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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
RAiLROADS SWiNDLED
 BY 4 C0NTORTIONIST.
Trick or q Clever Athlete n DisIocutinq q Hip in Falling Upon the Platform
 of Car.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. S-Railroad officials here are blue over news re- ceived from Virginia. Two months ago a man fell on the platform of train about five miles out of this city. His heel caught in the crack and his hip was dislocated by the fall Three sur geons examined him, including the company's surgeon, and all declared that the man would be a cripple for life. The man was paid $2200 and his lawyers fees. In addition to this he was furnished with a baggage car and transportation for his lawyer and nurse to go with him to Chicago. The railroad officials felt they had made a cheap settlement. The other day a man fell on the platform of the Nor folk and Western in Virginia and worked the same old story of a dislo- cated hip. But he had been seen on the previous day hunting for a place to catch his heel. A raveling man was present and recognized him as. the man who had been paid by the Indian apolis road. An investigation re- vealed that the man was a professional contoruonist, and could dislocate any part of his body without pain. He has swindled several roads.
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the courthouse window at l o'clock this morning "Blackie,' alias Chadwick Marshall, the self-confessed murderer of Orville Hayden. It was a quietly executed crime. but, nevertheless, a bloody one. The mob had no difficulty in obtaining entrance to the jail and to the cell where "Blackie" lay sleeping. As he sprang. startled and but half awake, from his couch he cried:
 Don't hurt me. Before God and man I am innocent" Then he sank to the floor, unconscious from a blow on the temple from heavy revolver.
 The rope was placed about his neck and he was half dragged, half carried to the courtroom of Judge Mcdonald, on the floor above. There the end of the rope was made fast to the narrow beam that separates the two windows, and the unconscious. bleeding and aI- most naked body was hurled out. The feet touched the top of the windows on the floor below, but never moved. The man slowly strangled to death. His only attire was an under and an over shirt.
 At o'clock this morning the body was cut down and turned over to the Coroner, who held an inquest The verdict of the jury was that Marshall came to his death by hanging at the hands of a mob. the members of which are unknown. The body lies at an un- dertaker's, where it has been viewed by thousands to-day.
 Robert Mcdonald. alias Dakota Slim," the partner of "Blackie." was more fortunate than his mate. and saved his life not through any efforts of the Sheriff's officers. but through his own courage and ingenuity. When the mob had hanged "Blackie' it returned to the jail and entered the corridor where Slim" was confined. They found the lock to the outer door of his cell stuffed with paper and wood. placed there through the bars by Sim" himself while they were at their work upstairs. As they tried to pry out the mass Slim" appeared at the grating with a caseknife tied to mop handle and with this frail weap- on drove the mob off. From a distance one of the mob fired at him. He groan- ed and fell to the floor. A portion of a bullet. spattering against the wall, had struch him in the breast, infiicting only a scratch, and another portion had passed through his sleeve He was practically uninjured, but feigned death and deceived the mob. who
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MINER
 NOW CLEARED
Letters Received From John w. Horne, Reported to Have Been Murdered and Robbed of
 Large Sum.

TACOMA, Jan. S.-The police forces of several cities, including San Fran cisco, Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, have of late been in a state of much uncertainty and disturbance concern ing the mysterious disappearance of John w. Horne, an Alaskan miner, whom they credit with having dropped out of sight having in his possession snug little fortune amounting to $25,- 900. His disappearance is detailed in a notice sent out by Chief Lees of the San Francisco Police Department. Sev- eral northwestern papers have printed long and exciting stories, going to show that despite the efforts of the best de tectives on the coast Horne could not be traced from the day last September when he left San Francisco by steamer for Tacoma.
 It came to light that Horne is alive and well and has been quietly attend ing to his business in entire ignorance of the commotion his supposed disap- pearance was causing, or of the fact that some believed he had been mur- dered for his money. On his return from Alaska last summer Horne wis ited his brother, H. G. Horne, a car penter here, and later made a flying trip to San Francisco, depositing part of his money here and part there.
 While Horne was in Alaska his mother. who resided in Racine, Wis, died, and Horne during his stay in San Francisco concluded to go to his mothers home and settle up her es-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
A MOb'S Awful Vengeance Upon the Slayers of
 a Woman.
Indians Taken From Their Home to Expiate in Most HOr= pibIe Manner a Most
 Horrible Crime.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. S.-A spe- cial to the Gazette from Fort Smith. says; Justice in a more horrible form than that meted out to Harry Smith at Paris, Tex. was administered by mob on the Oklahoma border on Fri day night to J. Marcus MCGeisy and Palmer Simpson, two Seminole Indians. They were charged with murder, their victim being Mrs. James Simmons, respectable farmers wife living in Ok lahoma.
 The crime was a most reYolting one and the criminals were punished in a most revolting manner. Mrs. Simmons was assaulted and murdered. The body was horribly muJilated. The crime resembled in atrocity those perpetrated in the Creek Nation by the infamous Buck gang, the members of which were hanged at Fort Smith two years ago. The murder and mutilation of Mrs. Simmons so enraged the neigh borhood that nearly the entire populace turned out to hunt down and punish the guilty parties. The trail led the posse to the home of McGeisy, near Maud. a small town in the Seminole Nation, where McGeisy and Simpson were arrested.
 After securing their prisoners the mob set fire to McGeisy's house and barn and did not leave until they saw all of his earthly possessions reduced to ashes.
 The prisoners were then carried back arress the line into Oklahoma Terri tory, and near the scene of their crime they were excuted by Judge Lynch's order in the most horrible manner that human minds and human hands could i' devise. They were burned at the stake.
 The Indians met their doom with the usual stoicism of their race. After life was extinct the mob allowed the fires ito die down, and they then quietly dis persed to their several homes.
 No secret was made of the fact that the Indians had been burned to death, and this morning their charred bodies. burned beyond recognition, were found lying in the ashes of their funeral pyre. Everybody in the vicinity seems to know that the Indians were executed for the murder of Mrs. Simmons, but everybody appears to be entirely igno- rant of the individuals who composed the mob.
 Information was received here of the terrible affair from persons who saw the charred bodies of the Indians. Great uneasiness exists along the OK lahoma border, and the impression pre- vails that much more bloodshed will follow the work of the mob
 This is the third instance of mob yio- fence reported in the Indian Territory
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
ABOUT TO START OH
 HER L0NG VOYAGE.
Baltimore To-Day for Duty in the Bering Sea.

BALTIMORE, Jan. S.-The Blue Peter flies at the foremasthead of the United States revenue cutter McCulloch as she tugs at her anchor off Fort McHenrv. and tomorrow morning she will start on her long voyage of 23,OO0 miles by the eastward passage to the Pacific She is expected to reach San Francisco about the middle of May. The McCulloch is intended for duty in the Boring Sea-
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
Little Town Of Keeier (Ney.) surnino.

RENO, Jan. S.-Keeler. on the south end of the Carson and Colorado Rail- road, is being burned. and it is doubt full if any part of the town can be saved. It is a small place, and there is not much to burn.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NINTH PAGE. Police Court Rules. A Christmas Festival. Chinese Slave Girls in Port.
 TENTH PAGE. Working for the Jubilee. Ruined by Woman. Bunko Men Arrested. Peters May Lose His Star.
 ELEVENTH PAGE. The Bulletin Sued for Libel. Racing al Ingleside.
 FOURTEENTH PAGE. Fire in Lincoln School. A Photographic Fake.
 FIFTEENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay.
 SIXTEENTH PAGE Found the Burglars Bullet.
 SEVENTEENTH PAGE. Chinese Enemies of China
 EIGHTEENTH PAGE. ''If Had s1,0O0O00 to Distribute. Most Remarkable Feat of Surgery.
 NINETEENTH PAGE Prehistoric Bones in the Sierras.
 TWENTIETH PAGE. The Terrible Torpedo-Cha Lord Kelvin's Vortex Theory
 TwENTY-FIRST PAGE. Died From a Kiss. The Story of Ruskin and Millais. TWENTY SECOND PAGE. Books of the Week.
 TwENTY-THIRD PAGE. Life and Services of John Doe. At the .'woman's Shelter
 TWENTY-FOURTH PAGE. Raising Plants With Electricity. Society.
 TWENTY-FIFTH PAGE. Newest Fashions From Paris.
 TWENTY SIXTH PAGE. Boys and Girls Page.
 TWENTY SEVENTH PAGE. Review of the Drama.
 TWENTY EIGHTH PAGE. Public School Department Fraternal News.
 TWENTY-NINTH PAGE. Lovely Pasadena.
 THIRTIETH PAGE. Personal News From Along the Coast.
 THIRTY-FIRST PAGE. The Commercial World
 THIRTY SECOND PAGE. News of the Mines.
 Whist.
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glanced at him hurriedly and fled.
 Who composed the mob no one will say. J. B. Hayden, father of the mur dered man, was in the city yesterday and was doing considerable telephon-
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in the last twenty-five years. and by singular coincidence the mob in each case came from points outside the Ter ritOrV
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

Since the death of Fritz Hinckley Dame Gossip has been diligently searching, and, unsuccessfully, though with rare good taste, selecting a wor- thy spouse for the fair young widow.
 But all these good offices went awry without even gaining that SUD- port upon which rumor alone can thrive-public credence. At last, how ever, the worthy dame has hit upon one-a story that all honor by believ- ing and which lacks only the unquali- fled confirmation of the distinguished and interested parties.
 MT. Denman could not be found yes terday He spent his day across the bay. which rather indefinite term covers also the spot where the charm ing Mrs. Hinckley makes her home But if MT. Denman was not at home his mother was. Mrs. Denman pro- fessed entire ignorance concerning the engagement of her son and the veal thy young widow, of whom she spoke in terms of highest respect, love and admiration.
 "I have heard nothing of an engage ment," Mrs. Denman said II know that my son and Mrs. Hinckley are very intimate friends and that is all
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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
SHE IS TO. WE'D AGAIN,
 RUMOR SAYS The Prospective Bride Florence Blythe
 Hinckley. William Denman Is Said to Have Secured the
 Prize. Gossip Keeps the Social and Financial World on the
 Qui Vive. ANNOUNCE NEXT MONTH. A Public Declaration Said to Con- stitute a Formal Engage
 ment
Gossip Keeps the Social and Financial World on the
 Qui Vive.
ANNOUNCE NEXT MONTH.
A Public Declaration Said to Con- stitute a Formal Engage
 nent.

Rumor has it that Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckley is to wed again and that William Denman is the unusually lucky fellow upon whom she is to be-
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Battles the Lynchers and Saves His Life Through His Courage and
 Ingenuity.
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Continued on Second Page.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY. q Weather forecast for San Fran % cisco and vicinity: Fair on Sunday e and cooler. with frost at night; brisk q northerly winds. c Maximum temperature for the past a twenty-four hours: @ San Francisco ...........50 degrees e Portland ...............-..40 degrees c Los Angeles .............60 degrees @ San Diego ................6i degrees e
 FIRST PAGE. a Rumor of a Notable Wedding. @ Two Indians Burned Alive e Hanged by a Washington Mob. e Missing Yukoner Turns Up Alive. e
 SECOND PAGE. q French Tandem Riders ahead. G He Beats His Benefactor. e House Talks Civil Service. e
 THIRD PAGE. @ Shipped on Ice While Alive. e Kaiser's Bad Bargain in China e Kidnapped by Lunatic. C, Leszynski Is Fighter. A Guilt of Dreyfus in Doubt. e Blanco Wants to Meet Gomez. s
 FOURTH PAGE. e, New Laws Needed for Alaska. e Fight in a Lassen Court. @ Creditor Holds Up Stage. a Moses P Handy Dead. Sa
 FIFTH PAGE. @ Hanna Certain of Election. a
 SIXTH PAGE. e Editorial s Complete the Work This Time. 6 Heed the Plea of the Weak. c A Battle for California. e A Shameless Boodler. e Our Jubilee Edition. e With Entire Frankness," by Henry e James. e Stories From the Corridors. e
 SEVENTH PAGE. e News Along the Water Front. {. Lawrence Held for Libel. e Durrant Made No Confession. s
 EIGHTH PAGE. e Hypnotist Wins Bride. {. England Wants the Soudan. c Kaiser Williams Naval Fight. C Jackson Day Celebrated. e Lives Lost in a. Coal Mine. e Los Angeles School Scandal e
 NINTH PAGE. l. To-day at the Churches. {. The Governors Latest Appointee. C A New Home for Girls. c
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
IN THE SUBURBS OF DAWSON.

From a photograph by Sam w. Wall.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

COLFAX, Wash, Jan. S.-A mob of twenty-one masked men hanged from
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
Victim Known as "Blackie, D and His Crime a Cold
 Flooded One.

"DAKOTA sLIM's" ESCAPE.
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Special Dispatch to The Call.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
TNCENDIARY FIRE IN WINDSOR.
Residence and Tobacco Sheds Destroyed
 Entatlamg a Loss of SIO.OOO.

Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 13.-A fire of undoubted incendiary origin, about il o'clock Saturday night, destroyed the two and one-half story residence of John E. Higinbocham in Windsor, with it's entire contents, clothing, household effects, etc., also two tobacco sheds in which were stored four and a half acres of tobacco, and his farm barn with fifty tons of hay and all his family inn plements. The loss will aggregate over $10,000, with $5 200 insurance. When dis covered the fire was burning in all the barns and the house. There was none of MT. Higinbocham's family at home at the time and when they returned the place was in ruins. This is the fifth time within five years that MT. Higin- bocham has sustained losses by fire though this last one is by far the most serious
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
MADE 4 DECIDED IMPRESSION.
Late Rev. Dr. John Halls Son Preache at Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church.

Late Rev. Dr. John Halls Son Breaches
 at Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church.
 New York, Nov. 13.-Rev. Thomas Cummings Hall, the son of the late Rev. Dr. John Hall, occupied the pulpit of the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church this morning. He was greeted by the largest congregation that has assembled in the church since the days of the Warsziak controversy. Many were attracted by curiosity not only to see and listen to the son of the late divine, but by desire to see the man whom many desire as the successor of his father. Rev. Thomas c. Hall has not preached for two years owing to i'll health. He bears some resemblance to his distinguished father, but has great CT energy and more eoquence, combin- ed with much of the directness of the late Dr. John Hall. His sermon was full of energy and made a decided inn pulpit that there would be a meeting of the congregation next Wednesday evening for the purpose of appointing a committee to cooperate with the committee appointed by the session to recommend some successor to the late Dr. John Hall. That the son of Dr.. Hall who preached to-day will be one of the men considered, there is no doubt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
CASE OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS. A Rumor That the Officer Is Dcad-A
 Enke VeIegram.

Fake Telegram.
 Paris, Nov. 13-It is reported here to- night that Dreyfus is dead. The rumor is understood to be based upon mys- terious telegram received from Colmar, capital of Upper Alsace, signed by an unknown correspondent. So far as can be ascertained there is no official con- firmation of the report. The father-in- law of Dreyfus has received nothing on the subject He says he has excellent accounts which he received from the colonial office quite recently as to the prisoners health.
 Despite these assurances there are dark rumors afioat. In view of the cu- rious manner in which the letter from Dreyfus, declaring that he had aban- doned all hope, was conveyed to Mme' Dreyfus on Friday, many people be- lieve he is dead A dispatch from Par is on Friday said that Mime. Dreyfus had applied that day at the office of the minister of the colonies for pernlis- sion to send her husband some warm clothing for his return home. The re- quest was refused on the ground that the government would do whatever was necessary.
 At the same time, according to the dispatch, the authorities read her let ter from her husband to the effect that, having for seven months addressed ap- dressed appeals for revision to General De Boissiffre {recently chief of staff of the French army) without getting any reply, and being weary and exhausted by his useless appeals, he would write no more to his family or to anybody. He described himself as i'll and dying, and bequeathed to the generosity of my country the care of rehabilitating my memory" It appears that Mime Dreyfus then asked permission to tele- graph her husband the decision of the court. This request was also refused Then through a friend she appealed to President Faure, but with no better re- suits. The dispatch said that her coun- sel could bring the whole matter before the court of cessation. Careful in- quiries made at Colmar this evening show that nothing is known there as to the death of Dreyfus. It is now believ- ed that the telegram was a hoax.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
HllNNI ON THE THRIFT.
The Senator Says 1t WiI Have to be
 Revised.

Cleveland, O., Nov. 13.-In an inter- view tonight Senator Hanna said the tariff would have to be revised to meet existing conditions. "The war revenue measure" he said, must be revised, but we will keep many of the original features of the law simply because it is now necessary. Under the old tariff law we are not getting very much reye- nue because we are exporting instead of importing and something must be done to meet these new conditions. We must have d new revenue measure. So far as I am concerned I favor putting a duty on tea and coffee. The revenues for the support of the government must be raised in some way and the indirect way is the best way according to my idea When the people do not realize that they are paying a tax there is no complaint Still it will be necessary to retain some of the features of the war revenue measure. The tax is now on the people and in some instances it is the proper method of taxation.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
NEVIS FROM ALAsKA.
Young Womam's Body With $114, 900 on
 lt RepOrfed FOund.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 13.-The steamer wolcott, from Copper river, Alaska, brings news of the drowning of a young woman named Crossop and man nam ed Henderson in Controller Bay on Oc- tober 5. They were rowing from the mouth of the Chilkoot river to Kakay Island and their boat capsized. The body of the woman was recovered. On it was found $114,OOO. She formerly lived in Minneapolis. With her sister she ran a dance hall in Controller Bay.
 The steamer Dora arrived to-day from Cooks Inlet, Alaska, with about twenty passengers. Among them was Lieutenant Spur, who, with party of three, had been surveying the territory between the Kuskokawill and Sushita rivers. Lieutenant Spur discovered a new range of mountains running from Lake Clark to the headwaters of the Tannana. The average height of the range is from seven thousand to eight thousand feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
DR. TUIrCHE1L's FAREWELI.
Preached Last Sermon at Dwight Place
 Church Yesterday.

The Rev. Dr. Twitchell preached his farewell sermon at the Dwight Place church yesterday morning. The church was well filed Dr. Twitchell spoke on the words of Paul to the Philippians, Finally, my brethren, rejoice" He said in part:
 Tt surprises us that this message
 should be sent out by Paul while in prison and awaiting death to the Chris tians of Philippians rather than that the
 message should not have been sent by them to him. The message seems tohave come from the wrong side. We go into hothouse in the month of March and
 see there a rose in bloom, but seeing
 the steam pipes we do not wonder at the fact of the rose being there. But let us go into the woods in March and we wonder at the trailing arbutus which we see in those wintry surround ings It is the circumstances, the time and the seasons which usually deter
 mine our view of things It IS one thing to be joyful when all is well, when
 one has health and home and friends,
 and another thing when we have lost
 all these.
 .'The lesson we have to learn from
 this text is that real religion and real
 joy belong together Paul is teaching
 us that those whose lives are in the Lord should rejoice. Not alene IS Joy in things material, nor is religious joy fanatical sentiment, but it is the peace which comes to the soul.
 There are three reasons why Chris tians should rejoice at all time: First in the revelation of God. We have 8 1 God who can be moved by prayer. In Christ the Fathers heart shines forth l Revelation gives us God running out te greet the prodigal son on his return
 providing for us and watching over us Revelation gives us the blessed assur- ance of the life that is and that is to come This world and the next, insteac 1 of two separate houses, are two rooms 1 in the same house.
 Again, Christians should rejoice be- cause of reconciliation to God. The | Christian is at one with God. He may come to God and God will hear him anc l he will feel Gods love. Nothing actual. | ly evil ever befalls the Christian. The l Christian should also rejoice because his course is sure to succeed" | Dr. Twitchell in closing spoke feeling 1 ly of the many times he had preached i from that pulpit and had administered | the sacraments. He rejoiced in tho ! good that had been accomplished in tht
 church, and hoped that it would be car.
 ried on in even greater measure by his | successor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-14
AMo,ument to schiller.

St. Louis, Nov. 13.-A monument de- signed by Rauhe, an exact reproduction of the Schiller statue in Marburg, Ger many, the birthplace of that poet. was unveiled in St. Louis park this after noon in the presence of 20,00O people. The donor is Colonel Charles G. Stifel. A parade preceded the unvailing pro- gramme All the singing societies in the city participated in the latter while Turner and German military and civic societies with several c. A. R. posts composed the parde. Speeches were made by Max Hempel, in German, and by Ed C. Kehr and Mayor Zeigenhein in English.