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The record-union., 1897-11-18
A FAMOUS CRIME RECALLED.
A Letter Reviving the Assassina-
ton of Hon. j. M. CLAYTON.

LITTLE ROCK (Ark.) Nov 1.-THE
memory Of the most famous crime ever
committed in ArkanSas-the assassina-
ton OF Hon. John NJ. Clayton-has
been revived by the receipt of a letter
by Governor Jones, written from Pitts
Ga, by person signing the name Lu-
ther Atkins
The writer of the letter recalls the
crime, inquiries about the rewards,
and states that he can locate the mur-
derer and produce proof of guilt.
The murder of John M. Clayton will
be remembered by politicians and pub
lie men all over the United States.
Clayton was brother of Hon. Powell
Clayton, the present United States
Minister to Mexico. He was the Re
publican candidate for Congress in
1883, his opponent being Hon. Clifton
X. breckenridge, late ambassador to
RussIa- The canvass was a spirited
one, and the contest was bitter. Breck-
inridge was declared elected, and Clay
ton filed a contest
While this contest was in progress
Mr.. Clayton went to PlummerviIle to
look after his interests there. While in
his room one night, Just before retiring.
an assassin crept up in the dark and
fired n load of buckshot through the
window of his room, inflicting wounds
from which he died.
The murder created a sensation all
over the United States. Detectives
We're employed, and worked diligently
on the case, and many persons were
suspected OF the crime, but the mur-
derer went unpunished. The I,eeisla-
ture once offered a reward of 81. 900 for
the conviction of the murderer. and
the reward is probably yet in force.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
THORoUGHBREDs AT AUCTION.
Successful Sale of the Stables of A.
b. Spreckels,

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 17.-There
was successful sale tonight of thor
oughbred horses from the stables of A
b. S0reckels. The highest price was
Sl,0io, and was brought by the three
year-old bay gelding George Palmer
and by the two-year-old chestnut geld
ing Racio. The lowest price was $50,
brought by the two-year-old black filly
Wailuku. fine looking animal.
Marcel. b. m, Luke Blackburn dam
Martica, $500, T. ]. Crowley. Foremost,
b e.. Flood-imp. Queen Bess, S4O0,
Daniel Honig. Gallant, b. g., Fellow
Charm-Jennie Belshaw, $400, Samuel
Hildreth. Olive, b. M, Apache Virgie,
$500, G.. Bertolacchi. Pat Murphy, r.
g., Kyrle Daly-Maggie D., S675, Atkins
& Lottridge. Torsion, b g., Torso Ri
chardo, $S25, B. c. Holly. George Pal
mer, b. g., Ecuador-Kitty Gum, ST ,O15,
Lee Shaner. Frank James, C. e., Ecua-
Gor-Tomato, S615, r. Hughes. Flori-
mel, b. f., Apache-Virjean, $500, Lee
Shaner. Agni, b. c., imp. Idalium- -Ag-
nes B., $3.50, E. B. Warwick. Alumi-
mum, C. g., imp. Idalium-Glitter, $500,
B. Schreiber. George S., b f.. Prince of
Norfolk-Lady Cleveland, $1,000, John
Campbell. Imperious, b. g., Morello-
Helen Scratch, $3.50, B. Schreiber. Lit
tie L. c., C. f., imp. Idalium-Nellie
Belle, $500. Racio, c. g., Racine-Fi-
della, 81 ,075, William Murray.
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AN IOWA TRAGEDY.
A Farmer Kills His Wife and Then
Ends His Own Life.

CUSHING Qa.), Nov. 16-L D.
Spickler, farmer shot and killed his
wife and blew out his own brains. Four
children are made orphans by the trag-
edy. They were the children of the
woman by former husband.
Splckler separated from his wife over
year ago on account of family troub-
les Recently he went home and beat
one OF his stepdaughters. For this he
was arrested at the instigatiorl of his
wife. He was released from jail a few
days ago. He went about Cushing say
ing he would kill his wife. People
placed no credence to the threat
However, he went to his wifes house,
ana upon entering shot her without
warning. He then went outside and
put bullet in his own head, dying at
once.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Six Hundred Troops Are Landed at
kiaO Chau.
Haul Down the Native Flag and Hoist
Their Own STANDARD.
Now Asserted That the Murder OF
the German Missionaries Was
Not the Work Of Bandits, but
Was Deliberately Planned by
Ii Hung Chang, Governor OF the
Province.

LONDON, Nov. ia special dis
patch from Shanghai says that the
commander of the German cruiser d.
vision. Admiral Won Diederich, LANDED
troops at Kiao Chau on Monday morn
ing. November 10Th. The three forts
were held by 1,500 Chinese, and their
guns commanded the fleet. Admiral
Won Diederich placed his four cruisers
directly opposite, ready to fire, and
sent an ultimatum ordering the evacu-
alton of the forts within three hours.
Six hundred German troops and six
guns were then landed and began to
march forward. The Chinese hesitated
for some few moments, and then the
whole ], 800 bolted. helter skelter across
the hills behind the forts. The Ger
mans quietly entered the Notifications.
hauled down the Chinese flag, and
hoisted the German standard, which
The warships saluted Immediately. The
Chinese General, who had his family
with him, did not flee, but claimed
German protection.
The forts are now held by the Ger
mans, who it is believed at Shanghai,
intend to remain permanently.
In official Chinese circles Germany is
considered to have committed an act
of war, but it is regarded as improb-
able that China, on account of her
weakness, will take action upon it as
such.
American and British warships have
been ordered to kiao Chau to watch
Developments. The greatest interest Is
felt as TO the result of Germany's ac-
ton, because the region is immensely
rich in minerals. and the harbor the
best along the coast.
1t is now asserted that the murder
of the two German missionaries near
Yen Chu Flu was not the work of BAN
dts, as originally understood, but was
deliberately planned by Lii Hung Chang,
Governor of the Province, prior to his
departure for 500 Chouan, Of which
he has been appointed Viceroy.
The Berlin correspondent Of the
DAILY Chronicle" says: Emperor
William is devoting considerable atten-
tion to the course of affairs in China,
and to-day wednesday, discussed the
position of the missionaries with Bish-
op Anzecos, vicar of the German Cath
ollc missions in China"
The record-union., 1897-11-18
KNEW ALL ABOUT BASEBALL
She Understood the Game and Ex-
planned It's Mysteries.

'I wish / could understand base
| ball." said the girl with china blue eyes
to two of her friends as they We're dis
cussing a box of choice chocolates in
! her room.
ooh, it's easy enough once you un-
derstand the terms" said the girl who
had a brother in baseball nine as
she crunched delicious Alorsel be-
tween her pearly teeth.
"Of course it is" chimed in the black
eyed girl. Frank has gone over every
| thing with me so often that l know all
about it. He says that / must UNDER
stand baseball, and of course 1 want
to fit myself to be his wife in every
way" And she sighed contentedly.
"Oh, I wish I had some one to ex-
plain it to me-" sighed the girl with
china-blue eyes. THE other day I was
riding past a game. There were a lot
of men in horTid looking clothes stand
ing about, and one of them was trot-
ting around on the ground and another
was standing with a stick in his hand.
All of a sudden there was a great
shout, and those looking on seemed
to go wild. 1 couldn't see anything
to shout about, though"
"Of course you couldn't" the girl
with a brother returned. ''I'll explain.
You see, there's a. hitter. that's the
man with the stick. which is called a
bat, and he hits the ball"
Yes" chimed the black-eyed girl,
"and there's a punter and a half back
and a right grounder and a left
grounder, and when the ball goes over
an arch the thrower is ont
NO, he isn't; that's the other side"
demonstrated the girl with a brother.
We'll. perhaps you're right" assent
ed the black-eyed girl. doubtfully.
"Oh, yes, 1 know all about it." was
the cheerful answer. well, as 1 said.
there are all these. and then they get
in position, and the hitter throws the
ball and they all run for it,
They don't either cried the black
eyed girl. Il guess T went to a game
the other day, and just one of them
ran, SO there
Well, your game was played by
some one who didn't know how, then,
because tell you 1 know all about l..
When they fall down or hurt them
selves the empire says when they must
stop, and it's against the rule to hit be-
low the belt"
I see,' murmured the girl with
china blue eyes, nbbling at a choco-
late. But what makes them wear wire
The record-union., 1897-11-18
DESPERATE BURGLARS.
Shoot Two Men, One Probably Fa-
tally.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.-Early
this morning Patrick Ferriter. proprie-
tor of the Grand Hotel in South san
Francisco, was aroused by the growing
of his watch dog. Upon going into the
hall to investigate revolver was
thrust into his face, and he was or
dered to throw up his hands. Instead,
he grappled with the intruder, and got
hold Of the pistol.
The noise of the struggle brought
out some of the guests with light,
when a second burglar opened fire.
shooting Die Connolly through the
right leg and wounding G. B. Andrews
in the abdomen, probably fatally.
After the shooting both burglars fed.
One was a tall and the other a short
man with whiskers. The taller of the
tow left his pistol and hat. The shorter
was arrested at Holy Cross Cemetery
by Lieutenant Burk and brought here.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
CHINESE SMUGGLING.
Canadian Pacific Railway Employees
Responsible for the Traffic.

AUBURN On. ". Nov. 17.-C. H.
Brown. Assistant United States Attor-
ney. who is conducting the trial of
cases in the United States District
Court, is authority for a remarkable
story in conjunction with the SNUG
Cling oe Chinese into this country.
Mr.. Brown said that the cost of de-
porting Chinese has been very great,
and has been on the increase which
Is also the case with the smuggling
of the Chinese The Government, Mr.
Brown says, lays the blame for the
greater part of the Illicit traffic on the
employees of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
The record-union., 1897-11-18
FIRE NEAR SARATOGA.
The Main Winery of the FL Quito
Farm Destroyed.

SAN JOSE, Nov. II. The main
winery at the celebrated Ell Quito farm,
near Saratoga, and one of the resi-
dences there were destroyed by fire
early this morning. The property be-
longed to f. E. Goodrich, who resides
on the ranch.
With the winery was destroyed H.
600 gallons of wine of the vintage of
1890, valued at 80 cents per gallon. The
machinery for crushing olives and con-
verting the oil to commercial shape
was also destroyed. Some of this was
imported from Italy.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The total loss is placed at between
$4,000 and $4,000, with only $4,000
insurance. The family residence and
a smaller winery escaped. There are
some suggestions of spontaneous COM
buStion.
Several Italian families who occu-
pied the burned residence lost every
thing they had.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
J. N. Berkeley, an Electrician, Ends
His Life in the Bay.
Jumps From FerU-Boat, and His Body
Carried Out TO Sea.
Two Men Shot and One Probably
Fatally by Burglars Who Were
Caught in the Act of Robbing
South San Francisco Hotel.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. III. M.
Berkeley, an electrician. aged about 20
years, committed suicide by jumping
from the ferry steamer Bay City at
7:30 this evening. His body was car
rled out to sea by the ebb tide, and
was not recovered.
In pocket of his overcoat, which
was picked up, was a rambling, inco-
herent letter addressed to Miss Laura
MacDonough, a young lady of this city.
she says that two years ago she was
engaged to him, but the engagement
was broken off. To-day he called to
see her, but she told him not to come
again. On leaving he told her mother
they would never see him any more
The record-union., 1897-11-18
REV. GEORGE HoUGHToN DEAD
Was the Pastor Of 'The Little
Church Around the Corner

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Rev. George
H. Houghton, pastor of the Church of
the TRANSPORTATION, better known as
The Little Church Around the Cor
ner," died tonight
DR.. Houghton was born in Deerfield,
Mass, in 1920, and in the year 1916
he was admitted to the ministry Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
In 1913 the ambitious young clergy
man organized the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION, which was destined to
become in after years world famous
as 1.-The Little Church Around the
Corner" 1t has borne that name for
more than quarter of a century.
The circumstances through which the
title was bestowed We're as follows:
George Holland, the actor, for many
years a member of the old Wallack
company, and father of E. NJ. and Jo-
seph Holland, died on December 20,
1870. In arranging for the funeral Jo-
seph Jefferson and others called on
Rev. Mr.. Sabine, pastor of a fashion
able church on Madison avenue, and
asked him if he would conduct the fu-
neral services.
Ascertaining that Holland was an
actor, the Rev. Mr.. Sabine declined to
conduct the funeral services. When
asked by Mr.. jefferson and his COM
panions if he could tell them where
they could get a clergyman, he re-
marked that there was little church
around the corner where they could do
such things" The dead actors friends
went to that little church, and were
received with kindly consideration by
Rev. DIR. Houghton.
This incident formed a live theme for
talk all over the country and it es-
tablished The Little Church Around
the Corner firmly in the affections of
the public, as we'll as of the theatrical
profession. Since that time many
prominent actors and actresses have
been buried from that church. among
them Lester Wallack, Dion Boucicault
and Edward Booth.
Although loved by actors and mem
bers of that profession, DR.. Hough-
ton attended theater but once in his
life. That was at the Chatham street
Theater. He was but Is years old at
the time, and ran away from home
The record-union., 1897-11-18
GAVE UP THE FIGHT.
! A Big Lumber Operator Makes an
Assignment.

OSHKOSH (Wis.), Nov. 17.-Henry
Sherry, one of the greatest lumber op-
orators and manufacturers Wisconsin
ever knew, a man who had interests in
nearly every northern country, has
given up the fight against business
misfortunes and the shrinkage of assets
and credit, due to hard times, and as
signed all his vast properties for the
benefit of his creditors.
1t is said tonight that the papers
will be filed tomorrow in the Circuit
Court for Winnebago County. The as
signee is James w. Cameron of Mil
waukee, formerly associated with Mr..
Sherry at Vesper, Wis.
Mr.. Sherry estimates his debts and
those of associate companies at less
than one million dollars. He estimates
that his assets and those of the asso-
ciate companies are sufficient to pay
all the liabilities, if judicially handled.
1t is expected he will pay dollar for
dollar.
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things before their faces? They ar
inst like my mugs p1nzz1a

things before their faces? They are
just like my pug's muzzle."
Why. you see, they get so mad that
there has been a law passed that they
have to wear muzzles to keep them
from injuring each other, and that's
why they wear gloves. too. Fighting
with bare hands is forbidden" cried the
girl with a brother.
The black-eyed girl gave a little sniff,
but as her mouth was full she did not
enter any protest, and the girl with
brother continued:
when they have beaten the others
the empire counts ten, and then the
games over. Oh, baseball is very inter
esting when one understands it," and
her smile was so sweet that both the
other girls assented. and the girl with
the cfina-blue eyes said gratefully:
You girls have been awful good to
explain baseball to me. Now 1 can
understand a game when I so to it,
Chicago TimeS-Herald.
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way, and Attorney General McKenna,
it is stated, will institute an action
against the corporation
The Government AYERS, according to
Mr.. Brown, that the railway employees
conspire with Government officials to
break the law. A bill of costs is be-
ing compiled, and as each deportation
costs $500, the total will be very large.
When this is done, Mr.. Brown says.
the action will be commenced. If it
can be proved that any other railroad
has been a party 10 breaking the law,
an action against it will also be
brought.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
DECIDUOUS FRUIT-GROWERs.
The Southern California Exchange
Taking Definite Shane.

Los ANGELES. Nov. 1.-THE South
ern California Deciduous Fruit Grow
ers' Exchange is rapidly taking definite
shape as an organization. Articles of
incorporation, constitution and bylaws
were adopted to-day for recommenda-
ton to the local organizations as they
are formed. and the active work of or
gandzing local associations will begin
at once. A. r. Sprague has been ap-
pointed General Organizer.
The main object of the association
is to promote the interests of produc-
ers or fruits and other food products
OF Southern California, especially by
The record-union., 1897-11-18
UNIQUE WEDDING.
ALI the Parties to the Contract
LAWYERS

MILWAUKEE, Nov. IA unique
wedding, in that all parties to the con-
tract, from bride and groom down to
the bridesmaids and best man were
lawyers, was solemniZed in this city
to-day. Miss Caroline Hamilton Pier
and John Henry Roemer, prominent
members of the Milwaukee bar, were
Joined in wedlock by the mother of
the bride, in her capacity as Court
Commissioner. The bride is a member
of a distinguished family of lawyers
which, at one time, numbered five
members of the legal profession-the
father, the late Colonel G. K. Pier, the
mother and three daughters.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Murder in the First Degree.

BOISE Qdaho), Nov. 1.-THE trial at
Idaho City Of H. c. ST. Clair for the
murder of John Decker was concluded
to-day, and the case went to the jury at
q O'Clock. The defense did not intro
duce any testimony, contenting itself
with the reading of the affidavit made
by st. Clair at the opening OF the case,
on which he sought to secure an ac-
quittal. The jury this evening returned
verdict Of murder in the first degree.
Sentence will be pronounced Saturday.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
A STOCKTON DIVORCE CASE.
Mrs. Mary Eliza Howell Brings Ac.
ton Against Her Husband.

STOCKTON, Nov. IL. Mrs. Mary
Eliza Howell to-day commenced suit
for a divorce from M. d. Howell on
the ground of intemperance. Mrs
Howell was the adopted daughter of a
wealthy farmer named w. B. Johnston
whose estate netted her, after a long
litigation, S225000. Howell has been
spending all he could get of it, and
when he was tried two years ago in
the United States District Court on a
charge of passing counterfeit money
she paid the bills, somewhere about
S1o,OOO, 10 clear him. She has at last
taken the advice of her best friends,
and discarded him. Summons was
served on him this afternoon Just as
he started for San Francisco.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
A Tall Denial.

Two little boys were quarreling. One
cf them made a statement, to which
the other hotiy replied:
That's a sixteen-story lie, with a
roof garden attachment
A passerby. appalled, by the magni-
tude of the definition, stopped and said:
My dear boy, where did you learn
that awful eXpreSsion?"
oh said the little fellow, 'I heard
papa tell mamma it when she said he
was out with the boys
And the questioner-a married man
passed on.-CIeveland Plaindealer
The record-union., 1897-11-18
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SHOE SELLING.

The shoe selling of the past
few days demonstrates more
plainly than ever the painstak-
ing care which has brought the
Nonpareil Shoe Store into such
prominence in SO short a time.
Painstaking as to securing
naught but the right kinds, as
well as to placing within your
reach the highest class of shoes
at the self-same prices You
usually pay for commoner
grade of goods.
We are in n position to con-
tinue the bargains of the past
few days for the balance of the
week by daily additions to such
as remain from the past days
selling. It will be of interest
to you to call. 81 60, 81 SO,
81 95 and So Is for So so to
81 so ladies' fine shoes.
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Declared a Bankrupt.

LONDON, Nov. 17.-H. Cornell, who,
it is said, was formerly a partner in the
wel-known firm of iron manufactur-
erS of that name of New York, was de-
clared a bankrupt to-day, with liabili-
ties estimated at O,O00 and no as
sets. 1t is reported that Mr.. Cornell,
in addition to an income of $4,000 a
year, received S125,000 under the will
of his father in 1887. Since August,
1894, it is added that Mr.. Cornell has
lived at then rate of $55, 900 year.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Won by the Baltimores.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II. - The
Baltimore and All-AmeIica baseball
teams played an exhibition game this
afternoon at Recreation Park. 1t was
a heavy hitting game throughout
Lange knocked out a home run in the
third inning. The game was called
after the seventh inning on account
of darkness. Score: Baltimore Is, hits
II, errors 5; All-Americas 10, hits 16,
errors q. Batteries-Horton and DON
ahue; Hastings, Powell and Smith.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Stephen Cushing Dead.

BAKERSFIELD, Nov. 17.-Stephen
Gushing, who was aboard the Confeder-
ate privateer Alabama when it was
sunk by the Kearsarge off the coast of
France in 1864; died here to-day. At
ter the war he became wealthy in bus
mess at Los Angeles, but of late has
been in reduced circumstances.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
A Steamers Narrow Escape.

PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 1.-THE
Pacific Steam Whale Company's steam
er Thrasher, bound from San Francis
co to Seattle to carry party of gold
seekers to Alaska, came very nearly
going ashore this morning on Point
Hudson. She was saved only by
speedily hoisting her sails and making
for deep water. She is now safely an
chored under Marrowstone Bluff.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Will Not Go to the Philippines.

MADRID, Nov. 1.-THE report that
the Government intends, in return for
his service as Governor General of
Cuba, to appoint Leutenant-General
Weyler Governor-General of the Phil
ippine Islands, is officially denied Ac-
cording to a dispatch from Santander,
on the Bay of Biscay the partisans and
friends of General Weyler are making
elaborate preparations to welcome him
on his return.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Mohammedans Ordered Deported.

NEW YORK, Noy 17.-Six Moham-
medans, recent arrivals here ON the
steamer California, are the first polyg-
amists to be excluded under the exist
ing immigration laws. Having stated
before the special Board of Inquiry at
the barge office that they all believed
in the Koran, which teaches polygamy,
they were ordered deported.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix.

PRESCOTT (Ardz), Nov. H. = The
annual meeting of stockholders of the
Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix Rail-
way Company was held here to-day for
the election of a Board Of Directors,
and resulted in the reelection of the
old board, as follows: f. NJ. Murphy,
ID. M. Ferry, G. c. Bowen, G. w.
Kretsinger, n. K. Fairbank, Simon J.
Murphy, Robert McCaurdy, Joe Nor
ton, w. G.. Bashford.
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DIR. WALTER LINDLEY.
Friends Want Him Appointed Trus-
tee Of Whittier School.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11.-There is
a well-defned rumor that the friends
Of DIR. Walter Lindley, formerly Su-
per'intendent Of the Whittier Reform
School, are endeavoring to have Gov
er-nor Budd appoint DR.. Lindley
Trustee of the school in place of Major
Harry Patton, whose resignation is In
the hands of the Governor. The report
is that the move is in the interest OF
Lindley for Superintendent, using the
position of Trustee for stepping stone.
The record-union., 1897-11-18
The Competitor Prisoners.

HAVANA, Nov. lit is reported
late this evening that Marshal Blanco
has received cabled instructions from
Madrid to release the prisoners cap
tured on board the American schooner
Competitor in April, 1896, by the Span
ish gunboat Assagera, and that they
Will sail tomorrow CThursday) for
the United States
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Gen. w. H. L. Barnes Wife Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. H. - Mary
Munford Barnes, wife of General w.
II. l.. Barnes, and mother of District
Attorney William S. Barnes and or
John w. Barnes, died this morning She
had been i'll for some time, and her
death was expected. Mrs. Barnes was
born in New York City over sixty
years ago. She was well known in
social circles in San Francisco, and
her death will be widely regretted.