The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1896, Page 2

(5] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1896. IPPROPRITIONS ARE ALLOWED, Passage of Some of the Most Important Senate Bills. PENSIONS A VAST ITEM. Gorman Says the -Expenditure Hangs Like a Pall Over the Country. VILAS' AMENDMENT BEATEN. Rather Sharp Talk Relating to Bond Issues and Debis of Pacific Railroads. v its message st for a confer- te to-day nd he sug- e Committee whether »n was not a good one to bring e e subject be- He was informed 1 of the Finance Commit- Vermont, that the com- ittee w; g for some action on the part of the House, and he was reminded by Chandler—in a facetious way—that he (Aller uld move that the Senate recede amendment. Allen also had more to say about the failure acific Railroad Committee, which having hearings as to the adjust- e debt of the Pacific railroad to tween the two rm, 1 of of the ¥ officers of the Farmers’ Alli- cbraska, Kansas and Colorado nd the owners of stockyards in Omaha to nd present their view rman of the committee (Gear) general notice had been given s3 Peifer (Pop.) ¢ or a special com- mittee to inqui he circumstances of the recent bond until the was taken up and ose of the morning academy bill was then ered for three hours and :ndment offered yesterday Wisconsin for two addi- large from each State was en (Pop.) of Nebraska before the e fact that the Record this morning stated that the House had refused to con- cur 1n the Senate amendment to the House nd that the H had not :ference on the matter. As owledze went this was the first ce where a conference had not been He thought it a proper time to ask nce Committee, stated that the ttee was waiting for some action on ler (R.) of New Hampshire made s parliamentary inquiry as to whether it would be in order for the Sen- to move that the Sen- m its amendment or whether he would be obliged to wait until the bili ¢ ba rom the Ho The journal was then approved. Gear (R.) of Jowa, chairman of the Pa- cific Railroad. Committee, referring to a complaint made a few days since by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska, that the committee had not invited or summoned the patrons of the Pacific railroads to apvear and make their tements, said that notice bad been given through the press associa- tions of the country and that every person . r bondholder, stockholder or pa- tron had full notice of the hearings. No- cially requested to be present except two gentlemen. A gentle- man representing the reorganization com- mittee of the Union Pacific (Mr. Pierce) had come and presented its scheme and gentlemen not connected with the rail- roads in any cavacity had come of their own accord-and been heard by the com- mittee. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska said the invi- tation ought not to be confined to persons connected with the Union Pacific or the Central Pacific. The city of Omaha had the third largest if not the second largest stockyards in the world and were much interested in railroad rates, and he thought special invitations ought to be sent to them. 3 “What information have you,” Gear asked, “that these gentlemen in Omana want to come before the committee?” “They are patrons of the roads,” said Allen. “And you infer that they want to be heard?” said Gear. “I do not infer it; I know it,” Allen re- plied. *“The Farmers’ Alliances in Ne- braska, Kensas and Colorado want to be heard before the Pacific Railroad Commit- tee.” *‘The committee has no official knowl- edge of such organizations,” Gear said. “That will not do,” put in Allen scorn- fully, “it has actual knowledge,” Wolcott (R.) of Colorado, a member of the committee, said there was no danger that men who bad schemes to present in reference to the railroad companies would not come before ‘the committee. One man had taken up the time of the com- mittee for nearly two days advocating the transfer of the sinking fund of the Pacific railroad companies to build a line of 250 miles from Sioux City to North Ylagte. Members of the Farmers’ Alliance to which Alien referred would probably re- pudiate the idea of coming at the Govern- ment’s expense. The Senator from Ne- braska certainly did not expect to see the committee subpena them at Government expense. They could come and would be heard by the committee. The committee had heard for two days a gentleman (Mr. Coombs) representing Sioux City. “Where does he live?” Allen asked. “I do not know,” Gearreplied. “All over, I guess. His clients are 400 bankers who have invested money in Sioux City and North Platte, and have built a bridge et Sioux City at a costof $2,500,000, He ociations and added | al was approved ‘called attention to | comes here of own accord and makes certain propositions to the commn.tee."_ know that man,’” said Allen; “heisa | broker.” “Oh, no,"” Frye remarked; “Ml:. Coombs is one of the ablest lawvers of New Eng- land.” “Law.is a side-issue with him,” Allen said. “Hels a financial lawyer. He rep- | resents 140 banks, in what is called the | Credits Commutation Company."” After further discussion the matter lapsed. The resolution heretofore offered by Pef- fer for a select committee to inquire into | the circumstances of the recent bond issue was laid before the Senate. Sherman (R.) of Ohio moved the reference of the resolu- tion to the Finance Committee. Peffer op- posed the motion and argued in favor of the resolution. Hill (D.) of New York was opposed, from the information he had, to any in- vestigation of thre subject, either by the Finance Committee or by a select com- mittee. During a discussion Hill asked if the Senate had not had enough experience at ! investigating at the instance of irrespousi- ble persons, and he asked: ‘‘Has any Senator made & charge in the present case?” “I make a charge now,” Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada interposed. “The Senator will not make his charge now,” said Hill. *I will not yield to the Senator to make a charge now. It comes | rather late. I was speaking of the author of this resolution.” While Hill was speaking the hour of 2 o’clock arrived. The Senate then took un the unfinished business, being the military academy avpropriation bill, but the dis- | cussion was interrupted to receive the | urgent di icy bill from the House and | its request for a conference. The Senate | insisted upon its amendment, and the re- | quest was granted—Hali, Allison and ! | | | | | 1 | | | Cockrell being appointed managers on the part of the Senate. An amendment was offered by Vilas (1).) of Wisconsin to i crease by ninety the number of West Point cadets, and one by Sewell (R.) of New Jersey to the effect that the President may appoint to vacanciesin the grade of second lieutenant meritorious non-commissioned officers of the army when recommended according to the prov | 1878, | onsof the act of although graduates of the military emy may remain in service until as- | ened. illman (D.) of South Carolina called at- tention to the fact that the Government do- nates $15,000 every year to each of the land- grant colleges. These colleges were com- pelled to teach military tactics,and each one was presided over by a West Pointer. These colleges, Tillman thought, were furnishing ell the military education the country needed. Gorman said the Senate had already | been eriticized for its conduct in the mat- ter of appropriations. There had been talk in the press of the Senate using hob- nailed shoes to ride roughshod over a co- ordinate branch. The Senate, he said, would resent this. The Senate had the right, and it was its duty, to amend appro- priation bills and make them sufficient to meet the needs of the country. But the Senate weakened its position when it pro- posed to amend an appropriation bill so as | This amendment would, Gorman thought, be misunderstood’ everywhere. He ap- | proved of an increase of appropriations | when the necessities of the Government | | required it, and they were in coniormity : with the law, but emvphasized his disap- | proval of the pending amendment. Hawley and Hoar advocated the amend- | ment, and Stewart, Teller and Call op- | posed it. After a three hours’ debate by a vote of 24 ayes to 27 noes the Vilas amendment | providing for ninety additional cadets was rejected. The bill was then passed, and the pen- ion appropriation for the coming fiscal | ear was taken up. The pension bill was passed as quickly as the clerk could read it—in less than eight | minutes. Gorman, with reference to this bill, which carried an appropriation of $142,000,000, said"it was one of those appro- priations which added to the great ex- penditures of the Government and hung like a pall over the country. He recalied the prediction that he bad heretofore made that the receipts of the Government would not meet its expenditures, Call (D.) of Florida introduced a resolu- tion, which went over, directing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to dispose of the lapsed bids in the recent bond sale to *“the | highest bidder, including in the bids such as have been received up to the timeof the passage of this resolution, when such bias | { shail be opened by the Secretary of the | Treasury.” After a short executive session the Sen- ate at 5:457. M. adjourned until to-morrow. REVOLUTIONARY DAUGHTERS. Fifth Annual Congress of Some of the Most Patriotic and Best Known American Women, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—The fifth annual congress fof the Daughters of the American Revolution began in this city this morning behind closed doors. There was a large attendance of bright- faced, intelligent ladies from nearly every State in the Union. Mrs. John W. Foster of Washington, as president-general, pre- sided. The principal features of to-day’s session were the organization of the con- gress, the address of the president-gen- eral and the response thereto by Mrs. Joshua Wilbur of Rhode Island. The Church of Our Father, where the congress is being held, 1s beautifully decorated, principally by a skillful arrangements of the National flag. The invocation wasde- livered by Mrs. Harry Heth, wife of Gen- eral Heth. After the president’s address had been responded to, upon motion of Mrs. Donald McLean of New York, the announcement of executive sessions was stricken from the programme of the congress, so it would not appear that the meetings were secret. rhe congress, after hearing the report of the credentials committee, ad- journed for luncheon. At the afternoon session reports of offi- cers and committees were read. Theeven- ing session was in the nature of a musicale in charge of the hymn committee, under the direction of Mrs. Cuthbert Harrison. Mrs. John R. McLean gave a reception to-night to the president-general, Mrs. John W. Foster, at the Arlington Hotel, which was largely attended. Al y The Minority on Dupont. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—The minority report on the Dupont case was laid before the Senate this morning by Turpie (D.) of Indiana. It is signed by the four Democratic members of the committee. They deny the legality of the election of May 19,1895, under which Henry A. Dupont claims to have been elected to the United States Senate, the committee assuming the position that Mr. Dupont was not elected by the vote then cast. P Ancrease of the Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—The treasury gold reserve to-day stood at §90,- 439,784 at the close of business, Gold with- drawals for the day aggregated $932,500. | House to-day, after three da; | for 1n the appropriation acts of 1894 and to enable each Senator to name a cadet. ! o MUST DISTRIBUTE ALL THE SEED, Secretary Morton Instructed to Carry Out Lawful Mandate. COIN FOR AGRICULTURE. An Increase of Several Items on the Big Bill “of Appropriations. TO CANCEL THE LAND PATENTS. Amendments to the Bill Extending the Time in Which Suits Can Be Brought. WASHINGTON, D. C., Fe tion of the agricultural appropriation bill, finally disposed of it. The feature of the debate to-day was the attack by Consins (R.) of Iowa upon the methods of the Sec- retary of Agriculture in connection with his refusal to carry out the law for the pur- chase and distribution of seeds, as provided 1895. He said the corrupted and subordi- nated commission appointed by the Sec- retary had, long in advance of the time fixed for them to examine and report upon the bids for supplying seeds to the depart- ment, informed inquirers that there would ! be no distribution of seed, showing a pre- determinarion on his part to nullify the | law. The Government, Cousins said, was | no longer a Government for the people and vy the people, but a Government by J. Pierpont Morgan and J. Sterling Morton, Amendments incorporated in the bill make 1t mandatory upon the Secretary to purchase and distribute seed as had been the custom prior to the suspension of the practice last year, without reference to the requirements of the statute that they shall be “rare and uncommon” as that phrase was construed by Secretary Mor- ton; the appropriation for seed was in- creased from §$130,000 io $150,000, and the seed division abolished by Secretary Mor- ton last year was rehabilitated with a full quota of elerks to enable the Secretary to execute the law. Among the miscellaneous busimess transacted the House passed a resolution introduced by Newlands (Siiver) of Ne- vada directing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the effect upon an industries of the difference of ange between countries having the gold and silver standards of value and to report by bill or otherwise. The House entered upon the considera- tion of the bill to extend the time within which the Government may bring suit to recover title to lands illegally or erron- eously- patented, but adjourned without coming to a vote. Several propositions were made to amend the agricultural appropriation biil so as to | secure the desired distribution of seeds, and after some discussion a combination amendment was agreed upon. It airects | and requires the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and distribute $130,000 worth | of seeds, the best that he can procure, | without reference to the requirement of the law, which says shall be “rare and un- common.” It was because he could find | no ‘‘rare and uncommon” seeds that Sec- | retary Morton decided not to distribute | any last summer and abolished the seed | distribution, A motion by Pickler (R.) of South Da- kota increasing the appropriation for the purchase of seeds from $130,000 to $150,000 was agreed to—75 to 13. Cousins (R.) of Iowa offered an amend- ment making the appropriation for seed unavailabte until the Secretary of Agzricul- ture had expended the appropriation made for seeds for the current year, and | making the appropriation for the salary of the Secretary, except $75, uravailable until he complied with this law. The amendment was rejected on a point of order 2s being new legislation. On motion of Baker (R.) of New Hamp- shire, the seed division of the Agricultural Department was rehabilitated at a vearly expense of $13,370, in order, as he ex-| plained, that the Secretary might not be enabled to to say that he could not carry out the distribution of seeds for the reason | that he had not the force to do it. This disposed of the seed matter. The committee rose and the amend- ments made to the bill having been agreed to, 1t was passed. On motion by Doolittle (R.)of Washing- ton the printing of the report of the board of engineers upon the Nicaragua canal, sent to the House by the Presidenta few days ago, was ordered. Lacey (R.) of Towa called up the bill in- tended to carry out the suggestion of Presi- dent Cleveland in his message to Congress that the time be extended in which to in- stitute suits to cancel land patentsillegally or erroneously issued. Hepburn (R.) of Iowa offered an amend- ment providing that all lands patented or certified to any State, corporation or indi- vidual, under rulings or construction of | law of the Commissioner of the General Land Office or the Secretary of the Interior, | and when no fraud has been committed | by the patentees, shall be excepted from the operation of the act, and also another providing for the adjustment of railroad land grants and for the forfeiture of “un- earned land grants. Without disposing of the matter the House, at 5 o’clock, on motion by Terry, adjourned until to-morrow. FOR A JOINT COMMISSION, Negotiations to Secure Needed Bering Sea Regulations. WASHINGTON, D. C., keb. 18.—An interesting bit of diplomatic news was made public, unofficially, by Assistant Secretary Hamlin at to-day’s meeting of the House Committee on Ways and Means. It was to the effect that the State Depart= ment is now in correspondence with the British Foreign Office looking to the ap- pointmentof a joint commission to in- vestigate all the conditions connected with the fur seal industry in Bering Sea and to consider and report what further regula- tions are necessary for their preservation. In order that the work of such a com- mission sheuld be effective, it is desirable that Russia and Japan may also_become parties thereto, but theirconsent, it is well known, can be easily secured. Assistant Secretary Hamlin appearea before the commission with reference to the Dingley bill creating a joint com- | is 27,651,736, | Palmer, as he should have done. mission, consisting of the foregoing countries and for the foregoing purposes, the adoption of a modus vivendi, pending toe investigation of the commission, look- ing to the protection of the animals, or if these efforts prove inefiective, Eermxmng this Government to kill seals of both sexes on the Pribyloff islands, the proceeds to be turned into'the United States treasury. s gEe e PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS. Secretary Smith’s Idea of Equalizing the Claims of States. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—The Secretary of the Interior has seat to the Senate Committee on Public Lands his views on the bill to equalize the several States of the Union in the grant of lands for public school purposes. He says Cali- fornia has received s its portion 6,719,324 acres, and it would require 240,000,000 acres to equalize grants to other States in pro- portion to what California has received. Georgia wouid receive a large grant of 2,062,222 acres; Rhode Island wouid re- ceive the smallest, 46,435 acres. The aggregate number ot acres of land on hand to be granted for school purposes 3 Under the provisions of the bill, the Secretary says that Missiouri would receive only 1,162,136 acres, a short- age of 37,003 acres. . These discrepancies, the Secretary says, indicate that the committee should” revise the schedule of the bill. The Secretary Teviewed at length other provisions of the measure in which he finds defects and concludes with the statement that it is crude, imperfect and impracticable, and hopes his candid criticism would aid the committee in faming a bill that would accomplish the end in view. L e ALLOTMENT OF SALARIES. Its Discontunuance Would Cavse Hard- ship to Naval Offcers. _WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—A de- cision has been rendered by the Coap- troller of the Treasury that no legal au- ! thority exists by which naval officers may ask allotments of their salaries to their wives or others, The practice has existed for seventy-five years, and was not ques- tioned until Pay Director Colby brought up the case, in which the Assistant Comp- troller has given his opinion. < Rear-Admiral ‘Ramsay, acting Secretary of the Navy, has written to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs | in regard to the matter, in which he asks legislative sanction of the practice. He says in his letter that to suddenly discon- tinue the allotments now authorized would work great injustice to officers now absent on sea duty and to those dependent upon them, SCANDALS OF THE.FAR, World’s Columbian Exposition Employes Continue Their Petty Squabbles. Refuse to Make Reports to Palmer, but Insist on Addressing President Cleveland. NEW YORK, N. V.| Feb. 18.—A Sun special from Washington say The of- ficials of the World Jolumbian Exposi- tion are still quarreling. Mrs. Potter Palmer refuses to address her report as president of the board of lady managers to Thomas W. Palmer, presidert of the World’s Columbian Commission, but in- sists upon sending it direct to the Presi- dent of the United States, although he does not officially know of her existence. The board of lady managers were not ap- pointed by President Cleveland, but by the National commission, and the latter | says shat Mrs. Palmer has no more au- thority to address President Cleveland di- rectly than she has to address the Sultan of Turkey. Director-General Davis has addressed his report to the Congress of the United | States instead of to President Thomas W. The board of control has made a tearful com- | plaint on this account to the Committee Appropriations, but Davis says that he will not deliver his report to anybody until he is reimbursed for the money he has expended in its preparation. An item in a pendihg appropriation bill gives him $18,000 to cover this. The report of Mr. Burnham, director of works, is addressed to Mr. Higginbotham, and the reports of President Higginbotham and John Boyd Thacher’s bureau of awards are addressed to President Palmer, who says he has a report of his own also, which s addressed to the President of the United States, and should cover all the official documents that relate to the exposition, Professor Tousley (of Minnesota has again been appointed to prepare a history of the exposition. He received a similar appointment in the summer of 1894 and drew §6 a day from the appropriation for the bureau of awards for several months, until Chairman Thacher went to Burope. Then Vice-Chairman Britton cut him off, because up to that time he had not written aline, but had, it is alleged, spent the summer loafing down in New England at the expense of the bureau. To revenge himself, Professor Tousley went up to Albany and made speeches against John Boyd Thacher when the latter was ran- ning for Mayor. L S TO BUILD AN AIR LINE. Dallin Would Like to Have the Govern- ment Indorse Bonds. NEW YORK, 'N. Y., Feb. 18.—The Tribune says this morning: William Dallin, vice-president and general man- ager of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Construction Company, has addressed a letter to the President of the United States on the subject of a railroad in an air line, first to Chicago and then to San Francisco. The distance would be shortened by this route 200 miles to Chicago, and to San Francisco over 400. Passenger trains would run to Chicago in thirteen nours and to San I'rancisco in sixty-eight hours, The line would cost $400,000,000, and Dallin wants the Government to indorse the bouds to pay for its construction. on the ground that it would be of benefit to the country. WAS SHE coDY? A Memphis Man Believes He Saw the Missing Chicago Woman. MEMPHIS, Texx., Feb. 18.—Mrs. Cody, wife of Arthur B. Cody, a Chicago lawyer, who disappeared from Tacoma, Wash., two weeks ago, and for whom there isa reward of $5000, was probably ssen here yesterday by General G.P.M. Turner, a lawyer. General Turner noticed a careworn look on the woman’s face as she sat opposite him in a streetcar, and shortly after reach- ing home ke picked up a Denver paper con- taining a picture of Mrs. Cody. He pro- nounced the picture to be that of the Wwoman he saw on the streetcar. Itis be- lieved Mrs. Cody leit Kansas City for Memphis a few days ago. S MES. Killed Wife and Child. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 18.—Franz Schwab, a German aged 56 years, who has been separated from his wife and children since April last, this evening called at the bome of the woman at 201 Throop street and killed her. He then fired a ball which lodged aver the heart of a nine-week-old baby, and the other struck a son, Bernard, in tbe eve. Bernard and the baby will probably die. Schwab was arrested. 10 RESTRICT IMMIGRATION. 0 An Interesting Bill to Be Reported by the Senate Committee. THE ILLITERACY TEST. Those Who Seek a Landing Must Be Able to Read and Write, at Least. NOT READY FOR A TAX YET. Methods to Shut Out Classes That Furnish Paupers, the Diseased and Criminals. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—In lien of the various bills before it on the subject of restricting immigration the Senate Im- migration Comm ittee to-day reported a bill adding to the classes of aliens excluded | from admission to the United States. All persons over 14 years of age who can- not read and write the language of their native country, except that an aged parent not so able to read and write, who is the parent or grandparent of an admissible immigrant, may accompany or be gent for by such immigrant. For the purpose of testing the ability of the immigrant to read and write the inspection officers shall be furnished with conies of the constitu- tion of the United States printed on num- bered uniform pasteboard slips, each con- taining five lines of the constitution printed in the various languages of the immigrants in double small pica type. These slips are to be kept in poxes made for that purpose and so constructed as to conceal the slips from view, each box to contain slips of but one language, and the immigrant may designate the language in which he prefers®the testshall be made. Each immigrant shall be required to draw one of said slips from the box and read and afterward write out in full view of the immigration officers the five lines printed thereon. No immigrant failing to read and’write out the slip thus drawn by him shal! be admitted, but he shall be re- turned to the country from which he came at the expense of the steamship or rail- road which brought him, as now provided by law. “In the report accompanying the bill the committee states that thereis a general and earnest desire to restrict foreizn immi- gration. The committee believe the coun- try is pot yet reaay for a_capitation tax on immigrants, and they are convinced that the consnlar certification plan is impracti- cable. They therefore recommend it as the best proposition yet advanced. The committee presents a mass of statis- tice, which show that the illiteracy test will affect almost entirely those races | whose immigration to this countrv had . begun in very recent times, and which are most alien in language and origin to the people who founded the thirteen colonies and have built up the United States; that it will tell most heavily on those classes which now furnish the paupers, diseased and criminals excluded by existing law, and is, therefore, a continuance of the present policy of the United States. BANKERS' CRODKED HonK Creditors of the Kopperls Make Serious Charges Against the Missing Men. Father and Son Said to Have Escaped the Jurisdiction of the Illinois Court. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 11.—The creditors of the two Kopperl banks, which are now in the hands of assignees, now make charges by implication in their petitions to the County Court]; while the missing bankers, the bookkeeper of the Canal- street place and the attorney for the elder Kopperl have been cited to-appear and an- swer pertinent questions about receiving checks and cash on the day of the failure. The younger Kopperl was said to be in Chicago to-day, but a Deputy Sheriff who ‘was sent to bring him into court could not find him before court closed. His father and mother are said to be at Mount Clem- ens, Mich., but the indignant depositors 1 both banks are not banking upon the return of either within the jurisdiction of the Illinois courts. The liabilities are now believed to be $100,000. The United Shoe Company, one of the principal creditors, declared in a petition in the court to-day that it deposited $2100 in the Canal-street Bank the day before the failure, having before that time $700 on deposit. A few hours before the bgnk closed its doors the company sent a check for $11 for payment and it was returned marked ‘“No funds.” Other creditors reported to the court evi- dence to show that the banks were prac- tically one, elthough publicly conducted as separate institutions. Snom oo aie Suffered No Hardships. PATCHOGUE, N. Y., Feb. 18.—The men ‘who left this place on Sunday morning in a sailboat to go to the wreck of the steamer Leamington to pick up the cases of wine returned home thisevening. They did not suffer any hardships. 2 AT Relief for the Injured. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 18.—A Tribune special from Washington says: Senator Perkins has introduced a bill in which the employes of all navy-yards will be much { —_—— Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS” (C.0000000) Received the HIGHEST AWARD at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the ANTWERP EXHIBITION. - ‘ nterested. JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First street, San Francisco, REPRESENTING Charles Graef & Co., N. Y., for Mineral Waters Not infrequently workmen while on duty at naval stations engaged at modern machinerv and implements em- ployed in shipbuilding are seriously nurt as a result of accidents of one kind or another. Senator Perkins proposes that after July next any civilian employe of @ navy-vard whoisaccidentally injured in the performance of duty is to receive relief at the expense of the Government. —_—— MYSTIC KREW OF COMUS. Jolly Paraders Wind Up the New Orleans Celebration. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 18.—The carnival parades were concluded to-night by the gorgeous and dazzling tableaux of the Mystic Krew of Comus. This organ- | ization is the oldest of its kind in the city, having made its first parade on Mardi Gras night, 1857, Since then its annual display has fit- tingly been the gorgeous conclusion of the street parades. The months and seasons of the year were the subjects illustrated to-night. The show was very imposinz and each float was loudly applauded. After the parade the Comus baYl wound up the festivities and to-morrow begins repentance with sackeloth and ashes. A Fight Against Combines. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 18.—The House last night adopted a resolution requesting the Judiciary Committee to prepare a bill which sball make unlawful and prohibit agreemen ts or combines by individuals and corporations that would be detri- mental to the welfare of the people of the State by increasing or raising the price of the necessaries of life, and givigg the proper officers of the State any additional power required to prevent the consumma- tion of any such agreement or combine. The resolution also declared against the coal combine. —_— Requisition Honored. CINCI ATI, Oxro, Feb. 18.—Govern Bushnel! this morning honored the req sition from Governor Bradley of Kentucky for the removal of Jackson, Walling and Wood to that State for trial. Under pro- ce aure these papers will be reviewed in the Criminal Court here and evidence taken to determine the court in its deci- sion. It may be several days before the matter is settled. sl “Bucket Shop” Dealings. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 18.—Judge Payne to-day dissolved the temporary injunction which Harry M. Greene obtained several weeks ago against the Board of Trade, restraining the directors from bringing him to trial on the charge of “bucket shop” dealings. His trial will take place next Friday. 1S TACTICS MUST CEASE Cut Rate Alliances of the South- ern Pacific Railway May Cause a Rate War. Members of the Transcontinental Pas- senger Association to Take Vigorous Steps. CHICAGO, TLL., Feb. 18.—The members of the Transcontinental Passenger A ciation are determined to resist the South- ern Pacific’ ncroachment on Colorado territory by inaugurating a California pas- senger rate war if necessary. A meeting of the association was held to-day at the headquarters here, officially to act on routine matters, but the tactics of the Southern Pacific formed a lively subject of discussion until a late hour. The representatives 6f the Chicago-Col- orado lines wanted an ultimatum served on the Southern Pacific to stop its cut-ra alliances with outside roads, by which large parties have been carried 1n a round- about way from New York to fan Fran- cisco, from San Francisco to Portsmouth and from Denver to New York. The Sea- board Air Line, which also has no interest in Colorado territory, is the principal ac- complice of the Southern Pacific. This irregular business is considered to be in defiance of the principles of mutunal interest, on which the association, of which the Southern Pacific is a member, was organized. The offending road will be given to undefstand in plain terms that such tactics must cease or the complain- ing competitors will take independent ac- tion to protect their interests, hsior Sk Struck by a Train. BEDFORD, Omuro, Feb. 18. — While Alfred Whitaker, a well-known Democratic pohtician, accompanied by his stepsons, Dana and Tom Cannon, was driving to the station this morning the vehicle was struck by a train at the Race-street cross- ing. instantly killed. probably die. Dana Cannon will John Rich, the driver, was so seriously injured that his recovery is | doubtful. Tom Cannon escaped by jump- ing. e Defaulted Bond Bids. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—Secre- tary Carlisle will probably announce to- morrow his decision as to whether he will awdtd the defaulted bonds to J. P. Morgan — e OTEan, NEW TO-DAY. @@@@)@O__- ms0/0,COmmm 000000000, MORE 3 ® COLUMBIA HARTFORD BICYCLES Are used than those of any other make. WEILX? Because they are BEST ! > 00, POPE MANUFACTURN 844 Post ST., S. F., CaL. Instruction and Renting De- partment—1070 Page st., near Park entrance. s OO COmm 000 COO OO ® ® ® © ® ® ® ‘Whitaker was hurled thirty feet and | (00000000 Several defaulting bidders are reported to have been found in St. Louis and Chicago, but there are other sub-treasuries wh o reports are notyet in, and until all are heard from no decision in the matter will be announcea. Nominations Confirmed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13—The Benate to-day in executive session coy- firmed the following nominations: Jasner Mornson of Missouri, to be judge advocate in the army with the rank of m vjor; Major W. H. Hewer, corps of engineers, 3 be a member of the Missouri River Commi. sion; also minor promotions in the army, Postmasters: Nevada — Tutor Clark, | Bareka. NEW TO~D‘/AIY. Dur Fort s Wool | | Our Fortifications are | our soldiers arrayed in |line handling tons and tons of cioth for the ben- efit of the public, and thereby throwing de- structiveness into the camps of our sc-called competitors. Our stronghold our Generals have mapped out in our prices, which are the talk of the tewn, and which have thrown shot and shell into the ranks of every tailor in the city. Look at these prices, and then can you won- der why they talk: 1 7© Siati or Bius Chevior it $1 0.0 0 guaranteed fast color, &l | wool, for.. Other tailors prid & We will dress you in a Three- Button Cutaway Suit, to order, of Black Clay Wors- e themselves on same $2 | ted, guarantead fast color, | elegantiy tailored and $13%¢ finely trimmed, for e Other tailors praise them at $25. der, fi tailored and bandsomely trimmed, for 31 J Other tailors boast of them at $28. We will catch your eye on our Black_and Blue Serge, all wool, 22 ounces, guaran teed fast color, from which we will make you a Suit, to or- | Be sure and come to this great sale, which will only last one week, and thereby place dollars in your pocke s. 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