The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1895. AGAINST FREE SILVER, Cleveland’s Men Use No | Disguise in Their Tactics. | | GROVER TO GIVE DETAILS | Soon the President Will An- swer Business Men of | Chicago. CARLISLE TAKES A HAND. | Members of the Cabinet to Join in | the Campaign of Money “Education.” WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The interest the administ es in the campaign against the free ver movement is g The letter which Mr. Cleveland is preparing to send to the Chi- cago business men, in reply to their invi- | cha: the lands, which will be done by the co missioners for each land district. The de- cision of these commissioners will not be final, but will go a long way toward de- termining the character of the lands. The commissioners will make reports in each of the districts where they are assigned to local land officers, and the re- ports will be published. Thirty days will be given in which the protests may be filed. If no protests are filed the reports will be submitted to the Secretary, and if approved by him the action is final. Where protests are filed local officers will treat them as contests, and suits will follow to determine the mineral or non-mineral cter of the land with appeals to the ioner and Secretary as in other ixaminations by the commission- must be completed within three years. The commissioners are allowed compensa- | tion of $10 a day, but cannot exceed a total of $2500 each per year. Two of the ap- pointees, Messrs. Barnes of Wisconsin and Pearson of Ohio, are ex-members of Con- gress. THAEE TORPEDD - BONTS | Award of an Important Con- tract to a Firm in Bal- timore. In Future the Speed of These Ves- | sels Will Be Considerably tation to deliver an & rency, is no less emphatic than he ad- dressed to the Chamber of Commerce of New York early in 1892, although it i probable that he will go more into details and more explicitly state the reasons for his opposition to the free coinage of silver et16to 1 Secre will deliver two ect of the currency, to silver. He will k once in Kentuc and once His Kentucky red at Louisville, al- ve been requests from his in Covington to talk to the peo- In Tennessee he will speak at gpeak on th : place has been They believe that & campaign of education on the money question will have the effect o cking the movement toward free silver, which they belfeve has been a serious menace to the integrity of the Democratic party. MORRISON'S IDEA OF IT. Says the Silver Question Is Second Only to the Tariff. The Hon. here yes- ed Press ws on the 1 presence at bome at this ti nnection with nor relation to the ne Democratic con- vention. He had simply stopped over on his way West, where the Interstate Com- merce Commission had some business. He said that during the canvass last year he had several speeches and in one dis- cussed the silver question freely and fully, 12 his own views. importance of this subject,” he »nd oniy to the tar Its un- satisfactory and unsettled condition is be- lieved to have aggravated the financial business iculties through which we have been compelled to pass. The place which ver shall occupy in our monetary system, it seems, is a question | which will not down. The effort to settle it through the Sherman bill by the Repub- lican party was a confessed failure. That party hastened to join in undoing its work. The sentiment in favor of a larger use of silver and on terms interchangeable with gold seems to be growing both here and abroad. “Apparently nobody in Europe is cour- ageous or relentless enough to attempt the double standard without England’s con- sent. We can safely do this with England end all Europe opposing. It is not the legal-tender quality which makes our silver dollars more valuable than the siiver in them. It is because under the practice of our financial system they are interchange- able with gold threugh the treasury. “When silver was discredited by being being left out of the coinage laws of 1873, there was nothing in the relative values of gilver and gold to justify it. This is not the only cause, but it is one reason why the commercial value of silver is not more than it is. In prosperous times we could ive his v i safely use a large amount of silver, always | providing for its conv lit which do The & said in a spe into money om the law. or, Hoke Smith, bullion in the treasury was b ned as fast as the mints could do it, which would increase lation to the extent of $55,000,000. seem to mean that the bullion in the treasury, including seigniorage, is being coined.” SENATOR THURSTON'S VIEWS. the coi &No Financial Legislation May Be Ex- pected in the Next Congress. OMAHA, N April 13.—In an inter- view with a representative of the Asso- ciated Press Senator Thurston denied that he had changed his views on the financial question during his tour of the West. He had always declared himself in harmony with the Republican national platform favoring American bimetallism. He was strongly opposed to the opening of the mints to the free coinage of the silver prod- uct of other countries until an interna- tional bimetallic agreement had reached. He was in favor, however, of the free coinage of the American product, under legislation which would maintain the equal purchasing and debt-paying power of all American dollars. Senator Thurston predicted that the next Congress would give no financial leg- islation for the reason that, while there was a majority for free silverin the Senate, the President undoubtedly stood commit- ted to the gold standard. So soon as one political party is in power in_all branches Mr. T ton predicts legislation on the silver question, but not before. Such leg- islation when it comes, he added, cannot be expected to meet the demands for the extremists on either side. It would be the result of comprom Mr. Thurston ex- pressed the belief that the business par- 4 was the result of the abandonment of protection, but he had seen signs of im- provement during his Western tour. AS TO MI RAL LANDS. Disputes in Montana and Idaho Will Soon Be Settled. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The Mineral Land Commissioners appointed by the President are expected to settle the dispute that has long existed in the charac- ter of lands in Montana and Idaho within the grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The creation of these different boards arose from the Borden decision of the Su- preme Cour:, deciding that mineral lands within the grant were expected and were avart of the public lands of the United iress upon the cur- | been | Increased. | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—Secre- | tary Herbert decided to-day to award to the Columbia Iron Works of Bal- timore the contract of building three tor- pedo-boats. This firm was the lowest bid- der at $97,000 for each boat,and they will be built in designs drawn by the Navy De- partment. The competition for this work was keen and brought out bids from all parts of the country, and a strong effort was made to secure a distributio contracts and the acceptance of ori signs furnished of the al de- by some of the bidders. position was referred to a ich reported, however, in but favored a distribu- n so as to secure a faster but more ex- e boat proposed by the Union Iron s of San Francisco, which last sug- n was not accepted by the Secretary. The department has been keeping a watchful eye upon the performance of some of the new English torpedo-boats, which have attained the marvelous speed c and 29 knots per hour, and having disposed of the three boats above referred to, Secretary Herbert has taken up the subject of designs for the other boats au- thorized by the last naval appropriation bill. He has given suggestions that these boats shall be larger all around than their predecessors, which are to be 138 tons dis- placement and 24} knots speed. The new boats, for which bids will be asked later on, will be of about 180 tons. This is forty tons smaller than the English class, the fastest they have afloat. Yet they will be required to show a speed of 28 knots per hour. In view of the favorable terms secured for these three boats just | awarded to the Columbian Iron Works, it is believed that these three flyers can be built within the appropriation. FIRE 1N A STATE. HOUSE Flames Rage for an Hour in the Illinois Senate Chamber. ‘Conslderable Damage and Excite- | ment During a Raging | Gale. | St | SPRINGFIELD, Irr, April 13. —Fire lbmke out at noon to-day in the Senate | wing of the State House, and, fanned by a | fierce gale, raged for over an hour and | caused a damage of $25,000. During the fire the greatest excitement prevailed among the inmates of the State | House, and owing to the high wind and difficulty in getting at the fire, which was | under the roof, it was for a time feared | that the whole State House would be ruined. The irightened employes in the | various departments were in a panicky | state. At 1:30 o’clock, however, the flames were under control and shortly after that tne fire was out. The quantities of water poured in | through the roof leaked through the | Senate ceiling, causing considerable dam- age to the frescoes in the chamber. The smoke penetrated all parts of the west wing and has probably caused much dam- age to the walls. The fire is supposed to havestarted from a tinner’s furnace left on | the roof. There is no insurance, as it has | never been the custom of the State to in- | sure its property. BAKNES' SLAYER SENTENCED. Jordan to Be Sent to Joliet for a Life Term. CHICAGO, Tvr, April 13.—Edmund Jor- dan was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Joliet prison to-day by Judge Freeman | for the murder of Alfred Barnes in the | Hiawatha flats in December, 1894. Annie Mahoney, who was convicted as an acces- | sory to the murder, was sentenced to three | months in the County Jail and to pay a | fine of $300. | The crime was a revolting one, the mur- dered man’s body having been cut to pieces, packed in a shipping-case and thrown into an alley. SN JUMPED INTO THE RIVER. A Youth Takes a Fatal Plunge From the Brooklyn Bridge. | NEW YORK, N. Y., April 13.—A Brook- | 1yn bridge policeman saw a man, appar- ently 19 years old, climb to the center rail and jump into the river to-day. The man disappeared beneath the surface of the water and never came up. The man is said to have given his name as James Duffy of County Cavan, Ireland. He asked a number of men in Park row to go out on the bridge and see him jump, some of whom went and witnessed the fatal plunge. —a Mrs. Coudrey Wants a Divoree. CHICAGO, Irn., April 13.—Mrs. Mary Coudrey, wife of G. W. Coudrey, who re- cently secured a verdict of $50,000 dam- ages against the alleged Messiah, George J. Senweinfurth, filed a bill for divorce to- day. She alleges cruelty, and that her husband’s suit and the sensational charges of her being alienated from his affections have so crushed and humiliated her that she has not the physical strength to’ refute the charges. Religious intoler- ance and neglect are also charged. —— Wanted for a Gold-Brick Swindle. DENVER, Coro.. April 13.—Chief of Po- lice Golding to-day received a letter from Deputy United States Marshal Thomas Fowler at Provo, Utah, inquiring about Larry King.. The communication informs the Chief that King is wanted at Provo for States for mineral E;xnrpoaes. Patents have been withheld pending an examination of a gold-brick swindle. King was under ar- rest at Denver, but has been released. VERY RAPID RETURNS. Statements as to the Income Tax Being Sent In. REHEARING IS THE TALK. Lawyer Guthrie Will File a Petition to Reopen the Noted Case. DECISION MAY BE CHANGED. Justice Jackson May Take a Hand and Change the Ruling of the Court. WASHINGTON, D. C. April 13.—Re- ports to the Internal Revenue Office here he income tax returns are coming in very rapidly, and in someé cases the ap- pointment of additional clerical force has been necessary. It is probable that the Revenue Bureau will hold a sale of stand- ing timber, and royalties on coal, mineral, as rents, and therefore not subject to tax. As to the salary of United States Judges no official action has yet been taken, and itis probable that mothing will be done until the courts have decided the question. It is believed that many Judges have al- y made their returns. The petition asking for a rehearing of | the income-tax case for Monday by Lawyer Guthrie. In view of the imvortance of the case the impres- sion prevails that the court will grant the motion. Justice Jackson’s health has im- proved considerably of late, and it is known he recently expressed his determi- nation to come to Washington and resume his official duties at once, in case the in- come-tax suits were set down for imme- diate hearing. In view of this fact, it is believed that the cases will be reopened and an early decision be given upon those portions of the law upon which the Justices are now equally divided. The sudden forcing of the income-tax suit to another early trial is not agreeable to all parties to the last suit, and a very strong intimation was given here to-day that some of the coun- sel preferred waiting until next autumn, as the impression prevails that Justice Jackson is favorable to the income-tax law. Later information concerning Justice Jackson would indicate that he did not ex- pect to return to Washington until Octo- ber (which would delay a rehearing until then) and that it was coupled with the | statement that if his health did not per- mit him to resume his duties he would | send in his resignation to the President. There is no doubt as to the President’s views upon the expediency and constitu- tionality of the income tax. His sugges- tion to Congress that a low rate income tax should be enacted was only made after the t careful examination of all the ques- tions involved, and as a result of this ex- amination he was, and is still convinced, that an income tax law is constitutional. It is understood that his views differ radi- cally from those of the court in the rent exemption question as contained in their opinion of last Monday. Mr. Cleveland, it is said, holds to the opinion that the taxation of incomes received from rents is not a direct tax within the meaning of the constitution, and that in case of the re- tirement of Justice Jackson during his term of office he will see to it that his suc- cessor’'s views coincide with his own on this important point. FILES HIS STATEMENT. President Cleveland Among Those to Comply With the Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13.—The Evening Star says to-day: Notwithstand- ing the disagreeable weather President Cleveland came to town to-day. The main object of his visit was to make a return of nis personal income in accordance with the law. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller called on the President by agree- ment and assisted in filling out a personal income blank. It is understood the President included his salary of $50,000 as chief executive, leaving it for the accounting officers of the treasury to determine in future whether the payment of 2 percent isin violation of the constitutional provision, which says the salary of the President shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office. The tax on an income of $50,000 is $920. TE GOEBEL., Sanford’s Slayer to Be Arrested for Man- slaughter. CINCINNATI, Onro, April 13.—At Cov- ington, Ky., to-day the case of Senator William Goebel for killing Banker J. L. Sanford was continued until next Tuesday. The postponement was due to the brother of Sanford swearing outa warrant charging Goebel with manslaughter. To-day addi- tional counsel has been secured on both sides, and the friends of Sanford wiil prose- cute totheend. Senator Blackburn is here to attend the funeral of his friend, and it is reported that he will assist in the prosecu- tion. — Aroused by Hunter's Murder. CHICAGO, IuL., April 13.—The murder of E. R. Hunter at the Stockyards Ex- change last night created much excitement among stockyards people to-day. A mass- meeting of merchants and brokers was held at the exchange, and a reward of $1000 was offered for the arrest and convic- tion of the murderer, and resolutions were adopted asking the Union Stockyards Company to offer a similar reward. A large force of detectives are working on the case, but so far no clews to the assassin have been found. ———— Strikers Expect to Win. and profess to have no doubt of an early victory. At a mass-meeting of the strik- ers to-day a vigilance committee was or- ganized, a bureau established to secure outside employment, delegates appointed to confer with the corporation managers whenever the latter may desire, and ar- rangements perfected to feed 500 people daily. _— Editor and owner of Kate Field’s Washing- ton of Washington, D. C.,a paper devoted to the cause of temperance, stated in a recent speech that the prohibition laws as enforced in the several States were not promoting the temperance cause, and her advice would be to make a moderate allowance of mild beverages. In her estimation this would help the temper- ance cause more than prohibition laws. Miss Kate's head is level, and as to mild drinks we recommend Anaheuser-Busch Brewing Associ- ation’s beer, e oil and gas wells products will be treated | probably will be made | NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. $12.00. you can expect next week at $12.00 ELOW WE ATTE[PT TO ILLUSTRATE beauty of one of the Suits on sale to-morrow at yy It does not do it justice, but never= theless it furnishes you with some idea what o Chun years ago. ne Pays for what he gets; he herever he pleases, but suits at all times. and has three changes. everything new. ideas. spring campaign. choicest minds in the clothing. same in black. ready-made clothing. have that grace and hang on sale Monday at twice in a season. tion from us, you know. too long for that. 0000000 . Wisdom! We heard a gentleman say Saturday evening that he’s been buying his clothing in our house ever since the big store opened, nearly three He’s under no obligations to us— bove ’em all, saying that he was formerly a patron of Mr. . . . . . ., a high-priced tailor in town, and was never considered a well-dressed man, paying from $65 to $70 for his business Now he pays us $40 a year Had we his permission we would publish his name and portrait, but he does not desire any notoriety, so we’ll desist. Now this is merely one case out of thousands. We could publish testimonials that would fill twenty editions of this paper, but we don’t have to, as the people know full well that the big store is doing the business of the town. sortment, and our young ideas find the way into We’re Frisco boys, you know, born and bred right here, and we consider our- selves young and energetic men, and all our energies are bent into making a success of our business, and you get the benefit of all our young There’s no other house in the United States —we say it without egotism—that shows up as handsome a line of men’ wear clothes, as that big house on Kearny street. We're proud of the fact, and people are with us. The decks of our first floor have been cleared for action. We will fire the first gun for the Some 500 suits—the choicest ideas of the Bright and pretty Scotches in the single- breasted and three-button cutaway sacks. Those beautiful and dressy Blue Serges—the Those Llama Wool and Blue-black Thibets, treated, you know, with that grace and skill which raise these garments above the plane of ordinary They don’t look like it. Any one seeing you have on one of these suits would ask you what tailor made it for you. They have that made-for-you appearance. clothing cut by skilled artist-tailors and made by skilled garment-makers possess. That’s the kind of clothing that we will have iz, If such clothing interests you, which no doubt it does, you will enjoy one of those liberal bargain feasts which we usually give the public But this one is made up of | suits that are usually sold at $20. No exaggera- | ks can buy with his cash he chooses our place It has the as- s apparel, all ready-to- way of new spring They on your body that only 50. a little idea how the suits look. drawing and does not show the charm and grace of the garments, nor has it animation. Now picture to yourself how one of these garments would iook on you at TI’IE ILLUSTRATION ABOVE FURNISHES YOU WITH i’s a_pen-and-ink $12.00 We have been with you you are. RAPHAEL’S INCORFORATED) 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Street. Greater Frisco’s Great Store. Two buildings, eight stores, 130 employes—and there 0000000 MEETS A FEARFUL FATE, Brutal Butchery of a Little Girl in a Suburb of Boston. Strong Evidence of the Guilt of a Fiendish Railroad-Station Agent. BOSTON, Mass., April 13.—The most PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 13.—The | revolting crime known in Boston in many 25,000 striking operatives of the Atlantic | years was unearthed by the police of Dor- Mills were to-day in a complacent mood | chester district late this afternoon, when the body of Alice Sterling, the eight-year- old daughter of George W. Sterling oi Savin Hill, was found buried in the manure pile of the stable on the Dennis estate. The little girl’s skull had been crushed in by a heavy blow with an ax, and there were unquestionable indications of other crimes. Angus D. Gilbert, night station agent of the Savin Hill station of the Old Colony division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, is under arrest, charged with the crime. George Sterling, who is a hairdresser, re- ported to the police at midnight last Wednesday that his little daughter had disappeared some time during the after- noon, while Mrs. Sterling and other mem- bers of the family were absent. Searchin, slrtien looked all day Thursday, but conls nd no trace of her.” Officers Perkins and junder arrest. Smith were given charge of the case, and yesterday the latter was informed by Miss Edith Reid that she had seen from her residence a man with a red mustache and light overcoat leading the little Sterling girl down the railroad track toward the beach. From the description, the officers de- cided the man they wanted was Gilbert, the night station agent at the depot. In the daytime he worked for G. W. Em- mons. He sleptin an old stable on the Dennis estate near by, and Miss Reid states she was positive the man went in this direction. The officers this afternoon instituted a search of the premises surrounding both the Dennis estate and the Emmons place. During the search Gilbert was found at work at the Emmons place and was placed The old stable was then searched. When the manure pile was searched Officer Perkins struck a human foot. A body was palled out and identi- fied as Alice Sterling. Her skull was crushed and the cause of her death was apparent. Her clothing was torn. A bloody ax was found near by, concealed under a beam. An autopsy will be held Monday. Gil- bert would not admit the crime, but when brought handcuffed to view the body he trembled like an aspen leaf. Gilbert is rather slim, almost six feet tall and is 26 years old. He came from Musquedoberl Harbor, Nova Scotio, near a year ago, and was considered a good business man. Miss Reid, who furnished the clew, and another woman living near by, called at the station late to-night and positively identified the prisoner as the man they saw with the little girl on Wednesday. Mrs, Bterling is prostrated over the affair and isin a precarious condition. Gilbert was an acquaintance of Sterling and con- sequently was not unknown to the child. ECHOES OF THE STRIKE, Debs Backs Suits for Heavy Damages for Arrests of A. R. U. Men. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road Made the Defendant in the Actions. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 13.- - The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul has been served with the summons in a. suit to be brought for heavy damages growing out of the big strike of the A. R. U. and the con- sequent arrest of alleged ringleaders in this city. The suits are being brought by two of the men who were arrested last July on complaint of E. W. McKenna, then as- sistant general superintendent of the St. Paul company, and now connected with the Great Northern. Although the suit is brought by indi- viduals, it is probable that Eugene V. Debs and the A. R. U. are behind it, and if it proves successful similar suits promise to spring up all over the big sys- tem of the St. Paul. The suit is brought in behalf of John J. O’Rourke and Robert Blair, and the prin- cipal allegations are false imprisonment :::1“ mnliciot‘x:1 rosz:utior];.ei In aldg‘:aion, ages res om being placed on the blacklist are asked. On this lina the battle is expected to rage. O'Rourke and Blair were arrested on charges of conspir- acy on the stopping of a mail train at the Union depot. At the preliminary exami- nation they were discharged. ; In the suit brought by O'Rourke and Blair, E. W. McKenna is made joint de- fendant with the railroad company and it is claimed it was through his information the arrests were made. —_——— THE FREE SILVER PARTY. Efforts to Offset the Plans of Chicago Gold Men. CHICAGO, Itr., April 13.—The Free Sil- ver party has headquarters in Chicago to- | day, This morning General A. J. Warner, chairman of the national committee, and Congressman Joe Sibley arrived and were met by Charles Miller, Sibley’s business partner, Colonel Turner, leader of the Free Silver party of Michigan, and General Wol- cott. This afternoon they were joined by Senator Jones of Nevada, and to-night they will leave for the West. To-day a conference was held with some Chicago silver people to canvass the result of the anticipated Democratic declaration on free silver in Illinois, and set in mo- tion arrangements for a monster free-silver mass-meeting to offset the one being ar- ranged by the Chicago gold men. S Threatened by Lynchers. MORGANTOWN, K., April 13.—Spen- cer and Pelcher, the murderers of Major Hamilton, who helped plan the escape of the Union prisoners from the Libbey prison, were taken to Louisville to-day for safe-keeping. The Sheriff got informatiom that a mob of 500 had formed for the pur- pose of lynching the prisoners to-nizha »