The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1895, Page 3

DEBATE A DECISION, Supreme Court Justices and the Income Tax. CONCLUSIONS IN DOUBT. It Is Said the Whole Law May Be Declared Uncon- stitutional. RESTS WITH JUSTICE JACKSON. The Result of the Rehearing, How- ever, Is Extremely Prob- lematical. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The annual shadbake of the District Fair Asso- ciation proved so much more attractive to somie of the Justices of the Supreme Court to-day than the consultation-room that the usual Saturday conference of the Supreme Court was postponed until next Monday morning. In consequence of this post- ponement the final conclusion on the income-tax cases has been deferred until then. The second. conference on the question is made necessary according to the best infor- mation .obtainable by the fact that the rosition of - at least one of the members of the court, believed ‘to be Justice Shiras, was not - definitely and absolutely an- nounced last Saturday. Justices Harlan, wn, White and Jackson had a separate ultation under circumstances which e it appear gquite certain that Justice son had taken a position with those who. upheld - the constitutionality of the law, and as there were known to have been four ‘members of the court who had cast their votes in favor of sustaining the law, the inference was generally drawn that with the actession of Justice Jackson a majority would be found on the affimative side when that result should be announced. The fact that one of the Justices who had formerly voted for the law asked for fur- ther time to consider the case as presented at the second hearing has since come to light, and this, with other circumstances of a confirmatory character, has led to a general impression that when the opinion shall have been announced it will be found that the majority of the Justices are op- ed to it'in all its details, and that the will be declared unconstitutional in is known that the members of the 10 opposed the law from the be- re hopeful and fairly confident of t, but they will not allow them- feel absolutely assured until the e shall be taken priorto going irt on Monday. Justices opposed to the law also con- ssible that at this final confer- 11 appear that they are in the re other accessions. ons,”” asa mem- the court calls it, are said not to be as supposed. »n the theory that the opponents w will have five votes (that isa ma- and in this event the opinion of the urt, it is said, will again be the work Chief. Justice-Fuller. iere fis a possibility that the opinion not be ed down on Monday next. members of the court are themselves fthe opinion that it will be, but they say, view of & possibility of changes, it isim- ible for them to eay positively. RUSSIA'S OIL INTERESTS, Consul-General Korul Reports on the Kerosene In- dustry. Men of the Czar’s Domain Hope to Soon Control the European Market. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18.—Consul- General Korul of St. Petersburg, under date of April 30, has made a report to the State Department upon the kerosene in- dustry of Russia. He says the great opponent of the American kerosene in- dustry in the foreign market is the Rus- sian-production, and in order to meet com- petition the Russians try to reduce ex- penses everywhere. .Owing to the increase in prices in the London market oil in Russia has also advanced. For the two previous years. the profits have not been large, but so far in the vear 1895 there isa large trade at good prices. Mr. Korul says, however, that the prices in Russia do not correspond to the in- creased prices -in international markets. Aceording to the report of the Minister of Finance the Russian oil industry comforts itself with the hope that in the near future the American kerosene wells will weaken in the delivery of the usual supply, and that Russia will then control the European oil business. During the first months of 1895 the United States had to suspend the export of kerosene to the Asiatic markets, and ac- cording to the most trustworthy circula- tions the American wells will not be able in the present state of productiveness to answer 4ll demands of the European mar- kets which they have heretofore been sup- plying, and which will then be supplied with Russian kerosene. Attempts have been made to agree upon & division of the international markets, and during the last few days such an agreement has been ef- fected and presented to the Minister of Fi- nance for confirmation. A note received by the State Department at Washington states that che announce- ment will be made by cable that the Rus- sian Minister of Finance has refused his assent. PSS e Funeral of Admiral Almy. WARHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—Funeral services were held to-day over the remains of -Rear-Admiral Almy, who died Thurs- day. The Rev. Dr. McKim conducted the cerewponies, and the interment was in the Congressional Cemetery. The pallbearers were: “Admirals Hughes, Upshire, Jovett and Roe, Generals Vincent and Drum, Pay Director -Caswell, Judge Hagner and Charles-A. Bort. The body-bearers were sailors -and: miarines. The Loyal Legion and: the Association of California Forty- niners atteiided the services in a body. 50 i g e : Arrived at Greytown. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The - ‘Speretary of the Navy has received a dis- <mately from Captain Davis, announcing the id that the opinion is now being | arrival of the Montgomery with the Nica- raguan commission at Greytown. R DRUNKENNESS HIS FAULT. Paymaster . Smith Will Probably Lose His Job in the Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The findings in the court-martial of Paymaster Henry R. Smith of the navy have been laid before the President by Secretary Her- bert. The charge against Smith, who is paymaster on the Concord, now on the Asiatic station, was drunkenness and was preferred by Commander Folger ot the Concord. The fact that the case has been taken to the President means that the court recommended dismissal. Smith entered the navy in 1878. About nine years ago, while on board the Essex he left the ship and disappeared in New York. He could not be found for many days, when he turned up again and said he had been drugged. Abouta yearago he was court-martialed for drunkenness and sentenced to confinement in the ship for three months. The Kershner Court-Martial. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The record of the naval court-martial in the case of Medical Director Kershner, which was just wound up at New York, was brought to the Navy Department by the Judge Advocate of the court. Lieutenant Lauchemier. It has been placed in the hands of the Judee Advocate-General of the navy, who is now carefully examining it with a view to ascertaining its reeularity and when this examination is completed it will be turned over to the Secretary of the Navy for his approval. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—General Cogswell did not pass a comfortable night. To-day his condition gives no evidence of improving and his friends fear the end is near. Secretary Gresham is better. Repre- sentative Hitt is somewhat better. Miss Dodge (Gail Harmilton) is much worse to- day. Her condition is regarded as very critical and made more serious in view of advanced age. She has been sinking stead- ily for some hours. —————— Plans for Battle-Ships. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—Secre- tary Herbert has been in consultation with the Naval Construction Board almost all day discussing the questionsrelating to the battle-ships authorized by the last Con- gress. No conclusions were arrived at as to what plans will be adopted for the ships. e Shortage in the Coffee Crop. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The coffee crop of South and Central America this year will be about 10 per cent short of the crop of last year, according to the statistics received here. BRAY NOW HAS CLAS, With Waller He Was Harshly Treated by the French in Madagascar. Their Lands Taken, Rubber Trees Cut and Other Acts of Injustice. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—It is probable now that in addition to the case of ex-Consul Waller, Mr. Eustis, our Min- ister to France, will be called upon to press on the attention of the French Government the claims of Paul Bray, the nephew of Mr. Waller, who was forcibly deported from Madagascar. Bray has written from Paris to Langston, his attorney in Wash- ington, a statement of his case, which has been laid by the latter before the State De- partment. Bray was interested with Waller in the valuable concession of lands obtained from the Hova Government. This concession was formally recorded in the Hova Gov- ernment offices, and a copy was registered at the American consulate at Tamatave. The American Consul had already fur- nished the State Department official records in the cuse. The French Minister Resident in Madagascar insisted that Mr. Waller should submit his concession to him for approval and registration. Mr. Waller refused to do this, apprehending that the French officials would promptly reject his concession and deny him justice. He claimed that the French protector- ate, being confined by treaty to jurisdic- tion over foreign relations only, could not be held to give the French officials the right to pass on the validity of his conces- sion. According to Mr. Bray’s statement, matters were in this condition when he and Waller projected a trip from Tamatave to the Conchion, where the French were making depredations on their valuable rubber trees. As soon as the French be- came aware of this movement they promptly arrested both men and tried them on charges of aiding the Hovas and writing seditious letters to them. FROM DELEGATETONUNCID Probable Promotion of Mgr. Satolli to the Post at Lisbon. In That Way His Chances for the Cardinalate Will Be In- creased. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—Bishop Montesdoco of Mexico, in the diocese of San Luis Potosi, who has been visiting Monsignor Satolli, has departed for Rome. It is stated that Cardinal Gibbons’ visit to Rome will have no significance on any of the pending ecclesiastical questions, al- though it is expected that he will discuss with the Pope the entire range cf church affairs as developed since the Cardinal's last visit ten years ago. Monsignor Satolli will remain in Wash- ington through the summer, though he has made several engagements to attend church celebrations. The speculation concerning Satolli’s elevation to the Cardinalate has brought out the fact that it is an invariable rule of the Vatican not to advance a delegate to a Cardinalate. The offices may be filled by a Nuncio, and this fact has been a basis of reports that Mgr. Satolli would be made Nuncio at Lisbon. There has been no inti- mation, direct or indirect from the Vati- can, that this would be done, and there is less reason for the promotién to Lisbon than to other posts, as the present Nuncio there has several years to serve, and is himself likely to be advanced to a Car- dinalate. ——— Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—To- day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $182,469,859; gold reserve, $97,150,440. —_— English clergy adopted silk gowns f church use in 1534. Y 2 o 000000 — T T T 00000C00000000: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1895. 8 NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. 000000 0-0-000-000000000: C000C0 T R T N TR P W THE FIGURES ON THE SIDE MAY STRIKE YOU AS BEING AWFULLY LARGE, STRIKINGLY LARGE, BUT THEY ARE NOT NEARLY AS BIG AS THE VALUES THEY REPRESENT, AND THIS COMES FROM A HOUSE THAT HAS YOUR CONFIDENCE, NOT FROM SOI'1E OF THOSE FLY BY NIGHTS, WHO SPRING UP OVER NIGHT AND WHO PLACE NO VALUE UPON THEIR PRINTED STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC, BUT INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE PUB- LIC BY UTTERING IMPOSSIBILITIES. WHAT TO-DAY CONCERNS THE MEN FOLKS. We have taken a whole range of Suits, numbering, per- haps 2000—we didn’t count ’em, but they will foot up that amount or over. Now these Suits are made right in our own tailor shops; they’re full of style, as we employ only skilled labor—the best cutters that money can hire—and use only the best trimmings, so on the score of style, fit and workmanship Yyou can rest easy. As to fabrics, they consist largely of Cheviots, Vicunas, Thibets and 1weeds, in grayish mixtures, in blues and blacks If we were like other stores we would say that these are all $20 values, but we’re not; we tell you the truth; we find it profitable to do business on a truthful basis. We tell you, and we back it up with facts, that these are $15 Suits and worth every dollar of it. Monday, and as long as the Suits hold out, your pick for ==$10.00-- Now do you understand why the figures on the side are | so large? But they’re not nearly as large as the values. THERE’S 2000 OF ’'EM! MORE SUITS THAN YOU’LL FIND IN ANY OTHER STORE IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND YOUR PICK FROM THREE OF THE VERY LATEST CUT GARMENTS : THE SINGLE-BREASTED THREE-BUTTON CUTAWAY SACK, THE DOUBLE-BREASTED SACK AND OUR NEW CUTAWAY, THE <«BREVOORT,” which is con- sidered by connoisseurs of high-class tailoring to be one of | the swellest garments ever turned out by tailor. These are the class of goods we invite you to inspect and purchase, if you will, all next week at ==$10.00-= They’re not in our windows as they’re made up of small lines, lines which we have sold at $15, but we have only five or six of an individual style left and we’re closing ’em out now, right in the heyday of the season, when you’re buy- ing Spring clothes. Making money on ’em? Oh, no! We’re not looking for money making this season ; we’re looking for more - cus- tomers, and when trade revives we expect to make money, and you’ll help us, won’t you, because we're treating you so well ? : Cur corps of tailors stand ready to make any alterations: that are necessary to perfect fit of any of these suits. - RAPHAEL’S | INCORPORATED), . 9, 11,13 and 15 Kearny Street. 2 BUILDINGS—8 FLOORS, 130 EMPLOYES TO SERVE YOU.