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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1896. : e ——e—— e e NN CHEERING NEWS FAOM GOEBEL, Passage of the Repeal Bill Will Be Recommended in Committee. ACTIVITY OF THE LOBBY. Every Possible Influence Is Brought to Bear Upon Legislators. HUNTINGTON SEEKS TO DELAY. Putting Off the Final Struggle Until His Plans Will Have Been Well Laid. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 5.—A meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was called this evening by Chairman Goebel for consideration of the proposed repeal of the charter of the Southern Pacific. There was no quorum present and the meeting was postponed until to-morrow morning before the regular session of the Senate. Surprise was caused by the fact that no attorney appeared before the committee against the bill. It is expected, however, that the road will contest the bill hotly before the committee in the morning. It is said Senators Weissenger and Hays, two Louisville Senators, will be among the champion opponents of the bill. Senator Goebel is frank to say that the bill will be reported with the opinion that it shonld pass. It is not likely that the report will be unanimous, but that the members will stand 5 to 2 or 4 to 3for and against repeal. The lobby has gotten in some good work for its side during the last few days, and, while no application has been made by the Huntington party for a hearing be- fore the committee, it will be represented nevertheless, and to some purpose. The lobbyists have been very close in their attentions to several of the members, and have brought various influences to bear upon them. The result wil! be that one member will champion their cause in the committee more or less strongly as matters develop, and will have the sup- port of one if not two of the others. It is quite certain that the report will not be unanimous, and there is some danger of the bill being reported adversely. Once reported to the Senate favorably, whetber the committee is unanimous or not, if action can be had at once the bil! is almost sure to pass. Opposition will be made in that body as well as in the com- mittee, but how real no one can say. Huntington’s managers are shrewd and tricky, and will try to mislead the friends of the bill as far as possible as to their real intentions, which will only be known when the “finish fight” comes. If they can delay the bill in the Senate Committee s0 much is gained; more delay in the Sen- ate itself so much more gained. Shonld it then pass the Senate and go to the House their real and main dependence wiil be shown, and if they can carry out their plans the fate of the bill is sealed. Should the bill passthe Senate and go to the House, it will of course be referred to a committee. The committee to whom it should go would be the Judiciary Com- mittee, but on motion it may be sent to some other committee, such’ as Railroads and Commerce or Corporate Institutions. When the opponents of a bill want to kill it and are able. to carry their point, they sometimes move to refer it to the Commit- tee on Public Morals or committees which are not suppoeed to report tiil the last day of the session. 1f the repeal bill goes to the Judiciary Committee, or to it and another commit- tee jointly, then the Huntington fight will be to keep it there until the close of the session unless they find the situation favorable to its defeat in the House, when it will be-allowed to come up and a record of rejection be made. . The fate of the bill in the House will de. pend largely upon Speaker Blandford. He isa man of fine tact—bold and conscien tious—and will, if the matter is left to him, refer it to the Judiciary Committee. This committee is, in the main, a good one. Judge Flippin is the chairman, and he has elready expressed himself in favor of the bill, and on various occasions advocated its passage with his fellow-members. He is #afe for it and a strong man with his fellow- committeemen. With him on the committee are J. H. Rice, a Republican, who is a lawyer from Litchfield, Grayson County, down on Mr. Huntington's C. 0. and 8.W. R. R. Just how Mr, Rice stands as to this bill, it 13 hard to learn, but 1f he represents the sentiments of his constituents, he will certainly sup- port it. His county made a very liberal subseription to the E.and P. R. R.,ané again to the branch from Litchfield to Owensboro, and they have received no con- sideration at Mr. Huntington's hands, and have really reaped but little benefit from his roads, as he takes all the profit of their industry. J. B. Coffman is a Republican from Rus- sellville, Logan County, on the L. and N. Toad; is a lawyer by profession; non- committal as to position on this bill; thought to be for it, though. He 1is a great friend of Judge Flippin’s and is hikely to stand with him if he has no special inter- ests the other way. A. J. Carroll enjoys the unique and un. precedented distinction of being the soli- tary Democratic representative from the city of Louisville, He is an old news- paper man, having served on the Courier- Journal for some years, This is his fourth term in the House. He was Speaker at the last session and was the Democratic candidate against Speaker Blandford at this opening. Mr, Carroll is a practical politician aud knows & good deal about running a sawmili, . Verge Clark, Democrat, is a lawyer from Bowling Grean, Warren County, on the L.and N. Railtead. He has been engaged by that road several times in local suits, There is no reason to think he will oppose the repeal bill, J. F. Robbins, Democrat, is a lawyer from Mayfield, Graves County, down on one of Huntington’s roads. He isapt to be very pronounced either for or against the bill when it comes before his commit- tee.” It is not known that the railroad people have any hold on him, and it is very certain that his whole county is bit- terly opposed to anything Huntington ad- vocates. His policy has sucked the life- blood of every enterprise started in the | is dead. county dependent on_ths railroad for ship- ping facilities, and driven the hearts of the farmers to despair with the tariffs for freight on their produce. M. C. Swinford (D.) is a lawyer from Cynthiana, Harrison County, on Hunting- ton’s Chesapeake and Ohic road, the East- ern division of his Kentucky system. He has been engaged in suits against tbe rail- road in times past, but lately had some connection with it. How far his election was due to that influence is hard to say. Mr. Swinford is a conscientious and able man and represents one of the most intel- ligent sections of the State and can be very surely counted for the right as he sees it. W. H. Lyons (R.) is & lawyer from New- port, Campbel! County. He was elected from the county district. The Chesapeake and Ohio has a bridge across the Ohio be- tween Newport and Cincinnati and aroused a great deal of hostility on the part of the committee by their course in securing right of way for approaches, etc. Mr. Lyons has always been warm in his advo- cacy of the cause of the people against monopoly, and it is thought that he will support the Goebel bill. The Huntington lobbymen are advised on all these points and cthers besides and are cutting their cloth accordingly. They will spare no effort to bury that bill in the committee should it pass the Senate, but they will find Judge Flippin and most likely a majority of his committee hard to control or influence. — BLACKBURN 15 GAINING, Two “ Sound ” Money Legislators Cast Their Ballots for the Silverite. Lieutenant - Governor =~ Worthington Asks Hunter's Withdrawal From the Race. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 5.—The vote for United States denator in joint assem- bly to-day was as follows: Hunter, 66; Blackburn, 62; scattering, 6. Necessary to a choice, 69. The greatest crowd that has ever at- tended a joint ballot was present in the Senate chamber this morning. The gal- leries and lobbies were crowded and some women were present at first, but their fears got the best of them and they went away. The greatest excitement prevailed and the crowd was with aithculty pre- vented from pushing on the floor of the House. ‘When the name of Senator Hayward was called he asked to be allowed to ‘ex- plain his vote. He said he was for ‘“‘sound” money, but he was confronted by a peculiar crisis. He was not moved by a threat, but in order to secure the greatest good for the greatest number he would vote for Blackburn. This announce- ment was received with great applause. Senator Hayward has, therefore, voted for a “sound” money Democrat. Senator Holloway, who has also voted that way, voted for Blackburn. The Republicans held a short caucus to- night at which Lieutenant-Governor ‘Worthington was present. Itissaid that ‘Worthington, in a speech to the caucus, asked for Hunter's withdrawal from the race, promising that any other man who was put up would be elected. ‘The Democrats also caucused. “Senator Bronston made a speech trying to get “sound” money men in line for Black- burn. He'said if they would vote for him Poore would cast the deciding vote and elect Blackburn. The caucus was intended to heal the breach between the “sound’ money men and the Blackburn forces, but failed to secure this result. e e McKINLEY A BIMETALLIST. A Missouri Political Club Organized Upon This Understanding. CARTHAGE, Mo,, Feb. 5.—A. McKin- ley club of 300 members was formed in this- city last night. The question came up and it was urged that he is a true bimetallist. S8ome of those who joined the club did so with the understanding that they are to withdraw if McKinley proves to be opposed to silver. The club has in- vited Mayor Walbridge of St. Louis and Major Warner of Kansas City to speak here about February 22. SBILVERITES TRIUMPH. Texas Democrats in Favor of the White Metal. AUSTIN, Tex.,, Feb. 5—The State Democratic executive committee was in session here to-day. The silver caucus was attended by fifteen members of the committee. Bilver was victorious on the one convention scheme in the caucus, It is likely that the majority of delegates to the National convention will be free-silver men. Withdrawals of Gold. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—The Treasury Department to-day issued a statement of the witadrawals of gold from January 6 to February 5, 1896, From this it appears tnat the total amount with- drawn for export aggregated $8,904,133; not for export, §7,349,548; total, $16,253,678, e e Farmers Argue for Silver. WASHINGTO! D. C., Feb. 5.—The Farmers' Alliance, after -a very brief ses- sion this morning, at which no businpss was transacted, adjourned to enable its committee to go beiore the House Bank- ing and Curren2y Committee to present an argument for free coinage. A A Y Homes for Settlers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—The Secretary of the Interior to-day decided upon May 1 next as thedateof the open- ing of the agricultural lands of the Red Lake Indians in Minnesota, which em- brace about 800,000 acres and will be sold at §1 25 per acre. —_— S John L. Is All Right. SPRINGFIELD, Irn., Feb.5.—John L. Sullivan, with his wife and Manager Glickauf, lefy this evening for Fort Worth, Tex., where the ex-champion will rejoin his company, and on the 14th will go.to El Paso to attend the fistic carnival. He still has his head swathed 1n bandagesand his face is badly scarred up, but otherwise he seems to be in fair condition. i Cremated in Their Home, MONTPELIER, Onio, Feb. 5—Allen Bharpless and his fifteen-year-old daughter were burned to death this morning. Their residence had taken fire, and the father, after uu:ulngb‘hil wife and two other children, went back for the girl, and being overcome by smoke, perished with her. Sharpless was 47 years of age. — Archbishop Kain's Ilincss. < 8T, LOUL3, Mo,, Feb. 5—Archbishop Kain has been an inmate of Mullanph: Hospital since Monday night. He is suf- fering from a stomach ailment contracted last week while exposed to inclement weather. He is improving, and will, 1t is said, be out again in a few anyl. s lilo e Oscar Wilde’s Mother Dies. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 5. — Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde, % i HOUSE STAIKES T PGS The Anti-Prize-Fight Act Awaits the Speaker’s Signature. RECEIVES A MAJORITY. Fistic Contests Prohibited in Territories of the United States. STUART IS STILL CONFIDENT. Declares That Even Congress Camnot Prevent the Advertised Tournament. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 5.—In order to prevent the series of prize and bul fights advertised to begin on the 14th inst. near El Paso, Tex,, from being carried out in the adjoining Territory of New Mexico a bill was passed, cn motion of Delegute Catron (R.) of New Mexico forbidding prize or bull fights in any Territory of the United States’ or District of Columbia under penalty of from one to five years’ imprisonment. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 5,—When word reached El Paso to-day that the United States Congress had taken a hand in the suppression of prize-fighting and passed a bill making it a felony in the Territories gossip became rife concerning the great carnival which is to take place near here within the next two weeks. Dan Stuart, when asked what effect the bill would have upon his carnival 1f it became a law, said: “None in the least. The English Parlia- ment may pass a similar bill to-morrow and still the great carnival will go ahead as advertised.” John J. Taylor of the firm of Look & Taylor, who gave Mr. Stuart his cue upon which the preparations have been made, was seen and Mr. Stuart’s statement was confirmed. If those most interested were disconcerted over the news they concealed their feelings from those not on the inside. Mr. Look is in Chihuahua, and reports from him are said to be of a character to make the sports feel safe. Upon the other hand, the Ministers’ Union and other parties opposing the fights are confident that the legislation of to-day ruins the last chance that Dan Stuart had of keeping his word. They claim to have positive assurances that Governor Ahumada will not, under any circumstances, allow the fight in his State, and that the ‘‘neutral-strip” talk is ridicul- ous. —_— SPECIAL CARS CHARTERED, Southern Railway Officials Believe the Fights Will Take Place. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 5..~There is no doubt in the minds of the local officials of the Southern railways that the prize-fights near El Paso, scheduled to begin February 14, will take place as advertised. The Iron Mountain Railroad is in daily receipt of telegrams asking that arrangements be made to handle a large number of specia cars to be delivered from Eastern and Northern railroads and containing parties destined 1o El Paso. In most cases thel cars are chartered on the understanding that they mav be used as sleeping quarters during the four days’ contest. It is now conceded that the fights will take place in New Mexico, about twenty miles northwest of El Paso. A letter from Governor Thornton. stating that there is no law on the stature books pro- hibiting prize-fighting in New Mexico practically settles this question. ARBITRATION OR WAR? Americans Asked to Declare Themselves as Kegards England. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 5.—Twenty-seven prominent citizens to-day signed their names to an address to “The Press and the People,” which contains the following suggestion of international interest: We suggest and propose that the people of all cities and towns of the Union at their meet- ings to celebrate the birth of Washington or at special meetings called for the purpese on the Sunday afternoon next following or in the meeting of their societies, clubs, churches, so- cial, religious or commercial organizations nearest in time to Washington’s hirthday, shall embody their views, each assemblage in its own way, on the following questions: 1. Do weé' wish the Governments of the United States and Great Britain, by formal treaty, to establish arbitration as the method of concluding all differences which may fail of settlement by diplomacy between the two wers? 2. What is your opinion of war as & mode of deciding controversies between the United States and Great Britain? Dr. William C. Gray, 69 Dearborn street, Chicago, and William E. Dodge, 11 Cliff street, New York, will receive the proceedings, which should be sent in duplicate, and arrange them for transmission to the President of the States and the Queen of England. Religious and secular newspapers throughout the country are also requested to give the proposition their sanction and urge the co-operation of the people. Among the aifineru of the address are: Mayor Swift, Marshall Field, George M, Pullman, Lyman J. Gage, Potter Palmer, Marvin fiughitt, W. T. Baker, Charles B. Farwell, Cyrus H. McCormick, Franklin McVeagh, Lambert Tree, T. B. Blackstone and Francis B, Peabody. e drn s e kAIL BE(JUBDV BROKEN., Fast Record of an Overland Flyer From Omaha to Cheyenne, OMAHA, Ngsr., Feb. 5.—The Union Pacific overland flyer broke the record for fast running from Omaha to Cheyenne to- day, and demonstrates that the time can be cut down still further from Chicago to the coast by at least a few hours. The train left Omaha four hours late, having been delayed east of the Missouri River, and arrived in Cheyenne only one hour late at 10:45 p. M., making the entire distance, 519 miles. in ten hours and thirty minutes, including twenty-one stops and three changes of engines. The actual running time was one mile per minute for that distance, The gain of time was made in the face of adverse con- ditions, and the time will be fully made up before morning. nited SANTA FE RETRENCHMENT. Three Hundred Men in the Topeka Shops Laid KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 5.—Notice was received by the heads of departments in the Santa Fe shops at Argentine notify- ing them of a cut of 10 per cent in salaries. No employes were laid off, but a number of foremen were reduced and men under them consolidated with others, thus re- ducing expenses considerably. At Topeks to-night 300 men employed the shops weu)fnm off, Of the number s 150 are employed in the repair-shops. For some months, since the Kansas corn crop Was assured, an extra force has been em- ployed in the repair department, getting the rolling stock in order for expected heavy shipments. Little corn 1s moving, however, and repairs are no longer urgent.’ PHOTOGRAPHIC SURPRISES. Rontgen’s Discovery Rivaled by That of a Professor in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School. NEW HAVEN, Coxw., Feb. 5.—Prob~ ably nothing in recent vears has caused so much interest and excitement among the scientifically inclined at Yale University as the experimenis of Professor Rontgen with the peculiar photography by means of the cathode rays, for which no name has yet been found. It was under the in- spiration of Professor Wright that Henry A. Bumsted, B.A., instructor in physics in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School, be- gan a series of similar experiments which have had results equally startling. He succeeded in developing many surprising things, and hopes to achieve even greater results in the fugure. The photographing, if it can beso called, was done as follows: Professor Bumsted took his small glass tube and elevated 1t a short distance above an ordinary negative, which was held shut up in an ordinary case. On top of the wooden case be placed the object to be_photographed. He then turned on the electric current from a battery near by, which threw the rays into the glass tube, which in turn cast them upon the objects below. These rays pierced through the ‘;:lase of the tube and brought the wood of the case into the negative below, The objects photographed were those placed on top of the case, and the impres- sion was greater or less according to the resistance oifered to the rays. Probably the most interesting of Mr. Bumsted’s experiments were those with animals, and their success was of such a nature as to open a possibility of future discoveries in the human system that is almost boundless. Of course the point that mostly interests the scientific mind is _the practicability of these experiments, Bumsted was asked what he thought on this point and said : *I am naturally rather loath to say very much on this subject, owing to the fact that the discovery is so very recent. There are a large number of discoveries made which seem unsusceptible of improve- ment, and while I hardly think that is the case in the present instance it may prove to be so. All my experiments, you must understand, were made with a rough and ready apparatus, hurriedly constructed for the occasion. Considering thisfact, I can- not help but be gratified with the result. If such an insufficient preparation can re- sult in experiments so interesting there are naturally expectations that greater facilities may-give usstill more satisfactory results. There are several changes that suggest themselves to me already, and there are probably others that will be dis- covered.” HUSTON 15 A BANKRUPT The Ex-Treasurer of the United States Goes Into Voluntary - Insolvency. Inability to Realize on Bank Paper the Announced Cause of the Failure. CONNERSVILLE, Ixp., Feb, 5.—Ex- United States Treasurer J. N. Huston made an assignment this morning for the benefit of his creditors. The cause of the failure is attributed to being unable to re- alize on bank papers. This notice ap- peared on the door of the Citizens’ Bank at the Hour of opening this morning: J.N. Huston, having executed a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his bona fide creditors, the Citizens' Bank of Connersville has suspended payment pending the adjust- ment of its affairs according to law. JAMES McINTOSH, Trustee for the creditors of J, N, Huston. This announcement created the utmost anxiety, and crowds of depositors sur- rounded the bank, anxious to ascertain the exact condition of affairs. Mr. Huston is now confined to his bed by an affection of the eye. To a reporter, Dr. Smalley, Mr. Huston's physician, said : {‘Mr, Huston has been in a_criticel con- dition for more than two weeks past, His eyesight has almost failed him. The as- signment was hastened by the condition of his health. Hig creditors will be paid ir full. His assets are $300,000, while his liabilities will not be over $105,000 at the outside,” i Bl s English Grows Worse. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Feb. 5.—William H. English was not so well to-day. His aillments have now affected his digestive organs, and the doctors fear serious re- suits. His daughter is stiil at his bedside. A MARYLAND DINNER. ‘What That Meal Was Like in'the Good Old Days. The following will give the reader who has never enjoyed the actual experience an ida of what the Maryland Club dinner, as eaten and digested by the members of the older and original stock, really is. ‘We will begin our Maryland dinner with oysters from Lynnhaven, Virginia—a step which will surprise those who do not know that six generations of surveyors have been unable to indicate the frontier lines between the two States, most prob- ably because (alack! that this should have "been said before, and in Congress) there are none. A consomme is then to be recommended, whereupon the terrapin in real Maryland style is ushered in with an air of becoming solemnity. Upon this mystery foillows a saddle of mutton from the mountains, which will have “hung” for two weeks; and then appears the second mystery o the repast—a wild duck, with celery, and hominy which has first been boiled and then fried—the hominy and not the duck. Now do not be obstinate and insist upon the wild duck being a canvasback, if Tom whispers in your ear that the ‘‘hunter” of the club writes to say that this peerless bird is flying hizh and doing “poorly.” A good redhead or a baldpate, or even'a mal- lard in good condition, is much better eat- ing than a canvasback which has been doing poorly, 3 As a matter of fact, the baldpate -better. known to the ornithologist as the shel- drake—is the best eating duck. He does not seem to have the nice nervous organ- ization which worries the canvasback thin, and you will understand his succulent plumpness, his easy-going, eatable na- ture, when from your blind or sink-box you have waiched the rogue steal the crisp wild celery which the diving canvas- back has spent an afternoon in uproot- ing. Your feast should conclude with an Easiern Shore ham, two vears old, and baked a rich claret color, and then coffee, eigarsand liquors, acconding to your fancy. The wines with which {'ou may decide to discuss your dinner will be very.good, wherever your choice may fall, but the Mnrg‘l:nd Ulub whisky and Madeiras can- not be found elsewhere, and for the latter you can offer almost any price and get not &et & bottle unless you bave not only friends at court, but luck. The Maryland Madeiras have much in common with the wines of Shiraz of which the Persian bard sang and the Falernian in which Horace delignted. Your Baltimorean thinks of them in the most seérious momeat of his life, when making his will, and if he leaves ou any of his i’athmn, Donaldson or ‘Fanny” Madeira you will have lost a friend who loved you well.—Stephen Bon- sal, in Harper's Magazine for February, '7 | SENATOR VEST FLAYS MORTON, | Bitter Denunciatiofi of the Democratic Secretary of Agriculture. SCOURGE TO HIS PARTY. Declared. to Have Been Sent by the Evil One to Settle a Grudge. A WORSHIPER OF CLEVELAND. Strong Words Called Forth by the Nebraskan’s Antagonism to the Farmer. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—In the Senate to-day the joint resolution direct- ing the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the agricul- tural appropriation for the current fiscal year for the purchase and distribntion of seeds and farmers’ bulletins was taken up and discussed during the morning hour. Vest (D.) of Missouri made one of his characteristic speeches in support of the joint resolution, holaing up the Secretary of Agriculture to ridicule in conaection with the question and with the Secretary’s { condemnation of the freesilver movement. “The Democratic party,” he exclaimed, passionately, “has been most unfortun- ate, not only in the dissensions that exist in its own ranks, but in the fact that, to use a Western phrase, the devil has owed the party a grudge, and has paid it in a Secretary of Agriculture. [Laugh- ter.] He has put the party to which he belongs in antagonism to the great agri- cultural interests of the country, which have heretofore been particulerly close to the Democratic organization. The founder of the Democratic party wasthe best friend the agricultural.interest ever had on this continent. Mr. Jefferson, whnile Minister to France, and while watching that great drama of the French revolution, while watching the court of Versailles feasting and dancing as the mob roared like a wild beast, found time, while corresponding with the savants of Europe, to send seeds and plants to this country.” Vest proceeded to point out other in- stances of Government extravagance which had escaped the attention of the Secretary of Agriculture, inskancing the eleven mil- lions of protit to the bond syndicate, the enormons waste of public printing, and the expenditure of $110,000 in one year for orchids, lilies of the valley, and giant palms for the White House. “But,” saia Mr. Vest, *‘when it comes to the poor farmers’ seeds the Secretary cries, ‘To arms! To arms! Congress is throwing away the people’s money and is ruining the country.” I would rather give twice the amount of this appropriation to enable .some poor man in a distant county in the ‘West who is fighting the hard battle of life unaided by any Government, some- thing that would make his home comfort- able and bring light to his fireside; I would rather put the flower in the sickrcom ofan overworked girl or matron than have it said that T voted $110,000 for flowers and exotics for the receptions and bouquets of the officials of the Government, where the chandelier flashes its light across the red wine and the air is fra. grant with perfume like the spicy breezes of Araby the Blest. Just such things as this have caused the people of this country to doubt whether this is a Government of the people and forthe peo- ple and to think they have no other rights except to pay taxes to support a Govern- ment of the rich. No wonder we hear such appeals as this coming from Wall street.” Here Vest sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a varagraph from the circular of a firm of Wall-street bankers and brokers, stating that the Senate is the real obstacle to currency and other reforms, and is “sinking lower and lower ir public esti- mation,” The Senator from South Carolina (Till- man), Vest said, had been denounced as a communist, because he spoke of an incip- ient revolution in-this country. But here was a statement from New York bankers that unless the Senate did the bidding of the capitalists of the country, unless the Senate adopted their opinions and policy, a revolution was 2t hand and a convulsion was coming. Vest turned from this point to aim more shafts of contempt and ridicule at the Sec- retary of Agriculture, who, he said, acted as if he were also the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Morton, he said, was a monomaniac on the subject of gola. He saw nothing but gold, read gold and believed that every- y who did not understand the question as he did was alunatic and ought to be regarded as a public enemy. He could not confine himself within the limited functions of his vegetable king@om, but was filling the country with attacks upon those who could not see the money ques- tion in the same light as himself. Vest concluded with a parting allusion to Sec- retary Morton, by saying: ““He reposes by day and dreams by night, occasionally swinging his golden censor filled with incense at the execative mansion and shouting, ‘Holy, holy art thou, O Grover, king of kingsand lord of lords!’"”’ [General laughter on the floor and 1n the galleries.] The joint resolution went over without action. The consular and diplomatic appropria- tion bill was reported to the Senate this morning. Only $11,000 has been added to the $1,630,068, carried in the bill as it passed the House. The position of Consul at Cape Town was advanced to that of Consul-General and $1000 added to the existing $2000 salary, Wolcott (R.) of Colorado said that he had received a copy of resolutions of the Deuver Trades Assembly condemning his attitude on the Monroe doctrine and ap- proving that of the President and Con- gress. As the signers, he said, evidently courted notoriety he would present these resolutions as 4 memorial and ask to have them referred to the Committiee on For- eign Kelations. [Laughter.] ‘Pensions for Californians. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—Pen- sions have been granted to Californians as follows: Original—Richard Green, Vet~ erans’ Home, Napa; Willam F. Bassett, Tomales; James R. Grider, Lodge: James Clark, San Francisco; Robert Graham, San Francisco. Increase—Winslow Hut- chins, Trinidad. Hall Oregon: ' Increase— Carlton F. Turner. Washington: Original—Charles Blaker, Amboy. REGREETTED BY LVATIONISTS. They Mowurn the Departure of the Booths From This Country. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 5.—The next number of the War Ury, the official organ of the Salvation Army, will contain the following editorial on the recall of Com- mander and Mrs. Ballington Booth: “‘The lapse of a week has given us time to think over and in some measure com- prehend the fact that our leaders have really received orders to leave us for other fields. Borrow and regret are naturally only limited by the boundary lines of the ‘country. The tender associations, the ex- periencesof a thousand hard battles fought and wen during the' past nine years, can- not be severed without a pang. “But such are numbered amon§l fortunes of war and accepted as such by tne commander and Mrs. Booth. Their letter is manly, yet affectionate. It will cause the tears to flow, yet it 18 a clear statement of the. situation and contains many statements which should be en- graved upon the hearts of our readers, sych as, for instance: ‘We, who have re- quired obedience from others are our- selves obeying.’ ‘Others may come and go; others'may live or die, but God lies in your lives and ours forever. and forever.’ “The army is not & man or a number of men; it is not regulations or rules; it is not form or methods, but it is something far deeper—it is God-given principles.’ ”’ This letter was issued yesterday, the Booths, referring to the attitude of the Carnegie Hall meeting of Monday night, thanking their friends for their good will, but stating that they must obey orders as good soldidrs. —_— UPROAR N THE HOUSE The District of Columbia Appro- priation Bill Meets With Defeat. the Opposition to the Payment of Money to Sectarian Charitable Insti- tutions. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—An un- usual and what was said an unprecedented event occurred in the House to-day, A general appropriation (that of the Dis- trict of Columbia) was defeated in a body containing 150 majority upon the side of the majority of the committee from which the bill was reported by a vote of 143 t0 135. The reason for this defeat was was twofold; the Democratic minority voted solidly against it, aided by those Republicans who opposed the inserzion of any appropriations for sectarian and pri- vate charitable institutions in the District. This result was secured amidst the most exciting scenes that have been witnessed on the floor in this Congress, and appar- ently out of all proportion to the import- .ance and magnitude of the matter in- volved; but underneath the surface the feeling was prevalent that the influence of the vote would be far-reaching in the ap- proaching political contest. After a time toe Republicans came together, upon a motion by Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio to con- sider the vote, ana that was done. Then the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to reyise the schedule of appropriations for charities. Before that motion was adopted Crisp (D.) of Georgia sarcastically congratu- lated the Kepublican majority upon its capacity and competency to do the public business, asserting that whatever might have been the shortcomings and failures of the Democrats, upon which the speaker, when on the floor, had often reminded them, they had never got into sucha state of imbecility that they could not frame and pass an ordinary appropriation bill. The House began the consideration of the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, recommending non-concurrence in the Senate free coinage substitute for the bond bill passed by the House last December. Dingley (R.)of Maine, chair. man of the committee, speaking for two hours, and at the close of his remarks the House took a recess until 8 o’clock, at which time the debate on the bill was further continued. Dingley (R.) said that at the proper time he would move to non-concur in the action of the Senate and to insist upon the bill which passed the House, The House was entitled to some answer to the propo- sitions contained in its bill, and he took it that the House intended to insist upon the propositious as it had originally framed them. Dingley reviewed tke financial opera- tions of the Treasury:Department in the past three years to show the necessity of the legislation contained in the House bill—that the rate of interest on bonds sold for gold to maintain the gold reserve shall be reduced to 3 per cent; that the proceeds of the sale of United States bonds shall be used for no other purpose than to build up the reserve; and that temporary deficiencies in revenues shall be met by | the sale of certificates of indebtedness, The House had a rigat, he declared, to demand of the Senate that it concurin the action of the House or repeal the act of 1875, providing for the sale of bonds and the maintenance of the gold reserve. Discussing some of the reagons assigned for advocating free ceinage Dingley said, that the increased “demand for silyer ioped for from opening the mints was a delusion and a phantom. The *fixed price,” one other reason urged, had no foundation in fact, he said. Taking the argument of advocates of free coinage alone, Dingley said the only relief from the present situation was in an interna- tional agreement for coinage. Thecommittee then rose and at 5 o'clock, on motion by Dingley, took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session to be for de- bate on the bill only, The debate on the free coinage substi- tute was continued in the House in a night session. Parson (R.) of North Caro- lina avowed his faith that the Republican party would solve the financial question in a way to give the largest possible coinage of silver consistent with the credit of the Government. 1n the course of his remarks Pearson in- dulged in a sneer at the expense of South Carolina for the part she took in provoking the war of secession. This allusion an- sarad Talbert (D,) of South Carolina, wio eciared 1n a state of great excitement that South Carolina was which she then took. ‘I am ashamed of any man who indorses secession or the motives which lay. behind it,”” Pearson said. . “I indorse it,” Talbert exclaimed. “I indorse every word of secession.” “It has been said,’” Pearson went on, “that if hell ever breaks loose in'this coun- try it wilt break loose in South Carolina, apd I believe it.” : The spectators in the gallery took sides in’this angry altercation, applauding now the one and then the other combatant. Talbert had the last word, declaring that *‘South Carolina mnever has been whipped and never will be whipped.” en the excitement subsided Pearson 'went on with his speech. The House ad- journed at 10:35 P, M. right in the position GERMANS LEND AID TO BOERS, Form a Volunteer Force to Police Transvaal’s Metropolis. EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH ‘Other Uitlanders Resent the Attitude of -the Kaiser’s Subjects. ANXIETY AT JOHANNESBURG. Events of the Next Three Days Portend Much for the Im- prisoned Americans. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 6.—A special cable dispatch to the Journal from Jahan- nesburg. South Africa, suys: The greatest excitement prevails in Johannesburz. The next three days will be anxious ones for all of us heré. They will be anxious days for John Hays Hammond as well. How- ever, he and other prisoners continue well, although the jail in which they are con- fined is very unhealthy. The Pretorian Government has ordered the Boer troops to occupy the heights above the city. The Germans, incited by Emperor Wil- liam’s message to Krueger, have formed a volunteer force to police the city, and the feeling against them among the rest of the Uitlanders is very strong. At the election of the Chamber of Mines yesterday Solly B. Joel was elected presi- dent and J. 8. Curtis vice-president. The remaining members of the executive coun- cil of the chamber are still under arrest at retoria. We have heard nothing from New York for the last five days. Consul Knight wired to the State Department at Wash- ington a week ago, but he can get no an- swer through, He hasleft for Cape Town. We are absolutely without any news from the outside world. “JAYHAWKERS?® CELEBRATE. Forty-Niners Gather With an ITowa Pioneer Annual Meeting. PERRY, Jowa, Feb. 5.—The forty-sixth annual meeting of the surviving ‘“Jay- hawkers of '49” was held with Charles B. Mecum here yesterday. Letters were re- ceived from absent members of the old pioneer party and read with much inter- est. These meetings are held on February 4 of each year to celebrate the party’s es- cape from Death Valley in their perilous trip from Salt Lake to Santa Clara Valley, 1n California, in February, 1850. Of the thirty-six original “Jayhawkers'” who reached the gold fields only twelve are living. They are: Colonel John B. Colton, Kansas City; Charles Meoudn, Perry, Iowa; Luther Richards, B:a“vir City, Nebr.; Alonzo Clay, Galesburg, Iil.; Wilbur Davidson, Derby, Wyo,; John Grosscup, Cabto, Cal.; L. D. Stevens, San Jose, Cal.; Rev. J. W. Bryer and wife, Lead Oity; Harrison Frous, Baker City, Or.; Thomas Shannon, Los Gatos, Cal., and John L. West, Phillipsburg, Mont. The next meeting will be held with Colonel John B. Colton at Kansas City. OCHOA'S FLYING MACHINE. Offers to Sell for 25,000,000 and His Release From Prison, President Cleveland and Secretary Hoke Smith have receivad interesting communi- cations from Vietor L. Ochoa, a Federal convict i the Kings County (n. Y.) penitentiary, He has an aerial me- chine which he wishes to dispose of and to give this Government the first chance to secure it. His letter to the President never reached that official, but was referred to the Commissioner of Patents, who did not pass favorably upon it, because its practicability had never been proven. Ochoa stated that, as he was serving a three years’ term in the penitentiary, he bad no opportun- ity of testing the machine, but if given a chance he will show that it will work suc- cessfully, in which event be thinks he ought to be given his liberty. He makes known his idea at this time because of the belligzerent attitude of the United States toward Great Brit- ain. He wants the attention of Congress called to his invention and states that it will do away with battle-ships. He asserts that bis machine will go from 100 to 300 miles per hourand carry more than donble 4its weight. He wants $25,000,000 for it and thinks ihis an ipsufficient sum, but says half a loaf is better than no bread.—an- | ington Dispatch. —————————— The last Maypole in London stood op- leite Somerset Elnuaa. and was removed n 1717 Its heizht above ground was originally above 100 feet, It was afterward fixed in Wanstead Park, Essex, as the sup- porter of a very larga telescope, The objection made to the first gold pens manufactured was mainly to the points, which were so soft that they were bent or worn out very rapidly. Build Up The system by purifying and enriching the blood, toning the stomach and creating an appetite, if you would ward off fevers, colds and the grip. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81, Hood’s Pills §if it 2 seme Bly's Cream Balm Cleanses the Nasal 1 P P, Al ores the ‘aste and Dr. Gibbon’s Dispei 625 ll‘.l'sll)'l. &nh:l‘hl;’-’ treatment of Private