The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1895, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895 ARE OFF ON JUNKETS: Officials Get Vacations at Uncle Sam’s Expense. AFRAID OF HOT WEATHER Cabinet Members and Assis- tants Find Convenient Ex- cuses to Travel. PENNY-WISE ADMINISTRATION. The Treasury Literally Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Day by Day. WASHINGTON, D. C is-the sedson for fishin ons, and ant summer j at Uncle ’s expense. It istoo hot for the.offi- The President himself sets fishing 1n Buzzards of War found it abso- and ; Hoke Smith has been eating wa ns in Georgia; the Secretary of the Navy has been taking a sea voyage on the Government dispatch-boat; the Secre- tary of the Treasury is on a trip on the ces aboard a Government tender; , Logan Carlisle, returned a week or o from Enrope, where he went with tant Secretary Curtis on ‘“business connected with the Government finances”; thatis to to see the English pawn- reservation brokers. ssistant Secretary of the Navy has just returned from a sea trip; Secretary ate Olney is away, also Assistant Secretary Uhl; As nt Secre- tary of the Treasury Hamlin is in Massa- chusetts. The Commissioner of Railroads took a junket to the Pacific States and returned a 1ew weeks ago; Carlisle’s private secretary, Van Senden, went on an excursion to Cali- fornia and Oregon to look after “business connected with the mint”; the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners will soon begin a tour of the entire country; Supervising Archi- tect Aiken leaves next week for the far West “to look after public building con- struction’; the Director of the Mint finds it necessary to go out to the coast to help Van Senden in the mint business. The executive officials always find that the “exigencies of the public business” must take them out of here during the hot months. The private secretary of one of the Cabinet officers is casting about fora reason that will demand his presence in California, as he has never visited the coast and wants to see the country. The Secretary of the Navy, although he is now away on a junket himself, does not believe in vacations for mere clerks. His own private secretary was away on a little excursion and overstayed his leave of ab- sence. He was promptly “docked” by the Secretary of the Navy in order to make a horrible example. This seems to be a penny-wise, pound- foolish administration. Itis related that when Cleveland came into the Presidential office in 1885 the cash in the treasury was counted to see whether the wicked Republicans had been tapping the till during their twenty-five years’ in- cumbency. After a laborious count, last- ing many weeks, the officers reported that all was found but 1 cent, and this was afterward discovered in a crack. A few weeks ago President Cleveland was for- warded 1 cent to make his salary account balance, thus showing the precision and accuracy of the treasury’s bookkeeping. But although the present regime is care- ful about pennies, they let the dollars take care of themselyes. The officials were very scrupulous in their honesty when they forwarded the President his 1 cent, but the payment of $5,000,000 to the Louisiana sugar-growers and §$250,000 to those in California was quite another matter. Secretary Carlisle is really responsible for Comptroller Bowler's action. Mr. Car- lisle wants to save every cent possible to the treasury, in order to make as good a financial showing as he can. The treas- ury is literally robbing Peter to pay Paul. But, notwithstanding all the efforts of the administration, 1t is generally believed that Uncle Sam will soon have to visit the pawnbroker’s office again. The desire of the Secretary of the Treas- -ury to husband his treasury funds is the real reason why the Postoffice buildings at Ban Francisco and in other cities are not commenced. It is suggested by a facetions Washing- ton man that if the administration is so .. anxious to save a few dollars it might be well to call in its horde of summer junketers. 4. R. U. MEN RELEASED. Beven of the Imprisoned btrike Leaders Resume Their Labors. CHICAGO, Iri., Aug. 22. — Directors . William Burns, James Hogan, Martin J. Elliott and L. W. Rodgers of the American Railway Union were released from the ‘Woodstock (I1L.) Jail this morning and ar- rived in Chicago at an early hour. Sylves- ter Keliber, secretary, and Director Good- win were also released, but did not come to the city. Keliher went to Minneapolis and Goodwin to Winona, to further the work of organization now going on in Minne- sota. George Howard, ex-vice-president of the union, spent his term at Joliet jail and was set at liberty to-day also. Hogan will go to Ogden, Utah. to-night, while Elliott will go_to Terre Haute and Rogers to Pueblo this afternoon. All will engage in the work of actively organizing new divisions of the union. Elliott will speak at Cleve- land on Labor day, but his ultimate des- tination is Jersey City. President Debs’ term will not_expire for three months more, when he will come to Chicago and re-establish in_this city the headquarters now at Terre Haute. In the medn time Burns will remain in Chicago and push the work in this section of the country. g The Omaha Controversy. LINCOLN, NEBE., Aug. 22.—The Omaha Police Board controversy is in the hands of the Supreme Court for adjudication and decision. Both sides to the controversy to- day filed their printed briefs with the court clerk, reviewing the case in all its bearings from their respective standpoints. Chief Justice Norval, who is in the city, says the court will probably be convened 'in special session next week. SRR Accused by a Husband. TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 22.—Frank Ma- gowan, a rubber manufacturer, who has been in financial and domestic difficulties for some time, was arrested this forenoon on a bench warrant and charged with crim- inal relations with Helen Edith Barnes, dent of the Eastern Rubber Company, one of the concerns controlled by Magowan until it passed, two weeks ago, into the hands of receivers. Magowan was taken to the Mercer County Jail and held in de- fault of $25,000 bail. The charge was pre- ferred by the husband of Helen Barnes. S e SOME UNSAFE BUILDINGS. Theaters Conducted in New York Regard- less of the Law. 5 NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 22.—The re- port of Saperintendent of Buildings Con- stable on the theaters of this city was not given to the Mayor yesterday afternoon as had been expected. Constable told a re- vorter that the report would make a sensa- tion. He said he could not go into details about it until the Mayor had seen it. but he could say that out of fifty-two places of amusement licensed by the Mayor six- teen had not observed the law. As the law does not permat the superintendent of buildings to condemn a theater for insuffi- cient arrangements for fire Constable will recommend to the Mayor that he revoke the licenses of the sixteen theaters until the necessary changes have been made. “We found some theaters without fire- proof proscenium arches,” said Constable. “We found others without adequate fire- escapes. We found others without fire- proof stages and scenery. We found others in which carpenter-shops were maintained on and under the stage, in direct violation of the law, and others in which scenery of the most inflammable sort was stored under the stage, and others still with nooks and corners and spaces below the auditorium, stage and stairs filled with rubbish of the most dangerous kind. We also found theaters conducted in buildings absolutely unsafe in every_resvect and the law utterly disregarded. We found a few of the theaters whose managers were com- plying with the law. This is noticeably rue of the recently built theaters.” THE SUNFLOWER CARNIVAL Parade of Dazzling Beauty Through Colorado Springs Streets. United States Regulars and Col- lege Men Participated In the Big Turnout. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Aug, 22.— The third annual Sunflower Carnival teok place here to-day. The city was in holi- day attire and thousands of visitors from all over the State were in attendance, in- cluding Governor McIntire and staff in full uniform. The carnival itself was par- ticipated in by representatives of almost every State, who are summering here and at Manitou. The street parade was a mile and a halfin length and one of its principal features was 500 United States regulars with a military band from Fort Logan. Part of the regulars were in campaign garb with typical Western sombreros and leggins and these created great enthusiasm. Turnouts of all descriptions from the smartest tandems to the regulation moun- tain stage were in line. The decorations on the vehicles were grand and unique, and in some instances gorgeous with beau- tiful colored wild flowers. A feature of the parade was the rivalry displayed in the beautiful turnouts en- tered by adherentsof Yale, Harvard and Princeton. Yale had a four-wheeled trap profusely decorated with blue bunting, blue cornflowers and white hollyhocks and was drawn by handsome white horses crowned with flowers, the harness being wound with blue ribbons. The occupants wore white duck and Yaleblue. The Har- vard trap, a beautiful blaze of crimson, was drawn by two coal black horses. Prince- ton was represented by a tandem—a mass of orange and black, which took the first prize offered for tandems in the parade. To-night occurred a large decorated lantern parade. S i A TEN MILLIONS IN GOLD. Another Heavy Shipment to the Phila- delphia Mint. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 22.—The Philadelphia mint has received another shipment of $10,000,000 in gold from the New York assay office. Half of theamount arrived yesterday afternoon and the rest to-day. It was allin the form of bullion. The gold is not needed for the currency coinage of the mint, but it will be later on, and the facilities for storing itare probably better here than in New York. The mint is comming mostly subsidiary coins just now, there being more demand for them than anything else. Quarter and half dollars were turned out to-day. Some gold coins are being made, but not many. Those made. lately have been half-eagles, and nearly half 8 million coins of that charac- ter are now cutseady to be stamped. The coining of eagles will soon begin, and later on double eagles will be turned out. ol Knights of the Silver Cross. ATUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 22.—The Knights of the Silver Cross, claiming to be a be- nevolent association of Missouri, made ap- plication to the Insurance Commissioner to-day to do business in this State. One of the requirements of the by-laws is that each member shall pledge himself as a “fearless -advocate of the free and un- limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, independent of advice or opinion of the world.” The commissioner looks on the organization as a medium of orga niz- ing silver clubs, and will-in all probabili- ties not grant them a permit under exist- ing circumstances. aileel o PR Drowned in the Channel. BROOKLINE, Me., Aug. 22—While crossing the channel between Naskeag Point and Harbor Island ina small boat last night Dr. Carter of Boston, Miss Don Elora and Madine Foster, a 12-year-old girl of New York, were thrown overboard and drowned. Dr. Carter was interested in mining and leaves a widow and three children in Boston. Miss Elora was an actress and authoress, and was better known as Miss Beulah. She had written several dramas. Miss Foster had some stage experience. The bodies of Miss Elora and Miss Foster have been re- covered. Pt Iynched by a Mob. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Aug. 22.—The negro Jones, who murdered the white man Belzover, at Tiller some time ago, and who broke jail at Monticello a few days | ago and shot James Bennett, a prominent young man, while resisting arrest, was lynched last night at Monticello by a_mob of twenty-tive men. The mob could not get the keys from Jailor Wilson and had to cut into the jail. Jones escaped from jail with three other prisoners. He secured a gun and, fought desperately, e Gilvin Is Guarded in Jail. LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 22.—Jack Gil- vin, the 60-year old assailant of Miss Annie Gore of Nicholas County, is in jail at Carlisle, and is” being guarded to-nigt to prevent being lynched. Miss Gore was attacked by Gilvin vesterday evening while driving in a buggy, three miles from Car- lisle. The young lady isin a critical con- dition, and shonfd she die, it will be im- ossible to prevent the friends of her family rom lynching Gilvin. g o National Keeley League. HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 22.—The fifth annual convention of the National Keeley Leggue adjourned sine die to-day. Colonel A.J. Smith of Leavenworth was elected wife of John Albert Barnes, superinten- | president. WITH GREATEST EASE. Joe Patchen Won Three Straight Heats From Gentry. ORDINARY TIME MADE. A Strong Breeze Was Blowing and Greatly Retarded the Speed. CURRY HAD AN EASY THING. McHenry Used the Whip Liberally, but His Horse Was Unable to Respond. CHICAGO, TrL., Aug. 22.—Joe Patchen won three strazight heats from John R. Gentry at Washington Park to-day and won them with the greatest ease. There was a strong south breeze blowing down the stretch and Starter McArty delayed the first heat of the big event until after the heat of the 2:25 class. After scoring a couple of times McArty gave the word on even terms, the heavy wind and track pre- cluding the possibility of breakinga record To the half they raced neck and necl when McHenry called on Gentry and he forged to the fore. Curry sat still and in the stretch made his call. Patchen re- sponded gamely and won easily in 2:05}, with Gentry a length to the bad. The time by quarters in this the fastest heat wds: Quarter, 82%; half, 1:02}4; three- quarters, 1:321¢; mile, 2:0514. In the second heat Patchen led all the way. McHenry went to the whip at the half, but Gentry could not re- spond. Curry pulled Patchen up, jogging home in 2:07}4{. After this heat Curry an- nounced that ke was going for the record and would not wait for Gentry. The third heat was easily Patchen’s, as Gentry had tired under punishment in the previous heat on coming into the stretch. Alto- gether the race was a vast disappointment to the 12,000 persons present. At no time did Gentry act as though he had a chance to win a heat. Only one of the regular races on the card was finishea, the others being postponed until to-morrow. Breeders' stake, $2000. 2:25 class, trotting: purse Abnet, br. h., by Ambassador (Bassett)..1 Pat L, b. h., by l(eEul)hun (Lash). &. 1., by Batron (Jm Miss Kate Special pacing race: purse $5000. Joe Patchen, bik. h., by Patchen Wilkes (Curry) e John R. ¢ (McHenry). . . Time, urse $1000. 2:12 class, pace; SPDslponed. gt Susie G, b. m., by Little Henry (H 11 Slumber, bi by Herald (0'Neil 27 Ella T, g. m.. by Altamont (Tilden 74 y n, Altl, Sable Gift, Dan McCabe, Sir Edwin Arnold, Attorney Jr. and Peerless fin- ished as named. 11214—2:1434. Time, 2:111/4— The Chicago stake, 2:20 class, trotting; purse B A £5000. (Postponed.) 23 Annie, cb. m., by Warlock (Hedges) Bryson, br. h., by Simons (Curran). S Miss Mctiregor, by «Robert McGregor (Baid- win)... ....6 8:2 Margaret, - Felen ton,” Mar- garet C and Rizpah finished as named. Time, 2:1714—2:1434—2:14. ON OTHER BIG TRACKS. Aliz Not in Good Form and Could Not ZLower Her Record. ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 22.—Alix was not 1 good form to-day and she failed to touch her record of 2:033, her time to-day being 2:09%. John 8. Johnson failed 10 beat his record for a mile of two minutes, his iime to-day being 2:02)4. In the one- mile handicap’ bicycle race Johnson won easily. He took first place after passing the ftirst quarter pole and keptit. Time, 2:614. 2:08 class, trotting: purse $1000. Azote, b. £, by Whips-Josie (McDowell) Ora Wilkes Lightning.. crom e 2:14 class, pace; purse $1000. Bright Regent, ch. &., by Prince Regent- Bright Eyes (Geers) b 1 59 8 Veta.. 232 Kentucl 8 8 4 General 12 4 8 Maud P. 35 8 Joe Jett. 465 Ferndale 57 9 Kate Greenlan 11 9 6 Dudley 7 810 Brooks. 1010 7 Billy J. 812 11 Judge Sterling. 91112 Time, 2:105— 2:21 class, trotting; purse, $1000. Red Pointer, by Red Wilkes, Lake Erle Belle Trux! ‘Anna Mace King Rone J: EEECICR B 1o BB Exhibition race to beat 2:0834, Time won, Alix second. Time, 2:09%. SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Five furlongs, Runway won, Manchester second, Edna May third. Time, 1:0415. One mile, Pepper won, Maurice second. Time,1;42}. Only two started. Five and a half furlongs, Chugnut won, Mil- dred D second, Fifield third. Time, 1:09! One mile and a sixteenth, Dun PHF second, Cass third. Time, 1:4 The Beverwyck Renewal steeplechase, guar- anteed purse $1500, full course, about two and @ half miles, Lion Heart won, Woodford second, Beverwyck third. Time, 6:17. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 22.—Some ver; ood things went through to-day, and the book backed by the association was hit so hard that it had to turn itsslate toward the wall and pay off in checks, Well Used, Montella and Alva were all played as sure things and all went through. Six furlongs, Well Used won, Pat Brooks sec- ond, Two Light third. Time, 1:1814. Four and a half furlongs, Darwin Wedge- wood won, Nellie B seccnd, Jerold third. Time, :59. Five 1nxlon§u, Thurman third. Five and a half furlongs, Harrison second, Miss Pearl 1:10%4. Five furlongs. Alva won, Miss Arthur Davis third. Time. 1:04. . INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, Aug. 22.—A strong wind on the Kite track to-day caused slow time. The two-year-old 3:00 pace was the only divided affair. Midnight L should have won the race, but skillful manipulation on the part of other drivers completely shut him out. 2:30 trot, purse $1000, McKee won, Gentry Love second, Yodella third. Best time, 2:20. TROYSICUL S 00 pse; pura $1000, Jack ex B second, Chinch Bug third, Best time, 2:20%4. - Two-year-old 3:00_trot, Doc Delnm won, fimnl;hlt L second, Patsy Brooks th: Best ime, 2:1934. AQ‘IED%T RACETRACK, L. L., Aug. 22.— Four and & half furiongs, Gladiola won, Little Thorns second, Rondout If third. Time, :57. One mile, klnglet won, Mirage second, en won, Virgin won, Bridget second, Time, 1:03}4. ontella won, Ben thira. Time, Addie second, Golden Gate third. e, 1:43%. Six furlongs, Mangrove won, Buck Knight second, Seabird third. Tim 16! Four and a half furlongs, lm;‘e'rhl ‘won, Unity second, Gloria third. Time, :56%4. Six and a Lalf furlongs, Logan won, Queen Bess second, Panway third. me, 1:2214. One mile, Campaxia won, Roller second, Now or Never third. Time, 1:4414. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 22.—Three-quarters of 2mile, Tommy Rutter won, Mollie King second, Martha Griffin third. Time, 1:163%;. Three-quarters of a mile, Nicholas won, King Stone second, Sir Vassar third. Time, 1:173{. Three-quarters of a mile, Marchaway won, ;lf;roon second, Fra Dh,vu‘lo third. Time, One" mile, Addje Buchanan won, Overella second, Hessen third. Time, 1:443{ Seven-eighths of a mile, Dago won, Crevasse second, Booze third. Timse, 1:30. Seven and & haif furlongs, Charles P won, %‘hse_!)(‘men second, Cave Spring third. Time, 13734, On the Ball Field. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Brooklyns 6, 4,0; Pittsburgs 0, 2, 4. Batterles—Kennedy and Grimm; Menefee, Hart and Merritt. Um- pire—Murray. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 22—New Yorks 8, 12, 2; St. Louis 6, 9, 7. Batteries—German, Rusie and Wilson; Ehret McDougal and Peitz. Umpires—Jevne and Emslie. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 22.—Bostons 9, 14, 2; Louisvilles 5, 8, 2. Batteries—Nichols and Ganzel, McDermott and Warner. Umpire—Mc- onald. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 22.—Philadel- phiss4,11,3; Cinoinnatls 3,9, 5. Batteries— aylor and Clements, Rhines and Vaughn. Umpire—Keefe. BALTIMORE, Mp., Aug. 22.—Baltimores 9, 16, 3; Chicagos 8, 8, 1. Batterles—Hemming and Robinson, Hutchinson and Kittredge. Um- pires—Rietz and Donohue. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22.—Washingtons 1,5,2; Clevelands 4, 11, 4. Batteries—Mercer and cGuire, Wilson and O’Connor. Umpire— 'Day. Boston Ball Men Abroad. LIVERPOOL, Exc., Aug. 22.—The Bos- ton Amateur Baseball Club, which sailed from Philadelpnia August 10 on board the steamer Ohio, arrived here to-day. All its members were well and in trim for play- ing. They proceeded to Derby, where they played a game with the Derby nine. The game was called at the end of the seventh inning, owing to darkness. Score: Bostons 12, Derbys 11. Another game will be played Thursday. I BEHALF OF WALLER, Embassador Eustis Taking Steps to Secure an In- vestigation. The Wife and Children of the Im- prisoned Ex-Consul Returning to This Country. WASHINGTON, D. C., Avg. 22.—Acting Secretary of State Adee authorizes the statement that information has been re- ceived from Embassacor Bustis in re- sponse to urgent instructions cabled him some three weeks ago that the record of the proceedings and evidence in the court- martial of Mr. Waller at Tamatave is ex- pected to reach Paris toward the end of this month. Mr. Eustis also reports that access to Mr. Waller has been accorded to him after re- peated and urgent requests, as instructed. The department not having been advised whether Mr. Eustis has taken advantage of this permission to delegate a competent deputy to visit the prison near Clairvaux, where Mr. Waller is at present confined, and confer with him Mr. Adee instructed him by telegraph that he should do so at once, if not already done. The department has no later informa- tion of the movements of Mrs. Waller and her four children since the dispatch of Consul Campbell of Port Louis, Mauritius, announcing that, under the department’s cabled instructions to provide them with passage home, they were to sail from that place for France on the 20th of this month on their way to the United States. Mr. Eustis has been instructed to take care of Mrs. Waller and the children on their ar- rival in France, and to furnish them with passage to the United Btates by steamer. DUPED MANY: CREDITORS, Confidence Scheme Worked by a Captain of the Chicago Hussars. Bought Goods on Credit and Fled With the Proceeds of Thelr Sale. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug. 22.—The Chicago Hussars have lost a dashing lisutenantand the Chicago Looking-glass Company, with offices at 11 to 23 Jefferson street, is minus a president, Conrad H. Beyer, a young German, held both these positions prior to August 13, at which time the looking-glass company faiied and Lieutenant Beyer dis- appeared. His creditors at once began pro- ceedings to learn the state of Beyer's finances and incidentally to find out where he was located. Several of his creditors, including his brother, Charles F. Beyer, were examined in the County Court yester- terdav by Attorney Jacob Newman. Beyer, according to Mr. Newman's state- ment, was eoncealed in the house of some member or members of the Chicago Hussars from August 13 until last Fri- day, when he and his wife left the city, bound, Newman thinks, for Frank- fort-on-the-Main, the former home of Mrs. Beyer. They took with them over $50,000 in cash, he says. The lawyer repre- sented to the court that little would be left for the creditors unless the fugitives are brought back. Detectives are now watch- ing all the outgoing steamers. . The National Bank of Illinois is said to have a claim against Beyer for $10,000 and the First National Bank one for §6000. The allegation is that Beyer obtained the money which he took with hlm_b{ pur- chasing goods from dealers ostensibly for use by the looking-glass company, but the goods were sent directly to warehouses and the receipts therefortaken and pledged for cash. Between August 1 and August 13 Newman says Beyer secured between $20,- 000 and $25, worth of goods, which he disposed of as indicated. eyer came to Chicago about ten years ago and dealt in Lake View real estate for a time, finally taking up the looking-glass business. A few years ago, accoraing to the statement of his brother, who was on the witness-stand yesterday, Conrad mar- ried Fraulein Estenfeld of Frankfort-on-the- Main, daughter of a member of the firm of Estenfeld & Nicolai, contractors to the German army. Herr Estenfeld is ver wealthy,and he supplied his daughter witn considerable money before her marriage, all of which, 1t is” alleged, her husband romptly spent-in this country. Beyer ived in a beautiful house at 3281 Arling- ton street, Lake View, and this and such other property as could be secured by legal process is now in the hands of the Sheriff to satisfy his creditors. bl Eaen Picnie of a Grange. PRINCETON, Iii., Aug. 22—The an- nual picnic of the Northern Illinois Dis- trict Grange opened at Lake Senachwino to-day with an attendance of about 1200. The session will last two days and_the g;mcxpnl addresses will be made by Mrs. . Mayo of Battle Crcek, Mich., and David Lubin of California. To-morfow an at- tendance of 2000 is expected, and the meet- ings will be held in the open air. sttt Assignment of a Bank. MINNEAPOLIS, MiNN.,, Aug. 22.—An assignment of the Peoples’ Savingsand Loan Association was made to-day to J. H. Bi!g&}" The liabilities are estimated av $186,800, and assets $170,000. The asso- ciation lost money in & bank failure two Xg-ru ago, and the assignment is an in- irect result. E R Death of Ex-Governor Morris. NEW HAVEN, Coxs., Aug. 22.—Ex- Governor Morris was struck with apoplexy this morning in his office here. Mr. Morris died at 3 o’clock this afternoon. CATTLE FROM CANADA Conflict of Opinion as to the Reported Diseases. STATESMEN ARE PUZZLED England’s Parliament Given Information on Currency Questions. RELIEF WORK IN ARMENIA. Pleas for Clemency In Behalf of Mrs. Maybrick to Receive Just Conslderation. LONDON, ExNG., Aug. 22.—In the House of Commons to-day Walter H. Long, presi- dent of the Board of Agriculture, refused the demand of Mr. White that the brief official report of 1nquiry into the two cases of pleuro-pneumonia alleged to have been recently found in cattle at Deptiord be laid on the table of the House. Mr. Long, however, offered to supply Mr. White per- sonally with a copy of the renort. Mr. White asked if, in view of the con- flict of opinions of Canadian and British experts and also in view of the assertion of the Dominion Government thatconta- gious pleuro-pneumonia had never been known in any part of the Dominion, Mr. Long would accept the Dominion’s invita- tion to send a veterinary expert to Canada to elucidate the facts. Mr. Long said he did not see that it would be of any assistance. His own view was based upon the actual detection of cases of the disease in England. He saw no need of making any special experi- ments with the last cases discovered, as the Department of Agriculture was per- fectly satisfied with the opinions of its advisors. Sir John Leng, member fo} Dundee, asked A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, whether in consonnace with the views he had repeatedly expressed he would advise that the Government invite the-assemblage of an international confer- ence in order to obtain an agreementin regard to the currency. Mr. Baliour said he had always been strongly in favor of an international agreement upon the cur- rency question, but that he had no right to pledge his colleagues to such an opin- ion, nor had he any reason for thinking such an agreement would result atthe present moment ftom an international con- ference. A second abortive conference, he thought, would be very undesirable. George Curzon, Under Foreign Secretary of Affairs, stated that under instructions Vice-Consul Hampton had visited the dis- trict of Sassoun,in Armenia, with the ob- ject of having the foreign missionaries act in concert in the distribution of food and other supplies for the support of the in- habitants of the villages in their vicinity during the coming winter. In regard to the Christian prisoners ar- rested by the Turkish authorities, he said, since the decree of amnesty issued on July 23, the prisoners confined in Constanti- nople had been released, but there was reason to suppose that a number of pris- oners were still detained in Angora at Bitlis, Diarbkir and elsewhere, and the at- tention of the Porte had been called to this action of the Provincial Governors. Dr. Tanner, the anti-Parnellite, who represents the middle division of County Cork, who was suspended for a week for disorderly conduct in the House, reap- peared in the chamber to-day, the time of his suspension having expired. He was in good spirits. Several short speeches on the estimates were made. T. P. O’Connor, anti-Parnellite, member for the Scotland division of Liverpool, asked the Government to reconsider the sentence of imprisonment for life imposed upon Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who was convicted some years ago of poisoning her husband, who was a well-known merchant of Liverpool. Mr. O’Connor said he did not know of a case that excited more abid- ing interest and a stronger conviction of innocence. 8ir M. White Ridley, Secretary of State for the Home Department, promised to give his best attention to the case. NEW COLLEGE OF LANGUAGES. General de Peyster’s Gift to the American University. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 22.—On June | 11 General Watts de Peyster of Tivoli, N. Y., presented, through Bishop John F. Hurst of Weshington and the Rev. Arthur M. Griffin of Tivoli, a gift which makes possible at once the erection of the colleze of languages of the American University in Washington. Yesterday Bishop Hurst, as chancellor, and John E. Andrews, pres- ident of the board of trustees, for- mally accepted on behalf of the trus- tees the gift. These gentlemen de- cided on the part of the trustees that the new building shall bear the name “The General J. atts de Peyster College of Languages.” They have accepted a further gift of the general, namely, a bronze statue of heroic size, now being made in Paris, which they have determined to place in front of the college. The American Uniyersity is located on the northwestern heights of Washington. The institution site consists of ninety acres and cost $100,000, but is now valued at sev- eral times that amount owing to the rise in real estate in thnipnrt of the city. Plans for the college of history are now being prepared. The building is to cost $150,000, which is already pledged, and an endow- ment of $100,000 has been received from a lady in New York. —_—— RANSOM’S NEW COMMISSION. Certain to Be Appointed to Succeed Him- self. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 22.—A Wash. ington special says: It is believed that Mr. Ransom’s new commission as Minister to Mexico will reach the State Department in the next mail from Gray Gables. There have been intimations for the past few days that the President may accept the })lu of ill health that Mr. Ransom has gut forward for his continued absence from is post as sufficient reason for his refusal to reappoint him, but it is stated with sitiveness at the State Department that r. Ransom will be appointed to succeed himself. It was with this understanding of the matter, it is eaid, that the Senator left Washington a_few days ago and went to Blowing Rock, N. C. Making Good a Discrepancy. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22—Tt transpired to-day that A. R. Spofford, the Congressional Librarian, yesterday de- gosiud with the Treasury of the United tates $22,000, as he had proposed some days previous to settle the iscrepancy in his accounts as- Librarian and Register of Copyrights. The amount, it is said, has been placed to his credit, but the payment is not accepted as a settlement of the mat- ters in controversy. Ay S DENVER'S HOT:L HORKOR. It Is Now Certain That Twenty-Two Persons Perished. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 22.—The list of dead in the Gumry Hotel wreck stands at twenty-two, and this will probably be the total of the casualties. Of these three bodies remain unclaimed by friends, though 1t is believed that they are the missing men. The Fire Department, ex- hausted by its labors at the hotel wreck and at the planing-mill fire of this morn- ing, was at noon permitted to return to headquarters, and gangs of laborers were set to work to clear away the wreck to make sure that no more bodies lie buried under the debris. There hLas been a woe- ful lack of executive ability shown by the municipal authorities in the work of rescue, and the wreckage will not pe all cleared away before Saturday night. Rumors of missing people lack support, and the death roll will not be increased. A rainstorm to-night further retards progress on the wreck. oo AN EVIDENCE AGAINST HOLMES. Various Aliases Used by the Murderous Insurance Swindler. BURLINGTON, Vr., Aug. 22.—A repre- sentative of the Fidelity Mutual Life As- sociation of Philadelphia is in this city ob- taining further evidence in the famous Holmes case. Miss L. M. Strain says she positively identifies by means of a photograph the trunk which played so important a part in the case as the one she saw taken from the house on Winooski avenue and W. B. Mec- Killip stated that when here Holmes passed by the name of James B. Judson, claiming the house he rented of him was for his sister. Mrs. Cook, who lived in the house recognized photographs of Mrs, Pietzel and her daughter Dessa. At the Hotel Burlington Holmes was known as G.D. Hale, while at Thomas Ahearn’s he passed-as Mr, Hall. THE LOWEST SINCE MARCH Gradual Decrease of the Bal- ance in the United States Treasury. The Expected Increase of Revenue From Tariffs Failed to Materialize. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22.—The official figures issued to-day show the gen- eral treasury balance stands at $181,534,897. This includes $2,376,277 disbursed on ac- count of bonds and interest this month, which will not appear until the statement for August, which appears on the 1st of September. Deducting this the actual bal- ance is found to be $179,158,620. This is the lowest figure reached since last March, when the treasury began to receive the proceeds of the sale of bonds at that time. The treasury statement issued to-day shows that the large increase of revenue expected as a result of the passage of the Wilson bill does not materialize, there be- ing a large excess of expenditures over the receipts for the first three weeks of August. Last month the expenditures were over $8,000,000 in excess of receipts. In an en- deavor to make it appear that the times are very prosperous, the Postmaster-Gen- eral has prepared another statement of postoffice receipts—this time for July, just ended. : As compared with July, 1894, while many cities show considerable increase, among them San Francisco, the gains are not much, if any greaier. than usual in one year's time. The Postmaster-General ex- pressed himself as gratified at San Fran- cisco’s increase of nearly $15,000. This is nearly one-quarter as much as the in- creases in New York and Chicago. BREVITIES FROM THE WIRE. Condensed From Special Telegrams to «The Call.” State Center, Iowa, was visited by its second fire in eight months. All that was left by the previous fire was burned. The Secretary of the Interior has drawn upon the Secretary of the Treasury for $750,000 for pAyment of pensions at the agency at San rancisco. The Treasury Department is informed that $100,000 in gold was withdrawn for export on Wednesday, reducing the gold reserve to $101,430,000. A passenger steamer on the Rhine came in collision with a string of barges in tow near Mehrum, sinking one of them and drowning eight persons. As the result of a domestic quarrel Alonzo Bemer, a colored postal clerk at St. Louis, shot and seriously wounded his young wife and her aged mother and then fired upon his baby, but missed it. A dispatch from Vladivostock says that the Japanese occupy only the coasts of Formosa, but that they send expeditionsinto the interior of the island to punish the rebels. Some oi these expeditions have not been successful. The strike of the jute-workers in Dundee, Scotland, is spreading rapidly. Thirteen thous- and workers went out Wednesday in addition 107000 that struck Tuesday. 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