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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
NORTHERN PACIFIC OFFICERS.
Men Who win Guide the Desfnies of the
Railroad Under tho New
MANAGEMENT

ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. 22.-Receivers
McHenry, Bigelow and Burleigh made
their final report on the Northern Pacific
to-day, and President Winter announced
the officers who would assume charge Of
the road on September l. E. Fl. Nc
Henry steps from the position of receiver
to that of chief engineer. Charles s.
Cooney of New York is named as secre-
retary, George R. Earl of st. Paul as assist
ant secretary. Albert E. Little of New
York treasurer, ]. W. Kendrick OF st. Paul
general manager, ]. A. Hannaford OF st.
Paul general traffic manager, Francis
L. Stetson of New York and Charles
w. Bum of I st. Paul general counsel,
William B. Phipps of st. Paul land COM
missioner. w. 6. Pearce, now assistant
general manager, is appointed assistant
general superintendent. Mr.. Pearce will
have entire Jurisdiction over lines west OF
Billings, Mont, with headquarters at
Tacoma, Wash. Division superintendents
will be required to report to Mr.. Pearce:
Charles s. Fee will remain at the head OF
the passenger department. S. L. Moore
will continue in the position OF general
freight agent. It will be noticed that no
ce-president has been nominated, and 1t
is question of considerable moment In
railroad circles whether the new company
will have a vice-president.
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stalls have been erected and 100000 feet OF
lumber used. The grounds, which are
situate in close proximity to the town
proper, are surrounded with green fields
of clover, which no other section OF the
State can boast of at this time of year, and
about five miles from the ocean beach.
Joseph Kerfoot, the noted racehorse
man and popular hotel man, will start the
running races, which promi Use to be one OF
the important features, while James ID.
Golf will serve in like capacity in the
light harness events. The track and
grounds are in excellent condition. Fern
dale is filling with horsemen and many
horses are in training. The purses are
many and go up in the hundreds. The
conditions are four or more to enter and
three to start; entrance fee, 10 per cent OF
the purse, payable at P. NJ. the day be-
fore starting. Trotting and pacing races
are divided in the ratio of so. 80 and 10
per cent; running races. in the ratio OF 70
and 30, except in the novelty. No money
paid out for walkover.
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FIREMEN At ASTORIA.
: tournament Closes after an Eccttsn0
Duu's Snort.

OuUS CPOTts
ASTORIA, Or, Aug. 22-The firemen's
tournament was brought to a close this
afternoon after a most exciting days
sport. The day was uncomfortably warm,
but Notwithstanding this fact the sire cts
were thronged with spectators during the
entire day. The first event was the dry
test contest which was captured by
Astoria in As 2-5 seconds. Oregon City
second, in 46; The Dalles and Fourteenth
Infantry teams running tie for third
place in 46 1-5. Liberty of Portland met
with an accident and their time was not
taken.
The make-and-break contest was also
won by the local team in l:26 1-5; Four
teenth Infantry second, in 1:39; Liberty
third, in 1881.
The tender race hub and hub, was won
by Astoria No. 1.
tn. Then .s came me the big event o.. the he tqyrna-
led off, making / :23 2-5, followed by
the Astorians. whose coupling became
lammed, throwing them out of the race.
The Fourteenth Infantry team could do
no better than 1:26, and :2S15 was the best
that Liberty could place to their credit.
Oregon City was also unfortunate in this
race, one OF their couplings breaking
while the hose was coming off the cart.
This gave the championship to The
Dalles, victory which was very popular,
owing in some measure to the fact that
The Dalles had previously been unsuccess-
full.
After the racing was brought to close
test OF the water pressure was made, ten
streams being thrown in the air to a
height of 1S5 feet. The visiting teams
were much impressed by the splendid
water pressure of the new water works.
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FRIENDLY FAMILY SUIT.
Brought to Determine the Disposition of
Certain Legaoies.

Brought to Determine the Disposition. of
Certain Le0aotes.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Aug. o.
Suit was filed here to-day by Carter and
Pierce, Los Angeles attorneys, against
Mrs. Alice II. Williams to force the pay
ment of $1,000 I'd A. w. Ely and George
Driscoll, sons of Maggie Driscoll, sister of
the late John II. Williams of Naples, and
Margaret Farrar, daughter and only child
of another sister, Eliza w. Farrar. This
is really an amicable suit, brought to de-
termine the manner in which the sum of
$4,000 left tc Margaret Farfar. and two lega-
cies of $2500 each left to Ely and Driscoll
by Mr.. Williams WILL shall be paid. The
attorneys of the widow claim that the
reading of the will makes them paya BILE
in cash, while the attorneys of the heirs
take the ground that they are to be paid
from $4,000 worth of Government bonds
which formed an item in Mr.. Williams
estate. AS these bonds are at 15 per cent
premium, it will be readily seen that the
difference involves gain or loss of $500
TO the heirs.
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FAIRFIELD MLsoR,s SUIT.
Seeks to Qutet Title of HIS Iaterest Il
the ToIoud EStdfe.

ftC AOtVHW 1otUtcs
FAIRFIELD, CAL, Aug. e. William
Gridley Toland, minor. suing through
his guardian, has brought suit in the Su-
perior Court OF Solano County to quiet
title in one-half Of the lands owned by the
late Mrs. May B. Toland.
The suit is brought against Hugo h.
Toland and other parties, among whom
are the tenants on the property and vari-
GUS persons supposed to be relatives to
the late Mrs. Toland. The property is
supposed to be worth over $10o, 900.
In the complaint it is alleged that Will
liam Gridley Toland, grandson of Mrs.
Toland, is entitled to an undivided half of
the property. While Hugo ToIand, the
other heir, Is endeavoring to have pro-
bated what he claims is will of Mrs.
Toland in the courts of San Francisco, it
is understood that the probating of the
will has been contested and that there is
some doubt as to the validity of its pro-
visions, even though it is proved to have
been written by the late Mrs. Toland.
1t is also reported that this suit is
brought on the theory that the provisions
of the will are invalid.
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The WiIliams Suicide.

OAKLAND, CAL, Aug. 22.-Much un-
pleasantness occurred over the inquest Of
Stanly Williams, the suicide. which was
held this evening.
The widow was brought to the Morgue,
when she should never have left her bed
and the Coroner and Undertaken Leitch
are blaming each other for the piece of
needless cruelty.
responsible for the bringing of Mrs. viii
liams to the city from her sickbed. Mr..
Leitch was the undertaken in the case and
I asked him to go out and see how she
uoaN
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elected and are being elected under call
contemplating that purpose, and every
scrap of information or Communication
that we have indicates that this will be
done"
Concerning the attitude of President
Cleveland toward the movement, Secre-
tary Wilson this afternoon made the fol-
lowing statement of the view taken at
headquarters;
Mr.. Cleveland has never given any ex-
preston to an opinion as far as the leaders
of the sound money movement know con-
corning the convention at Indianapolis.
They don't believe that any one is author
lied TO speak for the President. But GER
tainly there has been no antagonism from
Mr.. Cleveland or his friends and any one
observing the situation can plainly see
that Senator Villas, Senator Caffery, Sena-
tor Palmer, Senator Gray and such gentle
men are, to put it mildly, not unfriendly
to Mr.. Cleveland. In fact, they are closely
identified with him. They are all in favor
of third ticket. Why should not Mr..
Cleveland be friendly toward the sound
money movement? The Chicago platform
seeks to impeach his personal integrity
and repudiates his political administra-
ton, and Governor Stone in his Madison
square Garden speech saw fit to denounce
him as a traitor. The newspapers that
are behind Mr.. Bryan are steadily engaged
in the same kind of work. Mr.. Cleveland
and his friends are not of the makeup
that kisses the hand that smites them"
The New York people to-day engaged
quarters at the Bates House for full dele
CATION of seventy-two members and fifty
extra people. The Maryland people also
wired for quarters to-day. Their delega-
tion will be headed by Ex-Governor VIII
liam Pinckney Whyte and e1-Congress-
man Isador Raynor. kilograms weie
received from North Carolina, South Caro-
lima and New Mexico stating that arrange
ments have been made for State conven-
tions and the selection of full delegations.
Applications for tickets to the conven-
ton are pouring in upon the executive
committee in such numbers as to indicate
much larger attendance of spectators
than was anticipated, and it now seems
certain that the hotel capacity of the city
will be fully tested.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
MAY START 4 NEHsPAPER.
SflUer Democrats anxious to Have an
Organ IN Chicago.


Organ In Chicago.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 22.-The day at
Democratic National headquarters was
largely one of preparation for beginning
the political work next week. Chairman
Jones kept secluded in his room and saw
only few of the many callers while he
was in the hotel. Among them were
delegation from Indiana consisting of
Sterling r. Holt, chairman of the State
committee; ex-Congreseman A. W. Lamb
and Judge McNutt.
To reporter for the United Associated
Press Mr.. Holt said: "We will carry
Indiana for Bryan by 10000. The gold
movement in our State is a great benefit to
US. 1t is putting our people in line, and
for every Democrat we lose by it we gain
ten Republican silver votes"
The DAY the National committeeman
arrived in Chicago Chairman Jones ap-
pointed Thomas Gahan, on behalf of the
committee, to act in conjunction with
Chairman Cantrell of the State Board of
Warehouse Commissioners, who had been
named to represent the Illinois and Cook
County committees, for the purpose of
ascertaining the cost and other details in
connection with the publication of q morn
ing silver newspaper in Chicago during
the campaign. The figures were submit
ted to Chairman Jones to-day and some
time was spent with Committeeman Gahan
and Johnson on this business. The busi-
ness of starting such q paper will not be
decided until a full meeting of the COM
mittee, probably Monday morning. Sec
retary Walsh of the committee will arrive
in town tomorrow. The plan is to start
at once an eight-page general newspaper,
the editor to be named by the National
Committee and the business end to be
controlled by Chicago citizens, who will
subscribe to the stock.
The paper will be subsidized by the Ma
tional and State committees and thou
sands of copies distributed by express
throughout the West. 1t is proposed to
make the price l cent everywhere. The
necessity for such paper in Chicago is
admitted by the committee, but the cost
of printing was found to be higher than
expected. The publication will begin at
once, if decided on, detailed arrangements
having been made with that end in view.
1t is likely that press bureau will be
established in connection with headquart-
ers and local newspaper man of ability
placed in charge, to keep the silver press
of the West thoroughly supplied with
Democratic news.
Dan McConville will be here NJ onday to
start the speakers bureau in operation.
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AITo,.nded Postofice Burqlar.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 22.-The
man who lies wounded in the Long Island
Hospital in Brooklyn, and who is believed
to be one of the men engaged in the post
Office burglary at Bedford station, N. Y,
was identified this afternoon by Detective
Sergeant McCauley of this City as John
Gilmore, alias John Clare, alias George
Price, one of the most notorious postotfice
burglars in the country. The man came
to the hospital yesterday and was made
prisoner when he could not satisfactorily
explain how he received his wound.
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Reoaratton Not Demamded.

MADRID, SPAIN, Aug. 22.-In an inter.
view to-day Senior Canovas del Castillo
stated that the Government would not de.
mand reparation from the United States
for the insult to the Spanish flag by citi-
zens of Key West, Fla, for the reason that
tne United States had not demanded
reparation for the dragging to the ground
Students and other members of a mob in
Barcelona some months ago.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Boiler Explosion.

JACKSON, MICH. Aug. 22.-The boiler
of the steamer Manitou of the Clarks
Lake Boat Company at Clarks Lake, blew
up at o. clock last evening, while seventy
FIVE passengers were on board. No one
was drowned, but Engineer Fred Hinckley,
Robbie Tawse of Owosso and Mrs. Jewell
of Parma were more or less scalded.
Arthur Richardson, Engineer Hinckley
and Robbie Tawse jumped into the water
when the steam began to escape, but were
rescued.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
FROM COOKS INLEr.
Msners Het"rn to Tacoma From the
Northern Mines.

Miners Ret"rn to Tacoma From the
Northern Mines.
TACOMA, WASH, Aug. 22-Albert Ross
ana number of other miners have re-
turned from Cooks Inlet. They report
that over 1000 men have left there for
Puget Sound and other Alaska mining
districts, leaving not over 700 in Turn
again Arm and tributaries. They say
tnat gold has been found IN paying quanti-
ties on Mills and Canyon creeks, and these
are such snort streams that only very
limited number of men can work nrofif.
ably. Hundreds of men have speat all
tney mad while prospecting, and are now
almost valniy endeavoring TO find some
way OF reaching home. There are six
months supplies at the inlet ana the
stores nave ordered fresh supplies to be
sent IN this fall. Last month a fire burned
half dozen storehouses, destroying s25oO
worth OF supplies.
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Il CIRCUS IN CYCLONE.

WalIace's ShotU Partly DemoitsIted oy a
Storm.
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 22-Advices from
Huntington, Ind, report that cyclone
demolished Wallace's circus there this
evening.
Since the first reports were received the
wires have been down and up to 2:30 this
Sunday morning it has been impossible
to learn anything further. 1t is now
stated by the railroad Office at that point
that the circus was partly destroyed and
that quite a panic ensued among the peo-
pie. Several persons were painfully
bruised, but no one was seriously hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Prnirie Fire, Raoino.

DENISON. TEX, Aug. 22.-Destrnctive
prairie fires are raging in the Chickasaw
Nation. Dwellings. fences and hay have
been destroyed. Creek bottoms are lined
with hundreds OF immigrant wagons that
dare not travel owing 10 the scourge of
fire. There is no water and the fire has
full sway on Rock Greek. The fire has
got into the mountain timber and it is
sweeping everything before it.
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that Michael and John g. Cudahy. the
weIl-known millionaire packers of this
city, have bought the entire plant of the
Northern Indiana Oil Company in Adams
and Wells counties, Ind, and intend
building a pipe line from the wells into
this city. 1t is said they have already
ordered ITO miles of six-inch pipe and that
work will be started on the line as soon as
possible. 1t is understood that the invest
ment outside of the purchase price of the
wells, involves about 81, 100000. No de-
tails of the deal have yet been given out. .
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'or OPPOSED BIZ c1EvELAsD.
ktitsde of the President Toscard ths
Sound Money Contention.

ktitsEde of the President 1osCard the
Sound Money Contention.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Aug. 22.-Chair-
ian Bynum of the National Democratic
Eecutive committee this morning set at
Ist the rumor that President Cleveland
Hd written him a letter in which he OPP
used the idea of putting a National DEM
cratic ticket in the field and urged the
idorsement of Mckinley. Mr.. Bynum
lid:
"Any lumor to the effect that Mr.. Cleve-
nd has written to me or has in any way
,dicated any indisposition toward. the
omination Of ticket is utterly without
Iundation. Furthermore, this conyen-
On will, without any manner of doubt,
ominate a Democratic candidate for
resident and Vice President upon DEM
'ratic platform. The delegates have been
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
B.,.a,ed Fro,,. HoIlo,gay.

LONDON, ENG, Aug. 21.-Captain Hon.
John Charles Coventry, second son of the
Earl of Coventry, who on July % was SEN
fenced to three months lmprison ment for
his connection with DR.. Jameson's raid
into the Transvaal, has been released from
the Holloway Jail, the prison physicians
certifvine that further confinement would
be dangerous to his life.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Robbed a Circus.

LONG BRANCH, N. J., Aug. 22.-The
Walter L. Mains circus, which exhibited
here Wednesday afternoon and evening,
suffered big loss after the show. Some
one secured an entrance into the money
wagon and stole from it a cash box con-
tanning $4,000. The robbery was not dis
covered until the employees of the circus
started to take the wagon from the show
grounds.
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a LumDer Firm Embarrassee.

SAGINAW, MICH, Aug. 22.-Merrill g.
Ring, one of the largest lumb Der firms in
the Saginaw Valley, has asked for an ex-
tension of time from their creditors. The
firm has more than $500, 900 worth cf as
sets, but owing to the recent failures of
other large lum bering concerns and the
business depression they are unable to
the creditors of the firm will be held in
Chicago next Tuesday.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
1o,vo Roads Reduce Ratss.

CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 22.-Iowa roads
have reduced the rate on packing g-house
products to the Mississippi River, when
intended for export, to cents from Cedar
Rapids and Ottumwa, cents from Mar
shalltown and cents from Des Moines.
This is done to protect their packing house
customers in view of the recent reductions
made by Chicago and Gulf lines.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
SANTA BARBARA SLANDER SUIT.
OutgrotUth of Bitter Litigation and
Property Losses.


SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Aug. o.
Gerard Grand has instituted suit for
$40, 900 damages against Louis G. Dreyfus
on account OF slanders alleged to have
been uttered and published by the latter
rejecting upon the plaintiff. The charges
upon which the complaint is based are
rather trivial in tone, but the suit is the
outgrowth of bitter litigation and property
losses. Mr.. Grand was few years ago a
considerable property owner in this local
ity. He is man of industrious and even
frugal habits, but poor financier, and
having borrowed from time to time in
considerable sums from Dreyfus, secured
on his property, found himself few
months ago with scarce one of all his
broad acres left. In his extremity he
bases this suit upon assertions made by
the man in whom he formerly trusted.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Fat Cattle From Tularoitos Ranch.

MONTEREY, CAL, Aug. 22.-Sargent,
Gragg d Sargent shipped from this
place to-day ten carloads of cattle
to Moffitt & Son of San Francisco. The
average weight was 1340 pounds each.
They were fattened on the Tularcitos ranch
and are the finest seen in the locality for
many years. Eighty-six head more are
on the way up from Tularcitos and will be
shipped on arrival.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Free Sslrer Speeches.

MARTINSBURG, W. VA, Aug. o.
Five thousand people listened attentively
to free-sllver speeches at the Inwoo Park
Fair this afternoon by Senator Blackburn
of Kentucky, Congressman Benton Nc
Millin of Tennessee, Senator Faulkner
and Hon. S. B. Lucas This was the first
big demonstration by the Democrats in
the State and was complete success.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
skeleton FOUND Near Rya,,s slough.

SFetefoB F0tEn6 1N6dT 1fyd5VS Dt0UVH'
EUREKA, CAL, Aug. 22.-The skeleton
of man. supposed to be suicide, was
found to-day in the brush, near Ryan's
slough, by young man named Hill. 1t
had evidently lain there for some months,
for little flesh was left on the bones, and no
one was able to identity the remains. A
silver watch was the only article on the
clothes,
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
FELL THIRTY FEET.
Joe Sifk Strihcs a Concrete Floor and
Is SHtL Atire.

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 22.-Joe Silk, q
laborer employed in the reconstruction oil
the courthouse, fell a distance of thirty
feet to-day and narrowly escaped death.
He was badly bruised and the bones of his
right forearm were broken. There have as
yet developed no symptoms of internal in
juries and the doctors think he will re-
cover. Silk stepped on the carriage of a
hoist to unload barrel of cement. The
automatic brake which held the carriage
at the landing failed to catch and when
the laborer stepped on it the carriage
dropped from under him. Silk was
knocked off by jutting t!mbers and fell to
the cement floor thirty feet below, striking
head foremost.
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Dia.nond-Dente FatI.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. %. Leopold
We'll q Co., diamond ana iewelry dealers.
are in financial difficulty. The trouble is
attributed to the banks shutting down on
discounts. The liabilities are $3.50 900. 1t
is said the assets are sufficient to pay all
debts, but cannot be realized on at pres
ent. On January last the firm placed its
assets at $500. .O00
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A Nebraska Bank Closed.

BEATRICE, NEBR., Aug. 22.-The Bank
of Wymore closed it's doors to-day. No
statement of assets or liabilities is obtain
able. 1t was one of the repositories for
Gage County. Six thousand dollars is on
deposit, amply protected by $4,000 in
bonds. No run was made on the bank, the
directors deeming it advisable to close on
account of slow collections and inability to
renew loans
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
Bruan aE Rashtnaton.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Aug. 22.-John
Boyle, chairman of the local committee
on invitation, having in charge the ratifi-
cation meeting to be held in this city, re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Bryan this morn
ing in which, among other things, he
says: II will stop in Washington on my
way from the South to New England. 1
cannot fix the date.'
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Espress Aqent Abseonas.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. ga Re-
corder special from Pachuca, Mexico says:
Theodore w. Knox, the American agent
of the Wells-Fargo Express Company
here, has absconded with $1,000 of the
company's cash. He has been in the serv-
ice of the company for many years. and
his downfall is a great surprise. His wife
and children are left destitute.
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sENsATIoNAL sDICIDE.
M. G.. BojorQues, A0ed 92, Deliberately
Jumps From a CfiF.

M U' b0JoFQuez, A0ed S%t Uett0eTdteIy
Jumps From Cfif.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Aug. Pm. G..
Bojorquez, a resident of Santa Monica
and 90 years old, committed suicide there
this morning by jumping off the highest
point OF the cliff between the town and
the canyon, The old man was returning
from the canyon in wagon, accompanied
by small boy, Augustin Olivera. When
they reached the point where the tragedy
occurred he suddenly handed the lines to
the boy, scram Dled down out of the wagon
and before the starlled boy could divine
what was impending rushed to the edge
OF the cliff and jumped off. His body
struck head first the remains beng hor.
ribly crushed. The old man was of Span
lsh descent and was born in San Jose in
1904. He leaves family of fifteen sons
and daughters.
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Ysolsnt storm. at Marysvslle.

MARYsvILLE, CAL, Aug. 22.-The
most severe thunder, lightning and rain
storm ever experienced here visited the
town this evening. A barn in the north
part of the town was struck by lightning
and demolished. The rain will not inlure
the dried fruit or raisins. The thunder
claps were the sharpest ever known in
this section. The storm has gone north.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-23
4 CUNNING accident,

PITTsBURG. Pa, Aug. 22.-James
Slack, the 14-year-old son of Attorney
John G. Slack OF the Fidelity Title and
Trust Company, was shot in the head and
instantly killed by Halsey Williams Jr.
while out hunting blackbirds with two
other boys at Shields station, few miles
from this city. The shooting was the re-
suit of an accident. Young Williams is
of the Fifth National Bank of Pittsburg.