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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1896 dicate who have been aiding the company taat the plan proposed would be adopted in time to meet the company’s require- ments. S «After full consultation, however, it was found to be inexpedient to carry out all the details of the plan without the aid of the court, and for that reason it became necessary for the railroad company and the Mercantile Trust Company of New York, representing the syndicate which has heen aiding the compsny, to begin a friendly suit for the appointment of re- ceivers, who should hold the property and operate it pending the consummation of a plan for its reorganization. “With that in view, the Mercantile Trust Company applied to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, and upon its application two receivers have been appointed, viz.: John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Murray. “Prior to the commencement of the suit, however, the whole matter was laid before the board of directors of the company, and they unanimously passed a resclution authorizing the company’s officers to con- fess jud zment in favor of the Mercantile Trust Company for the amount of the debt due to that company held by it on benalf of the syndicate and consenting to the appointrent of receivers for the prop- erty. The board at the same time passed a resolution requesting the New York members of the board, who have been preparing a plan for the rehabilitation of the company without the foreclosure of any of the company’s mortgages, to organ- ize themselves as a committee, with power to add to their number, or to associate with them a committee in London for the protection of the interests of all the secur- ity and share holders, with a view to the immediate reorganization of the company end its affairs. “These gentlemen will continue in this effort and they expect to have apnointed in London another committee of security or shareholders to operate with them in the presentation of a plan which will have for its object the extinguishment of the entire floating debt of the company and the furnishing of new itai and the placing of the company’s finances npon a firm and stable basi *“The board of directors and the officers of the company greatly regret the neces- sity of asking the interventicn of the court, but the demands upon the company were 80 pressing 1t was impossible to deal with the subject of readjustment without grant- ing the delay which arises from a receiver- ship and the administration of the prop- erty under the orders of a judicial tri- bunal. “The persistent rumors spread through the public press to the effect that the re- port of the noted expert, Stephen Little, did not confirm the report of the com- pany’s accounting officers made to the syndicate under date of February 1, 1896, are entirely without foundation. On the contrary, Mr. Little’s examination fully confirms the réport of the company’s ac- counting officers made February 1, 1596, of the company’s floating indebtedness, income, etc. There is no basis whatever for such rumors heretofore passing through the public prints.” Mr. Cowen states that in regard to the relief department of the company every obligation of the-company to its emploves will be under the order of the court ful- filled to the letter. This department, un- der the court’s order, is continued pre- cisely as it was under the company. The history of the Baltimore and Ohio is the history of railroad enterprise in this country. It isthe oldest chartered rail- road in America and the oldest passenger railroad in the world. Ground was broken for the enterprise on July 4, 1828, by the only then surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroli of Carrollton. No cne supposed that it would be anything but a horse rail- road. Nevertheless it was the original intention to extend its overations to the Ohio River, and the name by which,itis known to-day is the name by which it was christened. On the 22d of May, 1830, the road was opened for business from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mills, thirteen miles. The first American passenger-car then used was about twelve feet leng. One horse was at- tached, and he was good for eight miles an hour, carrying twenty-five passengers. The first American locomotive ever con- structed was tried upon this road, being the handiwork of Peter Cooper. It then drew the first passenger-car ever pro- pelled by steam upon any railroad in the world (August 28, 1830), Mr. Cooper acting as engineer. It is also recorded that on this occasion Mr. Cooper severely jammed his thumb, which may be set down as the first railroad casnalty in history. The road was opened to Washington August 25, 1835; to Cumberland, Novem- ber 5, 1842; to the Ohio River at Wheeling, 'W. Va., January 1, 1853; to Cincinnatiand St. Lonis, June 4, 1857, and to Chicago, November 23, 1873, The announcement that receivers had been appointed for this time-honored in- stitution spread with lightning-like ra- pidity, and was the chief topic of dis- cussion on the straets, at the hotels and clubs to-night. %A‘ midnight the Baltimore and Ohio uilding, usually shrouded in darkness with the sinking of the sun, was bril- liantly lighted, and Receivers Cowen and Murray were the center of a large group of interested persons engaged in discussing the outlook for the property. In the group were several old friends of the Gar- rett family, who were only half successful in concealing their misery over the col- lapse of the road,in which the Garretts had been and are very lareely interested, and which buta few years ago boasted of an undivided surplus of millions in its treasury. ALMOST REACHED THE: POLE. Another Fersion Regarding the Explo.a-| tion of Nansen. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 20.—A pilot named Klaebo, who took part in tke Wiggins polar expedition in 1894, has ar- rived at Aftenblad from Yeniseisk, East Siberia, and reports that about the middle of January he heard a customs official say that Dr. Nansen was returning from the north pole, which he had almost succeeded in reaching. Kiaebo says he régarded the statement of the official as a joke. g Captain Heany Coming. -5 LONDON, E~G., Feb. 29. —Captain Heany, the American citizen who was a member of Dr. Jameson’s staff on the occa- sion of the famous raid, sailed from Southampton for New York on the St. Louis to-day. — - Death of an Admiral. BERLIN, Germaxy, Feb. 29.—Admiral Albrecht von Stoch died at Oestrich, Wies- baden, to-day. e Discontented Brokers Meet. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 29.—Discon- tented brokers on the New York Mining Exchange, which opened for business on February 20, held a meeting thisafiernoon and resolved that changes in the manage- ment and in clearing-house charges and commissions were necessary for the suc- cess of the concern. Accordingly, - the board of'directors is to be phrtially recon- structed. Business on the exchange has been very lighit. DR, HUNTER OUT OF THE FIGHT, Withdraws From the Bitter Struggle for the Seat IN THE NATION’S SENATE Kentucky Republicans Yet Too Dazed to Decide on Another Candidate. BLACKBURN RETAINS HIS VOTE Complications in the Prolonged Contest Increased by the Springing of the Silver Pledge. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 29.—The sen- sation of the day in the Legislature was the withdrawal of Dr. Hunter. It came in the form of a letter from the Republi- can nominee addressed to the Republican members, and withdrawing from the con- test. The letter was read by Representa- tive Lyons of Newport. In his letter of withdrawal Dr. Hunter deprecated the unfortunate complication with which he and his party 8ad been hampered during the long contest, but re- turned his grateful acknowledgments to those.who had stood by him with so mnch loyalty. The withdrawal took even the majority of the Republicans by surprise, and it is evidently the result of yesterday’s unfor- tunate development on the money ques- tion. The Republicans were somewhat dazed and did not unite on any candidate. C. F. Burnam, John W. Lewis, Judge Holt, Auditor Stone, Senators Bennett and Deboe and a dozen other Republicans were complimented with votes. The vote as announced gave Blackburn 61, and the rest were divided among the Republican and Democratic favorite sons. A motion for another ballot was defeated. SRAT OPPOSED IO FREE SILVER. Meeting of the Sound-Money Democrats of Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 29.—About 300 prominent Democrats, representing sthe sound-money faction of the party throughout Missouri, met here to-day for a conference on the course to be pursued in the coming campaign. Ex-Attorney- General Daniel H. McIntyre of Caliph, Mo., was elected chairman and Dr. O. L. Jewett of Shelby was appointed secretary. Ex-Governor Francis was one of the speakers. A report was adopted denouncing the attempt of the free silver advocates to commit the Democratic party in this and other States to the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, re- gardless of the commercial value of the two metals and regardless of the action of other commercial nations of the world. The report also says: “The free coinage of silver at a ratio above its market value is but another phase of that paternalism and favor to the few at the expense of the many against which the Democratic party has “lways struggled. To fix by law a value upon sil- ver which it does not command in the open market is to do for the silver barons of tie Rocky Mountains what has so long, under the special guise of protection to home industries, been done for the iron barons of the Alleghenys.” i ek T NEARLY ALL FOR SOUND MONEY. Members of the Jowa Legislature Do Not Back Up Boies. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 29.—All the Democratic members of the Legislature were interviewed on the money question following the publication of the letter by ex-Governor Boies in which he comes out for flat freesilver. There are twenty- Democrats in the body-= wenty- one in the House and seven in the Senate. All the Senators declare for sound money and the House mem- bers declare for the same except three, and one of these—Porter—was elected as the result of a fusion of Democrats and Populists. CUBY BATTLE R FEEDON, Continued from First Page ment had gone mad in dissolving the Cortes on the same day as the arrival of grave news. He says Spain must proceed with great prudence and also with great energy, because the action of the United Btates Senate was the beginning of serious complications. He added: “Igreatly fear that the remainder of the American repub- lics will follow the example of the United States. God grant the coming elections may be peaceably conducted.” In Valencia to-day a‘body of students paraded the streets carrying banners and subsequently held a meeting at which resolutions were passed protesting against the action of the United States Congress. After the meeting the students made a demonstration in front of the United States consulate shouting, “Death to Uncle Bam!” *Viva Spain!” “Viva the Spanish army!” and “Viva Spanish Cubal” 1n an interview Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo said he doubted that President Cleveland would approve a recognition of the Cuban insurgents as belligerents, but if ‘he should be compelled to indorse the action of Congress it would not provoke an international conflict nor interrupt the friendly relations existing between Spain and the United States. The recognition of the rebels as belligerents would bind the United States to a greater neutrality. The Correspondencia says that therecog- nition of the Cuban rebels by the Ameri- can Government is an event of graver import to Spdin than any which has oc- curred for years. El Liberal denounces the recognition of the belligerent rights of the rebels as un- just and opposed to law. Spain, says El Liberal, will resist, even to the drenching of the soil with Spanish blood, any determined attempt to affront by foreign intervention those who have never yet submitted to it. l The Imparcial regards the international situation as very grave, and expresses the opinion that the recognition of the belli- gerent rights of Cuba involves grnt (_lap- ger. This paper also thinks Prime Muny- ter Canovas del Castillo is over patient in the face of Yankee pride. *Spain,” says the Imparcial, ‘‘must pre- pare for an emergency. We are not so weak as to render our hostility a matter of indifference to a trading people baving no warlike qualities. It must also be take_n into account that Spain is not isolated ia Europe.” R £ A FIRED UPON THE INSURGENTS. The Spanish Gdrrison at Manzanillo in Action. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 29.—The steamers Colon, San Fernando and Leo III arrived from Spain to-day, bringing 6400 addi- tional troeps. All this afternoon’s papers publish dis- patches from Washingtou containing the news of the adoptioa by the United States Senate yesterday of a resolution favoring the according of belligerent rights to the Cubans. The " dispatches further add, however, that it is not expected that the House of Representatives will approve of the Sen- ate’s stand in the matter. The garrison at Manzanillo to-day fired upon the insurgents who attemvted to prevent the construction of a railroad to Bapamo. The Spanish lost one Kkilied. Two of the railroad laborers were wounded. Nine rebels were reported killed. A skirmish near Karacca resulted in the killing of three rebels and the wounding of one Spanish soldier. =Several other small encounters are reported. E e e FLEEING TO HAVANA. Americans in Cuba Endangered by the Senate’s Action. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 29.—Since the at- titude of Congress on the belligerency question has become plain the feeling against Americans here has greatly in- creased. The seizure of the Bermuda allaved the feeling for a few days, but it is now more intense than ever. The Spanish blame the United States for all the present troubles. The local press is bitter. The fact that the insurgents discriminate in favor of the proverty of Americans adds to the hostile sentiment. Already there is talk by extremist Span- iards of making a demonstration against the United States. The volunteers are most rabid. The Captain-General assured the Con- sul-General some weeks ago that regulars would be held in readiness to protect Americans against the Spanish volunteers should the emergency arise. The absence of an American warship is greatly deplored. The only foreign cablegram published in Diario, a leading paper, this morning is the conviction of the officers of the Horsa. There is nothing from Washington or Madrid. Through private dispatches only the fact leaked out that the Senate had acted. As the situation is realized the feeling grows. It is impossible to predict the rest. Americans are fleeing from all parts of the island to Havana. el T S AMERICAN SCHOONER SEIZED. Stars and dtripes Again Disregarded by _ the Spaniards, BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 20.—Another Bos- ton schooner has been held up by the Spaniards in Cuba and the Stars and Stripes have again been disregaraed. In a letter dated Mayaguez, Porto Rico, from Captain I. W. Bowden of the bark Clothilde, he says that his vessel was boarded at Ponce by Spanish officers, who declared that she had on board a large consignment of contraband goods, muni- tions of war, etc. Notwithstanding the captain’s objection two soldiers were stationed on board all the time she was in port and when she sailed for Mayaguez two officers remained on board and the trip was made under the escort of a Sparish gunboat. The entire coast line between these two ports was patrolled by soldiers. Then, when they failed to find a single indication of contrabands, the officers demanded $20 for expenses, which, to save delay, Captain Bowden paid. It is understood that this case, together with that of the Navarino, will be re- ported to Congress. PLUNGER PARDRIDGE ILL. His Wheat Pit Operations Equal to Those of “0ld Hutch.” CHICAGO, ILt., Feb. 29.—“Ed” Pard- ridge, the millionaire plunger on the Board of Trade, is aangerous'y ill at his Prairie- avenuehome. He issuffering from kidney trouble, and Bright's disease is feared. Mr. Pardridge is 62 yvears old and of frail physique. His operations in the wheat pit were equal to those of *“Old Huich” in his palmy days. PEARL BRYAN'S SLAYERS. A Continuance Granted in the Hequisi- tion Hearing. CINCINNATI, Onro, Feb. 29.—S8cott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, the alleged murderers of Pearl Bryan, were taken into the Criminal Court this morning, hana- cuffed to Sheriff Archibald and Deputy Bowman. The trip from the jail to the Courthouse was made so quickly and quietly that no attention was attracted, and without vreliminary notice the men suddenly appeared before Judge Buch- walter. Sheriff Plummer of, Newport, Kv., vre- sented his Ylbal‘l for requisition. © After a brief consultation among the attorneys a continuance until next Saturday was agreed to. FEBST LV Sporting-Goods Firm Assigns. CHICAGO, IrL., Feb. 29.—The Thorsen & Oassidy Company, dealers in sporting goods, maae an assignment to-day. The assets are placed at $200,000 ana the lia- bilities at $160,000. The company has been engaged in litigation for some time with the Sterner Cycle Company, which made an assignment a few days ago, and to these facts are ascribed the closing in on the firm by its creditors, The Security Title and Trust Company took possession as assignee. ————— Huntington Is Better. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 20,—Collis P. Huntington, who has been ill for the past few days, was reported better to-night. Fruit Damaged Sround Seattle, SEATTLE, Wasn., Feb. 29.—The ther- mometer has fallen 12 degrees to-day, and this morning there was alight fall of snow, but scarcely enough to cover the ground. It is feared that peach, plum and cherry buds, which were out, have been dumaged. The wind has blown all day at a rate of about thirty miles an hour, but no serious damage to shipping has thus far been reported. plaRin Lty ¥uba City Safe-Crackers. MARYSVILLE, CAL., Feb. 20.—Burglars made a futile attempt to blow open the safein the office of the railroad company at Yuba City. They were evidently novices and used common gunpowder and a drill on the door, which they partially opened. No booty was secured. The saie contained $400. No arrests have been made. PASSED OVER THE PRESDENT'S VETO Action of the House on The Arizona School Lands Bill. BENEFITS OF LEASING. The Cattle Barons Are Supposed to Have Influenced the Executive. LIKE THE OKLAHOMA MEASURE Much Benefit Would Accrue to the Territory From the Operation of Such a Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 29.—After an hour’s debate to-day the House passed over the President’s veto the bill author- izing the leasing of school lands in Ari- zona by a vote of 200 to 38. The negative vote was cqnfined to Democratic members. The Senate amendments tothe army ap- propriation bill were disagreed to, and the hill was sent to conference. Consideration of the legislative, execu- tive and judicial appropriation bills under the five-minute rule was completed, save the paragraphs covering compensation for United States District Attorneys and Marshals. A few unimportant amend- ments were made to the bill. The para- graphs remaining will be further consid- ered Monday, when the new salary.law for those offices prepared by the Committee on Judiciary will be offered as an amend- ment to the bill, under an order agreed to to-day, relieving it from the operation of the rule which prohibits the addition of new legislation toappropriation bilis. The army appropriation bill, with the Senate amendments, was laid before the House and the amendments were dis- agreed to and a conference with the Senate asked. Lacey (R.) of Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, called up the President’s veto of the bill authorizing the leasing of school lands in Arizona, which bill the Speaker said the House must, under the constitution, now ‘recon- sider. Lacey stated that the bill was iden- tical with the Okiahoma bill passed in 1894. Under the operation of the law the Territory of Oklahoma received in 1895 the sum of $88,628, while in the previous year, from leases made by the Secretary of the Interior, the Territory rezeived but $46,594. The bill, Lacey said, was not an experiment; it had worked well in the case of Oklahoma, and there was no reason to assume that the officers of Arizona would be or were less careful of the in- terests of the Territory than the officers of Oklahoma had been. Certainly, he said, they were better qualified to et with intelligence than tite Secretary of the lnterior, 1800 miles away. The cattle barons did not like the Okla- homa measure, and it could be easily ap- prehended that the same class of people in Arizona would object. Whether or not they had induced the President to veto the bill he did not know, but it was evi- dent that the veto had been prepared with- out full knowledge of the facts. The passage of the bill aver the Presi- dent’s veto was advocated by Underwood (D.) of Alabama, a member of the com- miitee. After brief remarks by Turner (D.) of Georgia ana McRae (D.) of Arkansas, the latter ex-chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, who urged the passage of the bill notwithstanding the veto, Mur- phy, Delegate from Arizona, addressed the House in favor of the passage of the bill. The President had evidently been im- posed upon by some one in vetoing the bill, for Murphy said he had seen the ap- proval of the measure by the Secretary of the Interior. The question being, *‘Shall the bill pass, the President’s objections to the con- trary notwithstanding?”’ it was agreed to—ayes 200, noes 38. The announcement was received with a few handclaps. The following Democrats voted aye with the Republicans and Populists: Bailey, Cobb (Alabama), Cox, Crisp, Cummings, Dearmond, Dinsmore, Downing, Hutche- son, Latimer, Layton, Little, Livingston, Maddox, McCulloch, McDearmon, McRea, McLaurin, Money, Moses, Neill, Richard- son, Robbins, Stallings, Stokes, Strait, Talbert, Terry, Underwood, Waoeeler, Wil- liams, Wilson (South Carolina)—82. Those voting in the negative to sustain the President were: Allen of Mississi ppi, Bell of Texas, Berry, Boatner, Buck, Catchings, Clardy, Cobb of Missouri, Cul- berson, Dockery, Elliott of Sonth Carolina, Harrison, Hart, Hendricks, Kyle, Lawson, Lester, McClellan, McCreary, MecMillin, Meredith, Meyer, Miles, Otey, Owens, Pat- terson, Pendleton, Robertson, Russell of Georgia, Sayers, Sorg, Spencer, Swanson, Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Turner of Vir- ginia, Washington, Yoakum—all Dem- ocrats—38. F In accordance with the notice’ given yes- terday, Henderson (R.) of Iowa reported from the Committee on Rules an order making in order—and not subject to a point of order under the rules as an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial bill—the bill reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, providing for the compensation of United States marshals and district attorneys by salaries instead of fees. He explained the object of the order to get the propos:d legisiation into the ap- Ppropriation bill for the reason that it pro- vided “the money to pay these officers, and further to' effect, by getting the provi- sionsof the new bill in the appropriation measure, a reduction of $216,000 in the ex- penses attached to these offices. The order was adopted without division. The House, 1n committee of the whole, then resumed consideration of the legisla- tive, executive and jndicial appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1897. But few amendments cf any kind were proposed to the. bill and fewer still adopted. Stewart (R.) of New Jersey moved that the appropriation of $8000 for the payment of the salary of the Secretary of the In. terior be accompanied by the stipulation that no part of it should be available for that purpose until the Becretary had made oath that he had faithfully exe- cuted the laws of the United- States. It was rejected, however, on & point of order B Mebatr A “The allowance for incidental expenses t to the government of Oklahoma was in- creased from $500 to $1000; the number of mine inspectors in the Territories was re- duced from three to two and the appro- priation for their expenses from $5000 to to $3500; the appropriation for expenses of the Surveyor-General of Colorado was in- crensed $500 and that for Utah $1500; the provision in the law for the present year was extended over the year 1896-7; that fees received by cierks of the Circuit Court of Appeals, in excess of their salaries, shall be devoted to the purchase of law libraries for said courts; the salary of Assistant Controller of the Treasury was reduced from $6000 to $4000, and section 3621, Re- vised Statutes, was amended =0 as to re- quire officers receiving moneys for the United States to deposit them within thirty da;\s instead of *‘within a reason- able time." The committee having finished consid- eration of all the bill, save the paragraphs relating to the compensation of attorneys and marshals of United States Courts, rose, and at 5:05 the House -adjourned until Monday:. STOPS OCEAN RACING. Change of Time Tables by Two Steamship Companies. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 29.—With a view to make itimpossible hereafter for the great vessels of their respective lines to indulge in ocean races the American and White Star lines steamship companies will change their time tables Avril 1, so that their vessels will leave New York sev- eral hours apart. Under the new agree- ment the American line will leave at 10 A. M. and the White Star ships will get away at noor, two hours later, so that the American line boats will be outside the Hook when the White Star boats start. The agents do not admit that there is or has ever been any racing between the two lines, but they say under the present ar- rangements the ships sometimes hang to- gether for several days after leaving port, doing the best they can, but still keeping well together. This fact has frequently given rise to the impression that the ships were racing. WS WORN BY LIACOLN, Lively Squabble Over the Pos- session of a Battered ‘White Stovepipe. After Much Opposition the Relic Was Taken From a Museum by the Constable. WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 29.—A white stovepipe, somewhat worn and soiled, but valuabie as having once been worn by President Lincoln, was the subject of con- tention in a replevin suit this morning. Gath’s “entailed hat” never aroused more combativeness in disposition of man than does this relic of the martyred Presi- dent, for not only was it the subject of a suit, but it came near leading to violent ac- tion on the part of its possessor. less Osborn H. Oldroyd, who maintains a Lincoln relic collection on Tenth street, where the vic- tim of Booth breathed his last. It is not certain whether this particular hat was worn by the President the night that he was assassinated, or whether it was one of his old head coverings. A The hat in question was once the prop- erty of Dr. Phineas D. Gurney, to whom it was given by Mrs. Lincoln. In some way it came into the possession of the Government for use at one of its expo- sitions. It was for a long time on exhi- bition in the Patent Office, and then fell into the possession of Oldroyd. He was therefore astonished and pained when United States Constable Saulter entered the museum this morning, and, armed with a writ. from Justice Church, proceeded to take possession of the sancti- fied stovepipe. The constable had one end of the hat in his band and Mr. Old- royd had the other. They pulled until it was apparent that further pulling would leave only pieces. The constable explained, Mr. Oldroyd remonstrated and threatened, but finally succumbed and let Mr. Saulter have tte hat. Saulter explained that James O. Adams ana Emma A. Adams, executors of the estate of Dr. Gurley, claimed to be entitled to possession of the hat, and had filed suit against Mr. Oldroyd for its re- covery. They assert that Dr. Guriey did not give it to the Government, but loaned it witn the understandinz that when the Government had finished with the relic it should be returned to Dr. Gurley. e N THPOVER THESATAF Officials See Where the Operat- ing Expenses Can Be Much Reduced. The Cut-Rate Scheme of a California Publisher Repudiated by Chicago Lines. CHICAGO, IrL, Feb. 20.—President Rip- ley, Vice-Presidents Robinson and Morton and other officials of the Santa Fe Rail- road system who accompanied them on their extensive tour of inspection, investi- gation and retrenchment, returned to Chi- cago to-day. The party was absent more than a. month, and every part of the big system was closely inspected in operation. The result of the trip will bea large saving in the operating expenses, but the econo- mies will be effected without making any wholesale discharges in shops, offices or stations. The number of employes whose services have been or will be dispensed with is much smaller than was generally supposed from published reports. At a special meeting of Chicago lines en- gaged in California traffic held to-day, all repudiated any connection with the scheme of an agricultural paper to get set- tlers on California land owned by the pub- lisher by advertising a cut rate. All the roads agreed to have no dealings with the pullisher, so that his cut rate cannet hold good. _The called special meeting of the ad- visory committee of the W estern Immi- E("M Clearing-house, 'which was set for onday next, was held to-day because certain members who will attend the con- ference with tte Cariadian Pacific at Mon- treal next Wednesday could not do o and meet here Monday. It was merely de- cided at to-day’s meeting that as many members of the board as possible should attend the Montreal conference, and then proceed to New York to have a conference there with Traffic Manager Hawley of the Southern Pacilic at the end of the week on tire question for which- the advisory board meeting was called—that of the proposed membership of the SBouthern Pacific in the ‘Western Immigrant Clearing-house. y i SR Treasury Gold Reserve t WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20,—The reasury gold reserv e at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $122,838.093. The *withdrawals for the day were $165,900. SEND your change of business or residence to Crocker-Langley Directory, 215 Bush st. * LWTEST GOSSP FAOM OTHAM, Secretary Carlisle a Sound- Money Candidate for " President. DEMOCRATIC MATERIAL. Republican Politiciansof the State Continue to Call on Mr. Platt. MORTON'S MEN ARE NOT IDLE. The Expulsion of Dunraven Approved by Members of All New York’s ness for some time, is reported to-night to be beyond recovery. e T g WILL FIGHT OUT THE CASE. No Prospects of a Settlement Between the Draytons. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 29. —The Drayton divorce case is beginning to come into prominence again. Instead of a recon- ciliation there is every prospect the case will be brought to trial and a bitter con- test will result. Efforts at reconciliation were made, but were unsuccessful, and Lawyer Richard V. Lindabury, Mrs. Dray- tor’s counsel, says that his client is going to push her fight in the courts for a vindi- cation, and that the case will probably come up for trial some time next month. There will be no settlement of the matter, he says, except a judicial one. The char- acter of kis client has been attacked in court by her husband, and she cannot settle the case without proving the allega- tions against her untrue. T‘he nature of the defense to Mr. Dray- ton’s suit will be a denial of all the alle- ;fimonbs made as to clandestine meetings of W‘;:he rayton and Hallet Alsop Barrowe. bk ‘sses will be produced to show that yton wus by no means a model hus- band, and that his intemperance was the cause of much domestic trcuble. It is cl_mme_a that he was extremely jealous of his wife and that the charges he made against her were without foundation. e Yacht Clubs. N NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 20.—Among those who bave spoken of Carlisle asa Presidential possibility is Congressman TU. S. Hall of Missouri, who was at Repub- lican headquarters in the Fifth-avenue Hotel the other day with Congressman B. B. Odell of this State. Hall, who. unlike most of the Missouri delegation in Con- gress, is a sound-money man, and at t_he same time a Democrat, said in speaking of the Secretary : 3 “The Democrats have a lot of good Presi- dential timber. I think Secretary Carlisle would make a good President. He is a strong man, and 1 shouid like to see him nominated. He¢ has established himsel asa safe man, and has the confidence of the world. We have other strong candi- dates, such as Whitney and Morrison, but Secretary Carlisle would be a welcome nominee.” Ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt did not keep to bis bed yesterday, but was stump- ing about his apartments in the Fifth- avenue Hotel on his crutches. His right leg is still useless as the result of the fall ke had on Wednesday evening. The Republican politicians from all over the State continued to call on Platt. Pos- sibly the two most important visitors were Uncle George Washington Aldridge, State Superintendent of Public Works, and Colonel Ashley Cole, Governor Morton's private sedretary. The time is at hand when Mr. Aldridge must begin to turn the spigot of canal patronage. There is $9,- 000,000 worth of this patronage, and Al dridge proposes to use it in the interest of Governor Morton as a Presidential candi- date. Charles S. Wilbur, who was private sec- retary to Warner Miller when he was Sen- ator, is now on a tour of the Southern States in the interest of Governor Morton. It has been said all along that ex-Governor McKinley has hac the advantage in the Southern States because of the shrewd methods of Hon. Mark Hanna of Cleve- land. Governor Morton’s friends believe that before Wilbur returns to New York some of the best-laid plans of the Hon. Mark will be overturned. Among members of the New York and other yacht clubs yesterday butone dis- senting opinion was heard in regard to the action upon the conduct of the owner of the Valkyrie. Chester C. Munro, who wasthe only member of the yacht club who voted against adopting the resolution expelling Lord Dunraven from honorary member- ship, was asked yesterday why he had so voted. He replied that he thought it un- wise and unjust to expel the Earl at this _particular time. “I think,” continued Mr. Munro, ‘‘the club should have treated him g2nerously, rather than justly. It would have been plenty of time to expel him after his res- ignation had been asked for, and provid- ing he would not consent to withdraw."” Lewis Cass Ledyard’s speech introducing his resolution for expulsion was the sub- ject of much favorable comment among yachtsmen. Manager Frank L. Perley has gone to Chicago to wind up the affairs of Mme. Modjeska’s company. In consequence of the unfortunate iliness of that actress, which has compelled her to close her sea- son, ‘she will not appear on the stage again before next fall, but her physicians are confident that she will then be able to re- sume her professional work. The announcement of the formation of a big theatrical combination by Al Hayman, Charles Frohman, Nixon & Zimmerman, Rich & Harris and Kiaw & Erlanger has raised a tempest—a tempest in a teapot, may be, as one manager last night charac- terized it, In any event the managers of prominent theaters in Washington, Pitts- burg and St. Louis feel that their interests are menaced, and are preparing to take precautionary measures. “Who is to gain by the formation of these combinations?” was asked of a prom- inent manager last night. “The producing manager and the star,” he replied. wust necessarily be competition for at- tractions, and as a result the rival houses will try to outbid each other in terms.” Of course by having this chain of thea- ters in his control, Hayman is enabled to book an attraction for an entireseason, and so save the manager a lot of trouble. Hayman is at present in the West, but Charles Frohman said yesterday that to call the arrangement that had been made a combination was a misnomer. ‘‘All we want to do,” he said, “is to centralize the bookings and so save ofirselves and other managers a great deal of trouble. We wish to injure no one.” Most of the managers in this city say that they have no interest in the matter, one way or the other. For five Jong years the musical world has been wondering why it was that Joseffy had persistently refused all inducements to appear in public. It wondered more than ever yesterday afternoon when the distinguished virtuoso returned from his self-imposed exile and played, as probably no other living pianist can play it, the sec- |- ond concerto by Brahma. It is no exag- geration to say that he has returned to us a greater artist than when he left us. From a purely technical point of view he is still beyond compare. The audience applauded Joseffy after every movement, and after the bprite-like finale it recalled him something like a dozen times. Beethoven's *‘Eroica’ symphohy was ex- cellently played, however, but Liszt’s “Tasso” seemed to give the listeners even greater pleasure. —_— Governor Greenhalge Dying. LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 29.—Governor Greenhalge, who has been ill of nervous- “The results of his business |’ TWO' NEGROES LYNCHED. Taken From Jail by a Mob and Suspended From a Beam. They Had Committed Crimes That Are Not Tolerated in the South. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 2. Last Sunday night two negroes enterdM the country store of J. W. Gourges near Con- vent, La., bound the proprietor and seizing his wife dragged her into the back yard. It is believed she was assaulted by the negroes, but she refused to talk on the subject. 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