The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1896, Page 2

-] MefINLEY SCOOP SOUTH OO Hot Fight Over the Silver Question in the State Convention. SILVER MEN DEFEATED. The Reed Boom Is Given a Boost by the Republicans of Texas. MINNESOTA FAVORS MORTON. Six Delegates Bolt in a Georgia Con- vention and Declare for Reed. HURON, S, Dak., March 25.—McKinley swept the Republican State Convention amid great enthusiasm. There was not a dissenting vote. South Dakota’s eight delegates are instructed for the Ohio man and for “sound money.” The big fight of the convention was between the silver and “sound money’’ men. Senator Pettigrew made a powerful fight to prevent any expression on the silver question, and presented a long argument | before the resolutions committee. The | Jatter unanimously reported, and the con- vention unanimously adopted as the money plank the National platform | of 1892, The resolutions also required all aspirants for positions of delegates to rise and declare their attitude toward silver and pledge themselves to not only vote but to work for ‘sound money’’ at St. Louis. Every one did this, including Pettigrew, the lacter stating that he bowed to the will of the majority. Several speakers severely arraigned the silver men as un-Republican. The anti- Pettigrew men had threatened that in case the silver men raised the question they would leave Pettigrew at home. The other seven delegates held a meeting and pledged themselves to not allow Pettigrew to be chairman or to be on the creden- tials or platform committee at St. Louis, orto vote for National committeeman. The convention stood three to one against silver and it was proposed fora time to leave Pettigrew off the delegation, but the Senator had threatened in a speech in Sioux Falls that his defeat meant a Populistic victory. The leaders decided that the interests of the party were op- posed to further humiliating him. TEXAS EEPUBLICANS. Move Than Half of the National Dele- gates Ave for Reed. AUSTIN, Tex., March 25.—Owing to the delay of Chairman Cuney in selecting | committees the Republican convention did not meet to-day until 1 o’clock, at which time committees were announced, aird adjournment was bad until 7 ». M. At | that hour the convention was called to | order, and the committee on credentials | not being ready to report, the convention adjourned until to-marrow at 10 o’clock. | The committee on resolutions to-night | agreed to report to the convention to- morrow resolutions in favor of “sound | money,” and a tariff, notwithstanding the | idea all along, has been not to touch such | matters. The resolutions will undoubt- | edly be adopted. . | Knowing ones place the thirty delegates | Texas will send to the National Conveation | as follows: Reed 16, McKinley 8, Allison 6. The credentials committee to-morrow will recommend ratifying the McKinley delegation, and whatever they report will be adopted. Cuney, in selecting the committees, has wholly ignored the McKinley men, and has placed. W. M. McDonald, State man- ager for Reed, at the head of the commit- tee on credentials. His action has given the Reed element, which had been lost in the shuffle, new life, and this after- noon the Cuney combination made up the following slate to elect as delegates to the National Conwention to-morrow: D. B. Ferguson, Wright Cuney, W. M. Makeme- son and A. T. Terrell. The two latter are white and both originally Reed men; the two first are colored and are for Allison. Up to this afternoon the Cuney combine had been willing to accede to the election of Chairman Grant of the State Executive Committee, a McKinley man, but a caucus to-day of McKinley men, called, it is said, to discuss the advisability of cutting loose from the Black and Tan wing and holding an exclusive “white con- wention,” they determined the fate of Grant Bnd he was dropped from the list of dele- gates, and the McKinleyites, who Tuesday morning believed they would carry the convention with a whoop, are entirely left out. L FROM MINNESOTA. ZLarge Mecting of the Leagus of Repub- lican Clubs. ST. PAUL, M1xy., March 25.—The Min- nesota League of Republican Clubs‘ met here to-day with an attendance of over 800 representatives of the clubs of the State. The body adopted | resolutions pledging its fealty and loyal support to the principles of the Re- publican party and pledged its vnited efforts to secure the election of the candi- dates nominated by the Repunblican Na- tional Convention, Eli 8. Warner of St. Paul was elected president of the league over Daniel 8. Brackart of 8t. Cloud by a yote of 545 to 290. ©C. L. Smith of Minne- apolis was unanimously elected secretary. An evening meeting was held, which was addressed by Frank F. Davis of Minne- apolis, and the president of the National League, General Edwin A. McAlpin of New York. In an interview General McAlpin spoke in favor of Levi P. Morton for President, and said he saw nothing in the returns so far to indicate that McKinley would cer- tainly be nominated at St. Louis. ——— Bolt in @ Georgia Convention. SBAVANNAH, Ga., March 25.—The Re- publican convention of the Eleventh Con- gressional District was held at Waycross to-day with thirty-six delegates pres- ent. Six of the delegates bolted and elected Reed delegates to the National Republican Convention. The thirty delegates remaining in the ball unanimously instructed the delegates chosen by them to vote for MeKinley. The police were called in to prevent the rival factions from coming to blows. ALy, Not a Presidential Candidate. SPRINGFIELD, Omio, Marcn 25.—Ex- Governor Campbell sent a letter to the Daily Democratof this city to-day, saying that he was not a Presidential candidate. Stolen by a Pickpockets CHEYENNE, Wvo., March 25.—F. C. Kline of Adell, Iowa, stopped off here to- day with his wife and two alnghw{:‘ while en route to Seattle,Wash. While in the depot his pocket was picked and he lost $30 in currency, certificates of deposit on a Des Moines bank for_$2200 and four railway tickets to Seattle. No trace of the pickpocket has yet been found. s Dupas and Royere Acquitted. PARIS, Fraxce, March 25.—The trial of MM. Dupasand Royere,formerly officials of the detective service, eharged with selling professional secrets and with failing to ar- rest Emile Arton in connection with the Panama frauds when the latter was in Venice, in detiance of orders to take him into custody, ended to-day in the acquit- tal of both defendants. - Caught With Knockout Drops. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—Fred Nelson and Frank Lewis, hailing from San Francisco, were arrested to-night charged with administering ‘knockout” drops for the purpose of robbery. Valuable jewelry was found in their baggage, and a small bottle containing chloral and other narcotic drugs. —_—— . A. R. U. Delegates Expelled. OMAHA, Nepr., March 25,—~The cul- mination of the fight which has been go- ing on inside the Central Labor Council in this city reached 2 climax to-night, when all the American Railway Union delegates were expelled. The large socialistic ele- ment in the council has been the cause of all the trouble. Jest Wins the Stake. LONDON, Exc., March 25.—The race for the Brocklesby trial stakes (hanaicap) of two sovereigns each, with 100 sovereigns added, fivefurlongs straight, was run to- day and was won by Jest, with Princess Anne second and Eager third. DEATH OF A SAN JOSEAN. Jasper Babcock’s Eventful Ca- reer Draws to a Peace- ful Close. Made and Lost Two Fortunes in ’the Early Days—Active in Cali- fornia Politics. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 25.—Jasper Babcock, well known in sporting circles, a pioneer of the Pacific Coast, and one of the most energetic and enterprising of the | early residents of California and Nevada, passed away in this city to-day at the age of 74 vears. He was a native of Ashfork, Conn. While he was young his parents removed to New York. There, up to 1852, he was heavily en- gaged as a contractor in the construc- tion of railroads and canals. In this capacity he built fifteen miles of the New York Central Railroad. After his removal to San Francisco 1n 1852 he continued the same work there, and successfully carried out many of the extensive gradingcon- tracts in that city in early days. Through tke ‘illegal issue of a large amount of city scriot by Henry Meiggs, who fled, Babcock lost over $100,000 and became a bankrupt. Hefinally paid every cent of his debts, however. Afterward he was successful in mining in Nevada, but lost all finally in a tumble in stocks. ¢ Babcock was also active at one time in olitics in this State and Nevada.. In 1859 Ee was elected as a Douglass Democrat to the Legislature of California. He was then a strong Union man and iinally went into the Republican party. In 1876 he was elected to the Legislature from Storey County, Nevada, and became Secretary of State of Nevada, in 1878, for a term of four years. In 1889 Mr. Babcock moved to San Jose, and has since resided here. One daughter, Eleanor Barry, the ac- complished actress, survives him. e THE GILROY FAILURE. Jeweler Harry Frutig Files a Petition in Insolvency. SAN JOSE, Can., March 25.— Harry Frutig, who has been engaged in the jew- elry business at Gilroy for the past fifteen years,and who was alleged to have fled from the town, to-day filed a petition in insolvency. He attributes his failure to a depression in business, a shrinkage in values and alack of trade. His liabili- ties amount to $4792. The principal creditors are: Bank of Gilroy, $320; J. P. Sargent of Gilroy $890; J. P. Trafton, Los Angeles, $725; J. E. Lewis, San Francisco, $725; George Green- zweig & Co., San Francisco, $309; H.T. Jones, San Francisco, $415; Rothschild & Haydenfelt, San Francisco, $526. The as- sets consist of a stock of jewelry valued at $1150°and fixtures worth §250. Judge Rey- nolds ;et the hearing of the petition for April 3. he rumor that Frutig and his wife had suddenly left the State was erroneous. Frutigis nowin San Francisco and will return to Gilroy in a few days. ——— San Jose Divorce Suit. SAN JOSE, Car., March 25.—Rose P. Fanelli has commenced suit aghinst Fran- cisco Fanelli for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. They were' married ten ears ago and reside at West Side. They inve four. children. The plaintiff wants the custody-of the four children and $25 per month alimony. An injunction re- straining Fanelli from disposing of some p-operty was issued. CUT RATES FROM FRESKO Mules and Wagons Compete With the Southern Pacific of Kentucky. Miners’ Supplies Hauled Across Coun. try Cheaper Than by Hunting- ton’s Route. - FRESNO, CaL., March 25.-Opposition to thefreight department of the ‘“‘all-the- trafiic-will-bear” railroad has been res vived in the S8an Joaquin Valley. During the Midwinter ‘Fair a great freight team of mules and two wagons were equipped here to bhaul grain and merchandise be- tween this city and 8an Francisco. This team entered the metropolis via San Jose and the peninsula and successfully come peted with its Kentucky corporation oppo- sition. The great wagon train remained on exhibition at the fair for some days after its arrival. The same big wagons left here to-night, headed for Stockton, with twelve tons of provisions for about 100 men, who expect to start by rail for San Francisco and thence to the %lfldfl.lfll of Alaska in & few days. The load was made up in and about Fowler, Selma and Kin?bnrg. The enterprise is in the hands of Frank Dusy, who has chartered a' steamer from San Francisco on which will be shipped this cargo: and- its owners. The load “will shipped from Stockton to San Francisco by river steamers, and, notwithstanding extra handling, Dnay guarantees to place these supplies in San rnndwo&fnpn ton less than the Southern Pacific would charge. The drive will require six days. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896. CONGRESSNAL PROCEEDNGS Senators Hoar and Allen Engage in a Little Colloquy. KEEN THRUSTS PARRIED Cannon and Boutelle Discuss Naval Appropriations in the House. TEE MISCALLED OBSERVATORY Hot Words Which Ended in an Ex- planation by the Illinois Congressman. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—The Senate joint resolution to anthorize Pro- fessors Newcomb and Hall, United States navy, to accept decorations from the French Government was to-day reported by Sherman (R.) of Ohio from the Com- mittee on Foreign Relation and passed. Sherman, also from the same committee, reported a joint resolution authorizing Benjamin Harrison to accept certain medals (now in the custody of the State Department) presented to him by the Gov- ernments of Brazil and Spain during the term of his service as President of the United States, and asked that it be put upon its passage. “Let that resolution go over,” Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska objected, and it went over until to-morrow. Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire intro- duced a joifit resolution for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States and asked that it lie on the table for the present. It provides tbat neither Con- gress nor any State Legislature shall pass any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; nor use the property or credit of the United States or of any State or any money raised by taxation for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious denomination, or relig- ious society, or any institution that is wholly or in part under sectarian or eccle- siastical control. The Senate then resumed the considera- tion of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. The section fixing the salaries of United States Dis- trict Attorneys occupied attention for several hours. The Senate Appropriation Committee had in some particular cases reported in favor of increasing the rates fixed in the House bill and in other cases amendments were offered by individnal Benators to increase them. Strenucus opposition to all these in- creases was made by Allen (Pop.) of Ne- braska. They were also antagonized by George (D.) of Mississippi, who regarded the propositions by either House as ex- travagant and extraordinary. Finally all the changes proposed by the committee were adopted, as well as some other increases proposed by individual Senators. A paragraph, giving to the Attorney- General of the United States the authority to allow marshals to employ clerical as- sistants and to fix their compensation, was opposed by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska on the ground that it was turning over the daties of the legislative branch of the Government to the Executive Department. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, which had considered this part of the bill, ridiculed Allen’s argument and said thai to act upon it would be to make Congress the laughing-stock of mankind. If Congress could not trust the Attorney-General with the duty of saying how many clerical as- sistants a marshal should have and what their compensation should be, the repub- lican government, he thought, should shut up shop and had better apply to the Emperor of Russia or to the head of some Populist club and take him for a despot. . Allen replied to Hoar in the same con- temptuous tone, saying that the only sensible remark of the Massachusetts Sen- ator was that about applying to some Populist club for information as to the course to be adopted in running the Gov- ernment. Allen’s motion to strike out the para- graph was rejected. h Without final action on the bill the Senate, at 5:25 o’clock, proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and soon afterward adjourned until to-mor- Tow, PRI IN TBE HOUSE. The Naval Appropriation Bill Causes a Lively Discussion. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—At 12:30 o’clock the House, in committee of the whole, proceeded to consider the naval appropriation bill, and the opening speech was made by Boutelle, chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. Boutelle explained the provisions of the bill as set forth in his report accompanying it, and gave the history of the construction of the new navy and of the plants for building the ships. He said the flag of the country had been restored to the sea; that Columbia was indeed the gem of the ocean, and that, ship for ship, the navy of the United States was the best that floated. [Applaunse.] Cummings (D.)of New York. said that the bill was as economical as any that had ever been brought before the House. In response to a question by Dingley (R.) of Maine Boutelle stated that the to- tal cost of the new work authorized in the bill wounld probably be $22,863,000. Low (R.) of New York made an argu- ment in favor of the extension of the navy and then- general debate on the bill was closed. A little breeze was evoked by Cannon (R.) of Illinois, who asked Boutelle if he could tell the House when the work of building palatial quarters would be com- pleted for -the officers detailed from the navy to take charge of the miscalled naval observatory, when they don’t know any more about astronomy than the average member of Congress. Cummings (D.) of New York said that in two different Congresses since he had been a member. of the House the question of transferring the observatory from the be | control of the Secretary of the Navy had been raised by outside scientific influence. The Naval Affairs Committee, after earnest consideration, had in both cases unani- mously voted against the change. Robinson (R.) of Pennsylvania defended | the naval officers detailed at the naval ob- servatory from the imputation of Cannon’s remarks that they were not qualified by scientific attainments for the positions they held at the observatory. The work of the observatory was done in large part by naval officers and wholly supervised by them. Cannon, responding, referred fo Robin- son’s statement that the nautical almanac was compiled by naval officers, and quoted from the legislative, executive and judi- clal appropriation bill the paragraph ap- vropriating for the salaries of computers in the office of the nautical almanac. “Are these naval officers?” he asked. Cannon, recurring to the item of appro- priation under discussion ($2500 to com- plete the quarters for observers, author- ized by law of March 2, 1895), said his in- tention had been only to call attention to what he believed to be a matter of misad- ministration, but now that the question had gone so far he would give it as his judgment that the Naval Committee, under the substance of the rules of the House, had no jurisdiction of the appro- pfiiflion, and that it should not be in the bill. Boutelle vigorously responded that the gentleman had set up his ' judgment against the whole House on a matter that had, ever since he had been in the House, been committed to the Commiittee on Naval Affairs. He did not suppose the committee was particularly jealous of the right to appropriate a few hundred doHars for building these quarters, but as chair- man of the committee he emphatically re- pudiated the right of the committee to re- port back to the House a matter spe- cifically reported to it by the vote of the House itself. It was a monstrous proposi- tion, and almost trifling with the time of the House to discuss the matter. Boutelle then followed Robinson in euldgizing the scientitic ability and achievements of naval officers. He said they included some of the ablest and brightest scientific men in the civilized world. Cannon retorted with some heat that when he, undertook to exercise his un- doubted right as a representative on the floor, and to ask a question regarding an appropriation which he might deem un- wise or inexpedient, he did not propose to be lectured for it by the gentleman from Maine. He objected to being putin the position’of seeming to criticize or antagon- ize the naval force. The officers were a magnificent lot of men, whom he honored ; they were men fully educated in naviga- tion and the command of ships, “and I want’em to stick to their business,” he said. * “Their busmess is not upon the hill yonder.”” The subject was passed with no action. Having disposed of the bill, with the ex- ception of the paragraph providing for new ships, the committee rose, and at 4:50 o’clock, on motion by Boutelle, the House adjourned until to-morrow. CHMGES 1N WARSHPS, Suggestions to Secretary Herbert by the Naval Board of Construction. The Massachusetts and Oregon to Be Improved and the Chicago to Be Reconstructed. WASHINGTON, D. C.,”March 25.—An important meeting of the Naval Board of Construction was held to-day, and as a re- sult several recommendations for changes in warships will be sent to Secretary Her: bert. - A request from the Cramp Company of Philadelphia that they beallowed eighteen months’ and twelve months’ extension of time for the completion of the battle- shic Iowa and the armored cruiser Brook- lyn was laid before the board. The Cramps made the claim that they were entitled to the extension on the ground that the orig- inal drawings for gun supports and the roller paths for turrets were changed by the Navy Department more than a year after the contract was awarded. This rea- son the board considered good and decided to recommend to the Secretary that the re- quest be granted. The board also decided to recommend that the forward compartment of the battleships Massachusetts and Oregon now practically ready for transfer to the overnment) should divided into an upper and lower section, so that in the event thelower becomes filied with water the upper compartment will be secure, The plans for the reconstruction of the cruiser Chicago were laid before the board. They propose to increase the deck protection over the bows and clear to the stern, thus giving tne vessel a protective deck and to change her sparplan so as to take away all her heavy top hamper. These plans were approved, and it was also decided to replace the present arma- ment with fourteen five-inch rapia-fire guns. A recommendation was also agreed on that the horsepower of the vessel shall be increased from 5000 to 9000, thus giving an increase of speed from fifteen to eigh- een knots an hour, and also providing space for 300 tons of coal additional. _If these desires of the board of construc- tion are carried out it will take about.two years to turn the Chicago into a new vessel. The appropriation for that pur- pose contained in the naval bill reported yesterday will be adequate for the'work. B0 Bt e A CABLE TO JAPAN. TIhe Project Discussed by the. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. WASHINGTON, D, C., March 25.—The Benate Committee on Foreign Helations to-day discussed the project for the con- struction of a cable to Japan by the way of Honolulu briefly, and set aparf next ‘Wednesaay as a day for the final disposi- tion of this subject. A bill has been drafted embodying the best features of the two measures before the committee, and it will be left for next Wednesday to deter- mine which company shall be named in the measure. The majority of the com- mittee a'}wnr to look n&on the Scrymser proposition as the most favorable, Pacific Coast Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C,, March 25.—FPen- sions were to-day jssued as follows: i California: Original—Francis McCourt, Los Angeles; John G. Sling-rlind,no‘vlvney; Ellery L« Miller, Hesperi: enewal and increase — Thomas 8° nsonld, Soldiers” Home, Los Angeles. Increase—Marvin H, Payne, 8t. Helena. R > regon: Original widows, ete.—Abigial Harmon (mother), Pineville. . Wasnington: Original—John Lawler, Orting. i Their Salaries Kaised. 2 WASHINGTON, D. 0., March 25.—Ii the Senate to-day, during the considera. tion of the legislative approvriation bill, ‘White succeeded ufluvlngz the salaries of the United States Distric gthmafl and Marshal for the Sonthern California dis- trict raised from $3000 to $4000; salaries of the Northern district officials remain as in the reported bill. R . Brice’s Nomination Comfirmed. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25—The Benate in executive session to-day con- firmed the nomination of John J. Brice of California to be Commissioner of Fish and' ~ THE BLUE BOOK - WhS I ERROR Slice of Venezuelan Ground Overlooked by the English. AN OLD REPORT QUOTED Salisbury Thinks the Corrections Materially Strengthen the British Side. UNCLE SAM FAILS TO SEE IT. The Commission at Washington Awaits With Interest New Additions to the Evidence. LONDON, Exa., March 25.—A Parlia- mentary paper was issued this alternoon, entitled “Errata in the Venezuelan Blue Book.”” The first emendation of the text of the Biue Book 1s of the extract; from the secret reports on the dominions of the King of Spain In America, addressed to the Spanish Government (page 5), which reads: “It appears that the Dutch seitlements in Guiana extend from close to the river Amazones to the Orinoco.” This passage isamended to read: “‘It appears that the Dutch settlements in Guiana already ex- tended from close to the river Amazones at least as far us the Pomeroon.” The ‘“errata’ withdraws the version of the Centurion’s report in 1770 (page 14 of the Blue Book)and substitutes another, affirming that the report sent home by the Centurion™ inclosed declarations by the prefect and three members of the Spanish missions to the effect that the Spaniards had'not then and never had any fort on the Cuyuni. What the Dutch believed were two forts in that neighborhood were villages belonging to the missions on the northern bank of the Yururi. The paper quotes parts of these declarations from the Adencia de Caracas, together with letters and reyorts written in the year 1773. A note appended to “‘errata” says: “Ex- tracts from documents cited in the prelim- inary statement, of which marginal refer- ences are thezein given, but which are not printed in the appendix, together with other extracts from Spanish and Dutch documents bearing on the question, will be published in a supplementary paper.” S SIS THE COMMISSION AT WORK. Devoting Its Time to the Study of Doc- wmentary Evidence. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—All the corrections referred to in the Parlia- mentary paper issued to-day refer exciu- sively to the argument usually credited to Sir .Frederick Pollock, which covers the first forty-two pages of the British Blue Book and do not affect the remaining 401 pages, to which the Venezuelan Commis- sion attaches much importance. As already stated in the United Press dispatches, Lord Salisbury thinks the cor- rections materially strengthen the British side of the question. Professor Pollock’s argument, while considered to be an able advocacy of the British contention as sup- ported by the evidence in the Blue Book, has not the same conclusiveness attached to it in Washington as in London, and the Venezuelan Commission awaits with more interest the promised additions to the evi- dence which is to be furnished in a supple- mentary paper. Thecommission is devot- ing all its time to the study of documen- tary evidence, and does not dwell upon opinions, from whatever source they may come. 2 TN SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. Improbable Story That He Is About to Leave for London. WASHINGTON, D. C,, March 25.—Mo- mentary credence was given in England a day: or two ago to a statement in the Birmingham Post that Sir Julian Paunce- fote was going to London to discass Venezuelan matters with Lord Salisbury, because that journal is the home paper of Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, and 1s usu- ally supposed to have an inspiration on colonial matters from the Colonial Secre- tary of the Salisbury Government. If there is any truth in the report, how- ever, the British Embassador here is to- tally unaware of it, and those near him de- clare it to be absurd in view of the fact that just at this moment numerous im- portant nmnegotiations between Great Britain and the United States are pro- gressing in a way that makes compulsory the presence of 8ir Julian Pauncefote in ‘Washington. Among these. guestions' is a Bering Sea claims commission, which has been before the Senate for ratification for over a month. In this- connection an embarrassment has occurred, from the fact that the Senate in executive session authorized changes in the convention as agreed upon by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote, which it is countended embody an inaccurate version of quoted pasaages from the treaty of arbitration. Secretary Olney recently appeared be- fore the Committee on Foreign Relations and, it is understood, asked that the original wording should be restored. Then there is the boundary convention, for making convenient points on the one hundred and forty-first meridian in Alaska, for which Congress appropriated $75,000 in & joint pesolution approved Feb- ruary 20, 1896, .the understanding being that this work ought to be accomplished at the earliest possible moment. ] In addition to these matters there is the general arbitration treaty of which so much is heard -and so little definitely known, and the Venezuelan limited arbi- tration, which occupies the serious atten- tion of both Governments. From none of these-matters would it be possible for Lord Salisbury to withdraw Sir Julian, even temporarily, - without injury: to all the great interests affected, as not one of them is understood to haye reached a stage where 1t may be left in eharge of un- familiar hands. ? ENGLAND WANTS PEACE. Desires an Anglo- American Court of g =" Apbitration. f LONDON, Ex¢., March 25.—Right Hon. O. T. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, in a speech at the dinner of the Association of Cham! of Commerce this evening said, with rence to the difficulty existing between the United States and England, that he believed the * | solution would be found in 'tl'lapd}y arbis tration within limits meeting the approval of the nation. The Government, he as- serted, would be glad if a permanent court of arbifration were estab- lished, by which difficulties arising between the United States and British governments might be settled without the possibility of a conflict between the two navions. Mr. Ritcbie said there were now before the United States Government pro- posals proceeding from Lord Salisbury which he hoped would result in such a solution of the trouble. THE PACIFIC ROADS. Progress of the Joint Committee Bill—A Vacancy for Which Maguire Is Being Urged. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—THE CaLL correspondent was informed to-night that tne joint committee on Pacific Rail- roads had made considerable progress in the formation of a bill, and that, briefly stated, it is drafted on the linesof the Smith-Frye bill. It is understood that the friends of Judge Maguire and opponents of the Pacific rozss refunding scheme will make an effort to have him appointed on the Pa- cific Railroad Committee to succeed Boat- ner, whose seat has been declared vacant. It is not considered probable that Speaker Reed will assign so radical an anti-railroad man to this place. -Besides, Mr. Boatner expects to be re-elected to Congress in May and is_anxious to retain his place on the committee, and it is not unlikely that Speaker Reed will await the outcome of the special election in Louisiana before making this committee appointment. — GOUD FOR MARE ISLAND. The Yard Is Not Overlooked in the Naval Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—The naval appropriation bill carries the fol- lowing items of especial interest to Mare Island yard: Hull of Hartford, $100,000; machinery of Hartford, $75,000; coal, $15,000; extension of seawall, $30,000; grand chain drydock, $14,500; grading and pav- ing, $10,000; removing board sidewalks and_extending roads, $15,685; shipfitters’ shed, $30,000; storage shed, $10.139. The emergency appropriation imme- diately available 'to be used in repairs of vessels is $115.000; for ordinary construc- tion and repairs of vessels $1,250,000, of which Mare Island will get its share; mg&i)ne barracks repairs, Mare Island, The Naval Construction Board has recommended to the Secretary of the Navy that a change be made in the plans of the battle-ship Oregl;rn to afford additional bow protection by providing for division on a horizontal planeof the forward water- tight comgartment by a bulkhead, thus reducing the chances of flooding the entire compartment. SBEr Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi. ness to-day stood at $127,844.473. The withdrawals for the day were $348,500. STEWART AND THE TYPOS Washington Printers Looking Into the Status of “ The Silver Knight.” The Populist Senator From the Silver State Accused of Employing Non-Union Men. NEW YORK, March 25.—A Sun_ special from Washington says: The Typographi- cal Union of the District of Columbia has ordered an investigation of the relations that exist between Senator Stewart and his employes in the office of the Silver Knight, the weekly newspaper which he started a year or so ago, and which has now reached a circulation of over 60,000. This large cir- culation is due largely to the fact that every person who joins the Populist or- ganization known as the Silver Knights becomes a subscriber and contributes 50 cents a year toward the support of the Senator from Nevada, who is not only the editor and proprietor of the paper, but the supreme executive of the organization. The paper bears a Washington date line and the ediforial and business offices are here, but all the work is donein Alexan- dria and it is charged that the removal to the antiquated city was to a void thejrules of the Typographical Union and allow the leaders of the People’s party and friend of the workingman to employ ‘‘scab” labor at wu&ges of $ to $6 a week, when he would be required to pay from $18 to $25 a week for the same work in this city under the union rules. Senator Stewart admits that he remoyed his plant to Alexandria for economical reasons and because the men can live there more cheaply, where rents are only about one-fourth as much as they are in Wasu- ington; but he does not see why the Typo- graphical Union should object. He sayvs, moreover, that he employs none but union printers. E T T GWYNNE-STEELE NUPIIALS. The Bride a Descendant of Delaware’s Second Dutch Governor. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—The marriage of Miss Helen Steele of Wash- ington to Edward E.Gwynne of New York, a nephew of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, took place at the residence of the bride’s father, Franklin Steele, at noon to-day. Thebride is a granddaughter of Justice Chase, one of the signers of the Deelara- tion of Independence, a_granddaughter of Commodore Barney, U.S.N., and is de- scended from Peter Jacquette, the second Dutch Governor of Delaware, —_— The San Francisco’s Crulse. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25—A cable dispatch to the Navy Department to- day announced the arrival of the flagship 8an Francieco at Salonica yesterday. She is_engaged in cruising in Turkish waters with & view to giving protection to Amer- ican missionaries and their interests. Pt e e BRITANNIA WINS AGAIN., Ailsa and Satanita Withdraw Before the Finish. CANNES, France, March 25.—The third attempt to sail the match race for the cup iven by James Gordon Bennett and Og- len Goelet, to be competed for by large Best Résults indicate greatest merit. Na other med- icine equals Hood’s Sarsaparilla in. sales, in cures, in popularity. Hood’sSarsaparilla puri- fies and enriches the blood, creates an appetite, overcomes that tired feeling, eradicates scrof- ula, salt rheum, and cures all forms of blood. diseases. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine and the true nerve remedy because Hoods - Sarsaparilla 18 the One True Blood Purifier. Alld; .tl.b,l Be sure to get Hood’s and only HOOD'S. Hood’s Pills {2, R8st raters, was made to-day and resulted in the Britannia coming home a winner with- out any competitor at the finish. There was a good breeze at the start, but it grad- ually died away. The Satanita withdrew at the end of the first round and the Ailsa failed to finish the second round. -— A. P. A. SECRET SESSIONS. 1he Organization Reported Flourishing and Preparing for Active Work in the Coming Campaign. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—The executive committee of the advisory board of the A. P. A., which has been in session at the National Hotel here, adjourned to- night to meet fn New York next week. The meetings were secret, but under authority from the committee, Secretary Dunn of New York said, after the adjourn- ment, that the reports received and con- sidered showed a great increase in mems bers and that councils of the order existed 1n every State and Territory of the Union, including Alaska, Plans were made to-day for sending to these councils the secret” action taken by the executive eommittee. This secret action embodies instructions as to the part the councils shall take and the work they shall perform in the coming National campaign. At the sessions of the order the merits and demerits of every probable and possi- ble candidate for nomination before the Democratic and Republican National con- ventions were discussed. Mr. Dunn said that nothing derogatory to these candidates was mentioned, and that no action was taken with reference to any of them. Healso said that reports showing the status of the representation of the order politically proved that there will be A. P, A, repre« sentatives in both the Democratic and Re publican National conveations. Copies of the proceedings of the meetings will be sent 10 the A. P. A.councils secretly. They will not even be intrusted to the mails, but will be transacted through secret channels of the order. e Big Business Failure in Texas, GALVESTON, Tex., March one subject of conversation to-day In Texas is the failure of Leon and H. Bium, involving over $2,000,000, which the it is said, will fully cover. The fir been in existence forty-three years and had built up a wonderful credit, especially in New York. —_—— Barry to Challenge Gaudaur. LONDON, Exa., March 25.—A challenge will shortly be issued by the oarsman Barry to Gaudaur for a race on the Thames, the race to take place in September and o for £200 a side. ik L L Progress of Southern Journalism. LEXINGTON, Ky., March 25.—The Daily Argonaut, the most influential paper in the Blue Grass region, began taking The United Press service to-day. NEW TO-DAY. The *cheap tailor” is a sort of Svengali. Wil you be his ; Tilby 2—Will you let him hypnotize you? 3 We are going to “raise Cain” about the truck, trash and trick- ery foisted upon confiding citi- zens of this city. . By whom ? By the cheap clothiers and the cloth-choppers who dare to dub themselves “tailors.” We fight the high-price tailor— he is at least an honest enemy ; but the venders of trash—bah ! Commeneing to-day we shall sell 2000 Men's All-Wool Sunits and Overcoats, medium and summe: weights, at about 4 actual value. We bought them cheap—that’s why we can do this. See them in our Kearny-street windows. For instance, we are selling elegant Men's Suits and Overcoats for $10. Alteration and pressing FREF. { NAGARA CORN STARGH, 4 Packages 25c. “Smith’'s Weekly” tells all about the § Speclals. Removal Sale now in progress. 'reight prepaid 100 miles and over. Smith’s Monthly Catalogue free for pos- tal. SMITHS' CASH STORE, 414,416, 418 FRONT ST, S. F. 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