St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 1, 1893

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did very little business. ie héavier depositors, apt ery 1 “ir & & Beats? Pes se 5 3 * } 8 e ee phe * > f : mie Scare of dee Weseke ay — — So Far as WAUKER, June I.—The Plankinton closed its doors at 10:05 o'clock this ‘morning. At that hour wi of de- r the interest of all the ——_ we close th on ht Sree d depositors 1 stock Doldere te The bank Opened ab usual at 10 o’clock and At 10:05 o'clock Wm. Plankinton, the Vice-President, ap- peared on the scene and almost simultane- ously the notice ‘of suspension was posted. There has been no regular run on the bank of late since the scare of two weeks ago, however. The large depositors, who did not take part in the run that occurred at that time, had been steadtly withdrawing their accounts from the Plankinton and trans- ferring them to other banks. Many accounts had been withdrawn through the medium of the Milwaukee clearing- house. The news of the suspension spread quickly and a few minutes after the posting of the notice a large crowd of people, of them depositors, hastened to the "to verify the rumors. They were met with the notice of sas- pension, which was written in large letters in crayon upon a halfsheet of manilia pape r. The doors Were securely locked, and no amouat of knocking or urging caused them to open. The suspension was not only as ur- prise to them, but was in the nature ofa surprise to the bank working force. The question of. reorganization had Deen practically settled, and as late as last tit was understood by those interested that the new deal would go through. Local capitalists, George 8 and John Priz- laf, were to become identified with the new dAnstitution ‘and i was expected tocomplete and announce the deal this morning. Shortly before 1 o’clock Wa. Plankinton walked into the bank ana stated that nothing further could be done and that the bank would close its doors. In explana - tion a few minutes later Mr. Plan kinton said: e have decided to close our doors. The fact is, they were after us faster than we could get 2 to Bane ae A notices to 1 Sires will be posted up in a few minutes. I am unable to state what the next step will be, or to say when we will resume business. Five minutes later came the angouncement of the failure. The suspension is largely due to the failure of F. A. Lappen & Co. and the Lappen Fural- ture Co. two weeks ago, with abilities that will proboDly amount to three-quarters of a million, when the worst is known. The Lappen firms, so far as claims have been recorded, owe the Plankin- ton Bank $219,000, and this sum is due on Lappen’s personal notes, which are considered to be practically value - less. The Lappen inventory shows the esti- mated value of the latter’s stock to be $208, - 888. But the stock will not bring a sum any- where approaching this:figure, and ahead of the Plankinton Bank claims are others amouting to over $100,000. The outlook for the Plankinton is therefore not favorable. How Lappen succeeded in placing the Plank - inton Bank in the position in which it finds it - self isa mystery. He secured loan after loan of $10,000 each from the bank, even after com- mon rumor said Lappen was not wholly sound. There are many sensational stories in circulation regarding the matter but none that can be veriNed. The facts will doubtless come out now and will form an interesting story. The Plankinton Bank was the pet project of the late John Plankinton, the millionaire pork packer and hotel owner, who died two earsago. It was organized in 1887, and Mr. is w 1 its a President. ‘The cap- ital stock was $200 n the death of Mr. Plankinton F. T. Day, Pre became theron fail was made shortly n failure and immediately following tae eavy run that resulted. — that time it was 6 that Phil Armour, the Chicago packer, was interested in the Plankinton ; nk and with great showa huge safe was — 4 from “nn accom panied be a armed was outed to the * a dozen police- men carrying draw and clubs. It was then said that Mr. * had sent + >». $600,000 in gold to the assistance of the bank. Nr. Armour denied the story, but the news restored confidence and ended the run. he were not de- and for two week | — withdrawing t ci Gepositors now. ir a. The re smali firms and uals who cannot well afford to have money tied up. ——.—— of the banks at the hour of * cannot be learned. It is de- chat egg D will not be a Satis - | e. Wm. Plankinton, Vice-Presi- — 4 he could not tell how the bank or what would be done. bankers and business men the opin revalls that Mr. Plankinton will ' gee that all claims are paid in to his father’s name of connec- een the failure. s said that at the death of John Plankin- mpose 2° 1 the Plankinton Bank the Win. Plankinton en n was pushed t time ai shat like Veen banking . —. n the West. | the $t pha pose *. 3 do any other bank in the * y report of itin the com end nothing could de learned on est ennuat statement of the dank 5 Loans and discounts, © rafts 8, $9,879.45; due from capi $200 g notice was tacked to: the front. * the Institu- they have been. ividua bank 8388 8 ver de. — who whate be mad Miten ul, tcne e eee t ot the Wis- — Insurance Bank, and t ot tue National Ex- Wilson & Froskas . f MONTREAL, June 1.— Alfred Menry Wilson, ‘has assigned. Tdabilities secured, $31,500; unsecured, $121,914. The assets consist mainly rts of tue of real estate in various pa city, Without Preferences. New York, June 1.—Ellis Goldberg, im- porter and dealer in beads .and.millinery trimmings at Nos, 11 and 138 West Houston street, to-day made an assignmentto Julius Freudenthal, A A Lumber Firm Assigns: of Muehleisen & Co. has made an assignment to secure an indebtedness of $109,088 due Ch!- cage parties. The firm’s assets will exceed its Mabilities. | Want a Receiver. Newark, X. J., June 1,—Vice-President Blake of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. has made application to the Court of Chancery for the appointment of a receiver for the company. REMAINED IN. THE BARNS. Ne Attempt Made te Move Cars at Fort Wayne Last Night. * Fort Warne, Iad., June 1.—Allnight the 4 street cars were storedin their barns. No attempt had been made to move them since the threatened riot in the afternoon. The Mayor’s proclamation mas had a partial guieting effect upon the mob. He ordered the entire pvulics force to be on duty at 7 o’clock this morning. The first car was run out on the Main street line at 9 o’clock. It was ee 8 the same crew that ran 8 It was followed soon after y — other cars. Each car carries three policemen who stand upon the platforms. No attempt was made ‘to. interfere with their movements, but as they passed through the principal business parts of the city, great crowds who * vont on the streets hooted and yelled a All the night fo and Sheriff's posse are on duty to prevent ble. The Mayor is on the ground and says he will protect thre com- pany in thelr riguts. The strikers remain in their halland take no part in the demon- strations of their sympathizers on the street. Both sides are firm. The oid men refuse to go to work unless the imcrease in wages is granted and this the company refuse to do. 1 Coal “ana Iron Co., at Rock Hill, this county, were closed down indef- nitely yesterday, owing to a strike of the employes, who demandedthe reinstatement of several discharged leaders of the local labor union. The company refused to accede to the demands of the men, in the hope of breaking up the influence of the union. About 300 men are affected by the shut down. TAILORS STRIKE. BLOOMINGTON, III., June 1.—The antici- pated tallors’ strike has been ordered, and to-day and yesterday not a stitch has been taken in the union shops of the city. The merchant tallors have arranged to have their work done in Chicago and St. Louis and defy the union’s demands, while the union is equally as pronounced in its posi- tion. Along strike is predicted. FIXING WAGES. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 1.—The five collieries drawn to fix the basis of miners’ wages for the last half of May and the first half of June show an average of 2397-10, making the basis of wages 8 percent below the 25 per cent basis, whichis 1 per cent below the wages paid last month. In view of the fact that the coal much dissatisfaction is expressed among the miners of the Schuylkill region. SUSPECTED OF ROBBERY. Why Judge Paxson Dealt Severely With Arcus Candle—Alleged Depravity. — Arcus Caudle, a young man to whom the police give an unenviable reputation, was fined $500 by Judge Paxson to-day for associating with thieves. Last Friday night August Barro, a farmer living at Maxwell, Jefferson Oo., was lured into the alley between Cass avenue and O’Fallon street and Seventh and Eighth streets by a gang of young hoodlums and knocked down and robbed. Caudle answered the description of one of Barro’s assailants and he was arrested the next morning under suspicious circum- stances. Barro, however, refused to swear out a warrant charging robbery, and Oaudle was sent to court on the first named charge. Thos. Keane and John Neman were pass. ‘the Fourth District testified that he arrested the men under incriminating circumstances in the rear of 1616 North Broadway, witha 14-year- old girl named Amy McGill. The parents of the girl, Peters said, were not disposed to prosecute the case. Judge Paxson ordered an attachment issued and the girl brought before him to-morrow. The men admit that the child was with them, but deny that they harmed her. Con Foley and Annie Price were each fined $15 for disturbing the peace. Officer Callahan arrested the pair at Third street and Wash- ington avenue about 3 o’clock this who. was being attracted by the woman, who — liing Police! Watch!’’ ete., at the t er voice. The woman claimed that w he on her way from a visit to her sick enila she was knocked down and criminally 5 by * Foley swore that the woma invited him to her roomand claimed that when he gave her some — pe she tried to run away. He caught her, and she attempted to scare nim off, he alleged, by raising a dis- turbance Wm. © pucholtz, a board- — N. — keeper North Broadway, was fined $10 ie remy Ao his wife Rosa with a revolver. Mrs. Bucholtg testified that several months ago her hus- band lost a dear friend and that since then etrange- he has been melancholy and acting Ww. H. Maguire, livin 2 Coes page — Cass avenue, attempt maker in a fight in 2 ar nie 2 evening with the usual result. He was as- saultea beaten badly. mo Heffernan was fined $ and Mrs. Mahon and Pierce Whalen $10 each for 5 implicated in the assault. femaige who fal seas * who repea under the influ. * meee pene — ana Tr J ? oF r e The Special Cotamittes Will 80 econ trader, doing business as Wilson & Froskas. gr. JosErH, Mo., June 1,—The lumber firm. sales agent yesterday advanced the price of * Win Be — * " mond to the Assembly. — ALL PROPOSITIONS OF OoNYRenten RE- worn BY oe DEFENDANT. Details of the Roll Call and Vote by Syn- ods on the Qaestion of Appeal—Ssué- tained by 383 to 116—Composition of the Special Committee to Report Form of Verdict in the Celebrated n Day’s Proceedings. WASHINGTON, D. i date 1. The committee appointed to fix upon Dr. Briggs’ sentence have agreed upon their minute and will re- port at the opening of the afternoon session, at 8 o’clock. It is understood that Dr. Briggs refuses to make any compromise and that the committee will recommend that he be suspended. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—The final stage in the progress of the Briggs case be- fore the General Assembly of the Preéby- torlan Churen was preceded this morning by a half-hour’s devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. J. T. Smith of Baltimore, Moderator ofthe Centennial Assembly. The leader read the 122d Psalm, the psalm of the peace of Jerusalem beginning, *‘I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. When the assembly convened at 9:30 o' clock there wasa notable decrease in attendance both on the floor and in the galleries, last night’s vote baving been the climax of the meeting of the assembly. The members of the prosecution committee were in their ac- customed places, but Prof. Briggs’ party was represented by Prof. Francis Brown alone. The Moderator first announced the commit- tee, the appolatment of which wis author- ized last nigut, to formulate a minute express- ing the sense of the assembly as to the vote taken upon the appeal from the judgment of the New York Presbytery. By the vote of the assembly, Rev. Thomas A. Hoyt, D. D., of Philadelphia was made chairman. The other members are as follows: Ministers—H. W. Congdon of New York, James H. Brooks of Missourt, Calvin’ W. Stewart of Nebraska, W. W. Harsha of Ne- braska, J. J. Lucas of India, George D. Baker of Pennsylvania, E. P. Whalion of Indiana and Thomas D. Bwing of Iowa. Elders—John Randolpn of Baltimore, Thos. McDougall of Ohio, David Jacks of Califor- nia, Edward T. Green of New Jersey, James A. Curry of Kentucky and R. D. Warfield of Pennsylvania. The committee was givon lea ve to retire for consultation and the assembly as a | DETAILS OF THE VOTING, Long before the roll call of the synod was completed yesterday it was apparent that Dr. Briggs had lost his case. The first call was made in alphabetical order, and asthe commissioners. rose in their places and ex- lained how they should cast their votes, the riends of the famous defendant were far in the minority. It was almost 9 o’clock last night when the Moderator put the question, „Shall the specifications of the error be sus- talmed?’’ and Dr. Roberts, the stated clerk, read the first specification, in substance that the Presbytery of New York, on objections made by Dr. Briggs; required the Prosecut- ing Committee to amend the amended charges and specifications by striking out charge 4. The specification was declared to be sns- tained by a vote of 282 to 190. This vote showed that the attendance was seventy- seven less thas the number in attendance when the vote was taken Friday entertaining the appeal, the voté on which was 405 ayes, 144 nays. Specifications second to twelfth inclusive, under the first ground of appeal, all relating to irregularities in the proceed: lings of the New York Presbytery, were sus- tained seriatim, some dy tally and some merely by viva voce, or rising vote. The Briggs men showed their greatest strength on specification 4 which alleged that the action of the Presbytery in giving Dr. Briggs an opportunity to reply to al- leged new matter without specify- ing the new matter wasirreguiar. The vote ee ae to 19% sustaining the specifica- tion The second ground of appeal alleged the N of improper testimony, and was based upon three specifications. They set up that the defendant sheuld have been sworn, that the statements and matter interpolated by the defendant into the record was per- mitted to remain, and quotations and ex- tracts offered oy the detendant were received as evidence without his having been sworn. On the first specification a division was taken, the result being that the specification was sustained, 262 to 185. The others were sustained b viva voce vote. The t hi ground of appeal was that of atte aan to receive important testimony,’’ with two r that charges 4 and 7 were stri out, thereby «preventing the proving of the charges. These specifications 4 sustained without a division. e fourth ground of appeal was alleged . — — of prejudice in the conduct of the case,’’ and of its six specifications the Briggs men carried two and came within two votes of carrying another, On the first speci- fication, which alleged that the Rev. George Alexander; Antonio Arreghi, Henry M. Fields, Henry 8. Hastings ana Henry Van Dyke made prejudiced statements on the hoor, and afterward voted in the Presbytery ‘mn ot’? to sustain each and every one of the specifications and charges, a viva voce vote was taken only, and the Moderator AK the be eg lost. 33 cation 6, alle Kev. Henry Rev. J. Hall Mo. Gentes — Rev. ‘Henry Van Dyke, members of the Presbytery, voted to sustain the accused after they had been in the appeal with prejudice —＋ a viva voce voté. specification that sundry directors, officers and — of Union Theological Semina Revs. Francis Brown, Edward Clark, barer it. Gillett, Thomas 8. Hast- ings, J. Hall McIivaine, Philip Schott, W. II. Smith and Mr. Vincent and Wm. A. . Wheeler voted to acquit the — upon voce vote was followed b 8 count, and the stated clerk announced t it stood 236 to 284, but suggested that — count be taken on account of the closeness of the vote. T were cries of No,“ however, the clerk proceeded toread the fifth ot * ad th a ine fifth and last ground of tained *‘specifications of error, charged mistake or injustice in the obey on.“ The specifications char error the failure to convict the defendant on com- pesest charges, the facts being admitted by defendant; that the judgment was not warranted by the law and i that the — . — is in tact an 1 a of eats dgment sare wen move, adaress; thal ‘the by uns Sine} see Te as touch upon His bond. salary, etc. N. MeLaod. ov bonds, ; > Al * 4 ae | Before beginning the ii Call the Modera- tor announced that form of answer OF not Fustained,’’ ety to eaten 22 os po e catch eve SE announced at 10:15 by tua st N in an, explanatory m almost 11 0 eens eae ne * in chatge the Briggs case upon a complaint agaligt tiesy sylvania which was , 9 and the repo ‘as adc Elder Franklin Shept mat 21 Committee on Mileage d an exhaustive report... It amounting to „9873 account of mileage, $25, $11, 426; — and Naneous, 612. 182 balance on hand 38.447. re were 221 pres- byteries represented in the Assembly of 1898, four more than at Portland; ten presbyteries were not represented. ~ The numbe missioners on the roll Was 567, eight more than on the roll of te report was re- on Proof Texts in the absence of eater re chism, with the prooftexts proposed, together wit > a statement of the methods used by the committee in prosecating its work, be printed and circoiat as a sample of the comasittee’s whole work on the proof texts; also that the committee be continued until the work shall have been completed. The report was reteived and laid over for discussion. At 12:50 the General Assembly took u recess until 8 p. m. 3 adopting t the report ofthe Committee on Bi Overtures, reaffirming the deliverance of the Assemply of 1892 on the inspiration of the holy script- ures, When the assembly adjourned, the com · mittee having under con ration the sen- tence to be impased upon Dn Briggs was not yet ready to report. IN THE SUPREME COURT. Application for a Writ of Certiorari in ‘the Brennan Case. Mayor Walbridge was served to-day witha copy of a petition fora writ of certiorari, which Dr. W. N. Brennan by Bis attorneys, Messrs. Jonas and Glever, will present to the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State on Jane 5, Monday next. The petition states tus appointment of the relator, Dr. Brennan, to the position of Health Commissipper u, Mayor Noonan in April, 1892, the Provision, ofthe charter, fix- “ordinances It then mentions the election of Mayor Walbridge in April last as the head of the Repub- nean party and the formal preferment by him of charges against Dr. Brennan as Health Commissioner. A general review of the hearing before the Mayor is given and the latter is charged with being actuated solely by political and par- tisan motives in preferring the charges, in- as much as he had promised to try to secure the place of Health Commissioner for one Dr. Max Starklofm®, who had deen a strong Republican worker for Walbridge during the campaign. It further charges the Mayor with being biased and prejudiced to such an extent against the relator, Brennan, that he could not give him the fairand impartial hearing contemplated by law. It alleges that the proceedings witn all documents and papers offered in evidence are inthe possession of the Mayor and it prays that first the powers of the city’s chief executive in matters of this kind be defined that a writ ofcertiorari be ordered and di- rected to Cyrus P. Walbridge, Mayor, com- manding him without delay to certify and return to the Court all his charges and pro- ceedings relative theretoand that upon.an inspection and review thereof the, proceed- ings and removal of the relator, Brennan, be declared nulland void. Mr. John M. Glover will goto Jefferson City Sunday night to present the petition tho following morning. GOWAN RESIGNS. Another Step in the Retrenchment Policy of the Reading. PHILAPELPRIA, June 1.—Francis I. Gowan, Chief Assistant General Solicitor of the Phil- adelphia & Reading Railway Co., has ten- dered his resignation to President Harris and ch ons of the a full record of retrenchment policy. „F. Bongano,; assistant to Fourth Vice- President, = also resigned and General Manager 8, W . Ward will take the less im- portaht position of General Superintendent, It is understood that the practical manage- ment of the system will hereafter bein the hands of Vice-President Voorhees. Other less important changes are also announced, HIS SECRETARY ALSO. New Tom, June 1.—The retirement of Henry Villard from the Presidency of the North American Co. has been followed * the résignation of his private Secre Charles A. Spofford, as a director. E. Barton, a friena of d. W. Wetmore, the new President, takes the place of Mr. Spofford. A sihccessor to Mr. Villardasa director has not yet been named. ANOTHER RECEIVER. New Tonk, June 1,—In the United States Uircuit Court Judge Lacombe has appointed — og 8. Harris a receiver for the Philadel- & Reading Railway Co. in place of A. Mr. Harris must qualify in $500, - had | SHURTLEFF COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. Graduation Exercises in the College Bap- tist Church at Alton. ALrox, l., June 1.—The fifty-sixth annual commencement of. Shurtleff College took place this morning in the College Baptist Church at Upper Alton with an attendance of 2,000. people, re ting the alumni and friends of the institution from all parts of the Union. There were six graduates, their names and themes being as follows: J. I. Owen, The Anglo-Saxons;’* J. H. Coulter, „ America Among the Nations; J. J. Roach, Tue Duties of American Citi: | zenship;’* C. C. Titeomb, de Luw of Evolution; Miss e ae Smith, „Her Yo rick 85 * im is ay 1 it was accepted, This is another step in the ASSAULT on ror rr WII As He Pieaded Not Guilty” Foley Felied | _ Him to the Floor—Foley Committed to the Holdover by Judge Morrie—Grons’ | deatof be -saniues che Chanioe Menpeata Against Him. : Murder came near being commanittan this morning ia the Firat, District Police Court. For the past three days the case of Thomas Groes, a “colored hod-carrier charged with making an indecent proposal to Maggie Foley, has been continued. Each time the negro has presented himself for trial, but the | woman who made the complaint and charged him with disturbing the peace has not ap- peared. When the case was called this morning the negro entered the inclosure and was closely followed by Tom Foley, a notorious thief. As the prisoner stepped up totherailing the clerk said: **Groes, you are charged with disturbing the peace of Maggie Foley.. How ao you plead?’’ : A DEADLY ASSAULT. The words not guilty’’ were scarcely out of the mouth of the prisoner when Foley, the husbana of the woman, drew a base ball bat from beneath his coatand swinging it over his head brought it down with all the force X. r on the heed of the „„ > ae @roed cropped lm „ log and as Foley again swung the bat he was seized by City Attorney Butler and one or two po- licemen who bore him back before he could finish his murderous attack. Ben Clark and one or two others assisted the negro to rise and threw waterin his face until he recov- ered consciousness. Theblow had raised a welt back ofthe left ear and the man was dleeding from the mouth and nose. Tbree teeth fell out on the floor as he was raised up and before he was brought to everybody thought he was killed. Foley, after finding that he could not do any further damage, remarked that he hoped the — — Diack —.— was dead. Judge Morris, as soon as order was restored, fined Foley $50 for contempt of court and sent him to the holdover. GROBS’ DEFENSE. After the negro had recovered conscious. ness, he was asked about the alleged assault. He stated to Judge Morris that he was sitting on the corner of Fifteenth and Washington avenue, and decided to go to Eighteenth and Riddle. He had seen a woman pass by but had paid no attention to her; a little while after he walked over Fifteenth street, but, hearing the clock strike 9, decided that the man he was going to see would be in ded he turhed and pasged over Sixteenth street. te noticed a woman in front of him, but paid no attention toher. She stopped and he passed by. He claims he did not speak to her or notice her. Two biocks farther on while on his way toward home Officer Ryan run up behind him and grabbing him struck him with his club. He was then locked up. After 5 the story Judge Morris Ad cided that as Maggie Foley,the woman he is n of insulting, dad not would dischar ared . Otty Attorsey Butler objected, and —2 3 case Was again continued until to-morrow. After court Groes and Judge Morris swore out a warrant for assault with intent to kill t attempts at mura ever saw. man had murder in his heart“ remarked the Judge as he assisted in the swearing out of the warrant. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE. fhe woman in the case was the widow of Adam Niebere, a victim of the Sarah street sleigh ride in January a year ago. She it is claimed received several thousand dollars — 1 Oe railroad company Foley mar- ri Foley is a thief of the worst pattern. Him- self and two others a few years a — Private Watchman long to vie negro and the failure ot 8 eg to appear, do not take much stock 1! 8288 of the oy — insult offered Rt An attachment has n issued for her. SHOT IN THE LEG. vs ee Affray Between Negroes at the Chain of Recks. John Moore, colored, tiving at 10789 Colum- bia Bottom road, and another negro named Carey, both employed at the Chain or Rocks, got a quarrel about 10:30 a. m. to-day about some money Carey owed Moore. Carey struck Moore with a 3 4 then fired three shots at of which struck Moore in the —.— oa — below the Knee, shatteringthe bone. Carey made his es cape. Moore was sent home. A PISTOL SHOT. a Created | a Scare at the Four Courts, 1015 Day. A pistol shot. in the Four ‘Oberte, about 11 o’clock this morning caused ppg cee ex- ‘Riordan into N Money and A troop the rob- HAS VAMOSED. IsHPEMING, Mich., June 1.— Insurance Agent Olav Nelson, doing a large life and fire insurance business here, has disap- peared, ee ciara een and left bout notifying his wife of i ome amount ofthe shortage is determined yet. CRIME BRIEFS. resied on a charge. of assault with criminal intent upona young lady of his congrega- tion, His bail was set at $500. Levi Shepard, 60 years old, a farm hand living near Brannon station, Fayette County, Ky., is Wanted by the authorities ona war- rant char ng him with incest with his 17- year-old daughter. There is some tak of lynching the old man should he be caught, Dr. Elsenbdeiss, ne ayy 3 sualyses of the stomachs of 2 famliy, sup- posed to have ie —— by their -ser- vant, Anna Wagner, at Indianapolis, reports having found sufficient arsen kill m the second stomach analyzed. woman sim- ply says, ‘‘Ican’t help : 4 — nothing more. INSTANTLY KILLED. Reanlt of a Raflway Wreck Near Les Angeles. Los ANGELES, Cal., June 1.—A regular freight train from San Francisco was ran nto and badly wrecked by a special freight late Jast night at Ravenna Station, near this city. Geo, U. Sbättö, « prominent eapttalist of this city, was instantly Killed; G. W. Giggey. of Boulder, Colo., had his head cut and is hip fractured, and O. W. Hudson and ©. E. Holden, both of this city, sustained internal Injuries. Anumber of other passengers were badly cut anc bruised. Shatte had been to Mojave inspecting some mining property. Heand the other passengers, who had missed the pied, me passenger train, boarded the special freight to return to Los Angeles. It is under- stood the regular freight stopped at Ravenna to do tome switching, and, — there, the special came along and crashed into the rear of the regular, COUNSEL FOR THE CHINESE. T. P. Riordan, the Attorney for the Six Companies, in Town. T. P. Riordan of San Francisco, counsel for the Chinese Six Companies, who has been engineering the fight against the Geary ex- clusion act, is in this city visiting friends. He. says that the universal sentiment throughout the country is against the law, and expresses confidence that it will never be carried into effect, San Francisco is the only city which insists upon the measure. Mr. thinks that the Chinese are more of a benefit than a detriment to Call- fornia, as without them the fruit crop, the — — for wine and the hops could not be v CHARGED WITH FRAUD. A Traveling Man Arrested and Heid for the Springfield (Mo.) Authorities. W. 8. De Long, a traveling man, was ar- rested at 8:45 a. m. to-day at Elliot ave- jmue and Thomas. strecx by Detective Fitzgerald on a charge of fraud. He ts charged with passing two worthless drafts for $76 each, one on the Walker Tallor- ing Co, and one on the firm of B of Springfield, Mo. The City Sprin was notified of the arrest. ' THE ARKANSAS CYCLONE. Many Deaths and General Devastation ! s re Reported. ‘Hors, Ark,, June 1.—The cyclone here Tuesday evening was unprecedented in this country. The number of deaths is not known, : 35 ke & Kerr | arshal of Actor, Won the Old Bede's Co Aer Ohildren Manifest Little Woe and dissension saddened th household at No. 215 West Carondelet, to-day. The house ts ¢ prettiest little cottages in that aed ; | painted in cores yellow, “was trimmings, and the interior ist ul rls with taste at no small pense. day Mrs. Sarah Zimmer, | old widowed mother of let Frank Liddell, alias Fred have $500 and a deed to the pro) day the family mourns the 10 became current yesterday that to - elope with him the money which.’ she on the property, but that he got ot the purse and bride to be at the t ting place. Mrs. 2 mer Genies the etidrge, however, tolls a tale of clever poe Liddell Is an 6x-circus actor, and recently he was steamboat swindled Mrs. 2 — easily than he would turn a saloon at — — and Blow 1 - what 1 had. him that he would 1080 money of mine before, but he sad not, and I gave him the money ray property. He then — to comein and have a 1 told him that NS — vine . 41 2 wine, I asked him forse He re confid tor 80 poil take my money. honest- faced 1 th « and wrinkles which oné would tine’ crushed the last spark of aan beart. But her daughter, a is vary bitter agali-st the bid itive that her mother was go HER DAUGHTER 2 — HER. With many pauses and reseatful ben she said to-day: Tes, my mother was in him. And —4 . father is dead only eight months know now why she to up town so much the last few days. she came home last night and said that she did not care if she never saw me orm brothers, Frank and Joe, again. But Liddell ran away with the brother has ef head of it. used to board . pat and he ~_ K 2 ile tola us that he used to de n was known as Fred A = he d leaden ia a that name Here she comes Zimmer, as she ' opened the for her mother to come in froma visit tot Liddell, with whom to elo learn the truth. NEEDED THE MONEY BADLY. , Messrs. F. W. Mott 4 Co. add a nantes to the story Which points strongly t the elopement version. They sold tl residence at 215 West Senirmer st to Mrs. Zimmer a short time 25 and nad ue ‘doubt thatthe titic was clear. 1 = Mrs. Zimmer asked them a fewd obtain $600 for her on 1 property = when lire. ‘Zimmer $500. A more serious r erty Po mage PE Mrs, thé RO co are looking for Liddell. STRUCK GAS. love with him and was going to elupe.with — she was and he hurried to her house ed last ev 0 tor x U 13 5 . a * > eS om 2 * 12 1 e 3 3 * * * „ mee Soe faay sand ts wa 2 1 2 2