The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1895, Page 1

VOLUME LXXVIIL—N O. 163. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORN NG, NOVEMBER 10, 1895—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRITONS AT BAKQUET, Installation of London’s New Lord Mayor at Guildhall. SALISBURY WAS THERE. And the Premier Threw Some Light on the Nation’s Foreign Policy. ATTITUDE TOWARD THESULTAN If the Ottoman Empire Falls It Will | Involve Powerful Nations in Dangerous Conflict. Nov. 9.—The usun]; ord Mayor upon e took place to- occasion being i Magistracy of Waiter Henry LONDON, E anquet given night in the ( the taking over of the Chi th don by £ Wil >cessor of Sir Joseph Renals. Itis the custom for the Prime Minister d oth members of the Cabinet to at- end t, and for the Prime Min- ,more or less distinetly, the banqu r to map ou the programme of the Government. The greatest interest centered in to-night’s 1 was known that Lord nquet as it lisbury would be present and that he 1 throw some light on Great Britain’s foreign relations and policy, more particu- larly the course that would be followed in the case of Turkey, whose contumacious behavior has led to rumors of war which | have haa a decidedly adverse effect upon the various bourses, and excited a feeling of uneasiness, not only here, but in the several European capitals. The banquet to-night was preceded by a reception in the library of Guildhall. As the Ministers, especially Lord Salis- arrived there was cheering. Lord sury was accompanied by his wife. the other guests present were Lord iry, the Lord H Chancellor, and Halsbury; the Marquis of Lans- downe, Secret: of te for War; the Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Ash- bourne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; the Right Hon. C. T. Richie, President of the Board of Trade; Lord James, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the Right Hon. Walter Long, President of the Board | of Agriculture; the Spanish Embassador and the Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Servian ang Swedish Ministers. Embassador Bay- n}':u not present, he being on a visit to Scojland., The tables in the banqueting hall were spread with the customary splendor. At the conclusion of the feast the loving cup passed around and the Lord Mayor toasted the Queen and other members of the royal famil. Sheriff Pound toasted the army and navy. The Right Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, was to have replied in behalf of the navy, but Mr. McCarthy, Secretary to the Admiralty, responded in his stead, after announcing that Mr. Goschen was severely indisposed. The Marquis of Lansdowne responded to the toest to the army. Then the Lord Mayor toasted the Min- isters, and Lord S: arose to re- | spond. He touched b upon the re- ult of the recent general election. The | n, he said, had spoken in terms that d not be mistaken. In reference to home rule, he augured a period of peace as regards the integrity of the empire. He also thought that the position of the House of Lords in the constitution had been more exactly defined by the elec- tions, but just now the chief interest was in foreign affairs. Healluded to the Chi- nese-Japanese war, which he said had been followed with great interest, but those matters had now passed and he trusted that peace had returned. He ven- tured to hope that whatever further oc- curred in the far East the public wou!di not view it with unnecessary disturbance and alarm. He was much struck by the remarkable sensation that was produced by the false news that appeared a week or two ago, not because he thought the news of particular importance, but because the opinion it evoked in regard to it was a very noticeable phenomenorn. “Depend upon it,"”" he said, *“whatever may happen in that region, be it in the way of war or in the way of commerce, we are equal to any competition that may be opposed to us,and may look with equal equanimity upon the action of any per- sons who think to exclude us from that fertile and commercial region, or who imagine that they can best us in the mar- kets of the world. [Cheers.] I should be sorry if we felt undue sensitiveness in the matter.” Lord Salisbury recalled the words of Lord Beaconsfield to the effect tkat there ‘was room for everybody in Asia. English- men, he added, might employ their ener- gies without needing to fear comnvetitors. Continuing, he said that there is another part of the world where matters are not so peaceful as he hoped they were in the far East. He recalled the action in May of the British, Fren ch and Russian Embassadors at Constantinople, and declared that it was designed to protect the Armenians, whose terrible and deplorable sufferings had moved the feelings of the British na- tion to their base. He paid a tribute of skill 1o the Embassadors, especially men- tioning their leader, Sir Philip Currie, the British representative, whose judgment, skill ard continuous labors, he said, had done much to avoid the most formidable dangers and to bring matters, at all events for a time, to a pacific phase. The demand made upon Turkey by the three powers had been substantially accepted by the Sultan. He had seen somewhere under a ereat name the assertion that the Sultan had won a great victory over the British. It could not be called a victory, Lord Salisbury declared, because be had given tbe British all they wanted. There had been an impression abroad that he him- self had added a demand to those mude in May, requiring something in the nature of an international commission. That was a great mistake, He had never added io tge demands. He dia of- fer as substitute demands, coj as a simple way | port wonderful cures. of obtaining the same end, that if it “'em] preferred the present Mohammedan ma- chinery should continue and be supervised by a mixed commission. The demands of the Embassies were substantially that a proportional number of Christian em- ployes should be added to the executive of the provinces containing a large number of Armenians. He did not contend that his proposal was the better. The Sultan preferred the other proposal and this naturally fell to the ground. The reason that he preferred to be rid of his proposal to substitute Christian for Moslem officers was his great horror of the powers appearing in these cases as partisans of one religion rather than another. Continuing, Lord Salisbury s: “I should have been glad if our pro- posals could have divested the negotiations of any appearance of impartiality and could have assured our Moslem fellow-sub- jects, who are among the most loyal and orderly subjects of the Queen, that they may rely upon the Imperial Government being absolutely impartial. With regard to the result of the negotiations if the re- forms are carried into effect they would give the Armenians every prospect that a nation could desire—prosperity, peace, justice and safety to life and property. But will they becarried out? If the Sul- tan can be pursuaded to give justice to the Armenians it will not signify what the ex- act nature of the undertaking may be. If he will not heartily resolve to do justice to them the most ingenious constitution that can be formed will not avail to protect or assist the Armenians. *‘Only through the Sultan can any real permanent blessings be conferred on his subjects. What if the Sultan is not per- suaded? Iam bound to say that the news reaching us from Constantinople does not give much cheertulness in that respect. You will readily understand that I can only speak briefly on such a matter. It would be dangerous to express the opin- ions that are on my lips, lest they injure the cause of peace and good order, which above all things I have at heart. “But, supposing the Sultan will not give these reforms, what is to follow? The first answer I should give is that above all treaties, all combinations of the powers, in the nature of things is providence God, if you please to put it so, has determined that persistent and constant misgovern- ment must lead the Government which follows it to its doom, and while I readily admit that it is| quite possible that the Sultan, if he likes, can govern with justice and can be per- suaded, he is not exempt any more than any other potentate from the law that in- justice will bring the highest on earth to | ruin. Itisnot only the necessary action | of the law of which I speak on which we | may rely. There is the authority ot the great powers. Turkey isin the remarka- | ble position that she has stood in for half a century, mainly because the powers re- solved that for the peace of Christendom she should so stand. The danger is that if the Ottoman Empire fails it would not be merely a danger that would threaten its territory. It would be the danger that that fire there lit would spread to other nations, involving all that is most powerful and civilized in Europe in a dangerous conflict.” NOW KNOWN AS “THE JOURNAL.” W. R. Hearst Changes the Name of His New York Paper and Enters the Race With Vim. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 9—W. R. Hearst has changed the name of his paper, which was formerly known as The Morn- ing Journal. It now appears under the name of The Journal. Mr. Hearst is de- voting all of his attention to the Journal, and it is predicted that he will make his paper felt as a factor in metropolitan jour- nalism. He has shaved off his mustache in accordance with the current fashion in Park Row, and is now regarded as an out- and-out New Yorker. It is reported in newspaper circles that severai more of his bright young men wiil soon be brought from San Francisco to increase the already brilliant staff with which he has sur- rounded himsellf. EXPOSED TO THE CHOLERA Passengers on the Warrimoo Com- plain of the Bennington’s Commander. While in Port at Honolulu the Cruiser Was Needlessly Run Near the Steamer. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 9.—A letter has been sent to the Secretary of the Navy by several gentlemen, citizens of this country and elsewhere, who were passengers on the R. M. 8. Warrimoo from Vancouver to Australia. The letter is signed by E. A. Sanford of Philadelphia, Arthur Lewis ot Towa, Harry Willard French of Boston, H. V. Cooley of Victoria, B, C.; Arthur F. Pate of Des Moines, Iowa, and others. It states that whén the steamship arrived off Honolulu the night of August 30 last it was found that cholera was raging on shore. The ship accordingly anchored outside. At this time and until noon on the fol- lowing day the United States ciuiser Ben- nington lay inside close to the wharf flying the yellow flag, having already lost one man from cholera on the day before, Several hours before the Warrimoo could get away the Bennington ran out of the harbor, made a circle close about the War- rimoo and came to anchor directly to wind- ward of her and so close that the smoke and odors from her galley were offensive to those on the deck of the passenger ship, As the passengers could see no possible excuse for this action, which they deem was a menace 10 their health, they called upon the Navy Department for an expla- nation. They term this action of the commander of the Bennington as uncalled for, ungen- tlemanly and insulting and greatly to the discredit of the United States navy, and beg that the matter be inquired into and those responsible dealt with as the case demands. g ol g Wondesful Cures Reported. OMAHA, Nes.,, Nov. 9.—One hundred and fifty employes of the Union Pacific went to Denver this evening to consult Schlatter in reeard to their diseases. The company is furnishing free transportation to all who wish_to go for thltnsurpoue. More will go. Many have already gone from the western divisions, and some re- The Tammany Tiger Was the Only Thing That Escaped the Overwhelming Republican Flood. “I FEEL LIKE NOAH AND HIS ARK OUTFIT.” COLLAPSE OF A BOOM European Financiers Were Bitten by the Kaffir Craze. RUSH FOR READY MONEY It Has Caused Many Markets to Be Shaken by Cyclonic Dis- turbances. POLITICS OF THE OLD NATIONS. Harold Frederic's Review of the Work of Disturbing Elements in Many Parties. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York Times.] LONDON, Exg., Nov. 9.—Measured by the Bourse thermometer this has been the most depressed, dolefully unhappy week Europe has known for years. London's local record of & sinking market and a scared public is no doubt attribut- able largely to the coincidence of a collapse in the mining boom. Terrible tales are afloat here to-night of to-day's calamities 1n the city, which are the worst of the week, and the gloomiest forebodings of the settlement of the tragedies next Tuesday. Undoubtedly, too, Paris is heavily involved in this mining trouble, and with her, that purely’ French institu- tion, the Ottoman Bank at Constantinople. A furious rush to get ready money at any sacrifice of good sureties may be held to | account for the drop of three points in consols, that erring barometer of* the Brit- ish situation, but Berlin, Frankfort and Vienna are only slightly related to this particular area of cyclonic disturbance, and they bave been just as violently shaken. The truth is, I believe, that though Lon- don men think it is Africa or Australia that ails them, it is really apprehension of a European war which started their trou- ble. Grossly inflated mining values have crumpled cruelly in all directions, butthey would not have done so if the panicky no- tion of foreign embarrassments’ had "not unnerved the market. Business closed here to-day and on the Continent as well with everybody’s thought turned toward the Guild Hall, where, by a dramatic chance, Lord Salisbury is to makea speech in the very middle of a more critica! finan- cial and political situation than any that the Old World has experienced since 1878, The French Radical Ministry has not | been incontinently thrown out, as Paris expected, perhaps only because the ex- pected so rarely happens there. Although there is no apparent reason why it should not die next week or the week after, it has set sternly to work as if it were to live for- ever. The boldness of its move in seizing control of the civil service, sweeping out old officials on all sides and appointing its own people, seems rather to have taken the Parisian breath away. The papers cannot keep track of the procession of Prefects, secretaries, di- rectors of departments and the like who are flitting into private life, propelled by the Radical boot. Hardly Washington itself ever witnessed a more peremptory clearing out. It is certainly a very brave game which is being played, not to say desperate. While offices are being seized and the whole administration is being vigorously radicalized, the air is kept vibrating with reports that not only the southern railway scandals are to be probed to the bottom, but new excavations are to be ruthlessly pushed into the old Panama pie and fresh skeletons are to be unearthed. Further- more, heavy stress is now laid on the Radical doctrine that legislators must T | have no dealings with finance, and as a spectacular earnest that this means busi- | ness, Senator Christophle has been pushed | out of the direction of the Credit Foncier and Paris is agog with rumors that other similar sacrifices even more surprising are to follow. This display of fierce energy by a Ministry which represents only a minority in Parliament and could be kicked out to-day as well as not is not | mere histrionism either. Itisinformed by an extremely shrewd | knowledge of the French character and a | courageous reliance on the maxim that | “history repeats itseli.”” If the Chamber | | summons nerve to defeat the Minlstry the | plans are all ready fora prompt dissolu- tion-and apper’ to the:sgruntry om:the! ground that moderate republicanism and | conservatism alike mean corruption, bribe- taking and infamous betrayal of public | trusts. Lockroy and Cavaignac are piling i up proofs of wholesale venality in the na- | val and war offices, much more for cam- | paign than for departmental service. They | and their colleagues do mnot try to main- | tain a difficult balance among the hostile | groups in the Chamber, they defy it to put | them out, and assume the air of rather welcoming than otherwise the prospect of fighting the thing out before their eonstit- uencies. | It was precisely this daring posture | which enabled the Jacobins a century ago, | though ridiculously in the minority and often a mere handful in a populous dis- .trict, to seize absolute control in France. | Ten days of M. Bourgeois have brought us | nearer to abstract French republicanism | than a whole quarter of a century of Gam- | bettas, Ferrys and Ribots. | In Vienna, in the meantime, one may witness a spectacle of complete reversion i to medieval autocracy. The Viennese saw | fit, by an enormous majority, to elect a i Joud-mouthed professional agitator to be | Burgomaster, but the Emperor calmly | draws his pen over his name and tells | them to try again. Nor is this display of divine right limited to Viennese uces. The whole theory of parliamentary gov- | ernment in. Austria has been frankly set | aside, and Count Badeni and his minis- terial associates not only have no seats in Parliament save ex-officio, but began their | duties by telling the Reichsrath: bluntly | that if it passed adverse votes no atten- | tion would be paid to them. Curiously enough, this high-handed departure seems to be taken not amiss, even by the Reichs- rath, which yesterday gave to Badeni fifty-four majority in support of his atti- tude on the Burgomaster question. In Austria, indeed, as in England, nothing else is' so apparent among the people as the desire to have a government which governs without asking questions and shows a bold front alike to domestic de- bating societies and to the foreign' enemy at the gate. . The action of the British National League committee in expelling Healy was a foregone conclusion. It: could have been done at any time, since the' majority on it are salaried creaturesof the organiza- | tion who do whatever the bosses bid. There is to be a square fight in Dublin next, | Wednesday, when the council of the Irish | federation will be asked to follow suit. There is a slight Healy majority among the elected members of this council, which is just about balanced by an adverse ma- jority in the pariiamentary delegation, which.is ex-officio a part of the council. Urgent whips are out for both sides, and if all of Healy’s friends go over he ought to win the day, since it is understood that some of his nominal opponents have got up on the fence and will not be present. Notices were issued to-night of the meet- ing of the Irish parliamentary party at Dublin next Thursday, the idea being, in case the federation be captured, to rush an expulsion resolution through there also. This is a desperate attempt to break up what is left of the Irish party before Healy can start a paper to expound his views. As to how it ought to be managed hardly needs comment. It isthe last device of the charlatans who have been squandering the Nationalist chances in the interest of their own diseased vanity for years. Whether they succeed next week or fail, their game is about up in Ireland. 'In any case a wholly new start must be made be- fore anything useful can be done. Until to-day there have been ominous signs of a public panic about the great ORI e A S A L SRR [ Continued on Third Page.] LOOK 0 UNCLE SAM. Residents of Newfoundland Who Earnestly Favor Annexation. NO AID FROM ENGLAND. Apathy of the Mother Country During Past Periods of Starvation. FRIENDLY TO THIS COUNTRY. There Are Many Who Would Will- ingly Become Citizens of the United States. ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND, Nov. 9.— Never before n the history of this island has the outlook for the future been as dis- mal looking as at the present time. Unless some measures of relief are quickly im- provised and as quickly carried out the results of the famine. which is manifesting itself already, will be terrible, far sur- passing the horrors of last winter. Amoug the people of the island the strong feeling against the British Home Government, which has been manifesting itself during a long interval, has now nearly reached a point which bodes ill. The apathy of Great Britain, when the people of the colony were starving last winter, without the Home Government making an offer of assistance, has done more than anything else to bring about this feeling toward the mother country, and each day the feeling for consolidation with the United States is growing in strength, and, unless a different course is pursued by the Home Government at an early date, an open secession is not a re- mote possibility. The feeling of the island is best repre- sented by the views of one of the most prominent men in the colony, Rev. Fred- erick Woods of the Newfoundland relief ‘committee, who 1n a speech delivered a short time ago to a demonstrative meeting held in Boston voiced the sentiment of the coiony in the following words, and coming ‘as it does from an authoritative source is valuable as denoting the feeling in the island. He said: ‘‘Oh, if we could only take our old island and ‘lay her at the feet of Uncle Sam. I wish to God we couid. That sentiment is deeply rooted not only in my own breast but in "that of my fellow-countrymen; but—and it is well that Americans should know it—there is a feeling of despair over the coldness of the subject. We do not wish the united States to plunge into war on any account. We do not even want her to even do anything that would offend England; but we do think that as the magisterial power in the New World it ought to show some degree of sympathy to the New World people, especially to those who are destined ere long to come under the American flag as American citi- zens.” This speech has aroused no end of com- ment, and when it is viewed in the light of having come, as it were, straight from the natives of Newfoundland itself, its political importance cannot be overesti- mated. During the last few years the mother country has seemingly taken no notice of Newfoundland’s weakness, and has never offered to help her in an emer- gency, while this attitude has in part been taken by Canada. During the famine of last winter, by far the greatest amount of succor came from ‘the United States, relief expeditions being sent out from nearly all the ports on the Atlantic seaboard. This has done more than anything else to cement the feeling of friendliness toward the United States, and as a vrominent politician expressed it recently, the time is not far distant when he island will form a part of her bene- | actor. JURY LAW CONSTITUTIONAL. Now the Corporation Lawyers of Kansas Must Find Another Pretext for Ap- pealing Cases. KANBAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 9.—The Supreme Court this afternoon handed down an opinion declaring that the jury law of the State was constitutional. This final settlemert of a much vexed question is of the greatest importance to the people of Jackson County. 'The question of the constitutionality of the jury law was first raised three years | ago by the attorneys for corporations. | ‘Whenever a suit for damages against the | streetcar or railroad companies was called for trial in the Circuit Court, the corpora- tion lawyers would file a motion to quash | the jury, claiming that the jury law was unconstitutional. More valuable time has been wasted in arguing this question be- fore the courts of Jackson County than on any other one subject, and thousands of dollars have been spent by corporations in appealing cases to the Supreme Court on | the question of the constitutionality of the jury law. e RICBARED ROWE SURRENDERED. The Mexican Governor Will Permit His Return to This Country. DES MOINES, lowa, Nov. 9.—Governor Jackson received a telegram to-day notify- | ing him that the Mexican courts had re- | turned a verdict surrendering Richard | Rowe to the United States Government. | He 18 a brother of Chester Rowe, the | Powshick County absconding treasurer. | The Mexican Government refused to ex- | tradite either of them. ~Detective William | Forsee began suit in the courts in the City of Mexico five months ago against them. | The case against Chester Rowe is still | pending. Richard is charged with com- | plicity in the crime: | Chester purchased property immediately | upon arriving in Mexico, which made him a citizen according to the Mexican laws. Richard did not think suspicion would fall on him, and failed to take this precaution. | He will be brought back in a few days. E S gr et BURYING DETROIT'S DEAD. Nineteen Funerals of the Victims of the Recent Disaster. DETROIT, Mrcn., Nov. 9.—To-day has | been one of funerals of the victims of | Wednesday’s frightful disaster. All day | dismal funeral corteges have been winding | through the streets of the city on their way to the city of the dead. Funeral ser- vices over nineteen of the unfortunate vic- tims were held during the day. The list is as follows: K John J. Reuter, Minnie Liez, Katie Leonard, John Gordon, Joseph Bradley, | James Ross, Emma Lichtenberg, Rosa | Morgan, John Koerber, Walter P. Sayby, | Rosa M. Bretz, Carrie M. Bower, Michael | ‘Ward, J. E. Bretienbreicher, Adolph | 8chrieber Jr., Henry C. Walsh, Louis 8. | 8. Reicker, Katie and Hattie Hiller. | Al of the fanerals were largely at-| tended, and ‘there were many pathetic | PITTSBURG WEAKENS, Local Dissension May Prove Disastrous to Her Plans. |FEW ACCOMMODATIONS. But $500 Have Been Collected Within the Last Two Weeks. SAN FRANCISCO IS STRONGER. Los Angeles Has Been Invited to Add Some Names to Our Washington Delegation. The activity that is most necessary in the matter of the convention project reach- ing a satisfactory conclusion is beginning to assert itself and the executive and finance committees are now in the midst of telling work for the plan. Every possible stone that can be turnea to carry the point has received attention and daily our chances grow brighter. The executive committee is widening its scope by working in conjunction with the com- mittee appointed by our Los Angeles al- lies, and with the prestige we have already gained all over the State there1s a likeli- hood that our ambitions in this case will be realized. Chicago railroad officials are considering the proposition of low rates and assure the people of California that they will do as much as is in their power to make the round trip as low as possible. There are no influences against us except that which has already asserted itself in the East in | the shape of one Pittsburg, which accord- ing to the latest reportsis suffering from local dissension that threatens .its chances. In the last two weeks the finance com- mittee of that city of smoke has not col- lected $500, and there is all told only $67,~ 000 in the fund as agamst our $78,000. Look at this state of affairs and consider that all the subscriptions collected in San Francisco were practically voluntary and without the aid of a finance committee, none having been formed in this City up to the time our fund touched $77,000. To- day, however, they have full control of the work of collecting, and it is stated on good authority that any amount up to $250,000 can be secured if necessary. The fcllowing dispatch from Pittsburg tells the tale that we have no objection te reading: PITTSBURG HAS FALLEN Her Finance Committee BY THE WAYSIDE. Has Only Collected $500 in Two Weeks and the Boom There Is About PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 9.—The apath Busted. y which almost stopped subscriptions for the National Convention may smash Pitisburg’s chances for securing that gather- ing. It is said to be part of a plan Quay prestige. do not want the convention here because t power. ’s enemies are working out to weaken his The Magee Republicans, who are the western wing of the hog combine, hey fear it would give Quay too much In two weeks the finance committee has not collected $500, so that the fund now stands below $67,000, a poor showing beside Frisco’s $78,000. vention talk that was heard a few weeks ago has almost died out. A1l con- Quay has said he thinks Pittsburg can get the convention if there are adequate hotel accommoda- tions, and now a leading member of the finance committee closely allied to Magee is telling how scarce hotel rooms are. finally slept in a private dining-room at th, had the adjoining dining-room. Nothing against Reed and Quay. He is doing nothi secure the convention. Last night he tried five good hotels and e Duquesne on o cot. A man and his wife unusual is going on here either. Magee, who was a strong Harrison man, is now booming McKinley in his “Times’ ag ng though to boom the subscriptions or scenes during the services. Many of the families of the victims of the disaster have been left in destitute circumstances, but steps are being taken to relieve their dis- tress. The newspapers and Mayor Pingree immediately started relief funds, and these now aggregate about $7000. WOILD RELESE WALLER, France Willing to Liberate the Imprisoned Ex-Consul to Madagascar. But the United States Government Is Not Yet Ready to Waive Indemnity. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 9.—Secre- tary Olney has received an intimation of the willingness of France to release John L. Waller from prison as an act of gracious- ness to the United States, but as an accept- ance of this offer might prevent this Gov- ernment from subsequently demanding an indemnity for his imprisonment, a condi- tion to which Waller, it is understood, does not agree, the prospects are that tedious diplomatic negotiations are the last re- source. It is posititively denied that Mrs. Waller has been compelled to appeal to the State Department to secure Waller’s release on the ground that he is dying in his cell. Mrs. Waller herself declares emphatic- ally that she has not received from her husband, nor have any of his friends, let- ters saying that his health is failing or ex- pressing the belief that he cannot live The transportation committee of the Re« publican National Convention committee in San Francisco held a meeting at the Palace Hotel yesterday. In the absence of H. E. Huntington, who was out on the railway with ‘C. P. Huntington, the Southern Pacific Company was repre- sented by T. H. Goodman, general passen- ger agent. The purpose of the meeting wasto secure assurances from the various rsilroads west of Chicago that a $50 return rate would be made between that city and San Francisco for delegates and others coming to the convention here. Only one railway was backward in mak. ing a reply. The Burlington route was not heard from, so it was decided at the meetinF to telegraph at once to its head offices for a special rate. It was announced that three lines would make a $50 return rate from Chicago, and they are the principal roads this side of the Missouri River: Central Pacific. Union Pacific, Santa Fe. With these three systems offering the —_— LEV] STRAUSS - &€CO*s COPPER RIVETED much longer, as _telegraphed from Wash- ington last night. It is known that the State Department is not at all satisfied that Waller has valid ground for an in- demnity, some of the evidence on the sub- ject being extremely conflicting. il fi el For Sassoun Relief Work. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 9.—Mr. W. W. Peet of Constantinople has acknowledged to the American board the receipt of $10,- 000 from Boston for Sassoun relief work. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 4. Fand &, OVERALLS ° AND SPRING BOTTOM PANTS. EVERY PAIR GUARANTEER FOR SALE EVERYWHERE,