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since the inception of the kindergarten system here and their good work is appre- ciated. Aside from this view of the festival, however, there are 8 number of very at- tractive features connected with it which cannot fail to draw a very large crowd. Saturday afternoon there will be a bicycle tournament that is sure to be well at- tended. The other featuresof the carnival will be announced in THE CALL from time to time. NATIVES DRIVEN BACK. Matabeles Tried in Vain to Capture Buluwayo. CAPE TOWN, Sourn Argica, April 28.— A dispatch has been received from Bulu- wayo, dated Monday afternoon and telling of another engagement with the nativea. The Matabeles completely surrounded the town during the morning. In the fight that ensuea the natives were defeated and driven back with great loss. LISBON, PorTUGAL, April 28.—The British Government recently asked the Portuguese Government for permission to transport arms_and ammunition from Beira, on the Indian Ocean, through Por- tuguesc territory to British South Africa. The Government has granted the request. Beira lies some 150 miles to the eastward of Matabeleland, and by using this route the British will be able to get supplies to that country much more rapidly than sending them by way of Natal. g oA THREE AMERICANS KILLED. Sailors Meet Death at the Hands of Mexican Robbers. DURANGO, Mgxico, April 28.—The meil courier who has just arrived here from Mazatlan brings news of a tragedy enacted at the latter place in which three American sailors were killed. They be- longed to a coast steawer from San Fran- cisco, and were ashore at Mazatlan to spend a few days. They set out into an excursion into the neighboring country and stopped over night at a Mexican house. During the night the house was attacked by a band of robbers and all three Americans were murdered. The house was then burned and their bodies cremated beyond recognition. el e France’s Cabinet Completed. PARIS, FrANCE, April 28.—M. Meline has added three more names to his Minis- try, making the list of the new cabinet, as far asit has been completed, stand thus: M. Meline, Prime Minister and Minister of Justice; M. Hanotaux, Minister of For- eign Affairs; Interior; General Billot, Minister of War; Admiral Barbey, Minister of Marine; M. Cochery, Minister of Finance; M. Des- chanet, Minister of the Colonies; M. Lebon, Minister of Commerce. There may be one or two changes in the above list, but most of the gentlemen named have accepted their portfolios. E—— Mewxico’s Mine Disaster. CHIHUAHUA, Mzxico, April 28.—Al- ready over twenty dead bodies have been taken from the mine which collapsed here last week and there are forty persons still entombed. The rescuing party can hear the voices of those entombed, who are trying to work their way out toward the rescuing party. e Turkish Troops Repulsed. ATHENS, GREEcE, April 28.—Advices received here from the island of Crete say that the Cretan reform committees have repulsed the Turkish troops at Seliak, kill- ing twenty of them. —— WRECKED BY CYCLONES Dwellings Destroyed and Live- stock Killed in the Track of the Storm. South Dakota Visited by a Second Twister That Plays Great Havoc. LINCOLN, Nese..April 28.—Lincoln ap- varently got the tail end of the North Dakote cyclone. A furious storm of wind, accompanied by vivid lightning, swept over the city at an early hour this morn- ing. At Lincoln Park the high fences were leveled and in North Lincoln sev- eral barns were destroyed by lightning. Lightning struck one dwelling-house, damaging it, but the inmates were not seriously injured. Some livestock was killed, evidently being struck by lightning, There was a heavy fall of rain. SI0UX FALLS, 8. D., April 28.—A Montrose (S. D.) dispatch says a cyclone passed about two miles west of that place last evening, demolishing the houses and barns of Frank Malloy, Conrad Kirschner, P. Flannery and Michael Mannion, leay- ing nothing but a mass of splinters. All of ihe livestock on these farms were killed. The family of Michael Mannion, including bimself, wife and five children, were picked up unconscious, but their wounds are pronounced not fatal. At Madison there was a severe storm of wind, hail and rain. Some half a dozen buildings were blown down and much other damage was done. Considerable livestock was killed, but no lives are thought to be lost. ALEXANDRIA, 8. D, April 28,—A cyclone stole upon this section last nignt. The home of John Petris was completely demolished, but the family escaped. Epiphany was next visited by the cyclone, where it demolished the new Catholic church and injured the priest. Sevoral houses were unroofed and several people siightly injured. The storm then traveled to Fairview, where it unroofed several houses, but no one was injured. Rt NEWMARKET RACLS, Zorillard’s Horses Take Second Money in Three Events. LONDON, Exc., April 28.—The New- market first spring meeting opened to- day. The all-age selling-plate of 104 sov- ereigns was won by H.E. Reddington’s Shemer, the Duke of Devonshire’s Distich second and P. Lorillard’s King of Bohe- mia II third. 4 The Hastings plate cf 500 sovereigns for three-year-olds, one mile, was won by Leo- pold de Rothschild’s Gulistan, H. E. Red- dington’s Earwig second and Mr. Russell’s Carriden third. The maiden plate of 103 sovereifins, five furlongs, was won by R. Marsh’s Dancin Wave, P. Lorillard’s Draco second and Ms Dawson’s Barrabas third. The first spring two-year-old stakes, with 200 soyereigns added, five furlongs, was won by P. Loriliard’s Berzak, Leopold de Rothschild’s Brigg second and Sir H. ¥arquhar’'s Asteria third. The two-year-old selling plate of 103 sovereigns, five furlongs, was won by g.r:l-:’cio B::ykgfl’s 1:;“10:1' P. Lorillard’s a ond an rd ' Lonely Isle third, S g Ezxecuted in tate Prison. COLUMBUS, Onto, April 29.—William Paul was executed in the State prison at 12:30 A. M. He claimed innocence to the last, and met death bravely., Paul mur- dered his father-inlaw, Jacob Yockey, near Georgetown in 1894 because he be. lieved he bad wronged his (Paul's) sister- in-law, M. Barthou, Minister of the ' AN INVESTIGATION OF ARMOR PLATE, Secret Testimony of the Senate Committee Made Public. FOLGER BADLY SCORED. While a Commander in the Navy He Took a Salary Frem a Corporation. MR.CARNEGIE'S PHILANTHROPY Merely Wert Into the Business to Help Out the United States. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs this morning made public the testimony re- cently taken by it in secret sessions on the subject of armor plate, the vrices paid therefor and the ownership of patented processes of manufacture, under the reso- lution of Senator Chandler of December 13 last. The testimony comprises 421 printed pages. In the specifications laid before the com- mittee by Mr. Chandler was one referring to Commander Folger, stating that while chief of the Ordnance Bureau in the navy he haa induced the trial of the Harvey patent and the adoption of the process in the manufacture of armor by reason of an understanding that he shouid be employed in the company organized by Mr. Harvey and have an interest therein; that he re- signed his position in the bureau, and while continuing to be a commander in the navy accerted employment from the Harvey Company for a salary of $5000 per year and a bonus of 200 shares of stock 1 the company and went abroad to negotiate contracts with foreign governments for the use of the Harvey process. Commodore Foiger, in his testimony, says no offer of any description of shares or other remuneration was made prior to his leaving the department January 1, 1893. The Harvey matter had, Mr. Folger said, nothing to do with his resignation. He was with that company only five months out of his two years’ leave of ab- sence. At one stage in the examination Mr. Folger said that with his “present light and the notoriety of things” he believed he should not have eone into the Harvey matter. He did not, however, think he bad done any wrong. Much of Comman- der Folger's testimony under cross-exami- nation by Senator Chandler related to the various companies by which he had been employed during his various leaves of ab- scence. Commander Folger, in one part of his examination, said the cost of production of armor plate was much less than the Government paid for it. It would be prac- ticable, he thought, for the Government to manufacture vplate, but the question was, could the Government employ its plant at times when there would be no de- mand for armor plate; if not, would there not be a deterioration ? He thought there had been an under- standing between the Carnegie and Beth- lehem people with relation to the bids they had made. During the investigation mto the making of the plate Mr. Wharton of the Bethlehem Company indicated that the two concerns in this country—Bethle- bem and Carnegie—would not permit the proposed plant of the Government to be successful. On this line he said: “If the Government should compete by setting up a plant I think humen nature is such that the establishments now existing would try to see that they were not going to be injured by the construction of the Govern- ment plant.” Mr. Carnegie said he would never have gone into the manufacture of armor plate had not Secretary Tracy and President Harrison requested him to do 0 as a duty to help the United States out of its diffi- culty when its ships were in the stocks and it could not get armor, In reply to a further question as to why he went into the business, Mr. Carnegie said to the committee: “Because the President of the United States and Secre- tary of the Navy had told us that the United States Goveromeht was in a diffi- culty, and if the President of the United States were to ask me to-day to double our armor plant I would doit. If he were to ask me to go to Kamschatka for the United States, I would do it. I never went into this business for money. Iknow better.”” OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Petition for Improvement of Naval Re- serve and Marine Engineers. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25.—Rep- resentative Maguire to-day presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco favoring the improvement of the naval reserve and marine engineers service of the Pacific Coast. Representative Hilborn presented a me- morial from the Union Veteran Legion of Vallejo, praying for the passage of a ser- vice vension bill. California patents have been issued as follows: Theodore Bessing, Los Angeles. shoulder brace; David 8. Barrick, Oak- land, invalid chair; John B. Clot. San Francisco, can-soldering machine; George C. Edwards, Oakland, " exercising appa- ratus; Morris Feintuck, San Francisco, device and safety attachment for bank checks; Adam Heberer, Alameda, centri- fugal macbine; Frank Hindes, San Fran- cisco, drip aitachment for umbrellas; Leo- 80 d Julig, San Francisco, bicycle; Albert . Morrison, San Francisco, = street- railway car advertising device; John A. Noble, San Francisco, hot-water irri- gator; Florence R. Parr and R. B. Avery, San Francisco, carbureter; William Rose, Angel Island, wave-power: James D. Tucker, Sierra Madre, harness snap; Her- man A. Wolif, Sacramento, mop and mop- wringer. Pensions have been California: Original—Thomas Barnett, Eureka; Christopher C. Richardson, Vet- erans’ fioma. Napa; Edward_Kelly, San Jose; Stephen A. Jones, S8an Diego.’ Re- issue—Elmer Fitts, Wheatland. Oregon: Original widow, etc.—Minors of ashington: Original—Special—Hen: Arend, Tacoma. s ranted as follows: Mititary Instructors for Schools. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—A bill of wide public interest was favorably re- ported by the House Military Committee, It permits the detail of fifty officers and fifty enlisted men, who shall be non-com- missioned officers. to act as instructors in military drill and tactics in normal and ublic schools, where such instruction has geen authorized by the authorities in charge. At present, instructions are iven only in colleges and universities. E'he bill was made to apply to schools with a membership of 500 pupils or more. A large number of petitions against the measure have been received by the com- mittees from various societies in the country. e CLEVER RUNNING RACES. Good Time Made on the Leading Kastern Tracks. CHICAGO, IuL., April 28.—Redskin again showed his high class at Forsyth to- day by winning the mile handicap with 117 pounds up in a common gallop. Redskin and Roy Lochiel were the only winning favorites. Five and a half furlongs, Rubber Neck won, Lillian Sieble second, Nina W third. Time, 1108, Six furlongs, Bansach won, My Hebe second, Baldur third. Time, 1:1835. | Fiveand a half farlongs, Fast Queen won, Sammie Young second, Wadena third. Time, 1:1414. One mile handicep, Redskin won, Sam itos;ynecond, Pat Malloy Jr. third. Time, 433, Six furlongs, Roy Lochiel won, Remedy sec- ond, John Hickey third. Time, 1:17. Six furlongs, Running Bird won, Bimbo sec- ond, Warren Leland third. Time, 1:173{. LEXINGTON, K., April 28.—The pro- gramme for the second day of the Lexing- ton meeting was composed entirely of short races, nothing on the card being over six furlongs. Three favorites, one second choice and a well-backed outsider were the winners. Eix furlongs, Lady Pepper won, Uncle Henry second; Hali-Moon third. Time, 1:163;. Three-quarters of a mile, Tartarian won, Elizabeth second, Oricle third. Time, 1:15}4. Melbourne stakes ,five furiongs, Ornament w%ré.l Theopia second, Dunois third. Time, T:08%4 Four snd onehalf furlongs, Goshen won, ROUTINE WORK OF CONGRESS, A 1 Naval Appropriation Bill Discussed by the Senate. CANNOT ACT FURTHER. Retired Officers Prohibited From Working for Corporations Having Contracts. GORMAN RIDICULES HERBERT. { Sneers at the Pretensiozs of the Ssc- relary to Become a Great Admiral. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—The whole of to-dag’s session in the Senate was occupied in the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. The first two tative, *‘but I am a member of this House and have a right to seek the protection of an American titizen anywhere on the globe.” [Applause.] Representative Hill of Connecticut in- terrupted and said: “My constituents some time ago re- quested me to intercede with the State Department in behalf of these prisoners and I addressed a communication to the Secretary of State concerning the matter, and received the nsual American reply ‘that the interests of American citizensin the Transvaal were being guarded by the English Government.’ “I think it 1s high time,” he continued emphatically “that the American Govern- ment protected the interest of their own citizens.” Loud and prolonged applause greetad this utterance, whereupon McCreary of Ken- tucky, formerly chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee and now a member of that body, said he thought the State De- partment would afford ample protection forall American interests in the Trans- vaal. He thought the committee could be relied upon to promptly act (if Congres- sional action was necessary at all). He therefore entered an objection. Mahany saidhe had no desire to reflect upon the State Department. y At this juncture Hitt, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, came into the hall, sand Mahany requested him to ex- press his views, but betore Hitt could re- ply the Speaker ruled thut McCreary’s ob- jection prevailed, and further discussion was brought to a close. The resolution was then referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee at the request of Mahany. The news of Hammond’s sentence was received on the Senate side at about the same time and Senators Stewart and Jones of Nevada immediately circulated the following petition among their col- leagues in the chamber: To President Kruger, Transvaal Government, South Africa—Str: The undersigned members of the Senate of the House of Representatives of the United States of America respectively represent that John Hays Hammond is a citizen of the United States and a man of high cbaracter connected with one of the best families of the country and an engineer of ability. We regret exceedingly his unfort- unate connection with the troubles in your country, for which all our people entertain feelings of kindness and respect. In view of the unimpeachable character of Mr. Hammond in his own country and the high standing of his friends and relations we earnestly ask for him your most kindly consid- eration. If your Excellency would extend to him a pardon for his offenses against your Wz S oy, John Hays Hammond, the Noted California Mining Engineer Who Pleaded Guilty of High Treason in the Transvaal and Was Sentenced to Death; but It Is Reported That the Punishment Will Be Commuted. Sharon second, Farmer Leigh third. Time, 1563, Five-eighths of 8 mile, Ethel Lee won, Gali- lee second, Woodbird third. Time, 1:03}4. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—A warm sunshiny day and a field of fair| roportions attracted a good crowd to gennings. ‘I'wo favorites won. Five and & half furlongs, Halton won, King- let second, Tenderness third. Time, 1:09. Half 2 mile, Lithos won, Eidolin second, Eurphemia L third. Time, :50 2-5. Half & mile, Joe Hayman won, Prompt sec- ond, Yankee Heiress third. Time, :50 1-. » One_mile, Bue Kittic won, Mirage second, CaptainT third. Time, 1:44. ne mile, selling, Watchman won, Eclipse second, Bessie Browning third. Timé,1:45. NASHVILLE, TexN.,, April 28. — To- day’s summaries: Eleven-sixteenths of a mile, Terrier won, Splo(\)(llne second, Springboard third. Time, 1 & Seven-eighths of a mile, Minerva won, 0ld Dominion second, Mossy third. Time, 1:32};. Half & mile, Manzanita won, Izeyl second, Fall Hand third. Time, :50)4. One mile, imp. Sauteur won, Overella second, ‘Wild Crab third. Ti) 1:46. Three-quarters of a mile, Sidney second, Tutuilla thir omus won, Albert Time 1:17. e ON THE BilLL. FIELD. Pittsburg Defeats Cleveland in a Pitchers’ Battle. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 28.—It was a pitchers’ battie to-day, both Cuppy and Hawley doing the best box work of the year. Hawley excelled, however, twice | striking the side out when a hit meant two runs. Only four hits were made on each side, and the last half of these were lucky. Attendance 4000. Score: Pittsburg 00110000%—2 4 1 Clevelan 000000000—0 4 1 Batteries—Hawley and Merritt; Cuppy and 0’Connor. Umpire—Weidman. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28.—Bowen, the Indiana_batter, gl'.ched an excellent game for New Yorl to—dag. especially while men were on bases; butasin the grevious games against the Bostons, the elding of the local men was not steady enough to keep the runs down. Bcore: .001000002-8 10 & :10010081%6 7 0 Batterles—Bowen and Farrell, Mains and Ryan Umpire—Keefe. BALTIMORE, Mp., April 28.— Joyce won the game for Washington this after- noon. His home-run hit was one of the longest ever made on the grounds. He also rapped out a double and two singles, ending the day with a batting average of 1000. Attendance, 5100. 00000020-5 12 & 01002114-9 10 2 Bowerman; Anderson, Umpire—Hursi. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 28— Batteries — P Boyd and McGnire. Brooklyn outplayed bhilmelphiu at every stage of to-day’s game and won easily. The batting of La France was a noticeable feature. Attendance, 5300. Score: +400010000~ 5 10 061201030-12 20 3 ks and Grady: Kennedy and Batterles. , Burrell. Umpires—Lynch and Henaerson. TOLEDO, Ox1o, April 28.—The Reds had no trouble In defeating the Toledos to-day, winning in a walk. Score: +220022000-8 13 2 000011000-2 9 1 Batterfes—Foreman and Gray: Keenan and Ar- thur. Umpire<Not gi stlmG e i Rush ot Immigrants. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 28, — Dr. Steiner expects nineteen steamships to ar- rive this week, which will bring in the neighborhood of 18,000 immifirann, of which number about a third will be Italians. Nearly 5000 have a'ready passed Elis Island or ‘been detained there. Six bundred and thirty were kept on the isl- and Sunday and 700 spent last night there. Three boards of special inquiry all day vesterday handled the cases ior investiga- tion with fi:“t rapidity. The officials hope that this week witi see the end of the greater part of the rush, hours passed in the discussion of the amendments offered on Monday from the Committee on Naval Affairs prohibiting officers of the navy or marine corps on the retired list from tfaking employment in the service of the persons or corporations having contracts with the Government for the supply of material. The amendment was finally agreed to—ayes 45, noes 11. The remainder of the day’s session was occupied by a speech of Gorman of Mary- land on an amendment offered by him t reduce the number of battle-ships provided for in the bill from four to two. The speech was almost entirely on polit- ical lines, although Gorman did not spare members of his own party, especially the Secretary of the Navy, whom be ridiculed for his pretensions to become a great admiral. Senators Sherman of Ohio and Hale of Maine took part in the discussion, which had assumed gnite an animated character. The amendment went over without action, and the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. R e PENSION BILL PASSED. Debates on the Law to Regulate Bank- ruptoy. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.—After passing the general pension bill by a vote of 187 to 54 the House entered upon a five days’ consideration of the bankruptcy bill. The pension bill was supported by the votes of the Republicans and Cummings and Walsh of New York, Layton and Sorg of Ohio, Fitzpatrick, Marr and Down- ing of Illinois, Democrats. General debate on the bankruptcy bill will continue to-morrow and Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday it will be con- sidered under the five-minute rule for amendments until 4 o’clock on the latter day, when a vote will be taken on the passage. Notice was given by Bailey (D.) of Texas that one or two substitutes for the pending bill will be offered for the action of the House by friends of volun- tary bankruotcy only. The opening speech of the debate was made by General Henderson (R.) of Iowa in support of the bill, which is practically the Torrey bill, providing for both voluntary and involun- tary bankruptcy. Some miscellaneous business was trans- acted, including the passage of a bill to place John N. Quackenbush on the retired list of the navy by a vote of 161 to 49. This bill was intended to cure what has been considered by the beneficiary and his friends a great injustice perpetrated on him. A bill was also passed directing the Sec- retary of the Interior to restore to the pub- lic domain the lands within the limits of Fort Lewis military reservation in Colo- rado. FUE LEERS. WRE CONDEMAE Continved from First Page. be made scapegoats of in this affair. I do not propose to attempt to shield any American from a just consequence of his act, bnt Tam determined that an Ameri- can shall not be msde a scapegoat.’” Bartlett asked Mahany if he was 8 mem- ber of the Foreign Affairs Committee. *No, sir,” uignl the New York represen- ’I Government we would esteem it an especial compliment to us as well as to the people of the United States. Hoping Mr. Hammond will be relieved from the penalty of his asso- ciations we are your most obedient servants. The petition was signed by every Sen- ator who was then in the chamber.. It will be forwarded through the State De- partment. Immediately after this petition had been circulated Senator Perkins received a tele- phone message from the State Department conveying the information that a cable- gram had been received from Consul Knight at Cape Town to the effect that it was the Consul’s understanding that the sentence of death would be commuted and only a nominal fine imposed. This was welcome news to Senators Perkins, White, Jones and Stewart. Senator Perkins to-night received the following telegram from San Francisco:. Please have the California delegation cail in & body on President Cleveland and ask his immediate intervention in behalf of John Hays Hammond, under sentence in South Africa. William H. Crocker, William Alvord, ‘Thomas Brown and many others. Senator Perkins said to the CaLn cor- respondent to-night: “The California delegation will call on President Cleveland and Secretary Olney to-morrow in respouse to the request. 1 feel sure that Mr. Hammond would never bave pleaded guilty had he not received an assurance beforehand that his punish- ment would be light. When I read the telegram to-day announcing that Ham- mond had been sentenced to death I was greatly shocked, but as I reflected about the matter I was firmly impressed with the belief that before Mr. Hammond entered his plea he had received assurance that his punishment would be light. ** A few minutes later we received a tele- phone message from Secretary Olney stating that news had been received from Cape Town to the effect that Hammond’s sentence would probable be commuted to a nominal fine. I cannot understand how, or why Hammond should have pleaded guilty to *high treason’ as the dispatches state. He was an American, and as such could not bave been guilty of ‘treason.’ He might have been guilty of *con- spiracy,’ but my understanding of *trea- son’ implies an offense of a citizen against his own country. This is the understand- ing of Secretary Olney also, who stated to me some months ago that he thought Hammond must have been accused of ‘conspiracy’ and not ‘treason.’ How- ever, whetLer the accusation is one or the other, we must leave ro stone unturned to protect dur fellow-citizen. I feel sure his sentence will be commuted, but we must make assurance doubly sure.’” Senator White to-night expressed the same views. as Perkins. The belief is general that Hammond and his fellow- prisoners will only receive light sentences. TrE CALL correspondent late to-night received from the State Department offi- cial information that news had been re- ceived from Pretoria to the effect that Hamm ond was safe, and the cablegram assured the State Department that orly a nominal fine would be imposed.* . . —_— MRS. HAMMOND’S SISTER. Seriously llI, but Her Husband Gets Cheering News. BOSTON, Mass.,, April 28.—Mrs. John T. Roderick, a sister of Mrs, John Hays Hammond, is confined to her home on Custer street, Jamaica Plain, with nerv- ous prostration. Her condition 18 ex- tremely serious. Her husband received a telegram from Washington to-night ad- vising him that the sentence of Mr. Ham- mond would probably be commuted to exile from the Transvaal. — PRESIDENT KRUGER’S REPLY. Confirms the Statements Made by Chamberlain. LONDON, Ex6., April 28. —The full text of the reply of President Kruger of the Transvaal Republic to the invitation to him by Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to visit London and discuss Transvaal mat- ters is published to-day. The letter con- firms the statements made by Mr. Cham- berlain in the House of Commons yester- day, as well as the statements of the Times in regard to the character of the reply, though it denies the so-called admitted grievances of the Uit'anders with a view of promoting friendly relations. Itsays Presi- dent Kruger is willing to postpone the question of the revision of the London convantion of 1884. AT RELATIVES ARE "HOPEFUL. General Harris Speaks of the Efforts to Save Hammond. General N. H. Harris, uncle of Mrs, John Hays Hammond, could offer no ex- pianation of the startling dispatch from South Africa. All through the difficalty between Hammond and the Boer Govern- ment and the subsequent trial 1t was Gen- eral Harris who corresponded quietly with his niece’s husband and who figured most preminently as a mediaior and friend of the imprisoned mining engineer. In the present crisis, however, he has re- ceived not the slightest notification from the Transvaal. *‘All I know about the matter is what I can plean from the press dispatches,” said he. “Ihave received no message direct, nor has any of our friends in town that I know of. Yetthis factis no reason why we should build hopes that something whoily unexpected had happened. Mrs. Hammond is with her husband. She has never left him during this trouble. I am inclined to think that she would send a dispatch direct, although possibly they all know there that the press dispatches reach us as quickly as private ones, and that the press accountsare longer and, of course, correct. On that account Mrs. Hammond may have decided not to send me a cablegram. ’ ‘“Have you taken any steps in the mat- ter?” he was asked. “None,” was the reply of General Harris. “What could I do under the cir- cumstances? 1 am waiting to hear further details, but have not the faintest idea as to when they may come, or what they may be. I may get news to-night. “‘While the news is alarming it is hard to believe it is correct. We have assur- ances from the Secretary of State that Mr. Hammond’s life was not in danger. The law of the case is now well known here. The penalty prescribed by the Boer constitution for treason was stated to be banishment and confiscation of personal property.. And yetin time of war, when martial law obtains, things might be dif- lerent in the event of a court-martial. O R. P. HAMMOND’S SORROW. His Overcome by the News of Brother’s Sentence. Richard P. Hammond, the brother of John Hayes Hammond, was overcome by the cews from the Transvaal, and left his office at 26 O'Farrell street early in the day. He left instructions that he was going home and did not wish to be dis- turbed by anybody, as he wanted to be left alone. Soon afterward a second dis- vatch arrived bearing the pleasant news that Hammond’s sentence of death had been commuted. This was a great relief to Richard, who spent the afternoon and evening in his residence receiving friends. “I don’t know what to make of it,” he said. *'I have no private information from my brother. In fact, the only news we have of this is from the newspaper cable- grams. I can't say whether it is true, but as my brother has committed no serious offense I cannot believe he was con- demned to death. “I have nothing to say about the mat- ter, but if our Government was not =o lax about this difficalty the whole dispute would have been settled long ago and my hrother would be a free man to-day. Dr. Jameson, the leader, is enjoying himself at liberty, while my brother is said to be convicted of treason and sentenced to death, and then his sentence was com- muted—I don’t know to what.” “It 1s incredible to me how this oc- curred,” continued Mr. Hammond. “My brother is the victim of circumstances. He should not have been imprisoned even, let alone being sentenced todeath. “te knows very little about politics and cares little. He isa student and a great mining engineer. The testimony as pub- lished showed that he was only one among thirty or forty who signed the call. “‘How is it that they didn’t sentence NEW TO-DAY. Apollinaris NATURAL MINERAL WATER. MALICIOUS STATEMENTS having been disseminated that the APOLLINARIS WATER offered for sale in San Franeisco is not the Natural product of the APOLLINARIS SPRING in GERMANY, notice is hereby given that every arrival of APOLLINARIS WATER is accompanied by a CERTIFICATE from the Proprietors of the APOLLINARIS SPRING stating that the shipment consists of Apollinaris Natural Mineral Water, bottled at the Apollinaris Spring near Neuenahr, Rhenish Prussia. Such Certificates are invariably declared and sub- scribed to by the said Proprietors in the presence of the CONSUL of the United States of America at COLOGNE in GERMANY, and are filed at the San Francisco Custom House where they ean at all times be inspected. A REWARD of $1,000 will be paid for information which - will lead to the conviction of any person orF persons selling spurious Apollinaris Water. JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CHARLES GRAEF & CO., NEw YOREK. Sole Ageats of the APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED, LoNpo®. Jameson in this way? /They thought that he was the arch schembr, becanse he was connected with “Cecili Rhodes. But the fact is he. was associated with him purely in a mining way. - He was not in politics, “If he“mad beenfan Englishman he would have been enjoying his liberty in England now, but being an American he has to suffer, and being a Californian he has to suffer so much the more. *‘Our Government has been too busy at- tending to other things and has neglected the Americans, of whom there are 167 in jail, and has allowed one man to become g martyr. “Not for four months have I been able to get a word by letter or cable from my brother, and not even a word from his wife. *1 will tell you this, too: E. M. Pres. ton of Nevada City, who is the Master Mason of California and the coast, askeq as a favor two months ago to communicate with Jack, who is a Mason, through Presi- dent Cleveland, and has not been yet able to do it. “I was one of the Presidential eicctors during the last national campaign, and was president of the California electoral delegation that cast the first vote for the nomination of President Cleveland. I had a greatdeal todo in helping to elect Mr, Cleveland in California. “I never expected to have to appeal to him. I wish sincerely when I did that he bad helped me.”” NEW TO-DAY. HIP—HIP HURRAH! A grand Carnival of economy in our boys’ department this week. 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