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[ this spirit for the members of the Grand Parlor and the organization’ that they represent, let me say that we are not un- mindful of our business here, which is to deliberate and legislate for the good of that institution which stands for all that is commendable and useful in our rela- tions toward each other. “But the influence for good that this fraternity would exert if its efforts were confined within its own limits is compara- tively small compared to the larger field without. We should not forget thattoa native Californian every part of Cali- fornia is his home; there is no part of its soil that should not be dear to him. “This sentiment has been developed by the strange and eventful history of our State and strengthened by the richness and variety of its attractions and wonderful resources. It is the par- ticular work of this order to foster and to educate its members to a sense of their responsibility, encouraging them to make themselves worthy successors of that long procession of heroes who have passed and are passing away. “And, again thanking you, let me give expression to the hope that our labors, while we remain among you, may result in permanent good, and that the session at San Luis Obispo may ever be memora- ble in the history of the fraternity.”” A pretty display of fireworks was the final feature of the evening. Two fire balioons in red, white and blue went sail- ing high into the moonlight, and away above the hilltops they struck a current of air which carried them out toward the sea. Late to night the Redwood City people placarded the town and they are making a strong canvas for the next convention. It is believed that they will win. The delegates to the Grand Parlor are as follows: California No, 1, San Francisco—John F. Morse. James P. P. Dockery, Harry Lachman, w. Shannon, W, Shea, Leon Dennery. Sacramento No. 3—Thomas G. Ellers, A. E. Miiler, C. N. Post, Thomas Fox. Marysville No. 6—P. J. de Lay, Murat F. Brown. Stockton No.7—George E. Catts, W. B. Nut- ter, H. R. McNoble. Placerville No. 9—Poe McKee, D. G. Carr. Pacific No. 10—James D. Phelan, D. L. Fitz- gerald, Joseph K. Hawkins, Humboldt No. 14, Eureka—L. F. Peter, Arthur W. Hill. Amador No. 17—C. P. Vieine. Arcata No. 20—J. B. Tilley, 8. J. Titlow. Chico No. 21—W. C. Smith, A. Abrahams. San Jose 22—T. C. Hogan, 8. L. Worden. Yosemite No, 2: Fresno No. Freeman. Sunset No. 26, Sacramento—J. H. Pond, E. E. Duden. Santa Rosa No. 28—W. E. Bagley, J. M. Laughlin. Golden Gate No. 29, San Francisco—D. Wil- son, C J. Fitagibbons, W. A. King. \\'godltnd No. 30—J. Leathers Jr., E. B. Hay- ward. Excelsior No 81, Jackson—J. 8. Gabarini, J. F. Davis - lone 3—R. H. Bagley. Mission N 8, San Francisco—A. L. Karl, J. Porcher, E. F. Bert, J. A. Black. Solano No. 89, Suisun—1J, J. Pfister. Beker No. 42, Bakersfield—L. H. Glenn. Fremont No. 44—John Tatham, D. McClos- key. Los Angeles No. 45—A. Ramish, E. C. Schna- bel. Alamedsa No. 47—F. O.Shuman, J. H. Glas. Plymouth No. 48—S8. H. Davis. San Francisco No. 49—Frank Marini, Louis H. Powelson, Georze A. Glover. Oakiand No. 50—A. J. Allen, H. N. Gard George C. Gard. El Dorado No. 52, San Francisco—C. H. Mass, Joseph M. Cummings, Fred Koster. Gridley No. 54—J. F. Shaeffer. Yuba No. 55, Smartsville. Yuba County—J. H. McQuaid. Hydraulic No. 56, Nevada City—D. E. Mor- gan, L. 8. Calkins, W. E. Johnston. Quartz No. 58, Grass Valley—A. F. Brady, J. F. Robinson. Auburn No. 59—L. L. Chamberlain, W. J. May. Dixon No. 60—W. Z. McBride. Los Osos No. 61, San Luis Obispo—J. B. Black, J. F. Fielder. Napa No. 62—F. L. Coombs, E. L. Weber. Silver Star No. 63, Lincoin—1J. J. Reeves. Mount Tamalpais, S8an Rafael—Thomas P. Boyd. Watsonville N. Redwood No. F. W. Glennan. Calaveras No. 67, San Andreas— Edward Casey. Lincoln No, 72, S8an Francisco—George H. D. Dryden, L. K. Hagenkamp, W. J, McCreery. Stanford No. 76, San Francisco—D. C. E. J. Casey. J. H. Mangels, &. J. Meir. Vallejo No. 77—J, F. Deininger, G. A, Berg- well. Friendship No. 78, Camptonville, Yuba County—R. C, Groves, Gilroy No. 81—J. H. Bruen. Palo Alto No. 82, S8an Jose—W. H. Carmei- chel, B. A. Harrington. Granite No. 58, Folsom—J. E. Burke. Yerpa Buena No. 84, San Francisco—Fred W. Lees, H. G. Richards, Sierra No. 85, Forest Hill, Placer County—W, E. Klaner., Mount Bailey No. 87, Weaverville—R. W, Btiller. Golden Ster No. 88, Altcn, Humboldt County —Grant Clark. Santa Cruz No. 90—W. C. Hoffman, R. H. Pringle, M. Besse. Downieville N Ferndale No. Las Positas N M. E. Horton. Santa Lucia No. 97, Salinas—J. J. Wyatt, P. E. Zabala. Lassen No. 99, Susanville—C. E. Emerson. Mount Diablo, Martinez—A. E. Dunkel, J. J. McMahon. Glen Ellen No. 102—Robert P. Hill. Silver Tip No. 103, Vacaville—F. Haas, Bay City No. 104, San Francisco—H. G. W. Dinkelspiel, E. W. Levy. Niantic No. 105, San Francisco—J. B. Kee- nan, M. G. Owens. Courtland No. 106—W. A. Johnston. San Diego No. 108—8. J. 811, T. J. Dowell. Ramona No. 109, Los Angeles—Frank Sabi- chi. E. A, Meserv Arrowhead No. 110, San Bernardino—W. D, Wagner. Sonoma No. 111—F. T. Duhring. Eden Go. 113, Haywards—N. A. McCoughy, George A. Oakes. Cabrillo No. 114, Ventura—Julian Cerf, A, F. Maulhardt, Santa Barbara No. 1:6—W. B. Cope, E. M, Burke. National No. 118, S8an Francisco—D. E. Mur- den, F. P. Wehe, F. L. McNalley. Piedmont No. 120, Oakland—George Baker, G. E. De Golia, J. A, Bosquet. Columbia No. 121, San Francisco—J. R, Howell. Nivomo No, 123—G. E. Dana. Los Gatos No. 124—N. G. Rogers. Mountain No. 126, Dutch Flat—P. 1. Joice, Wisteria No. 127, Alvarado—G. Beebe. Nofophui, Lompoc—I. B, Elkins. Madera No. 130—J. C. Roberts. Castroville—M. M. Silva, . 137, San Francisco—R. P. Moultrie, G. C. 3 . 65—E. McCabe, C. M. Cassin. , Redwood City—G. P. Hull, tin, 92—J. C. Latrielle, —D. A. Francis. 0. 96, Livermore—A. W. Feilder, Hornitos No. 138—J. A. Adair. Central No. 140, Walnut Creek—J. L. Geary. Sebastopool No. 143—L. N. H. Howell, Tuolumne No. 144, Bonora—D. M. Ortey Harry Hartvig. Aleatraz No. 145, 8an Franeisco—J. L. Galla- gher, Carroll Cook. Hulcyon No. 146, Alameda—W, F. Chipman, L. A. Phillips. . San Marcos, San Miguel, 8an Luis Obispo County—Walter J. Thompson. Brooklyn No. 151, East Oakland—E. 8, Reed, P. W. Wuther. Cambria No. 152—Solomon Mayfleld. Alcalde No, 154, San Francisco—R. T. Browne, R. Andrews, J. Devoto. Yontockett No. 156, Crescent City—J. P. Crawford. South Ban Francisco No. 157—~Louis Monner- mean, Thomas F. Stack. Sequoia No. 160—] Msrtland. - D. Barton, Robert M. l Jeka N Winter . Mayfield No. 106—F. G. Wetzel. Altamont, Occidental, Sonoma County—F. F. ‘Williamson. Redlands No. 168—T. M. Dugan. Washington No. 169, Centerville, Alameda County—J. D. Norris, C. H. Hatch. Byron No. 170—1J. A. Kennedy. Keystone, Amador—T. M. Church, T. S. O’Rourke. Observatory, San Jose—L. J. Chapman, C. M. Wooster. Esparto No, 179—A. M. Schultze. Orange No. 180, Pleasant Grove, County—W. W. Decker. Golden Anchor No. 182, Gibsonrville, Sierra County—Aundrew Johnson. Nicasio No. 183—P. A. Redding. Menlo No. 185—George E. Rusell. Tracy No. 186—E. C.Steinmetz. Paecita No. 187, S8an Francisco—C. H. Buck, W. C. Miller. Siskiyou No. 188, Fort Jones—G. F. McBride. ‘Liberty No. 193, Sawyers Bar, Siskiyou County—C. F. Vincent. Presidio No, 194, San Francisco—F. P. Top- ling, C. E. Mooser. Athens No. 195, Oakland—B. F. Woolner. Following is a list of the grand officers: Jo D. Sproul of Chico Parlor No. 21, past grand president; Frank H. Dunne of Co- lumbia Parlor No. 121, grand president; Henry C. Gesford of Napa Parlor No. 62, grand vice-president; Henry Lunstedt of California Palor No. 1, grand secretary; Henry 8. Martin of Stanford Parlor No. 76, grand treasurer; George D. Clark of Pa- cific Parlor No. 10, grand lecturer; W. M. Conley of Madera Parlor No. 130, grand orator; William Henderson of Sacramento Parlor No. 3, grand marshal; George N. Van Orden of Precita Parlor No. 187, grand inside sentinel; C. O. Dunbar of Santa Rosa Parlor No. 28, grand outside sentinel; Lewis F. Byington of Niantic Parlor No. 105, chairman; Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz Parlor No. 90, secretary; Rod W. Church of Oakland Parlor No. 50, Percy V. Long of Eden Parlor No. 113, ). E. Prewett of Auburn Parlor No. 59, R. C. Rust of Ex- celsior Parlor No. 31, Milton D. Garratt of Mission Parlor No. 38, grand trustees. Yuba bt 0 vty PICTURESQE SAN LUIS. A Garden-Spot Wailed In by Towering FElevations. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Car., April 27.— Stand at the top of the high hill just at the eastern end of this old town; one of the brightest, freshest views in the entire State will reward you for the climb on the grassy slope. Rising abruptly, as you gaze toward the west, and at an apparent distance of two miles, is a hill somewhat bigher than the terraced one on which you are stationed. It has an undulating surface and it is grass-covered. Half way up the steep side at the southward is a little white cottage. ‘Why man ever built there would be diffi- cult to guess. On the north slope, and at nearly the same elevation, are two wee homes, and the problem of their location is accordingly twice as hard as the other. Between these two hilis, as you look from one to the other, lies sweet San Luis Obispo. Few places are fairer than is this village in its springtime verdure. The town seems nearer to the western hill, though, perhaps, it is not. The houses seem to cluster, with the trees and well- defined gardens, in the afternoon shadow of that high hill. To either side the hittle homes ramble away into the valley that lies caught between these hills; village lots emerge into the more spacious or- chards, tne gardens and the fields of grain, and these soften out into the pasturage at the beginning of other hills. There are hills everywhere, the foot- hilis atout the village and the more dis- tant elevations of the Santa Lucia Moun- tain range. Walled in on every side is the hill-dotted valley, and the bebolder can | hardly imagine that there is any level | road leading out into the world. At the right of the elevation that takes the village into its shadow, but somewhat farther back, is 8 higher and more rugged formation. It is called a mountain, though it is an isolated cone of no great prominence in such a mountainous region. The surface is darker than the green slope which is inhabited, and at the summit are three distinct crags, which give a crowning touch to the peneral aspect of roughness and severity. These hills, the green one- on which people dwell and the darker one that wears the crags, rise up out of the serene and beantiful valley; and the val- ley stretches stiil far beyond them and along between two parallel ranges until the grassy mountains come together in the blue distance to the westward. Na- ture locked this garden spot within walls | that are everlasting. And the willage itself! San Luis Obispo is the home of about 3000 persons. There are few pretentious houses that one can see from the hilltop. The color effect of the buildings is in gray and white, with here and there a red-tiled roof showing through thetrees. Verdureis not lacking. | Trees surround nearly all the buildings— even the two tall and unmistakable school structures of reddish browr—and thereare glimpses here and there of the flower gardens. Toward the outskirts that blend into the ranches on either side of the village some newly ploughed lots, right-angled and sharply defined, give the contrast of rich black soil in the valley of luxuriant green. The foreground has a railroad, running close to the base of the hill from which you look, and located just where it will least mar the picture. Straight down before you is the station. Up the roaa at the right is the good-looking Hotel Ra- mona. On the railroad in the other direc- tion may be seen, or, better still, may be overlooked the railroad roundhouse and a lumber-yard. This is S8an Luis Oblspo—a garden spot in a garden Btate; a valley of beauty among mountains of grandeur. San Luis Obispo is shut in from the world, but worse it is for the world to be so shut out. ‘Withdraw your gaze from the village, and from this hilltop look to the eastward. Again the scene is of a verdant sunny val- ley. Far down the expanse of roliing meadow a little round hill stands up like a huge green beehive. Ranch houses are all about the valley. In the foreground is a notable eucalyptus grove, with the tall trees standing as a sort of hollow square. The County Hospital, with its white build- ings, its pretty lawns, its flower gardens, fields and shading trees, is at the left and not far away. An orchard, apparently a part of the hospital grounds, extends up the foothill slope. The sounds to be heard this quiet after- noon, as the shadow of the hill is stretch- ing farther and father over the village, are of a song bird in the direction of the eastern valley, and of children playing at their home down toward the town. And somewhere a man is calling the aame that the cows know, and down the hill- side the cows are turning. To this quiet, rural place the Native Sons have come in convention. Their colors are blended with the beauty of the village at a nearer view than that obtained from the hilltop. The delegates are in serious deliberation this afternoon, and the region's accustomed quiet is unbroken, but the evening hour is coming when there will be no sound of the children and the bird and the man who calls the cows, and then the Natives assembled in the town of an ancient mission will make the THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 28. 1896. peaceful hills and the staid little valleys resound with them in mirth and melody. T. E. NUNAN. STOCKTON REJOICES. Native Sons Celebrate the Victory at San ZLuis Obispo. STOCKTON, Car., April 27.—All the steam whistles in the city were turned loose at9:30 o'clock to-night to celebrate the victory of Stockton in securing the Admission day celebration of the Grand Parlor at San Luis Obispo to-day. The Native Sons gathered in their hall on Main street during the evening and ar- ranged an impromptu demonstration to show their appreciation of the honor con- ferred upon this city by the unanimous vote it received to-day. Congratulatory speeches were made by various members of Stockton Parlor, and then a band was secured and the Natives {;amded the streets amid the firing of ombs and rockets and the tooting of whistles. ‘While it has been almost a foregone con- clusion that Btockton would get the vote of the delegates to the Grand Parlor, the parlor here is particularly pleased at the manner in which the vote was given, and 80 it is celebrating to-night. For some time past the representatives of other par- lorsin the State have been here engaging quarters for their members. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. Disease of the Vital Organs Traced by the X Ray. BOSTON, Mass., April 27.—Professor C. L. Norton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has made the most impor- tant practical X-ray discovery yet. He has been enabled to examine almost the entire inner system of the human body, and has seen the faintest pulsations of the heart and the liver respond to the inhala- tions of the breath. He actually has seen disease in all the vital organs, and is able to diagnose correctly cases by the sole use of the X ray. He has outlined the internal organs. He has seen the movements of the joints and discerned the spongy terminations of the bones as plainly as if devoid of flesh, and all this has been accomplished under two conditions—intense darkness in his operating-room and an intensified concen- trated light. In his discovery he used the regular Crookes tube and Holtz machine, and his success 1s dus to the careful adjustment of the capacity of his electric circuit. Pro- fessor Norton’s apparatus is simple, It is an instrument which resembles a stereo- scope, with a fluorescent paper occupying the place where the picture is inserted. Between this instrument and the intensi- fied light from the Crookes tube is placed the subject. WILL SIEN THE DECREE, Judge Jenkins Paving the Way for the Sale of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Meanwhile There Are Certain Prac- tices by the Receivers That Are Objected To. MILWAUKEY, Wis, April 27.—The Northern Pacific Railroad will soon be sold. Judge Jenkins will sign a decree of sale to-morrow forenoon. On the main point the litigants are agreed, but there are some minor details to be arranged which necessitated a series of side-room consultations, which continued all dav. Early in the day Judge Jenkins had Re- ceivers Bigelow and McHenry give an ac- eount of their administration. It developed that the receivers, without authority from Judge Jenkins, had been pooling the earnings with the receivers appointed by the courts in the Western jurisdictions and had been using the re- ceipts to pay the obligations of the com- pany as they fell dua. This action was censured by Judge Jenkins, The stipulation for an order of sale, as finally submitted, provides .that the ac- counts of the receivers shall stand as they are until after the decree is recorded. This afternoon Herbert Turner, representing the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, moved for a sale on bill and answer. Judge Jenkins said he understood it was to be a consent decree, and after some ex- planation the words “all the interests be- ing opposite or represented by counsel and none opposing,”’ were inserted. Judge Jenkins said the court was yielding some- what to the parties in listening to the de- cree at this time and declared it wasa very extraordinary proceeding. PR LOWERS A WORLD’'S RECORD, Murphy of New ¥ork Goes 100 Yards n 9 1.5, SAVANNAH, Ga., April 27.—At the spring mesting of the Bavannah Cycle Club Charles Murphy of New York broke the world’s record held by J. 8. Johnson for 100 vards with a standing start in 91-5 seconds. Johnson’s record was 9 2-5 sec- onds, In the half-mile exhibition, for which Harry Wheeler, F. J. Jenny of Utica, N, Y.,and W. B. Young of New York en- tered, Jenny won by two feet in 1:104-5, Murphy broke the irack record for half mile, made three vears ago by Zimmer- man, in :5934. Zimmerman's record was 1:06 3-5. g The Murder of Lens. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 27.—W. L. Sachtleben of Altoona, 1ll., who went to Turkey in search of the missing Pitts- burg wheelman, Frank Lenz, and who as- certained that he had been murdered by Kurds, spent to-day with Lenz's mother, giving her a detailed account of his search and discovery. Sachtleben said that as soon as he arrives at home steps will be taken to place the matter of Lenz’s mur- der before United States authorities at ‘Washington, for the purpose of demana- ing indemnity from the Turkish Govern- ment. Sachtleben leaves for home this evening. MACKENZIE BOWELL REESIGNS. Voluntarily Turns Over the Premiership to Lord Aberdeen. OTTAWA, Oxr., April 27.—8ir Macken- zie Bowell this evening verbaily re- signed the Premiership of Oanada to lord Aberdeen, Governor-General. In addition to resigning verbally Sir Mackenzie handed the Governor- General a private letter giving his reason for resigning, which it is said made cer- tain recommendations in regard to his successor in the Premiership. After some consideration the resignation was accepted by Lord Aberdeen. Later on Sir Charles upper was called to the Government house and it is understood accepted the task of forming a new Government. LR Baron De Rirsch’s Funeral. PARIS, France, April 27.—The funeral of Baron de Hirsch took place to-day, the remains being interred in the Montmartre Cemetery. The wish of the deceased for a simple funeral was observed so far as hav- ing a second-class hearse and no wreaths on the coffin, but otherwise the funeral was a magnificent pageant. The Hirsch residence, 2 Rue d’'Elysee, was profusely draped with mourning, The coffin was of ebony, inlaid with gold and silver. An enormous line of mourn- ing coaches followed the remains to the grave and the streets were thronged with sightseers. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVY. Consideration of the Bill That Carries Many Millions. GUNS FOR AUXILIARIES. Liberal Allowance Made for the Armament of the Reserve Cruisers. GOAT ISLAND TRAINING SCHOOL. Senator Perkins Induced to Withdrat His Amendment for the Present. ! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—The naval appropriation bill occupied the at- tention of the Senate throughout to-day’s session. It appropriates between thirty- one and thirty-two million dollars. After the Senate had gone through all the minor committee amendments and had laid aside temporarily the provisions for the new battle-ships and guns a long debate was precipitated by an amendment offered by Chandler of New Hampshire on behalf of the Naval Committee probibiting officers of the navy or of the marine corps on the retired list from taking employmentin the service of persons or companies supplying materials to the Government. The propo- sition had direct reference to the Carnegie and Bethlehem concerns. It was antag- onized by Gray of Delaware, but was sup- ported by all the members of the Naval Committee taking part 1n the debate. The matter went oyer till to-morrow without action. The appropriation for “reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers” was increased from $160,000 to $400,000 after a short discussion, in which Gorman spoke with a touch of sarcasm of the ‘“war feeling”” that had been got up some time ago, and said that he did not share in the feeling that there should be any great haste in preparing for war. A supplementary report to the report heretofore made by the Committee on Privileges and Elections in favor of an in- quiry into elections in Alabama in 1894 was presented by Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire to-day and ordered printed. It states that the new report is made be- cause the minority report is not forth- coming after the lapse of forty-eight days. The report recites that the statement made by Allen of Nebraska in the Senate February 11, 1895, showing that 34,000 fraudulent votes were cast for Oates in the fifteen black-belt counties, which being deducted would show the election of Kolb by about 7000 majority, and that a Kolb Legislature was elected, but that the Democratic candidates were frandulently declared eledded, and eliminating these frauds there was an actual Pepulist and Republican majority of twenty-nine in the Legislature, making Senator Morgan’s election invalid. After unimportant routine morning bus- iness the Senate proceeded to the consider- ation of the naval apvropriation bill. As passed by the House the bill appropriated $31,647,240. The changes recommended by the Senate Committee on Appropriations would result in a net reduction of $357.- 578, leaving the amount of the bill §31,- 279,482, The unimportant amendments of the committee were all agreed to, while those aftecting the increase of the navy were reserved for the present. Quay (R.) of Pennsylvania moved to in- crease the appropriation ‘“‘for the reserve guns for auxiliary cruisers” from $150,000 to $400,000. The amendment gave rise to considerable debate, in which Gorman commented upon the suspension of gun- making at the Washington navy-yard. He submitted that it was unwise at this time to appropriate a large amount on account of the guns and follow it up with twenty millions for war vessels. The amendment was agreed to. Perkins (R.) of California moved to in- sert an item of $100,000 for a training station at Yerba Buena Islaud, Cal., and argued in favor of it. American ships, he said, should be manned by Americans, Opposition {0 the amendment was made by Gorman, who said the item, which was brought in without an esti- mate, was the first step toward a project which might cost from $1,000,000 to $5,000,- 000, The appropriations secured by Sena- tors from the Pacific Coast were an evi- dence of what persistency could do. Faulkner (D.) of West Virginia argued against the amendment on the ground that Congress had already passed an act for the purpose, directing the Secretary of the Navy to report plans to carry it out. No appropriation should be made until those plans were made and adopted. Hale (R.) of Maine, in charge of the bill, took the same view. Lodge (R.)of Massachusetts supported the amendment, and argued that with the two great lines of coast a training-school like the one at Newport was needed on the Pacific Coast, The amendment was finally withdrawn by Perkins. Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire of- fered an amenduent prohibiting retired officers of the navy or marine corps from taking employment with any person. or company furnishing naval supplies or war material to the Government, the prohibi- tion not to take effect until July, 1897, and it was discussed at length. In the course of the discussion Chandler stated that when the Committee on Naval Affairs was inquiring into the suppligs fur- nished by the Carnegie Company and by the Bethlehem works the naval officers there were sent for, and when they came before the committee it turned out that they were officers of the retired list who were in the employment of these contrac- tors. Chandler added that he could make statements which wou!d tend to show that the system was an unwise one, but he re- frained from doing so. Bacon (D.) of Georgia, a member of the Naval Affairs Committee, supplemented what Chandler had said as to the two offi- eers employed at the Carnegie Works and the Bethlebem Works. He said the Gov- ernment paid $600 a ton for the armor for the battle-ships and that the committee desired to know the actual cost of its pro- duction. The committee could not ascer- tain that fact from these two officers. “Had you any right to expect to?” Gray asked. “No,” Bacon replied, *“we had no such right; but the point is that these officers had no right to be mn any employment where they could stand before a commit- tee of Congress and refuse to answer a question.” Gray repiied to the statements of Sena- tors Chandier, Hale and Bacon, and made an argument in favor of the rightof re- tired naval officers to seek and accept em- ployment for the maintenance of their families—and to seek it where their expe- rience and education would make their services valuable. Bacon asserted that the contractors for armor for battle-ships were making a most enormous profit. *1f they are,” Gray replied, “‘they are notdoing so by reason of their employ- ment of these retired naval officers. An army pensioner might as well be prohib- tted from working in one of these com- panies as a retired army officer from taking employment with them.” Tillman (D.) of South Carolina, a mem- ber of the Naval Affairs Committee, advo- cated the amendment, which was offered, be said, for the purpose of stopping a scandal. Thecommittee, in examining the question as to the cost of the armor, had come to the conclusion that the interests of the Government and of the manufac- turers were opposed to each other. The Government wanted to getarmor of the best quality at as low a price as possible, while the manufacturers wanted to get the last dollar possible. These two companies have formed a trust and propose to rob the Government, because there is a law requiring American armor to be used on these ships. Therefore they are in & posi- tion to charge the United States $600 a ton for the same armor that they supply to Russia at $300 a ton. Hale (R.) of Maine, a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs, advocated the amendment. He would Lave the pro- hibition made so that a bureau officer who took part in making such contracts would not fall into the temptation of looking forward to the time when he would be on the retired list and might enter into the servioe of the contractors. In answer to a question by Lodge, Hale said the two inspecting officers of the Gov- ernment at the Carnegie and Bethlehem works informed the committee that the cost of the armor to the contractors was about §250 a ton, Gorman reviewed the history of the con- tract with the Carnegies and said that it was made on the 20th of November, 1890, by the fecretary of the Navy (Tracy) on precisely the same terms as the prior con- tract had been made by Whitney with the Bethlehem Company. The terms of these contracts, he said, had been consid- ered as low and reasonable and as much to the interest of the Government as any contracts ever made, and Congress justi- fied them. As to the statement that armor was fur- nished to Russia at $300 a ton, he stated that the Bethlehem Company, finding it had not work enough to keep all its ma- chinery in operation, had made a contract with Russia at a loss, and that the armor supplied to Russia had proved to be so superior that a further supply had been ordered at prices about the same as the United States was paying. By that one single act, Mr. Gorman added, the United States had been able to ship large quanti- ties of such armor and other products of American furnaces abroad, until now it looked, and for the first time in the history of the country, as though the United States would compete with England by sending steel to London and Liverpool. After further discussion and without action on the pending amendment. the Senate at 5:10 . M. adjourned until to- mMOrrow. Siotagers U GENERAL PENSION BILL. Debate Limited and a Vote Will Be Taken To-Day. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—Con- sideration of the general pension bill after three days’ discussion was concluded in the House of Representatives to-day, and a vote upon its passage will be taken to- morrow immediately after the reading of the journal. By aspecial order reported from the Committee on Rules, further de- bate on the bill was limited to one hour and a half to-day. The adoption of this order was antagonized by Crisp (D.) of Georgia. It was passed, however, by a vote of 119 to 88, about a score of Republi- cans voting against it because it restricted thbe opportunities to amend the measure. The hour-and-a-half discussion resulted in the adoption of just one amendmentto the first section offered by Hepburn, pro- viding for a liberal construction of the law by the Pension Bureau in the interest of claimants. As thus amended it was or- dered to be engrossed and to a third read- ing by a vote of 113 to 14. Senate amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill were disagreed to and a conference ordered. After passing a few private bills the regular order was demanded, being busi- ness pertaining to the District of Colum- bia—a bill regulating marriages therein— upon which the previous question had been ordered at the last District day. A resolution was reported from the Com- mittee on Rules providing for the con- sideration of the pending general pension bill for an hour and & half under the five- minute rule, the vote to be taken to-morrow immediately after the approval of the journal. Crisp (D.) of Georgia criticized the order as remarkable in that it shut out all amendments. Dingley (R.) of Maine called Crisp's attention to the fact that the order was almost precisely the language of the order under which the Wilson tariff bill was paseed—while the gentleman from Georgia was Speaker and chairman of the Rules Committee. Henderson (R.) of Towa urged the adop- tion of the rule. He wished the pension bill passed as soon as possible and sent to the Senate, where the question of adjourn- ment had already been considered. Cannon (R.) of Illinois said the bill did not go as far as he wished, but it was the best that could be done now. Hepburn (R.) of Iowa opposed the rule. He thought the Republican majority could be trusted to legislate without any such restrictions for the old soldier. On a division the vote on the adoption of the rule was 70 to 66. The ayes and noes were then called, resulting: Ayes 119, noes 83, So the resolution was adopted. The House voted to disagree to the Senate amendments to the sundry civil ap- provriation bill and ordered a conference. Henderson (R.) of Iowa gave notice that to-morrow, after the general pension bill had beeh disposed of, he would call up the general bankruptey bill. The following Republicans voted against the resolution, which was ooposed by the Democrats solialy: Blue, Bowers, Burton of Missouri, Calderhead, Connolly, Cook, Cooper of Wisconsin, Crowther, Danford, Dewitt, Eddy, Fenton, Graff, Hager, Hart- man, Henry of Conneoticut, Hepburn, Johnson of California, Kirkpatrick, Mc- Clure, Miller of Kansas, Minor of Wiscon- sin, Smith of Illinois, Southard, Strong, Snl‘lowny. Tawney, Towne, Trncewefi. pdegraff, Van Horn, Wanger. Wilson of aho, Connolly (R.) of Illinois offered an amendment to the first section of the pen- sion bill, which was to limit thegranting | of pensions to ex-Confederates whose ser- vices in the Confederate army wereinvol- untary or which ended at least ninety days before the close of the war. In the discussion which followed Miles (D.) of Maryland read a letter from Pen- sion Commissioner Lochren, in which he designated this class of soldiers as ‘‘gal- vanized rebels.” The amendment was rejected. Hepburn (R.) of Towa offered an amend- ment providing that hereafter “‘in the ad- ministration of the Pension Bureau all the laws shall be construed to be really in the interest of the claimant, and in no ! case shall the claimant be required to fur- nish a measure of proof that excludes all reasonable doubt, but shall be required | only to establish his claim by a fair pre- ponderance of proof.” The amendment was adopted. The period provided for the considera- tion of the bill under the order expired when only two of the seventeen sections of the bill had been read. It was then re- ported to the House by Payne. By a vote of 113 to 14 the bill was ordered to be en- grossed and read a third time. By the terms of the rule the vote on the passage of the bill will be taken to-morrow imme- | diately after the reading of the journal. ; At 4:40 p. M. the House adjourned until | to-morrow. Big Bonus for Builders. | WASHINGTON, D.C., Avpril 27.—Tte | official computation of the speed made py the battleship Massachusetts in the trial trip Saturday gives the vessel a record of 16.279 knots according to a telegram re- ceived at the Nayy Department this morn- ing from Commodore Dowey, president of the trial board. As a result the buildersof the Massachu- setts, the Cramps of Pniladelphia, will get a premium of $125,000 or $25,000 for each quarter-knot in excess of the contract re- quirement of fifteen &nots. The time made by the Indiana on her official trial trip was 15.61 knots. S Chippewa Halfbreed Sorip. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—In the case of John D. Kee vs. Henry C. Brown, executor, appealed from the Su- preme Court of Colorado, the Supreme Court of the United States to-day gave a construction of the act of June 8, 18 lating to what is known as “Chippewa halfbreed scrip,” confirming the policy of the General Land Office, which construed the law to permit the location of tbe scrip upon lands either in the limits of the reservation made to the Chippewas or upon land within the public domain. i S A To Be Kepresented. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—Henry Thiede, convicted of murder in the Terri- torial Supreme Court of Utah, will be re- sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of the United States. The State Govern- | ment came into existence and there was a | ql‘:‘“tion as to whether or not the case should be remanded, the judgment of the | Territorial Court having been affirmed, to the State Court or to the Circait Court of the United States for the District of Utah. | On the suggestion of the Attorney-Gen- eral it was sent to the Btate Court. B After Mr. Patterson. MEMPHIS, TeNN., April 27.—Unwill- ing to pursue a policy of non-interference with the candidacy of Congressman Jo- sian Patterson for re-election, as urged by the controlling influence in the Commer- cial Appeal, that paper will contain the following card from Editor E. W. Carmack te-morrow morning: My connection with the Commercial Ap- eal as its editor has ceased wirh this date. easons that seem to be imperative, but of which I need make no mention to the public, compel me to take this scep. LELL i To Quiet the Titles. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27.—Secre- tary Hoke Smith has recommended to the Attorney-General the dismissal of the suit against the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company to recover 50,000 acres of land .in Kansas and Nebraska, erro- neousiy patented to the road, upon which 2000 homesteaders have settied. 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