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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
4 FUGITITE MURDERER.
He is Apprehended in Boston for Mill wRukee Officers.


 waukee Officers.
 Boston, July 21.-Antonio Ballastero, an Italian about thirty-three years of age, was arrested here tonight upon a charge of committing murder in Mill waukee ten days ago. His alleged vic- tim was Joseph Sokap, a German teamster with whom the prisoner, a. fruit vendor, had some business deal ings The arrest was made by two pa- trolmen assisted by Detective Sullivan of Mllkaukee. Ballastero was found peddling crabs on North street, near Quincy Row. and a nine-year-old boy who witnessed the crime, fully identiti- ed him as Sokap's assailant.
 The crime was committed July 10 and Sokap died two days later. Ballastero fled, but his acquaintances in Milwau- kee Were watched, and 1t was soon learned that a telegram and letter had been received from the fugitive. Soon another letter came requesting his clothes to an address on North street in this city Then the Boston police were notified,
 Ballastero was located and on We'd nesday Detective Sullivan and his boy witness arrived in town. Tonight the three officers came across Ballastero on the street crying his wares, and he was arrested. He accompanied his captors willingly, and after being conn mitted to a cell, expressed his willing ness to return to Milwaukee without awaiting the arrival of reuuisition pa pers. He admitted his guilt, but plead ed provocation and said he committed the crime in the heat of passion when he did not realize what he was doing. Ballastero will be detained at station No. l until Detective Sullivan hears from his chief as to how to proceed
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II WAS DEATH ID SEVEN Four Female and Three Male Employees Killed in an
 Explosion at Win-
 chester Works.
SIX MET INSTANT DEATH
ONE DIED LATER AT THE ROSETTA [
 OF HIS INJURIES.

Accident the Most Serious Disaster in the History of the Winchester Compsny-It Occurred in the Shell Loading Depart ment at 9.3O o'clock Yesterday Morning There Was No Premonitory Warning There Was Mighty Report and Shock and is Was All Over-iiut in n Moment Six Lives Were Lost-Bodies Fearfully
 Mangied-Cause of the Accident Due to Overlooking Cartridge Machine-Cuip-
 ability Not Determined-Company Will
 Pay Funeral Expenses and for Physi-
 cians' Services-Property Loss Estimated
 at S1o,OoO-List of Injured-Details of the Accident.
 One of the most horrible accidents that has occurred in this city during New Havens history took place at 9:30 yesterday morning at the Winchester Repeating Arms factory, and as a result seven lives were lost. The accident was caused by the explosion of powder in a shot cartridge loading machine in the cartridge loading department of the factory The cause of the explosion is as yet a matter of conjecture, but from facts that can be obtained it seems to have been undoubtedly occasioned by overlooking the machine. The list of killed is as follows:
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WsysoN ATTACKS BUTLER.
Urges Him to Resign from the Leadership
 of the Populist Party.

of the PopuIist Party.
 Atlanta, Ga, July 21.-In his peoples party paper of this week, out tonight, Thomas F.. Watson calls on Senator Marion Butler to resign the national chairmanship of the peoples party. He says:
 with Butler at the head of our host. the host is not going to march. We had enough of Butler and Butlerlsm. He has deceived us and is deceiving us now. He is in collision with our foes, tust as Allen is. We cannot fight fusion with a fusionist in command. There is no sense in trying It. This party is entitled to a chairman who Is in sym pathy with it's policy as declared at Nashville. Populism cannot go to suc- cess unless a populist leads--a leader who puts principles above the offices and who realizes the deadly mistake of putting our party into corrupt bargain ings for offices with it's foes.
 Let MT. Butler resign. Let us have Washburn or Reed for a champion. Let us have leader in whom to put confidence"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
ANNEY4TIoS OF HAWAII.
Senate Committed on Foreign Relations
 Discnss 1t, But Take No Action.

Washington, July 21-The senate committee on foreign relations to-day discussed briefly the bill introduced by Senator Morgan for the annexation of Hawaii but decided to postpone further consideration of it while the annexation treaty is still pending. The bill is only intended to be acted upon in its present shape in case the senate tries to secure ratification The committee expects the senate to take up the treaty immedi- ately upon assembling next December, and desire to have the bill in shape for prompt consideration In case its con- sideration should be rendered necessa- ry by the ill-success of the treaty.
 The committee also decided to investi- gate the status of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty appointed substitute committee consisting of Senators Morgan, Lodge and Cullom for this purpose.
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IN A DUNGEON FOR LIFE
PENALTY IMPOSED ON PRINCE TSAI
 BY THE PRINCESS DOTAGER,

He Failed to Congratulate Her Upon Her
 Birthday-His Title to he Taken Away
 Also to be Publicly Whipped Until He
 Cries for Mercy-Then He is to be } Walled Up.
 Vancouver, B. C., July 21.-The Prin- cess Dowager of China has confined Prince Tsat for life in a dungeon for not being present to congratulate her on her birthday and In refusing to wor- ship at the shrine of his ancestors. His title is to be taken away from him and he Is to be publicly whipped on the bare back with bamboos until he screams for mercy, after which he is to be shut up between four wallis and fed on spare diet until he repents. This decree has been published in the court gazette.
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List of the Dead,

Julius Borman, seventeen years of age, residence 8S George street. Pow der boy.
 Josie Brennan, orphan, eighteen years of age, residence 34 George street.
 Mrs Nellie Baumeister, sixteen years of age, residence Dixwell avenue, Hamden. Father and mother reside in Brooklyn,
 Ida Brown, thirty years of age, mar ried, residence 147 Ashmun street. Head torn to shreds. Parents live in De- troit.
 Walter Hill, eighteen years of age, residence, 52 Hazel street. Spine broken, right shoulder broken. Powder boy.
 Theresa Connolly, sixteen years of age, residence 190 Willow street. Head burned, left arm and thigh broken.
 Edward Bardoff twenty-one years of age, residence 51S Winchester avenue
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
IF TIE WAR WITH ENGLAND.
A Humorist's Contribution to the Columns
 of the Daily Mail.

London, July 22.-The Daily Mail has received an anonymous letter with reference to the probability of war between England and the United States in which the writer says:
 England ought to take the oppor- tunity of rectifying the frontier by an nexing Maine, Vermont, New Hamp- shire and a part of New York state thus giving Canada a seaport-Port- land-to which navigation is open all the year. She ought also to annex Alaska and the Sandwich Islands"
 The writer also declares that the talk of the United States helping England In the event of war with the com bination of European powers Is all twaddle and says 1t Is far more likely that the Americans would fight against England.
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PATROLLING THE SEAL SEAS.
England Sending a Much Stronger Force
 Than Usual to Protect the Seals.

Vancouver, B. C., July 21.-The Brit stronger patrolling force up to Behring sea sealing fisheries than usual this season. Already two men-of-war, the Wild Swan, 1,200 tons, and the Pheas- ant, 800 tons, have sailed for the Beh- ring sea, and they will be followed in g. few days by the Amphion, a powerful cruiser of 5000 tons and ten guns. Be- sides these vessels, two others are to be detached from the China fleet, one of them being the Rainbow, a powerful modern cruiser
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The List of Slightly Inj ured.

Edward Leah, 1S2 Franklin street, pieces of metal blown into right arm. Was only employed yesterday morning
 Mary Johnson, boarding at Winches- ter hotel, cut in head. Had only been at work three weeks.
 Lizzie Lawlor, tainted from seeing her companion killed and was with difficulty revived.
 At 9:30 yesterday morning the resi- dents in the vicinity of the Winchester factory were startled by hearing a loud explosion, and surmising at once that another explosion had taken place at Winchesters, the streets leading to the factory were in a few moments filled with crowds running towards the shop on Winchester avenue The striking of the fire alarm 522, which is for a pri- vate box at the factory, confirmed the surmises of those who heard the ex- plosion and led others in parts of the city remote from the factory to suspect another accident such as has occurred there from time to time.
 As the crowds began to arrive at the factory and 1t was learned that an ex- plosion with fatal results had taken place, the scene was heartrending. Hundreds of wives, mothers and other relatives of those employed In the de- partment in which the explosion oc- cured were in the crowd and their frantic efforts to get to the scene of the explosion to look for their loved ones brought sympathy from the most hard hearted of the lookers-on With blanched faces filled with awful ap- prehension the women fought their way through the crowd to the factory gates. There two officers, other policemen not having arrived at that time, attempted to keep the crowd back Their efforts were futile, however, and they were swept aside by the onpouring crowd, which swept through to the cartridge filling shop.
 At the cartridge shop all was chaotic confusion. Some of the employees were pouring out, while others were caring, for the wounded and pulling the dead from beneath the debris. The coolness displayed by the greater part of the employes was wonderful and under the direction of the foreman, Ferdinand Pdeghar, they were carrying out the dead and seeking in tine smoke, amid heaps of battered machinery. for other bodies. AS the crowd of employees poured out from the gates and hus- band. sister or brother was recognized by the anxious and terrified ones out side the scene was beyond description and in the faces of those who saw alive and uniniured some dear one, of whose fate they had been apprehensive, the thankfulness and joy which lit up the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
Dr. Nansen nelieres in anh-ee,. p,.-

Stockholm, July 21-Dhe Aftonbladet has received a dispatch from Dr. Nan sen in which the explorer says that he thinks Herr Andree's undertaking to reach the North Pole by balloon Is practicable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
SUBMISSION OF THE SULTIN.
An Trade Issued Sanctioning the Frontier
 Settlement,

Cohstantincple, July 21-The sultan mas issued an trade sanctioning the set uefhent of the frontier question in &C., cordance With the wishes of the powers
 The Sultan's trade appears to accept the frontier line fixed by the military attaches Of the powers with reserva- tions' which probably mean that there will be further delays.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
ro.-,b,e Hailstorm in Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland, July 21.-A terri h,a bsilstorm has devastated the coun- trv north of the lake of Zurich. Crops and fruit trees have been destroyed. buildings damaged and telegraph wires torn down. The damage is widespread and m general consternation prevails in the m district affected.
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was very satisfactory and that the suc- cess of uniformity now depended en- tirely upon the local operators. He will suggest the calling of meeting of op- orators in the near future to consider the matter. There were some clauses in the agreement that were objecriona- ble and a modification would be neces- sary to meet the changed conditions.
 MT. De Armitt refused to talk further than to report that the situation was by no means discouraging." ,a-
 Miners Secretary Warner issued an appeal for aid to-day, In which he stated that the miners were in starv- ing condition.
 One woman of foreign birth, the ap- peal says, actually died of starvation and the men at Toms Run, Shire Oaks and Bunola have applied to headquar- ters for assistance. ''The men," it con- tinued, "are just as determined as ever and will not go back to work without securing living wages"
 Fairmont, w. Va, July 21.-Eugene V. Debs addressed five hundred miners at Watson this evening" three hundred of them marching there from Monon- gah, a distance of four miles. In his speech he took pains to denounce the reports that he was discouraged. His speech was a socialistic one, and his utopia was described to the men com pletely. Debs when seen denounced the refusal of the mayor of Pocahontas to let Sovereign speak, He said:
 ''If it is true we are no better in the United States than in Russia Free speech Is denied in West Virginia, so it Is in Russia. It shows the desperation on the part of the operators. It's like other schemes of the money power The end Is near. It is cupidity, and cupid l ity commits suicide. They can force us down now, but 1t is like damming a stream. You can build the dam higher and higher, but finally the dam must break. Pent-up power will some day destroy. Sovereign's fate will strengthen the social democracy"
 The meeting at Warrington this af- ternoon was very successful one from the organizers standpoint, and a union will be formed there tomorrow.
 | Columbus, O., July 21.-President Ratchford said tonight before leaving for West Virginia that all statements to the effect that the strike was not
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
The List of Seriously Injured.

George Bardoff, aged twenty-five, liv- ing with his parents, SIS Winchester avenue, was very seriously injured His right eye was torn from the socket and his left arm was fractured at the elbow by flying debris
 Anna Donnelly of Mansfield street near Monson, hip injured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
HaNOUERO FINISHED FIRST.
Beats the Puck in the Thirty Footer Class
 Of Newport.

Newport, R. L, July 21.-In the sweenstake race for 3O-footers this af- ternoon Vaquero, H. B. Duryea's boat, was first, with Puck second. The sum- ms
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
IS TT 4 MESSAGE FROM ANDREEs
If 1t Is 1t is Just a Trifie Obscure-Dated
 From the North Pole.

Christiana, July 21.-A telegram from Stanvengar states that carrier pigeon has been caught in the neighborhood of Soevde, in Rifylke, with silver ring upon one of its feet and the following stamped on its wings:
 North Pole 142 w., 47.62."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-22
OPENING DAY AT FLEETWOOD.
Marie Wellington and Glesin1tay Win in
 the 2:4O and 2:4O Classes Respectively.

tn6 S:4O anu S:&U CiaSbeb ItOepoCtlVelys
 New York, July 21.-The July meet ing began to-day at Fleetwood Park with slow track, and showers fell during the afternoon. The 2:40 pace brought seven to the front and Marie Wellington and Lizzie Myers sold at $5 each to s10 for the field. The former never made mistake, but taking a lead from the start. kept it to the wire, winning by three lengths. In the sec ond heat she won by length and in the third pulling up by the same dis tance.
 In the 2:50 trot the bay horse Clesim- tay was the favorite, but Commodore won the first heat with little to spare. The favorite won the second easily by two length and in close finish with the black mare Jet landed the third. He played with his field in the fourth, whining, pulling up by half a length. The summary:
 2:4O Class-Pacing-Pur $500.
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Columbus, O., July 21-President Ratchford said tonight before leaving for West Virginia that all statements to the effect that the strike was not progressing favorably could be liber- ally discounted, as they were evidently inspired.
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Marie Wellington, b m, by Gen.
 eral Wellington (McGuire).... l George K. br g, (Valentine)... 2 2 N. T. B., br h, (Manee). 4 ? Atatika. oh g. (Wilkinson). 3 3 Tasteful, br m, (Harrington) 4 5 Dan John, br g, (Nicho1ls)... 5 dis. Lizzie Myers, oh m, (Stanton).. dis.
 Time-2:2911a, 2:26&, 2:27A.
 2:5O -Trotting-Purse $500. Clestimtay, oh m, by Nut
 wood, (Thompson) ........ 1 l Commodore, oh g, (Yerance) 1 2 Jet, blk m, (Whelpley) . 4 4 Master Cole, br h, (Toony).. ? 4 5 3 Stambon, h, (Manee) ...... 5 3 8 Furetta b m, (Stevens) .... 8 d. Willie Lock, Gock) .......... 6 6 q. Crescent, b m, CSchrader),... 8 dis.
 Time-2:S1h, 2:23A, 2:271a, 2:291a.
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Pittsburg, July 21-Chairman Little of the arbitration commission and Pres ident De Armitt of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company arrived in Pittsburg to-day from the east, where they went to secure the cooperation of the mine owners along the Pennsyl- vania railroad to the uniformity agreement. General Little said the in terviews with the eastern operate were confidential, but he could say in a general way that the result of the trip
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Cleveland, O., July 21.-The Cleveland Rolling Mill company shut down at noon to-day for want of fuel. The com pany refused to pay the advanced price. Over twelve hundred men were thrown out of employment.
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Fairmount, W. Va, July 21.--T'his af- ternoon the Aurora and O'Donnell mines organized a union with eighty members The women of Monogah presented the strikers flag which was carried on the march this afternoon. Over four hundred miners, with their wives and children, were in the ranks. At Pritchard twenty men joined the strikers.
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The herald., 1897-09-23
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Robert Bledsoe, the prominent criminal
lawyer of San Bernardino, has been en-
gagged by the friends of S. J. Darrah, the
man who was killed by Frank Melner at
Banning. to assist the district attorney in
the prosecution of Miner.
The papers in the case of S. ]. Hatcher
VS.. c. w. Mcleod were served on the de-
fendant today Hatcher has sued Mcleod
in the courts of San Jose for $50 900 dam
of Hatcher some weeks since on complaint
of Mcleod, who charged Hatcher with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses. This
was the case in which Mcleod traded some
shares in a proposed Los Angeles telephone
company to Hatcher for shares in sim
liar company in San Jose. Hatcher was
arrested and brought here and was dis
charged on his preliminary examination
by the justice of the peace.
H. l.. Miller. while engaged in working
around a gasoline engine. in his carpet
cleaning establishment today, was quite
badly scorched by an explosion.
A camp of the Sons of Veterans will
be organized here October 18th, and
society of Veterans of the War will also
be instituted the same day.
The Western Union Telegraph messen-
ger team, which defeated the Los Angeles
team Admission day, go to Los Angeles
and the coast today for a weeks vacation.
The team WILL run it's next race against
the Elsinore team. This event will occur
in about two weeks.
The herald., 1897-09-23
ARMADA

ARMADA, Sept. 22.-(Regular Crrespon-
dence.) School opened here Monday with
Miss Stella Atwood in charge During va
cation very fine cabinet was added to the
paraphernaia of the school and Miss At
wood brings another valuable collection of
specimens and ores to add to the school
stock.
The statement has been quite freely pub
lished that the recent suit of William
Bourne to foreclose a $50, coo mortgage on
Alessando lands covers the lands of Ar
mada. This is mistake. The Bourne
mortgage covers only the Alessandro town.
site. But there are two other parties hold
ing blanket mortgages over the greater
portion of this section, and it is rumored
that the foreclosure OF these will follow al
most Immediately. Several citizens have
paid the Bear Valley company. to find later
the blanket mortgage, about one-fourth the
cost of their land still against it.
The dryers are still at work on the peach
crop and only few growers will have Oc-
tober peaches to handle. The crop this
season has been a god one.
d. E. Macoun finds himself in possession
of a large crop of prunes. This is said to
be the only prune crop of Southern Califor-
mia, and Mr.. Macouns prune orchard is
consequently better than an orange crop.
The herald., 1897-09-23
RIVERSIDE

RIVERSIDE, Sept. 22.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Another suit has been COM
menced in the superior court of this coun-
ty to test the validity of the new county
government act of 1891 This time it is
the supervisors who will sue for back mile
age. Under the law of 1893 the members
of the board were paid 20 cents per mile
mileage each way, and the new law cut
this down to 10 cents one way. Supervisor
Thompson of the Fourth district has stead
lily refused to accept any part of the 10
cent allowance, and now he, with Super
visors Shaver of the Fifth and Compton of
the First districts, who still claim the bal
ance of 80 cents mileage, have combined
and brought suit. They claim that it is
Illegal and unconstitutional to cut a public
officials salary during his term of office.
Papers of incorporation of the West
Coast FertiliZing company were filed with
the county clerk today. The capital stock
of the company is 100000, divided into 1000
shares of 500 each, of which amount
$26, 600 has been actually subscribed. The
principal place of bus. ness of the COM
pany is Los Angeles, and the stockholders
are R. P. and S. b. Sebley and A. NJ. John
son of Los Angeles and NJ. F. and b. A.
McLaurin of San Bernardino.
A pleasant social occurred at the resi-
dence of City Trustee J. A. Semnes last
evening About sixty were present, most
~ members Oh the hnlSntS OF fytnldS anu
Rathbone Sisters lodges. An excellent
musical program was rendered, after which
dainty refres hments were served.
The directors of the Y. NJ. c. A. held.
an executive meeting last evening, to con-
slider the most advisable means to increase
the membership and resources of the
ciety. 1t was decided to raise the annual
membership fee to $40, to take effect
December 1st.
| The decision of Judge Dougherty of So
n oma county in the case where the sur
veyor of the county sued the auditor for
his salary warrant fits the case in this
county exactly. The county surveyor here
was given a fixed salary of $500 year by
the new county law. instead of fees, as
| under the old law, but the auditor has re-
fused to draw his warrant for the claim.
| Now that the S0noma court has decided in
| favor of the surveyor, suit will be
brought by the surveyor here at once to
compel the auditor to act.
| The committee on program appointed at
| the meeting of Company M held Friday
evening last to arrange for a farewell re-
ception to be rendered Captain j. A. Eason
has decided upon a program. including mu-
| sic and short addresses by Captain NJ. ].
| Daniels. George Frost, Wilfred M Peck
| Brigadier General c. F. A. Last, Colonel
John H. Berry, Major ]. w. f. Diss. Lieu
tenant Colonel Schneider and Major Frank
Prescott.