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The record-union., 1895-02-02
REILLY FUNDING BILL.
Certain Amendments to the Boatner
Substitute Agreed To.

Certain Amendments to the Boatner
substitute Agreed To.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The minority
report of the Pacific Railroad Committee
which opposes the Reilly funding bill and
members from California who are fight
ing 1t had conference to-day, and agreed
to certain amendments to Boatner's bill,
for committee to take charge OF the
roads when they default III bond pay
ments, which will make it acceptable to
the opposition. The amendments Will
be offered by Boatuer Tomorrow.
They provide that the capitalization
OF the corporations, when they shall
pass out of the control OF the commission
by purchase, shall not exceed the pur-
chase price by more than 10 per cent;
also, that one-third Of the purchase price
shall be paid IN cash down, the remain
ing twO-thirds by fIty-year per cent.
bonds, this being a substitute for the
section allowing the issue OF similar
bonds for the whole amount.
The bill does not embody the ideas of
the Western men, but they assert that
they consider 1t so much better than the
Reilly bill that they will vote for il, as 1t
seems TO be the only opposition plan
With a chance OF success.
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THE ELBE DISASTER.
No Trace of the Lifeboat Supposed
to Contain Survivors.
NUMBER OF MISSING THREE HUN
DRED AND THIRTY-FOUR.
The Deaconness' Homo at Cleveland
Destroyed by Fire and Four Lives
Lost-Report of the Battle at Wei
Hal Wei Confirmed-The Japanese
Capture All the Land Forces.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

LowEsToFT, Feb. l. - The terrific
weather of the past forty-eight hours
continues along the coast of England.
Visits made to-day to the life-saving
and coast guard stations show that no ad-
ditional news has been received regard
ing the loss of the Elbe, and no trace has
been found of the missing lifeboat sup
posed to contain people from that steamer.
However, the sea is SO rough that many
fishing smacks are unable to make port
and are beating up and down the coast,
waiting for a chance to run into some
harbor.
1t became known to-day that on board
Of the Elbe was the body of NJ. C. Con-
nors of Dakota, VINO died recently in a
sanitarium at Berlin. Mrs. Connors.
who accompanied her late husband, was
drowned.
STATEMENT OF THE CRATHIE's CAPTAIN.
ROTTERDAM, Feb. Captain Gordon
OF the British steamship Crathie, which
ran into and sank the EIbe, has made a
! statement to the Lloyds' agent.
lie says he was knocked down by the
| force OF the collision, and when he re-
gained his feet the two ships were some
distance apart. The Crathie was so dam
aseu LAdt ne expected her to sink at any
moment. In spite of this, Captain Cor
don added, he followed the other steamer,
| but found that she went faster than the
Crathie, and he concluded that the vessel
he colllded with was safe.
NUMBER OF LOST.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-The latest Of
| fcial cablegram received at the New York
office of the North German Lloyd Com
pany IN this city to-day from the Bremen
office showed total loss of 334 people by
the sinking Of the steamer IIlbe.
a RESIDENT OF SAN JOSE LOST.
SAN JOSE, Feb. Phillip Mischler,
aged 81 years, a resident Of San Jose, was
a steerage passenger on the steamer Elbe,
| that was sunk in the North Sea day be-
| fore yesterday. Mischler came to this
country from Germany in 1885, and was
| foreman on the Lone Hill Vineyard. He
lett here in November to visit his mother
| and two brothers IL Germany.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
"A NIurderous Cbtnamar

STOCKTON, Feb. 1.-About 10 o'clock
last night a Chinaman attempted to shoot
white woman named Mrs. Rich at Lodi
He drew a loaded revolver on her, but
fortunately the cap snapped and the
weapon was not discharged. The Mongol
has been pursuing the woman for some
time. He had threatened a number of
times to murder her. 1t is supposed he
was offended at her because she had dis
charged Chinese cook and employed in
his stead white girl.
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An American Killed.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. 1.-The Ameri-
can who was killed in this city Wednes-
day evening by man who, armed with
knife, ran amuck through the streets,
stabbing and slashing right and left was
Mr.. Stupe, the Director of the Metropoli-
tan Railroad of Constantinople. A Turk
ish official and railroad employe were
also killed and ten persons were more or
less seriously wounded. The murderer
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Louisa Matson Released.

SAN JOSE, Feb. Louisa Matson, the
woman who for sixteen years masque-
raded as man in Australia and Cali
fornia, was to-day released from the
County Jail. The charge of obtaining
money and issuing bogus checks at f,ns
Gatos was dismissed, the British Bank of
North America having honored her draft
and the claims of her creditors were
settled. The woman wore her male at
tire when she left the Jail. From here
she went to Los Gatos. and put up at a
hotel. she made no statement as 10 her
intentions, but while in Jail, several days
ago, she declared she would 90 back To
Australia as soon as she could arrange TO
do so.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Gold Discovery in Utah.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 1.-The discovery of
gold at the mouth of the Little Cotton
wood. eighteen miles south of this city, is
causing considerable excitement. Some
Of the essays run very high, and old
miners predict that Cripple Creek will
have new rival. \ townsite has been
laid out under the name of Gold City,
and prospecting iu the vicinity is active,
Notwithstanding the heavy snow.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Theft of the Fair VIII

SAN Francisco, Feb. 1.-The Grand
Jury is investigating the theft from the
County Clerks Office of the late James
@. Fairs will. Several mem bers of the
Grand Jury believe that some deputy in
theft or knows the thiei. The Police De-
partment has been unable TO discover the
1aintest cIew, and has confessed itself
nonplussed.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Gold for ShiDment.

New YORK, Feb. IA total of 81, ,505,-
600 in gold was ordered this morning for
shipment to Europe, but on the lowering
of the rates for sterling exchange in the
afternoon s.. 100000 of the orders were
cancelled, and it is improbable that more
gold will GO out at all to- morrow.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Schooner Ashore.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-The three
masted schooner G. T. Hill, owned in this
city, went ashore tonight on the rocks
off Point Bonita at the entrance of San
Francisco Bay. She went out from this
city to-day in ballast, bound for WILDER
Bay, Washington. Two tugs were sent
out. and succeeded in towing the
schooner off without damage 10 her. She
proceeded on her way Tonight.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
TIE WHISKY TRUST,
Dynamite May Be Used to Secure /
Books of the COMPANY.

dynamite May Be Used to Secure the
Books of the Company.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The developments
in the whisky trust case to-day were sem
sational. Last night Nathan Blur of
New York loft for Peoria, accompanied
by two expert accountants, and armed
with an order from Judge Grosscup for
an examination Of the books of the COM
pany.
Early to-day Blur wired that the books
were locked in a vault, and that the only
man having the combination to the safe
was out OF town. He was immediately
instructed to secure the books AT any cost
and by any means.
one OF the attorneys for the stock hold
ers' committee said: This afternoon
Blur was wired at Peoria to use dyua-
mite in getting at the books. and | have
no doub5 he viii do so if he finds 1T neces-
sary. We are not to be stopped by any
trlckery on the part Of the opposition"
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Insurance Combine.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l. The new
Board of Fire Underwriters, as successor
to the Pacific Insurance Union, was fully
organized to-day and rate-cutting has
ceased. Out of fifty-fiye agencies in this
city, representing 1O5 companies, forty
agents have signed the compact. Those
companies which have not signed the
compact are local corporations or those OF
small capital, which will not be admitted
to the board because of alleged violations
OF the old compact. The union as body
will offer lower rates than outside COM
panies can afford to take.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Hung Himself From a GateDost.

STOCKTON, Feb. I.-Shortly after l
o'clock this afternoon an old Chinese
cook hung himself from the gatepost of
the fence inclosing a railroad catUle corral
at Lathrop. The Chinaman was sus-
pended in full view Of people at the sta
ton, but no one saw him until he was
dead His feet were only twelve Inches
from the ground. inability to obtain
work made him Respondent.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
ARIZONA TRAIN ROBBERS.
Believed to Have Secured 10 the
NeighborhoOd of $4,000
OFFICERS SECURING THE COUNTRY
FOR THE BANDITS

Gatepost Near the Railroad Sta
tIon at Lathrop-Many Thousand
Acres of Land Planted to Grain
Under Water in Yo1o County-A
Schooner Wrecked on the Rocks
at the Entrance to San francisco
Bay.
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A YOLO SCANDAL.
Arrest of Wealthy Farmer on
Grave (harUax

Arrest of n Wealthy Farmer on a
Grave Charge.
WOODLAND, Feb. HI. G. higgins, a
wealthy farmer of tins county, living
near Knights Landing, was arrested here
to-day on charge of adultery.
The complainant Is a man named Cook,
a tenant of Higgins. He charges that
the latter ruined his daughter Daisy. Is
years old, who yesterday gave premature
birth to child. higgins was at hotel
here with the girl recently
higgins declares it is a case of attempted
blackmail. lie is a farmer of promi-
nence, and was the Populist candidate for
Joint Senator at the late election.
The scandal is the talk of the COM
munlty. The girl says higgins is guilty.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
TerribIe Dead of n preacher.

AURORA (Mo.), Feb. bud Ellis, a
farmer and Methodist preacher living
four miles south of this city, became sud
denly insane this forenoon. and after cut
ting his Wlte's throat, shot his little girl
through the head, and then going to
farm where he formerly resided, blew his
own brains out.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Fire at Modesto

MODESTO, Feb. This morning at 8
O'Clock Robert Young livery stable was
burned to the ground and five horses and
seventeen vehicles burned. Only four
horses were saved. The building was the
property of John Robinson. The cause
OF the fire is a mystery. Robinson's loss
is 81, 200. Young's loss is $1,000. Robin
son is insured for $500 ana Young for
81 300,
The record-union., 1895-02-02
ella Valley Railroad Trespass Cases.

SoLoMoNvILLE (Ariz.), Feb. 1.-P.
Sullivan, who built board shanty on the
track OF the ella Valley, Globe and
Northern Railroad last Monday, and an
other one Wednesday, was before Justice
Parks here to-day on two charges of
placing distractions on the railroad. He
was held on both cases on 500 bonds to
appear at the next District Court. Mrs.
Sullivan, arrested on the same charge,
was released. Yesterday Sullivan Went
before Justice of the Peace and swore
out warrant for the arrest of President
Garland OF the railway company for tres
pass, In running trains through his lands
without permission. The Garland trial
comes ND Tomorrow
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Nicaragua Canal.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The House
Committee on Commerce to-day con-
sidered Senator Morgan's Nicaragua bill
which passed the Senate, and decided to
strike out all after the enacting clause
and substitute the House bill Mr..
Mallory will report the action of the
House. One member preferred the SEN
alta bill
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Kothschild Denies a Rumor.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The feature of the
Stock Exchange here to-day was the im-
provement of American securities in re-
spouse to advices from Wall street. Baron
Rothschild said, regarding the cabIed
reports OF his connection with the pro-
posed American loan: 'It is untrue that
any negotiations are pending with us.
Neither has the house of RothschiIds any
intention of taking the whole loan"
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Opposed to the Funding RIll.

SALEM (Or.), Feb. 1.-The House to-day
adopted resolution in opposition to the
Reilly funding bill, and asking that i'm
mediate foreclosure proceedings be COM
menced against the Pacific railroads, op-
posing, however, all attempts at Govern
mant ownership.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
A Painter MISSING:

WOODLAND, Feb. 1.-Word has been
received from Knights Landing that
Thomas Shannon, aged 26, a painter by
trade, is missing. On Tuesday Shannon
left Knights Landing in a small boat for
the tarm of j. S. b. Hiatt, ten miles away.
In Sutter County. He made arrange
ments with Hiatt to do a job OF painting.
and started back to Knights Landing,
Thursday his boat was found floating on
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Encampment of the Boys Brigade.

SANTA CRUZ, Feb. Last evening the
citizens decided TO donate $1,000, the
grounds, lights and messhouse for the
encampment of the Boys Brigade, TO be
held at the beach during the second week
in July. About 600 boys will be in the
camp.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Shot While Cutting u Wire.

BROOKLYN, Feb. IA man named
Dunn was shot by Policeman Cornelius
to-day while endeavoring to escape after
having cut q trolley wire. DuunFs in
juries, though serious, are not likely to
prove fatal
The record-union., 1895-02-02
The Ameer VIII Visit America.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 1.-The Ameer of Az
ghanistan has definitely decided to visit
England during the spring if his health
continues good. He proposes to go via
Y Yokohama and the United States.
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a Rouoh Voynuo.

QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 1.-The Cunard
Line steamship Lucania arrived this
morning from New York. and reports
rough seas encountered throughout the
entire voyage,
The record-union., 1895-02-02

the Sutter side Of the river. 1t was half
filed with water and had a shotgun in
the bottom with one barrel discharged.
There was no trace of Shannon. 1t is
thought that he accidentally shot himself
and fell overheard.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
High Water in YoIo County.

WOODLAND, Feb. Late information
about the flood on the big Fair ranch,
states that of the 10000 acres comprising
the farm, not more than 600 are clear of
water. There are 1900 acres of summer
fallowed grain under water. The land
cannot be drained until the river has
iallen, SO that the levee may be cut and
the water run off through the channel of
Sycamore slough. There will be no re-
turns from summer fallowed wheat this
season. Teams are at work plowing the
land that is not submerged.
The record-union., 1895-02-02
Win Go Into the Newspaper Buslne.

Los ANGELES, Feb. 1.-The Express
this afternoon announces that General c.
c. Allen, Adjutant-General of the State,
has purchased the interests of J. Mills
Davies and j. W. Elliott in the Express.
AS soon as he is relieved of his official
duties by Governor Budd he will assume
the business management. II. Il. Osborn
and +. K. Cleveland will retain their in
terests, the former continuing as Presi-
dent and editor, the latter as Secretary
and Treasurer. General Allen will be
NiCe-President
The record-union., 1895-02-02
FATAL FIRE AT CLEVELAND,
An Invalid Homo Burned and Four
Lives Lost.

Lives Lost.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 1.-The Deaconness
Home, on Jennings avenue, caught fire
to-day, and tour persons lost their lives.
The dead are: Albert Allmeyer, Minnie
Banner. an S-months-old baby and
Jacob krause.
The fire started in the basement, pre-
sumabIy from the furnace, and before it
could be eXtinguished four Of the fifteen
patents IN the house and hospital were
uead, ana the building was almost en-
urely destroyed. Brave work on the
part OF the hremen and police alone pre-
vented further loss.
Mime Baumer was a nurse. She ap-
peared at an upper window and implored
the people below to save her patient,
" lllIam AIlmeyer. 1t was impossible
for any one to enter the building, Miss
baumer could have saved herself by
jumping to the veranda roof, but she
went back to her patient and burned 10
death. Allmeyer, who was suffering from
a broken hip, was suifOcated. Jacob
hrause, who has been suffering from
fractured skull, was found at the foot OF
the stairs sutlocated.
The building was a wooden structure
three stories high. In an incredibly short
tune there was little left of the building,
but few parts of the side walls.
The flames had gained considerable
Roadway before the persons located on
the top floor discovered their perilous
situation. 1t was then too late 10 descend
by the stairs. and those on that floor rave
up their lives, Before the fire depart
ment had arrived, and before the flames
had reached the outside OF the building.
Minnie Baumer, one of the nurses. ap-
peared at an upper window and implored
those below to assist her in getting out
her patient, William Allmeyer, one Of the
burned men. All saw that it would be
folly to attempt to enter the building,
which was now burning tiercely.
Jump To the porch and save Yourself"
they cried, as she was fifteen or sixteen
feet above the broad Yeranda roof.
Il can't leave my patient was the re-
ply OF the brave woman, as she turned To
look back into the room to quiet the fears
of AIlmeyer, who thought she was going
to leave him. For a moment the brave
woman stood looking down into the
crowd below her, ana the sense of duty
trlumphed over her desire to be saved.
The smoke was pouring from the VIM
dOws about her while her startled face
appeared as picture in a frame OF dark
est ebony. She returned TO the room and
was seen no moro until her blackened
form was carried tenderly from the build
ing shortly after.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

An Attack Upon d Reverend Gentle
man of Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA (Ga.), Feb. 1.-The sensation
of the morning session of the National
Convention of the Woman's Suffrage
Union was an attack upon Rev. DR.. Haw-
The record-union., 1895-02-02
A Shasta County Mine Sold.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l. = The Iron
Mountain mine of Shasta County was
sold to-day for $500, 900 cash to an English
syndicate represented by Frederick w.
Fielding of the firm of Fielding, Saun-
ders u Bond, New York.
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Washington's New Senator.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 1.-John l.. Wilson was
to-day formally elected United States
Senator
The record-union., 1895-02-02

thorne of this city by the Rev. Anna
Shaw Of Philadelphia for statement all
legged to have been made by the former to
the effect that women should not be al
lowed to vote because they are not taxed,
At the afternoon session Mrs. Laura
Clay OF kentucky, daughter OF Cassius
NJ. Clay, reported for the Southern COM
mittee that the movement was advancing
in her section.
Mrs. Caroline Chapman Call reported
recommendations for raising So, 900 for
carrying on the work.
A course of study similar to the Inter-
national Sunday lessons was also
recommended.
A subscription was at once taken, and
$1,000 OF the 5000 asked for was raised,
The record-union., 1895-02-02

Confirmation of the Capture of Wei
Hal Wei by japanese.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Limited States
Consul Jernigen at Shanghai cables, un-
der date of February Ist, that the land
fort at Wei Hal Wei has been captured
and the capture of the islands and fleet
are considered imminent
The record-union., 1895-02-02

LONDON. Feb. 1.-An official dispatch
received here to-day gives particulars of
the capture Of Wei Hal Wei by the jap
anese. The dispatch says that the second
army, and the fleet attacked Wei Hal
Wei on the morning OF Wednesday last,
and by evening all the land forces were
captured. The island forts are still re-
sisting, but the Japanese have obtained
command of the east and west entrances
of the bay
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H0NGKoNG, Feb. I.-General Fune is
going to march from Kwang Tung With
1900 troops to assist Vicer0y Chang in
the defense of Marking. General Fung
was one of the Chinese officers who
fought in AMMAN against the French.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
TWO D0LLARSA DAY
BenwOOd Nailers to Make Proposition 10
the Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
officials To-day.

Eleven years ago the nailers were
probably the best paid mechanics in
the United States. They were paid on
an average SIS to $40 a day. Since
that time strikes and reductions. over
production, wire nail competition and
other causes have practically driven
the cut nail out of the market, and
nailers are anxious to get employ
ment at any wages.
This fact was illustrated last night
when a meeting of nailers was held
and it was determined to make a prop
osition TO work for two dollars a day,
a reduction of IS to 90 per cent. in the
wages paid a little more than ten
years ago.
The meeting was held in the Ben
wood City Hall, and was attended
by about forty nailers formerly en-
ployed in the Benwood factory, which
is now controlled by the Wheeling
Steel and Iron Company. The nailers
have been out of work, with the eX-
ception of very brief periods, for sew
eral years. They decided last night,
almost unanimously, to make prop
osition to the management to place the
factory in operation at the uniform
wages of two dollars a day. A COM
mittee was appointed for the purpose
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09
CHURCH NOTES.

The services at the Second Presby-
terrain Church will be conducted as
usual tomorrow by Rev. DR. w. II.
Cooke. The morning topic Will be a
Test" In the evening he Will diS-
course on "CandOr. "
Rev. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, OF OAK
land. Md. who have been in the CITY
visiting friends and acquaintance for
some days, returned home yesterday.
Rev. w. w. King, who has been IN
the city the past week, the guest OF Dr.
and Mrs Ford. of the South Side, left
Thursday evening for st. Louis, Mo-,
where he has accepted the pastorate
of one of the most important churches
of that city. "a.
Word has been received In the Guy
of the appointment OF Rev. W. u
Riheldaffer to the pastorate OF a large
congregation at HumpstOn. Iowa. Inc
reverend gentleman is well-known IN
this city. having at one time been pas
tor of the Chapline street church, ana
his many friends here will be glad 10
hear of his good fortune. His former
charge was at Ayr. Iowa.
At the First Presbyterian Church on
Sunday Rev DR.. d. A. Cunningham
will conduct services as usual.
Rev. \. B. Johnson will conduct the
services at the North Street NJ. r..
Church tomorrow. At the morning
services he will preach on The Lord S
Store House to be Filled In the even
ing he will discourse on Gods Great
invitation to the World" The cOngre-
cation of this church have been max
ing elaborate arrangements for a social
10 be given in the near future.
Rev. Father McElligOtt, of Grafton,
who has been in the city for several
davs. a guest at the Cathedral, returned
home yesterday afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Schwarm will preach morn
inc and evening at the English Luth-
ern Church on Sixteenth street to-
morrow.
The work of repairing the Thomson
N y Church is nearly completed and
if will not be a great while until it will
he finished and the church ready FOR
occuDancv. The services tomorrow
will be held in the chapel.
The Christian EndeaVCr Of the First
Christian Church will hold reception
at the parsonage Tuesday evening. \
musical and literary programme has
been arranged. and a good time IS as
sured.
Rev. 4. LinkletteT. a former resident
and minister of this portion OF the
stare some years ago, and who spent
several years preaching in Illinois and
the last three years in Colorado, will
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-09

spend several months visiting and
preaching hereabouts. For the past
few day Mr.. Linkletter has been the
guest Of Mr.. Hayden, pastor Of the
First Christian Church.
The meetings conducted in the First
Christian Church last week were well
attended and have been very interest
ing. Tomorrow Rev. Hayden will
preach. His morning topic will be
Tongue Government" Evening, THE
Highway of Holiness"
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Ben
wood NJ. E. Church will hold a social
and festival in the church tonight,
which will be repeated on Monday
night. The proceeds viii be for the
benefit of the church.
Rev. l.. w. Roberts will conduct ser
vices at the Wesley NJ. E. Church as
usual on Sunday.