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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1896. 'WW DUNRAVEN LET DOWN LIGHTLY. Report of the Investigating Committee on His Charge. ALL DUE TO A MISTAKE. But the Yachtsmen Did Not State in What Particular It Was Made. WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVINCED. His Lordship, However, Did Not Re- main Long Enough to Hear the Evidence. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 31.—The com- mittee appointed by the New York Yacht Club to inv gate the charges made by Lord Dunraven in reference to the last America cup races made public its report to-night. be committee consists of E. J. Phelps, J. Pierpont Morgan, W. C. Whitney, A. T. Mahan and G. L. Rives. Lord Dunraven charged the secret altera- tion of the water-line length of the De- fender by transferring ballast from the tender Hattie Palmer auring the night, and criticized the competence or good judgment of those in charge of the races. The report says, regarding Lord Dun- raven's appearance before the committee: “He declined to undertake to substan- tiate or prosecute the charge, but said he felt bound to attend and make his state- ment and to furnish to the committee, in sid of their inquiry, such evidence in sup- port of the charge as he possessed.” His statement was a reiteration of the speech made by him in London and which has been fully published. The commit- tee, after reviewing fully every circum- stance connected with the case, concludes its report as follows: “Upon a careful consideration of the whole zase the committee is unanimously of the opinion that the charge made by Lord Dunraven, and which has been the subject of this investigation, had its origin in a mistake; that it is not only not sustained by evidence, but is completely lisproved, and that all the circumstances indicated by him as giving rise to his sus- picion are entirely and satisfactorily ex- plained. They.deem it, therefore, but just to Mr. Iselin and the gentlemen concerned with him, as well as to the officers and crew of the Defender, that the committee should express emphatically their convic- tion that nothing whatever occurred in connection with the race in question that casts the least suspicion upon the integ- rity or propriety of their conduct. “And the committee is not willing to doubr that if Lord Dunraven had remained present throughout the investigation, soas 10 have heara all the evidence that was in- troduced, he wou!d of hisown motion have withdrawn a charge that was so plainly founded upon mistake, and that has been so unfortunate in the publicity it has at. tained and the feeling to which it has given rise.” A special general meeting of the New York Yacht Club was beld at the club- house, 67 Madison avenue, to-night for the purpose of presenting the report. There was a large attendance of members pres- ent. J. Pierpont Morgan, in the absence of Hon. E. J. Phelps, chairman of the committee, read the report. The members frequently interrupted the reading at each telling point with marked applause. When Mr. Morgan concluded, the report was, on motion of Commodore Smith, received, accepted and adopted amid a scene of great enthusiasm. Ex- Commodore Brown said: “The most able report I have ever listened to. Cannot help but satisfy everybody.” The sturdy commodore was one of the most indignant of the members at the charges brought by Lord Dunraven. None of the members would express any opinion as to what would be the ultimate action taken by the ciub on the report. None of the others would say anything for pub- lication. e COMMENT OF THE PRESS. English Newspapers Accept the Verdict of the Committee. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 31.—The Standard to-morrow, commenting on the findings of the committee of inquiry of the New York Yacht Club in the matter of the charge made by Lord Dunraven against the De- fender synaicate, will say: It may be acknowledged that the finding, although hostile to Lord Dunraven’s con- tention, is studiously courteous and is well calculated to lay the unpleasant business to rest. The paper adds that if regrets that Lord Dunraven was unable to hear all the evi- dence. No doubt if he had and deemed it sufficient to elucidate his suspicions he would have been the first to admit his mistake. The Chronicle will say: The com- mittee was so strong and distin- guished that its findings must be received as a conclusive verdict. The only ques- tion now that remains is what is Lord Dunraven going to do? It will be the ovinion, we are confident, of all British lovers of the best kind of sport that there isonly one course open for him and that is to make an instantand complete apology. The Morning Post will- say: The decision will be loyally accepted by Lord Dunraven and his fellow-yachtsmen here. It is a thousand pities that Lord Dunraven acted so hastily. The Times: Whatever degree of assent the findings may command in yachting circles in this country, they will every- where be received with respect, as a resuly of an inquiry conducted by men of unim- peachable honor, probity and position. I()B‘HKEB FAVORS McKINLEY. And Will Support Him in the Republican Convention. CHICAGO, Irr., Jan. 31. — Governor Bushnell of Ohio, who arrived here to-day to speak at the Hamilton Club and Ohio Society banquets, spent most of the day at the residence of his business partner, J. J. Glassner, at 1800 Prairie avenue. While there he said in an interview: “There is no foundation for the state- ment that the Republican party of Ohio is divided into factions, and that Senator Foraker wili ‘knife’ McKinley when he thinks the time opportune. These state- ments are simply born in the imagination of the writers, Senator Foraker is and always will be in favor of McKinley for the Presidential nomination, and wiil be one of the delegates-at-large from Ohio. 1 have received reports from many sec- tions of Illinois which indicate a strong McKinley sentiment among the masses. The development of this sentiment will come in the convention.” il OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Tirey L. Ford Will Advocate the Mining Biits. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3L.—Tirey L. Ford will appear before the House com- mittee in behalf of his mining bills on Tuesday. He wired President Neff to-day to know which of the two bills, introdnced by Johnson, he should advocate. An order was issued to-day by the Post- office Department designating sub-post- office stations of Oakland by numbers in- stead of letters. By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Sergeant Edgar A. Macklin, now at the Presidio, S8an Francisco, will be dis- charged from service of the United States by the commandin g officer of his station. A bill was introduced tc-day by Loud for the relief of Waldemar Jorgensen. Pensions nave peen granted as follows: California—Original: Calvin D. Everett, Haywaras; Albert H. Pratt, Alturas; Wil- liam W. Shannon, Woodland; Michael J. Nolen, Los Angeles; Martin Manerham, Oakland. Oregon — Original: Herbert Meibohm, Astoria; Freeman G. Hanna, Portland. ‘Washineton — Original: John W. Os- trander, Washington Harbor. JS, DVELLLS VENTURE Preparing to Soon Produce a New Version of the “Passion Play.” San Franciscans Will Have an Oppor- tunity of Witnessing the Remark- able Performance. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 81. — It is learned’ that James O'Neill, the actor of ““Monte Christo” fame, has canceled all his engagements for the future, and that he will soon be in this city to make ar- rangements for the production of & new version of the ‘Passion Play.” This drama was written by Selmi Morse a num- ber of years ago, but its presentation, as interpreted by O'Neill, was interdicted by the authorities in several cities—notably in San Francisco. At the time Mr. O'Neill was strongly impressed with the dramatic value of the piece, and for a long time he has had in mind a plan to rehabilitate the play after eliminating what were considered its ob- jectionable features. It is thought this has been accomplished by recasting the entire production and bringing it into the form of an oratorio, with a score written by Weill. Those who have examined the work declare that it is a piece of marvelous sweetness, both in the libretto and the score, and that it con- tains nothing that the most carping critic may justly condemn. Some of the most startling and realistic scenes of Morse’s original draft have been modified and subdued, so that the story is told in devout and reverent words, borne on the sweeping current of a mellifiuous theme of sacred music. The motif of the play remains essentially the same, but there isa tenderness of treat- ment that was absent from the original work. { An incorporated company has been formed with a capital stock of $1,000,000 to carry out th¢ plans of those who believe the revised oratorio may be made success- ful.” The company is headed by Mr. O'Neill, and is made up of that gentle- man’s personal friends, among them be- ing William Greer Harrison of San Fran- ciszo. e MR, HARRISON’S VIEWS. He Believes the Oratorio Can Be Made Successyul. ‘When William Greer Harrison was asked concerning the report that James O’Neill is about to revive the Passion Play ina new form, he said: “I know very Iittle about "the play of the new syndicate or company. I know that the Passion Play has been arranged as an oratorio. The entire piece was put in my possession about three years ago, when we had in contemplation a presentation of it at the Midwinter Fair, but that idea was atlast abandoned. I had the score played over for some excellent musical critics and they declared it first class. So farasIam persenally concerned I believe the piece can be made a big success if properly handled, and I am willing to go in with the company that proposes to put it prop- R T DCRUGED Will Make a Second Attempt to Lead Filibusters to Cuba. The Fishing Steamer Veazey Pur- chased to Take an Expedition to the Islands. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 31.—General Calixto Garcia will, it is positively stated to-night, make a second attempt to lead a filibustering expedition to Cuba within a few days. Preparations for this venture were begun on Monday last, as soon as the fate of the J. W. Hawkins was learned by the Junta. The Veazey, a fishing steamer similar in size and trim to the Hawkins and owned by the American Fish Guano Company, from which the Hawkins was purchased, has been eelected for the expedition, The Veazey is now in Virginia waters headed for New York. She was purchased in Norfolk Tuesday last by a Mr. Chase, who claimed to be a New York fish guano dealer. General Garcia will be accompanied by General Collazo, and it is said that the ex- pedition will be one of the largest that ever left this country. The Veazey does not appear in the United States list of merchant vessels for 1895. > The loss off Woodsholl of the Hawkins was preceded by the probable loss of the tug Mascot, which is believed to have gone on a filibustering expedition. The Mascot is now over sixty deys out, unreported irom any source. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 3L.—It is reported that rebels have destroyed the telegraph line and damaged the railroad track south of Bejucal, a short distance south of Havana. It is supposed that it is the work of some of Gomez’s followers. Acting Captain-General Marin bas left San Antonio de Los Banos and gone in y:l:uit of them. No details are obtain. al CHAMPIONED BY MR, BRADLEY, Kentucky's Governor Is in Favor of the Re- peal Bill. URGED IN HIS MESSAGE. Records of Legislative Leaders Who Will Battie With Huntington. ARGUMENTS OF THE LOBBYISTS. Southern Pacific Forces Will Fight Desperately to Retain the Charter, FRANKFORT, K., Jan. 31.—Hunting- ton’s henchmen bave gathered in Frank- fort in strong force and a bitter and “wide- open’’ fight will be made against Goebel's to which the bill was referred, will hardly meet before Tuesday next. The members who live within reach generally go home on Saturday to stay over Sunday and re- turn to Frankfort on Mouday. The arrival of some of the trains on Monday makes it impossibie for anything to be done before the Legislature meets. So Monday is always a dull day in the Frankfort Assem- bly. The Senatorial contest, of course, makes things more lively, and few run any risk of losing a vote. Senator Goebel always makes sure by taking the train from Covington to Lex- ington and thence to Frankfort, arriving a couple of hours earlier than by the direct route. On the Judiciary Committee of the Senate there are: Goebel (D.), Robert Weissinger (D.), George S. Fulton (D.), Judge John J. Landes (R.), Fenton Sims (D.), Charles J. Bronston (D.), Judge John Bennett (R.). Senator Fulton is a good man and he is the chairman of the Committee on Rail- roads. Judge Landes is a capable lawyer and a strong man, and besides being on the Judiciary Committee is also on that on Constitutional Amendments, and has the chairmanship of another committee. Fenton Sims is a new man from the southwestern part of the State and is un- derstood to stand for the best interests of the people. Messinger is a hold-over from Louis- ville. Heisan able lawyer and an expe- rienced man. His brother, H. E. Messin- ger, 18 connected with the Southern Rail- road and was for three terms president of the Louisville Board of Trade. Charles J. Bronston is one of the most eloquent !awyers in the State. He is from i Lexington and served as Prosecuting At- W. 0. BRADLEY, GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY. [From a recent photograph.] bill to repeal the Southern Pacific charter. Every influence that can be brought to bear will be used to prevent its passage. Huntington recognizes the fact that by a combination of circumstances he stands in danger of defeat and, it is said, has sum- moned to bis aid some of the best wire- workers at his command. His principle of action that every man has his price may fail him this time. The fight in Washington has required the services of most of his regular lobby- ists, but as the fight there is at a stand- still for a while some of them have been | called here. It is also said that H. E. Huntington and others connected with the California end of the monopoly are en route for Frankfort. This only serves to show that they ap- preciate the fact that the fight over the repeal bill will be short, sharp and de- cisive. Huntington knows what a day means in this case and he proposes to look after the legislators every day and perhaps every night also. His men are urging ‘upon the members that the act to repeal is unconstitutional, and of course this has its weight with some members who are not versed in the provisions of the new constitution. With others they urge that even if the repeal bill is passed it will have to be tested in the courts, and that endless and expensive litigation will be entailed upon the State. With tne class of reformers who on principle vote against any meas- ure that in the most remote degree in- volves the expenditure of a few dollars this argument has great weight. There are doubtless other and more weighty arguments on hand, to be kept in abeyance till the situation has been care- fully surveyed and it is ascertained waere it would be safe to apply them and to what extent. As has been indicated before in these dispaiches the temper of the people of Kentucky is to reform the corporate abuses that have grown up since the war. The sweeping change made in the political complexion of both houses was in a large measure due to this. Governor Bradley, the first Republican Governor that ever satin the chair in Ken- tucky, has pledged himself to reform these and other abuses in many a cam- paign, and one of the most prominent features of his message to the Legislature was af follows: Foreign railroads come into our State and avail themselves of our laws, yet promptly transfer every case thet is transferable under tiie Federal statutes to the United States courts, which in many instances is a deniel of justice to those who are too poor to leave their homes to prosecute their causesina distant Btate. Hitherto under the interstate commerce provisions these corporations have suc- ceeded in defying State legislation. Might not this be remedied by the passage of en act providing that no corporation, com- pany or association created or organized by any euthority otber than the laws of this Btate, whether acting by officers, agents or receivers, shall carry over any railroad in this State for pay, or from any point in this State to any other point therein, either person or property until the same sball become a cor- porate citizen, resident of this State, in the manner 8s now or may hereafter be provided by law? Nearly all the Republican members of both houses are with Governor Bradley on this question, and a gooaly number of Democrats also. The occasion seems op- portune, indeed. Benator Goebel is President pro tem. of the Senate, and had the appointing of the standing committees. His action in this matter made him friends with the Repub- licans, and he will have no opposition to his bill from spite. With his accustomed fairness he gave the Republicans their due share of positions on important eommit- tees and a number of chairmanships. ‘The Judiciary Commitiee of the Senaie, terms and his had many a bout with the railroads, as Mr. Huntington has cause to remember. He placed J. C. S. Blackurn in nomination to succeed himself as United States Senator. Judge John Benneit is one of the most able lawyers in the State of Kentucky and is a good, reliable mean in every way. Be- sides being on the Judiciary Committee, he is the chairman of the Agricultural and Mechanical College Committee. The members of the Judiciary Commit- tee of the House and their political affilia- tion is as follows: M. T. Flippin (R.) chairman, N. T. Howard (R.), J. H. Rice (R.), J. B. Coffman (R.), W. H. Lyons (R.), A. J. Carroll (D.), Nerge Clarke (D.), J. E. Robbins (D.), M. C. Swinford (D.). The chairman, Judge Flippin, is one of the best men in the Legislature. Many of the members of this committee are new men, and it is hard to say how they stand. Huntington will doubtless make his hardest fight before this committee. From the sitnation, as has been shown, Cali- fornia’s opportunity is easily seen. The repeal bill will certainly not receive a veto from Governor Bradley. 10 D[]'UBLEJE CAPITAL, The Standard Oil Trust to Be Re- organized as a Corpo- ration. Plenty of Watered Stock Will Be at the,Disposal of the General Public. PITISBURG, Pa., Jan. 31.—The Leader this evening says: The Standard Oil Com- pany is about to reorganize asa corpora- tion and go out of the trust business. The capital of the new company is to be $200,- 000,000, just twice the capitalization of the original trust, and so much of the watered stock the retention of which is not desired by those on the inside will be open for purchase by the general public and at prices as high as the Standard brokers can put them. The purchase of outstanding certificates of the Standard, there baving been an advance of $35 a share within a month, is being carried on, it is claimed, to facilitate the plans of the new organiza- tion and to help make a high market price for the new shares. Adopting the usual methods of reorgani- zation, the present stockholders would probably get two shares for one in the new company, hence the desire to corral all that can possibly be obtained of the present certificates. The par value of the present stock is $100 a share, upon which dividends of 12 per cent have been paid, which means an annua! distribution of the enormous sum of $12,000,000. Independent of a desire to seeure con- tinuance of the enormous protits of the Standard, and, businesslike, to increase them, if possible, it is supvosed that the activity of the independent organizations has emphasized the necessity for a closer knitting together of all the Standard in- terests. . PR LG Hanged With Her Own Hair. TOLEDO, Omio, Jan. 3L.—A peculiar suicide occurred at the Toledo Hospital for the Insane yesterday, in which Magdalene Messner, a meiancholy patient from Gib- sonburg, hanged herself with her own hair. She was seated in & chair, and in some manner fastened her long hair to it, and, leaning forward, succeeded in chok- ing hersel to death in a short time, torney for Fayette County for saveral, VILAS ASSAILS THE BOND BILL. 'Says It Deserves Its Fate to Be Strangled by Silver. TALKS OF PARTISANSHIP. And Says the Remedy Offered Is a Mockery of Legislation Demanded. DOES NOT PLEASE DEMOCRATS. Arguments on the House Measure Con- tinued Into the Night and the Vote Posiponed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31..—The Senate was called to order at noom, at which time there was not over a dozen Senators present. As to-day’s session, through the parlia- mentary device of taking a recess instead of an adjournment yesterday, the usual formalities of prayer, reading of the jour- nal, presenting memorials, introducing bills, and all the other morning business was dispensed with, and the Senate con- tinued the consideration of the House bona bill, with the Finance Committee’s free-coinage substitute. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska suggested the absence of a quorum, but forty-six Sena- tors responded to the call. Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin addressed the Senate in opposition both to the bill and to the substitute, “It will,” said "Vilas, “‘doubtless never be necessary to discuss this bill as it came from the House. But it may be said that it deserves its fate—strangled by silver. It was but the fraudulént pretext of response to the exigency which it professed to meet, and to the reasonable suggestions of the President, which it denied while it avowed their wisdom. With the exception of the provision of emergency certificates—which ought to stand in the permanent statutes— the House bill contained nothing com- mendable and everything else was but a mockery of the legislation demanded by our financial conditions. “And so again, as a year ago, partisan- ship or imbecility, or both, has stricken Congress with paralysis, and the rescue of prosperity from its recurring peril has been thrown upon the executive. It is almost as fortunate as fortuitous that an old statute has remained untouched during our financial madness which can again serve the turn and, although ina clumsy way when considered with reference to existing conditions and suitable measures of relief, yet it show’s that God’s pity and mercy are not wholly withdrawn from us. “If,” he continued, “any trusted agent in private affairs should so deny duty and abuse a trust as Congress did a year ago ‘and now repeats, no judgment in their condemnation would be too severe. Over $16,000,000 in the public debt was then thrown away in the reckless rage of parti- sanship, and the injury that must now be sustained by the people for the same reason is probably no less, although the exact measure of it is not quite so clear. “Then Republican management was able to show the pretense that except for the Populists and free silverites there might have been relief. It was true, then, that this bill has now unmasked the fact by denying under Republican dictation the only remedy available for the increased mischief.” Declaring that the bill as it came from the House was a mere sham and fraud, Vilas proceeded to show that the Senate amendments made it worse than the original measure. “It was a bad stock,” he asserted, “though it has been budded with a warm scion. The best hope is that both will shrivel and die in the desert air of the Senate,” Vilas proceeded at congiderable length to discuss the free coinage provision of the pending bill, declaring that the finan- cial distress and public misery for the past three years were the direct products of the | efforts to force silver upon the country. “And,” he said, “our course of relief is a return to sound principles.” He believed especially that every step of the fatal progress in error had been op- posed to the cardinal doctrines on which the Democratic party is based, and by which it must abide or sink in recreancy while the spirit flies from our institutions of liberty. He traced the past legislation in the interest of silver to the theory of protection, which he characterized as vicious and wicked. The Senator then proceeded to a review of silver legislation and of silver production and silver coinage in the United States, showing that the production was small before the silver war. Of bimetallism he said: ‘“Bimetallism isa high-sounding, splendid word. If only bimetallism, but, alas! What is it and where is it? Like dreams that wane before the half-shut eye, Or gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flitting in the summer gky. Always dancing before the vision, always something to be gained, but never realized, the glittering bauble has flitted on afar be- fore the fortuitous pursuit on which the public have so long been conducted, yet always to disappear, save in the pleasing speech of silver advocates, while the reali- ties of gain could be matched by the other and meastering purpose.”’ He declared that from the beginning practical bimetallism had never been proposed to Cougress.. He declared that Senators Teller and Wolcott, as cham- pions of silver, had based their conten- tions upon a protective foundation. Vilas’ speech was a vivid word picture of Democracy, menaced on the one hand by federalism rejuvenated in the Republi- can party and on the other by that “por- tentous cloud of a party never known in the days of Democratic justice, charged with wild, fantastic theories of social dis- order, and wilder schemes of remedy, threatening, should it grow apace, no one can foretell with what violence or social u‘nRuL “This party will continue its great ca- reer, yielding neither on one side nor the other to the reactionary forces of old abso- lutism or red fires of anarchy.” In the course of the speech a colloquy sprung up between Viias and Mitchell of Oregon, the latter asserting that when the last bond issue was taken by the syndicate for some $8,000,000 less than it would have ‘been if the bonds had been made payable specifically in gold instead of in coin, there wasno justice or fairness in requir- ing the bonds to be paid in gold. And he declared two or three times that this was, on the part of the syndicate, a “bunko geme.”’ This view was repelled by Vilas, who de- clared that the lesser price recelved for those bonds merely represented the ‘“‘thin shade of fear which the debates in Con- gress had given rise to,” and that if there had been any idea that the bonds would be paid in silver the Government would not have received for them one-half of the amount which it did receive. Tillman (D.) of South Carolina made an attempt to get into the discussion by ask- ing Vilas as to the price of silver in the open market when those bonds were paid, but Vilas politely though positively de- clined to be diverted from his argument, and he went on with his speech, the de- livery of which occupied two hours and three-quarters. At soon as Vilas took his seat notice was given by Chandler (R.) of New Hamp- shire that at 4 ». M. he would move thai the Senate take a recess until 7:30 ». . This notice was followed by a colloquy among Senators as to an agreement for a vote on the bill, the upshot of which was that when the Senate broke up at night it would take a recess until 11 A. M. to-mor- row, and after Morrill (R.) of Vermont shail have spcken the debate shall go on under the five-niinute rule until 2 o’clock, when the final vote is to be taken. The agreement was not to exclude the offering of amendments or a motion to postpone indefinitely. Pasco (D.) of Florida then addressed the Senate in favor of the free coinage substi- tute. He would vote for the substitute in the hope that the former ratio of 16to 1 could be returned to with safety. He had not finished when the hour of 4 o‘clock ar- rived, and then under agreemert the Sen- ate took a recess until 7:30 p. M. At the evening session White (D.) of California supported the free-coinage sub- stitute. The President of the United States, he said, proposed to retire the greenbacks | and to trust the financial affairsof the Government to the National banks. But whenever the financial affairs of the coun- try were placed in the keeping of National banks or of any private banking system free government would cease and delib- erate malfeasance would rule imperiously and undisputably. He asserted that the utter futility of maintaining a gold basis in this country would give rise to disaster and would bring about the further concentration of gold and all the direful consequences of a congested snd 1nadequate currency. He could not understand how any fol- lower of Jefferson or of Jackson could stand the new departure on which the ad- | ministration insisted. He thought a ma- | jority of Serators were opposed to issuing bonds at all. The general sentiment of the country was that gold, obtained either as the result of taxation or the issuance of bonds, was not needed. But if there was to be a gold standard, and if silver was to be further debasea, then Mr. Cleveland was right. He should have authority to issue gold bonds, and should retire all greenbacks and Sherman notes, and the crisis would then be reached. He declared that it was not the aim of silver advocates to force silver on the Government creditors, but they believed the debtor had also some rights. And the time must come, he declared, when the Government will take control of the mat- ter and will refuse to subject itself to the public and private demands of those whose impudent @ictation it now tolerates. At the close of White's speech, the Senate at 10 ». u. took a recess umntil 11 A. M. to-morrow. sosindige il SESSION OF THE HOUSE. Consideration of Appropriations for the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—The House to-day in committee of the whole entered upon the consideration of the bill making appropriations for the District of Columbia for the year ending June 30, 1897, and after acting on some of its schedules the committee rose and the House took a recess until 8 o’clock, for the consideration of private pension bills. The following bills were passed earlier in the day: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exclude from the opera- tions of the internal revenue law, except as to the payment of taxes, brandies made from all fruits, as well as that made from apples, peaches or grapes, as provided in the present tariff law; joint resolutions to permit the Society of Christian Endeavor to use the White lot, just south of the ‘White House, during its National Conven- tion in Washington next July; author- izing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint ex-Naval Cadets Ryan, Mozris and Wells as assistant engineers. The contested election cases of Rosen- thal vs. Crowley, from the Tenth Texas District, was settled in favor of the sitting member, Crowley (D.) At the night session of the House two private pension bills were ordered laid aside with a favorable recommendation. The session lasted two hours and a half, the major part of this time being con- sumed in filibustering by the opposition. HOPING FOR A SETTLEMENT, The State Department Expects That Waller Will Be Released. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8L—It is understood that the State Department is only delaying itstransmission to Congress of the documents in the case of ex-United States Consul Waller of Madagascar, now imprisoned in France, pending negoti- ations still proceeding, by which it hopes to be able to announce the release of ‘Waller from prison. Developments are daily expected in the negotiations, and probably, unless Waller's release is shortly secured, the correspond- ence will go to the House of Representa- tives. The objection to that course is said to ve a desire that the friendly relations so long subsisting between the United States and the French republic should not be even temporarily interrupted. NEW TO-DAY. THIS ISA—-GUL THEE Call and Examine Them at Our Stores’ g s AGENTS WANTED, POPE 3 MANUFACTURING CO., 44 Post Street, S. F. INSTRUCTION AND RENTING DEPOT, 1970 Page Street, NEAR PARK ENTRANGCE. REGARDED AS INJUDICIOUS, That Is the Opinion of the Statement Made by Hammond. MR. OLNEY IS RETICENT, But He Says That Americans in the Transvaal Will Be Protected. KRUEGER’'S PRESENT ATTITUDE Before the Outbreak He Was Ready to Consider the Wishes of Uitlanders. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—| tor John P. Jones of Nevada called on Secretary Olney to-day and presented to him a long cablegram from John Hayg Hammond (now in jail at Pretoria, charged with sedition and treason), pre. senting Hammond’s position in the troubles between the Boers and Uitland- ers. Secretary Olney told Senator Jones that the United States Government was doing all that could be done to protect the in. terests of Hammond and other Americans in the Transvaal, and would not relin- quish its efforts in their behalf. Neither Mr. Olney nor Senator Jones would talk about the matter, but it is said that both are of the opinion that Ham- mond’s sentiments as expressed in the cablegram are exceedingly injudicious. LONDON, Exe., Jan, 31.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic, saying that in an interview President Krueger stated that before the outbreak he had been meditating how the wishes of the Uitlanders could be best met. He noped that soon acceptable measures in the matter of education and local auto- nomy for Johannesburg would beadoptea. He could not promise anything relative to granting the franchise. The Government must ascertain which were the loyal ele- ments among the Uitlanders. The fran- chise could not be given to every new- comer. They arrived by thousands yearly and would soon swamp the original popu- lation. Cecil J. Rhodes, ex-Premier of Cape Colony, has arrived at the island of Ma- deira. It transpires that the reports that he will plead that he was ignorant of the position of Dr. Jameson in the Transvaal are unfounded. Rhodes has telegraphed a statement of the events leading to Dr. Jameson’s raid to his London solicitors, to be used as evidence in Jameson's defense when the latter’s trial comes off. P As to Shooling at Trains. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 81.—Tke House Jndiciary Committee to-day or- dered a favorable report on the bill mak- ing it unlawful to shoot at or into any railway train, or at any person therein, or to throw any rock or missile at or into any railway train in the Indian Territory, and providing punishment of such offense. The committee.set Friday next for hear- ing arguments on the bankruptey bill and March 11 for hearing on the proposition to recognize God in the constitution. e Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $49,230,852. The with- drawals for the day aggregated $661,400. NEW TO-DAY. TALK IS GHEAP. Easy to Make Rules—To Observe Them Is Another Thing. Mr. Blank closed the book impatiently and flung it sway. It was a learned treatise on hygiene—how to preserve perfect health. “If I have to observe all these rules I'll have no time for anything else. Who'll pay the landlord, the butcher and the baker?"” S0 many “rules of hesith” seem to presap: pose a social system where everybody can take the best care of his body; where overexertion, exposure, {rregular diet, impure air, food and water and & thousand other disease-breeding eonditions can be totally avoided. 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