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Evening journal., 1897-09-18
MGTHODISrS' TEMPERANCE RALLY.
VARIED PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL
EXERCISES IN THE CHURCH
TO -MnRROW EVENING.

TOMORROW EVENING.
AT the M. e. Church tomorrow even
ing at 7.3O o'clock the Sunday School
Temperance Band, assisted by the
choir, will render the following pro-
gram:
Singing, my Country, 'Tis of Thee"
Prayer.
Hymn No. 800. Congregation
Temperance Fanatic
Miss Belle Megginson
Singing, by class of girls.
Temperance" ..... Willie Hamilton
"Tell Them of Jesus s'...........C CHOIR
"A Deadly Cigarette"
Miss Mary Mcguire
Duet. Broken Pinion'
Miss Sallie II. Wise. Miss Reba e.
Saunders.
veterans Home Coming
Miss Blanche Hughes
Male Quartet Drifting
S. Atwood Stewart. w. r. Finn,
G. w. Eckles, j. b. Manloye.
Temperance Selection,
Miss Mary Megonigal
Solo and duet. Somebody's Boy
Mrs. r. A. Vallette, Miss Miriam
S. Davidson.
"Commissioned" ... Miss Anna Stewart
Address by pastor, Rev. l.. p. Corkran
Quartet. ....... Saviour Lead Me-
Miss Loura Meredith, Miss Bertha
Matthews, c. Ferris Jemison,
Harry Y Jemison.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18
FIRST TINE IN TWENTY YEARS
STEAMER JUSTICE is HERE LOAD
ING WHEAT HAULED IN FROM
ADJACENT TOWNS.

For the first time in twenty years, il
is claimed. a steamer is loading wheat
at this port for export, and her cargI
is purchased direct from neighboring
farmers.
The steamer Mary r. Justice has ar.
rived at Shipley street wharf from Ped
ricktOwn. n. j., where she is taking Oh
a cargo of spot" wheat. The grain i.
being hauled from the old Craven
banks farm just below town. 1t viii
be bo,h hold and deck cargo.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18

Pennies and small change can be had
at the countlng-room Of the Evening
Journal Office.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18
ONE DOLLAR TO ATLANTIC CITY
AND RETURN VIA PENNSYL-
VANIA RAILROAD, BRIDGE

Next Saturday, September IS, special
train leaves Wilmington at $40 p. m,
and Sunday 18th, at 2 and 9.42
a. m. Tickets good to return on regu-
lar trains Sunday or Monday.
Tickets on sale to-day, procure them
In advance and avoid the crowd to-
morrow.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18
PHILADELPHIA
and CHESTER

Leave Fourth street wharf daily CSun-
days Included) at 'L30. 1890 a. IN, LOO,
and 4.l5 y. m
Leave Philadelphia at '7.SO. lois a. M.
I.S0 and 400 D. m
Fare to Philadelphia, % cents; excur-
sion. 20 cents.
Freight received all day at Philadelphia
and Wilmington. and carried at the lowest
rates. Telephone No. 81.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18
OPPOSITE DEPOT.

THE EVENING JOURNAL is a good
thing for merchants, because 1t invites
people to buy and points out the re-
liable stores.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18
DTT,AwARn DTVTsTON-

DELAWARE DIVISION.
For New Castle, S.13, Ills a. m, 25
Az, 6.55 p. m.
For Lewes and Rehoboth, s.1s a. m., All
d. m, weekdays.
For Dover, Harrington and Delmar, S1J,
days, 11.56 D. m.
For Wyoming and way stations, G5s
D. m. week days.
Comfort and Norfolk, uN q. m. week
days and 11.56 D. m. daily.
Evening journal., 1897-09-18

Leave Philadelphia, Broad Street, 10
Wilmington texpress), $50, 7.2O, 7.25, s.Si
y4e. 4.Ol, AL, sos. $50, 5.59. 6.17, Cos, az
lilo, Ills D. m, and 1906 night.
Accommodation, 6.34, 7.3O 9.12, 1O35 :
M, LA, ais, 4.OS, 4.44, SIS, S.2S, 1908 an
u.9S' d. m.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Two Members Of the Board Of Edu-
cation Indicted.
Charged With Extorting Sixty Dollars From
Janitor Cooper.
Dead Body Of q Man Found Near
Riverside, Evidently a Case Of
Murder-Death Of a Prominent
Farmer-President Mckinley to
be Invited Here.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. S.-This after
noon the Grand Jury filed into Judge
Smiths courtroom and presented two
accusations-one against Walter L..
Webb and the other against Joseph l..
Adams. members of the City Board OF
Education-of malfeasance in office.
Judge Smith ordered that the Dis
trdct Attorney be given the documents
for service, and the jury was excused.
The accusations are in the nature OF
civil proceedings to GUST Webb and
Adams from the School Board, and
have been brought under section No.
l0S of the Penal Code, which provides
for the removal of public servants from
office upon proof of corruption against
the persons charged.
District Attorney Darrell will make
personal service of the papers to-mor-
row, and both Webb and Adams will
be called before Judge Smith for ar
raignment Friday morning.
The accusations We're made by the
Grand Jury upon the strength of the
facts brought out in the investigation
now being conducted by the Board of
Education into the action of Webb and
Adams in having eXtorted from E. E.
Cooper, janitor, the sum of $50, upon
the condition and consideration that
Cooper would thereby be permitted to
retain his position
Webb appeared before Judge Smith
to-day for arraignment upon the indict-
ment brought against him by the Grand
Jury ON Tuesday, but a continuance
was granted upon motion of his attor
ney until tomorrow morning
The record-union., 1897-12-09
CHARGED WITH PEJURY.
"A Butte County Citizen ON Trial in
the u. S. District Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-Lincoln
Brodt of Butte County is on trial for
perjury in the United States District
Court. The perjury of which he is ac-
cused Is alleged to have been commit
ted in filing claims for the land on
which the Alki mine is located, before
the HeSister of the Land Office at Ma
rysville. In making his filings he swore
that the land was chiefly valuable for
the timber on it.
The facts, as alleged by the Govern
ment, are that the Alki mine has been
CONTINUOUSLY worked for eight or nine
years; that there are $4,000 worth Of
improvements on the property to plain
view, and that the noise of blasting
ana other mining operations could be
heard for a great distance
Brodt secured patent from the Land
Once on his filings without the knowl-
edge Of Parry and Merry, the owners
OF the Alki mine. AS soon as thew
learned of this they brought suit to an
null the patent, which was dore. and the
commissioner of the Land Office in
structed the United States ATTORNEY for
TINS district to bring the matter 10 the
attention of the Grand Jury. This was
oone, and the indictment found.
Brodt's defense is that he thoupht
the mire was on an adjoining saction
of land.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
MONEY ORDERS BYTHousANDs
The Holiday Rush at the New York
Postoffice Has Begun.

NEW YORK, Dec. SIN the mail
bags which went out on the ST. Paul to-
day We're 5000 foreign money orders,
amounting to f24, ,554. These orders are
Tor Christmas presents and most Of them
go to Norway and Sweden. This is the
hrst large batch of foreign money orders
that has gone out this year. The first
orders each year go to Norway and Swe-
den. About week later those intended
Tor Germany are sent, and after them
&c the orders sent to Great Britain and
Ireland. The money order certificates
to France come last, presents being sent
for New Years, according to the GUS
tom there.
The money order business in the New
York Postoffice this year is about dou-
bic that Of the last holiday season.
There We're 10000 money orders handled
yesterday, as against 10000 for the
corresponding day last year.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
MExICO'S INTERNAL DEBT.
Bill Authorizing the Issue of a New
Series of Silver Bonds.

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. S.-The
Chamber of Deputies has approved the
bill authorizing the Minister of Finance
to issue a new series of D per cent. sill
Yer bonds of the interior debt to the
amount of $20,000,000, making the total
authorization $60,00000O. The bill is
now before the Senate.
These bonds are issued to convert the
floating debt into the form of subsidies.
port works, payments, ETC., and as a
means of making the internal debt uni
form. These bonds are always in active
demand in Europe, where they are
mostly held by small investors, who re-
gard them as an excellent form of
placing their savings. The bonds are
quoted at IS to 80 in this market
The bill has gone to the Senate from
the Chamber of Deputies approving the
contract made with the Mexican Tele-
graph Company for the introduction of
an international cable and telegraph
service.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
COLUMBIA MARBLE WORKS.
Rumor That They Have Been Leas-
ed by San Francisco Parties.

JAMESTOWN (Cal), Dec. S.-A ru-
NOR which is generally credited was
circulated here to-day that Prince Po-
niatowski and r. S. Bullock, the prin-
cipal owners of the Sierra Railway, had
leased the Columbia Marble Works,
and would soon put large force of men
to work taking out stone.
Four San Francisco capitalists are
supposed to have an interest in the
proposition, and while no announcement
has been made that the new road will
be extended to the quarry, it would be
impossible for the lessees to work it
at a profit without a railroad to trans
port the stone to the main line of the
Southern Pacific.
Grant Brothers of San Francisco. who
have been having some trouble over
the bid they had in for furnishing the
marble for the new Pcstoffice building
in that city, own the property, which
is credited with containing an almost
inexhaustible supply
The record-union., 1897-12-09
REVENUE CUTTER CoRW1N.
Returns to San Diego From a Sup
posed Chase After SmuggIers.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. S.-The revenue
cutter Corwin returned to port this
morning, after a. trip supposed to have
been taken for the purpose of captur-
ing some vessel or vessels engaged in
smuggling Chinese into the State.
After leaving here early Saturday
morning the Corwin went north, stop
ping a few hours off San Pedro, and
then left for a cruise around San
C1emente Island. Early Monday morn
ing she steamed south forty miles be-
low Ensenada, and on her return made
brief stop at that port.
Captain Herring and other officers of
the Corwin paid an official visit to the
Governor at Ensenada, and in return
the Governor and his staff paid an Of
flcial call on the vessel, bringing with
them their band of twenty-five pieces.
The Corwin sailed from Ensenada yes
terday afternoon, reaching the harbor
here at q O'Clock this morning.
The officers of the cutter and Collec-
tor Fisher, who was aboard during the
trip, refused to say what vessel they
We're seeking to capture
The record-union., 1897-12-09
STORM NOTES.
Considerable Damage Done by
Breakers at Pacific Grove

PACIFIC GROVE, Dec. S-The storm
of yesterday increased in severity dur
ing the night, and considerable dam
age was done by the breakers this
morning. The rock buttressing along
the Southern Pacific tracks was washed
away in places between New Monterey
and Pacific Grove. The damage was
speedily repaired, however. The har-
Dor of Monterey suffered less from the
storm than adjacent places, but several
light fishing boats We're torn from
their moorings and carried out to sea.
SAN JOSE, Dec. S.-The rainfall for
the storm amounts to 80 of an inch,
and for the season 24S inches. Same
date last year 6.12 inches
SAN DIEGO, Dec. S.-The storm
reached this city tonight, and a light
rain has been falling since o'clock.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
A RIVERSIDE MYSTERY
Dead Body Of a Man Found-Evi.
IDENTIFY a Case of Murder.

RIVERSIDE, Dec. Sword was re-
ceived in this city to-day that the dead
BODY OF man had been found in the
river bottom about eight miles below
here. The Coroner at once went to the
place indicated and took charge Of the
body, which was that of a man about
30 years of age. 1t was We'll dressed
and had apparently lain where found
several days. The feet of the corpse
as well as the hands were tied by strong
rope and the man had been shot twice
In the head 1t is evidently a case of
murder, and is a mystery that will be
hard TO fathom. So far no one has been
found who can identify the remains
The record-union., 1897-12-09
An Engineer Instantly Killed.

G. Nourse, assistant engineer in charge
of construction of the new Crescent
bridge, was instantly killed by a falling
one of the best known and most sue
cessful scientific engineers in the West.
He designed the railroad terminal sta
ton at the Worlds Fair grounds in
Chicago. For many years he was
Chief Engineer of the Chicago and
Evanston Railroad, and was identified
with the engineering departments Of
the Milwaukee, Northwestern and San
ia Fe systems.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Water Flume Opened.

JAMESTOWN (Cal), Dec. S.-The
Tuolumne County Water Company's $
flume, which has been shut down for
about two and a half months, was
opened to-day, and water reached this
city this evening. The dam of the
storage reservoir, about twenty-five
miles from here, washed out some time
ago, and the stamp mills had to depend
entirely on the streams for water. For
over two months many of the mills have
been shut down, but they will resume
work at once. The dam has been re-
constructed, and the company will be
in a position in the future to furnish an
ahundanc of water.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
THE STORM IN OREGON.
Much Damage Done About Yauuina
Bay.

NEWPORT (Or.), Dec. S.-The heavy
southwest storm yesterday and to-day
is the worst ever experienced here. The
nigh tide washed out large sections Of
the water front bulkhead, damaged
Main street several hundred dollars
and heavy seas carried away portions
of the Government jetty.
AT Yaquina City the high tide did
considerable damage to the cribbing of
the Oregon Central and Eastern Rail-
road wharf. and carried away a bulk
head in front of several residences near
the beach.
The record-union., 1897-12-09

mine. His hands were tied securely be-
hind his body, and his neck was black
and blue, showing plainly the imprint
OF rope, which had choked the life
out of his body. Blood oozed from a
dozen bullet wounds In the officer S
body, ard his clothing was torn into
shreds.
The Coroner began an Investigation,
and 1t has been fully developed that he
was waylaid by mob of McBroom' S
friends, composed of miners, determin-
ed upon rescuing the prisoner, and that
Murray was lynched, the body cut
down and placed by the roadside.
McBroom was arrested to-day.
The record-union., 1897-12-09

WAVERIY 0a), Dec. S.-Delllah
Fales has confessed her share IN the
tragic death of Jerome Kern, the man
who was found dead in a lonely wood
ON the 23d of last August. The young
woman now confeSSeS that she fired
.the bullets that killed him. She was
Mnd;cted to-day, and it is said her al
leged accomplice before the fact, Will
f1am Kern, a son of the victim, will
he indicted tomorrow.
When she was a mere child of 13
years, she charges that the elder Kern
betrayed her, and that ever after he
haras5ed her with his attentions.
More than that, he sought, by black
sening her reputation, she states, to
keep others from paying court to her.
Twice before she became attached to
the murdered mans son, she had been
dn a tair way to become happily mar
ried, but as many times had Jerome
Kern, she declares, poisoned her low
ers against her.
AT last, when by the same method
he sought to prevent his son from mar
rying her, the spent-up hatred of years
vented itself in the commission of the
crime.
Il killed him with generalization and
deiiberation," she said. 4 prayed God
to give me strength to do it with all
the eernestneSs that l could command,
as l have prayed to Him for forgive
ness. 1 have suffered no pangs of con-
science. On the contrary, a restful
calm seemed to come into my life from
the r1oment 1 knew he was dead.
never slept so we'll as I did after the
night l fired those fatal shots"
Miss Fales' confession starts by
telling Of the love affair of herself and
young Kern, and of the opposition of
the father They discussed the ques-
ton of putting him out Of the way,
and they agreed that that would be the
best way out of the difficulty. One
day the elder Kern suggested to the
young woman that she meet him. She
saw her opportunity that she had been
waiting for and she asSented, making
an appointment for the following morn
ing IN the woods near her home. They
met, and he assisted her to alight from
her vehicle.
He was on his knees before me-" she
confessed. Il saw my chance to kill
him. l had the revolver just inside my
coat, which was buttoned up. AS he
was kneeling there pulled the revolver
out and shot him in the chest. He
Whirled around on his knees a little
ways, and as he fell forward I shot
him in the right side of the back.
don't know whether his clothes caught
dire or not, as l hurried away"
Then follows a detail of the plotting
of the two to lay the crime at the door
of John Lewis, a former lover of De-
hlah. They even prepared a letter,
ipurporting to have been written by the
deceased on the day of his murder, and
which was left where it would be readi-
ay found, as it was a few days ago.
This letter said that if harm came to
Kern Lewis must be held responsible.
William Kern's confession corrobo-
1-ates that Of Miss Fales in almost every
detail.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Thousands Going to Klondike.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-The
Alaska Trade Committee has closed a
contract with James Shackley, for ten
years Governor of Alaska, by which he
will take charge of the San Francisco
headquarters in Chicago. Accompa-
MED by several other gentlemen, he
will go East in a special car, stopping
Ell route to point out the advantages
Of this city as an outfitting point for
the Klondke. Advices received by the
committee are to the effect that 1900
men from the counties of Fresno, Ma
dera, Tulare and Kings will go north in
the spring.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
TERRIBLE, IF TRUE.
Rumor That Ship With 1000
PeopIe Aboard Was Wrecked.

LONDON, Dec. S.-The rumor cabled
from Halifax that the British troopshir
-Avoca, bound from Jamaica for Cape
Town, with 1000 troop on board, has
foundered, is not credited here
According to a telegram received to-
day from Teneriffe, the Avoca, sup
posed to be the troopship, had arrived
at Ascension Island, though the date
of arrival is not given.
1t is noted as bearing on the two dis
patches that the First Battalion, Liv-
srpool Regiment, consisting of eight
companies is under orders from Ja-
'macia for Cape Town.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
ChiIdren's Home Finding Society.

SAN JOSE. Dec. S.--The Children's
Home Finding Society of California
held its annual meeting to-day in this
city. All of the Old officers We're re-
elected State Superintendent II. w.
Braytons report showed that during
the past year homes were found for 10o
children
The record-union., 1897-12-09
AN OFFICER LYNCHED.
Put to Death by a Mob of Arkansas
Coal Miners.

FORT SMITH (Ark-), Dec. S.-James
Murray, Constable at Jenny Lind, a
coal mining town in Sebastian County
was lynched on Sunday night by a mob
OF coal miners.
Constable Murray went TO Bonanza
Sunday afternoon to arrest a miner
named McBroom. He captured Nc
Broom without trouble, and started for
Jenny Lind about midnight. That was
the last seen Of Murray alive.
The Constable's body was found ly-
ing near the roadside, about thirty
yards from the shaft of the Bonanza
The record-union., 1897-12-09
SpreckeIs' Big Purchase.

thousand acres of the San Lorenzo
ranch in Monterey County have been
purchased by Claus Spreckels from c.
II. King. The price is stated to be
over S275.0O0. The land is situated
near King City, and about 1000 of the
1900 acres are adapted to the cultiva
ton of sugar beets.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Thos. Coleman's Estate Claimant.

EUREKA, Dec. S.-The claim was
presented in court to-day of Catherine
Smith to the estate of her uncle, Thorn
as Coleman, who died over thirty years
ago. AT that time over $1,000 was
turned into the State treasury and has
not before been claimed. OF the four
original heirs, two are known to be
dead and the other two have not been
heard Of for over twenty years. The
case is an unusual one, aand contains
a problem in procedure upon which the
statutes are said to be very vague. The
case was taken under advisement.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Board High at Dawson.

SANTA ROSA, Dec. S.-A letter re-
ceived here to-day from f. S. Holden,
dated Dawson City, October 18th, which
confirms the reports of the lack of food
at that place states that he Is paying
$500 per month for board with a private
family. Holden left here a few months
ago, and now has a half-interest in
two of the richest claims on Bonanza
Creek. He and his partner employ twen-
ty-fiye miners.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Big Mortgage Placed on Record.

FRESNO, Dec. S.-One of the larg-
est mortgages ever placed on record
in this county was filed to-day by JEFF
ferson G. James and wife to the Ger
man Savings and Loan Society Of San
Francisco for 100000. The rate of
interest is per cent. Mr.. James gives
as security for the note his extensive
holdings on the West Side.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Hawthorne Was Murdered.

VICTORIA (B. c., Dec. S.-The body
of Ernest Hawthorne, who disappeared
from the Silver Stream District, near
Wellington, New Zealand, recently, has
been found. 1t had been pressed into
hastily dug grave on the spot where
Hawthorne and a man named STAN
hope had established q camp. After
the disappearance of Hawthorne Stan
hope moved camp and was afterward
arrested, charged with forging a
check. That Hawthorne was murdered
is beyond doubt
The record-union., 1897-12-09
A Bark's Narrow Escape.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-The bark
Marlborough Hill narrowly escaped be-
ing wrecekd to-day just outside the
Golden Gate. She was being towed in
by the tug Rescue, when the hawser
parted and became entangled in the
screw of the tug. Fortunately the bark
was under sail. and succeeded in pass
ing Bonita reef by a narrow margin.
Other tugs then went to the rescue of
both vessels.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Absconder Dalashmutt Surrenders.

FRESNO. Dec. S.-William Dalash-
mutt, the absconding City Marshal of
Selma, has been arrested at Jerome,
Ariz. He was short S4S1 on license COL
lections in Selma Dalashmutt grew
tired of being hunted from town to
town and telegraphed to Officer Crutch-
er of this city to come and arrest him.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
GERMAN BARK POTRIMoPs.
Disaster Overtakes the Efforts tt
Float the Vessel.

ASTORIA Or), Dec. S.-For six
months the Foard & Stokes Company of
this city, purchasers of the German
bark Potrimops, which went ashore on
North Beach December 19, 1896. have
been laying their plans and making
strenuous efforts to float the vessel. Ex-
pert wreckers We're engaged, four or
five pumping engines, steam winches
and other valuable machinery We're
placed upon her, and a few days ago
Lawrence Foard of San Francisco ar
rived on the scene and took charge of
the operations. A short time ago every
preparation was made to float the ship
at the present high tide, but to-day dis
aster Unexpectedly overlook their af-
forts.
A special dispatch from the scene of
the wreck to the Historian" says:
The bark Potrimpos capsized on her
beam end at 9:45 o'clock this morning
She has been afioat for the past two
days. Yesterday she moved about 250
feet further north on the beach. About
$50 this morning she carried away the
port chock, tearing up the bulwarks and
throwing the strain well abeam' OF the
ship. This prevented the men in charge
from keeping her to the sea, and there
being no ballast aboard. at 9:4o she
turned on her beam ends toward the
sea, so that her spars struck the sand.
At the time Of the accident there were
fourteen men aboard, including Mr..
Foard and Captain Driko, but all
reached the shore safely by means of
shore lines attached 10 the ship. En-
gineer James Carroll had a narrow es-
cape.
Both life-savng crews from Fort Can
by and Long Beach arrived here shortly
after the men got ashore.
The ship lies about 165 feet from the
drift logs, and pretty we'll sanded, but
Mr. Foard still has hopes of saving her.
The record-union., 1897-12-09
Blew the Top of His Head Off.

PORTLAND, Dec. S.-Alfred j. Mum
dy, an express messenger for Wells,
Fargo & Co., committed suicide to-day
at his home near Mount Tabor by blow
ing the top of his head off with re-
volver. Ill-health caused him to take
his life. Mundy leaves a wife and three
children
The record-union., 1897-12-09
An Insolvent Fruit Dealer.

STOCKTON, Dec. 81. r. Carlisle,
a fruit dealer, filed a petition in in
solvency to-day. His Indebtedness
amounts in round figures to $500, and
his assets to 81 400, of which about $500
are exempt from execution Most of
the creditors are San Francisco COM
mission men.