The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1896 to the Herald from Havana, via Key West, says: affic on the Wes ern railway of Cuba was indefinitely suspended yesterday. The machine shops are closed and em- ployes have all been discharged. It issad that while the war continues no efforts will be made b, v directors to re- sume the running of , all bridges of importance between this city and Pinar del Rio ha been destroved by rebel torches or bombs. The line isowned by British capitalists, and until recently it yielded them big dividends. Two-thirds of the tobacco of tbe celebrated Vuelta Abajo district was carried over this iine. The Spanish authorities are indignant at erintendent because of his decision while h s continue. Campos requires the line to his troops. and semi-official apers, in editorial articles, :n companies in general, ish Governm to confiscate turn it over to a syndicate of capitalists patriotic enough to fic open at whatever sacrifice. Ca 1-General Campos has ordered each month to be de- f soldiers and all , for charitable of refu- e pay , civil and mil relieve the s ties and coa ANNOUNCED THE ENGAGEMENT. u st Low Ex-President Harrison and Mrs. oimmick Will Be Married Soon After Lent tly before 9 r. ., appeared and authorizes the an- and Mrs. Dimmick be married and that the take place until after tts refused to further discuss and although the ex- in hisroom at the self to all newspaper General Harrison ity until after Sun- > to Indianapolis ington. ame is Caroline E the daughter of Lord, the eldest sister of f She is the 5 her hus- ived for some time with Mr. Lord died eral Harrison was . Harrison thereupon sent and namesake to e, and made the e secretary. both at the in the White was her faithful PROTECTING THE SEALS, and X ck age Suit of the Government to Re-| strain the American Company. It Is Claimed by the Defendant That Its Business Has Been Ruined by Interference. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—The hear- ing on the motion the United States Circuit Court to restrain the North Ameri- can Company from tak als on the and 1slands St, Georg St. Paul was closed to-day During the three days’ proceedings it en claimed by United States District Macfarlane that the Secretary of the Treasury has the right to limit the | to be taken each season y the company in order that the seals may be protected from undue depletion, Lawyer James S. Carter for the com- pa contended that the action of the Secretary of the Treasury was unwar- ranted, as the seals were plentiful and by the limiting of the number to 10,000 the contract between the Government and the company had been broken and. the busi- ness of the company almost ruined. The summing up of counsel will occur some time within two weeks, B HUBERT BOOIH ARRIVES. Will Probably Swcceed His Brother, Bal- lington, as Commander. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Among the passengers who arrived on the steamer Louis to-day was Hubert Booth, oung son of General William Booth and brother of Ballington Booth of of the Salvation Army. He was asked as to the reported recall of Ballington Booth and his wife from their American work. He did not know the cause of the recall, he said, but thought it likely that it was because of the practice of changing the command of the army’s officers every six or seven years. He did not know whether be was to take his brother’s place or not, but thought it not unlikely that his dis- trict would be changed within the next four months or so. gl The Joint Trafic Suit. W YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—The bhear- ng of the of complaint filed by United States District Attorney Macfarlane in the United States Circuit Cour, in the name of the United States against the thirty-two railroad companies constituting the Joint Traffic Association, and which was fixed for this afternoon, was adjourned at the of the United States District At- until January 31, to give the roads time to reply to the charges in the complaint. - Union Pacific Reorganization. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—A jority of the shares of the stock of Union Pacific Company bas been depos- ited with the committee until the reorgan- ization agreement. Application was made once for the listing of the trust company’s certificates of deposit of stock. [t is ex- pected that the board of Government of the New York Stock Exchange will take final action with reference thereto at the next regular meeting. —_— - Ex-Congressman Lawlor Dead. CHICAGO, Trv., Jan. 17.—Ex-Congress- man Frank Lawlor, one of the Aldermen representing the Nineteenth Ward, died of is afternoon. He had beena n well known for a_quarter y. He was a candidate for Postmaster of Chicago. Lo Davy Crockett’s Nephew Dying. SHELBYVILLE, Irv., Jan. 17.—David Crockett, aged 68, a nephew of the famous scout and trapper, Davy Crockett, is dying at his home in Big Springs Township. —— e Jack Ward Knocked Out. BALTIMORE, Mbp.,, Jan. 17.—Sammy Kelly of New York knocked out Jack ‘Ward of Newark, N. J., in_the twenty- fourth round to-night, and Joe Gans de- feated Joe Elliott in the seveath round. Dur- | PEOPLE'S PARTY LEADERS MEET, Forty Delegates and Proxies Answer the Roll- Call. MARY LEASE IS MISSED. The National Committee Decides to Hold the Convention on July 22. CITIES STRIVING TO GET IT. St. Louis, Indianapolis and Milwaukee Bidding to Secure the Gathering. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 17.—When the People’s party National Committee met this morning at 10 o’clock in the Lindell forty delegates and proxiesanswered to the rollcall. The old guard was not repre- sented as strongly as in former meetings, and among those missed were Mary Eliza- beth Lease of Kansas, ex-Congressman Bryan of Nebraska and “Cyclone’” Davis of Texas. Notable and conspicuous amcng those on the vplatform were the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota, Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina, Chairman H. E. Taubeneck of Illinois, Congressman John C. Bell of Colorado, General Weaver of Ioway and General Paul Vandervoort of Omaha. When Chairman Taubeneck called the committee to order at 11 o’clock he stated the object of the meeting, and asked that the claims of each city desiring the con- vention should receive careful consider- ation. The first hour was consumed in five-minute speeches by visitors in pre- senting their views on the proper date for holding the National Convention. The speakers took considerable latitude in their remarks, and the flow of oratory was still in progress when the committee, atl -, took a recess for one hour. At 5:30 p. . the committee took a recess until 8:300'clock. Upon reassembling the claims of cities desiring the National Con- vention were called for. C.H. Sampson and Edward Devery presented the ciaims of St. Louis, and L. N. Gordon and Evans | Woolin of Indianapolis put forth the ad- vantages of their city in a forceful manner. Milwaukee had but one champion, Rob- ert Schilling, and he made the brightest and best address of the evening. At this point Senator Butler of North Carolina moved au executive session and that the claims of other cities be heard at to-morrow’s session. It bas virtually been decided that the basis of representation to the next con- vention shall be fixed at one delegate from the State at large and one for each 1000 votes or fraction thereof cast by the Popu- lists at the last election. The committee then, in executive ses- sion, named July 22 next as the date of the Nationa! Convention, and without taking a bollot on the convention city adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow. In executive session the following were named a committeg to confer with the Bi- metallist League at Washington, D. C., on the 22d inst., to fix a basis of agreement: General Weaver of Iowa, James J. Field of Virginia, Senator Butler of North Carolina, Congressman Bell of Colorado, J.J. Turner of Georgia and Carey Brown of Massa- chusetts. LEGRETS OF THE SULTAN. Will Assure Victoria That Reforms Will Be Carried Out. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 17.—Special dis- patches from Constautinople report that the Sultan professes to regret that Queen Victoria believes that further disorders in Asia Minor are possible under the reforms he has promised to graut. He will writea letter stating the facts in the case. Lord Salisbury has communicated to the Duke of Westminster, the head of the Armenian Relief Commission here, in- formation received by him from Sir Philip Currie, the British Ewmbassador to Tur- key, relative to the measures taken by the British Consuls and American mission- arie# in behalf of the Armenians. It is estimated that about £50,000 will be required to prevent the Armenians who have been despoiled from starving to death until Aprit. The Duke of Westminster in turn com- municated the information to Sir Walter Henry Wilkin, Lord Mayor of London, who will issue an appeal to the City of London to augment the £18,000 it has already subscribed for relief purposes in Armenia. KOREA'S QU. IS DEAD. No Truth in the Story That She Escaped. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 17.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Yoko- hama, over the signature of Colonel John A. Cockerill says: The Queen of Korea is certainly dead. There is no truth in the story that she escaped from her murderers at Seoul. . Eaxplorer Astrup Missing. LONDON, ExG., Jan. i7.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Christiania saying Evynd Astrup, the Norwegian explorer who was with Lieutenant Peary in Greenland, is miss- ing. He started to make an expedition in the mountains during the Cnristmas holidays and bas not since been heard from. A party has been formed to go in search of him. e o Floguct is Dying. PARIS, France, Jan. 17.—Ex-Premier Floquet is dying. FOR THE PACIFIC CABLE. Claims Presented to the Bouse Commerce Commilttee, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The House Committee on Interstate and For- eign Commerce to-day heard E. L. Bay- lies of New York, in support of the bill to establish a cable between the United States and the Hawaiian Isiands. He spokeof its importance, and said the cable, if allowed, will start from the coastof California or Oregon and proceed to the Hawaiian Islands, a distance of 2097 miles, thence in a southwesterly direction 1991 miles to the Marshall Islands, and thence north- westerly 2502 miles to Yokabama; the total length of the cable thus being 6590 miles. Its estimated cost when ready for operation would be $7,500,000. Continuing, he said it was proposed to ask from the United States Government aid in the building of the cable with a sum which would equal approximately $175,000 per year for twenty years, and during this period the Japanese Govern- ment is to be asked to contribute $200,000 a year, “Mr. Baylies said that if the proposed cable was laid the rate for the transmis- sion of messages would, in a short time, be reduced from 30 to 50 per cent. L. L. Spaiding of the Hawaiian Islands, representing another cable company, will present the claims of his company later. pmi e ASKS PROMPT LEGISLATION. President Cleveland Sends a Message Re- lating to Unlawful Grants of Public Lands. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The President sent a special message to the Hodse to-day regarding land grant rail- roads, in which he says that he desires to invite attention to the necessity for prompt legislation in order to remove the limitation of time within which suits may be brought by the Government to annul unlawful or unauthorized grants of public lands. He reviews the laws on the sub- ject and says: By section 8 of the act of March 3, 1891, it is expressiy enacted that suits by the United States to vacate and annul any patent hereto- fore issued shall only be brought within five years from the passage of thisact. This period of five years will expire on March 3, 1896. Of course no suit to secure the cancellation of a patent in this class of cases after that date would be effective. Indeed, it is now too late to initiate proceedings looking to any such suit, inasmuch as demand has to be first made on the company and thereafter ninety days al- lowed for compliance or rejtisal, in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 3, 1887. Before the expiration of this period the statute would bar the right of recovery by the Government and the benefits of anticipated favorable decisions of the courts would be lost, so far as they might determine the char- acter and disposition of grants similar to those directly involved in pending cases. The Government should not be prevented from going into the courts to right wrongs per- petrated by its agents or any other parties and by which much of the public domain may be diverted from the people at large to corporate uses. In these circumstances it seems to me that the act of 1891 should be so amended as not to apply to suits brought to recover title to lands certified or patented on account of railroad or other grants, and I respectfully urge upon Congress speedy action to the end suggested, 50 that the adjustment of these grants may proceed without interposition of & bar, through lapse of time, against the right of re- covery by the Government in proper cases. ESTRBLISHED [N GOTHAM, Mrs. Clara Foltz Opens an Office at the Metropolis of the Nation, Believes There Is a Demand and Neces- sity for a Woman Lawyer in the Big City. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. i7.— Mrs. Clara Foltz, who was the pioneer among the lawyers of her sex on the Pacific Coast, has established an office in the Temnple Court building, this city, and has sent out a card announcing her intention of estab- lishing a practice. “Mrs, Foltz believes,” says the card, “that in so great a city, with its varied in- terests and liberal thought, there is room, demand and necessity for a woman lawyer in the regular practice. She therefore hopes to receive a cordial welcome and a generous patronage.’’ She anncunces her purpose, besides con- ducting a general law business, “of adjust- ing differences without resort to the courts.” Mrs. Foltz is one of the best-known women lawyers in the country. The Cali- fornia code seventeen years ago would only admit men to practice. Mrs. Foltz led the attack on this discrimination and drew up the amendment removing it, which has since stood. Immediately fol- lowing this triumph in the Legislature she brought suit against the trustees of the Hastings College to compel them to allow her to study law there and was vic- torious before the courts. The furnishings of Mrs. Foltz's office are such as might be seen in the office of a busy lawyer. No feminine touch appears except in the roses on her desk and the blotter-pad presented by the Portia Club of San Francisco, of which she is perma- nent dean. B A OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. The Irrigation Case Will Be Argued Next Wednesday—Naval Strength of the Pacific Station, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The celebrated Wright irrigation case will be argued in the United States Supreme Court on next Werinesday. ‘The first case will be that of the Modesto District vs. Tregea. Ex-President Harrison will be associated with Judge C. C. Wright of California and Judge Dillon of New York in support of the constitutionality of the act, and the opposing counsel will be Joseph H. Choate of New York and Judge Thomas H. Bond of Lakeport, Cal. Johnson (R.) to-day introduced a bill to pay the city of Sacramento the sum of $2175 for improving K street, Seventh street and Oakland avenue, adjoining the United States postoffice. Congressman Barham saw Chief of En- gineers Craighill and Lieutenant-Colonel Benyaurd to-day concerning his bill grant- ing the right of way for a road through Lime Point military reservation. He was aavised that it would be necessary for him to secure the munge of a resolution of in- quiry by Congress before the department could take any action. The uuPeriutendem of the Life-saving Service will recommend the establishment of a life-saving station at Point Bonita. BSenator Perkins to-day received the fol- lowing letter from the Secretary of the Navy in reply to one sent him, already published in Tae CaLL: Sir—I have tife honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., signed by yourself and certain members of Congress from the States of California, Oregon and Washington, in regard to strengthening the xnflcd States naval force on the Pacific sta- on. In reply, T have to inform you that the United States steamship Monterey is at pres. ent in commission, and is in readiness ior service. Slight repairs are needed to her boil- ers, which will not, however, be made during the next two months. The Monadnock will be placed in commis- sion sbout March 1, and assigned to duty on the Pacific station. If Congress will authorize sufficient increase in the enlisted force of the navy to permit the department to enlist a crew for the Oregon she will be placed in commis- slon as soon as completed, about May 1, and assigned toduty in Pacific station. Very re- spectfully, H. A. HERBERT, Secretary. The Treasury Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The treasury reserve stood at the close of busi- ness to-day at $53,572,678. The with- drawals to-day were $1,051,000. DIED. CONNOR—In this city, January 17, 1896, Connor, belaved mother of J. W. and J. I, Con- nor, & native of Maccroon, County Cork, Ireland, 1 years. A Notice of tuneral hereafter, Mary APPLAUSE FOR FERVENT PRAYER An Unprecedented Incident in the Proceedings of the House. PLEA OF THE CHAPLAIN. Approval of His Appeal for Cubans and Others Strug- gling for Liberty. PENSION CLAIMS CONSIDERED, After Several Amendments Were Re- jected the General Pension Appro- priation Bill Was Passed. WASHINGTON, D. ., Jan. 17.—Ap- plause following the delivery of a prayer in the House is an unusual and probably unprecedented incident in its proceedings, but when Chaplain Couden to-day offered the following invocation: “*Our heavenly father, we thank thee for the degree of special liberty which we as a people enjoy, and our hearts go out for those in other lands who are struggling for a wider liberty. Especially do we pray for the Cnbans, and ask that if they be right, their efforts may be crowned with success. And we pray that our country may do for them all that it can without compromising its dignity or in disregard of its sacred obligations and duties to other nations.” There was a lively outbreak of hand- clapping all over the floor. The House went into committee of the whole with Dingley (R.) of Maine in the chair, to consider the general pension ap- propriation bill, under the five-minute rule. Steele (R.) of Indiana offered an amend- ment providing that the regulations made in the Pension Bureau for the considera- tion of pension claims shall be public, and that all papers bearing upon a claim shall be open to the inspection of the claimant and his attorney. To this Bartlett (D.) of New York made the point of order that it changed existing law, and was, therefore, obnoxious to the rules. After some debate the point of order was susiained. Hermann (R.) of Oregon proposed an amendment establishing a 1-cent per diem service pension to every soldier and sailor who served more than ninety days, the minimum to be $8 a month, and making that sum the minimum pension paid under any law to a veteran or his widow. This was ruled out on a point of order. Mahon (R.) of Penasylvania offered an amendment making a pension once granted a vested right, to be disturbed only on ground of fraud. This was passed over temporarily. Bartlett (D.) of New York made the point of order against the provision in the bill, as reported, that a widow claimant having less than $500 a year income is, within the meaning of the law, “without other means of support than her daily labor,” The provision was supported by ‘W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania, Pow- ers (R.) of Vermont, Northway (R.) of Ohio and Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio as not changing existing law. Chairman Dingley sustained the point of order, and the provision was stricken out. Stone offered the amendment in a modi- fied form, and that was rejected on another point of order. In yiew of these rulings by the chair- man Mahon (R.) of Pennsylvania with- drew his pending amendment declaring a pension to be & vested right. Graff (R.) of Illinois withdrew his pro- posed amendment to prevent the reduc- tion or withdrawal of a pension, except in proceedings instituted in a Federal court. The committee then rose and the bill was passed without a dissenting voice. At 4:50 o'clock, after an announcement by W. A. Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania, which was received with applause, that the pension bill had passed the House fifty days ahead of the passage of any similar bill in the last two Congresses, the House adjourned until Monday next. DEFEATED THE MOTION. The Japanese Diet Sustains the Policy of the Government. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—Dis- petches received at the Japanese legation state that on the 9th inst. a vote was taken in the Diet, or Japanese Congress, upon a motion to memorialize the Emperor against the foreign policy of the Govern- ment, especially against its relinquish- ment of the Liao f‘ung peninsula. The motion was d=feated by a vote of 170 to 103. The fult membership of the Diet is 306, The vote, inasmuch as the Diet has almost invariably been hostile to the administra- tion, is regarded as a signal victory for the Government. Mieura, the Japanese Minister to Korea at the time of the murder of the Queen, Jemains in close confinement in Japan. No question is entertained in Japan that the Queen was really killed and cremated, as stated in dispatches published at the time. o AR FOR THE PACIFIC STATION. Vossels That Will Soon Be Ready for Kervice. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—Secre- tary Herbert, replying to a letter from Senator Squire, says that the United States steamship Monterey is at present com- missioned and in readiness for service. The Monadnock will be placed in com- mission about March 1 and assigned to duty on the Pacific station. Secretary Herbert also says: *'If Congress will authorize a sufficient increase in the enlisted force of the navy to permit the deParl.munt to enlist a crew for the Oregon she will be piaced in com- mission as soon as completed—about May 1—and assigned to duty on the Pacitic station.”. gt To Examine the Sites. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—A board of army officers has been appointed to meet at Seattle, Wash., for the purpose of making a thorough examination of all the sites for a military post and defenses, pro- posed by the citizens of Seattle, Wash., to be donated to the United States under the provisions of the last sundry civil bill, b Chapman’s Case Before the Jury. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The case of Witness Chapman was concluded this afternoon and went to the jury. At 11 o’clock to-night they were undecided and were locked up for the night. il 17500 Sill to Be Retired. | WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan, 171t 1s rumored at the State Department that a change will be made within a day or two in the legation at Seoul, Korea.: John M. B. 8ill, the present United States Min- ister there, was appointed from Michigan. It is intimated that he will probably be re- tired at his own request. b A FREAK OF A FRESNO IMBECILE. Peter Anson Attempts to Net Fire to the County Hospital. FRESNO, CaL., Jan. 17.—Peter Anson, an inmate of the County Hospital, at- tempted to set fire to the building to-day. He was discovered, and although he haa started a fire in a heap of chips on the foor of his room it was easily extinguished. Anson is undoubtedly insane, and he seems to have & mania for starting fires. He was examined in the Superior Court on a charge of insanity a few days ago, but it was thought that “with proper care he could soon recover. He was accordingly sent to the hospital. He is now in jail and will again be examined. Anson is over 70 years old. —_—— EUREKA’S RIVAL ROADS. Injunction Suit Against the Klamath Railway Company. EUREKA, Cavn., Jan. 17.—The Arcata and Mad River Railroad Company, owned by Korbel Brothers, has commenced ac- tion against a newly incorporated and rival corporation, the Eurekaand Klamath Railroed Company, to restrain it from running its tracks through the Arcata line’s freightyard and crossing the Arcata track in several places where collisions are liable to occur. A restraining order was issued by Judge Wilson to-day. Itis not known what action the rival company will take. e SANTA BARBARA BALL. Reception Tendeved to Officers of the Cruiser Philadelphia. SANTA BARBARA, CaL.,, Jan. 17.— The ball to the officers of the cruiser Phil- adelphia occurred at tie Arlington Hotel to-night. The ballroom was decoratéa with large quantities of bunting of the National colors and with flowers in profu- sion. The dance music was excellent and over three hundred people were on the floor. Admiral Beardsley, flag lieuten- ants, ensigns and cadets not on duty were present in full uniform. Subper was served in the anteroom and dancing was kept up until a late hour. L g = NEWCASTLE’S PROTEST. Mass-Meeting Resolutions Against the Funding Bul NEWCASTLE, CAL, Jan.17.—An anti- funding bill mass-meeting was held in the public reading-room here last evening at the request of the Mayors of San Fran- cisco, Oakland, Stockton and Sacramento. A.J. Shellhammer, editor of the News, was elected chairman, and E. Katzenstein secretary. Resolutions protesting against the passage of the bill were adopted, and H. F. Fountain was elected a delegate to the convention to be held in San Francisco on January 18. Siees o A Failure at Marysville. MARYSVILLE, CAn, Jan. 17.—S8. G. King, a dry-goods merchant, has failed. His stock was attached by Mrs. Carrie Berg, the indorser of his note to the Ride- out Bank, for $15,000. The stock and fix- tures are in the hands of the Sheriff. el Death of @ Humboldt Pionecr. EUREKA, CaL, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Char- lotte M. Malony, a pioneer woman of Humboldt County, died last evening in this city. Mrs. Malony was 74 years of age, and had lived in this county since 1851. THE SUGAR BOUNTY CASES, Referred by Secretary Carlisle to the Court of Claims for a Test. Controverted Questions of Law Upon Which a Ruling Is Desired. WASHINGTON, D. C,, Jan. 17.—Sec- retary Carlisle to-day sent to the Court of Claims, for the purpose of testing the con- stitutionality of the sugar bounty, the Ox- nard claim, which claim was held up by Comptroller Bowler on the ground that the law authorizing the payment of boun- ties was unconstitutional. Secretary Car- lisle’s letter reads: *‘In accordance with the certificate of the Auditor of the Treasury Department, made on his own behalf and at the re- quest of the Comptroller of the Treasury, and also on my own behalf as Secretary of the Treasury, I have the honor to transmit the claim of the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company for $11,782 50, ‘for bounty upon beet sugar manufactured and pro- duced prior to August 28, 1894,” payment whereof is demanded from the appropria- tion of $238,280 08, made in the sundry civil appropriation act of March 2, 1895. Said claim, together with all the vouchers, papers, documents and proofs pertaining thereto, is herewith transmitted to the Court of Claims, under section 1063 of the Revised Statutes, for trial and adjudica- tion, in order that a judgment may be en- tered under the provisions of section 1064.” The claim involves controverted gues- tions of law and of constitutional con= struction. The decision will furnish a precedent for future action of the proper accounting officers of the treasury in the adjustment of a large class of cases. N COMPTROLLER BOWLER'S ACT. The Bill to Impeach Him to Be Reported Back to the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The House Judiciary Committee to-day dis- cussed the resolution of Boatner of Louisiana looking to the impeachment of Comptroller Bowler for his action in stopping the payment of sugar bouuties authorized by Congress. While not finally acted upon, it was ractically agreed to report the matter gfick to the House with a request that the committee be authorized to inquire into the powers of the Comptroller and to re- port upon the status of the laws under ‘Which he acts. —_—— STOP CARRYING PASSENGERS. That Order Given to the Commanders of Revenue Cutters. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The Treasury Department has given notice that hereafter revenue cutters will not be permitted to carry passengers from St. Michael and Unalaska to the United States. It is said that many people in recent years have gone to Alaska in the spring, and when winter approaches have presented themselves at St. Michael or Unalaska without money, and have usually appealed to tue commanders of the revenue cutters to carry them to the United States, leing that otherwise they would starve. The carrying of these peo- ple back to the United States by revenue cutters has been attended with consider- able expense to the Government, and here- after their conviynnee by revenue cutters will be prohibite Sl gaai For Arming Fortifications. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The Speaker laid before the House to-day a communication from the Secnuri of War recommending an appropriation of $150,000 {for rapid fire guns. "The guns requested are for armiog fortifications. | Drugsists, 214 T0 UPHOLD THE MONROE DOCTRINE, Davis' Resolution Before the Foreign Relations Committee. SLIGHT CHANGES MADE. But It Goes Farther Than the President in the Venezuelan Controversy. ‘WARNS ALL EUROPEAN POWERS, Attempts to Acquire New Territory on This Continent Regarded as an Infringement. WASHINGTON, ». C., Jan 17.—The Senate Commitiee on Foreign Relations discussed for two hours this morning the Monroe doctrine and finally, by vote, or- dered a report on the resolution submitted by Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the sub-committee. The vote to adopt the Davis resolution, which was drawn along the lines of the Lodge resolution, was agreed to after one or two alterations in the verbiage had been made. The committee also decided by vote upon motion of Sherman that the action of the committee and the text of the resolution should not be given out un- til it was reported to the Senate Monday next. Davis was requested to give notice when he reported the resolution that he would call it up at the earliest possible moment. This resolution goes even farther than did the President in his message to Con- grese on the Venezuelan question. It will, if passed, commit Congress to a policy from \vhich there can be no backdown, and there appears to be no doubt as to the ultimate result of the resolution. Omitting the two whereases, which sim- ply form a prelude to the more serious ut- terances of the resolution itself, it is said that the resolution will be found, when the text is made public, to reaffirm and con- firm the Monroe doctrine and declare that the United States will assert and main- tain it. It states specifically that this Govern- ment will regard as an infrinzement of this doctrine any attempton the part of any European power to acquire new or addi- tional territory on this continent, or the islands adjacent thereto, as dangerous to the safeiy and peace of the United States. The United States also denies the right of any European power to acquire any such territory, either by force, purchase, cession, occupation, pledge, colonization or protec- tion, whether under unfounded preten- sions of right, under the guise of boundary disputes or otherwise, and declares unmis- takably that any such attempt will be re- garded as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition Upon which this Government cannot ook with indifference. ALASKA’S GOLD OUTPUT. Four Million Dollars in Ore Mined Dur- ing the Past Year. SEATTLE, Wasn., Jan. 17.—W. M. Eb- ner, a mine owner of Juneau, who enjoys the somewhat uniquedistinction of having precipitated the Alaska boundary dispute, came to Seattle on the City of Toreka. As regards the mining outlook, he to-day said: “Without receiving practically anything in return Alaska last year added about $4,000,000 to the weaith of its people, and gave just that much to the circulating me- dium in gold. At Cook’s Inlet and in- terior Alaska,” Mr. Ebner’ continued, “it is nearly all plucerfwldA Quartz devosits are numerous, and I prediet that South- western Alaska will soon be producing more gold than any other mining district in the world. There are excellent quartz prospects on the Prince of Wales and Ad- miralty islands, and these conditions are reproduced to a greater or less extent on the coast mainland. No quartz mines are known to exist any great distance from the coast.” SN Cawused the Angles Camp Explosion. ANGELS CAMP, CaL., Jan. 17.—Consta- ble Fouts yesterday received a message from a Deputy Sheriff at Sonora saying an Austrian there had confessed to others to having been the one who recently at- tempted to blow up the house of Foreman Miller of the Utica mine here. The Con- stable went for the man, but returned to- night without him, the bomb-thrower hay- ing Jelt for parts unknown. gl Petaluma Man Resuscitated. PETALUMA, CaL., Jan. 17.—The rela- tives and friends of A. B. Derby, who were mourning his sudden death last night, are to-day rejoicing over his resuscitatio It appears that he went into a death-like trance or faint, which started a report of his demise, but Mr. Derby still lives to in- dignantly deny his own obituary and will vrobably recover health fully. S No Ewcursions to Petaluma. PETALUMA, CarL., Jan. 17.—Under the plea of inability to manage more than one pienic on a Sunday the management of e ———————————————— NEW TO-DAY. Loss of Manhood, (URED IN TWENTY DAYS DY DR. EDI- SON’'S ELECTRIC BELT AND VITALIZER or money refunded. - It cures loss of sexual power, seminal 10ss at stool or with urine; it stops nightly dreams [ and loss of vitality, } cures varicocele, rheu- matism, kidney and bladder trouble, Dr. Edison’s Electric Belt and Vitalizer is Na- ture’s remedy. They give new life to weak- ened organs. The cur- rent of Dr. Edison's =% Electric Belt is felt in- stantly upon apptica- tion. EDISON'S ELEC- 77 TRIC BELT AND° 2/} VITALIZER cu me of nervous debility in thirty days. My case was a very bad one, and the effect and cure was simpl. wonderful. W.M. HAWLEY, 711 Jones uu'eefi 4 - From every part of the country come thankful letters written by those who have been lifted into Vvigorous heaith and strength by Dr. £dison’s Elec- tric Belt and Vitalizer. A bottle of Vitalizer sent free. Send for circular. For sale by GEO. DAHLBENDER & CO., Kearny street, San Francisco, Cal, the San Francisco and North Pacific Rail- way declines to run any picoic excursions to Petaluma, whereby some fll ing is engendered, 1 Campo, Glen Ellen and Schuetzen Park are the only resorts to be iroad company. - REDWOOD CITY'S THEATER. favored byjthe Frawley’s Compuny to Upen the Magni- ficent Athambra. REDWOOD CITY, CaL, Jan. 17.— Charles Josselyn’s new theatcr, the Al- bambra, will be dedicated on Monday night. The Frawley Company of distin- guished players will be welcomed by a full l.ouse, as nearly every seat has already been sold for the performance. S. H. Friedlander of the Columbia Theater, San Francisco, has been in town during the week to complete all final arrangements for the opening night. It is understood that the Alhambra will hereafter be in- cluded in the circuit laid out by the Co- lumbia management for their traveling companies. The Alhambra, which was completed at a cost of $10,000, is\a very creditable brick structure of unique appearance, with com- modious stores and plate-glass front for the first story, ail fitted for a blaze of elec- tric light. The second story is of quaint Moorish conceit. The windows are similar to those of the Liberal Arts building at the recent Midwinter Fair, being of fanciful foliated shape and resting within deep and ornate moldings of staff. The whole front of the building is topped with a hand- some cornice of heavy rosewood brackets, surmounted with trimmings of rich rea tile that peep out from the roof overhead. Six hundred comfortable folding chairs form the seating capacity of the main floor of the theater proper, and there is a small gallery in the rear. The ceiling is of hardwood finish, handsomely paneled and picked out with electric lights. The stage settings are in excellent taste and of good workmanship. The proscen- ium arch is a creditable piece of mill work, daintily handled in the decorative finish. The picture is completed by the pleasing effect of the drop-curtain, which repre- sents a Venetian water carnival. The colors are warm and rich and the per- spective is handled so as to give depth and scope to the subject treated. CARSON'S OPIUM NG A Woman Found to Have Been at the Head of the Clique. Customers Tricked Into Purchasing a Bogus Mixture That Was Worthless. CARSON, Nkv., Jan. 17.—When the first public notice was made of the discovery of the opium at the racetrack about a week ago Hazel Clark, & woman of unsavory reputation, suddenly disappeared from the city. Her departure did not oceasion any comment cntil it was discovered to-day that she was the leader of the opium gang operating here. The gang’s plan was to sell bogus and genuine opium. Those who were tricked into buying the bogus mixture did not dare to make any outery, and so the game went on. They also smtggled in genuine opium and sold it. For the past year the elegantly dressed and jeweled Hazel Clark was a subiect of comment, because of her lavish expendi- tures. The officials are rounding up the gang, and its manipulations are shown to be extensive, as the matter is probed. Hazel Clark fled the day the opium was unearthed and is now a week ahead of the officers. There is not the slightest clew to her whereabouts. 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