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WAS sHADoWED BY OFFICERS
Very Indignant When First
Arrested.
MERGED WANTS HIM BADLY.
With Characteristic Cowardice He
Pleads the Baby Act and Blames
His Wife and Sweetheart.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

VICTORIA. B. c., June 9.-Superintend-
Sheppard of the city police this morning
effected the arrest of the Rev. A. r. Reams.
until recently pastor of the Methodist
church at Merced, Cal, and who eloped
from there a fortnight ago with his pretty
organist. Lucy Rucker, deserting a wife
and four children and bringing a son of
Is with him.
Reams travels under the alias of "a. W.
Furlong," and is held for abduction, Lucy
being not yet IS years old. She is a girl Of
considerable beauty, while his personal
charms are limited and he is old enough to
be father to her. Neither Reams nor his
sweetheart deny the facts. his plea being
that he thought he was within the.law as
long as he did not put the girl in house
of prostitution if she was a consenting
party. The girl says she had not been
happy at home, and Reams was good to
her.
When searched at the police station
Reams' pocket disclosed marriage certi-
icate dated March 1S 1890, and issued at
Chico. The mar riage (real or mythicaD
was celebrated by Rev. Reams while the
groom was Furlong, his alias. it is sup
posed. that in his clerical capacity he has
Will be thoroughly inquired into.
The movements of the parties on the
steamer attracted attention. They re-
manned in their stateroom during the
passage and did not leave the steamer
here until afrer dark. They were
sbadowed from the moment of their ar
rival here.
He was highly indignant when the ar
da nd hot
take and he would make the Victoria
authorities suffer. He stated that he was
on pleasure trip with his wife and sou.
However, when he was brought face to
fact with the facts possessed by the
authorities he partially admitted his
identity, but said he had done nothing
wrong. The girl says she will be Is years
old in September, beyond which she nor
the man have anything to say. except that
Reams stated he could do almost anything
with the girl short of putting her in a dis
reputab BILE house.
Sheriff Warfed of Merced is on his way
to take Reams to California as soon as ex-
tradition forms are completed. His state
ment after arrest was a curious mingling
of religious phrases and profanity and was
tended to lay all the blame on his wife.
who made home hell for him" and the
young girl who loved and lured him from
the right"
MERGED. June GA. r. Reams the
preacher who eloped from here last Sun,
day with the 15-year-old organist of his
church, leaving wife and three children,
has been apDrehended at Victoria, B. C,
The girl and his eldest boy are with him.
Sheriff Warfed and District Attorney
Ostrander started for Sacramento to get
from Governor Markham the papers
necessary for getting Reams back into the
United States. If they are successful
Sheriff Warfed will proceed at once to
Victoria and bring the guilty parties back
to MERGED.
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DOWN TO DEATH.
Clerks Buried Under Fall
ing Walls.
DISASTER MOST APPALLING.
Ford's Old Theater Coilapses
Without Warning.
TAKEN OUT DEAD AND DYING.
The Nations Capital Shocked by a
Tragedy That Is Without Prece-
dent in Its History.
TAKEN OUT DEAD AND DYING.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

WASHINGTON. June 9.-Hundreds of
men carried down by the falling walls of
building which was notoriously insecure,
human lives crushed ont by tons Of bricks
and iron, and sent unEeralded to the
throne of their Maker. Men by the score
were manned and disfgurPd for life.
Happy families were hurled into the
depths of despair. Women were calling
for their husbands, children were calling
for their fathers, mothers were calling for
their sons, and there was not an answer to
their cry. This is but shadow of the awful
calamity that befell this city this morning.
Words cannot picture the awfdlness of the
accident. The Imagination stands back
and fails to give any idea Of the scene.
lis horrors will never be fully told, but its
sGddenness was almost the chief one.
In moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
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MUST SCULL TO WIN.
Peterson Will Be Out To-day
for Somebody's Blood.
Texas Heat Is Against Him, but He
Will Give the Professionals
Race.
Special to The MORNING CALL

AUSTIN, Tex, June 9.-The third day
of the great Austin International regatta
broke slightly cloudy, but it was really an
Improvement on the two preceding days
of the regatta. The sun was hidden and
absence OF its fierce rays was great relief
to the oarsmen. The water was even bet
ter than on Thursday. 1t was smooth as
a mirror, not ripple disturbing its placid
surface. Thousands of people lined the
banks. and with eager and, intent interest
watched the outcome of the races.
The first race was among amateurs,
senior single scullers, the following entries
taking part in the race: E. Mcdowell OF
the Iroquois Boat Club of Chicago. James
Henderson OF the Western Rowing Club
of St Louis and Fred Koenig of the same
club. Mcdowell was not in the race from
the beginning. and dropped out soon after
turning the stake. Koenig won by several
lengths. his time being IL :0434.
The second race, the only professional
event of the day, was double shell race
with the following crews: Alexander Nc
Lean of Australia and Ten Eyck of Mas
sachusetts, Hanlan and Teemer, and
Gaudaur and Hosmer, champion double
scullers of the world. The Iast-named
crew had things its own way from the be-
ginning. and won by about two lengths in
1S:03R. The frst-named crew never
turned the stakes.
The third race was a working boat or
skiff race and was won easily by the St.
Louis crew.
The fourth and last race was between
senior amateur double-scullers, j. A.
Henderson and Fred Koenig Jr. of the
Western Rowing Club of st. Louis row.
ing against Fred Gartrch OF the Modocs of
st. Louis and Mcdowell of Chicago. Sew
eral fouls occurred and the race was de-
clared off TO be rowed tomorrow.
Henry Peterson, champion of the Pa
cifc Slope. was seen by THE CALL
representative tonight. He said that he
and Stanbury had intended to enter the
doubles. but that they could not secure a
boat heavy enough for them. Tomorrow W
he was going for blood, and would make
the winner row for all that was in him.
At present, however, he was not in very
good condition, the heat Of this section of
country being against him. At all events
he would pull his best tomorrow and do
all he could to win the race and break the
record.
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done was simply the extending of the eel
larin the rear of the building through to the
front. There was very little excavation
and no sign of weakness. The building
had never been condemned to my know!-
edge, and. as far as l know. was consld-
cred perfectly safe. / have no theory to
account tor the collapse"
Arthur Dietrict, whose name appears
among the list of killed, was not among
those injured. The dead man is supposed
to be G. F. Doggett, who is missing. NJ.
L. Muliebv of Louisiana is still missing.
WASHINGTON. June 10.-The number of
dead is known, at A. NJ, to be "a, and in
jured, so far as ascertained, 50.
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DUNN'S BRUTALITY.
Mr.. CarIisIe's Commissioner Was
Decidedly lndiscreet.

Decidedly In0fSCreet.
New York, Juue 9.-'It's too bad: 7
wouldn't have cared so much if they had
had been pensioners, instead of the poor
clerks"
These words were spoken this afternoo
by eX-Congressman Poindexter Dunn of
Arkansas, who is a member of the COM
mission appointed by John G. Carlisle,
Secretary of the Treasury, to investigate e
the workings Of the New York Custom
house, when he heard of the horrible dis
aster at WASHINGTON. Dunn was not ex-
cited when he made this statement; he
w&s as cool as if he we're ordering his
dinner. ana he used these words as if he
were accustomed to make such state
mentS.
Everyone within hearing at the Custom
house was struck almost speechless by his
remarks. Magone looked at the speaker
with amAzement, and Macfarlane and G..
s. Hamlin, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. who had by this time joined the
group, were dismayed. The Commissioner
did not seem to be in the least disturbed.
His high hat was on the back of his head
and his hands were in his trousers pockets.
Finally. a reporter present said:
"CongresSman, that is a very hard state
ment."
Dunn then appeared to realize that he
had said something which he should not
have said, aud he winked hard at the re-
porters and drawled out. "Well. l haven't
said It," But to justify him in the brutal
statement which he had made, Dunn COM
pared the pension list to Mark Twain's
story of the Mississippi River. The point
of this story is that the river must be Just
so long anyway, and as it is gradually be-.
coming straight. in $50 years or so it will
hang over into the Gulf of Mexico like Il
Fl III mile
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the scene, and every ambulance in the city
had been hastily summoned by telephone.
General Schofieli ordered two troops of
cavalry from Fort Meyer, Just across the
river, and two companies of infantry to
the scene of the accident, and the Secre-
tary of the Navy ordered out all of the
naval surgeons stationed here. and at the
same time opened the naval hospital to
receive the injured. The eommandant at
the navy-yard was also directed to render
all the assistance in his power. Every
hospital in town was also called into reQui-
sitiOn TO care for the wounded
The cause of the collapse is supposed
TO have been the digging under the founda-
tions for the purpose of putting in an cleo
ric-light plant: but, as near as can be
ascertained, the top floor gave way first,
carrying the others down with it, For
tunately the entire building did not col
lapse, as in that case the loss of life would
have been much greater. AS it was, only
the front part went down, leaving more
than half OF the floor space intact. Be-
cause of this many lives we're saved. Some
clerks. sitting at their desks, were left on
the brink, while the desks at which they
sat went down.
Willing hands went to work rs soon as
the first shock passed to rescue the dead.
the dying and the wounded from the
ruins. The police and soldiers ordered to
the scene by General Schofield kept the
crowds back so that there was no inter-
ruptiOn to the work of rescue.
The news of the disaster few Ike wild
fire through the city. and soon anxious
relatives were added to those who were
drawn 10 the scene by sympathy or Curl
osty In a short time bodies were being
brought out so fast that they could not be
attended to bv the doctors on the scene.
and after suffering for the want of atten-
tion extra vehicles were brought and the
wounded taken to the hospitals, which
were soon .overcrowded. and the sufferers
were little better off than at the scene of
the disaster. till number of medical stu
dents appeared on the scene and took
charge of those least seriously hurt.
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ANNEXATION DON'T 60.
President Cleveland Makes That
rIucfl Pretty Clear.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-This afternoon
Secretary Gresham presented to the Pres
ident the new Hawaiian Minister. Lorrin
A. Thurston. The President. replying to
1hurstun's address, said in part: II beg
to assure you that our people and Govern.
ment are at all times willing and anxious
to strengthen and multiply the ties of
friendship which bind us to the people of
Hawaii. To this end no effort on our part
shall be neglected which is consistent with
our traditional national policy and which
Is not vioative OF that devotion to popular
rights which underlies every American
conception of free government"
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BEGUN TO QUARREL.
Trouble Ahead in the Cabinet of Ar
Qentina.

VALPARAISO. June "A correspondent
in Buenos Ayres says that disagreement
exists already among members of the new
Argentine Cabinet. The dissatisfaction
grows out of President Saenz Pena's att-
tude. 1t seems probable that the new
Cabinet will not hold together for a long
period. The only appointment received
with favor is that of General Viejobueno,
who is named as Minister of War in place
of Victorica.
A dispatch from Catamarca says that the
Government troops have been routed by
the revOlutionists.
A CORRESPONDENT in Rivera says battle
was fought between the forces of General
Telles and Saraiva, one of the leaders of
the revolution in Brazil. The result of the
battle is not known.
News is just received that the Indians
have started revolution in the Bolivian
provinces along the Brazilian boundary
and the local forces are unable to suppress
the uprising.
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TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
The Sheriffs of Cook and Will
Counties Raise a Posse,

SPRINGFIELD, H., June 9-Governor or
Algelo having been advised by the Sher-
ifs of Cook and viii counties as to the
situation at Lemont and the impossibility
of securing sufficient posse of deputies,
at midnight ordered out the First and Sec
ond regiments of State troops. They be-
gan assembling shortly after and as soon
as possible will proceed to the scene of the
disturbances.
CHICAGO. juno 9.-At late hour to-
night the officers of the Second Regime Mt
were hurrying around gathering up their
men for as early a start as possible for
LemOnt. The regiment will muster nearly
1900.
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man whose arm was crushed used the
other arm to drag a man from that place OF
death.
Every moment the throwing aside of
wrcckage exposed the bloody and often
muIilated form of some victim. Occasion
ally one of them revived sufficiently to
need but little assistance to the outer air,
but the majority of them. dusty, bruised
and with clothing torn almost to tatters.
we're carried into the clear atmosphere and
through the sorrowing crowd TO ambu-
lauces and patrol wagons
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SPOTTED WITH BLOOD.
How Some Were Taken and How
Others Were eft


WASHINGTON, June 9.-The ambulances
were kept busy all day carrying away the
dead and injured. The faces of many of
the injured were covered with pieces of
cloth, old coats, newspapers or whatever
else could be had, but some of the mangled
bodies were carried out with the faces ex-
posed to the gaze of the great tbrong sur
rounding the building.
All during the long hours. while the
workmen were toiling with all their
strength to rescue such as were not past
help, mothers, sisters and daughters how
cred around the front of the building and
with streaming eyes inquired of all whom
they met for some tidings of their dead
ones, and some could hardly be restrained
from pushing ;heir way into the building.
A look into the interior told the sick
ening tale of how some were taken and
others were left. Desks were seen half
toppling over the Drinks of broken floors
and others stood upright. but the chairs
which stood beside them and their occu-
pants had gone down with a crash.
Records and paners were scattered every
where, but as fast as possible they were
gathered up and saved, many of them
spotted with blood.
That any one should escape with his life
seems miracle. AS they were brought
forth they presented a spectacle that no
one seeing it will ever forget. In many
cases all semblauee to humanity was gone,
and 1t seemed as though the helpers were
carrying out mere bags of matter, smeared
all over with blood, filthy with dirt, the
art ground into them and the blood on the
Iaces OF the unfortunates. The hospitals
were soon overcro crowded, the drugstores
were turned into temporary hospitals and
the people IN the neighborhood of the acci-
uen, opened their doors gladly, while the
dead and wounded were hurried in.
When the accident was over and the
rescuers could get INSIDE to their relief
there were injured men caring for their
worse injured brothers. There were men
who did not rush for the street to save
their own lives. Regardless of the fact
that more walls might fall and bury them
once more. they staid to succor men who
could not get away by themselves. One
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THE BORDEN TRIAL.
Many Ladies IN the Courtroom-Un-
important Testimony.

New BEDFORD, Mass. June 9.-About
half the spectators in court this morning
were females. The first witness called
was Assistant Marshal Fleet. Governor
Robinson made long examination of
Officer Fleet, and disclosed the fact that
other hatchets than handess hatcheis
were found. Robinson led Fleet into a
contradiction of Yesterdays testimony
that the broken part of the hatchet handle
was covered with ashes like on the blade.
Officer Doherty described his experience
at the Bordens' on the day of the murder.
The only matter of Importance brought
out at the afternoon session was the fact
that the broken part of the handle of the
small batchet, which is missing. was seen
by Officer Mullaiy, and the Government
protessed ignorance of the whereabouts of
the piece.
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FORD'S THEATER.
The Tragedy That Made the Old
Building Historic.

DUIIuIIIg IHSLUTIC.
The practical destruction of Ford's
Theater in Washington and the most de-
piorable loss of life which followed its
collapse will recall with even greater dis
tinctness than did the death of Edwin
Booth the assassination OF President Lin
coin. 1t was that murder which gave the
old and otherwise inconsequential play
house an important part in the world 8
history and coupled it inseparabiy with
the name of the martyr President and the
infamous traitor. 1t is a strange coin
cidence that the death OF the great
actor should be followed thus closely by
the destruction of the building in which
his frenzled brother fired the shot whose
echo was heard in every civilized land
and filled the world with wonder and with
sorrow
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BENNETT GOT HURT.
But There Is Nothing in His Con-
dition to Cause Alarm.

PARIS, June 9.-James Gordon Bennett.
proprietor of the New York Herald. as
dangerously injured by falling from a
coach Wednesday. He continued to grow
worse aud a surgical operation became
necessary yesterday. Eis condition is
now critical
Late tonight DR.. Robins says there is
nothing in the condition of Mr.. Bennett to
cause alarm.
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Cuticura Remedies

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and Ghildhood,whether torturing, dshguring, itch
ing burning, scaiy, crnsted, pimply. or blOtchy,
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the best physicians and all other remedies fail
PARENTS, save your children years OF mental and
physlcai suffering. Begin now. Cures made in
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CUTICURA REMEDIES are the greatest skin cures
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FIXING WAGES.
Rates for the Ensuing Year Have
Been Completed.

PITTsBURG. Pa, June 9.-The Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers. in session here, completed the
wage scale for the ensuing year to-day,
and it is now ready for presentation to
manufacturers. The scale as adopted pro-
vides for the same rates in all departments
of all iron and steel mills in which the as
s0ciation was recogn Zed and prevailed
during the past twelve months.
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CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
Raiiroading in Central America Is Not
Without Danger.

MANAGUA, June 9.-The negligence of
the conductor and engineer of a railroad
train caused an accident near Sabana
Grande, which resulted in killing manv
passengers.
A train was left OH the track without a
headlight or anything else to warn the en-
gineer of an approaching train of the
danger and well-filled passenger train
dashed into the one standing on the track.
Nearly dozen persons were killed and
many more Injured.
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regiment Of which he is honorary
colonel, and the officers of the regiment.
headed by Major Cocoa, went to the Office
of the paper and demanded a public re-
traction of the charge. Baldiman refused,
whereupon Cocoa boxed his ears. and
free fight ensued. Baldiman tried to
bring suit against his assailant, but the
court refused him a hearing.
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A Stay of Execution

PREovo, Utah, June "a stay of exc
cution has been granted Richard Davis
sentenced to be shot in the morning fo
wife murder, to allow the Supreme Cour
of the United States to pass upon his cas-
in October next.
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RECORD BROKEN.
Long Distance Tricycle. and Bicycle
Time Lowered

LONDON. June &c. P. Mills, amateur
tricycle. rider. has just completed race
against time. He travelled about 700 miles
and covered the distance in days and 16
hnurs. This beats the bicycle record for
that distance by hours and minutes and
the tricycle. record by Al hours aud Is min
ntps
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Baby one SOLID SORE
Tried Everything Without Relief. No
Rest Night or Day. Cured by
Cuticura Remedies.

My baby, when two months old had a breaking
out W ith what the doctor called eczema. Her head
arms. feet aud hands were each solid sore 1
tried everything. but neither the doctors nor any
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REFUSED A HEARING.

1t Does Not Do to Criticize ROYALTY
in Bulgaria.
NEW YORK, June 9-The Posts
Bucharest special says: M. Baldiman, the
editor OF paper called Adeverul. ac-
cused the Crown Prince Ferdinand of i'll
treating private soldier before the rifle
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thing else did her any good.
We could get no rest day or
night with her. In my ex-
tremity l tried the CUTI-
,CURA REMEDIES, but l con-
TESS l had no faith in them.
flor l had never seen them
tried. To my great sur
prise. in one weeks time
after beg ming to use the
CUTICURA REM EDIEs, the
sores were well. but | con-
tinued to use the REsoLv-
ENT for a little while, and
now she is as fat a baby as
you would like to see, and
as sound as a dollar. / be-
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ALL SUBSCRIBED.

A TweIve-rliilion-Do Subscription
Completed.
New YORK, June 9.-The announcement
is made that the entire S12,000,0O0 sub
scriptions to the Northern Pacific col
lateral trust notes have been made up by a
syndicate. Henry Willard and his German
and American friends have taken more
than half
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lieve my baby would have died If had not tried
CUTIcURA REMEDIES | write this that every
mother with baby like mine can feel confident
that there is medicine that VIII cure the worst
eczema, and that medicine is the CUTIcURA REM
EDIES. MRS. BETTE BIRkNER
Lockhart Texas
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HOW 1T OCCURRED.

The Building Should Have Been De-
molished Long Ago.
Almost at once after the accident the
police with a crowd Of rescuers were on