The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCIE SCO LL, TUESDAY, MAR JH 26, 1895. ARGUMENTS FOR DEBS Hearing the Case of the Strike Leader in the Supreme Court. LAWYERS’' CONTENTIONS. Questions Involving the. Anti- Trust Law and Con- spiracies. JURISDICTION ALSO FIGURES. Efforts of A. R. U. Men to Secure Relief From the Imprison- ment Sentence. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The United States’Supreme Court to-day began the hearing of the arguments in the case of Eugene V. Debs, president of the American i y Union, and others. Counsel for Lyman Trumbull, S. 8. Darrow. Attorney- General Olney, Assistant Attorney-General Whitney and Edwin Walker, special Inited States Attorney, appeared for the Government. Debs and his associates will ask fora writ of habeas corpus relieving them from the sentence of imprisonment passed upon them by Judge Woods. It was 12:40 o'clock when the case was called, and Mr. Trumbull addressed the court in support of a motion made by him- self that counsel be heard in behalf of the petitioners, and that they be allowed three hours for the presentation of that side of the case. The motion was granted, and three hours allowed on each side. Mr. Trumbull then proceeded with his argument on the merits of the case, out- lining the points a ove set forth. It has been a long while since Mr. Trumbull ap- peared in the court, but he was recognized immediately, and there were many favor- able comments upon his hale and vener- able appearance. He spoke without notes and confined himself closely to the facts and arguments set forth in the brief of the petitioners. He characterized the pro- ceedings as extraordinary and the state- ments in the bill of equity as relentless. He declared that the statements made in ly been sworn to by an unknown a man, for aught he knew, had been picked up on the street for the pur- pose. He called attention to the fact that the road of the stockyard company was only a local road, but did not question that some of the twenty-two roads entered in the bill were engaged in an interstate traffic. He contended that the primary object of thed A. R. U. was to bring about a peaceful ad- justment of the difficulties between the Pullman Company and its employes and said this was praiseworthy. Furthermore, he declared that the object would have been accomplished but for the refusal of the Pullman officials to grant any conces- sions. He said it an insult to every intelligent citizen to say, as was said in the bill, that it was as neeessary to carry the Pullman sleepers as it was to carry the mail. He also argued the right of the rail- road and Pullman employes to quit work when they chose and criticized the lan- guage of the bill in characterizing this ac- tion on their partas a boycott. He also took exception to the use of the wora con- spiracy as used in the bill, declaring that the purpose of the strikers was that of pre- venting the hauling of sleeping-cars and not that of preventing the transportation of mails or of interfering with interstate commerce. The great question was, he said, whether a court of equity bad jurisdic- tion in a case of the character of the one un- der consideration and he proceeded to argue the constitutional bearings of the question. He did not belieye it competent for Con- gress to confer upon courts of equity juri: diction in any but equity cases and he in- sisted that Congress had never undertaken to confer such prerogative. The present case involyed a criminal offense. Hadever a case occurred when a court of equity had attempted to restrain a citizen from com- mitting a criminal act—burglary or mur- der for instance? If the petitioners had been guilty ascharged they should have proceeded against them in the regular manner by indictment and by trial jury. In his argument Mr. Trumbull took issue with the contention that the constitutional provision for the regulation of commerce between the States gave authority for such a proceeding in equity, but declared this was entirely contrary to the holding of the court, in support of which position he quoted various authorities. But even if this was correct the present case was one entirely confined to the State of Illinois. Continuing, Mr. Trumbull declared the Supreme Court of the United States had been overwhelmed with cases growing ont of a strained construction of the constitu- tion, and he thought it time to call a halt. He contended that the anti-trust bill had no bearing on the case of an association of railway employes, but was intended to pre- vent combinations, corporations and trusts, which was made evident by the fact that provision was made for the seizure of prop- erty. He also asserted that the injunction in the case had been issued without notice except to the newspapers. If this was true it was in defiance of Congress, and it was not supposed that everybody was to be compelled to read newspapers. He urged, in conclusion, that Debs and his associates were illegally imprisoned and asked for their release. Assistant Attorney-General Whitney fol- lowed on behalf of the Government. He thought that when the question should be properly ascertained there would be very little difficulty in arriving at a deeision. He did not suppose the court would find it necessary to go into the general question of strikes and boycotts, which was an un- trodden field for the Supreme Court and involved points on which the courts and the text-writers, so far as they had dealt with the matter, were divided. It was therefore unnecessary to consider whether the anti-trust law applies to conspiracies of the kind in which Debs and his associ- ates were engaged. The case was a peculiar one in that none of the parties to the pres- ent case were engaged in the Chicago strike as employes of any of the roads. They had organized for the purpose of boycot- ting the Pullman Company and in doing that proceeded to paralyze the railroad companies, which they were doing when the injunction was issued. The main ob- ject of the organization was to secure en- tire control of the railroads of the country. He dweit on the great injury done by the strike, which injury,he said, was irre- parable, and asked that the court take cognizance of this fact, as it was conceded on all hands. There could hardly be a question that the strike was unlawful in its aspects, in its attempts at boycotting \ and at controlling by combination the railroad traffic of the country. The real question was as to the jurisdiction of a court of equity, and he contended that it had in it such a case as the present, Mr. Whitney contended, in reply to the objection, that the United States was not | properly a party to the present proceed- ings, having no interests which were in- volved, that in a habeas corpus proceed- ing it wps immaterial by what party the proceedihgs should be inaugurated. Yet he contended that the situation was one which called for the interference of the Government authorities. He also con- tended the case was one in which it was proper to invoke the aid of an equity court to the extent at least of granting an injunction, leaving criminal features of the case to be considered by a criminal court. He urged the applicability of the anti- trust law to such a combination as that formed by Debs and the other parties to the present proceeding, contending that a literal construction of the law could lead to no other conclusion. He urged in conclu- sion that the case could only be brought to the Supreme Court on appeal aiter the final decision of the case below. Mr. Gregory opened his argument with a reference to the question as to whether the “information’ in the case was properly before the court, and he urged that the case was not one for too close scrutiny, as the matter was one involving the liberty of citizens. It seemed to be a dangerous power to commit to a single magistrate that he might imprison without regard to the facts or the law, and that there could STAID ON' THE WAYS, Unsuccessful Attempt to Launch the Steamer St. Paul. WOULDN'T MOVE AN INCH Five Boats in the River Failed to Tow Off the Big Vessel. VAST CROWDS DISAPPOINTED, An Enforced Postponement of Most Interesting Cere~ mony. PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—The big American line steamer St. Paul was not launched to-day. At the eleventh hour national ~ Navigation Company, her builders, the Messrs. Cramp, and the vast she disappointed her owners, the Inter- | on an equality, the chairman decided that the regular limited first-class rate of $17, which is the highest rate common to all lines interested, should be the basis for computing half-fares, unless the lines in- terested reach some other agreement by themselves. —_— ADVISES THE RECEIVER. Judge Lacombe Renders a Decision Relating to the Nicaragua Canal. NEW YORK, March 25.—An opinion | was handed down by Judge Lacombe, in the United States Circuit Court, advising Louis Chablo, receiver for the Nicaragua | Canal Construction Company, as to the | disposition of the $65,000 claim of the Man- | hattan Trust Company, which was the only part of a $5,000,000 collateral bond issue | authorized before the failure of the com- | pany. The receiver asked the court for | instructions as to whether the bondholders were entitled to rank as creditors of the re- organized company, and whether the bonds, not being matured, were entitled to a dividend. Judge Lacombe decided both | questions in the affirmative. He, however, | advises the receiver to lay aside the divi- | dend in some trust company for the present, or future disposition by the company. e o= INSURANCE WAS SCATTERED, | | | ZLosses From the Big Fire at Kansas City. | KANSAS CITY, March 25.—The exact | amount of insurance on the Reid Brothers Packing Company plant. burned Satur- day, and the apportionment among the various agencies could not be learned to- | day. William J. Reid stated the property i) THE NEW ATLANTIC LINER ST. PAUL AS SHE WILL APPEAR WHEN LAUNCHED. be no appeal to the Supreme Court. He contended that Debs and nisassociates had not been enjoined from “‘ordering a strike,” which was what they had been guilty of, if guilty at all. Regarding the jurisdiction of the court below, Mr. Gregory contended that there ‘was none, because no Federal statute had beer submitted under which the case could be considered there, except the anti- trust law, and he characterized the effort to proceed under this law as “a kind of judicial strabismus.”” Heregarded it assig- nificant that the Government had virtually abandoned this law as a ground of pro- ceeding.. Continuing, he asserted that the English Chancery courts had never under- taken to enjoin the obstruction of railroads owned by private corporations, nor had there been such a proceeding in any of our State courts. In reality this was a pro- ceeding to punish for conspiracy by an equity court, and such a course was not allowable in advance of Congressional en- actment. Until such an enactment, he called upon the court to prevent it. Mr. Walker asserted the right of the TUnited States toinvoke the aid of an equity court to suppress a nuisance, and therefore such a court had jurisdiction in this case. He referred briefly to the condition of affairs in Chicago when the appeal was made to the Circuit Court, which was, he said, for the protection of the mails and of interstate commerce issuance of writs to enjoin such interférence. He defended the right of the Government to invoke protec- tion of these interests in a court of equity, asserting that such a course is authorized both by the statutes and the decision of the courts. He based his argument largely upon the provisions of the interstate com- merce act and upon the right of the Gov- ernment to protect the mails. Mr. Walker concluded with the adjournment of the court at 4 o’cldck, leaving only two argu- ments still to be made—that of Attorney- General Olney for the Government and Mr. Darrow for the petitioners. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Senator Perkins Trying to Secure a Medal for Joln Kelly. ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—John Kelly, an employe of the Southern Pacific Railroad at San Francisco docks, applied through Senator Perkins for & medal for having saved several persons from drowning in the bay. The Life Saving Service thinks he should have it, but the Department of Justice opines that his hero- ism cannot be thus rewarded as he is not in the maritime service. The matter is not defin- itely decided yet, and Senator Perkins will inniat that Mr. Kelly be entitled to this re- ward. By Airection of the Secretary of War First Lieutenant Gillette and Second Lieutenant Deakyne, officers of the corps of engineers, will report in person to Colonel George H. Mendell, president of the examining board, appointed 10 meet at San Francisco at such time as they may be required by the board for examination as fo their fitness for promotion. 2 The office of ‘the general superintendent of railway mail service issues the following no- tice: Complaints are received at the depart- ment that correspondence originating in this country and destined for the Samoan Islands is being incorrectly forwarded to Vancouver,B.C., for dispatch by the Canadian-Anstralian line of steamers, thereby resulting in serious delay in the transmission. Mails for the Samoan Islands should at all times be forwarded to San Francisco for dispatch uuless eépeclllly ad- J. . WHITE, dressed otherwise. AMES ) General Superintendent.. Charles F. Woodlick of Stockton has been ad- mitted to practice in the United States Su- preme Court. Hgt?lm Q. Cannon of Utah is at the Shoreham The event of the week in which society gen- erally is interested is the exhibition of pictures to be held at the residence of Hearst, on New Hampshire avenue, on Wednesday, The exhibition will be for the benefit of the Home. lo{_l':m;l:lrllblle!. e lowing pensions have been granted: California: Oflx?‘ 1 — Edward Cnnl‘on, Los Banos, Merced County; John Driscoll, National Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; Charles F. Man- Santa Ane, Orange County; Hezekiah S. Imn'l?u g:nnty(;':ohn W, es County (ten years ank Lynch, %ll.lejo, Solano Co,nnty. —_— Visited by @ Tornado. DELAWARE, Ohio, March 25.—A tor- nado visited the city and the surrounding section last midnight, unroofing = the houses, uprooting the trees and demolish- ingKthe fences. The business block of W. E. t:'l:u:k, on Sandusky street, suffered the mos Several people were injured, but n fatalities are reporfigd. i ’ 2 | multitude of humanity waiting to witness her initial dip, by refusing to budge an inch from the ways. When the schedule time, 1:15 ». M., arrived, the yard was crowded with thousands of sightseers, and Miss Frances C. Griscom stood on the christening-stand swinging the bottle of champagne which was to give the ship its baptism, and await- | ing the signal to give its name. were knocked away, but she did not move. Then an investigation was made, and it was discovered that the tallow with which the ways had been greased had caked to the consistency of flint, and, instead of assist- ing in sliding the boat off, rather retarded its movements. When the condition of the tallow was perceived, jacks were used without success. Then a line of hose was turned on the ways in the hope of loosen- ing the tallow, but this too failed. Nexta hawser was thrown to five boats in the river, and all pulled together, but all these efforts failed. At 2:45 p. M. it was announced that no further efforts would be made to launch the vessel to-day. Immediately after the crowds dispersed gangs of workmen were set to work at the ways and in the course of two or three days they will be rebuilt, when she will again be ready to go off. This is the first failure of the sort since 1873, when the Pennsylvania stuck half way down the ways. A large number of distinguished persons from all parts of the country had come to see the launch. The St. Paul delegation, about seventy in num- ber, reached town yesterday and took up their quarters at the Stratford Hotel, where they were welcomed by the Mayor and the officials of the navigation company. This morning they were driven to the Chestnut- street wharf and boarded the steamboat Columbia, upon which they were conveyed to the shipyard. The Gridiron Club, com- posed mainly of Washington newspaper men, waited to see the launch on one of the | city iceboats. The following parties were the guests of Charles L. Cramp: Secretary Carlisle, Lo- gan Carlisle and wife, S8enator and Mrs. Gorman, and Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister. OHIO 18 WIND-SWEPT. In One City Three Persons Are Buried by Falling Walls. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 26.—A special from Creston, Ohio, says: During the high wind that prevailed to-day the side walls of a two-story brick building in course of erection on Main street for Griscom Brothers collapsed, burying three persons. One of them, Jacob Wentz, the contractor, was taken out dead. His body was ter- ribly crushed. Andrew Baird sustained a broken arm and a slight fracture of the skull, and Martin Murray was internally but not seriously injured. Wentz leaves a widow and three children. R CINCINNATI, March 25—Exaggerated reports of an alleged tornado sweeping over Ohio have been sent out. The wind has madé streets almost unendurable here to-day, but the damage was limited to signs here and to shedsin the country. At 1 o’clock this morning a severe rain and wind storm swept across Delaware -County, taking in part of Delaware City. Orchards and forests were badly damaged, fences broken and some cattle killed. The telegraph companies have suffered considerably. —_— BHALF-FARE RATES. Chairman Caldwell’s Ruling Relative to an Interesting Matter. CHICAGO, March 25.—Chairman Cald- well has handed down a decision in regard to the basis of half-fare rates for clergymen and railway employes from the Missouri River to Colorado common points. The ruling was called for by a peculiar con- dition existing west of the river. The gen- eral understanding has been that the bas- ing rate should be the highest regular first- class unlimited fare. By some lines this rate from Omaha to Colorado Springs is $21 05, by others $18 15, while the limited rate on all lines is $17. To put all the lines The props | | was insured for about 80 or 90 per cent of its value in various insurance ageucies. Board ‘companies, non-board companies, the Lloyds and the Indemnity Exchange were all interested. The largest amount was in board companies, or those that are represented in the local board of under- writers. From another source it was learned the company carried about $300,- 000 in the Indemnity%xchange, a Jocal or- | ganization made of the packing-house com- panies and a few big mercantile firms for their own protection. It is the first heavy loss this company has been called on to stand, and the regular companies are watching the effect. The method of hand- ling insurance employed by the company was somewhat unusual. CLOSING UP THE BIG GAP JUDGE HALLET'S RULING FAVORS THE WORK OF THE RECEIVER. CONSTRUCTION TO PROCEED ON THE DENVER, UNION PACIFIC AND GuLF Roap. DENVER, March 25—In the United States Court to-day Judge Hallet heard arguments for and against the construction of the ninety-mile gap in the Denver, Union Pacific and Gulf, between Pueblo and Trinidad. : Receiver Trumbull was recently ordered by the court to build this track, but work was brought to a standstill by the objec- tions of the bondholders to the construc- tion of a parallel line to the Rio Grande. ‘Juge Hallet’s decision to-day gives the Rio Grande ten days to sign a new lease for the use of its track by the Gulf between Pueblo and Trinidad at $110,000 per an- num, against §$185,000, the amount at present paid. If the Rio Grande fails to sign thisagree- ment in ten days, Receiver Trumbull is in- structed to proceed immediately with the construction of the line asfar as Walsen- burg, still leaving twenty miles in the gap. When this is finished, he is to report to the court for further instructions. i g PLURALMARRIAGES PROHIBITED, But There Will Be Religious Freedom When Utah Is a State. \ SALT LAKE CITY, March 25.—The committee on ordinance and federal re- lations submitted a report to the Constitu- tional Convention to-day. The first sec- tion of the report is as follows: *‘Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured and no inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or prop- erty on account of his or ber mode of re- ligious worship, and polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited.” The convention adopted a resolution of sympathy for the people of Wyoming in the calamity which overtook them in the Almy mine disaster ana voted one day’s salary of members for the relief of the wives and children of the victims. P i Will Settle the Renton Case. ‘WASHINGTON, March 25.—The State Department has received a cable message from Colonel F. M. Young, United States Minister at Honduras, announcing that the Honduras Government has promised to speedily settle the Renton case. This is the matter Captain Davis of the United States 'steamer Montgomery recently in- vestigated, and the message is asSumed to mean that Honduras will pay Mrs. Renton ay indemnity for the murder of her hus- band and loss of property. —_— Death of a Distinguished Mason, WICHITA, Kan.,March 25.—J. H. Alley, commander-in-chief of Wichita Consistory No. 2 of the Masonic order and a past offi- gecr of all the bodies of the Ye:x;ik rite axlz.‘d ottish rite i . Knight Kadosh incral sxsessenien il be held af the cathedral Tuesday at midnight. DISTRESS INEUROPE, Financier Hill Talks of His Observations Abroad. FOUND MUCH DEPRESSION England’s Active Interestin the Cause of Bimetal- lism. LOSING CONSIDERABLE TRADE. Foreign Feeling Very Intense In Ref- erence to American Se- curitles. ST. PAUL, March 25.—President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway, well known as an able financier, has just reached home after an extended visitin Europe and in the Eastern States. His statements are of general interest. He said: “I found there was a great depression in some of the countries of Burope, particu- larly in Great Britain, and more especially in the cotton and iron industries. The United States is England’s best customer, and our imports have been largely re- duced, to the advantage of this country and to the corresponding disadvantage of Great Britain. The English manufactur- ers and landlords owning agricultural lands are taking a very active interest in bimetal- lism and the greater use of silver. They are realizing fully that Argentine, Australia, the HKast Indies, China and Japan, which are on a silver basis, forcing their labor to accept payment in silver, which they buy for about 50 per cent of the value of gold, have a margin on the labor alone that enables them to undersell the Eng- lish farmer or manufacturer in markets which England has heretofore controlled. “England is either compélled to give up a large amount of the world’s trade, which she has heretofore controlled, or increase the use of silver in the world to such an extent that it will not be possible for her competitors to take advantage of the lower cost of their labor growing out of the difference of gold and silver. If the silver men in the United States will only let Congress alone and leave the matter to be worked out by the commercial profit and loss account of Great Britain, the latter nation will be compelled to join with Ger- many, France and our country in bringing abouta condition of things that will enable the English people to meet the competi- tion of other nations on something like an equal footing. “‘The feeling abroad against all elasses of American securities, whether national or otherwise, is very intense. Good and bad were more or less classed alike. This feel- ing, however, is gradually wearing away. The low prices of wheat have already found, during the past year, a new market for that product. The California and west coast wheat, that has heretofore gone to Europe, is now going in shiploads to China in the form of flour, where it is taking the place of rice, formerly used by the Chinese.” ‘“Hag your opinion changed regarding the ratio of gold and silyer?” “That is immaterial. The proportions of gold and silver taken for 1000 years— as long as we have history upon the mat- ter—remain practically the same. For a period of ten years or more, one or the other may show a slight change, but the ratio remains at 15} or 16to 1. And, if gold and silver were interchangeable for so many - hundreds of years in the past, it is difficult to see what has occurred to pre- vent changeability now, provided all nations are willing to receive it.”” ‘“How did you find the feeling regarding an international monetary conference?”’ “France and Germany are willing, and the land-owners and manufacturers of England are now waging an active cam- paign to bring the British Government to recognize the necessity of enhancing the value of silver, not so much for the reason that they like the silver any better, but that they desire to increase the cost of sil- ver paid to labor in other countries and in that way to increase the cost of production of the many commodities that England is interested in supplying the world with and in restoring the value of her own agricul- cultural lands.” “Why eannot the other nations act inde- pendently of England?” “Simply because England, or London, is the financial clearing-house of the world, and all commercial balances are practically adjusted through the medium of sterling exchange or British credit.” Mr. Hill thought the present ratio of 1514 to 1 would be as good as any other, pro- vided all parties agreed to accept it. This view he Qased on the proportion of the two metals in the world. MINISTER GUZMAN CONFERS CONSULTS GRESHAM ABOUT THE ULTIMATUM OF ENG- LAND. STILL SoME DoOUBT AS TO THE RIGHT OF NicarAGUA To EXPEL CoN- SULAR AGENT HATCH. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Dr. Guz- man, the Nicaraguan Minister, was at the State Department this morning, and the inference is that he has been consulting Secretary Gresham regarding the ultima- tum. Itisevident that the State Depart- ment is doubly concerned in this matter, and a statement from Embassador Bayard explaining the purpose of Great Britain is anxiously looked for. It is not believed the United States Government can object to the creation of a committee of fair com- plexion to ascertain and find damages sus- tained by British subjects in Nicaragua, and the issue appears to have been nar- rowed down to the demand of an indem- nity of £15,000 for the expulsion of Mr. Hateh, the British consular agent at Blue- fields. There is already a disposition to examine into the matter further and ascertain whether the Nicaraguan Government did not act entirely within its rights in expel- ling the consular agent. It was charged by the Nicaraguans that Hatch, who was not a diplomatic officer and so could claim no exemption on that score, took an active part in the political turmoil at Bluefields, and did much to secure the overthrow of the Nicaraguan Government in the town and the reinstatement of Chief Clarence. If this were true, then under ordinary conditions there would be little doubt of the right of the Nicaraguan Government to expel him from the country. But the conditions in Bluefields at the time were not ordinary, for, according to the British contention, the Mosquito reservation was actually under a British protectorate up to the date of the Mosquito convention. o DE LOME COMING HERE. Will Succeed: Spanish Minister Murugua . at Washington WASHINGTON, March —The cable announcement from Madrid that Senor Depuy de Lome will be the successor of Senor Murugua as Minister to the United States is not yet officiaily confirmed here. The statement is generally credited, how- ever. Senor de Lome was the Spanish Minister at Washington three years ago, serving only six months and being succeeded by Murugua. He is a Conservative, which in part led to his being succeeded by Seror Murugua, a Liberal. Now the politics of Spain has taken another shift and Mr. de Lome is sent back to his former station. He also served in this country as one of Spain’s World’s Fair commissioners. LTI HAD A JAR. Sharp Words of Naval Officers to Cause an Investigation. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Lieutenant- Commander Franklin Drake, captain of the Fish Commission, and Lieutenant T. R. Carter, his executive officer, have had a jar and have exchanged sharp words, and in consequence each officer has preferred charges against the other. To get at the truth of the matter and find out who is in the wrong the Secretary of the Navy has ordered a court of inquiry to meet at Mare Island April 4. The detail of the court is: Commander C. M. Thomas, Lieutenant- Commander F. M. Symonds and Lieuten- ant E. Swell, as members, and Lieutenant Bernard Scoft as judge advocate. HAVE THE BERING SEA FISHERIES, |42 CANADA’'S DENIAL THAT NEW AR- RANGEMENTS ARE TO BE MADE. THIS GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, WiLL CoNDUCT NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH ENGLAND. WASHINGTON, March 25.— Officials here doubt the competency of the Canadian Government to deny there will be any new arrangements negotiated in place of the present inefficient system imposed by the Bering Sea arbitration for the protection of seals. Such an arrangement, whether it took the form of a treaty or a modus vivendi. would be negotiated directly between the United States and Great Britain. Of course, it is assumed that the British Government would consult the Canadian Government before committing itself, but it is a matter of record that the first modus vivendi' was nevertheless entered into against the protest of the Canadians, who naturally can be counted on to favor absolute freedom in the seal waters at all times. As a matter of facf on January 23 Secre- tary Gresham addressed a note to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Embassador here, calling his attention to the inade- quacy of the present arrangement and suggesting a modification to further re- strict the fisheries. It is true that no reply has been received from the British em- bassy, but it is thought the matter will not be lost sight of. Orrawa, Ont., March 25.—It is denied in Government circles that there is any like- lihood of a new treaty in regard to the Bering Sea fisheries case being negotiated as indicated in dispatches from Washing- ton. It is true the Canadian officials will probably go to Washington soon to make arrangements. for settling the damages suffered by Canadian sealers, as Congress has refused to pay the amount, butthe general question of Bering Sea regulations is not likely to reopen. e Extends the Reorganization. NEW YORK, March 25.—The reorgani- zation committee of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company report that up-, ward of 325,000 shares were deposited up to the closing of business to-day, of which 225,000 shares were deposited to-day. The committee, believing it to be the interest of the stockholders to extend the time for the deposit of the stock, have extended the time to March 30, imposing a heavy pen- alty of 25cents per share on all stock de- posited after that date. S o An Immense Silver Strike. GUTHRIE, 0. T., March 25.—News comes from Lincoln County of an immense strike on the Evans claim on the Qua- paw. A four-foot claim of silver, bearing 3000 ounces to the ton, was struck in a drill well at 100 feet. The ore was assayed at the Stillwater Uollege and was found to be of the richest silver-bearing quartz. Great excitement prevails over the find. Death of a Railroad Man., LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 25.—W. P. Pike, aged 43, superintendent of the Louis- ville division of the Louisville and Nash- ville, died this afternoon. NEW TO-DAY. TUESDAY, MARCH 26. SPECIAL SALE —OF— SATIN STRIPED DUCK SUITINGS! 1895 STYLE WASH FABRIC, Handsome Printed Designs on Ecru, Pink, Blue, Black, Cream, Navy and Red Grounds. Excellent 150 4 Value at Per Yard, KOHLBERG, STRAUSS & FROHMAN. 1220-1222-1224 MARKET ST. i Charles A. Bonestee! SIXTY MBN AND WOMEN SAVED Saved From the Horrors of Dyspepsia, Constipa- tion and Blood Diseases. A Mine of Good Is This Remedial Agent. Cause for Rejoicement. The One and Ninety and Nine Are Re- Jjoined in Praising the Great Home Remedy. OW OFTEN WE READ IN THE NEWS- papers of some feariul accident, where forty, fifty or sixty men and women have been blown to destruction or burned to death. How often we read with sadness, how often we re- flect with sorrow on these terrible calamities, which drive all happy thoughts from the homes and firesides of these unfortunate peo- ple. It is gladsome to read mews telling of the ones who are saved and the homes that are made happy and the firesides that rejoice. Here is a list of the good people who have been saved from a world of trouble and disease by the Great Home Remedy. Joy's Vegetahle Mrs. Beldon... James Andrews T. 8. Milton..... Sarsaparilla: San Francisco San Fran 0 an Francisco an Franeisco an Francisco Aldmeda Gustay Solomon Mrs. C. Tillman Mrs. J. Rittenhouse David B. Magee Mrs. M. Fowler. James McClatchey William J. Perry San Francisco an Francisco Mrs. C. D. John H. Curley Ned Nestell. J. Newman. : Mr. Thomas Q. Brown Mr. T. MeGovern F. L.Clarke. . Edward W. French William Henry Jones. Stockton Francisco Stockton Stockton In all parts of the Pacific Coast men and women are praising the Herb Healing Blood Remedy, JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA. Here are twenty more who claim that the Great Remedy has done them much good: Mr. Frederick de Richmond. Seattle Charles Lee... an Francisco Mrs. R. L. Wheato: an Francisco J. Lamphere.. an Francisco ...Kansas City San Francisco San Francisco .San Miguel Woodland an Francisco E. F. Bassett. Mrs. Thomas Stevens. Fred H. Blecket M. H. Marshall. Clara Melein. Mrs. Florence Romaine. -Berkeley an Fran an Francisco .8an Francisco .San Jose J. H. Brown .Petaluma Gus Videau. 3 San Francisco In’ order to complete the list the Edwin W. Joy Company needs only to look over their files and pick out promiscuously more names. Here are twenty more people who claim that Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood without bringing the impurities of the blood on the face and body. J. R. Fouratt. Mrs. M. Fowler. Mrs. J. Barron Robert Stuart. Royal H. Brown. Henry Petersen. Lyman L. Adams . Thomas Price..... Arry L. Fimmell San Francisco an Francisco San Francisco Petaluma City % Rafael an Francisco San Francisco .San Francisco J. E. Sutch .Woodland Tnomas P. ..St. Louis L. C. Lucas ; R. Greggg. Mrs. Thomas §f Thomas H. Jarvi Miss Ella Knigh Henry J. McHarla Clara Melvi Robert Walsh. R.L. Adams... Los Angeles San Jose ‘an Francisco an Francisco San Francisco JOY'S VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA does great good. When you ask your druggist for Joy’s Vegetable Sarsa- parilla, don’t take the inferior, nasty, pimple-producing substitute. You pay your good money, then get the good medicine. Joys for the Jaded. Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPS’S COGOA BREAKFAST-SUPPER. “BY,A, THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a caretul applica- tion of the fine properties of well-selected Cocon. Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper 2 delicately Qavored heverage, which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judiclons 11se of such articles of diet that & constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escaps many s fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortis fied ‘with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—Clvil Service Gazette. Made: simplp with boiling water or milk. Sold AR halt-pound tins, by grocers, labeled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd., Hommopathie Chemists, London, England. RUSSELL'S GREAT REDUGTION SALE. © FINE SHOES CUT IN TWO. SEE SHOW WINDOWS. 704 and 706 Market St. AN OLD LIGHT RENEWED, gflaey AN UNIQUE DEVICE, A Candle-stick, A B-Sun Lamp Chimney, Make the DAISY LANTERN. Will withstand a hurricane. Cannot Blow It Out ‘with Hat or Fan. etail Merchants. Sample by mall, 25c. KENNEDY'S Novelty Agen: * Oakland, C.E ot Dr.Gibhon’s Dispensary, 623 KEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Munhood. Debility or disease wearing on bodyand mindand Skin Digeasex. The doctor cures when guersfall, Try bim. Chiarges low. Curesguaran: . Call il Dr. 3. F. GIBEON: Hox 1957, San Frantias. Weekly Call, $1.50 per Year 4