The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1895, Page 1

LXXIX.—NO. 15. OLUME SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY .MORN NG, DECEMBER 15, 1895—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. .~ ————— PRICE FIVE CENTS. IE WILL BE READY BY SPRIN. | cribe the whole blame to them, but the fact is that they believe they have the | Government in a cleft stick and see no reason why they should abandon their ad- vantage. Not only are mercantile orders increasing in the Northern shipyards, but | the crisis in the Levant makes it certain | that the Government must insist on a big | shipbuilding programme without delay, | and the men think that this is a good | reason why they should stand out for the RUSSIA'S GAN With the Melting of the Snow Forces Are to March. ARMENIA AND BALKANS. Concerted Revolution Is Now Being Stirred Up All Over Macedouia. DISORDER AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Frederic Comments on the Guardships and Says There Is No Concert of the Powers. Copyright, 1895, by the New York Times.] LONDON, Exe., Dec. 14.—For the moment apprehensions of renewed dis- order in Constantinople take precedence 1l other notions about the Levantine tuation. There has been for the last night a steady influx of Kurdian and the capital, until now it contains many ands of dangerous strangers. These ws are supposed to come up primarily for the purpose of selling the booty gained in remote lootings and bloody raids, but they are also suspected of the intention of trying their hand at the bazaars of Con- stantinople if the occasion for a riot oceurs. Yesterday’s wild panic, which for hours threw the whole city into consternation, vet had no better excuse than an nal street squabble between an Armenian creditor and his debtor, shows how easily an organized mob could stampede the entire population and seize control of the town. To make things worse, if the disturb- anees now feared do come, the Sultan will be able to sav that this is precisely what he predicted as a result if the powers insisted on bringing up those extra guardships. Diplomatists at Constantinople seem to have felt sure that Europe would regard r eventusl success in this guardship ter asa triumph of the first magni- de. They bave even told correspondents 1at now that their prolonged exertions over this affair had been crowned with victory they and the Sultan both need a rest, and probably there will be no new developments in the Eastern question till the Christmas holidays are past. But Euvrope, so far from being impressed by their Jachievements, laughs in harsh thot he derision and wants to know when the real | question, which is the wholesale massacre of Christians over all sections of the empire, is to be taken un. To that there is no answer, nor is there likely to be one of a satisfactory sort. The spectacle of the English Dryad the Italian Archimedes steaming east up to the Golden Horn yesterday furnished, indeed, the foun- oation for a question of another sort which will soon be asked in earnest. This display of an understanding on one side will be matched by the appearance on the other of French and Russien boats side by side, if indeed, as speculation hints to-night, they are not kept outside the Dardanelles altogether as a hint to the Sultan that his true friends abstain from taking a prejudicial advantage of hisre- Juctant firmans. The Austrian boat came in alone to-day, characteristically enough, and there is no mention of a German boat anywhere. Thus this very symbol of tri- umph of the European concert is con- verted into a demonstration of the fact that there is no such thing as concert. It is believed here, and I gather, on the Continent as well, that unless an overt turbulence in Constantinople precipitates interference, Russia will gather her forces during the winterand in the early spring assume an initiative of her own. Six corps in Kieff and Odessa are practically mobilized, and the large Black Sea fleet at | Sebastopol with re-enforcements of marines from Cronstadt during the week is held daily ready for sea. Some sixty Bul- garian officers have been within a fortnight attached to the line regiments in the Kieff district, and many more are proceeding to leave Sofia for the same purpose after the New Year. It is perfectly understood that in the spring a concerted revolution will break out all over Macedonia, the details of which are being arranged publicly at mass-meetings throughout Bulgaria. These things can mean nothing save that with the melting of the snows Russia’s game will be ready in both Armenia and the Balkans. What is called the European concert signifies merely anxious efforts of the other powers to preserve & semblance of peace through the winter by agreeing on s many non-essentials &s possible and trusting to chance for alliances and to luck when the tug comes in March. This nervous fencing for position and delay so absorbs the British ntt.emion zh_st all other continental happenings are ig- nored. At another time there would have been much excitement over the assault of blackmailers upon President Faure throngh the antecedents of his greatly re- spected wife, but as it is, the incident gets scant notice. It would appear thateven in France people are too preoccupied with the eastern war cloud to pay the Fsunl at- tention to the affair, though it is under- stood that next Thursday-the reception at tie Elvsee will be made the occasion fora great demonstration of personal regard for the President and his family. Similarly the catastrophe which has overtaken the Italians in Abyssinia passes with only the briefest comment, most of which is devoted to wondering how the dispatching of the reinforcements, already in hurried progress, will affect Italy’s ability to hold her own in a European war. The consent of Lord James to act as arbi- trator in the shipbuilders’ strike was re- ceived so generally as a sign that the whole trouble had been disposed of that his com- vlete failure to settle anything has the effect now of emphasizing the general de- pression that the news created. Thereisa disposition everywhere, of course, to curse the obstinacy of the Belfast men and as- | talking-shop were in full blast. | deputations draw from the Ministers one | by one assurances that the promises of | July will fot neeessarily bear any relation | to performances of February. r unclassified provincial ruffians into | army | utmost farthing of their claims. It is taken for granted thatthe Clyde | men will follow Belfast’s example of re- | jecting the masters’ offer, and then the Ministry will have to take up the matter in serious earnest. The meeting of Parliament has been fixed for February 11, a much later date than usual. On the other hand, deputa- tions of Tories, representing all sorts of reactionary schemes, are coming to Lon- don and besieging Salisbury and his col- leagues in such numbers that the papers are as full of politics as if the Westminster These All Lanca- shire was given to understand in the last campaign that the Tories would repeal the | obnoxious Indian cotton duties,and voted accordingly. Now the Secretary for | India announces that it is an entire de- lusion to suppose that these duties can be | abrogated. The fact that he himself when | in opposition iast spring exceeded most others in the vehemence of his denuncia- tion of these same duties is bitterly com- mented on, but does not affect the situa- tion. The Tory squires who are flocking to town in the interest of this, that and other projects for restoring the prosperity of the farmer by taxing somebody else all find | the same cold official shoulder turned to them. In wrath they are joining Jimmy | Lowther’s mutinous faction, which openly | spells protection with a big ““P,” but that, too, hardly matters. Oddly enough, how- ever, the Times to-day says that had Low- ther contented himself with asking fora reimposition of the shilling duty on wheat it would have been thought, perhaps, that | there was nothing unreasonable in the de- mand. This remark is quite out of the Times’ ordinary line, and may indicate a ministerial desire to see how the country would take such a proposai. If that is the purpose there will be no doubt about the answer that the country will give. The episode of the Germanic being dis- abled in the Mersey may turn out to have a rather important bearing on the vexed question of the American mail service from this side. When the Germanic turned back the British postal officials | calmly took out her heavy Wednesday mail and put it on board the Umbria, | which would mnot sail till Saturday, but | Thursday morning a letter from George | W. Smalley appeared in the Times, begin- ning with a detailed attack on the British . Postoffice in connection with the Cunard {and White Star mail contracts, which | make the whole Atlantic service ridiculous, | and the effect was instantaneous. A tele- | graphic order was dispatched at once to | hurry the mail southward to Southamp- ton, and it was placed on the Normannia, | which sailed Friday. This use of a non- contracting line to expedite the mails is unprecedented in the annals of British red | tape, and the postal reformers hail the | precedent as a hopeful sign. | -Even a quainter illustration of the power | of the press is afforded from Rome when the private chamberlain of the Pope writes to the Standard correcting a newspaper re- | port current during the past month that | the Pontiff once wrote & book, which was i placed on the Index. The explanation i given is that the book in question was i written by an obscure Perugian priest called Paolefti, who was well meaning but half demer ed, and that’ Cardinal Pecci, then Bishop of Perugia, suppressed it, but now, by some careless misreading, he becomes credited with its authorship. This 1s interesting, but that the Vatican should compose personal explanations for newspapers is perhaps even more so. ‘What promises to be an unusually note- worthy doctrinal struggle inside the Church of England has been begun at Portsmouth, where Dr. Davidson, before he was hardly settled in his new see of Winchester, came in conflict with the well- known Father Dolling, one of the hardest working and most devoted of the parish priests. He bad a third altar in the church as a memorial to a deceased associate in mis- sion work, and had been accustomed to celebrate before it services for other de- varted souls, which be described as masses | for the dead. The new Bishop abruptly ordered him to remove the screen and dis- mantle the altar. This he has done, but he has sent 1n his resignation, and over 5000 signatures were at once obtained among the parishioners begging him to withdraw the resignation. This he de- clines to do, but the parish itself is in re- volt, and a deep feeling is being stirred up throughout the church. The difficulty, as may be seen, does not turn on a question of ceremonial, like most previous rtual- istic prosecutions, but on the dogma of prayers for the dead, which incidentally raises the whole question of purgatory {and hell as articles of belief. It is qaite likely that the affair will provoke a mem- orable controversy. Dean Farrar’s profitable skimming over the summer season sentimental platitude | has been rudely interrupted by an unex- | pected rock. His Byzantine novel, called “Gathering Clouds,” contains no more padding scissored from literature at large than his other works, but it appropriates in one case from an author that demurs. Professor Bury of Dublin finds that Farrar has taken bodily his translation of the “Decree of Orcadius” without a hint ot obligation, and he has denounced him roundly 1n the Athenzum for contemptible pilfering and literary dishonesty. The Dean’s answer in the Athenszum to-day is merely in the way of apology that he did not dream Bury would mind. Two unexpected links with the past have turned up during the week in France. An immense find of Roman remains of the time of Vespasian has been made in Aveyron, on the Roman road leading from Rodez to Montpelier, and under condi- tions whick convince archzologists that a clew has at last been discovered to the site of the lost city known to the ancients as Avirstum. Extensive explorations in the vicinity will be at once made. 0f much closer human interest is the un- earthing at the Bibliotheque Nationale in and Clearwater ran out. Clearwater issues a challenge to meet anybody in the world gtogsltsburg for the championship and 1000. Sl WILL DIVIDE THE BUSINESS. Terms of an Agreement Between the Panama Railroad and the Pacific Mai! Company. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 14.—The di- READY FOR THE ROAST. Paris of a great mass of hitherto unknown manuscripts of Marguerite of Anguoleme, author of “Heptameron,” and the bright protecting star of the renaissance in France. There are 12,000 verses, including four long works and innumerable shorter com- positions, all written in the gloomy last years of her life, and for the most part ex- tremely sad in tone. The longest work is called *‘Les Prisons,” and is devoted to personal confessions They are to be edited and published by the Academie des Inscriptions. Sir William Gregory’s volumes of remin- iscences have revived the old story of Caroline Norton’s having sold the secret of Peel’s corn-law decision to the Times, which George Meredith uses with such ef- fect in **Diana of Crosswais.”” Her nephew, Lord Dufferin, writes publicly now, ad- ducing what seems to be convincing con- temporary evidence that he had nothing to do with the disclosure, which was maae by Lord Aberdeen himself to John Delane. None the less, the tale will probably out- live this, as it has so many previous con- tradictions. The development here of interest in horseless carriages has been considerably retarded by the existence of a law framed for control of the road-making engines, which compels the use of a man walking in front with a flag. The ordinary diffi- | culties of getting any legislation through | Parliament are so great that the outlook for the introduction of this novelty here seemed desperate, and speculators are thus able to buy the English rights of numer- | ous patenis fora tithe of what they com- mand elsewhere, but now they and their iriends, combined in an association, have brought in such numbers of others, at- tracted by the idea, that it is not improba- ble the old law will be rescinded in the coming session. A memorial with 1700 signatares was lodged with the local government board, and the chaplain intimated that it was needless to send a deputation to enforce its arguments because he was already entirely favorable. [ understand that most of the patents secured here are American. Ward & Downey will publish at the new year an important photographic fac- simile of William Bradford’s manuscript narrative of the Plymouth settlement. The task is one of great difficulty, which they have been for a long time engaged on. How the manuscript came to Englana is still a mystery, but it is only one of many relating to America which are the property of the Bishop of London. Many of these are still unclassified and wholly neglected, and only the most strenuous, persistent efforts finally induced Bishop Temple to permit this to be reproduced. The price will be $20, and the edition here is already subscribed for. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have it in America. HaroLD FREDERIC. et ety AN IRADE BY THE SULTAN. Persons Found Guilty of Murder, Arson or Theft to Be Punished With the Utmost Severity. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Dec. 14. —The Austrian torpedo cruiser Sebenick has arrived here. The Sultan has issued an irade declar- ing that all persons found guilty of mur- der, arson, cattle-stealing or other mis- deeds, will be presecuted without mercy and punished with the utmost severity. The decree authorizes the troops to forci- bly suppress all disorders and declares that possession of arms will render all civilians amenable to martial law. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 14.—A communi- cation from Phillipopolis, Bulgaria, says: The English Cousul here has translated as follows an item in a Turkish paper pub- lished in this city: “General satisfaction has been caused b the bringing to light of the seditiousin tention of the American missionaries who, on the pretext of aiaing, go about the villages of Anatola sowing the seeds of sedition which are in their minds, and we are glad to hear that the Imperial Govern- ment is taking energetic measures tore press and drive away such masters of per- nicious opinions.” The missionaries meant are those of the American Board of Boston. The Rev. Judson Smith, D.D., was shown the foregoing cablegram and said that he would interpose a flat contra- diction to the statements that there is any seditious intention of the American missionaries and that they go about any- where soving the seeds of sedition and that they cherish or express any perni- cious opinions. On the contrary, he said, they inculcate loyalty to the existing Government. Mr. Smith added: ‘The educational work of the American Board is intellec- tual and Christian for both sides. No Government has any occasion to fear any- thing from it, in itself considered, in {ts legitimate influences.”” More Italian Guards Sent. ROME, ITavy, Dec. 14.—Seven thousand men and four batteries are ready to em- bark on transports for Massowah, the capi- tal of Erythrea, whence they will proceed to .re-enforce the Italian force that isen- gaged in operations against the Abys- ns. GOMPERS THE LEADER Elected President of the American Federation of Labor. WILL SUCCEED M'BRIDE. Active Debate on the Report Relating to Political Action. ON RECORD WITH NO PLATFORM. Means to Bring About the Ameliora. tion of the Condition of the Workers to Be Aided. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 14.—The elec- tion of officers of the American Federa- tion of Labor took- place this afternoon. Samuel Gompers of New York was elected president by a majority of 18 to succeed John McBride. Gompers returns to the chair after being out one term. He was defeated by McBride, to the surprise of many, at the last convention, which was held in Denver. The question of sending fraternal dele- gates to the International Congress of So- cialist Workers at London next August was discussed at the morning session at !grelt length and a moticn to lay the en- | tire matter on the table was carried by a majority of 52 to 10. The next thing taken up was the part of the president’s report relating -to political Samuel Gompers, Elected President of the American Federation of Labor. action, which reads: ‘“We believe the twelve planks which were adopted by the Denver convention to constitute the plat- form of the Am erican Federation of Labor. *It 1s of little consequence, as the result would be the same,while we, as wage-work- ers, fail to recognize our interests as sepa- rate and distinct from that of capitalistic employers, and failing to realize that we cannot hope to be free in the shops, mines and factories while drudging under the wage system to the polls.’’ Delegate Barnes, the socialist representa- tive from Philadelphia, said that the time had come when some other means than strikes must be employed for the working classes. Delegate Gompers objected to the report, and moved to strike out all after the word “employers.” He said he was surprised to hear that the socialistic delegates should speak as had been done on the floor of & convention of the Federation of Labor. John B. Lennon, the treasurer of the organization, also objected to that part which reads: “While drudging under the wage system to the polls.” Delegate Pomeroy offered a substitute for the report of the committee, declaring that the failure of the Denver convention to adopt'the twelve planks as a political progtamme made it patent that the federa- tion Ras no platform which can be called political. After a lengthy discussion the previous question was called for, and resulted in a vote on the substitute of 1676 in favor of and 214 against. Delegate Pomeroy’s substitute motion was therefore declared carried, and the convention put itself on record as having no political platform. Vice-President Mc- Guire then moved that the twelve planks adopted by the Denver convention be printea in the Federationist under the head of “Our Legislative Demands.” This was carried. A The part of the president’s report re- lating to the mission of trades unions was taken up next. Delegate Pomeroy said he would introduce a resolution in regardjto the requirements of unions desiring ad- mission to the American Federation of Labor. A report from the committes on law favoring an amendment to the consti- tution, providing that the unions not affiliating with their National unions be excluded from the central lodges, was then read. ‘When recess was taker. the question was still under discussion. After recess Delegate Weisman moved that the convention go into executive ses- sion and take up the report of the ‘‘griev- ance commitree.” After some discussion the motion was carried, and everybody except the dele- gates was forced to leave the hall. The executive session lasted until 3 ». M. Then the doors were opened and the crowd filed | in again. Delegate Pomeroy, who occupied the temporary chair, then announced that nominations for the position of president were in order. Vice-president James Dun- can immediately arose and nominated President John McBride for re-election as president. The nomination was seconded by Delegate J. W. Bramwood of the Typo- graphical Union. : Then Delegate Feuracht put in nomina- tion Samuel Gompers for .president and Delegate Linehan seconded the nomina- tion. On motion of W. C.Pomeroy the roll was then called. The vote was made amid enthusiasm and the vote counted. It was as foliows: Gompers 1041, John McBride 1023; majority for Gompers 18 votes. Gompers was declared elected president amid great applause. Owen Miller, repre- senting the Mutual Musicians’ t Association, voted for McBride and N. B. Prescott cast the entire vote of the Typo- graphical Union for McBride. The chair appointed a committee of three delegates to notify Mr. Gompers of his election and escort him to the plat- form. Mr. Gompers, on being introduced to the delegates, made a speech acknowledging the honor conferred on him. “If my past,”” said he, ‘‘showsto you that your confidence is due me, all I can say is that I will do all in my power to keep up the pastrecord. Iam a trade unionist and as such will stand or fall for that principle. I hope you will join with me in one grand co-operation to place the federation on a proper plane. I will do what I can for the federation and I would ask your assistance.” Peter J. McGuire was then elected vice- president without opposition. Ex-President McBride made a forcible address after Gompers’ speech. He said he had prepared a speech to deliver, but that “Sam’ Gompers had delivered 1t for him. “No higher honor,” said he, ‘‘could be bestowed on any man than his election to the presidency of the American Federa- tion of Labor. I would be indifferent if I did not say that my predecessor, now my worthy successor, is worthy of the confi- dence you have placed in him. I yield to you completely. To the delegates who have voted for me 1 give my most sincere thanks, and those who voted against me I thank just the same. “Retiring as I do now, I wish to say that I shall not again eccupy an official position within the ranks of organized labor. I shall do my duty as a private within the fold and shall aid by every possible means to bring about the amelioration of the con- dition of the working masses.” James Duncan was re-elected second vice-president, James O’Connell was elected third vice-president and N. W. Garland fourth vice-president. John B. Lennon of the Tailors’ National Union was then re-elected treasurer unanimously and ‘Augustus McCraith was unanimously re-elected secretary. After an address by Joseph Buchanan, a labor writer, an adjournment was taken until Monday morning. The following is a full list of the officers elected: President, Samuel Gompers of New York City of the International Cigar- makers’ Union, in place of Jobn McBride of Columbus, Ohio; first vice-president, P. J. McGuire of Phitadelphia of the Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners, re-elected; secoud vice-president, James Duncan of the Granite-cutters’ Union, re-elected; third vice-president, James O’Connell of Chicago of the International Association | of Machinists, in place of Rody Kenchan of Denver, Colo.; fourth vice-president, M. M. Garland of Pittsburg, Pa., of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, in place of Thomas J. El- derkin of Chicago; treasurer, John B. Lennon of New York of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union, re-elected; secretary, Au- gustus McCraith of Boston of the Typo- graphical Union, re-elected CLEARWATER WINS. The Pool Championship Landed at Syra- cuse. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 14.—Clearwater | p, held next Wednesday to consider the won the pool championship of the world to-night by defeating Keogh off Bingham- ton. Theloss of the game to Clearwater would mean a tie in the present tourna- ment between Clearwater, De Oro and Keogh. It was a magnificent fight from first to finish and Keogh would rectors of the Pacific Mail Company met to-day and adopted a resolution approving the terms arranged for settlement of the differences with the Panama Raiiroad and authorizing President C. P. Huntington to execute the contract prepared by the coun- sel for the two interests. The directors of the Panama Railroad had previously em- powered President J. Edwards Simmons to affix his signature. Under the agreement the Pacific Mail Company will withdraw its steamers from the Atlantic and the Panama road will cease running vessels on the Pacific. The two companies will pro rate on through business. s READING TO BE REORGANIZED. Theodore Kellogg of Philadelphia Pro- poses a Plan. NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—A plan for the reorganization of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company has been de- vised by Theodore D. Kellogg of this city. | He first proposes to raise §55,000,000 for re- | organization purposes. With this sum all | claims, not only against the railroad com- | pany, but also the Philadelphia and Read- | ing Coal and Iron Company, would be dis- charged. On the completion of the reor- | ganization there would be left in the treas- uries of the two companies over $8,000,000 in cash. JEWELRY FRAUD EXPOSED Mystery of the Harry Leon Failure Cleared by the Pinkertons. | Two of the Principals Arrested and | the Operator of the Scheme Confesses. CHICAGO, IrL., Dec. 14.—The mystery of the Harry Leon failure in Chicago, by which about twenty well-known New York jewelry-houses were defranded out of $90,000 worth of jewelry in September last, has been cleared by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and two of the prin-| cipals in the case hdve been arrested on capiases issued by the United States court. Since the failure last September Harry Leon has been in hiding and was located only last week by the agency. Leon was given the preference of teiling how the fraud was carried out and who was implicated or going to jail. He de- cided he would rather stay out of jail and told his story. His confession implicates Alvah A, Ketcham, Peter D. Eberman, O. C. St. Clair, John E. Bull and a man named Castlereigh, alias Lyon. It also makes things rather unpleasant for| Banker Henry D. Tolman of this city, who aided in the plot, though he possibly was an innocent tool. Ketcham and Eberman have been ar- rested. Leon says that he was working for a Madison-street jewelry firm when he was | approached by Ketcham and Everman, who offered to set him up in business and make him rich. They explained that he was to represent that he had inherited $40,000, and upon such a representation to obtain a stock of jewelry on credit. The two men were willing to put up some money to give coloring to his claims of in- | heritance. Ebermap went to the Central Trust Company and deposited $6000 in | Leon’s name. As soon as the deposit was | made he took a certificate of deposit from Leon properly indorsed, so that while the TACOMA REPELLING A CHINESE INVASION, Citizens in Mass-Meeting Oppose the Employing of Mongols. RIGGS ACTIdN CENSURED A Protest of Hundreds Against the Introduction of Cheap Labor. BELIEVED TO BE A CONSPIRACY. Coolies Will Swarm the Factories if the Unwritten Law Is Once Broken. TACOMA, Wasn., Dec. 14.—Germania Ha)l was packed to the doors long before 7:30 o’clock this evening, the time adver- tised for the mass-meeting called by the anti-Chinese committee of fifteen, ap- pointed by the city of Tacoma on October 3, 1895. The crowd continued to pour through the doors until 7:40 o’clock, when | the meeting was called to order, and W. H. Harris, President of the City Council, was elected to the chair by acclamation. E. R. Hughes and Harry Johnston were elected secretaries, and the chairman opened proceedings by stating the pur- poses of the meeting and the situation as to Mr. Riggs and his two Chinese house- servants. Only four of the original committee of fifteen men were present on the stage, namely: Jacob Ralph, A. U. Mills, Dolph B. Hannah and Jobn Budlong. They acted asa_committee of the whole, how- ever, and Mr. Mills proceeded to give his report to the meeting in regard to the visit they had paid Mr. Riggs on the occasion when they presented him with a copy of the resolutions, informing him that the employment of Chinese domestics was an infringement of the unwritten law of the City of Destiny. Mr. Mills described the visit of the com- mittee with great naivete, and laid par- ticplar stress on Mr. Riggs’ statement that he was worth more money than all of the committee put together. The crowd, which was a good-humored one, received Mr. Mills’ humorous remarks with fre- quent applause, but was far more inter- ested when the committee’s report was submitted. | Councilman Bulger was called upon to speak. He dwelt upon the introduction of Chinamen into this community, pointing ‘out that it was simply the entering wedge, and that if the two Mongolsin.question were allowed to stay it was only a question of time when work in the mills and fac- tories—in fact, all the labor of Tacoma— would be done by coolies and highbinders: Mr. Bulger was applauded to the echo, and the earnestness displayed during the latter portion of his remarks illustrated the stern resolution beneath the good humor the audience displayed. He scored the Ministerial Alliance for having pro- mulgated pro-Chinese resolutions, and re- minded his hearers that in the former trouble,in 1885, the same body had worked diligently to defeat the will of a majority of the people. The Ledger came in for a share of his attention for its pro-Chinese stand. D. B. Hannah was the next speaker. He was a member of the original commit- tee of fifteen and told of the exodus in 1885 very dramatically and with a great deal of relish. The audience liked this and the applause was tremendous. A Mr. Norton, who followed Mr. Hannah, called the Chamber of Commerce to account for property was not in his name it was still | under his control. Ketcham went to the | Royal Trust Company and deposited $8000 | in the same manner. This was not quite enough of a showing, | 8o Banker Tolran was called on to furnish | $20,000 more. Tolman took the mouey to | the Commercial National Bank, it is| claimed, and deposited the money to the credit of Harry Leon, but pefore he leit the building he had the deposit certificate in ! his possession indorsed over by Leon, so that his money was safe. For this service, | it is said, Mr. Tolman received $750. ‘This being accomplished Leon wrote to the New York Jewelers’ Association that he was going to open business in Chicago and opened negotiations for his stock. He represented that ne had jnst inher- ited $40,000 and there was at present $34,000 to his credit in Chicago banks. His statements as regards to deposits were in- vestigated and the banks’ books showed that the money was in reality deposited to the man’s credit. Assoon as the investi- gation was completed the money was withdrawn and went back into the coffers of its rightful owners and Leon remained | penniless. Leon placed his orders, re- | ceived the goods and then made away ! with them. Other arrests will probably follow, and it is expected that the New York jewelers will recover & part at least of their losses. —_—— | Litigation for the Santa Fe. | NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 14.—There is more litigation in store for the Santa Fe Railroad. A suit was to-day begun in the Sapreme Court by the Atlanticand Pacific bondholders’ committee representing $17,- 856,000 4 per cent guaranteed bondsagainst the corporation and all interests engaged in reorganizing and financing the great system to enforce an alleged claim for $8,750,000 on the Atchison’s guarantee of the Atlantic and Pacific bonds. BRI S 8t. Louis and the Conventions. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 14.—The com- mittee representing the Business Men’s League which secured for St. Louis the next Republican National Convention returned home this morning and were given a hearty welcome by enthusiastic citizens. A meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Business Men’s League will %nestion of securing the Democratic ational Convention for 8t. Louis. Bl S ‘Want Married Physicians. FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 14.—Governor Braaley has received communications from not backing up the rank and file of the citizens of Tacoma in what was so evi- dently the wishes of the majority. He claimed that the two Chinese domestics employed by Mr. Riggs were forerunners of a Chinese horde that was to fill Tacoma | with cheap labor. Mr. Mills' spoke again, indorsing Mr. Norton’s views and calling tne attention of the meeting to the fact that Mr. Riggs had told the visiting committee that George Browne intended also to have two Chinese servants as soon as his wife re- turned from a visit to the East. He pointed out that George Browne was con- nected with the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company and doubted whether Mr. Browne would stop at employing the Chinese in his house when he could so easily and profitably use them in the mill. Harry Johnson, a reporter on the Even- ing News, upheld Mr. Mills and Mr. Nor- ton as to the Riggs incident being part of a probable conspiracy aiming toward a general introduction of Chinese labor, and read a long set of resolutions to the effect that the public sentiment of Tacoma and Pierce County was that Chinamen were not wanted here. The general trend of the speeches and LEV1 STRAUSS &GOS COPPER RIVETED OVERALLS "~ AND SPRING BOTTOM PANTS. ave won |a large number of ladies throughout the but for a miscue. With only three balls | State protesting against the appointment to run and with a straight shot for the side | of unmarried physiciaus and others to pocket the Binghamton man fell down | places in the asylums, EVERY PAIR GUARANTEESB. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.