every light
extinguished.
As soon as the lights could be produc
ed, a scene of desolation was revealed.
The interior of the chapel waB a complete
wreck, the wood worn was destroyed,
the dows were a maBS of ruins, the pul
pit was overthrown and the windows
blown out.
A march with lanterns was immedi
ately set on loot among the ruins. Two
persons were found dead and their bod
ies brought into tho air.
Three women were discovered with
their eyesight destroyed and their
cheeks laid bare to the bone, having re
ceived the full force of the explosion.
Eight others were found lying on the
floor so badly injured, either by the ex
plosion or the trampling, or both, that
they had been unable to crawl out of
the chapel.
Tho disaster was caused by an explo
sion of gas which had accumulated in
the celler while the lights were turned
down during the exhibition.
A Tacotuan Loses a Building by Flames
Other 1'roperty Consumed
Blaine, Nov. 20 About 9 o'clock last
evening fire broke out in a two story
building owned by Thomas Quirt, situ
ated at tho foot ol Cain's wharf, and in
a short space of time the entire building
was in flames.
The fire Boon spread to an adjoining
two story building owned by t. a. Har
mon, of Tacoma, which was soon con
sumed. The Golden Gate hotel, a fine, large,
two story building owned by James
Buchanan, was the next to meet its
late, as also the real estate office of J.
N. Lindsey.
In consequence of the strong southerly
wind blowing at tho time it looked as
though the whole business portion of
the town would be gutted.
The fire was caused by a defective
flue. The total loss is about $15,000,
partially insured.
The Couul nai Auswer at YJourt.
San Francisco, Nov. 19 Count Von
Freyenstein, wuo wooed the daughter
of F. ti. Rosen baum of this city against
the Utters will, and who was arrested
on the charge oi threatening to kill the
irate latuer, has hail his examination in
the police court set for tomorrow.
Death of an Oi l New Yorker.
Nicw York, Nov. 19 The death ot
Thomas 11. Byrd, member of the New
York Slock Exchange since 1609, is just
announced.
Intluensa lt..rg.ug France.
Paris, Nov. 19 Influojiza has reap
peared in many places in the south
western part of France, and the disease
is ol a very severe type in Pans, too.
The disease has claimed a number ol
victims. Many cases are reported from
all parts of the city. A large number of
deaths iroui the disease have occurred.
Where Srallpos is Kpidemlo,
Wabhinoton, D. C, Nov. 19 Surgeon
General Wiuian, of the Marine hospital
service, received a telegram this morn
ing Irom Surgeon Whiler who was sent
to take charge ol the smallpox epidemic
at Harris -Neck, Ga., which says the
total cases are bo, deaths 13, convale
scent 3. The population of the inlected
district is between 600 and 900,
IN'
A BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
Claims That The Line
is Wrong.
WASHINGTON LANDS AFFECTED
English Surveyors Made a Mistake and
a Long Strip Three Hundred Tarda
Wide of This State said to Ueiong to
llrltlsh Columbia.
Vancouver. B. C, Nov. 19 Attention
is again called to the dispute as to the
correctness of the international bound
ary line between Brit.su Columbia and
Washington by a statement made Dy
Robert oteveuson, ol Cuiliiwhaca, one
oi the eaniest settlers in ibis Western
country. Mr. Stevenson, states mat
when the boundary line was run in
looO-til a serious ui. stake had been made
either uy tue British engineers or uy tuo
Americans. The inner wonted west,
while the British wonted east iroui
Point Roberta, the two parties meeting
near Uooyoos, where Mr. ti.eveuson was
then stationed as a customs uiiiu r lor
the coiuuy, then governed by sir James
Duugias.
in comparing notes it was lound that
the two parlies had overlapped each
oiuer by about 300 yards lor a distance
oi several nines. Jauu had cut a clear
ance oi 100 feet wide in the green bush,
which is distiugiiiohable even to this
day. Attention having been called to
the matter last winter by an American
engineer, Mr. Stevenson expresses sur
prise that nothiug has yet been said of
the utltur by the governments interacted.
lie says the mutter was hushed up at
the time in the belief that the error
would be rectified shortly.
The parties in charge of the surveys
were well known to Mr. Stevenson, and
they slated repeatedly that the British
engineers had planted the initial iron
post at Point Roberts some 300 yards
lurther north than it should have been
and that the demarcations ol the 49th
parallel for a distance of at least 300
miles is out by 300 yards, and that a
considerable portion of Blaine and nearly
the whole of Sumas City rightiully be
longs to this province.
Mr. Stevenson appears to be thor
oughly familiar with the subject and
gives many incidents connected with the
troubles which the discovery of the
blunder occasioned in the Osoyoos dis
trict, which was then looked after by
the late Judges Cox and Haynes, both
of whom lrequenily discussed the situa
tion with Mr. Stevenson.
At one time luliy bOOO miners were
working in the district just named, and
it was lound to be a difficult matter to
collect customs duties or miners' dues
from these in consequence of the uncer
tainty of the ownership of the section.
The subject, now that it has been venti
lated, is one which should receive atten
tion Irom the government of Canada,
this province and the United States.
Iudloted for 1'rain Wreaking.
Auburn, Cal., Nov. 19 The grand
jury has indicted Al Roberts on the
charge of train wrecking.
How the New Yora: rienato 4tanlf.
Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 20 Senator
Gilbert died this morning. This leaves,
as the returns now stand, the senate
with 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats and
one Independent.
The Horse Caused His Death.
Los Anuki.eh, Cal., Nov. 20 William
S. Emory, night clerk of the Western
Union telegraph office, of this city, was
thrown last night from an unmanage
able horse against the pole of a wagon
with which his horse collided and so
severely injured that he died this morn
ing. Another Kspress Car Bobbed.
Missoula, Mont, Nov. 20 Yesterday
' afternoon two masked men entered the
Northern Pacific express car on tue
Missouia At Cceur d'Aiene railroad, and
at the point ol their guns made tue ex
press messenger .pen the sale and give
up ail the money it contained, $2000.
1 be robbery occurred between Dooraey
and Mullan, near the Montana and
lduuo Hue.
Mlaaluii Mt. auiaU.p Arrives.
London, Nov. 19 Fears entertained
regarding the safety oi tne North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Eider, which sailed
Irom New York November 7th, has been
dispelled by receipt ol a telegram irom
Soulhbamplon slating that sne arrived
there this morning.
Shuddy Cloth Factory Horned
San Francisco, Nov. HO Fire broke
out at 3 o'clock this morning in the
large three story brick structure on
Uoid street, between Montgomery and
bansome, used as a milt ior the wa.au
lacture of shoddy clotn by J. J. Davis.
In an hour the entire inside of the place
was burned, leaving nothing but the
walls standing.