The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1895, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895. MERIT SHOULD TELL, Reforms Urged by the Civil Service League in Ap- pointments. FITNESS FOR POSITIONS. That Alone Recommended as a Guide for the Tenure of Federal Employes. EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE. President Cleveland Complimented for His Suggestions as to the Consular Offices. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13 ervice Reform League, at its closing on this evening, adopted the following a and rem; progress in the c; vice reform. ed not only by the extensions made by the Presiflent to the ¢ ed service, but by the approbation with wh 1sion has b eived by the h this e ¥ an honest recognition by the . cers of their plain duty under the constitution in the eppointment and reten- of suitable officials seems now to be neces- vinorderto give the State of New York, merods cities, a thorough and har- k stem of appointment to on the ground of merit and fitness e commends order of neral requiring that no let- be removed except for cause itten charges, and it urges the ap- of a similar rule to other branches of fied service. plicatic the cl Fourth league renews its demand for repeal of the law limiting to four years the n certain administration officers as un- prolific s of demoraliza- ef to the public service and to our whole political life, and especially ealcu- lated to impair the beneficent effects of recent | reforms. Merit app merit 3 e recommends that the pres- 1g contributions for deral emp logically to pro! ations in r or place, and that the Civil Service > given the power to compel the dance of witnesses and to put them upon or affirmatior th—The reforn the Federal and State vice alrendy made are in the highest degree d gratifying, but they are only & art of the work to be done. Municipal malad- race and one of nt time. All d upon civil neral to consolidate maller ones sur- s0as to make the latter mere nd to place all p uding the P branch offic in therein he league commends the orc President Cleveland of September 20, concerning the mode of appointing con: officers as an effort to promote the efficiency of 10f the princi- should control that 'this onsular officers 500, and that it to all pure n exceeds pse compensat further Yecommends reform be enduring, not meet executive orders of 1866 a suitable law be enacted by these reforms, and also ide, so far as possible, for nations to be conducted, at members of the Civil Service in ! that this e: iat part, b read from Collector James the port of New York sug- ilbreth of gesting that action be taken by the league 190! r toward the extension of the civil servicerules to deputy collectorsof customs. About 200 persons attended the recep- tion given at the Arlington Hotel to-night to the officers and aelegates of the National Civil Service Reform League. pany included many of inent personages in Washington. After the levee a collation was served. Several speeches were made in the course of the evening, the principal topic being **Civil Service Reform.”” Among those who spoke were Mr. Bona- parte of Baitimore, Mr. Foulke of Ingiana, Colonel Rogers of Buffalo, Everett T. Wheeler of New York, Comptroller of the Currency Eckels, Secretary of Agriculture on, and John Joy Edson. Dr. McKay-8mith of St. John’s Episcopal Church was the master of cere- monies, and was introduced by Mr. Ed- son, president of the local branch of the league. the most prom- TEADE An Dnportant Movement B wgham Business Men. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., Dec. 13.—An evi- dence of the growth of popular sentiment in the South looking to an extension of Started by trade relations with the Northwest is found in the replies to the letters sent out by the Southern and Northwestern Industrial Asscciation, with headquarters in this city. Amongthe bankers, manufacturers and merchants there is almost a unani- mous indorsement of the movement to bring the South and the Northwest in closer touch on commercial and industrial lines. Many merchants and manufacturers of the Northwest are writing concerning con- ditions in the South and citing cases where they are shut out from doing busi- ness on account of unjust freight rates. Specific information on this line, when re- ceived, is brought to the attention of the particular loeality in the South which it affects, and in that way public attention is i ed to existing evils. suggested that a commercial con- vention be held in the South at an early day, to be made up of representatives from commercial centers throughout the South east of the Mississippi River, for the purpose of arousing the people to a proper appreciation of the importance of this work. Birmingham being the largest shipping point-in_the South, the conven- tion will probably be held in this city. — - RIGHTS OF COLORED MEN. An Address to the Country by the Na- tional Conference. DETROIT, MicH., Dec. 13.—The National conference of colored men in session here to-day adopted an address to the cotintry. 1t says the status of the colored race in the United States “bears a closer analogy to tlat of denizens than to the honorable and indefensible rights of native born citizen- ship, and that in at least three States in the Union citizenship is a farce, which in default of absolute protection should be —The | rordinate offices in the diplo- | The com- | exchanged for the panoply of some more paternal form of government. The objects of the conference are defined to be the assertion of the opposition to every species of injustice perpetrated upon the race; to render more effective the moral, educational and social forces which 8,000,000 of free men ought to exercise; to form'a compact National organization; to assume a new attitude among the citizens of the Nation, not unduly arrogant, but one which shall resent the assumption of inferiority. This the address declares necessary to do after a generation of selfish indifference and un-American and non-Christian con- tempt. ——-— MORTONX DIDACY. Very Cautious About Having His Name Presented. NEW YORK., N. Y., Dec. 13.—A morn- ing paper, speaking of Levi P. Morton’s candidacy for the Republican nomination for the Presidency, says: “He will not let his name be presented at all unless he has first reached a distinct understanding with the party leaders in the State, and especially with Mr. Platt, and received a positive assurance of the united and hearty support of the entire delegation from the State. He does not conceive that there will be any difficulty of bringing about such an understanding | or that there will be any attempt subse- quently to evade it. “For fear of accidents, however, he will insist that the understanding be in definite \L\nd coucrete form, so that there wlll be no difficuity about refreshing the memory | of those concerned should it become neces- | sary to refer to it. Under no other cir- | cumstance will he consent to the use of his name. “He will also not allow the use of his name in the convention unless he is con- vinced that there is a prospect of success. He will not be a candidate for the empty honor of a complimentary or test vote. “Morton has as yet taken no definite eps toward securing/sthe nomination. He will not do so until the atmosphere clears alittle. He believes that there is yet plenty of time before the convention and | whatever work his friends have thus far done has been of their own volition and | without any suggestion from him. “When Governor Morton does give the | word to his friends it will be an indication | that he is in the fight to win and thinks | that he has a good chance for success. “Incidentally it can be said that Gov- | ernor Morton is not at all likely to veto a g(:mm New York bill, and that, failing | to make the fight for the Presidential | nomination, he will probably be a candi- date for re-clection as G ¢ vernor.’ % SPREAD 0F A BIG BOOM Rush of Fortune-Seekers to the Mining Camps of Colorado. Steady Sale for Dividend-Payers Among the Higher-Priced Stocks. DENVER, Coxo., Dec. 13.—Local hold- s of stocks are attempting to realize, with the result that a majority of the list of gold stocks show a slight decline in price. Orders for the dividend-payers seem to increase and purchases of the high-priced stocks increase in volume. Application blanks from the New York Consolidated Exchange were received by the Golden Fleece Company to-day, evi- | dently showing a determination of that body to take hold of mining stocks from Colorado. The sawmills at West Creek cannot sup- ply the demand for lumber. Two bu: | ness lots were sold yesterday for $500 each. The new arrivals number from thirty to | fifty daily. Several companies have begun | to sink shafts to explore the formation and seek the veins supposed to be similar [to those of Cripple Creek. A town-site | company has been organized to sell lots at Cottonwood. New gold-bearing veins are reported from the mountains above George- town, near the Humboldt mine and Dead Man’s Lake. An assay of amazing gold values is unauthentically reported from that dis- trict. Georgetown and Silver Plume miners are wading the snows up Magnet trail to tne scene of the latest gold dis- covery. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Dec. 13.— The bear element seemed to be 1n posses- | sion of the stock market to-day, and succeeded in hammering down several stocks, though no systematic attacks were made. Consolidated dropped four points | from yesterday’s close on rumors of un- favorable smelter returns, but at the after- noon eall it advanced three points, and closed firm. The general list was weaker, but the holders as a rule refuse to part with their stock. Total sales for the day at the three local exchanges were $1,140,- SN 0 SELECT A SITE. Call Issued for a Meeting of the Demo- cratic Committee. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 13.—Chair- man W. F. Harrity has 1ssued a call for a meeting of the Democratic National Com- | mittee to be held at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, D. C., on Thursday, January 16, 1896, at 11 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of fixing the time and place for the meet- ing of the Democratic National Convention of 1896 and for the transaction of other business. The resolution offered by General P. A. Collins_of Massachusetts in the Demo- cratic National Convention of 1892, re- questing the Democratic National Com- mittee to provide accommodations only for the delegates, the alternates, the members of the Democratic National Committee and the membersof the press will be acted upon. The resolution is now in the hands of a sub-committee of the National Com- mittee composed of William 8. Harrity of Pennsylvania, who is chairmrn of the committee, Bradley B. Small of Vermont, Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, Ben T. Cable of Illinois and Edward C. Wall of ‘Wisconsin. g THE SUSPENDED BROKER. Kennett, Hopkins & Co. Yet Do Business in the Wheat Pit. CHICAGO, IuL.,, Dec. 13.—The suspen- sion last evening of J. F. Harris of the firm of Kennett, Hopkins & Co. from the privilege of the board fortwo years left that firm without a partner in good stand- ingin the association, and this morning the messengers of the concern were re- fused admittance to the floor. A new partner, 8. C. Scotten, was taken in with a view of continuing business under the old name, but the action of the board in not permitting employes to enter the trading- room effectually “prevented the carrying out of this plan. - ‘When the market opened F. K. Morrill, late manager for Kennett, Hopkins & Co., and who 1s a member of the board, ap- peared in the wheat pit and proceded to trade in his own name with the affix “suc- cessor to Kennett, Hopkins & Co.”” Trades were accepted in his name, and although it was understood that the business was for the account of the suspended firm there was, nevertheless, no ground for ob- jection. . GOLOSMITH 15 DEAD. Demise of the Famous Turfman in New York. AFTER AN OPERATION. At First it Was Thought He Would Recover, but a Re- lapse Came. CAREER OF THE REINSMAN. His Last Appearance in Public Was at the Goshen Driving Park. NEW YORK. N. Y., Dec. 13.—John A Goldsmith, the famous reinsman, died at 1 o’clock this afternoon at the Presbyterian Hospital, where he has been for the vast few weeks. Some months ago he under- went a very delicate operation, which for a time promised to be successful. A relapse came, however, in October, and since that time little hope for his ultimate recovery had been entertained. Mrs. Goldsmith, a daughter of J. Owen Moore, the playwright, has been with her husband constantly since the beginning of his illness. They were married about the time Mr. Goldsmith fell ill. Goldsmith’s skill as a reinsman has placed him in the front rank of the har- ness racing contingent, and the Walaut Grove farm, of which he has been the guiding spirit, is one of the foremost homes of the standard-bred horse. His last appearance in public was on Tuxedo day at the Goshen Driving Park, in September, when Goldsmith acted as starting judge and between the heats speeded Stamboul, E. H. Harrison’s $40,000 stallion, up and down the stretch. This was the last timé he ever handled the reins. About four weeks ago he re- turned to the hospital to have what he re- garded as a trivial operation performed, but be has since been a patient there. Goldsmith was born about thirty-seven years ago in Washingtonville. His first appearance as a driver was at Boston. Monroe Salisbury liked his style, and engaged him as a driver for the next season at a salary of $1800. He drove Director, who headed Monroe Salisbury’s Eastern string that season, winning every race in which he started, besides having good luck with other horses. He had now made his reputation, and was promptly engaged by William Corbett of the San Mateo stock farm, Cal- ifornia, where he remained for a number of years. After Corbett’s death, about four years ago, Goldsmith returned to 0 Washingtonville, CADWALLADER 1S CAPTAIN, Chosen to Lead the Lawrenceville Football Team. LAWRENCEVILLE, N. J., Dec. 13.— George Lyell Cadwallader '97 of San Fran- cisco has been elected captain of the Law- renceville football team. Cadwallader promises to be one of the best players ever developed in the school. He has played on the team two years, the first year at guard and the second at tackle. He is also one of the best baseball men in the school, and covers third base on the school team. He holds the best school record in the country for throwing the hammer. Cadwallader, though only 19 years of age, has a magnificent physique, being 6 feet 214 inches tall, and 215 pounds in weight. Cadwallader, Emerson, Rich- ards and Powell will return to school another year. —-— — CYCLERS' ROAD TO SANTA CRUZ. A Wheelman’s Highway to Be Constructed Over the Mountains. SANTA CRUZ., CaL.,, Dec. 13.—A plan which the wheelmen in this vicinity and San Francisco will hail with delight is on foot. Santa Cruz is a favorite resort for wheelmen, especially during the summer, but the trip to the City overland is a hard one on account of the steep grades. The plan is to build a new highway over the mountains from Patchen to Glenwood. By building a new road for about four miles from Fowler on the Santa Clara side to Glenwood about 900 feet of elevation can be saved in crossing the mountains, and a good run for wheelmen provided. This would make the trip from Los Gatos, San Jose, San Faancisco, OaklandZand interme- diate points an_easy and attractive ride. The project will probably be carried out at once. - SANTA ROSA FIELD DAY. Business College Students Contest on the Cinder Path. SANTA ROSA. CaL, Dec. 13.—The Santa Rosa Business College’s field day sports took place to-day, the participants being attendant students and past eradu- atess Despite the cold, raw weather the boys showed vim and enthusiasm in their efforts to- win the trophies offered by Principal Sweet. Following are the events and winners: 100-yard dash—H, E. Baker first, E. J. Phil- lips second. _Time, :12. Quarter of a mile bicycle race—J. C. Wil liamson first, Leroy Smith second. Time, :35. Running broad jump—C. C. Donovan 15 feet 4 inches. 20-yard hurdle—H. E. Baker first, Patrick Noonan second. Time, :27. teen-pound shot put—C. L Connolly first, 5 inches; C. C. Donovan second, 28 feet 41 inches. fialf-mile bicycle race—Williamson first, Smith second. Time, 1:06. 220-yard dash—J. P, Black second. Time, :25. Running high jump—Leroy Smith first, 4 feet7 inches; Gilhooly second, 4 feet 5 inches. Twelve-pound hammer throw—L. 8. Sweet first, 107 feet; H. E. Baker second, 95 feet 4 inches. 440-yard run—Baker first. Time, 1:12. Mile handicap bicycle race—Williamson first, Smith second, H. W. Jacobs third. Time, 3:10. 100 yards dash—Gilhooley first, Baker sec- ond. Time, :12. Twelve-pound shot put—Connolly first, 33 feet 3 inches; Baker second, 32 feet'1 inch, Half-mile bicycle race—A. P. Hart first, Ba- ker second. Time, 1:12. 120-yard hurdle—Baker first, Gilhooly sec- ond. Time, :17. . Hammer throw—Connolly first, 95 feet 6 inches; Baker second, 95 feet 4 feet. e g SHOT AT “ODENVER” first, 28 :06. Gilhooly first; A. L. SMITH. 4n Officer Mistook a Training Pugilist for an Escaping Prisoner. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., Dec. 13.—Den- ver” Ed Smith, the heavy-weight pugilist, will give a contest here to-morrow night. He is to best three local men in ten rounds. While training yesterday he came near being killed. While making a fourteen-mile run with Daniel O'Leary, the long-distance runner, he was shot at several times by Deputy Constable Dan- iels af Woodlawn, a small place near this city. The deputy thought thé men were escaping from prison and called on them | to half, after which he commenced firing. Neither of the men was hurt. T Ry LOWERED THREE RECORDS. Pete Berlo Does Some Lively Wheeling at . New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 13.—Paced by a quint for three miles ana by a quad for two, Pete Berlo, on a Humber, to-day lowered the world's flying start records for three, four and five miles, making the fol- lowing records: Three miles, 4:50 4-5; four miles, 7:50; five miles, 9:51 2-5. Berlo also went for the two-thirds paced flying-start record, but by an error his time was taken at five-eighths, which be made in :59 4.5, the fastest time in which anything less than a mile was ever ridden on a track. The half mile was covered in :50, or a 1:40 clip, Berlo will go for the mile record to-morrow if the weather is as good as to-day. e At a Chess Tournament. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 13.— The chess tournament between Lasker, Pillsbury, Steinitz and Tschigorin began at the St. Petersburg Chess Club this afrer- noon at 3 o’clock. The results of the first round were as follows: Tschigerin (black) beat Steinitz in PH—Q—4 opening. Pills- bury (black) beat Lasker in a Petroff de- fense. The' contestants will play a six- round tournament, that is to say, each man will meet every other man six times. ——— Played Chess to a Draw. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Showalter and Lipschutz to-day played the twelfth game of their chess match up to the sev- enty-seventh move, when they agreed to a draw. The game was pegun on Wednes- day. Present score: Showalter 5, Lip- schutz 4, drawn 9, - Racing at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 13- teenths of a mile, Buckmore won, Campania second, Blasco third. Time, 1 One mile, Royal Choic : second, Seabrooke third. Time, 1:44. Seven furlongs, Jake Zimmerman won, Chat- tanooga second, Prince Imperial third. Time, 1:2830 One mile, Squire G won, Billy ond, Zaldiver third. Time, 1:42 Six_furlongs, Dick F ond, Lottie thir ABE TAVLOR EXECUTED, Paid the Death Penalty for the Deliberate Murder of a Rancher. th Calmly Awaited His Doom in Darkened Room of the Colorado Penitentiary. CANON 'CITY, Coro., Decs ‘1 Taylor was executed in the State peniten- tiary at 7:40 o’clock to-night, the hanging being witnessed only by the officials desig- nated by the State law. The execution was done in the execution-house and was without special incident. Taylor was calm in demeanor and re signed to his fate. e took his place on the piatform in a dark room and the auto- matic mechanism to spring the drop was set in motion. . There alone he waited the few moments until the platform fell away, leaving him suspended in the air. The physician, the Warden and the Sheriff of Rio Grande County were in an adjoining compart- ment, and at the proper time the physician, having pronounced life extinct, the body was cut down and laid out for burial. Abe Taylor murdered a ranchman named Marshal Emerson of Alamosa in a most cold-blooded manner. He had no sympathy from acgmaintances, and a speedy trial resulted in a conviction. A new trial was refused, the Supreme Court declined to review the case and the Board of Pardons unanimously voted not to in- terfere. Taylor and his partner had stolen a lot of oats, loaded them up in a wagon and taken them to Alamosa fo sell. The Mar- shal had been notified to watch for the men. On locating them he told them he would have to arrest them, but they could et a bond and go on about their business. n the meantime he would hold the oats. Taylor agreed, and the Marshal climbed on the wagon seat with them and they set off for alivery stable,in which to leave the oats. The horses balked and the two thieves got off, the Marshal taking the reins. After an unsuccessful tussle with the horses Taylor pretended he was trying to regain his seat on the wagon, but drew arevolver. A duel ensued, n which Tay- lor killea the Marshal and was himself shot through the shoulder. The motive for the killing was so slight and the Mar- shal so popular that it was only by the utmost tact that Taylor was not lynched after he had been capturec eeies T B DS EXPECTED. MORE Perry Belmont Says a New 1ssue Cannot Be Avoided. CHICAGO, IiL., Dec. 13.—A Washing- ton special to a morning paper says: Perry Belmont, who is of some conse- quence in the Democratic politics of New York State, and whose family for two generations has been connected with the banking house of Rothschild, said here re- cently: “I do not see how it will be possible to avoid another bond issue much longer. T fully expect one very soon, and believe the administration is preparing for it.” This statement is not without signifi- cance, coming as it does from one whose family holds such close relations to the chief member of the foreign syndicate to which the Cleveland administration farmed out the conduct of the finances of this Government for many months. The reason that January is set by gen- eral consent as the date of the next issue is because the outflow of gold, which has usually heretofore begun in January and brought matters to a head in February, began this year a good while before the accustomed time, and in the ordinary sequence of events will run its.course just 50 much sooner. Wholesale drafts upon the gold reserve during the present month might precipitate the issue before the end of the year, but this occurrence is deemed unlikely. IN FINANCIAL STRAITS. The Firm of Lombard & Ayres Suspends Payment. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Tha Trib- une will say to-morrow: Much surprise was created in financial circles by an an- nouncement yesterday afternoon that Lombard & Ayres, of 12 Broadway, had suspended payment. The firm, which is composed o?.]osimh Lombard and Marshall Ayres, has had extensive ol and lumber interests and has had a high capital rating. Josiah Lombard, the head of the firm, was busy in consultation with lawyers to-night, and a reporter who went to his house was not able to see him. Lombard’s cousin, whose name also is Josiah Lombard, was at the house and said to thereporter: ‘It is true that the firm of Lombard & Ayres backed the Seaboard Lumber Com- pany and that the troublesof the cumpag have involved the firm in financial diffi- culty. The firm to-day suspended pay- ment on some paper, but the members of the firm have no intention of making an assignment at present.” St Stops Iliegal Transactions. BERLIN, GeryaNny, Dec. 13.—In the Reichstag ‘ to-day; Dr. von Boetticher, Im- perial Minister ot Interior, introduced a bill to prevent illegal competition in bourse transactions. A majority of the members who spoke on the measure ex- frgused themselves as being in favor of it 1t is considered probable that the Social ist members will support the bill, .can Federation of Labor fixed the time for | jurisdiction of the federation. FOR LABOR'S RIGHTS, Important Topics Are Acted Upon by the American Federation. A EULOGY OF THURMAN. Resolutions Expressing the Ap- preciation of the Statesman to Be Presented. STREETCARS AND THE STRIKES. Opposition to the Present Plan of Car- rying Mails by Such Con- veyances. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 13.—After a long discussion this morning the Ameri- the election of officers for the ensuing year at 3 o’clock to-morrow aiternoon. Part of the morning's session of the convention was taken up with arguments on purely technical points in connection with the Treasurer Lennon, when the convention was called to order, moved that the com- | mittee on resolutions be instructed to | draw up resolutions expressing the appre- | against him. They include; as has been stated, drunkenness, incapacity and tyranny. While the charges so far re- ceived have been made by only six or eight officers of the service, it is alleged they will be supported by some thirty officers on trial. ok gt e SIR JULIAN'S CORRESPONDENCE. Did Not Give It Out to Newspapers for Publication. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.—The in- timation in Senator Morgan’s recent Ber- ing Sea speech that Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Embassador to Washington, had sent to the newspapers the abstract of the British Blue Book on that subject, which -appeared November 26 in the lead- ing journals of the United States, and which led to severe editorial comment in some instances, it is claimed does injury to the British Embassador in a manner prob- ably not intended by the Senator from Alabama. The fact is the correspondence wes made public in London ten days before it was re- ceived either by the British Embassador or the State Department, and copious ex- tracts were cabled from London by the United Press. Sir Julian Pauncefote made no communication of the Blue Book toany journal in the United States, nor is there, as he contends, any expression in his dis- atches to his Government which, right- ully considered in its proper connection, can be construed as being discourteous to or conveying a reflection upon Congress or any of its members. Sl Ty OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. One of the Sim Battle-Ships May Be Built Here. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.—It was said at the Navy Department to-day that Secretary Herbert may ask Congress for authority to accept all of the bids received for the construction of battle-ships. He has already recommended the construc- tion of two more ships. If his suggestion meets the approval of Congress and he is granted authority to accept gll bids, six battle-ships will be constructed. The ciation of the federation of the efforts of Allen G. Thurman and the interest he | ways showed in behalf of the laboring in- terests. The rules were laid aside and the motion unanimously carried. “Inasmuch as the savings institutions | of the country, which receive the savings of the laboring classes, invest them in in- secure investments,” ran another resolu- tion offered for adoption by the committee on resolutions, “be it resolved by this fed- eration that the Government establish savings institutions in connection with the postal system.” U'p sprang socialism again. The discus- sion showed that the delezates from the West favored the resolution, while the Eastern delegates opposed it. After an exciting discussion the report of the committee in favor of postal banks was confirmed by the convention. i Upon the reassembling of the conven- “ion P. Leary of the local Housesmiths’ Union announced that the union had practically won the fight with the lron League. The committee on resolutions re- ported unfavorably a resolution against the carrying of mails on streetcars until they were owned by the Government. The object of the resolution was to free street railway employes from the obligations im- posed upon them by the Federal laws, which restricted the rights of men em- ployed by corporations carrying the mails to strike. In the case of strike of streetcar employes carrying the mails, the men, it was contended, will be subject to arrest for obstructing the carriage of mails. There was a lengthy debate over the matter, and finally the convention voted in favor of the resolution against carrying | the mails on streetcars. A resolution “that our tariff laws be so amended as to not discriminate against the custom tailors of the United States by admission free of duty of clothing made outside of the United States’ was re- jected as inexpedient. The proposition that the Federation of Labor send delegates to the International Sociaiistiz Congress to be heid in London in August next raised a storm of oratory for and against. The question of dispos- ing of the invitation sent to the federation by referring it to affiliated organizations was debated lengthily, and brought out a sharp interchange of repartee between Delegates Pomeroy and Barnes. Mr. Pomeroy still had the floor when an ad- journment till to-morrow morning was taken. EVIDENTLY BY A SPANIARD. Cireulation of a Pamphlet on the Cuban Question. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 13.—A pamphlet has been issued for circulation among Serg.ors and members of the House of Representatives, purporting to present ‘‘the Cuban question in its true light,” and also to present a ‘“‘dispassion- | ate and truthful review of the situation in | the island of Cuba and the position of the | United States toward the insurrection.” The brochure, which purports to have | been writtan by “An American,” begins | by pointing out the unreliability of the Cuban news published in the American newspapers, mueh of which is manufac- | tured by Cuban refugees in Key West, | Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla., which are | the ‘‘principal botbedsof Cuban filibuster- | ers.” Concerning the status of Cuba the writer says: “Cuba und Porto Rico are the only pos- sessions left,_to Spain in this hemisphere, which she discovered. By reason of the richness and fertility of their soi) and by dint of energy, activity and thrift on the | part of the Spaniards, those two islands are among the richest and most productive regions in the world. ©It is not the inhabitants of Cuba who have revolted rgainst Spain, but the few thousand Cubans who reside in the United States and elsewhere, the great majority having acquired American citizenship,” The pamphlet disposes of the rebel lead- | ers by characterizing the ‘‘so-called gen- eral-in - chief,” Maximo Gomez, as a foreigner and an_adventurer, who has no interests in Cuba; Anto- nio Maceo, his chief lieutenant, as an illiterate mulatto, Dionisio Gil as an- other foreigndr, like Gomez a native of San Domingo, and Carlos Roloff as the most inhumar and ferocious of them all. He was born in Poland, and his acts prove him a nihilist and dynamiter. e CHARGES AGAINST HEALY. Three Captains Will Hear the Evidence in the Trial. WASHINGTON, D. C.,Dec. 13.—Captain Healy of the revenue cutter Bear, who has been suspended from duty pending the investigation of the charges preferred against him, has been furnished with the names of three captains in the Revenue Cutter Service to ascertain if he has any objection to either or all of them as mem- bers of the board who will try him on the charges preferred. This is in cohformity with regulations | C of the service. If Captain Healy objects to the names submitted and his reasons therefor are approved by the department other names will be submitted to him. The names submitted are of captains in t].;:e :ervice who are now on duty in the ast. . \ The reason for assignin, this section is to make the board as impar- tial as possible. Of the three members who will constitute the board two will officers from come from the t and one from the Pacific station. young officer, who is a lawyer, will be assigned to conduct the prosecution. Captain Healy has been fur- nished with copies of the charges made Cramp Bros. will probably build two armored and one unarmored, Newport News Company two and the Union Iron ‘Works one. The Senate reorzanization committee will increase the Committee on Appropria- tions from nine to twelve members, and, it is said, Perkins of California and Quay of Pennsylvania will be members of it. T. R. Minturn was to-day appointed postmaster at Minturn, Madera County, al., vice W. A. Poling, resigned. . Itis regarded as probable that Senator Stewart of Nevada will be chairman of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads and Representative Powers of Vermont chairman of the House committee. e SELECTIONS SUSPENDED. LAND No Present Action on Grants to Bond- Aided Railroads. WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 13.—Secre- tary Smith has directed the Commissioner of the General Land Office to suspend fur- ther action on land selections on account of the grants to the bond-aided railroads, There are five such roads to which this order applies, the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Kansas Pacitic, Sioux City and Pacific_and the Central branch of the Union Pacific. This order applies only to the main lines of these companies and does not apply to the grants to roads purchased by them. The order has been issued by the Secretary in anticipation of some action by Congress at this session relative to the clearing up ?f the whole vexed Pacific railroad prob- em. e FPensions for Californians. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 13.—The following Californians have been granted pensions: John Reed, Martinez; Emanuel Speegle, Los Angeles; Van Buren Warner, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; John W. Camper, Pasadena; Mary M. Maxwell, San Francisco. x DIDNOT LOVESTILLWELL That Is What the Wife Told the Son of the Wealthy Packer. Some Interesting Testimony Given During the Trial of Dr. Hearne for Murder. BOWLING GREEN, Mo., Dec. 13.—In the trial this morning of Dr. J. C. Hearne for the alleged murder of Amos J. Stiliwell 1n 1888, R. H. Stillwell, a son of the mur- dered man, was placed on the witness- stand. He toid substantially the same story as related in his depositions in the suit against M. H. de Young. He said that while the domestic relations between the wealthy packer and his wife were seemingly pleasant she had told him (the witness) that she did not love her husband and wished that she had married a younger man. Mrs. Hearne sat directly in front of the witness, eying him closely as he testified. Undisturbed by her gaze the witness was subjected to a severe cross-examination by Attorney Dryden for the defense, but his testimony was not materially shaker. Young Stillwell was on the stand until 5:30 o’clock, when a question arose as to the advisability of admitting as evidence certa.n documents, when he was excused witn th2 understanding that either side could recall him to-morrow. The documents are the reports by the Pinkerton Agency regarding the murder of Amos Stillwell. Young Stillwell’s cross-examination was ruinous o the State. Harry Nickol of Litchfield, Ill., followed Stillwell. His testimony amounts to noth- ing. Susie Hayward will probably tell her story to-morrow. S TO REORGANIZE THE ROAD. General Dodge Interested in the Denver and Gulf Railway. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 13.—A private telegram received this morning from New York states that General G. M. Dodge, who has been for some time past in Colo- radp, says that the reorganization of the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway will soon be effected, and that he will pre- sent a plan to the bondholders in a few days. He is also quoted as saying that affairs in Colorado are in good condition, and that there is_this year the largest crop ever seen in the West, While General Dodge is interested in the Gulf he is more immediately concerned in the Texas end of ‘the system, operated under a u&)amte company and known as the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad, and it is believed that he referred to the latter company in speaking of a pending reorganization, since the laws of Texas limit the life of receiverships to three years, aud that will necessitate a reorgani- zation within a few months. There was some talk a short time ago of reorganizinithe Gulf, butit is not believed that it will be practicable for a while yet. The Gulf is in excellent shape physicaily and its financial condition is constantly im- proving and a proposition looking to the Teceivership may be made at any time now, but_it 1s not likely to come from Geperal Dodge. S Milton C. Lightner Dead. CHICAGO, Irr., Dec. 13.—Milton C. Lightner, one of tbe oldest and best-known members of the Chicago Board of Trade and twice vice-president of that institu- tion, died to-day. BIG BUILDINGS GONE. Sweep of the Most Disas- trous Fire in Council Bluff's History. FANNED BY THE WINDS. Flames Spread Rapidly and Caused a Loss of a Quarter of a Million. THREE STRUCTURES BURNED. Owing to a Lack of Water Little Could Be Done to Check the Prog- ress of the Fire. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Dec. 13.— The most disastrous fire in the history of Cquncil Bluifs visited the implement dis- trict this evening shortly after 6 o’clock, causing a loss of over aquarter of a miltion dollars. The estimated losses are as follows: Deere, Wells & Co., stock, $175,000; Deere, Wells & Co., building, ,000; Combina- nation Feace works, $10,000; Wier Shugart Company, on building, $3500; Westing- house Engine Company, $10,000; Stough- ton Wagon Company, §4000; Fuller, John- son & Co., §6000; Moline Buggy Company, $5000; Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, $5000. The losses outside Deere, Wells & Co. and the Combination Fence works were on stock in the building ocCupied by the Empkie Shugart Company, which had goods in charge to be transferred for sev- eral firms. Deere, Wells & Co. carried about enough insurance to cover two- thirds of their loss. On the Combination Fencegworks there was only $2500 insur- ance. The other losses are, for the most part, insured. The fire started in the Empkie Shugart building, 1394 to 1406 South Main street, from a cause not known. It was discov- ered by the night watchman for Deere, Wells & Co. The first building was a two- story frame structure and was quickly enveloped in flames, which were spread across the street to the Combination Fence works by a high wind that was blowing. The Deere-Wells building joined the Empkie Shugart building on the north, being separated from it by a heavy fire wall. The flames began to lick around the corner, and, getting through the win- dows, soon spread through the south end of the building. The wind Jm\-e it north, and the Deere- Wells building becanie a seething furnace. Owing to the lack of water little or nothing could be done by the Fire Department to check the spread of the fire, and the t hree buildings were completely destroyed. Killed by a Switch Engine. LINCOLN, NEBR., Dec. 13.—J. C. Dever, & switchman in the employ of the Burling- ton road, was killed in the yards this morn- ing, being struck by a switch engine. He is a brother-in-law of T. V. Powderly of Scranton, Pa., who has been notified. He leaves a widow and two children. < at NEW TO-DA® Our Standing Offer: ‘‘Satisfaction or Your Money Back.” Two offers that are not standing: This week—Men’s and Boys’ Hats at something like half the exclusive hatters’ price—identically the same blocks. Some 95 dozen Fedoras at 95c—usual price $1 50. This week—at §1—some neat new pate terns in shirts with fancy bosoms and cuffs—haberdashers’ price, $1 50. Mackintoshes, Umbrellas. Our Mail Order Department is booming. HAVEYOU A BABY? WE HAVE Fifty different styles of Baby Carriages. This_cut represents our $550 Hood-top Carriage. Then we haye them with Canopy and Parasol Tops at all prices. 1f you do not see our line you will not see the best. Do you want one of those beautiful Rat- tan Rockers or a Brass Bed? If so, we have them; also Upholstered Reed Art Furniture. It will cost you nothing to see tkem. We will gladly show you whether ‘you purchase or not. NELSON RATTAN CO., 332=884 POST ST. -