The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1896, Page 2

% THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY ¢ Dy 1896. MRS, GRESHAM T0 GET A PENSION, ‘» But It Will Be Only Half| of the Recommended | Amount, | ONE HUNDRED A MONTH | | Dave Hill Opposes the Proposed Investigation of Bond Issues. MORGAN’S APPEAL FOR CUBA.| It Is Time, He Says, That Christianity | Interfere With Spanish Cruelties. WASHINGTO D. C., Feb. 24.—The | cor uation of the speech of Senator Mor- | gan of Alabama in the Senate to-day, in | support of the concurrent resoiution for | the recognition of Cuban belligerency, did | not arouse a particle of the excitement and enthusiasm which the first part of the 1 speech last Thursday, together with the | other speeches of that day, aroused. It was too much a historical review, and was interspersed with the reading of too many | eXtracts from United States Consuls in | letters and reports, for the most part too | tedious to attract attention or arouse en- | thusiasm. The y forcible partsof it were these: Mr. Morgan expressed his as- | tonishment that, in view of the Spanish | atrocities in the island, ‘“‘this grand, iree | ticed by the Spanish rulers and soldiers on the people of the island. The atrocities of the Spanish troops, he said, shocked the civilizea world. He quoted the statement of “‘an accurate and able historian’ that in the last ten years war in the island of Cuba, the Spanish minister admitted that in addition to the 13,600 Cubans who had been killed in battle 48,500 prisoners had been put vo death. When he first read that he said he inquired of himself what Christianity had been doing it the worid if in this age it was possible that such things could be done on an island like Cuba, and that “this grand, free republic could sit indifferent, knowing the facts and not unsheath the sword and strike to death the brutal monarch who inflicted 1] Frye (R.) of Maine, asked Morgan to state his authority “for that wonderful statement—that horrible statement.” Morgan was sorry to say that he could not recall the name. “Is it from history?” Fry asked. ‘“Yes, deliberately written,” Morgan re- plied, “and written by a Spaniard.” “Does the Senator believe it?” Frye asked. “I hesitated a long time, ' Morgan re- plied, “to credit it; but to disbetieve I would have' to disbelieve any deliberate statement made by a historian in a book of universal acceptance—the American Encyclopedia. Call (D.) of Florida, in further corrobora- tion of the statement, read some extracts from a pamphlet by Clarence King, re- hearsing instances of horrible atrocities by the Spanish troops in Cuba. Morgan resumed his speech. the fact that the American people had witnessed those struggles for so many years was enough to prove their faith- ful adhesion to National duty. They could go no further in their for- bearance without a stain on ational hnhomor and wthout doing injustice to the Government and people of the United States. Morgan read copious He said Cuba as to the progress of the insurgents, and summed them up by saying that the rising bad gone to the extentof a great public war, and the likelihood was that in the end the Cubans would achieve their liberty. Republic could sit indifferently by, know- | ing the facts, and not unsheath the sword | and strike death to the brutal monarch | who inflicted them.” And he declared that the American people “could go no further in their forbearance without a stain on the National honor.” He will finish his speech to-morrow. The resolution of Lodge of Massachu- setts for an inquiry into the facts and cir- cumstances of recent bond issues was taken up and discussea till the close of the morning hour, when it went to the caiendar without action. In opposing it Hill (D.) of New York characterized it as | “a stab in the dark,” and as baving no | foundation *‘but the wails and complaints | of disappointed bidders.” The bill granting a pension of $200 a month to the widow of the Secretary of | State Walter Q. Gresham, as brigadier- | xeneral (with an amendment reported by the Pensions Committee, reducing the amount to §100) was taken up, and Turpie | (D.) of Indiana moved that the amend ment be conc He proceeded to | address the Senate on the subject. Hesaid the appointment of Mr.Gresham as Secre- tary of State by President Cleveland had | taken the country by surprise, as Mr. | Gresham had never been known asa mem- ber of the Democratic party. It had been | regarded as a quite singular and broad de- parture from established usage. Mr. Gresbam had gone into the office of Secre- tary of State as a stranger to those of his own household and his position was at first one of political isolation, but not for long. The man himself was uever isolated. | His modesty, his truth, his moderation of character and his uniform courtesy soon established between him and his col- leagues and the members of the two houses that intimate and direct relation 80 necessary to the successiul administra- ion of his high office. His. career hac | been from the camp to the court and fron: | the court to the Cabinet. He had receivec | high honors from both the great parties of | the country as if nature had given him ome strange right of primogeniture. | The committee’s amendment was agreed | to and the bill (granting Mrs. Gresham a | pension of §100 a month) was passed. Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire, chair- | man of the Committee on Pensions, rising | to a question of privilege, referred to cor- respondgnce in the New York Sun reflect- ing upon that committee for the speed with which the pension bills were rushed through the Senate last Wednesday. He stated that instead of 120 bills being passed | in an hour there were sixty-seven bills vassed in two and three-quarter hours. The total increase in those bills was ex- actly $1006 per month, or $12,072 per year. He thought the article with its scare head- lines and its misrepresentations was rather small business for a great metropolitan journal. mischief. justifiable exercise of journalistic enter- prise. The resolution heretofore offersd by Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts for investiga- tion by the Finance Committee of all the facts and circamstances connected with the sale of United States bonds from 1894 to 1896, inclusive, was taken up and a sub- stitute for it was offered by Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas, enlarging the scope of the inquiry and directing it to be made bya select committee of five Senators. Lodge moved to lay the substitute on the table. Hill (D.) of New York desired to discuss the subject, but was cut off by the motion to lay on the table, Lodge remarking he had mnade that motion to cut off discussion. The motion to lay on the table was dis- agreed to, and Harris (D.) of Tennessee moved to amend the substitute by strik- ing out the provision for a select commit- tee and allowing the inquiry to be con- ducted by the Finance Committee. Hill (D.) of New York said that so far as Lodge's resolution was concerned it was not objectionable in form. It treated the Secretary of the Treasury courteousiy and was in other respects unobjectionable. But he did not assume that it was the province of the Senate to investigate every subject that might be suggested by a Sen- ator. Before voting for such an investiga- tion the Senate should ascertain the mo- tive behind it and the objects to be sub- served by it. Tt wasa strange thing that every act of a department was to be in- vestigated on the simple, bare suggestion of a Senator. He was opposed to the resolution, not because it attacked a Democratic Secretary of the Treasury; be would oppose it if his worst political enemy occupied that high office. At the close of the morning hour the Lodge and Peffer resolutions went to the calendar without action and the resolu- tion as to the recognition of belligerent rights in Cuba was taken up, Morgan (D.) of Alabama resuming his speech in sup- port of the resolution. Morean reviewed the history of Cuba for the last hundred vears, dwelling upon the instances of cruelty and oppression prac- CAROLIE VERY JELOUS. | contract with Alice and announced to the Such articles, he said, did much | They were a wicked and un- | ‘When Morgan took his seat (but without finishing his speech) White (D.) of Califor- nia offered a substitute for the concurrent resolution, declaring that the Senate con- | templates with solicitude and profound thei | regret the sufferings and destruction ac- | | companying the civil conffict now in prog- | ress in Cuba, and expressing the trust | that the Executive Department will, as | soon as the facts will warrant, recognize | the belligerency of those who are in arms against Spafn, and that the good ofices of | the United States may be prudently, peace- | | fully and effectively exerted to the end | that Cuba may be enabled to establish a | vermanent government of her own choice. The subject went over tiil to-morrow, | when Morgan will continue his speech. | The House bill to provide for the exten- ion by five yearsof the time within which nits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents to railroad companies, was reported from the Committee on Public Lands, discussed briefly and passed. | The Vice-Presidentannounced his signa- | ture to the urgent deficiency bill. | After a short éxecutive session, the Sen- | :45p. M. adjourned until to-morrow. | Mrs. Hoyt Objects to the Nice Criticism of Alice Pierce's Acting. | And Now an Attempt Is Made to Force the Young Woman Out | of the Company. | BOSTON, M There is trou- ble in Charles ‘A Contented | Woman’ company. Caroline Miskel Hoyt | is charged with being jealous of one of the | other women in the company,®and the matter is to be aired in the courts here the first Menday in March. The interested parties are Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Mary Pierce, who bas been playing the part of the strong-minded woman in the piece, and her fair daughter, Alice, who was also in the company. Mrs. Pierce tells the fol- lowing tale: “Alice, who is but 16, has been taking a light comedy part in the play. Previous to putting this show on the road we worked | for Mr. Hoyt, and had no trouble. Last September Mr. Hoyt signed a forty weeks’ public that it was for three years. Every- | thing was all right till we played in San Francisco. There the papers criticized Mrs. Hoyt’s work severely and boomed Alice, giving her three times the attention they did Mrs. Hoyt. Tnen Mrs. Hoyt and the stage manager began trying to force Alice out of ihe company. The critics were even worse in Chicago. There was quite a little feeling about the notices Alice and Mrs. Hovt were gettinz. When we here Mr. Hoyt told me he would need us no longer. Iasked him why, and he said Alice was inimical to harmony in the com- pany. He would not say why, Mr. Hoyt refuses to discuss the case.” It is said in theatrical circles that Mrs. Hoyt objected to its being pointed out | that her value as an astress lay wholly in her physical charms. SR AFTER THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Methods That Lo Not Please the Trunk Lines. CHICAGO, Irn., Feb. 24.—The railroads in the Trunk Line Association have noti- fied the Southern Pacific that they wiil no charged by that line on transcontinental business secured by Southern Pacific agents in Europe. The Southern Pacific, not being a member of the Western Im. migrant Clearing-house, has been getting the largest share of immigrant business by paying agents in Eurone, and the trunk lines have taken this action to force the South ern Pacific to abandon such agencies or bear all the expense. The direct lines to Colorado are whet- ting their scalping-knived for the Southern Pacific, and threaten a general cut in Cali- fornia passenger rates if their rival does not stop its practice of getting big party business by routine from the Pacigc or Atlantic in a roundabout way. The latest grievance is that the Southern Pacific is negotiating for a large party from Phila- delphia by its Morgan line of steamers to Galveston, thence via its Sunset route to the Denver and Gulf road, which will carry the party of settlers into Colorado, if the threat of a war does not have the desired effect. B Failure of Furniture-Makers, ROCKFORD, Itr., Feb. 24.—The Star Furniture Company of this city kas been closed on a confession of judgment in favor of the Forest City National Bank of Rock ford for $5000. The total liabilities ar- about $50,000. It was organized eighe years ago and has been a co-operative int stitution, the workingmen being the prin- cipal shareholders. The assets are un- { churches having abandoned their claims | in the House by the election of 1894 to the known. EDUCATION OF THE INDIANS, As Usual, There Is a Bitter Contest in the House. THE CONTRACT SCHOOLS. Sectarianism the Basis of an Argument in Making the Appropriation. ONE PROVISION CAST ASIDE. The Secretary of the Interior Not Permitted to Spend Money as in the Past. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—The | perennial contest over the appropriation of money for the education of Indian | children at contract sectarian schools came up in the House to-day in the course of the | consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, and was fought out in an hour and a half. The result was that by a vote of 93 to 64 the provision that the Secretary ofthe Interior shall make contract: th present contract schools for the education of Indian pupils to an extent not exceeding 60 per | cent on the amount so used for the fiscal | year 1895 was stricken out, on motion by i Linton (R.) of Michigan and an amendment | inserted preventing the Secretary of the Tnterior from spending any of the money appropriated for education in a sectarian | institution. Under the existing condition only Cath- olic schools are in contract relations with the Interior Department, the other for public money. In his speech in sup- port of the amendment Linton attributed the overwhelming change in the personnel sentiment in the country against the ap- propriations of public funds for sectarian schools of instructions. The amendment was advocated by Cooper (R.) of Wiscon- sin, Pearson (R.) of North Carolina, Wat- son (R.) of Ohio, Haines (R.) of Nebraska and Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, and opposed by Gamble (R.) of South Dakota, Eddy (R.) of Minnesota, Walsh (D.) of New York and Sherman (R.) of New York. Consideration of the bill was concluded with the exception of the paragraph di- recting the purcbase of title of the Ogden Land Company to the lauds within the Allegheny and Catterangus reservations in New York and that was postponed until | to-morrow. By agreement between Sherman (R.) of New York, chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and Babeock (R.) of Wis- conein, chairman of the Committee on Affairs of the District of Columbia, it Was decided to postpoue consideration of ¥di trict business, the special order for to-day, under the rules, until the completion of | consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, the unfinished business on the cal- endar, and the House proceeded in com- mittee of the whole to further consider the Indian bill. Herrmann (R.) of Oregon | offered an amendment provided thatlands | allotted in severalty to Indians and held | in trust by the United States shall be sub- | ject to the same taxes as are levied against | other lands in the same county or town, to be paid out of the United States treasury as long as the trust lasts. It was rejected ona point of order as new legislation, raised by Sherman (R.) of New York. The provision in the bill inserted by the | Indian Commission giving the Puyallup Indians authority to sell their allotted lands in the Tacoma reservation was stricken out on a point of order that it was new legislation. A provision appropriating $5000 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate for the surrender or modification of exist- ing treaties was ruled out on a point of order. A provision giving all children of mar- riages between white men and Indian wo men the rights of the tribe to which the mother belongs was also stricken out be- cause it changed existing law. When the section of the bill making ap- propriations for the supportof schools was reached there followed an hour’s discussion of the sectarian-school matter, opened by Linton (R.) of Michigan, in opposition to the practice. Linton read a telegram re- ferring to the approaching unveiling of the statue of Father Marquette in Statu- ary Hall, which stated that the ceremonies would be attended by Cardinals Satolli and Gibbons, the French and [talian Em- bassadors and other prominent person- ages. *Father Stephan,” he commented in conclusion, “who has lahored assiduously in this behalf for a long time, may think it isa good time now that there is impend- ing the unveiling of a statue of Father Marquette, clothed in thejcowl and robe and surrounded by the paraphernalia of his order, in the presence of the high dignitaries of the churca in Statnary Hall, a place made honorable by the great names in connection therewith, the statue overshadowing that of Lincoln, to 1sk the passaze of a bill making an longer pay @ share of the commissions | appropriation of $250,000 to his church. But I don't think so, and I believe that this House does not think so either."” Linton offered an amendment reciting that it was the intention of the bill that no money appropriated for schools should be expended for the education of children in sectarian schools. The action of the committee was de- fended by Gamble of South Dakota, who said the appropriation’ carried in the bill was calculated upon the principle agreed upon two years ago, of reducing the amount by 20 per cent every year. The amendment offered by Linton was sup- vorted by Cooper (R.) of Wisconsin and Watson (R.) of Ohio, Hainer (R.) of Ne- braska and Pearson (R.)of North Caro- lina, the latter offering an amendment thereto increasing the amount appropri- ated for school support from $1,135,000 to $1,335,000, the additional $200,000 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide the necessary school accommodations. Eddy (R.) of New York advocated the provisions of the bill, and Walsh (D.) of New York followed ina warm defense of the Cathalic church. Pearson, upon the strength of Walsh's statement that the Catholic schools would not be closed whether the money was ap- propriated for them or not, withdrew his amendment. In closing the discussion on the bill Interesting Naval Record of the Selfridge of the contract gchools had been solicited by the Government upon the suggestion of General Grant, then President, and for a quarter of a century appropriations had been made for their support. To strike them down now in a moment, Sherman said with much emphasis, was neither just nor right. Watson (R.) of Ohio, interrupted to ask Sherman if he believed that in case the Appropriations should be denied the chil dren would not be educated. Sherman—I believe that the Govern- ment should sustain any sect, I don’t care what it is, which will reach down and attempt to shed light into the minds of the dusky little wards of the Nation. The Cathotic church has some rights. Iam not a Catholie, but I do say that to me no single creed can point the way to heaven, and Ido say that any creed is better than no creed. [Applause.] The amendment twas agreed to—93 to 64, the announcement of the vote being greeted with apolause on the floor and in the galleries. At 5:05 o'clock, having com- pleted consideration of the bill, excepta single paragraph relating to the extinguish- ment of tha title of the Ogden Land Com- pany to lands in the Allegheny and Cat- taraugus reservations, New Yerk, the com- mittee rose. The Speaker announced that he had signed the urgent deficiency and diplo- matic and consular appropriation bills, and at 5:10 o’clock the House, on motion of Dingley (R.) of Maine, adjourned until to-morrow, —— MINEKS OKDERED QUT. AW Will Quit Who Ave Receiving the Rate Demanded. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 24.—The miners’ troubles broke out in more serious form than ever {o-day, when a mass-meet- ing of miners ordered all the men out of mines that are not paying the schedule demanded by the men, Miners who are getting the schedule will be allowed to remain at work, but not to take out coal to fill orders for mines that have strikes. A resolution to order a strike of all miners | without regard to whether they were get- ting the schedule was narrowly defeated. About 400 men are affected. HELD BY THE OFFCERS Claycolm, the Grave Robber, Taken From Prison and Hidden Away. Failure of an Attempt to Prevent| His Being Taken Back to Nebraska. DES MOINES, Tows, Feb. 24.—The at- torneys for Edward Claycolm, the grave- robber arrested here ay for shipping | stolen bodies into the State from Omabha, | applied for and secured a writ of habeas corpus this morning. While the préceed- | ing was in progress officers arrived from Omaha for Claycolm, who has been posi- tively identified as a leading member of the gang of ghouls. Today they learned | that the writ was likely to be issued, and induced the authorities here to turn the man over to them. They had taken him | away from the city jail only & short time | when an officer arrived with the writ. | When a Deputy Sheriff arrived with the | | writ and demanded the prisoner, he was | told the ran had been set at liberty. The | Omaha officers had ne authority to take | the man out of the Stute, not having time | to secure requisition papers.=They took | Claycolm to'a private place, where he is | now confined in a room and closely guaraed. He will be kept until the requisi- tion papers come, unless the Sheriff with the habeas corpus writ finds him. Every effort is being made to serve the writ, but without success thus far. Trains are | watched and it is pretty certain no effort will be made to take him out of the city. FROM SIRE TO SON. Family. WASHINGTON, D. Feb. 24.—On the 27th inst. the naval register will have on its rolls for the first time in its history two officers of the navy who are father and son, and who have reached the highest obtalnable rank allowed by law. There is still a third member of this family in the navy, a younger brother, who now holds the rank of lieutenant-commander. Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge holds the senior office on the retired list, where he was placed soon after the war. His son, | Commodore Selfridge, is now the senior | commodore, but on February 27 he be- comes the junior rear-admiral of the ser- vice, his promotion giving his younger brother a number and bringing all three of the family closer together in the matter of promotion. Commodore Selfridge is now command- ing the European station and has three or four years of active duty still before him. His promotion will result from the retire- ment of Admiral Carpenter, recently de- tached from the Asiatic station and now at his home in New Hampshire. Ten years ago Commodore Selfridge had a san in the navy,so that of the family there are at one time four members ip the ser- vige. The senior member of the family was appointed a midshipman in the navy in 1818, served through the war and in 1866 was retired with the rank of rear-admiral. His son was appointed to the navy in 1851 and became a commodore two vears ago. The younger brother is now a_lieutcnant- commander and was appointed to the ser- vice in 1864, —_— 4n Increased Circulation. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 24.—Great activity has been aisplayed by National banks within the past few weeks in taking out additional circulation. Last week the increase amounted to $1,529,053. and from January 1 to February 21 Comptroller Eckels has on application ordered circula- tion for National banks to the amount of §15,082,750. The new bonds form the basis of the increased circulation. PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY. Senator Lodge Introduces a Bill to Re- organize It. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 24.—In the Senate to-day Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts, introduced a bill to reorganize the per- sonnel of the navy. Among other changes it craates a ‘‘reserve’ list, with waiting orders pay, to which captains on reaching the age of 52 may be voluntarily assigned. The age for commanders is fixed at 46 and of lower grades at 40 years. _ Frye (R.) of Maine introduced a volum- inous bill amending the laws relating to American scamen. OBJECTION MADE BY VENEZUFLA, Protest Against Concession of Land in Contested Territory. A FIRM STAND TAKEN. Grasping Tactics of a British Guiana Company in Quest of Gold Fields. FAVORED BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN But if the Colonial Secretary Is Not Careful He Will Further Com- plicate Matters. [Special Correspondence of The United Press.] GEOCRGETOWN, BritisH Guiana, Feb. 10.—On the eve of the departure of the United States mail from this colony, a re- port has gained currency that further and serious complications are likely to arise in connection with the question of boundaries between the colony of British Guiana and Venezuela. It is reported that the Ven- eznelan Government has within the past day or two lodged with the Government of British Guiana, to be forwarded to the Im- perial Government, a protest againstany concession of land within the contested territory being granted by the British Government. The report is said to be couched in courteous but firm lanzuage, and when a halt is called by the Colonial Government in granting and the Imperial Government in approving of further con- cessions within the contested regions, there may be trouble that has bhitherto been avoided. Itisnot difficult to find the cause for Venezuela taking this fresh move in the question of territory limits of the coun- tries. The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, has made no secret of the fact that he has been handed an application of a large number of capitalists for a large tract of land in | the disputed territory; that these capital- ists offer to purchase for a large sum a specific tract of land in the northwestern district, with absolute right to the mine- rals and precious stones therein, timber rights and township rights, as well as leave to sell the concession or portions of it to public companies. This application is under conslderation by the local Gov- ernment at the present time. ‘When this otfer became known in the more influential circles in this colony the British Guiana chartered company was in- stituted and they have now transmitted to the Secretary of State, through the Colomal Government, a petition for a con- cession of crown lands on the right bank of the Cuyuni River to the western boundary of the colony. Ot course the chartered company in their zeal seem to have overlooked the fact that the “western boundary of the colony’ is still undefined. But again there is no secrecy about the fact that the concession applied for by the chartered company is the same as was in- dicated in a dispatch from the Secretary of State to the Governor of this colony when he referred to the necessity for immediate opening up the interior of the colony and went on to add how it was possible “cap- italists might be found in the colony who would be prepared to purchase for a capital sum a concession of a fair portion of the gold field in the northwest district. The granting of the concession is con- sidered an absolute certainty. and this view is considered to be greatly strength- ened from the fact that the chartered com- pany has given an undertaking to hand over to the Government of the colony within two years after the granting of the concession the sum of §3500,000 to be ex- pended in the construction of roads and bridges to connect the concession with the coast, and to have a further working capi- tal of $750,000, and in case of failure to comply with those terms to forfeit the con- cession. The situation in British Guiana remains unchanged. The colonists have accepted and absolutely rely upon the statement of the administration that the home Govern- ment will assert their territorial rights up to the Schomburgk line, at least. And as no move has been made to disturb the ex- isting arrangement of affairs the colonists treat with cool indifference the pretensions of the Venezuelans. Colonel Mclnnis, the inspector-general of police, who proceeded to Yuruan on a visst of inspection a few weeks ago, has re- turned to Georgetown. Beyond the or- dinary exchange of the corps of police at Yuruan, some eight men, not a single movement has been made in that direc- tion up to the present time. p 8 bl s won a year ago by reason of their better OLNEY OR CARLISLE. Either Would Be Supported by President Cleveland. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—A Herald special from Washington says: The general opin- ion 1s that there will be a good deal of Olney among the delegates when they meet in Chicago next July. The close friends of Secretary Olney say that he is not looking for the nomination. Yet, they say, that should the nomination be offered to him he would not refuse it. For several months there has been talk in Washington of Olney being the nomi- nee. The movement has been growing in force until it has assumed importance. It is believed that the time is not far distant when Cleveland will unequivocally an- nounce his position in regard toa renom- ination; that he will decline again to bea candidate, and that all of his influence will be exerted in bebalf of his successor. With Whitney declining to be a candi- date one can see but two men whom the President could cordially support. One is Richard Olney; the otheris John G. Car- lisle, ol et o CONFERENCE OF SILVER MEN. A bill to license second and third mates in sea-going steam vessels was favorably Teported to the Senate to-day and put on the calendar. —_——— Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $106,749,756. Tue Withdrawals for the day amounted to $851,200. 8o far about $80,000,000 of the $111.000,000 for which the bonds were sold has been paid into the treasury and the National bank depositories. Up to to-day Sherman (R.) of New York said the use 65,000,000 of the new bonds have been de- livered, They Will Plan to Capture Two Demo- eratic Conventions. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 24.—Circulars have been issued calling a private confer- ence here February 26 of silver man, dele- gations to be present from every Congres- sional district. It is stated that the object is not to organize a new party, but to get the silver men together to do effective work. The understanding is that the meeting is to plan for the capture of the two State conventions of the Democrats this year and declare for free coinaze of silver. The party in the State is close on the issue, though’ the sound-money men organization, Silver men said then that they would be in shape to make a success- ful fight this year. s o) STAERC OF LUK There Will Be @ Big Demonstration of a |A Mining Man Falls Right on Tewas Anniversary. i in Thi . DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 24.—Delegates from | Hisghe g s Statc all over the State are beginning to gather | at the Commercial Club for the purpose of | mgng Some Camps That Did Not initiating a movement looking to the cele- | “Pan Out" bration of the fiftieth anniversary of Texan | statehood next year. In this connection | ' the acquisition to the United States of all | those sister States and Territories added | to the American Union by the treaty of | Guadalupe Hidalgo will also be commem- | orated. JHERE ARE A FEW THINGS IN THE world that will stand as landmarks as long as the English language is spoken, and not an inconspicuous one is the typical Californian gold-miner. He has fewer traits that leave a Governor C. A. Culberson, who does 10t | gigqgreeable memory than most of the rugged believe in superstition, recently appoirted | groecof the world; and he has mo ¢ thirteen delegates to Tepresent the State | M0, T8 WOTTT STC B A Enl S Bianal i % et atlarge: Francis R. Lubbock of Austin, | auqgeq for their conspicuous bravery. Accas: Guy M. Bryan of Quintana, Philip Sanger | . E BP tomed to face hard times as well as “the har- of Dallas, D. H. Scot of Paris, N. Weeks | ;o5'¢ plenty » he learns, without knowing § of Galyeston, W. H. Gertzendaner of Wax- 2 J > Z it v 2 2 slmost, to sympathize with the “weak ahachie, H. J. Goldberg of Fort Worth, 5 P and W0 "Robards of Sant Antonio, Henry | ¥eary-” And when things do not look par- Henky of Houston, Georze Hardwick of | iCUlarly roseate with him he accepts the con. : 89 = ; | dition of affairs with a complacency that y: Mar placency t 18 Rpezman, O B- Allyn,of Oorticans, Mark lmatchless as well ga sdmbzable. One.of the W - > younger men who to-day are to be found try- The hall in which the gathering will be | 1% to carve out for themselves “name and heid is artistically decorated with cut | fame” in the mines is Mr. A. Burton, who is flowers, potted plants in bloom, palmsand | 20W in the great gold-bearing section of Grass evergreens, as well as mottoes, flags and | Valley. Mr. Burton isan honest, good-natured other_appropriate emblems. These pre- | fellow. He has had nis share of misfortune, parations have been under the direction of | t00, and when a few months ego he was stricken a committee of ladies of thiscity, of which | right in the middle of his work with a most Mrs. Sydney Smith is chairman and Mrs. | dangerous disease itseemed as though fate had 8. Isadore Miner secretary. The plans to | determined to “down him.” But he imme- be submitted to the convention for con. | diately “struck out” for the Hudson Medical sideration provide for the holding of an ex- | Institute, the institution which has become so position of a national character, all the | famous on account of the wonderfully ci territory formerly in the boundary of | work of the specialists practicing there, and as Texas tog)arllclpale in the administrative | e result he is back at work again, and thank- work, and to the end that_the resources of | ful for what has been done for him. He has !t.hehLone ;?dmr State may be demonstrated | written as follows to the managers: 0 the world. GRASS VALLEY, Cax 3 sz dical | Su NATIONAL SOLDIERS I have r , 1895, 0. Cal.— ers from Aug. 15, Hudso; Franci HOMES. | Gentlemen ; | you which were sent to Downieville. I have besn Inmates Not Compelled to Take the Gold | oGold Valiey and to Nevada and throogh nearly Cicro. | a1l the mining camps ever since, and that was the reason that I did not get my mail before. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 24.—General | medicine that L took did me Jois of gool. Martin T. McMahon is secretary of the | Sl 5000 end for some more. Vours respect- board of managers of the National Homes | o i = - 4 < 2 | Soalthough Mr. Burton has not * for V_olunleer» Soldiers. There are 18,000 | very rich” in the mining camps re men inmates in: these homes. ! ] | certainly made no mistake when he became General McMahon said yesterday that | sick as to where to go. But every one has the the charges of mismanagement going the | same experience who app to this ‘“Mecca rounds of the press emanated from a prom- | for all the sick” for assistance. Thousands of inent official in the War Department, who | testimonials bear out the absolute truth of this was urging the abolition of the board of | assertion. For instance: managers and the bringing of the homes | F. Minturn, St. Louis, Mo.: “I desire to ex- under the control of the War Department, | press my sincere thanks for the careful and “I also,” said General McMahon, “brand | conscientious manner in which my case has as absolutely false the statement that the | been treated by you.” old soldiers are compelled to take the gold | S. M. Hooker of Los Angeles writes: “I now cure. Colonel Andy Smith, the governor | feel as though I am & cured and & well man.” of the Leavenworth” home, who is'a Keely | K. C.Taft of Stowe, Cal., says: “Iam feeling graduate, petitioned the board for the | fine without asign of disease now.” establisnment of a Keely cure at the Leav- | . H. Bent: “By the time I get the medicine enworth home, It deoreased drunkenness | taken that I have now I don’t think that I will there 50 per cent, and since then a Keely | need any more.” branch has he,en located at each of the | Itisa satisfactory thing to see all these ex- several homes.” | pressions of good opinion and good will coming | in, as they ao, by the hundreds daily to the pbysicians of the great Hudson Institute, af- fording further proof that if you are sutfering from any curable Qisease there is no place where you will get help so PROMPTLY and BATISFACTORILY. All the Following Cases Are Curabl Catarrh of the head, stomach or bladder; il nehial dlseases: functional nervous d es: St Vitus' aunce; hysteria: shakiug palsy; ¢ all venereal diseases; all kinds of blood troubles; ulcers, wastes of vit rheuma- tism: gout: eczema; all skin diseases, from whai- ever cause arising; psoriasis; all hlood-poisoning varicocele: poison oak ; lost or impaired manhood ; spinal tronble; nervous exhaustion and prostra- tion: incipient paresis: all kidney diseases; lum. bago: sciatica; all bladder troubies: dyspepsia; | indigestion; constivation; ali visceral disorders, Some of the women have more or less | which are treated by the depurating department. soctal position, but their course of late has | Special instruments for bladder troubics. been such as to make them notorious and | their homes a_ by-word among the men about town. Young business men, bank cierks, bookkeepers, doctors, dentists and lawyers fond of a little gambling have been attracted to their tables and have considered it a rare privilege to be per- mitted to be separated from their money, which they have been to a liberal extent. e e CONDUCTED BY WOMEN. St. Louis Society Shocked by the ery of Gambling Dens. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 24.—The morally | inclined of St. Louis society were shocked | yesterday by an expose in a lacal paper of | a number of regular gambling-houses con- ducted by women in the fashionable | West End. Thereare at least six resorts west of Grand avenue run by sirens of the card table, wio know as much about “throwing threes to the top” or ‘‘bottom dealing’’ as the veriest card sharp that ever shuffled a poker deck. Discov- Circulars and Testimonials of the Great Hudyan | sent free. HUDSON MEBICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts. FAILING MANHOOD General and Nervous Debility. 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