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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1896. CONFERENCE OF THE METHODISTS, Rights of Women Delegates Yet a Subject of Debate. EXCITEMENT PREVAILS. Quite a Storm Caused by the Intreduction of a Resolution to Pay Their Expenses. PROGRESS OF MISSIONARY WORK Encouraging Reports Made in Refer- ence to Africa, India and Asia. CLEVELAND, Onro, May 8.—The meeting of the General Conference of the Methodist church this morning was ex- citing. Morris Sharp of Ohio opened up the woman question by offering a resolu- tion providing that as the women dele- gates elected to this conference had relin- quished their seats that their expenses be paid, and that their male reserves, if any, be called. Rev. Dr. Leonard made a fervid speech against the passage of the resolution. “These women, it has been decided,” he said, “‘are legal members of this body, and as such their expenses must be paid with- out any resolution. I hope the conference will vote this resolution down.” Great excitement prevailed and many delegates struggled to get the floor. An attempt to lay the resolution on the table was defeated. Rev. Dr. Neeley of Phiiadelphia offered a substitute for the resolution asking that the women delegates who had claimed the right of admission to the conference come to the floor as visitors and that their ex- penses be paid by the committee. Then followed the greatest excitement of the conierence. Fverybody was ex- cited and a dozen angry delegates in all parts of the house were vainly trying to get the floor. During the confusion both resolutions were witbdrawn and the inci- dent closed. Bishop Taylor, the missionary Bishop from Africa, delivered his report. In part he said: “All T ask for Africa is that in our mis- sionary work we do for the blacks what we would Jdo for the whites, In regardjto our work in Africa I will say that if this con- ference shall decide that the time hascome to put a!l the African missions under the control of the missionary society I shall make no objectivn; only make your deci- sion on the subject decisive.” Bishop Thoburn of India and Asia reaa his report. He said: “In general terms we have abundant reason 1o thank God for our prosperitvy during the last four years. We have gained two annual conferences and eleven presiding elder districts. We now have twenty-four district conferences; our vreachers now speak sixteen languages, three more than four years ago, and by the end of the century they may be expected to preach in twenty languages. Four years ago our total number of con- verts was 50,000 souls, now it is over 100,000. We now have 2249 Sunday-schools and 71855 scholars, an increase of 873 schools and 21,712 pupils. The Epworth League has made its first appearance among us since my last report and we now have 134 leagues and 6555 members. We have over 200 natives studying for the ministry.” After the long wrangle all reference to the debate on the woman question was ordered stricken from the record. Friday, May 15, was set apart for “Mem- orial day'’. Resolutions were adopted commending the action of Congress in cutting off aid from sectarian schools. A resolution asking the Government to grant belligerent rights to the Cubans was referred withont debate to the committee on the state of the church. The confer- ence then adjourned. The evening session at the armory was devoted to the educationat anniversities of the Methodist church. The laymen also held a meeting, the purpose of which was to devise means to cut down the authority of the Bishops and ministers. There were sixty-two delegates out of the 200 in the conference present. They wrangled all the evening, but arrived at no definite conclusion. Scott Jacksow’s Trial. CINCINNATI, Omio, May 8.—Argu- ments in the Scott Jackson case will com- mence to-morrow. The last witness was Captain B. 8. Bassler of the Weather Bu- reau in Cincinnati, who testified this morning as to the meteorological condi- tions on Friday, January 31, and Satur- day, February 1. When Captain Bassler finished his testimony the defense an- nounced that it rested its case and the famous trial as fax as evidence is concerned was ended. Attorney Lockhard for the prosecution asked for time to prepare his argument. This was granted and court adjourned un- til Saturday morning. The date for Wal- ling’s trial bas been set for May 19. —_——-— FARMER MORTON'S SEEDS. There May ‘Fet Be a Soandal in the Dis- tribution. NEW YORK, N. Y. May 8—A Sun special from Washington s: The Senate has passed a resolution directing the Sec- retary of Agriculture to make haste in distributing seeds to the rural constituents of Congressmen. In the opinion of those who have knowledge of the subject a pub- lic scandal is likely to develop in connec- tion with this year's free-seed distribution. Secretary Morton cannot personally re- spond to the order of the Senate, as he has gone for a month’s jaunt to the Pacific Coast, but his department may be called upon to explain some very peculiar trans- actions in which some members of Con- gress mav be unpleasantly involved. The firm receiving the contract was able to bid a lower price because of the adver- tisement it received by being allowed to put 1ts name on each package. Not con- tent with this, it is now offering to put up seeds in exactly the same style of pack- ages as the Government seed and supply Congressmen at the rate of §6 a thousand ackages. Other firms are aiso making fhe same offers, notwithstanding a notice from the Secretary of Agriculture that such proceedings will not be permitted. fen B e e STRIKE IN THI RARUS MINE. New Men Are Driven Out and Serious Trouble Is Feaved. BUTTE, MoxT., May 8,—Serious trouble is likely to result over the strike in the Rarus mine. The men did not like Time- keeper Applegate, and demanded his re- moval, which Manager Faugheinz granted, but expressed the opinion that the shift bosses were to blame, whereupon Superin- tendent Rowe and the bosses resigned; 250 miners quit work out of sympathy. New men went to_take the places of the strikers this morning, but the Ilatter met them and drove them down the hill with threats of violence. Givens, the new superintendent, has been threatened with hanging, and serious trouble is feared. There is talk about calling out the muilitia, The Miners’ Union refuses to recognize the strike. P VRS % Executed for Murder. BIRMINGHAM, Ara, May 8—John ‘Waldrop was hanged in the County Jail here at 11:10 o’clock this morning. Only two dozen witnesses, chiefly deputies, were present. Waldrop was convicted of the murder of Alexander Thornton in the mines at Coalsburg four months ago. Both men were convicts serving terms for larceny. NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES According to the Terms All the Lines May Carry Grain to the Gulf Reduced Fares During the Enzineers’ Convention in San Francisco. Civil CHICAGO, IrL., May 8.—After numer- ous meetings in this citv and St. Louis, and after an arbitrator’s awara had been prepared only to be ignored, a schedule of rates satisfactory to all lines was com- vleted to-day on export grain from Kansas points to Galveston and New Orleans. The Missouri Pacific was the road which refused to abide by the award, because it imposed higher rates for it out of Wichita than was allowed the Santa Fe to the Gulf vorts. The new management closely fol- lows the lines of the award, but so modi- fied that equitable rates for all lines from all points are preserved, and no line will be compelled to go out of the grain carry- ing business southwest. This trouble had disturbed the freight situation whole of that territory. The permanent code of rules for the governing of the Central Passenger Com- mitte, which goes into effect on June 1, provides for a money penalty to be paid Lv order of Commissioner Donald by vio- lators of the agreement, the fine to vary according to the enormity of the infrac- tion. The passage of a law by the Ohio Legislature prohibiting railroads makint:a charge for the transportation of bicycles in baggage-cars prevented any definite ac- tion being taken by the committee on that question. The Ohio roads, with one ex- ception, declared their intention of obey- ing the law, but the diasentlng official said the law was a farce because there was no nalty clause, and said his road would ignore it. Most of the roads will continue cbarging for bicyocles outside of Ohio. The Southern Pacific gave notice to-day that it would make reduced rates for the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Con- vention in S8an Francisco June 30, inde- pendent of the refusal of the Transconti- nental Passenger Association and its chair- man to give the road such authority. The Union Pacific at once gave mnotice that it would meet the rates, and ail other com- petitors have been authorized to do like- wise. The rates provide for a 60-day re- turn limit, thus providing a cheap excur- sion to the coast on all lines during the summer. 8. C. Whitehead, who was aunditor of the Southern California, has been -appointed general auditor of the Santa Fe system, in place of W. K. Gillette, who has resigned. Aisiage i ten Japanese War Indemnity. LONDON, Exc., May 9.—The sum of £8,000,000 war indemnity from China to Japan was transferred to the latter’s agents in London in the Apollinaris TO-DAY. e e e e e e ~— * NATURAL MINERAL WATER. MALICIOUS STATEMENTS having been disseminated that the APOLLINARIS WATER offered for sale in San Francisco 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 Franeisco Custom House where they can at all times be inspected. A REWARD of $1,000 will be paid for information which will lead to the conviction of any person or persons selling spurious Apollinaris Water. JOHN CAFFREY, 47 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, Representing CHARLES GRAEF & CO., NEw YORK. Sole Agents of the APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED, LoNDOR. WHITE RGUES R SN PEDRD Advantages Claimed Over Santa Monica Vividly Illustrated. AIDED BY DIAGRAMS. Reasons Urged for the Appoint- ment of a Commission to Select a Site. OUTER AND INNER HARBORS. All Other Questions in the Appro. priation Bili Have Been Disposed Of by the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.—Among the dozen or more bills which were passed by the Senate to-day because they were unobjected to was one permitting the erection in Washington of a monument in honor of Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of the Medical School of Homeopathy, and appropriating $14,000 to defray the cost of the foundation. The only restric- tion imposed in the bill is that the monu- ment is not to be placed in the Capitol grounds. The consideration of the river and harbor bill was concluded with the exception of one amendment involving the bitterly contested question of the loca- tion of a deep-water harbor in Southern Califernia. The Commitiee on Commerce reported an amendment to the bill pro- viding for a breakwater and outer harbor at Santa Monics, while the two Senators from California, and McLachlan, the Rep- resentative from Los Angeles district, op- posed that location and favored the selec- tion of San Pedro, having on their side of the question the representatives of the two boards of army engineers, especially sentjout to examine the matter. Benator White of California addressed the Senate in opposition to the committee amendment and bad not finished his argu- ment when the Senate at 5:15 r. M. ad- journed until to-morrow. The Senate bill authorizing the Sioux City and Omaha Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Omaha and Winnebago Reservation in Tharston County, Nebr.,, was taken from the calendar and passed. A bill to prohibit the issue of United States bonds without the authority of Congress was introduced by Bacon (D.) of Georgia and laid on the table for the pres- ent, Bacon stating that he desired here- after to address the Senaie upon it. Mitchell (R.) of Oregon gave notice that on the passage of the last of the appropria tion bills he would move to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution for an amendment to the constitation pro- viding for the popular election of United States Senators. The river and harbor bill was then taken up, the paragraph appropriating $50,000 for the protection from erosion of the east bank of the Mississippi River along and in front of Sny Island levee in Illinois coming first for consideration. After argument against the Senate amendment by Palmer (D.) of Illinois, and in support of it by Vest (D.) of Mis- souri, the item was modified so as to read : “For the protection from erosion, etc., and for the improvement and maintenance of the channel of the river by revetment work, or otherwise, such amouants as may be necessary in the opinion of the Secre- tary of War.” In the paragraph for improving the upper Missour: River the appropriation of $10,000 for work at Bioux City, Iowa, was on motion of Allen (P.)of Nebraska in- creased to $50,000. The committee amendment, which di- rects that all persons employed on the public works of engineering intrusted to the engineer department, shall be selected and hired by the officer of the corps of engineers in local charge of the works, gave rise to a discussion involving the question of civil service reform and the President’s recent order of extension. After some discussion a point of order was sustained, and the amendment was stricken out of the bill. All the committee amendments having been disposed of except thatasto the deep- water barbor in Southern California, the bill was open to amendments of individual Senators. Among those that were offered and agreed to were the following: By Gray (D.) of Delaware, to permit army officers on the retired list to engage in river and harbor work. By Carter (R.) of Montana, to allow persons or corporations to construct, sub- Ject to conditions by the Secretary of War, a dam or dams across the upper Missouri River at Stubbs Ferry, Montana, to de- velop water power. By Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts aporo- priating $5000 for survey of Portland chan- nel, Alaska. The committee amendment as to the deep-water harbor in Southern California was then taken up. It provides for a break- water at Port Los Angeles, in Santa Monica Bay and authorizes contracts to the amount of $2,008,000 exciusive of amounts heretofore appropriated. ‘White (D.) of California moved to sub- stitute for the committee amendment a provision for the appointment of & board to select a proper location for the deep-sea harbor—the board to consist of a naval officer with rank as high as commander, an engineer army officer and a member of the coast and geodetic survey—the appro- priation and contracts to be applied to the point selected. This amendment was offered 1n the interest of San Pedro, the competing point. With two diagrams arranged on easels of the two areas White pointed out the advantages which he claimed for San Pedro over Santa Monica. THe question, he said, was of great local importance to those whom he in part represented and was of great National importance. The inner harbor at S8an Pearo had been, he said, quite a success. Some years ago, when the Government engineers took charge of the work, there was but two feet of water there at low tide. Now there were four- teen at low and nineteen at high tide, so that vessels drawing eighteen feet of water could pass into the inner harbor at high tide. - The plan fora breakwater was in- tended to let in all the vessels that came there. There were two questions in- volved—first, should there be an outer barbor at sli? and second, should the outer harbor be at San Pedro or at Santa Monica? White gave the history of the two towns, 8an Pedro had been in the past used by navigators for landing purposes. It was called the embarcadero. Through it the small commerce of that time had been transacted. But the population of Los Angeles had grown from 11,000 in 1880 to about 100,000 now, and the demand for better water facilities grew. Some years ago the Senator from Nevada (Jones) built a railroad from Los Angeles to Santa Monica, with the intention of extending it to Salt Lake, but that road had fallen into the hands of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, which built an expensive wharf at Santa Monica. Under the influence of the Senator from Maine (Frye), then, as now, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, who had the opinion that San Pedro was not the better place for the harbor, a sec- ond commission of army engineer officers (known as the Craighill board) was ap- pointed to examine the question. That board had before it the report of the Men- dell board and held public meetings in Los Angeles, where it heard the arguments of business men and of experts. There were then three places competing for the loca- tion of the qeep-sea harbor—Redondo, Santa Monica and San Pedro. ‘That board filed a report favoring the location at San Pedro, as the Mendell board had previously done. When its re- port came before Congress no action was taken. It was not satisfactory to theadvo- cates of the Santa Monica proposition. ‘White quoted from the minority report of the Committee on Commerce (signed by himself and Senators Berry, Caffery and Pasco), stating that the committee amend- ment had not been inserted at the instiga- tion of the Senators from California, or of the Representative of that district. On the contrary, they had objected to it and the overwhelming sentiment of the com- munity was againstit. It would be rather singular, White said, that Congress should find it necessary to make an appropriation of public money in the face of the desire of the local Representatives and of o®cial recommendation. It was utterly impos- sible that such a condition of things could ever exist until there was some extraordi- nary influence brought to bear. This ‘“‘ex- traordinary influence” W hite subsequently indicated as the *‘potential persistency of the Southern Pacific Railway Company.” While some States were forced to solicit appropriations for public causes Califor- nia found itself specially favored by the Senate Committee on Commerce, for in this case the large appropriation for an outer harbor at Santa Monica was not only unsolicited but unwanted. He op- posed the committee amendment hecause he did not feel anthorized to vote one cent of money unless he believed it to be for a public purpose and for the public interest. He did not hesitate to assert as between the locations of San Pedro and Santa Mon- ica, if the people of that section were per- mitted to make a choice, there would be an overwhelming vote in favor of San Pe- dro. But there were those who thought that under prevailing conditions they could never have what they wanted and that they had better accept the situation such as they thought it was without far- ther contest and worry. That situation could not affect him. It should affect no- body. The question before the Senate was where the money should be expended, i1t was to be expended at all. White dissected the statement made be- fore the committee by Mr. Cothell, a civil engineer—the drift of his remarks being that Mr, Cothell represented Mr., Hunting- ton and the Southern Pacific, and had not acted in an official capacity, as he inti- mated he had done. The Senate Commit- tee on Commerce, White said, had set aside the views and recommendations of the army engineers, with General Craig- hill as their head, and had taken the opin- ions of Mr. Hood, the chief e ngineer of the Bouthern Pacific, and of Mr, Cothell, an engineer in the employment of that com- pany, and had adopted the views of those who were personally and financially inter- ested in favor of Santa Monica. George (D.) of Mississippi—Is there no other professional statement in favor of Santa Monica than that of the engineers of the SBouthern Pacific? ‘White—None on earth. Not only that, but the committee recommends $3,098,000 for this improvement while there is no of- ficial estimate of the cost and no official recommendation for it. “Is it a fuct,” George asked, ‘““that two boards of army engineers have reported against the location for which the appro- priation is to be made?” “Yes, sir,” White replied. “Is it a fact,”” pursued George, “that there is no other evidence on which the Senate is asked to act, except the state- ments of two men who are in the employ- ment of the Southern Pacific Company ?" “To be fair,’” White answered, *‘I will say that there is other evidence. Gentle- men testified before the committee and, in addition to that, there is personal knowi- edge on the part of the chairman of the committee (Frye) and some members of it who have seen the localities and formed their views.” Bates (D.) of Tennessee inquired about the views of the commercial boards at Los Angeles; but before White could make a full reply he pleaded indisposition, and asked to have the matter go over till to- mMOrrow. The request was complied with, and the Senate at 5:15 adjourned until to-morrow. it sl i CLERKS FOR CONGRESSMEN, Members of the House Placed on Equal- ity With Senators. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.—After several years' discussion and as many un- successful attempts, members of the House to-day voted—130- to 108—to place themselves on an equality with the Sen. ate in respect to the matter of providing themselves with clerks the year round in- stead of for the sessions of Congress only. It was not until 1893 that the House went even so far as that. To-day’s action was preceded by an animated debate of an hour or more, in which a dozen members took part. The principal opposition to the resolu- tion introduced by Hartman (R.) of Mon- tana and reported by the Committee on Accounts without recommendation, was upon the ground that the treasury was not in a condition to meet the increased ex- pense, but two or three members suggested that the service of clerks were not needed. The resolution was warmly advocated by Hartman and Henderson (R.) of Iowa. Before being heard the resolution was amended so as to exclude Reprssentatives who are chairmen of committees naving usual clerks. Among the bills passed during the ses- were the following: To quiet title of cer. tain bona-fide purchasers of public lands; to quiet titles to lands in Aredondo grant, Columbia County, Georgia; authorizing the construction of life-saving stations at Point Bonita, Cal., and Port Huron, Mich.; appropriating $5000 to enable the President to deport about' 500 Indians in Montana to the border and to deliver them to the Canadian authorities; also twenty-four private pension bills. At 4:20 o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be for the consideration of private pension bills. At the evening session nearly an hour was spent discussing the bill to pension the widow of General Thomas Ewing. The bill passed the Benate carrying $100 & month and the Committee on Invalid Pen- sions recommended that it be reduced to $76. Talbert moved to further reduce it to $50, and on that motion the whole question of pensioning officers’ widows was dis- cussed with much vigor. On a division the motion of Talbert was agreed to—ayes 63, noes 60, but on a vote by tellers it was rejected—67 to 53. The committee amend- ment fixing the amount at $75 was then agreed to. During the evening twenty-eight bills were favorably acted upon, this being seven more than the previous high record established at a Friday night session in this Congress. These, together with the seventy-two bills considered at Wednes- day’s session, were reported to the House by Chairman Hepburn, and they all go on the calendar. Among the bills acted upon were the following: To grant a pension of $75 a month to Mrs, Mary Gould Carr, widow of the late General Joseph B. Carr; to grant a pension of $30 a month to Mrs. Helena Funkhouser, widow of Colonel Funk- houser of the Nineteenth Illinois In- fantry. At 10:30 o’clock the House adjourned until Monday. CUNTEACTS FOk ARMOR. 4 Recommendation That Awards Be Divided Between Companies. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8. —Captain Sampson, chiet of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance, has recommended to Secretary Herbert that the contracts for the armor intended for the battle-ships Kearsarge and Kentucky be divided between the two bidders, the Carnegie Steel Company of Pittsburg and the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany of the Bethlehem, Pa., the former being given the manufacture of 3007 tons and the latter 2653. The division was made on the basis of the bids in the separate exhibit, Each exhibit, and the bids of both com- panies thereon, were compared, and the firm making the lowest proposal was rec- ommended the award in that particular class. The amount of the Carnegie con- tract will be $1,660,618 20, and that ot the Bethlehem $1,462,191 80, a totai of $3,122,- 710. Secretary Herbert has the privilege of accepting or rejecting the recommenda- tion. 2l A SN Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8. — The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- ness to-day stood at $117,656,614. The day’s withdrawals amounted to $1,154,100. CIVIL SERVICE EXTENDED, Thirty Thousand Government Employes Are Added to the Classified List. All Are Now Responsible to the Commission for Appointmeants and Changes. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.—The President has by his signature extended the provisions ef the civil sarvice law to 30,000 Government employes, increasing the number of positions on the classified list from 55,736 to 85,135, and with a few minor expeptions between the extremes of oficl-lu?}:ole confirmation by the Senate is constitutionally requisite, down to mere laborers and workmen. Governmentap- pomntments are withdrawn as far as possi- ble from political influence and protected in their tenure of office ' the merit system. The President’s signature canceling all former orders issued and substituting the mnew rules was immediately filed in the State Department and went into effect at once, thus fore- stalling any Eossibla action throughout the country by appointing officials or transferring employes or in any other way evading the rules before being formally notified of them. From the moment of its signature the new order made all Gov- ernment officials directly responsible to the commission for appointments and changes. This revision of yesterday the rules divides the executive, civil service into five branches as follows: The departmental service, the customhouse service, the post- office service, the Government printing service and the interna revenue service. e NICARAGUA CANAL WORK. Election of Officers of the Maritime Com- pany at New York. NEW YORK, N, Y., May 8,—At the an- nual meeting of the Maritime Canal Com- pany of Nicaragua, the present company cnartered by act of Congress, held yester- day. there were represented 152,098 shares out of a total issue of 222,135 shares. Direc- tors elected of the class of 1899 to succeed themselves were Joseph Bryan of Virginia, James Roosevelt, Hiram_ Hitchcock, Thomas B. Atkin of New York. Of the class of 1897 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Hon. R. C. Sharon, A. G. Menocal was elected. The board of airectors afterward met and re-elected Hiram Hitchcock president, C. T, Daly vice-president, T. B. Atkins sec- retary and treasurer. The executive com- mittee consists of James Roosevelt, Hiram Hitchcock, H. F. Howland, F. F. Thomp- son and A. G. Menocal in place of R. C. Sharon, resigned. g Milwaukee's Big Strike. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, May 8. — The strike situation is not changed. The strikers are apparently still in control. Fewer cars are out than_yesterday morn- ing. The tracks are blockaded in many parts of the city. The strike of streetcar men will con- tinue, both sides having at midnight in- formed the common council that they would not arbitrate. b S VB Holmes’ Body Interred. PHILADELFHIA, Pa, May 8.—The body of W, H. Holmes was imbedded in cement in a pine box yesterday afternoon after the hanging and piaced in the vault of the Holy Cross Cemetery. This after- noen it was buried in a grave ten feet in depth. Father McPake conducted the services at the grave. —_— His Holi; Wept. LONDON, Ena., May 8.—The Chronicle's Rome correspondent telegraphs that the Pope was profoundly grieved when he heard of the death of Cardinal Galimberti, Prelect of the pontifical archives. When nformed of the Cardinal’s demise by Dr, EG8 il that 1 smeuia sunave aimed S al oul ! devoted frienas.” ST L S Cresads Persia’s New Shah. LOND_ON. Exc., May 8.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispateh from Tabriz saying the new Shah, Mugi- fer-ed-Din, is making preparations (o start from that c"ilh' Teheran, the capital, in two weeks. e will be accompanied by the British and Ruesian Consals, 8000 Persian infantry ana 3000 cavalry. s e Destroyed by an Earthguake. PANAM A, Covomsra, May 8.—The of Puerto Viejo, of 10,000 inhabitants, in the Province of Monabi, has been de- stroyed by an earthquake. belioved to have been joss, 20Y lives are city HUNTHAGTON - QUT OF POLITICS Not Even Interested in the Late Sacramento Con- vention. ANTI-FUNDING PLANK. Now Admits That the People of California Are Seeking Foreclosure. ALL ARE JOINED AGAINST HIM. Rather Peculiar Change of Views . Since He Was Before the S:n- ate Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8—C. P. Huntington breaks into the Post’s news columns this morning to inform ‘_N’_uh- ington people that he is *‘out of politics.” He was asked if he had read the dispatch from Sacramento. “Did you expect the convention would instruct for McKinley?” | “Really I bad not thought muck about it. Iamnot in politics and am not watch- ing these matters; in iact, I am doing what I can to keep the railroad which I in part control so far out of politics that no one can justly accuse the company of interfering in such matters. When nomi- nations are all made I shall then judge for myself which is best.” “I notice they adopted an anti-funding resolution ?” “Yes, I see they did, and I expected they would; in fact, I think the majority of the people of California will do almost anything to force the Pacific railroads into the hands of the Government, think- ing that the Government will be induced to operate them for the benefit of Cali- fornia, as many claim that she has never received what she is entitled to from the Federal Government, and that it would be nothing more than fair to have the Gov- ernment own and run the Pacific raiiroads largely in the interest of their State. So believing, I have no doubt they would do almost anything to bring about such a re- sult.” The Star, commenting on this interview, says: Mr. Huntington’s idea of opposi- tion of the funding scheme is undergoing a steady and gratifying expansion. At first be represented to Oongress that opinion was confined to a few dozen irresponsible sorebeads, and that California, with the rest of the world, was at his back. He now admits that California s not at his back, but contends that itis a case of California alone againsi C. P. Huntington, Representative Powers, the railroad lobby, the American Republic and the world at large. When the test comes it is expected that Mr. Huntington may be compelied to ad- mit that opposition to the funding scheme has extended even outside of California. The indebtedness of over $100,000,000 due from Mr. Huatington and his associates is not owed to California, but to the United States, and the people in general may take some little interest in the provosition thai this debt shall be can- celed by obliterating the principal in con- sideration of a payment of less than the legal rate of interest fora ftixed term of years. APPROVED RY CLEVELAND, Expenses of the Commission to Meet in This City. WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 8.—The President to-day approved the bill appro- priatiag $75,000 to defray the expenses of the United States in the proposed joint commission which, according to the pro- visions of the treaty recently agreed to by the Senate, is to meet at San Francisco to assess the damages alleged to have ueen sustained by Canadian sealers through being seized or otherwise molested while engaged in the destruction of seais in Bering Sea, outside the territorial iimits of one marine league from the shores of Pribyloff Islands. The modifications made by the Senate in the convention as originally agreed to by SirJulian Pauncefote, the British Em- bassador, and Secretary. Olney, require that the agreement shall be again referrea to the British Government for approval, but as the changes made by the Senate were finally deprived of all important feat- ures, under pressure brought to bear by the State Department, it is not anticipated that any serious ditliculty will interpose to the final ratification and promulgation of the treaty. As soon as this is accom- plished the three commissioners will be :p%int:dfi;xnie by ;he United States, one y Greal ain and one by th i of the Swiss Republic, . o0 Fresident elrlsa AL California Swamp Lands. ‘WASHINGTON, D. ., May 8.—The ‘BJm;}-;ury of the Interior has approved the alifornia swamp lard list for 3376 in the Bacramento district, and th? ni:xci{:: list in the San Francisco district for 12,793 acres. —_— Supports the Canal. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.—Goy- ernor W. A. McCorkle of West Virginia to-day addressed the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in sup- port of the Nicaragua canal project. 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