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an elegant gown of gold-colored satin with a bodice of white satin laced across the front with silk cords. An ermine opera cloak was thrown about her shoulders. Mrs. Howard Martin wore a dainty cos- tume of pale-blue satin with bouffant sleeves of striped blue-and-white satin. The Misses Stuart were in simple gowns | of white Swiss muslin, with white satin | sashes, and wore natural flowers in their abundant brown bair. Dr. Belle F. Reynolds was in black satin, with lace overdress, and wore an opera- cloak of white French brocade, bordered with tiny ostrich tips of pale orange. . ATHLETIC SPORTS. Fine Records Made Despite a High Wind. SANTA BARBARA, Car., April 17.— The field day of sports or tournament of volunteer firemen of Southern California held at the Agricultural Park grounds here to-day drew out a moderate crowd, probably because of the disagreeable wind which was blowing and which caused many to expect that the races would be of necessity postponed. The records taken®ere all more or less affected by the .weather and in almost every instance would have been materi- | ally improved by even a temporary cessa- tion of the big biow. Thisdrawback, how- ever, makes the really good time scored in several instances of so much greater im- portance. Following is the score: One hundred-yard run—Fayet:e Birtch of Santa Barbara first, John B. McNab of River- side second, James Ryan of Los Angeles third. | Time, :10 flat. { Quarter-mile bicycle race: Entries—Emil | Ulbricht. F. T. Lazy, D, E. Whitman, H. E. Mc- | Crea, M. A. Casenave and H. B. Cromwell, all of Los Angeles. Luzy came in first, with Crom- well a ciose second and Whitman third. Time, 136 4-5. Two hundred and twenty rard run—Entrie: John MeNao ot Riverside, Elmer Elliott, U, Berkel P. M. McMahon, Santa Barbara; R. Broughton, Santa Barbara; A. Stewart, Los Angeles; James Ryan, Los Angeles. Won by Ryan, with Elliott a close second, the rest dropping out. Time, :23 4-5. Brougchton was thrown by Ryan at the start; a foul was called, but the charge was good-naturedly dropped and the re- sult was permitted to stand. Pole veult—Contestants, Gasper Lopez and | Oscar Giddings of Santa Barbara and Oscar | Edinger of Riverside. Won by Edihger—9 feet 9 7-9 inches. One mile Chinese bicycle race—Contestants. Jim Fong, Quen Hay, Yee Jek and Sam Wah, allof Sants Barbara. Jim Fong first, Yee Jek second and Quong Hay a distant third. Time, 3:21 1-5. 120-yard hurdle race—Contestants: Oscar Edington, Riverside; Fayette Birtch, Ansel Birtch, E. P. McMahon, Senta Barbara; A. Stewart, Los Angeles. Won by Fayette Birtch. | Time, :16%5. One mile bicycle race, handicap—Entries: | Emil Ulbricht, Los Angeles, scratch; F. T. | Lacy, Los Angeles, scrach; Myron Hill, Pasa- | dena, 150 yards L. Caidwell, Santa Bar- bara, 150 yard: per Lopez, Santa Barbara, 12 ; D. E. Whitman. Los Angeles, and L. A. Wade, Ventura, 75 yards; H. E.McCrea, Los Angeles, scratch; Sutton Wade, Santa Bar- bara, 125 yards; M. A. Casenave, Los Angeles, 75 yards; H. B. Cromwell, Los Angeles, scratch. Hill won, followed by Caldwell, Whitman and Ulbricht in the ordernamed. Time, 2:12%4. In this race Casenave broke the rim of his wheel. A feature was the splendid | time made by one of the hmdicappedi men, who, after the first lap, proved to be the best wheelman on the track. | Running high jump, won by John McNab of | Riverside, 5 feet 6 inches. Four hundred and forty yard dash—Elmer E. Eiliott, University of Californis, Berkeley; Charles Gondolfo, Ventura; P. H. McMahon, C. R. Broughton, Santa Barbara; James Ryan, Los Angeles. Broughton won, Elliott second, McMehon third. Time, 55 4-5. Running broad jump—John M. McNab, Oscar Edinger, Riverside. Won by McNab, 18 feet 4}¢ inches. Five-mile amateur bicycle race, handicap— H. E. McCrea, Los Angeles, scratch; E. Ul- bricht, Los Angeles, scratch; F.T. Lacey, Los Angeles, scratch; H. B. Cromwell, Los Angeles, scratch; H. W. Allen, Santa 850 yards; M. A. Casenave, Los Angeles, 400 vards; Myron Hill, Pasadena, 400 yards; A, L. Caldwell, Senta Barbara, 600 yards; A. Wade, Santa Barbara, 600 yards; D. E. Whitman, Los Angeles, 600 yards. Hill won, Casenave sec- ond, A. Wade third. Time, 14:4214. One mile amateur bicycle race—Oscar Edinger, Riverside; Elmer E. Elliott, U. C., Berkeley; Charles Gondolfo, Ventura; H. L. Penry, Santa Barbara. Elliott"won; no time announced. One mile walk—Vincent D. Lousley, James D. Lousley, Santa Barbare; George P. Dennis, Ventura. Vincent Lousley, a boy of 16, de- veloped an immense stride, winning in 8:4414. Dennis, who started out fairly, broke down on the fourth lap and fainted at the close. Two mile professional bicycle race—W. A. Taylor, Duarte; Charies Miller, Pico Heights; H. E. McCrea, Los Angeles. McCrea won, Mil ler second, Taylor third. Time, 4:2014. prosarge e WON AN EDUCATION. What Fayette Birtch’s Hundred- Yard Score Meant. SANTA BARBARA, CaL., April 17.— ‘When Fayette Birtch toed the chalk-mark in the hundred-yard run at the Santa Barbara racetrack to-day few of those who looked on understood what the win- ning or losing of the race meant to the boy. 8mall and slender, with a thin, beard- less face, he looked a mere lad in contrast to his stalwart competitors. As he came flying along the track, a hand’s breadth, a foot, a yard 1n advance of the others, his pale face set, his eager eyes unseeing the throng of people and fixed only on the goal, he saw something more than the line which marked the end of his course and the small glory of reaching it ahead of the other runners. He wasrunning for an ed- ucation and knew that upon this race de- pended his future career. When young Birtch, a high school se- nior in the Santa Barbara school, who had never had a day’s training in his life, made a record of 10 1-5 seconds last fall, a famous college club wrote and offered him a regular salary. Thissalary, while a gen- erous offer to an inexperienced young amateur, was still insufficient to pay his college and personal expenses. 1f he conld lower this record he was well aware that new and more generous offers would be made, A young runner with a recora almost equal to the world’s best is in demand in these days, when it sometimes seems a question whether the athlete or the schol. is the more distinguished product of our great universities. This race was the first on the afternoon’s programme. Therunners, perhaps a trifle nervous, made their start a little after rather than upon the pistol shot, Birtch and one other touching one hand to the ground and throwing the body forward in the approved fashion of the best runners. The day was a disagreeable one and windy, and although the young men had their backs to the breeze it came in whirl- ing pusts, hindering rather than helping them. Among those at the track was a writer on track athletics, who represents eight Eastern sporting papers as their Southern California correspondent, and who has a fair idea of track facilities. He made a critical examination of the ground and, considering track and weather Barbara, | that, he declared, he would bea “cx:n_eker- jack.” For the benefit of the uninitiated it may be explained that a “crackerjack” is a world’s record breaker, a term com- monly-applied :n bicycle racing. Every one agreed that the track was too | soft for the spiked shoes of the runners. When Birtch ecame down the track in splendid style, well in advance of tae rest, the cries of **Fayette!” ‘‘Fayette!” were deafening. All the high school boys—his fellow-students—were out in force, and they had known what to expect from the first. There was a dash for the boy when he crossed the line and the time, “ten flat!” was shouted. Dr. Birtch, the lad’s father, made a wild rush for him,and succeeded in pusking aside the rest. Few understood the rea- son for his excitement. Fayette Birtch’s uncle, the doctor’s brother, had been killed by being stopped too quickly at the end of just sucharun in Canada years ago. Then Fayette was lifted to his friends’ shoulders and borne triumphantly back to the judges. There was great dismay among men from the south who had been laying heavy odds against the Santa Barbara boy, but a few minutes later the discovery was made that Birtch’s trainer had been at the chalk line at the time of the start. Al- though it was conceded that this in no way influenced the run it was in clear vio- lation of the rules, and, after a hot dispute, the race was declared off. Another event was called, and when the 100-yard race was repeated Birtch made precisely the same record of ten seconds flaf, this time crossing the line fifteen feet ahead of his rivals, who good-naturedly acknowledged his triumph and joined in the cheers which greeted this second score. Later on Birtch again distingunished him- self by scoring 1614 seconds in the 120- yard hurdle race, coming in five yardsin advance of a Riverside runner of high repute. In this run Birtch bhad the mis- fortune to strike the first hurdle, almost losing his balance and considerably retard- ing him. There is a history back of this boy’s re- markable achievement. He comes of a family of runners, his father in his youth being ruled out of alllocal events in his Canadian home. Robert Birteh, his uncle, was the champion of Canada and was mnever beaten in a race. He died twenty-seven years ago at the end of a successful race against the American champion—a man from Woodstock, Vt.— being killed by a friend, who caught him and checked him too near the line. Fayette issaid to be the image of this uncle. The boy, who it is believed may now justly lay claim to the California record, was born in Bcotland, S. Dak., February 29, 1876, and has, t herefore, just seen his twentieth birthday. He is a good scholar and of unusually studious habits. He has never trained, even in the sense of taking the proper precautions against catching cold and being rubbed down after running, until the last few weeks while he has been preparing for this run. His admirers among his schoolmates, jealous of his strength and health, have been fuming because Fayette neither | dieted nor observed the proper hours in training, and there was a panic among them when he went to a party some ten days ago and stayed up until midnight, eating a late supper. His father, when appealed to, assured the anxious friends that it was the best thing the boy could do, as every night that he remainea atv bome he invariably sat up uniil 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning reading or studying. P FIESTA DE LOS ANGELES. The City of the Angels Donning Carnival Garb. LOS ANGELES, Cawn., April 17,—The city is beginning to don its holiday clothes preparatory to the opening of the carnival next Tuesday. As yet little decorating has been done, but the work will be begun in earnest to-morrow and pushed with vigor over Sunday. By Monday evening the principal streets will be masses of red, green and yellow. The street decorations will be especially fine. Frank Wiggins, superintendent of the Chamber of Commerce exhibit, who made such an enviable record as manager of the Southern California exhibits at re- cent international expositions, has charge of this feature. Thousands of palm leaves and miles of bunting will be used in beautifying the line of march, while magnificent floral arches will span the principal street inter- sections. The pageant promises to be the most art- istic and picturesque ever seen west of the Rocky Mountains. The parade on Wednesday afternoon will be participated in by the entire brigade N. G. C. of Southern California, marines from United States ships and many uniformed societies. The floats in this parade, typical of Southern California resources, progress and development, will be very attractive. Most unique of all wiil be the Chinese section, containing the big dragon, 800 feet long, and the rich and gaudy trappings from the Chinese theaters and josshouses in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The night parade Thursday evening, typical of lands of the sun, will rival the { New Orleans Mardi Gras in artistic merit and gorgeousness. The sports at Athletic Park on Thurs- day will draw an 1mmense crowd. Prizes will be competed for by some of the most noted athletes in the State. The school children’s parade and flag- raising on Friday will not be the least interesting feature of the week’s festivities, and the display of fireworks Friday even- ing will be par excellence. Hazard’s pavilion, where the fiesta ball is io take place, is being converted into a veritable palace for the occasion. The presence of naval and military - officers in full uniform will give eclat to the event unusual to social functions in Los An- geles. The hotels are already filling up with fiesta guests, and the indications are that the city will betaxed to its utmost to ac- commodate the throngs that will be here next week. ST STOCKTON’S FESTIVAL. Native Daughters Arranging Pretty Decorations. S8TOCKTON, CAL,, April 17.—The Native Daughters are laboring hard to make the floral carnival next week a success. There was a bevy of pretty girls and women at the Pavilion all of this afternoon fashion- ing garlands and streamers of evergreen to festoon the big building. In the even- ing the committee of arrangements met and discussed plans. Both of the con- servatories will be let to exhibitors who have choice flowers to display, and they will be required to cover all the space allotted to them with flora, so that there will be no bare walls to mar the beauty of the scene when the doors of the Pavilion are thrown open to the public. A floral lodge will be placed near the entrance. It will be decorated with flow- ers just before putting it in place, in order together, declared that no man could pos- sibly do better than 11 secondson that track. If one of them should go under that they may be fresh for the carnival night. The arch, which is being made af- ter plans furnished by Andrew Paterson, - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, will be thirty feet wide and twenty-five feet high, and the uprights will be'three feet thick. A floral bear will surmount the keystone, and at the top of the up- rights will be a floral locomotive on one side and a floral steamboat on the other. At the extreme western end of the hall will be located Queen Flora’s throne, and her attendants will stand on either side, while Minervaand her company of twenty- one Native Daughters will go through their evolutions before her Majesty. Miss Han- nah Gray has been chosen to fill the part of Minerva. Queen Flora’s robe will be a gown of cream-tinted satin trimmed with flowers. Over the corsage will fall a wealth of rose- buds and smilax, falling down the sides and front of the flowing robe, which will be fashioned after the style worn by the ancient Greeks. Miss Nellie Knight, the Queen of Roses, will be attired in white silk, with court train. Her gown will be trimmed entirely with roses, and Jac- queminot, La France, Marechal Neil and La Marque buds will form the chief orna- ments of the Queen’s dress. She will be attended by eight young ladies, and they, too, will wear becoming gowns trimmed with the same variety of roses. Aniong the numerous booths for refresh- ments will be one representing Rebekah at the well, and Miss Névin as Rebekah will dispense lemonade at this booth. The popcorn booth will be under the care of Misses Kohlberg, Safferhill, Scott ana Steir. The booth where icecream will be sold will be under the supervision of Mrs. John Willy, with Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Jenk- ins, Miss Campbell and six assistants as waitresses. —_—— Auburn Swings Into Line. AUBURN, CAL., April 17.—Auburn will have a flower carnival. Her festival will be held on May 7 and 8. The wild-flower and fern display promises to rival any- thing of that nature ever seen in Califor- nia. PASA[]ENA'S_!WSPITALITY, Ladies Decorate the Hotelmen’s Train While the Guests Are Absent. The Bonifaces Are Given a Hearty Greeting by the Citizens of Redlands. PASADENA, Car., April 17.—The Bast- ern hotel excursionists arrived at Pasadena from Santa Barbara at 8 o'clock this morning. The day was a beautiful one, with the atmosphere crisp and invigorating. The guests were met by four and six-in- hand coacues, drags and private carriages, many decorated with flowers, and a tour of the business and residence streets was made. Fifty more carriages than necessary to accommodate the 350 hotel men were in waiting, Raymond Hill, the site of the burned hotel, was visited. During_ the drive committees of ladies took possession of the special train and transformed each car into a floral bower, Bougquets of roses and carnations were given to each visitor upon his arrival. A band concert was ziven upon their return at Green ark, opposite the hotel, in honor of the visitors and photographs of the party ‘were taken. Shortly before their departure the following was sent to a local daily: Editor Star: On behalf of the Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association I take great glelsure in conveying to the people of Pasa- ena our most hearty appreciation of the ele- gant reception at their hapas this morning, and our most cordial thanks for their kindness in showing to us their beautiful city, I wish to acknowledge especially the profuse and magnificent floral decoracions of eur train, and to thank each ana every person who con- tributed flowers or services. “We shall always hold Pasadena infour fondest recollections. GEo. W. LYNCH, President H. M. M, B. A. From rasadena the Easterners went to Redlands. At Santa Anita they were met by the following committee of Redlands citizens, sent out by Colonel J. T. Ritchie, chairman of the local committee of ar- rangements, to give them a welcome to the city: Messrs. E. G. Judson, R. C. McGin- ness, Dr. J. S. Riggs, A. G. Hubbard, C. M. Brown, Dr. D. W. Stewart, Ciarles Put- nam, R. H. Garland ana S. C. Haver. Arriving at Redlands, earriages were for the second time to-day placed at the dis- posal of the hotel men and their ladies, and they enjoyed a ride about this beauti- tul young wonder of a growing city, which is now but a decade old. Of course they visited Smiley Heights, now grown fa- mous, and went into ecstacies over both it and the view therefrom. Toward evening Casa Loma, Redlands’ handsome new hotel, became the center of interest because of Colonel Ritchie’s ten- dering them a complimentary orange supper. The building was tastefully decorated gnth inside and out with buuting and ags. n the center of the rotunda was a pyra- mid of handsome oranges, the openings between which were filled with large straw- berries, and the whole crowned with a beautiful bouquet of flower. In front of the hotel the double row of graceful pep- ver trees had been made more beautiful even than they were by nature. Ropes of oranges stretched for several hundred feet on either side, besides great streamers of flowers, while the rows of Spanish bayonets and palm leaves com- pleted the transformation. Oranges were given away by the boxfull. Then followed the orange supper at the Casa Loma,which was a very tasteful one, and it was served by the girls of the Redlands High School, who acquitted themselves well. As _the dinner drew to a close President B. H. Yard of the Hotelmen’s Mutual Benefit Association called for a vote of thanks to the citizens of Redlands, to Colonel Ritchie and to the High School firls. which was carried unanimoasly and ollowed by cheers. —_— Placervilte Kxplosion. PLACERVILLE, Car., April 17.—Four men in the employ of the Chile Bar Slate Company three milesnorth of here thawed out giant power in a stove last night. The injured men are: Camille Gay, Andre Coque, Louis Piamour and Alphonse De- cal. Two were cbmgletely stripped of their clothing and the one least injured was driven twenty feet through the walls of the cabin. e San Luis Outlaw’s Fate. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAr., April 17.— Antonio iugo, one of a band of cattle- thieves captured near Bakersfield, where he had been hidingblo escape arrest, was brought to this city by Sheriif Ballou. He was arraigned before Judge Gregg to-day,’ pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four Vears in San Quentin. St iage G To Curd Ducling. BERLIN, GERMANY, April 17.—The Cen. ter party has given notice that in the Reichstag to-morrow it will ask the Gov- ernment what steps have been taken or will be taken to curb the dueling nui- sance, The Emperor yesterday sent a telegram summoning Dr, von Lucanus, chief of the Emperor’s civil Cabinet, to Carlsruhe. LIt For the America Cup. LONDON, Exa., April 17.—The Field in its issue to-morrow will says that two challenges for the America cup are afloat. It adds that neither challenge relates to the Meteor, the new yacht building for the German Emperor. i YR John Stetson Dead. BOSTON, Mass., April 18.—John Stet- son, the well-known theatrical manager, died shortly after 1 o’clock this (Saturday) morning. -have resulted without it! SENATOR ALLEN GROWS DEFIANT, Accuses the Pacific Roads Committee of Being Influenced . BY COLLIS HUNTINGTON No Chance Given the People to Appear, but Lobbyists Are Heard. GEAR PROTESTS WITH WARMTH Hill of New York Argues Against ‘ the Investigation of Bond Issues. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Hill continued without concluding this after- noon the speech he commenced yesterday against the passage of the Peffer resolu- tion to investigate the bong sales of the present administration. Hill saved his strength for a protracted fight by having read at the clerk’s desk the various laws relative to the redemption of greenbacks and quotations from President Cleveland’s messages on the financial question. He has still much matter in reserve and may continue for two or three days, especially if he secures the assistance he did this afternoon, Hill was about to yield to a motion for an executive session, when Gear (R.) of Towa reported the bill for the refunding of the Pacitic bond-aided railroads. This led to an altercation between Gear, chairman of the committee, and Allen, the Populist Senator from Nebraska, in which some warm words were used on both sides. Gear’s statements were characterized by Allen as false. Allen was called to order and his words read from the clerk’s desk, after which he was permitted to proceed in order. Allen’s subsequent remarks consisted of a tribute to the recent candi- date of bis party for the Presidency, James B. Weaver, and a defense of the principles of the party which Gear had attacked. Hoar of Massachusetts, who expects to leave the city immediately, spoke briefly in favor of the investigation resolutions and criticized the remarks of Hill as being more in place on the stump than in the Senate Chamber. The attendance of the Senate was very slim, and when, after the disposition of routine business at 12:15 o’clock, Cannon of Utah sought to call up the Senate resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to open the Uncompahgre reser- vation in Utah to settlement in ac. cordance with existing law, the point of no quorum was made. This resolution lost its place as the un- finished business and went to the calendar yesterday when Peffer's bond resolution was taken up. Cahnon moved to again take it up and considerit till 2 o’clock without displacing the bond investigation resolution. Upon the call of the Senate, fifty-nine Senators responded, more than a quorum, and the joint resolution was then taken up. Upon Cannon’s suggestion the order of business was laid aside for twenty minutes in order to permit Senator Vilas, who antagonizes the resolution, to reach the chamber. Gorman (D.) of Maryland suggested that in the absence of Vilas,who desired to be heard on the subject, the matter go over until to-morrow. Aldrich (R.) of Rhode Island remarked that there must be some purpose back of the constant attempts to delay business. If there was it might as well be developed now as any other time. This precipitated a lengthy colioguy be- tween Gorman, Aldrich and Chandler about delay to business, which was ended by the appearance of Vilas. He made an argument against the Uncompahgre joint resolution. At 2 o'clock the Peffer resolution was laid before the Senate. Turpie (D.) of Indiana asked unanimous consent that Vilas be permitted to con- cluda his remarks, but Peffer objected. Hill (D.) of New York then addressed the Senate on the bond investigation reso- lution, continuing the speech begun by him yesterday. George (D.) of Mississ- ippi asked if, under existing law, bonds could be sold to secure gold for any other | purpose than to redeem greenbacks and maintain the reserve. Hill said that was the whole authority and gold had not been used for any other purpose. Hill then read the resumption act of 1875, under which, he said, bonds should be issued to obtain either gold or silver, as the Secretary of the Treasury might elect. The theory of the friends of the pending resolution was that that law had ex- hausted itself when specie payments had beer resumed. But the law of 1878 pro- vided for the continuous reissue and re- demption of greenbacks and gave continu- ous authority to protect the greenback currency and redeem it so long as re- quired. The laws of 1875 and 1878 must be taken together, Had not the power been exercised to issue bonds disaster would have resulted. This new-born party, how- ever, was contending that these bonds had been issued without authority.” Why cast discredit on the bonds of the United States? Why insinuate a doubt where no doubt existed? It would have been im- possible to keep up the credit of the Gov- ernment without a bond issue. There was a deficiency in Government revenues, and some money must be had for the support of the Government. While these bonds were not actually issued for keeping up the expenses of the Govern- ment, yet it amounted to the same thing. Therefore he would ask those who doubted the authority to issue bonds how, in view of the deadlock existing between the House and Senate, the credit of the Gov- ernment was to be maintained otherwise? He had not supported the Wilson bill. He had used his best endeavors to have some of its obnoxious provisions stricken out. But the bill was passed, and it was now conceded by both its friends and enemies that it did not provide sufficient revenue for the support of the Government. Funds were procured otherwise to supply the deficiency—the bond-1ssning power had been exercised. What chaos would 1t was by that means the present administration had kept the Government afloat. The President and Secretary of the Treasury did not issue bonds as a matter 1896. of choice—it was an imperative necessity— the result of a policy that was inherited by the administration. Why all this harp- ing criticism? It would not secure votes from the other party; it would not help the party. “God knows,” said Hill, “the party has troubles enough of 1ts own with- out borrowing any.” Allen intimated that the Democratic party was on the way to destruction. “Theold party is not gone,” retorted Hill. *‘It will live onand on, if true to itself. The actions of a few misguided cannot destroy it. It has seen darker days than these, and has gone through them to great and glorious victories.”” Hill, reviewing the recent bond sale, showed that the vast majority of the money was subscribed by the people of New York State. He did not propose to have these securities depreciated, if he could help it, by any trumped-up charge such as is now being agitated by a few Populists, unsupported by any other class of people. The attack upon the adminis- tration was unwise, silly and absurd and if the investigation was had the administra- tion would come outof it, Hill asserted, without a stain. Why not pursue the manly policy and admit that he had to sell bonds in order to keep up his reserve, but do not, he appealed, question the Sec- retary’s honesty. Referring to Carlisie and deploring the offensive language used by some of the silver men, Hill paid the Secretary a glowing tribute. In proof of the fact that the administra- tion did nothing secretly Hill had the clerk read the message of the President of February 8, 1895, announcing that the con- ditions were such that it was necessary to issue bonds to the amount of $62,000,000. It informed Congress exactly of what was contemplated and what would have to be done. Congress wasdeaf to the President’s appeals. It preferred to denounce syndi- cates and then play into their hands by withholding ~dequate legislation. As the hour of 3 o’clock approached Hill reached a point in his remarks where he was about to yield to a motion to go into executive session, whan Gear laid before the Senate the bill agreed upon by the Committee on Pacific Railroads, of which he is chairman, providing for the refund- ing of the debts of the Pacific bond-aided railroads. This report led to a sensational incident and proionged a debate for ore than an hour that was warm and personal. Hill, who was willing to be interrupted, yielded to Allen, who began to condemn the action of the committee. It was, he said, a matter of common report that the “notorious Collis P. Huntington and lob- byists had been seekinug to influence legis- lation relative to these roads.” Allen called the attention of the Senate to the fact that no wvitation had been is- sued to tbe people along the lines of these roads or to their patrons to appear before the committee and give the information of which thev were possessed. There had been a studied effort on the part of the committee to cut off these people and not get a full and free expression of the public sentiment. Gear retorted with warmth that Allen had no right to impugn the chairman of the committee for not sending out notices to every Tom, Dick and Harry all over God’s country. The country had been notified through the newspapers of the hearing, and all who saw fif to come had been heard. Thecommittee has followed the universal custom of both branches of Congress in conducting the hearing. This explanatton did not appease the Senator from Nebraska. Allen replied that he had seen the supreme magnet of the Pacific bond-aided roads, that ‘‘em- bodiment of corruption itself,’” sitting in the committee- room like an autocrat, lording it over the committee, and with the lobbyists occupying seats there, but not a single farmer who had been op- pressed by the road; not a single patron of the line itself. He repeated that there had been a studied and fixed purpose to exclude these people from the hearings of the committee. 7 Gear stated he had invited the Senator to come before the committee, but he had not done so. He represented in part— Gear would not say misrepresented—a State interested in those roads, and yet he declined the committee’s invitation to be present and give such testimony as he saw fit. The Senator from Nebraska belonged to a class of people who sought to pull down rather than build up. “I have known him for thirty years and have known all the parties with which he has affihated,” said Gear, ‘“and now he turns up here as what my friend, the Senator from Mississippi, would call a Populist.’ Allen was proceeding to give an account of his political history, but prefaced his remarks with an apology for his interfer- ence in the ‘“‘exhibition” of the Senator from New York. “The what?'’ asked Hill in astonish- ment. “Your speech, I should perhaps say,” replied Allen sarcastically. *‘Yes, that’s better,”” replied Hill. Allen then went on to tell the Senate how he had voted first for Lincoln, then twice for Grant, whereupon Gear arose and congratulated him on being right that far in his political career. Gear again congratulated Allen upon the fact that he had been all rightin at least four of the votes he had cast for the Pres- idency. So far as Mr. Weaver was con- cerned, he was simply a confiscationist, and believed in confiscating the railroads, telegraphs, telephones and other great ‘works that belonged to private individuals or corporations, Allen replied with intense emphasis that Mr, Weaver was one of the most distin- guished citizens of the United States and he denied that he believed in the doctrine of confiscaton. That statement of the Senator from Iowa Allen characterized as false. Gear retorted that Weaver stood in that campaign and stood to-day on the Ocala platform. He believed in the right of the Government to seize all railroads, tele- graph lines and other public works and pay for the same with an unlimited issne of paper money. That, Gear said, was nothing short of confiscation. Gear said ‘Weaver was a citizen of Lis (Gear's) own State and he had heard nim make such declarations and the statement that the Senator from Iown now made was true. He would leave the Senator from Ne- braska to dispute that matter and the in- terpretation of the Ocala platiorm with Mr. Weaver himself. “No,” said Allen fiercely and bitterly. “I will not dispute with James B. Weaver himself. Idispute with the Senator from Iowa. Heis in this chamber. I am his equal here and elsewhere for that matter. He can’t stand and utter falsehoods of that kind against one of the greatest and most illustrious citizens of the United States be- cause he happens to be a Populist, and go unwhipped of the rebuke his language jusily and necessarily deserves.”” Instantly Hoar jumped to bis feet, called Allen to -order and demanded that his words be taken down. Faulkner moved that Allen be permitted to proceed in order, whereupon Hoar made the point of no quorum and the call of the Senate | proceeded. The words above quoted were read from the desk and then upon a renewal of Faulkner’s motion Allen was permitted to proceed in order. He yielded to Gear, Who, said he was willing to leave his record and political conduct to the people of Iowa who best knew him. He was sorry, how- ever, that he had been drawn into this altercation, for it only verified the truth of an old adage, that you could not ‘‘touch pitch without being defiled.” Allen resumed his remarks at the point where they had been interrupted, first paying his respects to his amiable and dis- tinguished friend, the Senator from lowa, whom he loved with all the love of a son for his erring father, and to his ‘“exceed- ingly amiable and conscientious friend from Massachusetts, who kept a kindly eyeupon him so that he should do no dun- gerous thing in the Senate chamber.”” Continuing his argument he contended that Mr. Weaver was not a confiscationist, but a man, than whom there was no one in the country better equipped to dis- charge public duties; a lawyer of distinc- tion in many courts where some of the men in the Senate who sneered at him would not be permitted to take a back seat. “The honorable Senator from Iowa and my always amiable friend from Massachu- setts never gave to this country the moral force and intellectual power that has been given it by James B. Weaver,” As Allen was proceedinz along these lines he was interrupted by continued langhter in the chamber and severely de- nounced this conduct. “We are not laughing at what the Sena- ator says,” replied Chandler, with appar- ent sincerity, “but at the way in which he says it.”” Allen yielded to Chandler on a motion to proceed to executive business, but Hoar, as he did not expect to be present when Hill concluded his speech or when a vote was taken on the resolution, asked leave to make a few remarks on it. He thought the resolution perfectly proper, ana sup- ported it. It did not as he understood it impute any wrongdoing on the part of any official of the Government, and he was surprised to find opposition to it. He would like to know whether the Govern- ment had lost ten or more millions by selling an issue of bonds to a syndicate as bad been alleged, and why the money obtained by the sale of the bonds had been used for the payment of the ordinary ex- penses of the Government, Hill stated that on Morday he would analyze Hoar's remarks and answer them at length. Hoar said he would be present on Monday and he would be happy to re- ceive any blast from the Senator. The Senate at 5:35 o’clock adjourned uutil Monday. el WORSE THAN A BARON ROBBER. Members of the House Make Bitter Re- marks About Uncle Sam. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—This was an old-fashioned field day in the House with radical variations. It was private bill day, under the rules, when bills to pay claims arising out of the war, which in the past afforded opportunity ana excuse for fighting the battles of the Rebellion over again, were under consid- eration. To-day, however, the contest was waged largely by Republican members, who ad- vocsted the payment of the bills reported by the Committee on War Claims and those who favored postponing action, and some of the statements were startling-in their bitterness. Mahon of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee, was asked by Dingley of Maine if the committee was satisfied of the justice and correctness of a claim for the payment of which a bill had been reported. ~Replying, Mahon re- viewed the action of Congress on these claims, their reference to the Couri of Claims for examination and finding of facts, and passionately declared that Con- gress either ought to pay the claims recommended by the court or abolish the court, so that people might know what to expect. He declared that the Government wasa great robber of its private citizens,and he asserted that he would rather have a pauper owe him $1000 than to be a creditor of the United States for that amount. Walker (R.) of, Massachusetts was al- most as violent in his denunciation of the policy which prescribed the payment of these claims. Dramatically he declared that no robber baron has ever equaled the Government of the United States in its robbery of honest creditors. He attacked the leaders of the House, charging them with purposely preventing the considera- tion of bills for the payment of just claims, and asserting that extraordinary rulings of the chair (in committee of the whole) were resorted to to aid in carrying out that policy. McCall(R.) of Tennessee and Evans (R.) of Keutucky appealed to the House to pay the claims of loyal men from the South, and Ray (R.) of New York charged that to enter upon the payment of them would compel the next administration to issue bonds from beginning to close. Dockery (D.) of Missour: and Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio made political speeches in connection with their common opposition to the payment of the claims, the former asserting that Republican legislation in the past and the latter that the present administration was responsible for the present condition of the treasury. The net result of the day’s discussion was the rejection of one bill and the passage of another. The bill passed granting a pension of $50 & month to Josephine “Foote Fairfax, widow of Admiral Fairfax, and on this measure Loud (R.) of California, who is opposed to granting large pensions to the widows of officers, demanded the ayes and noes. On a vote by tellers the ayes and noes were refused and the bill passed. Pickler (R.) of South Dakota reported the general pension bill prepared by the Committee on Invalid Pensions, and it was recommitted. At 4:50 o'clock the House took recess until 8 p. ., the evening session to be for the consideration of private pension bills. NEW TO-DAY. Apollinares “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS” NOW SUPPLIED IN “SPLITS.” Ask for “Splits” at the Restaurants and Bars. JOHN CAFFREY, . 47 First street, San Francisco, REPRESENTING Charles Graef & Co., N. Y., for Mineral Waters b 7 “THE-BLLE BODK,- Grave Suspicion Is Thrown on the Claims of the English. GOV. LIGHT'S LETTER. One Vital Paragraph Suppressed in the Argument Made by Salisbury. LIMITS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Now the Venezuelan Commission May Doubt the Truthfulness of the Whole Volume. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 18.—The Venezuelan Governinent has laid before the high commission an authenticated document, secured recently among the of- fiial records of the colony of British Guiana, which throws grave suspicion on the accuracy of the Salisbury biue book, upon which England expressed a willing- ness to rest her claim to the disputed ter- ritory. The document in question is the letter from Governor Light of the colony to the Marquis of Normandy, dated July 15, 1869, transmitting a report from Schomburgk regarding his travels under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society, in the British blue book part of the letter is quoted, but the following vital paragraph is suppressed: “I shall observe there are no documents in the archives of the col- ony respecting the western or southern limits of British Guiana. “The memoir of Mr. Schomburgk is there- fore valuable; it confirms the ppinion of the Superintendent of Essequibo as to the western limits, and points out what may be fit subjects for discussion with the dif- ferent Governors whose territories border on British Guiana. The Colombian Gov- ernmentis desirous of ascertaining theirss” The fact here estublished that there were no documents in the-archives of the colony respecting the western or southern limits of %ritish Guiana at that critical period when both Brazil and Colombia were resisting the final encroachments of England, in the opinion of those now studying the question, seriously weahens the British contention. Under ordinary circumstances the great mass of these archives quoted in the blue book might have had ‘weight with the high commission, but the discovery of fal- sification in quoting an English leiter has thrown a cloud over all the pages and the book and the entire publication is regarded with distrust. P28 s -3 o MISS EFFIE PERRINI, of Salinas, ALINAS, MONTEREY COUNTY, CAL. —I never have met a more enthusiastic class of people than I did in Salinas, and, in fact, all through Monterey County. One of che most pleasing gentleman with whom I talked is Mr. George Perrini. 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