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e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895. CUBAN REBELS YIELD, Uprisings in Several of the Provinces at an End. BANDIT CHIEFS GIVE UP. Operations Against the Town of Baire, Held by the Insurgents. ANOTHER SIDE TO THE STORY- It Would Seem the Revolt Is Far More Serious Than Spain Will Admit. Mapurp, March 5.—An official dispatch received here from Cuba says thirteen ing to the Marrero band have atches received here from Cuba this at Yaguey, ating in the p ded Lis subn to the uprising in that prov- the most formidable in h was the whole island provin rtanamo only four bands, numbering in all about 180 ties the Minister neral Domingues, denied the the report that General le nbre had been ed. He also said there was no truth in the rum of in: ccess in Cuba. Several corps of in Cuba have offered to assist -General against the rebels. he steamer V' arrived yesterday, brin, m the revolution in Cuba. Ac- the passengers, the revolt is of ter than the Spanish Chamber of Dey news f seen admit. La ha, the lead n paper of na, under date of February 28, gives following account of the erent out- st news of the revolt was received in Manzanillo February 23. A party of over ity men at Callicito had broken out into familiar cry of the Cuban patriots, “Viva Cuba Libre!”” (Long live Cuba!) The band was headed by Don Bastolo 0, one of the leaders of the revolution 1869. He was accompanied by Don lor Guerra and Don Enrique Cespedes. of Manzanillo sent troops ,and t} prevented the in- sugar was stopped. Another outbreak was in Baire, but the there wus to procure the removal of alde of Jiguani and the immediate lishment of reforms long recom- by Don Maura in the Spanish another revolt manifested itself in Grande. The insurgents imme- y raised the cry of Cuban liberty. success was of short daration, for r were met by a detail of Government yps and defeated. They retired into Cienaga da Zapata, where it is very difl cult if not impossible to follow them. This | band is headed by the schoolmaster of accompanied by his seven sons. n part of the island there is break that seems to be of a s character, as the Government rom Havana a battalion of troops to the regiment of Isabel la Cot- wder the command of Colonel es, to subc t. nother party of revolutionists has been scovered Marrero, near Colon. In \antan: s another uprising. G TO THE RESCUE. BLUEJACKE Tiey Gave Gallant Help During a Big Fire at Porto Spain. NEw York, March 6.—A special dispatch r Porto Spain, Trinidad, to a morning s missed almost total de- The loss will amount to fire. ly $4,000,000, the chief business section having been the center of the conflagra- tion. Nearly 20,000 people would have been hot had it not been for the as- s ce given by the United States North Atlantic squadron and H. M. 8. Buzzard in extinguishing the lames. m the United States vessels more 0 men were sent ashore, while the d landed about fifi b boat’s crew were supplied with fire- xes and ropes and the plan of »n was quickly laid down and carried out. Chains of bucket parties were formed and a steady stream of water was thuscon- veyed to the lee side of the fire to prevent its spread as much as possible. The fire was checked, though not until the sailors as well as the townspeoflle were thoroughly exhausted. Several of the American seamen had narrow escapes. Everything is in confusion and it will take several days to determine whether there was any loss of life among the citi- zens. The city is overwhelmed and it will be many years before it recovers. — WILL SAIL FOR SOUTHAMPTON. than 2 Count de Castellane to Depart To-Day With His Bride. New Yozg, March 5.—The Count and Countess de Castellane will sail for South- ampton to-morrow morning. They have chos the steamship New York for their honeymoon voyage. The Count requested their names to be omitted on the passenger list issued by the company, and they have respected his desire. Johr Jacob Astor and Mrs. Astor will also be cabin passengers on the New York. S ' MURDERER. SHERIFF BUR Arrest of a Man Who Is Charged With the Crime. Prepro, Colo., March 5.—It is believed that Moroni Kufford,who murdered Bheriff Burns of San Pete County, Utah, -last September, is now in custody here, where he has been for five months past working atodd jobs under the name of Charles H. Cox. He was arrested on a description yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Granger. A photograph of the suspect has been taken to Salt Lake. L e HAYWARD'S CRIME REVIEWED. Telling Argument Made by the Publig Prosecutor. MixNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 5. — The closing act of the Hayward maurder trial was begun this morning. Deputies and the attendant nurses brought 8. H. Dyer, le Chambre has commenced S & e town of Baire, h is oceu he insurgents. In | z the plantation, but | the sick juror, into court and deposited | him in a reclining chair. Frank Nye, the County Attorney, rose to address the jury. His face was ashen pale, and it did not seem, as he leaned against the table, that he could possibly prove equal to the task. However, before be le_ad been talking twenty minutes his voice rang out like a bugle, and his friends were confident he would hold out to the end. Briefly, but effectively, he sketched the career of Harry Hayward, his association with Miss Ging and his influence over the “sick man,” Blixt. The crime had been committed by Blixt at the incitation of Hayward, but it brought with it a revolu- tion in his entire being. After it came conscience, remorse, horror of himself. No man could picture the agony of horror Blixt endured after the commission of the crime, until he decided to tell the truth. Nye’s argument occupied the time of the court until adjournment. Mr. Erwin will begin his argument to-morrow morning jand will probably continue on Thursday. The case, it is expected, will be given to the jury that afternoon. —_— MINERS READY TO STRIKE. Over Fifteen Thousand Men Will Prob- ably Quit Work. PrTtsBURG, March 5.—The coal miners and operators of the Pittsburg district met to-day in conference, but failed to agree, | and a strike wili probably be ordered to- morrow, which will affect between 15,000 and 16,000 men. | The new operators’ association met this | morning and began a discussion of the | trade situation. Before it had proceeded |far an interruption was caused by the entrance of a committee from the miners’ | convention, which informed the meeting | of the resolution passed by them yesterday | demanding 69 cents for mining, and asking | that a committee be appointed to confer with them on the subject. The operators appointed such a committee. The two committees then went into | seeret sion, which lasted until nearly { midnight. Tae result of the conference es the situation justas it was before the conference. Both sides insisted on | their demands—the miners for the Colum- | bus scale, 69 cents, and the operators for 60 | cents, allowing Ohio miners a differential of nine cents per ton. The miners’ com- mittee will report to its convention to- morrow, and if the workingmen carry out | their expressed intention a strike will be | ordered at once. | HAVOCCADSED BY EXPLOSION :\NRECK OF AMSS BLOCK AT | THE CITY OF ANDERSON, INDIANA. | FIRE STARTED IN THE DEBKIS AND THE Loss AMOUNTED TO $100,000. | | | B S | AxpErsow, Ind., March 5.—Anderson ex- | perienced a $100,000 explosion this morn- | ing shortly ater 3 o'clock. Three business | rooms were shattered and windows for several blocks blown out. The contents of | the store were blown squares away. The | courthouse ciock was biown out of the | tower. The debris caught fire instantly and | threatened to consume the entire business district, it being late this afternoon before | the flames were extinguished. The shock | of the explosion was felt for many miles. A broken gas main allowed the gas to escape. It came up through the frozen ground and forced itself into the cellar. | Some connection with the lighted jet did the rest. The Terhune block, occupied by {the When Clothing Company, Proather’s shoestore and Hadley’s shoestore, was | totally wrecked. All efforts were confined to saving the | surrounding property. The total loss is | $100,000; insurance, $10,000. | Seeking the Check-Raisers. | Dexver, March 5—W.T. Canna, chief | of the secret service department of the Union Pacific Railroad, is in Denver to- day, and is making an inquiry into the manipulation of checks distributed among | the employes of that line last month. | Canna says that the parties who raised the checks made only a few hundred dollars, but he has no doubt that, if their opera- tions had not been discovered, they would have renewed the attempt next manth. e An Outlaw’s Father Wins. BirMINGHAM, Ala., March 5.—In the Circuit Court at Vernon, Ala.; to-day Allen H. Burrows gained a verdict of $296 against the Southen Express Company. His son, Rube Burrows, the noted train-robber, murderer and outlaw, was killed at Linden, Ala., in October, 1890, while trying to escape from custody. His father sued for the conversion of his pistols, rifles, team of oxen and money found on his person when killed. ——— To Build the Platte Canal, Lixcory, Nebr., March 5.—The fiest step in the building of the Platte canal was aken when the Senate voted in favor of the Platte canal bill and general irrigation bill. This action, when ccncurred in by the House and the Governor, will give the city of Omaha the right to build and own the canal, which is a proposed waterway for furnishing power by diverting the waters of the Platte River. et Colonel Clendenin Dead. GALESBU I, March’ 5.—Colonel R. Clendenin, U. 8. A, who served with dis- tinction during the Civil War, and was re- tired from active service on April 20, 1891, died to-day at his home in Oneida, after a long ilfne He was 65 years of age. He was one of the military committee that tried the conspirators who planned the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. BLE Walking Back to Alabama. Sax Axtovio, Tex., March 5.—Twenty- five negro men, whom “Peg Leg” Williams took to Mapimi, Mexico, last January, passed through here to-day en route to Alabama. They are on foot and have been on the road since the first week they struck Mapimi. They state they did not like the country. st e s st Bishop Thomas Very Il Sauva, Kans.,, March 5.—The Right Rev. 8. E. Thomas, Episcopal Bishop of Kansas, is lying at the point of death at St. John's School. Impaction of the bowels is the cause of his illness. = = Ex-Justice and Dynamiter, Viscesses, Ind., March 4.—Jobn P. Angleberger, late Justice of the Peace, was arrested to-night charged with perpetrat- ing a dynamite outrage at Decker a few days ago. E—— Condition of the Treasury. Wastneron, March 5.—To-day’s state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $150,762,- 662; gold reserve, $91,635,026, Ll i Women’s Suffrage Defeated. Bosrox, March 5.—-The bill to grant full municipal suffrage to women in Mas- sachusetts was defeated to-day—127 to 87, LVER MEN APPEAL, Bimetallists of America Would Form a New Party. GOLD SHOULD NOT RULE. Monetary Reform Necessary for a Return of Prosperity to the Nation. FREE COINAGE IS THE CRY. Members of All Parties Asked to Unite in Electing Honest National Legislators. ‘WasniNeron, March 5.—The following was to-day issued by the American Bi- metallic League: A statement of the issues on which the new party will organize—The money question is now indisputably the dominant issue in the United States &nd will remein so until settled and settled rightly. Other questions, how- ever important, must wait for this, which to & greater or less extent, involves all others. The issue is between the gold standard, gold bonds and bank currency on the one side and the bi- metallic standard, no Londs and Government currency on the other. First—On this issue we declare ourselves to be unalterably opposed to the single gold standard and demand the immediate return to the constitutional standard of gold and silver, cf the restoration by this Government, inde- pendently of any foreign power, of the unre- stricted coinage of both silver and gold into standard money at the ratio of 16 to 1 and upoen terms of exact equality, the silver coin to be a full legal tender equal with gold in pay- ment of all debts and dues, public or private. Second—We hold the power to control and regulate a paper currency inseparable from the power to coin money, and hence that all currency intended to circulate as money should be issued and its volume controlled by the General Government only and should be legal tender. Third—We are unalterably opposed to the issue by the United States of interest-bearing bondsin time of peace, and demand the pay- ment of all coin ooligations of the United States as provided by existing laws in either gold or silver coin at the option of the Govern- ment and not at the option of the creditor. On this issue we appeal from the dictation of the power to the intelligence and patriotism of the American public. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. The signers of the Declaration of Independ- ence held that a decent respect for the opinions of mankind required that reasoms should be given for dissolving the bonds that had bound the colonies to Great Britain, so we, who find it necessary to sever our relations with the political parties with which we have herego- fore acted and form new alliances in & common cause, deem it proper that some of the reasons which impel us to this sction should be sub- mitted to a candid public. The monetary reform for which we contend, as above set forth, is, in our judgment, so vital to the common welfare and so necessary to a re- turn of conditions of prosperity in this country as to preclude longer d n the innuguration of & movement, the purpose of which is to bring together all who believe in the necessity of the proposed reform for this object and this alone. Those in favor of the gold standard are and have been united in purpose and action. Party lines do not divide them when this issue is raised. Differences on other questions are then 1aid aside and together they, “in well beseem- ing ranks, march all one way.’ On the other hand, those who are in favor of a return to the constitutional standard of gold and silver are split into as many divisions as there are parties. Silver.Republicans from the West and South, to the great delight of the leader. of the Republican party, insist on con- tending for their cause only within the lines of that party, and Southern and Western Demo- crats, earnest silver men, equally to the delight of the leaders of the Democratic party, continue the contest on their part only within the lines of the Democratic party. In other words, the advocates of the bimetallic standard, through the unrestricted coinage of silver as well as gold, now contend for their cause in organiza- tions which are controlled by the gold party. Hence, however zealous in the cause one may be, no results arc possible, because his party refuses to carry out his views or to pegmit them to be carried out. It is believed there is now, and has been for twenty years, a large majority ot the voters in the United coinage of both gold and silver, but the oppor- tunity to vote their convictions has never been given them, and their will has been continu- 2ily thwarted by party chicanery. There has not been a Cougress for twenty years which, except for the influence of executive patron- age or the fear of an executive veto, would not have voted to open the mints agein to silver on the same terms as to gold. Indeed, each house of Congress has at different times separately passed free coinage bills, but this action has as oiten been frustrated by party manipulations. It is as necessary therefore to have a President in sympathy with the cause a&s to have a Con- gress in favor of it. But enough has been said to show the im- possibility of gaining our cause as long us we remain divided or fight only in the ranks of the gold party or in organizations controlled by the advocates of the gold standard. As well might our fathers have expected to win the in- dependence of the colonies if, while contend- ing for the cause of liberty, they had refused to separate from the Tories. Independence could never have been won by fighting for liberty in British regiments, And, feilow-citizens, this great cause will never be won without unanimous action. It will never be won unless those who believe in it come together and elect & Congress and a dent on this issue. There is no hope whatever that the Republican party as a party will change its policy, give up the gold stand- ard and restore the bimetallic standard. There are no grounds for such hope, and we believe they are deluded who look ifor such & change of policy by this party. The Republican party is committed to its leaders, by its record and by the press behind it, to the gold standard, supported by gold ponds, and to the retirement of the greenbacks and the surrender of -the issueand control of paper currency to the banks. No less persistent and effective is the control of the money power over the organization of the Dewocratic party. While undoubtedly a large majority of the members of that party are opposed to the gold standard, they have been powerless to control that party organization againstitand much less tosecure through it fhe restoratiou of the bimetellic standard. While this is the case 1t cannot be expected that the Republicans will abandon convictions of a lifetime on other questions and go into the Democratic party in a body or into a wing of that party. Nor will Democrats give up con- viciions they believe to be essential in govern- ment and go over to the Republican party or a division of that party. Nor is it possible to induce Republicans and Democrats together to go into the Populist party for the reason, if no other, that the plat- form of that party contains declarations and the party advocates theories to which they can- not give their assent. But we must in some way come togetheron this issue or the cause is lost, and with it the independence of the peo- ple. No old party ever carried through a great reform. New bottles for new wine. Therefore no course seems more plausible than that to subor- dinate for the time being other questions and come to the front in a new organization to fight the battle of 1896 on the one issue on which the prosperity and happiness of the people so largely depend. Itis believed that this cause can be won in no other way, and that to con- tend for it only within the lines of the existing tates in favor of restoring the free | parties is to court defeat at the outsetand to lose the battle in the election. The purpose of this movement is not to array section against section, class against class, nor 10 require anybody to give up his convictions on other questions, or to sever his party re- lations for & purpose other than to unite in a common cause, the cause of justice against in- justice, of prosperity instead of adversity, the continued employment of labor instead of forced idleness, of abundance and happiness instead of want and misery. There can be no doubt, moreover, that areturn to the stand- ard of gold and silver will promote in the highest degree the bujiness interests of the country, while the continuance of our present financial policy must necessarily be attended by a further fall of prices, imperiling business enterprise still more, and prolonging in- definitely the present stagnant condition of trade and industry. The manifesto is signed by the following executive . committee appointed by the Bimetallic Conference called at Washing- ton, February 22, 1895: A.J. Warner, President American Bimetallic League, cheirman; John P. Jones, United States Senate; William M. Stewart, United States Senate; E.L.McLaurin of South Caro- lina; Anson Wolcott of Indiana; George G. Merry of Colorado; Henry Jones of Georgia; J. C. Green of California; Joseph Sheldon of Connecticut: C. J. Hillyer of the District of Columbia; Byron E.Shear of Colorado; Morti- mer Whitehead of New Jersey, In conclusion the manifesto says: If the conference had authority from the people to name & candidate for President, it would name Joseph G. Sibley of Pennsylvania, but not having such authority it can only sug- gest the name and invite expressions from the people by petition, resolutions or otherwise, believing nominations when made should re- flect in the most direct manner the will of the people uncontrolled by caucus machinery or professional politicians. Petitions or letters indorsing this view should be addressed to General A. J. Warner, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the American Bimetallic party, Sun building, Washington, D. C. A committee consisting of the following-named gentlemen was appointed to select a pro- visional national committee to consist of one member from each State and Territory and the District of Columbia, to take charge of this movement in the several States and Territo- ries: General A. J. Warner (chairman), Hon. William M. Stewart, Heury Jones of Georgia, Hon. Francis G. Newlands of Nevada, Hon. Anson Wolcott of Indiana and Hon J. L. Mc- Laurin of South Carolina. It is understood that it is the desire of the league thata Republican should receive the nomination for Vice-President. RECEIVERS @_ARWILLING NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED SEPARATE MANAGEMENT OF THE COLORADO MIDLAND. THE LiINe WouLD BECOME SERI- ousLY WEAKENED IF CuT LoosE FRroM THE SANTA FE. Cr1cAGo, March 5.—Referring to the in- quiries which have been made of late in reference to the relation to the receiver- ship of the Santa Fe, Receiver Walker has authorized the following statement: Negotiations have for some time been pend- ing in reference to the condition of the Colo- rado Mialand in the pending general reorgani- zation plan of the Sania Fe. The reorganiza- tion committee has its own views as to the value of the Colorado Midland property, while the views entertained by the Colorado Mid- land bondholders very naturally represent a much higher valuation. It has been the belief of the bondholders that a separate receiver- ship for a few months would result in an in- creasé in earning power beyond the results shown during the past year,swhen the prop- ertles have been managed by the same receiv- ers, especially in view of the improvement now apparent in the business condition in Colo- rado. On theother hand the Santa Fe commit- tee claims that the Colorado Midland has been as well managed as its situation can permit and it would b i weakened if cut loose from the Atchison system. As the outccme of these decisions, it is advis- able that an application for a separate receiver- ship will soon be made by the Colorade Mid- land bondholders, in connection with a suit to be brought for the foreclosure of the first mort- gage upon that rond. 1fsuch an application is made the present receivers will not oppose it, believing that their position should be one of neutrality, and the matter can be properly dis- posed of by the court, as the interests of the various parties may be made clear by them upon the hearing. Whether a new receiver shall be appointed or not, it is understood that no intention exists to sever the relations now existing between the two properties, but that the present traffic in- terchanges with the Santa Fe would be main- tained at all events. The Midland might em- ploy separate operating and tratlic officials and keep its accounts distinet. The netearnings of the Santa Fe system, all lines, for the month of January were £709,967, an increase of $82,974 from last vear. The earnings of the Atlantic and Pacific show a d tfor the month of $172, ich is, however, an improvement of $63,654 over January of last year, when the deflcit was $63,826. Py Reappointed by lhe President. WasHINGTON, March 5.—The President has reappointed William E. Dowell, who failed of confirmation during the session, as Postmaster at Missouls, Mont., vice H. of all cases of consumption can, if taken in the earlier stages of the disease, be cured. This may seem like a bold asser- tion to those familiar only with the means generally in use for its treatment; as, nasty cod liver oil and its filthy emul- sions, extract of malt, whiskey, different F_rcparations of hypophosphites and such ike palliatives. Although by many believed to be in- curable, there is the evidence of hun- dreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, consumption isa curable disease. Not every case, buta large percentage of cases, and we believe, [fully o8 per cent.are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, even after the disease has Emgressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with co- ious expectoration (including tubercu- ar matter), great loss of flesh and ex- treme emaciation and weakness, Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases reported to us as cured by *“Gold- en Medical Discovery’ were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease? You need not take our word for it. They have been so pronounced by the home physicians, who have no interest whatev- erin misrepresenting them, and whowere strongly prejudiced against a trial of ‘“Golden Medical Discovery,” but who have been forced to confess that it sur- passes, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty cod liver oil and its filthy ‘‘ emulsions” and mix- tures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly failed to benefit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, and various preparations of the hypophosphites had also been faithfully tried in vain. ‘The photographs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kindred maladies, have been skillfully reproduced in a book of 160 gfigas which will be mailed to your ad- ress for six cents in stamps. "Address for Book, WORLD'S DISPENSARY MED- ICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N, Y. AN ANCIENT - DEVICE Sufficient to Swindle a South Carolina. Farmer. WENT FOR GOLD BRICKS. His Fruitless Mission to the Capital of the Nation. WAS AFTER A “G00OD THING.” Seeking Government Assayer Black, He Recelved Enlightenment by Mint Director Preston. ‘W asHINGTON, March 5.—A little dried up fellow with a rusticair about him stumbled into the treasury this morning, grip in hand. He had come all the way from Co- lumbia, 8. C., to meet “R. W. Black, Gov- ernment Assayer,” and purchase from him two solid gold bricks, having already paid “Mr. Black” $100 to bind the bargain. He was mysterious and reticent, but smart enough to conceal his identity. Director Preston of the Mint Bureau was the man who first enlightened him as to the swindle of which he had been a victim. Entering the" office of that official theTustic inquired in low cautious tones if that was the United States Mint. “No, the nearest isat Philadelphia,” said Preston. “Well, then,” he next inquired, “where is the assay office?”’ ‘“What, is there none nearer than New York? Why, this is singular. I was to meet ‘R. W. Black, Government Assayer,’ here this morning on important business.” The man was a fairly intelligent farmer. He seemed to be about 50 years old, and according to his own story had accumu- lated several thousand dollars. His mys- terious manner of asking most common- place questions aroused Mr. Preston’s curiosity, and in course of their conversa- tion he learned that his visitor had been offered two gold bricks valued at over $20,000 for $10,000 and that he paid about $100 to bind the transaction. Mr. Black, the alleged Government assayer, and a mysterious Indian, who dug the gold from its hiding place near the victim’s farm, were the principals in the game. The farmer admitted to Mr. Pres- ton that he would have paid the money demanded for the bricks but for the fact that it was after banking hours. “They got a little money from me, he said, “but they didn’t get it all.” He was to have met them in Washington to close up the transaction and be prepared to ao his part, as he was satisfied that the bricks were pure gold and were worth much more than they would cost him. Mr. Preston told him that he had been deceived and that he would never see the men or his money again. The farmer answered that it might be so, but did not appear altogether satisfied on that point. CONGRESSIONAL CHAIR;(ANSHIPS. Several Will Be Secured by the California Representatives. WasHINGTON, March 5.—Members of the Fifty-fourth Congress now in Washington are already making up Speaker Reed’s committees. Two Californians are slated for chairmanships, Loud as chairman of the Postoffices and Postroads Committee, and Bowers for the Committee on Patents. As Loud has four years’ experience on his committee and was its ranking Repub- lican member in the Congress just ended, there can scarcely be a doubt about his election for this important chairmanship, especially as he is on very good terms with Reed. Mr. Bowers was the ranking Re- publican member of the Military Affairs Committee in the last Congress, but he does not believe he is as well fitted for this place as for some other, and possibly he may be given the chairmanship of a minor com- mittee. It is generally conceded that Hitt of Illinois will be chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and one of the first things to demand his attention will be the Hawaiian cable project. It is generally believed that the next Congress will pro- vide a subsidy for this purpose. D. B. Henderson of Towa will be chair- man of the Appropriations Committee and Payne of New York of the Ways and Means Committee. Dalsell, Crisp and Catchings will constitute the Committee on Rules with Speaker Reed as chairman. Smith of Illinois is entitled to the chair- manship of the Pacific Railroads Commit- tee, if precedent is to be followed, and he is a railroader. . —_— STOPS THE OLD BLUFF. Subscribers of a Newspaper Have Some Rights. ‘Wasnixaron, March 5.—Assistant Attor- ney-General Thomas of the Postoffice De- partment has made an important ruling in regard to so-called newspaper laws. Thomas decides that a publisher who makes a demand for payment of subscrip- tion to his paper through the mails, ac- companying the demand with a threat of enforcing, by the use of these pretended laws, may be prosecuted for attempting to obtain money under false pretenses, pro- vided he knows that these laws have no existence as laws or judicial decisions. The so-called laws referred to are those often promulgated by some newspapers to the effect that subscriptions to a paper cannot be stopped until full payment of arrearage has been made, and that a pub- lisher may prosecute in criminal action a subscriber who refuses to take his paper from the office, not having paid full ar- rearage, or a subscriber who takes a paper and refuses to payit. These rules, the Assistant Attorney-General says, have no existence under the law. -~ % EXODUS FROM THE CAPITAL. Lawmakers Hurrying Away to Their Homes. ‘WasHINGTON, March 5—The exodus of members and ex-members' of Congress, which began immediately after the ad- journment,was kept up to-day. Ex-Speaker Crisp, who wag among those who came to the capital, said he expected to remain in the city until Friday, when he would leave for home for a sedson of rest and recrea- tion. A majority of Senators will probably remain in Washington for a week or ten days, but several leit immediately for their homes. The Senators have business to close up which will require some time, while not a few from the North, who are comfortably situated in Washington, will remain here during the sprin, Shocks in South Carolina. . Winsroy, 8. C., March 5.—A shock of earthquake lasting several seconds was felt here at 10 o’clock last night. Buildings ‘were shaken, but no damage was done. e DROWNING NEAR OROVILLE. An Indian Woman in a Cance Sinks at Potters Bar. OroviLLE, March 5—An Indian woman named Mrs. Mary Scott attempted yester- day morning at 9 o’clock to cross the north fork of Potters Bar, ten or twelve miles above Oroville. Her husband tried to dis- suade her from the attempt, but she was anxious to reach Cherokee, where her aunt was sick. A young Indian named William Foreman paddled the canoce. When the canoe reached the swift water it began to sink, owing to the weight of the woman, which was 260 pounds. Foreman finding the boat would go down sprang out and swam ashore, but the woman remained in the boat until it sank with her. She could swim well, but in the rapid stream could not gain the shore, and was drowned before either of the two men could reach her. Her body was found this afternoon just above Oroville, having been swept down the river ten miles. e FRAUD IN LOS ANGELES. National Guardsmen Say Ballots Were Wrongly Announced. Los AxGELEs, March 5.—There is likely to be 2 contested election case in the Sev- enth Regiment upon the ballot taken on Saturday night at the armory. Seven ballots were taken for major, the last being announced as 7 for Lieutenant Kennedy and 6 for Captain Halpin of Anaheim. Now it is said that after the meeting Colonel Schreiber inspected the ballots and claimed that he found seven for Halpin and six for Kennedy, and it is asserted that as a consequence Major Kennedy’s certificate of election will be withheld. AN OREGON RAILROAD SUIT. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN- _VOLVED IN THE CASE. AN AcTION BROUGHT BY THE BOND- HOLDERS oF THE O. R. AND N. PorTLAND, Or., March 5.—A railway case involving half a million dollars was begun in the United States District Court to-day. The case wasthat of Henry Reed and the other bondholders of the Oregon Rail- way and Navigation Company, together with E. McNeill, receiver of the O. R. and N., and the Farmers’ Lean and Trust Com- pany, as trustee under the consolidated mortgage of the O. R. and N. Company, to | have the order appointing McNeill receiver so modified as to absolve him from the payment of the indebtedness contracted by the Union Pacific receiversin their oper- ation of the Oregon Railway and Naviga- tion Company. Andrew F. Burleigh, counsel for the Ore- gon Improvement Company and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, asked to be made an intervenor, in order to secure a claim of about $15,000 for coal furnished the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com- pany for the operation of the steamers Elder and Columbia; also to secure the claim of $56,000 due on the lease of the steamer State of California. ‘W. W. Colton, the secretary of the Ore- gon Railway and Navigation Company, was put on the stand to show that Henry Reed and others were stockholders of the 0.R.and N. C.E.S. Woods then opened the argument in behalf of the Q. R. and N. He said the order appointing McNeill, which practically required McNeill to pay outstanding claims, was made through a misunderstanding of the agreement pre- viously made in New York by interested parties looking toward an amicable trans- ference from the Union Pacific receivers to Receiver O'Neill. The agreement arrived at in New York contemplated having the equity of the claims adjudicated, but owing to the fact that the agreement was reached during the great railroad strike last year, the cor- respondence was carried on by wire, and counsel in this city did not fully under: stand the nature of the agreement. They, therefore, ask that the order be modified, and that the claims go before the master in chancery to determine .whether they be paid by the Oregon Railway and Navi- gation receiver or Union Pacific receivers. The answer of the Union Pacific re- ceivers to the complaint of the Farmer: Loan and Trust Company, under which Mr. McNeil was appointed receiver for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, alleges there is due them as receivers about $117,538 from operation of the 0. R. and N. lines: that the receivers ex- pended in excess of their receipts about $222,716 in their operation of the lines; and there was outstanding indebtedness amounting to about $250,723, all of which was expended in their operation of the 0. R.and N. They allege they expended about $224,000 for fuel, supplies, rails, ties, etc., necessitated by the flood of last May and June, all of which was turned over to Receiver McNeill. 2 The petition for a separate receiver for the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern will not come uip before Monday, as Judge Gilbert of the United States Circuit Court will not reach here from San Francisco until that time. John M. Egan, manager for the General Mana%ers’ Association during the great strike last summer, was in the city to-day. His name is mentioned in connection with the receivership of the Oregon Short Line in case the court grants the petition for a separate receiver. 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