The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895. 3 CHAMPIONS OF SILVER Salt Lake’s Welcome to the White Metal Men. PATRIOTS ALL IN LINE. Governor Rickards Fires the First Gun in the Con- ference. HONEST MONEY IS DEMANDED. In the Great Battle the Sentiment Is Non-Partisan in All Its Phases. SALT LAKE, Urag, May 15.—The peo- ple of Salt Lake were up early to-day to witness the opening of the silver confer- ence, about which so much has been said during the past month. From the head of East Temple street to its foot, in the busi- ness districts and on all the cross districts in the section, buildings were gayly decor- ated in the National colors, while from every flagstaff waved the stars and stripes in honor of the great event. Inscriptions, mottoes and divers other devices em- blematic of the sentiments of silver cham- pions were n evidence. The procession left the Knutsford about 11 o’clock, headed by the Denhalter Band atoon of police. irst carriage were seated: Gov- ernor West of Utah, Governor Rickards of Montana, Governor McConnell of Idaho and ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico. The procession reached the Tabernacle about noon, -where a large audience had already assembled. The decoration of the Tabernacle presented a picturesque ap- pearance, 1100 American flags and over 4000 yards of bunting having been used in the decoration From conspicuous parts of the gallery hung the following mottoes: ‘Financial Independence,” “Our Song—Silver Threads Among the Gold,” “Sound Money, say the Gold Bugs; Silver, say the People”; “We Want a -Circulating’ Medium. That Will Circulate. At 12:20 o'clock Governor Rickards called the convention to order and deliv- ered the following speech: In the history of nations no great wrong was ever righted save through the concerted efforts of earnest men. I have faith enough in hu- ¥ to believe that the natural petriotism is equai to the duty of honest ef- less action in the cause of right, ght is clearly understood. Misdl- ity in any cause that concerns the welfare of the people advertises a paternity of nce rather than a fatherhood of malice. ve met to-day, not as censors, parading es of our discontent, heralding to the bitterness we feel over the injustice de our co-operation the necessity of as earnest men, Tepresentatives e, and delegated to the perform- by a constituency whose inter- s are environed only by the geographical 1its of the Republic. We have met as cham- ns of honest money—of money so honest that its pure white luster is never tarnished by the tears of the starving, or rusted by the blood of crime as it moves through the chan- ;4 s of commerce in a current of perpetual ope. We have met, not to appeal to the prejudices that may cluster instinctively around the self- interests of any community or people; not to weigh anchor upon a ses of uncertainty, in the trade winds of politics, but to institute a new movement, elong new lines, for the better edus cation of the masses on the financial problems of the day. In calling this conference and. inviting the co-operation of Western Governors in an inter- state educational movement in the interests of the free coinage of silver, I was impelled by the belief that in the home circle of the Ameri- can en lay the destiny of the white metal. The time hes come when we must appeal not only to the business sense of the voters with non-partisan logic, but we must reach down into the moral activities of the heart and ask that the individual conscience stand up and be counted on the side of the right. There never wasa time in history when the moral side of & great question appealed with greater force to the intelligent voter than to-day, with the evils of monometallism emphasized in the misery that afflicts our land. The argument of the single-standard advo- cate bas matured from & gilded theoryintoa condition that ought to appeal with irresisti- ble force to the candid observer of events. It becomes our duty to supplement the argument of smokeless smokestacks and abandoned farms, of broken banks and crushed commercial en- terprises with incisive reasoning as to the molstice that ushered in the “winter of our dis. content.” Existing conditions, reflecting the misfortunes of the business world upon every phase of our industrial and social life, have stimulated & demand on the part of the masses for a better knowledge of flnancial propo- sitions that seli-interests may be respected at the polls. In no way can the interests of silver be better served in the receptive condition of the public mind than through & systematic course of education that will reach the indi- vidual intelligence in the sacred circle of the home. The eminent gentlemen who represent the several States in thisconference have been made delegates with the responsibility of devising ways and means for the carrying out of this object, and that your labors will prove an aggressive step in & most successful campaign of education I doubt not. Already the European wing of the American Republic is beating the air in an effort to retain its lofty perch. The gold men of both conti nents read in the signs of the times the possi- bility of an early defeat and are bending their energies to the annihilation of the object of their fears. All that literature can do, all that oratory can accomplish, all that gold can achieve, will be done to strangle the growing sentiment for silver. A subsidized press, con- trolled by the financia! interests that thrive on the misf es of the people, has entered with enthusiasm upon the mission delegated to it byt istodians of its conscience. The lines of battle have been formed by the logic of events and the struggle for re-enforcements promises 1o be the greatest contest in the his- tory of modern times. It remains to be seen whether the blight of hat has withered the energies x i life has burned into the heart erd conscience of the citizen and made him the willing puvil of nobler and better lessons in finance. In the tidal wave that is now gathering strengih all over the land for the free coinage of silver I see the avant-courier of better days to come. To place wholesale finan- cial literature in th e hands of the Eastern voter becomes & duty that overshadows every other obligation of & public cheracter that we owe to our fellow men. The object of this conference is not to devise srguments in favor of the free coinage of the white metal, for such arguments are indelibly written upon the progress and prosperity of the human race, but to place in the hands of the voter these arguments fashioned into lan- guage that the wayfaring man can understand end apply. If this mission be accomplished, the victory is won. In a conference of this character no political prejudices are invited, and in its non-partisanship rests the pledge of its sincerity. We do not meet as Republicans, as Democrats or as Populists, but as American citizens, zealous for the right “as God gives us to see the right,” and carnestin the advocacy of sound finaneial principles. Every prophecy made by the gold men has been discredited by the progress of events, and every prediction made by the silver men hes been verified in the colossal misfortunes that have visited our land. The logic of the situa- tion demands a reversalof the public judg- ment, and it will come. The masses of the people in the East are as much interested in the revival of prosperity as are the citizens of the West. To secure their intelligent co-opera- tion it is only necessary to educate them as to the causes of the hard times, and they will seek with avidity the only cure within the reach of mankind and help eliminate from the financial system of our Government the disas- trous policy of monometallism. The field for an educational campaign, conducted on broad and patriotic grounds, isa most inviting one. To make this campaign a successful one is merely to avail ourselves of the opportunities presented and dedicate to the mission of honest money our earnest and unremitting efforts. It is unnecessary, in this connection, for me to suggest ways and means for laying before the Eastern voter the gospel of sound finance. An interchange of views in the various committees, to which much of the practical work of this conference will be delegated, will evolve methods and plans most consistent with good results. Yet with the treasuries of Europe behind them, with the best talent that money can em- ploy, with a subsidized press retailing opinions and manufacturing facts for pay, the goldbugs are hampered by the testimony of current events. The movement to corner the goid output of our intermountain region, that another issue of Government bonds may be forced to replenish the outflow of money from the treasury of the United States, has raised the danger signal in every community in the land. It proves the dangerous possibilities of monometallism and verifies the suspicions that cling to the skirts of its chief advocates and champions. The aggressiveness of greed that characterizes the campaign of the mono- metallists, as contrasted with the plans and purposes of bimetallism, carries within its activities the seeds of its own defeat. Differences of opinion as to the value of this policy or that are blended into a common cause of self-defense when the treasury of the United States becomes an object for speculation and the credit of the nation is marked for plunder. In the coming crisis in the great struggle for honest money—in earrying the flag of bimetallism to the victory thatawaits it— we must be disciplined by the exigencies, of Lhe hour and proceed to outline our work in a spirit of perfect harmony. Governor West then delivered a happy address of welcome, saying that all con- ditions were favorable to the silver senti- ment in this Territory. . Mayor Baskin followed in an address of welcome on the part of the city. Governor Prince responded enthusiastically on the part of the delegates. Hon. Thomas G. Merrill of Montana, father of the conference, was unanimously chosen as temporary chairman, and Hon. Henry W. Laugenour of California was made secretary. Committees on credentials and perma- nent organization and order of business were named, and the conference took a re- cess until P. M. to meet in the city and county building. This afternoon’s session of thesilver con- ference was held in the City Councll cham- ber. The committee on credentials re- ported the following delegations: California—Hon. Thomas J. Clunie, Henry Laugenour, Hon. W. L. Holt. Colorado—Hon. Alva Adams, Hon. John F. H. Shaforth, E. B. Light. Idaho—G. V. Bryan, J. W.Plummer, W. E. Borah, with Joseph Hutchinson, who was afterwards made assistant secretary without a vote. Montana—Hon. Thomas G. Merrill, Hon. F. E. Sergeant, Hon. Walter F. Bickford. Vevada—H. F. Bartine, Sol Hilp, B. F. Leete. New Mexico—Governor L. B. Prince, Hon. J. Hon. C. Young, Sydney Dell. Washington—Hon. Patrick Henry Winston, B. C. Kingsbury, Nelson Bennett. Wyoming—Hon. C. D. Clark, Hon. F. E. War- ren (by F. M. Foote, proxy), Hon. F. W. Man- dell. Alternates—Idaho, W. Watt, John Meyers; Washington, J. J. Brown, W. H. Plummer, C. W. Bushnell, W. M. Welch; Montana, F. P. Sterling, Robert Smith, George Haldorn. A proposition to change the name “conference’” was made by Mr. Dell of Oregon, but was voted down. The Washington delegation wanted to enlarge the membership by admitting delegates named by Chambers of Com- merce, Boards of Trade or mass-meetings, but the conference decided to hold the membership to three from each State or Territory, as originally appointed. The committee on permanent organiza- tion named ex-Governor Thompson of Oregon for permanent president and Hon. Henry Laugenour of California for permanent secretary, which was agreed to. ‘ Vice-presidents were elected asfollows: Hon. J. T. Clunie of California, Hon. Alva Adams of Colorado, Assistant Secretary Hon. Joseph L. Hutchinson of Idaho, On taking the chair Hon. David Thomp- son spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Conference: I thank you for this very great honor which you have con- ferred upon me in electing me to preside over your deliberations. This, in my opinion, isa very important conference. I would have you to know that I represent a State which isnota silver-producing State. We produce gold, we produce iron ore, we produce coal, but our great agricultural interests, our lumber inter- ests and our fishing interests suffer from the great depression that has taken place by the demonetization of silver through legislation of our Congress, commencing with 1873. Our State is depressed and we are looking for some means of a revival of our interests. This, we believe, ean only be obtained through the remonetization of the white metal. Our people are not & uniton this, Our bank men, our men who hoard the gold in their cof- fers, many of them to-day tell me that they can make more money by hoarding their gold in the bank vaults than they can by putting it in circulation, because of the continual appre- clation of gold and the consequent deprecia- tion of everything else. Iknow from a little experience thatI had last week that thisis true. Some weeks ago I had oceasion to buy some 200,000 grain bags. I went to one of our largest grain-dealers and inquired the price of these, and he informed me that they were 415 cents apiece. He wasa mono-metallist, or an international bimetal- list, which is the same thing. I went to the same man a few weeks ago and asked him the price again, and he said: “Two weeks ago I could have sold you those bags for 41 cents, but now they are worth 43¢ cents.” 1 asked him the cause for this, and he replied: “Why, have you not observed in readins the papers that silver has gone up?” Two weeks after I went to the same man and inquired of him the price of these baps. He told me that they were then worth 4}4 cents, informing me that silyer had gone up still higher, and was then worth 66 cents. I asked him sbout wheat and he told me that wheat had also advanced in price. “Well, does silver alsoaffect wheat?” I asked. “Well, he said, “it appears to.” This is the effect it has on the business of our country, and I believe it is soeverywhere; that depression takes place because of the great de- pression in the metal. Now, adopt & standard on & parity between gold and silver of 16 to 1 and you will stop that appreciation of goid that has been going on for several years past: That should be done by the education of the people of the whole country. We need but little of that in the ‘West, because we are better educated here on that question then they are anywhere else, As T eaid before, we are not a sitver-producing ing State, but we produce & great deal of gold in our State, and the gold-miners are the only thrifty people that we have within the confines of Oregon to-day, and I believe they will con- tinue to be such until the Congressof the United States passes & law providing for the free coinage of silver at aratio of 16101 of | gold and the President signs it. And noman should be elected as President who would not pledge himself before election to do that. This conference, as I understand.it, is for the purpose of educating the people, the Re- publicans, the Democrats and the Populists to see to this matter in their conventions which will be beld next year to mominate men for President of the United States, and it is the in- tention, as I believe, of all the parties at this time to do that. For that purpose; as I under- stand it, this conference has been called. With this I will close my remerks. The conference then went into executive session. It was decided to appoint a com- miftee on resolutions and address, vi Clunie of California, Shafroth of Colorado. Bryan of Idaho, Bickford of Montana, Bartine of Nevada, Prince of New Mexico, Dell of Oregon, Winston of Washington, Mandell of Wyoming, Goodwin of Utah. A committee on plan of action as f lows was appointed: Laugenour of Cali- fornia, Light of Colorado, Plummer of Idaho, Merrill of Montana, Hilp of Nev- ada, Prince of New Nexico, Thompson of Oregon, Bennett of Washington, Foote of ‘Wyoming, Chambers of Utah. The conference then adjourned until evening at the Tabernacle, where there was an organ recital and an address by Hon. Wharton F. Barker of Philadelphia. Fully 5000 people assembled in the Taber- nacle this evening to hear silver speeches and the organ recital. All were delighted with the magnificent music, and the enthusiasm was high. Governor Thomp- son presided. Wharton Barker addressed the convention, urging remonetization of silyer as the only relief for depressed in- dustries and urging that the United States is abundantly able to undertake free coin- age unsupported by any other nation. He read largely from his editorial in the Phila- delphia American, in advocacy of free silver coinage, and of protection. Following Mr. Barker - ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico addressed the crowd and was received with great enthusiasm. He advocated the free coinage of silver and urged practical work at this time. DELEGATES MEAN BUSINESS. Montana and Idaho Men Turn Out in Great Force, SALT LAKE, Uran, May 15.—The dele- gatesappointed from Montana form merely a part of the large number here from that State, as the Butte Chamber of Commerce took the matter in hand, and a delegation was sent to the city composed of able and earnest men who know the necessity of silver money. In consequence the hotels are crowded with a party of men from the great mining center who are here to work n the inter- ests of the white metal. The campaign for silver, which is about to be inaugu- rated, will have its birth in this conven- tion, and the full delegation is solid for Salt Lake as the headquarters of the move- ment. Inan interview with the Tribune this morning, Governor McConnell of Idaho said : “I favor the perfecting of an organiza- tion for thorough work, and believe the headquarters of the organization should be here in Salt Lake City.” W. E. Boral of Idaho, W. M. Bickford of Montana, Congressman Shafroth of Colo- rado and Thomas G. Merrll of Montana, the latter being the father of the move- ment, all expressed the same idea as re- gards the permanent campaign and the sentiment expressed to-day by many of the delegates is to the effect that such a campaign is about to be inaugurated and that the West generally will favor the question. The CArL correspondent held an inter- view with one of the Utah delegates to- night, a prominent Democrat and one of the largest mine-owners here, who said that even though the work of the conven- tion had not as yet begun, he was sure that it would be a most profitable thing for the industry of the West. One thing was to be worked for, the free coinage of silver, and he felt sure that the resolutions to be passed would not be weak ones, but would prove to be of the most stirring character, as befits the crisis at hand. The Knights of the Mystic Shrine gave an elaborate banquet to-night, at which many of the distingunished visitors were present. Governor McConnell is a great noble and his wit on these occasions is far- famed. Nothing has been left undone by the citizens to royally entertain the dele- gates and the hours between sessions will be spent at Saltair. General Penrose gives a review of his command on Friday at Fort Douglas and the most elaborate arrangements are in hand for the banquet at the Knutsford on Friday evening. TO DISCUSS SOUND MONEYX. There Will Be a Large Attendance at the Memphis Conference. MEMPHIS, Tex~., May 15.—The com- mittee on arrangements of the convention to be held here May 23, to discuss “Sound money and better banking facilities,” has advices from the following points that will be represented by delegates: Texas—Dallas, S8herman, Waco, Denni- son, San Antonio and Jefferson. Tennessee—Nashville, Chattanooga, Ce- dar Hill, Knoxville, Humboldt, Franklin. Arkansas—Liitle Rock, Helena, Cotton Plant, Russellvilie, Butler. Mississippi—Vicksburg, Jackson, Meri- dian, Senatobia. Alabama — Birmingham, Montgomery, Athens. Georgia—Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Sa- vannah. Virginia—Richmond, Norfolk, Staunton, Lynchburg. Florida—Jacksonville, Pensacola. North Carolina—Charlotte, Raleigh. South Carolina—Charleston, Columbia. Kentucky—Louisville, Paducah. Maryland—Baltimore. Missouri—S8t. Louis. ‘West Virginia—Bluefield. WARNER 1S FOR SIBLEY. Takes No Stock im the Report That He Has Been Denounced. COLFAX, Wasn., May 15.—General A. J. Warner and J. C. Sibley of Pennsyl- vania discussed the silver question before an auaience of 1500 people this afternoon. They urged the organization of a silver league. Both gentlemen leave here to- morrow for Portland, where they will make addresses Friday. They go to Seat- tle Saturday and to Spokane on Monday, when they will continue on their way East. After speaking, General Warner was shown a dispatch announcing that the California State Silver League had with- drawn from the American bimetallic party and denounced Warner for booming Sibley for President. He said: “I am confident that no such action has been taken. There is, properly speaking, no State Silver League in. California. The only organization that might be called so is the Silver League of Los Angeles, which we addressed last Thursday, when 300 ac- cessions were made. “There were some cranks at the Los Angeles meeting, headed by an anarchist named Udell, who threatened to denounce me and Mr. Sibley, but the fact of the matter is that this opposition was engen- dered because the disapprovers were Popu- lists, and wanted to control the movement in the interests of Populism. I might say more about this attempted attack, but will not be drawn into a personal controversy. I am certainly advocating Mr. Sibley's candidacy for the Presidency. The con- vention which organized the American Silver party decided that he was the fittest exponent of this doctrine to choose for a standard-bearer, and 1 am emphatically of that opinion.” When the Associated Press reporter an- nounced to Mr. Sibley the reported action of the California Silver Leauge he posi- tively declined to make any statement other than what had been authorized by General Warner. He disclaimed being a candidate for any office, but did not deny that the American Silver League had, by resolution, favored his nomination, and that General Warner had been comment- ing favorably thereon whenever he had spoken, but contended he was not a candi- date for the Presidency. N NOT STRAIGHT SILVERITES. Colonel Berry Tells of the Men Who Oppose Mr. Sibley. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 15.—A San Francisco press dispatch dated Tuesday stated that owing to the efforts of General A. J. Warner, chairman of the National Executive Committee of the American Bi- metallic party, to boom Joseph C. Sibley for the presidency in 1896, the lute visit of these gentlemen to California has not pro- duced the expected results for free coinage and that one of the effects of it had been the flat secession of the State Silver League from General Warner’s organization, which secession is represented to have occurred at a meeting of the executive committee of said league held in Los Angeles last Satur- day. Colonel John R. Berry, secretary of the Los Angeles League of the American Bi- metallic party, when shown the dispatch by an Associated Press reporter, said: “The fact is that all there is of the so- called State League is the so-called execu- tive committee, and all there is of that committee, so far as its active members are concerned, is a quartet of ex-Populists who were members of the local free silver movement started here last winter, who refused to join the Republicans and Democrats associated in that movement in indorsing the National movement of which General Warner is the executive head. The names of this quartet are: Enoch Pepper, Alva Udell, H. H. Savage and John Robson. “These men were leaders in a factional row in the Populist party here last fall on account of which Pepper had to resign his position of chairman of the Populist County Committee before the campaign ended. Something ought to be known of Udell in S8an Francisco from his being mixed up in the Benson land frauds. “Pepper was elected chairman of the executive committee of the local move- ment (which assumed to be 4 State com- mittee, although its members all resided in Los Angeles) as a last choice, no one | else being willing to take the office because these ex-Populists had succeeded in load- ing it down with an inflation proposition, declaring for a volume of currency equal to 15 per cent of the domestic trade of the country, and a plan of organization, which was prepared by Udell, which required the chairman of the committee to appoint nearly 6000 committeemen in the voting precincts of California. For three months this committee met and never could get a quorum. When the National movement developed the committee voted to fall in line with it. A week afterward the Popu- lists aforesaid repudiated this action and walked out of the meeting. “The rest of the committee went on and organized the Los Angeles League of the American Bimetallic party, which now has upward of 500 members. “When Warner and Sibley came to San Francisco the Pepper-Udell crowd flooded them with letters and telegrams. They first attempted to get recognition. Failing in that they next attempted to prevent Warner and Sibley from coming to Los Angeles to hold a meeting and failed in that also. “When Warner and Sibley came to Los Angeles these men renewed their attempts for recognition, but again failed, General Warner telling them that they could not expect recognition on a platform contain- ing a plank that is not in the platform of the National movement, which is the 15 ver cent plank referred to. As a last re- sort Udell tried threats, notifying General Warner that unless he acceded to their de- mands they would do just what they had done—proclaim their opposition to the National movement and continue a side show of their own. General Warner was disgusted with their methods and stood firm. Warner and Sib- ley left Los Angeles last Friday. Before they left, H. H. Savage told General War- ner that they had concluded not to execute the threat Udell had made. This threat was in writing. On the next day the so- called act of secession was passed. “None will be more amused than War- ner and Sibley on learning that Pepper, Udell et al. have seceded from the Na- tional Free Silver movement and are going to get up a national movement of their own.” Silver Men Organize. SEATTLE, WasH., May 15.—The free silver men of this city to-night organized temporarily with John Wiley as chairman and F. 8. Griffith as secretary and ap- pointed a committee to draft a constitu- tion. Plans were arranged for the enter- tainment of Messrs. Sibley and Warner, who are expected in a few days. POLICE CHIEFS CAREFUL, Decide Not to Let Detectives Enter Their Union as Hon- orary Members. Atlanta’ Selected as the Place for Holding the Next Con- vention. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—The convention of Police Chiefs disposed of its most important routine business to-day. The report of the committee sppointed at the last convention to secure cheaper tele- graphic tolls for the business of police de- partments, reported that a reply to its in- quiries bad been made by one telegraph company which distinctly negatived the proposition, saying that such an innove- tion would make it necessary to grant con- cessions to all branches of municipal of- ficials. Accordingly the committee was discharged and the attempt abandoned. The adoption of a constitution occupied most of the morning. The proposition to make Sheriffs, postoffice inspectors and officers of the United States secret service honorary members was killed. The office of chaplain was created and Chief Oliver of Athens, Ga., an ex-minister, was elected to fill it. Invitations for the next convention were received from Atlanta, Pittsburg, Dallas, Fort Worth and Colorado Springs. The vote was 28 each for Pitisburg and Atlanta, and President Eldridge cast the deciding vote in favor of Atlanta. —_— Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—To- day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $181,119,343: gold reserye, $96,128,882. TRADE WITH CHMA Falls Off Sufficient to Excite Some Anxiety. LOSS TO THIS COUNTRY. Consul Gerringan Somewhat of an Alarmist on the Subject. GOLD AND SILVER FIGURE. Wages and Products Hinge Largely Upon the Mediums of Money. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Consul- General Gerringan at Shanghai, China, has sent to the State Departmenta compre- hensive report of trade relations with China. After prefacing the statement with a report about the civil govern- ment of China and the principal com- mercial city of the empire the Consul- General argues in favorable terms of an international standard of value. He says: “China is a large market for cotton goods, but there has been a falling off from 65,- 859,000 yards in 1892 to 27,706,000 yards in 1893. There has been a falling off in the case of Great Britain from 497,475,000 yards in 1892 to 345,405,000 in 1893. The loss as regards the United States is so great, he says, as to excite anxiety. In 1873 the mills of the Orient and Occident were com- peting on relatively equal terms ané re- ceiving good returns. “Now, in 1805 each mill employs the same amount of labor as it did in 1893, but the owner of the mill in the United Btates pays for the labor in gold at the old rates, while the owner of the mill in Japan pays for labor in silver at the old rate. Notonly does this principle of the difference in the value of currency in which labor is paid in the eastern and western counties apply to wages, but it applies to whatever is essen- tial to the success of agricultural and manufacturing enterprises. “If the land acquired twenty-five years ago by the foreigners in Shanghai was now ‘worth $25,000,000, and was sold for what it originally cost in silver and the proceeds converted into gold, the loss would be about $12,000,000, and by this rule it ap- pears that the inequality in the value of silver and gold has reduced the gold value of the world’s property one-half. “Iam not writing in favor of a gold ora silver standard, but in favor of an equal- izing adjustment between the two. Silver is used by one half the world and gold by the other half, and while wages are in one bhalf paid in a depreciated currency and in the other half by an appreciated currency a rivalry between the respective products of the labor of each is encouraged with the advantage from the outset to the products of the laborer paid in depreciated currency, especially when the latter can supply his daily wants with such a currency, and which he will- ingly receives and is contented with. “Notwithstanding the plague and the war and consequent obstructions at the ports the total value of foreign commerce of China in 1894 was greater than ever be- fore. The customs receipts were greater than in any other year except in 1891.” CHANGES ON THE MAP, Discovery Relating to the Brit- ish - Venezuelan Boun- dary Dispute. How England Enlarged Its Claims to the Disputed Terri- tory. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Accord- ing to advices received here important British documents have been found at Honolulu as to the pending British- Venezuela boundary question, in which the United States has urged arbitration as a means of settlement. Assistant Surveyor-General Curtis J. Lyons of Hawaii has examined them, and hasmade a map, accompanied by a state- ment, which, it is said, supports Vene- zuelan contention, even on the evidence thus far presented by the British, The racords brought to public attention by Mr. Lyons were furnished Hawaii by the British Foreign Office when Hawaii was a monarchy largely under British con- trol. They are on file in the surveyor's office at Honolulu. #Lyons was led to make an investigation by the publication last month of the official map of the Guiana territory. On compar- ing this with the map furnished by the Foreign Office twenty years ago he fouud the boundary line entirely changed. The first map gave the line as Venezuela claims it should be. The last map shifts the line far westward and includes as British terri- tory about 10,000 square miles which the first map showed to be clearly Venezuelan territory. The old map was made by the Royal Geographical Society of England, and thereafter was given official approval and sent out by the Foreign Office. Itis therefore considered of scientific as well as of official value. Mr. Lyons says: “The area thus taken in, as shown on these maps themselves, is 10,000 square miles or more—larger than the area of either Massachusetts or Vermont. What the Venezuelans are claiming we have not the means of knowing, but it is very natural they should claim at least that British Guiana should adhere to the orig- inal map.” A2 S T OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Discontinuance of a Postoffice and Grant- ing of Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—The postoffice at El Capitan, San Diego County, will be discontinued after May 31. Pensions bave been granted as follows: California: Original widows, etc.—Nor- man Baker (father), East Oakland, Ala- meda County. ‘Washington: Reissue—Isaac J. Stratton, Vancouver, Clarke County ; John H. Nibbe, Sidney, Kitsap County. Oregon: Original—George Risch, Myrtle Creek, Douglas County. e Going to Get Mrs. Mack. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Chief Hazen of the secret service, left for Ottawa, Canada, to-day with President Cleveland’s warrant giving the agent of the United States authority to bring to Buffalo, for trial, Mrs. M. . Mack, charged with coun- terfeiting and nttering United States post- age stamps. Mrs. Mack, it is alleged, was a member of the Chicago gang of counter- | {eiters of which Warren T. Thompson, it is charged, was the head. e s s b Did Not Help Colombians. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—Senor Calva, the Costa Rican Minister here, has entered a strong denial of the report from Panama to the effect that his Government has been giving assistance to the revolu- tionists in Colombia and has entered into a secret alliance with them. He has in- formation from his Government to show it has been doing everything in its power to prevent dny infringement of the neutrality laws by the Colombian refugees or others. AT Wreck of the Kate Kelly. CHICAGO, ILL., May 15.—All doubt that | the schooner Kate Kelly was lost in Mon- day’s storm was removed to-day when the tug Charm picked up wreckage bearing the schooner’s name. The Kelly left Sheboy- gan Monday night for Chicago with a cargo of ties. Captain Hatch and the crew of five men, it is believed, are lost. CONSERVATIVE VICTORIES. Result of Elections in Two English Divisions. LONDON, Exg., May 15.—In the semi- election in the Walworth division of New- ington yesterday, James Bziley, Conserva- tive, won his seat with 2676 votes against | 2105 for Colonel J. Colquohon Read, | Liberal, thus increasing the number of | Conservative members for the seat pre- viously held by the late William Saunder, Radical. A polling for member of Parliament for the West division of Dorset, to succeed the | late Henry R. Farquaharson, Con- servative, resulted in the*election of Colonel | Williams, Conservative, and the Unionist | candidate, as follows: Colonel Wil-| liams 3358, G. Wood Homer (Independ- | ent) 2325, CHASING ~ CHIEF - MACED, i | Lively Skirmishes Between | Soldiers and Bands of ’ Guerrillas. ! | | | Censors Prevent the Sending Out of | Accounts cf Victorles by Insurgents. ! NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.—A special | to the World from Santiago, Cuba, says: It is almost impossible to get accurate | news of the revolution to the United | States. | Information sent by mail and telegraph | is suppressed by Government censors, who are acting under orders. From news | brought by men directly from interior provinces it appears that all the eastern end of the island, with the exception of | garrisoned towns, is at the mercy of bands | of insurgents. They are prowling around | within six miles of the city of Santiago | and the Spanish soldiers are afraid of | them. The village of Cainey, only five miles from here, has been attacked by a | band of rebels under the leadership of | Victoriano Garcoono. The inhabimntsl fled in terror. The Government troops are now in close pursuit of Maceo, who is continually obliged to change his headquarters. He has just camped on a coffee plantation in the mountains between here and Guana- tanamo. He managed to hold a conver- sation there with his first lieuténants and the representarives of nearly 6000 armed followers. He assigned them to duty at different parts of the provinces, but re- tained 2000 men to act under his own di- rection. Recruits are coming in faster than he can provide arms for them. the Spaniards are using them as the base of supplies. Maceo seems to e conducting his cam- paign in small towns along the line of the railways. In these guerrillaskirmishes the Spanish have met with small losses so far. The soldiers are persistent in their efforts to put down the rebellion. A specia! to a local paper from Havana, Cuba, says: General Martinez Campos has arrived from Cienfuegos by railroad. He was greeted with the loyal acclamations of the people as he passed through the cities along his route. It has been decided to begin important public works throughout Cuba, and to undertake reforms wherever necessary. The most optimistic opinions prevail as to the prompt termination of the war. The Autonomium and Reformist parties lend their general support to the plans of Martinez Campos. Confidence in de Campos. CADIZ, Spary, May 15.—Persons who have arrived here recently from Havana declare that the campaign which is being directed by Captain-General Martinez de Campos against the Cuban insurgents will be briefer than generally expected. The military operations, they add, will | be pushed during the rainy season. Gen- | eral de Campos will remain in Cuba until | order is completely restored, which, it is | claimed, will probably be before the end of the year. MADRID, Sears, May 15—A dispatch | from Havana says that Colonel Arizan, with seventy cavalry, defeated 200 insar- gents. The dispatch adds that the rebels commanded by Carlos Castillo have been dispersed. e Penalties for Highway Robbery. CITY GF MEXICO, Mex., May 15.—The Chamber of Deputies vesterday passed the first reading of the bill against highway- robbers and train-robbers, making them liable to the death penalty when caught in the act, if the act causes death. In other cases of delaying or damaging trains, rob- bing mails, cutting telegraph wires or damaging other railroad mater.als, the punishment is made from five to twelve years’ imprisonment. e Natives Attack the British. CALCUTTA, Ixoia, May 15.—According to a telegram received here from Simla dispatches have been received from Dir, in the territory of Chitral, announcing that the natives are again attacking the British posts. Only a few casualties, however, have occurred. Lieutenaut Limond of the British force in occupation of the disturbed districts has been stabbed to death by a fanatic near Rosela. g e A Troops Join the Rebels. TANGIER, Morocco, May 15. — The rebellion of the tribes around Morocco city continues, and it is reported that the rebels have succeeded in entering the city. 1t is added that the Sultan’s troops, which were sent to reinforce the jgarrison of Mo- rocco city, have joined issue with the rebels. R, An Outbreak at Soor. BERLIN, GerMaNy, May 15.—A dis- patch from Beyrout,a seaport town of Byria, announces that the Turkish Gov- ernor of that place has gone to Soor, in order to quell an outbreak there arising | sion to go - abroad, and Maceo threatens to burn the towns offi San Luis, Songola and Christo, because | | trade. REVOKES THE LEAVE, Rear-Admiral Meade Not Permitted to Go Abroad. MR, HERBERT'S RULING. The Retirement of the Officer May Also Be Considerably Delayed. NOT T0O BE COURT-MARTIALED. Clvilians Cannot Be Compelled to Appear and Give Direct Testimony. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—The Becretary of the Navy has issued an order revoking the I of absence granted to Rear-Admiral Meade several days ago. When Admiral Meade became dissatis- fied with his command and asked to be de- tached from the command of the North Atlantic squadron he also asked for a leave of absence of a year with permission to go abroad, saying at the same time that he would ask in aday or two to be relieved. His request to be detached was imme- diately granted, as was the request for a year's leave of absence. Then came the request to be retired, but before any action could be taken the inter- view was published which caused so much difficulty. No action has been taken upon the request for retirement, but the action revoking the leave of absence indicates that the request for retirement will not be complied with. The effect will be to place Admiral Meade on i r orders, subject to any duty at any time which the depart- ment may desire to assign him. It was understood the leave of absence granted Admiral Meade contained permis- he intended to spend the summer in Europe. He could not go abroad while on waiting orders without violating the naval regulations. If he were not ready to respond to any or- der of the depariment when issued he would also be subject to discipline for not obeying orders. It is believed now that it is hardly likely any action will be taken to court-martial Admiral Meade for his expression of dis- approval of the administration, as it is said to be impossible to obtain testimony from competent witnesses. Civilians can« not be obliged to testify in naval court- martials, although their testimony may be taken if voluntarily offered. It is not lieved that any direct testimony again Admiral Meade can be so obtained. Spain‘Joins the Protest. LONDON, Exc., May 15.—The Times announces that it has been informed that Spain has addressed no note to Germany, France and Russia, protesting against the | occupation of the island of Formosa by | the Japanese, as was stated in a Central | News dispatch from Madrid, which was | printed in the Times on Tuesday. S e | Restricting Copper Shipments. LONDON, Ex6., May 15.—At a meeting | of the representatives of the American copper producers to-day it was decided to restrict the shipments to 60,000 tons for a year. The European producers agree to reduce the output of copper 7 per cent. IDAHO'S SKELETON. Living, Breathing, and Yet He Weighed Only a Trifle. THE DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED A Man, In His Full Prime and Vigor, Suddenly Began to Waste Away and No One Could Discover the Cause. Authentic information comes from Pocatello, Idaho, of a peculiar case of emaciation. It is that of Henry J. Tillman, who until eight months ago was a carpenter working at his Before his decline he weighed 160 pounds and was considered a strong, vigorous man. It is not known the direct cause of his wasting away. Many are the conjectures, how- ever. Some of the prominent physicians asser$ that this man had taken into his system some- thing of a metallic nature, which lodged in one of his small intestines. Be the matter as it may, Tillman began to lose flesh rapidly. When he had lost 40 pounds he was quite alarmed and he visited Portland in order to consult with some of the best doctors of that city. Everything that could be done for Tillman was tried—to no avail. Steadity he lost flesh, As he grew thinmer his appetite failed him; he could digest nothing. Gases formed in his stomach and rumbled so loudly that it was positively sickening to be in his company. His friends despaired. His faca became deathly yellow. There was no cough, no signs of any spinal trouple, except a stomach affliction. It was given out that poor Tillman would soon be no more, he grew so puny. As alast resort, and this is what seems to miraculous to be true, his friend tried a Cali- fornia remedy called Joy's Vegetable Sarsa- parilla. On the bottle of the medicine it is stated that the individual should begin with moderate-teaspoonful doses. Tillman began to use a teaspoonful. He used a third of the bot- tle in teaspoonful doses. He then used the full strength of the dose—one tablespoonful. He took & complete bottle of Joy's Vegetable Sarsapariila, and showed no signs of relierex- cept that he lost the yellow, leaden color in his face. Just the faintest spark of hope re- vived in him. A second bottle of Joy's Vegetable Sarsa- parilla was procured and Tillman began using the medicine. After the fourth day he began to have more frequent evacuations of the bowels and his appetite was improved. Like & drowning man clutching at anything— the ripple of & wave, 8 straw—le became more hopeful and walked about his room taking reg- ular exercise daily. His improvement was most marked after the use of the third bottle. The doctors were puze zled. Care had not been taken to see what was passed by the poor man. However, he gained so steadily and becsme so strong again that all the doctors were puzzled over bis case. It is known thet by subtle combination of the herbs that grow on the mountain tops and valleys of California & compound {s made which has workea most remsarkable cures, Joy’s Vegetable Sarsapariila is the name of this medicine. If the cures continne to come to light in the next month as they have in the past California will be known all over the wide from disturbances between the Christi: and Mohammedans. g world, for this medicine s peculiarly Cali fornian. 5