The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1896. SRS e o i e b el e e e i I el e s e s e e S the Foreign Office as to how the Govern- ment of Great Britain will treat what the English press calls a deadly insult which justifies war. Nothing appears likely to cause any al- teration in the attitude of Germany in re- spect to her resolve to support the Trans- vaal republic in declaring the convention of 1884 void and thus enabling the Boers to obtain their independence of England. The contention of Germany is that the convention of 1884 must lapse, and that the new relations of England with the Transvaal must give the latter the right to direct and uncontroiled intercourse with the other powers. The United Press obtained last evening an interview with Dr. Leid, the Secretary of State of the South African Republic,who is now in Berlin. It was the South African Company and the Rhodes and Barnato groups, he said, that provoked the trouble in the Transvaal, aiming to overthrow President Kruger and replace him with a creature of Cecil Rhodes’, and then, through the agency of the new Presicent, annex the Transvaal to the Cape Colony. The movement was associated with plans of throwing the markets into disorder and acquiring good stocks at the lowest figures. The Boers, Dr. Lied said, would treat the prisoners they captured in the battle with Dr. Jameson and his followers hu- nely despite the fact that they were brigands and that the Boers were aware that the men had been secretly armed by Rhodes and their knowledge of the nature of the support given to Jameson by Rhodes. Dr. Lied entertains hopes that he will be able to obtain an audience with the Emperor. As yet he has been able to see the Foreign Secretary only. The authorities at the Foreign Office deny that the Transvaal Government has asked Germany to assumea protectorate over the South African Republic. Austria has no special interest in South A! but she, nevertheless, supports the idea of Germany’s intervention in the Transv: The Vienna newspepers continue e pressing the hope that the powers ‘\_'m take adva e of the present opportunity to curb British encroachments. The court will leave Potsdam on Janu- ary 11 for the Schloss in Berlin. The court season will then open and last seven weeks, the imperial family leaving on February 27 for Abbazia. The New Year’s day functions were devaid of any special features. There was a heavy snowstorm on the previous night aud the cafes were closed by 11 o’clock. A strong police force was abroad and prevented the old-time noisy demonstrations. No ‘‘horse play” was allowed as formerly, and the people who were about at midnight quietly ex- changed “Prosit Neujehr”-and passed on. The consequence was that there were fewer arrests than has ever been known upon a similar occasion. The Kaiser's New Year reception was also devoid of interest. In talking with the Embassadors who called upon him the Emperor made no reference to politics and confined his conversation wholly to social topics. United States Embassador Runyon had a pleasant chat with the Emperor, who inquired about the health of President Cleveland and asked the Embassador how he himself had enjoyed the holida In conversing with the generals at the arsenal the Emperor confined Limseli to matters of military detail and expressed the hope that the coming autumn mulitary maneuvers would be as grand and succe: ful as those held atStettin last year, which had redoanded greatly to the advantage of the German army. Baron Hammerstein, the fagitive ex- editor of the Kreuz Zeitung, who was ar- rested in Athens last week by the German police, is still in custody in Italy, The formalities involved in the securing of his extradition will occupy a fortnight. He is being closely watched for fear that he may commit suicide. His wife and two daughters are with him. The Baroness has written a letter to a friend in which she savs: “After being duped by others, my hus- band possibly became a deceiver himself. We have lost everything, but legal action against him will prove more disagreeable to others than to us.” It becoming known that Hammerstein’s wife had joined him people have asked what has become of Flora Gaes. Ithas been learned that she has gone to Basle, Switzerland, where she is staying with her mother. Flora is well educated and prior to her association with Hammerstein was employed upon the editorial staff of the Basle Grenzboten. The German group proposing to take the new American loan lheld a meeting in the offices of the Deutsche Bank on Saturday and will hold another meeting on Monday, when it is expected that they will definite- ly arrange a deal with the London firms to co-operate 1n securing gold to the amount of 00,000, with the option of securing an additional $25,000,000 if it should be required. Itis understood that in New York a number of German houses are desirous of sharing in the operations of the group. Under the presidency of Duke Albrecht and Mecklenburg, committess are being formed in Berlin, Hambarg and other German cities for the purpose of collect- ing funds for the relief of the Boer fami- lies who are suffering as the result of the warlike operations in the Transvaal. Al- ready £140,000 has been subscribed. Several German insurance companies have joined the American company in de- manding a revision of the insurance regu- lations. J. B. Jackson, United States secretary of the embassy, bas returned to his duties at the embassy after spending his holi- days in Vienna. Charles de Kay, United States Consul-General here, will give a dance at his private residence on January 6. Mr. King and wife, of Cleveland, Ohio, are registered here. e BACK DEFIANCE. HURL Britons Bitterly Resent the Interferenco of Germany. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 5.—The reporters of the Morning Post and Daily News tele- graph that Germans are now less unani- mous in their approval of Emperor Wil- liam’s message, The Times will to-morrow say that Mr. Chamberlain’s statement that Great Brit- ain would adhere to the convention of 1884 was concise and adequate, and would receive the hearty and undivided support of ihie people of Great Britain, who were prepared to defend their just claims and repel pretensions inconsistent therewith, ne matter from how exalted a quarter they might come. Great Britain could not for a moment admit that Germany had any locus standi in the matter. The paper adds: ‘We are exhorted in the German press to secure our position in the world by concil- iating those who can do us the most in- jury. When we need that kind of advice we shall probably seek it in quarters possessing greater claims to our confidence and respect. Our reapproachment would not be with Germany, but with powers she regards not wholly without apprehension. Cold-Storage Plant Ruined. SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Jan. 5.—Fire last night ruined the plant of the cold-storage company, causing more or less damage by water to the contents, which are valued at $100,000, Origin of fire is unknown. | hostilo attitude of Germany, will consider | the expediency of immediately strength- } | ening the British forces in those parts of I ; | the empire that are exposed to attack. Tield Marshal Lord Wolseley, commander- | in-chief of the forces, has given it as his Their President Aflswers | firm opinion that if forces are sent abroad it wili be necessary to re-enforce the troops Chamberlain’s Plea | at home. It is, therefore, likely that the for Mercy. - | militia an@ army reserves will be called The Central News says that the Govern- ENELIND N EAROR Henry Norman Adds to His Venezuelan Bound- ary Expose. out, to such an extent at least as to place PRISONERS NOT SHOT.| one army corps at the disposal of the War | Office for foreign service. | ment is determined not to permit Ger- many to give military assistance to the Transvaal. ————— | CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. Will Be Given a Trial Accord- ing to the Traditions of the Republic. SCATHING WORDS OF KRUGER. | | Drawings for Gold Claims Not Satisfac- | tory to Englishmen. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.—Among i the visitors to Washington at the present | time is W. W. Sterling, a business man of | Johannesburg, in the Transvaal, South | Africa, the center of the present disturb- | ances. | | He says, in a local paper, that the diffi- | | culty originated in June last over draw- ; ing for claims to gold mines at Whitfon- | tain and Luipaard Vloi, about twenty-five | miles from Johannesburg. The Boers | | seem to have had the best of it in the | drawings, which were made according to | their peculiar laws, and fights for pos- British Freebooters and the English Press Excoriated by the Transvaal Ruler. | | LONDON, Exc., Jan. 5.—Late news | from the Transvaal is most anxiously awaited here, but none has been received | to-day that causes any appreciable lessen- | ing of the feeling of anxiety prevailing. It may be that some information will be re- ceived later, but the outlook 18 not very bright, as the telegraph lines are still con- trolled by the Government for its own use, | and if any news filters through there is no | way to positively confirm or deny it. A | dispatch received to-day from President 1 Kruger, while stating that he had not | ordered the captured invaders to be shot, still Jeaves their future fate in doubt. His | statement that they would be treated in sharp contrast to their own acts, affords | the hope that eventually most, if not all of | them, will be set free, after undergoing the | punishment thav dispassionate observers here believe they richly merit. It is believed in some guarters, however, | that the anger of the Boers against the leaders of the invading force will have more or less influence on the tribunal be- } fore which the Englishmen wiil be tried, and that nothing will suffice to allay the | excitement except a sentence of death. In | this event, all the influence of the British Government will undoubtedly be exerted | to secure a commutation, and President Kruger's pacific messace leads to the hope that in the event of Dr. Jameson and the otber leaders being condemned to be shot or hanged, under military law, the inter- cession of the British Gevernment will lead President Kruger to commute the death penalty to 1mprisonment. The Government has made public the following cable dispatches relative to the invasion of the Transvaal and the capture the Boers of the invaders: On Janu- 3 the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain sident Kruger of tne South African Republic as follows: ““It is rumored here that you have or- dered the prisoners to be shot. I do not believe the rumors. I rely o our gener- osity in your hour of victo To-day the Hon. Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony and the head in | Africa of the British South Africa Com- pany, sent a dispatch reading “The rumor that a force is collecting in Buluwayo is absolutely false President Kruger, replying Chamberlain’s dispatch, cabled : I have not ordered the freebooters who | are prisoners to be shot. Their case will be considered strictly in accordance with | the traditions of the republic, and in sharp contrast to the unheard-of acts of these freebgoters. So many lies and false rep- resentations are published in the influen- tial newspavers in England that I deem it advisable to add that the freebooter prisoners have been trcated with the greatest consideration by our burghers, | despite the fact that the latter have been | more than once compelled to take up arms | in defense of the dearly-bought inde- pendence of our republic. “I hove you will kindly pardon the lib- | erty I am taking when I say that our con- | fidence in Rhodes has received such a rude shock that his repudiation of the proceed- | ings at Buluwayo ought to be received | with the greatest caution. Even now we | have news that an armed force is collec ing on our borders. If thisis true, I trust | that no word of Rhodes, but the influence of the government, will suffice to prevent | further incursions. Will you, with a view | to checking further lying reports, publish | this?” Mr. Chamberlain replied : “I thank you for your message, which I will publish as you desire. The press has | not given credence to the rumors about | cruelty to prisoners. I have always been | confident of your magnanimity. I have | sent an imperial officer to Buluwayo to see | that my orders are obeyed and to prevent | a further raid. You may rest confident | that T will strictly uphold all the obiiga- | tions of the London convention of 1884.” SO SC e THE BOERS WERE WARNED, Aware That Rhodes Was Planning the Subjugation of the Transvaal. LONDON, ENG.,Jan. 5.—A cable dis- patch from Johannesburg, dated Decem- ber 30, has been received at the office in this city of the Johannesburg Standard, stating that inreply to an-address pre- sented to him by a deputation President Kruger said that the Government would remove the duties on food stuffs. He also promised that equal subsidies would be given toall schools whatever language might be taught in them, and that the franchise would be made more liberal. Nevertheless in the quarters of the capi- talists scheming is going on for hostilities against the Government. Respectable merchants of all nations are combining to circumvent the aims of Cecil Rhodes. The merchants are forminga brigade to protect life and proverty. The wives and children of the capital- ists left days ago. Secret enlisting 15 pro- ceeding and lectures on their political grievances are being given to the miners. Colonel Rhodes, a brother of Cecil Rhodes, Lionel Phelps aud Charles Leonard, three prominent capitalists, were asked to say that they disapproved of a revolation, but they made no reply. The community fears the worst, but 1s prepared to defeat the conspiracy. In the meantime the Boer Government behaves admirably and allows the freest speech. The loafers already admit that they are in the pay of the capitalists. It is undoubtedly a clear case of an attempt to pick a quarrel and grab the golden treasure of the Transvaal. P PREPARE FOR ATTACK. to Mr. Salisbury and His Colleagues Strengthen- ing British Forces. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 5—The People, the weekly edition of the Globe, which is in touch with the Government, says there is reason to believe that Prime Minister Salisbury and his colleagues, owing to the | pecially the English, and Mr. Sterline be- | The Boers had their flags flying from pub- Labsolutely revoke the charter of the British {South Africa Company, and, continuing, session followed. The capitalists were dissatisfied, es- lieves that England is backing the claims of her subjects, with the intention eventu- | ally of seizing the country. Much of the | discontent comes from the English cap- italists, who make fortunes out of their investments, but still object to the pay- ment of the heavy duties levied on im- ports, especially machinery for mines. The Boers, bir. Sterling says, are splen- did fighters, being able to muster about 7000 able-bodied men. He believes the na- tives will certainly fight for the Boers, whom they at the same time fear and love because they are well treated. There are about 500 Americans in Jo- hannesburg, Mr. Sterling says. Out of re- spect for them the last Fourth of July was widely celebrated in that city as a holiday. lic buildings, but certain of the English pulled them down und a general fight fol- lowea. i IE WANTS WAR. Advocates the Reoall of the British Em- | bassador From Berlin. LONDON, ExG., Jan.5.—James Macken- | zie McLean, M. P. for the Cardiff District and proprietor of the Cardiff Western | Mail, has written an article for that paper in which he says: “Emperor William’s message to Paul | Kruger, President of the South African | Republic, is as deadly and as unprovoked | an insult as was ever offered to the head of a great Kuropean power, and to 2 nation of | equal rank. In the face of these repeated insults from foreign powers, the time has come to use more effective means of retaliation than protests that are con- spicuous for prudence and moderation. e temper of the English people is ri The murmurs among Lord Sali friends in both houses of Parlia- ment are becoming louder and deeper daily. “Emperor William, in prociaiming the right of the Transvaal to receive assistance from Germany. has tramped upon inter- nationai law and violated the convention of 1884. It is the clear duty of Lord Salis- bury to demand the withdrawal of the offensive telegram. If itis notcanceled he should immediately recall the British Em- | bassador from Berlin.” MACK E ., SHOULD FIGHT FOR COUNTRY. Warlike Sermon Deiivered by the Bishop of London. LONDON, Ex6., Jan. 5—The Right Honorable and Right Rev. Frederick Tem- ple, Bishop of London, preached in St. Paul’s Church to-day, taking his text from 8t. Mark, xiii:7: “And when ye shall hear of wars may ye not be troubled; for such things must needs be; but the end shail not be yet.”” | The selection of this textis much com- | mented upon. The Bishop declared that it | was clearly the duty of Christians to al- | ways help their country to fight for the right at whatever cost. The existing ex- | citement was more likely to increase than | dimirish, but Christians need not trouble | themselves, for they were in_God’s hands, | who was sure to work out his eternal pur- pose through the action of mankind. e o e ADVICE TO ENGLAND. Should Realize That There Is a Europe, Even in Africa. PARIS, France, Jan. 5—The Temps asks Great Britain to immediately and says: “France has no idea of humiliating Great Britain, with whom she entertains friendly relations, nor falling in line be- hind Emperor William, but Great Britain ought to recognize that there is a Europe, | even in Africa.” B aaa WILLIAM EMPEROR THANKED. President Kruger's Reply to His Mes- sage of Congratulation. BERLIN, GERMANY, Jan. 5.—President Kruger has, in reply to Emperor Wil- liam’s message, cabled the following from Pretoria: “I testify to your Majesty my very deep and heartfelt thanks (or“your Majesty's sincere congratulations. ith God’s help we hope to da everything possible for holding our dearly bought independence and the stability of our beloved repuhlic." S RHODES HAS RES1GNED. Strange Move on the Part of the Cape Colony Autocrat. LONDON, Exe., Jan. 5.—A dispatch from Cape Town, dated December 31, says that Mr. Rhodes had tendered his resigna- tion of the office of Prime Minister of Cape Colony to Sir Hercnles Robinson, the Governor of the Colony, but that the lat- ter had not accepted it. VICTORY FOR STRIKERS. Terms of Employes Met by a Railroad Company. BUFFALQ, N. Y., Jan. 5.—The strike at the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad shops here is settled, and the men will return to work to-morrow. The strikers held a mass-meeting this evening, at which the strike was formally declared off. The company agrees that no more men will be discharged on account of lack of work, but that the hours of labor be re- duced, and they may belong to labor unions. . STILL AN AMERICAN. Embassador Rayard Will Not Reside Permanently in England. WILMINGTON, DgL., Jan. 5.—Thomas F. Bayard Jr., son of Embassador Bayard, when seen with reference to the report cabled from London recently that it was the intention of Mr. Bayard to remain permanently in England after the conclu- sion of his official term, said: *“Tbe thing is absurd. Itis absurd for a moment to imagine that he, with all the interests he has here and at this time of life should think of making his home in England.” | any man or Ministr |DEFENDS HIS POSITION. Great Britain’s Contention in the Dispute Is Without Foundation. NEW LIGHT FOR THE BRITONS. The Correspondent of the London “Chronicle” Defines Ameri- can Sentiment. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 6.—The American | correspondent of the London Daily Chroni- cle, Henry Norman, telegraphs to that paper as follows: The® London corre- spondents of American pavers having re- vealed my identity here I have been over- whelmed by expressions of sympathy and thanks to the Chronicle for putting the American case and opinion before the British public. All the papers comment most kindly, As I have tried to explain Americans be- lieve that their attitude of demanding ar- bitration is one with which civilized men must sympathize. In support of this the whole Union, if needful, will speak with absolutely one voice. At the same time there is here an in- finite desire to see an immediate and ami- cable settlement. I have to-day talked with several men who are being denounced in New York as jingoes and the above are their earnest sentiments. The people sim- ply cannot understand Lord Salisbury’s attitude. A Senator said to me to-day that he thought the same as if a millionaire quar- reled with his intimate friend, because he had lost 10 cents in his house. I repeat with every ounce of influence I possess, | that everybody here worth considering de- sires peace. If Lord Salisbury can find a way to make the slightest advances toward the recognition of the American attituae he will be received with wide-open arms I will quote a single example of the readi- ness of American opinion to coalesce with that of England: The New York Sun, the most outspoken paper in defiant defense of Americanism, | Bives the greatest prominence to my last dispatch, and its message from London apropos the Transvaal begins as follows: ““It is great and inspiring news which Eng- land gives the world to-day. It isthenews of the recovery of national virility and the revival of nationai valor. The epoch- making imperial telegram from Berlin has roused Great Britain as nothing has stirred British spunk and patriotism in this gen- eration.” When the most anti-English journal in the United States speaks-like this, it is ciear how little stands in the way of com- plete conciliation. The responsibility of v holding back at such a moment when England needs every friend she has for the sake of mere dignity or obstinate adhesion to the letter of diplo- macy Is appalling to contemplate. legarding the Aberdeen dispatches and the Schomburg line, I must explain my attitude. 1 assert nothing, my means of information being sbviously limited. I simply invite refutation of the statement that the correspondence I cable proves that England in 1846 freely admitted the Schomburg line to be destitute of any au- thority or validity as the basis of a territo- rial claim. The New York Evening Post, indulging in some clever fooling at my ex- | pense, quotes Lord Aberdeen’s letter of March 30, 1844, which states that England, | by removing the boundary posts, did not cede any rights which she might consider herself authorized to claim in the future. | Unless a better retort is possible, my posi- | tion is indeed unassailable. I base my contention upon the British official statements at the actual time the boundary posts were removed. No ex-posi facto explanation three years later can affect this. If England made any condi- tion when she ordered the practical de- struction of the Schomburg line in 1841, in response to the repeated arguments, de- mands and insistence of the Venezuelan Government, then let us have the official correspondence containing those conten- tions. If these cannot be produced then my documents and contentions hold the field. But the question at stake is finally big- ger than such arguments or any promis- cuous discussion of the Monroe doctrine. The American Government and people would be perfectly willing, and indeed glad, to see England secure any amount of Veuezuelan territory if her claim is ca- pable of historical and diplomatic proof. They are willing to meet England in any direction and to any extentin finding a competent tribunal to determine this. They ask only that Lord Salisbury’s blunt refusal and President Cleveland’s menaces alike be set aside and forgotten. They re- gard the demand for arbitration as the sacred right of a great, powerful Nation, standing on what it believes to be a mat- ter of principle. 4 AR WAR OUT OF THE QUESTION. The London Chronicle’s Comments Upon Norman’s Message. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 5.—Commenting on the effect produced by its dispatches from Washington anent the Venezuelan dispute the Chronicle will to-morrow say: We are aware of the magnitude of our Commissioner’s task and the difficulties which beset him, but we lay down two | general propositions, both testifying to the soundness of this case. The first is to accept a situation where it is impossible for any self-respecting statesman to govern the British empire with honor. War with America is to be ruled out of the category of things which can even be considered. The second proposition is to avoid the -Canger of either party shutting the door. The Government which makes the first practical advance toward conciliation will win the earliest honors in the controversy. The Daily News in its issue to-morrow will say that there is nothing offensive to Great Britain in the instructions given to the Venezuelan High Commission. It adds that since serious difficulty may arise when the commission reports Lord Salis- bury might reasonably suggest to the American Government some method of arriving at an honorable settlement. ‘Why, it asks, should not Lord Salisbury, as a friendly act, without prejudice, place ” the whole evidence of the Colonial Office at the disposal of the commission? PROVIDING A REFUGE. Americans to Aid Armenians in Leav- ing Turkey. CHICAGO, IiL.,Jan. 5—A meeting of Chicago citizens interested in the Arme- nian troubles was held in Central Music Hall this afternoon. About 2000 men and women attended. George B. Swift. Mayor of Chicago, presided. The object of the meeting was to devise some means of aid- ing the Armenians in a practical way, Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross Society, and Frederick D. Green were present and among the speakers of the af- ternoon. A small sum of money raised by collec- tion will be turned over to the Red Cross Society to help in sending a relief commit- tee to Armenia. A committee of twenty was ordered appointed by the. Mayor of the city, as chairman of the meeting, to formulate plans for the emigration of the Armenians to a place of safety and to con- sider means of immediate assistance to the Armenians in connection with the movement of the Red Cross Society. The speakers of the occasion were Rev. A. R. White, Hon. Thomas A. Moran, Hon. George E. Adams, General 0. O. Howard, Dr. P. S. Henson, Mr. Green and Miss Barton. At the close of the meeting it was unanimously agreed that the fol- lowing cablegram be sent to her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India, and to the Czar of Russia: We have been looking with horror at the de- liberate attcmpt to exterminate a peaceful and historic people, the Armenians. The policy and traditions of our people are againstour interference by force of arms. We, as citizens of Chicago, in mass-meeting assembled, as fel- low Christians with a common ancestry, ap- peal to you to stop this continued wholesale siaughter. If circumstance which your Government cannot control render this impossible in Turkey, we respectfully suggest that you, with or without the co-operation of other powers, endeavor to arrange for the bringing of the Armenians to the coast and thence to some country where their lives will be spared. We pledge you the co-operation of our peo- ple in this undertaking in every possible way. We are sure such hard and induatrious and frugal tillers of the soil, if cared for until they become accustomed to their new environ- ments, would be gladly welcomed by the peo- ple of the United States or other countries. GEORGE B. SWIFT, Chairman. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and the people present went away feeling that they had done something which would eventually aid the Armenians. TRUCKEE UNDER THE ICE KING'S RULE, Continued from First Page. “We must not labor under the delusion that we can stand alone.” Another pretty bit of the figurative dis- course was this: “The clouds directed their general journeyings, but not the ex- cursions that they were all the time making up to one side. They, therefore, need such a person as Hobab to direct tbem on these wilderness to point out watering-places and the like.” Verily, a Hobab is needed to direct some of the looked-for excursions this way, and to point out mot only the icicle palace, but the famous watering-places in the the Sierra wilderness. There was no choir in the church, and even the organist was away, bat valiantly the slenderand youth- ful clergyman sang us a solo, the conclud- ing hymn embodying the excursion hopes of the carnival managers. Some one will enter the pearly gate, By and by, by and by. Taste of the pleasures that there await, Shall you? Shall 17 Visitors continue to come on every train, and it is expected thai the town will be well filled this week. e S VISIT FRESNO'S FAIR. The Citrus Fruit Exhibit Praised by Guests | From Other Portions of the State. FRESNO, Cav., Jan. 5.—The third day of the citrus fair was by far the most suc- cessful in point of attendance. There were 600 people present thisevening, when a sacred concert was rendered by Justy's band, besides a number of vocal and in- strumental solos by local talent. Enthus- iasm over the success of the fair and the fine exhibits of the county’s capabilities in the citrus fruit line has not abated in the least. The large, luscious, clean and healthy looking fruit continue to elicit expressions of surprise. There have been a number of visitors from various parts of the State and all pronounce the fair equal to anything of the kind they have ever seen. Fulton G. Berry, an extensive citrus fruit grower of the county and one of the leading promoters of the fair, was seen by a CaLu representative to-night. Said Mr. Berry: “The fair has proved to be a great success —more so than we expected. Had we known that we could make such an effect- ive display, we should have arranged to run excursions from the northern and southern parts of the State. The benefits that will accrue from the fair cannot be overestimated. Ourown people have been taught an excellent lesson, as they did not realize before that we are destined to be one of the leading citrus-fruit counties in the State. The education of our own peo- ple will naturally have a valuable effect 1n bringing the acaptabilities of the county for raising citrus fruits to the notice of outsiders. “Two well-known orange-growers, one from Los Angeles and the other from San Diego, visited the fair last night, and they told me that our fruit averages with the best of their country. One strong point in our favor is that while fruits in Southern California suffered during the recent frosts, not one particle of injury was done in this county. Mind you, we are giving this fair three weeks after the crop has been mar- keted.” Alexander Goldstein, president of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed himself as greatly satisfied with the fair. ‘It has clearly been proven,” said he, ‘‘that we can raise citrus fruits. Our fair is as good as any ever held in the State, and its pro- motion was one of the most valuable and successful affairs ever undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce.” August Weihe, the San Francisco capi- talist, who is also an extensive property- owner of this county, arrived on this even- ing’s train, and was among the visitors at the fair to-night. “1 am much surprised at the quality of the fruit exhibited here,’” said he. ‘‘These oranges are as fine as can be found any- where, and, in my opinion, Fresno will in a few years have a reputation as an orange center. In the valley oranges can not be grown very successfully, but no place in the world is better adapted to raisin citrus fruits than the extensive thermal belt along the foothills in the eastern part I of this county.” trips, who was well acquainted with the | recommendation of Attorney-General Har- mon, there will be introduced in Congress a bill to establish four United States peni- tentiaries —one in the East, one in the South, one at Leavenworth, Kas., and cne on the Pacific Coast. United States pris- oners are now incarcerated in State insti- tutions. et « CINCINNATI WILL WIN DELVING FOR DEAD. Grewsome Task of Rescuers at the Anna Lee Mine, Colonel Bright on the Location of the Demoeratic Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.—Colonel R. J. Bright, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, said to THe CALL correspondent RELATIVES LOSE HOPE. to-night thet he believed the National Democratic Convention would be held in Cincinnati. Bright is anxious for it to go there, not only because it is centrally lo- cated, but because, he says, “I would rather it would be held anywhere than in Chicago. I would rather be doorkeeper of bades than sergeant-at-arms of the con- vention if it is held in Chicago. At the convention hel¢ there iq 1834 1 had to employ Pinkerton detectives to prevent rascally Aldermen, Councilmen and Cook County Commissioners from packing the convention. A “They were allowed so many tickets and endeavored ‘to admit many who did not have the necessary pasteboard, but with the aid of detectives their schemes were frustrated. I have been in attendance at three conventions held in Cincinnati, and want to say that 1t is just the place for a National convention as regards hotel ac- Slight Chance That Any of the Entombed Men Escaped Death. MANAGER HARNAN IS ALIVE, He Had Come to the Surface on the Last Trip Before the Accident. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Jan. The work of rescuirg the eight imprisoned miners who were caught in the awful cave-in at the Anna Lee mine at Victor | yesterday morning, and which has been | prosecuted as rapidly as the extremely | dangerous condition of affairs will permit, | | | continues. Victor and the entire Cripple | Creekdistrictare still @iscussing the terrible accident, which will no doubt prove a salutary lesson to mine-owners, whose sole purpose has been to extract the great- | est amount of ore, regardless of the safety of human life. Victor was crowded all day with people, and the Anna Lee mine has been surrounded by hundreds of anxious friends and relatives, who were eager to learn the latest developments, | which, as the hours slowly rolled by, be- | came more and more discouraging, dissi- | pating the last lingering hope enter- | tained that some of the imprisoned men migkt be rescued alive. The drift from the seventh level of the | Scranton mine, which was started soon | alter the cave-in occurred and which was ‘\ | cut through thirty-five feet of solid gran- | ite, reached the Anna Lee shaft at 11:30 | last night. From this point down a dis- | tance of 200 feet the Anna Lee shaftis ' oven and tize work of removing the creat | masses of rock and broken timbers was | begun. The debris is being dropped to the bottom of the Lee shaft and when thisis filled the rescue work will be greatly re- tarded, owing to the fact that the wreck- age will have to be carried through and | hoisted from the Scranton. ! The cave-in starts at a depth of thirty- | five feet, and extends down 700 feet, and at | the point where the Scranton level cuts | through the Lee shaft is one solid mass of | jammed rock and timbers, which indicates | too well what a crushed and mangled con- dition the lost miners must be in. At 4:30 P. ). a telephone message esti- | mated that the imprisoned cage was still fifteen feet above. General Manager John Harnan, who was at first reported as lost, is alive, he having come up on the last trip before the acci dent. tbe mine follows: Thomas Sheldon, assistant superintendent, leaves widow and three children at Denver; W. E. Loane, foreman, leaves widow; Joe Dunsmore, leaves widow and child; Thomas Harnan, single; Patrick May, single; Jack Maley, single; Frank McQuirk, single. The lives of all the men are insured, the Portland Company’s rules making it com- pulsory for all of its employes taking this | precaution for the protection of their families in case of aceident or death. WO CALIFORNI CASES Validity of the Irrigation Law | Soon to Be Decided at £ A full and correct list of the men in i | | | Suit Against the Stanford Es. tate Will Come Up This Month. The WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.—The Su- | preme Court of the United States will re- assemble to-morrow ufter a fortnight's holiday recess. The list of cases assigned for hearing this month contains some nota- ble ones, and the arguments will be likely | to attract unusual attention. Among them are what are known as the | irrigation-bond cases from California, one from the Supreme Court of the State and one from the Circuit Court of the United | States of the District of California. ! They involve the constitutionality of | the law_authorizing the organization of irrigation districts and the issue of bonds by the trustees of the same, and the con- sequent validity of about $20,000,000 of these bonds. The State courts have up-| held the law and the Federal court has said it was unconstitutional. Ex-President Harrison is expected to ap- | pear in this case, which will probably oc- | cupy the attention of the court in the | week beginning January 20. | In the same week the famous case of the | United States vs. the administratrix of | the estate of the late Senator Stanford of | California will probably be heard. | The interests of Mrs. Stanford and of the University will be presented by Joseoh H. Choate, the famous New York attor- ney, whose last appearance before the Supreme Court of the United States was in the income-tax case, which he won. ot Will Establish Penitentiaries. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5—Upon cease! The latest wonder is a drugstore with actually no fancy prices. COLD WEATHER COMFORT : Chest Protectors, 50c, 7ac, $1. Hot-Water Bottles, 60c, 80c, $1. Toronto Club Malt Whiskey (sole agents), z5c, 50¢, 75¢, $1. THE WONDER DRUGSTORE FLETCHER & CO., 1028 Market Street. Try the “Wonder Cough Cure.” | serfously injured. commodations, reasonable rates and tele- graphic facilities, the Jast of which is a very important consideration in my opinion. “Of course, New York will Qut up a game fizht. It is said that Whitney, Grace, Harri d other big guns of the party are working tooth and nail for the metropolis, but I believe that Cincinnati will win, as she ought to.” FIRE DESTROYS A HOTEL Five Men Are Caught by a Falling Wall and One Is Instantly Killed. Guests of a Burning Hostelry Have a Narrow Escape From Cremation. ALTOONA, Pa., Jan. -The Central Hotel, a six-story brick, and the three- story brick building owned by George Streitver, occupying half a block on Elev- enth avenue, were destroyed by fire early this morning. IKive men were caught by « falling wall. Frank H man was in- stantly killed and William Wareham The other three es- The monetary loss is caped with cuts. abcut $140,000. The fire originated in the hotel cellar and spread rapidly, some of the guests escaping in their nightclothes and others being rescued by firemen. Several parties i who had registered are missing, but it is thought that they left thecity on the early trains. . SEARCHED WITH 4 TORCH. Fireman Miles Found a Gas Leak and an , Explosion as Well. CHICAGO, Ttr., Jan. 5.—An explosion of gas which occurred in the basement of the Renforst apartment building at Fifty- second street and Cottage Grove avenue this afternoon injured two people, badly frightened a number of the fashionable occupants of the house and did some dam- age to property. George Miles, a fireman, was in the base- ment looking for a_gas leak with a lighted torch in his hand. As he entered the | front part of the building an explosion took place, which threw him about twenty feet and shook the building sufficiently to be felt on the sixth floor, the top of the burned by the hich followed. Heis in the hos- ital, but his recovery is expected. Fol- owing him in his_search for the escaping gas was the janitor, Marckus Claus- sen, who was also thrown some distance and burned, but his injuries were slight. NEW TO-DAY. **Confidential.” This, too, is confidential!'—meant only for those who judge prices by the goods— not goods by the prices: ‘We can sell you high class clothing for less than our wetl meaning neighbors, be- cause we are in closer touch with the houses that make them. ‘What is high class? A certain thor- oughbred correctness, that shows in the stuff, cut, trimmings and workmanship. Fortify against the “war of the weather.” Uls- ters—blue Kene{'. $15; genuine Irish Frieze, $17 Isters, $4.50 to $8.50—11 to 19. and §20. Boys' THESUCCESS OF THE SEASON THE LADIES' GRILL ROOM ——OF THE— PALACE HOTEL, DIRECT ENTRANCE FROM MARKET ST OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT. vie 8§ otbers fail. Cures Dr. J. F. GABBON ! OPPRESSION, SUFFOCATION ESP1C'S ETTES, OR POWDER. 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