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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1895. 1N SARCASTIC TERMS, Secretary Morton Speaks of the Defeat of the Democrats. _— ' LESSON OF THE ELECTION Remarkable Vindication of Those “Friends” of the Cleveland Administration. CAUSE OF THE CHASTISEMENT. It Will Teach Delegates That the Platform of 1806 Must Not Be Evasive. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—Secre- tary Morton, in an interview published this morning, speaks of the elections in as being a remarkable vin- cation of th “friends of the admini: ation and opponents of the Wiison bill— Senators Hill and Murphy of New York, Smith of New Jersey and Calvin 8. Brice of Chio.” Carefully stating that he speaks only for himself the Secretary of Agricult- ure adds: “The recent chastisement which has been administered to the Democratic party by the Democrats themselves will un- doubtedly be fully remembered by the del- egates to the next National Convention. The recollection will teach those delegates that the platform of 1896 must state politi- cal and economic doctrines unevasively, unequivocally and truthfully, with terse- ness and cou B “The Nutional Convention will further be logically convinced before meeting, it | seems to me, that honest money is a neces- sity to honest people and an honest ad- aninistration of individual and Govern- ment affairs, Such being its faith, that convention must declare in favor of cur- rency, depending upon gold for its ulti- mate redemption. To my mind two units of value are absolutely unthinkable. | “Personally I am in favor of a declara- | tion in the next Democratic National plat- form squarely committing the party to gold monometallism. The richest re- scurces of any country in the world, the United States can and must have the greatest attainable unfluctuating purchas- ing power in all of its coined money. The gold and silver pieces, except the sub- sidiary ones of the latter metal, which wear the mint stamp of this Government should have a bullion value equal to their coin value.” —_—-— MATT QUAY¥'S AMBITION. Laying Wires to Sccure the Presidential Nomination. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—James Kerr of Pennsylvania, clerk of the House of Representatives, declares positively that Qnay a candidate for the Presidency. He said to-day: *‘Last week two men in this city received copies of a little pamphlet cut and bound in imitation of a morocco-covered memo- randum book, entitled ‘The Pol tory of Matthew Stanley Quay. y was never known to do such a thing as that before and of its t this junc- ture, is most significant, indicating the ex- istence of a 1i -y burean. ‘““But, in addition, while I was in Penn- eylvania the other day I was told that Benator Quay had made up his mind to try for the nomination. His friends say he feels that the Republican victories of 1594 and his own triumph over the oppo- sition in his own party in Pennsylvania | t summer give assurance that with him at the head of the ticket success will be certain. The State will be worked between now and next spring to secure Quay dele- gation to the National Convention, and to this end Senator Cameron has been com- mitted. The constraint in their personal relations, if any ever really .existed, has disappeared, as their departure for a fish- ing trip in Florida demonstrates, and all the power of the old combination will be exerted in Quay’s behalf.” “Many statements have been published.” continued Mr. Kerr, “to the effect that Quay was for Reed, but you can find no- where any proof that he has committed himself tc anybody. A significant’ remark was attributed to him recently when a reporter attempted to draw him out on that point. The reporter said it was understood that he (Qua Platt of New York were for Reed. responded the Pennsylvanian 3 *‘Mr. Piatt did not tell me that. You will find, if I am correct, that Platt will be for Quay.” e LOWNDES PATRONAGE. Maryland’s New Governor Will Have a Long List of Appointments. BALTIMORE, Mp., Nov. 8.—Hon. Lloyd Lowndes will have a larger list of appoint- ments to make, more patronage to bestow and greater power when he becomes Gov- ernoe of Maryland two months hence than could fall to thelot of the executive of al- most any other State in the Union. In addition to the appointment of purely State officials, it is, under the constitution and laws of Maryland, incumbent upon the Governor, who has always heretofore been a Democrat, to appoint a large num- ber of county officials, whose positions are in other States usually filled by papular election or by authority of the County Com- missioners. By reason of the negro majority or great negro strength in' some of the counties of Maryland it has been the policy of the State to concentrate more and more the government in the hands of the Governor. Then, too, whenever a county would g0 Republican the Democrats would rush a bill through the Legislature taking most of the fruits of the victory from their op- ponents by transferring the appointments to the Governor. In this way several of the Treasurersin the countles are named by the Governor. The local school boards are all named by him; he also appoints the liquor-license commissioners, police magistrates and Justices of the Peace for Baltimore City. RATIFIED AN AGREEMENT. Officers of Western Roads Have Come to an Understanding. CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 8.—Executive uffi- cers of the Western roads to-day ratified the new passenger agreement. A meeting of representatives of the trans-Missouri lines was also held to determine whether or not those lines should concur in the agreement. No decision was arrived at to- day, but it is practically certain they will sign the new articles. The Union Pacific, which has always to a certain degree held aloof from such an association, was repre- sented to-day by its general passenger agent, Mr. Lomax, who said, when the meeting was over, that he had thrown no obstacle in the way of combleting the agreement. The proposition to reduce the rate from Montana through Utah points to the Missouri River $5, as advocated by the Rio Grande Western, was also considered. —_—— GOING TO ATLANTA. How Chicago Day Wiil Be Celebrated at the Exposition. CHICAGO, Ir., Nov. 8.—Nearly 500 of Chicago’s citizens, accompanied by dele- gations from Aurora, Peoria, Joliet, Mil- waukee and Racine, set out for Atlanta this afternoon to be present at the celebra- tion of Chicago day at the exposition in that city next Tuesday. There were five trains of ten cars each over the Pennsylva- nia and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois roads, and all were filled. Besides some of the most vrominent men in business and political circles in this city, including Alexander H. Revelt, Senator Sheiby H. Cullom, Ferdinand W. Peck, George R. Peck, Horace Tucker, Dr. Frank W, Gun- saulus and Secretary Stone of the Board of Trade, the delegation included the entire First Regiment of the Illinois National Guard and a carload of horses for the use of the officers. The First is Chicago’s crack regiment and is made up for the most part of young men of wealth and social prominerce. It is under command of Colonel Henry Turner, who has planned an elaborate programme of drills and mili- tary evolutions to be gone through with while in Atlanta. On board the first train were Governor Altzeld and party, mclud- ing State officers and members of his staff, Mayor Swift and other municipal officers. S GEOOM DI THE PPEARED. An English Ufficer Disappoints the Bride and Her Friends. LONDON. Exc., Nov.8—The wedding of J. A. McLean, an ofticer of the Royal Irish Lancers, to a daughter of Seymour Forbes, a Yorkshire land-owner, which was fixed for this morning in All Saints’ Church, London, was unavoidably post- poned through the failure of the groom to appear at the time appointed, and the large and fashionable throng which had gathered to witness the ceremony were obliged to depart in a ¢isappointed frame of mind. The bride with the bridesmaids and page waited at the church for the grooin until the hour fixed for the wedding | hiad arrived and passed, and then departed for their homes in great distress. Diligent search failed to discover any trace of the groom, and his valet, upon being inter- rogated, professed complete ignorance of his master’s whereabouts. e Poisoned at a Reception. GREEN BAY, Wis., Nov. 8.—Twelve or fifteen of the most prominent society ladies in the city are seriously ill to-day from the effects of something that was contained in a luncheon served at a swell reception given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. C. O. Gage and Mrs. F. Vandersee. Health Commissioner Brett, who is attending sev- eral of those attacked, is unable to say whether the illness is due to poison or some impurity. It is not thought that any will die. TAKEN AFTER MARY YEARS Arrest of George S. Hazen, a Brother of the Late General. ‘While in Charge of an Office He Stole Stamps and Made False Returns. DENVER, Coro., Nov. 8.—George S. Hazen, brother of the late General Hazen, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, was arrested on a ranch near here, and will be brought to Denver to stand trial. Hazen has been a fugitive for nearly ten years and itis due to the persistent activity of Special Agent George Waterbury that he was finally located. George Hazen was Postmaster at Meeker in 1885 and 1886, and on November 20, 1886, he was indicted for pledging and disposing of several hundred dollars worth of postage stamps and for making false reports to the department. He was admitted to bail in the sum of $2000 pending a trial, but when the case was called he had disappeared. Ex-United. States Senator Tabor, his bondsman, subsequently had to pay the forfeited bond. Widterbury at the time was inspector in charge at this point, and he vowed he would find Hazen some day. He has constantly searched for the man and finaliy located him. Hazen’s daughter is teaching school near Meeker, to whom Hazen, thinking the case had been for- gotten, recently returned. WALLEE IS DYING. The Imprisoned Ex-Consul Will Perish in the French Prison. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 6.—A Re- corder special from Washington says: John L. Waller is dying in the prison at Nimes. His family, who are waiting here anxiously upon the State Department, do not believe that he will live another month. Letters have been received from him in which he predicts his early death. Every member of his family, and there are six of them in all, has received a touching mes- sage of farewell. He tells his wife and children that he is sinking fast and that they will probably never hear from him again. Unless Waller was actually in the seri- ous:condition he represents, the Prison Censors would never have allowed his let- ters to be sent. He was ill when he left Madagascar. Even since he has been in the prison at Nimes he has been sustained on inyalid's food, and it is now a question of only a short time before that will prove insufficient to maintain life. ——-— Seizure of a Newspaper. BERLIN, GERMANY, Nov. 8.—The police made a seizure this morning of the entire edition of the newspaper Der Socialist. The seizure was made before the paper was issued to the public, and was made upon the supposition that the publication contained a seditious article. The editor, Deutscher Michel, has been prosecuted for the publication of an article insulting to the ex-Empress Frederick. 3 SRR L The St. Louis Will sail. SOUTHAMPTON, Exc., Nov. 8.—The rudder of the American steamer St. Louis, which was damaged on that vessel’s last trip from New York, has been repaired and adjusted, and works excellently, and the sieamer will sail to-morrow in the slnoe of the Bt. Paul, which will 2o into rydock to be cleaned. s Bayard Will Preside. LONDON, E~G., Nov. 8. — The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the American Em- bassador, will preside at the Thanksgiving banquet that will be given by the Ameri- can society in London. A The Colt Divorce Case. NORTH CONWAY, N. H., Nov. 8.— Commissioner Wood to-day dectded to postpone the taking of depositions in the Colt divorce case until to-morrow. . Lost on the Labrador Coast. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Nov. 8. — The schooner Ocean Belle has been lost on the Labrador coast. Her crew escaped. HELP FOR CHURCHES Session of the Methodist Episcopal General Com- mittee. EXPENSES ARE PRUNED. Various Congregations Assisted in the Matter of Paying Their Debts. BISHOP COODSELL'S APPEAL. Temporary Relief for a Stockton Edifice Laboring Under a Loan With Interest. CHICAGO, ILL., Nov. 8.—The general committee on church extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church held its sec- ond session to-day. The special cases re- ferred to a committee yesterday were first brought up and considered, and the re- mainder of the day was occupied in set- tling the conference appropriations. The action of the board yesterday in so largely increasing -the amounts provided for the contingency and emergency funds neces- sitated a scaling down in sums appro- priated to each conference. The commit- tee appointed to make these reductions submitted an amended list, which was gone through seriatim, and so well had they discharged their duties that the united wisdom of the whole board made but one change in their recommendations. Many delegates sought to have their ap- propriations restored to last year’s figures, and proposed reductions from other con- ferences in order to maintain the balance. These di: cts in turn strenuously ob- jected to any further cutting down and their objections prevaiied. Bishop Merrill presided over the morn- 1ng session and called upon Rey. Dr. W. J. Paxson of Philadelphia to lead in the opening exercises. Dr. Paxson, as chairman of the commit- tee of special cases, appointed the previous day, presented his report, which was read by the recording secretary) Dr. McConnell. These special cages are applications for aid in the form of donations and loans toward building churches that have cost or will cost over $10,000. The rules of the Board of Church Extension forbid granting aid to churches costing over that sum. Per- mission from the general committee is necessary to the granting of aid in such cases, but the general committee seemed ready to make the rule one more honored in the breach than in the observance. In nearly all cases referred to the commitiee it recommended wiping out the limitation. The special committee recommended in the cases of the Chelton-avenue Church, Germantown, Pa.; of the Union-avenue Chburch, Aliiance, Ohio; of the Medford, Mass., Church; of the church at Chérokee, Towa; of Broadway Church, Council Bluifs, and of the German Church, Spokane, Wash., that they be excepted from the limitation and that they be referred to the board for su¢h donation as may be practi- cable from funds to the credit of each con- ference. A particularly exceptional case was that of the Methodist church at Stockton, Cal., a structure costing $91,000, of which §65,- 000 has been paid. Bishop Goodsell made an earnest appeal for temporary relief for this church, which was laboring under a loan bearing 10 per cent interest. *“We had better do something,” he said, “against our rules than to lose this church, the finest in California, by reason of a dis- couraged congregation.” The church was excepted from the rule and referred to the board for action. In the case of the Norwegian and Danish church at Omaba a special committee re- ported that there was not enough infor- ination before them for a recommenda- tion. Bishop Newman, while not having figures at hand, was sure the society could not build the sort of church it intends for less than $10,000, and that it deserved help. Bishop Foss moved that if the church should be found to cost $10,000 it should be exempted from the limitation and re- ferred to the board, which was agreed to. Dr. McConnell then read the list of the conferences, with the amount which each was authorized to receive from the board of extension and the amount asked from it for the work of the board. Before any action was taken on this report a liveiy discussion took place regarding the $50,000 which was yesterday set aside for a con- tingent fund to pay interest on loans and cn bonds on which churches receiving ad- vances had defaulted payment. As the | money to make the loans had been bor- rowed in the first place, the committee thought it necessary to take money from the conference collections to pay this in- terest. E Dr. T. D. Neely of Philadelphia, who ar- rived in Chicago to-day, took the floor to enter a vigorous protest against such use of the general fuud, declaring it would be illegal. The loan fund, he insisted, would take care of itself. The general committee had no right to set apart $50,000 from money to which the conferences were en- titled for church extension to pay old debts. J. W. Boughton, a lay member of the board, repliea rather sharply that a num- ber of the loans, on which no interest had been paid, had been made on the urgent appeal of Dr. Neely. To this Dr. Neely replied that he had only urged as- sistance for churches that needed it, and that it was not his business to look after the security. The board should have done that. Dr. Kynett, who bad been in the service of the board as its corresponding secretary for thirty years, made an impassioned and eloquent speech in defense of the board and the action of the committee. He pointed out emphatically that the board must pay its debts to preserve its credit. The necessity of taking the money needed for frontier churches to pay interest on loans made to save pretentious churches was much to be regretted. but he reiter- ated Mr. Boughton’s charges that no one had been more zealous than Dr. Neely in committing the board to this policy. After an hour’s debate Dr. Neely’s propo- sition to reconsider the vote of the previ- ous day was overwhelmingly defeated. Bishop Andrews of New York presided over the afternoon session. The considgr- ation of the conference appropriations was then taken up and occupied the whole session. The list was read and ‘the amounts aporoved unless some objection was raised. The apportionment for Okla- homa was reduced from §6000 to $4000 in spite of the earnest appeal of Rev. J. J. Bently for an additional $1000. VOCAL CHORDS PARALYZED. Peculiar Case of a Woman Who Was Swuccesspully Treated. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 8.—An un- usually rare case of supposed nervous hysteria was exhibited at Bellevue Hospi- tal Medical College yesterday morning by Dr. Herman W. Biggs, professor of nervous diseases at the college. The pa- tient was a healthy, intelligent woman, 35 years of age, who has suddenly become deaf and dumb, as it was believed. There was an effort to speak, but no sound could be uttered. At the same time the patient did not or professed not to hear what was addressed to her. Rest and quiet did not bring relief, nor did calm reasoning by means of writing with the woman produce any change such as would be produced by mental treatment in ordi- nary cases of hysteria. : An examination_revealed the fact that no local disease interfered. 'The trachwe was in a healthy condition, but the patient had no control of the vocal chords. No vibrations could be produced, and conse- quently no sound was heard. It was clear that the vocal chords were temporarily paralyized. Professor Biggs told the stu- dents that if there was no permanent in- jury to the chords, the local trouble would yield to and be disposed of by the use of ele‘cmq y. The electric battery was then called into use, the chords wererelaxed and the woman spoke as formerly. Hearing and speech were both restored. s g S RECOVERING THE BODIES. In AU, Thirty-Seven Perished in the Detroit Disaster. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 8.—Three badies were recovered to-day from the ruins of the Larned-street disaster. They were those of Lizzie Weidbusch, Anna Uhlik and Charles Lind. The death list will not exceed thirty-seven, John Thomas now being the only missing person. It rained steadily all aay, but as soon as the walls of the Journal building had been shored the men went to work on No. 47, and the wreckage will all be cleared away by to- mOrrow noon. 1t is probable that Thomas’ body will be uncovered some time during the night. Engineer Thompson, who was in charge of the boilers, has practically been placed under arrest, pending the ver- dict of the jury 10 DECREASE SHLODKS Plans of the “Cold Water” People in the Great City of New York. Liquor-Sellers, However, Will Fight the Movement to the Last Ditch. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. ald says: An old plan of the **Cold Water” people is now under advisement by the Excise Board—to reduce the number of saloons in this city by one-half. Nine vearsago Com- missioner Woodman was in favor of re- stricting the number of saloons, and yes- terday atternoon expressed the opinion that they might be reduced by one-half. Exclusive of hotels, which have bars and stores which sell liquor in bulk, there are 300 saloons in the city. Commissioners Woodman and‘Murray believe that 3700 would be enough for a population of nearly 2,000,000, that is one saloon to about 540 residents. “Once the reduction is ‘made.” said Woodman yesierday, ‘‘there would be no increase. T cannot tell you how it will be done. The difficulties are very great, but .—The Her- ‘I am sure we can ultimately find a way to do it. That there are toc many saloons in New York is shown by the fact that most of them are in financial straits. Asa rule, when the retailer runs in debt to the wholesaler and the brewer in order to try to better things he permits his saloon to be used by dissolute peoble. When card- vlaying and dice-throwihg are permitted in back rooms the saloon-keeper becomes a law-breaker and should be punished. It would be better for the business if the number were reduced. In view of the courts having reversed some of our decis- ions, we must proceed cautiously and be sure of our ground.”” Commissioner Murray said they would try to make the reductions more rapidly than they bad done in the past. “We have closed fifty-six saloons and fourteen hotels since we took office,” he said. “We are considering this matter very carefuily, but we do not know when we shall begin.” Commissioner Harburger, who is a very liberal-minded man in excise affairs, said he saw no reason why he should change his views. He would consider the propo- sition, and that was all he would say at present. The_saloon-keepers do not take much stock in this new move of the board. They say a license cannot be revoked except for cause, and, should a renewal be refused to a law-abiding saloon-keeper, the board would be mandamused, and the probabili- ties are that the court would give due con- sideration to the plea of vested rights and compel the board to renew. saloon which does not pay soon gives up the fight. Outside of these considerations the only thing the Excise Board can do is to refuse to issue additional licenses. There- fore the saloon-keepers now 1n business are easy in their minds. s Removal of Receiters. NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 8.—The con- tinuation of the hearing on the applica- tion for the removal of Thomas F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne and Henry C. Rouse, receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a?po\ntpd in 1893, and for the appointment ol receivers, came up before Judge La- combe in the United States Court at 2 o’clock to-day, but by mutual consent an adjournment for two weeks was taken and the Judge set the hearing down for No- vember 2, e PO Ran Into an Upen Switch. CYNTHIANA, Ky., Nov. 8.—A wreck occurred on the Kentucky central division of the Louisville and Nashville a little after 3 o’clock this morning. A north- bound freight, heavily laden with stock, ran into an open switch nineteen miles below Cincinuati. Twelve cars were de- stroyed. Eugene Kelly of Bourbon County, on his way from LeXxington with horses was kitled.” It is estimated that 150 head of cattle and twenty hogs were killea. iz et Slain by a spaniard. ST. LOULS, Mo., Nov. 8.—A special from Zacatecas, Mexico, says that H. L. Ward, the owner of the La Macera gold mine in the State of Sinaloa, was killed twenty miles west of there last Wednesday by a Spaniard named Fernandez. The mur- derer alleges that Ward insulted his daugh- ter, and that he killed him that the honor of himself and family might be retained. Ward was wealthy, and hasa family living in the United States. e L Killed in a Freight Wreck. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 8—In a freight wreck on the Missouri Pacific near Conners, Kans., to-night, M. H. Dewitt of Omaha, who was beating his way, was killed. The body was brought to Kansas City, Kans., and his wife notified of his death. g Shot His Wife and Himself. ROME, N. Y., Nov. 8.—William Haw- kins, formerly of Kome, shot his wife twice and then killea himself in Canastota to-day. It is thought the woman will re- cover. The cause of theshootingis un- known. SPIKES WERE PULLED, Firsf Overt Act on the Great Northern Rail- way. LAID TO THE STRIKERS. But the Broken Trackage Was Discovered Before the Pas- senger Train Arrived. WILL BE A WAR TO A FINISH. General Managers Ready to Assist President Hill With Guards and Operators. DEVILS LAKE, N. Dak., Nov. 8.—The first overt act of the present strike was committed last night. Spikes were pulled from several rails a mile west of this city. The broken trackage was discovered this morning before the passenger-train reached here. Twenty more special policemen ar- rived to-day and are patrolling the yards. Trains are being sent out hourly, princi- pally manned with new men, although three old conductors took their trains out. The strikers say it is only a question of a few days when every American Railway Union employe on the road will quit work. Forty men participating in the strike were discharged to-day. | ST. PAUL, Mi~xN.,, Nov. 8.—The Great Northern Company continued to-day to send out men over its line, Nearly100 went out last night and seventy-two this evening. It isannounced that none of the A.R. U. men will be permitted to resume their places. This statement was given out from the office of the general manager this evening. ‘“You can state, and make it as strong as you like, that no striker will be taken back now, next summer or at any other time. No man who refused to work or failed to report for duty will ever work for this road again.” The notice that was posted on the bulle- tin boards several days ago will be rigidly adbered to, it being to the effect that no striker or sympathizer can remain in the employ of the company. CHICAGO, Irr., Nov. 8.—A morning paper says: All railroads having head- quarters in Chicago have given positive assurance to President Hill of the Great Northern Railway that, so far as lies in their power, they will co-operate with him in defeating the American Railway Uuion strike now threatened upon his road. This information came yesterday from officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Burlington, the Iilinois Central and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois sys- tems. This support of the Great Northern is an outgrowth of the plan pursued by the general managers of the different roads of Chicago when they were dealing with the strike of last year. Precident Hill came to Chicago three weeks ago, when he first learned of the threatened strike throngh his confidential advisers at various points along the Great Northern line. Aid was promised him. Hill engaged Thiels’ Agency to furnish him armed guards, and then advised the Chicago railroad managers that his road would employ any railroad man ont of work who had not committed an act of | violence in Chicago or elsewhere against a railroad during the strike of 1894. There are some 2000 of these men in Chicago at the present time whose names were on the payroll of railroads up to July 1, 1894, They ihclude engineers, firmen, brakemen and flagmen. While they have been ‘‘blacklisted’”” for nearly eighteen months no charge has rested against them but of having simply quit work when the strike began. At 175 Monroe street these men were engaged yesterday and furnished transportation to St. Paul. Some 800 men—guards and practical railroad men—have already left Chicago for the Great Northern system, with the understanding that even if the strike does not reach the proportions which are ex- pected, they eventually will secure posi- tions through the discharge of men whom the officials of that road consider as breed- ers of troubles. A telegram was received in Chicago res- terday from Hill saying that within a week he would have the strike entirely squelcted and all labor trouble removed from his line. ; MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Nov. 8.—The American Railway Union men in this city received a Jetter to-day from President Debs, written yesterday, in which he touched on Great Northern strike matters as follows: “I am advised that no strike has been declared nor is likely to be declared. There is local trouble at three or four points, but none of a general character in which the A. R. U. is involved. There could be no general strike withoutits being authocized by the men themselves, and this has nov been done. Press dispatches about the Great Northern are mostly false.” TACOMA, Wasm., Nov. 8.—Local rail- road circles are all worked up and there is likelitiood of trouble in the discharge of two old railroad men, John Cameron, con- ductor, and N. P. Warner, engineer, of local freight No. 61. Superintendent Mc- Cabe has had it in for the men for some time, and laid them off repeatedly in the | hope of making them resig { A strange feature of the case is that at a meeting of the railway men in Seattle these two men declared against a strike, and had it not been for them there would have been a strike. Master Mechanic H. H, ‘Warner declares that the men are the most competent on the line and the re- moval is unwarranted and trouble may arise from it. The local men Lere- are very bitter at McCabe’s actior | HIT BY THE CURTAIN. Actor Kyrle Bellew Knocked Out While Picking Up a Bouquet, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 8.—While stooping to pick up a bouquet that was thrown on the stage to-night to Mrs. Pot- ter, Kyrle Bellew, the actor, was struck on the head by the descending curtain and knocked into insensibility. How badly Mr. Bellew was hurt was not learned to- night, as when inguiry was made at his hotel it was said he was asleep and the hotel people refused to awaken him. e Escapades of J. J. Davis. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 8.—H. H. Craig, a wealthy lumber merchant of this city, was seen last evening in reference to a San Francisco dispatch stating that J. J. Dayvis, his dishonest son-in-law, had fled from that city and was supposed to have says that his daughter left Davisin San Francisco last August, visited in Detroit for atime and had %een here at his home for the last two months. She knows nothing of her husband’s whereabouts. He also denies having signed Davis’ bail bond; and says that Davis’ own relatives were sureties. Vi R CASES AGAINST RAILEOADS. 'gone to Europe with bis new wife. Craig | An Important Controversy Before the Interstate Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—Argu- ment was begun before the Interstate Commerce Commission to-day by attor- neys representing the Commercial Club of Omabha, Nebr., and several railroads and the Kansas City Board of Trade. These organizations are interested in two cases before the commission involving rates to ang from Omaba, The cases were origin- ally given a hearing in Kansas City last May, and the parties thereto agreed to submit them to the commission. One of the cases is that of the Commercial Club against sundry railroads as to discriminat- ing rates between Omaha and Council Bluffs with reference to bridge charges. The other case-is represented by the Commercial Club of Omaha on the one side and railroads carrying cattle, hogs and ‘“‘packing-house products” between Omaha, Kansas City and Texas on the other. It will be some weeks before a decision will be handed down, as the com- mission has allowed six weeks’ time for the submission of briefs. ' e A4S TO TARIFF LEGISLATION. Cleveland Will Anticipate Moves by the Republicans. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 8.—Ex- Comptrolier of Currency William B. Hep- burn is authority for the statement that Thomas B. Reed in the House of Repre- sentatives and Thomas H. Carter in the Senate will urze a tariff on wool and lum- ber, and possibly a tax on beer. If the Democrats reject these propositions the responsibility of aefeating legislation in- creasing revenue will rest upon the m. It is said that anticipating some such a move on the part of the Republicans President Cleveland will, in his message, declare that he will sign no measure im- posing a tariff duty upon wool, lumber or other necessaries, or imposing a tax on the poor man’s drink—beer. The President has thus far let no word fall that might indicate whether he witl recommend a tax on wine—the rich man’s drink—but it is well known that Secretary Carlisle has been considering the advisability of the latter tax. The chances are that this tax will be recommended. —_—— NEED ONE MORE VOTE. === Republicans Figuring on the Control of the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—Lead- ing Republican Senators, including Sher- man, find that even with two Senators from Utah, they cannot organize or con- trol Senate legisiation without one vote from either Jones (Nevada), Stewart or Peffer. T hey have decined not to make any deal with the Populists and will, therefore, not attempt reorganization u..- til March, 1897, when the Republican suc- cessors to Brice, Gibson and Blackburn will be seated. 3 DRUGGED OR HYPAOTIZED. Real Estate Dealer Walker Avers That His Wife’s Love Was Alienated. Damage and Divorce Suit Commenced in ‘Washington Which Will Inter- est Californians. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—Barlow L. Walker, a real estate dealer of Wash- ington, will sue a prominent druzgist here, Wililam E. Shaeffer, for alienating his wife’s affections. Owing to the promi- nence of the parties, who are well known in California, the suit will cause something of a sensation. Mrs. Walker, who is a woman of de- cidedly attractive and charming appear- ance, is of a highly connected California family. She is 28 years of age, witha pretty face and fine form. Her shapely head is covered by a thick mass of brown tresses, her complexion is clear and bright, and her Jarge, expressive eyes are exceed- ingly attractive. Mrs. Walker's name was Genevieve Martin. Walker alleges that the druggist has drugged or hypnotized his wife, win- ning her love and influencing her to ex- tort large sums of money from him. Mrs. Walker has already sued for divorce, alleging dissipation, cruelty, and also brings suit to recover $31,000, which she alleges Walker secured from her to invest. ‘Walker alleges that bis wife frequently patronized Shaeffer's soda fountain and their acquaintance rapidly developed into intimacy. ‘‘He taught my wife the vice of luxury and extravagance,”’ asserts Walker. The testimony in the case, covering sev- eral thousand pages, is now in the hands of Shellaberger & Wilson, the most promi- nent law firm of Washington. e WRECKED ON A GRADE. Five Persons Injured in a Railroad Ac- cident in Kansas. GIRARD, Kans., Nov. 8—A discon- nected part of the Santa Fe local ran into an extra freight on-a grade ten miles from Girard last night, smashing up the local car. Five persons were injured, one of whom may die. The crews escaped by jumping. The injured are: C.W. French, drum- mer of Chicago; Charles Abend, drum- mer of Cincinnati; Messrs. Armstrong and Soloman and an unknown man who was working on the Santa Fe bridge gang. g Six Yegro Prisoners Escaped. WINSTON, N. C., Nov. 8.—~While a con- stable was in the act of taking a negro out of jail to attend trial this morning he was knocked down by other prisoners, six of whom escaped—all negroes. One of them, John Mclver, was awaiting trial for a felo- nious assault. The others were in prison for larceny. There were eighteen 1n the corridor at the tima of the delivery. The runaways are said to be surrounded in the woods near Winston. — Opening Lands to Settlers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—~The Secretary of the Interior to-day forwarded: to the Presid wat for his approval a draft of the proclamation opening for settlement a portion of the Nez Perce Indian Reserva- tion in Idalio and suggested that the date of the cpening of the lands be named ten days later than the date on which the President signs the proclamation. C gl by Carlisle Will Hear Manderson. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 8.—Secre- { tary Carlisle will to-morrow hear Ex Senator Manderson of Nebraska in opposi- tion to sending to the Court of Claims tie Oxnard Beet-sugar Company’s cases, in- volving the unconstitutionality of the bounty law, and decided by Comptroller Bowler adversely to the claimants. e g Died in a Drugstore. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 8.—Thémas W. Anderson, local freight agent of the Wabash Railroad, dropped dead in Rabo- teau’s drugstore, on Broadway, tc-day. SYdiida and was apparently in the best of Lealth. Deceased was about 40 yearsof age and T0 BUILD THE CANAL Chicago and British Gold May Be Sent to Nica- ragua. NEW MACHINERY READY If Necessary the Maritime Com- pany’s Charter Will at Once Be Abandoned. AID FROM CONGRESS WAIVED. Financiers Said to Have Done Some Shrewd Work at the World's Metropolis. CHICAGO, Irrn., Nov. 8.—An afternoon newspaper publishes a lengthy article, purporting fo give facts regarding a new deal, the consummation of which will mean the complete construction of the Nicaragua ship canal with American and British millions, purely as a private enter- prise, aided materially by Chicago capital, as represented in newly invented canal machinery in successful operation on the Chicago drainage canal. It is stated thatall attempts to obtain financial assistance from the United States Government through Congress will be abandoned, and should it develop that the charter granted the Nicaragua Maritime Canal Company by Congress is likely to prove embarrassing, it will be surrendered without hesitation. With revised estimates of the cost of constructing the canal, based on the great saving through use of the improved excavating machinery owned by Chicago contractors and inventors, it is said the canal promoters went to London and laid their tempting plans before the money kings of the world’s metropolis. . For months these financiers have been investigating the proposition and the great deal is on the verge of consummation. The new figures call for the expenditure of between $70,000 and $85,000,000. In substantiation of the truth of this statement it is asserted that engineers and other experts in the employ of the Nicara- gua Ship Canal Construction Company, which has invested $9,000,000 in the isthmus canal to date, have been camping for months on the line of the Chicago canal from here to Joliet, observing the wonderful mechanical improvements in ditch digging on a buge scale. When they returned to New York, it is said, the ex- perts gave such an encouraging report of their examination that the prime movers in the great canal enterprise, notably War- ner Miller, president of the construction company, were induced to undertake at the negotiation of the London deal. Northern Pacific Reorganization. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 8.—Charles H. Adams of the reorganization committee of the second, third and consolidated mort- gage bondholders of the Northern Pacifjc Company, announces that there has beédn deposited with the committee more thgn $8.000,000 of the seconds and a majority of the thirds and the console. One of the objects of the committee is to obtain the same receivership for the entire system. To Leave the Turkish Army. 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