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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
THREE FIREMEN PERISH

i:uried Bcneath the Falling Walls Of 3
Four Story building In San Frnnci,co
SAN Francisco, CAL, June S.-A FIRE
In the southeastern part Of the city at
noon yesterday cost three tiremen
their lives and cntailcd a property loss
of 500, 900. The killed are: John Ma
honey of chemical engine No. 8; Frank
Keller, steward OF hose cart No. .
James Mailman, driver of truck No. !.
The fire started mysteriously in thu
four story brick block owned by
Schroth & Westerield and leased &c
the Standard Biscuit company.
After the first alarm the fire chic.
turned in a second and general alarm
A stiff breeze famed the fire within
the brick walls, causing 1t to develop
with extraordinary rapidity, and /,
was DOT apparent that the interior o.
the structure would be entirely de
stroyed. Adjacent to the brick factory
was q row Of old wooden buildings. in
Guiding q branch Of the Salvation
Army barracks and the southern polio,
station. These seemed doomed. For
tunately the police station contained
only three prisoners, but the terrible.
yells and appeals of the trio to be lib
Grated caused intense excitemcn
among the gathering crowds.
They were transferred as quickly n
possible to the Central station.
Meanwhile, floor after floor Of tn
cracker factory fell in. rendering tn
side walls unsafe. Then the east wal
Of the factory toppled over and q way
ing sheet of flame spread over tn
wide wooden area adjoining.
With the crash of the EAST wa
occurred the tragedy Of the confiagrs
ton. A score Of firemeu we're in
neighboring paint shop, endcavorin
] from that point to check the sprca
OF the flames. A falling timbe
struck Fireman Mahony on the lee
breaking It, He refused to allow hi
comrades to carry him away In the
arms. insisting chat he must be born
off on a shutter. All but two Of III
band of firemen ran to procure q shu
ter, and just rs they left their injure
comrade the wall fell, burying benea,
a mass OF brick and mortar Major
and his faithful friends. by dint
much dangerous labor, the three bodi'
were recovered and sent with poll,
, os0ort IN rs many patrol wagons.
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Disastrous Texas storm.

ROGERS, Tex, June "a very dcs-
tructive hail storm yesterday COM
pletely destroyed crops OF all kinds
north Of here, and great damage was
done to houses. Granger, Tex, re-
portf all crops east and north of hat
town badly damaged. Bryan Farris,
his wife, three children and William
Ashworth were In a house on the
Allen farm, two miles north, which
vas blown to pieces, All were o
or less injured and one of the boys
may die. At Waelder, Tex, lightning
struck the residence VI N. +. Miller
last night, killing his son, Wayne
Miller, almost instantly.
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REBELS BURN PRIESTS.
Twenty-Five Monks In the Philippine
Islands Reported Killed.

aohossAs
VANCOUVER, h c., June ct was
reported yesterday that the Spanish
in the Philippine islands had captured
and burned to death twenty-five Cath
Ollie priests. Further interviews with
officers Of the steamer Hupch, now In
port. elicit the fact that twenty-five
Catholic monks were roasted by the
rebels in the Philippine islands, and
not by Spanish troops. The inforina-
ton was furnished by a prominent
resident of ~Ilo-Ilo, In the group OF
islands, and c~orroborated by a foreign
consul.
In consequence of cruclties prac-
ticed by the Spanish troops on the
rebels or those suspected of being in
sympathy with the rebel cause, the
rebels in revenge perpetrated acts OF
cruelty on the monks who came into
their clutches. Recently twenty-five
monks were taken by the rebels and
roasted over a slow fire. Previous TO
the oyage to this port the Hupeh
made a trip from Hong Kong to no-llo
and 1t was just previous to this voyage
that the acts reported occurred near
Manila
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
spau,ards aud Texans Fight,

VERA CRUZ Mexico, Juno "a con.
nict has occurred between twenty ma
rines Of the Spanish gunboat Nueva
Espana and Joseph Lang and Charles
Holbrook OF Texas and about a score
of Mexieans who sympathized with the
Americans. The Texas men used their
knives and the Mexicans their bayo-
nets The Msxicans were not all
armed, but they rendered effective as
sistance to the Americans. The trou-
BILE was ended only by the appearance
Of a large fo'ce Of police and a COM
pany of 100 soldiers, ordered out by
the authorities The fght was caused
by the marines. who shouted viva
Cuba Espanola" In the street.
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COLLISION IN MlDOCEAN.
steamer Hekia. With Four Hundred
Passenger s on Eoard, Run Into,

ENsHtuSerb oH touru, u AutO
~CHRisTiANIA, June o.-The Thing
valla line steamer Hekla, which col
lidcd in the open ocean on May % with
the Atlantic Transport line steamer
Mississippi, arrived here yesterday. At
the time of the collision there were
400 passengers on deck. Tho Hekla was
going at reduced speed through dense
fog and signalling uninterruptedly.
Suddenly the Mississippi was seen
bearing straight down upon the HEX
las bow. The Hekla Immediately re-
vcrsed her engines. but too late to
avoid a collision. The shock was ter
rife. The passengers were thrown
into a state of panic, and women and
children ran wildly screaming about
the decks. 1t was soon discovered,
however, that the damage was all
above the water line, and temporary
repairs were speedily effected and the
vessel pushed on to her destination.
The Hckla's officers maintain that
the Mississippi was responsible for the
collision. They allege that she did not
reduce her speed, nor did they hear
her fog signals.
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FRANCIS S~CHLATTER DEAD
The "Divlnc Heaier's" skeleton Found
said tn Have Pcrished.

Said to Have Pcrished.
ST. Louis, Mo-, June s.-A dispatch
to the Globe. Democrat from Ell Paso.
Tex1s, says that two American pros
pectors, while travelling In the foot
hills of the Sierra Madre mountains.
in chihuahua. Mexico, May 20. saw o
saddle hanging on the limb Of a dead
tree and q skeleton was found lying
beneath stretched out On a blanket.
From oil indications the bones were
those of Francis Schlatter. the divine
healer" who was the subject Of so
much wonderment In the western
states q year ago.
Piled up alongside the trunk of the
tree were saddle-bags a large memor.
nndum book, n package Of letters
bound by a rotten rubber band, some
blankets and six suits of underwear.
A bible and canteen OF water were
among the pile. and the cnntccn was
half full of water. In n knot hole in
the tree were found needles, thread,
buttons, etc. In the inside cover of
tie bible the name Francis Schlatter
was NlhtSCh, u ulNo uluct w
In prayer, followed by the signature
Clarence j. Clark, Denver, Colo"
There were no signs OF violence, and
the prospcctors believe Schlatter died
OF self-imposcd starvation, rs there
were no cooking utensils Of any kind
In camp.
The authorities at Casa Grandc were
notified May 30, and June Q the skclc.
ton and effects were brought to that
village, where authorities hold them,
awaiting n claimant. Americans a,
Casa Grandc examined letters az
other effects and pronounce them ra'
doabtedly those of Sctla;tcr.
Three years ago Francis Schlatter
was q cobbler In Denver, and earned
precarious living at his trade. He be-
| gan TO hear silent" voices. rs he said,
aad in obedience to their commands
| gave away his tools and began u pill
| grimage toward the Pacific coast. ii,
was several times arrested as n vagran'
and thrown into Jail. lie footed tn,
entire distance, and returned to New
Mexico, where he was heard OF among
the Indians as the Messiah In the early
part of last year, nea Albuquerque
The newspaper reporters discovered
him being followed by mobs Of Indians
among whom he cured the sick, par
alytic and blind by touching tin
afflicted with his hands.
lie tasted for forty days, laborinl
continuously, md went to Denver
where he was besieged daily by i'm
mcnse throngs of people from all part
Of the country. He suddenly disap
peared from there when some faker
were arrested for selling handker
chiefs blessed by him, against whor
he was summoned Us Q witness. II
was soon afterwards found in Ne,
Mexico, travelling through The mos
uninhabitable part, going southwark
lie was last reported seen by cowboy
near Lordsburg, nine months ago, &c
ing toward the Mexico line.
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CALHOUN ON ROUIZ' CASE
II was impossible to Get the Truth
Special Consul Returns.

IL was Impossible TO Get the Truth
Special Consul Returns.
New York, June special Consul
Calhoun, who was sem TO Cuba to in
vestigate the circumstances OF the
death il prison of DIR. Ruiz, an Amer
lean citizen, arrived here to-day. Mr..
Calhoun said that the commission held
three sittings between May 20 and
June I at H&vana, Regulus and Guam
abacoa. The papers examined were
chiefly military records, and the final
report will be made to Washington by
General Lee. Mr.. Calhoun declined
to give bis opinion upon the case.
'At the sessions Of the commission"
Mr.. Calhoun said, in response to n re-
porters' questioning. I'VE examined
several witnesses, but when you ask
me II they were plentiful ! can only
say that they did not run after us and
we had to use no force to keep them
away. They were composed Of Span
iards and Cubans. The Spanish wit
nesses and In fact all Of those who
testified we're so surrounded with
safeguard that twas impossible to get
at the naked truth.
'Opc person whom we would have
liked 70 hear could not be found. This
was F'ondcsviella, who commanded
the Spanish in the Guanabacoa terri
tory. He Disappeared and Il was Inn
possible to find him. Captain General
Wcyler did not put in an appearance
at the investigation. We inspected
the jail ut Guanabacoa and when we
were there it was suspiciously clean.
Eve learned that Dr.. Ruiz was ar
rested February 4, charged with hav-
ing some connection with an assault
which took place in a railroad train
between Gunabacoa and Havana. lie
was placed in solitary continent,
or, as It IL known there he was in.
communicate. Thirteen days later he
was taken out Of his cell on account OF
his mental and physical condition. II
was then found that he was suffering
from u sever wound in the head, and
he died two hours after he had been
released from the cell IN which the
secret Of his injury Is buried.
The question Of the deceased doc
tors American citizenship was neve,
denied. The autopsy showed that M
died OF congestion CT the brain. Iii.
remains are inferred at Guanabacoa
We had no positive or direct proof o
assault whatever and the conclusion
arrived ut must be based on detailed
evidence in the report Of Consu
General Lee, which Is now on its wa,
to Washington. /, myself, will mak'
no report, and I prefer not to say any
thing rs to my idea Of the affair unit
the report is made public by tn
proper authorities. ut Washington.
shall 90 to Washington tomorrow
morning"
Mr.. Calhoun said that he had bee
treated ~courtcously while in Cuba b
all those with whom he came in cor
tact. His visit was n very plcasan
one, but owing TO the bad weathe
which prevailed during his stay wa
unable to visit the interior.
Mr.. q. W. Fishback. who is Mr.. Ca
houn's secretary, was reticent whe
spoken to in reference to his trip, bu
he made one significant statement
1--WE did not go within the insurger
lines, but all the insurgents, howevci
are not within the lines"
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diamond Fields soundyin Mexico,

Mexico City, June sit is reported
from the state Of Guerrero that the
lost diamond fields there have been
rcdiscovered. As far back as ls.s
some Indians brought from that state
specimens Of what they called ''crystal
chips" and presented them to General
Guerrero, who discovered that they
were valuable diamonds and were
equal to the best Indian diamonds
from Golconda- Traces of the beds
were lost. and II Is now believed they
have been found again.
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PARTY LINES BROKEN.
Eight Democratic Senators Vote for
the senate Lumber Schedule.

Eight DemOcrnttc SENATORS vote Tor
h Senate Lumber Schedule.
WASHINGTON, June 0-The Senate
yesterday disposed of the lumber par
agraph, which has been more stub
bornly contested than any feature Of
the bill thus far, by defeating the mo-
ton Of Senator Vest TO place white
pine on the free ~list--ycas 90. nays 3s.
The contest was mainly significant in
breaking party lines, which have been
maintained with few exceptions dur
ing the early stages of the debate.
On the final vote, eight Democratic
Senators voted against Mr.. Vests
propositions; namely, Mcssrs. Bacon
and Clay of Georgia, McEnery OF Louis
lana. McLaurin and Tillman Of South
Carolina, Martin of Virginia. Rawlins
of Utah and White OF California. On
the other hand. Mr.. Carter, Republic
an. and Messrs. Cannon and Mantel,
Silver Republicans, voted for the Vest
motion. Following this, a vote to sub
stitute the Wilson lumber schedule
was defeatcd-17 to 3T-and the sched-
ulc was agreed to as reported. The
debate preceding the vote was ut times
very breezy, owing to the break of
political lines.
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INJUSTICE KILLED RUIZ.
Cunsul General Lees Report 80 Deciares
Tho Charge Was False.


Tho Charge Was False.
New YonK. June 9.-The following
is the vital part Of Consul General
Lees report on the Ruiz case to Sesre-
tary OF State Sherman:
II deduce from my knowledge Of
the facts the following conclusions:
''First-Dr. Ruiz was arrested on q
false charge.
"Second-He was placed under an
Improper jurisdiction and died before
the proper tribunal considered his
case, thereby giving him no oppof-
tunity to prove his innocence.
"Third-He was kept 'incommuni-
cado' in n solitary coll for 35i hours,
in violation of his treaty rights, which
limit such confinement to seventy two
hours.
'Fourth-He died from congestion
Of the brain, produced by a blow ON
the top of the head
"Fifth-There are two theories con-
nected with the wound on the head.
One Is that in a state Of mental ex.
element he ran against the cell as
described by one of the j%ailers and
butted his head against the door in Q
frantic effort to get out; another, he
was struck over the head with one of
the clubs carried by the jailers-by
the immediate Waterman who had
probably ordered him to cease his cries
for relief, and for his children, and,
upon his not doing SC, strsck him with
more force than he intended, or it is
possible the blow was delivered to
make him confess or give evidence
against others.
lit Is possible he went mad and
many causes combined to produce such
a result. His knowledge Of his inno-
cenec, his confinement in a gloomy
cell, where he was not allowed to
communicate with family or friends
or to send or write. Alone-all alone
with the thought doubtless impressed
upon his mind that he was liable in
the reign of terror then existing in
and around Guanabacoa to be sum-
marily executed at any moment.
He loved his wife aud children and
in the darkness and loneliness Of
his cell he was constantly crying out
for them. The thought hat they
were but q few rods away and yet he
might never see them again or hear
the sound Of their voices, or feel the
touch of their lips and hands ~maddened
him and proved too much for the mind
OF the distracted and unhappy man,
and l thought it not improbable as the
long time passed by, it may have given
way and left him q mailman.
His derby hat was all battered up
and his clothes greatly torn, says his
wife when returned to her. But
whether when bereft Of reason, he in
ficted the blows which produced brain
congestion, or whether he died at the
hands Of others, the truth will proba.
bly, only be known when the hearts of
all are revealed-the fact remains, his
confinement killed him. Had he been
released from incommunicado by the
hand Of man at the end of seventy-tw VIC
hours the hand Of death might not
have released him at the end of ais
hours, and to-day the widow would
have had the support of her husband
and the means of his fatherless chill
dren would never have been heard.
81 therefore conclude, saying as
have done in all previous reports about
this case, that, whether DIR. Ruiz killed
himself or was killed by some one else
will, under the existing conditions, al
ways remain unknown"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
WHO is HE?
A WE'LL Dressed Stranger Kills Himself
in n Railway. Station In Olathc. Kan.

A Well Dressed Stranger Kills Himself
in q Railway Station In Olathc. Kan.
OLArHE, Kan, June "a man about
e5 year old, five feet ten inches in
height, weight about l65 pounds, light
colored hair and ~musrache, we'll
dressed in a black suit of clothes and
derby hat, shot himself through the
right temple at the Memphis Railroad
company's depot last night with q So
caliber revolver. He died instantly.
He had in q valise a picture of him
self and O woman and left the follow
ing unsigned note: II am fully aware
Of what l am doing; am tired OF life
and have had q hard time Of 1t. Don't
try to find out who I am, o from
whence I came. for you will never
know"
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To Sell Relief Supplies.

WASHINGTON, June 0. - Lewis
Klopsch, publisher of the Christian
Herald Of New York, which had In
der taken to procurecargoes OF grain to
be sent 70 the famine sufferers in In
dis, has notified the Navy department
that the grain on hand will be sold
and the money forwarded to India in
stead, as the best and speediest means
OF relief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
A NEW SUGAR SCHEDULE
Republicans Caucus and Agree to Raise
the House Rates.

WASHINGTON, juno a-Thc Rcpub-
lican senatorial caucus to-day voted to
stand together on all schedules in the
tariff bill.
The caucus instructed the finance
committee to report n new sugar
schedule, the new schedule to be
one and ninety-fve hundredths of
a cent a pound duty on refined
sugar. instead of one cent and eight
hundred and seventy-five thousandths
OF one cent a pound, as provided by
the house. Coarse raw sugar from
the Philippine islands and Java is to
be admitted at one.tcnth OF a cent lesi
than other raw sugars.
The abrogation of the Hawaiian
treaty was discussed, but no conclu.
sion reached when the caucus ad'
journed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
A c.n.dl.n Alton Labor nlll

OTTAWA, Ontario, June O. = The
house of commons has passed the alien
labor bill. The act only applies to
the United States and will never be
put in force, but Is expected to be u
Of getting some satisfactory
arrangements with the United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
BITTINGER TO MONTREAL


News OF His Future A~ppointmcns Comes
Directly From the President.
WASHINGTON, juno 9.-Major John
L. Bittinger of st. Joseph will be APP
pointed consul general to Montreal
The office pays $4,000 o year and per.
mits of frequent home visits. 1t may
be said that this announcement rests
for its authority upon the President
himself.
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Payns's Eminent Counsel.

LEXINGTON, KY, June 81. Breck-
inridge Payne, a descendant Of tho
best families Of Kentucky, shot Percy
Stackhouse. o driver and trainer OF
trotting horses, inhicting q fatal
wound. He has been held for trial
and will be defended by his kinsman
w. C. p. Breckinridge.
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Hospital for PrInters.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, June a.
The plans submitted by architects of
this city for q new $40. 900 hospital for
the Union Printers Home in this city,
have been accepted, and its construc
ton will begin immediately.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
A G~uatemalAn Dictator.

CITY OF MExIco, June a--Word has
here that Barrios has declared
dictator of Guatemala. He is
the nephew of the general who fell at
the battle Of Tegucigalpo. The an
nduhcement has created intense sx'
throughout the Central Amer
lean republics and may lead to . civil
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
Prominent St. Loui.au pouud Dead.

ST. Louis, Mo-, June s.-Thomas W..
Booth, sx.president Of the Merchants
exchange, president of the J. w.
Booth Commission company and one
OF the bAst known men OF st. Louis,
was found dead In the bath tub Mt his
residence, 43s7 Washington boulevard,
by his wife to-day. He had been suf-
ferinG from o complication of diseases
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
JAPAN SENDS WARSHIPS
Her Attitude Toward Hawaii Assumes
Threatening Aspect

SAN Francesca, June s.-The
steamer Coptic arrived last evening
from Honolulu, bringing advices up to
May 81. According to the latest in
formation procurable, the difficulty
between Japan and Hawaii, growing
out Of the immigration question, has
been increased rather than diminished
by the diplomatic proceedings. OIL
GERS on board of the Japanese cruiser
Maniwai, now at honolulu, state that
u second Japanese man-of-war is now
en- route 70 Honolulu, md that q third
vessel is about to depart feom Yoko'
hama for 0he islands.
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BuESos AYREs, June Slate reports
from Canudos, Bahia, state that 5000
fanatics, under Consclliero, were de.
foatcd by the Brazil troops. The IA
natics made a stubborn and desperate
resistance, but were finally compelled
to fee in great disorder by the federal
artillery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
slg organ FIrm Falls.

MERIpEN, Conn.,, June 9.-The Will
cox & White Organ company, n OF
the largest manufacturers of organs in
the United States. to-day made an a.
sigument Liabilities, SIS, ZOO.
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KILLED BY A POLICEMAN.
Ex.omcor Wright Dies From . Blow
From q Club.

From q Club.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 0.-Richard
Wright, u former policeman, who
was discharged from tho force for be-
ing drunk ON duty and for viciously
lighting officers when they tried to
arrest him, resisted arrest again last
night and was killed. Wright died in
the corridor Of tho Central police sta
ton from a fracture of the base of the
skull, caused by q blow on the head
from 'Patrolman Albert Birds club.
The police and evewitnesses say that
Wright was drunk and resisting arrest
when he was struck IN the head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
1000 Men rhrown Out OF work.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 0.-At noon
yesterday the entire plant of the
Standard Oil works in this city shut
down for an indefinite period. Close
to 1000 men are thrown out Of work
by the shut down.
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lsoston's Heavy Debt.

BosroN, June s.-The annual report
Of the city auditor shows that the cityi
funded debt has increased steadily
now amounting to $40, Oh, s2s, or
which the annual interests %. 0s2 900
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An Arctic Explorer Dead.

STOCKHOLM, June s Baron Dickson.
the Arctic explorer, died yesterday nj
Hio, Sweden,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11

0ompsrs speaks for IN s.Hoar Day.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. June s.--President
Samuel Gompcrs OF the Federation OF
Labor addressed 100 0 people here
yesterday ON the advocacy Of an eight
hour working DAP.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
l,raxl,. Mni,.ry school Closed.

Rio DE JANEIRo, June a.-The gov
crnment military school has been
closed as the result of the insubordi'
nation caused by Designing politicians
Apd ARMY men.
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Urbana's militia Csptaia Invited Hons.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 9.-Captain
Leonard of the Urbana military com
pany is here as the guest Of the state
ut the Neil house until he can return
home. Citizens of Urbana have tele-
phoned him to come home, assuring
him Of safety.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
Missouri Ant,-Ben compau,e. Meet.

sEDALIA, Mo-, June 0 Represents
tives q the independent telephone
lines of Missouri met here YESTERDAY.
II is said that certain lines are about
to pass into the hands of the Bell com
pany, and the object of the meeting
WAS to prevent such action.