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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03
THE ANTICS OF A MANIAC,
Without Attire an .Unfor-
tunate Domestic Runs a
Lively Amuck.
Then There Is a Fierce Battle and
the Lunatic Is Finally
Captured.

= NEW YORK, n. Y, July 1.-The resi-
dents of fashionable North Broad street,
Elizabeth, were awakened from their
slumbers early this morning by the wild
shouting OF a woman. Men and women
rushed to the windows OF their rooms to
see what was happening. A woman at
tired only in natures garb was rushing
back and forth through the streets shout
ing, "Tomnv' Clark! Oh, Tommy Clark
Help, help! Mr.. Richards! Mr.. Richardsl"
Those that continued to gaze from their
windows saw, a moment later, man in
negligee emerge from Freebooter G. NJ.
MorrelTs residence and run over to Law
yer Frank Bergen's house. A changing of
gongs followed as the alarm for police was
sounded. Everybody in the neighborhood
thought burglars were around and several
of the men hunted up their revolvers ready
to shoot: But they soon learned that all
the excitement was caused by Della Clark,
a domestic in Freeholder Morrelr employ.
Della had awakened at o'clock, leaped
from her bed and rushed from the house.
For All hour she wandered around the
lawn, frequently dropping upon her knees
and kissing the grass fervently. Then she
took off her night dress and ran out into
the street. After running through the
street she met Mary O'Brien, another do
mestic employed by w. L. Hoffacker.'
Running up to the O'Brien girl, Della
Clark grabbed her by the hair and began
to pull. Two men tried to break her hold
on the hair, but failed; and Mary's hair was
cut off with pair of scissors.
Triumphantly waving the bunch of hair
in her hand, Bella Clark sprang over the
fence into the lawn surrounding the resi-
dence of. General Superintendent ]. ii.
Othause of the. New Jersey Central Rail
road. She ran around to the kitchen door.
but failed to get in. Calling upon ST. Peter
and st. Patrick to protect her, she ran back
into the street and threw herself upon the
rails directlyiu front of an approaching
troIley-car. Thomas Fox and Thomas
Sheridan, VINO had heard the call for po-
lice, arrived on the scene Just in time to
save the woman's life They pulled
her off the track and finally pei
suaded her to put on a wrapper that was
Thrown from a window. Then she walked
down toward police headquarters. After
walking block the woman began to fight
the young men and bit them on the hands.
They finally got her into an express wagon
and took her to the lookup.
There is no matron at police headauar-
tiers and the half-naked woman remained
in the cell for several hours, until her mis-
tress visited her, taking along a dress,
which Della was induced to put on.
Della Clark was pronounced crazy this
afternoon and removed to the asylum at
Morris Plains. She is insane upon re-
igion, and imagines she is in purgatory.
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W0ULD BE TERY.. SWIFT.
The Steamer Ne,c York Could BE Made
Irato a Great Cruiser.


NEW YORK, N. Y, July 2.-The mer-
chant steamship New York; the Ameri-
can line was inspected yesterday by Naval
Constructor Fernald, who found that she
is capable of being speedily transformed
into an excellent cruiser. The ship would
be a. dangerous commerce destroyer. She
would carry ten 6-inch rapid-fring rifles, a
powerful secondary battery. and she could
overtake anything afoat in the merchant
service except the Campania and Lucanla
of the Cunard line. Mr.. Fernald visited
every part of the ship, from the bridge to
the lowermost depths of the hold. When
he came ashore he said in response to ques-
lions:
II have examined the New York inter
nally for structural strength, the engine,
rooms. steering gear, anchor gear and
foundations for guns. She is capable OF
carrying ten six-inch rifled cannon and
CORES spending secondary battery. Her
speed, of course, is more than twenty knots,
required by statute. This has been shown
by her record on trans-Atlant trips. The
st. Louis will be examined later. If her
record does not show that she can go faster
than twenty knots she will be tested on
four-hour RUN, but / suppose this will
hardly be necessary. The New York is the
first irst-class mail-carrying steamship TO
be examined under this law. In time of
war the New York as an auxiliary cruiser
would be used as a commerce destroyer.
She wopld carry a crew of 400 men, includ-
ing firemen, deck force, etc"
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FAVOR FREE COINAGE.
Resolutions Dissenting From
the Policy of the ADJ
miniStration.
EX-GOVERNOR ADAMS TALKS.
Says the Real Bimetallic Party VIII
Be Victorious in Next Years
Battle.

DENVER, CoLo., July 2.-The Demo
cratic State Convention met here this
morning to consider the financial issue.
General Samuel Browne presided. National
Committeeman Thomas, the last Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, sent a letter
counseling moderation, urging the conven-
ton not to. follow the Illinois Democracy
by censuring the administration, but to
simply declare for free silver. Committees
were appointed and the convention then
adjourned until afternoon.
The convention reassembled shortly after
2 o'clock with a small attendance. Reso-
lutions were adopted dissenting from the
financial policy OF the present administra-
ton, opposing the issuing of interest bear
ing bonds in times of peace and indorsing
the action of the Democrats of Illinois in
calling for National Democratic conven-
ton for the purpose of placing the party
upon its historic platform of sound money,
consisting OF. gold and silver coinage, the
money of the constitution.
Directly after the presentation of the
resolutions Ex-Governor Adams, who was
present as a. spectator, was called upon to
address the convention. He did so and
made stirring speech, in which he de-
clared that the only hope for free silver lay
in the Democratic party, that all signs of
the times point out the fact that the two
candidates for President at the election to
be held next year would be gold Repub-
can and silver Democrat and the people
would choose between them.
Governor Adams said that he had just
returned from the South, had been in
Memphis during the recent convention,
and no matter what the Federal office
holders might say, no matter what the
bankers of the South might declare.
the people OF that section of the country
were almost to man in favor of free silver.
But they were also Democrats, and they
saw no good reason for travelling out of the
party and making fight under the ban
her of any Populist or alleged free silver
organization. He had no doubt that the
National Democracy, the real bimetallic
party, would declare in favor Of silver and
would be victorious in 1896.
The mild manner in which the admins
tration was treated, in fact the entire alb
sence of the mention of Cleveland or Car,
Isle is regarded as significant, considering
the loudly expressed determination of
many leaders in the present gathering to
denounce the Federal Government in good
set terms.
The convention adjourned sine die at
5 P. NJ.
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ARMOR FOR BATTLESH|PS,
Disagreement Over the Plans
of Naval Constructor
HiChborn.
1t Remains for Secretary Herbert to
Say How the New War Vessels
Are to Be Built.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July NAVAL
Constructor Hichborn has made plans for
three new battle-ships authorized by the
last Congress, and as they are designed
radically different from existing battle,
ships naval officers are very much IN.
terested, and Secretary Herbert has de-
voted much personal attention to Con
structor Hichborn's reforms. On two
points the designs agree, fl st as to speed
being for 16-knot ships, and second as to
size, for they will be ships of 1850 tons,
larger than any ship in our navy, even the
big battleship Iowa. This great size is
made necessary by the heavy armament
and thick armor the ships are to carry.
When it comes to armor there is one
difference in the two designs that seems to
be of little Importance, but is really vital.
The width of armor belt is the same in
each case, seven feet and six inches, but
while the bureau chiefs propose to raise
this SO high that it will be but three feet
and six inches under the water line at its
lowest edge, the constructors propose to
lower the belt foot. fearing that when the
ships roll in a swell they would expose
their vitals to the fire of an enemy and
would easily let in an explosive shell be-
low the protective deck with fatal results.
The height of belt would also affect the
stability of a ship in a considerable
measure.
But the features of the new ships which
has caused most discussion is the proposed
double-storied turrets. The constructors
suggested the following battery: Four II
inch rifles mounted in two turrets, eight
8-inch guns mounted in four turrets and
sixteen 5-inch guns. The bureau chiefs,
however, decided that they would have a
main battery, to consist of 13-inch guns,
four being mounted in two turrets, and on
top of these main turrets and revolving
with them were to be placed
smaller turrets carrying four of the
of that caliber to be placed in two side
turrets. The constructors held that this
arrangement would deprive the ship of
the power of distributing the fire of the
great guns, which argument was replied to
by the bureau chiefs with a statement that
the tendency of modern-time fighting is
to heavy concentration of fire upon the
enemy, and that double turrets would re-
duce the amount of heavy machinery
necessary. to handle turrets by just
one-half. The constructors also con-
ton of weight in two small
areas of ship by double turrets would
make them unsafe, and was opposed to
the best modern practice, and it was said
that the pressure of these heavy turrets
upon a ships bottom would exceed per
square foot the weight of the Washington
monument upon the ground beneath. The
plans, however, have been prepared to
meet this difficulty, and it now remains
for Secretary Herbert to say, after hearing
from the officers whom he has addressed
to advise with him, whether the ships
shall be built upon conservative or radical
lines.
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Park, expects to pay a. visit of inspec-
ton to the Preside of San Francisco be-
fore returning to Washington. He may
also visit posts in Washington State.
Judge Durant is here from Oregon and
saw Assistant Secretary Hamlin to-day
about the opium smuggling cases.
PACING Coast Postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows: G. A. Miller at Cotati,
Sonoma County, CAL, vice John Parks, re-
signed; j. j. Peterson at Deadwood, Trim
ity County, vice H. W. Leonard, esigned !;
L. NJ. Epperson at Butte, Tehama County,
wee Peter Jones, removed; +. Olsen at
Olney, Clatsop County, Ore, vice Chris
tan Peterson. resigned.
A postoffice has been established at
Mungo, Monterey County, Cal. Especial
from Monterrey with Mungo McHolme as
postmaster Postmasters were COM
Olena, CAL, George r. Bellah at Monte
clto. Cal, Charles Church at Wasioja, Cal.
tensions have been granted as follows:
California: Original-Nicholas Cordova,
Los Angeles; John O'Brien, Stockton;
James H. Belt. Santa Ana; James Riley,
San Francisco; John Wilhelm. Napa;
Edmund f. Woodward. Sacramento. In
crease-Robert S. Mcclure, Sacramento.
Reissue-.John P. Wright, Ego, Mexican
Oregon-John Smith, Cedar Mills In
crease--James Conn, Albany. Reissue
Samuel Umstead, Halsey; Noah Day,
Grants Pass.
Washington: Increase William S.
Peacock, Gig Harbor. Reissue-John w.
Coe, Walla Walla; Marcellus Mcclure,
Acme; Albert Lynes, Seattle.
The following California patents have
been issued Alfred N. Adams, Stockton,
assignor of third to j. c. White, San Joa-
gum County, piano; Walter Abeb, King
City, tire regulator; Max Boelte, Los An
geles, magazine camera; Payne D. Evans
and H. B. Tomkin, San Francisco, call
bell; Henry L. Lightner, San Francisco
and ]. j. Newsom, Oakland, assignors, by
assignments to H. L. Lightner, H. c.
Biggs, o. c. Haslett San Francisco, and
J. l.. Newsom, Oakland, crushing and
grinding mill; William H. Masterman,
assignor of one half to w. M. Rank, Oak
land, brake lever; William H. Masterman,
Oakland, assignor to Master Car Equip
ment Company, car brake; Benjamin f
Neeley, Cotton, bottom for cots, ham
moeks etc. Wilbur F. Nichols and B. B.
Bloomheart, San Francisco, grinding ap-
paratus; John c. Pelton Jr., San Fran
cisco, construction of buildings; Leonidas
G. Presley, San Francisco, conduit cleo
trio railway; Nicholas l.. Rigby, Los An
geles, stand for lawn sprinklers.
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To Promote Temperance.

CHICAGO, ILL, July An active
movement is under way in this city look
ing to the formation of a new organization
for the promotion of the cause of temper
ance, to be known as the National Tenn
perance Union. The promoters include
many who have attained prominence i'll
the field of philanthropy and reform,
among them being DR.. H. w. Thomas of
the Peoples Church, and Rev. w. D. Clark
of the Society for the Prevention of Crime.
The new society takes the ground that the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
has outlived its usefulness, and that the
work should now be taken up by a nom
sectarian organization devoted to more
practical lines of work.
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Methodist Mission under the presidency OF
DIR. Virgin Hart, one to- the China Inland
Mission and two others, while the Mis-
sions Etrangeres have been established
there for 150 years and number 10000
converts in their folds There are. several
ladies among the missionaries at Chengtu
and the missions of tire French espee-
tally had a large amount of property
which it will cost vast sums to replace as.
far as replacement is-.possible. That it
was an organized and systematic attack on
the Christians is obvious, and there is very
good reason. to believe that the organizer
was:no less personality than the retiring
Viceroy of zezhuan, Lila Ping Chang. :
Happilyi however, no lives seem to have
been lost. Bishop Dumand. who was in
charge of the Roman Catholic mission, was
wounded, and it is feared that some other
missionaries must have. been injured, but
the main fact is the great destruction of
property.
The latest news of the outrages at
Chengtu is contained in the following tele-
grams, which appear in the North China
Daily News. The first is dated Chung king,
June 9:
AT CneHSIu, 1diHS. anu 1OcnOu tHe
Protestant and Catholic mission property
has been utterly destroyed Smaller cities
have suffered similarly. The officials re-
fused protection till the mob had COM
pleted their work. Viceroy Liu is chiefly
to- blame. Twenty adults besides chill
.dren, are: still in Chengtu Yamen. Suchou
and other places are seriously threatened.
Urge foreign nations to act promptly"
The second. received June II, says: =
1.-THE English, French, Canadian and
American missions have been wrecked. at
,Chengtu, Hating. Yochou, Ping-shan and
Sinking. Some of-the- missionaries are
missing but it is not known that any lives
have been lost. ~Su1fu and Luchou are.
threatened. At Chung-king ariot is GER
tain. All foreigners: left Chengtu yester-.
dayU -.
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Cfril Sertice tior Chicado.

+. CHICAGO, Ill, July 2.--Beginning with
to-day the local political machines will be
deprived ofwhat has heretofore been the
principal incentive to their existence, viz. I:
the distribution of the municipal offices.
All departments of the city service will
hereafter be administered according to the
recently adopted civil service law, its pro-
visions going into effect to-day. The three
Commissioners who will organize and adj
minister the new system have been fur
nished with copies of all forms used by the
National Civil Service Commission, and
with full explanation of its Mode of.opera-
ton The classification of the various Of
fees is already under way, and the first ex-
animation will probably take place in a
few weeks
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EVICTION OF SETEL Frs.
They Are Being Reniored From Reserve
ton Lands.

EMERSON, NEBR., July 2.-The eviction
of settlers from the reservation has COM
menced in earnest. Seventy-five Indian
police are now on duty, and fifty more will
be sworn in tomorrow. Peter Goettiche,
Ernest Enke, John Beesner and a man by
the name of Langmacke were removed
to-day near this city. Goettiche's house
hold goods and farm machinery were
carried off and set in the road. Langmacke
had 200 head of cattle driven off the reser-
vation and his effects were carried off as
well. Two secret meetings have been held
in this town, but none. except settlers were
allowed in the hall. The outcome of one
of them was the choosing of twenty dele
gates to wait on Captain Beck, but no con-
clusion was arrived at. The settlers are
willing to lease the land direct from the
Indian agent under Government regula-
tions, but when any of the settlers 60 there
to lease the land, they are generally told
the land has been leased to other parties.
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Carried Orer. @ BLnf.

PITTSBURG.- PA, July 2---Last even.
ing as Oscar DUPONT, with his wife and
two: children, was returning home in d
carriage from picnic, the horse became
pnmanageable and. jumped over. a bluff.
All four were thrown out. .Dupoints
daughter was instantly:killed, his son was
fatally injured, and his wife had her back
broken and dying. DUPONT escaped in
jury.
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- Sale of Railcay Properties.

TOLEDO, OHIO, July 1.-The several
properties constituting the Toledo, Ann
Arbor and North Michigan Railroad were
sold a second time under decree of the
Federal court in this city to-day. R. G.
Martin of New York was the purchaser,
representing the frst-mortgage bond
holders. The property was sold in seven
parcels, each being the subject of a lien OF
the different bondholders. Mr.. Martin
bid .$2.627,000, and there being no other
bidder the property was knocked off to
him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03
Il Masked MANS. Bold let.

:GLINT0N, Mo, ] uly "a masked high
wayman to-day held up Mrs. Augusta
Ware, daughter of ChaunceY Lamb, the
millionaire lnmberman, on:a leading resi-:
dence street, took her purse, in which was
a large amount of money, and escaped: IT.
was done in the afternoon and in sight of
several people. The robber showed gun,
and nobody pursued him..
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Sentenced IN Short Order.

ARAPAHOE, NEBR., July q Oscar
Silverman, claiming to represent the
wholesale liquor-house of II. ]. Gehner &
Co. of st. Louis, was arrested here last
night for forgery. With forged letters of
credit he had succeeded in getting bank
at McCook to cash bogus draft for $40
and the bank of Cambridge one for $85.
To-day he was taken to the county seat,
where Judge Welby sentenced him to five
years in the penitentiary. The arrest and
conviction and sentence occupied less than
twenty hours,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03
TRYING TO REMOVE WHITE.
A. p. Il. Men Say That Omaha's Police
Chief Vas Illegally appointed.

OMAHA, NEBR., July 2-There is much
strife here in the police force over the atti-
tude of the. new Chief of Police, Martin
White, on the A. P. A. question, and it is
said that the order is about to get out an
injunction against him on the ground that
he is Pinkertonian, and his importation
from Chicago is against the State law
The A. P A. hopes to keep him out of
office until the new Police Board comes in,
which, it IS thought. will be controlled by
the a. P. A. The Chief of Detectives,
Haze. was discharged at the Police Board
meeting last night, because he was sus-
pected of being engaged in the movement
to remove White
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4 FORTUNE FOE Dinner.
/: Good Netcs Received 6y u Michigan Ma
a. EedUiHg Prison.

= Leaving Prison.
:. 1ONIA, Mich, July 1.-Two years ago
August Dahner was sent to the Ionia
prison. for two years for whipping a man
who refused to pay him his wages. Dahner
served his time and was released yester-
day, When he stepped out of prison he
was met at the door by attorneys, who In
formed him that torture of $225 coo was
his when he chose to claim it.
Itappears that Dahner's uncle was one
of theoriginal forty-niners; and struck pay
dirt in the Calico mining district of San
Bernardino County, Cal, years ago and
had increased his wealth. When he died
about eighteen months ago he had. six
living heirs; one of whom is Dahner.
Dahner will go back TO his home and then
to California TO claim the fortune.
When he was sentenced TO the State
prison he had the sympathy of the neigh
borhood. Dahner is youngand unmarried.
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Oratorical Contests.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 2.-The ma
tional intercollegiate oratorical contests
were. inaugurated here this evening. On
account of the large number of contestants
the speaking will continue for three days,
with short intermissions for eating and
sleeping.
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al,.sic Teachers Meet.

ST: LOUIS. No, July 2.-The annual
meeting Of the Music Teachers National
Association was opened here this evening.
The session will continue for four days,
during which time delegates Will be enter
tained:bv the local members. -:
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Catholic Knights of Amortca.

TOLEDO, ONO, July 1.-The Supreme
Council. OF the Catholic Knights of
America, in session here to-day, elected
and installed the following officers
Edward Dummy, New York, supreme
president; E. S. Oft, Galveston, Tex, SUI
preme vice-president; w. S. 'Rourke, Fort
Wayne, supreme secretary; Charles j.
Kirchner. supreme treasurer. Toledo; and
Edward W.. Ginness, Providence, R. L.,
sunreme trustee
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HHISKY TRUST CAsES.
Obstruction The OBJECT of the Present II,
terCention.

CHICAGO, ILL. July '2-Edwin. Walker
this morning before Judge Showalter reit.
Grated his motion that Joseph Greenhut
and Edward Lindsay be made parties de-
PENDANT in;the whisky trust cases. and
asked what the counsel on the other side
had to say toit. Being opposedsMr. Walk
er then proceeded with his argument in
favor of the motion. Judge Moran, reply
ing to Mr.. Walker, said the onIy.oblect of
the intervention was obstruction. The
courts did not sit for the mere purpose of
permitting every interloper to become a
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party to a lawsuit. After the arguments
'on this. point were completed the CUES
ton of the details of the order for JUDICIAL
sale were argued atlength.
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WEDDING presents-Whats better than one
of Sanborn Wallis banquet lamps, onyx tables,
parlor easels or framed pictures2
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OF INTEREST TO THE COAST.
Secretary of Var Lamont Viii Inspec
the Presidio.

WASHINGTON. D. c., July 2.-secre-
tary of War Lamont, now in Yellowstone
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