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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
soper lie Discharcetl.

w. B. SoPER, who was charged with
setting fire to the postoftice building
at Foirburn. had his preliminary hear
ing at Hot Springs, and was discharged
from custody.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Threaten to Resign.

BRUSSELS special: Premier Bern.
aert reported to King Leopold the de-
termination Of the Cabinet to resign
unless the rightists made the requisite
concessions. A meeting of the right
was called to consider the matter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Corn iselt Exposition FInances

The second annual report o.. the
Treasurer of the Corn Belt Exposition
at Mitchell has jus. been issued. Over
S12, 900 was spent in the undertaking,
while the receipts show about $4,000,
leaving surplus in the treasury of
81 ,0a in addition to the $4,000 inverted
in the building and real estate.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
After Grain Thieves.

ANDREW OLSON, supposed to be the
leader Of q gang of grain thieves SOUTH
west of Miller. is now in Jail charged
with stealing wheat. The sheriff is
now in pursuit of others west of Cham
berlnin.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Exploslon on y Rebel Bo,

BuENos AYREs special: A dispatch
from Rio Janeiro says the explosion of
cannon occurred on board the Bra
lillian insurgent vessel Tamandare and
five men were killed. There has been
another explosion at Fort Villegainon,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Caurht = BI0 Eaele.

A RANcHMAN west Of Chnmberlain
set steel trap to catch wolves that
were botherihg his cattle and horses,
and was later surprised to find a large
eagle fast in the trap. It measures six
feet from tip to tip, and is brown and
white in color. It was not injured in
the least by its experience with the
trap, only the claws having been
caught and fastened in the trap.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Do,xl,,an Goes Free.

C. e. BOWMAN, tried once for man
slaughter for causing the death of
Mrs. Henrietta Bratton at Sioux Falls
by an abortion, had his case nolle
pressed by the states attorney. On
the first trial the jury returned u ver-
dict Of murder in the first degree,
when he was only indicted for man.
slaughter. The witnesses have scat
tered and q sister of Mrs. Bratton, Mrs,
Amanda Arthur of Northfield, refused
Of the main witnesses against Bowman.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
Tho Duluth and Black Hills.

THE Duluth, Pierre and Black Hills
Road, at present partially graded from
Aberdeen to Pierre, looks like . 60.
Hon. JAMES A. Ward, tho general
manager, wss ct Aberdeen last week
attending TO nearly . dozen condemna-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19

ROME special The government has
granted exequaturs to four Italian
bishops. 1t is asserted that one will
be granted also to the patriarch of
Venice shortly.
ROME special: In an anti-tax riot at
Corato the troops were compelled to
fire ON the mob, killing several.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
OAKLAND'S FRONT.
The Legal Battle Begins
i'm the Court.
JUDGE McKENNA TO DECIDE.
Few Spectators in Attendance at
the Opening.
HUNTINGTON'S CLAIM ASSERTED.
The City Denies That He Ever
Owned the Land at the Foot
of Broadway.
JUDGE McKENNA TO DECIDE.
HUNTINGTON's CLAIM ASSERTED.

There was nothing In the appearance Of
Judge ScKenna's courtroom yesterday
morning that told the spectator that the
trial of case involving the ownership of
property valued at S10,000,000 had COM
menced. His Honor, half a dozen attor-
neys ana two or three spectators we're
present when the cases of the Southern
Pacific Company and S. George Cook
against the city of Oakland were called.
The cases will be tried together, as they
were brought for the purpose Of deter
mining In whom the title to the Oakland
water front is vested.
Cook and the corporation were repre-
sented by Attorneys j. E. Foulds. A. A.
Moore aud Charles E. Wilson. E. j..
Pringle and William l.. Hill appeared for
the city.
The story of the forcible removal of the
fences, tieket-house, track and barriers
which the railroad had constructed a. the
foot Of Broadway was told with all the
legal terms it would bear.
The complanants alleged that on the
18th of February, 1882, Coils P. Hunting
ton was the owner of an undivided one
fourth part of the premises, and that in
certain equity proceedings in the Ninth
Circuit Court, decree was made on that
date IN which his rights were upheld and
the city of Oakland was forever debarred
from asserting any claim to the land.
The rights held by Huntington were,
according to the complaint subsequently,
conveyed TO the Pacific Improvement Com
paDy by whom they were released to the
railroad.
The compliments having thus set forth
the foundation to these claims, stated that
on July 6. 1898, Mayor Pardee, the men,
the Superintendent of Streets. aud G. P.
Rutherford, the whsrfinger, assisted by a
large body of men. entered the premises
tore up its tracks, pulled down the fences
and removed the ticket office. The de-
PENDANTS also dug pits, and attempted to
build a bulkhead TO prevent the running
of cars upon the land. The compliments
asked the court 10 sustain their claim to
the premises and enjoin the city from as
sorting any claims adverse TO their title.
The city of Oakland's answer denied
that Huntington owned a one-tourth in
terest in the property and asserted that
the fences and building removed were OBJ
structl0ns on a uublic street. The answer
further averred that IL was the duty of
the city OF Oakland, as set forth in lis
charter. TO grant equal privileges TO all
railroad companies 20 enter the city and
operate on the water front.
After the complaint and answer had
been read the remainder of the day was
consumed by the attorneys for the rail-
road in reading the record of the Trustees
OF the town OF Oakland, relating to the
bargain with Horace w. Carpenter by
which, it is alleged, the town parted with
its title 10 the land.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
was done when he was at Birkenhead,

was done when he was at Birkenhead,
Cheshire, England. He was performing
there. and ii was suggested TO him that
people seeing the name ''Sandown" on the
posters might be likely TO mix his per-
Torrance up with some sporting event to
take place at the track. So he yielded to
the request of his hosts of admirers and
changed his name TO the trouble-brewing
title of Sandowe.
The defendant said iD general sort OF
way at he scorned the base insinuation
that he was an imitator of Eugen SandOw.
With an accent reminiscent of Bow Bells
he said he had never heard of Sandow be-
fore 1889, ''nor any one else, either"
did you change your name at that time
because of this PLAINTIFF" asked Timothy
j. Crowley.
mo; not /. Cos why? What need had
/ to? ! was head of a gymGastic associ-
alton in England and had defeated eighteen
strong men. Mr.. Sande never defeated
anybody. Hercules and Samson defeated
him at Agricultural hall, Islington. Lon
don, England.
"TheD, besides. Pm 21a inches better
than my friend. And Pm an Englishman
I'm no German. If people come up to me
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
IN OAKL land.
The Great Suit Fairly Instituted at
Last,


The suit brought by the city of Oakland
against the Oakland Waterfront Company
TO quiet title to the entire water front was
begun before Judge Ogden in the Supe-
rior Court yesterday morning.
Attorney Davis opened the battle by
reading the city's complaint. This. in
brief, declares the present action to be a
suit TO quiet title, and sets forth the facts
of the transfer of the water front to the
city by the act of incorporation OF 1852
and by the subsequent act of 1854.
Mr. Davis then read the defendants
answer. in which the entire history of the
water front is reviewed and dozen or
more separate defenses set up. If every
other title fails the company will claim on
account of forty years of adverse posses
sion.
Having read these two documents Mr..
Davis offered in evidence the lncOrpOra-
ton act of 1852, the similar one of 1854 and
the act Of 1862, which was to amend an act
TO incorporate.
The first witness called was T. W. Nor
gan, who was city engineer from June,
1872 to September, 1898.
Mr.. Morgan described In detail the
boundaries of the city and identified mans
of the disputed territory that had been
prepared by him.
Mr.. Morgan was on the stand from IL.
O'Clock A. NJ. to P NJ, when an adjourn
ment was taken until 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
The trial progressed rapidly yesterday.
and the attorneys betrayed no desire to
split hairs over technicaiities.
Among the spectators was j. P. Dam
eron. whose waterfront suit was in prog
Tess two years ago.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
HOW MoNTGoMERYTEsTIFIED
He Was an Englishman, No Ger
man, Not Much He Was.
CURLED HIS HAIR FROM CHOICE.
The Defendant Went to Fetch Gordon
From khartOum, and Met
the KhediVe Instead.

The Sandow-Sandowe comedy Is nearly
played out. All the testimony Is in, and
on Monday morning next counsel on
either side will discuss the results of the
case from their own particular points of
view.
In yesterdays proceedings there were
no funny witnesses with irresistibly CON-
ical accents to be- examined, consequently
Timothy J. Crowley found it hard work
TO keep up TO his average in witticisms.
True. the defendant himself took the
stand. but as Crowley had him under
direct examination only the occasion did
not offer its usual opportunities. How
ever. once in a while the versatile Timothy
had resort to the immortal bard, and all
was we'll.
All parties were to the fore as usual.
Irving Montgomery Sandowe with an "e")
looked as big as ever, as il the temporary
restraining order under which he suffers
had not yet found the bottom of his capa-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23

so was Rainey, because he had been made
party to the deception. You remember
that the entire Fire Department on cleo
ton day voted the Non Partlsen ticket?
Well, this was the reason. Rainey and
Parsons were so angry that they did their
best to defeat the Republican ticket. Par
sons accepted the nomination, but 1t was
only in the event OF his election. to make
it warm in the Board OF Supervisors for
the two bosses.
"The breaking of that promise has cost
Kelly and Crimmins the County Commit
lee this year. Sam Brown and his N en-
are behind Parsons, who is now a candi-
date for Railroad Commissioner from this
district The friendliness of the Fire De-
partment for the Non-Partisans two years
ago led Parsons and Dan Burns together.
Dan was then doing what he could to elect
that ticket. Naturally, therefore, when
the fight began this year, Parsons, Brown
and Burns got into the same boat. Par
sons would not now believe Martin Kelly
under oath, and he will no more do poll
tics with him than he would with a rattle
snake.
"Hence you can readily see that the
coalition between Brown and Burns is to
he permanent. In my opinion it will
finally result in the extinction of Kelly
and Crimmlns. All the machinists who
have heretofore trained with them are now
leaving them, and it is only question OF
time when they will descend below the
level Of district bosses.
"You asked me whether this coalition
involves the nomination of Parsons for
Railroad Commissioners. The question
cannot answer. 1t may and probably
does include some such bargain. Natur-
ally Brown and Parsons would not enter
into such a combination unless they were
going to get something out Of it. Time
only will tell that story.
lone of the first moves they have made
toward cutting into the power of Kelly
and Crimmins l see is TO order all the fire.
men into the engine houses On the day OF
the primary. Those bosses always use the
extramen, among whom they have many
supporters, for stuffiag the boxes on such
occasions. The order OF Chief Sullivan
is, therefore, an important move for them.
1t is not proba BILE that many fremen will
take the risk of dismissal for the purpose
Of aiding the cause OF the sinking bosses.
The Fire Commissioners have sOlemnly
promised to dismiss every fireman who re-
fuses to obey the engine-hOuSe order, and
| have DO doubt they will do H."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
FOOTBALL.
A Game That Will Be Worth Wit
Messing on Sunday.

hSoSliR Oh Ohhddgs
A special football match game between
the Thistles and Fort Mason army team
has been definitely arranged, and will
take place at Haight-street grounds on
Sunday, the 27;h inst.
This contest is the outcome of the
Thistles' defeat at Colma on the 9Th inst,
when the soldiers spatched victory from
the Scots after one of The finest dribbling
exhibitions of the season. The Thistles
have not been satisfied with the result of
the Colma game, and prior to the depar-
ture of the Fort Mason battery for Wash
ington succeeded in having their challenge
accepted.
Lovers of the dribbling game will. there
fore. have an opportunity Of witnessing
what Will undoubtedly be one of the
fastest and finest exhibitions of the asso-
citation game by high-class teams. The
Thistles will play their champion team
while the Fort Masons will be streng 9Th
ened by Kelsey and Goode of the Preside.
who will return from the Yosemite In
time for the game,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
NOW FOR STRIFE.

NOW FOR - RIFE.
Working the Downfall of
Kelly and Crimmins.
BROWN - BURNS COALITION.
Scheme of Parsons to Gain a
Nomination.
RAINEY CUT A FIGURE IN 1T.
Some interesting Political History,
With Subsequent Developments
of Importance.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23

cious pockets. Business might be dull,
AS for Eugen of that ilk be wore a
thoughtful look, as one who was arranging
his worldly affairs preparatory TO engaging
in deadly strife with the lion Commodore
AS the fight goes CD, others get drawn
in. Not only did the so-called English
champion stare pistols and cutlasses at
the modern Daniel, but the supporters of
either party INDUCED in frowns, scowls,
muttered threats and surreptitious shakes
of the fist at each other IN court, and other
pleasing and diverting indications of hos
tile feeling.
When proceedings were resumed Eugen
Sandow was recalled to give some further
confederation of what had been told upon
his behalf, after which the plaintiffs case
was closed. Thereupon Timothy j. Crow
ley Strengthened himself up in his chair,
ran his taper fingers through his auburn
locks, and called upon the defendant to
take the stand.
The command was obeYed. and. grace
fully reclining in as easy an attitude as his
huge frame would permit Irving Mont
gomery Saudowe awaited the fusillade to
come. He was utterly unruffled. save for
stern set expression Of feature that
boded DO good to the man he called his
German friend"
Montgomery told his own story pretty
much as he liked. Some questions he elab-
GRATED to suit his own ideas, to others he
was content with vouchsafing a monosyl-
Liable answer. He got along pretty well in
direct examination. He told how that
"along about the year 1883 or so" he had
adopted the name of SandOwn with an
M from the famous racetrack Of that
name close TO London.
Two or three years afterward, said
Montgomery, he changed the final letter of
his stage name from ''n" TO "e." This
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
Another Concession Failed.

The StOrey-HolIiwsy Automatic Hippo
drome and Race Course Com pany has filed
petition in insolvency. by John F. Cum
nirgham, president of the concern.
Liabilities are placed at S526S Oh, most
of which has been incurred for goods sold
and delivered, advertising, ETC. By way
of assets the company possesses it's plant
in the grounds of the Midwinter Fair.
which cost $4,000 to purchase and erect
out Is now valued at only $500. This
property is under attachment to recover a
debt of S305I 49,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
The Vacation Season.

The ,rm days will soon be here. and
people will commence seeking the various
points of interest about the State. Those
who contemplate a trip can find much in
formation in Picturesque California"
and those who must stay at home will get
unending delight out of its beautiful pict-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23
The Beaver Club.

At the meeting of the Beaver Republican
Club on Monday night twenty-five new
members signed the roll, making the pres
ent membership 200. Prominent speakers
addressed the meeting.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-23

kY- Country orders receive prompt attention
delivered Rafael SausaIito BlhedaIa
Mill Valley Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-08
WILL NOT FILIB ULSTER
Republican Senators Will Not Re-
sort to DilatOry Tactics.
They Will, However, Insist on Free Dis
cussion of the New Tariff Bill an d
Will Vote SOlidly Against 1t.

WASHINGTON, May THE Republican
steering of the Senate held a
conference to-day for the purpose of con-
sidering the attitude Of the Republican
party in the Senate on the tariff question,
In view of the claims mad by the Demo-
Gratis that they have assurance of the for
ty-thTee votes necessary to pass the bill.
While the members of the committee do
not freely discuss the action of the COM
mittee, IL is understood that they decided
to notify the Democratic leaders that they
had no intention of flibustering against
the tariff, and especially would not be in
clined to resort to dilatory tactics if the
Democratic party should prove to be sub
~stantially united upon the tariff bill. The
interchange Of views developed the fact,
however. that the Republicans think that
there Is much material in the new COM
promise bill for legitimate discussion, and
that they will insist upon the right to dis
cuss the bill as amended upon its merits.
The suggestion was made during the con-
ference that a Republican caucus should be
held and some of the members of the COM
mittee stated later in the day that they con-
sidered a caucus within the next two or
three days probable. The committee was
assured of a solid Republican vote against
the compromise bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-08

scribed Brownies arrest, telling how the
policemen piled their Clubs on the people,
and that the officer who arrested Browne
had shown him the stick taken from
Browne. 1t had no flag on it
Inc defense closed its case, and Mr.. Lips
comb asked Judge Miller 10 charge the jury
that the act Of ISIS was not intended to
restrict the right OF citizens 70 peaceably
assemble and petition Congress; also. that
unless the banner carried was displayed.
designed and adapted 10 bring the organiza-
ton into notice they must acquit: also.
that they must acquit Coxey unless he adj
yfsed or abetted the others TO display a
banner and TO walk on the grass.
Judge Miller said that he would charge
that the jury must find that the defendants
willfully and knowingly trod upon the grass.
The attorney for Christopher Columbus
Jones asked the judge TO instruct the jury
that his client was to be acquitted Of the
second count. since there was no evidence
that he walked on the grass.
Assistant District Attorney M~uliowney
made the opening speech. Representative
Hudson. Of Kansas, who began for the de-
Tense, said that II was plain that the de-
PENDANTS were not tried for the technical
charges against them, but because they
held political opinions contrary TO the opin-
ions OF those in power. These men are
not being tried for stepping on the grass"
he argued. The district attorney will ar
que TO you against Mr.. Coxey himself and
the Coxey movement" Mr.. Hudson was
followed by Mr.. A. A Lipscomb. also for
the defense, and then the court adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-08
JOSEPH MOORE DEAD
He Built the Bridges Used in
Sherman's Famous March.
A Lieutenant Colonel In the Fifty-Eighth
Indiana Regiment-How He
Saved q Soldiers Life.

Col. Joseph Moore, well known among old
soldiers as the man who planned and con-
structed all Of the pontoon bridges used by
Sherman on his famous march 10 the sea,
died at 7:30 O'Clock last night at his home,
All North East street. He was sixty-fve
years of age and death resulted from rheu-
matism Of the heart brought on by a long
rheumatic illness contracted in Southern
swamps during the war. For several years
he has been an invalid. Some years ago he
was a United States claim attorney and
was also in the insurance business.
Colonel Moore went to the front In 1861 as
lieutenant-coione of the Fifty-eighth-In-
diana regiment, the regiment in which G.
r. Stormont, one Of the ex-department
commanders of the Indiana G.. A. r. was a
private. Colonel Moore was in the service
until the close of the war. After active
engagements his regiment Joined Sherman
at Atlanta where the regiment was assigned
as the nucleus Of a pontoon corps. Two
thousand men were placed under the COM
mand Of Colonel Moore and he displayed
a great deal of ability in the work assigned
him. He bridged the Chattahoochie river
thirteen times, and not only built all the
bridges on the route to the sea but con-
structed those necessary for the trip TO the
north. The work in the swamps destroyed
Colonel Moore's health
On one occasion a member of Colonel
Moore's regiment was sentenced to be shot
for sleeping on duty. Colonel Moore made
a strong plea for the man before General
Rosecrans and General Garfield, who was
then chief of Rosecrans's staff. You are a
pretty good lawyer. Colonel" said General
Rosecrans. You prepare a brief of this
case. and If you can prepare 1t in such
shape that we can see your argument the
mar will be reprieved." Thu man had al
ready been court-martialed and the SEN
tence was to be executed within ten hours.
All night Colonel Moore sat In his tent
drawing up the brief and in the early morn
ing he had the petition for a reprieve sent
up the line of officers. An hour or so before
the soldier was to die General Rosecrans
read the brief and then Endorsed the war
rant Of death as follows: "Reprieved for
three days" Then he scratched this out
with his pen and made the Endorsement
read: "Reprieved until the wish Of the
President can be ascertained." The next
day the army moved and 1t was on the
march for some time. The matter finally
dropped. Colonel Moore was also In the
battles of Chickamauga, Stone River and
Mission Ridge.
At the time of his death he was quarter
master of George H. Thomas Post, G.. A.
r.. He leaves a wife and five daughters:
Mrs. W.. i. Walker, of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs.
Frank r. New. of this city, and Misses
Mary, Jessie and Nell Moore. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not yet been
made.