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The San Francisco Call.VOLUME LxStfli.^NO. 74. SAN FRANGISCO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13,' 1895.

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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

WAS LAID INRUINSLarge Section ofthe Cityof Philadelphia Swept

by Fire.

MANY HOUSES BURNED.

Scores of People Made Home-

less and Police and Fire-men Overcome.

THE LOSS EXCEEDINGLYHEAVY.

Trolley Wires Surrounded the Dis-

trict and Several Persons WereBadly Shocked.

\u25a0 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 12.—ThePhiladelphia Fire Department was calledon to-day to tight the fiercest, most de-structive and most dangerous fire tha*. hasvisited this city ina score of years. Prop-erty valued at nearly half a million dol-lars was laid inruins, a hundred peoplewere rendered homeless and a dozen fire-men and policemen succumbed to theawful heat and smoke.

The property destroyed includes thepaper-box factory operated by Brown &Bailey, in which tne fire originated, occu-pying a bigplat fronting onWillow streetand extending northward between Eighthand Franklin streets ; W. J. Buck, Sons &Co.'s chandelier factory, at the corner ofEighth and Willow streets fifteen dwell-ings on the south side of Willow street,

east of Eighth, and three dwellings onFranklin street, north of Willow, while atleast twenty

-five other dwellings on

Eighth, Franklin and Callowhill streetswere more or less severely damaged. _V*

Once started, the fire assumed the pro-portions of a conflagration, and the localityin which itoccurred made the chances ofa disastrous destruction more than prob-able. Surrounded on every side by hun-dreds of dwellings, many of them ofancient construction and all sun-bakedand as dry as tinder, the chances weredecidedly in favor ofthe flames. .

Mothers after their children were run-ning hither and thitfier, and were in manycases withdifficulty prevented from rush-ing into the burning houses to look forthem.

Hospital, ambulances were early on theground, and the men were generallyquickly resuscitated. It was nearly twohours before the fire was fully gotunder control, and fullytwo more beforethe firemen could relax their attention.- Atthe start the firemen were badly han-dicapped* by the "poor water pressure.Surrounded on ,two -sides by trolley and ielectric light wires as the fire space was,the firemen, policemen and every one nearwere gotten out withdanger. Notime waslostapparently in breaking the currents,but even before this was done seve-ral people were badly shocked. Thepeople escaped frpm their burning homesquietly and also from the blazing factories,and though allkinds of rumors of fatali-ties-were heard, none were found to haveany foundation. A lot of disorderly housesthat have long disgraced the neighborhoodwere wipedout of existence more effectuallythan by sl dozen police raids. The inmates,many of them half dressed, lost all theirtawdy finery and presented a pitiable sightas they rushed through the hot, cinder-covered pavements in an apparently vainattempt to find a haven.

The fire is supposed to have been causedby spontaneous combustion. The heaviestlosers are as follows: Brown & Bailey,$90,000, fullyinsured ;W. J. Buck, Son3&Co., $60,000, fully insured; Buck & Co.building owned by Mrs. Mary Keeley ofSpring City, Pa.. $100,000, insurance $30,---00. The other losses are distributed inamounts ranging from $2500 to $10,000,among a large number of people. The in-surance on these Josses is about one-half.

YOUNG GRESHAM ELOPEDA Nephew of the Late Secre-

tary Wedded to MissSarah Kobbe.

Registered Under an Assumed NameUntila Parson Was Se-

cured.

'NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. -AHerald

special from Washington says:Samuel H. Gresham, a nephew of the

late Secretary of State, and a prominentbusiness man of Norfolk, Va., and MissSarah Kobbe, a daughter of CaptainWilliam A. Kobbe of the Third UnitedStates Artillery,eloped from the HygeiaHotel, Old Point Comfort, last evening,

and were married in this city this after-noon. The wedding took place at theHotel Oxford, where the eloping couple

registered after their arrival in the city.Miss.Kobbe and Mr. Gresham arrived in

Washington on the steamer Washingtonat '7 a jr. yesterday. The morning wasspent in driving about the city, and about1o'clock Miss Kobbe and a woman frienddrove to the Oxford and asked the clerk toassign them a room. Miss Kobbe said sheintended to get married at the hotel, andregistered under the name of Mrs. T.F.Gage of New York. She then asked that apolice magistrate be sent for so that themarriage ceremony might be . performed.Itwas found, however, that the districtmagistrates have not the power :to marry.The Rev. Dr. York was asked to performthe ceremony and he assented.

The couple went to the City Hall andobtained a license under their correctnames, but giving Washington as theirplace 'of residence. The marriage

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mony was then.performed. 7THEFT OF RARE DIAMONDS.

Bich Haul Made by a Confidence Thiefin a Hotel.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 12—Mrs.George H. Ziegler of Philadelphia, who,with her husband and child, is stoppingat the Washington Hotel here, was robbedofdiamonds valued at $10,000 to-day. Thefamily was absent from their rooms when&man to whom they, had been introduced

0ailed and went to their rooms ana quietlywalked away.with the jewels, which hadbeen left upon a table. SuperintendentConklin« said that one of the most astuteconfidence men in America was reportedtobe in this vicinity,and this dodge wasjust about appropriate to his caliber.

KILLED THE MARSHAL.Murder Committed by Bill Gibson to

Liberate His Brother.VICTOR, Colo, Aug. 12.— night

Pat and Bill Gibson, brothers and deputymarshals, created a disturbance and weredisarmed by Marshal William Shea, whoearly this morning arrested Pat. Bill,armed with a Winchester, intercepted theMarshal and his prisoner while on the wayto jail and killed Shea. The Gibsons es-caped. '

Excitement is intense and a posseis inpursuit. The Gibsons are desperatemen and were indirectly connected withthe Victor train robbery some time ago.

ACCIDEXTALLY SHOT HIMSELF.Ex-Fresident Obes of Vraguay Caused

Excitemetit ina Theater.NEW YORK, N. V., Aug.13.-A special

cable dispatch to the Times from Monte-video says: Great excitement disturbedthe city last night at the report that Her-rera Obes, ex-President of Uraguay, hadbeen murdered. As he entered his box atthe playhouse a shot was heard, and hefell. The

'ball penetrated his leg. The

ball was extracted. He is not seriouslyhurt, and the shot came from his own re-volver, which he dropped as he was takinghis seat.

FIEXDISH WORK OF WRECKERS.The Steamer Mexico Set on Fire and Cattle

Boasted.ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 12.—Lloyd's

surveyor at this port, who went by way ofmail steamer to Belle Isle to survey thesteamer Mexico, recently wrecked there,reports her practically a total loss. She issubmerged from her bridge aft. She hasalso several great holes in her bottom. t Itis expected that she will break up withthe next heavy sea. The ship had beenset on fire by wreckers and hundreds ofcattle roasted to death. The spectacle oftheir charred bodies, which are now rot-ting, is a sickening one. The Newfound-land press is clamoring for an investiga-tion and the prosecution of the wreckers.

MANY SHOTS WERE FIREDNegroes Turned Out to Pre-

vent the Lynching ofa Prisoner.

They Refused toDisperse and GaveBattle to the Peace

Officers.

WINSTON, N. C, Aug. 12.— A riot be-tween whites and negroes, which . camenear culminating seriously, occurred herelast night.* The trouble originated over areport given out at about '9 o'clock at allthe colored churches to the effect that ,acrowd of whites were .going to* lynchArthur Tuttle, who is being tried here forthe murder of Policeman Victters last May.The

-negroes, to the jnumber of 300,

marched to the jail, where they remainedfor several hours. They were armed withpistols and guns. Mayor Gray addressedthe negroes, assuring them that there wasno danger of lynching, and begging themto disperse.

Sheriff McArthur and two Winstonlawyers also urged the band to go away,telling them there was no occasion fortheir conduct.

Judge Brown, who is holding court, no-tified the negroes that they were violatingthe law, that Tuttle was getting a fair trialand that he would be responsible for hisprotection. The negroes told his Honorthey would disperse if the Sheriff wouldplace twenty officers on guard around thejail. This was"done, but many of the mobrefused to leave. 7C7' 7

Sheriff McArthur, in response to ordersfrom Judge Brown, called out the ForsytheRiflemen and a number of deputies. TheJudge also instructed the Sheriff to arrestallnegroes who refused to disperse. Themob then began firing on the whites, sev-eral officers being struck with small birdshot, but none were seriously hurt. AboutISO shots were fired by the riflemen andnegroes, but no one was killed. The ne-groes broke and ran when the militia be-gan shooting. Fourteen of the rioters arein jail.

Upon assembling the court to-day JudgeBrown summoned a Grand Jury beforehim and instructed them to investigatewho was responsible for last night's riotand see that they were punished.

The City Council in session to-day in-structed Mayor Gray toorderaGatling gunfrom Charlotte and ask the authorities tofurnish a man to operate it. The Mayor,Chief of Police and Sheriff were also in-structed to make all necessary arrange-ments for the protection of the city to-night, and to secure allthe arms and am-munition needed. :

CHARLOTTE, N. C,'

Aug. 12. -A gat-ling gun under a detachment of men lefthere this evening for Winston. So far asis known here at a late hour to-night all isquiet tbere. The Sheriff believes thetrouble is under control. A large force ofspecial policemen has been, sworn in forto-night. Itis reported that 3000 negroesare massed near town to-night, but the re-port is doubtless groundless.

Morton's Xiec* .Married.NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 12.—Miss

Minnie H. Morton, a niece of GovernorLeviP. Morton, was married to-day at thehome of her sister, Mrs. Manuel Rosa, 460West One Hundred and :Forty-fourthstreet, toJ. Say Watson of Fairmount, W.Va. The ceremony, which was witnessedonly by intimate friends, was performed bythe Rev. Dr. Barman of St. Luke's Episco-pal Church.; Six little nieces of the brideacted ;. as maids of honor. Mr. and Mrs.Watson willspend some time at Saratogaand other watering places before taking uptheir home at Fairmount. ,

A Xorwegian \u25a0 Hotel Burned.LONDON, Eng., Aug. 12.—The Daily

News willprint to-morrow a dispatch fromHardanger, Norway, saying that the OddeHotel was burned at midday on August 9and that forty of the guests, many of whomwere foreigners, were absent on excursionsand lost allItheir property. Several ad-joining houses were also destroyed.

-Engineer Wyse Dead.

PARIS, \u25a0 ,\u25a0 Fbance, ,Aug.-

12.— LucienNapoleon Bonaparte Wyse, the celebratedFrench engineer % and explorer, died inParis to-day. He was born in1813.

The Xiagara Won the Cnp.SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Aug. 12.—The

race to-day for the 7Challenge cup, offeredby LordDanrayen,' was wonby the Niagara.

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GULLY WILLPRESIDERe-elected Speaker of

the English Houseof Commons.

NO OPPOSITION SHOWN.

BrilliantScenes attheOpeningof Victoria's Fourteenth ;'

Parliament.

ROYAL POMP AND SPLENDOR.-.'\u25a0.' ' , ,-..'

Crisp, Bayard and UhlAmonir theInterested Spectators In the

Gallery.

LONDON.Ekg.,' Aug. 12.—The fourteenthParliament of Queen. Victoria opened to-day withthe customary ceremonies. Priorto the formal opening of the House therewere the usual contests among the,mem-bers for the seats they will occupy duringthe session.

Mr.Hatch was the first of the membersto arrive. jHe reached the House at 5o'clock and sat in the door foran hour be-fore it was opened. , He was followed at6:30 by Mr. Ashcroft. Messrs. Ash-croft and Hatch are the two newConservative members for ,Lancashire.Before 9:30 o'clock thirty seats hid beenreserved on the Government benches bymembers placing their hats on them, thecustom that is always followed. The oppo-sition did not display great eagerness toobtain seats, as at half past 9 they had se-cured only six. The House was J crowdedwith an animated throng of:members,when at 2 o'clock the Yeoman Usher of theBlack Rod requested the attendance of'theHouse of Commons' on the House of Lordsto hear the reading jof the royal commis-sion of the proclamation opening the ses-sion of Parliament. '7

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mons waited to hear the reading. Aftertheir return to their own house the seniorclerk arose and pointed to Sir John Mow-bray, the Conservative who representsOxford University, who had been selectedto move the re-election of 'William CourtGully as Speaker ofthe House.

At that moment the Right Hon. A. J.Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, andthe Hon. WilliamVernon Harcourt, Chan-cellor of the Exchequer in the last admin-istration, arrived and took their seats, Mr.Balfour on a front Government bench andSir William on a front bench on the oppo-site side of the: house. As they enteredthey were greeted with cheers by their re-spective followers. Immediately, there-

after Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the leaderof the Liberal-Unionists, entered and wascheered by the Government supporters,while groans ascended from the membersoccupying the Irishbenches. '\u25a0

The scene was a brilliant one. The sunstreamed through the windows of theHouse, changing its usual dull aspect intoone of light and warmth. The diplomats,'ladies' \ and * strangers' 77galleries werecrowded

'with distinguished visitors, who

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Sir John Mowbray, :in moving the re-election of Speaker Gully, said he rejoicedthat Mr.Gully would be re-elected with-out a dissenting voice.>>Sir \u25a0 John \u25a0; extolledMr. j Gully's impartiality, vigilance andpromptitude and his courtesy to \u25a0 everymember of the House. ;

*He asked theHouse to elect Mr.Gully, who was an ableand conscientious man, s irrespective ofparty considerations. .

John R. Ellis, Liberal-Unionist, sec-

onded the motion and Mr. Gully was thenformally re-elected without opposition.

Mr. Gully thanked the House jfor thehonor ithad conferred upon him, especi-ally in being proposed by both the Govern-ment parties and the opposition.|Con-tinuing, he said .that to be impartial wasthe least difficult though the most impor-tant duty of trie Speaker. He looked inhis general conduct in the chair to j thatspirit of justice and, % good sense whichalways distinguished --the House with itsrelations with the. chair. , \u25a0);

Upon the conclusion, of Mr. Gully's re-marks,, Mr. Balfour, in the name of theHouse, congratulated him upon his re-election. ' 7 '

The commission appointed to read theroyalproclamation consisted of Lord Salis-bury, the Lord Chancellor ',and §LordsCoventry, Limerick, Cross, and J Balfour orBurleigh. They were all attired in scarletand ermine robes and were seated in frontof the throne when the yeoman usher ofthe black rod led in the House of Commonsto the bar, where the proclamation wasread. LordChancellor Salisbury said thatwhen the legislators were \ sworn in ;herMajesty would declare why Parliamenthad been summoned. . .'t -\u0084 •\u25a0 -\u0084 ,.,-.

The Lord Chancellor appointed noon to-morrow as the time for.the Speaker of theHouse of Commons to present himself ) atthe bar of the House ofLords -to receivethe royal approval of his re-election.... Sir William Vernon Harcourt also con-gratulated Mr. Gully, after which jat 3:20o'clock the House adjourned.

The House of Lords adjourned after sev-eral of its members had inscribed theirnames on the rolls of the new Parliament.

\u25a0 Among those noticed in the galleries inthe House of Commons were the Hon.Charles Crisp, ex-Speaker of the AmericanHouse of Representatives ; the • Hon.Thomas F. Bayard, American Embassadorto Great Britain, and the Hon. Edward F.

American Assistant Secretary of State.

Defeated the Black Flag,. jSHANGHAI, China, Aug. 12.—1t is re-ported here that the Japanese forces on theisland of Formosa made a concerted at-tack on the headquarters of the -rebels inthe southern part of the island on August8 and 9. Severe fighting followed,' but theJapanese won a co_nplett>victory. twjfoHft&a

BY DISEASE AND WAR.....Slaughter of Spanish

Soldiers Down inCuba.

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Under His Management atLeast Fifteen Thousand

Troops Perished.r ' \u25a0'

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INSURGENT WIT TRIUMPHED.

Thirty Thousand Rebels, Said to BeIn the Great Fight for.

Freedom. iv:,.

QUARANTINE, S. 1., Aug. 12.-TheWard line steamer Seneca, from Mexicanand Cuban ports, arrived 'early this morn-ingat Quarantine.

') 77£'7§~; One of the Havana passengers, in speak-

ing of affairs jat that «place, says that onAugust 7. the day before the Seneca sailed,Captain-General 1Martinez|Campos calledtogether all volunteer

'organizations, and

demanded the transfer to,the regular armyof a hundred men 'fromeach' company.Great indignation prevails among theseorganizations, but the order

*will be

enforced. -, :-f'S777. 7i';7;7'*.ri.' "77 '*"••'"

The insurrection is much 'more wide-spread than the people of Havana are al-lowed to believe, and Campos willnot lastlong. He :was caught in a bad trap atBayamo," and but for the impulsive actionof the Cuban, General who precipi-tated his attack, Campos would,undoubt-edly have been captured.'The insurgents, wit wins nearly everyfight. Irf the past four months the Span-ish forces have lost by disease, drunken-ness and killed in battle fully15,000 men.No reports are allowed to be circulatedconcerning the losses in battle, but theauthorities admit that in this period10,000have died from disease or excessive indul-gence' in food or drink.'Thirty thousand. insurgents are said tobe in the field, overrunning the countryand making their camps in the mountainfastnesses, whence they sally forth tostrike a blow and return to camp. Theyhave asked the sympathizers of the revolu-tion, of whom there are about

'8000' in the

city and suburbs ofHavana, why they donot capture and occupy Santiago or someother

'important city. This :they claim

that they could do, Out their:plans as tofuture would not permit it.*.That is to say,a large majority of insurgents of Cuba 7arenegroes jjand independence would meannegro geverr ment. Ifindependence could

be secured -with establishment of a pro-tectorate under the United States or

"someother strong government then the questionwould be settled.

\u25a0~S Failing in this the general desire is tosecure borne rule ;from the mother coun-try.

'The

'capture of an 'important sea-

coast town would be followed by the recog-nition of their rights as belligerents. Untilsome definite plan can be settled upon theguerrilla warfare will7be 7 continued. Alarge majority of the people are hoping forconcessions from Spain in preference to in-dependence, as the feasibility of a republicwith negro domination would be difficultto obtain; ': *'\u25a0"

BATTLED WITH. IXSTJRGEXTS.

Spanish Troops Had Several Engage-ments and Defeated the Rebels.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. Advicesfrom Santiago de Cuba are to the effectthat Major Gonzales with 250 jmen meton August 5 rebel bands "under Ruon andCarreras on the River - Duaba. The in-surgents were defeated \ with a loss \u25a0offour killed. On the'•following day thesame Government column* again met thesame bands, which had -received

-re-

enforcements of 600 men. 1 he rebels wereattacked and dislodged from the.positionsthey had taken between Duaba and Uara-coa. The engagement lasted for fourhours. The \ Government's loss was onekilled and one wounded. Itis stated thatthe rebels lost seven killed and twelvewounded. . '

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Sergeant Cabanas, while proceeding withsixteen men j to Sebomequito, had an en-counter with100 rebels near Mavari. Tworebels were killed and several; wounded.The Government had three wounded. Thetroops captured -a*quantity of arms andammunition. \u25a0 \u0084.;,-*. . • • ';\u25a0;.-«,'

General Laquer reports from Santa Clarathat 200 rebels unaer command of. Regowere :attacked by a Government force atGavilanchito, in _ the . Trinidad district.The insurgents intimated that they de-sired to surrender, the intimation laterproving to*be a ruse to draw the troopsintoambush. ,The plan was not successful.Five of the rebels were killed, includingthe second officer in command, and twowounded. .

SUSPECTED OF MURDER.

Sofia's Chief of Folice Accused of Beingj Implicated inStatnbouloff's Murder,

iLONDON,:Esq., Aug. 12.—The DailyNews will publish a Vienna {dispatch to-morrow saying that Uurokoff, Chief of Po-lice of Sofia, was taken into custody at therailroad station _ to-day on * suspicion iofhaving fbeen concerned in the murder ofM. Stambouloff. The •dispatch also saysthat Prince Ferdinand's departure fromEbanantbal jlast: night was surroundedwithmystery. None of his family accom-panied him. jjjTroops were stationed alongthe line of the railway from Zaribrod toSofia.

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HUMORS OF THE ELECTIONS.SPEAKER:IDinned total habstinence into my 'usband for years *

at last 'c come to me, and says '*_, ''Catherine, you've

prevailed,", he says: an'Ithroxeed my arms round his,neck and kissed _'lm.'

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A VOICE:. Served him right, toot [Hear! hear!]— From the London Illustrated Xews,

Never before has there been an electoral campaign so devoid of humor as that now,closing. RiderHaggard's tempestuous boo-hooing about the way. that the rustics chided him and his -swell turnout inNorfolklanes might have been funny ifithad not been angering to see a grown man so littleable to takea beating with'decent grace. Some of the parsons have been amusing in a way,notably one who issued acircular that Lord Rosebery's influence was a direct sign that God disapproved of the Welsh church dises-tablishment ;\but with them,5 too, people were too annoyed {tolaugh. " GlumFifeshire furnishes the nearestapproach to a good joke. The Tory candidate on the last day placarded the walls with

"Vote for Wilson

and save the church." Within*an hour the Radicals had 7rival posters everywhere,"

Vote forFergusonand let the church save us."

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•7 And the women, too; were not inactive ;' during the ;elections. Inmany instances the wives ofcandi-dates did more junketing in search] of votes .than their ambitious husbands. Frequently they were seendriving ab out ingilded liveries boldly seeking •support for.'• their - titled spouses.— Extracts from Londoncables to "-The Call."

PRANKS OF THELIGHTNINGOne Woman Frightened to

Death and a StreecarWrecked.

During a rSevere Thunderstorm ;In"

the East Much,Property .'WasDestroyed. , , .

. NEW YORK, N. V., Aug.12.—A thun-derstorm of unusual violence visited thissection: early this morning. Considerabledamage was done in.Jersey City.. Sixty-six hundredths of an inch of rain fell be-tween|midnight

'and;8ra.'. m. •At West-

chester village Mrs. Moohan was so badlyshocked by a bolt of lightning that shedied from fright. Just as the 1 a. m. carwas leaving Westchester forWest Farms abolt of lightning struck it;throwing it;offthe track. The motorman and conductorand six passengers were more or lessstunned. \u25a0-.

• - ..NEW HAVEN,Conn., Aug.12.— Newton

Bradley's house, on First avenue. WestHaven, was wrecked by a stroke of light-ning during the storm which passed overthis vicinity7 early '. this morning. Mrs.Bradley's |husband was jaway and she wasalone jwith her children when the stormbroke. Impelled by some premonition ofcoming evil,she took \u25a0 her children fromthe bed and laid them on the floor, and asshe did so lightning struck the chimney,passed into the room, striking the bed andsetting iton fire. Both Mrs. Bradley andher children were somewhat shocked, butno serious results will follow.

\u25a0'•; Several other houses in this vicinity arereported to have been struck by!lightning,butno great damage resulted. -\u25a0 The stormwas the severest of its kind recorded heresince 1878.

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7 SPARTANSBURG, S. CLAug.12—Yes-terday atFairmount, four miles from here,Miss Janie Fowler and her brother Williamwere struck *by lightning and instantlykilled.

-Two other members of the family

were .also'

struck and ;their'recovery 7is

hardly possible. '. There were at .least ,*_adozen ;people in the ;Fowler <house - andthose who were not killed. were knockedprostrate. An old negro woman was struckand killedoutright. .* The residence of Cap-tain Chase in this city was badly damagedand the inmates were badly shocked. Sev-eral trees were struck and torn to pieces.

MUST PAY THE IXSURAXCE.

Fraker May Be Alive, but the PoliciesHold;Good.,KANSAS CITY,Mo.,Aug. 12.—The long

fight between the insurance companies whocarried policies on the 7life of Dr. \V. G.Fraker and the beneficiaries of the Frakerpolicies was terminated at '; 3 o'clock thisafternoon, when.the <last of Fraker's \ in-surance ( was paid. 7 The '\u25a0 amounts were$32,474 94. The jhistory of the Frakers istoo wellknown to require repetition.;';Itisas much a mystery now as itwas twoyearsago, and though the officers of the insur-ance ;\u25a0 companies ; and • very 7many otherpeople'do

-not .believe Fraker is dead,' the

United States, courts have decided that heis, and :as they cannot find him alive thecompanies > can but obey the order of thecourt.

ALL MORTALLY -WOUXDED,

Fierce Battle Between the McGurl andWalker; others.

7:NOW AT, I. T., Aug. 12.---A desperate

and7bloody<battle"* between the f. McGurlbrothers and the Walker brothers occurredhere this morning. IThere were two on aside and the four were jarmed withshot-guns,- and the fight was.a hot one.;. Whenthe smoke cleared away all of '*\u25a0 the partici-pants were found to"be fatally wounded.The tragedy grew out of an old grudge,

DR. CASE ARRESTEDSensational Ending of

the Frost Inquest

at San Jose.

EVIDENCE OF MURDER,

Traces of Poison Found Inthe Stomach of the

Deceased.

CONTAINED IN THE MEDICINE.

Corrosive Sublimate In SufficientQuantity to Have Caused

r Death Discovered.

SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 12.—Dr. HenryCase has been arrested for the murder ofElezer Frost, the capitalist. This was theresult ofthe evidence given at the Coro-ner's inquest, ajchemist testifying to havingfound poison in the stomach ofthe deadman, and also inmedicine prescribed andmixed by the physician. '77.'v''zJ.:7

The arrest has caused a great sensation.Itis generally believed that Dr. Case hadno criminal intention, but that in prepar-ing powders for the deceased he gave himheavy doses of mercury and corrosive sub-limate instead of morphine and bicarbon-ate of soda, the drugs he supposed he wasgiving. The bottles in the physician'scase were found, as was alleged, to be un-labeled and the drugs mixed. Dr. Casehas practiced medicine for over fortyyears, :.and has heretofore borne a goodreputation. He was locked up in thecounty jail, as no bonds could be given onthis charge. '7 7- ';.7

The first witness examined at theinquest this morning was Mrs. MaryLaederich, a daughter of the deceased.She. --said she was at the deathbedof her father and that Mrs. Frost, thewidow, said that Dr. Case had told herthat her father was suffering from inflam-mation of the bowels. ' "'**jj Mrs. H. A. Griffin, who claimed to be aprophetess and to possess a gift of divinehealing, was the next witness. She saidshe had called at the house Monday morn-ing and that Elezer Frost was rapidly sink-ing. .She told the members of the familythat he would die at 12:20 a. m., at whichtime to the minute 'he died. She saw nomedicines given him. .:''[ErwinFrost, the son, told .of a visit tohis' father just previous to his death. Hewas suffering intense pain and would tearopen his shirt bosom and cry out, "Money,money, money I;Paper, paper, paperiAround his neck was a tape tojwhich wasattached a littlebag.'

"He told me tin March last," said thewitness, "that ,if he was murdered, theman who7killed htm and got that bagwould get a fortune. He said that it con-tained papers *

telling where two lots ofmoney of $20,000 each were

'buried. One

lot was marked witha small diamond andthe other witha small star." .

Chemist A. A. Cunningham of SanFrancisco was next called to the stand.He had made a chemical analysis of'thestomach; kidneys ana brain of Frost andhad found 6.18 grains of mercuric sulphidein all the organs. He said he had foundmorphine and corrosive sublimate *inDr.Case's medicine. The bottles in Dr. Case'smedicine chest were not labeled, and hereproved the doctor for being so careless.The chemist said three grains of corrosivesublimate was sufficient to cause death.The mercury found was enough to causedeath. IfFrost had been given morphine,as they say he was, he wouldhave foundtraces of it.. About 3:30 o'clock the case was given tothe jury, which after an hour's deliber-ation returned the following unanimousverdict:7* i^'-Tv'i

"We find that Elezer Frost met his deathfrom mercurial poison contained in.themedicine prescribed by

;Dr. Henry Case

and administered by. Dr. Henry Case andmembers of the deceased's family. Itmayhave been through negligence or design,we do notknow."Itis thought the arrests of members of

theFrost family willfollow.'

. - ';

CAPTURED A BURGLAR.

Run Down by an Officer After a Short.*...'..* Chase. ;;• '---,

, SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 12.—The policeto-day succeeded incapturing Mecchi Mar-tihelli, a young Mexican who has :beenwanted since May 22 for

'robbing General

Gordon's residence on Julian street. Afterthe robbery the young man went 7to SanFrancisco, but returned; here about a weekago, since which time he has succeeded ineluding the police. Officers Bache • andDunning went to his home to-day, andafter a chase of about 100 yards Bache suc-ceeded incapturing him. c^fSSP7-Martinellihas frequently been before thepolice courts. As the evidence is not verystrong he willprobably be allowed to pleadguilty to a charge of petty larceny.i° \u25a0\u25a0-.

- -CHILDREX CAUSED A FIRE.7,

Destruction of a Bam the Result of\u25a0Playing With Matches. z, "

SAN JOSE, Cai,., Aug. 12.— A large hay ,barn belonging to Edward Ford, on SanAntonio street, was destroyed by fire thismorning. The barn contained fifteen tonsof hay, some trunks and household goods.The loss is estimated at $1000, withno in-'surance. ;-^*^^^®J_l-S-®Sk^^'9^^\u25a0-*: Christus Tripp, a 10-year-old boy, tells astory which indicates

-that the fire

"!was

caused by children playing withmatches.He says he was passing the barn and sawtwo sons ofDr.'Aneall setting fire to a pileof*paper near the barn.

'"\u25a0 He put

'the fire

out and took some matches away from thechildren. ;' The fire was discovered ;in thebarn about ten minutes later. /

The Spencers' Examination'Continued.

iSAN- JOSE, Cal., Aug. 12.— ex-amination of James .C. ;\u25a0' Spencer and

-his

three ? sons on \ a charge of grand larcenywas' to-day continued by Justice -Dwyeruntil August114.7 The ,*:Spencer family isalleged tohave stolen a lot of grain fromthe TuliyTplace /on, McLaughlin '.avenue.The continuance was ]made with the hopethat Felix i-Castro, who is wanted as awitness, can be found. Castro was presentat the time: the grain was taken, but itiathought he has left the State.

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