MOST BE RECOGNIZED.
Colored Members of G
A K. Posts.
VICE COMMANDER DkPOSED.
The Color L'uu in Li.nial ma mihI M aiii.
Hijipl Caosea Jroullle In the lt.mkfl
of llio Veterans Iimtrucllou IhhiiuU
l.i Hie New Coiiimm ler.
Albany, N. Y., June 4 Captain John
Palmer, commander in chief of the
Grand Army of tho Republic, today
issued a special order which shows that
he is determined that the colored posts
in the department of Louisiana shall be
recognized by the po ts composed o
their while comrades. In this order the
commander in chief Bays:
"The junior vice commander of de
partment of Louisiana and iUississippi
having re used to lie governed by the
action of the twenty-fifth national en
campment at. Detroit, and having failed
to comply with the orders from these
headquarters to recognize the colored
posts, it becomes the duty of the com
mander in chief to suspend linn, which
is hereby done.
"Comrade A. S. Badger, a post depart
ment commander of that department,
will at once assume command as com
mander pro-tem and recognize the col
ored posts, and proceed in accordance
with the rules and regulations governing
the Grand Army of the Republic."
In his letter of instructions to Mr.
Badger, Mr. 1'almer says :
"For some six months, theso colored
posts wero recognizued by the depart
ment of Louiaana, after which, by illegal
action, they refused to have any further
cnuiicclioii with them, giving as the
ground for such action, the . saertion
that those posts c n mined many mem
bers w ho were not eligible to member
ship, but furnishing no proof thereof.
"Out ol this illegal action, more than
any other, the present deplorable condi
tion of the department has grown. To
remove ytll grounds of doubt or sus
picion in this mailer you will at once
proceed to a thorough inspection of
those colored posts, examine the records
as to the eligibility of everyone claim
ing membership and report to the head
quarters the result of such inspection.
"II the situation in any of the posts is
shown to be as has been claimed steps
will at once be taken to annul Ihe
charter of such pots. You will also
call a provisional encampment of our
department at some convenient time be
fore the first day ol July next for the
purpose of electing department officers
and transacting other business of gen
eral interest.
"Your attention is called to tho rules
of order regard ng tho surrender of post
charters. From news received at this
headquarters it is felt that action is pro
posed which is in violation of these
rules."
I 111! Ntliil y
f VVmui lor I' luoti 4 Seoul
Unlimited.
Ciiicauo, Juno 4 Advices to tho As
sociated Press show the Mississippi
river rising at and above St. Louis with
a probability that it will not begin to
tall untill the arrival of the June rise,
giving causo for grave apprehension
when that event takes place. The Ar
kansas and other rivers in tho Bouth
west w here the recent heavy rains have
fallen also continue to rise and threaten
further destruction to property. Moans
are being taken awav to warn the in-
habilanls of any sudden break in the
lovees so tlioy may lice to places of
saieiy.
Pmiiirito, June 4 Advices from
1'ottsville, Reading and .Scranton are to
the ellect that heavy rains, amounting
to a waterspout in some places and in
others accompanied by hail, prevailed
in those regions last night doing much
damage to the crops and causing wash
outH on tho railroads which blocked
trallic.
"Kiilirr V'lii or I II ;i v tf IJoL -. IM',"
lie S.I, I.
San Anow.ii, Tex., Juno H liob
Stockman was instantly killed on Sun
day on the Blundon ranch in Valverd'
county, about UK) miles southwest of
San Angelo. Early in tlie morning
Stockman called on Iwo young ladies
named Monroo, by whom hi) was treated
coolly, and supposing that Charles
Xaden, a young ranchman near there,
tho cause of his mistreatment by
young ladies, left, remarking lie
otiid kill Bladen at. sight.
' One of the girls, closely chased by
Stockman, at the peril of her Ii o rode
live miles to warn Bladen of his danger.
Bladen secured a p stol ami met Stock
man at Ihe gale and asked what was the
trouble. Stockman replied bv flaying,
"Hither you or 1 have got to die," and
was in ti e act of raising his Winchester
when Bladen tired, killing Slockman
instantly.
Shu WtilliMl llirre Ye.ir mid I'lii-n Jlnr
rli'd H 8. r. in), it.
Fi.kminhton, N. J., June 8 Miss KUa
Sinder, daughter of Dr. O. K. Snyder, a
prominent physician ol ( Juukerlowii, is
the subject of much gossip. Through a
correspondence agency Ella became
acquainted with i', 1 lairiiniin, of Fitch-
burg, Mass. Only a few letters were
exchanged. Mr llarriman on Memo
rial day arrived at Ihe home of .Miss
Snyder and urged her to become his
wife. She had never seen him before,
ller, parents were not al home, but after
some hesitation she accepted him.
ftli-s Snyder had another suitor in
ilo Mcl'hei'Bon of her village, and bo
- hapfaued to bo at the Snyder residence
when lliirrimau arrived. -Miss Snyder
told MiThersou that alio was Boon to
wed the stranger. McPherson was
nmiizcd for he had paid attention to
Miss Snyder lor three years.
The couple went to tho Methodist par
sonage at iJiiHkertnwn to be married,
but the pastor would not perform the
ceremony because they had not the con
pent of Mr. Snyder. For the same rea
son tho Baptist minister in Flemingtou
relused to marry them. The pastor of
the Fleiniiigton Presbyterian church
finally tied tho knot and tho couple lelt
for Filchburg.
The voting lady's parents are now sat
isfied that Mr. liarriitiaii is all he rep
resented hinisell to b Mind they are re
conciled, .Mr. llarriman is a prominent
jeweller of Fitchburg and about 31 years
of age. J I iB wife is -J.
C. II Werner Uuo. II a Id Iti-j-ard-lliK
(lie Svcrulary.
Skviti.b, Juno 8 The P.-I. tiiis morn
ing says: lion. C. II. Warner, of Colfax,
who is at the Arlington hotel, will re
main in this city until Saturday to at
tend the meeting ol the executive com
mittee of the Democratic State Central
Committee. At this meeting the time
will hetixed for the convention to noiu-
inate State officers. The place will be
Olympia, and the day will be some time
after the middle of August. The time
for the convention will probably be fixed
so that the Democrats will go directly
from Olympia to the annual session of
the State League of Democratic Clubs at
Whatcom. The Democratic county con
ventions to choose delegates to the State
convention will probably be early in
August, and the prion: i.'B will come in
the latter part of July.
Mr. Warner said yesterday that the
executive committee could, of course,
ask (or the resignation of George Haz
zard, the secretary, but since the whole
central executive committee chose him,
the executive committee could not put
him out unless he was willing to go.
There was no likelihood that the execu
tive committee would ask llazzard to
resign, for the term of the secretary only
runs till the new committee is formed
in August, and llazzard would probably
serve out his term. "I have no reason
to believe," added Mr. Warner, "that
Mr. llazzard will again seek the secre
taryship, or even a place on the com
mittee." Vid I rrrld o u t it 1 1 y II i- til . eg i lie (iir pom
l : h S.i i ell lug.
Anacoki ics, J une 8 Last night's Coun
cil meeting was replete with exciting
leatures. After the reading of the totir-
nal the following message was read by
ttie mayor :
To the Common Council of the City of
Anaeortes :
Gentlemen : I herewith tender my
resignation as mayor of the city of Ana
eortes. I wish to tiiank the people for
their complimentary indorsement of mv
candidacy and to express my regret that
tain unable, through the complications
of my business affairs, to longer stand
as the chief executive of the city. .My
all'ection toward Anacor'es is unabated.
but I believe so Btrong is the influence
of her chief property holders against a
generous policy toward her struggling
people mat it wouiu ue lutile tor me to
nurse my wrath or to take up the
light vigorous!. I do feel, how
ever, that tho peonle will have
to rely upon self and shoulder
the burden and tho responsibility
of her affairs. To "crook the
pregnant hinges of the knee" to the
chief taxpayers does not, in my opinion,
assure mat limit will lollow lawning."
It is belter to grasp the bull by the
horns. "Be bold, and everywhere be
bold." Bo liberal in encouragement of
outside capital. Establish, it poss.ble,
the idea that to look lor succor irom the
McNaughts or the Oregon Improvement
Company is entirely futile, liely upon
your incorporation to carry you through
the dull tunes that must necessarily in
tervene between this date and the tune
w hen the chief promoters of Anaeortes
awaken to the idea that the people are
greater than the subsidy brokers, big
with me lulsome promise and empty
with the indorsement of their llattoring.
delusive and deceiving assertion. I de
sire this resignation to be accepted at
me next regular meeting ol your honor
able body. Respectfully,
A. P. Siiaiipstuin, Mayor.
From this message it would seem that
the burden of responsibility for resign
ing rests with the corporations referred
to. Those familiar with public alfairs,
however, believe otherwise, alleging as
a reason that his career as mayor has
not been satisfactory.
Mall HIkioia llt Wile mid Tarn Coin
mlLi Nlliul.le.
Santa Cituz, Cal.. Jtine8 At 1 o'clock
this morning a startling tragedy occurred
in the district attorney's ollice. Henry
L. Blethen shot, but not seriously
wounded, bis wile and then sent a bul
let through his own temple, instantly
killing himself, llo arrived yesterday
morning Irom Ben Lomond, wdiere he
had been stopping at the Ben Lomond
hotel until his bill had amounted to .f '.III,
which ho paid yesterday with a check
drawn in the name of George K. Morris
on the City Savings Hank of San Jose
for the sum of $I;l(i. The proprietor of
the Ben Lomond hotel, William Ward,
advanced tho diU'cronce, about IffjO.
Want immediately telegraphed to the
Sun Jose bank and found that no man
named Morris had an account at the
bank. Ward immediately started for
here and had the man arrested for
forgery. I lo claimed it was a mistake.
The district attorney having no positive
evidence that a crime had been com
mitted, desired to give the man time in
which to find out Irom San Jose. While
waiting bo was startle i bv a sr.riek and
the report of a pistol. The woman fell
to the Hour when another shot, which
ended Blethen'B own life, immediately
followed. Nothing is known of Blethen
except that ho lately arrived from San
r ranciaco.
I'li (iri'nt N.irllio ii W.t4 lt.'ulen litr the
I. ike Shore.
Seattle, Juno 8 A sudden move of
the Great Northern road on the Colman
coal bunkers lit the foot of Madison
street last night was defeatod by the
caution of the Lake Shore road.
Tho bunkers stand right across tho
Great Northern right of way. Tho track
by which it enters the city runs directly
under the eastward bent of the. bunker
trestle. The space underneath the next
bent is occupied by the hydraulic ele-
vatur, on which is a piece oi Lake Shore
ti nek on which cars are hoisted to the
bunkers and to which cars ate run from
a side track on tho Bouth side. The
Great Northern claims as part of its
iighl-o!-way the ground occupied by
this elevator and sidetrack, and if its
more westerly track rail southward it
would run directly over this ground.
Us officers wero determined to have this
ground ami to remove the bunkers and
l,ake Shore track. All preparations
were inane 10 carry mi9 plan into exe
ctition alter dark last night.
lint in some way or other, the Lake
Shore people were forewarned. About
7 o'clock they ran a train of Hat and box
cars on tho disputed tiv.ck ami kept
steam up on the engino ready lor emer
gencies. Sure enough, about" I) :;0 down
came a Great Northern construction
train Irom Boulevard, tho engine and
every car well supplied with ail kinds of
toolB necessary for destruction and con
struction, and n strong lorco of work
men. But they found that thev were too
late. The track being already occupied
by a train, they would have had to
shove it over into the tide Hats before
they could begin work, and they were
not equal to the occasion. They had
built a board walk over tiie trestle
where they proposed to operate, but
bad no opportunity to use it, though it
may have given the Lake Shore people
the warning which brought the ob
structive train on tho scene. The Great
Northern train pulled northwarJ as far
as Union slieei und stood there for two
hours, in the vain hope that tho Lake
Shore train would pull out, but it did
not, and about 1 1 :.'!0 o'clock the attack
ing party retreated to Boulevard.
The Dotully Dynamite.
Kkssisuivn, Pa., J line 4 Dynamiters
early this morning blew up the house oi
K. Turner, a jeweler, killing Turner and
Eniina Scheller and seriously injuring
Turner's wife and two children. A posse
are hunting for the guilty persons.
lift of I nforntatlo.i From Ihe Laol
Hie Northmeu.
As a proof of how closely Russia
watches the erobroglio between Sweden
and Norway we may cite that the Rus
sian military organ, "The Invalide," re
cently contained an article reviewing
the dissention which has arisen through
the question of separate consulates.
This paper, which is the organ of the
Russian war department, quotes King
Oscar's dictation to the protocol, and
lurnishes a brief characterization of tho
main point of difference. The political
union or disunion of the Scandina
vian peninsula has thus become an ob
ject of observation, not only to the polit
ical papers of Russia, but also purely
military gazettes opine they ought to
draw the attention to the contention.
"An ominous sign of the times which
we ought seriously to reflect upon"
justly admonishes the Norwegian news
paper "Altenposten. "
The Swedish army has seven honorary
generals, namely the King of Denmark,
the Pimperor of Austria, the Grand
Dukes of Baden and Luxemburg, the
Crown Prince of Denmark, Count S.
l.agerburg and J. M. Bjornsljerna.
There are four lieutenant-generals,
(among those the Swedish Crown
Prince) and ten major-generals. In the
navy there are five honorary Hag offic
ers, namely the Emperor of Germany,
the secretary of the navy. Baron C. G.
V. Otter and the admirals Baron F. W.
V. Otter, E. S. K. Peyron and U. N. al
Klercker.
An exhibition of goods manufactured
in Finland will take place in Hdsing
fors in 1894. The expenses are calcu
lated to reach that'of a similar one in the
same place in 1870. The approximate
sum ol UllO. 000 crowns will be covered
partly by a government allowance and
partly by rents to be charged lor spice
for each exhibit.
The expedition to the south pole,
which long has been projected and dis-
cusBed, seems at last to become a real
ity. Mr. Gray, of Peterhead, the cap
tain of an English whaler, surmises that
a portion of the South Polar sea offers
a splendid opportunity for catching
whales. Captain Gray has olfered Baron
G. Nordcnskiold, son of tl.e celebrated
Arctic explorer, to participate in the
expedition, which this young savant has
gladly accepted. Ihe voyagers will start
in the middle of October, and expect to
arrive at their destination alter two
months' sailing, thus to avail them
selves of the summer season at the
southern polar region.
King Oscar visited the gambling halls
at Monte Carlo the other evening. He
seemed to take great interest in the dif
ferent games, especially the playing of
Mr. Wells, the notorious Englishman,
who this day ventured large sums at the
roulette table and lost them. The
Swedish king was more prudent, for he
staked only a live-franc piece, lost it and
was thereby satisfied and done with
gambling.
All the laborers employed by the
Landkrona-Kjetling railroad have struck.
They demand a working time of Ill's' in
stead of 11J.J hours.
Uigo Ullman, the prominent member
of the Norweg an Storthing, writes in
his paper, "Varden:" ".f we only ob
tain separate consuls, it will soon be
found necessary to have our own foreign
minister, and that time will come, even
if it be not all in a hurry."
Mr. Theobaldi, a Norwegian, is en
deavoring hard to make his violin pro
duce alphabetical Bounds. He has al
ready succeeded with many, but the
consonants of "R" and "H" give him
the most trouble. He hopes to repro
duce the vrholo alphabet, then to con
struct words and sentences. Such
simple words as "mama" and "papa"
he maintains the violin can easily speak.
Bjornson's impudence is making the
Norwegian people tired of him, but the
fact is that tie has in his possession so
many compromising letters trom mem
bers of the present ministry that thev
do not dare to break with him totally.
The other day, however, when he went
up to attend a cabinet meeting in order
to tell tho government what ought and
what ought not to be done, his srooil
friend Mr. Steen, the prune minister,
became mad and allowed him the door.
The would-be reformer thought it best
to take tho hint before he was kicked
out.
Although it may appear a rather bold
plan to venture across the Atlantic in
such a craft as the Viking ship never
theless several persons havo already an
nounced themselves willing to partici
pate in the perilous voyage. A neces
sary complement of crew to maneuvre
the vessel will of course embark in Nor
way, but as it takes 30 men to ply the
oars the lull equipment will be com
pleted on its arrival at Chicago, when
only Norwegians will be selected for the
purpose Several literary men will par
ticipate in the trip and an account of
the tratia-Atlantic passage and the
whole voyage will be published imme
diately on its arrival. Also a book will
bo issued describing the Viking ship
and the discovery of Vinland bv the
Norsemen with a brief characterization
ot modern Norway.
The secretary of the Swedish commit
tee of the world's fair recently visited
the town of FOkilstuna, the Shelliold of
Sweden, for the purpose of prevailing
upon its manufacturers to worthily rep
resent their industry at tho Chicago ex
hibition. At a subsequent meeting of
the members of tho Society of Manufac
turers it was agreed that they should
have one largo exhibit stand where the
individual firms would be so indicated
as to each separate contest for prizes.
Hitherto it has principally been the
Swedish descendants resident in Fin
land who have emigrated to America,
but that now also the aboriginal Finns
have begun to emigrate in musses, may
bo inferred from the fact that, at Han
go, the port of departure for tranfor via
Sweden, only one religious Bervico has
been celebrated in Swedish, as all the
other services had to be conducted in
the Finnish tongue to suit the national
ity ot the departing emigrants.
Two Swedish brothers, named Fager
Btrom, who were the ow ners of a big
w holesale drygoods store in Berlin, com
mitted Biiicide thootherday. The elder
brother shot himself, the younger hung
himself. Financial distress was the
causo of the double suicide, which was
much lamented in Berlin, as both
brothers were highly respected and good
business men.
1'r. Nanseii lectured recently iu
Christianity on his intended expedition
to the north pole. The ship, on which
he will make the adventurous voyage, is
being built in Chri-tiana, to be finished
some time next fall. It will be fur
nishe! w ith steam engines and a cap
tive balloon, an I will carry sufficient
provisions to last 12 men during six
years.
Colonel Hans Mattson, the ex-secretary
of state iu Minnesota, is at present
traveling in Sweden, li s recently pub
lished book on his life and adventures
iu the l'n i ted States is selling very well
and has received very flattering notices
iu various Scandinavian newspapers.
Miss Mnrie Orstroin, of Arboga, who
some time ago sent an amount oi money,
Collected among the Baptists of that
city for the famine sufferers in Russia,
to the Countess S. Tolstoi, has now re
ceived a very cordial letter of thanks
from the Countess.
The Princess Ebba Bernadotte, nee
Munck, was delivered of a daughter the
other day. Both mother and child are
doing well.
Swedish nannr is nowadays exported
to many foreign countries. The Troll
ho'tlan paper mill is at present filling
orders from Rio Janeiro, Talcahuano in
Mexico, and Melbourne in Australia.
He It llertdy to Ltnoli Nerim Who
Anault White Women.
Barnwkll, S. C, June 8 Under the
grove of trees where eight negroes were
brought from the county jail i i Decem
ber two years ago, lynched and riddled
with bullets, Uovernor Tillman yes
terday made this sensational utterance
at the first meeting of the Democratic
State campaign :
"There is only one crime that should
bring on lynching. 1, as governor,
would head a party to lynch any negro
that would assault a white woman."
The remark was the only thing talked
about last night.
Til I'liinger Cnug-lil tu a Wtn'tt! and
Curu Dual end II dly Miiei z":l.
Chicago, June 8 Plunger Partridge
has not as much money today as he had
two weeks ago. He met his Waterloo in
a wheat and corn deal. When, 15 min
utes before the close of the board yes
terday, July wheat advanced from 80!
to 88 cents, Partridge, who for four
months has been fighting the advance,
was covering the wheat which he had
sold on the expectation of lower prices.
During that time he bought in,
through his own brokers and those os
commission houses to whom he was
si.ort, 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels of
wheat. The total amount bought if
considered about one-half his entire
shortage. This wheat, which he bought
from 8(i to 88, he has sold at from 78 to
83 cents. His loss on the deal is about
if:i00,OJO.
V Fight Itelueeti Union anil Non-Union
Sallora End. r'.iilly.
San Francisco, June 4 The fight be
tween the union and non-union sailors
on the water front broke out again last
night and ended in the killing of a
Swede named A. Anderson. Anderson
had been in this country six years and
had been a member of Seamens Union
since its organization. The bark S. C.
Allen lay at the pier yesterday evening
with a non-union crew on board com
posed of 11. Jurgens, John Gomez, J.
Kellv, Charles O. Peterson, Peter Skace,
W. White and John Wilson. At 5:3d
a gang of union sailors boarded the ves
sel and induced the non-union men to
leave. On the wharf a fight occurred in
which Anderson was stabbed in one of
the lungs by John Gomez, a powerful
Spaniard.
It was thought that Anderson was
killed and a cry of "lynch him,"
"lynch him" was started. The mad
dened Spaniard darted hither and
thither, and finally fell into the arms of
two policemen who took him to the
police station. Anderson was taken to
the hospital where he died from the
effects of the wound which he had re
ceived. A charge of murder was made
against Gomez, who seemed to regard
the matter as an every-day occurrence.
The 8. C. Allen was loaded with lumber
for Honolulu. It is said that the men
on board who aroused the wrath of the
union were not sailors, but 'longshore
men. S.icraineuio tixni'ois a W tr Among the
Chines
Sacramento, Cal., June 3 Excite
ment runs high in the Chinese quarters.
Yesterday aiternoDii a crowd ot peace
able Chinese informed Chief Rogers
t'dit 40 highbinders were enroule to
this city from San Francisco to avenge
the murders of Tuesday night. They
left San Francisco by steamer and are
expected to arrive this morning. From
a reliable source it was learned that the
sell-constituted avengers are numbers
of a big highbinder society and have
sworn to kill the promoters of last Tues
day's murder. The greatest excitement
prevails. Peaceful Chinese are leaving
the city, fearing violence at the hands
of the new-comers. Local highbinders
are arm ng themselves and are prepar
ing to give battle to the intruders.
WANT TO UHlrE.
Hiiuiuiiy mid Flownr Suggested by the
Hill Dnle-atea.
Kuw Y'ork, June 3 A meeting of
delegates to the national Democratic
convention chosen by the "midwiater"
convention is called for conference
next Tuesday. It is said Sena
tor David B. Hill will attend
and important action will be
taken in reference to his candidacy for
the presiuentiat nomination. A dis
patch from Troy says at this meeting it
will be proposed that in case
the national committee admits the
Syracuse delegates the mid-winter
delegates shall change their
allegiance to Roswell P. Flower, and
that this proposition iu to be made to
tho Syracuse delegation who are to be
asked to unite on Flower and throw
Cleveland over.
How u One-.lrnie.i Han J.it Imed a Hold
Ituifrlar.
PiTrsiu iKi, Pa., June 4 P. J. Neuful,
alias John 1). Melton, a notorious crimi
nal, was captured in Pittsburg today
after a desperate struggle in which
Georgo E. Turner, a grocer, with une
good arm and an iron hook fastened to
tho stump of the other, showed himself
a hero.
Neulul was detected in the house of
John A. Renshaw, which has been
closed because of the absence of the
family in the West. Some neighbors
who heard the alarm gave chase. Neu-
tut uaa a good lead when he was struck
by a club thrown by Turner. Th s en
raged Neuful and he drew two revolvers
and began firing at his pursuers. One
ball struck Turner's head, but glanced
off and the plucky grocer closed o i the
burglar, and catching his clothes with
an iron hook held him until help came.
Neufttl is wanted in Cleveland and
Chicago for forgery, and has confessed
to a number of small robberies in Pitts
burg. Among these was the bursting of
the safe of O'Neill Carriage Company
a few days ago. By that operation he
secured much booty.
TIIK IhKl
LaP.eche Com., u rtrjt In the Great
Uveut.
London, June 3 This is the last day
oi the Epsom summer meet-
e K'"viiai event was
the race for Oaks stake, next
in interest among the great race events
in England to the Derby. Biron
De Hirsch's great filly La Fleche
who started lavorite for the Derby
and ran second in that race
proved the winner. The Smew was
second, Lady H riuit third, time 2:43
4-6. The weather was fair and cool and
mere was a targe tashionabe ttAn,t.
ance.
EMIN PASHA.
The Gr at African Eiptorer l Det.
Beki.ix, June 8 The rumor of the
death of Emin Pasha in the interior of
Africa is confirmed. The cause is sup
posed to be smallpox.
Emin Pasha was governor of Equa
torial Africa and during his incumbency
did much to bring the savage tribes of
the interior into peaceable relations
with Europeans. In 1888 he was res
cued bv Staniev, althoug he did't want
to be. Upon his return to Equatorial
Africa he tound the Mandi in control of
he country, but succeeded in over
throwing him and regaining possession
of the territory.
Mr. mil Mr., ".link" Allul Moutrual
1 oiue lo the Co it.
San Francisco, June 4 Mr. John 8.
Allan and "Mrs. John S. Allan," of Mon
treal, reg. stored at the Occidental hotel
in this city a few days ago, but have j
now lelt. presumably, lor soumern Cal
ifornia. This is supposed to be the first
knowledge gained as to the whereabouts
of the pair who eloped from Montreal
two weeks ago. "Mrs. John S. Allan"
is Mrs. R. Y. Hebden, one of
the most fashionable women of Mon
treal society, and Mr. John S. Allan
is the oldest son and heir to Andrew A.
Allan, one of the millionaire partners in
the Allan Royal Mail Steamship line.
The relations between Mr. Allan and
Mrs. Hebden began two yearsago, when
Mrs. Hebden moved to Montreal from
Chicago with her husband, whose posi
tion as inspector of the bank of Mon
treal condemned him to a shifting exis
tence, now in one city, now in another.
Mrs. Hebden is an accomplish d Eng
lish lady, a woman of toe world in the
highest sense of the word, a woman who
dressed with exquisite taste and knew
how to use whatever gifts nature had
given her to the best possible advant
age. Very soon after reaching Montreal
she was received and welcomed in the
best society of the city, that iu which
the Allans moved. Iler handsome home
on Sherbrooke street, Montreal's Fifth
avenue, became the rendezvous ot the
very choice Bet. She entertained fre
quently with the most perfect tact and
with a hospitality which won her hosts
of friends. Among others it won her
was handBonie "Jack" Allan, l is fath
er's pet, ttie practical head of the firm
and, as every one said, "the best one of
the lamily."
It soon became remarked that Mrs.
llebden and "Jack" Allan were together
on alt occasions and seemed to be par
ticularly well p. eased to be together
seemed, in fact, to enjoy each other's
society. All through the skating season
they might be teen almost any alternoon
gliding aiong side by side at the Victoria
Skating Rink, which is tho lashtonable
place to go about 4 or 5 o'clock. Then
in the evening they would be seen fre
quently at ttie Academy or at the
Queen's Theatre, not enjoying the per-
lormance on the stage as much as the
society oi each other. They were seen,
too, more oiten than strict propriety ap
proved driving together along the fine
roads which encircle Mount Royal.
This sort ot thing went on with
scarcely any attempt at concealment, '
until trouble iu the families seemed im
minent and until their indiscreet con
duct became the general talk of society.
A few weeks ago they hurried matters
to a climax by questionable conduct at
an amateur periormance of the "Yeo
men of the Guard" at the Academy of
Music. When the per ormance be,;an
it was noticed that one of the boxes was
sfiut in from the puolic view by care
fully drawn curtains. No one knew who
were behind those curtains or what was
transpiring there until .Mrs. MacDou
gail, who was playing the principal role,
glanced into the box irom the stage,
and to her astonishment and dismay
recognized "Jack" Allan and .Mrs. lleu
den. Sue whispered her discovery to
Miss Moyian, who was playing the sec
ond role, and presently the news had
spread through the entire audience and
every eye was fixed upon those curtains.
W hen the second act began they were
drawn still, and remained so until the
ciose of tiie performance, although Mrs.
Hebden and her escort were seated
there in the shadow from beginning to
end.
Of course this made a great deal of
talk. The open rupture between Mrs.
Allan and her husband came, curiously
enough, so it is said, over the telephone,
airs. Allan ringing linn up one day to
ask what his plans were for the after
noon. "I am going out driving," answered
Mr. Allan over the wire.
"Are you going with that woman?"
was Mrs. Allan's next question.
"Yes, 1 am," said the husband,
whereupon Mrs. Allan told him that if
he kept his word he could consider all
relations at an end between them, and
rang off.
Whether this account of the break in
the Allan household is authentic or not
the fact remains that a lew days later
Mrs. Allan offered for sale ail the rich
furniture which had been newly put
into their house on Sherbrooke Btreet.
corner of Peel, packed up her trunks and
boxes ana took passage for England on
the Sardinian with her little children.
Mrs. Allan would, it is believed, have
insisted on her rights even at the ex
pense of an open scandal had it not been
or the pleading remonstrances of An
drew Allan, who wanted no public ex
posure while he lived,
It w as an open secret, however, that
Jack Allan and his wife had agreed to
separate and that a generous financial
apportionment had been made lor Mrs.
Allan.
That left "Jack" Allan free, and he
was' not Blow to take advantage oi it.
Alter that lie began, bo there is every
reason to think, to plan actively for the
elopement. A more desperate case of
mad iniatuation it would be hard to find
in history or fiction. Mrs. llebden was
not as pretty as Mrs. Allan nor as young
by five years, but she had a strong hold
on this man's heart.
This is not the first elopement which
has made trouble in the' Allan family.
Seme eighteen or twenty years ago Mrs.
McKenzio, a si.-ter of "Jack" Allan, ran
away with a married man named
Bridges. Mrs. Melvenz;e's husband did
not long survive the shock ot his wife's
uniaithlulness and died of a broken
heart. The pair have long since mar
ried and their present home is in Win
nipeg. Probably a Capitalistic Lie.
Chicago, June 3 A morning paper
says that the police have discovered a
carefully devised plot to blow up the
McGregor boiler factory, whose men are
on strike with non-union men filling
tneir places, w ires were strung to a
point at the rear of the factory running
10 a room recently taaen ny tnree men.
In this room were found a large quantity
of dynamite and electrical aparatus for
exploding it.
nryiog
the Yictiuit and
Away the Kaln.
Clearing
Oil City, Pa., June 8 Seven uniden
tified victims of Sunday night's fire and
flood were buried this morning. The
relief fund in this city and TitUBville
now amounts to $03,500. Seven hun
dred people have been already aided,
and it is believed the number will run
to 800. The people have recovered from
the stunning effects of the blow. The
work of removing the ruins is being
actively prosecuted; 500 men are at
work, but nothing has yet been dona on
the west side.
TiTiisvii.i.K, Pa., June 8 About 40
funera a will be held here today. The
work of searching for bodies is being
actively carried on. It iB supposed that
many are lodged under the piles of rub
bish. Disinfectant is being used to pre
vent the spread of dis ase. Many are
already sick through excitement and ex
posure.
But lie Shot Mao and Now He
Lauguiaae'.
Oakland, Cal., June 9 James B.
Marvin, proprietor of the Piedmont'
hotel, at Piedmont, was shot in the
shoulder, at his hotel this morning at
1 :30, by George H arwell, nis rjartenuer.
Sheriff Hussv was at once notified by
telephone and arrested him and lodged
him in jail. Farweb claims be was
drunk and, when seen in jail this morn
ing by a United Prees reporter, said he
had no recollection of the affair.
Drought in Havana.
Havana, June 9 Drought continues
highly favorable to grinding operations,
but considerably interferes with labor in
the field. The tender cane suffering se
verely Irom lack of proper care. Drought
has ruined the pasturage and cattle
growers have experienced heavy losses.
Advices from Puerto Principe are to the
ellect that over 20,000 cows, calves and
bullocks have already died from want 01
food and water.
More Deaths at Koslyn.
Roslyn, June 9 Tony Bertol, an
Italian miner, was killed by a falling
rock at Roslyn on Tuesday. His wife
died in Italy about six mouths ago, and
the accident to the lather makes or
phans of six children, the eldest of
whom is but 15 yeara old.
The funds in the bauds of the Roslyn
reliei committee, amounting to $8,000,
will be distributed this week between
the widows and orphans of the unfortu
nate miners killed in ttie slope. The
plan of distribution heretofore published
will be followed.
The Oriental Bank failure.
London, June 9 The effect of the
new Oriental Bank suspension is in no
way comparable with the crash of Bar
ing Bros.' suspension, and has been to a
large extent discounted, but has exer
cised a depressing influence on the mar
kets. It is causing discussion regardidg
the depreciation in value of silver and
the position of other Eastern houses.
Shares in the Indian and Chinese Bank
tell 1 to 2 points. Ten-pound shares of
the new Oriental were eagerly offered
ou Tuesday at 2. The depositors will
eventually obtain their deposits iu full.
The prospects for the shareholders are
doubtful.
Decision ot Local Interest.
Olympia, June 9 The supreme court
today affirmed the judgment in the case
of Coats vs. the West Coast F'ire and
Marine Insurance Company, because
the statement of facts was not properly
before the court.
lie Was Faiiier ot llle Head .Haaler ol
Wi. a il. igloo College.
FuYAi.Li'i', June 9 Rev. Mr. Pulford,
rector of the Puyallup Episcopal church,
Jed this afternoon at 1:33 o'clock, aged
about 60 years, lie is the fattier of
Professjr Pullord, the head master at
Washington college, Tacoma, and was
held in high esteem by all. He moved
here a year and a hall ago from Wiscon
sin, witn hiB family. Another son is
teaching school in this county. Mrs.
Puilord survives him.
IPolk Improved.
Washington, D. C, June 9 The con
dition of President Polk, of the Farmers'
Alliance, ia somewhat improved this
morning.
Swinging Round the Circle.
Boston, June 8 Mr. Blaine and his
family arrived this morning from New
York and went to the hotel. It is un
derstood he will maintain strict privacy
while here.
Will N i Go 10 1'nr.a I'b Summer to
i'lay Kill ardn.
New York, June 8 George Slosson
said yesterday that he had abandoned
his plan of going to Paris. It is sup
posed that he would saii today on the
steamer Teutonic, preceding Ives and
Shaffer. A stateroom was held for him
ud to noon yesterday, and then he gave
it up and decided to remain in America
this summer.
"I was going abroad for my health,
which has been run down " he said,
"and I had proposed to play billiarda
for two weeka in the tourney at the
Folies Bergere in Paris. I had no evi-1
dence, however, that the Frenchmen
would stick to the verbal agreement
made and concluded not to risk it. I
would have gone to Paris if I had been
sure of getting my expenses. I shall
spend part of my vacation in the Adi
rondacks. I will not take my vacation
until July, though."
Slosson says that he understands that
Ives and Shaffer are to sail on Saturday
with Billy Catton lor Paris to partici
pate in the Bergere tournament.
Don't Xiike Harrison.
Ciiicauo, June 3 John M. Langsteen.
a colored delegate from Virginia, in in
terview today said colored voters were
in revolt against Harrison, that the
only man who can give the
negro justice in the South is Blaine.
He declared the colored people
hold the balance of power in Illinois,
Ohio and Pennsylvania, and might dis
astrously exert it if Harrison is renom
inated. Dunkarda' Convention.
Cedar Rapids, la., June 3 The
annual convention of German Baptists,
better known as the Duukards of the
United States, will open here this after
noon. Convention Bulletins.
Bulletins announcing the progress of
the national conventions will be re
ceived in Tacoma by the Western Union
Telegraph Company and furnished to
its patrons free ot charge as has been the
custom lor a number of years. This
company will per.orm like compli
mentary service at each of its 22,000
0 dices throughout the United States.
Five Fishers and the Lightning.
Gainesville, tin., June 4 Five men
fishing took refuge from a storm under a
tree. A bolt of lightning killed three
and severely stunned the others. They
were all of a family named Reeves.
Uyolone In Texas.
Clebirnk, Tex., June 7 A cyclone
Sunday night demolished 42 houses and
severely injured several people, two
fatally.
JeUoua Harry.
Bknnkts Mills, Mo., Jane 4 Jealous
Henry Kicks, colored, with an ax chop
ped John Jones and a man named Wat
son to death. He ii in jail in danger of
lynching.
LURED TO RUIN.
Government Oltlclala Are Guilty or
Gron Immorality.
Victoria, B. C, June 8 For sine
days past ugly rumors have been afloat
of gross immoralities perpetrated on
young girls in a certain high-class block
in the city where furnished rooms are
for rent. The police were put on the
scent by the newspaper men.
Y'esterday an investigation was held
in the chief of police's office which re
ve.ded some tough facts. The culprits
are dominion government officials, oc
cupying prominent positions now on the
coae '. and an associate of . the demi
monde. Children who range in age from 10 to
13 are Baid to have been enticed into a
room occupied by a government official,
there taught to drink beer and smoke
cigarettes, after which they were ruined.
The government official is now out of
the city, and the other criminal is about
winging his flight to the United States.
The children belon, to respectable
families, and the parents are wild over
tne ciiBgrace. ine influence the scoun
drels had over the little girls is shown
by the shamelesaness with which the
children admitted their guilt. No ar
restB have been made, but the case will
be sifted to the bottom.
The circ umstances ot the discovery
are these : Some few days ago, the at
tention of a member of the Colonist staff
was drawn to a group of little girls,
three in all, Btanding about the entrance
to a well known building, where there
are furnished rooms to rent, and the
statement was made at the time, "those
children are guilty of the grossest kinds
of immorality, and are made use of by
men who live there." The information
was most astonishing, and in order to
ascertain the truth, a reporter was de
tailed to investigate. The result of a
careful inquiry and a deliberate personal
examination is that positive proofs have
been obtained of the whule of the scan
dalous proceedings, and as a matter of
du y and duty only, the details laid be
fore the proper authorities.
The girls themselves, when closely
questioned about their actions, told with
childish simplicity what they had been
doing. They told the names of their
seducers, tho occasions and all the cir
cumstances connected therewith. Be
sides th s, they gave the names of their
own homes, told where their parents
live in the city and all other informa
tion. The Btory was of necessity got
from them in scraps, and was inter
larded with the most objectionable pro
fanity and immoral language. The
girls have been well brought up, are
daughters of well-to-do people, who up
to the present have had no idea of the
evil ways into which their children
have been led. What seems worst of
all, one of the demi monde in this city
has been luring tho youngsters from
their homes and hiring Uiem to stay
with men in her house.
The extent and scope of her influence
can be imagined when it is stated that
two of the three girls above mentioned
proudly boast that some of these days
they will go and live with this woman
and will then "drink wine and beer and
go driving in a hack."
One of the girls ia 13 yeara of age. She
is the eldest of the lot, the others being
between 11 and 12. They say that they
have "all been "making money" since
last summer. They all smoke cigarettes
and drink beer and use such language
as would disgrace the toughest bawdy
house in the city.
I'he S-icrainunto Uiver li Uoing Uown
Very Slowly.
Sacramento, Cal., June 1 The rivor
issurpiismg everybody by not falling
more rapidly. The water at this point
shows a decline of only three inches in
24 hours, the figures being 20 feet 8
inches. The water iB running more
swiitly than before tho break in the
Y'olo levee, but even now ia not moving
rapidly enough to do much in the way
of scouring the river bed. The amount
0 water flowing through the break
should ordinarily lower the river rap
idly; but the enormous overflow off the
upper reaches of the stream keeps up
the supply. A telephone message has
been received from Oak Hall stating
that everything is all right down there.
Reports from F'reeport and Couitland
state that the levee is all right at those
places.
Bakersfield, Cal., June 1 The body
of Charles E. Jewett who was drowned
yesterday in attempting to rescue two
Grenville boys in Kern river, was found
last night lodged in the roots of a tree
on an island about two miles below the
mouth of the canyon. His head was
mashed into a jelly, his body was terri
bly bruised and his leg and arm broken.
The body ia now lying in the morgue
awaiting the arrival of his relatives.
Over 100 people re still out searching
along the river for the remains of the
two boys, but thus far not a trace of
them naB been found. The river still
continues very high.
The Cathollo Prieat Said to Have Given
Up tilaine Lettera.
Washington, D. C, June 8 Father
Ducey has made another visit to Wash
ington, arriving at midnight last night
and returning home today. He left
here at 4 o'clock. He waa absent from
his hotel alt the morning and the report
here is that he met a representative of
Mr. Blaine and delivered over the let
tera that Mr. Blaine has been so
anxious to have returned to him.
Father Ducey would not discuss the
matter in any form.
The particulars of the story in
circulation about Father Ducey's
visit is that $05,000 was paid
for the return of the package of letters.
R. C. Kerens, of St. Louis, is said to
have subscribed $15,000 and five other
men $10,000 each. To whom this money
is gone is left to conjecture. Father
Ducey is rich and, anyhow, would not
figure in a transaction of this kind on
his own account.
Two Train Wrecks.
Alvahado, Cal., June 8 Early this
morning a freight trai l of six cars on
the South Pacific Coast Railroad was
ditched by running into a band of
horses. The wreck caught fire and the
cars were almost entirety destroyed.
The fireman was ba ily injured.
Hartford, Wis., June 8 A freight
train of the Wilwaukee & St. Paul road
was wrecked here last night. Engineer
Fahl, Fireman Hood and Brakeman
Roach were killed. A cloudburst flooded
the track and unsettled a culvert. The
train went into the river and the bodies
are under the wreck.
A. Hard Crowd in Vancouver.
Vancouver, J une 8 The social purity
committee is getting up a monster peti
tion to the City Council to inforce the
clauses in the by-laws which call for the
punishment of frequenters or persons in
any way connected with or who con
tribute in any way to the support of in
mates or proprietors of houses of ill
fame; to prevent prostitutes riding on
horsebtck or in open carriages; to
prosecute all livery stable men who hire
them horses, and to prevent the sale of
liquor to houses of ill-fame.