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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1895. 3 REVERUE LAWS HOLD. Have Not Been Affected by the Income-Tax Decision. MR. ELDRIDGE’S OPINION. The Los Angeles Political Economist Replies to Colonel Smithson. ONE CLASS IS INVALIDATED. He Belleves License Taxes on Liquor-Dealers Cannot Now Be Imposed. LOS ANGELES, CAr., May 24.—The re- cent decision of the United States Supreme Court pronouncing the income-tax law un- constitutional, and the opinion in connec- tion therewith of Colonel Noble Smithson of Knoxville, Tenn., that the decision has invalidated the internal revenue laws, was the subject of an interview with Charles | Wesley Eldridge, an attorney in this city, to-day. Eldridge spent twenty-five years in the internal revenue service, and is the | author of the work entitled ““The United States Internal Revenue Tax System,” which is to-day perhaps the best and clear- est exponent of the internal revenue sy tem of the United States, and is accepted as one of the best authorities on the sub- i ject. “I have read Colonel Smithson’s opinion to theeffect that the Supreme Court’s decis- ion in the income cases practically invali- dates all internal revenue taxes, but I do not think it is sound,” said Mr. Eldridge. “It must be remembered that only an ab- stract of Chief Justice Fuller's opinion has | been transmitted by telegraph, and it may be erroneously reported. “There is only one phrase in the opin- ion, as contained in the press report,which would seem to give color to Smithson’s position, which is as foilows: ‘The power to tax real and personal property and the income from both, through apportionment, | is conceded ; that such a tax is a direct tax | in the meaning of theconstitution has not been denied, and in our judgment cannot be successfully denied.’ I think that the words ‘such a tax’ in this phrase refer to income taxes and not to the power to tax real and personal property. The only thing that the opinion decided is that an impost on the income from real and personal property is a direct tax, and cannot be lald under the constitution unless apportioned among the Statesaccording to population.” Jldridge quotes the language of the constitution as follows: Sec. 8 (1). The Congress shall have the power | v and collect taxes, duties. imposts and | es to pay the debts and provide for the | aon defense and general weifare of the ited States; but ell duties, imposts and ex- s shall be uniform throughout the United State: Baugh, Oakland; Mrs. Short, Hollister: | Mrs. Bodley, San Jose; Mrs. Cox and Mrs. | McKnitt, Alameda. Encouraging reports of work were read from Butte, Mont., Petaluma, Santa Rosa, San Francisco and Fresno. Miss Howard, a noted missionary, de- livered an entertaining lecture this even- ing. The convention will be in session the balance of the week. Sues to Foreclose. SAN JOSE, CAL., May 24.—James Har- less to-day commenced an action to fore- close against Dominico ‘Giannini on a promissory note for $1500, executed May 3,1803. The note was secured by a mort- gage on a house and lot at Evergreen. Harless alleges that Giannini has neg- lected the place, and also that a receiver be appointed to collect the rent of the house, which is at present $20 per month, and that the money be employed in paying interest on the note and keeping the place in repair until such time as judgment shall be rendered. Alleges Fraud. SAN JOSE, Car., May 24.—A. W. Mec- Cabe to-day filed a petition asking that the petition of insolvency of Thomas McNally be denied. In the petition it is set forth that McNally committed a fraudulent act and transferred to his wife, Catherine Mc- Nally, eighty acres of land in Shasta County about the time his petition to be declared an insolvent debtor was filed. To Administer @ Large Estate. SAN JOSE, CaL., May 24.—Guy Douglas has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Thomas Douglas, who died in New London, Conn., January 27, 1895. The deceased left real and personal prop- erty in this county valued at $18,500. The heirs are Guy Douglas (the petitioner), Emma Douglas of New London, Conn., and Robert H. Douglas of San Diego. He Stole a Bicyele. SAN JOSE, Cav., May 24.—W. H. Smith, a 17-year-old boy who stole a bicycle from L. M. Hale on May 10, has been arrested in San Francisco. A warrant was issued to-day charging him with felony, and he will be brought back and prosecuted. SUNEIORS AT FRESKD, Engineers Are Staking Out the Route of the Competing Railroad. The First Line South of the City Will Be Run by Way of Hanford. FRESNO, CAL, May 24—A party of Guppy, began the running of the pre- liminary survey for the Valley road this morning. The first work is being done in the southwestern part of town, indicating that the route will be by way of Hanford. If the road branches here the other line will be surveyed through the southeastern part of town and thence to Visalia. The line will be run out of town to- morrow and on the following day the party will pitch camp a few miles south of the city. Yee Sing’s Murder Premeditated. FRESNO, Cavr., May 24.—The testimony .9 (4). No capitation or other direct tax be 1aid unless in proportion to the census | enumeration hereinbefore directed to be “The Supreme Court decided in 1815, in. the case of Hilton againet the United | States (3 Dallas 131), that direct taxes were only capitation taxes and taxes on real estate, and this has always been under- stood as the constitutional meaning up to the present time,” he continued. ‘‘Inter- nal taxes on spirits, tobacco and beer have alw been called, both in this country and England, excises on duties. The ear- liest internal revenue act, passed March 3, 1791, by a congress which included many of the makers of the constitution, calls the tax on domestic spirits a duty. The taxes on spirits, beer and tobacco have always been classed by all political economists as indirect taxes, because they are uitimately paid by the consumers. It isnot to be believed that the opinion of the Chief Justice, when revised for pub- lication, will contain anything invalidat- ing these taxes. It would simply throw all the taxing powers of the Government as heretofore understood into utter con- fusion and wipe $140,000,000 annually from the revenue; for itis not supposable that any administration would undertake the farcical absurdity of apportioning such taxes according to population. “There is one class of internal revenue taxes, however, which I think is logically invalidated by this decision, and it is those comprising the special or annnual license taxes on wholesale and retail liquor-deal- | ers, rectifiers, brewers and manufacturers and dealers in oleomargarine. These pro- duce about $9,000,000 a year. It would seem that a personal tax on an individual for the right to do business ought to be considered a direct tax if there is any such thing, otherwise we have the monumental absurdity of declaring that the tax on the income from & man’s business is a direct | tax, whereas the tax on the man’s right to do the business is an indirect tax. ““The fact is that no one has been able to determine exactly what the makers of the ! constitution meant by tbe phrase ‘direct | taxes’ either at the time or since the con- | stitution was adopted. = The Supreme | Court early in this century found it neces- sary to make a definition of this term, which they did in the case of Hilton vs. the United States; and having given the definition, it should have been left undis- turbed.” SAN JOSE'S FAIR GUESTS, Opening of the Methodist Woman’s Missionary Soci- ety Conference. Thomas McNally’s Petition of In- solvency Upposed—Arrest of a Bicycle Thief. SAN JOSE, CaL., May 24.—The annual convention of the Woman’s Missionary Bociety of the Pacific Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opened to-day at the church of that denomination in this city. Mrs. W. K. Jenkines presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. Dr. Hannon, and delivered an address of wel- come. Mrs. Radcliffe of Merced responded on behalf of the delegates. The following delegates are present: Mrs. Preston, corresponding secretary, Peta- luma; Mrs. Moores, recording secretary, San Francisco; Mrs. Stephenson, auditor, Alameda; Mrs. W. K. Jenkines, secretary of the San Francisco district; Mrs. Dr. Maupin, secretary of Fresno district; Mrs. C. D. Radcliffe, secretary of the Merced district; Mrs. Anderson, Sacramento; Mrs. Steele, Santa Rosa; Mrs. P. Oppen- beimer, San Francisco; Mrs. George at the inquest on the body of Yee Sing, the Chinaman killed by Gen Gee yesterday m rning, indicates premeditated murder. The preliminary examination has not taken piace. SANTA BARBARA MYSTE, H. H. Mayer, a Los Angeles Newspaper Man, Suddenly Disappears. It Is Feared the Missing Man Met With Foul Play or Committed Suicide. SANTA BARBARA, Ciar.,, May 24.—H. H. Mayer of the Los Angeles Herald, who, on the 13th of May, registered at the Com- | mercial Hotel in this place, has mys teriously disappeared, under circumstances that point to suiciae or foul play. Mayer was a canvasser for the Herald, and was taking orders for enlarged portraits offered as premiums to subscribers. On the even- ing of the 16th of May he went to the end of the car line on Bath street with two young ladies, one of them being in the employ of 2 prominent citizen residing in Edge Oak Park. The next day he called upon Bert Baker, the Wells-Fargo express-driver, and asked him for the loan of a revolver, and explain- ing that he had been invited to call upon one of the ladies that night, and asthe way was dark and lonely and he carried considerable money, he desired to defend himself against footpads. He started out that evening, ostensibly to make this call, and has not been seen or heard from since. The young lady says he did not present himself there that night. No motive can be assigned for Mayer’s deliberate departure. Charles Collins claims to have seen him board a Los An- geles train on the night in question, and if so the suicide or foul play theory re- solves itseli into one of flight. However, 2 thorough search of the lonely road traversed by Mayer that night will be made to-morrow. THE LADYBIED WAR. Value of the Scale-Destroying Insect a Subject of Dispute. SANTA BARBARA, Car., May 24.—A. J. McClatchey and Abbott Kinney, promi- nent horticulturists, to-day came up from Los Angeles to investigate the “ladybird war” that is on here between Professor Snow, representing the State Board of Horticulture and the imported scale-de- vouring insects, on the one hand, and Duke Farnsworth Baxter, superintendent of the great lemon ranch owned by Will H. Crocker in Montecito, on the other hand. Mr. Baxter asserts that the ladybird has not fulfilled the promises of its patrons, that the scale are on the increase, and that relying upon this alien insect vagabond has been a decided detriment to citrus- fruit growers, as they have thereby been deterred from ascertaining the value of the native ladybird, as well as using various washes and sprays. The gentlemen will mukle “n thorough “investigation and Teport results. Fighting for James Dow’s Property. SANTA BARBARA, CAL., May 24.—The Supurior Court to-day affirmed the validity of the deeds made by the late James Dow transferring some $60,000 worth of property to his wife. A jury was drawn to decide the case. The attorneys state that an ap- peal will be made to the Supreme Court. For many vears the Government has given its orders for Royal Baking Powder in preference to all others, it being found by the official examination superior to the others in strength and purity and the only baking powder that will keep and retain ifs strenzth in the climates of the various countries to which it is sent by the depart- ments. seven engineers, superintended by A. R. | | quarter, finishing third. HOLDING THEIR OWN, Berkeley Students the Best of American Athletes. THEY WIN NINE PLACES. Opening of the Intercollegiate Contests on the New York Oval. THE TEAM CLEVERLY HANDLED. Eleven Californlans Who Can Suc- cessfully Cope With Any Team of Their Number. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24.—The Cali- fornians to-day clearly proved themselves superior to the greatest American ath- letes. With but ten men entered in nine events, they qualified for nine places. Yale is expected to win the games to- morrow, and Yale with forty men quali- fied for less than twenty-five places. To- €ay has fully demonstrated that the eleven Californians could successfully cope with their number chosen from any college. The games, which were held at Berkeley Oval, commenced promptly at 2 p. . In the first event, the 100-yard dash, Barnes was withdrawn, leaving Scoggins alone to fight against the sixty-three re- maining entries. He was unequal to the task, losing his heat to Champion Rams- dell in 10 1-5 seconds. Barnes, the sole Californian in the fur- long, after leading a fierce race for 200 yards, was beaten out at the finish in 22 2-5 seconds. Scoggins was “boxed” in his heat of the His time, how- ever, was caught at 52 2-5 scconds. Koch ran his heat magnificently, pulling out from the crowd and winning at the finish in 51 4-5 seconds. He ran the crack Har- vard fiyer, Marshall, completely off his feet. California had no entry in the half or mile runs. The handling of the U. C. team was wonderful. In the first heat Dyer, U. C., was pitted against Bijar, the Columbia champion, and Cady, the 15 4-5 seconds Yale-Harvard and intercollegiate champion. It was a beautiful race, Dyer leading from start to finish, winning from Cady in 16 seconds flat. Dyer showed fine form and was ren- dered a regular ovation for his victory. The second heat brought out Chase, the holder of the world’s 15 3-5 seconds record, Perkins, the Yale 16-second man, and Tor- rey of California. Chase won by a yard, with Torrey second, in 15 4+5 seconds. The time of the third heat was 16 2-5 seconds. There were five beats in the 220-yard hurdle race and Torrey and Dyer ran in the two fastest heats. Torrey ran in 25 2-5 sec. and Dyer took second in 24 4-5 sec. Torrey ran very strongly, winning his heat hands down. The Mott Haven record is 1-5 sec. and the U. C. record had been 6 2-5 sec. There is no doubt that Cali- fornia has the finest hurdle team in America. The high jump was a general surpise. Paine of Harvard, Brecker of Corneil and Koch of California qualified with 5 feet 914 inches, Winsor and Leslie of Pennsylvania barely entering in the finals with an inch less. 1 Edgren and four Yale men qualified in the hammer throw, Patterson, the Cornell giant, being shut out. Dozier’s bicycle was run into as he was speeding into the stretch in the lead, but still he qualified for the finals. Thus Cal- ifornia will have nine place-men in the finals to-morrow. Koch in the quarter and high jump, Edgren in the hammer, Dyer and Torrey in both hurdle races, Dozier in the bicycle and Merwin in the walk. The Californians feel elated with their success, and have greatly surprised the col- lege men here. One thing is certain, while the Univer- sity of California can only expect afew points to-morrow the men who defeat them will have to make some great records. AMID KALEIDOSCOPIC COLORS. How the College Athletes appeared on Herkeley Oval. BERKELEY OVAL, N. Y., May 24.— The twentieth annual field meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes began to-day at this oval. The track and field were in excellent condition. The attendance was not as large as might have beefi expected. Shortly after noon the infield presented a kaleidoscopic ap- pearance, with the blue and gold of Cali- fornia, Princeton’s yellow and black, Philadelphia’s crimson and black, Yale’s blue, Columbia’s white and blue, Harvard’s crimson and all other college colors as the different contestants intermingled. There were 600 odd entries for the scheduled events, and promptly at 2 o’clock *‘Father Bill” Curtis, the referee, called the boys to the scratch for the 100- yard dash. There were seven heats run off in this event, but none of the contestants succeeded in doing the distance in 10 flat. John V. Crum of Iowa, who did it in 10 1-5 seconds, is looked upon by all colleges as the likely winner of the 100 and 220 yard dashes, when the finals will we run off to- morrow. B. Dyer of California won the first heat of the 120-yard hurdle from E. H. Cady of | Yale, in 16 sec., but 8. Chase of Dartmouth did the trick in a fifth of a second less, de- feating Dyer's side partner, Torrey, by a narrow margin. Every one who saw the races will look out for an interesting tussle between Chase and Dyer in the finals to- morrow. In the two-mile bicycle race R. E. Manley of Swarthmore broke the asso- ciation record of 5:15in the good time of 5:07 3-5. In the field events Hickok of Yale outdid himself by throwing the 16-pound hammer 132 feet 10 inches, breaking his association and college records, which were 123 feet 9 inches and 129 feet 5} inches respectively. In pole vaulting Hoyt of Harvard, Thomas of Yale and Buckholst of Pennsyl- vania got over the bar 10 feet 9 inches, while Stewart of Pennsylvania, Tyler of Princeton and Allen of Yale managed to go 9 feet 6inches. The six men meet in the final# to-morrow. In putting the 16-pound shot Hickok of Yale beat his association record of 42 feet with a score of 42 feet 111 inches. The winners of the trial events follow : First_trials, 100-yard_dash, seven heats—F. XN. Allen, Princeton, 101-5 seconds; M. G. Gonterman, Harvard, 10 1-5 seconds; John V. Crum, lows, 10 1-5; H. G, Patterson, Williams, 102-5; R. M. Ramsdell, Pennsylvania, 10 1-5: Raiph’ Dorr, Princeton, 101-5; F. A. Lane, Princeton, 10 2-5. Second trial, 100-yard dash—William Rich- b ;(r)dls;s\'lle lonlvssdsecou %s. V‘ Crum, Iows, . Ramsdell, Pennsylvan 3 iams, 1055, 1019 . terson, Hurdle, 120 'yards—E. Dyer, Californis, 16 seconds; 8. ch.les. Dartmouth, 154-5: G. B. Hatch, Yale, 16 1-5. Halfmile run — E. Hollister, Harvard, 2:04 1-5; Charles Kilpatrick, Union, 2:11. Two-mile bicycle race—F. Howard, Colum- bin 6:19 157 W, M. Fearing Jr, Columbia, 5:38 35; Yale, 6:52 15 E, C. Hein® rich, Yale, E. Williams, Columbia 5:42 3.5; R. Manley, Swarthmore, 3. H. C. Rurdette, Harvard, 7:08 4-5. 440-vard dash—R. L Sterrit, Pennsylvania, 51 3-5; P. R. Freeman, Pennsylvania, 52 2-5; F. C. Koch, California, 51 4-5. 220-yard hurdle—J. L. Bremer Jr., Harvard, :27; E. E. Perkins, Yaie, 25 4-5; L. P. Sheldon, Yale, 26 2-5; H. Torrey, California, 25 2-5. 220-yard dash—W. M.’ Richards, Yale, 23 25 sec.; ¥, H. Bigelow, Harvard, 22'3-5; John V. Cruin, lowa, 92 1-5; E. S. Ramsdell, Pennsyl- Throwing 16-pound hammer—W. 0. Hickok, Yale, first: distance 132 feet 10 inches; H. Cross, Yala, 128 feet 6 inches; C. C. Hadwick, Yale, 119 fect 9 inches: R. W. Edgren, Califor- nia, ‘117 feet 8 inches; R. A. Hickok, Yale, distance 117 feet 634 inches. Putting 16-pound shot—W. 0. Hickok, Yale, first, 43 Jeot 1134 inches; A. A. Knipe, Peant svlvania, 40 feet 435 inches; A. Brown, Yale, 30 feet 10 inches; K. K. Kublin, Harvard, 38 feet 3 inches; H. Cross, Yale, 36 feet 91 inches. Running broad jump—L. P. Shelton, Yale, first, distance 22 feet J4 inch; A. Stickney Jr., Harvard, 22 feet 33 inches! W. B. Rodgers, Princeton, 21 feet 6 inches; G. C. Clark, Har- vard, 21 feet 34 inches; L. Dunlap, Har- vard, 21 feet 2 iniches. Pole vault—F. W. Herith, Harvard, C. Buck- holse, Pennsylvania, and H. C. Thomas, Yale, 2ach cleared 10 feet 9 inches; W. A. Stewart, Pennsylvania, A. C. Tyler, Princeton, and G. M. Allen, Yale, each clearea 10 feet 6 inches. LOSING THEIR TOWN LOTS. Residents of Creede Have Their Entries Cancelled. CREEDE, Coro., May 24.—A private tel- egram received here last evening stated that the entry of the townsite of Creed- more had been cancelled. Two or three on the inside took advantage of the infor- mation to relocate after midnight every unimproved lot in that portion of the in- corporated city of Creede. There is much speculation to-day as to whether the new claimants will at once proceed to erect brick buildings as provided by the city ordinance, and whether itcan be possible that the Government wiil allow people to ;lose their payments on these lots when | through nofaultof theirs. There have been delays in proving up title. All the lots lie along Main street. OPPLSE WORE SESSOS, Presbyterian General Assembly. Matters of Great Interest to the Church, However, Are Duly Considered. | tion of the Presbyterian General Assembly | to-day was occupied by things of impor- tance to the denomination, but of no sen- sational interest. A million-dollar fund, | ance of temperance and fratemal greetings from other ecclesiastical boards completed side. delegates from the ou assemblies in place of theannual meetings. tery of Lackawanna, and it was opposed New York. It was objected to on the pro: posal that in many wminds it had origin- ated in a loss of respect for the general assembly, as well as from a dislike for the doctrinal discussians of the past few years. The larger part of the afternoon was de- voted to hearing delegates from other ecclesiastical bodies. Presbyterian General Assembly greetings were brought by Rev. Dr. Wallace, the statistical clerk, Dr. John T. McNaughter head of Xenia, Ohjo. The Walden Church cisco Rostan, and the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States by Rev. John A. Peters. Dr. William T. Sabin of New York spoke on behalf of the General Synod of the Recorded Episcopal Church. of London, representing the Pan-Presby- terian Alliance, the moderator, Dr. Booth, assembly. until Saturday morning. At the afternoon session of the United Presbyterians a committee was appointed to secure a new metrical version of the psalms that would be acceptable to all factions. The remainder of the session was taken up in the trial of Dr. W. H. Blair of Adamsville, Pa., where he had been convicted of selling liquor an pre- scriptions to minors and habitual drunk- ards. The case will be continued to-mor- morrow. —_——— PARADE OF THE CHILDREN. Eighty Thousand dunday-School Pupils Turn Out in Brooklyn. BROOKLYN, N. Y,, May 24—Eighty thousand children, representing 186 Sun- day-schools or twelve divisions, paraded in Brooklyn this afternoon in honor of the sixty-sixth anniversary of the Brooklvn Sunday-school Union. The parade was reviewed dy ex-President Harrison, Princ: Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Sir Bruc: Government to New Zealand, Mayor Shier- en, Lee Aigeltinger, president of the Sun- day-school Union, and William Roberts, his chief marshal. President Cleveland and Ruth Cleveland were invited, but sent a letter of regret. The exercises be- gan in the various designated churches at 2:30 p. M., after which the children paraded through the varions streets in the neigh- borhood of their churches. ———— PLEASED WITH THE TRIP. Mr. Spreckels, Wife and Daughter Sail From Gotham for Europe. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24.—Claus Spreckels, wife and daughter sailed from here to-day on the steamship Normandie for Europe. Mr. Spreckels when seen by the CALL correspondent, just as he entered his stateroom, expressed himself as pleased with his trip overfand and delighted with the thought that he was free from his en- grossing labors for at least a few months. T Strikers Appeal for Aid. CHICAGO, diL., May 24.—The striking brick-makers have appealed to the Brick- layers’ Union for aid in their fight against the bosses who refused to pay the union scale of wages. At the bricklayers’ meet- ing to-night it is understood that a resolu- tion will be passed to boycottall but union- made brick. The strikers made threaten- ing demonstrations to-day at two or three points where brick are being unloaded from cars, but were dispersed by police. Lt As a matter of useful information it may be stated that whenever a cooking receipt calls for a baking powder the “Royal” should be used. The receipt will be found to work better and surer, and the bread, biscuit, rolls, cakes, dumplings, crusts, puddings, crullers or whatever made, wil be sweeter, lighter, finer-flavored, more dainty, palatable and wholesome, vania, 22 3-5; Ralph Derral, Princeton, 22 1-5. | | i There Is a Disagreement at the | DENIES THE STORIES | General Schofield Says He Is Not After the Presidency. NEVER CONSIDERED IT. But the Aged Soldier Has De- cided Views on the Silver Question, WHICH ARE NOT REVEALED. Speaker Crisp’s Interview Probably Started the Boom for the Veteran. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 24.—General John Schofield, to whom have been at- emphatically to a correspondent of the’ Associated Press that he had ever enter- tained the subject for an instant. He was seen this afternoon at Fort Sam Hous- ton, just after he had witnessed a cavalry drill. When asked if it was true, as reported, that he would be a candidate for the Dem- ocratic Presidential nomination on a free then with a suspicion of indignation in his voice, said: “I bave never had thai matter under | consideration,” and General Schofiled | looked as if he were really angry. | “Would you, if you should be a candi- | was asked. “That is an issue,” he replied. “on which I have very firm convictions, having studied the question for many years, but I lutely nothing for my opinion on the sil- ver question, so that any expression of my views would be entirely gratuitous. As to rumors that I would be a candidate for the Presidency, of course I have Leard them, but I do not know how, when or where | they originated. Those who have been using my name in such connection have | done so without authority.” PITTSBURG, Pa., May 24.—The atten- | continued annual sessions and the deliver- | the catalogue. The regular business of the | | assembly was much delayed by the amount | of time occupied by the speeches of the | At the afternoon session of the assembly | | a chance was given to the movement to se- | cure biennial or triennial sessions of the | It was strongly advocated by the presby- ' by represertatives from Philadelphia and | From the United | of Alleghany and Professor W. C. More- | of Italy was represented by Rev. Fran- | After an address by Dr. George Matthews : made a suitable reply in behalf of the | The assembly then adjourned | Burnside, Commissioner of .the British | General Schofield was asked if he would consent to become a candidate if he should | be urged, but he would give no committing answer, reiterating, ‘I have never given | any consideration to that question.” ! view, in which he announced himself in favor of some Western man with a militery record, aided in giving birth to the rumor, he said that it might possibly be, but he did not know. He expressed himself as | delighted with his visit to Houston during the Confederate rennion. “T was profoundly impressed with the loyalty evinced by the old Confederates,” he added, “and I shall always recall that visit as one of the happiest incidents in my life.”” General Schofield will leave in the morn- ng for El Paso. “WHY NOT SCHOFIELD?” One Missouri Paper Urges the General for the Presidency. | editorial to-day, under the heading “Why | Not Schofield?” the Post-Dispatch advo- cates Lieutenant - General Schofield for President, and says: “Lieutenant-General Schofield, who will retire from the army next fall, exactly meets the requirements and he possesses other qualifications. Iliinois will name the next President. General Schofield is perhaps the most cele- brated living citizen of Illinois. the son of a Baptist preacher and was born and raised on a farm. “The next President must be acceptable to Missouri, as the meeting ground of | West and South. General Schofield has more friends in Missouri on both sides than { any other Union officer.” WO K TERNBLE A Laborers on a Push-Car Go Like Lightning Down a Grade. One Man Hurled to His Death and Twelve Others Received Serious Injury. DENVER, Coro., May 24.—A special to | the News from Como, Colo., says: A ter- rible accident happened on the newly opened Gunnison branch of the Denver, | Leadvilleand Gunnison Railroad this even- ing, which resulted in the death of one | man. Twelve others were seriously injared, | one probably fatally. They were all on a ushcar, which became uncontrollable and hot down the heavy grade like lightning. The men became frightened and jumped | from the car with the following results: Charles Michaelson, killed; John Brady, i head injured, probably fatally; Patrick Griffin, scalp wound; Fred Bauer, scalp | wound; Patrick Rames. sprained knee; Joe Conway, injured in back and leg; John Mullen, back and head injured ; Mike Dorkin, back hurt; Pete Daley, collar bone broken; Frank Mehan, side injured; Charles Swanson, scalp wound; Pat De- laney, hip injured; John Dillon, scalp wound. Superintendent Raney, with a special train, is on his way to Denver with the in- jured men, who were taken to the hos- pital. Michaelson, who was killed, was from Denver. They were all laboring men employed in cleaning the track at the east end of the tunnel. H Killea His Child and Himself. CHICAGO, Iri.,, May 24.—Louis Krac- man, a Bohemian, despondent over the loss of work and unable to properly pro- vide for his three-year-old daughter, shot and killed the child and then put a bullet through his own brain. Mrs. Kracman was at work, but returned home only to find the dead bodies and a note from her husband explaining the tragedy. g Was Abe Lincoln’s Friend. OMAHA, Nesr., May 24.—A 'special to the Bee from Hot Springs, 8. Dak., says: General J. B. Hawley, zeneral attorney for the Northwestern in Nebraska, ex-Sec- retary of the Treasury, and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died sudden! here to-day. His home was at Omaha. e Earnings of Two Roads. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 24.—The report of the Oregon Short Line and Utah North- ern Railroad for the year ending December 31, 1894, shows gross earnings of $5,046,682, a decrease of $814,952. The operating ex- tributed Presidential aspirations, denied | | coinage platiorm he at first laughed, and | | date atall, run on & free coinage platform?” | am sure the American people care abso- | He was asked if Speaker Crisp’s inter- | ST. LOUTS, Mo., May 24.—In a leading | He is | penses amounted to $3,673,707, an increase of $11,562; the net earnings were $1,372,975, a decrease of $926,514. The total net in- | come $1,249,950, a decrease of $1,527,750; charges, $2,803,681, decrease, $2 | deficit, $1,553,731, an increase of $1,315. In the land department there was a deficit of $296,540, against a deficit of $122,901 in 1893. The balancecredited to the land and trust income up to December 31, 1894, was WHEELING, W. Va., May 24.—Michael Ratchford, president of the Ohio Mine- workers’ Association, in an address here to-day predicted that the convention to be held at Coiumbus, on May 29, will order a general strike of miners in Pennsylvania, ‘West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. A coal famine worse than that of a year ago will follow if this action is taken. Ratchford has been working among miners of this section for two weeks, and has them thoroughly organized. —_—— Henry Villard Is Active. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24{—Henry Villard is said to be taking an active inter- est in the Oregon Improvement contest on the side of the present (Starbuck) manage- ment, and there are indications that the latter is trying to strengthen its position | by the purchase of stock in the market, it being a lawful vote upon actual certificates TWO MEN LYKCHED. Enraged Farmers Break Into an Illinois $24,455,729. Jail. s WOULD CAUSE A COAL FAsll.\‘E. General Strike of East M M "Soon Be Orderedr " | PRISONERS TAKEN AWAY i The Police Unable to Control the Determined Mob of Avengers. BATTERED IN THE DOOR. | The Father of an Injured Girl Urges on the Crowd to Deadly Work. BLOOMINGTON, Irr, May 24.—The Pantagraph’s Danville (I11.), special says: At midnighta mob of farmers attacked the under the laws of the organization. e g ey Atchison Reorganization. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24.—The reor- ganization committee of the Atchison road has received deposits of $52,392,500 general mortgage bonds. Certificates of deposit for this amount were issued by the | committee, and they have been listed on the Stock Exchange. gt Off With the Company’s Money. OMAHA, Ngsg., May 24.—A. L. Brain- {ard, the confidential bookkeeper of the { livestock firm of Garrow, Kelly & Co., with | branches at Chicago, 8t. Louis and Kansas City, has disappeared with $10,000 of the | company’s money. He was seen in Chica- cago Saturday. Zord Alfred’s Regret. PARIS, Fraxce, May 24.—The Temps to-day publishes a telegram from Lord | Alfred Douglas, dated Rouen, expressing | his regret at the fact that it was his | brother, Lord Douglas of Hawick, and not | | himself, who “corrected’’ their father. e Bad Health Causes a Suicide. CLINTON, Ky., May 24.—Mrs. Victoria Machen, widow of the late United States | Senator W. B. Machen, committed suicide | at the home of her sister to-day by shoot- | ing herself through the head with a pistol. | 3‘ Bad health unbalanced her mind. | A g Carlisle in Kentucky. BOWLING GREEN, Kv., May 24.—The | Hon. John G. Carlisle, accompanied by his | private secretary, arrived here to-day from Mempkis. Mr. Carlisle is feeling quite | well, although he is a little hoarse. He will speak in the opera-house to-morrow. ‘OUEENSBERRY - SATISFIED, | Oscar Wilde, He Says, Been Sufficiently Pun.. ished. Has | Now He Is Willing to Wager at Great Odds That the Esthete Is Not Convicted. LONDON, Ene., May 24.—There was the usual crowd at the Old Bailey court- room to-day when Sir Edward Clarke ad- dressed the jury in behali of Oscar ors. given a chair, as he seemed to be broken down. how he had been on terms of intimac with the Marquis of Queensberry’s far | made against him. Sir Frank Lockwood, solicitor-general, at the conclusion of the address of Sir Edward Clarke, began a severe cross-ex- over an hour. Sir Edward Clarke briefly re-examined ‘Wilde and then made his final address to the jury, asking them to save the defendant froma the ruin of his reputation, which, he | added, had been nearly quenched by the torrent of prejudice in the press. [Ap- plause.] Sir Frank Lockwood followed for the prosecution, but he had barely begun his | the day. | The Marquis of Queensberry is quoted as saying: “Ido not wish to see Wilde fur- ther punished. He has suffered enough. I only want to keep the beast from my son. than Alfred Taylor.” be the verdict, he said: “Iam willing to forfeit 1000 to 1 that Wilde is acquitted. There are many names back of this thing.” Great Average Made by the Big Liner on the Run to Queenstown. Much ice Encountered, but All Pre~ vious Records Are Broken. QUEENSTOWN, Exa., May 24.—The Cunard liner Lucania, Captain McKay, from New York May 18, has beaten her daily average speed record. She made the trip in 5days, 11 hours and 40 minutes, being 3 hours and 3 minutes behind her own eastward record of 5days, 8 hours and 3 minutes, made in September, 1894, but on the trip just completed the Lucania made an average daily speed of 22.01 knots per hour. He best previous daily speed record was 21.89 knots, made in June, 1894. The Lucania, according to her log, passed Sandy Hook lightship at 2:24 p. . on Sat- urday last, May 18, and arrived off Dannts Rock at 6:40 A. x. to-day. Her daily runs were: 431, 405, 524, 522, 517 and 388 miles. In latitude 48 deg. 35 min. north and lon- gitude 22 deg.45 min. west she passed a derelict, whose timbers were showing six feet above water. On May 20 the steamer met with much ice. The United States cruiser Columbia was not sighted by the Lucania after the latter passed SBandy Hook. The cruiser passed the Hook twenty minutes after the Lucania. There was no race between the two ships. WHENEVER the Government wants the most trustworthy article and the best in quality it ‘freters the Royal, as this brand was found to be superior to all others in leavening power by the official chemical tests, made at the instance of the Govern- ment, in th i Weahingto n.e Agricultural Department at Wilde, charged with serious misdemean- | ‘Wilde was called to the witness-box and | In answer to questions he related | for years, and entirely denied the clmrgesi amination of the defendant, which lasted | address wnen'the court was adjourned for | Every one knows Wilde is no better Asked as to what he thought would | SPEED OF THE LUCANI Vermillion County Jail to secure John | Halls Jr. and William Royce, who as- | saulted Miss Laura Barnett last night. Sheriff :Thompson denied them admis- | sion. The mob procured a telegraph pole and used % as a battering-ram. After repeated efforts to break down the | outer jaildoor with the telegraph pole, | which produced little or no effect, the | crowd momentarily desisted in its efforts. | Sheriff Thompson, his wife and Deputy | Sheriff Sloane beseeched them to disperse. F. V. Barrett, the father of the injured rl, said her blood demanded vengeance. His reply was wildly applauded. By this time a railroad tie was secured and | with three blows the outward door was battered in. The besiegers thronged in | and commenced work on the inner doar. | At this writing (2. A. ».) they are pound- | ing away on the inner door and searching | the garret. The police and peace officers | are unable to control the mob, and nothing | will save the lives of Halls and Royce | if they can be found Larer—The mob has got both men and | taken them to a bridge in the East End to | hang them. The work is probably done by this time. The jail is deserted and everybody gone to the bridge, and yells are heard from the mob there. | 81 “I riNp the Royal Baking Powder su- perior to all the others in every respect. It | is entirely free from_all adulteration and unwholesome impurity, and_in baking it gives off a greater volume of leavening gas | than any other powder. | ‘*WALTER S. Harxes, M.D.” | Chemist to the Chicago Board of Health. P Booth mo Longer a Britisher. | NEW YORK, N. Y., May 24.—Ballington | Booth of the Salvation Army and his wife are no longer British subjects. They for- mally renounced allegiance to the Queen of England and all other foreign rulers in the County Clerk’'s office in the Hudson | County courthouse, on Jersey City | Heights. and th nave taken the oath of { allegiance to the United States, adminis- tered by Judge Kenny Bill Noi indict Gordon. LOUISVILLE, K., Ma; —The Jeffer- son County Grand Jury refused to in- dict Fulton Gordon for the double killing | of his wife and Arch Brown, son of Ken- i tucky’s Governor, whom Gordon found in a bedroom togetner four weeks a, AYOID COLDS. | i i You Must Not Change Your Clothing so Soon—You Must Not Sit i Draughts—You Must Be Careful, 'A DOCTOR'S STRICT ADVICE. Many Persons Who Are Now Suffering Would Have Been Well and Happy Had They Been Careful. DON'T OVER-EXERT YOURSELF. What Is Dangerous and What Is Not Dangerous—A Good Home Remedy. I saw the doctor yesterday. He was in & good humor. His patient hed recovered. She was now convalescent. Every one had ex- pected her to die. The doctor wanted to talk. I could just see it in his eyes. He did talk, and what he saia will be of benefit to many of us. Said he: “People become sick through their own carelessness. They won't take care of themselves. Sometimes I think the State ought to take care of heedless people. Notice that man. He hawksand spits. You can see he has passed a restless night. You look at his eyes. Don’t they denote a languid, dull, heavy feeling. Well, he has been up at night until all hours. He has been working downtown all day. What's the result? A c¢old, a cough, and then worse unless he 1s careful. People should keep their blood in gooa condition. They should be regular. People shouid take a blood laxative—some herb remedy. California produces the best fruits of the earth, and I am free to say the California herb remedy, Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla, is one of the best reme- dies in the market. I think every person suf- fering from dyspepsia, dullness, languid feel- ing, exhaustion or early decay would be greatly benefited if they used the herb remedy, Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It has done wonders for some of my patients. I know an old lady.who would not be without Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaperilla. Ijust ceased to treat her son, who cogtracted fever on the islands. Hewasina bad condition when he reached San Francisco. Had he been careful he, perhaps, never would have contracted fever. People won't keep their blood in good condition. Every man should use & laxative medicine once in a while. You clean every- thing you have, why not your system ? I, of course, would not advise your using the cheap, Dasty compounds that no one ever hears of. If you want a good medicine take Joy’s Vegetable Sarsaparilla. Don’t let the clerk talk you into using something he wants to sell you.” “Why do you recommend Joy’s so strongly, doctor?”. I asked. “Because it contains no mineral drugs, no deadly poisons, no iodide of potassium, no pimple-producing potash. “Never, never use & potash medicine, If you have such a bottle in the house throw it away. “Joy's Vegetable Barsaparilla contains no mineral drugs and is truly a fine medicine.*