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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1895. CLEVELAND'S LETTER, He Declines the Sound Money Convention Invitation. IN SYMPATHY, HOWEVER, Considers the Line of Battle Drawn Between Safe Cur- rency and Silver. WOULD ADVISE THE WORKMER. They Should Be Told That the White Metal Is Only a Delusion They Are After. WASHINGTON, D. 0., following is the text of President Cleve- 1and’s reply to the Chicago committee: 2CCTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. C., 1895.—Gentlemen: I am much gratified by the exceedingly kind and com- il14.—The itizens of Chicago to be their guest at a gathering in the in- terest of sound money and wholesome financial doctrine. “My attachment to this cause is so great and I know so well the hospitality and kindness of the people of Chicago that my personal inclination is strongly in favor of accept: your flattering invitation, but my judgment and my estimate of the pro- prieties of my official place oblige me to forego the enjoyment of participating in the occasion you contemplate. “I hope, however, that the event will mark the beginning of an earnest and aggressivs effort to disseminate among the people safe and prudent financial ideas. Nothing more important can engage the attention of patriotic citizens, because nothing is so vital to the welfare of our fellow-countrymen and to the strength, prosperity and honor of onr nation. “The situation confronting us demands that those who appreciate the importance of this subject and those who ought to be the first to see impending danger should no longer remain indifferent or overconfi- dent. “If the sound money sentiment abroad in the land is to save us from mischief and disaster it must be crystallized and com- bined and made immediately active. Itis dangerous to overlook the fact that a vast number of our people, with scant opportu- nity, thus far, to examine the question in all its aspects, have nevertheless been in- geniously pressed with suggestions which, in this time of misfortune and depressio find willing listeners prepared to give cre- dence to any scheme which is plausibly presented a remedy for their unfortu- dition. “What is now needed more than any thing else is a plain and simple presenta- tion of the argument in favor of sound money. In other words, it is a time for the American people to reason together as members of a great nation which can promise them a continuance of protection and safety only so long as its solvency is unsuspected, its honor unsullied and the soundness of its money unquestioned. These things are ill exchanged for the illu- sions of a debased currency and groundless hope of advantages to be gained by a regard of our financial credit and commer- cial standing among the nations of the world. “If our people were isolated from all others and if the question of our currency could be treated without regard to our re- lations to other countries its character would be a matter of comparatively little importance. If the American people were only concerned in the maintenance of their precious life among themselves they might return to the old days of barter and in this primitive manner acquire from each other the materials to supply the wants of their existence. But American civilization were sfied with this it would undoubt- edly fail in its high and noble mission. “In these restless days the farmer is tempted by the assurance that though our currency may be debased, redundant and nuncertain, such a situation will improve the price of his products. Let usremind him that he must buy as well as sell; that his dreams of plenty are shaded by the certainty that if the price of things he has to sell is nominally enhanced the cost of the things he must buy will not remain étationary; that the best prices which cheap money proclaims are unsubstantial and elusive, and that even if they were real and palpable he must necessarily be left far behind in the race for their enjoy- ment. “The pages of history and experience are full of this lesson. An insidious attempt is made to createa prejudice against the advocates of a safe and sound currency by the insinuation, more of lessdirectly made, that they belong to financial and- business classes, and are therefore not only out of sympathy ¥ith the common people of the land, but for selfish and wicked purposes are willing to sacrifice the interests of those outside their circle. “I believe - that capital and wealth, through -combination and other means, sometimes gain an_undue edvantage; and it must be conceded that the maintenance of a sound currency may in a sense be in- vested with a greater or less importance to individuals, according to their condition and circumstances. It is, however, onlya difference in degree, since it is utterly im- possible that any one in our broad land, rich or poor, whatever may be his occupa- tion, or whether dwelling in a center of finance and commerce, or in a remote cor- ner of our domain, can be really benefited by a financial scheme not alike beneficial to all our people, or’ that any one should be excluded from a common and universal interes? in the safe character and stable value of the currency of the country. “In our relation to this question we are all in business, for we all buy and sell; so we all haveto do with financial operations, for we all earn money and spend it. We cannot escape our interdependence. Mer- chants and dealers are in each neighbor- hood, and each has its shops and manufac- turers. Wherever the wants of man exist, business and finance in some degree are found, related in some direction to those whose wants they supply and in another to the more extensive business and finance to which they are tributaries. A fluctua- tion in price at the seaboard is known the sanme day or hour in the remotest hamlet. The discredit or depreciation in financial centers of any form of money from the hands of the people is a signal of imme- diate loss everywhere. *If reckless discontent and wild experi- ments should sweep our currency from its safe support, the most defenseless of all who suffer in the time of distress and national discredit would be the poor as they reckon their loss in their scanty sup- port, and the laborer and working man as he sees the money he has received for his toil shrink and shrivel in his hand when he tenders it for the necessaries to supply his humble home. “Disguise as we may. the line of battle is drawn between the forces of safe currency and those of silver monometallism. I will not believe thatif our people are afforded an intelligent opportunity for sober second thought they will sanction schemes that, however cloaked, mean¢“disaster and con- fusion,* tior «fhat they*'will comsent by undermining tljg foundation of a safe cur- rency, to endanger the beneficient charac- ter and the purposes of their Govern- Yours very truly, GrovEr CLEVELAND.” THE INVITATION AS TENDERED. Henry 5. Robbins Expresses His Regrets at Cleveland’s Reply. CHICAGO, Irn.,, April 14.—Henry 8. Robbins was the instigator of the move- ment to bring President Cleveland here. The invitation extended to the President reads: As business men and ciizens of Chicago, irrespective of party afiiliations, we respeet- fully invite you and Mrs. Cleveland to & public Teception to be tendered to you in this city, to express our deep sense of appreciation of your statesmanlike and courageousjaction infmain- taining the finaneial credit of our Government and your uncompromising attitude in favor of the preservation of a sound national currency. In an interview to-night, Mr. Robbins said: ¢ While the business men who extend this invitation hoped for a favorable re- sponse, they fully realized the difficulties in the way of the President’s acceptance. His inability to overcome these and come to Chicago will be deeply regrevted by them, as the ovation which would have been accorded to him here would have given a great impetus to the honest money sentiment throughout the West. Still, his letter will have almost as wide an influ- ence, as it speaks on this topic with his usual courage and directness.”’ HE OFFERS T0 SURRENDER George Patri»ckWiIl Stand Trial on an Old Colorado Murder Charge. He Has Been Living in Kansas Under an Assumed Name and Is a Wealthy Farmer. DENVER, Coro., April 14.—Within the coming fortnight the District Attorney of Arapalioe County will be called upon to prosecute for murder a wealthy and influential farmer in the State of Missouri, about fourteen miles east of Kansas City, who passes there under the name of David Patri The neighbors of David Patrick regard him as an honest, law-abiding farmer, who has amassed riches, raised a family of five children and lived in their midst without reproach for a period of twenty-five years. But that Missouri farming community does not know the entire history of the wealthy and apparently exemplary Mr. Patrick. Before settling in Missouri he was George Patrick and he was indicted in Denver for murder committed by him and L. P. Griswold, whose peculiarly atrocious crimes are still remembered with horror by old-timers in Colorado and Wyoming. Griswold has been dead since February 24, 1872, and Patrick is coming bagk to Denver of his own volition to face a probable trial for the murder of James O’Neal, an innocent man, whom he and Griswold murdered late on the night of the 10th of July, 1870, at Brown’s bridge, four miles south of this city. Both were indicted by a Grand Jury sit- ting in Denver. Griswold was killed when attempting to break jail. Patrick fled the State and was not heard of again by the Denver police authorities until a few nights ago, when he sent word to General David J. Cook, assistant Chief of the Den- ver Detective Department, that he was tired of an outlaw’s life and would come back to stand a prosecution if assured of protection against mob violence and a fair show in the courts. He was promised all he asked, and a letter was received by Gen- eral Cook last night signed by Patrick’s father-in-law, saying he will be in Denver this week. General Cook says there were extenu- ating circumstances connected with the part Patrick played in O’Neal’s death, as he was the tool of L. P. Griswold and only a secondary character in the plot of the Iynching. Patrick claims that Griswold led him to believe that O’Neal was a fire- bug, and, after securing a warrant for him, they hanged him and then reported that he had been taken from them by a mob and lynched. DENVER TO ENTERTAIN. Sibley, Jones and Warner Will Be Guests of the City. DENVER, Coro., April 14.—On their ar- rival in Denver to-morrow ‘mornifg ex- Congressman Sibley, Senator Jones and General,Warner will be met by a reception committee, at the head of which will be Governor McIntyre and Mayor McMurray. A reception will be given to the distin- guished visitors at the Brown Palace Hotel in the- evening, for which arrangements have been made oh an elaborate scale. Governor McIntyre will welecome the vis- itors to the State and one of them will re- ply, but the speeches will be brief. Tues- day afternoon an open-air meeting will be held on the grounds of the State Capitol. Special trains will be run from all parts of Colorado. Seating 'accommodation will be ‘provided for over 5000, people, but it is expected that from 20,000 to 25,000 people will be present. The vprogramme for the remainder of the week has not been completed. B Plattsburg, Mo., Burned. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 14.—A spe- cial to the Journal from Plattsburg, Mo., says: Fire started this afternoon in the Stonum livery barn and spread rapidly. At 8 . a. the entire south side of the town has been destroyed and the fire is still burning fiercely. Among the buildings burned is the Courthouse. The damage already done is estimated at $300,000. Plattsburg is a lively town of about 2000 people and is the county seat of Clinton County. After the receipt of the above dispatch telegraphic communication with the afflicted town was cut off. ——— Greek Celebration in Ohio. YOUNGSTOWN, Omio, April 14.—The Greek Church here celebrated Easterin a grove near the city to-day by crucifying Judas Iscariot in effigy. Then they amused themselves shooting at the effigy, which was filled with firecrackers. Finally they set it on fire. After that they had a ban- quet in the wood! i S Seoretary Smith After Fees. ATHENS, Ga., April 14. — Secretary Hoke Smith reached here to-day to look after the confirmation of the sale of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, for which his fee amounts to $40,000, ac- cording to reports. EDITOR SCOTT DEAD, The Well-Known Chi- cago Publisher Suc- cumbsin New York. HIS DEATH VERY SUDDEN Stricken With Apoplexy While Away From Home on Im- portant Business. HIS WIFE AT HIS BEDSIDE, Career of the Man Who Made the Herald a Brilllant Western Newspaper. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 14.—James W. Scott, proprietor of the Chicago Times- Herald and the Chicago Evening Post, died this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Holland House this city. His death was very sudden. He was taken with pains in the left side this morning, and a doctor was called in. He said the pains arose from the passage of a stone from the bladder, and administered morphine. At 1 o’clock Mr. Scott became unconscious, and the doctor was summoned again. He found apoplexy had supervened, probably brought on from the pain, and Mr. Scott died without recovering consciousness. Mrs. Scott and a little niece were the only relatives witn him. Dr. Irwin, the attending physician, said: “Mr. Scott’s death was due to apoplexy. He was a short man and very stout. I have no doubt there was a fatty degenera- tion of the heart. Mr. Scott had long suf- fered from renal calculus. This was especially troublesome and Mr. Scott could not leave his room. The agony caused him to thrash about in his bed and the exertion burst a blood vessel in the brain and caused his death. The kidney trouble had nothing to do with his death, beyond the fact it caused the activity which brought on the attack.” The funeral will take place in Chicago, but no date has as yet been fixed. Mr, Scott’s body will be conveyed to that city to-morrow by the West Shore limited. The newspaper men of this city will muke ar- rangements to escort the body to that city. They will hold a meeting to-morrow morn- ing to complete arrangements. CHICAGO, Irr, April 14.—James Wilmot Scott was born in Walworth County, Wis., in June, 1849. When a boy his parents re- moved to Galena, Ill, where they both re- mained until they died. The elder Scott was for many years Postmaster at Galena, having been appointed by Grant, James W. passed the public schools of Galena, and was then sent to Beloit (Wis.) College, where he spent two years in the academic course. Leaving college, he went for & short time to New York Ci where he was engaged in business, but occasionally contributed to the press. While thus employed he secured an appointment in the Government Printing Office in Washington. In 1872 he left the capital and started a small weekly paper in Prince George County, Md. Not finding this field broad enough, the young man returned to the West, and at his father’s home, Galena, started a weekly paper called the Press. One year later he left this venture and came to Chicago. His first inder- taking in thiscity was to start a trade daily called the National Hotel Reporter. In this publication, which has since grown to be of considerable importance, Mr. Scott retained an interest until his death. After several attempts to convert the Hotel Reporter into a general newspaper, Mr. Scott surrendered the management to his partner and joined a number of other young men in founding the Chicago Herald in 1881. Two of Mr. Scott's associates were David Henderson, the well-known theatrical manager, and Will D, Eaton. In 1891 most of Mr. Scott’s asso- clates left the company to make way for John R. Walsh, who had acquired a controlling in- terest. Mr. Scott and Mr. Walsh remained in the closest business and personal relations until March, 1895, whet Mr. Walsh sold to Mr. Scott his interest in the Herald and the Even- ing Post, which had been founded by the Her- 21d Company in 1890. The intervening years saw the growth of the Herald from a struggling sheet to a large and influential newspaper. Mr. Scott began as business manager, but soon became publisher and editor of both the Herald and Evening Post. Meantime his life was filled with other matters. He was for years president of the American Newspapers’ Publishing Association, & body which he was largely instrumental in founding. For three consecutive terms he was president of the Chicago Press Club. He wassa member of every club of importance in Chi- cago and also of the Clover Club of Philadel- phia. In addition he was conspicuous in all social and public movements of importance. Mr. Scott was a member of the board of direc- tors of the World’s Fair, at one time declining the presidency. He was president of the fa- mous Fellowship Club, formed to entertain dis- tinguished guests to the fair, from its founding until its death. On March 3 last the Herald was merged with the Times of Chicago asthe Chicago Times- Herald, Mr, H. W, Hawley of the Times becom- 1ing manager editor and Mr. Scott the editor-in- chief and manager, holding a controlling interest in the stock. His death occurred just as he had consummated the crowning plan of his life, to own and control absolutely a great newspaper, while he wason the crest of a wave of popular fayor. Mr. Scott married in 1876 Miss Carrie Green of Lyle, Dupage County, Ill., who survives him. He had no children. SURRENDERED THEIR CHARTER. Ohio Irom-Workers Going Back to the Amatgamated Association. OLEVELAND, Osio, April 14.—Etna Lodge No.13 of the National Union of Iron and Steel-workers at a meeting last night surrendered its charter and at once reorganized as a Jodge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. This is considered important by iron workers as it marks the begiuning of the dissolution of the Finishers’ Union, which was an offshoot of the Amalgamated Association, and its organization greatly weakened that association. The iron- workers count on the return of the finishers to the Amalgamated Association to give them strength to make the fight for an ad- vance of wages at the coming conivention of the organ ization in this city. s g T CHAMPION BICYOLE RACES. An Agreement Signed in New York by Jonnson and Sanger. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 14.—An agree- ment was signed to-day for a series of races between the two crack bicyclists, | Johnson and Sanger, which will settle the question of the championship. Another agreement was signed for a one-mile team- race between the Stearns and Spalding teams. Johnson and Sanger will ride three one- mile races in the East, one in the West and one to be mutually agreed upon, but it has been decided that the Western race shall not be held further westthan Denver, and that the prizes to be awarded are to be limited to gold bars. Each contestant in these races shall be entitled to a pace- maker, and the start in each race shall be a flying one. n the agreement entered into between T. W. Eck and David C. Shafer for the team races it is first agreed that T. W. Eck shall represent the Stearns team and David C. Bhafer the Spalding team. The races are o be one mile by a team of three men each. The races shall take place on or before September 14, to be awarded the club mutually agreed upon. The prizes are to be restricted to gold bars. No pace- makers will be allowed. The start shall be a standing one. The scoring shall be as follows, at the finish only: The first man to cross the tape shall be credited with five points, the second man four points, the third man three points, the fourth man two points and the fifth man one point. STOPPED SUNDAY WORK. ZLaborers Arrested in Toledo, Ohio, While Laying Car Tracks. TOLEDO, Onro, April 14.—Churchgoers in the lower part of the city were treated to the unusual spectacle shortly after 8 o’clock this morning of the Mayor and Chief of Police dashing out of the La Grande-street police station behind fiery bay steeds, fol- lowed immediately by two patrol wagons loaded with officers. Fifteen minutes later the wagons were wending their way back to the station hav- ingon board twenty-six prisoners—street laborers who had been arrested on a charge of violating the ordinance prohibit- ing manual labor on the Sabbath. These incidents formed the climax to the attempt of the Manufacturers’ Railroad Company to lay a line on Water street without the permission, it is alleged, of the city engineer. Bick & Glenn, contractors, gave bail for the men arrested and they will have a hearing to-morrow morning. This afternoon the Toledo Bending Com- puny had papers drawn up asking for an ipjunction to prevent further work on the ine. At midnight an attempt was made to resume work on ihe road, but the police again interfered and arrested the laborers a second time. An order was issued for the arrest of the contractors, but none of them could be found. FIRE IN ELK HORN, NEBR. A Spark From an Engine Ignites a Grain Elevator, ELK HORN, NEsr, April 14.—A fire started by a spark from a Union Pacific engine this afternoon consumed ten build- ings, and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire town. The blaze started in the rogf of the Cornis-King elevator, which a few moments later was all ablaze. The city Fire Department is only equipped with a small chemical engine ana buckets, and the fire simply burned itself out when everything in its path was consumed. In all ten buildings were burned, entail- ing a loss of $28,000, the principal ones be- ing the elevator, the Marsh livery stable and the Commercial Hotel. There was practically no insurance, as the rate charged by the companies was prohibi- tive. At one time when the wind veered, aid was asked of the Omaha department, but before it reached the scene the fire had burned itself out. FIFTEEN PEOPLE INJURED. Fire in Mantanzas, Cuba, Xesulls Se- riously to Limb and Property. TAMPA, Fra., April 14.—A serious con- flagration on Gerbelt and Mantanzas, the principal streets of Mantanzas, Cuba, on Friday night, destroyed the large ware- house occupied by Beaboltide & Co., sugar dealers, and owned by Miret Bros. The loss is estimated at $200,000. Fifteen persons were injured at the fire, which is attributed to incendiarism. The previous announcement of an intent to fire the town Sunday night now appears well grounded. The arrival of Maximo Gomez on the island is reported and a further up- rising is expected. Manuel Sanguilly, the brother of the imprisoned general, arrived on the steamer Mascot to-night. ke i MURDER AND SUICIDE. EKesult of an Faster Carnival in Cleve- land, Ohio. CLEVELAND, O., April 14.—At 4 o’clock this morning John Sejhar, a Bo- hemian laborer, aged 28 years, shot and in- stantly killed Carl Richter, aged 35, and fatally wonnded Albert Richter, aged 22, the brother of his first victim, during a drunken carousal at the home of the Richters. Two hours later the murderer committed suicide by hanging himself with one of his suspenders in the city pri- son. The police claim to have discovered that Sejhar was jealous of the attentions which Carl Richter had paid to Mrs. Behjar. AR S Wyoming Ol Goes Up. CASPER, Wro., April 14—The rise in the Standard Oil Company’s product in the East has caused an advance of 2 cents per gallon at the storage tanks here. Wyo- ming oil men are jubilant over the pros- pects for a rise in lubricating oil, which is pumped directly from the wells in these fields in a marketable condition. All of these oils are finding a ready market, and it is expected their prices will go up with the Standard rise. —r Ohio Republicans Active. : CLEVELAND, Oxnro, April 14.—A com- mittee of prominent Republicans is now in Indianapolis to invite ex-President Harri- son to deliver an address at the convention of Republican clubs in this city in June. Tnvitations will also be extended to Gov- ernor McKinley, Senator Allisoa, ex- Speaker Reed, Chauncey M. Depew and other prominent Republicans. Sesaindad Suell A Joke Ends in Murder. DENVER, Coro., April 15.—William J. Demoss, aged 21 years, and two compan- ions, when passing Vincent Albino’s house in North Denver to-day, imitated the ac- tions of Mary Albino and Guisseppe Cemino, who were dancing in the yard. Camino rushed toward Demoss, who shot him dead. Demoss, who has been ar- rested, says Cemino had a knife in hishand. FERTT L Charged With Bigamy. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 14.—Regi- nald Hermann, who recently came from California, was arrested to-day on a charge of bigamy upon complaint of Mrs. Mary. Bartine, whom he married about a year ago and then deserted She alleges when he married her he had a wife and family in Brooklyn. Escaped Convicts Captured. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 14.—Two of the captured convicts, O'Donnell and Maguire, were captured at Pine Plains this morning. They are now in the custody of attendant Coyle and are expected to arrive at the asylum this evening. ——e— b On the Rocks. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 14.—The steamer Continental, which plies between this city and New Haven, Conn., ran on to the Hogsback Rock, off Wards Island, this morning. The vessel is still on the rock. —_— The water of the Dead Sea yields about t;o pounds to the gallon of saline sub- stances, INCOME TAX MATTERS Complications Come Up Which May Block a Rehearing. APPELLANTS ANXIOUS. Judge Jackson’s lllness Likely to Delay Action Until Next Fall. RULES ON PETITION CASES. The Procedure Has Been to Grant the Request to a Member of the Court Only. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.—The determination of the appellants in the income-tax case to secure a rehearing be- fore a full bench of the United States Su- preme Court on the points on which the court divided has caused a renewal of in- terest in the question of Justice Jackson’s health and the possibility of his return to the bench at an early day. Late advices from Judge Jackson’s home at Nashville is that he is constantly improving, and that, barring a very annoying cough, his physical condition is fairly good. It is also stated from the same source that he expects to be able to resume his duties as amember of the court at the beginning of the October term. There remains little more than a month of the present term, and it is suggested that he may not refurn for this brief period. In view of this fact there can be no possi- bility of another argument in the case be- fore next fall or winter. This is equally true if Justice Jackson should decide to retire, permanently from the bench, which, it is understood, he has no thought of do- ing. In that contingency, however, the bench clould not be filled before the assem- bling of Congress. No instance is known of where a man nominated for the Supreme Bench has taken his seat before he was confirmed by the Senate. Congress will not convene until next December, and under no circumstances would the Senate be likely to pass upon a confirmation of this magnitude until after their Christmas holidays. Action might, indeed, be post- poned much longer, and it possibly would be if the predilections of the nominee should be opposed to the income tax, as the Senate is committed to the law. Itis also suggested thata Justice who had not participated in the first hearing might feel a delicacy in sitting when the case was under consideration the second time. It is guite possible that the petition for a rehearing may not be granted. Thecourt's rule of procedure in such cases is only to grant such petitions upon the request of a member of the court who has voted in op- position to the wishes of the petitioner. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire was asked to-day for his opinion as to the suggestion of Assistant Attorney-General Whitney that the constitution might be so amended as to provide for the imposition of direct taxes, and replied: To emend the constitution it is necessary to secure & two-thirds vote of Congress and then to have the amendment ratified by the State Legislatures. I think it would be impracticable to dothat. There never has been any amend- ment to the constitution except of & negative character, none providing for modes of govern- ment, and with the increasing members in both houses of Congress and the growth of the Union States it becomes more and more diffi- cult to secure a change. Furthermore, I do not think an amendment of the constitution is needed to secure a valid income tax law. It can be had by apportioning the tax among the States in proportion to population, and I am inclined to think that since the decision of the Supreme Court there will be an effort in tnat direction at the next session. DENOUNCED SATOLLI. Rev. T. C. Easton of Washington Wants Him Transported. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.—Rev. T. C. Easton of the Eastern Presbyterian Church of this city, who recently accused Dr. Parkhurst of pantheism before the New York presbytery, vehemently denounced Monsignor Satolli for making the sugges- tion that the United States send an envoy to the Vatican. At the closeof his remarks he submitted to the congregation resolu- tions in which his denunciations were set forth and a demand made for the expulsion of Satolli from the United States. The resolutions were adopted and it was resolved to send a copy of them to the President. —_—— SHIPPING TO ENGLAND. American-Made Shoes Landed in Leicester at Reduced Prices. LONDON, Exa., April 14,—The Leicester correspondent oi the Daily News says a serious feature in the strike of the boot- makers js the rapid growth of American competition in the trade, Three tons of American boots and shoes have been de- livered in a single day to Leicester dealers at prices cheaper than they could be pur- chased from Leicester manufacturers. For instance, American-made ladies’ kid boots are 8d per pair cheaper than the same quality of English-made boots. Commenting on the foregoing, the Daily News says that at this rate there will soon ‘e little left for the English manufacturers or operatives to contend for. —_— CUBA’S INSURRECTION. Reported Battle in Which a Brigadier. General Is Killed. HAVANA, Cusa, April 14.—A report reaches here from Palmyria, a village in Santiago de Cuba, of an engagement be- tween Government forces and insurgents near that place. The Government forces were made up of regular infantry and a number of volunteers, while the insurgents were under the command of Brigadier- General Flor Crombet, who, it is said, was killed. Major Fostier and Tomas Sainse, secretary of Major-General Maceo, were taken prisoners by the Government forces. George Estrada surrendered all the men belonging to Maceo's expedition. Troops are in pursuit of the rest of the party. AEeE e R ZLondon Markets. LONDON, Exe., April 14.—With consols steady at $105, there is no hope of any- thing but continued easiness in the money market. Should peace be concluded be- tween China and Japan there would bea still further advance in prices. The effect of the collapse of the Londonderry gold mine has wholly passed and the mining market was strong and more active than ever. There seems to be no limit to public confidence in this direction. Chilean and Argentine securities recovered from their fall after a denial of a bellicose feeling be- tween those two countries. improving. The Atchison reorganization scheme was well received. Atchison fours, D. and R.G. preferred, Lake Shore each advanced 1 per cent; L. and N., 14; Cana- dian Pacific, 13{. ! e e BULLFIGHT STAMPEDE. A Soldier Kills the Enraged Animal and a Spectator. BARCFLONA, Spary, April 14.—In the course of a bullfight here to-day the enraged bull jumped over the barriers and among the spectators. A wild rush was at once made for the exits, and in the stampede many persons were injured. A civil guard fired at the bull with his carbine, killing the animal and one of the spectators. As soon as it was known the bull was dead the spectators resumed their seats, and the entertainment proceeded as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. AL A Russia for Gold Coin. LONDON, Exc., April 15.—A dispatch to the Times from 8t. Petersburg states the Novosti Dealer declares the Minister of Finance intends to prepare for the estab- lishment of a gold currency by permitting payments and business transactions on the basis of the “gold rouble, which has hith- erto been forbidden. The depreciation in silver render impossible the establishment of an actual silver rouble currency, which is the Russian nominal standard as repre- sented by the paper rouble. = Prince Komatsu Sails. HIROSHIMA, Jarax, April 14.—Prince Komatsu, escorted by three men-of-war, sailed to-day for Shimoneseki, wherce he will proceed to take command of the Jap- anese troops in China. OSCAR OSEN INJURED. The Garden City Cycler Badly Bruised in a Track Collision. SAN JOSE, CAL., April 14.—An accident occurred on the Garden Oity Cyclers’ ce- ment track here to-day, and Oscar Osen was seriously injured. He and a number of others were speed- ing behind a tandem pace-maker, when Osen’s wheel gave way, and he and those behind him were ina heap instantly. It was found that Osen had been knocked in- sensible by thefall. A number of his teeth were knocked out and there was an ugly cut on his forehead, between his eyes. It was several hours before he regained con- sciousness. Wells, Castleman and Tony Delmas were also slightly injured. —— FUNERAL OF G, W, KELLOG Remains of the Pioneer Borne to Their Final Resting Place. He Was at One Time One of the Powers of the Mercantile World. The funeral of the late Calvin W. Kel- logg took place from his former residence, 2099 O'Farrell street, at 2 o’clock yester- day afternoon. Many of his old-time friends had gathered to pay the last sad duties to their former associate. Many floral offerings were heaped upon the coffin. The deceased for nearly forty Calvin Whitwood Kellogg. [From a photograph.] years had been identified with the mer- cantile world of San Francisco. He was a merchant, had been a banker, and had dealt largely in stocks and had bee}: closely identified with most of the active, pro- gressive movements of the early times. ‘This brought him into close business touch with nearly every pioneer .flrm in the city. Almost without exception they testified the high regard in which they held Mr. Kellogg by sending elaborate floral pieces. < o;;epfunernl service was delivered by . Horatio Stebbins. Only the most in- &::ate f‘fi;& and immediate relatives fol- lowed the body to the grave. The inter- ment was in Laurel Hill Cemetery, JONES IS VICTORIOUS. He Defeats Cahill and Harlow at Hand- ball—Harlow Out With a Challenge. e chief attraction at the handball co?x?ts yesterday was the match at the San Francisco Court for §50a side between John Jones, the Australian champion, and Paddy Cahill of Chicago and J. Harlow. The court was packed, and crowds took possession of the roofs of the court and ad- American railroad securities were also joining houses. ! Thegpni.r put up a grand game, and h..a Jones very weak at times; h!n by. his matchless skill and tricks he gained time, and managed to win the mateh, which was the best of five games. Money was bet freely on the result at even terms, but when they stood 2 to 2 Jones was the favorite. The score was: Jones—14, 21, 91, 8, 21; Harlow and Cahill—21, 19, 19, 211\%'.!:3 Union court P.T. Donnelly, the amateur champion, and Dillon played J. Feeney and R. Linehal Th? fl“ a scientific game and Feeney an nehan were the victors by three games to two. Next Sunday Feeney and Linehan will play M., Dillon and G. Hutchinson. The game of the day at the Occidental Court was between T.” F. Bonnet and Al Collins and E. Maloney and M. Condon, two former winning. ml‘\‘ext ‘Wednesday anmpion Donnelly lay Bonnet and Ma- and M. Dillon will loney, and there will be a game of rackets. Harlow of the Ban Francisco Court has joined the professional ranks and is out with a lenge to play any one on the coast except Jones, but preferring Riordon, the coast champion, for $100 a side. Picture or Sonnet, Once Rossetti asked Whistler how he liked a sketch he had made for a picture. “It has good points,” was the answer, ‘‘go ahead with it.” A few weeks later he was asked about the picture. ‘“Doing famous- ly,” said Rosseiti, “I've ordered a stun- g _frame forit.” Some time afterward M; istler saw the canvas, framea, but still vh';in of paint brush or paint. “You've done nothing to it,” said Mr. Whistler. *No,” replied Rossetti, *“but I've written a sonnet on the subject, if you would care to hearit.” When the recita- tion was over Mr. Whistler said: ‘‘Ros- setti, take out the canvas and put the sonnet in the frame.”—The Bookbuyer, BATTLING [N INDIA Colonel Battye, a British Officer, Killed by Natives. THEY CUT OFF RETREAT. A Rudely Constructed Bridge Wrecked by Throwing Logs in the Stream. A STUBBORN RETURN IS MADE. Heavy Losses on Both Sides Result, but the Indians Have Been Dispersed. SIMLA, INp1A, April 14.—The guides and infantry belonging to the brigade of Gen- eral Waterfield, part of the force operating against Umra Khan of Jendot, were de- tached from the brigade and sent across the Pung Jkora River to reconnoiter and to chastise some villagers who had been firs ing on the British camp. The British met a strong force of the enemy and were com= pelled to retreat, covered by an artillery fire. Colonel Battye was killed and several others of the British force were wounded. The natives showed great determination and are still in force on the Pung Jkora River. The Third Brigade has joined the First and Second brigades at Sado. The natives kept up a fire on the British while the latter were engaged in construct- ing a raft bridge over the river. The bridge was finally finished, and Colonel Battye, who was in command of the guides, crossed over safely with orders to form a camp i the morning and destroy the native vil lages. The enemy finding that their fire had not prevented the completion of the bridg decided to destroy it. During the nighi they threw immense logs into the rivery above the bridge. These were caught in the rapid current and carried down with great force against the frail bridge, smash- ing it to pieces. With the destruction of the bridgeColonel Battye and his party weg cut off from the main body of the Britis forces. Colonel Battye, however, proceede: into the hills to punish the natives. So he signaled across the river to General Water- field that two hostile bodies were approa ing. General Waterfield signaled back or- ders for Colonel Battye to retreat. General ‘Waterfield’s forces covered the retreat with their mountain battery and Maxim guns, which were moved 1o the bank of the river for the spur. Colonel Battye executed the retreat in a masterful manner. When hotly pressed by the enemy a halt would be made and a withering fire poured into the pursuers, whose confusion would enable the British force to retire. Scrofula in the Neck Makes the lives of thousand miserable, How successful is Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the great blood puri- fier, is shown by the following: “My little Robs ' ert had scrofula in his neck and head, and a bunch on his neck. The doctor's 3 treatment did not Sdo any good, and Nour druggist, Mr, Charles Hall, told us to give him P N = Hood’s Sarsapa« rilla. Wedid so and the first bottle helped him. The bunch broke open and after dis- charging it gradually com- menced to heal. The next HoOd’S wear it appeared again and sa - rsaparilla Vitalizes we gave him another bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and The Blood We that cured the trouble. He was then nearly two years old. Now he is eight years of age. 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