The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 20, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXI PRICE FIVE CENTS, EOEBEL'S BILL NEXT I ORDER, The Discussion on Repeal May Begin To-day in Frankfort. BITTER FIGHT EXPECTED Huntington's Forces Will Seek to Delay Action by Making Long Speeches. SENATOR HAYS DECLARATION. Opposes the Repeal Measure Because the Magnate Has Long Been His Friend. FRANKFORT,. Ky., Feb, 19.—1T o but one bill of importance ahead of t bill to repeal the Southern Pacitic charter n the Senate. This is the house of reform bill, which has been made a special order for 11 o’clock to-morrow. Despite the shrewd tactics of Huntington’s agers in taking an active parts in all debates n these meas for time un- | der the g e of interestin the bills, the friends of the repeal bill hope to force the fight and shut off debate in time to dispose e matters and have the b re the end of to-morrc Le h 4 debates are e Hays and his Huntingtor th 1l and Senator Goebe meas- ure, and the fight will warm up to a high ' re the bill is passed in the upper I'wo sessions a day have already begun ed of, anc e expected to begin > time next week. The delight by friends of o will lend hearty aid ve, as it will greatiy facilitate e. Huntington’s managers are but the strong fight they are putting up to defeat the bill is every day more apparent. - ~Iam opposed to Senator Goebel’s bill, or any other looking to the repeal of the Southern Pacitic Company’s charter,’’ said Hays this morning, as he stood in y of the Senate cnamber, *‘because tington has been a friend of mine for many years, and I do not believe it just that the Legislature of Kentucky should repeal a charter that it granted years azo and under which great enter- ses have been projected and set on foot. large undertakings vast capital i juired, and a great many persons are interested as stockholders. To repeal the cuarter would necessarily cause great 1d distress among them. The people of California should protect themselves through the courts ana their road Commission. ‘eend to eend,’ and we are going to beat it, too, in the Senate, eat 1t badly. Itshould never have introduced.” The major seemed a bit conscious that an ancient friendship with Mr. Hunting: ton, and the consequent employment of free passes and other privileges on his roads, were not such reasons for his action as would entirely satisfy his constituents and the public generally, but they were the best he had, and so he gave them, with bhis argumentative conclusions to back them up. When he said, “Let the people of California protect themselves through the co nd the Railroad Commission,” 1 not mean to be so sarcastic, as that t the major's way. He only meant interests and the wishes of the of his fellow-countrymen now inder the .burdens put upon them by Huntington & Co. were a second- )nsideration with him 8o long as he enjoyed the friendship of the atomic- souled old man. That intimacy has been a valuable one to the major. It saves him at least 60 cents a day 1n railroad fare in and out to his place on the C. 0. & S. W. road. The major was the subject of a scathing editorial in the Louisville Evening Post the other day in which he was charged with misrepresenting his city and repudia- ting his party by his course in the Sena- torial contest and with pursuing the same with a view of making trades of votes for certain purposes. It windsup by saying that “it is another and a final illustration of Mr. Hayes’ unfitness for any public service—an untitness that was discovered years ago. When this district refused to send him to Congress, though he did have the Democratic nomination. Had he the regard for his constituents that he pro- fesses, Mr. Hayes would resign at once.” Well, not much! Mr. Huntington wants the major there and the major will stay. Their antagonism on the Senatorial race bas developed some unfriendly feeling between Mr. Weissinger and Major Hayes, which it is to be hoped will have its effect when the repeal bill comes up and keep Weissinger rather in the lukewarm state as far as giving a hearty support to the ef- forts of the major against itis concerned. Senator C. C. McChord of Springfield, Ky., who is warm in his support of tue re; veal bill, has introduced a bill himself looking to the protection of the people by enlarging the powers of the Railroad Com- mission of which he was lately a member. He i1c a fine lawyer and a popular man and will lend Goebel very material assistance. He knows something of Huntington’s methods from his former experience and the influx of an additional force of lobby- 1sts to fight his bill will only put him more on his mettle and fix him firmly on Goebel’s gide. 3 The supporters of Senator Blackburn, while not surprised at tke tenor ot Secre- tary Carlisle’s letter declining to assist Blackburn in the Senatorial fight, are angry as hornets over the cool and delib- crate rebuff they have received. The re- cult of it is to widen the breach between the respectiva factions on the financial estion in this State and also to intensify feeling between the party and the Sec- retary. The gold men are jubilant over Mr. Carlisle’s course and say that had he lent Blackburn a helping hand it would keeping sh sound-money delegation to the National Convention. The joint assembly had trouble at the start to-day overa supposed pair between Senators Bowling (R.)and Walker (D.), as a misunderstanding arose over it, and when Senator Bowling answered to his name a dozen Democrats arose and chal- { lenged his right to respond. Considerable excitement prevailed for the time, but in the meantime Mr. Walker came into the | hall and straightened matters out. The twenty-sixth ballot resulted: 1[)11)~ i ter, 60; Blackburn, 60; scattering, 8. Nec- essary to a choice, 66. In an interview to-day Dr. Godfrey Hunter, Republican nomiree for United States Senator, announced for the first time that he was for ‘‘sound’’ money. Mr. | Hunter said: “In the State convention, which, de- clared unconditionally for a gold stand- ard, T was a member of the platform com- mittee and fought for that platform. 1 am a ‘sound’ money advocate and always ve been. Irefer to my course in Con- ress and to my public utterances. I have not yet seen any cause to change the views I have heretofore held.” ———e- WILL NOT INTERFERE. Secretury Carlisle’s Reply to the Appeal From Kentucky Democrats. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—The text of Secretary Carlisle’s letter to the Kentucky Democracy, reference to which has been made in Kentucky dispatches TrE CALL, is as follows: Gentlemen: Your telegram, in which you ap- 10 me 10 request and urge that five Demo- cmembers of the general assembly who > not supporting the nominee, to join with ou) in voting for him was duly received, 1d has been given the careful consideration | which ot and the number and character demanded. h as the five gentlemen referred to ing in a representative capacity and are with the whole situation and all the stances connected with it, I am bound | to assume that they are more competent than |T am to determine their duty to their party | and their constituents and how that duty shall be discharged, and an attempt by me to influ- | ence their sction might very properly be regarded by them asa presumptuous interfer- ence in a matterof the gravest importance, | which has been committed solely to their own judgments. But e to a if this were not so, I have no right to assume that the honestconvictions of the five gentlemen alluded to in your communica- | tion eould be changed by my interference, or | thet they could be induced contrary to such convictions by advice which they have not olicited. Having heretofore tendered no ad- vice or made any suggestion, directly or indi- rectly, to any member of the General Assembly on either side of the unfortunate controversy now existing, I must respectiully decline to do 50 now or hercafter. It may not be considered inappropriate in this brief response to your appeal to assure you that I will at all times cheerfully co- operate in any proper manner with you and all others in any effort that may be made to unite all our friends in supporting the Demo- tic organization in Kentucky and main. sound Democratic principles and poli- s as declared by the constituted authorities of the party, State and what has been said to all ascertain my views upon the subject, that T sincerely aesire to see the present General Assembly send to the Senate of the United States a Democrat who is in foll sympathy with these objecis. Very respectiully, % To C. J. Bronston, Hon. H. L. Fenton Simms and others, Fran! e SENATOR ALLEN'S BILL. Eegulates the Disposal of Land Granted to Bond-Aided Railroads. > WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—Senator Allen of Nebraska to-day introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to promptly issue to all purchas- ers of land granted by the United States in sid of the construction of bond-aided railroads or their assigns, patents for such lands as have been earned and sold to third parties when the said purchasers have paid the United States the principal and interest that may be due upon their respective contracts, and money arising therefrom shall be held by the United States as a *‘trust fund”’ until such time as the amounts due the United States from said raiiroads shall be determined and adjusted by Congress or other legal authority. The receipts shall be deemed as conclusive evidence of payment in all Federal and State courts, as though they bad been made to the railroad company in the first instance. Hereafter no road in arrears to the Gov- { ernment shall sell or otherwise dispose of or encumber granted lands until the pri cipal and interest is paid. — LUS ANGELES PEOTEST. Workingmen Demand Justice in Dealing With Huntington. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Feb. 19.—The Los Angeles County Council of Labor, repre- senting 6000 voters and twenty-seven dif- ferent trades unions,ata regular meeting to- night, adopted the following resolutions: WrEREAS, We, as citizens of the common- wealth, are unalterably opposed to the con- tinuance of & monopoly which has for years past systematically plundered the people, bribed Legislatures and corrupted our judi- ciary; and whereas, the time is rapidly ap- proaching, when in the absence of a special law passed in its interest, the mo- nopoly represented by C. P. Huntington must cemse; and whereas, the paid lobby- ists of this source of motorious corruption are at present thronging the halls of Congress, endeavoring, by bribery and misrepresenta- tion, to induce the people’s representatives to enact a special law in the interestof the said Huntington thathe may continue to rob the people of ‘this State for another fifty years; therefore, be it Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed tothe funding of the Pacific Railroad debt; and furthermore, we demand that Mr. Hunt- ington be treated precisely as any other cred- itor of tne Government would be in the ab- sence of & settlement of hisindebtedness dollar for dollar. Resolved, That & copy of these resolutions be furnished the San Francisco CALL. MAGUIRE DE NDS DUCKWORTH. Belicves an Injustice Has Been Done to the Chief Clerk. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—Judge Maguire believes an injustice is being done to C. C. Duckworth, chief clerk of the Assembly of the last Legislature of Califormia. He said: “Immediately after the passage of the Belshaw resolution I received a copy of it by telegraph signed ‘James H. Buad, Governor,” and presented it to the House of Representatives. 1 also examinea a copy of the resolution yesterday on the files of the committee and find its purport to have been teiegraphed by the Gov- ernor.” Prince Ferdinand Recognized. . LONDON, Exc., Feb. 19.—Constanti- nople advices state that all of the powers have assented to the recognition of Prince Ferdinand as the lawful ruler of Bul- have been no use to attempi to send a | garia. RNV My i g\ '(\@ Bear — “For whom did you set that trap ?” ENGLAND RESOLVES T0 ARBITRATE, Lord Salisbury Will Deal With the United States Direct. SETTLEMENT NEAR AT HAND. The Method to Be Adopted Is All That Remains to Be De- cided Upon. LONDON, Exc., Feb. 19.—The paily Chronicle wili to-morrow announce the actual situation between Great Britain and the United States regarding the Venezue- lan boundary dispute thus: “Great Britain is resoived to arbitrate the Venezuelan boundary dispute directly with the United States. The method to be adonted and details of the settlement are alone under consideration. The Gov- ernments are being urged by persons of influence to conclude the settlement as speedily as possible.” The Westminster Gazette publishes an article urging Lord Sahisbury not to further delay the reply of Great Britain to the proposal to appoint a joint British and American Venezuelan commission. For England, the Gazette says, there is great advantage in settling the question with the United States instead of Venezuela. If America claims the dispute as her own, she must assume the attendant liability of becoming surety for Venezuela. England, at least, has nothing to complain of. The Pall Mall Gazette says that the Right. Hon. George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, will announce the naval pro- gramme of the Government Monday. Be- sides the sum of £9,500,000, which will be asked ior the construction of four battie- ships, four first-class cruisers, four third- | class cruisers and sixty torpedo-destroyers, the Government will ask for a large vote for guns and men. The Times will to-morrow print a dis- patch from Caracas denying that the aunthorities are in possession of official knowledge of a direct settlement with | England of the Venezuelan-British Guiana boundary dispute. NATIVES BECOME TRAITORS. Abyssinians Under General Baratieri's Command Will Surrender Important Positions. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—A special cable dispatch to the Herale from Rome says: Dispatches from the seat of war in Abyssinia announce that a number of ma- tive troops forming General Baratieri’'s ad- vance guard have revolted against the Italians and intend to hand over impor- tant positions to the enemy. This has rendered the situation much more serious and proves the Italian com- mander-in-chief to be absolutely wanting in foresight. Itisfeared that this revolt will have a bad effect on other native allies. The news has produced a very bad im- pression here. The Fanfulla expresses a fear that there will be further defections among the black troops, and that other unpleasant surprises may be in store. King Menelik is operating on a quad- rilateral formed by Asmara, Keren, Mas- sowah and his present camp. The offen- sive operations of the Abyssinians are be- coming more accentuated. A number of outpost affairs have taken place, in which the Italians have been successful. It is evident that the Negus counts on further defections among the native levies on the Italian side. General Baratieri has taken precautionary measures to prevent | this. A number of other generals are un- der orders to leave for the front. st FIRE CAUSES A PANIC. Merrymakers at a Masked Ball Burned or Trampled to Death — Forly Bodies Recovered, LISBON, PorruGAn, Feb. 19.—During the progress of a masked ball given by the Artists’ Club of Santarem,a town fifty miles from Lisbon, last night, at the close of the carnival here, 41 broke out inthe building and the flames spread with frightful rapidity. A terrible panic ensued and many of the dancers and several outsiders who went to their rescue were either burned to death or fatally crushed or trampled in the rush | to escape from the :burning building. Forty bodies have been recovered. Bl WILLIAM TO BE SNUBBED. Socialists in the Keichstag Will Not At- trnd the Anniversary Banguet. BERLIN, GerMANY, Feb. 19.—The So- cialist members of the Reichstag have re- solved not to attend the banquet to be given on March 21, tvo celebrate the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the creation of that body, because it has been announced that Baron von Bulot-Berenberg, presi- | dent of the Reichstag, will propose a toast to the Emperor. In the course of the discussion of the military estimates in the Reichstag to-day Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, and Herr Lenzmann of the Freissinnige party, at- tacked the right of the Emperor to abso- lute enforcement of discipline and authori- | ty in the army, entitling his Majesty even to order a man to be shot. WRECKED BY DYNAMITE Hundreds of Houses in a Suburb of Johannesburg Are Razed. Many People Believed to Have Been Buried Under the Ruins of Their Homes. JOHANNESBURG, SouTr AFRIcA, Feb. | 19.—A large quantity of dynamite exploded at Viedendorph, a suburb of this city, this evening, wrecking hundreds of houses in the vicinity. All the window-panes in Johannesburg were broken by the con- cussion. It is feared that great loss of life was caused by the explosion, and the police and inhabitants are engaged in the work of searching the ruins of the de- ‘molished buildings for bodies of victims of the disaster. AL Py DICKSON IS SKEPTICAL. Does Not Believe That Nansen Reached the North Pole. LONDON, ExG., Feb. 19.—Baron Oscar A. Dickson, a patron of Arctic explora- tion, has expressed himself as being en- tirely skeptical regarding the alleged dis- covery of the north pole by the Dr. Nansen expedition. The Fram, Dr. Nansen’s ship. Baron Dickson says, was probably seen drifting in the pack ice. and that fact, ne thinks, gave rise to the conjecture that the expiorer had discovered the pole and was returning. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 19.— The Bussian explorer, Baron Toll, who es- tablished the Nansen provision depots on the new Siverian islands, said to-day that he was convinced that Dr. Nansen was re- turning by the way of the provision de- pots, and thought it probable that he was lingering on the way in order to recuper- ate. : — g st E Excellence and Purity the Standard. Americans always want the best, hence G. H. Mumm & Co.’s Extra Dry is one- third of the total importation ‘in 1885, or 45,125-cases more than of any other brand. FRENCH MINISTERS T0 FORCE AN ISSUE Determined to Push the Struggle With the Senate to a Conclusion, STRONG RESISTANCE IS MET. Moderates in the Chamber Will En- deavor to Pull Down the Gov- ernment’s Prop. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—A special cable dispatch to the Sun from Paris says: The past forty-eight hours have sharpened the lines of the impending political con- flict between the Cabinetand the Senate. 1t is now generally believed that the Min- isters have deliberately raised the issue and intend to force it to a conclusion. It is even more certain that the Senate will resist to its last resort the attempt to sub- ordinate its will and authority to those of the lower house. The situation is in one sense similar to that which often exists between the Senate and House at Washington, or between the Lords and Commons in England, but it is unprecedented in France and has a very different significance under the French constitution, which makes the Cabinet responsible to both Houses of the Legis- lature. The Bourgeois . Cabinet, after making a statement which virtually gives to a vote of confidence in the Chamber the signifi- cance it does not legitimately possess, of censure upon the Senate, has decided to do nothing further until the Senate shall take the initiative at its session on Friday. The Moderates ia the Chamber, however. are so alarmed by the situation that they will probably make some effort at to- morrow’s session either to outvote the Government or otherwise deprive them of the backing of the lower House in the fight against the Senate. The deadlock, at all events, will notlast long, for now, that the radicals have shown their teeth, they will be fought desperately both in and out of Parliament. Perhaps it will be the bestthing in the end if the plans of the gloum be aliowed to develop a little further, in order to expose the daugers clearly and allow public senti- ment to meet them. HIRES NON-UNION MEW. One Complaint Against Senator Stewart’s Paper, the Sil- ver Knight. Carl Browne Supplies the Cartoons, While the Nevadan Writes Heavy Editorials. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—The latest literary combination has been ar- ranged between Senator Stewart of Ne- vada and Carl Browne of California, the picturesque young artist who played Sancho Panza to Coxey’s Don Quixote!dur- ing the ‘march of the Commonweal army upon Washington two years ago, and who afterward married Coxey’s daughter. Senator Stewart writes the editorials for the Silver Knight and Browne makes car- toons to illustrate them. The Senator clairos that his paper, which has been running only a year or so, now has a cir- culation of 65,000 copies, all paid for in advance, the larger portion at the rate of $1 & year, the remainder at the Tate of fifty | cents in clubs of 100. The editorial offices are in Washington, but the mechanical work is done in Alexandria, for the pur- pose of avoiding the typographical union, the vpressmen’s union and other labor organizations. In Alexandria there is no typographical union and the Senator may not only employ non-union men, but may regulate his own wages. This will furnish an interesting topic for the next Populist convention to discuss. But there is little doubt that the Silver Knight hasa large and growing ci cula- tion, for Editor Stewart has been com- pelled to buy & couple of new and im- proved presses, which are now being set up in his Alexandria establishment. Stewart is grand sachem of the Silver Knights of America and is listing recruits rapidly. ‘There are temples in every State, from Maine to Washington, but they are most numerous-and have the largest mem- bership in the West and South. A Repre- sentative in Congress from Ohio says there are not 500 voters in his county, Re- publican or Democratic, who do not be- long to the order, while in Kansas, Ne- braska, Colorado and other States further west there are temples in every village. o g WILL KOT BE ABROGATED. Traffic Contract Between the Pacific Mail and the Panama Railroad Still in Effect. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—It i3 stated authoritatively that there is no danger of an abrogation of the traffic con- tract between the Panama Railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The facts as to the failure of the Pacific Mail Company to deliver business to the Panama road are that the Central Ameri- can and west coast traflic was so heavy that there was not room enough on the Pacific Mail boats for freight via the Isthmus of Panama, and it was sent by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Two Pacific Mail boats, which formerly ran on the Atlantic, are on the way from New York to go into service on the Pucific, and thev will be able to handle the business in- tended for the Panama Railroad. The contract between the two provides explicitly that the Pacific Mail shall fur- nish adequate facilities for delivering busi- ness to the Panama road. Accordingly the Pacific Mail Company will bave to pay an indemnity to the Panama Railroad for its recent failure to do so. Arbitrators will determine the amount as stipulated in the contract. P D CAVE OF THE WINDS VISITED. Extensive Exploration Made Possible by the Lowness of the Niagara. NIAGARA FALLS,N. Y., Fub. 19.—The “dry”’ condition of the falls yesterday was such that, under the guidance of John Barlow, the Cave of the Winds guide, a party of thirty men made an exploration of the Cave of the Winds in a way never made before. The cave could be reached only on the remarkable ice formation, the bridges of stairways heretofore in use hav- ing been crushed to pieces. The cave presented a remarkable appear- ance. In some places the ice formed on the rocks towered sixty to eighty feet above the heads of the spectators. Instead of the immense volume of water ordinarily coming over there was scarcely more than a mist. From this spot, which is within the cir- cle of the Horseshoe Falls, the party walked on the ice bridge directly before the American Falls and within full sweep of it, and followed almost the line of the course taken by tho Maid of the Mist steamer 1n the navigation season. This is the first time that the bridge has been known to extend so far east, and no one has been known to have traveled over the route taken yesterday. —— ANSARCHISTS AT WORK. Four Bombs Exploded in Garden at Madrid. MADRID, Spary, Feb. 19.—A bomb was exploded at 9 o’clock this morning in the garden of the royal palacein this city. An energetic search was at once instituted by the palace guard, and while this was going on three more bombs were exploded at different points in the garden. No one was injured by the explosions, which are believed to have been the work of an anarchist. DEATH WAS N THE AR A Lawyer's Illustration of an Assassin’s Act Almost Ends in a Tragedy. the Royal He Wields a Butcher’s Cleaver, and the Blade Is Hurled Into the Crowd of Spectators. CHICAGO, Trn, Feb. 19.—At 3 o’clock to-day a jury found Nic Marzen guilty of the murder of Fritz Holzhuetter in this city on January 30, 1895, and condemned him to death, The murder was for momey wkich Holzhuetter was known to have for the purpose of buying cattle. The closing scene of the trial wasin- tense, dramatic and almost tragic. While making the closing address, Prosecuting Attorney Pearsen picked up the butcher’s cleaver, with which he claimed Marzen killed Hoizhuetter, and, by way of illus- tration to the jury as to the manner of the murderous blow, raised the cleaver over his head with a quick motion, intending to bring it down heavily. But the glisten- ing blade flew from the handle, went over the heads of a dozen persons and struck a pillar in the courtroom, entering the hard wood to the depth of a half inch. Two men, one of them Charles Pagte, a wit- ness, sat near the pillar and the keen- edged steel passed between their heads with scarcely an inch of space on either side. This excitement was followed by the collapse of the prisoner, while Judge Smith was reading his instructions. He tried to rise, his arms fell on the table in front of him and he fell forward on his face. Wild excitement was caused in the crowded courtroom, Mrs. Marzen’s shrieks piercing the air. The Judge was com- pelled to adjourn court. e New York's Blizzard. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Dispatches from various cities in Western New York and Pennsylvania show no abatement in the blizzard which began last night. Tne railroads are badly blocked and the tem- FORD APPEARS FOR. THE MINERS, Gains the Support of the California Delegation in Congress. WILL AID HIS BILLS. Reduction of the Caminetti Act’s Penalty Clause Is Alone Opposed. USE OF RESTRAINING DAMS. He Declares That the System Has Proved a Success—An Agree- ment Reached. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19.—A meet- ing of the California Congressional delega- tion with the visiting delegates from Cali- fornia was held this afternoon. Eenator White presided. The principal object was to bring about a more amicable under- standing between the representatives of the mining and of the agricultural dis tricts. 2 Tirey L. Ford, on behalf of the miners’ convention, denied the charge that the re- straining dams erected under the Cami- netti act had proved a failure. -He admit- ted that an unusually severe winter had caused ten of those dams to break, but he said hydrauiic mining was being carried on behind 104 dams, only four of which had not .withstood the unusual floods. He thought that this was a good showing for tbe beginning of a great and difficult sys- tem of impounding the debris, and that a little more care on the part of the Debris Commission in issuing permits would make the system perfectly safe. Ford stated that he was willing to go as far as he possibly could to meet the views of the valley people, but there were two points upon which he was compelled to insist. First, the appropriation which he sought must not be less than $250,000, and second, it must be made in such a manner as to unlock the appropriation made by the California Legislature. With these two conditions reserved, ke was willing to join forces with the valley delegates and work in barmony with them. He said, further, that he was perfectly willing to support a bill creating a Sacramento River commission, and would cheerfully do a!l he could for it. Ford explained the provisions of the bill introduced by Johnson in the House and Perkins in the Senate, revising the Federal mining laws. He stated that Senator Stewart had also introduced a bill in the Senate for the revision of the Federal mining laws, but that it differed materi- ally from the Perkins and Johnson bill. “The point upon which miners most strongly insist,” said Mr. Ford, ‘“‘is the provision for the transfer of contests (as to the mineral or agricultural character of land), from the land offices to the local courts in the respective counties where the land is situated.” He said Senator Stewart had agreed to permit this proyision to beadded to his bill, and that a further conference was to be bad with Senator Stewart with the view to harmonizing other differences in the bill. Ford took occasion to correct an erro- neous impression upon the part of some of the delegation that hydraulic mining was or ever had been an unlawful busie ness. He quoted from the California Su- preme Court to the effect that the business was not itself unlawful, and that injunc- tions were issued only where the busi- ness was so conducted as to injure other property. The delegation agreed to support the bills reported by Ford, except the bill re- ducing the penalty under the Caminetti act, which it decided not to approve. The river delegates agreed not to oppose Ford’s measures, though they did not agree to suppotr them. BROTHERS IN A DUEL. Both Are Killed and a Would- Be Peace. maker Is Injured. LONDON, K., Feb, 19.—News was re- ceived here this eveningof a double killing on Slaters Fork, nine miles above Harlan Courthouse, 1 which Milford and Felix Fee, brothers, were shot to death by each other and John Fee, a cousin of the two men, was seriously injured while acting in the role of peacemaker. The Fee brothers were under the influence of whisky at the time. - NYE 1S SINKING RAPIDLY. The Death of the Humorist 1s Not Far p Distant. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Feb. 19.—News from the bedside of the humorist, “Biil Nye,”” who was stricken by paralysis at his home at Buck Shoals last night, is that he is sinking; that he may live a few weeks or may die at almost any hour. e Disaster in a Mine. SOUTH McALESTER, I.T., Féb. 19.— Gas exploded in the Osage Coal Mining Company’s shaft at Knebs yesterday. Five miners were severely burned, two of whom are likely to di A Course Of medicine for purifying the blood and building up the system is needed now. A few bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla will give strength of nerve, mind and body. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. Alldru the after-dinner pill and perature hovers around the zero mark. Hood’s Pills s family cathartic. 25