WAIER,WATER,WATER
The Prohibition State
Gets Plenty.
THIRTY-EIGHT MILES WlDli
Uuala II un 12 Mlle I ii I n ii 1 and
Hiler Taurine la WluilowB
of II ue-Mut Ue Ilv tig Uell lo
Hue Their Crop.
Wahiiinoton, Iowa, .lune 27 The
Mississiuiii river at this point has len
rising at the rate of halt an inch an
hour for the past three days ami today
that rate was increased. The govern
ment gang') showed sixteen (eet above
thelo water mark of 1864. The river
is now only eleven inches below the
high water mark oi 1888, which was the
highest point reached Hince in 1HM.
There are HO inches of water on
the office Boor of the Diamond
.lo line and waves are beginning to pour
in at the windows of many buildings
along the levees. The Burlington boat
club's tine house is entirely surrounded
and the waler can be seen spreading out
over the low lauds in Illinois. The
river at this point is now nearly :i8
miles wide in places and boats can run
to Gladstone, Illinois, 12 utiles iniaiul.
The current of the river is taking a Bhort
cut through these low land and
considerable apprehension is felt by
property ownors for the safety of
their submergeJ buildups Tlie current
which rushes thro".Bu the long slough
bridges or; '.he Carthage branch of the
liurlington road greatly endangers their
Mtahility. There is only 11 inches of
space between the water and the rails of
this branch for Beveral miles between
here and Carmen, Illinois, and
if that is overcome, by the rising water,
it will block all trallic between this city
and CJuincy and St. Louis. All trains
on the HI. Louis, Keokuk & North
western road are abandoned, except
through passenger trains which are now
running via Quincy and Carthage.
A Teiiiperatiee Luuiumr 1 . 4 a Go 1
lotnprotii f.
Chicago, June 27 The pension offi
cers here discovered that Mrs. Alice L.
Taylor, of Ml. Pleasant, Iowa, wife of
Dr. John S. Taylor, surgeon in tho
Twonty-lhird Illinois Infantry dur
ing the late war, who has been con
fined in various insune asylums in
Illinois since 1H0!) us an insane pauper,
has been drawing and converting to her
own life his pension of $72 per month
since July, 1874, receiving an aggregate
of $1(1, 504, none of which bus
been used for li i benetit. Mrs.
Taylor was brought here ami
compromised with the government by
the payment ol $ft,uuu. sue is wen
known in Iowa as a temperance worker,
her writings on the subject having a
wide circulation.
Uotli Are lltiaily for Uiur.tlar Niuh 'a
Fit In,
San Francisco. June 27 l'resi
dent Cook, of the California club,
paid a visit to uoddard and Mc
A ii I i lie in their training quarters yes
terday to mako final arrangements
for Thursday night. Goddard was
found under the shower luitli, ho having
just coin1 in from a niiie-iiiile cross
country walk. I'll is was the first, time
any but his immediate associates at the
training ipiarters have had a chance to
see the Austrnilian uh he strips, lie
was found to be a veritable model of
Hix-footurs. There does not seem to be
u ii ounce of llosh in a poor place uu
him. lie is in condition to light if ever
a man was. Perhaps his movement
is not uh iiiick as it will be on
the night of the meeting, but ( oddnrd
iH in such shape aB to do his best work,
lie examined the gloves with critical
eye and, as usual, found some fault
with them. Godditrd's nature is
not the sweetest and gentlest in tho
world, and ho do -a not hesitate to file
objection every once in a little while.
1' on r times have gloves been placed
under hiB inspection, anil even now
he llmls fault. The man who
does kicking on technicalities
is the one who usually comes out second
best. " remarked an old sport who had
noticed Ihis Ira t of t ioddard's nature.
"1 wonder if that's why tho betting
has switched?" liig Joe McAulifle
says he is in trim to light
till he can and lie hopes lo win. The
Mission hov has very lit' lu of (ioddard's
objecting proclivities, and the gloves
when shown him, met with his
lull appioval, as they had liefore. Tho
people around the six mile house
who have been watching MoAulill'o at
lus daily work see no reason why ho
should not be even a stronger lav rite
nllhouh acknow ledging that Goddard
is in very eood form. AlcAulillo expects
to go in at about 217. tied lard's pres
ent weight is UMi.
llt.laiiiiiH Young- I.Mtly- t'iiulloiijrari uutl
Mi-it Ai !' lllval.
Chaiii kkton, W. Vii., Juno 27 Misses
tlennide lliiiiiir ami Liza e Spears are
two of the handsomest young ladies in
the section of Lincoln county in which
they live. The long-continued contest
between them for social preference
led to bitter enmity, mid Miss Spoars,
having recently made several colli uus tw
by her superior charms, her rival and
bitter enemy, Miss llagar, could stand
it no longer, and one day last week met
her ami challenged her to mortal
combat and fired five shots at tier. Shu
proved a had marksman and none of the
aliols look effect. Miss Spears went
before J ustieo Smith tl e day fu towing
for a warrant to restrain her enemy
trotii .urtner violence, an I tlie end is
nut yet.
Epidemic ot Duals tinging.
Pahin, Juno 2f Tho fatal outcome of
the de Mores-Mayer duel has caused a
great deal of excitement, and rumors of
otlur affairs of honor are prevalent.
The report has it that six Hebrew
otlicers have challenged six editors of
the anti-Semitic journal Libre Parole,
and that six duels will be fought simul
taneously tod ty.
Bteaiuar (ioes Down.
Nanaimo, It. I'., Juno 24 The Ind.ans
off Cape Mudge, report that a steamer,
supposed lo bo the Standard, has foun
dered oil Capo .Mudge in tide-rip. Ac
cording to the Indians she gave several
sharp whistles and then went down.
One man was washed ashore uncon
scious. Tho scene of the accident is
near Toy inou r Narrows, where the Tin
ted St a b gunboat ( trappier sank. The
Standard was thirty-one tons register,
t'oiuuiinaiided by Captain Carroll, and
owned by the Stan. lard Canning Com
pany. She left here on the 17th, bouud
lor Skeena river and carried a crew of
five persons.
8 rong Effort. Heine; Made to EOVct a
tteounoll tattoo.
New York, June 27 It is believed
among those who should be able to ar
rive at conclusions that strenuous efforts
are being made to effect a reconciliation
between Mr. and Mrs. Drayton. Tim is
looked upon as a fact. It is said that
Mrs. Astor is most anxious to bring
this about and is using every effort in
her power. She is depending largely
upon her lawyers, it is said, and there
fiave been a number of conferences be
tween them and Mr. Drayton's lawyers.
besides, Mrs. Astor has her strong so
cial influence.
It is thought Mrs. Drayton is not par
ticularly anxious to become reconciled
to her husband, nor has John jacoo
Astor any great personal desire to see
this brought about, but Mrs. Astor feels
that it is absolutely necessary, and her
strong will dominates the whole family.
The impression seems to he general that
Mrs. Astor couhdently expects ttiat a
reconciliation will be effected, and this
s the reason why she le:t her daughter
when she went to Europe.
The gossip includes the fact that Mr.
Drayton is very obstinate. At first he
would not hear of the matter at all. He
Baid that a reconciliation was not to be
thought of for a moment, but now, it is
said, he is being persuaded to look upon
the affair in a different light.
Club men say Mr. Drayton has little
to gain by a reconciliation from a am
terlal point of view. While he has no
money of his own, he has at his disposal
the income of money left his children
by William Astor.
No one who Knows anything about
the trouble has the least doubt that it
was upon Mr. Drayton's representations
that William Astor disinherited his
daughter; but it is whispered that
there may bti a change in Mrs. Dray
ton's financial aftairs. Her share in
estale should have been $1150, 000. Now
the story goes that hor brother, John
Jacob Astor, will give her this amount
and that ho will even increase it to a
round million.
But one man said: "If this is done.
no one will ever know anything about
it. You see it would place Mr. Drayton
in a rather uncomfortable position to
say that a reconciliation was effected
upon this basis.
'HIE TEXAS LAMED.
It oriipftr of Hit. (InllHHt Man Who
fllllisi i e,l tilth.- Launching.
Norfolk, June 27 The new warship
Texas was successfully launched today.
Commodore Aaron Ward Weaver was
chief officer at tlie launching, lie is
the senior commodore in tho U. S. navy,
and is and has been in command of the
U. S. navy yard and station at Norfolk,
Va., for the past two and a half years,
lie was born in Washington July 1,
18112, and was appointed a midshipman
from the State of Ohio May 10, 1848.
His service, therefore, in the navy cov
ers a neriod of over lortv-four years.
He graduated at the Naval Acad
emy in 18)4, nnd has passed
through all the inherent grades ol
the navy up to commodore. Ho has
COMUOIlOKU WKAVlili.
seen over twenty years sea service and
nearly nineteen years shore duty. Ilur
ing the entire civil war he was actively
employed, serving under Flag Otlicers
Farrngut, Porter, DiiPont, Rowan,
Ntriniiham, Dahlgren and Uoldsborough.
lie was a lieutenant on board tho Sus
quehanna at the bombardment and cap
ture of the forts at Port Koyal, S. C,
and commanded the wooden gunboat
Chippewa at the first battle of Fort
Kisher, ami tho monitor Mtihopac at the
last attack and capture of this fort.
lie was present in command of this
ironclad when the fortifications at
Charleston were evncunf"d and taken
possession ol by the l moil forces. Im
mediately alter the fall of Charleston
his Monitor was ordered to tho James
River, an I in hor passage he encount
ered a heavy gale ot wind, which lasted
over two days; ho arrived without any
serious accident al ove lltilch Gapcanal,
James Kiver, and was present at the
fall of Richmond.
He participated in many minor en
gagements during the war and was a
lieutenant on board the Susquehanna,
when the hatturies at Sewell's Point,
Virginia, were bombarded, and upon the
destruction of tho Merrimac the Susque
hanna was ono of the first vessels lo an
chor oil' Norfolk a. tor its evacuation.
lie was also in command of tlie Win
ona, Lower Mississippi, under Admiral
Farriignt, and was several times ongag d
with tho enemy and especially com
mended by Admiral Farragui in nis offi
cial despatch of the repulse of tlie enemy
at Donaldson villa. La.
lie was also highly commended ami
recommended tor promotion by Admiral
Porter.
Alter tho Civil War lie was promoted
to the grade of commander in conse
quence of his war record, which gave
him rank and precedence over many
olliiors of the navy who entered the
service seven years p.ior to the time
that he did.
Commodore Weaver has commanded
since the w ar ended the double-lurreted
iron-clad Terror, the iron-clad Dictator,
I'm ted States frigate Brooklyn, and
while in command of the latter vessel
ho was for several months the senior
officer commanding tho South Atlantic
station.
Ho has been employed at different
times at navy yards, and was four years
prior to assuming command of the Nor
folk navy yaid, president of the Naval
Examining and Hetiriug Hoards for the
promotion and retirement of otlicers.
lie was promoted to his present rank
October 7;li, ISSti.
lie U lleurlvetl at Muulcll YW.Ii (Jreut
K uliu la in.
MiNicii, June 24 Prince Bismarck
arrived here early this n.orniug and had
a magnificent popular reception.
Tliouaatids of people assembled at the
railway station and students were as
conspicuous as at Vienna. The Prince
looked bright and well pi ased and gave
the impression that tie was Btill far
from being tlie decrepit old man thai
some had described bin). He recog-
uned the welcome ot the multitude with
evident cordiality. No attempt was
made by the police as at Vicuna to in
terfere with the popular demonstration.
SOME POLITICS.
Harrison Will Not
Speak.
HEADjMAX clarkson' hred.
The State Loauo of Democratlo Clubs
In N w Vork la I'mptrlug- For a
Lively C.iuipalgii W.aeotiein'a Ite
app .r tiott meul
Washington, D. C, June 27 Presi
dent Harrison said to a gentleman from
Missouri that he would make no poli
tical trips in the campaign. lie had
made some visits in tlie canvas ot 1888;
but that was when he was simply the
nominee of his party. As president ot
tho United States he thought
it in list not be proper. He
would address some gatherings
of a character not wholly political ; but
would make no campaign ot the towns.
This was said in reply to an invitation
to visit Missouri, ile said that Con
gress would not be likelv to adjourn for
two months and pointing to his desk,
which was covered with papers and doc
uments he added: lou Bee here is
work to occupy me several weeks to
come.
THE WORK I.N NKW YOKK.
Ai.hany. N. Y.. June 27 John Boyd
Thatcher, president of the Slate league
of Demoocratic clubs, is busy arranging
the plan oi campaign lor tlie clubs
throughout the State. He sail: "It
shall be the task ol organization not
only in aid of the independent voter
in tlie work ot tarill retorm, out
to convince biin that within our
party lines exist the principles and
truth which we received from the
founders of the government and which
we have preserved in their rugged sim
plicity. This will he another campaign
of education, an I there will be no more
intrepid leader in this campaign than
Senator Hill. He is loyal to the heart's
core; he has made this a Democratic
State, and will do hiB utmost to koep it
a Democratic Slale."
CLAKKSON lllSMIBSlil).
Washington, D. C, June 27 Hon. J.
S. Clarkson has decided to decline re
election as chairman of tlie Republican
National committee. W. J. Campbell,
of Illinois, also doclines lo allow t:.e use
of hiB name for the position. The names
most talked of are Massey of Delaware,
and Sewell of New Jersey.
The convention was called to order by
Clarkson shortly before noon. All
States and territories except Nevada,
Wyoming and Oklahoma were repre
sented. J. Sloat Fassett, of New
York, named Clarkson to succeed him
self as chairman, eulogizing him ami
his work in behalf of the Republican
party. Clarkson replied expressing ap
piecialion of the words of praise irom
Fassett, but saying he learned this
morning that Harrison preferred an
other man. He there. ore cheerfully de
clined to be considered a candidate.
The committee took recess till 2 p. m.
to allow the President time to indicate
his preference for chairman.
A l'iiOl'I.K'S I'AKTV CANDIDATE.
Toi'KKA, Kan., June 21) J. R. Det
wiler, president of the fourth congres
sional district alliance, and delegate to
the Omaha convention, has written a
letter in behalf of a number of Kansas
delegates urging Alva Adams, of South
Pueble, ex-governor oi Colorado, to be
come the candidate for president on the
People's ticket as a representative
of the free silver sentiment
of the silver Stales and the
South. Since the nomination of Cleve
land, the People's party leaders agree
upon a united light lor the Bilver Slates
with a view of throwing the election
into tho House, believing that with tlie
aid of Southern Congressmen some
silver Democrat will be chosen presi
dent. Detwiler says Kansas will go
solid for Adams.
WISCONSIN HliAI'I'OltTIONMKNT.
Madison. Wis., June 27 The special
session of the Legislature to reapportion
the State in to legislative districts will
meet tomorrow.
INDIANA lllvl'UHI.ICANS.
Four Wavnk, liul., June 27 A largo
number of delegates and others have
arrived to take part in the Republican
convention toiuor.ow. The chief in
terest centers in the gubernatorial con
test. It is Chase against the field with
little cbanco of the field uniting.
Chaso's friends are encouraged by a
telegram from J. N, Huston saying he
lid not wish to enter the contest against
Chase.
Ex-Governor Steel, ot Oklahoma, is
moiitioned as a candidate, but his
Irieuds say he will not be mentioned
until it becomes evident that Chase can
not be nominated. J. II. llomau, man
ager of Chase's campaign, says Chase
will I e nominated on the hrst ballot.
.lull Iho 1 eople of Mes.uo are Hail
Nunrotl.
1 1 1 1 a i i i . am a . Mexico. J lino 27 The
people) of this city and tlie surround
ing country h ve been in a state
of terror lor the past lew
iluva no ttccmitit. of roneatAil Hhiicku nl'
earthquake which havo been most
severely telt Here, tne first stiock oc
curred Friday night, lasting 18 seconds,
the vibrations running from southwest
lo northeast. Glass windows were
broken and the plastering in many
buildings was cracked. Hundreds of
people took refuge in the streets.
At daylight Saturday morii-
i ii o iinil lier Hfini'lc m-ciiriMit
This one caused great disaster, no less
than a hundred buildings being com
pletely wrecked. Several people were
seriously injured hut none killed by the
falling walls. Since then several shocks
h nut Immh I'nl t Thu I 'ttli ttm vi,l i:i nn umitli
of here, is in active operation, and to-
ttay is tti row nig up volumes oi suipiiur
ous smoke and lava.
V llluody oliU ct Knimrietl, bit:
Ilel4ils L lOtlllx-.
Uio dk Janeiko, lirajil, June 2."
Colonel Silva Harbosa has reported to
the war office, under date ot Coruuiba,
Mtitto Urosso, May 18, that the revolu
tionists had at neked the federals. Alter
a bloody battle, in which upwards of
1,000 men were killed, they retired, but
.eft the result undecided.
The revolutionary leaders gave orders
that no prisoners were to be taken, but
that the federal otlicers and soldiers
were to bo killed. At I'yaba, he says,
the revolutionists sacked the houses
and committed all sorts of outrages on
the inhabitants. He asks lor aid in do
fending Coruiuba. No details of the
battle, outside of Colonel Barbosa's re
port, have as yet been received.
Tiie Brazilian squadron has appeared
off Asuncion.
Judge Atlvotate General of the NaT
N.il Vet tppoliitett
New York, June 27 A special to the
Times from Washington says: The
president seems to be taking his time
in sending to the Senate the nomination
of Lieutenant Lerny, as judge advocate
general of the navy, much to the con
cern of officers, who have hitherto been
beguiled into the belief that the selec
tion of a name bv the secretary and
transmission of it to the White House
was equivalent to a nomination by the
president.
Lemy had as contestant for the place
Lieutenant McCracken, of the Mianto
noinah, who appeared early on the scene
and who, even after the name of
Lieutenant Lemy had been sent to the
White House two weekB ago, made e.
forts Dersonallv and through such
friends as Senators Allen and others, ol
lowa, wno knew tne presiueui wen,
have his own name Beat to the Senate
instead of Lieutenant Leiny. It was u
most unheard of proceeding.
Lieutenaut Lemy has considerable
backing himself, and it is of a kind that
will not be lost on Mr. Harrison, ll
includes such powerful politicians as
Foster, McKinley, Proctor, Wauamaker,
Cullom and Tracy. The best any com
petitor can hope to do in the lace of this
array is to cause a deiay in sending the
name of Lemy to the Senate and that is
what is being done.
sli Tikei L-aal n.epito protect a Ue
iioait of Aiphalt.
New Yokk, June 25 The Press this
morninz savs: A patch of asphait known
as pitch, on the island of Trinidad, has
brought Victoria, queen of England and
empress of Indir. n! the l..jd.4(J As
phalt company, of ids wan Btreei, ititu
legal conll ct.
A motion to vacate an attachment was
yesterday argued by her majesty through
Per attorneys, Hes Oi jonnson, ueior '
Judge Andrews of the Supreme court.
Her majesty claims the ownership oi,
and is watchful over, a portion of Ihe
asphalt. Nine thousand dollars worth
oi the mud taken from her territory, it
is alleged, was sold to the Standard As
phalt company, and reached their pier
at Gowanus on the schooner Ballard last
Monday.
The British government at Trinidad at
once wired their attorneys, at whose re
quest the sheriff issued writs of replevii
for the cargo.
The motion to vacate was made by
tieorge Blackwell, tiie lawyer for the
Asphalt company. Her majesty asked
for an adjournment and it was granted,
on condition that tho defendant be
given two more days to prepare a
bond. The case was adjourned until
iuesdav.
The only other case in which tho
queen of England has been the plaintiff
in a replevin suit here was when, in
conjunction with the sultan of Turkey,
she brought action to recover arms pur
chased from the Hartford Arms com
pany. Muss icltuse tg tV.li I'robab y II.v.i to
fcieci Turin Till Year
Boston, Mass., June 25 The next
Legislature may have to fill both ot the
Massachusetts Beats in the united
States senate. The term of Senator
Dawes will expire next March and Sen
ator Hoar may resign. Only a short
time ago Senator Hoar went to Europe
tor his health. During all his previous
service in the senate he had never been
absent from his place when that body
was in session.
This shows the gravity of his condi
ttonal physically. He is troubled with
a disease of the eyes which threatens
total blindness. Thus far, according to
advices received by friends, he is not
improving. It is said that he will never
resume his seat in the senate, and that
before the begimiing ol next year he
will send in his resignation.
11. s Kiifli. .ga ii. t tne Jrfw-a l.e dt to a
lllf'l.
Pauls, June 24 A duel was fought
yesterday between the Marquis de Mores
mid Captain Mayer, in which (be latter
was seriously wounded. Ihe duel grew
out of the anti-Semitic campaign.
Captain Mayer died last evening from
the wounds received.
Marquis De Mores iB deeply grieved at
the fatal outcome of the duel and says
that the comba was fought under con-
litions which ought to have prevented a
fatal termination. Mayer belonged to
the engineer corps and was regarded by
friends as a brilliant olHcor. Mayer was
a Hebrew and the duel arose from a re
mark of DeMores, that no Jew ought to
bo a member of the army. The duel
was fought with swords. The terms
were that ihe duelists were not to come to
thecloso-t quarters, and cease when one
received a wound, placing him in a posi
tion inferior to his adversary. When
the duelists hud taken positions the
usual signal "Allez" was given and
the Marquis made a direct thrust
which was parried by Mayer.
The Marquis again made a rapid
lunge, tho sword passing through
Mayer's guird and piercing his bidy
oeiow tho armpit. Ihe marquis im
mediately disengaged his weapon and
leaped back on his own ground. The
marquis advanced to his prostrate an
tagonist and bending over him asked:
Captain Mayer, will you allow mo to
shako hands with vou?"
Captain Mayer held out his hand,
V surgeon attended the wounded man.
As soon as he was made comfortable
and circumstances permitted he was
placed in a carriage and removod to the
hospital, where he died at 6 o'clock
p. m.
Captain Mayer had carefully concealed
from his relatives all knowledge that he
was to light a duel. When the news of
his sou's death was broken to his
father his grief was extreme.
He went to the hospital and
the body of his son was given to
him he conveyed the remains home,
where the dead nisn's mother was dis
tracted. When the body was taken into
flu house Mine Mayer threw her arms
about it and covered his face with kisses.
Tlie alfair is deeply regretted at Ecole
Techneque where Captain Mayer held
a professorship. H was greatly esteem
ed by his fellow ilfiotra was a splendid
fencer and had aipearel in numerous
assaults at arms, iue representative of
the Associated Press had an interview
with De Mores today. He expressed
much sorrow for the death of Cap
tain Mayer and added : "I am
aware that the authorities will las us a
warrant lor my arrest. What does
it matter? The magistrates will not
prevent the prosecution of the work
we have undertaken. The personal
question is nothing, the principles are all
in all. We are but at the beginning of
a evil war."
De Mores murdered a cowboy at
Medora, S. IX, but escaped puuisuiuent
by the lavish use of mojiey.
Avenged Hia Bister.
Nkw York, June 27 Max Clegget
was before the bar in the general sess
ions of court tins morning to
answer to the charge of raping
15-year-old Sarah Devtn, when he was
shot through the heart by Edward De
vin, the girl's brother, aged 25.
COLD WATER MEN.
They Go Into Beer
Halls.
AND TAKE THhlR WIVES
The 1'rohilii.loii a a e G.hir n ; at
Clnciliiiatl and I'oluorrnw liy Will
Helect the Next Preaideut It will
I'r.'bllry be itldwull.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 28 The work
of the national convention of the prohi
bition party was practically opened
today with the meeting of the national
committee. Chairman S. T. Dickie, of
Ann Arbor, Mich., presided. Tlie pri
mary object of the meeting was the se
lection of temporary otlicers for the con
vention, but the committee did not con
fine itself to this and the meeting was
largely in the nature of a caucus to
shape as far as possible in advance the
proceedings of the convention. Atten
tion was drawn to tlie coincidence that
ttiis 1 1 test and most promising conven
tion of the party was held in Ohio, a
State in which the first presidential can
didate of the prohibitionists was named.
All sorts ot pleasant auguries were
drawn from the fact. The leaders ex
press confidence that this will be the
largest convention ever held and are
making preparations to give the move
ment a boom.
CHAIRMAN DICKIE.
The Music hall in which the conven
tion will be held, the place in which
Hancock was nominated for the presi
dency, has a seating capacity of nearly
five thousand. The building is decor
ated with bunting, Hags, coat of arms of
the various State , inscriptions suitable
to the prohibition convention and a lew
not complimentary to the leading polit
ical parties. A hundred and fifty dele
nates are in town. Several special
trains are on the way. Foii'teen car
loads are expected from the Pacific coast
and far west. Tne southern ueiegates
are scattering and some of the far South
ern States will not be well represented
All sorts of ideas are bruited about
among the delegates present for pres.
entation to the convention. The presi
dential nominatian at present seems to
lie between General fiidwell and Mr,
Demorest. The former is the choice
of tho leaders who are putting
him forward to oppose Demo
rest. The principal point urged in
favor of the latter seems to be that he
will subscribe liberally to the campaign.
But the leaders want a man who will
take well as a speaker, and they say it
Demorest is nominated it will be neces
sary to send him away until tlie cam
paign is over so he cannot make any
speeches or be interviewed. A sensa
tion was create ! in the beer and music
halls over the Rhine last night by visits
from ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas,
his wife, Kev. M. C. Lockwood, Mrs.
Helen Goudar and other prominent pro
hibitionists. They saw the actual
workings of these places, but made no
attempt at missionary work among
them.
Miss Frances E. VVillard has an
nounced that she will use every
endeavor to have the convention
adopt a resolution pledging the party
to withdraw its presidential candidate
if tho People's party convention at
Omaha puts up a man satisfactory to the
national prohibition committee, ihat
committee is to bo vested with
discretionary power in the matter.
She will also ask to have the
name Prohibition party changed to
Home Protection party." Among the
delegates who arrived today were those
Irom Oregon.
Tin: ska nvK nim.
The- Iitaur tnoe on Suliw.tb teller tiros.
Was l 18,500.
San Francisco. June 28 At the office
of Balfour, Guthrie & Co., it was learned
this morning that tlie total insurance of
Schwabacher Brothers & Company,
whose store was destroyed by lire at
Seattle last night is $:18,50l), divided as
follows: 70,0OD on the building, fi,000
on furniture and fixtures and $242,500
on the stock.
P Uusylvaitla S.tid To lla l.eft Out in
iltd New Alliance.
New Yokk, June 2S Reports were in
circulation yesterday of a close union be
tween the Richmond Terminal and Bal
timore & Ohio and Reading systems that
seemed to disturb the Pennsylvania
railway, which formerly controlled the
traffic of the Richmond Terminal in and
out of New York.
John H. Inman tried to effect a sim
ilar arrang ment a year ago in order to
get better terms Irom the Pennsylvania
company for the terminal system. He
succeeded in his purpose and at the
same time made the Pennsylvania share
the terminal's traffic with the Balti
more & Ohio, That is the present con
dition of things.
A gentleman lamiliar with the affair
said the Reading and Baltimore &
Ohio were anxious to make an exclusive
alliance with the Richmond Terminal
system, but the latter company would
lose and not gain by breaking faith with
the Pennsylvania. It now gets business
from both the Pennsylvania and the Bal
timore & Ohio.
A. florae A.tU a tirrl iu Kuunius Away
r'lotu Her Fattier.
Mohawkvillb, N. Y., June 23 Mary,
the 16-year old daughter of Mr. William
Defrest, married secretly on Sunday
Charles Von Wormer oi about the same
age. Mr. Defrest hunted them up and
begged his daughter to get in his wagon
and then started home with her. She
screamed for help so loudly that the
horse got scared and bolted. Father and
daughter were thrownfout and the horse
took occasion to kick his i aster, and
the daughter in the confusion ran back
to her husband. The balked father
visited a lawyer, w ho informed him that
i as the girl was 16, the marriage contract
was legal.
'
Parliament Will Pat Up the Shulten
for a While.
T Ak-nu Tiina 911 Tl,a OitAAn ifl hold-
inn a unnnpil at Winrlanr rflatle: nreR-
ent. Lord Cran brook, lord president;
ex-tjnanceuor uosciteu, cnauceuor vi
ilia AvchAiiiipr! Karl nf Latham, lord
chamberlain of the household. Her
majesty signed a decree dissolving Par
liament. Writs for the election of mem
bers of the House ol Commons will be
distributed tonight. The Queen's speech
proroguing parliament says : "The time
has arrived w hen it is expedient for the
electoral body of the country to be
consulted by the assemblage of a new
Parliament. I have therefore summon
ed you for prorogation at an earlier
period than usual. 1 am giau to recoru
that my friendly relations with foreign
powers remain unaltered. Treaties
liaun lippn dole ratified referring to the
differences with the United States with
respect to the Bering sea arbi
tration. Referring to the bills
passed at the session just
ended, the speech says the arrange
mi.nta that, nnrliament has made en
abling workingnien to purchase agri
cultural holdings will increase the class
of cultivating owners, which is of great
importance to the State. The applica
tion to Ireland ot tne euucationai meas
ures recently adopted in Great Britain
will comer a great benefit upon the peo
ple of that country. The speech concluded
"In closing this parliament which has
been unusually laborious and also highly
iruitful in benificent legislation, I thank
you for the assiduous performance of
vr.ui. mntiioiilnna diilieg dilrintr the nast
six years and heartily commend you to
the lavor ol Aimignty uou.
nig of 'litem Whip Mm lu a
Coittteotiout Villti;u.
Ansonia, Conn., June 28 News of a
whitecap outrage in the village of South
lord, 12 miles back in the country,
reached here today. The name of the
victim is not known, even by the men
who perpetrated the outrage. He has
resided inSouthford some time, but has
kept aloof from the villagers and is only
known by a nickname. For some
months there has been talk about cer
tain women here who have visited his
house at night. This led to a call being
quietly issued and the meeting was
held Saturday night at which it was
determined to wipe out the scoundrel.
At a late hour, a party of men dis
guised as whitecaps, silently marched
to the man's home. He was awakened
and ordered to come into the yard,
where the poor fellow was stripped.
Then the whitecaps tied him to a tree
and whipped him with switches cut
from the birch trees in the woods near
by. He writhed and trembled under
the terrible punishment and had almost
fainted when the leader ordered the
gang to stop.
One of the crowd suggested tar and
feathers, but the poor man broke away
from his captors and escaped into the
woods. Where he is now no one knows,
but as he is without clothing it is proba
ble he has made his way to Oxford or
Middleburg and has been cared for by
some hospitable farmer.
Southford is a small station on the
New England road and news does not
travel beyond its borders. Tue story ol
the outrage was brought here this after
noon by the stage driver. He says the
town is greatly worked up over it, a few
strongly condemning the proceeding.
Whitney Slated for Cliairman.
Chicago, June 25 It is current rumor
that William C. Whitney will be elected
chairman of the national committee at
the July meeting in New York, although
a member of it says the committee has
power from tlie convention to elect an
outsider. If Whitney accepts he will
manage the Cleveland campaign.
Uniform Prices for Sugar.
Philadelphia, June 27 The Sugar
Trust and the wholesale grocers have
entered into an agreement whereby the
grocers will maintain uniform prices and
the Trust will give those who do so re
bate to protect them from loss.
isoikN uovviri.
fujjel Sound Claui-tlt agora Hear Unr-
Halt Titles.
When the Hudson bay people came to
Puget Sound they found the family of
one of the Indian chiefs so pompous in
manner and so thoroughly impressed
with their own imporatnee, that in de
rision, many of the titles belonging to
the royal family of England were be
stowed upon tnem. The titles, which
pleased their vf.nilv, were accepted in
good faith, and today the descendants of
that chief are known by their English
nicknames rather than by their Indian
cognomens.
Chetz A. Moka, whose memory is dear
to all the inhabitants of Puget Sound
because of his friendliness and he.plul
ness to the whites in the early days of
their struggles, was dubbed the Duke of
York. He was the head chief oi the
Clallam tribe, once very numerous.
Their headquarters were at the ancient
village of Duwamish, which is now
called Jamestown. The tribe has dwin
dled away until at present it numbers
but a few hundred individuals, living in
little bands in towns along the coast
from Clallam bay, on Fuca straits, to
Port Gamble, at the entrance of Hood's
canal.
A brother of the Duke of York rejoic
ed in the name of King George, another
was called the Dukeot Clarence, a third
Lord Jim, while the fourth bore the
time honored nai.ie of the Duke of Well
ington. The Duke of York died three years
ago, leaving two sons, the Prince of
Wales and Charlie lork. He had two
wives, Jenny Liud and Queen Victoria.
The latter survives him and now resides
near her son on Narrow-stone island, op
posite Port Townsend. Laura B. Starr
in ban Francisco Chronicle.
A llOHltliiLl! ACCIDENT.
iturt Itobi.otoa Sltoots Little
llrotliur.
Thursday afternoon of last week Burt
Robinson, aged about 14 years, his little
brother Mart, 6 years old, Ed Haley,
Jessie Bullock aud two other small
boys, of llwaco, were playing on the
beach in front of town just south of
the Barnes' houses. Burt was sitting
on a drift log, with his single-barrei
breech-loading shotgun beside him.
The other three boys were playing in
front of him.
Burt, sitting down, had closed both
eyes when Mart ran up to him, and tap
ping him on the shoulder, ran away,
turned about and laced h s brother not
ten feet awav. Burt picked up his gun
and, pointing it toward his brother, the
w eapon was discharged, the lull charge
of game shot striking Mart in the neck.
to the right of the throat, breaking his
neck and killing him instantly. Burt
was prostrated with fear and grief.
south Bend Journal.
Sugar vs. Whisky.
Cincinnati, June 27 A firm here
for weeks has been engaged in making
distillery machinery ostensibly lor a
Brooklyn man, but it is widely gossiped
that the machinery is really for the
beet sugar trust, which has decided to
become a rival of the whisky trust.
A BUTTE MURDER.
Five Thousand Dollars
Reward.
KEIGN OF THE LAWLESS.
Hold-tipa, Burglaries aud Aaaaults of
Dal y Ooourreuoe Oitlaeni Hire I'd.
Ilcemeu to Guard Hu nt in the Streets
at They tlo.To aud From Uuslnefta.
Butte, Mont., June 25 This commu
nity is again thrown into excitement by
another foul murder. At daybreak yes
terday morning Police Olhcer William F.
Jordan was shot and instantly killed by
two Durgiars, who made .good their es
cape. The murder occurred in an untre-
quented portion ot the city. Six shots
were exchanged by the policeman and
his assassins. it is believed that the
men were in the act of committing a
burglary, when they were surprised by
Jordan, and ir, resisting arrest killed
him. One btille! entered Jordan's
heart. A number of people saw two
men fleeing and scaling backyard fences.
Over 100 mounted and armed men are
engaged in the search for the murderers.
Jordan was a brave and fearless man,
and recently dirarmed and arrested
three notorious safe blowers. He had
been on the force nine years. He leaves
a wife an 1 four childr n. The mayor
today ottered a reward of $5,000 for the
capture of the murderers.
Recent events have wrought popular
feeling to a high pitch. Just a year ago
VV. J. Penrose was foully assassinated
and his slayers are still at large. Last
week two men attempted to murder
Henry Williams, a wealthy and influ
ential mining man. They took three
shots at him through a wire screen door
after calling him out to talk with them.
Fortunatoly they did not hit him. A
reward of $25,000 is offered for the arrest
of these men. Holdups, burglarieB and
robberies have been of daily occurrence
for several months. The authorities
seem unable to cope with the evidently
organized band of criminals. The county
and city jails are filled with criminals.
During the week twelve have been Bent
to the penitentiary, but the town is still
overrun with them. No man goes about
the etreet at night unarmed and many
hire policmen to escort them home.
During the month 27 convicts wore
liberated from the penitentiary, and
most of them are now in Butte. At the
request of citizens the newspapers have
been announcing meetings of the vigil
ance committee with a view of scaring
the criminals off, but it has been of little
avail. The a i nation has reached a point
where tho citizens will surely organize
into a committee. Talk is very strong
and earnest in this direction today.
There is a determination to strike a blow
now, and in the wrath of the people
some innocent men may sutler. Four
men have been arrested on suspicion
and will be held to await develop
ments. The hills west of the
city presented an unusual scene of
activity and life this afternoon. From
noon people walked over that way, at
tracted by curiosity to the place where
the murderers are supposed to be se
creted. Many sworn deputies and offic
ers have beer, hunting along the aban
doned shacks on the flat west of town.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the hills were
black with people. Many were armed,
and if the murderers should be found they
would be shown little mercy. Between
this city and Burlington gangs of men
are searching every crevice, cabin and
mine in the hope of locating the fiends.
Kioked by a llorse, H raolt by Iilht
nlng;, und Uiher Tlitug.
Rochester, N. Y., June 28 This city
and vicinity was visited today by a very
heavy thunder storm. The rain felt in
torrents, the total fall amounting to two
inches. In the surrounding country the
reports received would indicate that the
storm waa even more severe. Trees
were uprooted, electric light and tele
graph wires were blown down and other
aerious damage was done.
In O.-sian, DeWitt Van Scoter entered
a burning barn and tried to remove
some horses, but was kicked into an un
conscious state by one of them. He waa
dragged from the flames, but death re
sulted shortly afterwards.
At Sodus, ltaac Day, Jr., was struck
and killed by lightning. The basket
factory ot Fish& llulelt was also struck,
the lightning following the machinery,
which acted as a conductor. Not one of
tlie thirty employes was injured.
The Druyttm Trouble Patched Up by
M mbera of the Family.
New York. June 28 All doubts con
cerning the reconciliation of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton are set at rest
by the announcement that they will
meet today at the Astor mansion, No.
360 Filth avenue. By constant effort
and skillful work the members of the
family have at last secured a practical
settlement of the whole affair.
There will be no change in their plans
for the Bummer. Mrs. Drayton will sail
lor Europe on July 6th, to remain until
fall. Mr. Drayton will remain herein
charge of the children. When Mrs.
Drayton returns the reconciliation will
be made complete by the family being
reunited.
lr. Miller First lioaua Up, aud then
Fire Ulraaelf at Ihe lloc.or.
Puyallup, June 28 In the early hours
of this morning an affray occurred here
which came very near being fatal.
Health Officer Mitchell, while in the
discharge of his duties, was examining
the rear of the bakery of Charles Miller,
on Stewart street, and after concluding
his examination, told Mra. Miller that
the alley would have to be cleaned or
the legal consequences would be in
curred. Mrs. MiLer misunderstood his
remarks, and applied them as an insult,
and reported the same to her hus
band, who last night got very
much intoxicated and went on a hunt
for the Doctor. Alter a long search he
at last found him in his office and pro
ceeded to chastise him. But the Doctor
was not intoxicated and so had the best
oi it Miller came out of the scrape
with an ugly gash over the eye, which
some say was inflicted by a blow with
the butt of a pistol, but which the Doc
tor says was caused by violent contact
with the railing of the stairway. Mider
is in jail.
Lynchers Demand a Prisoner.
Reading, Pa., June 25 A mob of 200
men is gathered at the Berks county
jail, demanding that Peter Buccari be
delivered to them to bs hanged for the
murder of Sister Silda Berta at St.
Joseph's hospital. The citizens tried to
lynch Buccari last night, but he was
removed to the county jail. The crowd
is still gathering and a big force of dep
uties have been sworn in.