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months thereafter Peter Lorenson died in Healdsburg, and the divorced wife, sup- pressing the divorce, set herself up as the dead man’s widow. By this means she obtained about $4000 belonging by ri:l}t. to Lorenson’s daughter. It was to obtain control of this monev that Bachelder renounced his Jegal wife and married egain. After the marriage the couple went to Petaluma and bought a home, the deed being in the wife’s name. In 1867 they sold out in Petaluma and taking the money from this sale purchased the prop- erty of which the estate now consists, tak- ing the deeds in the old gentleman’'s name. Although this property bas not greatly increased in value during the past twenty ars it afforded a living income to its owners, and if the first wife succeeds in obtaining possession “‘Granny Batch’ will be lett aestitute. The old couple were well known to every man, woman and child in Guerneviile, and the news that “Granny” was not the old man'’s legal wife created a profound sensation in this quiet village in the redwoods. e WERE NEVER MARRIED. Attorney Bacheldey says “Granny” Can- not Claim the Estate. T. F. chelder, a brother of the late Joseph Bacnelder, whose estate1s a bone of contention between two women who claim to be his widows, says the woman with whom Joseph Bachelder lived for over thirty years was not his wife. He was seen at his home, 1013 Rail- road avenue, Alameda, last night, and gave this acoount of the relationship: “My brother, Joseph Eaton Bachelder, orn in Wisconsin, In 1851 he was d to M couple two children were born—a boy and girl. The boy is dead, but the into womannood and married Wheeler of Chicago. Oneof t dren is now married to a promising Chica- n, In1864a party started from st to come to California by wagon-train. Itincluded my family and myself, my brother and other relatives Joseph’s wife did not come with him. “We arrived in San Francisco in 1865 after a six months’ trip and dispersed. I settled down to practice law in the metropolis, and kave remained here ever since. My brother first went down into the Santa” Clara Valley, and after staying there for about three vears wen&:to Guer- neville, in Sonoma County. There he in- vested his money in lumber and’ accumu- lated & snug sum—about $4000. After a few vears he bought some lots in Guerne- ville and settled down to live with a woman whom he had met in San Fran- | The woman | was of French nationality, and her name | Joseph was | cisco some time previous, was Mary Louise Larseneur. never married to her, although they lived together for thirty years. None of the in- habitantsof Guerneville was aware of their clandestine relationsand they were held in high esteem by all. *‘It was not until 1857 that Joseph’s law- ful wife came to_California. She knew of bis relations with the French woman all of the thirty years thathe bad been absent from her and had tried often {o have him leave her. Joseph was, hawever, afraid of the woman and dared not show any indi- cations of waning faith. “When Mrs, Bachelder arrived here the first time she stayed about a year. She visited Guerneville at that time, meeting ber husband but once—at a hotel there. She was accompanied by her granddaugh- ter, Mrs, Luella Grossette, and both tried to induce the raithless man to go with them, but he said that he wasin_fear of his Life aud dared not. Wife and grand- er went away disappointed and re- d to Chicago. They and myself were the only persons in California who knew of the scandalous condition of affairs. “Nothing of importance happened from that time until the time of my brother’s death on the first day of this month, He died leaving no will and an estate valued at about $4000 or $5000. 1, as attorney for his lawful wife, applied for - letters of pro- bate, and in that capacity found myself at Santa Rosa last Saturday. While in the court there I learned that there were two widows claiming the estate—the one I rep- resented, and the other the woman with whom Joseph had been living. The latter signed her name ‘Mrs. Bachelder.’” 1 was quite surpri produce evidence which made a clear case ormy client, and the estate will be con- trollea by the real and only Mrs. Bach- elder. My brother did not fail to provide for the putative widow, for before he died he aeeded her two or three houses in Guerneville. She is now about 70 years of age and he was 71.”’ CALL BAKER 10 ACCOUNT New York Bankers Make Serious Charges Against the Reformer. Under False Pretenses Much Stock Was Secured For a Tenth of Its Value. CHICAGO, Ir, March 31.— Henry Clews and Charles M. Foster, late co-part- ners in the New York banking-house of Henry Clews & Co., filed a bill in the Federal Court to-day against William T. Baker, president of the Board of Trade and the Civic Federation, making serious allegations regarding the probity of Mr. Baker. The bankers accuse him of being re- creant to his obligations as a trusted agent in 1884, when the charter of the old First National Bank of this city expired and a new corvorauon retained the old name, paying many of the old stockholders two shares in ex- change for one share of old bank stock, which it is declared in the bill was then worth $400 a share. It is alleged that the New Yorkers, who owned fifty shares of the old bank stock, were induced bfi the false representations of their agent, Baker, to accept for their stock $294 12 a share, when it was worth $20,000. The court is asked to order a transfer of stock for the payment of divi- dends. ———— MAX O'RELL GROWS WEARY. Will Retire From the Lecture Platform in America. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 381.—Paul Blouet, the brilliant Frenchman who is known to the lecture-going public as Max O’Rell, has returned from his tour through the Southern States and spent yesterday at the Louisville Hotel. Blouet expects to leave America about April 15. “I have enough of the lecture platform,” he said in a tone that indicated sincerity. ““Not that I have been unsuccessful or that my American _trip has been unpleasant or unremunerative, but T am tired. 1 laugh at the American people for working so hard and then work myself to deatn. I want a rest and when I sail for home I stall bid good-by to America as a lecturer. I may visit you again, but not_as a public lecturer. The work is too bard.” The Paris Not Injured. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 31.—Divers have examined the boitom of the steamer Paris, which went aground yesterday morning in the lower bay, and found her 10 be totally uninjured. g Bring Many Immigrants. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 31.—Five nassenger steamers arrived in port yester- day, bringing the large numger of 3565 immigrants. usan A. Steei, and to the | v | to-d the | sed, but finally managed to | URGE A SUBSIDY FOR THE MAILS, California Senators Favor Competition With the British. LINESTOSOUTHERN SEAS Subsidy to American Vessels Only a Third of the Sum Received by the English. PERKINS TALES POINTEDLY. It Is a Shame to Sit Idly By and Permit the Australian Trade to Slip Away. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—The Peffer resolution for an investigation into all the facts and circumstances of recent bond issues was not reached in the Senate had been expected, George of Mississippi having occupied mnearly the entire session in an argument against the claim of Dupont to the vacant seat in the Senate from the State of Delaware. Peffer gave notice, however, that he would at the close of George's speech to-morrow ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration of his resolution. About half an hour was given to the consideration of the postoffice appropria- | tion bill, which appropriates more than | $93,000,000, of which nearly $13,000,000 goes to defray the expenses of the free delivery system. The discussion was started on an amendment reported from the Appropria- tions Committee allowing $580,000 a year in addition to the present compensation of $50,000 to the Oceanic Steamship Company for mail transportation from San Fran- cisco to New Zealand and New South Wales. There was no morning business of any consequence to-day, so that within twenty minutes after the hour of meeting the Senate in opposition to the claim of Dapont as Senator-elect from the State of Delaware. George spoke for four hours. His speech, which was not finished when he stopped, was a constitutional legal ar- gument to prove that Watson, while act- ing as Governor of Delaware, was at the same time a State Senator and Speaker of | the Senate, and was, therefore, entitled | to vote in the balloting for United States | Senator, consequently that, as Dupont did | not receive a majority of all the votes | cast, he was not duly elected Senator. ‘1 Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas gave notice that | be would ask the Senate at the close of | George's remarks to take up his resolution | for an investigation of recent bond issues. The vostoffice appropriation bill was | then taken up. The several amendments reported by the Appropriations Committee were agreed io—the one apyropriating | $12,818,580 for the *‘free-delivery system,” having added to it the proviso that no part of the sum should be used for payment of postoffice inspectors. The amendment allowing $80,000 additional compensation to the Oceanic Steamship Company for | mail transportation from San Francisco to New Zealand and New South Wales hav- ing been reached, an inquiry was made by Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin as to the grounds on which the amendment was reported. Allison (R.) of Iowa, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, made an ex- planation. The compensation now pre- sented for that service, he said, was not one-third of the subsidy paid to the com- peting line—the Canadian line sailing | from Victoria. And it went without say- ing that the American line could not compete with the Canadian line unless scme subsidy or other allowance was given to it. Perkins (R.) of California advocated the amendment, and said it was a shame and idly by and permit Britishers to come in and take the Australian trade away trom Americans. White (D.) of California also favored the amendment. Without disposing of the question the Senate at 5 ». M. adjourned until to-morrow. WILL MSO0ON BE UBGA—NIZED. And Then Greer County Mdy Govern Jtself. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3L.—At- torney-General Harmon says the dispatch about the action of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma in reference to Greer County is inaceurate in many details and mislead- ing. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma. acting upon suggestions from Wasning- ton, declined to recognize Greer County as an organized county from the fact that it was not organized. 1t was necessary that the county should be under some jurisdic- tion. The act creating Oklahoma into Territory conferrea upon the .Supreme Court the power to actas it has in attaching Greer County for judicial purposes to Oklahoma County, even if that county was 500 miles away. It was the nearest county to which it could be attached. Greer County will be organized, Mr. Har- mon says, as rapidly as possible and pro- vided with county officers and courts, and then it will be detached from its present quire some time. Attorney-General Har- mon further says the report that there are twenty murderers awaiting trial in Greer County does that county an injustice. There are but three cases awaiting trial and only one of them is for a capital of- fense. —_— Resources of National Banks. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3L.—The enormous resources of the National banks of the United States are shown in the last abstract of their condition, completed, as on February 28, and made public by Comp- trolier Eckels. The 3699 National banks had on February 28: $1951,344,781 in loans and discounts; $192,036,933 in stock and securities; a lawful money reserve of $337,259,922, of which $156,000,000 was in gold; capital to the extent of $653,994,915; surplus fund of $427,178,183; undivide ;m)fits of $87,041,526; unpaid dividends of 1,233,6 5; individual deposits, $1,648,002,- 868, and bills payable of 850,104,60’7. Pardoned by the President, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—The President has granted a pardon to George P. Fowler of Utah, convicted under the Edmunds act and sentenced to six years in the Utah penitentiary. Value of Silver Coins. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3L—The Secretary of the Treasury will to-morrow proclaim the legislative value of foreign Dupont election case was taken up and | George (D.) of Mississippi addressed the | a retlection on American patriotism to sit | alignment. To do this, however, will re- | silver coins in terms of United States cur- rency for the ensuing quarter. The new values established show & nearly uniform increase of from 1 to 4 mills over those of January 1. The average price of silver for the three months ending March 31, upon which the valuation of silver coins is based, was 62.2 cents per ounce. et NEVER RECEIVED ANY MONEYX. Zherefore Mr. Milltholland Sues the “Journal”’ for Ltbel. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 31.—John E. Millholland, through his attorneys, began a libel suit to-day against the Morning Journal Association because of statements contained in the Journal’s report of the McKinley meeting at Cooper Union on the evening of March 23 to the effect that Mr. Miliholland had received money from Mark A. Hanna for use in the McKinley canvass in New York, and that the success of the meeting was due to the use that was made of the money. Mr. Millholland in his complaint swears that he never re- ceived any money directly or indirectly from Mr. Hanna, and that he did not pay any one to attend the McKinley meeting. B (S pat STRUCK WITH A ROCK. Injury Inflicted Upon Ruthven, the Ex- Priest and Lecturer. SCRANTON, Pa.,.March 31.—Ex-Priest Ruthven, whose lectures in Scranton have aroused considerable feeling between sec- tions of the Protestants and Catholics, was again assaulted in Providence, a suburb of this city, last night. On the 23d inst. an attempt was made to shoot him, and on the same occasion one of his bodyguard was seriously wounded, and now lies in the hospital in a precarious condition. Ruthven lectured last night in the Providence Christian Church, and as soon as he was seated in the streetcar opposite the church a Jaree piece of rock was hurled through the window and struck him on the back of the head, inflicting a ver serious wound. He was conveyed to his boarding-house, where the wound was stitched, The doctors report that he is not in danger. Two or three shots were fired, but none took effect. No arrests have yet been made. LEASE OF OIL LANDS. Standard Company Extends Its Operations. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 3L.—The Standard Oil Company bas leased the property of the Rugby colony in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. This is the colony founded by the late Thomas Hughes, author of “Tom Brown at | Rugby.”” This colony was an agricultu- ral enterprise for Englishmen and was a faiture. "The land comprises about 27,000 acres. There is a belief that _the oil belt found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia ex- tends through the Rugby tract. A small oil well was found on the land a short time ago. The Standard Oil Company is putting down wells. If it does not find oilit will give up the land. If it finds oi1l it will pay as rental one-eighth of the oil it gets out of the ground. OF INTERESTTO THE COAST Irving M. Scott Writes Hilborn About Contracts for Warships. The to Streetcars of San Francisco May Soon Be Used in Carrying the Mails. ‘WASHINGTON, D, C., March 31.—Rep- ntative Hilborn has received the fol- | lowing personal letter from Irving M. Scott [1of the Union Iron Works: | We all very much appreciate your efforts to have a ciause tixed in the act of Congress au- | thorizing an increase of battle-ship: | compel a recognition of the ¢ Coast,and | we presume that by this timeyou are fully | aware that however finely other interests may | talk !’hllnde;{;llis it against anything he- j ing made on the Pacific Coast that it can pre- { vent. I have found it out in_every contest that T have been engaged in in Washington. As we cannot possibly get your clause in the act, may I suggest 1o you the propriety of naving a clause inserted to the effect that not more than two battle-ships or three torpedo- boats shall be built at one place? This will se- cure one battle-ship and at least one torpedo- | boat for the coast. Knowing that you are bet- | ter acquainted with the situation than we are here, we take the liberty of making this sug- | gestion and hope that you can manage throug riends in the Senate (as both the California | Benators and Oregon Senators are frlendly{)m have the amendment limiting the number built in any one yard added, and also manage | to get on a’committee of conference and con- tinue your fight for Pacific Coust interests. Representative Loud to-day succeeded in increasing the apprepriation for a re- survey of S8an Francisco harbor in the sun- dry civil appropriation bill from $15,000 to 1 $20,000. Senator Stewart to-day reported from the Claims Committee Senator White's bill to pay W. J. Bryan $9100, which was stolen from him while postmaster at San Francisco; also a bill for the relief of Ames & Deitrick of San Francisco. The Treasury Department is considering the case of John Roundly of Oakland, who was dismissed by Collector Wise from his position in the Custom-house. Represen- tative Hilborn has filed at the department letters and petitions from oundly's friends, asking that he be reinstated. The Postoflice Department has not yet | decided whether mail will be carried on | the cable-cars of S8an Francisco. Repre- | sentative Loud saw Assistant Postmaster- General Neilson about the matter to-day. | Superintendent Flint of the Pacific Coast ! Rallway Mail Service is heartily in favor | of the pian, but Postmaster McCoppin | wants to try the “pouch” system, that is | the furnishing of mail pouches to the or- | dinary strestcars, without going to the | trouble and expense of constructing special postal streetcars. | _ The department has received a map of | Ban Francisco showing its cable lines, and | as soon as figures are received from Post- | master McCoppin as to the terms that he | will be able to make with the streetcar ompanies for carrying the mail, the mat- er of inaugurating the system at San Francisco will be decided. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—Miss Inez Thompson was to-day appointed post- mistress at Lake Green, Lassen County, Cal., vice Harriet Haley resigned. California patents were granted to-day as follows: george Armstrong, San Fran- cisco, mold for pipe covering; Martin P. Boss, San Francisco, boiler: Charles A. Conger, San Francisco, buckle; John F. Daly and W. L. Corson, San ifi-ancisco. gas-engine; Henry P. Holland, Oakland, ore-crushing mifi’; Leitz Adolph, San Francisco, mathematical _instrument; August H. Scherholz, S8an Francisco, air valve for water pipes; Benjamin E. Stevenson, Redding, wagon-jack; Henry 8. Wood ‘and R. 8. Perry, San Francisco, dredging apparatus. B& direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Private Martin Baumgartner will be discharged without honor irom the ser- vice of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding officer at Beni- cia barracks. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Angus Falconer, Bodie; Macey, .San_Francisco; Robert Johnson, Soldiers’ Home, Los Aneeles; Fritz Alien Gourley, San Francisco. Oregon: Original—Philander H. Gray, Oakley; Martin Hill, Beaver Creek. Washington: Original—Jobn Owens, Tacoma. e Out in the Second Round. BOSTON, Mass,, March 31.—Billy Ver- non, the Haverstraw (N. Y.) brickmaker, was knocked out in the second round to- night at the Music Hall by Jimmy Hand- ler, Bob Fitzsimmons’ protege. Vernon was not in condition. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1596. FREE COINAGE AND PROTECTION Republican Congressmen Say They Are Sepa- rate Issues, REPORTS ARE REFUTED. Silver Not Mentioned in Connec- tion With the National Party Platform. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL CONSIDERED An Attempt to Increase the Salary of the Superintendent of the Geo- detic Survey Fails. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—The monotony of routine consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill in com- mittee of the whoie in the House to-day was enlivened by several references to some politico-financial evénts of recent date. Adams (Rep.) of Pennsylvania called attention to the reports that repre- sentatives of the Maunufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, in conference with certain persons in Washingten, had committed the club to the free coinage of silver in connection with a protective tariff as a satisfactory platform for the Republican party. Hesent to the clerk’s desk and bad read the resolutionsadopied last night by the club as refuting the reports. In the course of the consideration of the sundry civil bill attempts were made to amend it to increase the appropria- tion for the salary of the superin- tendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey from $5000 to $6000, the amount fixed by law; to strike out the appropriation of §50,000 for detention and punishing viola- tors of the internal revenue laws, and to strike out the appropriation of $69,500 for food, fuel and clothing for the Indians on the Pribyloff Islands, Alaska, ail of which failed. The House passed the Senate joint reso- lutions directing the Secretary of War to prepare estimates for deepening the chan- nel into Portland (Me.) harbor to thirty feet; to secure a twenty-five foot deep channel, 400 feet wide, in Providence River and Narragansett Bay from Sassa- fras Point to the ocean, and to expend $20,000 for walls to the canal locks at the Cascades, Columbia River, Or. Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania reported back the legislative, executive and judicial bill, with a recommendation that the Sen- ate amendments be disagreed to, and that 8 conference be asked. Agreed to and a conference committee was appointed. The House then, in committee of the whole, proceeded to further consider the sundry civil appropriation bill. Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania took occa- sion to refer to the reports which bad been published’ respecting the conferences of\ representstives of the chief Manufactur- ers’ Club ¢f Pbiladelphia and of the silver party in Congress, which he characterized as misleading and incorrect. These re- ports conveyed the impression that the great manufacturing and mercantile in- terests of Philadelphia as represented by the Manufacturers’ Club were in favor of free coinage of silver and had agreed to yoke that issue with the principle of pro- tection. These resolutions, adopted by a nearly unanimous vote, contained no sup- port of the theory that the club wasin favor of the free coinage of silver. Hartman (R.) of Montana explained that published reports of that conference had misrepresented the facts. Allen (R.) of Utah, who was present at the conference, stated that no bargain had been made, as reported, and that those who were concerned in the conference were not responsible for the errors, Later Pickler (R.)of South Dakota, in the same line, brought the action of the recent Republican State convention in South Dakota to the attention of the con- vention. ‘‘As to protection, as to finance and as to every other doctrine of the Hepublican party,” said Pickler, “we refer for a de- scription of our attitude to the Minneapo- lis platform until the St. Louis convention shall give us another.” [Applause.] A somewhat acrimonious colloquy oc- curred between C. W, Stone (R.) of Penn- sylvania and Cannon (R.) of Illinois, in charge of the bill, over a proposition by the former to increase the appropriation for the salary of Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey (General Duf- field) from $5000 to $6000, as provided in the statute establishing the office. The amenament was rejected. The usual amendment to strike out of the bill the provision for detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violation of internal revenue laws and authorizing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to pay for the arrest and detec- tion of such violators, was made by Linney (R.) of North Carolina. Tate (D.) of Georgia moved to strike out the words “‘including payments for infor- mation and detection of such violations.” Evans (R.) of Kentucky, a former Com- missioner of Internal Revenue, antago- nized the amendments, saying the pro- vision was the most important in the bill. He was followed by Sayers (D.) of Texas in the same strain. Linney (R.) of North Carolina advo- cated the amendment. He said that no similar amount of money was ever the cause of so much. corruption as this ap- propriation of $50.000, Opinion denounced the spy system which the appropriation fostered; it was against public policy and ought not to be continued, Swanson (D.) of Virginia advocated the amendment, as did Skinner (Pop.) of North Carolina and McCall (R.) of Tennessee. Layton (D.) of Ohio, opposing the amendments, said that official reports showed 1200 distilleries had been seized and destroyed in the past six months under the operation of the provision in the present law, and he believed it had better be continued. The amendment offered by Tate was re- ected, 24 to 71, and Linney then withdrew is motion to strike out the provisions. Johnson (R.) of North Dakota moved to strike out the item in the bill appropriat- ing $19,500 for food, fuel .and clothing for the native inhabitants of the Pribyloff Islands, Alaska. Rejected. The committee rose aiter passing over fifty pages of the bill and at 5 o’clock ad- journed until to-morrow. The Revenue Cutter Chase. practice revenue cutter Chase is reported at Bermuda on the 25th inst. The officers and crew are well. el LAt 5 IVES DEFEATS GARNIER. Wonderful Work of inhe ¥Young Napoleon of Billiards. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 31.—Frank C. Ives, the young Napoleon of billiards, easily defeated Albert Garnier of Paris, the Belgian champion, in tbe second game of the New York series of the Ives-Garnier- Schaefer 18-inch balk-line tournameut at Madison-square Garden to-night. Although Garnier showed better form than in his game with Schaefer last night he was completely outclassed. Ives played in wonderful form and his manipu- lation of the ivory spheres aroused the enthusiasm of theé large audience. Ies highest run of 200is the public record in the new gamein which the 18-inch balk line is used to vary the monotony of the long runs which® were common in “baik line nursing.” Schaefer exceeded this run in practice by a run of 290. g In the fitth Ives gave an exhi his true form and wonderful skill. The difficult widened rail ‘nursing” ang wonderful juggling with the *‘anchor shot! which Ives displayed rousea the house to enthusiasm. Shot after shot was piled up with marvelons rapidity and accuracy. No matter how badly the ivories broke Ives’ cue brought them back to his com- mand. Headded 200 to his ecore before ke missed a difficult cushion shot. Gar- nier made a desperate struggle to regain his stroke in the thirteenth. He piled up 30 by open play all over the table, Then he got them in position for a ‘“nurse’’ along the uf)per rail but broke down, making 36 _in all. In the last half of this inning, with the score 527 to 178, Ives chalked his cue, and with the globes in good position, rattled off the game with on of ease. To-morrow night Schaefer and Ives will play. The score: lves 600, Garnjer 178. Aver- ages—Ives 46 2-13, Garnier 189-13. Hieh runs—Ives 200, Garnier 36. Referee—H. W. Foster. Lo 3 blgedi o O’BRIEN WANTS A FIGHT. Ready to Meet All Comers, But Prefers “Jack? Fogarty. LOS ANGELES, Can.,, March 31.—Kid O'Brien, who signs himself light-weight champion of Southern California, issued a challenge to-day to box any light- weight in Southern California, ‘“Jack” Fogarty preferred, fifteen rounds or more at 130 pounds, give or take two pounds, for $250 a side,before any reliable club that will hang up a substantial purse. O'Brien is a husky lad, and 1t is surmised that he would give Fogarty a good battle. The latter has the advantage in height and reach and perhaps excels in science, but O’Brien is stronger and a better in-fizhter. Fogarty has not yet signified his desire to accept. There is little show for a match here, for no club could be induced to hang up a purse at this time. . A4 SLOPPY TRACK. RACING ON Winners of the Third Day of the Little Rock Meeting. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 31.—A heavy rain last night and threatening weather to-day interfered with the at- tendance of the third day of the meeting. The track was sloppy. Four furlongs, Lord Zeeni won, Albert Vale second, Olean third. Time, :30} Six furlongs, Helena Bellé ond, Toots third. _Time, 1:17}4, Four furlongs, Boanerais w second, Goshen third. Time, One mile, Garland Bar won Ben Naiad third. Time,1:453{. Six furlongs, Text won, Mickle second, Arion third. Time, 1:1834. FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Introduction of an Educational * Bill in the House of Commons. ) Empera sec- Bishop Reed per second, Voluntary Schools to Be Maintained by Grants Extended by the Authorities, TONDON, ExG., March 31— In the House of Commons to-day Sir John E. Gorst, vice-president of the Committee of Council, introduced an educational bill which applies to England and Wales. The bill proposes to establish an educational department in every county and borough, to be controlled by the county councils, these departments to administer the Par- liamentary grants. Voluntary schools under this act will be maintained by grants extended by the educational authorities, who are empow- ered to make grants to necessitous schools and also to expend money on scholarships and for the improvement of the? sanitary condition of the school building. Volun- tary schools are exempted from the pay- ment of rates. The age up to which chil- dren are required to attend school is fixed at 12 years. The bill contains a conscience clause which provides thatif a reasonable number of parents require that separate religious instruction be given to their children, the managers of the school upon which the demand is made shall allow such instruction. Further assistance is also given to schools under the direction of the School Board of Managers. A . D. Acland (Liberal) pointed out that the bill would involve an enor- mous addition to the educational grants, robably £500,000. The bill, he said, ¢m- godleunphm of decentralization largely abrogating the influence and authority of the state. It was, he declared, the final extinction of the principle that local grants should supplement state aid. The bill was read for the first time. RN BIRTHDAY OF BISMARCK. It Will Be Celebrated in the Usual Pa- triotic Style, FRIEDRICHSRUHE, GErMANY, March 8L.—To-morrow will be the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of Prince Bis- marck, and the day will be celebrated with the usual ceremonies. There will be a grand torchlight procession in the even- ing through the park at Friedrichsruhe. So man{ persons have applied for tickets that will allow them to march in the pro- cession that the committee having the nlz’n(,ter in charge has been obliged to close the lists. Countv _ Herbert Bismarck, Professor Franz Lenbach, the artist, and Dr. Schweninger, Prince Bismarck’s physi- cian, have arrived to take part in the fes- tivities, Count Wilhelm Bismarck, the Prince’s younger son, who is Governor of East Prussia, will be prevented by illness from leaving Konigsberg. He is suffering from an attack of gout. . Every train arriving here brings many resents for the old ex-Chancellor from riends and admirers. The Prince is en- joying excellent health. ; NEW TO-DAY. Apollinarss “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS> Received the HIGHEST AWARD at the WORLD'S FAIR, and at the ANTWERP EXHIBITION, JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First street, San Francisco, REPRESENTING WASHINGTON, D. C., March 3..—The 1 Charles Graef & Co., N, Y., for Mineral Waters Lot alleged eross practices with reference §, toe skilled machinists employed in thg various shops. Memorials from variog o-ganized bodies have been pouring i upon Congress. . i There was laid before the Senate Navy, 5 Committee to-day a strong let'er from tt . Commissioner of Labor for Kansas. Ay ; these memorials were referred to Senatc, A McMiltan, and he will report to the nex, meelins what, in his opinion, should b done. The abuse comnvlained of and the harsh treatment alleged is, on the evidence before the committee, severely condemned, and it is believed that a full investigation . will be ordered. i Van Voorhis Renominated. ZANESVILLE, Onio, March 3L.—Cog. gressman H. C. Van Voorhis, who haq been representing the Fifteenth Ohio Dis- trict for the past two terms, was renomi< nated here to-day. Delegatesto St. Louis were chosen and resolutions indorsing Me! Kinley adopted. TRADE. NEITHER FREE NOR FAIR, Bitter Complaint Against the Germans for Exporting Sugar. ENCOURAGED BY BOUNTY Competition That Causes a Big|. NEW TO-DAY. Protest From American Producers. AID ASKED FROM CDNGRES&‘ Planters Eutitled to Protection in One of the Greatest Industries of the Nation. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.—The Ways and Means Committee to-day heard arguments regarding German sugar. J. D. Hill of New Orleans said that since the loss of the production from Cuba we bad been forced to go to Germany for | sugar. Germany paid a heavy exvort bounty on sugar, and the result was that His Easter hope and ambition. Let Easter, 1896, become an anniverslrx day for your boy. “Theday I wore riy¥ the Germans were fast getting control of | first pan‘t-s, ':"r “the day I wore my first the American market, and if conditions | 10D& trousers.” did not soon change and the Cubans be | HE needs no inducements; he'e are allowed to make a sugar crop we would be | some for YOU: absolutely at the mercy of the Germans. To avoid this he urged the passage of a bill placing an additional duty on German | sugar equal to the amount of export paid. D. D. Colcock, secretary and superin- tendent of the Louisiana Sugar and Spice | Exchange, referred to the bounties allowed to German exporters, and said that a bill was now pending in the Reichstag to in- crease the amount of these bounties. Con- | gress should take immediate action. As | to the damage we shall sustain there can be no sort of doubt. Our supply from | Cuba this year is and must continue to be | insignificant. We must therefore turn to Europe for our necessary sugar stock. If we go there for 100,000 tons per month | we will have to import thence 500,000 be- | fore Congress meets in December. Now, | by virtue of the increased pounty on that | weizht of sugar, our treasury will lose | 14.100 cent per pound or $1,568,000. Our producers will lose 45-100 cent per pound on some 770,000,000 pounds, or say $3,772,000, a loss to the country of $5,341,000. T. R. Cutler of Lehi, Utah, representing | the beet-sugar producers, said that the | Germans were gaining an unfair advantaze | by reason of bounties. It was neither “free nor fair” trade, and in his opinion | the industry and capital of our country were entitled to protection against it as much as they were against the guns of a foreign nation. 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