THERECORD-UNION.

VOLUME XC.-KO. 78. SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY MORXIXG, NOVEMBER 20, 1895.-SIX PAGES. WHOLE NO. 16,878,

SULTAN OF TURKEY.

Unconfirmed Rumor That the I

Ruler Has Been Poisoned.

DISORDER AND BLOODSHED IN THE

PROVINCES NOT ENDED.

Measnres for the Restoration of Ordrr

Came Too Lute — Prediction That

tlio Fire of Fronzled Exeiti-meut

Produced by Christian aud Mouani-

jnedun Agitators Can Only bo

Quenched in a Sea of Blood.

BERLIN, Nov. 19.—A dispatch re- iceived here from Sofia, says: The :

Sullan of Turkey, Abdul Hamil, has

been poisoned." The report has not

been confirmed.MORE! BLOODSHED TO FOLLOW.LONDON, Nov. I.*.—The Constanti-

nople correspondent of the Times tele-graphs that a remarkable amount ofsensational news is current, and that itis impossible to sift the grain from th"

chuff. The disorder and bloodshed intoe provinces are not ended. Many per- :sons who are accepted as authoritiesmaintain that the measures for the res-toration of older, like the reforms,

came too late. The lire of frenzied ex- ;

citement produced by Christian and;Mohammedan agitators can only bequenched in a sea of blood.

Shakir Pasha, the Imperial Commis-sioner to supervise the Armenian re- 'i'orins. telegraphs from Erzeroum that ]Husseim Pasha, the Kurdish chief-

tain, who is also an officer in the Ham-idieh cavalry, will be tried by a court- j

aJ for marauding the Armenianvillages m ar Bitiis.

A new code of instructions to the Pro-is which was Issued to-

day has been communicated to theEm-ba sties.

MASSA<'i IKS CONTINIIE.LONDON, Nov. 19.—The latest ad-

v!c< s received from Constantinople sa>thai the Sultan continues to be greatly

• J over the state of affairs In !Asia Minor, which has unquestionably

. 1 a. point beyond his control. He• ihe entire night of November Loth

by th? side of a telegraph instrument inthe Yildiz palace, personally dictatingto the operator dispatches conveyinginstructions to the various provincialGovernors in Asia .Minor, commandingthem to spare DO effort to restore orderand his anxiety to escape from the toilswhich he has Involved himself has with-in, the last few days been displayed inmany other ways.

The iack of troops with which to sup-ireaks and so restrain the

blood-thirstiness of the Kurds is beinggreatly felt, and the Porte may yet becompelled to admit its total inabilityto

• affairs in Asia Minor to the con-dition demanded by the Powers.

Further details of the recent massa-Kharput have been received in j

Constantinople, showing that theKurds first made an attack upon one

f the town and were repulsed byLrmenians. Infuriated at this, they

1 \u25a0 in a body to the American.Mission quarter, where they ransacked I

fire to them, the burnedngs, including eight belonging toission Itself. The Kurds were sup-; in thi ir attack by the Turkish-. who should nave preserved or-

der. : Ing so. or even at-tempting to do, the troops were in the

te pillage and bl Ished. In-it is safe t" Bay upon thestrength

o£ th- advices received that almost, ifuite, as many Armenians were

killed by Turks as by Kurds.authorities succ led in protect-

ing the missionaries, who took refugeof safety, but were power-

. -n if they had the desire to pro-the other < Ihristians.

Th. intent sends under date<•• Novembei lv. additional details ofth ' massacre which took place at

Kharput on November 10th. TheKurdish raiders, the report says, were

I by the Turkish soldiers, wh: them throughout the masi

i. they were more aggressive inmany cases than the Kurds them-

f-.-lv.-s. Besides joining in the sacking\u25a0 houses they '!;<! the greater part

of the Bring upon American build-g armed with superior w< a-

A shell v. as thrown Into thehouse occupied bj Dr N. H. Barnumof Leicester, Mass., with his family,

where it exploded, but fortunatelj none<,ft; . old of that missionarywas hurt. The raiders and their mili-tary alli< - \u25a0>' malice to-ward foreigners.

N".. accurate number of the Christianskilled is possible, but it is known thathundreds. If not thousands, v. re

1. The value of the missiou-I >str iyed v. as probably

i lean mibeing amply protected now. and United

Terrlll I • linedfrom the Porte an ord< r for the station-ing , I around every houscupi< \u25a0 cans, as w< U aa \u25a0 guardfoi t: \u25a0 r of each bull I i

A, Cans ml sionary named Mai \u25a0

tin was terribly beaten and afterwardimprisoned at Fekkeh, where he was de-

. hours before i.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. I:'.—Ah warship has been oi dei

where the United S .it--s\u25a0 Han Pra daily ex:.-.-•\u25a0 A French warship hai

iceed to Bayreut.

ROME. Nov. 19.— The Americand Francis

i from Marseilles, \u25a0U-nl it.

THE SULTAN'S APPEAL.LONDON, Nov. 19.—An Incident that

fs unparalleled in the annals of Englishdiplomacy occurred this evening mt t*>ei of the Colonial a^< nts hi

This was the reading Of a let-tci from the Sultan of Turkey to :><>: I

him to make ah that would offset the one he de-

! cv the occasion of the banquetby the new Lord Mayor of London.

ferred to the hI •v of reading th.- letter to the c >n-

ui to.>k advantage of th»Bion simply to Car as he could,the request of the Sultan. At the out-

bbe said: "Allow me to: word In answer to a very dlstin-ed distant correspondent if 1 may

so term him. who has requestedi!iak'-;i statement In somepublic speech.My correspondent Is no less a perronthan the Sultan of Turkey. (Loud

I feel that there is profoundImpropriety in thrusting any diplo-matic details on your atteni

1 i. you will believe that nothingwould have Induced me to produthis occasion the I message Iphall read except the distinct commands«.f the person from whom it proceeded."

Lord Salisbury then r> ferred fo theb he delivered at Guildhall on the

sion of the banquet given by theI . a Lord Mayor of London "ii Nbei 9th, and added:

"His maj-sty has been pleased tosend a message to say thai bmuch pained to read the report of thatspeech, and the expression of th.- o] In-

ion that the promised reforms in Tur-key would not be executed. His maj- !i sty desires it to be known that he is Icarrying out those reforms decided up- j\u25a0!i by him. He is desirous of execut-ing them at the earliest possible mo-ment and has so repeatedly instructedhis Ministers. His majesty continued: j'The only reason why Lord Salisburyshould thus throw doubts on my goodintentions must be the intrigues of cer-tain persons here or false statementsmade to cause such an opinion.'

"After intermediate observations,his majesty says: 'I repeat that I willexecute the reforms. I will take the ipaper containing them, place it before {me, and see that every article is putin force. This is my earnest determi-nation, and Igive my word of honor. Iwish Lord Salisbury to know this, andi beg and desire his lordship, havingconfidence in these declarations, toD ike another speech by virtue of thefriendly feeling and disposition he hasfor me and my country.' "

When the Prime Minister had finish-ed the letter he was greeted with loudapplause. When quiet had been re-stored he again appealed to his hear-ers to acquit him of impropriety forsuch an unprecedented act as readingsuch a message at a public meeting,but declared that he could not abstainfrom reading it without showing dis-courtesy to the distinguished potentatewho had written it. He then said:

"As you know, we are part of the con-cert of Europe, which has resolved, sofar as it acts, to act with humanity.Some persons seem to Imagine that w >

dispose of the decisions of the Euro-pean Powers. That is crediting us withmore influence than we possess. What-ever is done must be done with human-iiy ] do not admit that the responsi-bility for any decision that the Powersmak< rests entirely or mainly on thiscountry. We and all the Powers are in ia position common to those who areobliged to act together, namely, that if:others do not agree witn them theyi mnot have their own way, but I in no-wise desire to Intimate by these wordsthat the slightest shade of disagree-ment has arisen among the Powers."

Lord Salisbury expressed deep regretfor the apparently Irrecoverable illnessof Kustem Pasha, the Turkish Embassa- :dor to Great Britain, and said that he ihad been a most valuable intermediarybetween the ottoman and British Gov-ernments, but it was not this that hadgiven him a name among the statesmeno! ITurope.

"He was a man who. by combining Ifirmness, justice and conciliation, had ibrought peace to the Lebanon District jwhen it was torn with the <:is.sensions tof race and creed. He could not help •f« >-liny that if men like Rustem Pasha ihad had charge of the districts Inwhich the recent horrors had occurred,the conscience of Europe would never!hav< been tried nor its sympathies !racked by the details of suffering and Iterror.

"If," he continued, "there were menlike Rustem Pasha around the Rultan.the problem would not be solved byexternal action of the advising Powers.which is a clumsy device at the best. It

: would be solved by the natural opera-tion of the counsels of an enlightened

; minority working through efficient and jcompetent instruments. (Cheers.) Ido not see the men who are to replaceRustem Pasha. I cannot enter into thequestion why there are none such now.Twenty-five years ago there were sev-eral such. I exhort you to consider[that the terrible Armenian problem wasjquite as much the want of competent jmen as incompetent laws. The Powers

I will doubtless do their best, but do notimagine that the deep-seated di.--on the empire can be cured by a waveof a magician's wand. The result of \long years of error must be paid for.!and the cruel law is that those who will ipay are not those who were originally jguilty of the offense."

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

John L. Peak of Kansas City Named nsMinister to Switzerland.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Thelent to-day appointed John L.

Peak of Kansas City. Mo., as Ministerto Switzerland, vice Broadhead, re-

i and Otto ftfunchmeyer of Westi \ Irginia as Consul at San Salvador*,

Sa !\ ;i<i> >r.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 1!»—John L.ime to Missouri from Ken-

tu xy in 1868. He was born in ScottCounty, K.-ntucky. in 1839, and grad-

from the law school at Louls-; ville in 1800. He engaged in the prac-

. lawand in the Insurance and realbusiness with Joseph X. Rodg- i

ers, now of Chicago, an.l acquired the 1

nucleus of a fortune early in life. His, popularity as a criminal lawyer won, for him an enviable reputation: throughout Western Missouri, and hesoon controlled a large legal practice.In IST:.' he formed a partnership withCaldwell Teaman, late member of theStan Judiciary of Colorado, whichlasted until 187(5. In 1n77 Mr. Peak ac-cepted the nomination for ProsecutingAttorney of .Jackson County at thehands of his party, and was elected tothe office three times. LTpon his retire-m< Ut from this, the only political of-fice he . ver held, be engaged In the pri-

law with \i. L. v:\u25a0 i E. Ball. Mr. v- ager retired

from the flrro two years ago, a!:<i MrPeak and Mr. Ball have since been as-

• : Mi. Pea k is a leading m<of the Baptist Church and a Sunday-Js< hool worker of wide reputation in

:i circles, ;is well as one of themcs< distinguished members of th-Missouri bar.

—•—TWO MURDERERS HANGED.

Kxeouted in tlie Presence of a Thou-sand lVnyio.

SANTA Fi: (N. II.), Nov. 19.—Jesus.Vialpiando and Feliciano Chavez, con-victed of murdering Thomas Martinez.a ranchman, on January 20, L895, were

ited here this morning in th>- pres-ence Of LOOG people. The scaffold was

I ir. a valley three blocks northof the Palace Hotel, and at dawn thecrowd began to assemble.

ValpiandO was taken from the jail toti.e gallows at sunris.-. He was verymuch agitated and prayed continually.Mis neck was broken by the fall whenthe trap was sprung.

Chaves addressed the crowd for•v minutes, saying evil associa-

tions had cost him iris life and honor.He stepped briskly to the trap and diedalmost without tremor. His Deck wasj.lpo broken.

Valpiando and Chavez killed Mar-tinez because he detected them in steal-

Ills cattle, and then burned his

INDIANTROOPS.

All Except a Few Scouts DischargedFrom ilie* Army.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—1 ahis an-nual report to the Secretary of War

idler-General Prank Wheaton,commanding t' : irtment of the

ido, says that during the year allthe enlisted Indians in the department,

sixteen scouts, have been dis-ral Wheaton gives spe-

cial mention to the indefatigable effortsLieutenant Hartman of the First

Cavalrj In icouting duty, which In oneInvolved a forced march ol 135

miles in two days.The post exchanges are becoming

more popular in adding to the content-ment of garrisons, improving company

I Indicating the advisability ofreturning to the old poet-trading sys-tem. He recommends the establishmentOf gymnasiums and steam laundries at

' putts. 1

FATAL FIRE AT NEW YORK.i

Flames Completely Gut a Large,Metropolitan Building.

SEVERAL LIVFS THOUGHT TO HAVE

BEEN LOST.

Thirty-Two Buildings, Including the

Principal Business Portion, De-

stroyed by Fire at Purcoll. Indian

Territory — Two Merchants Under i

Arrest, Charged With Bolnc tho

Incendiaries Who Started tho Blnze.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Two alarmsrung: in quick succession called the firedepartment this morning to a bad tirein Clinton street. The fire broke out inthe second story of a high brick build-ing and was burning fiercely when thefiremen reached the scene.

The flames had spread so quickly thatall egress was cut off from the upper |part of the building, and the crowd jwatched with horor the frantic efforts jto escape made by two men who were on i

the lifth floor. They had been driven i;;> :to the highest story of the building bythe fire and the ladders of the firemen ;were unable to reach them.

One Of the men finally jumped from a :

fifth-Story Window to the street and was !so badly injured that he will probablydie. The other retreated to the roof ofthe building, and wh< n the fire had al-most leached him jumped to the roof ofa neighboring building, which was two jstories lower than the burning building.The jump was a big one, but he escapedwith slight Injuries.

The fire completely gutted the build-ing in which it broke out. When theruins were explored theflr< men found thebody of a man on the top floor burm Ito a crisp. It is reported that one or two jmore persons perished in the fire.

BLAZING <>IL.WHITING (Ind.), Nov. 19.—Thirty

thousand barrels of crude naphtha\\ :•\u25a0 burned at the Standard Oil Com-pany's works in a fire caused by anexplosion of the accumulated pas-s Inthe big tank. The explosion occurredat 10:15 o'clock last night, and up to L jo'clock this morning three of the menseen near the tanks a few minutes be- !fore the tops blew off have not beenfound.

Three pumps were attached to the :tank at midnight and every Inch of ]hose owned by the company was putinto play. In this way the fire was con-fi led to one tank and the loss of hun- |dreds of thousands of dollars' worth of ioil was averted. As it i.s. the loss will ireach nearly $50,000.

At 1 o'clck this morning the flscoui.j be seen as far away as Hammond Iand the- fire seemed to be growingfiercer every minute. The firemen !

ceased their efforts to check the (lamesand will let the tank burn itself out.

BROOKLYN BRIDGE ACCIDENT.NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—a dense fog

settled over the city and vicinity ardaylight this morning-, greatly delayingtrafficin the city and harbor. .\ seriousaccident occurred on the Brooklynbridge shortly before S o'clock, directlydue to the fog. While on the way to theBrooklyn station the train was forcedto stop about 2<i«j yards from the sta-tion.

The train behind came along at a Irapid rate, the brakeman thinking it allel. ar. A serious collision resulted,

al cars were telescoped and abrakeman and several passengersseverely hurt. The brakeman had bothlegs cut offand cannot recover.

The accident caused an ImmediateBtoppage of traffic f»n the great struct- Iure, and thousands of Brooklyn people

compelled to walk, as the travelby the ferry was slow and uncertain.

MANY BUILDINGS BURNED.PURCELL (I. T.). Nov. 19.—Fire

broke out in the Star store of this town. ;

north side of Main Btreet, at 4:30 o'clock ''this morning. A heavy wind was blow-ing trom the north, and the Barnesspread with frightful rapidity. Thewhole sid.- of the street was destroyed.Th" Chickasaw National Hank buildingand K'iiiioti's hardware store were theonly ones left standing on that side oft!.-- street. The high wind Increased al-mosi to a tornado, and drove the Ram aacross the street, and in a few minuti aall the frame buildings on the southBide were byrning. Two brick buildingscontaining Blanchard & Wood's dry

store and Campbell's drug store,which had Just been built, w< re alsoconsumed. Every building on theis more or less injured, some of thestock being seriously damaged. Theeast side of Canadian avenue was Isw.pt for one and a half blocks.

The fire is supposed to be of incendi- j;\u25a0]\u25a0>• origin. A. Proud, of the Star store,dry goods and clothing, Is now lodgedin jail charged with arson. Parties tes-tify to having seen him leave his bin!-!- ;[ng ju«t as the Raines burst out. 1'Glucksman, manager of the Chid i

M.-rcantile Company, is also in Jail onsame charge. Witnesses claim to

have seen him during tb>- progress ofthe fire enter his store, which wasthought at the time to be out of dangi r,p. ur coal oil around and lisht it. Thefeeling was very strong against the!parties, and for a time a lyi \u25a0

. • rtain, but it now- \u25a0\u25a0••\u25a0\u25a0ms

the danger has passed, though a for. >ofMarshals Is guarding the jail.

Thirty-two buildings were destroyed.The total loss foots up at $150,000.

FORXieX MISSIONS.

M«\nr Will Not (••\u25a0• M Much This Year |n+ I.u.t.

DENVER, Nov. I!).—Tbo Methodist jUishopa mud laymen took up the subjecto: tin; needs of foreign missions to-day,and as each missionary district was pre- !aented the uniform demand for moromoney was made in the face of the factthat less money th.in was given last yearwas appropriated. The discussion over jthe India and China mission fields werebrief, because of the fact of a liniitod ramto draw upon. The Methodist Church alKoine secured a ceneroua allowance*.AfriOß was cut considerably and tbomoney is to be administered from the 'Now York ollice.

Dr. (loucher of Baltimore made anurgent appeal for better salaries for thomissionaries of India, who ho claimed arulivingon mere pittances. It was decidedto give the India conference* $130,000, tobe distributed uro rala according to the!budget.

The total amount of money appropri- ;ated for both lurcizn aud home minsiouu ,was 11.019,00 .

The (ieiiAral Committee wound up itslabors at a late hour 10-uight, aud will goon an excursion into the moautalna to-morrow.

IMMIGRATION CON VKNTIOX.

D«lecatc<g From Many Stat«» Meet at

St. I'aul.

ST. PAIL- 'Minn.:, Nov. l!i.—Dele-', gates from the Kiatee of AVashiiiKton,Idaho, Moataua, North Dakota, BoothDakota, Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin and

1 Manitoba met here to-day, under tb.3

name of the Northwestern ImmigrationConvention.

The 406 delegates were called to orderby Theodore L. Schurrueier of St. Paul,who later was elected• permanent Presi- ;

dent of the body. I». R, McGinuis ofSt.Paul waa named as Secretary and Albert,

White of Taootna 3ml J. A. Peake of Dv- \huh as Assistant Socretaries. Ex-Gov-ernor Kamaey of >i»nnesota and thirtyothers wera named as Vico-Presidents.

The convention was welcomed to theState by Governor Clough aud to the city !by Mayor Smith.

William J. Kootner, President of theCommercial Club, stated brielly the ob-jects of the meetiu^, after which an ad- jdress waa givon by EL C. Fridley ofI'uluth on the iron industries of tho :Northwest.

Lieutenant-*Governor Worst of NorthDakota spoke on the resources of his \u25a0

State.The leading uddress of the afternoon

was delivered by James J. Hill, Presi-dent of the Great Northern Railway. Mr. jiIill said that the riches of tbia yreai jreuion lies in the soil, aud tho first thim/to do was to people the country. Mr. Hillurj;ed the convention to recommend thaappointmeui by all of the States of tho !Northwest of CoiumibSiouerd of Imuii-graiion,

AT THE itANQL'ET BOARD.

Annual Dlniior ut' tlie Sew YorkChamber of Commero*.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19,—The Chamberof Commerce held its 127th annual bau- '.

I quet to-night at i>elmonico'.s. The ban-quet hall was decorated with tho niaia

aud stripes, aud iho cruateat onttiUHiusmprevailed.

!.. A. Urr, Pro9idont of the CtianiborI of Commerce, presided, aud around himwere seated, besides the speakers of the

; eveniuir, ilou. Carl Scudfe, Kear-Ad-miral llenry Erben, MayoWttroug, IJon.Hilary A. Jlerben, ilouijudboa liar-

| mou, <it>nerul Thomas liMtiiijer, Com-niauder Montgomery Sicwti, James N.Constable, William li. Webb, Calvin S.lirice. General Horace Porter, J. EdwardSimmons and John Jacob Aslor.

'iho ineeiiiiii was called to ordor by j1 Presideui Orr, who iutroduoed the lion.Jobu G. Carlisle, Secretaiy ofthe i'r«u -ury, who spoke at length ou "Our Cur-rency Question."

Tiie oilier toasts respon4«d to were:"Our iiomealic Commerce," by lion.Julius O. Huirows; "Na'.ioiinl Develop- 'mem and Opportunity," by iion. Cuarles ;Emory Smith; '*Ethioa in Politics," by :liev. W. W. Stryker.

Among iho letters of rogret receivedwas the following:

"Executive Mansion,"Washington, Soy. I, I^'Jj.

"My Dear Mr. orr: J am sorry mat Ifeel obliged to write it, but you must leime oil" lrom the CbamburWCommercedinner this yoar. Tuere uaver was a '

I Ume when my admiratiou for this itti-

I portam i.-.n- .- - or^uiz^tiou waa soi great, and 1 am aura ivai the rucent! ellorts of iis memoers to sive tlie couu-| try from the havoc oi tinainpiiil madness J| ought to be appreciated bg evory pairi-I otic citizen. I would eujoifcexceediuglyi a renewal of my us.'<oci;u&u with my

I friends ofthe chamber at Seir banciueti board, bui the trouble is Iupnnot attendi this year and do the thinjSi required of| me bore in the way of qphci&l duty.

Very truly yours,"GKOVKK CLK/ELAND."

A letter of resrrot was also received ji from Governor Levi P. Mortou, who \' stated ttiHt official en^H^omeuis pre- [veuted him from being pre&eut.

TitAGKDV AT CHICAGO.

A Uniuiii ~hot and Killed By a SaloonKeeper.

CHICAGO, Nov. I!).—M. J. O'Hrlen,a local politician and Kuloon keeper,Hhot and killed Mrs. .Julia i(«K this after-noon, at the restideui-c oi her hi.sler. Mrs.liart has been living with (t'Brien lor auumber oi months up to a few weeks

1 ago, and claims lo have married him inMilwaukee last summer. >lio has a cer-tincate Of marriage, but O'Brien haa no ;recollection of tue ceremony, and waaproljably married while on a spree.

O'Brien married and cauio here withhis wils teo years ayo. Three year.s ago

! Mrs. O'Brien went hack to New York j: City, where she haa remained ever sines; until a week a,,'u, when siie came here to; nurse her hushaud, who was sulloring! from trumeuß. siuce tier arrival the sec-ond woman has made hurst If obnoxiousto O'Brien, and tbia aiteruoou, whiiedrunk, Lv killod tier. Mrs. O'Brien is

still iv ignoruueo of tho tragedy.

NEZ PERCES INDIANLANDS.Setilers StruguiMii!- to MuUo 1 heir j

Filings.

LEWISTON, (Idaho), Nov. I!).—Much !excitement and cunfusiou prevailed iu-roto-day. I'ully two thousand »oit!ors wera 'awaiting the opening of ihe Laud Officethis morning to mako their iilinKsuponthe lands of the .sez Psrcaa reservaiiou, iopened yesterday. The crowd was jam- Imod up in a Hiriingnnu tuaaa in front or 'tho oltico, and it was necessary lo closetho d.iors uutil order was secured uud a iiino lorined. A ganj; of apeculatorn took i

oceaaion to enricti tuoinselves by heu-

h.^' their places in liie lice to anxiouseeulers lower down. Tbeir scheuie waadiscovered, and they wore driven away. ,Al ibe eluaiiitf hour hundreds were atUiin line, and ihe crush 10-uiorrow proiu- ;

isos to be greater than ever. Though uu- ;merous aculHea reaulled, no aenous 'trouble occurred.

THE OVERLAND "FLYER."

it 1m Now Speeding Rapidly Over tho jthe t c.ii . ;i: Pa<:iiic-.

SALT LAKE, Nov. 11.—lhe overland 'Hunted train lrom Chi^affO to JSau Iran- jCisco arrived at Ogdeo at 1:40 p. iv. to- |day on scneaule lime, haviutf made ihorun from Cluuago to Ogden in sixty-niua

hours.Colonel Hutchinaon, (.ieneral Travel-

ing lassenger Ajjout of the L'uiou Pa*ciiic, who nad charge <>f the traiu io •)«- ideu, says the time trom Chioagu to og-den can ol (urtber reduced by nva hoursw ail sai'eiy. I'iie mvii aud ua^^ujfu oarlor .>all Lake arrived lieiu at ,'i:iU and thomain mvii weu4 on to San Francisco jover the Central Pacific roau. nnelmu- Idreti and elese:i people were ou board jthe irtiiuwiiuu v arrived ai Uyden.

Reade's Will Probated.SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. I!»,—The will

ofCuurles Konde, who was aupposed tobatre ouuitniMed suicide on iue tookh of Ithe Alaiiu County snore, near iJo;in

Bonita, was admitted to probate byJudtfe Colley to-day. Mrs. lieade, the jwidow, Mm. I.olla Dri-Nscl and G. A. Hay-iiiiii, who elaiui to have seen him shoot jhimself, lestiliad accordingly, and thowill wait admitted, Keade was iua :i...u !suspected of being tho author ofthe ltoy- !nolds leuet in iho i^urrant caio.

G ronod Broken lor en Eleuiric ISoud. !SANTA MONICA,Nov. ly.—Tlio I'asa- i

duna aud Paciiic i^.jctric lUilroad Coui- ipany bruke ground i'.>->i.ty al ibis on a of |the proposed lino, and uav-i siartud alargo if«»if "lO*eo baaltng and pia.:inirinaieriui aionu the route. Tae raiiroad \ouiciftlflstau; mat iUoy will puau tho workoi construciiou lo au eariy oompietiou,und nope to buve cars runoin|| t.y Janu- \u25a0

vary Ist.A LargeRanchSold.

SOLBIBTER, Soy. 19.—The Los Agu- iiias Kaiichool ~';W0 acres, in lu.s coiiuiy, iwas sold at auction to-day to A. I>. Me- |Creery of San Francisco lor $m),wk>. Theration was part o! tho 0.-^tata of Juse Vi-ce ate La Veaga. 1

FAST MAILTRAIN WRECKED.

The Engineer and a Tramp Killedand Many People Injured.

A BOY CONFESSES TO TAKING PART

IN THE CRIME.

Htfavy Fall of Snow Accompanied by

liiaii AVlmis Reported Throughout

the Northwest, Seriously Inter-

rupting Kailway and Telegraph

Coiumualeailou—Zero Weather l're-

valllnt; iv Manitoba.

ROME (X. V.), Nov. 19.—The delibe"-rte wrecking of the fast mail train No.

\u25a0 "., east-bound, on the New York Centralroad was accomplished about throemiles west of this city at 4:20 o

this morning. The wreckers remove,!

all the spikes and flsh-plates from twoopposite rails on the southerly track.The two released rails were left in th liplaces on the track. The tools withwhich the spikes were pulled were un! \u25a0 \u25a0 track at't.-r the wreck.

The killed and injured In the smash-;up are: Killed—Nathan N. Hager, en-gineer.

[njured—Billy, or "Bobby," last nameunknown, from Syracuse, a tramp,

di< '1 after being removed from thewreck; E.Rardon, Herkimer, mai] \u25a0

head and body cut and bruise'!; j. E.liavaince, New York, mail clerk, uppi rarm bruised and spi a : Eace cut;i. D. Robinson, Syracuse, mail cler.v,ankle sprained; F. X. Paddock, Syra-

mail clerk, arm cut: <'. W. SaHerkimer, mail clerk, arm eul \u25a0\u25a0 ibruised; H. J. McCarthy, Buffalo, por-I : ail car, head cut and bruised; it.:. Peck, Sj cuse, mail clerk, h< ad cutand l.i\u25a0;;::-> d; Conductor C. R. Res \u25a0

ny, injur< d in the chesi; John R.Macey, tramp, Syracuse, foot smaamputated, Is al the Rome Hospital; i!

ner, Alba ny, fireman, head cul.This is the second attempt within

three weeks to wreck the same trainnear the same spot. It is on a heavyclown grade and trains usually run althe rate of sixty-five miles an hour.it is believed the train this morningmuse have been running • sev-enty-five miles an hour to make up aft w minutes losi time.

The v. r. ckera broke into the section !tool house and stole the tools with!which they removed the fish-pliand pulled oui the spikes. The trainconsisted of four mail cars and three

rs. There were eleven postalclerks and fourteen passengeith \u25a0 members o£ Ihe crew.

The engine was thrown Into theditch and completely submerged In themud. only the driving-wheels on theleft side being above the earth. The for-ward mail car was thrown two carlengths ahead of the engine and rolled

the bank. The second car, Inh the mail clerks were woi

was thrown on the tender of the en-gine and badly demolished. The first

i r was tin own f; om tii-ecompletely rolling over. The secondsleeper turned on its side, and theleai sleeper did not leave the track.

Th two tramps found <:

; .,-. dto have been stealing a ri<the forward end of the first mail car.;

tly in the rear of the engine.

ALBANY (N. V.), Nov. i!).—JohnHiMredth and Frederick Bristol, boys,have been arrested by Central <i-

-1 ives at Rome, charged with wrecking jtrain No. '» this morning. Hildredthbroke down and confessed that he and

1. in company with twoiioys, Herbert Plato and Theodore Hib-

I bard, broke open the tool house andwith tools thus secured, removed fish-plates from the rails. No cause is givenfor the crime.

KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

Th«y Condemn ji Decision Heiideredby tlio Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Nov. I!».—The Gen-eral Assembly of the Knights of Labor j

j to-day took cognizaiu:o of the opinion j! rendered yesterday by Juetice Brewer{of j! the United stales Supreme Court aiFirm- !ma tha decision ofJudge Koss, senienc- \u25a0

'• ing Clone and three other California: railroad Btrikers to eighteen mouths ivprison for obstructing the mail3.

Master Workman Sovereign presentedI the following resolution, which was ji adopted bra unanimous vote:

"Whereas, ihe Supremo Court of the |Uniieii Elates has ariinned tho docisionofJudge Ross, which decision raised »misdomean >r to a felony and sont .'our iollicers of the American Railway Union Iat Lou Aiiioles to prison for eighteenmonths; a^d

"Wherotita, Tlie decißiou of the UnitedStates Supreme Court place* all labor or- jiruriizationa in the roi»» of craniual cou- ,

' sj iratora; and"Whereas, said decisiou atlirms that a

' greaier penalty can be imposed for cou- j| auiracy to commit criitio than is imposedfor Hie commission of crimo itseif;

"Kesolved, That this General Assembly '\u25a0| of the Kuigbls <>f Labor earnestly pro- !; tests against such a travesty ou justicj |! and outrage on ihe liberties of the peo- ;j plo, aud condemns said court for its par- jI tial rulings in the interest of piotooratio! classen, and its ahridgemunt of the con- j| atitutional rights of the laboring people." j

ihe amoiidmout propoMect to ttie Yon- ;stitution requiring trado local assemblies ;toattact) to tiio trude disui<;t asseinbiios •

aud detach lrom the mixed district a*- :

Hem i -:.ui caused a dcul of discus- 'sion, and while it secured a majority voi«, iI failed of the necessary two-thirds, ami !fell through.

When the assembly adjouraed at noon, :i it bad nnder consideratien a proposiiioucoming trom (iistrr:t assemblies at t »t---jtawaaud Moiitreai, to ffivethe Canadianorganization tno authority to elect v <feu- \oral Executive iioard, with power overthat territory.

.JOINT TRAFFIC AS>OC:iATION

I Orirauized by l'n--..i!f[iis ot the Trunkfitnee.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The Presidents| ot ihe trunk lines and their \Vastern con- \\u25a0 nections to-day complo'.od the orgauiza- '\u25a0I tiou ot tho Joint Traltio Association, i| i'rusidout ueorge B. Roberts ol tuel'eun- [i sylvania road wus Chairman of the meet-i ing, which was held in the rooms of the i| Trunk Line Association. The agreement| adopted is to aid in fulfillingthe purpose1 of tue Interstate Commerce Act; to CO- \> operate with each other and adjacent :transportation associations; to establish iand maintain reasonable aud just raioa,iure&, rules and regulations ou .State andinterstate trailic; to provoul unjua. dis-crimination, aud to secure iho reduction \and coucorjiratioii of agencies and tboiu- ]

! troduction oi acouomiea in the couauci of !

i freight and pusactiK^r services.1 ho Baltimore and Ohio Railway Com-

pauy, the Buliimoro ami OaioSoutnwest-| orn Railroad Compauy, Coutral RailroadCompany of New Jersoy, Ches.apeakoand <>hio Railway Company, Chicago

i and Erie Company, Chicago and Grand: Trunk Company, Cleveland, Cluciuuali,jChicago and St. Louis Company, Dela-

l ware, Lack»w»una &ud Wwsteru Comp-

any, Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil-waukee Company, Grand Kaplda andIndiana Company, Grand Trunk Com-pany of Canada, Lako Shore and Mich-i^an Southern Company, Lehign Valleyt ompapy, Michigan Central Company,New York Central ana Hudson RiverCompany, New York, Chicago and St.Louis Company, Erie Railroad Com- 'puny, New sfork, < >utario and WesternRailroad Company, Northern CentralCompany, Pennsylvania Railroad Com*pany, Pennsylvania Company, Philadel-phia and Heading Company, Philadel-phia, \\ tlmiugton and Baltimore < om-pany, Pittsburg and Lake ISrie Com-pany, Pittsburg and Western Company,Pittsburg, t incinnati, Chicago and *-t.

Louis Company, Terre Hauto aud lu-dianapolls company, Toledo, Peoria andWestern Company, Wa bash KailroadCompany, West Shore Company consti-tute me Join: Trallic Association, and |

make this agreement for tne purpose of 1carrying out the objects above named.

Tho Presidents adjourned unt;. Deoetn-be I2tb, when ie ia expected tho Board of ;Managers and tho arbitrators will be an-nounced.

While the Grand Trunk Railway olCanada is a party to me agreement, theCanadian Pacific ia not. It' tiio latterroad cuts rates the other roads will notpro rata with it, uor accept its t!u „ 1

bills of lading.ItUna not yet been determined whether

tho IriitikLino Association and tho C«u-iral TrafficAssociation shall be abolish dor columned, with the Joint Tratlio As-sociation as a diatinot organization,

MEL A ])i.-i::.\i;i> FAIL.Two Kesro Fientl* Mn>t to Death in

Keutnolcy.

HENDERSON \lvy. , Nov. r: —Lucy<iibbs, au 18-year-old colored girl, in theemploy 01 Farmer Roland, near theWhile Kiidije, whilo reioruing from achurch meeting on Sunday night, wasassaulted by two negro tramps. Despiteher struggles hhe v.hh knocked u<..-.\ .1

with & club and choked to un< onscious-ness> Alter tiiu assault the liorpclratorslied.

Their victim succeeded) in reachinghome and there told 01 hur treatment..Mr. Roland, his son, and two nt'j,rro farmhands mounted h'T^os, aroused theueignborhood,and thirty avengers huute i.no woods ail night :or the criminals, ;who wore at its: intercepted yesterday Imorning, at a point nouiiy oppositeMount Vernon, lud., whoio they hadeloieu askitfand puniied from sJthey refused to suiroudor tho posse tired Iupon them, wueu titty yards tistant, with jlatal elle::t. < >uo mau lumbiad into the 'rivor dead, ana the corpse ot the other Iwas allowed to float dowu tho stream intho last sinkiug skiff.

GUCAT NOUTHKILN HOLD-1 \u25a0.

*Six Men Suspeoted ol Bolnyr the ituli-bors Arrest«d a

ST. PAUL (Minn.). Nov. 19.—Six men ,suspected of having been connected with ;

tho attomp;ed hold-up of the Great North-ern train, near rtt. Cloud Inst night, aro !in jaii at St. ( i u:d. The robbers c->i uo jbooty whatever, but they stopped thotraiu and threatened to shoot part of r.hocrew and passGu^erH, tuid it convicted i

wiil be sont to prison from ten to twenty 'years, lhuro 18 some doubt as to the Iuuuiber 01 tife robbers, li.o engiuear Iclaims to have seen live. The lnemau jputs iho uuuiber at four, whiie the ex- 1

presttman saw only tno two who came !iulo his oai'. The oouduotor saw throe,and other accounts put the number as :high us t»u. The rubbers were evidentlygreen hands, or they would havu sized-Up the caia beuor than they dia.

COLI> WAVK HAST.Heavy Fail <>r Bnow, Accompanied by

a lliuh Win,!.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1!'. Snow fell heav-ily iv the lar N- rthwest yesterday and ;chased aloujf by a cold wave and a highwind came to this section in a Lurry.

About a o'clock this morning Bnow andsleet began coming down here. Thestreet* are covered with over three inchesof mixed mud and tuiow. Telegraphiccommunication with the Northwest andmany points west is seriously inter-rupted. Trains are deiayod on severalrii.ro.idn wast and north. From tauManitoba live zero weather is roporiedrapidly moving south aud east.

Two Criminals Sentenced.WINNIPEG (Man.), Nov. l&—In the

Criminal Court to-day the application ofWilliam Fan lor a new trial was ro-i'used, and the prisoner was sentenced toton years' imprisonment. l-'arr was jlounu guilty last week ol'attemptod mur- !der of hie wifa and family by tiring hisresidence m order that he might bo heoto marry another woman with whom hohad been criminally intimate. J. liow-itt, another prisoner, convicted ol as-sault 011 a young girl, was sentenced toeight months' imprisonment and liiteonlashes of tho cat-o'uine tails.

Etiota Gold-BearinjE Or-.-.DENVER, Nov. ID. — Major W. S.

i'eabody has brought here sonio remark- iable specimens of gold-bearing ore from 'Arobuleta County, in the southern part of jtho Stale. It avcra^ds on the surface ;:>a tou, and persons who have examinedtho vein say it is one thousand feet across.Senator Teller, who recently visileregion, ia enthusiastic, and Delioves thonew ;iud will eclipse all present gold-bfcariu;; rejjioua in the world.

transcontinental Freight Ass jc;!aiion.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. iy.—The Traus- jcontinental i'roik'ht Asssooiati^u be^an a jthree days 1 ben^oii here to-usy. Onf ofths principal topics for discussion is a re-duction iv rales on jiackm^-hOLiso proa-ucts to couii>nr. to tho. Western As.socia- !tiou aud a withdrawal of excessive rates |ou grain charged i<y tho L'mou I'aoifio iRailway from Nebraska points to Kansas 'City. Nothing was, however, accom-plished ut to-day's meeting.

Murder of liwury Lieoaard.WICHITA (Kas.), Nov. 19.—The Coro- j

ner's juryhaa uut yeloompioiedus laborsiv couuectiou with the murder of HenryH. Leonard, whoso body was Jound in analley. Mrs. Williamson, or Mrs. Leon-ard No. 2, as nho claims to be, con leasedto-day that heraeil, F. M. Williamson,her iuriner husuaud, aud her sou Orviile,were ;all parties iv the crime, liec ax-husoand wiil uot admit his guilt.

Shot Ji«.th Offlcerti.

LITTLE ROOK (Ark.), Nov. 19.—Whilo i'olice Ullicors S. T. h\ Brown aud13. B. iarrow were attemptintr to arrest '\\ ill Ward, colored, this morning. Ward !got hold of r arrow's pisloi aud shot uolu \iue officers auii they may vie. Ward was \u25a0

iataiiy wounded. lie was aiiemjiiiug to !finor a housa vvheu tho police were called. '

fix-Gorernor iievoi-ldjee.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1L». — Ex-CiovernorBeveridge of Illinois, who was supposed 'to be stricken with a mortal iduoss at hia jhome in Sandwich, has so far recovered i

that he is viaiiiuifhis niece here, prepara- !tory to Koinj: to Los Angeles, where hewill spend tue rest of hid days with hissun's taiuiiy.

A Londou magistrate has decreed thata householder canuot iiitei-ieio with au jorgAn^grinder uuless he is disturbed in jhis business, has sickness in his house, [or is affected iv his healtu by tha sounds

of me oigau.

The Duke of York haa sold his collec-tion of postage stamps to oue of theRothschilds. Tho price is uot knowu,but must be considerable, siuce ths Dukehad $300,000 insurance ou the colloctioa.

ITALIAN BARK LOST.

Sunk ia Collision With a BritishVessel Oil' Cape Horn.

ONLY POUR OF • ..NINITBJ ifißD.

The Jury i:> the Brady (ny Returns •Verdict Sentenoiuix tne Slayer of

. Sheriff*Bogurd to Imi»rUoumt>ut for

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' Penalty Fixed By the Jary at Im;u-U---oumeut tor Lilfe.

MARYSA ILLE, N.»\. li.—The jury in1 tho Brady case returned a verdict seu-i lencing ttie prisoner to life imprisonment*It was 5:1 5 p. m. wheu It «aa anuouncedby tho Deputy Sheriff that the jury hailderided On a verdiot Tho .Judge and

\u25a0 lawyers wore at once noli tied, and crowd*to whom the word had been passedHocked to tho Courthouse.

.in :^e Davis asked the jury it" they had\u25a0 agreed on a verdict, and Foreman Jonos: banded up a slip ivhi . lack llradyI guilty as charged, >v:iu tho poualty tixed»t imprisonment for lu'e. i'lnn w.%.*

I handed by tho Court 10 tUo t lark, whoI read it aloud, alter which the jury waspolled, and each man answered "Yo>."

Tho court tuankod tho jury aud saidI tho verdict wsk a just one.

IfBrady was surprised at the verdicti he did trot manliest it outwardly, as m»: seemed to be tho caltnsst man 111 tho'court. His attorney, Mr. Carlin, risked1 the court to extern! the period \u25a0

I to twoweeks, buttheJudgi refused, anil! li.xed upou fuesday, tho 2<ith inst., at !3j ;>. in., a» the time for passing sentenceI on ihe mau oi many aliases.

WOUND U' HIS CABEKR.

A Laundry Wntrou Driver cuts HlhThroat From £ar CO .Car.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.—A laun-dry driver l>y the name 01 Ned i-'iaviu,and about whom little ia known, out histhroat from ear to ear in hia room ai 2036Lombard street somo time luet night.

The body was not discovered until thisuiorniuj;, when the servant went to makeup the room, Tue landlady know t::atFlavin had a room at hur uousu, and thathe worked at tho laundry iuisiueiss, andthat was all.

1 rom the papers in his truuk it wasgleaned that Flavin owned property indifferent parts oflowa and Nebraska, hutit was somewhat encumbered. It-e<,iu*that he Lad not In-ou long on the coast,coming huro to Im'.tor himself iv a liuan-cial way some low years a^o.

Flavin had relatives in Boston audother parts of the has;. It is conjecturedthat the deceased leaves a widow some-where iv the btatu, her whereabouts notbeinsc known a; prasout.

The Charges Acninat Mayiu<.

LOS ANGELES, .n.m. L9.—A tteusa-

tion was sprung in tu<» case against <'ni-ton E. Mayue, formerly ot .">ari Fran-cisco, by his attorney this morning.Mayiie is accused ofassault on his warua,two girls na;uau Suipton, who caute fromSan Franoisco wirh h;m. DelU .shipton.ibo ei'.ieai girl, bow makes an aiwdavitthat the whole story 01 the crime is uu-true and part ol a conspiracy a^ainntMayise. She swears now that her teaii-inoi.r daring the trial was laise, and thatthe words weiu pat into her rflouth byoii.orti. A now trial will be aaked lor.

A Steamer Beached.PORTLAND, Nor. 19.—The steamsr

Harvest L^iieon, belonging to the OregonRailway nud Navigation Compuuy, wasbeached at OaK L'oiut this morning to

Have her from slnkhi;;. The vessel wason her way from Astorm to this city amiran against a pile, which siovo a hole inhor sterji. A temporary patch r/aa puiover the holo ai;d she slartoil on her jear-ntiy. It was soon discovered thai Bha\va.~, slowlysinking ami she wai beached.There were uevural p:i^iou^c:r:-iüboard.

ii'eemnu-AVostiuicliouse Ca»e.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.— TheFederal Grand Jury this afternoon de-clined to isaue indictments against hi. S.Maukaye, Warren P. Freeman and Wal-lace E, Freeman, three principal* in th«i"reoni;in-Wostinjjhou!.e controversy.The jury took tha ground that :is the canewas already periling in the Istates Civil Courts, it was not theirprovince to isbuo indictments for per-jury or conspiraoy.

Death oi" a I'imiei-r.

SANTA ROSA, Nov. U».-Johu Bauni,an old settler in this county, diod itai*oveniujr. Kaum was born In i hio

in 182;, and came to California in IM~\occupying days in the journey over-land with ox teams. Ho wus araons theiirst to begin nuai mining on tlio Ameri-can River. Luter ha was in th 9tiiiuod inShasta County, v.hure ha remained untilremoving here.

a Boy Accidentally Killed.SAN JOSE, Nov. 19.—Albert Harmon,

a lifteon-year-old boy, whose parents re-

side at 184 Harrison street, San Fran-cisco, was accidentally killed at Coyoteearly this morning. Ho if— riding oulop of a hay cur, ana his he»a struck the

timbers ol a bridge, dashing him fromthe oar, killing him instantly.

Both Were Srrlously Injured.

OAKLAND, Nov. 19,—Dt. Fearn aadhis mother, Mrs. Kileu Kad.'brd, werethrown out of a buggy this evening on

account of their horse shying at a cyclist.

Mrs. Uadford sustained a broken hip audright arm and ia seriously injured. Dr.Fearn is snffering from a brouen rib andsome niicor injuries.