The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1896, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1896. GEORGE ARGUES FOR TEN HOURS, Is Bitterly Opposed to the Seating of Dupont of Delaware. NO VOTE YET REACHED. Interesting Debates Grow Out of Amendments to Postoffice Appropriation Bill. ONLY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES Senator Gorman Objects to Giving the Officials Power to Violate Civil Service Rules. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2. Senate to-day George of Miss cluded the speech begun by him on Tues- aay and continued yesterday against the Committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring that Dupont was duly and le- gally elected as a Senstor from the State of Delaware. George’s argument occupied in ail ten hours. It closed with an asser- tion that if Dupont obtained the seat he would be elected to it not by the Legisla- ture of Delaware, bui by the Senate of the United States. No action was taken on the report, and it is very uncertain when the vote will be reached. The remainder of the day’s session was taken up in the aiscussion of an amend- ment to the postoffice appropriation bill ing to the consolidation of suburban ofices and changing them into sta- tions and sub-statio Reading of yesterday’s journal was dis- pensed with, and the Senate on motion of Hoar (R.) of Massachusects ordered that the aajournment to-day be until Monday next. House bill granting to the Atchison and Nebraska and to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad companies the right of way over part of the Sac aud Fox and Jowa Indian reservations in Kansas and Nebraska was reported and passed. The Delaware Senatorship case was taken up, and George (D.) of Mississippi began the third day’s instaliment of his speech against the right of Dupont to the seat. George concluded his speech at 2:45 o'clock, having in the three aays occupied just ten hours. His summing up was that if the Senate admitted Dupont it would perform the act of electing him when the Legislature of the State had failed to do it. The Delaware case’ went over without ac- tion. The Indian appropriation bill was re- ported from the Committee on Appropria- tions by Peitigrew (R.) of South Dakota, who gave notice that he would ask the Senate on Monday next to take it up. Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas asked unani- mous consent that after the postoflice ap- propriation bill is disposed of the Senate should take up his resolution for an inves tigation into recent bond issues, but Hill objected. The postoffice appropriation bill was taken up, the pending question being on an amendment for an additional compen- sation for carrying the Australian mail. The amendment was laid aside tempo- rarily and Wolcott(R.) of Colorado offered an amendment to regulate the compensa- tion of the postmasters in sub-stations of cities. Wolcott’s amendment was to in- sert this proviso: “Provided, that when- ever by order of the Postmaster-General any postoffice is consolidated with any office so as to become a station or sab- station of the same the salary of the clerk : in charge may be paid, out of the appro- priation.” Gorman (D.) of Maryland opposed the amendment. A Democratic Senator asked whether the change was made for political pur- poses. “*Of course it is for political purposes,” Gorman said, “but I don’t care to speak of that. Iam against the principle which enables the Postmaster-General to abolish all these small offices at his will. Itis not only un-Democratic and un-Republi- can but it is un-American. The post- masters at small postoffices are all the Government officials that the people have to look to.”” In the further course of his remarks Gorman made a pointed allusion to the question: of politics as affected by post- office consolidations. The men who had shouted most loudly for civil service re- form were using that consolidation scheme as a powerful machine to accomplish po- litical ends. The discussion of the amendment was broken in upon to allow Elkins (R.) ot West Virginia, who said he would be absent on Monday, to make an argument in favor of the committee amendment for additional compensation to the Oceanic Steamship Company for carrying the Aus- tralian mails. No action was taken on either of the pending amendments, and the bill was laid aside. The Senate at 5:40 adjourned until Mon- day next. PIKE'S BODY SHIPPED. The Murdered Man’s Remains to Be In- terred in Chicago. CHICAGO, Irs, April 2—The body of Oliver Pike, who was murdered in Wash. ington State and shipped to Chicago from Salt Lake, was this afternoon taken by the unpcle and cousin to Fulton, Obio, whence it'will be transferred to Fayette, the old home of the murdered man, for burial. The iriends of the missing Frenchman, Chazzell, who persist in claiming the body ‘his, did not resort to injunction pro- ceedings, as tureatened, but they talk of invoking the aid of the French Consul and gending to France for more evidence in support of their contention. The reason for their activity is that $2000 is lying in a Balt Lake bank for proof of Chazzell's death, and since Chazzell's disappearance arelative died in Lyons, France, leaving him a large fortune, which Chazzell’s heirs cannot claim, because they cannot legally prove his death. e COAL RATES IN COLORADO. New Phose in the War Between Rival Railroads. DENVER, Covo., April 2,—The war be- tween the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf and the Atchison and Rio Grande rail- roads over coal rates presents a new phase to-day. In order to compel its competi- tors to enter an agreement upon a differ- ential coal freight rate the receiver of the Gulf inaugurated a passenger rate war which severeiy damaged the Rio Grande Company, controlling the bulk of the local passenger traffic between important towns of Colorado. The Rio Grande to-day ap- plied to Judge Hallettof the United States District_Court for a restraining order to compel Receiver Trumbull to comply with a contract relating to the joint track be- tween Pueblo and Walsenburg, and there- by cause the restoration of passenger rates. Erais il COAL CONTRACTORS INDICTED. County Commissioners Mixed Up Most Unpleasant Scandal at Chicago, CHICAGO, Itt., April 2—The County Commissioners in a lump, high county officials who have to do with the letting of contracts and known members of the coal firm of Kennefick & Co., were investigated by the Grand Jury to-day with the result of indictments against the coal con- tractors. The principal witnesses against them were the drivers of the coal wagons, who told the jury of the short-weight scheme by which it 1s estimated the shortage amounted to 400 tons a month. Subpenas were issued for the whole couniy board to appear before the jury, but not one could be found in the county building or else- where, except three at the county hospital. The action of certain commissioners in regard to the letting of the coal contract and to the charges made recently by Judge Payne against Commissioner Mc- Nichols are to be probed to the bottom. Judge Payne appeared before the jury yes- terday and it was said submitted evidence to show that McNichols had agreed to put aman on the Grand Jury friendly to a murderer, for $1500. in a e Bloodhounds on the Trail. LEBANON, Mo., April 2.—Superintend- ent Simpson of Wells, Fargo & Co. ar- rived here this morning and assumed charge of the search for the men who robbed the express-car on the St. Louis and San Francisco road yesterday morn- ing. He states positively that the fotal amount secured by the robbers was $1252, and of this sum nearly $400 has been re- covered from packages dropped by the men in their flight. Two packs of blood- hounds have been ordered placed on the trail, but it is doubted if they will be of much avail. The belief is growing that the robbers were men living near the scene of the hold-up. VERY SWODTH SWIRDLERS Operations of the Forgers Who Duped August Belmont & Co. With the Use of Chemicals They Have Often Raised Checks for Large Sums. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2.—August Belmont & Co. declined yesterday to make any statement regarding the false draft from Havana by a man calling himself Manuel Gonzales Mendozea, on which they paid $24,000. So far as is known abso- lutely no trace of the swindler or swindiers has been obtained by any of the detectives engaged in looking for them. A man from Cuba who is familiar with the methods of the gang of Havana bank swindlers, of which it is believed Men- dozea is a member, said that these swind- lers generally secured a genuine draft for a small amount, and with theaid of chem- icals erased the original figures and raised the draft. This was what they did in the case of Fernandez Castro, and which net- ted the swindlers $18,000. Another case in which they did this, and which bhas not been printed, is that of Banker Boniface Pinion. The banker has an account with the Spanish Bank of the island of Cuba. In the regular course of business he gave a check for a small amount. When the check reached the bank it called for $40,000. The signature was all right, and the money was paid. Pinion sued the bank, and the bank had to stand the loss. In another case a check was presented to the Spanish Bank signed by one of the members of the board of governors of the bank and calling for a large amount. The cashier, to whom it was presented, sus- pected something was wrong and asked the man to wait a few minutes until the money could be got from the vaults. Then he went to call in the police, but the man decamped. The original amount in this check had been erased and figures for ten or twenty times the amount put in. In still another case the Spanish Bank paid a draft drawn by a Spanish army otficer. It was for a large amount and the funds belonged to the Government. The swindler who presented the draft wore the uniform of a Spanish officer, and got away with the cash. L OPPOSED 10 THE OUTBREAK. General Lugo I, @ Circular on Nica- ragua’s Rebellion. NEW YORK, N.Y,, April 2.—General Lugo, Secretary of Foreign Relations of Nicaragua, has issued a circular to his Government's consuls in the United States respecting the recent rebellion in Nica- ragua. After referring to the previous good or- der and prosperity - existing the circular says: ‘‘A military rebellion broke out in the city of Leon, led by the military authorities of that place, ana a few hours afterward a considerable force of men, armed with firearms and artillery, at- tacked the cruiser Angela, stationed at the port of Momotombo, which was preparing to make its customary run to this city, carrying a smalldetachment of twenty-five soldiers of the Government forces. The rebels fired upon the vessel, which, owing to the sagacity and valor of the troops de- fending it, was enabled to get away from the rebels, reaching this city with one dead and several wounded, after having left pehind the dead and wounded of the attacking party,” In conclusion the assertion is made that the great mass of the people were opposed to the outbreak. SR MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION. Close of the Conference Without Reaching an Agreement. WINNIPEG, MaxrToBa, April 2.—The school conference closed this atternoon and has been barren of result. The Do- minion delegates wanted the Provincial Minisicrs to re-establish separate schools, but in & modified form, as exists in Nova Beotia, The Manitoba representatives replied declining this, but offered to elim- inate religion entirely from the schools or to set apart hours during the day for re- ligious ~ teaching, either Protestant or Catholic. The Ottawa delegates would not agree to this and the conference ad- ourned. The Ottawa Commissioners left lor home to-day. S Emperor William’s New Xacht. LONDON, Excrasp, April 2.—A dis- patch to the Central News from Glasgow says the new racing cutter which is being builtin Henderson’s yards for Emperor William will be named Meteor. A great deal of steel will be used in the yacht, and she will resemble the Valkyrie, except that her keel is shorter. 1105, POLICY OF THE HOUSE REVERSED. An Appropriation Is Voted for a Sectarian School. REOPENS THE QUESTION. Howard University Benefits by the Change of Sentiment of Members. EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. Democrats Charged With Neglecting the Negroes and Robbing Them of Their Rights. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—For three hours and a half to-day the House indulged in a repetition of the religious discussion which raged when the District of Columbia appropriation bill was under consideration, and as a result the policy of the House, as expressed at that time by a decided refusal to appropriate money for the charitable and benevolent institutions of the District, was in effect reversed. The inciting cause of the debate was the amend- ment to the sundry civil bill, which was adopted in committee of the whole yester- day on motion by Evans (R.) of Kentucky, giving Howard University in Washington 2,600, the appropriation having been omitted from the bill by the committee re- porting it. The amendment was advo- cated by Bartlett (D.) of New York, Sayers (D.) of Texas, Cannon (R.) of Illinois and Evans (R.) of Kentucky. It was opposed by Hainer (R.) of Nebrasba, McRae (D.) of Arkansas, Johnson (R.) of California, Andrews (R.) and Livingston (D.) of Georgia. There was a digression from the main question, when Hepburn (R.) of Iowa, re- sponding to the remarks by Sayers, charged the Democrats of the South with not only failing to provide equal educa- tional advantages to the negroes with the whites, but robbing them of their civil rights. His statements were vigorously combat- ed by Sayers and others. When the matter got into the House an aye and noe vote was taken on the amend- ment, and it was agreed to—ayes 129, noes This debate practically closed co sideration of the sundry eivil appropria- tion bill, and no further amendment was made. [t was passed as reported from the committee of the whole. Hitt (R.) of Illinois reported favorabiy from the Committee on Foreign Affairs the resolution asking the President to transmit to Congress all the correspond- ence in the Department of State relating to mediation or intervention by the United States in the affairs of Venezuela since December 1, 1895 to date, and the resolu- tion was agreed to. The House, having resumed considera- tion of the sundry civil appropriation oill, Hainer (B.) of Nebraska opposed the ap- propriation of $32,500 for the support of Howard University. He asked members what excuse they could make to their constituents for vot- ing an appropriation for giving higher education to the colored girls and boys which they denied to those of their own race and their own children. Howard University received as much money from other sources as it did from the United States. One of its chief contributors was the American Missionary Society of the Congregational Church. He had opposed appropriations in another bill, which would have gone to Catholic institutions, and he asked how the House could refuse to vote money to a Catholic institution and then vote an appropriation to an in- stitution controlled by the Congregational Church. The only safe principle was to absolutely dissolve church and State. Hainer, as a conclusion of his remarks, sent to the clerk’s desk and had read Gen- eral Grant’s remarks at the reunion of the Bociety of the Army of the Tennessee in 1875, in which the general said that no money intended for educational purposes should ever be voted to sectarian control. Bartlett (D.) of New York replied to Hainer’s speech. Bartlett charged that Hainer himself was the author of bills to devote public money to private purposes or persons. Bartlett proceeded to read the titles of several bills introduced by Hainer. He denied that the negroes in South are unjustly treated, and explained that in Texas for every dollar appro- vriated for the education of a white child another dollar is set aside for the educa- tion of the colored child. Hepburn of Iowa said that in Texas and in other States the negroes are refused ad- mission to the universities and agricuitu- ral colleges, that right being reserved for the whites. He asserted that the negroes of the South were robbed of their civil rights and refused the righs of suffrage, and that the whites in that region used the stolen right it has given them in the House of Representatives to vote appro- priations for their benefit. The amendment was opposed by John- son (R.) of California and McRae (D.) of Arkansas. Livingston (D.) of Georgia presented a petition, signed, he said, by every colored pastor, presiding elder and Bishop of the District of Columbia, asking Congress to investigate the expenditure of funds of Howard University and making serious charges against the management. Andrews (R.) of Nebraska opposed the amendment, because he could not in good conscience vote public money for a secta- rian or private institution. The Govern- ment had no control over Howard Univer- sity, he said, and therefore, however much he might favor the objects of the in- stitution, he found no ground upon which to support the amendment. Closing the debate for the amendment, Evans (R.) of Kentucky said that it had been hurriedly drawn, and was not in terms as he would prefer, and he gave no- tice that if the House would permit he would ask that it be amended so as to pro- vide for supervision of the institution by the Secretary of the Interior and :o strengthen the prohibition against the use of money for any sectarian or religious institutions. The debate, which had from time to | time been extended by unanimous consent, and which had occupied three and a hours, was closed by Hainer in a re- view of the reasons marshaled by him in the beginning against the amendment, On motion by Cannon in lien of the amendment proposed yesterday by Hyde (R.) of Washington an item was inserted into the bill appropriating $40,000 for the new post at Spokane, Wash., and $50,000 for the post at Fort Riley, Kans. The committee then rose and reported the bill and amendments tothe House with a favorable recommendation. Evans (R.) of Kentucky proposed the substitute for his proyiso to his Howard University amendment of which he gave notice in committee of the whole, and it was agreed to. On the amendment itself the vote was taken by ayes and noes, resulting ayes 129, noes 105. The bill was then passed, and at 5:25 o’clock, on_motion by Cannon (R.) of ILli- nois, the House adjourned until to-mor- TOW. OF INTEREST 70O THE COAST. Memorials Against Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes. W ASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—Repre- sentative Hilborn to-day presented me- morials of citizens of Oakland and other cities of California protesting against ap- propriations for sectarian purposes. Hilborn introduced a bill to correct the military record of frank D. Sweetser of California. Major William D. Elderkin, commissary of subsistence, will, under instructions of the commissary-general of subsistence, break up the purchasing station at Los Angeles by April 30, and will then proceed to San Antonio, Tex., and report to the commanding-general of the Department of Texas for assignment to duty as chief commissary of that department to relieve Major John F. Watson, commissary of subsistence. He will also relieve Major Watson from duty as pprchasing commis- sary at San Antonio. Major Charles P. Eagan, commissary of subsistence, in addition to his present duties will, on April 30, report to the com- manding general of the Department of California for temporary duty as chief commissary of that department to relieve Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Bell, as- sistant commissary general of subsistence. Acting Secretary Wike to-day sent to Congress a letter from the Attorney-Gen- eral asking for an appropriation_of $3000 for repairs of the Government buildings in Alaska. Pensions have been granted as follows: California—Original: Howard Rins, Sol- diers’ Home, Los Angeles; Jacob Defty, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; William J. Prindle, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; John Carr, Elk Grove. Additional: Mel- vin Nelson, Los Angeles. Increase: Jacob Helbach, Los Angeles. Original widows, etc.: Helen A. Henton, San Francisco; Ann Kelly, San Jese. Washington—Original: Joseph A. Har- pel, Olympia; William H. Haas, Camas; Additional: Willard A. Elyea, Medical Lake; Loren Wright, Cape Horn. In- crease: George W. Ames, Maple Valley; James Y. Roe, Snohomish. UASE OF GAEER COUNT, Decision of the Supreme Court Will Cause Action by Congress. Affairs Relating to Judicial Matters and Land Titles Left in a Tangle. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—The text of the decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in the famous Greer County case, which was not included in the announcgment of the judgment made by Justice Harlan a fortnight ago, has been made public. It reads as follows: “The territory east of the one hundredth meridian of longitude west and south of the river now known as the North Fork of the Red River and north of a line follow- ing westward, as prescribed by the treaty of 1819 between the United States and Spain, the course and along the south bank both of Red Riverand of the river now known as the Prairie Dog Town Fork or south fork of Red River on such line meets the one hundredth meridian of longitude, which territory is sometimes called Greer County, constitutes no part of the territory properly included within or rightfully belonging to Texas at the time of the admission of that State into the Union and is not within the limits nor under the jurisdiction of that State, but is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States of America.” The decision of the court left the affairs of Greer County, now a part of Oklahoma Territory, especially those relating to ju- dicial matters and titles to land, in a con- dition which on!y legislation by Congress could remedy. To meet the requirements Representative Cockrell (D.) of Texas has introduced two bills. One is intended to validate the judgments of the District courts in Greer County heretofore ren- dered, and provides, further, that all cases now pending in the courts of said county shall be prosecuted to a final decision by the courts of Oklahoma under the laws of Texas. The other bill establishes regula- tions for settlin - public land questions. It provides that actual settlers of March 10, 1896, shall have a preference right within twelve months from the passage of the act to perfect homestead rights to 160 acres, and also to purchase 160 acres more at $1 25 per acre. Six hundred and forty acres are reserved withia the limits of Mangum, Navajo and Altus for townsites; two acres each are reserved for every schoolhouse building or church erected at the date the act takes effect, and a land office is established at Mangum. SO Sg ot ARRANGEMENT OF THE STARS. Bill to Regulate the Use of a Uniform Flag. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—In the Senate to-day Sherman introduced a bill to regulate the use of a uniform flag in the army and navy, its proportions and the location of the stars in the blue field. The flag proposed is to be used on and after July 4, 1900. Thearrangement of the stars is as follows: Three in each cornerand a central star, around which shall be en- twined a sufficient number of stars so that the total number in the blue field will re, resent the total number of States. The bill sets out that the twelve stars in the four corners and the one in the center represent the thirteen original States, according to their geographical location on the map, assuming the top of the field to be north, and the other States are represented in the circle of stars in the order 1n which they were admitted to the Union, placing the oldest star nearest the center. The idea carried out in this bill is that of Alonzo Mather of Chicago. e For the Indian Schools. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—The Senate Committee on Appropriations re- ported the Indian bill this afternoon. The chief contention in the committee has been over the Indian school appropriation. The House went on the theory that there should be no appropriation for sectarian schools, and yet appropriated $33,000 for Lincoln School and $20,000 for the school at Hampton, Va., both of which, it was claimed, are sectarian. Both of these ap- propriations the Senate Committee has struck out. The general appropriation for schools for the Indians not sectarian has beep increased by upward of $300,000. e Lot aAccounts Well Kept. WASHINGTON, D. April 2.—United States Treasurer Morgan and party have returned from New Orleans, where an examination of the sub-treasury in that city was made. Morgan reports accounts accurate and well kept. GREAT BRITAIN T0 BACK DOWN, May Soon Abandon Claims to Disputed Territory in Venezuela. MINING WORK CHECKED English Syndicates Not Ready to Expend Money While There Is a Controversy. MAY LOSE THEIR PROPERTY. Half the Task of the Boundary Com- mission Has Already Been Accomplished. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aprii 2.—British Guiana papers dated as late as March 18, whicn reached the Bureau of American Republics yesterday, indicate the aban- donment of Great Britain’s determination to insist upon retainingall the settlements established by Englishmen throughout the disputed territory should the Vene- zuelan claims be sustained. In regatd to these settlements Lord Salisbury wrote Secretary Olney four months ago that under no circumstances could they ever be surrendered to alien jurisdiction. The Georgetown Chronicle, however, in its issue of March 18, says: The public generally and those inierested in mining concerns particularly have learned with regret that work has been closea down on the properties of the Winter syndicate, the Bartley syndicate and the Barima Development Company. It is alleged that the reason the proprietors have decided to adopt this course is because they do not consider that in the unsettled state of the bound- ary question their rights are at present sufficiently secure to justify them in in- curring the heavy expenditure which con- tinued prosecution of the work would require. In another part of the paper a statement from Mr. Connolly, superintendent of the Barima Company, is published, declaring that he had received instructions from London not to incur any additional heavy expenses until the Government gave grants to the property, the company's solicitors thinking it would be injudicious in the present position of the Venezuelan boundary dispute to spend money devel- oping property which migat be taken from them without compensation. Other superintendents have received similar instructions from London head- quarters. Toe location of these companies isin the richest gold field that has yet been found in Guiana, and the capital already invested there is greater than in any other locality in the colony. el SESSION OF THE COMMISSION. Work That Has Been Done During the Past Three Months. * WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—Justice Brewer presided to-day over the first for- mal meeting of the Venezuelan Commis- sion held for the past two weeks. All the members were in attendance. After a careful individual study of the British blue book they entered into a discussion of its arguments and evidence. To-day’s session is considered the most important so far held by the commission, which is now possessed of all the main features of the contention and the principal points upon which the dispute depends. The question of sending one or more representatives of the commission to Eu- rope to verify the accuracy of the docu- ments submitted by Venezuela and Great Britain was discussed, and while no defi- nite action was taken the indispensability of the examinations of Spanish as well as Dutch archives was recognized, and no doubt is expressed that a search will soon be ordered. The commission has now been at work three months, and its labors are thought to be about half completed. Admission of Arizona. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2,—Dila- tory tactics on the part of the opponents of the bill granting statehood to Arizona prevented a vote being reached to-day in the House Committee on Territories on a motion to reporc¢ that bill favorably. A motion to postpone consideration for a week was dereated by a vote of 5 to 6, but the session of the committee expired under lt)l_:fi rules at noon without disposing of the ill. e Appointments of Cadets. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—Con- gressional appbintments of cadetships to the United States military academy have been given the following men: James R. McVicker, Sigourney, Iowa; George An- thenreith Jr., Clayton, Mo., with Charles G. Harvey, St. Louis, alternate; Frank Richardson, Auqnsu. Kans., with Frank- lin G. Brown, Fall River, as alternate, and Clifton P. Arnold, Prescott, Ark. Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $128,105404. The withdrawals for the day were $268,300. —_— NOTED MEN TO ATTEND. AUl Members of ex-President Harrison’s Cabinei Will Be at the Wedding. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2.—General Benjamin F. Tracey, ex-Secretary of the Navy, called to see ex-President Harrison to-day at the Fifth-avenue Hotel. He will be the ex-President’s best man and his visit was purely social. It 15 possible that nearly all the members of the ex-President’s Cabinet may be pres- ent al the wedding. Private Secretary E. F. Tibbetts said that John Wanamaker was expected to arrive from Eurape before Sunday. Ex-Governor Charles Foster of Ohig has not been heard from yet, but is expected. General John W, Noble of St. Louis will be unable to come owing to business engagements. The only visitor who saw the ex-Presi- dent was General Tracey. After a late breakfast the ex- President paid Mrs. Dim- mick a visit. All the stories telegraphed from Indianapolis to the effect that Mrs. McKee, daughter of General Harrison, will not be able to attend the wedding, owing to the fact that she had been exposed to thq measles, were deemed of not sufficient importance to answer. Russell Harrison ana wife are expected to arrive betore Sun- day. S Death of J. V. Gilbert. JACKSONVILLE, Fra,, April 2-J. V. Gilbert, aged 75 years, died at his home in Fast Jacksonville yesterday. Gilbert was widely known among the theatrical pro- fession. He managed a company years before the war. He and John Templeton were bosom friends. O DEFEAT OF THE BILL. An Attempt to Tegalize the Manufacture of Liquor in Towa. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 2.—In the Senate this afternoon the bill to legalize the manufacture of liquor in Iowa was de- feated, 22 to 27, with one member absent, who sent word that he desired the record to show that had he been present he woula have voted Against the bill. All the seven Democrats voted for the biil, filing ex- planations which in substance said they regarded the measure as a very short step, but in the right direction. They first pro- posed a substitute bill, a far more liberal measure, which was defeated by a strict party vote. The result was exactly as expected. The bill had been under discussion for two days before the vote was reached. The members from the river counties and large cities made a desperate fight for the bill, but it was of no avail. R SHOT DOWN BY DESPERADOES. Officers Fired Upon at the House of Tay- lor Delk. CONCORD, Ga., April 2.—Sheriff Guinn and a posse to-night went to the house of Taylor Delk, a notorious desperado, to ar- rest him for robbery and assault. Asthe Sheriff arrived at the door he was shot| through the left side. While Guinn was lying on the front porch begging for some one to come and get him, John F. Madden attempted to drag him off and was fired on, the ball passing through both thighs, breaking both legs. The -house scon was surrounded by an armed mob and threats of burning the building were made. At 10:30 o’clock Delk, his son and an escaped convict and a partner of Delk’s named Tom Langford, who were the occupants of the house, ran out the back door, shooting jand cursing. The posse fired, but failed to bring down any of them. A posse with dogs is in pursuit. —_— O THE NICARAGUA AN Linden W. Bates Talks Before the House Commerce Committee. Says the Completion of the Big Ditch Would Prove the Salvation of the Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—The hearings on the Nicaragua canal were con- tinued to-day by the House Commerce Committee, Linden W. Bates of Chicago being the speaker. He was familiar with the reports of the canal company for the past seven or eight years and had had frequent conferences with the officers of the company and those who did the sur- veying. He was now connected with the Chicago Drainage Canal. He comparea the dredges used on the drainage canal with those used on the Panama canal. The former could do the work of 60,000 men with shovels and wheelbarrows and bad a power greater than all the machinery and men used on the Panama canal. Speaking from the standpoint of a propersy-owner on the Pacific Coast, he said he thought the Nicaragua canal would prove the salvation of that secti on. In reply to a question, he said that nearly ali the prominent contractors on the Chicago drainage canal were familiar with the Nicaragua canal. In his opinion most of them would like to take part in the construction of the Nicaragua canal. They had some $3,000,000 invested in plants at Chicago, and parts of these plants could be profitably used in Nic- aragua. Asan expert, he saw no reason why contractors here would not undertake the work and successfully complete it. —_—— : The Mewican Central. BOSTON, Mass., April 2.—The Mexican Central’s report for February shows gross earnings increased §67,762; net earnings decreased $75,766. TRAGIC DEATH OF A LUNATIC, Jumps From a Car-Window ‘While a Train Is at Full Speed. FOUND BY A SICK WIFE. Flees Across the Country and Is Pursued by a Crowd for Five Hours. THEN HE RIDES STOLEN HORSES Finally the Unfortunate Man Is Shot and Expires From His Injuries. BELLIOTT, ILL., April 2—John Frank- lin of Fort Recovery, Ohio, an insane man, met a tragic death near here to-day. He and his wife were on their way from Ohio to St Louis on a Lake Erie tram, and when they reached Bloomington Ilast night Mrs. Franklin was taken sick, and they determined to return to Fort Re- covery. At 2 o'clock this morning Franklin leaped from the eastbound Lake Erie train near Holder while the train was at full speed. The train was stopped and held for two hours while a vain search was made for the man. Mrs. Frankiin leit the train at Holder and found her husband. They resumed their eastward journey to-day, and at 10 A. M, while the train was pulling out of this place, Franklin fell from the steps of a car, striking his bead on a railway tie. He jumped to his icet and declared that a | mob was pursuing him wanting to kill him. He then fled across the country pursued by a crowd for five hours. During this time he ““stood off” his pursuers by firing at them with a revolver. He entered a farmer’s stable, took a horse and fled on its back. A few miles farther on he changed 1ihis horse for another. He was finally stopped by a barb- wire fence, and some one¢ iu the pur- suing party shot him with a shotzun loaded with slugs, wounding him in the knee and face. His leg was amputated, and at 6 o’clock he died. The affair caused ‘1 great excitement. COUNTERFEITEK ARRESTED, Has Been Grinding Out Excellent Greem Goods for Many Years. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 2—The United States Secret Service agents to-day | captured & man named Emanuel Ninger, who, they claim, has made counter- feits of "United Stiates bills of the large denominations so excellent in execution as to aimost defy detection ex- cept by an_ expert. Ninger's house is in Flagtown, N. J., and it is said that he ade $10, $20 and $50 bills as far back as 1879. His latest series, however; censists of $100 bills. The arrest last Saturday evening of a iman named Joseph Gilbert, who at- | terapted to pass a $50 pen and ink bill, fur- nished the clew which led to Ninger's arrest. This afternoon Ninger was arraigned before ~United States Commissioner Shields, who held him for xami- nation _on April 11 _ under $20.00¢ bail. Later Agent Bogg said that the prisoner had made a confession and had surrendered the pens, inks and papers, which he employed in making what the officer says are probably the most danger- ous counterfeits of United States notes in existence. NEW TO-DAY. 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