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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL OB RELIGION AND DISCIPLINE Ballington Booth Talks of the Work of the New Army. THOROUGHLY AMERICAN Labors to Be Performed ‘Similar to Those Carried On by the Salvationists. BOTH ORGANIZATIONS NEEDED But No Matter What Happens the Ex-Commissioner Will Never Re- turn to His Father’s Fold. BUF LO, Y., April 3.—*No matter what happens, and no matter what pres- sure is brought to bear, I shall never re- turn to the old organization,” said Bal- lington Booilr this afternoon. Concerning the new organization General Booth said that it is to be thoroughly American Its plan of organization is rto that of the United States The officers will have similar titles 1 the terms used are to be American. *The work we shall do will be in many respects similar to that done by the Salva- tion Army, for we believe there is abun- ~antroom for both armies to labor. In- deed, we have no wish to injure or thwart the old organization in any way. “In addition to this, we shall labor « three classes of people whose con- s have of late lain heavily on our hearts. There are first the men who are employed on the great rivers of this country. Then the many intelligent veople in the prisons who have got themselves there by some deed committed m a moment of passion. Among these there isa large number of well-educated | people whose prisons we mean to pene- trate in order to save their souls, and then, lastly, we intend to work among the 1 ring men.”” Speaking of gaining recruits from the Salvation Army, he said: *“Of course, I cannot tell how many will come to us from the old organization. We don’t urge them to come, for we don’t want them unless they come of their own accord.” e il WILL STUDY THE POOR. Booth-Tuckey Talks of the Work Before Him Here. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 3,—The first thing that Commissioner Booth-Tucker did when he reached the office at Salvation Army headquarters yesterday morning was to send for the army’s attorney to find out what he would have to do, where he would have to go and when he could go to take the first step toward becoming an American citizen. The commissioner got the information, and by to-morrow night at the latest he will have taken out his first papers. After that matter was arranged, the commissioner was introduced to all the members of the headquarters staff whom he had not met, and then, with the assist- ance of two or three staff officers, mapped out a tour of the United States which he and Mrs. Booth-Tucker will make soon after the Carnegie Hall reception, next Thursday night. The first place visited will be Chica; When this tour is com- pleted, Commissioner Booth-Tucker will set himself to .work on what he calls a social scheme for America. “‘I take it for granted,” he said yester- terday, “‘that there is poverty in this coun- try, notwithstandidg its great wealth, It isto the problem of the amelioration of the condition of the American poor that I shall give most careful and prayerful study. Inthe first place 1 shall make it my particular business to obtain a per- sonal knowledge of the condition of the poor in the great cities. I shall go among, and, if necessary, live among them. I shall try to obtain a correct notion of the best way to give them practical help and make their lives brighter and better. I shall, at the same time, make » careful study of all the Government statistics bearing on the sub- ject, and I shall read all the literature on the condition of the poor in this country that I can find. “When I have obtained a knowledge of the poorer classes and their needs, 1 will formulate a scheme which I hope will be of much practical benefit to the poor of America. It should be understood that any scheme that may be formulated 1s not intended to make any converts to the Sal- vation Army. If it does so all the better. But it is our purpose first to alleviate misery.. Then if we can reach the souls of these people we will bedoubly grateful.” —_— MAY CAUSE A BIG STRIKE. The Coatmakers Decide to Assist the Cutters. CINCINNATI, Ommo, April 3.—At a meeting of the Cutters’ Union and Coat~ makers’ Protective Association here to- night the latter, which is a local organiza- tion, resolved to accept no work after April 6 anless the grievances of the striking cut- ters were satisfactorily adjusted. It is hardly speak, and in her incoberent mum- blings could tell little of herself. The brakeman took her home, where, after careful treatment by the family phy- sians, she was able to tell the awful story. While passing through the mnegro quarter on her way home on Saturday night she was suddenly seized from behind by two negroes, who threw a bag over her head and carried her bodily upstairs into a a dirty opinm joint, where shé was drugged ana forced to drink liquor. There was two white men there, too. Then she was brutally assaulted. Her clothes were taken away from her and when she was dis- carded she had barely enough to cover her | bruised body. S S WILL BSIT AS LAY, DELEGATES, Four Women to Participate in the Metho- dist Episcopal Conference. CLEVELAND, Omio, April 3. — Four women will sit as lay delegates in the gen- eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which will assemble here May 1, and have a voice in its deliberations. This is practically the decision of the church as represented by the votes already taken in the annual conference throughout the country. ' Its definite decision must, of course, await action by the general con- ference. The annual conferences have been vot- ing on the question, and all through-the West the majorities have been overwhelm- ingly in favor of the women. Eight con- ferences were in session this week, and seven remain to be held next week. Most of these are in the East, where the senti- ment has been against women, but none of them will exhibit a decided change of opinion. But_the question, although as good as settled already according to the present outiook, will be in the coming general con- ference, as it has been in some confer- ences in the past, the one question over- shadowing all others. Consideration of it will make the general conference of 1896 the most interesting and exciting session held in years, and formal and definite dis- position of it will mark a crisis in the his- tory of the Methodist church. TOMANTAN THE PRICES Second Secret Conference of the Bessemer Steel Manufac- turers in New York. It Is Proposed to Shut Out Middlemen and Spectators Who Have Caused Mischief. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 3.—The con- ference of Bessemer-steel Manufacturers which was opened at the Hotel Waldort vesterday ended to-day. The proceedings were, as on yesterday, secret. George T. Oliver of Pittsburg told a reporter that the manufacturers had accomplished the obv ject for which they had met. “The manufacturers decided to maintain the price of steel for the present at $20 per ton,” said Oliver. “There have been no restriction made as to the amount of steel which shall be manufactured by any par- ticular firms, but it will be understood thac all will exercise good judgment in seeing to it that the market is not too greatly overstocked. Business is to be conducted in accordance with the demand and sup- 1v. 2 ‘‘Special care will be taken to do away with the manipulation of the market by middiemen and speculators, who have heretofore caused much mischief by the manipulation jof pricgs. The manufact- urers will so conduct their business as to effectually put a stop to the losses which they have sustained of late. Honest competition will be encouraged, but the influence of middlemen will be restricted so that the interests of both manufacturers and consumers will be ade- quately protected. Ail negotiations shall be conducted by and for the producer as the contracting party on one hand and the consuming purchaser on the other hand. The advance in the price of pigiron is to be met by a corresponding advance in the price of steel.” — OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Devlin Arrived too Late to Prevent River Appropriations. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—Robert T. Devlin of Sacramento, attorney of the Anti-Debris Association of California, ar- rived at the Ebbitt House to-night. Itis understood that he care on to oppose the appropriation of $250,000 fer the construc- tion of restraining works at Deguerre Point, on the Yuba River, but he is one day too late, for the biil was reported to- day and is now before the House. Mr. Devlin was very much disappointed when he found the bill bad been com- pleted. He is discouraged over the out- Iook, for he finds that the entire California delegation is heartily in favor of the ap- propriation. He was informed that both Senators and all the Representatives from California bad united in a letter to the committee favoring the measure. Mr. Devlin was further informed that the River and Harbor Committee had acted on the question after reading all of the letters, memorials, petitions and other arguments presented by the Anti-Debris Association, and furthermore that the de- cision of Judge Sawyer in the North Bloomfield case had been made known to the committee.. Mr, Devlin was very much rlisagpoinkd to learn that the com- mittee bad acted, after being so thor- oughly informed by both sides. There seems to be no doubt but that the report of the committee will pass the House and be concurred in by the Senate. Pensions have been granted as follows: California: Original—Charles Barry, Veter- ans’ Home, Napa; Robert E. Smith, Los Angeles. Original widow—Margaret Hub- pard, San Francisco, Mexican War widow—Margaretta A. Decatur, 8an Diego. Oregon: Mexican War survivor increase | —Edmond Stephens, Olex. Representative Johnson to-day intro- duced a bill for the relief of Christopher Green and the lega! representatives of Hugl C. Trainor. estimated that if this step is forced npon the coatmakers there will be over 10,000 people thrown out of employment in Cin- cinnati. There are 300 coatmakers in the city, each employing about thirty hands, e DRAGGED INTO A FILTHY DEN. Terrible Experience of a Young Woman in the Negro Quarter of Haverhill. - HAVERHILL, Mass., April 3.—The story of a great crime has just come to light. Ethel Mains, a beautiful young woman of good family, has just been found after a mysterious disappearance of four days. She is prostrated at her home as a result of her terrible. experience. She was drugged, assaulted and cruelly treated by negroes, and after being imprisoned in a foul and loathsome opium den was cast into the street half-naked and her mind “wrecked. Thursday night John Daanty, a railroad brakeman, discovered the poor girl wan- dering aimlessly about the freight yards. Bhe had nothing on but a torn and tate tered skirt and a threadbare corset cover. Hatless, with her hair flying wildly and her features distorted, she was only the shadow of the former handsome daughter of one of the city’s best families. She could The special postoffice service between Lakeview, Riverside County, from Perris; Lebec, Kern County, from Gorman sta- tion, and Samoa, Humboldt County, from Eureka, will be discontinued after April Maggie Egan was appointod postmistress at Cop%leropoli!, Cnln’;eras County, vice E. Sieginger, resigned. e Under Civil Sorvice Rules. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—~The President has further amended the civil service rules by placing under the classi- fied service the assistant attorneys and law clerks of the Defmrtment of the Inte- rior. This order includes about thirty per- sons, whose salaries range from 82006’ to $2700 per annum. et N Circulation of Money, WASHINGTON, D. C.; April 3.—The circulation of all kinds of money in the TUnited States decreased during the month of March $112,594, leavine the total circu- Iation §1,528,629,463, or $21 51 per capita. el Suicide of @ Newspaper Man. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 8. — Thomas Whearton, member of the edi- torial staff of the Philadelphia Times, committed suicide by jumping through a fourth-story window ‘at his boarding- house. He was 36 years of age. He is be- lieved to have been suffering from tempo- rary insanmity. REED REVERSES ONE OF HIS RULES A Majority of the Actual Membership Declared a Quorum. VACANCIES DON'T COUNT The Speaker Overrules All the Objegtions and Receives Applause. PENSION BILLS PASS QUICKLY. Appropriations Made in the River and Harbor Bill as Reported to the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The House to-day passed thirty-eight private pension bilis which had been favorably acted upon at previous Friday night ses- sions. In the course of this part of the proceedings Speaker Reed reversed his famous ruling in the Fifty-first Congress, which has been the subject of much con- troversy, and declared thata majority of the actual membership of the House con- stituted a quorum. In the Fitty-first Con- gress he held that it required a majority of all the members of the-House to make a quorum, irrespective of vacancies. Hooker (R.) of New York reported the river and harbor bill for the year ending June 1, 1897, which will be called up on Monday. A bill authorizing the erection of a bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis was passed, and Mr. Pickler (R.) of South Dakota demanded the regular order, which was, this being Friday, the consid- eration of bills reported from the com- mittee of the whole at Friday night ses- sions. The first bill was read and Pickler moved the previous question. Erdman (D.) of Pennsylivania made the point of no quorum on the vote—127 to 6. A quorum was counted and the previous question | ordered, and on the passage of the hill | Erdman demanded a vote of ayes and noes, but only twenty-two members joined | him in the request, an insutficient num ber. The bill was passed. On the next bill Erdman again made the point of no quorum, but the Speaker said : “The chair overrules the objection, stating to the House that evidently a quorum is present.”’ The announcement was received with applause and the passage of the remaining bills on the calendar proceeded without serious delay or interruption. Upon an- other vote Erdman again made the point of no quorum, and the Speaker, after counting, said, “There are 178 present—a quorum.” This was a reversal of his famous deci- sion in the Fifty-first Congress, about which there has been much controversy and which was followed in later Con- gresses. The entire number of Represen- tatives woulid be 357, of which 179 would be a majority, but there are two vacan- cies, leaving the actual membership 355, of which 178 is a majority. Richardson (D.) of Tennessee questioned the Speaker, saying that his decision was in conflict with a ruling made by him in the Fifty-first Congress, and asking if it was the intention to reverse that, Speaker Reed responded that it was his intention to make the ruling as announced. The thirty-eight bills were then passed in an hour. At the night session there was a quorum of members present, who in committee of the whole recommended favorable action upon ten private, persion bills and that three otherslie on the table. Before ad- journing until to-morrow at 10:30 o’clock two of the bills were passed in the House. AL R FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS. Allowances Made in the Bill Reported to the House. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—The river and harbor appropriation bill for the coming tiscal year was to-day reported to the House by Hooker, chairman of the River and Harbor Committee. Among the allowances for harbors are the following in California: Oakland, $100,000; San Diego, $1000; San Luis Obispo, $32,000; Wilming- ton, $50,000. ‘The Becretary of War is authorized ana directed to appoint a board of three engi- neers of the United States army for the purpose of making surveys and examina- | tions of the Sacramento and Feather riv- ers, in California, and to submit the most feasible plan for their improvement and the maintenance of navigation. The board may, under the direction of the Secretary of War, expend any balance now remain- ing to the credit of said rivers in the im- provement account, deducting the expenses of surveys and examinations, For the construction of restraining bar- riers for the protection of the Sacramento and Featner rivers in California, $250,000 is appropriated; for the San Joaquin River, $20,000; Napa River, $4000. In Oregon—The appropriation for the Upper Columbia River, including the Bnake River, is $5000; for the lower Wil- lamette River, in front of and below Portland, and the Columbia River below the Willamette, in Oregon and Washing- ton, $50,000; for the Coquilie River, §20,- 000; Siuslaw River, $27,000. ¢ For gauging the waters of the Columbia River and measuring tidal and river volumes, $1000; for the upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle Point, $12,000; for the Umpqua River $6000; Coos River, $5000; Nestucca River, $6000; Willamette and Yambhill rivers, $20,- 000; Columbia River below Tongue Point, by way of south channelin front of As- toria, $50,000. In Oregon—Entrance to the harbor of Coos Bay, §95,000; Yaquina Bay, $25,000; Coos Bay, to complete dredging, $14,390; Port Orford harbor, Graveyard Point, the cost not ‘to exceed $203,336; Tillamook Bay and bar, $17,000. In Idaho—Clearwater River, $25,000; Koo- tenai River, between Bonners' Ferry and the international boundary line, $5000. In Washington—Grays Harbor and bar entrance, $10.000; Olympia, $32,000; Everett harbor, $20,000; Cowlitz River, $3000; Puget Sound and its tributaries, $25,000; Swinomish Slough, $15.000; Colum- bia River, between the mouth of the Wil- lamette Riverand the city of Vancouver, $25,000. Illinois and Mississippi canal, $5,710,596. Miseissippi River, mouth of Ohio River to St. Paul, Mirn., additional contracts, $5,027,000. Mississippi River, head of passes to Ohio River, additional contracts, $8,275,000. Missouri River, additional contracts, not exceeding $250,000 per annum. Willamette and Yambill rivers, Oregon, $200,000. * For preliminary examinations and sur- veys $100,000 is appropriated. The total appropriation is $9,767,430. The estimates of the chief of engineers were, in round numbers, $12,000,000. The last Congress appropriated $11,178,480 for rivers and hatrbors, or about $1,700,000 more- than carried in the present bill. In addi- tion to the cash appropriation which will be available at the close of this fiscal year, contracts are authorized in the bill for an amount in addition, aggregating $51, 000,000. INCREASE OF MONEY ORDERS. Postoffices Did a Big Rusiness During the Last Quarter. ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—Post- master-General Wilson has issued a state- ment showing a large increase in the money order business during the last quarter over thatof any preceding quar- ter, the receints aggregating $105,755,971. The net revenue, $275,000, has never been equalled except in the quarter that ended December 31, 1893. The value of domestic orders issued was $49,000,000, against $44,- 000,000 in 1895, and the receipts were larger than those of the corresponding quarter of 1894-by $36,000. A Marks Washington’s Birthplace. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—A tele- gram received by Colonel John M. Wilson, corvs of engineers, United States Army, reports that the shaft of the monument to mark the birthplace of George Washing- ton was placed in position %esterday at Wakefield, Westmoreland ountf Va. Colonel Wilson will visit Wakefield in a day or two and_ inspect the monument be- fore accepting it for the Government from the contractors. No preparations for the dedication of the monument have been made. LIVES LOST IV FLOD3S, Many Persons Perish in the Rush of Waters Following a Cloudburst. Hundreds of Buildings Carried Away From Unlucky Kentucky Farmers. BOONEVILLE, Kv., April 3.—Further particulars just received here from the territory in Clay and Owsley counties show that it may be several days before the complete list of the persons drowned in Monday’s cloudburst can be given. The known dead are: Mary Garrett, frs. George Gepson and three children, Wm. Burns and two chilaren, Mrs. Wade Narders and two children, and two un- known persons, as reported last night, and to- this list is to be added the wife of Alexander Gibson and her sister, Miss Mary Barnett, and Gibson’s five-year-old | child. All were in their cabin when the inde- scribable downpour of water began, and the structure was soon swept away. Gibson made a terrible struggle to save his wife and chila, but the woman clutched him about the throat, choking him, and he sank with the others, but managed to es- cape. The storm split into two parts, one going down Surgeon Creek, while the other followed the course of Littie Sexton Creek. Captain Bull was drowned in the Ken- tucky River near Jackson, and not by the tlood of Owsley and Clay counties asat first reported. News from Manchester just received says over 100 farmers lost their houses and barns, nieathouses and all their feed being destroyed. It will be impossible for them to raise any crops this year. el S STRIFE AT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Pastor Hall Declines to Quit, and an. Elder Is Assaulted at a Lively Meeting. DECATUR, IrL, April 3.—RKev. Mr. Hall, pastor of the Christian church, has been in trouble with the church board for some time. They gave him notice to leave the church on April 2. He appealed from that decision and the majority of his congregation sustained him. To-night a meeting of the'members of the church was called to ask for the resignation of the board. Elder E. McNabb, who opposed Mr. Hall, was speaking when W. W. Day, another aged man, a supporter of the min- ister, assaulted him. Friends of both parties tried to get to them to assist the gentlemen, and a riot seemed imminent. The police were called in by the pastor and restared order. The old board was expelled and new members elected. The pastor remains at the church, Lt g ITWO MEN KILLED IN A WRECK. Collision Between @ Yard FEngine and Freightears. BELLAIRE, Onro, April 3.—A collision between a yard "engine and a detached section of a freight train occurred on the bridge spanning the Ohio River here this evening, resulting in the loss of two lives and wrecking the engine and cars. The dead are: Patrick Flaherty, day caller, and Frank Saltsgaver, a boiler-maker. Both men were badly crushed. Yard engine 1104 was crossing the bridge and the men on it did not notice the de- tached section of a freight train that was running back at a high speed. Where the accident occurred the track isabout ninety feet above the river. Pl ESCAPED FROM THE ICE. Colonel Naff Did Not Perish in the Rainy River Accident. CROOKSTON, Mixx., Aprit 3.—Colonel Adam F. Naff, whom yesterday’s reports said had gone through the ice on the Rainy River and been drowned with his entire party, returned from the trip this morning safe and sound. Thereportthatthey were drowned was started by settlers and Indians on the northern boundary, and originated in the fact that the party did meet With a mishap on the river and all went through., Colonel Naff and the United States Deputy Marshal escaped and succeeded ingetting horses and return- ing to civilization, but the rest of the outfit ‘were drowned, being swept under the ice. Sl WANT THE ANACONDA MINES. Englishmen Anxious to Buy the Great er Propertics. BUTTE, Moxr., April 3.—The statement is again given circulation that the whole of the great Anaconda mining properties are to pass into the hands of English capi- talists. & Hamilton Smith, representing the syn- dicate which recently purchased a third interest in the $30,000,000 worth of stock, | is again coming to Butte, and will arrive on the 30th. His mission, it is said, is to make a further examination of the mines and report on the advisability of offering $40,000,000 for the remaing two-thirds of the stock. The company’s officials refuse to talk about the matter. 1896. IPURCHASE THE TOLL ROADS, ‘That Is What Uncle Sam Is Asked to Do in the Yosemite. TOURISTS ARE STO0D UP. After Being Invited to Visit the Valley, It Is Not the Thing to Cinch Them. TRAVEL SHOULD BE MADE FREE California Senators and Representa. tives Enlisted in the Pro- posed Remedy. WABSHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—Dr. John T. McLean of Alameda, who is here, has addressed a memorial to Congress in favor of the biil authorizing the purchase by the United States and making free the toll roads passing over the Yosemite National Park. He says that Secretary of the Interior Smith, in his annual report for 1893, favors the Government purchasing the roadsand making travel over them free and that these various matters are detailea at length in a memorial to the Secretary which is signed by Senators White and Perkins, Representatives Hilborn, Ma- guire, Loud, Johnson, and by letters from Representatives Barham and Mec- Lachlan, all these gentlemen uniting 1n the recommendation for the purchase of these roads and pledging their hearty co- operation in securing an appropriation. Henry K. Field, C. G. Clinch and J. H. O’Brien, as well as Governor Budd, presi i dent ex-officio of the Board of Commis- sioners to manage the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa big tree grove, approve of and recommend the purchase of these roads by the National Government, Dr. McLean says: “Surely it isnot in accordance with the fitness of things that the great American nation which owns this park should invite its own citizens, as well as strangers from another land, to | visit and enjoy-its wonderful scenery, and then when they have passed within its majestic gates allow him to be stopped by | the toll-gatherer and charged a toll for the privilege of passing over it. Certainly this reproach, for which our National Government is responsible, should cease by the purchase of these toll roads and | making them free. Happily, we have the assurance of the Secretary of the Interior that he will not only put no obstaclé in the way of abolishing this Natiounal re- proach of allowing toll roads in this park, but he will approve any action of Congress in making an appropriation to purchase them. *“The Secretary has intimated this in his reply to a letter of the chairman of the House Committee on Public Lands, who inclosed to him a copy of this bill now be- fore you and asked for such suggestions from the Interior Department as would en- able said committee to properly consider the same.” TO0 PROTECT THE SETTLERS. Legislation for Greer County, Oklahoma, \ Agreed Upon. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The House Committee on Public Lands to-day discussed the situation of affairs in Greer County, Oklahoma, in view of the recent decision of the United States Court taking | it out of the jurisdiction of Texas. It was agreed that Chairman Lacey (R.) of Iowa should introduce a bill with the unanimous avproval of the committee. It provides | that actual settlers of March 16, 1896, shonld have preference rights to complete | their homestead entries of 160 acres of land and within six months to purchase an additional 160 acres. Twelve months’ time is allowed such settlers to remove crops and improvements from land not taken by them. Surplus lands not thus | takenare to be reserved for entry by actual settlers under the homestead law. Townsites platted and improved prior o March 16, 1896, shall be approved by the | Secretary of the Interior, and lotholders shall be entitled to purchase at the rate of $10 an acre. Land within the town limits not taken within a year shail be subject to sale at $10 an acre. Sections 16 and 36 in each township are set aside for school purposes. All lands not exceeding two acres in each case occu- pied for church, cemetery, school or ather charitabls or voluntary purpose not for profit shall be patented to the persons in charge thereof. A land office shall be eatllslish_ed at Mangum. The provisions of this bill apply to Greer County only, but any future law relating to lands in Okla- homa ‘shall extend to those of Greer County. Sl OPPOSED T0 HURSE-RACING. Anthony Comstock Objects to the Pro- posed Commission. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—A sub- committee of the House District Commit- tee, of which Odell is chairman, to-day gave a hearing to those intereste® in the establishment of a. racing commission in this city. After some opening remarks by Craft in opvosition to the proposition, Anthony Comstock spoke at length against the bill under consideration. The bill, | twenty-six wooden steam vessels of 3312 | The ?eciflcatinns are like those previous!: omstock said, should be condemned by the committee on the grounds of public morals, and on that proposition he based his plea, He could furnish a long list of defaleations, embezzlements, lives blighted and homes ruined by horse-racing. Attorney Joseph S. Auerbach of New York spoke in favor of the bill. Through rnicious practices, horse-racing in New Vork had properly fallen into disrepute. ‘With a prohibitory ciause-in the State constitution New York now had alaw in force after which the one introduced here was modeled. 1t was consequently in- tended to forbid lezitimate racing. Among those present, besides the per- sons already named, were: Robert Pinker- ton, the detective, of New York; Rev. W, H. Chapman of the Y. M. C.’A.; Mrs. Walcott_and Mrs. Smith, of the W, C. T. U., and Mrs. McDowell of Newark. o ZTRE BATTLE-SHIP INDIANA. Preparations Completed for the Final Government Trial. WASHINGTON, P. C., April 8.—The battle-ship Indiana will probably be ready to leave the Port Royzal drydock on . Tues- day next, according to adyices received at the Navy Department. A board of of- ficers to conduct the final trial of the ves- sel will be appointed without delay, and Kfll ]go on board the Indiana at Port oyal. Although the Indiana has been npcepzed by the Government and has been in com- mission several months, the contract re- quires that final payment of the full amount of the agreed price shall not be made to the builders, the Cramp Com- pany of Philadelphia, until four months after her acceptance, and the trial referred to will be to determine whether any neces- sary repairs shall be made by the con- tractors or by the Government. About $60,000 has been withheld from the contractors to cover any expense for which the contractors may be responsible. The trial will take place at sea for eight hours, probably on the trip from Port Royal to Hampton Roads. gl D Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $128,227,550. The withdrawals for the day were $201,904. NO TRACE OF THE LEAK Theft of the Gold From a Sack in the Safe Yet Remains a Mystery. Manager Burch of the Ebbitt House Joins Davies and Hamilton in the Search. | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The leak in the bag of gold in the safe at the Ebbitt House still remains a mystery. De- | tectives Carter and Gallaher as yet have found no target at which to aim the shaft | of suspicion. William W. Davies, the Los | Angeles man who owns the bag of gold, still | insists that a large portion of it has dis- | appeared, and is determined to learn if | possible what caused the decrease. Hxs; friend, Samuel Hamilton, of the same | city, has ‘been devoting his time to aid in | the recovery of the lest money. They‘ have had a long talk with the detectives. | Manager Burch of the Ebbitt is also | deeply interested in clearing up the | mystery. One of the first acts of the de- | tectives, quite naturally, was to learn who | _ the California men are so asto know to | what extent to credit their stories. I Bamuel Hamilton says he comes from the Hamilton family of Revolutionary fame. In 1868 heleft the United States | Naval Academy at Annapolis, after a four | years’ course, and a year later went | to the Pacific Coast. He says | he was born at Rockville, bur; & few miles from Washington, and lived | in Maryland until 1869. At the present | time be is a lawyer at Los Angeles and is | here as the attorney for his friend, Mr. Davies. Mr., Hamilton referred the detec- tives to the Congressmen from California, and each one seen by the officers said that Hamilton is a prominent criminal lawyer living at Los Angeles. Davies is vouched for by Hamilton, who says they are here on business of a private nature, of which they will say nothing. SOt Bullt in the Unitea States. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3.—During the last quarter the total number of ves- sels built and documented in the United States was 124 of 28,170 tons, as compared with 180 vessels of 29,336 tons for the pre- vious quarter. Of the vessels built during the last quarter 65 were sail and 59 steam. | The steel steamships built were nine of 12,346 tons, of which two of 7400 tons were | built on the Great Lakes. Forty-eight | wooden sailiny& vessels of 9089 tons were | built on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and tons were built on Western rivers. | AlE { Naval Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3,—Secre- tary Herbert appeared before the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs this morning, the committee now having under consid- eration the naval appropriation bill, It is believed this bill will be reported by the middie of next week. The number of battle-ships provided for by the House will, it is said, be left undisturbed. i e i Severe Tests of Armor, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The Naval Ordnance Bureau has issued specifi- cations for the armor required for the new battle-ships Kentucky and Kearsarge. issued for other battle-ships in nearly all details, but more severe ballistic tests will berequired, and the armor must be treated by the reforged process. el S In Favor of Harrison. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—House Elections Committee No. 1 unanimously decided to-day to report in favor of Harri- son, the sitting member, in the case of Rob- inson against Harrison, from the Third Alabama district. NEW TO-DAY. Apollinaris “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.” NOW SUPPLIED IN “SPLITS.” Ask for “Splits” (half pints) at Restaurants and Bars JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First St., San Francisco, Representing CHARLES GRAEF & CO., N. Y., for Mineral Waters, INFLUENCED BY C. P, HUNTINGTON, Tammany Statesmen Do Not Dare to Oppose the ‘ Magnate. WHY SULZER WEAEKENED So the Senmate Committee Will Report Unanimously for Refunding. GROVE JOHNSON VERY ANGRY. v Will Rise to a Question of Privilege and Protest Against Being Caricatured. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—The Pacific Roads Committee of the Senate met to-day, but as several members were absentno business was transacted and it adjourned until Monday. : 1t is believed that the committee will be practically unanimous in fayor of a fungl- ing bill and that no minority report will be presented. It has been expected n'hat Sulzer of New York would vote against refunding, but if he ever contemplated do- ing so he has changed his mind, for be said to-day that while personally ht} woul_d be glad to help the Californians in their fight against refunding, politically he could not afford to doso. He said that Huntington’s influence in New York among Tammany leaders was very poten- tial and that he (Sulzer) could not afford to antagonize it. 5 A member of Congress, in explaining the influence of Huntington with Tame many, said that he had contributed liber- ally to its campaign fund in times past. Judge Maguire does not share the gen- eral opinion that the Pacific roads bill will | be taken up this session, but he is hopeful that if it is considered it will be defeated. Grove L. Johnson was angry to-day when he discovered that copies of San Francisco papers containing caricatures of himself were being distributed among Congressmen. _It seems that by request of the Examiner Maguire has had the House ostoffice employes place one copv in each F{cpresentanve's box. 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