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P.H'Pftfin aF?' Tliey are believed to be composed : irnp CTATTV THniJMQ AD 1 7fT proven, aud that the crime mast be es
"'"vixm ni iaroiers who nave oecome nrea ot tue iuu uivvn iiiisiniiu viniuvi
j way in which pome residents
themselves.
A Gale Sweeps Through Jackson Park,
Doing Mach Damagfl.
THREE MEN ARE BADLY INJURED
Hassi?e Timbers, Trestles and Piers of the
World's Fair Buildings Blown
About Like Matches,
Chicago, April 29. During a gale that
swept through Jackson Park vesterdny
afternoou, sections of the Bcuth'und west
walls of the manufacturers' ami liberal
arts buildinn of the world's fair were
wrecked. This ie the biggest building on
the groiind?, One tornado followed 'an
other. About 1:30 p. in., the first one
hit the big building at the southeast cor
ner, and tore out 100 feet of the latticed
woodwork that served as a wall. Three
men were injured in the wreck Charles
window, A. Johnson and W. B. John
son. Half an hour later another tornado
lore tnrough the park, and in its path
left the wreck of the west wall, 100 feet
long and sixly-Bix feet high. Nobody
was injured in the fall. When the first
section tumbled down all the employes
climbed down from the building. Nearlv
all of them were crowded about the
wrecked section when the second tornado
did the greatest damage. Scores of work
men would have been carried down with
falling timbers had the west section
given way first. Warned of their peril
by the collapse of the south wall, they
hurried down before the second section
fell. The wind blew great guns all day,
but the laborers kept at their work. After
the first crash Frank Agnew, contractor
for the carpenter work on the building,
ordered his men to make ready for an
other shock by bracing the weaker sec
tions of tho building. He was confident
that tho west wall would stand against
any storm, nut nad less confidence in
the strength of the east wall, which
ni retches 1718 feet along the lake shore
and is fullv exposed to the winds. He
fore his orders could be carried out the
second gale swept through the park. I
also came from the southwest and rushed
through the building with frightful veloc
ity. The tornado seemed to describe a
circle across the thirty-acre floor and
strike the extremo northwest coiner of
the building. The first damage wbb
done at the southeast cornor. The mas
sive timberB trembled and shook for an
instant before the blast. The whole sec
tion rocked, and a deafening roar
sounded through the building. One of
the heavy wall-piers at the very corner of
the building snapped and plunged for
ward with the center of the wall, and as
it fell it carried down the next pier south
of it. The whole wall crumbled, falling
down by piers and trusses, like so many
blocks in a row. In an instant the entire
section, 700 feet long and sixtv-six feet
high, was filled on the floor. "The few
workmen v,ho remained at their posts
went down with the wreck, but escaped
injury. Three of them jumped to save
their lives. The damage to the building
is estimated atfiom $10,000 to $20,000.
This building is the largest fair building
m me worm, msiiuu leet long by 150
ieei, wme, ana win cost !fi,o0U,UU0.
MSULKCT or DIIV.
the
conduct
Ex-
Ahsentee Cong-ressmen Arretted, but
cused ou Frivolous Ground. j
Washington, April 29. In the house j
this morning the speaker called attention
to the fact that at the time of adjourn !
ment yesterday the seargeant-at-arms
was given warrants lor the ar
rest of absentee members, sud called on
that ofllcial for a report. He said that
nineteen warrants were placed in his
hands. Seven he was unable to find and
the others promised to be here this
momma. 1 he delinquent members w ere
then summoned to the bar of the house
to present excuses. Bowers, of Califor
nia, appeared first. A motion to excuse
Bowers was made but many believiDg
the arrest of members for their neglect of
duty Was not mero child's play demanded
the yeas and nays. Upon the roll being
called Bowers was excused by a vote of
130 to Go. The remainder of the delin
quents w ere then excused on more or less
frivolous grounds.
tablished regardless of any confessions
made by a prisoner. Paquin, according
) to u Leary, is guilty ot stealing about
... ,.,., j $4000, and the present action has been
Tney Claim That Congress Is Violating brought only for the purpose of obtaining
ins return tu iauatia, wnere, li ine enort
is successful, lie will be tried on many
charges.
Its Treaty With Them.
SENATOR KTANFOKI) TALKS.
The People's Party aft Viewed hy II iiu
The Palo Alto University.
PiTTRnuiin, April 20. Senator Leland
Stanford, of California, passed through
Pittsburg this morning on his way to
Washington. "The peop'e's, or inde
pendent party, will certainly have a
candidate in the field this fall," he said.
"With a national debt of .12.000,000,000,
an enormous railway indebtedness, half
the land mortgaged, and the load grow
ing heavier, it is time that measures of
relief be taken. In the West, particu
larly, people need more money or freer
money. The people's party hope to get,
it. I do not know who their candidate
will be. I presume Air. Harrison and
Mr. Cleveland will be the respective
undulates of their parties. That is the
neueral impression of the West." Re
garding his university at Palo Alto, the
senator said he was making accommo
dations for 500 more pupils.
WOJ.tK.IXi FOB LlltKUTV.
A DEMAND THAT JUSTICE BE DONE
Chief White Ghost Writes the Department
About It, and Hakes Threats If
Promises Are Not Kept.
SKVEN KIJKNF.D TO DKATH.
Imprisoned AVyominir Hloekmcn Tryliir
to Checkmate Their Knemies.
Chkyennk, Wyo., Ayrii 29. The stock
men imprisoned in Fort Iiusse.l are mov
ing heaven and eartli to defeat the at
tempt to return them to Johnson county,
where the tight with the rustlers took
place. Four of tho ablest lawyers are
oi king like Trojans on the case. Thev
only assert, the caee shall not be tried by
public opinion. Too much excitement.,
they think, has been occasioned already
It is now thought that it was a mistake
to move tho prisoners from Fort JIcKin
ney, where, under military protection,
they were safe, and where," had they re
mained, the dangers of the return to
Buffalo, should it become necessary,
could have been avoided.
WEUK I'KOIiAltLY DHOWNKI).
A PKCIJI.iAlt WHOOTIXO CASK.
A Young man Leads a Dual Lire and Is
Not Accountuhle Tor His Crime.
Santa Rosa, April 23. Ed J. Liver-
nasli, the young ulan who created a
sensation in San Irancisco last October
by appearing ou the streets disguised as
a negro woman, and who, the morning
of October 20, created great excitement
in woverdale. nvattomolinir to kill D.
Etheridge, of that place, has been held to
appear before the superior court for
trial. Livernash's preliminary hearing
was neiu nerore justice Ahranam, ot
Cloverdale, two weeks ago, but a decision
was not rendered until this afternoon
The trial promises to be one of the most
interesting ever known in California.
Livernash claims to have been in a
somnambulistic condition when he made
his attempt to kill Etheridge, and that
he knows nothing about the affair. The
morning of the assault he went to Ether
id ge's house and ordered him to make
a will in his favor, leaving him ail his
property. Etheridge demurred, and
then Livernash fired four shots at him,
two of which took effect, but only slight
wounds were inflicted. Livernash was
arrested, and told such wild stories about
having put forty bullets into Judge
Joachimsen, of San Francisco, who, he
said, had assumed the person of Ether
idge, that he was examined for insanity
and committed to Napa asylum. A few
weeks ago he was discharged from that
institution and pronounced cured. He
waB then brought back here to answer
to the criminal charee preferred against
him. At the preliminary examination
at Cloverdale Doctors Gardner and
Robertson, of Napa, testified that Liver
nash was subject to a somnambulistic
influence that made him capable of lead
ing a dual life, and that when in his
somnambulistic state he was not ac
countable for what he did. In their
opinion he was in that condition when
he made the attack on htheridge.
Opinion is divided upon the matter
among tho Sonoma county people, and
the case will be stubborn'' contested on
both sides.
Fears Entertained for the Safety of Two
Prospectors.
Victoria, B. C, April 29. Grave
fears are entertained as to tho safety of
lohu Ingersoll and Steve Vaughn, who
hit last .November in an open boat on a
prospecting and trapping expo-ition
around Capo Caution. They were last
seen in the middle of December by Frank
Rothwell, who was also ou a similar trip
to that region. When they left Alert
bay they only took provisions to last
until March 1, the time they expected
to return. Inquiries have been mado of
all the steamers and canoes coming down
the coast, and no one appears to have
seen or heard anything of them. It is
feared they have met with some accident,
as Caps caution and the adjacent waters
are not very safe for boats. Vaughn has
a wife and family in Seattle.
A BIO CONSPIRACY.
Llojuor Firms Comhlne to llefraud a
Bank.
Dknvkk, April 2!). A sensational ex
posure was made during the hearing of
the attachment suit against, the defunct
liquor firm of Boehan St Co. by the First
National bank. The Arm failed for $250,
000. A member of the Mound City Dis
tilling Company stated during the trial
that Boehan &. Co. and Nagle & Becker ,
liquor brokers of Chicago, had entered
into a conspiracy, whereby the former
was to purchase through them goods
amounting to 4,000,000 and then fail,
the Chicago firm to Bhare the profits. In
this way over $50,000 worth was disposed
of in Chicago, Denver and the East. An
attachment of the bank was declared void
on the ground the discounted paper was
not given for a consideration.
SCFFEKINO FOB FOOD.
Ciiamiierlai.v, S. V., April 29. Sev
eral thousand dollars were sent to Crow
Creek agency a day or two ago by the
government for distribution among the
Indians. Chief White (ihost and other
leaders at the agency refused to receive
the money, and White Ghost has now
sent the following threatening letter to
tue commissioner of Indian affairs at
Washington.
"Ilie Indian agent at Crow Creek
agency is making a caBh paymeut of
about $3 per capita. Myself, and seven
other duels and a majority of the the In
dians have hesitated to receive this
money, and if we refuse to accept it we
are threatened by the agent that we will
be deprived of seeds for the season's
planting. 1 can Bet no satisfaction from
the agent as to where the money, now
being distributed, comes from, nor do I
know what rights we may be surrender
ing when we receipt for the money, so I
write to you for information and ask you
for an immediate reply to me in person,
and not through the agent.
"When the Sioux Indians signed the
recent treaty by which they ceded a large
part of their reservation to the govern
ment, there was an unwritten contract.
but in honor just as binding, to the effect
that the Indians of Crow Creek agency
were to receive about 187. 000 in consul'-
eration of the fact that their diminished
reservations left them less land per cap
ita than Indians of other Sioux reserva
tions. What has liecome of that money ?
nas ine appropriation Been made bv
congress?
"Again, we Sioux, when the treaty re
ferred to above was signed, were prom
ised, in addition to cattle, horses, etc.,
$50 per capita to assist us in building
houses. That promise, too, seems to
have been forgotton, and many of my
people are living in decayed log houses,
tepees, exposed to the inclemency of the
weather. This is bringing on disease
and sickness.
"Why will tho government be so un
just? Why will it not give us what is
due and promised us, instead of doling
out small payments liks that now being
made? Does the government wiBh more
bloodshed, and will it refuse us justice
unless demanded at the mtizzte of a gun?
Is not the bloodshed at, Wounded Knee
a Builicient reminder of the wrongs prac
ticed upon us, and the desperate attitude
into which we have been driven?
"I beg you, Mr. Commissioner, to lay
these facts before the nation's legislators
and demand justice for us at their
hands."
A Terrible Holocaust In a Philadelphia,
Theater.
Philadelphia, April 28. The destruc
tion of the Grand Central Theatre by
fire last night proves far more terrible in
its results than anticipated. Sir mem
berg of the "DevilB Auction Company"
lie dead beneath the tai'v walls, and
nearly three score peopli I in the hos
pitals suffering frouT'burJi
Of the men and boys in the hospital
seven are in such a serious condition that
their recovery is doubtful. All the mem
bers of the audience, besides those ser
iously enough hurt to remain in hospi
tals, and fully fifty others, are being
treated for minor injuries. The members
01 tne company who lost their lives are :
Thos Lirella, Grotesque, and wife,
Flora, a Bal let dancer ;
Vinceutina Chitten.tbe premier dan-j
seuz ;
One of Chitten's sisters ;
Fancheon Ceniters. juvenile :
Sarah Golden, ballet dancer;
Win L. Brooks, leading man.
Another Fatal Fire.
Skw York, April 28. A fire in Caynga
flats this morning resulted in'the burn
ing to death of a man and woman. The
bodies are unrecognizable. Several oth
ers were badly burned.
A Town ftarned up.
Hcpsos, ()., April 28 A fire this
morning destroyed the rm). Vies iwrtien
of town, wiping out fi ) buildings.
The loss will amount to $I0u;000.
TUPPER l.NTKRVIKWKIl.
DASTARDLY PIECE OF WORK
The California Express Ditched Hear
Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
ROBBERY THE OBJECT OF THE WRECK
The Engineer and Fireman Badly Injured,
But Fortunately No One Killed.
h Miraculous Escape.
e Thinks the Model Vivendi Will Work
Great Injury.
Ottawa. Anril 28 A. C. Bertram, of
Bonn eyciney, uape Breton, owner of
the fleet of Nova Suotian sealiug schoon
ers, now on the way to Behring sea, had
an interview with Sir Charles Tapper,
uuumier oi marine ana usneries, respect
ing the recent proclamation of the modus
vivendi. He made strong representa
tions to Tupper of the loss which the re
striction of seal-taking will cause. From
the harbor of North Sydney alone, seven
sealing Bchooners now on their way
rouuu uape tiorn are oouna lor lielmng
sea. Bertram says the modus vivendi
win near so naru on JNova Scotian own
ers ot sealing schooners that almost the
best thing which could happen to them
would be to have their vessel driven
aBhore by a Btorra so long as the crews
are not lost. In that case they would
have the insurance. Tupper is not able
to hold out any very great hope of an
immediate better prospects for adven
turous IN ova Scotian Bealers who take
their schooners around North and South
America fishing grounds to reach seals
in Behring sea.
SILVER MEN AUK MAD.
Accidentally Shot Himself.
New York, April 29. News has been
received here of a fatal accident which
happened last night to Thomas Olwell
Speir, the well known architect, at his
residence in South Orange, N. J. Speir
was examining a revolver whon the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
He fell to the floor and soon after died.
THE INVESTIGATION COMMENCED.
The Keystone and Spring Gurden
tloual Bank Failures.
Washington, April 20. In the house,
the committee on banking and currency
yesterday began the investigation or
dered by the Mutchler resolution into the
failures of the Keystone and Spring Gar
den National banks of Philadelphia. An
drew J. Sarden, assistant booKkeeper
and collector of the Keystone National
bank, swora that he knew where the
books of the bank were in which the
false entries had been made. The wit
ness said Lawrence, one of the emploves,
kept the books in part of which he made
the forged balances. The amount were
doctored by rubbing them off the book
and miking false charges. Sarden said
he saw Lawrence make an entrv for John
Bardsley for $40,000 or $o0,000i He said
they put him out of the bank one night
while they doctored the books, and that
imitations of his handwriting had been
on the books, which, upon seeing them
at first, he thought actually his.
Terrlhle Effect of the Drought in Southern
Texas.
Corpus CimtsTi, Texas, April 29. The
distribution of food sent from this sec
tion to the famine sufferers on the Kio
Irande in the Kio Grande section began
yesterday, when rations were issued to
five hundred people, some of whom were
actually starving. Unless further assist
ance is soon had many sufferers will die.
The greatest distress is reported from the
country back from Rio Grande where
there are many people who had hun
dreds of cattle before the drought but are
now destitute, their stock havingdied.
Suicided Through Shame.
Milwaukee, April 29. The body of
reter ntipp, a prominent young attorney
who came near election as judge of the
supreme court, was found in the river
this morning. As the guardian of a
minor child, he was an embezzler, and it
is supposed he suicided through shame.
Two of the Victims.
Philadelphia, April 29. A search
among the ruins of the Central theater
this morning brought to light two more
badly charred bodies. One of them was
identified as that of Mrs. Flora Lorella.
Mvrtle Creek Station, Oregon, April
28. The North bound California express
was wrecked a mile north of here this
morning. The wreck was the work of
train wreckers. Two ties were placed
cross-wise on me tract ana the engine
and mail and express cars were ditched.
Engineer Morris jumped and was cut
and bruised about the head and other
wise injured, b ireman Geo. Golling was
caught between the tender and train.
His legs were broken in two places and
he was also severely scalded.
Two tramps were between the express
and mail cars. One was caught and
badly injured. The accident was for
tunate, from the fact that no one was
killed. The engine lies on the right Bide
of the track and the tender is j.iuimed
into the cab. The mail car is partly on
the engine, one side being torn away.
The postal clerk escaped unhurt by e
miracle. He was in the back end of the
car tieiDg up the Koseburg mail. Ex
press Messenger Applcgate was standing
before the desk when the craBh came,
and seized the rods over his head and
swung himself oft the floor. The freight
was all thrown into the front of the car.
the Messenger says :
"I would have been killed sure, if I
had stayed on the floor." The train fell
toward the bank. There is a steep bank
sloping to the river, and if the train had
gone over the bank loss of life would
have been feariul. Wreckins trains am
at hand and the wreck is being cleared
away. The track is torn up badly for
two hundred feet. Tbre ia no clue to
the perpetrators, but robbery is supposed
to have been the object, and was given
up for some reason unknown.
protect the jurors after the trial is fin
ished. After the jurors had taken their
places theprisoneis headed by Ravachol,
were brcught in, guarded by an im
mense number of police. The proceed
ings at once commenced by reading the
indictment, which occupied considerable
.teryoociy in the courtroom
"tared at the prisoners as they stood lis
tening to the reading of the indictment,
ihey bore the scrutiny composedly, and
appeared more disposed to pope as heroes
than to pay attention to the clerk of the
court as he read the history of their
crimes as sot forth in the indictment. In
the center of the courtroom there was a
table covered with bombs, the apparatus
with which they made them and every,
thing the police had captured. When
- ui mo inoiciment was con-
A Lucky Clergyman.
Boston, April 20. Rev. W. W. Downs
has received $10,000 in his famous suit
for IffiO.OOO for Blander against several
members of the Bowdoin square Baptist
Church,
A Receiver Appointed.
Grand Kapids, Mich., April 20. A
receiver has been appointed for the
(irand Rapids and Detroit Railroad and
the Reed's Lake branch.
Hurtls Ke-Kleoted President.
Baltimore, April 29. George William
Curtis was re elected president of the
National Civil Service Reform Club today.
ACCIDENTALLY- SHOT.
Colonel Remington Hecelres A Hnll In
tended for a Sqnarrel.
Tim Dalles, April 29, Col. J. E.
Remington,a veteran of the civil war, aged
70, was accidentally shot this morninir
hy his grand-son, a boy of 17 The boy
was trying to shoot a squirrel near the
house, when (he pistol was accidentally
discharged and the ball passed through
the outer wall of the colonel's residence,
striking him in the right thigh. Beyond
the effects of the shock and the clanger
of blood poisoning no serious results are
apprehended.
N'o Mongoose Wanted.
Sacramento, April 28. At a meeting
of the executive committee of the etate
board of agriculture today the following
resolution was adopted: "Resolved,
That the reported action of the National
r nntgrowiug Uonipany ot hna fcrancisco,
in arranging lor the introduction of
mongoose into California, is by the
state board of agriculture deprecated.
and that the said company be petitioned
to refrain from importing said animal
into this state, as we believe it more
dangerous than ground squirrels or
j gophers."
Stockyards for L.os Angeles.
Los Anoklf.k, Cal., April 29. The
chamber of commerce is endeavoring to
establish in this vicinity a large packing-house
and stockyards. A number of
practical packers representing a capital
of $15,000,000 have been here, and have
looked over the ground. They aay one
bushel of corn will make moro'pork bore
than three bushels in Kansas or Illinois.
The prospects are that the enterprise
will be started this fall.
The woman with whom Jenkins is i
charged with living has disappeared, i K1"" ur ,"' Chain.
This morning W. A. Givens. a merchant j Mahccse, Cal., April 29 An accident
and influential citizen living at Dan- j in which Mrs. John Soderland, the wife
bridge, found posted on his door a docu- j of a well-known rancher lost her life, ce
ment notifying him to remain indoors j curred lif t evening about five miles west
after dark or he would be foully dealt I of here. She was watching some hired
with. The whitecaps are a portion of j men erect a windmill, when a chain
the Anti-Lust and Laziness Organization, broke and knocked her insensible. She
formed in Jetfereon county sixty days j died without recovwing consciomness.
WUITEOAI'S AT WORK.
Les-
A Deposed Minister Taught a Severe
son hy Angry Citizens.
Knoxvii.lk, Tenn., April 26 Twenty
men last night surrounded the house of
Rufus Jenkins, a deposed minister, near
Danbric'ge, and ordered him to surren
der. He answered their Bunimona by
firing into the crowd with a a.iotgnn. The
house was set on fire anil Jenkins Bur
rendered. His face was filled with small
shot and his bjdy mutilated by the gang.
WHKItE Ol'IC.M COMES FROM.
It Is Mftniitncturei! hy the Chinese Frora
the Kaw Material.
PiTTsiiuRO, April 28. ""or gome time
it has been noticed that the Chinese in
thiB city were turning out great quanti
ties of opium. Not only did they seem
to have all they wanted to smoke and
use for manufacturing into the various
forms in which it was used, but they
seemed to have quantities of the drug for
sale. In fact there Beems to be so much
opium going through the city in various
ways mat tne u nited ntates authorities
grew rather BUnpicious, and at last be
came convinced that the drug was being
smuggled into the city in some manner.
Last night the United States revenue
officers determined they would go through
the Chinese quarters in the city, hoping
chance would throw in tneir way some
evidence by which they would discover
the methods of the smugglers. A num
ber of officers were dressed in citizens'
clothes and spent some hours going
through tte various quarters. They
went through a good many dens before
they struck anything suspicions, hut
finally one of the" officers, while poking
aronna in one el trie houses, called the
attention of the rest to a quantity of the
crude material of which opium is mnde.
A further Bearch revealed large quantities
of this raw material, In a moment
it flashed on the ollicers where all the
opium was coming from. The ChineBe
bad learned to make it. of the raw ma
terial, thus escaping pavment of the high
tariff on manufactured opium. The
officers are making investkations along
this line in all the large Eastern cities,
as it is believed that this manufacture of
opium is conducted on a wholesale scale
in several of them. There is every in
dication that the Chinese have been
carrying on a large and lucrative busi
ness ever since the new tariff went into
effect.
A I'OSTMASTF.K'S OKFENSK.
They (lave Given up All Hopes of Silver
Legislation at This Session.
Nuw York, April 28. The Herald's
Washington special sends the following:
"For the sake of a few New England
mugwumps we are likely to lose a num
ber of democratic Bilvcr statos," declared
Congressman Bland today. Bland has
apparently given up all hope of silver
legislation at the present session of con
gress. He named North Carolina. South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and Arkansas as likely to be lost. He
characterized the proposition for a mone
tary conference as merely a political
trick on the part of the president to tide
over the solution until the next election.
The views of Bland seem to be shared by
Pugh of Alabama.
' Humbug I" waa the ejaculation of
Senator Stewart of Nevada when asked
what he thought of the president's plan
for an international silver conference.
A SAD Al KAUt.
the
A llonton County Farmor ulows Off
Top of Ills Head.
Corvallib, April 28. Al Modi, a far
mer living near this city, shot himself
yesterday afternoon. He was in Corval
lis yesterday morning and drew nine
hundred dollars out of the bank. He
gave the money to his sister and took a
rifle out, presumably to kill a pheasant
near the house. He had gone but a short
distance when the gun was discharged
and blew off the top of his head.
It Is not known whether it was acci
dent or suicide.
THE TIN PLATE INDUSTRY.
A Treasury Agent Makes an Exhaustive
Report to the Department.
Washington, April 28. Ira Ayer,
special agent of the treasury, has sub
mitted to secretary Foster an exhaustive
report on the tin plate business of
the country, the manufacture of tin
plate and the growth of the industry.
He makes the following showing: For
the quarter ending Sep'ember 30, 18!) I,
five manufacturers reported the total tin
and terne plate at 827,000 pounds ; for the
quarter ending Alarcn 31, 1892, nineteen
manufacturers reported the total tin and
terne plate at 3,004,000.
moil UEHRINO SKA.
Advices State That tho Waters Swarm
With Poaching Mohooners.
Washington, April W. The treasury
department has just iiceived the first
tidings from Alaska aim Behring sea this
season. Advices bearing date March 9th
state that at that time there were one
hundred vessels, known to be poachers.
and flyingeither the American flag or the
nrittsu, in waterB where Beats abound.
Little sealinz has been attempted vet.
although a few sea otter have been
killed.
AWAITING A DECISION.
Two Important Suits Filed In the Super,
lor Conrt of California.
FiiL'sno.Cal., April 28. -Two import
ant suits were begun in the superior
court yesterday by Laura J. Hildreth, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Thomas Hil
dreth, et al, against Jeff G. James, .1. R.
White etal. One is to set aside a judg
ment obtained by the defendants against
the plaintiffs in the superior court of this
county, the purpose of said suit, being to
quiet a title to the Hildreth ranch, con
taining nearly 14,000 acres. The plain
tills in the first suits filed yesterday claim
that the said judgment was fraudulently
obtained by the suppression of certain
evidence, consisting of a deed given as a
mortgage by Thomas Hildreth to Charles
McLaughlin to secure a loan of $40,000.
Subsequently the late Mr. Hildreth made
a contract of sale with W. W. Davis and
D P. Edwards, two defendants in the
suit, in which It was provided that, in
consideration of the paymeut by the par
ties of the second part to Hildreth of
(1 7,258, and their complying with the
terms of the agreement entered into bv
them with Kate McLaughlin, executrix
of the ostato of Charles McLaughlin to
pay the flo.OoO borrowed bv Hildreth
from Charles McLaughlin, he (Hildreth)
would execute and deliver to them (
deed to said land. This they failed to do
but the plaintiffs allege they induced
liate McLaughlin to brmir suit apainst
the plaintiffs in this case to quiet title to
saiu lann, ami ooiainoa judgment
against them by suppressing the evidence
nciore reierred to. The plaintiffs ask
that this judgment he set aside. The
second suit of Laura J. Hildreth iB to
eject J. i. James, J. R. White, W. W
Davis and D. P. Edwards from nosses
sion of said ranch, and for $70,000 dam
ages.
"tilt MERCHANT MARINE.
i.i i t i v, imuumoii was con
cluded, Judge Guese examined Ravachol
concerning the murders which, it is
oharged.be committed, also the explo
sions. Ravachol, in a nonchalent man
ner, admitted his guilt and took upon
himself tho entire responsibility for the
minium ana itue Olichy
explosions.
RAVAfHOL'S STORY AND THEORY.
Being questioned as to the motives for
r,r 7 i v loeions, itavachol replied
1 felt feeling, unfeigned anger at the
uuimvuun oi invalids and Ferret. I do
uui uiiua rsenoii ana Bulot should have
demanded death of the fathers of fami
lies. Then, again, the brutality of the
police when they arrested my comrades
revolted my conscience and I deter
mined upon revenge. "With regard to
the St. Germain explosion I loaded a
bomb that contained sixty cartridges. I
dressed myself in broadcloth, went to
Benoit'a house without attracting any
attention. After denositino tho ,!,;.,
and lighting fuse, I ran down stairs,
reached the pavement just as the explo
sion occurred. Ine operation in Rue
Chchy was much the same, only I car
ried my bomb in a bag. A portion of
the powder became displaced, this ren
dered it extremely dangerous to light the
bomb, as it might explode at anv instant
yet I did not hesitate to take the risk."
Ravachol concluded his remarks w th
the exp sition of his theories. He said :
i wish to see anarchy established and
tne wnoie people live as one great fam
ily, each member willing to Bhare what
ub nas wno ins Drothreu. 1 committed
these outrages in order to draw the at-
leuuon oi tue public to the peeda of
anarchists."
Simon was next examined but
revelations w ere obtained from him. lie
admitted complicity in the outrages,
thanmartin said, when questioned, that
Rayachoi Btole from Soiesy cartridges
which he intended to use in blowing up
the Palace de Justice. The other two
prisoners trhd to exculpate themselves.
Ihe witnesses then called thier testi
mony and corroborated all the details as
set forth in the indictment.
THE TROUBLE IN WYOMING.
AFRAID OF THE ANARCHISTS
The Parisian Bombthrowers Sentenced
to Imprisonment for Life. -
THE JUEGE IS SEVERELY CENSURED
Tte Verdict Occasioned Much Surprise to
the People, But Was Well Re
ceived by the Anarchists.
Ueis Churired With Tearing np a Letter
Contalulug- Money.
Sah FrancIsco, April 28. Judge Mor
row heard testimony in the case of Thos.
Paquin, ex-assistant postmaster of Hull,
Canada, yesterday. Paquin is charged
with Btealing a letter containing $7 from
the mails, and his extradition is asked
for by Daniel O'Leary, inspector of police
of the Canadian dominion. The only
evidence produced was that of O'Leary,
to the effect that the prisoner had con
fessed to him that he had torn up the
letter and some money it contained and
throvu the pieces away. Defense
claimed that no cerpns delicti had been
Instructed for Morrison.
Jicri'ERsoK City, Mo., April 28. The
state republican convention today nom
inated Maor William Warner of KansaB
City for governor by acclamation. The
platform endorses the administration of
rlarrison as wise, statesmanlike and pa
triotic, especially in his foreign policy.
It couples the name of Blaine with the
latter and instructs its delegates for Har-riBon.
New York Kepuhllcans.
Albany, April 28. It was said this
morning that the sentiment among the
delegates to the republican convention is
bo generally for"HCTison that it would
not be necessary to instruct the national
delegates for him. Chairman Brook
field, of the state committee, called the
convention to order at noon.
Tivo Urates Lynched.
Naheivim.i!, April 28 A telephone
message frora Cioodletsville says that
four negroes were lynched and two others
Bhot at. The cause of the lynching was
that tho negroes brutally outraged two
respectable white girls named Nellie and
Sadie Bruce, aged 18 and 14.
A California Man Kolilied of A760.
Chicago, April 27. Sunday afternoon
Joseph Ward arrived from Oakland, Cal.,
with $800 in his pocket. He spent the
afternoon and night drinking in a State
street saloon, and toward morning three
saloon hangers on . held him up and
robbed him of $750. His assailants were
arrested.
Twolve Vessels Loading With Wheat, a
One Carries tho American Flufr.
San Francisco, April 27. Yesterday
there were twelve veesels hi nort under
engagement for wheat, etc, to Kurope,
anu lour oi mem nail charters tor a new
crop loauing. ah out lour were iron
ships, and the entire list included only
one American vessel , Each has Conti
nental options. Vessels are now seldom
being chartered for a direct port, though
occasionally a charter calls for such
option. Kates of vessels a read v char
tered for a new croo loading range from
28s 9d to 32b 9d, one having accepted
the first name, two the latter and one
30s. Total amount of tannage under
tne engagement was 21,600 tons, against
48,100 tons on corresponding date last
year. There were in pirt yesterday fifty
eight disengaged vessels, havinir an ai!
gregate tonnage of 102,700 tons,ns against
only otjtju a vear ago. Yesterday's 1 1 hi
comprised forty-four British vessels,
diirteen Ameiicau and one Nicaiagiiiin.
Disengaged vessels are located at various
points. Of the disotigriged vessels the
British iron ship Andrada has been the
longest in port, having arrived Septem
ber 22, 1891. Forty-three of the disen
gaged vessels are iron. The inward coal
fleet contributed thirty-seven of the fifty
eight vessels now disengaged. At neigh
boring ports there were fourteen char
tered disengaged vessels, representing
17,900 tons of tonnage, against 19,000
tons of the same date las! year. I'nder
the head of miscellaneous charters there
were eight vessels, two of which load
lumber for England, one takes lumber
to Sydney, two g i to New York with
general cargoes, and three others load
merchandise, one each for Honolulu,
Central America and Melbourne. Total
amount of tonnage of all classes on the
way to thiB port yesterday was 219, H00
tons, against 273,200 tonH on the corres
ponding date last year. Wheat freights
are nominally quoted at 22s (id for iron,
United Kingdom, Havre or Antwerp.
TUI.tL OF THE ANAKUIIIHTS.
Itavachol Makes a Statement as to Why
He Committed the Outrages.
Paris, April 27. The trial of Anarch
ist Ravachol, Charles Acbille Simon,
James Belea, Charles Ferdinand, Chan
martin anil the girl Rosalie Sonbere be
gan yesterday. So rnapy threats having
been made by the friends of the prison
ers that they would attempt some des
perate act, anmiBsion to the court was
severely restricted. The most desperate
precautious were taken to guard against
an attempt to interfere with the course
of justice. Guards about the Palace de
Justice were redoubled and every party
who approaches the building ia closely
watched. When the Judge entered he al
once summoned the jury, who presented
a greatly disturbed appearance. The
threats of the friends of the prisoners ev
idently greatly frightened the jurorB, and
I he journalists present expressed the
opinion that it would requite very Btrong
evidence to force tnern to render a vcr
diet of guilty in the face of the threats of
death made against them if they decide
againBt the prisoners. The explosion
last night had much to do with the very
apparent unwillingness of the Jurors to
serve in the case, for that was taken to
prove that the police will not be able to
Major Walcott Tells of Ills Kxperlences
In Johnson County.
Chkyunnk, Wyo., April 27. Major
Walcott and his forty-five men, compris
ing the band that invaded Job nsrtn
county to kill and run out cattle thieveB,
are at hort Russell, three miles from
town. They left here nineteen days ego
by special train, full of fight and confi
dence. Some of the fight lives bui their
confidence is shattered. "Wo only fig
ured ou fighting rustlers," said a leader,
"Hiid were willing to take all chanceB
with them. Their ability to enlist aid
amazed and stunned us. By actual
count their force at the time of our sur
render was 320 able-bodied and well
armed men, who could beintnllurnrt.lv
and effectively handled by Arapahoe
tirown, wlio developed into a great gen
eral. We did not count upon the fact
inai citizens without the least sympathy
for known thieves would resent the in
terference of an outside force in their
aflairs, The whole country turned out
to whip ub, and almost did it. We
couiu nave managed very well without
the roscuing cavalry for a week. We
only wanted a dark night in which to
rnune a Dreak. We were in an almost
impregnable position. The rustlerB had
a fort on wheels and it w an a ornt
scheme, but they could not get men to
move it on us, A charge by them would
have been a great, mistake. We had a-
trench from our fort to a house, and the
last stand on our nart would have heon
aeierminetrono. We saved our ammuni
tion for it, and I believe we would have
mucu wo men. They were unable to
devise any means to reach ns with fire
brands or giant powder. Rotiert,
a merchant who backs the rustlers, of
fered &000 for a cannon at Fort McKin-
ney, ami they tried to bribe some soldiers
to steal the Hotohkiss gun from the fort.
H tney nad succeeded m either case but
few of us would have escaped. On the
first day ol the sieije thev tired 2000 s bo's
at us, but we kept out of range of their
gnus, we Held our tire, only shooting
occasionally with our heaviest rides
Ihere were fifteen men in our fort which
guarded the only approach. There was
a keen rivalry to he in the fort squad, for
we nua only Drave men in our party.
Walcott, Tisdale, Cantor, Ford, Irvino,
Hesse, Elliot, the two ClarkB. Whltcomh.
uiptuin lom Smith, and several Texjns
were womlerlully brave men under lire.
Paris. Arjril 28. The inrv in th rami
of the anarchists agreed at 3 o'clock yes
terday morning and rendered their ver
dict of guiity, with extenuiting circum
stances, againat Ravachol and Simon,
They did not show they expected any
thing different. After the judge sen
tenced them to penal servitude for life,
they Bbouted "Vivel anarchie," "Vive
la revolution sociale." The verdict np.
casioned much surprise, but the general
opinion of the "extenuating circum
staces" part to the verdict waa due to the
fear of the jurors that if the prisoner
were condemned to death they would be
victims to the anarchists' vengeance.
After the proceedings ended and the con
demned were removed, the courtroom
and adjacent corridors were scenes of
great animation. The case was discussed
in loud tones by everybody. Some held
that the jury showed a woful lack of cour
age; others held that it showed they be
lieved that the friends of the priuners
were capable of carrying into execution
their threats to kill the jurymen if any
prisoners were sent to the guillotine,
the latter, therefore, justified the return
ing of a verdict that would prevent them
selves from becoming objects of rev nge
for anarchists. The Journal des debits
says: "It is to be regretted that the jary
failed to peiform its duty in the fame
noble manner that the officials performed
muiin. jut, puonc gen-rally condemn
the verdict. JSo one doubts but the jury
wete terrorized. The result is regarded
as a triumph by the dynamiters." The
fearless conduct of Beaupaire, the public
prosecutor, was warmly commended.
La Justice says a radical organization of
some foolish minds is already proposing
absurd stepB, some going so far as to ar
gue that the government should declare a
state of siege. The proposals made by
these persons, La Justice declares, would
prove a sorry remedy, as it would only
agravate the evils. The paper adds:
"Let. us begin the correction of the evil
by having a police force that knowB its
business." Le Gaulois says: "It is de
plorable that Ravachol should have been
allowed a wholeday, thanks to the inapt
itude of the Drosecnlion. to transform tho
dock into a tribune from which to preach
anaruiiy.
The Judge Condeiuued.
Paris, April 28. The conciliatory tone
of Judge Hues, w ho p'esided at the trial,
and his excessive indulgence to the an
archists is severely condemned. It is
suggested that the jury took their cue
from the judge. As some of the jury
men passed the excited groups they were
greeted with angry criea of "cowards."
Ihe police have arrested twenty-five an
archists at Roubaix.
AN INTKKK8TING QUESTION.
ILLINOIS. OKMUVKATH.
Palmer Would Like to Have the Deleita
tlon Instructed for H Im.
fiiiUNOKiKi.i), 111., April 27. The demo
cratic BtatH convention met here today
A telegram from Senator Palmer last
night indicating that ho would not object
in uave me umegation to tne national
convention instructed for him for presi
dent made his friends aggressive and
confident this morning and slightly dis
couraged the Cleveland portion, but they
reunlve.l ts mu Ita u ...,., n,.l,t 'I't...
platform denounced the McKinlev law.
declares for a gold and silver standard,
the establishment of a currency conver
ts without loss to tho holder and flxinir
a rale by an international monelarv
:ongre8H so that its parity will be main
tained and all mintB thrown open to free
coinage. It favors tho election of sena
tors by popular vole, and declares unre
lenting war on trusts and combinations..
Fnrnker Shotting Ills llnnil.
Cleveland, April 27,- The rennblican
state convention mot here this afternoon.
lion. Uhailes li. (iriilin, of Toledo, was
made temporary chairman. Kriraker
arrived this morning and his henchmen
have been hustling ever since. The out
look now is that he will succeed in break
ing the state for delegates at-large to the
national convention and that he will
have a larger representation than was
accorded him.
They Want Free Silver.
Dknvkk, Colo., April 27. The reimhli.
can state convention met here at nnnn
and elected delegates solid for the free
coinage of silver. Threats were mHo
that if candidates unfavorable to free coin
age were nomitated, a new party will be
organized. The delegation to Minneapo
lis will favor any one favorable to free
coinage.
Sheriff Williams to he Avenged.
Ozakk, Mo., April 27. Attorney-General
Wood paafeii through hero yester
day, on his way to Forsythn, to attend
court there tomorrow. It is believed
now that the men who composed the
mob at Forsythe which killed Deputy
Sheriff Williams will all be indicted, as
the attorney-general is going to bo with
the grand jury and see that indictments
are found against the offenders of the
law.
A Problem That Puziles the Officers of an
Insurance Company.
New York, April 27. M. B. Curtis,
the actor, who earned fame by his char
acter acting in "Ham'l ol 1'osen," in
sured his life two years ago for $10,000.
The policy waa made out by Mr. R,
Deutsh, than one of the agents of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. Last
September Mr. Curtis was arrested in
San FranciBeo, charged with killing
Police Officer Alexander Grant. He was
indicted for murder in the first degree,
tried, the jury diwagreed and be is now
awaiting a second trial. His case brings
the interesting question whether or not
the insurance company will nav if Curtis
should be convicted anil executed.
Whan the fact that Curtis had a
policy in the Equitable was explained
to the officers of that, company yesterday
by a reporter, they were somewhat sur
ptised by the problem which might con
front them. Nothine li kH it bus evnr
come before them. Here is a man stand
ing m the very shadow of the sallows.
on whose life there is a tlO.000 risk.
which the Equitable company have prom
ised to pay in case of his death, hnt.
they had not calculated on his dying at
the hands of the law. W. E. Johnson,
mortuary registrar, through whose lunula
all death claims must pass, said he
never knew oi a similar case.
Uo you know that anv similar nuea-
tion was ever brought up?"
"In twenty-five years' experience I
never heard of Btich a thing. The fact
that a man puts himself In a position to
he executed for the commission of crime
briuuB np a remarkable state, of offul
fur us to consider."
A most interestinu tliincr in thin cmi.
nection," said a representative of anoiher
company, "is the Maybrii k case. Mrs.
Maybrick was convicted of killing her
husband and sentenced to life imprison
ment. When the company which had a
policy on her life wanted to know what
should be done with her monnv. tin.
court decided that she was dead in tho
eyes of the law, and, although Bhe was
the beneficiary, the judge appointed a
guardian over her children, and turned
the money over to him. Now then, if
that opinion will hold good in this coun
try, and Curtis should get off with a
nentenco of imprisonment for life, he
ill, from that dav. bealivinir enrnwa
and the company holding a policy on his
life must pay the $10,000 to his heirs at
once. "
TUB OHIO CONVENTION.
A Compromise KHected Between the Sher-
man and Foraker Forces.
Clevkland, April 28. At the W
moment before the reassembling nf th
republican stale convention this morn
ing a fight between the friends of Foraker
and Sherman over delegates at- large to
the national convention was settled by
an arrangement to nominate McKinley,
Foraker. Bnshnell and Hnl.n th.
dividing evenly. McKinley called the
convention to order. The nlatfnrm
endorses Harrison nnqnalifledlv. also
McKinley and the McKi nlev law : nn-
poscf. free coinage of silver by the United
States under existing circumstances and
would not favor it excent tinder
tions that would reasonably insure the
maintenance of a substantial parity be
tween bullion and tho mint or money
DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE.
William Astor Passes Aw In p.ri.
Heart Failure the Chum.
NKW YOKK. Anril 27 A nns,1.1 ( n.
Evening World from Paris states that
William Astor died last nlrht. at tho H.
tel Liverpool. The canan waa ho-rt
failure. Mr. Astor WaB tflA fathnr nt
Mrs. J, Coleman Dravtm, o.i o.
greatly worried over the Borrows Fox-
Millbank scandal In which Bhe was in
volved Next to his nephew, William
Waldorf Astor and probably Jay Gould,
William Astor was the richest citiien oi
America. His wealth waa recently es
timated at between $50,000,000 and 60
000,000, the greatest part ol which ia in
yesUxl in New York red estate.