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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-03
Mr. pOTLAUD TALKS.

A. Use were comfortably seated in the
oil porch iu the most antique-lOoking
chairs ] have ever seen, Mr. Pollard
was 80 once engaged In conversation.
he said: II have been told not TO talk
] have men working this thing up. and 1
hope 90 get my money. There is no
doubt they have the right persons In
M4ahle. Pokey Barnes and Mary Aber-
rathy Mary conducted this thing. II
was almost too smart for negroes 10
work by themselves. ! will not say any
particular white man had anything 10 do
with IT, but have my opinion; but VIII
noe sneak / have not set horses with
Hu Thompson for many years. but l
have no idea that he IS implicated. lie
was IN the field with his hands all Of
that day or near about.
pOLLARD SAYS ALL HAVE NOT
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-03

The impression here Is that the military
companies were sent 10 see that the
prisoners were not molested by unlaWiui
hands during the trial. and not TO Judge
If the guilt or innocence Of the accused
after IL was over. and obstruct the admin
jstration OF justice by the daily consti-
tuted courts IL is amazing to our peo-
ple TO see the sympathy manifested Tor
these felons and the appeals for new
trial. as exhibited by the Richmond pa
pers. All the people with whom have
conversed in this county and in Lunen-
burg think the right persons were fairly
and legally tried nv the County Court or
I,unenburg. and that i'm their cases
righteous verdict was rendered.
T u. j.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
THROUGH AN OPEN SWITCH
A Passenger Train Ran Into a
Car Loaded With Carboys
of Acid.
Two Boys Killed and Several Others
We're Badly Bruised and
Burned.

AURORA, ILL, Aug. 16.-A passenger
train on the Northwestern ran through an
open switch here this evening and crashed
into car loaded with carboys of acid.
The powerful fluid was scattered in every
direction and added deadly work to that
done by the collision.
The following were killed: Thomas
Rosh, Aurora, Is years old, outright;
Charles ChilveSs, Aurora, skull crushed,
died later.
The injured: Frederick Robinson, Au-
rora, badly burned by acid; Arthur Rob-
inson, Aurora, frightfully burned; Mrs.
Nancy Smith, Chicago, nose broken Con-
ductor Carlson, Aurora, back injured !;
Brakeman William Farrell, Aurora, back
injured and cut about head; ]. Munich,
Aurora, burned about body.
The accident occurred in the Aurora
yards one mile from the depot. Seven
boys were playing on the car when the
train at full speed swung on to the siding.
There was no chance to escape, and two OF
them met death while the others were
more or less burned. The engineer applied
the air as soon as he saw the train take the
siding, but the momentum was too great
and the engine struck the car with great
force. The strong engine was badly dam
aged and to its deadly work was added
steam, as the collision had caused the cyl.
inder-head to blow out. An ambulance
was hastily summoned and the dead and
injured removed to the home of their rela-
tives. 1t is feared that those injured by
the shock and burned by the acid will not
recover, but the exact nature and extent OF
their injuries will not be known until to-
morrow. All the passengers were badly
shaken up by the accident and Mrs. Smith,
who is "a years of age. is suffering from
nervous prostration tonight. The en-
gineer and fireman. who stuck to their
posts. miraculously escaped injury. A
switching crew had been operating on the
track an hour before the passenger train
came along and left the switch unlocked.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
AN ASYLUM OF HORRORS,
Attendants at Dunning Now
Accused of Various
Murders.
Evidence That Both Men and
Women We're Beaten to Death
by Keepers.

CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 16.-The murder
of lunatic George Puck at the County
Insane Asylum, for which crime the at
tendants George Cough and John P. An
derson were to-day handed to the Grand
Jury without the option of bail, has
brought to the light three cases which are
said by the relatives of the victims TO be
similar to the Puck horror.
In June, 1894, Michael Thacker, so years
old, who had lost his fortune in Ottumwa,
Iowa. and became victim of melancholia
through worry and drink, was committed
to the asylum at Dunning, physically
healthy. Three weeks afterward he was
taken to the morgue, his corpse covered
with bruises wound two inches long on
his forehead and finger marks on his
throat. His widow and daughter were told
the patient had fallen from bed and killed
himself, although after the burial certifi-
cate was given them for heart disease and
old age. The relatives. are convinced he
was killed by attendants. For lack of
money they did not prosecute.
Mrs. Emma Peterson OF III West Indiana
street informed the police to-day that her
sister, Annie E.. Olsen, who was confined
at Dunning for acute mania, had died there
last month as the result of injuries re-
ceived at the hands of the female attend
ants. She alleged that her sisters skull
was fractured by blows, and that the pa
tent had complained TO her of i'll treat
ment several times. The body will be ex-
humed for examination.
John A. Peetz of Sc North Western ave-
nue. informed the Coroner to-day that his
sister, Kittie Peetz, died at the asylum
June Ii from cruel treatment and the body
will he,eKhnmed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
BOB TO BE NATURALIzED.
Fitzsinin1ons RnOtCs Something About
4drertisfn0 Himself.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 16.-That Bob
Fitzsimmons is being we'll advised is being
demonstrated by the fact that he is about
to apply for his naturalization papers, thus
taking the fullest possible advantage, in
his bid for popular favor, of the revulsion
of popular feeling in consequence of the
break made by Corbett in Green's Hotel in
Philadelphia.
By taking the advice of his friends, just
before he fought Peter Maher in New Or
leans, he declared his intention of becom-
ing a citizen of the United States, and
within a few days he will be declared a full
fiedged American citizen.
Fitz, in speaking of this to a reporter,
said: ~ have done a good deal of fighting
since came to this country, and have al
ways been victorious. / had not been here
six months before | made up my mind that
America should be my future home, but
for some reason | have not been as popular
as other men whose records could not COM
pare with my own.
"Many times | have been told that this
was because / was a foreigner. If this is
true then an injustice has been done me,
for when / enter the ring on October 81
with Corbett it will be as a representative
of the Stars and Stripes.
II am an American citizen except for the
mere formality OF taking out my final pa
pers, and when that is DONE which will be
shortly, l will stand exactly on the same
plane as my opponent, SO far as loyalty to
the country is concerned"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17

bus must have been Mrs. Myrtle Holmes
of Wilmette, H., the second wife of the
alleged murderer, who has remained faith
full to him through all the trouble, She
has children by Holmes, and the police
here think it may have been part of
scheme to get Holmes away from Phila-
delphia and secure his release in Missis-
sippi. Photographs of Minnie Williams,
Mrs. Conner and Mrs. Holmes will be sent
to Columbus by the local police for possible
Identification. 1t is known here that Mrs.
Myrtle Holmes has made frequent mys-
terious trips to the South within the last
two wears
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
SPARED WITH McVEY.
Bob FitzSimmonS Will Be the
Next Attraction at the
Course.
REY Ell SANTA ANITA WON.
Clifford Met His Waterloo at Sara
toga by Losing to Lucky
BaldWin's Mare.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 16.-Pugilist
Corbett was called in by the race-track
management to-day to inject little inter-
est into the entertainment. A movable
platform was constructed in the morning.
Between the first and second races it was
put over the track in front of the judges
stand and Corbett and his sparring part
ner, McVey, put up four-round ex-
hibition. This special event did not draw
as was expected.
Tomorrow Fitzsimmons will box with
his partner, and will punch the bag for the
edifcation of the race-goers.
The statement is printed here to-day
that if the Hamlins decide not to hold a
race meeting here next summer Palmer
L. Clark of Red Oak, Iowa, founder of
Clark's Horse Review of Chicago, stands
ready to lease the track.
Only two races were on the card to-day.
10 He was Z to favorite in the 2:13 class
pace, and after the first heat the book
makers would have none of him. He took
three straight heats without once being
headed. George st. Clair won with ease in
the Poi class pace. Moretta and Vietta
divided second and third money. There
was but second and quarter difference
in the. time of any heat paced to-day.
2:12 pace. purse $1,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
DAY At NAPA,
Two Thousand Little Tots Are
Admitted to the Race
Track.
Great Amusement Furnished by
the Special Programme in
Their Behalf.

NAPA, CAL, Aug. 16.-This was chill
dren's day, and the Napa Agricultural
Association threw open the gates and ad
mitted all school children free. Before
o'clock this morning the little ones began
to arrive. and by 10 o'clock, the time sci
for the children's races, fully 1000 were in
attendance. 1t was with great difficulty
that the management kept the track clear
as children of all ages were to be found
everywhere. One little girl who had
climbed upon the covering of the grand.
stand fell through, but received only bad
fright and an upset dinner basket.
The special programme got up fol-
the children was very interesting. 1t be,
gan with quarter-mile bicycle race fol
boys under 10. Swartz won, with Fleisch.
man second. Time, Az.
The second event was a pony race. one
eighth of mile, the riders to be boys un-
der 49, John Carbona's steed won, George
Emery's second.
The next race was a donkey race, one
eighth of mile. The children seemed to
get more enjoyment out of this race than
anything else on the programme. There
were four entries. One of the donkeys
succeeded in going the eighth in 1 :15, and
another went under the wire about min
ute later with crowd of boys pushing him
along.
The 100-yard footrace for boys under IL
was won by Levensaler. Van Auken Sec
ond. Time, Is seconds.
Fifteen little girls started in the 50-yard
dash for girls under u, which was run in 8
seconds.
Thirty-two started in the 50-yard dash
for boys under II. Time, TX seconds.
There was also a 50-yard sack race for
boys and quarter-mile dash for ponies
for special prizes. George Emery won the
pony race. Time, :281z.
On account of the long programme the
horseraces began at II 80 to day, and were
the most interesting of the week.
The first event this afternoon was a
special trot for $500 purse. Robin won,
Hulda W second. Time, 2:2514-2:2Ss34 =
1924.
In the 2:25 pace for an $500 prize Che
halls, the black stallion known as the
Oregon Wonder" won easily in straight
heats, Pathmount second, Birdroe third,
Al Gregor fourth. Javelin, Ruby M. Phe-
mol, Senator and Resort also started.
Time, 5-2:13T-2:141S.
In the 2:27 trot for $500 Colum bus and
Maria P fought hard for first place, Column
bus winning in the fifth heat, Maria P
second, Silver third Briarhill. Montana
Long) and Kent also started. Time,
1912 :21Z-2:201I.
A special purse was given in the last
race. Doodle won in straight heats. Ham
rock second, Hillsdale third, Irene Croker
fourth.
Hon. H. M. La Rue again acted as
starter ana Judge.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
SOLD CITY WARRANTS,
But the Same Securities Had
Already Been Disposed Of
to Another Bank.
THEIR SCHEME SOON BETRAYED.
One OF the Manipulators Was City
Clerk and the Other Water
Commissioner.

BEATRICE, NEBR, Aug. 16.-Beatrice is
in a state of the widest excitement to-day
occasioned by the arrest of the City Clerk,
]. T. Phillips, and the Water Commits
sioner, George Hawkins, upon charge OF
obtaining money under false pretenses.
The information under which the arrest
was made was filed by w. P. Norcross,
president of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank, the warrant being issued by County
Judge Bourne after clock this morning.
The facts, as nearly as they cen be OBJ
tanned at this hour, are as follows
Some time yesterday City Clerk Phillips
sold to the Farmers and Merchants Bank
city warrants amounting to nearly $1100,
discounting the same about per cent.
Upon examining the warrants the presi-
dent of the bank discovered that they were
in favor of parties who are in the habit of
holding these warrants until paid by the
city. By the use of the telephone he
learned that the parties to whom the war
rants were issued held warrants for the
exact amount of those purchased by the
bank.
In the meanwhile Phillips had taken the
certificate of deposit received in payment
for the warrants, and placed it to his &C
count at the Beatrice National Bank, and
upon its presentation to the Farmers and
Merchants payment was refused. 1t is
understood that Hawkins is implicated in
the matter through the fact that part of
the warrants was drawn upon the water
fund, and Clerk Phillips claims that they
were furnished him by the Water Commits
c,o afa1u
both parties furnished bonds of $500 each.
the same being signed by George W.
Mauder.
Phillips and Hawkins are still in charge
of their respective offices, the Mayor and
president of the City Council both being
out of the city. Both have been wired the
condition of affairs, and upon the return
ofseither some action will be taken in rela-
ton to the matter.
City Clerk Phillips is serving his third
term, having been elected each time upon
the Republican ticket. The Water Com
missioner is Democrat, but has served in
his present capacity for several years, hav-
ing recently been reappointed by the Re-
publican Mayor, Mr.. Drable. Both gentle
men have been held in high esteem, their
integrity never before having been ques-
toned.
LATER.-A meeting of the City Council
has been held and the offices of Water
Commissioner and City Clerk declared
vacant. The two officials have turned their
offices over to Councilman William Nor
rison until the appointment and confir-
nation of new ones. Mayor Drable has
been reached by wire and will arrive this
evening
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
THE RIVAL POLICE BOARDS.
Papers in q Celebrated Case Filled With
Nebraska,s Supreme Court.

LINCOLN, NEB., Aug. 16.-Papers in the
Omaha Fire and Police case were lodged
with the clerk of the Supreme Court this
afternoon. They are the petition of the
attorneys of the contestants and the answer
of the contestants. The papers of Bemis,
Brown and Deauer were brought down by
Brown. Judge McCulloch, as attorney for
Broatch, Vandervoort and Foster, was also
present with the answer of his clients.
Broatch and Fefter were present in person.
The petition of the Attorney General
gives the history of the passage of the bill
creating the new board and the contention
of the old board against its enforcement.
The defense of Bemis, Brown and Beaver
is put on the ground that Churchill and
Russell were not authorized to make APP
pointments without the cooperation of
the Governor. Their answer specifies that
the act is in conflict with the State consti-
ton and section of the fourteenth amend
ment TO the constitution of the United
States. These papers are filed with the
clerk in conformity with the instructions
of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Chief
Justice Nofval said the court would meet
in special session and hear the case August
%, and that decision might be expected
in week or two thereafter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
SANTA MONICA RACES.
Programme of Events In the Admission
D0u SeTieS,

Programme of Events In the Admission
Day Series.
SANTA MONICA, GAIL, Aug. 16.-Ad-
mission day will be celebrated here by a
series of races, to include the following
events:
The Miramar handicap, for ponies IA hands
/ inch and under, open. Top weight 100
pounds, $50 added So so entrance
Three-quarters Of a mile, southern Paclhc
stakes, for ponies years old and over, IA
hands inch and under, open, top weight 100
pounds, weight for inches: ma1denS allowed
10 pounds, $50 added, So so entrance.
Quarter of mile and repeat, santa re
hurdle race, for ponies IA hands l inch and
under, open; top weight $50 pounds; weight
for inches: maiden hurdlers allowed 10
pounds; five to enter and three to start or no
race $50 added, So so entrance.
One mile, over six flights OF hurdles. Arcadia
polo pony race for polo ponies; maidens that
have played on five separate days during the
year 1885, open to the Burlingame, Riverside
and Southern California Polo clubs; top
weight $50 pounds; weight for inches; 800
added. So so entrance.
Half mile, the Surf stakes, for horses;
open; 10 pounds added to weight for age; $50
added, So so entrance; five to enter, three to
start.
One mile, the visitors stakes, for
Galloways IS hands and under; Galloways
to carry IT'S pounds, ponies q hands men
and under) to carry 40 pounds 500 added,
So so entrance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
NOT PERFECT WEAPoNS.
Experts of the War Department Expert
ment With HEAVY Rifles.

Experts of the Har Department Expert
nient With Heavy Rifles.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 16.-A COM
pany of the United States Corps of
Engines began target practice with the
West Point. Nearly the entire army has
been equipped with this small caliber
repeating gun, and the reports of its work
in practical service have been so varied
that the War Department ordered a series
of carefully recorded target shoots at all the
leading posts.
The ordnance sharps of the army spent
several years testing various kinds of
rifles. They fired thousands of rounds to
test stability, filled the barrel with sand,
let it rust in water, used it for a crow bar
and did everything that the rawest recruit
could imagine. Then they handed the
Krag-Jorgensen over to the War Depart
ment, saying it was a perfect weapon.
But when the rifle got i4.to the hands of
the old crackerjacks of the army it devel-
oped most unaccountable peculiarities.
From all the Western posts came denun-
Citations and protests. The old sharp
shooters thought they were losing their
steady hands.
Men of the Engineer Corps are to go to
West Point to test the rifle, one company
at Ilme. COLnpdAy a, un0er command
of Walter A. Fisk, with Lieutenants M. L..
Walker and j. NJ. Barden, left Willetts
Point to-day and were taken up the Hud-
son on the Government steamer General
Meigs.
1t pitched camp on the river flats near
old Fort Clinton, and early yesterday
morning the steady firing commenced.
Careful observation will be made of each
shot, and from the reports the needed cor
rections in the rife are expected to be
made
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
COST JUST THREE LIVES.
Fatalities attending an Excursion of
C0I0red Citizens.

FdtUCtteS Auenutng an ETcurSton or
CoLored Citizens.
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 16.-A negro ex-
cursion to Lakeside Park yesterday cost
three lives and the injury of dozen peo-
pie or more. The first accident &C.
Cured at Haddon avenue section, when
Charles Venable, aged % years, in attempt
ing to Jump on the moving train, was
thrown under the wheels and killed.
While the train was standing at the
Liberty Park station tonight allowing
passengers to alight, the fast mail from
Atlantic City crashed into the end of
the crowded rear car. Men, women and
children jumped from the open win
dows and seven or eight were severely in
jured in this way. Fire added its terrors
to the collision, and while the struggling
people were endeavoring to force their
way from the cars the burning oil from
the shattered headlight of the engine ig-
nited the floor.
1t was supposed that all had succeeded
in making their escape, but it was subse-
quently discovered that Marshall john
son, the six-year-old son of the Rev. Mar
shall Johnson of the U. A. M. e. Church of
South Camden, was missing. Subse-
quently the child body was found, burned
to a crisp, in the charred embers of the car
Maggie Cannon, aged II years, of Cam
den, was fatally hurt, but none of the
others injured are in dangerous condi-
ton. The car was burned and the engine
OF the mail train was badly smashed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
JUST A DRIFTING MATCH.
The Czarina Won, However, on Time
AIIotCGfice.

The Czarina Won, However, on Time
AIL0tCGhce.
RYDE, Eng, Aug. 16.-The Britannia
Ailsa, Hester, Corsair, Czarina and Caress,
forty-raters, and Niagara and Isolde.
twenty-raters, started to-day to race from
Ryde to the Isle of Wight, about forty
miles. After the Niagara had gone about
a mile she ran aground and abandoned the
race. When the other yachts reached the
south side of the island the wind died out
and they were compelled to put out an
chors to keep the tide from carrying them
on the rocks. Al o'clock the Britannia
withdrew, but the other boats were still
anchored
i, For several hours the yachts drifted in
the west channel, where they were again
becalmed. They finished as follows:
Ailsa, 2:47 60; Czarina, 2:52:o3; Corsairr,
1904 10; Caress, 1904 30; Isold (4O-rater),
3:05:40; Isolde (20-raterl 3:15:00. The
Czarina wins on time allowance and the
Ailsa gets second prize. The Hester
which was leading the Czarina. gave up
when coming through Cowes Roads, and
the Czarina has thus won the prize two
years in succession. To-day, however, she
only won by min. 50 sec. from the Isolde
(20-rater).
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
RmfnIo,s Biz Bid.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 16.-Buffalo
wants the Democratic National Conven-
ton. The Erie members of the State con-
vention wanted the Senate to indorse their
application yesterday, but that body SIM
ply referred it to National Committeeman
William f. Sheehail. As he is Buffalo
man the cause will not suffer.
Buffalo people have already pledged
100000 if one of the conventions is sent
there, $500. 600 TO be used to build a hall
capable of holding $4,000 people and the
balance to be used for their entertainment
The Lake City has railroads running to,
ward every point of the compass and motel
and telegraphic accommodations second to
no city in the country. Democrats who
suffered from the poor ACCOMMODATIONS
offered by Chicago in 1897 are very iavor-
ably disposed toward Buffalo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-17
FAST BUT VISIONARY.
Organization of Company to Get a Rich
English Estate.

OrOdnfSuttOH OF a. company 20 tfet hfca
English Estate.
SPRINGFIELD. OHIO, Aug. lex
Mayor James Johnson Jr., attorney. left
yesterday for London, England, as the
agent of the Baldridge Investigating Com
pany, which was incorporated six months
ago at Columbus.
There are stockholders in nearly every
principal city of the Union. The COM
pany is organized to try to secure the
vast Holmes estate in Great Britain. 1t is
worth $400,000,000 and is the largest
unclaimed estate in the world.
The fortdne was left by Captain Holmes,
an East Indian trader, and his wife.
About fifty years ago an attempt was made
to secure the fortune, but was abandoned,
owing to the death of the leading worker.
Some investigation has alreaoy been
made by Johnson, who is an ex-
pert, and who secured more than
100000 in Ireland three years ago for
James Wood, poor carpenter of this city.
Among the heirs are James Nimrod OF
New York City; John Baldridge, bank
cashier, of Cincinnati; DIR. Alexander
Holmes Shaw of st. Louis, Mrs. W. C.
Hume of Louisville, KY, John r. Dilla-
hunt of Nashville, Oliver Benton of Kansas
CITY and 300 Others