The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 24, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896. URGE MEASURES OF IMPORTANCE. Manufacturers Close Their National Convention at Chicago. EXTENSIONS OF TRADE. Many Ways in Which the Lead- ing Industries of the Country Should Be Encouraged. THE REVENUE BILL INDORSED. Strong Advocacy of a Plan for a New Cabinet Officer to Look After Manufactures. OHICAGO, ILv., Jan. 23.—After a busy 3 session of four hours the National conven- | tion of American manufacturersadjourned | sine die this afternoon. tion will be held at Philadelphia at a date to be fixed by the executive committee. The majority of the delegates seemed to | favor Nashville, but the nomination of | that city was witkdrawn upon the repre- sentation that the prime necessity of inter- | esting New England manufacturers could | best be met by holding the couvention in | the Quaker City. President Dolan, who | was confined to his hotel by illness, sent | word to the committee on nominations that he absolutely could not serve theasso- ciation another year, and thereupon Theo- dore C. Search, president of the John B. Stetson Company of Philadelphia and | founder of the Philadelphia Textile | School, was chosen president for 1896. Robert Laidlaw and E. P. Wilson of Cin- cinnati were re-elected treasurer and sec- retary respectively. The fellowing, who were nominated for vice-presidents by the delegations of their respective States, will with the officers eon- stitute the exccutive commitiee for the coming year: Colorado, H. L. Story; Con- necticut, Phiny Jewell; Delaware, Wash Hastings; Georgia, J. F. Hanson; lllinois, John F. Kirk; Indiana, P. E. Studebaker; Michigan, J. B. Howarth; Massachusetts, E. W. Lovejoy; Mississippi, Q. D. Kings- | laud; New Jersey, Benjamin Atha; | Nebraska, N. C. Peters; New: York, | Warner Miller; Ohio, Thomas B. Eagan; Pennsylvania, John H. Converse; Orezon, L. D. Cole: Tennessee, C. D. Mitchell; | ‘Wisconsin, E. W. Sivver. A number of resolutions were reported from the committee and adopted, some without comment and others after brief | discussions. They were as follows: WHEREAS, The merchants and manufactur- ersoi the country are practically unanimous in the opinion that s classification of freight which would be uniform throughout the United States would tend to simplify freight | rates and make them more uniform, justand staple; and whereas, while this is acknowl- edged to be true by most of the carriers them- selves, the experience of the past five years | shows that no relief in this direction can be | looked for from them since the adoption of such | = classification arranged by a large committee of their ablest freightmen, representing all the | different interests, was defeated on account of the jealousies of some of the leading carriers; | therefore, be it Resolved, That the Nstional Association of Msnufacturers of America respectfully and | earnestly petition the Congress of the United | States to authorize aud direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to prepare, or cause to be prepared, at the earliest possible time. & classification of trade which shall be uniform throughout the United States, and to be put in effect January 1, 1897, on all the railroads in the United States engeged in interstate com- merce. The next conven- | | | WHEREAS, One of the primary stated objects of this association is the promotion of trade relations with Spanish and Latin-American Republics; and whereas, a strongly indorsed movement has been looking to the establish- ment in the City of Mexico, with the co-opera- tion of the Mexican Government, of an Indus- trisl Exposition, permenent or otherwise; therefore, be it Resolved, That the president of this associa- | tion be empowered to appoint a committee of three to investigate the practicability of such &n exposition and to report its decision to the executive committee and with this informa- | tion in hand the executive committee shall teke final action regarding the matter. Resolved, That if it is the sense of this con- vention that a department of manufactures be established under a secretary of equal rank with the Secretary of Agriculture, and that the executive committee be instructed to take such steps es may speedily accomplish the object. WHEREAS, Certain State laws impose upon so-called foreign corpurations, created by the authority of other States, conditions some- times severe and often inequitable upon which the said corporation may do businessin the States having such laws in operation. Resolved, That the executive committee be required to consider what action, if any, should be teken to prevent such obstruction of traffic business between the Stutes of this Union. WHEREAS, The revenue of the Federal Gov- ernment is not sufficient to meet its necessary and proper expenditures, therefore, Resoived, By the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States, in con- vention assembled, &t Chicago, January 22, 1896, that the Senate of the United States is earnestly requested to pass promptly and send to the President the emergency revenue bill which was adopted by the House of Repre- sentatives. Upon the Mexican Exposition resolution Senor Gonzales, special commissioner from tke Mexican Government, made an ad- dress urging a stronger effort on the part of the Unitea States to build up trade with Mexico. By general consent H. L. Story of Cali- fornia submitted this resolution, which ‘was unanimously adopted : That we but voice the agricultural sentiment of the great West, and of the Soith as well, when we insist that Congress treat domestic suger as it does wool and all otber agricultural produets, and we demana for the beet and cane sugar industries fair legisiation and liberal ea- coursgement. The committee on resolutions declined to report upon the resolutions of sympa- thy with Cuba submitted by Delegate Bar- bour of Detroit, on the ground that the manuscript “declared that the war haa enaed, extolled the insurgent generals and denounced the Spaniards in harsh terms. Members of the Michigan deiegation de- nied this and asked consent to reopen the watter and have the resolutions read. This request, upon being pnt to a vote, was rejected by a large majority. Richard H. Edwards, editor of the Manu- facturers’ Record of Baltimore, submitted a strong argument in favor of a new Oabi- net position, to be designated as the De- | ley, Chatterov. partment of Manufacture and Commerce, and after an aadress upon jinternational banks by Ulysses D. Eddy of New York the convention adjourned OF INTEKEST TO THE COAST. Senator White’s Bill Relating to Laws Governing Vessels. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—Sena- tor White to-day introduced a bill to amend section 5294 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by providing that the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application therefor, remit or mitigate any fine, penalty or forfeiture provided for in the laws relating to vessels, or dis- continue the prosecution to recover pen- alties, or relating to forfeitures denounced in such laws, excepting penalty of im- prisonment or removal from office, on Such terms as he may in his discretion think proper; and all rights granted to informers by such laws shall be held sub- ject to the Secretary’s power of remission, except in cases where claims of any in- former to the share of auy penalty shall have been determined by a court of com- petent jurisdiction prior to the applica- tion for the remission of the penalty of forfeiture; and the Secretary shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and un- der such regulations as he may deem prover. Senator Teller introduced & bill granting a tract of land in the district of Alaska to the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Pensions have been granted as follows: Californu. Original — John Scully, San Francisco; William Collins, Merced. Re- newal and increase—Eli Combs, Fresno. Increase — Daniel Norton, San Diego. Original widows, etc.—Anna Powers, Lodi; Elizabeth O'Neil. San Francisco. Washington: Additional—Thomas Sta- Increase—Andrew Ander- | son, Walla Waila. Representative Barham says the report | of Superintendent Kimball of the life- saving service is very strongly in favor of the establisnment of a life-saving station at Point Bonita, Cal. Barbam will urge this measure before the House Commerce Committee on Monday. Ex-Chief Justice Upton of Oregzon, who died here to-day at the age of 78, was at one time public prosecutor of Sacramento County. ‘FOR BIVER IMPROVEMEHT Representative Barham Deeply Interested in Streams ot the State. Provisions of a Bill Which Will Not Conflict With Johnson’s Measure. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—Repre- sentative Barham said to TuE CALL corre- spondent to-night: “Representative John- son’s river bill is an excellent measure. 1t does not go quite as far as I should like, however, to imprave navigation in my dis- trict and in some other parts of California. Therefore I had a talk with Johnson, and as a result have prepared a biil which will in no wise conflict with his measure, but will be more satisfactory to my own con- stituents. ““It provides for the creation of a board, to be known as the California Commission (instead of the Sacramento River Commis- sion, as in Johnson’s bill). It1s to consist of three members, to be appointed from the corps of army engineers by the Presi- dent, to hold office four years. They shall organize within thirty days after appoint- ment. No addiiional compensation is to be allowed the engineers. Their office shall be in Sacramento. It shall be the duty of the commission to prepare and adopt such plan or plans from examina- tions and surveys already made, and from such additional examinations and surveys as it may consider proper or necessary, as will improve the navigability of all water- ways in the State of California and deepen, straighten and dredge their chan- nels. The commission shall cause the channels of said waterways to be cleared and improved by removing sandbars, mud, debris, and other obstructions to naviga- tion by the use of clamshell or other suit- able dredger. They shall remove all snags and other obstructions from said water- ways and all trees standing on banks thereof, from the head of nayigation of such waterways to the mouths thereof, that may be liable to fall into the same. “They shall close up breaks or crevasses which allow water to escape to the injury f the navigability of such waterways. They shall also build and erect other structures or use any other means that will improve the navigability of such waterways and prevent injury thereto from debris, washings from mines or otherwise, and they are hereby authorized to enter into such contracts for such ma- terials and work as may be necessary to complete any plan or project that may ba adopted or approved of by said commis- sion for the improvement of said water- ways, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceea in the aggregate $500,000, ex- clusive of the amount hereln and hereto- fore appropriated. *‘Said commission shall take such means and shall build, construct or preserve such works as may be necessary to make nav- igable all of said waterways. They may consult with the Governor and Commis- sioner of Public Works of California and may use in and about the works construct- ed by said commission any sum of money appropriated by the State of California and placed at their disposal by said Gov- ernor and Commissioner of Public Works.” e WILLIAM UPITON DEAD. He Was Once Chief Justice of the State of Oregon. WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan. 23.—Wil- liam Upton, ex-Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon and Second Comptroller of the treasury during the Hayes adminis- tration, died here to-day. He was born in 1817, in New York State, and removed to Michigan twenty -years later, where he served in the Legislature until 1852, when he went to California. He went on the Oregon Supreme bench in 1867, becoming Chief Justice in 1872. In 1877 he became Second Comptroller of the treasury, re- signing the position eight years later, and has since that time practiced law in Wash- ington. " . R AT T Diplomatic Appropriations. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The diplomatic and consular appropriation hill was considered by the Forcign Affairs Committee to-day and ordered tobe re- vorted. The amount of the appropriation is not much in excess of that for the pres- ent year, and in some cases the increase is more apparent than real, inasmuch as they consist in substituting salaries for fees at offices where the remuneration has been in fees. . R Confirmed by the Senate. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 23.—The Senate in executive session to-day con- firmed the following nominations: E. E. Halsey, Receiver of Public Moneys at Marquette, Mich. Postmasters: South glkfhfi A.CP e, T&ndluhm; Wyogzin . L. Bishop, Casper; ingto: . W. Ford, Pullman. 0 OB HARRISON CALLS - ON CLEVELAND. Return of a Little Courtesy Extended Some Years Ago. PLENTY OF INVITATIONS. The Ex-President’s Secretary Kept Busy Writing Letters of Regret, WILL NOT TALK ON POLITICS. Deeply Grieved Over Untrue Stories Relating to His Coming Marriage With Mrs. Dimmick. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—General Harrison reached the Arlington Hotel at the uncomfortable hour of 7 o’clock in the morning and had an early breakfast. He fact, he is disposed to treat them as if they were political sensations printed in news- papers. He does, however, feel very grateful for some refitations of these stories.f§He was pleased at] hearing of the Ppresence in the hotel of Mrs. Stanford, an old friend, at whose instance he assumed last year the role of professor of law in the Leland Stanford Jr. University of Califor- nia. Itissomething of a coincidence that these two should meet here, both with im- portant business in the Supreme Court, Wwhere, in the case which calls Mrs. Stan- ford, the life of the university is at stake. CHARLES EDWARD TRACEY. Death of the Well-Known Atiorney Who Was a Law Pariner of Grover Cleveland. COLORADO SPRINGS, Coro., Jan. 23.— Charles Edward Tracey died in this city last evening very suddenly of hemorrhage. He came here last September from New York City, where he was a member of the law firm of Stetson, Tracey, Jennings & Russell. Previous to Mr. Cleveland’s election to the Presidency of the United States Mr. Tracey was a law partner with Mr. Cleve- land, under the firm name of Stetson, Bangs, Tracey & McVeagh, and was a warm friend and admirer of the President. Mr. Tracey’s second wife was a Miss Bige- low, daughter of the Hon. John Bigelow, ex-Minister to France. His sister is Mrs, J. Pierpont Morgan. No arrangements for the funeral and interment have yet been made. * EL S Adaitional Revenue Cutters. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 23.—In the Senate this morning McMillan made a favorable report on the bill providing for Ex-President Harrison and His Bride-Elect on Promenade in New York City. [Reproduced from a sketch made from life by a World artist.] did not have the dining-room alene, hotw- ever, as several of his most eminent party associates were also similarly engaged at about the same time. Senators Platt, Ed- munds and Tharston all made calls at the Harrison breakfast-table, as did aiso Murat Halstead, who is paying a short visit to his son here. Immediately after breakfast he began to arrange the work on which he came—an argument in the Supreme Court upoa the constitutionality of the Califor- nia irrigation laws. This done he paid a visit of courtesy to the White House. He received bhis friends all day. He was very cordial and seemingly of great content, His private secre- tary, Mr. Tibbatt, received the callers without ceremony, and General Harrison came out to meet them without passing judgment upon their cards. There was in short an evident determination to be pleas- ant with all comers. He has very modest apartments on the third floor of the hotel and there was already a liftered writing- table in the reception-room with stacke of legal-looking papers. Ex-Secretary of State Foster came in while the interview was in progressand was greeted with a cheery, “How do you do, Foster,” with an immediate following inquiry as to the health of Mrs. Foster, This is General Harrison’s first appearance in the irrigation case, It has progressed through the Federal District Appelate courts of California and comes here now for a last hearing. Speaking of the case, the only subject on which the ex-President wouid speak freely, he said to THE CALL correspondent that his association in it was only a mat- ter of two or three months. “No,” he said, “I did not give the mat- ter any attention while in Califorania last winter, and did not know of itin fact. I learned much more about irrigating during the last four years I was in Washington than Icould possibly have learned during my stay in California. I expect to touch upon only several of the well-defined points involved in the argu- ment, leaving the others to my associates. I will leave Washington just as soon as I finish the work. Of course you do not expect me to come here and engage in political discussion. I come only as a lawyer and in accordance with a well- established rule of mine I cannot let any- thing else interfere. “I have also another rule whichall of mwy newspaper friends know, and that is never to discuss public matters off-hand. I have frequently of late been invited to talk of finance, of bonds, of foreign affairs and ot the Monroe doctrine, but T have held firmly to my determination to attend orly to my private affairs. I hive made no social engagements for my visits here for the same reason. I will call on M= Cleveland because he was kind enough to call upon me when he was in Washington on a similar mission during my occupancy of the White House. Aside from that I do not expect to go anywhere, and I do hope to get back to Indianapolis as soon as I can, for a pressing engagement awaits me there.” Any number of invitations, particularly to dinner parties, reached the general almost as soon as he himsélf arrived, but the secretary busily declined these as fast as they came. On the subject of most in- terest to the public, his approaching mar- riage, he has the least to say—nothing, in fact, beyond the announcement made in New York last week that the marriage would take place immediately after Lenu. General Harrison feels some indignation over the stories being prtnted of a family quarrel over the approaching wedding, but he cannot discuss these publicly, In additional revenue cutters. There are to be two for the Great Lakes, two for the Pacific Coast and one each for the Gulf of Mexico and New York. CHICAGD WAS CUT OFF Residents of the Lake City Suf- fered Severely During the Storm. For a Time Ice and Snow Blocked Telegraphic Wires in Many Directions. CHICAGO, Irv., Jan. 23.—For a while this morning Chicago was completely cut off from telegraphic communication with other parts of the country. A storm of sleet and rain, which froze as it fell, began early last night and continued all night. By morning wires were down in all direc- tions. East, south and southwest the wreck of wires was particularly bad. To the north the wires were open only as far as Milwaukee. A number of small accidents, due to the condition of the streets, have been re- ported, but few of them have been serious. The worst so far was a railroad collision. The eastbound mail train on the Lake Shore was unable to stop at a crossing near Sixteenth street and crashed into an Erie freight train. No one was hurt, but considerable damage was done to prop- erty. As telegraphic communication with various places is resumed it was found that the storm was very violent through- out this part of the country. The Western Union Telegraph Company reported the wires blockaded in neéarly all directions on account of the rain freezing on the wires, in many cases breaking them by the burden of ice. The Postal Tele- graph Company reporied trouble in a less degree from the same cause. At 10:30 A. M. their wires were reopened to New York and communication with the East in general was comparatively free. Warmer rain and winds raised the blockade, which was heaviest at 4 A. M. Lines between Chicago, St. Louis, Pitts- burg and New York were down and South- western communication was almost com- pletely cut off until nearly noon. The same trouble extended west to Omaha, and was not much improved by night on account of a colder temperature. In this city pe- destrians experienced much trouble and danger to life and limb on account of ice- covered sidewalks and streets. The Metro- politan Elevated Railroad, which is ope- rated by the third-rail system of electricity, was seriously crippled all day. Clearing weather is predicted with a fall to 15 de- grees by to-morrow. Madame Modjeska’s Condition. CINCINNATI, Onuro, Jan. 23.—Madame Modjeska’s condition is somewhat im- vroved this morning. Her fever was slight while the purple and congested appear- ance of her arm and neck is less marked. Her medical advisers how- ever say that it will be dangerous for her to attempt to act for some time. Her two weeks' engagement in Chicago has been canceled. As soon as she can be removed she will be taken to Chicago. Lo o e To Be Brigadier-Generai. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—The Senate Committee on Military Affairs this morning ordered a favorable report on the nomination of Colonel Coppinger to be Brigadier-General. The action was taken by unanimous vote of the committee, LABORS OF HOUSE AND SENATE: Pugh Unable to Secure a Hearing of His Sil- ver Bill. “TRAFPED” BY MR. HILL. Bonds and the White Metal Substitute Are Soon Laid Aside. DANIEL ON MONROE DOCTRINE. Adoption of a Report Changing the Rules Relating to the Count- ing of a Quorum. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—Aftera lot of routine morning business in the Senate to-day, Mills (D.) of Texas intro- duced a bill to repeal the act of July 14, 1870, to authorize the refunding of the Na- tional debt, and the act ‘of January 14, 1875, of the resumption of specie pay- ment. He asked that it be read a first time to-day,and that it have its second reading to-morrow, when he hoped to have a vote upon it. Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin reported from the judiciary committee to prevent the carrying of obscene literature and such things from one State or Territory into another State or Territory. Placed on the calendar. Call (D.) of Florida offered a resolution, which went over until to-morrow, for the appointment of a select committee to in- quire inte the imprisonment of E. V. Debs in connection with the railroad strike. Pugh endeavored to call up his resolu- tion declaring ail Government obligations payable in silyer, but was surprised to learn that it had gone to the calendar and declared that he had been “trapped’’ by the skillful Senator from New York (Hill). The resolution heretoiore offered by Warren (R.) of Wyoming, directing the attention of the Committee on Agricul- ture to the late unprecedented shrinkage in mumbers and values of farm animals throughout the United States, was taken up and Warren addressed the Senate. His speech was an argument in favor of high protective duties, denouncing the ‘Wilson tariff bill as “‘an emblem of benefi- cence to foreign interests and of disaster to our own.” He denied the claim made in the recent speech of Vest (D.) of Mis- souri that the wool growing and the woolen manufacturing interests had alike profited under the Wilson bill. The House bond bill with the free coin- age substitute was taken up at 2 p. ., and Dubois (R.) of Idaho addressed the Senate in favor of the unlimited coinage of gold and silver and such protection to ‘“raw materials” and the manufactured products of the United States as would prevent the ruinous competition of the poorly paid labor of foreign countries. He believed emphatically in silver and protec- tion, and both were absolutely essential to the prosperity and happiness of the people of the United States. At the close of Dubois’ speech the bond bill was laid aside and the resolution offered by Sewell (R.) of New Jersey, in relation to the Mouroe doctrine, was laid before the Senate, Daniel (D.) of Virginia taking the floor to speak upon it. Daniel, in the course of his speech, said: Great Britain could least fitly of all nations of the earth object to the assertion of the Monroe doctrine by the United States, as it had been announced not merely with the approval of the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, but at his earnest and oft-repeated solicitation. And with no better grace could Great Britain persist in repelling the manifold overtures made to her for arbitration. The refusal of Great Britain to arbitrate a question nominally one of boundary between British Gniana and the republic of Venezuela, in- volving many thousand square miles of territory, had led to the controversy between the British Government and the TUnited States. In that correspondence the United States Government had stood for and recom- mended arbitration, but Great Britain bas stood out against it and repelled it. To all such appeals Great Britain has turned a deaf ear. The responsibility of the first wrong was fixed on Great Britain, and Congress and the administration stood out in their appropriate attitude as friends of justice and friends of peace. “This nation,”” Daniel declared, ‘““cannot recede from the Monroe doctrine or from the position taken by the President. All critics, all friends of peace, should recog- nize this fact and take their reckoning. It isnot to be expected of us to speak in whispers or to start at shadows while the corridors of the Capitol are ringing with invectives leveled against those who do not applaud the aggrandizing spirit of Great Britain.” The close of Daniel’s speech was liber- ally applauded. . Jones (D.) of Arkansas moved that Thursday next be set as the day for taking & vote on the bond bill, but withdrew it upon the suggestion of Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire, that he wait until a larger attendance of Senators before mak- ing the motion. . The Senate then, after a brief executive session, adjourned until to-morrow. : et i SESSION OF THE HOUSE. cnanga‘ in the Rules for Counting a Quo- Tum Approvad. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23.—On mo- tion of Henderson (R.) of ITowa it was agreed that when the House adjourned to- day it is to meet on Monday next, the Fri- day night session for the consideration of private pension bills to be neld. Henderson (R.) of Iowa reporied from the Committee on Rules several minor changes and the modified form of the quorum counting provision. The latter reads as follows: Y ‘““Whenever a quorum fails to vote on any question, and a quorum is not present, and an objection is made for that cause, unless the House shall ad- journ, there shall be a call of the House, and the sergeant-at-arms shall forthwith proceed to bring in absent members, and the ayes and noes on the pending question shall at the same time be considered as or- dered, . “The clerk shall call the roll, and each member as he answers to his name may vote on the pending question, and after the rotlcall is completed, each member ar- rested shall be brought by the sergeant- at-arms before the House, whereupon he shall be noted as present, discharged from arrest and given an opportunity to vote and his vote shall be recorded. “If those voting on the question and those who are present decline to vote shall together make a majority of the House, the Speaker shall declare that a quorum is constituted and the pending question shall be decided as the majority of those voting shall appear, and there- upon further proceedings under the call shall be considered as dispensed with. At any time as the rollcall has been com- pleted, the BSpeaker may entertain a motion to adjourn, if seconded by a majority of those present, to be ascer- tained by actual count by the Speaker, and if the House adjourn all proceedings under this section shall be vacated. But this section of the rule shall not apply to the sessions of Friday night until further orders by the House. A long discussicn followed Henderson's explanation of the rules. Miles (D.) of Maryland offered an amendment providing that the result of a pending proposition shall be decided by the votes of a majority of those members present. The debate was continued by Grow ‘(R.) of Pennsylvania and Gibson (R.) of Tennessee and conclnded by Dal- zell (R.) of Pennsylvania, all supporting the amendment, which was agreed to after Miles’ amendment had been rejected. ‘Walker (R.) of Massachusetts proposed an amendment giving to members oldest in the service the first right to draw for seats at the beginning of the session. It wag lost. 3 Crisp (D.) of Georgia moved to substi- tute for the code of rules the rules of the Fifty-third Congress. Pending action on this motion Dolliver (R.) of Towa made a humorous, semi-sarcastic speech, con- gratulating the House and the country upon the fact that even the Democratic was consenting to a return of a reign of Teason in the conduct of affairs. The events of to-day, he said, demon- strated that the Democratic varty knew a good thing when they had seen it long enough. These remarks drew from Crisp (D.) of Georgia an earnest defense of the action of the Democratic members in the Fifty-first Congress in protesting against what they deemed then, and which he still deemed, a revolutionary proceeding on the part of the Speaker at that time. He closed by reminding Dolliver that the rule of the Fifty-third Congress giving the Committee on Rules the right to report at any time, which had formed the subject of a part of Dolliver’'s remarks, had been adopted word for word by the Committee on Rules and agreed to by the House. “I merely men- tion this,”” he said, ‘““so that when the gentleman again assumes to make a speech he shall base it upon facts and not expose his ignorance.” Dolliver explained that he had not in- tended when he took the floor to say any- thing that should disturb the serenity of the Democrats and if any word of his had tended to do so he regretted his utterance. He could only account for it, he said, by the nervous irritation caused by the indul- gence of an afternoon of constitutional debate. [Laughter.] Crisp’s substitute wasrejected and the rules reported adopted. A resolution was agreed to authorizing the printing of 2000 copies of the digest and rules of the House. Speaker Reed announced that Payne (R.) of New York would act as Speaker pro tem.at the Friday night session and unani- mous consent was given thatat that ses- sion appropriation bills might be reported for printing only. The House then at 4:30 o’clock took a recess until Friday night and at the con- clusion of that session to stand adjourned until Monday. —_— CALLED INFAMOUS LIAR, Dr. Barth, Leader of the Radical Party, Causes Trouble in the Reichstag. Declared That American Gold Had Been Used in the Bimetallic Agitation. BERLIN, GErMANY, Jan. 23.—In the Reichstag to-day Dr. Barth, a leader of the Radical Unionist party, asked Chancellor von Hohenlohe what bad been done with the resolution in favor of bimetallism that had been introduced during the last ses- ion of the Reichstag. The Chancellor replied that he was not able yet to make any statement to the Chamber concerning the resolution. Dr. Barth then declared that the bi- metallic agitation has been fomented out- side of Germany, adding that perhaps American gold had assisted the agitation. Herr von Kardoff, the German cham- pion of bimetallism and leader of the agrarian party, challenged the production of proof that any one of the German bi- metallists had been paid to represent American interests and declared that Dr. Barth was an infamous liar. Dr. Barth sprang from his seat and hotly declared that such a remark was an infamy and an outrage on debate. The president of the Chamber cailed Dr. Barth to order, stating that he had not heard the remark imputed to Herr yon Kardoff. — MORE TROOPS FOR ABYSSINIA. Re-enforcements to Be Sent to the Italian Forces. ROME, Itavy, Jan. 23.— Additional troops to the number of 600 men have been ordered to proceed to Massowsh, the capi- tal of the Italian colony of Erythrea, whence they will be dispatched to the in. terior of Abyssinia to re-enforce 3hé troops now campaigning against the King Menelik. o Den ‘The banks here expect that the Govern- ment will shortly call for a loan of 200,- 000,000 lire to meet the expenses of th‘e campaign against the Abyssinians, mNDON, Exe., Jan. 23. — The Tirmes will to-morrow publish a dispatch sent Thl'!rsda,v from Adagamus, Abyssinia, which states that an escaped prisoner who i R Every Day In the week Hood's Sarsaparilla should be‘tnk_'en by 90 per cent of all the people at this time to prevent that run-down con- dition which invites disease. Hood's : Sarsaparilla Isthe One True Blood Purifier, All lefl;fil $1. Hood” Pi ‘ls are.the best after-dinner great pills, aid digestion. 25¢. | Strengtito the Sexual has arrived at that place says that owing to the Josses sustained in the several attacks on the Italian garrison at Makalie the Abyssinians will not attaek that place again. Itistheir intention to wait until the failure of the water supply of the place compels the surrender of the Italian forces. The dispatch adds that the garrison has been reduced to a glass of wine and water once a day. Communication with the beleaguered town is almost impossible. g BURNED BYX INSURGENTS. \ Destruction of a Depot on a Cuban Rail road. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 23.—The railway train which left Havana for Guanajay yes- terday morning, failed to return last night. The wires being all down no tidings of the train can be got, but it is expected that it will be brought through with an escort of troops to-day. The railroad line to Matanzas is closed and the line between Havana and Bata- bang, thirty-five miles southwest of the capital, is operated only twice & week. The stations along the line are still fortified. It is reported that the railway station at Catalina, beyond Guianes, forty-five miles southwest of Havana, has been burned by rebels. General Pando has been assigned to the command of the western field oper- ations. CHARLESTON, 8. C., Jan. 23.—The trial of Captain Samunel Hughes, master of the steamship Laurada, who was charged with violating the neutrality laws of the United States, was concluded in the United States District Court to-dav, and Captain Hughes was acquitted by the jury after not more than twenty minutes’ consulta- tion. ———— Will Go Into Mourning. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 23.—The Queen drove out from Osborne House this aftes; noon. The court will go into mourning for a period ef six weeks for Prince Henry of Battenberg. Prince Henry will be buried with military honors. is funeral will take place at Windsor. gmtall A Denial From Brazil. LONDON, Exe., Jan. 23.-~The Brazilian legation here has received a cable dispatch from the Government at Rio de Janeiro denying officially the story of trouble be- tween Brazil gud Great Britain and Brazil and Italy. Inventor Olson Insane. CHICAGO, IrL., Jan. 23.—M. Olson, who was master mechanic and inventor in the employ of the Chicago City Railway Com- pany for a dozen years, was adjudged ia- sane in court to-day. He invented the grip-car which is now in use on the cablé systems as well as many other valuable street-railway equipments which he neg- lected to have patented. In 1893 he in- vented a car truck which is now in exten- sive use. He superintended the construc- tion of the Metropolitan Street Railway of Kansas City, Mo. NEW TO-DAY. We hear so much crying among our imitators about dull business in January that it really makes us laugh ; there isn’t a dull corner in the big store. The big store knows how to bring the people to it to buy goods; we make the prices ; the people de the rest. Some 500 Suits same as shown in picture above, awfully pretty ones, for the little fellows between the ages of 3 and 7, in all-wool Scotches, suits that you can’t duplicate in town un- der four dollars. At the big store to-day, --$1.50— RAPHAEL’S (INCORPORATED). 9,11,13, 15 KEARNY ST FRrisco’s BIGGEST STORE. Dr.Gibbon’s 625 EARNY ST - Established in 18534 for the ti D m!lmflno{ Private Sl Dincaces ine douand i Others i Try giac e o Crreesa "Rt s, Ca o o Dr. J. ¥. GLBRON, Box 1937, San Franc o BRUSHESE 2% s HOULD USE DAMY SHOUITINE DAMIANA BrTTERS. Thx Organs.