The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1896, Page 1

Call VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 122, PRICE FIVE CENTS. HUNTINGTON'S SCHEME GOES, Refunding of Debts of the Pacific Roads Virtually Agreed Upon. MAY PAY IN DRIBLETS. Central Pacific People to Be Given a Long Time in Which to Settle. THE BILL TO0 BE REPORTED. No Relief to the Coast Will Be Given in the Measure Prepared by the Joint Committee, D. C., March 30.—The WASHINGTON, j of the Senate and t sub-committee ] H a bill which will be reported cummittees of both houses at meeting, and with the exception ome changes of litue importance it will un- doubtedly be reported in ‘the Senate and House at an eariy date. The bill is divided into two parts, that referring Union Pacifi and their next to the branches and that relating to the Central Pacitic. For Central Pacific and Western S bill the tment to determine their indebtedne: it will stand on the first day of 1897. Precise directions for this are made at length. The companies must de- liver to the Secret: of the Treasury a mortgage to bear date of January 1, 1897, amount of indebtedness and entire perty of d com- panies 3 all description, real, per- sonal or mixed, or in securities and all have in property to the Southern the ¢ comj reasury Depa requires beneficial interests which it may the lease of i erties shall ent. This payment of the intere: 3 nt Company is to issue an amount equal to the full in- debtedness of the roads. These bonds shall be of $1000 each, to bear interest at 2 per cent per annum payable semi-annu- | aily, t g with the 1st of July, 1897, and ¢dniffiufng with the life of the bond. The bonds shall be delivered to the Becre- tary of the Treasury as provisional pay- ment of the indebtedness. The corporate character of the Central Pacific Company 1e until the bondsshall have The Central Pacific Company shall on the 1st of January of each year fora period of ten years, commencing January 1, 1898, pay into_ the treasury in addition to the interest then due on its indebtedness, the sum of $300,000 per annum, and for a pericd of ten years fol 1z it shall pay in addition to the interest $500,000 per an- num, and thereafter, in like manner, com- mencing January 1, 1898, it shall pay an- nually $750,000, until the whole amount of the bonds shall have been paid. These payments shall be applied to the redemption of bonds of the Central Pacific in the order of the numbers of such bonds, I ; with the highest unpaia num- i no other bonds under said mort- gage shall be issued by the company in lieu thereof. As soon all the bonds been redeemed the total indebtedness > wholly discharged, and the Secre- of the Treasury shall discharge the mortgage. The statutory lien now subsisting under the acts of Congress approved July, 1862, July 2, 1864and May 7, 1878,.is to stay in force for the secu as y of the Government debts until all liens on the property af- fected by the company’s mortgaze shall have been paid and discharged. When- ever the President of the U shall deem it necessary for the preserva- tion of the security of the United States in respect to its mortgage or other interest in any of the company’s property named in this act, upon which paramount | title is hela by the United States, the Sec- retiry of the Treasury may be authorized by him to redeem any such paramount title or other incumberanee by paying the sum due thereon out of the treasury, and the United States shall thereupon be sub- rogated to all rnights pertaining to the debts of the title when such payment shall have been made. | It is provided that in such case of pay- ment by the United States repayment may be required from the company of all money paid for such purpose, with costs; and if the company fails to make such repay- ments within one year after notification the entire indebtedness of said company may become due and pavabie, and all the Government’s rights thereon shall be en- forced. The Central Pacific Company is allowed, without injury to the present lien thereof, to extend the payment of, or refund, by issuing new bonds secured by mortgage, any of its indebtedness authorized by sec- tion' 10 of the act of July 2, 1864, as amended by the act of March 3, 1865, ata lower rate of interest than it now bears, not to exceed 5 per cent, payable semi-an- nually. Sbould there be default continu- ing for six months in the regular pay- ments of interest on bonds or of principal required in this act, the entire debt due the Government shall, at the option of the President, imme- diately mature, and the United States may take possession of the mortgaged prov- erties of such companies without applying to court or Congress, or may institute pro- ceedings in any court of colapetent juris- diction to enforce its claim. The honds must include such stipulations as shall seccure said bonds and the application thereto of the money paid to the Govern- ment, these to be approved by the Secre- tary of the Treasury. Certified duplicates of bonds shall be kept for public ‘inspec tion and shall be placed for that purpose with the clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States and of the Superior Court of use on Pacific railroads has completed | to the full nited States | | territories wherever any part of the rail- road lines concerned traverse their do- main. While any bonds remain unpaid no dividend shall be declared by the com- pany which issued the same, unless really earned, nor unless the company shall have paid all the interest due on the debt hav- ing a lien prior to the Government and all matured instaliments of the principal and interest then due onthe Government debt, nor unless said earnings shall warrant such dividends. Dividends of more than 4 per cent shall not be paid unless an amount equal to such excess over 4 per cent shall be paid to the treasury to be applied to the redemp- tion of bonds. Fines and penalties are requirement. The actis to go into effect upon the written acceptance of its terms being filed with the Secretary of the Treasury on or before January 1, 1897, for the Union Pacific Railroad, and within three months after the passage in the case of the Central Pacific, subject, however (asto the Central Pacific), to the adjustment of the debt as provided for. The Central Pacificis required to change the terms of the lease of itsroad to the Southern Pacific Company. The Ilatter company must guarantee the payment by the Central Pacific Company during the continuation of such lease of the interest and instaliments on the principal of the bonds provided for in this act. The modi- fied lease shall be worded, that should the Southern Pacific Company agree to ter- minate it beiore the payment of the debt it shall guarantee that the Central Pacific Company pays such interest and install- ! merts while any of such bonds remain un- paid. The lease shall require that sams amounting to about 439,000, now ‘,crmiiu‘d in the treasury to the Central Pacific Company for services rendered on non-aided lines, a portion of which is now in the judgment in favor of the Southern Pucific Company, shall immediately be applied to the cancellation of the bonds as herein provided for. A duplicate original of the modified lease shall be filed at the Treasury Depart- ment by the Central Pacific. Should the lease be abrogated by the parties thereto the principal of the bonds shall, at the option of the President, mature at once. | Aslong asthe bonds are owned by the | Government any of the railroad com- panies may redeem the whole of them. { The United States will sell any of the I'bonds at any time for not less than their face value and accrued interest. ‘When this act is accepted the Govern- | ment directors are wiped out and all the laws relating to the collection of any per- centage of the net earnings or to the with- bLolding or application of any sums due to the Government othér than provided for | in the bill shall end. The railroad companies must transmit dispatches over their telegraph lines, and mails, troops, munitions, public suppiies and stores whenever called upon, allowing the vreference to the Government at all times, and the Government shall pay a reasonable price, mot greater than what | would be charged private parties. The Attorney-General shall enforce this act and shall report to the President every year (or oftener) thereon, which re- port shall be transmitted to Congress. | This act is to be subject to alteration or | reveal at the hands of Congress, and noth- ing contained in it shall impair any right or remedy in the premises now existing in | favor of the Government. | The provisions of the Union Pacific Com- pany require that its mortgage shall em- brace all property, terminals, land and everything pertaining to it, real personal, crin security. Interest and principal on its bonds are arranged on the same basis as is shown in the foregoing for the Cen- tral Pacific Company. It may issue a cer- tain amount of stock, provided that from the proceeds of the same all existing vonds upon its property or lands or hold- gs be extinguished and all mortgages | cancelled. Such new mortgages as are authorized in the bill must be a new lien on the property of the railroad covered by existing mort- ges and the second mortgage authorized in the bill to be made to the Government shall be junior and subject to no other lien than the new first mortgage. The Union Pacific may execute its bonds under date | of January 1, 1897, to mature January 1, | 1947. Interest is not to exceed 4 percent {and principal mnot to exceed the face of . the amount of the out- ]1 standing first mortgage bonds prior to | the lien of the United States on subsidized | parts of its railway, and those secured by mortgages constituted for liens on parts of | some or on terminal properties, equipment | or upon lands of said company and those | secured by ‘mortgage upon the Omaha | bridge, aggregating $54,731,000. | Bonds must be secured by a first mort- gage upon all properties, terminalor other- wise, and all the then unsold land grant lands and all the then outstanding lands and all other property shall be included in such existing mortgages of the Union Pa- cifi Railroad Company and upon all of its rights, titles, privileges and franchises. The Union Pacific may issue its pre- ferred stock to not more than its present stock; but no dividends shall be paid upon it over 4 per cent nor except out of such net or surplus earnings as shallte acquired by the company in that year of the divi- dend and as shall remain after the pay- ment of operating expenses and interest upon new first mortgage bonds and on the fixed annual sums required to be paid upon ! its second mortgage bonds. Should the railroad and property of the Unicn Pacific Company contemplated to be included in the new mortgage be sold under pending foreclosure proceedings, or other proceedings, but subject to all the existing liens of the United States, or parts thereof, the purchasers of said rail- way and other property who sball have acquired the same, subject to Government liens, and who sball have filed with the Secretary of the Treasury their written acceptance of this act within the time limited, or within such extended time not exceeding six months as may be pre- scribed by the President of the United States, shall be, together with their asso- ciates and their sucéessors, created a cor- poration by name and stvle of the Union Pacitic Railroaa Company. These purchasers and their associates must file with the Secretary of the Treas- ury & written instrument executed by them as incorporators indicating fifteen persons who shall act as directors of said corporation, and such persons so desi nated, or a majority of them, shall meet within thirty aays after the filing of such instrument at the place where the annual meetings of the stockholders of the Union Consinucd on Third Pages provided for any action subverting this | N flAmen For San Francisco, brighter; WEATHER REPORT: Rainey in Southern California. “NOT ENTITLED TO THE HONOR" Dan Lamont's Objections to the Promotion of Miles. - - OPPOSED TO THE BILL. Why the War Secretary Thinks the Lieutenant Generalship Should Not Be Revived. NEVER COMMANDED AN ARMY Gallant Record of the Man Who Was Not in West Point Is Skimmed Over. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.—The letter of Secretary of War Lamont, re- turning to General Hawley, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, without approval, a bill pending before that committee bestowing upon General Nelson A. Miles, the General commanding the army, the grade of lieutenant-general, was_to-day made public. Accompanying the letter were voluminous extracts from the military records of Generals Scott, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Schofield, who held tne grade of lientenant-general, and of Generals Miles, Ruger and Merritt. The letter follows: WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, . WASHINGTON, March 5, 1896, Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, Chairman Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate—SIR: Ihave the honor to acknowledge the receipt through your reference of Senate bill 113, also Senate resolutions 41 and 81, now pend- ing in the present session of the Fifty-third Congress, and relating to the révival or be- stowal by assignment of the grade of lieuten- ant-general. In response to your request for information and remarks respecting these measures I respectfully submit the following: Since the organization of the Government but six officers of the army have held the grade of lientenant-general and in no instance has an officer attained this rank until he has suc- cessfully commanded the whole or separate n battle and campaign. The grade was ed in 1798, when a commander was to be provided for an army expected to be required in the impending war with France. Washing- ton, who had been general-in-chief throughout the seven years’ war of independence and had been eight years President, was chosen to fill the position. Fortnnately the expected hos- tilities were averted, only a small part of the enrolled and the necessity for a com- n-chief was of short duration. The office ceased to exist tn December, 1799, with the death of Lieutenant-General Washington. The grade has been revived three times since its first creation and always with the object of conferring compiimentary rank upon generals who had rendered “eminent and distingnished services” or those “most distinguished for courage, skill and ability” in war. Five be- sides Washington were thus honored, of whom four had received the thanks of Congress by name for most distinguished military service, while the fifth had commanded a separate army during the late war, had attained the highest regular grade thirty years before his promotion, had held the chief command of the whole regular army for seven years and had successfully discharged most delicate and responsible military and civil duties, The officers promoted in pursu- ance of the statutes reviving the grade of lieu- tenant-general were Major-Generals Scott, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Schofield. The promotion of General Scott was not authorized until eight years afterthe service thus recog- nized was rendered, and General Schofielg’s | 1 | advancement was postponed until the eve of his retirement from active duty. Lieutenant- | General Sherman while on his deathbed was | promoted to geuersl. The reorganization act | of 1866 fixed the strength of the army at six regiments, and the corps of general office | consisted of General Grant, one lieutenant- | general, Sherman; five major-generals, Hal- | leck, Meade, Sheridan, Thomas and Hancock, and ten brigadier-generals, 4fcDowell, Cooke, Pope, Hooker, Schofield, § s¥ard, Terry, Ord, Canby and Rousseau. . | o But-four-years-jater this force w s retuiced to forty regiments, the major-generals were re- duced to three, the brigadiers 10 six and the grades of general and lieutenant-general, when next vacated, were not again to be con- ferred. At the time of the enactment of this | statute forbidding further promotton to lieu- tenant-general there still served on ective duty severai officers who had suceessfully com- manded the whole army, separate armies or army corps during the Civil War, and as such had rendered most distinguished services, but the power to reward by further promotion such men as Halleck, Meade, Hancock and others was deliberately taken away. It was enacted in 1870, during the administra- tion of President Grant, that the offices then held by Sherman and Sheridan, when next vacated should not be filled. The present major-generals of the army attained brilliant reputations for gallantry while commanding subdivisions of army corps during the late conflict and have added to their laurels since by efficient performance of arduous service upon the Indian frontier; but it isno reflection upon these cxcellent officers to say that the services they have so far rendered are not of that exalted character that has hitherto been regarded as a prerequisite to the advancement now proposed. Noting that the grade of licutenant-general has not been regarded as a permanent office necessary to our army organization, and bas been conferred only upon a few officers who | have rendered marked service in war; that the complimentary rank, when bestowed, has often been withheld until years after the de- monstration of their superior ability, and has only been voted as a reward of great military genius and & conspicuous leadership, the con- clusion is reached that whatever the merits and promise of any officer of our peace estab- lishment they will as yet have no opportunity to demonstrate their genius and capacity as com- manders of large armies, but the measures here- tofore required and the existing conditions do not demand its revival at this time. Very re. spectfully, DANIEL & LAMONT, Secretary of War, FOUND N THE RIVER. Discovery of the Remains of a Missing Farmer in Kansas. Wounds on the Body and Other Marks of Violence Indicate a Terrible Struggle, WICHITA, Kaxs., March 30.—The mys- tery surrounding the disappearance of W. W. Huddleson, a wealthy farmer, near Douglass, Kans., from his home last Thursday morning, was partly solved to- day when one of the numerous searching parties fount his body in the Walnut River. The body was lodged in the projecting roots of a big tree. There wasa gaping bullet wound in the head, dirkknife wounds 1n several places on the body, and other marks of violence, showing that a terrible strugele had taken place. The dead man’s clothes were in snreds and his pockets had been rifled. The Coroner was notified and is making every possible effort to unravel the mys- tery. The country has been scoured for days by friends of thé missing man. The Coroner believes he hasa clew to the per- fermtors of the deed, and arrests are 00! ked for to-morrow. Bt Get a Complete News Service. WINONA, Mix~., March 30.—The Daily Herald of this city, the most influential | journal in this section of the State, to-day began receiving the service of the United Press. LA CROSSE, Wis.,, March 30.—Begin- ning to-day the United Press will' render [ | its news service to the Daily Press of this city, an old-established newspaper, LEADER ALEMAN PUT TO DEATH, Shot by the Spanish in the Government Fortress at Cabanas. MORE MEN ARE DOOMED Heavy Damages Demanded for the Bombardment of a Plantation: OUTRAGE CLASSED AS VICTORY. Cuban Insurgents Declared to Be More in Need of Arms Than Sympathy. HAVANA, Cusa, March 30.—The rebel leader, Eprique Aleman, was shot this morning in the Cabanas fortress. Other executions will take place this week. General Melguizo had an encounter yes- terday with a rebel party under the leader Aguirre at a point one kilometer south of Bainoa, between Havana and Matanzas. One Spanish captain and three soldiers were wounded with machetes. Eighteen rebels are reported killed. Here is the story of the three brothers Farrar, all American citizens and joint owners of the coffee plantation Estrella in Havana province, near Alquizar. It does not differ greatly from the experiences of many other owners of estates in the inte- rior, but as these men happen to be Amer- icans and have made sworn statements protesting against the excesses committed by Spanish troops and demanding dam- ages, the affair has become one of official record. The papers are now in the hands of Consul-General Williams. . Miguel Far- rar, one of the brothers, has furnished me with a copy of his statement. It is as fol- lows: *On Saturday, March 21, the dwelling- house of the coffee plantation Estrella was the object of a wanton attack by the column. of General Bernal, operating in that region. The said building received cannon shots of grare and cannister, breaking the doors, one window, several piazza columns and greatly endangering the lives of the families of my brothers, Don Tasco and Don Luis Farrar, both American citizens. There were two small children in the house. From information 1t appears that the troops mentioned had sustained fire with a rebel band in Paz plantation, a quarter of a league from Estrella. The rebels hav- ing flea toward Buena Esperanza Plantation, the Government troops advanced toward Estrella, in quite an op- posite direction from that taken by the rebels. On arriving at the borders of Es- trella plantation the Spanish troops began firing cannon at the dwelling-house and we were immediately invaded by soldiers who ransacked the house, carrying off wardrobes, all jewelry, men’s clothing, as, well as the sum of $60 in money. They also took away everything found in the workmen’s dwellings, arresting at the same time twelve of the occupants whom they conducted to Alquizar as insurgents. It should be observed that the cannon were fired solely at the dwelling-house of the owners, although there were twenty P -.go to the polls. other buildings on the plantation and the place was entirely clear of insurgents. In consideration of all the above, and particularly on account of the danger to which his relations were exposed, and alsn for the unjustifiable looting on the part of of the regular troops in the service of a constituted Government, the undersigned” does most solemnly protest and asks an immediate indemnity for the damages suffered, which he values at §5000, as all work has been stopped on the plantation and everything abandoned. The Spanish official account of what happened qn the Estrella plantation is as foliows: “The column of General Bernal found several bands of rebels, who made them- selves strong in the house of the planta- tion Estrella, where they were beaten, and by artillery shots and cavalry charges the enemy were dislodgea from their position. Twelve were captured, besides arms, am- munition and instruments to destroy rail- road tracks. It is believed by the trails of blood seen that the rebels had many dead and wounded. All the prisoners will be summarily court-martialed.’” On Wednesday twenty prisoners, taken in the recent operations around Artemisia and Alquizar, arrived in Havana. On being escorted through Obispo street to the palace they were followed by a mob, who shouted ““Viva Espana” and ‘‘Death to the rebels!” The men were kicked, beaten, and one had his head cut open by a flying missile. It was a pitiful sight to see the poor wretches with arms pinioned and a mob at their heels shouting for blood. By the time the prisoners reached the palace the mob numbered between 200 and 300. General Ahumada, the second chief of the Government, came out and ordered the guards to disperse the mob. * General Weyler has had several inter- views with Jose Maria Calves and other leaders of the Autonomist party. Heasked if it was true that the party intended re- maining away from the pollsin the com- ing election. Senor Calves said no de- cision had yet been reached. General Weyler then said: *If you do not take part in the elections it wili be because ycu are enemies to Spain, but have not sufficient valor to go to the field. I will guarantee your party three Deputies, and 1n case you do not take part in the elections I shall treat you as I treat our enemies.” In all probability the Autonomists will The reformists still say they will not take part in the elections. During the past week the principal war news has been the destruction of the camps, hospitals and strongholds cf the insurgents in Siguanca Valley, near the Cienaga, and at Los Palos. While Maceo was in the west and Gomez moving east, columns acting under special orders have razed these’ camps and many wounded rebels have fallen into the hands of the Spanish troops. J. Fraxk CLARK. REBELS WELL ORGANIZED. An Expelled Correspondent Scores Wey- ler for His Blunders. NEW YORK. Y., March 30.—Elbert Rappelye, the Cuban correspondent of the Mail and Express, who was recently expelled from Havana, arrived here to- day on the steamar Yucatan. In an inter- view with a reporter of the United Press Mr. Rappelye said: “I come back from Cuba as a deportado of General Weyler. In his decree ex- pelling me from the island I am cailled an enemy of Spain, that charge being based on letters pub- | lished in the Mail and Express over my signature. Any person familiar with ex- isting conditions in the island of Cuba will know that the only enmity, if any, I've shown toward Spain has been in tell- ing the truth without fear or prejudice. This, of course, has resulted in my expul- sion. As an impartial observer sent to Cuba to study and inform myself and re- port the progress of events there without restriction having been placed upon me when I accepted the mission, I unhesitat- ingly wrote that within three months the insurgent cause would be triumphant if the United States Government would grant the belligerency rights and give the Cubuns anything like a fighting opportu- tunity. “‘The Spanish are now on the defensive. Every battle fougnt in Cuba in the past thirty days has been invited by the rebels. They have more ammunition now than they have ever had, and if they can main- tain a source of supply there is not any- thing that can prevent them from winning. General Weyler has been Spain’s greatest mistake in the war. His name and repu- tation carries an odium which attracted the attention of the world. The best evi- | dence of his bad generalship is bis com- | vlete failure to hold the insurgent armies back. after they Dhad left the western provinces of Cuba. Maceo started bis western campaign, which is now com- plete, with 15,000 men, one-third of whom had not a single arm to fight with. Those who had guns went into battles with one or two cartridges and fought, knowing that unless they captured the enemy’s ammunition they would have nothing to fight with the next day. They are coming back now with the whole cargo from the Bermuda and General Weyler is with- drawing the Spanish defenses from at least one-half of the principal points of the island to bar their progress. “This leaves Gomez with a larger army than Maceo, practically unrestricted to do as he pleases in three-quarters of the area of Cuba, while the barrier which Weyler | is attempting to place before Maceo is ac- knowledged by one of his own generals with whom I talked before my departure, to be much stronger numerically than Maceo'sarmy,notwithstanding the fact that in all the invasions heretofore the Spanish have unsuccessfully atlempted to prevent them with the numbesr in their favor, of atleast 4 to 1. While there have been doubts,perhaps justified,about the military organization of the rebel armies, they need not exist any longer as they are per- fectly organized with commanders of every rank at this time, and all their op- erations are being conducted as systemat- ically as those of the Spanish. Their one appeal to the world is not for sympathy, but for ammunition.” . YOUNG DYGARI'S CASE. Boyish Enthusiasm That Will Probably ¢ Be Excused. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.—Gen- eral Weyler cabled to the Spanish Minister to-day that the case of young Walter Dygart, who was captured near Guines February 22, is under investigation. When Dygart was captured bY SPaniah officers he was wandering helplessly about in the interior trying to find a band of insurgents which he wanted to join. The Spanisi think he was led by boyish enthusiasm and as he had not accomplished his pur- pose they are disposed to release him, ATTACKED ON A PHOENIK STREET, Governor Hughes = Struck Down by a Newspaper Correspondent. HIS FACE BADLY CUT. The Blow Breaks His Eyeglasses and Causes a Serious Wound. ASSAILED WITHOUT WARNING. No Opportunity Given Him to Defend Himself—Result of a Political Feud. PH(ENIX, Ariz., March 30.—Governor Hughes was assaulted at noon to-day by a newspaper correspondent named P. J. Clark. He was walking up Washington street with Price Behan and Colin Cam- eron, members of the Livestock Sanitary Commission, and, when on the corner of Center street, was accosted by a friend who handed him a letter, which he paused to read. While engaged in reading the let- ter, Clark approached, and, before his presence was known to any one, dealt the Governor a stunning blow in the face, breaking his eyeglasses and sending him stunned to the sidewalk. The broken glasses cut Governor Hughes' eyelid badly and the wound bled -pro- fusely, and the bystanders feared that the sight had been destroyed; but this proved erroneous. His cheek was also cut. Clark was seized by the Governor’s com- panions before he could do any further damage and placed under arrest. One peculiar and yet unexplained feature of the assault is that the blow tore a hoie through the rim of the Governor’s hat im- mediately over the eye, as though made by some pointed instrument. Whether Clark held a weapon in his hand or not is not known. He is out on bonds, furnished by B. A. Fickas and Tom Smith, two lead- ing anti-Hughes Democrats. This assault is the denouement of a long and bitter political fight made agdinst Governor Hughes by members of bis own party. Clark has been a very pronounced enemy and has worked with those who sought to secure his removal. This has provoked the Tneson Star, the Goverror's paper, to speak of Clark in very uncom- plimentary terms on various occasions, which served to intensify the hatred. It 18 believed that this assault was precipi- tated by an article which appeared in ghe Star a few days ago, which reflected ugcm Clask. HUGHES TO BE REMOVED. President Cleveland Nominates a Succes= #or to the Governor. PHENIX, Ariz., March 30.—All Pheenix is alive with excitement to-night. Bands are playing, and bonfires burning around the executive chamber and on the princi- pal streets to celebrate the appointment of Colonel J. B. Franklin as Governor of Arizona. At the Commercial Hotel hundreds called to serenade the new Governor. He made a brief address, simply expressing the hope that his administration would meet the approval of loyal Arizonians of the better class. This afternoon Secretary of the Territory Bruce received this dispatck from Wash- ington: Order for Governor Hughes’ removal signed by the President to-day. REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary of Interior. The news soon spread over the city, and it was later learned that the President had nominated Franklin for the place. Gov- ernor Hughes was seen by Tue CaLL cor- respondent to-night and said he had re- ceived no intimation of his removal except the dispatch to Secretary Bruce. One year ago charges were preferred against him by members of the Democratic party, some of the charges Jating back twenty« five years. Special agents of the Interior Depart- ment were sent here to examine into them and made a most thorough anda rigid examination. The Governor appar ently answered these accusations satisface torily, for nothing was done toward his removal. He requested that the depart- ment inform him it he haa failed to refute the chargesin a single instance, and in- formed Secretary Smith that his resigna- tion was ready at any time it might be wanted. Through a friend the Governor had res ceived the most positive assurances during the past three months that the President and Secretary Smith were entirely satis- fied with him and that he need give him- self no uneasiness, and he had no intima- tion that other charges had been preferred within twelve months. The news was a surprise to him and he was at a loss to conceive the cause. He will insist on a thorough examination by the Senate into the causes which prompted the President to remove him and will meet all charges that may be preferred. Secretary Bruce gave out - to-day that he would assame the office of Governor at once, but leading lawyers éxpress the opinion that while the Senate is in session the President cannot remove the Governor without its consent, and that he should continue to discharge the duties of his office until his successor is confirmed by the Senate. It issafe to say that a lively fight will follow. ot Colonel B, J. Franklin, who has been nominated by the President for Governor, is a lawyer of ability and stands well here, He came here about three years ago from Kansas City, Mo., and has established a lucrative practice. Two years ago he was the Democratic nominee for District At~ torney of Maricopa County, but was de- feated by Hon. Jerry Millay. During Cleveland’s first administration he was Minister to China and he bas served two terms in Congress from Missouri. ), For Interesting Pacific Coast Teles grams See Pages 3 and 4.