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L M MOLTKE DEAD.
?/ Germany's Great Field Marshal *
I Expires Suddenly, 1
I A Sketch of His Long and Event|
ful Career. i
I
? T r ItlBWni i
COUNT VON VOLTES.
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' A cablegram from Berlin announces that j
Count Von Mo'.tke is dead. He attended the
Session of the Reichstag during the last after- '
boon of his life. His death was extremely '
Sadden, and the physicians who were summoned
announced that it was caused by ,
f lailuro of the heart. He died at 9:45 p. M., <
k passing away quietly and painlessly. The
news of the Count's unexpected death caused
great sorrow in Berlin.
Sketch of His Career.
> Bismarck alone remains of the great trio
1 which gave imperial Germany her greatness.
ftnci tne "iron re tin 01 wm wu i?u
in the obscurity of a country estate, stripped
Of his power. In the death of Count von
Moltke?the "silent one"?Germany loses <
her greatest general, and the science of war- i
tare its greatest exponent of strategy. Dur- ]
tng tbe threatening days of the terrible <
ttrugzle with France. Von Moltke was the
(nan "upon whom old Emperor William
relied, and in whom centered the hopes of
the people of the Fatherland.
Helmuth Karl Bernbard Freiherr von
Moltke was born October 36. 1800, in the
- town of Parchim. Soon after his birth his
parents moved to Lubeck, where the Von
Moltke residence was burned in the year
1806, and the family then went -to AugustBnhof,
in Hoistein. There the future
famous Field Marshal spent his boyhood
and youth. As a youth he I
' ? ? *? 1 r-ii kim 1
lovea stuav, sua ou latuci snuu mui
> to the Land Cadets' Academy at
Copenhagen, and he became an officer at tha
early age of eighteen. Through the good of>
Pees of the Duke of Holstein he was enabled
to go to Berlin, where he passed his examina- ,
- fcion and was appointed to the infantry. He
Was dissatisfied with the opportunities of- j
fered by the Danish service for advancement,
and King Frederick VL granted him ,
permission to ioin a foreign army for a sea- '
ion, in order to perfect his military education.
He begged his Ring to grant him three
paonths' pay as "travel money." " If His
Majesty will concede my request," wrow
VonMoltke, "I trust that I shallacquire such
i knowledge and capacity in the Prussian
lervice as shall hereafter enable me to repay j
the King and Denmark."
His Majesty refused this modest request, <
and Von Moltke left the Danish service for<
over.
He entered the Prussian service at the ago
of twenty-two. In 1S32 he was appointed on
the general staff and in 1835 he was allowed ,
; to go to Turkev for the purpose of reorganizing
the Turkish army.
In 1839 he took part in the Syrian cam- (
" '"ii ooroincf. Mnhnmpt All of EcVTJTL and
* at tke cTosa of the war he returned to Prus
da.
After spending some time in travel he was
. appointed Chief of the Grand General Staff
of the Prussian Army in 1858 and Lieutenant-Gen
eral in 18-59. During the AustroItalian
War in 1859 he sp9nt much time with
the Austrians, gaining practical knowledge
which he found useful in after years, and in
1864, when the war against Denmark broke
out, he formed the plain of campaign and as- |
sisted in its execution. Two years later, when
the morement against Austria began, he di
reeled tDe movements or ine troops unu iou
them to victory.
When war wjth France was declared
- against Germany Von Moltke was unmoved.
It is said of him that when he first
heard the news he was in bed and he roused
himself for a moment and said to the mas
Banger: "Oh, very well; the third portfolio
on the left." In that portfolio were found
all the necessary plans for tbe impending
campaign.
Bismarck tells a characteristic story of
Von Moltke. A.t the decisive battle of
Sadowa when victory was dubious for
hours, Bismarck, tormented by doubt and
fear as to the result, rode to the side of
Moltke, who sat silent on his black
charger. His mind was intent on the
ttruggle aud it was impossible to attract his
Attention. The great Chancellor had a little
case in his pocket containing two cigars,
one of choice and the other of inferior qual- I
tty. He offered the case to Von Moltke, who, |
without speaking,carefully examined the two j
cigars ana took the good one without a word
of thanks. But Bismarck understood him,
and putting spurs to his horse, returned to
bis post. He thought that if Von Moltke
Could calmly make choice of a cigar at such
a moment, it meant that all was going on
right.
It is said that no one ever saw Moltke excited.
At Sedan he was the coolest man on
the entire field, although the whole responsibility
rested on him, with the fate of tht
two greatest nations in Europe awaiting decision
at the cannons mouth. His intellect
was cold and scientific, more constructs
than creative. Nothing was left to chanca
or accident. Everything was provided for,
and his plans were so flexible that they could
be changed in an instant to meet any unforosAan
emereencv.
For his services m this war with France
Von Moltke was created a Count and appointed
Chief Marshal of the German Empire,
and in 1872 was made a life member in the Up
per House of the Reichstag. From this time on
Count Von Moltke devoted himself to bis
studies and to the teaching of military matters
to the young officers and soldiers of the
- 'German Army. He attended to his dutiej
in Parliament, but seldom showed any inter est
in matters not connected with military
affairs.
His declining years have been spent in tha
auiet home life which he loved so well, and
aeir surroundings formed the peaceful
twilight of a busy life. He was born with
the century, and has been one of its greatest
characters. His memory will live forever in
the hearts of his countrymen as one of the
greatest of soldiers, a scholar and a states- '
man, |
MANIPURIS SUBDUED.
I
Twelve of Their Villages Burned by 1
British Troops.
Information reached Simla, India, that i
the British columns advancing on Manipur,
under Generals Lockhart and Turner, when
within sT\it of a large native settlement in
the Bhagri Valley, halted and sent scouts
forward to inform the Manipuris that the
British Generals were awaiting proposals of
peace from the insurgent tribes. The rebels,
Bowever, refused to answer this peaceable
suggestion and the British troops were ordered
to advance.
The British columns pushed forward and
burned twelve villages which had been occupied
by the rebels. The latter, in great
force, retreated to the hills. The British
force then shelled the hills with shrapnel
shells, killing and wounding large numbers
of the enemy. The latter is now believed to
have been completely cowed.
m PRKSIDE5T HARRISON and msiaeQC JJiaz
9 desired to meet at ?1 Paso, Texas, but it was
discovered that the Constitution of Mexico
K forbids the President leaving that country,
and that for oof President to leave the
sacred soil of the United States would be
?auivalent to his resignation.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
A.v abandoned woman, found murdered
ind horribly mutilated in a Water street
live, pave rise to the belief that "Jack tne
ittper," the butcher of Whitechapel, was at
arge in New York City. The police hare a
lescriptioa of the murderer.
Two Italian laborers were killed and four
>thers seriously injured in a railroad colision
near Rock Point, Penn.
Mrs. Martha Hall, aged sixty-five, of
Lowell, Mass., who had one leg and her
aose broken and her snine injured in the Old
Colony Railroad accident at Quincy, was
awarded $11,000 by the arbitrators.
Walter Tice, twenty years old, and
Dharles Christie, as;ed eighteen years of
!?oum lamaen, n. were arywnwu m u?*cr t
Delaware River. They were ia a sailboat j
with twelve other young men.
John Powers and John Bulger were fatally
stabbed on the streets of Newark, N.
J., by Michael Rosa, an Italian.
Ex-Park Commissioner Stearns, of
Brooklyn, a veteran of the war and comraanderof
Harry Lee Post, 0. A. R., committed
suicide by stabbing himself through
She heart, at his home. He was fifty years
jld. and for several months had been suffer,ng
with insomnia.
A lamp, suspended from the ceiling in the
house of Mrs. John Conrad, at Fort Washington,
Penn., exploded, fatally injuring
Mrs. Conrad and her two daughters, aged
fourteen years and twenty-oue months resnof?firolr
1
Ywv?..vV .
Soke unknown perscn broke into the
stable of Jacob Kernierer. near Murraysville,
Peun., the other night, and poisoned
four imported stallions, valued at $10,000,
and then cut up the carriages and harness.
Rarrisville, N. Y., a thriving village on
the route into the Adirondack forest, was
practically destroyed by fire, the loss being
estimated at $100,000.
Deacon J. Ellery Piper, a wealthy resident
of Hyde Park, Mass., was killed a
days ago by a train.
The Centre Block in Franklin, Penn., waa
destroyed by fire. The losses aggregate
IICO.OOO, partially insured. It was the
largest fire that has occurred there for
) ccu d.
South and West.
The Detroit (Mich.) Street Car Company
backed down. It appointed two lawyers to
confer with the strikers' committee, and they
agreed to the demands of the men. The city
presents a holiday appearance in consequence.
Chief of Construction Bcrnhan, of the
World's Fair, Chicago, III., appointed C. B.
Atwood, of New York, designer-in-chief.
Nelson Bray, a desperado awaiting trial
for arson and burglary, was shot through the
head and killed by Jailor Hall, while attempting
to escape at Versailles, Ky.
Waites Martin, colored, was hanged in
the jail yard at Columbia, 8. C., for the
nf A 1 ir?a Mnf-oAn a whitx* wnmnn I
Bill Miles, colored, was executed at Pickens,
S. C.j for tbe murder of Jake Griffin. Edmund
Holioway, also colored, was hanged at
Mailning, S. C., for the murder of John W.
Dubose, white.
Mrs. Betty Harbison- Eastox, sister of
President Harrison, was mortally injured,
and Miss Moore, her niece, badly shaken up
near Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio, by a
buggy accident.
General H. P. Van Clete died at his ;
home near St. Paul, Minn. He was born in
Princeton, N. J., on November 23, 1809, was
educated at the United States Military
Academy and served with distinction in the
Civil War.
Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, widow of J
0k Barnaby, of Boston, who clied suddenly at
Denver, Co)., was killed by drinking from a
bottle of poisoned whisky sent from Boston
by some unknown person. Mr. Barnaby was
i wealthy clothing dealer.
Fully 2000 of 3000 men employed at the
Michigan Car Company's Works. Senator
McMillan's big concern in Detroit, Mich.,
struck, and were smashing everything they
could lay their hands on when the police appeared.
The strikers then attacked the steel
and spring works, to compel the employes to
quit. The latter refused, however, and a
pitched battle ensued, ending in the withdrawal
of the strikers.
Tcrxkey Tehrer shot two prisoners who
were attempting toescap9 from jail at Monroe,
Mich., killing one iustantly and fatally
wounding the other.
The Traders' and Farmers' Bank of Montgomery
City, Mo., is closed, and the cashier.
Captain H. W. Covington, has disappeared,
leaving a shortage in his accounts of $0300.
Is the Methodist Church at Buriington,
N. C.. the pastor dropped to the pulpit floor
and died ui the midst of his sermon. He
was the Rev. R. R. Ricks. He hid about
half finished his sermon when he suddenly
turned very pale, ceased talking, and Sink
down behind the pulpit.
Mayor Waskbcrn-e's first official act on
entering upon his duties was to issue an
order to the Police Department to close up
every gambling house in Chicago.
Bcsin"ERS at Zanesville, Ohio, is paralyzed,
owiug to a general strike in the building
trades.
Poncho, the famous Piute Indian, who
piloted General Fremont across the- Sierra
r*evadas, died a few days ago at the ryramid
reservationn in California. Poncho was a
Mexican veteran and wore a bronze medal
presented to him by the Government.
A serious wreck occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Gaithersburg,
Md. A west bound express train ran intc
an open switch and into aside tracked freight
train. Two postal clerks ani several pas
seugers wore killed.
Washington.
Superintendent Porter, of the Census
Bureau, published a bulletin about the relative
economy of cable, electric and animal
motive power for street railways. It states
that electricity is cheaper than cables or
horses for street railways.
Sexor Manuel de J. Galvan, formerly
Minister to Washington from San Domingo,
has returned to the Capital in the capacity
of a special Commissioner to endeavor to
negotiate a reciprocity agreement between
San Domingo and the United States.
Building Inspector Entwistle reported
to the District Commissioners that it will
cost about $50,(XW thoroughly to repair and
l'PPniKfminf. thu ShnraHom Vir?a_Praci^??n#
Morton's hotel, the stairways of which re
centlv gave way. The hotel will have to be
closed for several mouths.
Judge Elias S. Terry died at his residence
in Washington, aged eighty-four years.
He came of a Huguenot family which settled
in South Carolina. Judge Terry was born
in Charleston.
The 4'^ per cent bonds redeemed by the
United States Treasury amouut to a total to
date of $16,055,950.
Commodore Folger, Chief of the Naval
Bureau of Ordnance, has just completed the
preliminary arrangements with tha Dupont
Powder Company for the erection at Newport,
R. I., of a plant for the manufacture
of gun cotton. The Duponts will erect the
plant free of expense to the Government according
to the naval designs, and are pre- <
Dirinz to make the new smokeless powder in
large quantity.
S. D. Miller, the son of the AttorneyGenera!,
has been appointed to the p'.ace
lately vacated by Mr. Tolinan, Chief or the
Division of Requisitions and Accounts of the
tYar Department, and has been designated
as his private secretary by Secretary Proctor.
Tub convention of the Association of
Medical Superintendents of Insane Asylums
began at the Arlington Hotel in W ashington.
The Chinese Government has informed the
Government of the United States, through
the Department of State,of its unwillingness
to receive ex-Senator Henry W. Blair as
Minister to China from the United States.
Attorney-General Miller has received
the report of District-Attorney Grant at
New Orleans on the killing of the Italians in
the Parish Prisou there last month. He immediately
sent the report to Secretary
Blaine.
Foreign.
The miners' strike at Dortmund has assumed
gigantic proportions. Tea thousand
men are out.
Disastrous rain storms and floods have
visited Peru.
Rev. Ionacio Lkon Velasco, Archbishop
of Bogota, is dead.
Portugal has yielded to Great Britain's
ultimatum, and has consented to the free
passage of the Pungwe River, in Africa.
The body of Field Marshal Von Moltke
lay in state in Berlin, Germany, and was
viewed by the public.
Influenza is epidemic at Christiania,
Sweden. Over three thousand persons have
been afflicted with the disease. The death
rat? has increased ten per cent. A number
of schools have been closed, the theaters are
deserted and the staffs of the police and the
postal departments are greatly reduced in
strength.
The death of the Grand Duke Nicholas, an
uncle of the Czar of Russia, took place. He
was a field marshal in the Russian army.
He was born in 1831, and was married in 1856
to Princess Alexandria of Oldenburg.
The Chilian insurgents1 monitor Huascar
has been sunk by a torpedo.
The striking weavers at Bradford, Eng- 1
land, have returned to work. 1
The French Ambassador to Russia has 1
tendered his resignation.
The influenza epidemic is becoming of an
alarmingly severe type in Yorkshire and ,
Lincolnshire, England. In many of the villages
of these counties every household has ,
been attacked by the disease, anl deaths are
becoming much more frequsut.
?r?rl ai^r man amnlntraH in f.ha
inc< luauu^ci alA iuwi* VMV
iron works belonging to tha Rothschilds at
"Wilkowitz, Bohemia, have been killed by an
explosion.
The Regent of llanipur, India, has taken
to the hills, and the British troops have taken
his capital.
Minister carter bas resigned from the
Hawaiian Cabinet, and the people are clamoring
for a republic. It is saia that the life
of the Queen is in danger.
Ho.v. C. C. Colby has resigned the portfolio
of President of the Privy Council of
Canada.
Advices from Samoa state that ex-King
Tamasese is dead. He had been suffering
from Bright's disease. It was Tamasese who
was declared King by the Germans when
Alalia*-/ war dpnoifid and Mataafa took his
place as tho representative of bis family in
the rivalry for tbe crown. This was the
origin of tho famous Samoan conference at
Berlin, in which the United States played so
prominent a part.
The funeral services over the body of
Field Marshal Count Von Moltke took place
in Berlin in the ball-room of the General
Staff Building, in which building the veteran
died. Emperor William, the members of the
Royal families of Germany and the German
generals followed the hearse to the railroad
station.
An explosion occurred in a dynamite factory
at Cengio, near Genoa, Italy, by which
five girls were killed and fifty persons were
injured.
TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE,
The New Structure Dedicated With
Imposing Ceremonies.
The Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage's new
Tabernacle,at the corner of Greene and Clinton
avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y., was dedicated
with three imposing services, in the morning,
afternoon and evening. Immonse crowds
attended ail three.
The entrance in the small tower on Clinton
avenue was opened at 'J o'clock in the
morning, and the pewholders were admitted
first. After they had made a thorough inspection
of the building, persons holding
tickets were admitted in the same way.
THE NEW TABERNACLE.
The crush became 30 great that at 10
o'clocs tho principal doors in the corner
tower were thrown open, and ticket-holders
were allowed to pass through. The immense
edifice was filled in short order, and men
and women were standing three or four
deep in the lobbies back of the pews. Every
inch of space in the galleries was occupied,
and people considered themselves fortunate
to be allowed to stand anywhere.
Just before 10:30 o'clock the large folding
doors separating the church proper from the
Sunday-school room were thrown open, making
one immense auditorium. About 1000
persons crowded into this room, where,
though they could not see very well, they
could distinctly hear everything that was
said. At 10:30 o'clock it was estimated that
there were fully 7500 people in the building.
Half as many more remaiued on the outside,
being unable to gain admission.
The Tabernacle is by no means completed.
A great amount of work remains to
be done, and it will take two or three weeks
to finish it. It was after midnight Sunday
morning when the last workman left the
' ** : i-t- .i.t.
DUUaing. I no muompiews staw ui mo cui- i
flee did not in the slightest interfere with the
comfort of the audience.
The rostrum was handsomely decorated
with flowers. A large bank of roses placed
under the reading desk attracted a great
deal of admiration. The word "Resurrection"
was worked in red roses on a white
background, and a very pleasing effect was
had. The memorial table was one of the
principal attractions. It is constructed in
part of rough blocks of stone from Mount
Calvary, Mount Sinai and Mars Hill, near
Athens, on which St. Paul preached. Before
and after the services crowds surrounded it
and listened to Dr. Talmage's description of
the scenes whence the relics came.
The family of Dr. Talmage occupied a pew
in the center aisle, and near tnetn wen)
seated Trustees John Wood, James W. Birkett,
P. W. Taylor, Dr. Harrison A. Tucker,
* * ?- - *r~r ??bIaa \f
Alexander ^uutiuau, mimics m. utwuiu,
James H. Ferguson, Edward H. Branch and
F. M. Lawrence. Sixty ushers and the
Trustees lookel after the seating of the
throng.
Many persons were turned away from the
doors at the evening service, when Dr. Talinage
preached. Ho made special reference
to the stones in the wall of the church which
lie brought from Mount Sinai, Calvary, and
Mars Hill last year. It was announced that
$22,00() had been raised at the morning service,
and further subscriptions were sought
to pay off the floating debt of $50,000.
FOUGHT THE SHERIFF.
Rioting and Bloodshed in tne Pennsylvania
Coke Regions.
Sheriff McCormick, of Fayette County,
Penn., had a desperate battle with the coke
strikers on a recent morning at Leisenring
No. 3, also known as the Monarch works of
the Frick Company. The Sheriff and his
deputies had made twelve evictions when the
Sheriff was attacked by a Hungarian woman
Darned Glashgo. She fired at him with a
revolver several times, wounding him in the
leg. He closed with her, and after a desperate
struggle took the weapon away from
her.
The woman became infuriated, and acted
like a mad person. She caught up an ax and
attacked the Sheriff, cutting him seriously
1 on the foot. The Sheriff then shot the
woman, inflicting perhaps fatal injuries.
As soon as the woman fell a Hungarian
caught up another ax and tried to kill the
Sheriff. The Sheriff shot this man iu the
mouth, wounding him severely. He was then
I attacked by other Hungarians, but was rescued
by his deputies after he bad shot another
Slav in the thigh.
The Glashgo woman, after being wounded,
forced her way into a house where an eviction
was in process, and renewed her attack,
this time on the Sheriff's deputies. She was
knocked down with a club. One other man
was shot Ave times by the deputies, but was
not fatally hurt.
Company C. of the Tenth Regiment, came
to the aid of the Sheriff, and the disturbance
ceased. . . I
THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP,
Progress of the Party on 1
Pacific Slope.
Receptions at San Francisco i
Other Places.
The President was accorded a magniflc
reception on his arrival at San Diego, C
on tne morning of the tenth day out fi
Washington. The train proceeded
rectly to Coronado Beach, arriving theri
7:30 o'clock. At Hotel Del Coronaao, wt
breakfast was served, the party was recei
by ex-Governor Murray, Mayor Gi
and members of the San Dietro Receol
Committee. Governor Torres, Chief Ej
ative of Lower California, and his staff, i
resenting the President of Mexico, were
troduced to the President as he ent
the hotel. Carriages were then ta
by the visitors and the Recep
Committee for the ferry, wtiere
steamer Coronido was in waiting
take the party across San Diego Bay to
city. The route of the procession lay al
the principal streets to tne plaza, in the <
ter of which a grand stand, fairly cove
with calla lilies and bunting, had t
erected. School children to the ni
ber of 2500 liberally' provided with c
lilies and roses were formed along the 1
and as the President passed by they showc
t%~%A ertoM-iiraH hlnacu
11UU WiliU buo uu TT Oi O ovt* vv?*uw v.vww,
beneath the feet of his horses so that
passed along a continuous floral pi
way. As the procession passed
army barracks the regulation sa]
was fired. The exercises at
81aza were brief. Mayor Gunn m
ae address of welcome, to which the Pi
dent briefly responded, and was hear
cheered by the large crowd assembled in
square. At 11 o'clock the President
party left by train for Rivereide.
The President and party eaw a bsaui
floral display on the eleventh morning ol
? *wa KniirJ HHva t.hrniiffh
jauiiv wiumg 14 w??v uwu>u w ?- ? ?Q?
principal streets of Pasadena, Cal.
President and Mrs. Harrison and Ma
Luckens occupied a carriage decorated v
acacia blossoms and drawn by four bo
wearing feathery plumes. Just be;
the President left the hotel he waa addre
by a curly-headed four-year-old boy, wh(
patiated on the fertility of the valley
gave the President and his party permis
to take away any of the produce that mi
suit their fancy. On Marengo avenue
procession passed under a large arch c
posed of California lillies and hai
a base of rare tropical plants,
large portrait of the President was
played at the keystone. About 2500 sc
children were assembled about thi3 arch
they showered the President and Mrs. 1
rison with a profusion of bouquets. Those
followed passed over a bed or flowers, t
afterward the procession passed tbroui
gate of flowers. It was opened by two i
girls. At 11 o'clock, the .Presidential train s
ed on its way to Santa Barbara, where the
E spent the afternoon and evening. J
irrison was in danger at Riverside.
President had just concluded a brief adc
to the children, when the horses attached
carriage containing Secretary Rusk, ]
Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick took frigh
the shower of flowers, and dashed
a crowd of children in the open r
A panic eusued. There were four h<
to the carriage, and the leaders trippei
the traces and fell down. Secretary ]
had jumped out of the carrhge at the
alarm, and was at their heads in a mon
and with the assistance of some bystar
soon had them under control.
The President and party arose at 6 o'cl
on the twelve morning while their train '
crossing the Tehachapi Mountains of C
fornia on the way to the valley of the f
Joaquin, and had a splendid view of thee
bratei railroad loop at that point. The)
stopping place of the day wa3 Bakersfii
where tne party arrived at 8:30 o'clock,
train remained there ten minutes. The P
ident reeeiv<?d a cordial welcome.
? ?? introduce 1 to the oeoDle
Judge A. B. Conkling, and was at
to respond when he was assa
by such a shower of bouquets that he
forced to seek shelter in his car. Seeing 1
the President did not desire this treatmenl
people stopped whereupon the Presi(
again advanced and addressed them. Tu]
Cal., was reached shortly after 10 o'clock
the President and party, which now inclu
Governor Markham, ex-Governor Per.
Mr. Stump aud Mr. Crocker, race
an ovation. A national salute
fired, during which the party
escorted to a gaily decorated stand,
base of which was the stump of a c
moth redwood tree. This was surrour
by a guard of honor, composed of the 1
militia and Grand Army Posts. The Pi
dent was introduced by Governor Markh
The President shook hands with all
people who could get near him.
has practically recovered the use
his right hand, and anticipates no
ther trouble, notwithstanding the 1
that the middle finger, which was
jured near Santa Barbara the other afi
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HOOD, IS Still 1U DHUlUjei. x i cmuouu u
rison was welcomed to San Francisco t!
night by a great display of enthusiasm. 1
Presidential train arrive! at Oakland ab
7 o'clock, and the party boarded the fe
steamer Piedmont, which steamed aroi
the bay slowly to enable the Pr
dent to witness the brilliant illuminatic
As the steamer left the wharf at Oaklan
signal rocket was sent up from the bow i
instantly bonfires blazed from the twin pe
of Telegraph and California street
and a dozen other elevated points
San Francisco. Long lines of stre
brilliant with electric lights and red
were alsa plainly visible trom tne flee* ol
steamer. On reaching San Francisco
party entered carriages and drove out 1
ket street to the Mechanics' Pavilion, wl
a reception was held.
The President and Mrs. Harrison acc
panied Mayor Sanderson and Mrs. San
son to the First Presbyterian Church in
Francisco the thirteenth day of the tri
Sunday. The remainder of the dayPresident
spent in his room at the Pa
Hotel. A number of persons called du
the day, but ha generally asked to
excused on the ground that he ne?
rest. Postmaster-General Wanamaker
dresse 1 Calvary buuday-schooi at noon,
in the afternoon he addressed tho Yo
Men's Christian Association. All the la
of the party drove to the residence of Si
tor ana Mrs. Stanford in the afternoon.
The fourteenth _.... ? the Presid
outing- opened t right and warm upon
party in San Francisco, and at 9 o'clocl
Presidential visitors drove from the Pt
Hotel to Vanness avenue, where the pi
school children were assembled. The
dren were drawn up in line, and tha in<
tion was confined to a d
up one side and down the ol
When Golden Gate avenue was reac
after both lines had been reviewed, the p
was driven direct to Golden Gate Park,
stop was made at the Conservatory, w
was closed to all but tho Presidei
pun-y. rrom me parte tne anve v. as to
Cliff House, whara Adii'nh Sntrn
charge of the party and tsco
them to the Heights, where luncl
was served. Thence thj party ]
ceeded to Presidio and reviewed the tr<
stationed there. The President and his ps
returned to the hotel from Pre&dio lat
the afternoon, much refreshed by the es
arating breezes from the Pacific. In
evening there was a reception in the par
of the hotel to the foreign Consuls, Ar
Navy and National Guard officers; Feile
State and city officials; Senators
members of Congress, and invited citiz
Prior to this Zeta Phi Fraternity ent?rtai
the President for half an hour. At the
ception Mrs. Harrison receive! a souvc
from the ladies of San Francisco. It wa<
elegant suv^r earn nay msieiuuv uesizi
The reception lasted until eleven o'clt
vhen tae entire party retired.
A reception was held at the Palace Ho
San Francisco, by the President before
left on his marine trip on the morning of
fifteenth day of the journey, which was
tended by over 100 clergyman of all den<
inat.inrw of that citv and vicinitv. P<
master-General Wananiaker, previous
the trip, inspected the Poatoflice and 1
introduced to the officials. The letter <
riers were also reviewed by Mr. Wa
maker, who made a brief address. He ^
then driven to the steamer and accompan
the President on the excursion. Shoi
before 10:30 President Harrison and pa
boarded the steamer City of Pueblo
atrip around the bav. Promptly at t
hour the steamer left the wharf j
started in the direction of Alcatraz Isla
near which were stationed the Chariest
the Hassler, the Madreno, the Corwln i
the Rush. In passing the squadron
Presidential salute of t?renty-one euna '
tired, and then the cruiser and the cuttei
fell behind the Pueblo and tae naval pr<
1 cession moved slowly toward the Golde
Gate. Ten thousand or more persons left tb
shore to accompany the President on hi
the trip. The yacht clubs of San Francisco an
neighboring cities and towns decked thei
boat houses with flags and bunting. Tt
prnieor Pharlpch-in wns miA nf tha most COI
epicuous objects, and was resplendent in he
IflfJ new dress. The steamer City of Puebl(
which was to convey the Presidential part
on the excursion, the steamer Haytien {I
public, and other large vessels were deci
. rated from stem to stern. The Presidei
, during the evening received a dispatch froi
om kis injured sister, Mrs. Eaton, saying st
^ was much better, and requesting that e
change of plans be made by the President o
lere account of her injuries.
ved President Harrison and party left Sa
lnn Francisco by train at 9 o'clock in the mori
tion ing of the sixteenth day absent from Was]
[ec- ington for Palo Alto, where several houi
ep. were spent at the Palo Alto stock farm an
in. the Leland Stanford, Jr., University. At
red o'clock the train started for Monterey. A
ken the Palo Alto stock farm the stock was ii
tion spected by the visitors, and trotting exhib
the tions were given by blooded horses. Tt
to President and Mrs. Harrison planted tre<
the of the gigantic species, and then luncheon W?
on? served at the Stanford mansion. The retur
* * * *
to tne station was cnougu uie esiutcs uw
;rflj ator Felton. the late J. C. Flood and other
'ppn At 3:30 P. M. the party took a train for Sa
,im. Jose, arriving there at 4:30 o'clock. After
nl[(t short stay the trip was resumed to Montere;
;np which Tvas reached at 7 o'clock. The part
(red proceeded to the Hotel Del Monte, wher
Jm8 after supper, they retired for the night,
ho ^
the grant monument.
lute
the Ground Broken for It at Riversid
Park, New "Xork.
resitily
The sixty-ninth anniversary of the blrtl
the day of General Ulysses S. Grant, has bee
^ commemorated by the breaking of groun
for the monument that will rise in Riversid
;iful Park, New York, where the body of th
Federal commander has lain since the
J?e mer of 188$.
The
^yor
OS I IF I I'm bwt 11 u gj?
Iress
into
oad.
Drsea THE GRANT HOXTOCCTT.
| i? Before the time for beginning the esr<
^U9? monies the posts of the Grand Army or tfc
firl' Republic gathered at the upper end of Rilent,
ersi,io Park, and were massed In and aroun
iden tije p]^ where the monument is to stand.
On the river opposite the tomb the wai
ock ship Yantic was anchored decorated wit
was flags and bunting, and at 2 o'clock a salut
ali- of twenty-one guns was fired by her. Tb
3aa platform near the tomb was filled with mem
01?* Ders of the Grant Monument Associatioi
Irst members of the Grand Army of the Repul
I'd, lie, and the speakers. The Marine Ran
The played aa overture, and 300 children froi:
the Sheltering Arms Asylum, headed by
He flfe and drum corD3. marched past the tomb
by Each child carried a small bouquet of foi
>out get-me-nots, which was cast upon the toint
,iled After prayer was offered by the Rev. Dt
"J?3 Clark Wright, Chaplain of Commander Fre<
that man>s staff, a chorus sang "The Star-Span?
^the je(j Bonner," and then General Horace Poi
IeQt ter, the orator of the day, was introduced b
Department Commander Freeman, of the G
J A. ft. General Porter spoke at length of th
?e<i life and character of General Grant, an
fms! when he had finished the chorus san
ived "America."
was Commander Freeman next arose to carr;
out the great ceremony of the day?tti
tae breaking of the pround. The spade whic
Q??T he used was a superb specimen of America
, handicraft, bearing an inscription contair
ing the chief events of General Grant's life
resl" Before inserting the implement in the tur
a*h General Freeman delivered a brief addres;
Vi in which he alluded to the services of Genera
~"S Grant, and concluded as follows:
fur '"Now in the preseuce of Almighty Go
}"fj." an 1 these witnesses, we, the representative
in- ?' Army of the Republic, brea
t^r soc* PreParator7 to laying the foundatio
P of the monument which shall stand as
Lar- . . , .l. i ?? jl
sugnL expresaiuu ui liio wvoui i/uo iuiuuu iu
-ll3 its chieftain, and shall tell to all the worl
3U(. that the United States of America does nc
rry. forget her heroic dead."
(Commander Freeman then turned aspadi
e3(. ful of earth, and the work of erecting th
)Q3 monument was thereby formally inaugu
j 3 rated.
an(j The Grant Birthday Association held il
aks anniversary dinner at Delmonico's, Nei
jjjjl York. Over a hundred distinguished citizet
jn were present. Hon. Joseph H. Choate pri
^ts, sided, and delivered the opening speecl
are Other addresses were made by ex-Seuato
the Evarts, Colonel Kyd Douglass, Mr. Fret
the erick Tavlor, Hou. John S. Wise andWil
lar- iam McMichael. A pleasant interruptio
iere to the dinner was the appearance of Mr*
Grant in the gallery at the rear of the ha
:om- as the talking was about to begin. She wt
der- accompanied by Mrs. Sartoris, Miss Vivia
San Sartori?, Mi3S Elverson, Mrs. Ganeral Colli
ip, a and Miss May Fassett. The moment she wi
the seen every man was on his feet, and rigl
lace royally was the widow of the man to whoi
ring memory all were paying triDuce greecea.
> be The memory of Grant was also honore
>ded by the Harlem Republican Club that nigl:
ad- in a birthday dinner at the Metropolita
and HoteL
ung ______
^ A $200,000 THEFT.
snt'3 Astounding Story of Robbery Told ii
i the a \ew York Court.
[>ace A startling story of robbery was brough
lblic to light the other day, at New York City
cbil- in the Supremo Court, before Judge O'Brien
rive Charles H. Holmes, one of the Arm of J. H
:her. Labaree- & Co., wholesale tea and coffe
bed, dealers applied for a writ of injunction to
arty rastraiu Stephen H. Olin and the Unioi
A Trust Company from paying $50,000 life in
hicii surance money held by them in trust. .
ltial It appeared that Arthur C. Gilmao, wh
the committed suicide at Flushing, Lon^ Island
took on December 15 last, had been taken into
rted the company's employ as a clerk at $b i
leoa week. He was careful and said to be trust
pro- worthy, and was advanced to $15 a week
3ops In 18S4 he was given a one-tenth in teres
irty in the firm's business. From that time h<
? ?" uumuienueu a, systematic course ui ruuuer)
:hil- After his death it was discovered that hi
th3 peculations amounted to 1222,934.53. Th<
lors firm found several of his life insurance poli
my, cies, aggregating 156,000, pavable to hi:
ral, wife, Bessie L. Oilman. These were turnet
and over to Oliu with the understanding tha
ens. they should go to make good Gilman's steal
Ded ing>-, as alleged, if a suit should show tha
r.e* was right. *
snir Olin collected the money, deposited it ir
3 tiie Trust Company, and awaited developie?*
inents. The firm was on the point of fail
)c?. ing, when Holmes advanced f 70,000, which
saved them. He took an assignment o;
tel, the interest of the other partners in
he the life insurance money. Upon in
IUQ VC3HJJOHUU, iiumico L1U41UA, *v ??ac
at- shown Oilman had paid the premiums on tht
Dm. ^oliries with the money he stole from tht
3st- hrm. Thereupon Holmes demanded tht
to money from Olin, who refused to surrender
if anil uc s?Vinr<7<vt Mi'rl ha intamlor) fn t.Iirr
;ar- it over to the willow. Hence the suit for t
na- writ <?f injunction.
H as Affidavits were submittal by book experts
lied showing that (Jiiman's course had been at
tjj astounding and systematic one. He had
rty robbed the firm from the time he became a
for member of it, coveriug up his thefts with
hat marvelous s'sill.
ind "
n(j The Swiss people have thrown ont tij
axi a crushing majority (352,000 votes against
in(i 94,000) the bill granting pensions for thf
the federal employes. Those attached to the
iracJ poctofflce were more particularly in view.
> THE ETERNAL CITY SHOOK.
n
ie .?
is ?- ?
d Explosion of a Large Powder
te Magazine Near Rome.
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X
y Seven Men Killed and Oyer a'
JJ.UliUi.GU. IT VUUuuUi
>
lt
11 At about 7 o'clock a few mornings ago a
J? tremendous explosion shook the city of
u Rome, Italy, to its foundations, spreading
terror and dismay. The people rushed afQn
frighted from their homes into the streets;
j. houses rocked, pictures fell from the walb,
3 thousands of panes of glass where broken
d everywhere, crockery was shattered, furni
o rare was overturned, chimneys crashed
it down upon the roofs, and, in some instances,
i- toppled over into the street below.
1- Toe cupola of the Houses of Parliament
te immediately after the explosion shook vio?s
lently and then collapsed with a crash,
is which added still further to the feeling of
n horror which had spread through Rome,
l- People of all ages and conditions were rushs.
ing, pale with fear, about the streets, trying
,n to seek consolation from others, who were as
a thoroughly terrified as themselves.
f, In the houses, doors, windows and cupy
boards were burst open, and the tables, chairs
e, and other pieces of furniture were thrown
crashing to the floor. Rents and cracks appeared
in the walls, the plaster fell from the
ceilingi, and general desolation prevailed.
In many instances people were thrown from
their beds by the shock, and cries of terror
filled the air as thousands of families rushed
0 out into the streets. Many of them left
their homes in their night clothes.
Hie opinion prevailed that Rome had been
l" visited by an earthquake shock and that a
n second shock might reduce the city to ruins.
ir ?.n iL.i.i
d iuiuy i?u upua muir uumauu |jr?;au aiuuu.
e Finally the real cause of the explosion became
known. It was discovered that the im9
mens* powder magazine at Pezzo Pantaleo,
*" four kilometers from the city had exploded,
and that It had caused enormous damage to
the neighboring fort, which was filled with
soldiers. Happily, the officer in command a?
the fort heara a rumbling sound previous to
the explosion, and, hastily ordering the
soldiers to leave the fort, ne succeeded in
averting a terrible disaster. As it was seven
peasants who were in the vicinity of tha
Sfcene of the explosion were killed outright^
and a number of others were more .or less
injured.
King Humbert and his military staff, accompanied
by the Italian Premier, tin
Marquis di Rudinl and by all the members
of the Italian Cabinet, left the city immediately
for the scene of the disaster.
^ Around the ruins of the powder magazine
and of the fort a cordon of troops was drawn
In order to keep back the crowd of people.
All the houses within a radius of a kilometer
of the scene of the explosion are seriously
damaged. Two officers were dangerously
wounded and fully 120 civilians have
pecn taken to the different hospitals, suffering
from wounds or bruises caused by the
explosion.
: King Humbert, who was heartily cheered
Whenever his presence became known to the
populace and soldiery, used hia own carriage
to convey wounded people to the hospital, a
fact which won him redoubled applause.
- The shock which caused Rome to tremble
did not spare the Vatican. The venerated
pile shook with the rest of the Roman buildings
when the force of the explosion was felt
' and several of the famous historical stained
j glass windows of the old buildings were shattered.
The windows in the ancient Raphael
chambers and the stained glass in the royal
J staircase, presented to Pope Pius IX. by tha
King of Bavaria, were also seriously injured.
'? All accounts agree that tho loss is very
severe, the interiors of many of the old pal.
aces and churches having suffered to a
greater or lesser extent.
Forty small houses have been redcced to
heaps of ruins by the shock following the ex"
plosion. It has been ascertained that tha
magazine at Pezzo Pantaleo contained 2o<
tons of powder.
I TIE LABOB WORLD.
Boston waitresses have a union,
y London has 290,000 factory girls,
g Nebraska has the Eight-hour law.
1 i the Moiaers' union oas ou.wu moiu
g I Women barbers increase in London.
| French yards are busy on war ships.
^ Omaha, Neb., will have a trade school.
h ' Canadians are howling against Chinese
u labor.
Indianapolis stonemasons work eight
>. hours.
'} Australia will have an eight hour movement.
South Australia has a Woman's Trade
,1 Union.
s Nebraska railroads must use automatic
k couplers.
n Nashville (Tenn.) harneasmakers use a
a union label.
A number of New York barber shops now
)t keep open all night.
The "Minera1 Convention at Paris reoreeented
1,000,000 men.
10 a Brooklyn Plumbers' and Gasfltteri*
l_ Union has over 700 members.
Labor is more productive at present than
at any other epoch of history.
IS Pittsburg bricklayers want $4.50, nine
hours, and eight on Saturday.
i. The colored barbsrs, of Evansville, Ind.,
r have formed a labor organization.
, Sax Francisco builders worth <10,000,- i
g 000 have organized to fight the union,
j, San Francisco unions talk of a free labor
ji bureau and co-operative establishment,
is The clerks employed on railroads in Indin
ana hare organized an Assembly of Knights
is of Labor.
The women stenographers and typewriters
propose to form an organization for New
10 York City.
Chicago park employes want car fare
when they are sent to remote parts of the
A city to work.
Lancashire, England, has 05,000 children
who will be affected by the law raising the
age of half-timers to eleven years and twelve
the year after.
Since December, ISM, the laborers employed
by the municipal authorities of
1 Buenos Ayres have not received their wages.
They are now on strike.
t It is said that the wages for shorthani
writing and typewriting has fallen from an
average of 125 to an average of ?3 per week
i. since women entered the field.
The Liverpool dockers' strik9 was a telling
e stroke. According to the annual report reo
centlv published, the Leeds and Liverpool
3 Canal's profits declined $95,000 in consequence
of it.
German workinsrmen at Cleveland organo
ized a union to which only those who can
speak German are eligible. It will combine
trades unions and have insurance features
and take political action.
STALWART COWARDS.
Fought Each Other lor Their Ltve?
While the Girls Drowned.
At low tide the water in St. John's (New
UafW rnno nil* lilfA a mill TaC0.
i """""" */ "? ?
t and just at Reed's Point pier, where the
' steamer Dominion lies, are the swiftest eddies.
t A boat load of men and girls upset al that
place at 2 o'clock on a recent morninz, and
two were drowned, the others being rescued
t with great difficulty.
j The young people had been attending a
j dance in Carleton. The gunwale of their
boat struck the bow of the steamer and iu a
. moment capsized. Lines were thrown from
} the steamer.
The men fought among themselves for tto
5 ropes, and while the girls were clingiug to
the stern and crying tor help a couple of
1 these cowards fastened the lines to themt
selves and were hoisted up. Two of the girls,
Ethel Allen and Nellie McAllister, were
j drowned.
i ???
1 tK London, a few days ago, Frank BraA.
ley, a butcher, was cutting up chop3 and
1 steaks with his customary stolidity. Suddenly
be leaped from the chopping block,
brandished his great butcher's Knife alcft
until he bad attracted the eyes of every one
' to him, and then drew the keen blade across
: his throat, nearly severing the head from
' his body. The crowd, terror-stricked, fled
trom the ahoc. * I
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LATEB NEWS.
-:-M
Srx doable, two single tenements and s
stable in Brooklyn, N. Y., were destroyed &
by fire. Forty families, comprising seventyfive
persons, were rendered homeless. Loss
over $100,000.
The annual dinner of the American Pro- - 5 "l
tective League was held in Madison '<
Square Garden Concert Hall, New York
City. More than 500 guests sat at the four- . :
teen tables on the floor of the hall. Speeches
were made by Cornelius N Bliss, Secretary .'.'.V'-i?j
Noble, Vice-President Morton, Major MoKinley,
Senator Aldrich, Senator Hiscock,
Senator Dolpb, Congressman Dolliver ?n^
others.
B P Hutchinson-, "Old Hutch, was
caught heavily in margins in Chicago, 111..
and his trades were ordered closed out. His
liabilities are placed at between #2,000,000 -a
3 OO AAA A A/I TT?. u;a AnJtt ;? '
Mini fO,?A/v,vw. j.ao noo at. uia uui^g caitj u?
the morning, bat suddenly disappeared.
TgE Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad
was sold at auction at Topeka, Kan., to
E. M Sheldon, for the New York Trust Company,
for $25,232,000. This means that the
road has been purchased by the Rock bland- ' - >
In the wreck at Waring Station, Ohio, ia _
which five men lost their lives, $17,000 is
United States Treasury notes were burned. '
The Joss will fall on the United States Ex- ' '
press Company.
The White Squadron arrived in Hampton ,:V
Roads, Va., from Port-au-Prince.
Twenty acre3 wera burned over in Chat^ vU"*
tanooga, Tenn., entailing a loss of $250,000? '*.%&
Campbell & Co.'a furniture factory was w]
stroyed, together with the East Tonneasea,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company1*
frnio'hf; hiiilriinc and saventv-flvo frei?hit .?
cars and several other building3.
The private bank of W. T. Cummin?^ 'j
Houston, Texas, suspended. Liabilities and ?*
assets unknown.
MinistzrYe.v, the Chinese represents tira /-j.j
at Washington, said that the Emperor's ?? ;
fusal to receive Senator Blair as Minister to ?v
China cannot be construed as indicacing tak
unfriendly feeling towards ihe United
States. Secretary Blaine telegraphed ttea
situation to Mr. Blair at Chicago, and tha ' latter
will return to Washington at once.
riiajtia n. tava, son 01 iae itaiuui caMinister,
is seriously ill at Washington.
A plague of locusts is threatening Aig*? ^
ria and other parts of Northern Africa.
The Canadian Parliament was opened ?n<t
Peter White was elected Speaker without &
opposition.
A DisrATCH from Iquique says that tha
Chilian Parliamentary forces have occupied s'Jj
Copiapo, and 500 Balmacedists defending . ;-'3
the place have fleJ:
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Ex-Speaker Eked is at Eome. ' ..> %
** Senator elect Felton, of California, is >-$
worth about $4,000,000.
Dubing his lifetime Barnum sold 83,00(\? " 'j
000 tickets to his shows.
General Greely finally decided" to retire ^ ;
from the Signal Service.
Henry M. Stanley is richer by 1110,000
as the result of his lecture tour in America. ?
Ex-Senator Inqalls wux soon start a
stock ranch a few miles south of Atchison, 35
Kan.
Henry E. Abbey, the impressario, began
as a cornet player in a theatre at Akron, '" '-j
Ohio.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, al
Pennsylvania, earned his first money sawing . '
Lord Stanley.oJ Preeton, Governor-Gen- ,?
erai of Canada, is an enthusiastic player of %
foot ball.
General Hawley declares that he would
much prefer a seat in the Senate to a Cabinet
portfolio.
The most beautiful unmarried roval girl \
in all Europe is Princess Alls, of Hesse
Darmstadt.
Kino Humbert, of Italy, has sent $100 to S
each child left an orphan by the steamship ' 'J3
Utopia disaster.
xfr. Trraw* Smfoinrv whr? rsaicnad frcm
the British bench a week or two"ago, will ,*>31
have a pension of 117,503.
The Sultan of Turkey is reportel as saying
that if it were not for hi3 duty to iiig
subjects he would emigrate to America.
I. R. Greene is still in the active practice V*
of the law at Louisville, Ky. He served in - . *;
the Black IJawk war, and was admitted to
the Bar in lo31.
The new Earl Granville is a pale-face lad
of nineteen. Be is at present a student at
Eton, and caniiot take nis place in the Hons*
of Lords until ho attains his majority.
Nebeker, the ftew Treasurer of the United
States, is a short, atout man, with a round
and rather florid face marked by a black
mustache. He is abouMorty years old.
Bill Ntz and Jamefl Wiiitcomb Riley, :;i
who fell out a year or t^o ago while oa ? #
lecture tour because of Rltey's over-fondneae
for the flowing bowl, met ID Indianapolis
few days ago and made up. . ^ Iffljr,
When Mrs. Ye Cha Yan, tha wife of the
" ?i?of tVnahintrtnn &r>
bureau uuoi 50 u o^au w < ? ?? ? -a ?rived
in this country a few yaars since aha
knew no English. Now she can convert*
fluently in the language on any current topic.
Hon. David A. Wells, the statistician - . <
and writer on political economy, has been J
awarded a gold medal by the jurors of th*
French Exposition of 1889, in recognition of
his contributions to economic science and
literature.
Ths ]atest freak of the German Emperor.
beTorS setting out on his travels, was to bring T"r~^
up tjie torpedo boat Potsdam and manoeuver
Iter in person on the Spree, in the presence off '
an enormous crowd of much astonished r ' -?
spectators.
Henry H. Smith, the journal clerk of the
National House of Representatives, is considered
the most able legislative expert in tha
country, and his knowledge of parliamentary
la w is unexcelled. He has held his placa
for twenty years.
?
AVENGED BY COMRADES.
The Lynching of Gambler Hant by
Soldiers at Walla Walla.
D. J. Hunt, the slayer of Private Miller,
who was lynched on a recent evening by sol?
diers from the garrison at Walla Walla*
Washington, was struck bv sixteen bulleta.
four of which entered bis head. Early in th?
evening Sheriff McFarland received intelligence
that an attempt would be mad*
to lynch Hunt, and, in company
with Prosecuting-. Attorney BlanfonL
be repaired to the garrison and
told Colonel Compton what they feared and
asked him to assist them. Tbis he promised'
to do by having check rolls called after taps.
The Sheriff returned and engaged a number
of extra guards, but all of them had not ar>
r?ved when a crowd of probably seventy
soldiers appeared and demanded that the
officers open the doors of the jail. When this
demand was refused the soldiers began work
on the door with hammers and chisels. Finding
this slow work, they threatened to us*
dynamite.
Further resistance being useless the doors
were opened and thirty or forty cocked revolvers
were levelled at the heads of all Inside,
while the keys to the cells were demanded.
These were given them, and when
U.iMf'a r?all woe chnirn t.hom flflirldr
took bini out in the Court House yard and
shot him. Excitement was intense, and a
crowd of 2000 people surged about the street
in front of the jail until after midnight.
Immediately after the shooting the soldiers
went to their quarters, and it will be
difficult to identify those concerned in the
shooting, though only a portion of them
were masked. The soldiers actually took'
charge of the town and would allow no one
to pass along the streets in the vicinity of
the jail. They compelled merchants to pat
out lights.
Hunt, who was a gambler, met Miller in
saloon. The two began drinking and wera
soon involved in a quarrel. Hunt drew tua
revolver and fatally shot the soldier.