The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH GOSCHEN'S WORDS INGER GERMANS. They Have Aided William's | Plans for a Large Navy. RESENT THE INSULT. Members of the Reichstag Are| Ready to Grant Money for Vessels. THE KAISER'S LATEST WHIM. | | e I Dissuaded From Sending an Anti- American Letter to Spain's Queen Regent. BERLIN, GErMANY, March 1.—Upon the | resumption of the discussion of the sugar bill in the Reichstag to-morrow Count von Posadow Wehner, Minister of the Im- T 1 Tr v, will make an announce- | ment that thie Governments of the South- | ern (zerman States and their representa- tives will offer no opposition to the pro- )sed alterations of the law, but on the . some of them are willing to ameasure fixing a premium even er than that proposed. Bavaria con- 1es to oppose the bill, but the probabili- at despite this opposition the The emphatic declaration reczntly made by Freiuerr Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the Gov- ernment had no intention of making any increased demands for the purpose of strengthening the navy bave failed to con- vince membera of any political party that | tlie idea of enlargement of the navy has| | have lor from doing so. No clearly defined opinion can be obtained as to. how the of- ficial press will be directed to treat the matter, but the belief is almost general in Government circles that a strong pro- Spanish bias will be assumed. In an article on the“subject of bimet- allism the Vossische Zeitung asserts that the want of barmony in the English Cab- inet encouraged the hope that the mone- tary queston would be reopened. - Beyond printing vaguely worded allegations that George N. Curzon, the British Parliament- ary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the lreasury, quarreled over the negotiations for a monetary agreement, the papers concerned | in the debate of the question are all at sea, but diatribes even upon this matter are made vehicles for the conveyance of abuse of England and English politicians. The Tageblatt, in euphemistic phraseology, in- timates that Belfour is no speaker of the truth, and the Vossische Zeitung says that the English Government has given Bal- four the lie, an experience whiech has not fallen to the lot of a Minister within the memory of man. The Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, prints a violent article, which, it 1s ex- pected, will cause the seizure of the paper and the prosecution of its editors. The article accuses the Government of creating an administration in Germany upon the procedure and conditions prevailing in Turkey. The article avoids making a per- sonal criticism of the Kaiser, but covers its attack upon him and the Government generally with insinuations, declaring that the growth of free life is necessary to national expansion. Dr. Carl Peters, the African explorer, who was recently elected president of the German Colonial Association, declaresthat he has knowledge that England will be | forced to evacuate Egypt within the month of March. Dr. Peters' petrel, however, does not always indicate a storm. A, The feature of the political and commer- cial situation during the past week has been an unbroken rise in prices and slow but sure Bourse and trade movements. The rumors of war have not touched the dealings of the Bourse and the trade re- ports are mostly favorable. The monthly settlement of the Bourse which was con- cluded on Thursday showed the Bourseto | be in the best condition it has experienced | foryears. The stockof gold in the Reichs- | bank is growing rapidly and the dividends of the banks and industrial enterprises are | highly satisfactory. A well-known Baltimore prelate, who been abgndoned. | It is clearly understood that the Em- | peror is determined to obtain an enlarged | naval estimate, and the hope is entertained | in ial quarters that the disclosuresin regard to the British naval plans made by J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, in his speech at | th his insulting allo- | to Germany will so thoroughly ex- | cite the indignation and resentment of the | members of the Reichstag as to cause | them to grant any increase of naval esti- : mates that may be demanded. | The Weser Zeitung of Bremern isau- thority forthestatement that Altdeutscher Verein, with the approval of the Emperor | and the highest naval authorities and ex- | perts of the empire, proposes to demand a | vote of 200,000,000 marks for the construc- tion of new warships, and if the Reich-| stag refuses to suthorize the grant the | Ministry will be dismissed and the Reich- | stag dissolved. | In the meantime the heat in the highest | political atmosphere against England is| becoming intensified. In an interview upon the subject with a representative of The United Press yesterday a prominent | German diplomat. defined the sitnation briefly as foliow. “England,” he said, ‘is rapidly ap- proaching-a state in which she must fight | for her position” as' an empire. Germany | has no'ill-feeling toward Great Britain and has no wish to see her dismembered, but the other nations now seeking her we.k§ points everywhere on the. globe think the | time has come to square up England’s old accounts. Germany won’t initiate the fight, nor has she any desire to make an anti-English alliance. On the contrary, she will stand aloof and let England demonstrate that she is still entitled to the supremacy she claims. These may be tall words,” said he, “but they echo the | exact opinion of the Emperor and leading | statesmen of Germany, who have arrived at the conclusion that England must soon prove that she possesses her supposed vitality as a great power.”’ The arrest of the absconding Berlin law- | yer, Fritz Friedmann, in Bordeaux yester- | day is now the absorbing topic of interest | and discussion in Berlin. Friedmann, | arter leaving Berlin, traveled from point | to point through Europe in company with | a Berlic woman of the town, but in spite | of this fact and the other scandalous and criminal acts of the lawyer the press treats the couple as though they were the most reputable persons in the land. Since his arrest Friedmann has disclosed how he disposed of the documents compromising other people which. he held in his posses- sion when he flea from Berlin. It transpires that he caused the publication in Paris of the whole of the scandalous letters which figured in the Von Kotze scandal some time ago, and caused the dismissal of the gentleman from the office of Court Chamberlain. No publisher would dare to produce the letters in Ger- many, as they are too disgusting to bear reading. Mostof the letters are adaressed to the Countess Fritz Hohenau. The Berlin Government is endeavoring tc arrange some terms upon which the letters can be bought, as, although the statements contained in them are for the most part untrae, their revelations would be altogetlier too overwhelming for society to withstand. The French police have seized the entire Paris edition of the letters and turned them over to the German em- bassy. For obvious reasons it is not prob- able that Friedmann will be extradited to Germa Itisstated that a firm in Montana has | contracted to ship to Germany 2,500,000 bushels of barley, and if the venture pays the men in the deal they will arrange to ship a much larger consignment of Minne- sota barley The Berlin Nachrichten makes the state- ment that the revised decree in regard to American insurance companies shows a clause declaring that all United States companies will be locked out of Prussia, unless the German companies are granted equal facilities with other companiesin the United States. This implies that New York State must repeal its recant legisla- tion affecting German companies. The lack of enterprise cnaracterizing the German press is shown by the fact that not a ein le newspaper has ar yet com- mented seriously upon. the action of the United States Senate in regard wo Cuba. Instead of discussing this, the most im- portant and interesting topic of the day, the papers have devoted their space to the publication of attacks upon England’s mo- nometallic policy. It is currently reported that the Emperor in an interview with the Chancellor,Prince Hohenlohe, expressed a desire to send a communication in regard to the American Senate’s aclion to the Queen Regent of Spain, but was dissuaded by the Chancel- Britisk s, together was an intimate friend of the absconding lawyer, Fritz Friedmann, before his fall, | bas offered to support him and to make an attempt to effect his social redemption. If ¥riedmann is released at Bordeaux, as he likely will be, he will sail at once for Baitimore. The Empress will go to Kreuznach in | April for the purpose of taking a course of | the waters. On the anniversary of the marriage of the Emperor and Empress, February 27, floral offerings arrived at the Schloss in an almost uninterrupted stream throughout the day and messages of con- gratulation came by telegraph and mail | from all directions. On the same day the | Empress Frederick gave a dinner to the | foreign Embassadors. Baron Manteuifel is to become President | of the Brandenburg Diet in place of Herr | Levetzow. | Mrs. C. Symes gave a reception to the | | American colony in Berlin last evening. J. B. Jackson, Charge d'Affaires of the | United States embassy, has resigned from | the executive committee of the fencing | club. | The American trotting horse, Ellard, | has been entered in the spring races of the Berlin course and is expected to win all | the races in which he start; | WORK FOR THE SEANTE, Discussion of the Dupont Case, Involving Title toa Seat in the Chamber. Conflict Expected When the Arkansas Compromise Measure Is Called Up for Action. | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.—The | coming week will inaugurate the discus- sion on & question of the highest privilege in the Senate—a titleto & seat in the body. Mitchell, chairman of the Commitiee on Privileges and Elections, gave notice Friday that he would call the Dupont case Monday, at 2 o'clock. Mitchell will make the opening speech and will be followed during the week by Turpie of Indiana for the Democrats and by Pritch- ard of North Carolina for the Republicans. The chairman 1s of the opinion that the debate on this subject will not last longer than ten days, or at the outside not to ex- GEORGIA BANDITS WRECK TRAINS, A Passenger and a Freight Derailed on a High Trestle. g HURLED INTO A CREEK. > Three Lives Are Lost and Many Persons Receive Serious Injuries. PINNED UNDER THE DEBRIS. Two Firemen and a Baggageman Killed—Roland Reed’s Company Aboard. MACON, Ga., March 1.—A wreck, cost- ing threa persons their lives and injuring eight or nine others, occurred at Stone Creek trestle last night. It was discovered to-dav that several rails had been removed on the trestle, which is many feet above the water, and there is no doubt the acci- dent was caused by train robbers. The following people were killed: Robert Mer- cer, fireman, of Macon; F. W. Whippler, baggageman, Macon; John Reddish, fire- man, who died from scalds. The passenger train had hardly met its destruction before a freight train coming along at a good rate of speed reached the trestle and, striking the structure bared by the misplaced rails, went into the creek. The eagineer jumped/in time to save his life, but Fireman Reddish was killed. Engineer Joyner of the passenger train and his fireman, Mercer, did not discover that the rails had been removed until the engine jumped the track. The engine plunged forward on the trestle and broke through, falling to the bed of the creek. The freight train left Macon ten minutes behind the passenger. The wildest excitement prevailed at the scene of the wreck for two hours. The uninjured quickly began the work of rescue, but two of the crew had been in- stantly Kkilled. Others were picked up dangerously burt aud they were given the best attention possib! The railroad officials sent news of the wreck to Macon and a crew of surgeons: and officials left shortly afterward for tne scene. Several detectives were on board. That the wreck was the work of train- robbers seems certain, The rail was re- moved from the left-hand track going south. Mercer, the fireman on the pas- senger-train, was coaling at the time, and Engineer Joyner could not see the track. Conductor Jovner of the passenger-train quickly sent back one of his men with a lantern to stop the freight, but it was too late. Engineer Green of the freight saw the trainman’s lantern and attempted to bring his train to a stop, but it plunged in- to the broken space of the track: Whippler, the baggagemaster, was drowned in two feet of water in his car. The baggage-car tumbled into the creek and Whippler's body was pinioned down in the water whbich rushed into the car. He was found with his feet in the air and his head under water. A coincidence is that the wreck occirred within one mile of a similar wreck one year ago, and Roland Reed’s company, which was in last year's wreck, wasalso in last night’s accident. Reed and the mem- bers of his company have suits pending | against the road now for $40,000 damages. None of the actors were seriously hurt last night. There is strong circumstantial evidence against three men suspected of removing the rails, but no arrests have been made, OVATION TO DEBS. Hundreds of Laborers Give the Railway Union Leader an Enthusiastic Reception. BIRMINGHAM, Ara., March 1.—Eu- gene V. Debs, President of the American Railway Union, made an address here to- night at the opera house, before more than 1000 working people. The speaking was under the auspices of the Trades Council of this city which charged 10 ceed two weeks. Te-morrow there is every probability of the Senate lockihg horns over a matter against which there appears to be a very determined opposition in the Senate. It is the bill reported by the Senate Commit- tee on Public Lands to approve a compro- mise and settlement between the United States and Arkansas. Berry sought to call it up late Friday afternoon and make it the unfinished business, but several Benators objected, and upon his motion being pressed to take it up the absence of a quorum, forced by the o&ponenu of the measure, was developed. Berry then gave notice that he would move to take the bill up immediately after the morning busi- ness to-morrow. In antagonizing the bill Fridn{ it was characterized by Gear as “‘a bill of a very questionable character, in- volving millions of dollars.” . The agricultaral bill will be brought up to-morrow by Mr. Cullom, who has it in charge. Inasmuch as there has been no amendments to the legislative features of this bill as it came from the House, it will probably be passed in one afternoon. During the week it is not unlikely that Mr. Teller of Colorado may make his promised speech on the tariff-silver ques- tion, in which he will exhlsin the stand he has taken and reasons for his recent op- position to the tariff bill. Beyond this there is no programme for the week, 2 T S AT THE CRITICAL BATAGE. Crisis Beached in the Iliness of Governor Greenhalge of Massachusetts. BOSTON, Mass., March 1.—Private Sec- retary Thomas received word at 2:30 o'clock - this morning from Governor Greenhalge’s residence in Lowell that the change in the Governor’s condi- tion that had been looxed tor had come. It showed the Governor hovered between life and death. If the Governor can sus- tain the change his recovery is assured. At 7 o’clock to-night the condition of the Governor had not materially changed. LR Will Now Print the News. OGDEN, Uras, March L—The Ogden Standard, for many years & member of the Chicago Associated Press, has aban- doned that organization and to-day began to receive the full leased wire service of the United Press. With its change of ser- vice the Standard will leave the afternoon field and become a morning paper. g Ezx-Congressman Rice Dead. WORCESTER, Mass.,, March L—Hon. W. W. Rice, ex-Congressman and brother- in-law of Senator Hoar, died to-day. cents admittance to defray expenses and tickets were sold rapidly this afternoon until Chief of Police T. C. McDonald stopped the sale and ordered a postpone- ment of the speaking, saying it was against the law for a lecture on Sunday and especially when admission fees were charged. The word was Ensed around the town and in ashort while the main streets of the city were crowded with workmen crit- icizing the action of the Chief of Police. Great indignation was expressed and s special meeting of the Police Commis- sioners was hurriedly called. It was, how- ever, subsequently decided to allow the speaking to-night. Shortly after 6 o’clock Debs arrived on the Central Road. He was met at the depot by between 400 and 500 people and carried on the shoulders of strong brawny men toward the Florence Hotel. He spoke on “Unionism” at the opera house. A greater demonstration over a labor leader was never before given a man in the South. — EACH WANTS A TO0GA. Senatorial Aspirants Throng the Hotel ZLobbies at Frankfort. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 1.—Since the withdrawal of Dr. Hunter yesterday the hotel lobbies have been crowded with candidates for Senator. Every Republi- can of any importance is spoken of as pos- sible Senatorial timber. There are a great many more candidates in (he field than there were when the Legislature opened. Most of them saw they could not over- come Dr. Hunter’s strength and did not announce themselves. Now that Dr. Hunter has withdrawn, all of them seem to think that they stand a better show. No one seems to know who will be the next nominee. A good many of the mem- bers believe ex-Chiet Justice Holt would be the strongest man that the caucus could nominate. State Auditor Stone has been 1n the hotel to-night shaking bands with the members and onlliné them aside for a short interview, and Hon. St. John Boyle of Louisville has opened headquar- ters. Hon. H. F. Finley has estahlisied himself in Dr. Hunter’s old rooms and is busy receiving callers. Congressman John W. Lewis telegraphed Representative Bar- nett that he would arrive to-morrow ana open headquarters. SEvR S s MURDERED FOR A TRIFLE. Deliberate Killing of @ Woman by @ Cin- ecinnati Young Man. CINCINNATI, Onio, March 1.—Harry Matlack, sone of one of the most respected cititens of Cheviot, a suburb of Cincinnati, deliberately shot and killea Mrs. Anna 8trong, wife of the owner and keeper of the Cheviot Hotel. The crime was com- mitted Saturday night. Mrs. Strong was in the room of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harsh. = Matlack en- tered and insisted upon Mrs. Strong occu- pying another room. She refused and in the quarrel which ensued he drew a re- volver and, placing it against her hre:s& fired. The ball penetrated her heart an passed entirely through her body. She fell across a sléeping infant and instantly ex:[urm. : 'he husband of Mrs. Harsh rushed into the room and a second tragedy was nar- rowly averted. Matlack is now in custody in Cincinnati. CalpRE MUBDERS KIS AGED MOTHER. Crazed by Liguor, a Long /Island Man Kills His Parent and Then Com- mits Suicide. LONG ISLAND CITY, L. L., March 1.— Michael Kraemer, 25 years of age, shot and killed his aged mother and then put a bullet into his own brain this afternoon. Death was instantaneous in both cases. The Kraemer family consisted of the murdered woman, the suicide and a younger brother named John. They had been entertaining a party of friends from New York. Plenty of drink was siupplied. Late this afternoon the party became hilarious and Michael made frequent trips back and forth to a near-by saloon. Pre- vious to making the final trip he had an altercation with one of the guests from New York, Andrew Ryper. The quarrel had not been settled when Michael went out for more wine. On his return his mother followed him into the kitchen. Everybody in the house professes ignorance as to what transpired there. They say they were alarmed by hearing two pistol shots in rapid succes- sion. On rushing into tne kitchen they found mother and som stretched on the floor a few Jeet apart gasping for breath, There was a bullethole under Mrs. Krae- mer’s left ear and one near her son’s right eye. In his hand he still held & smoking revolver. They were both dead before the police arrived, HUDSON RIVER BOOMING, Water Submerges the Docks and Invades Basements at Troy. Millions of Feet of Lumber Washed Away—Factory Engines Are at a Standstill. TROY, N. Y., March 1.—The water fin the Hudson River reached the highest point to-night attained since 1857. At9 o’clock the mark of the memorable flood of 1886 on the bridee here was lost sight of, and the water continues to rise. The docks are submerged to the shed roofs. All the cellars along the river front have been flooded and much damage done. In many of the large collar-factories the en- gine-rooms have been invaded and the fires extinguished. In the southern part of the city many houses are submerged to the second story. On the west side ‘the damage is even greater. Millions of feet of lumber piled along the entrance of the Erie Canal have been washed away. The electric light statfon is flooded and the village of West Troy is in darkness. The water works en- gines were also stopped, so the paradox is presented of a flood yet a famine of water. el A UNDATION. Cellars Flooded and Surface Fires Ex- tinguished. ALBANY, N. Y., March 1.—The flood at Albany this evening has attained greater proportions than any in years excepting orly that of 1883, when the Hudson was swollen to a height of seventeen feetabove the normal flow. To-night the freshet is sixteen feet and the water is rising. The whole southern portion of the city lying on the flat land for a distance of 200 yards back from the river front is inun- dated, but there is no extensive damage reported. Cellars of business-bouses are atl flooded, but merchants had sufficient warning from the Weather Bureau and bad removed their goods. The water came into the power-house of the Albany Railroad, on South Pearl street, and an engine from the Fire De- vartment had to be brought into service to pump out the cellars so that the fires could be kept going in the boilers which furnished the power for the electric-cars and streef lights of the entire ocity. The hotels were unable to warm their rooms to-night, for the water had compelled the extinguishment of the fires in all their boilers. The guests of the Mansion House, & second-class hotel, located near the river, had to be taken out in boats to other places. The traffic with villages on the east shore is largely cut off, as the approach to the bridge is under water. At Bath-on-the-Hudson the wall of the East Albany water works was crushed by the breaking of an ice gorge which had formed just above the pumphouse. En- gineer Ward had a narrow escape, having stepped out to take & look at the torrent when the catastrophe occurred. Just about the time the accident at the pumphouse occurred the local train leav- ing Troy at 2 o'clock was due. The ice was piled all over the tracks for a distance of several hundred feet. In some places the ice was five feet high. Fortunately the train was signaled in time to preventa serious accident, it being brought te a standstill 100 feet from the ice. 'ihe train contained over 100 passengers. il WILL FI1GHT A BATTILE. Nicaraguan Troops Are Advancing Upon the Rebels. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 1.—The Her- ald’s special cable from Managua, Nicara- gua, says: News received from Leon states that a precarious condition of affairs pre- vails there. The rebels and the police were attacked yesterday by a mob. The troops are with- out pay. The port of Corinto is closed to all ships. Steamers must be discharged at San Juan del Sur; merchandise will re- main under Government protection. The foreign element is enthusiastic for President Zelaya« Many have offered their services and_funds. The troops are advancing toward Lopaz and there will be a battle soon, —_—— Editor MoBride Wants Damages. MITCHELL, 8. D., March 1.—The end of the trouble cansed by the raid on Editor McBride is-not in sight. He has com- menced civil action against forty-eight citizens for the destruction of his property, which will be brought in Aurora County. Damages will be claimed smounting to $25,000. It is rumored s joint stock com- pany is being formed to establish a paper and make McBride editor. L ————— Baron Talleyrand-Perigord Dea: PARIS, Fraxce, March 1.—Baron Charles Angelique Talleyrand-Perigord,an ex-memberof the Senate and a well-known diplomat, died to-day. 2, 1886 MURPHY STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON. Knocked the San Francisco Lightweight Out in the Sixth. FOUGHT NEAR DULUTH, The Ring Was Pitched in a Clear- ing and the Sports Had to Shovel Snow. FAST AND FURIOUS CONTEST. Honors Were Easy Until the Chicago Lad Found His Opponent’s Jaw, DULUTH, Misxy., March L—A train consisting of two coaches crowded with sports pulled ont of the Union depot over | the St. Paul and Duluth line this after- nooh to be conveyed to an unknown battle- ground, where its passengers were to wit- ness a fight to a finish between Jimmy Murphy of Chicago and Billy Patterson of Ban Francisco, both lightweights. At 4:15 P. M., after a twenty-mile run, the train came to a stop and the crowd started out to select a suitable battlefield. After some little time, most of which was spent in wading through snow, climb- ing over logs and fences,an opening was | found in the woods and men with shovels | and picks began clearing away the snow | for a ring. After some labor everything | was ready and the two principals were called from the cars to battle. The fight, which lasted six rounds, was fast and furious from the start. Neither had much advantage until the fifth round, when Murphy landed a stiff one on Patter- son’s jaw, which made him weary. In the sixth and last round Patterson did some good work, but Murphy seemed fresher, | flooring Patterson once. He did not rise | until the ninth second, when Murphy | made a rush and Patterson went down | again to avoid punishment. Patterson | had been bleeding freely from the nose, and his costume was fairly saturated. This, together with his falling to avoid punishment, although apparently far from beinz knocked out, caused the referee to declare Murphy the winner. They fought for a purse of $150 and gate receipts. e BOLINGBROKE CLUB'S OFFER. Draft of the Articles Sent to Corbett and Fitzsummons. LONDON, Ex6., March 1.—Sporting | Life will to-morrow publish a draft of the | Bolingbroke Club’s articles, to decide the | championship of the world, that have been mailed to Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Each man will receive his expenses, and must derom £1000 as a guarantee. The referee will be selected by mutual consent, failing which he will be apgointed by the pro- prietors of the club. Sporting Life will be the final stakenolder. —_— Whist Tournament at Swisun. SUISUN, Can., March 1.—The Vallejo ‘Whist Club and the Suisun Social Club met last evening in a whist tournament. There were eight tables of participants, and the play was made with table trays. The game was well contested, and it was | not until a final count was made that it was possible todecide which side bad won. Vallejo won by a net gain of 16 points. The visitors were royally entertained, and about 100 partook of the banquet provided by the home players. AMERICANS SHOULD MD. Archbishop Ireland’s Appeal in Behalf of the Suffering Armenians. Should Be Made to Know That This Country Stands Ready to Help the Oppressed. ST. PAUL, Mixx., March 1.—Archbishop | Ireland made an impassioned address to an audience which packed the Metropoli- tan Opera-house from pit to gallery this afternoon in a protest against the atroci- ties in Armenia. He said: ‘‘Let us give something of what we have. Let it go akroad before all the nations of the world that, whan the people of Arme- nia were hungry and naked and had lost all their possessions, messengers from that distant land, the United States, bore gifts in the name of liberty, civilization and Christianity. And let it be known to the most remote countries of Asia and Africa that wherever men suffer the sympathies of America will go. And in no better way than in this disinterested charity can we make it plain to the entire world that America is worthy of her fame as a coun- try of civilization, generosity and Chris- tianity.” e FOR 4 NEW TREATEY. Move Which President Kruger Is Said to Contemplate. LONDON, Exe., March 1.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Johannesburg saying that President Kru- ger will seek to secure the abrogation of the convention of 1884 between the South African republic and Great Britain, which gives the latter suzerain rights in the Lransvaal, and to substitute therefor a treaty of commerce and unity, which will recognize Great Britain as the paramount power in South Africa and accord to the Transvaal the pre-emptive right to Dela- goa Bay. e CECIL RHODES ACCUSED, COharged With a Knowledge of Jameson’s Intentions. CAPE TOWN, SouTH AFRICA, March 2.— A letter written by J. Hoffmeyer, the leader of the Afrikander party, is pubtished here, which an- nounces that Rhodes, as he is convinced that Mr. Rhodes knew of the British South Africa Com- pany’s intended raid into the Transvaal and made no attempt to prevent it. i ar L SMALLPOX IN A WORKHOUSE. Twenty-Five Well-Defined Cases in an Ohio Town. DAYTON, Omo, March 1—This city | The One True Blood Purifier. was aroused almost to a state of panic this evening by the announcement that there were twenty-five well-defined cases of smallpox in the Dayton workhouse. There are over one hundred prisoners in the in- stitution, besides Superintendent Martin, his family, the guards and other erqplo_vu The prisoners have been divided ard extra guards were in demand for both the inside and outside of the place. The prisoners not already down with tne dread conta- gion threaten to break out of the institu- tion and a detail of guards was desired to prevent such a calamity. The thought of fifty or seventy-five per- sons who have for weeks been exposed to the frightful disease being turned loose on the community is viewed with the great- est alarm. The first death occurred this morning. Toemos oA REVIVAL IN MINING. Eastern Capital Investing im @& Cali- fornia Enterprise. CHICAGO, IrL., March 1.—Ex-Governor Van Arman of Arizona, who hassucceeded in organizing a new placer mining com- pany with a capital stock of $2,000,000 for the purpose of investment in a California mining enterprise, is in the city. Mr. Van Arman reports a rgvival of in- terest in gold mining in California and Arizona and says that the gold output of the Pacific Coast last year was $27,000,000, He reports a new menace to Pacific Slope interests in the Japan manufacturers who, he thinks, will demoralize American in- dustries in that section of the country uniess checked by a strong protective tariff. He says that the Pacific Coast States and Territories will be solid for McKinley at the St. Louis convention and that the Ohio man will be nominated on the sec- ond ballot. The election of McKinley would benefit the West as well as the entire country, so he believes, because it would insure a protective tariff that would restore confidence to capital and revive national prosperity. SR BIG FIRE AT TACOHA. Oryhouse and Engine-House Burned Through an Electric Wire—Loss $25,000 TACOMA, WasH., March 1.—A disas- trous fire occurred this afternoon, result- ing in the destruction of the dryhouse and engine-house of the St. Paul Mill, situated directly across the Eleventh-street bridge and east of the city. The cause was attrib- utable to an electric light wire, and a tierce conflagration was on before the firemen could get it under control. This is the sec- ond time in a year this company has suffered the loss of its dryhouse, and the dense smoke to-day led people who live on the hill to believe the whole city was afire. The Fire Department at the first alarm quickly demonstrated the wisdom of the construction of the Eleventh-street bridge, which gives a short-cut to the mill and other large establishments on the tide flats, but the fire had gained such headway that it was an up-bill fight. The dry- house was tilled and the adjoining piles of lumber caught, together with the engine- house of the Commercial Electric Light Company. Colonel Griggs, one of the owners of the mill, estimates the loss at $25,000, cnly partially insured. It will be rebuilt at once. QUEEN VIOTORIA'S HOUSES, Her Countless Acres of Forest and Farm Laund and Her Four Old Yachts. The announcement that Queen Victoria is to leave by will Osborne House to one daughter, the lease of Abergeldie House to another, and Balmoral, the royal residence in the Highlands, to the Duke of Con- naught, recalls the fact that the man who would devour this particular widow’s houses must make an uncommotly full meal. It was discovered a few years since that the Queen owned 600 houses in vari- ous parts of England, not royal residences, but rent-yielding property, and that about | Queen. kets and tolls from ferries, besides the her property or the crown property. Sne had large estates in Yorkshire, Ox- | Ireland and Wales. | there are 2000 acres of absolute and 63 acres of contingent crown property. Her Majesty enjoys income from the Forest of moral, in the Highlands, are the private out of her own income. | | | 6000 houses Lad been built by crown | lessees on building leaseholds held of the | She then had also rents from mar- | proceeds of mines and other works upon | fordshire and Berks; valuuble lands in the | Isle of Man and in Alderney, Scotland, | Of the New Forest | ean, from several other forests and | from rich properties in and about London. | Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and Bal- | property of the Queen and are maintained | o But she_has the | €9 use of a few royal palaces besides, and | Copeo Soap, ‘25¢ Frivate Garden Oolong Tea,$1 50 grade....... ... 100 | @®) Avovears fines quality, as well as | Q¢ 10w in price. It's a fact that all mothers look to the big store to dress their little fellows for ’em. In fact we know we dress the ma- jority of the boys in the city, and if there is one particular point that mothers lay most stress upon, it is that of getting the newest styles for- the little folks, and they know the big store supplies them with such styles. To-day you want to be at the big store. Our Monday sales are so weli known that they hardly need any introductipn at our hands saving for the special article to be offered on that day. To-day somme 500 or 600 very swell B.!uo Serge Reefer Suits, with extra deep sailor collar, prettily braided; awfully swell goods. Sy You pay for no better Reefer Suitsin other stores, $5; ages 3 to 10 years. At your big store to-day, —$2.50-- RAPHAEL’S THE FRISCO BOYS, 9, 11, 13, 15 KEARNY STREET More Regular Goods at Special Prices. Miner's Fiuest Cocoa, per tin....... 20¢ Fancy Brand Asparagus, & dainty dis .25¢ Fancy Hot Price's Cream Bak Germen, the 2-1b packages. 8¢ Deviled Ham, P. & W. finest pack.15¢ aporated, Santa Clara Canton Flannel, unbleached, 10¢ weight R tuie sue Wisp Broo d Fancy Holder. Jersey Suits, little boys 3 to 8. it will be impossible | W2 to have pure, rich,red blood, to cure Scrof- for him to henceforth co-operate withCecil uls, Salt Rheum and similar troubles, isto take these are maintained by the nation at an | annual expenditure ranging from $2500 to | $50,000. The Queen is in the occupancy of Buckmfil)mm Palace, Windsor Castle, the | ‘White Lodge at Richmond Park and part | of St. James’ FPalace. The remainder of the last-named palace is occupied by other members of the reyal family. Other royal palaces maintained as such, although not in the occupancy of the Queen, are Kensington Paiace, Hampton Court, which according to a recent esti- mate based on the statistics of eight or ten years, costs the nation on the average over $70,000 a year, Kew Palace, Pem- broke Lodge, the Thatched Cottage, and Sheen Cottage, Richmond Park, Bush: House in Bushy Park and Holyrood Pai- | ace. The Queen when she visits the con- | tinent has one great house or another, | with whatever repairs and refurnishing are necessary to fit it for a temporary royal occupant, although for all this she ays out of her own income. Bagshot House, Gloucester House and Clarence House are palatial dwellings occu‘pied by various members of the royal family. The Queen has four rather old fashioned yachts on which she makes her sea joumeYs, although the oldest of them is probably used seldom or never. The four cost originally about $1,375,000. The new- Floor Matting, cut, 9c, 40-yard piece .. Yarn for stockings Ladies’ High-cost special.......... ... ‘81 Ask us to name other advantages offered. SHITHS’ PAY THE FREIGHT. WESHALL FOR MARCH PR3 freight on orders of $5 or upwara for 100 miles and make 2 per cent {freight ‘allowance to more distant places, except on a few heavy goods thatare mentioned in LIST IN MARCH HOME CIRCLE. Send for particulars. Will pay you. SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416,418 FRONT ST, S. F, Largest Western Department Store. or fancy Button Shoe: PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. BUY DIRECT FRON THE MANUFACTURER. est is of 1890 tons displacement and cost a | REFINED BAR IRON +75 base ifle over $500,000. It costs annually about | ANGLE IRON.. 2.25 flat $65,000.—N. Y. Sun. BAND IRON. 2.10 . ——————— A Poisoned Rabbit Stolen. 3 2"‘“‘" EaEs, ire Ateok s fins A tragi-comic story—let us hope it will P:. vl SR v end as a farce and not as a serious drama. . S i i is reported from Rennes by the Paris cor- | German Hammered ¢¢ . 310 ese respondent of the Telegraph. A local | Pick bt 4.00 chemist, who was making some experi- | Machinery & 2.00 ¢ ments respecting the effects of the virus of | Spring g5 2.50 rabies on animals, sent a rabbit to the Pas- | cold Rolled . 3.258 ¢ teur institute to be inoculated. This was | pinjshed Shafting. 3.25 ¢ done and the animal returned toitsowner, who, having no place for it, had the rabbit kept in a friend’s hutch. A night or two ag2o a tramp broke in and stole ths rabbit that had received the poisonous injection. As a rule such a theft would not create much attention, but now consternation reigns among tbe inhabitants of the dis- trict, and rabbits are a perfect glut on the local market.—Westminster Gazette. Feed Your nerves upon rich, red blood and you will not be nervous, nor hava that tired feeling. The Terms :—Cash. F. 0. B. Cars or Steamer. JUDSON M’F’G. CO. City Office:—Cor. Howard & Beale Sts., SAN FRANCISCO. 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