The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1896, Page 2

2 s e »l’fl"f',..-. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1896. the ‘Labor Exchange’ throughout the State, This is a scheme to make exchanges between its members without the use of legal tender money. Those who arelin favor of a union with the silver people at St. Louis declare the conditions which surrounded the birth and growth of the silver party in Califor- nia do not exist in other sections, and that by an alliance of the kind stated all the silver votes of the country would be secured to the Populist party. One of the things that will be enacted by the Populists in case of a union will be the naming of the Presidental candidate, who must be, first of all, s Populist. The California Populists’ favorite Presidental candidate is Senator Allen of Nebraska. Another argument against fusion lies in the fact that the silver convention dele- gates are appointed, givin: better oppor- tunity for one-man control than the pri- mary election plan, which is followed by the People’s party in the selection of its delegates to the various State conventions. Although but comparatively few of the delegates came in to-night, the matter of Congressional nominees, electors, dele- gates-at-large and district delegates was a topic of general interest and discussion, as was also the officering of the convention. The principal work of the general con- vention will be the selection of two Pres- idential electors at large and their al- ternates and eleven delegates at large to the St. Louis convention and their alter- nates; while the district conventions will each elect one district elector and four dis- trict delegates to the St. Louis convention. California will thus be represented at St. Louis by a total of thirty-nine delegates. For electors-at-large Mayor Sutro of S8an Francisco and Colonel E. W. Gibson of Oakland bave been favorably talked of. Among the possibilities for delegates-at- large are T. V. Cator, Colonel Gibson, J. H. Ring of Humboldt, M. E. Dittmar of Red%ing, Chairman Wardell of the State Central Committee, Secretary Bush, J. L. Dryden of San Diego, Stephen Bowers of Ventura, D. T. Fdwler of Fresno, J. V. ‘Webster of San Luis Obispo, George D. Gillespie of San Francisco, A. W. Thomp- son of San Francisco, J. M. Moore of Ala- meda, Mayor Sutro of San Francisco, J. W. Keegan of Santa Rosa. For Congress in the First District George W. Monteith is among the possibilities. In the Second District Burdette Cornell, | Charles Kitts of Grass Valley, George Thresher of Ridley and J. E. Camp, treas- urer of the State Central Committee, are prominently mentioned. There are also three candidates bein, ut forward by their friends in the Thir istrict. They are Ex-Assemblyman A. Bretz of Oakland, Colonel E. W. Gibson of Ozkland, and Sam Stewart of Suisun. Congressman Maguire is favorably looked upon to receive the suftrage of the Popu- lists of the Fourth District. Taylor Rogers, the popular secretary of San Francisco’s Mayor, isthe favored can- didate for Congressman in the Fifth Dis- trict. W. C. Bowman, who ran on the Populist ticket for Congress two years ago, and J. V. Webster of San Luis Obispo, are the gentlemen mentioned in connection with Congressional honors in the Sixth District. In the Seventh District the names of J. L. Gilbert and J. 8. Dore are just now prominent. F. L. Waters of Siskiyou is likely to be one of the delegates from the First Dis- trict. In the Third District the district delegates and district electors will be chosen from among the following: Ed Ma- guire of Oakland, N. T. Whiting of Berke- ley, Burdette Cornell of Oakland, W. A. Vann of Colusa, Samuel L. Stewart of Sui- sun and M. B. Elliot of Lake. M. W. Wilkins and J. W. Hines, both of San Jose, are two of the probable dele- gates from the Fifth, and 8. M. Moulton, who has already received the indorsement of the Santa Clara County Convention for district elector, 1s likely to receive that honor from this district. Alameda County is said to have a can- didate for the chairmanship of the conven- tion in the person of a prominent member of the Younz Men’s Club of Oakland. It is the slated intention to honor a man from the southern part of the State for secretary—preferably a resident of Los Angeles—and W. H. Chapman of Alameda is slated for assistant secretary. Although it is the general opinion that T. V. Cator has a cinch on_the indorse- ment of the convention for United States Senator, he is likely to have a rival in the person_of A. H. Rose, whose friends say they will at least name him for Senatorial honors. Secretary R. E. Bush of the Populist State Central Committee was interviewed on the train, while speeding toward Sacra- mento. He stated that the headquarters of the Populist delegations wouls the State House, at the corner of Tenth and K streets, as_it was within easy reach of the Capitol. The full number of dele- gates ertitled to seatson the floor of the convention is 349, comprising 286 regular delegates and 63 members of the State Central Committee. Secretary Bush stated that there would in all probability be no attempt to adopt a State platiorm. Instead, the Populists’ Omaha piatform of July 4, 1892, contain- ing the three important planks on money, land and transportation would be in- dorsed. Resolutions, however, were almost certain to be introduced favoring woman'’s sufl'n)fe and Jirect legislation. Continu- ing, Mr. Bush said: “There may be some attempt to intro- duce resolutions on the temperance ques- tion, but [ believe the general sentiment is that this (fluesuon should be left alone until direct lezislation is obtained, when the liquor problem as well as other issues now under consideration will be rendered easier of solution.” *‘Are there not likely to be Congressional nominations made at Sacramento by the various districts?”” asked a CALL represen- tative. . *I hardly think that will be the case,” replied Mr. Bush, “‘except, perhaps, in the First, Second and Seventh districts. These are all ‘shoestring’ districts; that is, they extend foralong distance, embrac- ing counties which are apart. In these it may be deemed ad¥isable to nominate Congressional candidates while all the delegates are together at the capital.” iy SUOME OF THE DELEGATES. Men Who Shape the Destinies of Cali- fornia Populism. SACRAMENTO, CaAv., May 10.—Quite a sprinkling of delegates arrived on the evening trains and are apportioned be- tween the State House and the Western Hotel. These are second-class establish ments of good quality, the first-class houses being too expensive jor the Popu- lists, the majority of whom are hardwork- ing tillers of the soil. mechanics and labor- erg; consequentiy the Golden Eagle and the Capital hotels, wbich during the Re- publican State convention swarmed and buzzed with well-dressed, and in some in- stances, loudly-attired people, are as quiet and as lonesome as a Sacramento street on a hot day.- In fact it would be likely to forever blast the political prospects of a man who should wear a silk hat and put up at a high-priced house, if he ever expected to obtain anything at the hands cf the Popu- lists. The environment would be against him, and he might as well go to the con- vention as the president of a National bank and expect tobe elected its chairman as to board at an aristocratic hotel and expect to be viewed with anything but distrust in the convention. Bouthern California came up early this afternoon, San Diego, Los Angeles and Banta Barbara being reprenanwds by a few stragglersand Fresno by a good contin- nt. The Fresnoans are Professor D. T. ‘owler, John 8. Dore, J. R. Reid, J. L. Gilbert, Thomas Martin, E. S. Van Meter and A. J. Waterhouse, Professor Fowler is a graduate of an Eastern college, and went to Frespo County seversl years ago 1o compete with the |’ cheap labor Spaniards in the raising of raisins. Owing to the lack of a re-sot;‘lble protective tariff on raisins, the professor’s profits are not so large as they should be. He has been a member of the Farmers’ be at | | Alliances dnd farmers’ institutes almost aslong as they have been organized. He is a good presiding officer, and may go to St. Louis as one of the delegates at large. John 8. Dore is a dried-fruit and raisin grower of the same county. He Is reported to own considerable real estase, has money in bank and is a shrewd business man. Fresno claims him- as one of her best citizens, and he has served his county on Grand Juries and in several other im- portant offices. As a fighter in Populist politics he will take a seat in the rear at the bidding of no man, and canndt be counted on to doff his hat to any person in the ranks of the party. Added to this, he is level-headed with no hobbies, and isnot a member of the innd army of cranks. J. L. Gilbert, State'lecturer of the party, i well known ali over the State. He isan effective speaker, and will make things lively in the convention should thingsfail to come his way. 3 E. 8. Van Meter is spoken of by his former associates as ‘‘a good Democrat gone wrong.” He was assistant district attorney of Fresno County under more than one Democratic administration, and was a politician of the Tammany school, to be counted on for the programme. *‘As a stump-speaker he proved very ef- fective, not only among the gold ledges of Grub Guich, the cool heights of Pine Ridge and the sluice-boxes of Coarse Goid, but among the muscat vines of Washing- ton and Temperance colonies and the Ber- mudas grass pastures around the humble town of McMullin, chiefly celebrated for the virtue and industry of its inhabitants and the large proportion of jack-rabbits and babies. The jack-rabbits are men- tioned first because they are more numer= ous than the babies. ut there is hope that McMullin will do better yet.”” Van Meter, in the latter days of his career as a Democrat, ran for a judgeship or some other little office of the kind in a Fresno Couunty Democratic primary, and, to use the words of the “‘push,” he was unmercifully jobbed by his Democratic brethren, who believe 1n individual as well as state sovereignty. 1t was not long after that that the film of the Democracy was removed from the eyesof Van Meter, and he began to sus- pect that Clevoland was not sellineg bonds to the gold sharks of Europe and Wall street for his health. He also discovered that a protective tariff on raisins and dried fruits would be a good thing for the people of Fresno County, while it might not be a good thing for Democratic consistency, which, in the language of Mr. Taylor from Alameda in the Republican convention last week, ‘‘is supposed to be devoid of 'Le‘welry." There was nothing left for Van eter but 10 become a Republican or a He did not- like the idea of turning Republican, because he might be accused of being a turncoat, butas any- body may become a Populist he enlisted under the banner of Weaver and Cator, and has thus far served the party by stand- ing and waiting, but he has hopes. Bv all odds the most picturesque feature in the Fresno delegation is Andrew Jack- son Waterhouse, “‘the man about town’ and poet of the Fresno Republican. Waterhouse was a rank Populist before he was blown into California by a Kansas cyclone and was known as a sweet singer of the prairies long before he raised his mellifluous soul in song in competition with the chanting frog of the Ban Joaquin tules. That was when he was employed on the Stockton Mail. Then heblew down the San Joaquin Valley in a sandstorm and lifted up his soul in t{ge among the alfalfa fields and wineries of Fresno. Dur- ing the last gubernatorial campaign he stumped the State for the Populists and was a drawing card, for he is real clever, isquitea witand had the distinction of having been criticized adversely by Am- brose Bierce. Alameda sends a strong delegation, R, E. Bush geing the first arrival this even- ing. Hels a shrewd man, baving nolhing to say, and is on the ground early to loo after the interests of Alameda County in the combinations that may be made. W. C. Bowers ot Los Angeles, J. L. Dry- den of San Diego, J. W. Starkweather of W. Keegan of Santa E. M. Wardell of Los Angeles are among the early arrivals from the south. They decline to show their hands but have several combination cards up their sleeves. The rush is expected to arrive by to- morrow’s trains and by evening all the delegates will be here, from the lava beds of Modoc to the ostrich farms of Coronado. P WALK TO THE CONPVENTION. Delegates Who Refuse to Ride on the Southern Pacific. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 10.—A cara- van of Populist delegates from the pleasant pastures of Modoc, the pine-clad slopes of Shasta and the manzanita foothills and bottom lands of Tehama are expected here to-morrow morning. These delegates are poor men with a prejudice against C. P. Huntington’s road, and rather than sit in a stuffed seat covered with red Ym‘h prefer to walk the ties or to come muleback or in wagons. There are twenty-five or thirty of them, and they are under the leadership of Frank Hough- ton of Corning, Tehama County. They mean business, and while some of them wear whiskers, there are no wild oats in them. ‘Walter Griggs arrived early this even- ing after a four days’ walk from Healds- burg. He had zone to bed before THE CaLL correz&ondenu arrived from San Francisco, his feet being swollen and blis- tered and he could not be interviewed. As may be surmised, Mr. Griggs is not a warm friend of the Southern Pacific of Kentucky. Mr. Griggs is a living illustration of the indomitable spirit by which these men are actuated. A man who will walk out of Hesldsburg to come to Sacramento to at- tend a Populist convention will be ready to make any and all sacrifices for the good of his party. The delegates are plainly dressed, their clothing showing not only the dust of the road, but the discoloring action of the sun’s rays. They are men of sunburned faces and calloused hands; men who make their living by wrestling with the blind but benificient forces of nature, which, when overcome, are a blessing to the vic- tor. The majority are men who live on their farms and whose faces are not seen in public affairs to any great extent in the cities and towns. Populist. Pewasie S REFORMER HASKELL. A Picturesque Character Who Will Be Heard in the Convention. SACRAMENTO, CaL.,, May 10.—One of the leading features of the Populist con- vention is the galaxy of reformers who will be In attendance, many of whom have picturesque histories. Foremost among these is Burnette G. Haskell, soldier, lawyer, orator, revolutionist and socialist. This man has a history. He is past 30 and is of medium height aud dresses reatly. There is nothing particular about his ap- pearance to attract the attention of the observer, save his large blue eyes, which stand prominently forward. His enun- ciation is clear and distinct, his language well chosen, his sentences rounded and at times gilded with eloquence. This man has not only a history, but an eventful one, Much that'is ill has been reported about him by his enemies; they have accused him of insincerity, of dema- gogery and of a desire to turn the propa- ganda of reform to his own aggrandize- ment. His friends as vehemently deny these accusations. They point to sacrifices made in behalf of what they believe to the cause of humanity ; they tell of days and nights of labor orgsnizing socialistic sec- tions, labor unions and trade federations without salary and even without the hope of reward; for the cause in which he spoke and toiled had neither wealth nor in. fluence at its back, and was looked upon as being one rather to be kept under sur- veillance by the police. He was a socialist when_socialists were as scarce as tramps and millionaires, more then a decade a half ago. He was a Nationalist long before Edward Bellamy wrote “Looking Backward.” He was a Populist long before the “party of a hun- dred planks” had begun to sprout among the palmettos of the South and the corn- shocked prairies of the West. But Nation- alism had grown up to be a lauky, loose- jointed boy, with the down on his uper *ip feebly palpable to the fostering glnfier before Burnette G. Haskell, revolutionist and socialist, sickened of the task of cast- in, earls before swine, threw down the re§ tfng at Kaweah, and admitted what some of his less fiery associates had dis- covered before—that the socialistic temple could not be built with selfish, thriftless, shiftiess men and women, and that it would require perhaps centuries of intel- lectual and moral evolution before the world would be ready for the realization of the day-dream of Karl Marx and Frer- dinand Lassalle. He had given socialism, or compulsory co-operation, a fugitive test in the little settlement in the mountains of Tulare, and had found that churches did not make religion and that lecture-halls aid not make philosophers. He had told in burn- ing words how in the beautiful days to come man should cease to be master or man; how poverty should no longer rack the wenriedp limbs with pain, or tear the tatters off the drudge’s back and blue him with the icy gale. He had told how men and women should be as one family of brothers and sisters, as God desizned, and live in peace and happiness in the age of eold, when sorrow and want shou'd be no more. And having told all these things, he awoke to find on his lips the salt ashes of disappointment and of wasted opportu- nity. !ie found that socialistic sisters would gossip and backbite as well as the followersof Mammon; thatsocialistic men would evade their common duties and shirk their common work, and that, like wolves, when one of their number is hurt or sick unto death he is fallen upon by the whole pack and torn to pieces. So thedis- contented, the cranky, the pessimistic, turned upon Haskdll and every one else prominently connected with the colony, and the uproar of their contention was so great that the outer world heard it and scoffed at the reformers. Sick at heart with the outcome of the co- operative experiment, following so closely upon the failure of the Topolobampo scheme, Haskell turned his steps toward the electric lights of the great city by the ocean and resumed the practice of the law. But his old love would not be shaken off and he joined the Populists. Their plat- form was not as socialistic as he would have wished, but there was the Govern- mental ownership and control of raiiroads, the currency question, the referendum an direct legisiation, all true-blue socialistic doctrines. 5 In the meantime, many of his former associates, now with the Populists, have their knives bared for him should he at- tempt to take a prominent part in the convention, as he will undoubtedly try to do. Haskell has the trick of eloguence and bas often carried hostile legions off their feet by the torrent of forceful words, but his prestice has waned, and it will be an uphill fight for him to get up to the head of the class again, as even the Coast Seamen’s Union, the socialistic constitn- tion of which Haskell had a large share in ;nnking, contains many of his bitterest oes. The Haskell episode will be one of the hot ones of the convention. o Monteith’s Candidacy. SACRAMENTO, CaL., May 10.—Among those who came up on to-night’s train to attend the Populist Convention was George W. Monteith, who has been prominently mentioned as a candidate on the Populist ticket for Congressman from the First District. *I am not a candidate in the sense that I am going to do any log-rolling to get the nomination,” said Monteith. “A great many of my friends, particularly among the working people, have asked me to run, and if the convention in its wisdom sees fit to give me the nomination, I will throw all the enthusiasm and earnestness I can into making a vigorous campaign to unlti- mate success. Still, if they think some one else will run better than I, I will work just as hard for him.” Lriigie HIREZES WASHINGION REPUBLICANS, Delegate Wilson Says Free Coinage May Be Defeated. SEATTLE, Wass.,, May 10.— Hon. Henry L. Wilson of Spokane, a brother of United States Senator John L. Wilson and the Spokane County recommended dele- gate to the National Republican Conven- tion, is in the city, en route to the State Convention at Everett on May 14. Though uninstructed by his county. he favors Mc- Kinley for President and believes the State Convention will not declare for free coin- age of silver at 16 to 1, or at any other ratio. Concerning the vrobable action of the convention as to the financial question Mr. Wilson said: “I am standing upon a free coinage vlatform, and both in the State and the National convention expect to support that proposition. After having made an estimate of the voting strengtn of the con- vention, I am doubtful of the ability of the free co(nsfia elements to control. As nearly as I can ascertain there will be about 250 votes in the convention for free coinage, as against about 150 in favor of it. Ido not, however, expect to see the con- vention declare against froe coinage. The probabilities are thatit will straddle or adjourn without any action upon this subject. The section which I represent will make an earnest effort to have the convention declare for free coinage.” Governor McGraw and Hon. Andrew F. Rurleigh, King§ County’s selection for delegate to the National Convention, both say the State Convention will not only de- clare against free coinage, but that it will adopt a “sound”” money platform by a big majority. SUBMIIS TO TRACHEOTOMY. Sir John Millais Undergoes a Critical Operation for Cancer. LONDON, Exc., May 10.—It is reported that Bir John E. Miliais, president of the Royal Academy, to-day underwent the operation of tracheotomy, and that his condition is critical. He is suffering from some disease of the throat, which many believe to be cancer, although Dr. Paget, who recently examined him, declared that the growth was not malignant. The Standard will to-morrow say that the operation performed on Sir John Millais was successful, and that no fear is enter- tained of the result proying fatal. BB R e HEROIC MEASURES. How Mewican Military Authorities Make Bad Indians Good. OAXACA, Mex., May 10.—The Federal troops are rapidly quelling the riotous Indians who rebelled against the State authorities, Twenty-five participants in the uprising have been shot by officiai orders at Juquila, and over 100 Indian prisoners have arrived here for trial. They will all be shot. iR S Big Labor Demonstration at Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 10.—The street railway strikers and labor unions of the city, about 7000 strong, paraded the streets of the city this afternoon. The men were very orderly and no disturbance occurred. No cars were run All day, but to-morrow the company promises to run at least 100 cars. AR Forest Fires Threaten Two Fillages. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 10.—The forest fires which threatened Port Republic on Saturday night burned in the direction of Oceanville and Pomona to-day, and both villages are now threatened with de- struc tion. The residents have covered the roofs of their houses with blankets satu- :l.“dl with water and are watching the fire osely. e e Ball of the Senior Class. BERKELEY, CaL., May 10.—The senior ball at the State University will be given to-morrow evening at Harmon Gyunna- sium. Elaborate 'parations are beia, made for the -fiurx.m A ¥ (GERMAN ANGER AT JOWN BULL. The Breach Is Widening Over the Transvaal Situation. CHAMBERLAIN SCORED. His Friendship for Cecil Rhodes and Followers Causes In- tense Indignation. BITTER ATTACKS BY THE PRESS. Ultimate Supremacy of the Dutch in the Whole of South Africa Is Predicted. BERLIN, Gervaxy, May 10.—The tem- per which the dominant party in England is displaying in the British House of Com- mons has excited intense indignation throughout Germany. The debate in the English Parliament on the Transvaal situ- ation was awaited here with probably as keen interest as was popularly mani- fested in England, and the tone of the advices received here from London created a feeling of expectation that Mr. Chamber- lain, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, would freely and fully admit the guilt of Cecil Rhodes and announce the decision of the Government to treat him and his accomplices as criminals. This baving been the general opinion, German (official circles and the press and the public were astounded upon reading the speech delivered by Mr. Chamberlaim, which was telegraphed here from London, wherein the Colonial Secretary minimized the out- rage upbon international law which had been committed by Rhodes, and suggested that the English Government had found reasons justifying their defending Rhodes, Bir Hercules Robinson, Governor of the Cape Colony, and the others who were direct or indirect accomplices in the at- tack made upon the Transv: The attitude of the German Government toward England is now coldly neutral and implies that G ermany will not exertim- mediately any direct influence in South Africa, but the popular sympathy with the Boers and the general contempt for English methods have become so strong that the Government may be constrained to adopt some form of German interference in South Afrjca before long. While the semi-official press maintainsa certain degree of reserve, the independent organs unanimously con- demn England. The Neuste Nachrichten contends that Mr. Chamberlain is blind to the strength of the Afrikander element, and incapable of forming a just conception of the dangers which are menacing the English regime or of knowing how to ayert them. The Eng- lish polioy of dupilcity and the delay of justice in dealing with the conspirators, the paper says, will not retard afid pos- sibly may hasten the triumph of the Dutch in the whole of South Africa. The National Zeitung, in an article pub- lished on Friday, contended that unless Mr. Chamberlain announced prompt and vigorous action on the part of the British Government against Rhodes and his aid- ers and abettors, England would lose pres- tige in the eyes of the world and Mr. Chamberlain would show himself in the light of an accomplice. The National Zeitung’s remarks, com- bined with the tenor of Mr. Chamberlain’s speech, have revived reports here that Mr. Chamberlain has guilty knowledge of Rhodes’ designs, which he does not dare to disclose. The Vossische Zeitung ridicules Mr. Chamberlain’s professions of confidence in Sir Hercules Robinson, and scoffs at the latter’s pretended ignorance of Jameson’s intended raid. -The paper goes on to praise the Transvaal Government for its foresight in demanding exp!anations from England of the gathering of British troops at Mafeking, and declares that full ex- planations must be made. Most of the German newspapers quote with approving comments from a commu- nication from Johannesburg, which has been issued by the Berlin Altdeutsche Verbund, the pith of which is the state- ment that the Germans in the Transvaal are very bitter against the English and are joining the Boers. A voluntary corps of companies has been formed, composed solely of Germans, who wear the German national colors on their breasts fashioned in black, white and red rosettes. These Germans, the communication says, share the feeling of the whole people of the Transvaal, who, as well as the Transvaal Government, are desirous of seeing the be- ginning of a war to decide the question of supremacy in South Africa. A French Minister has come from Paris to consult with the Foreign Office as to selection of a successor to M. Herbette, the French Embassador to Germany, who has now been definitely recalied. The candi- dates for the post include M. Billot, now Embassador to Italy; Count Lefebre de Behaine, French Embassador to the Vati- can, and M. Poubelle, Prefect of the Seine, M. Billot would be persona grata here, but no matter who might be selected any change from M. Herbette would please the Emperor, who detests the brasque French- man as cordially as that diplomat hates the Kaliser, and would also be welcomed by the officials of the Foreign Office, whose enforced contact with M. Herbette has been anything but pleasant. The observance of Mayday by the work- fngmen has resulted in a number of troubles between the employes and the employers. Fifteen metal-working estab- hishments in Berlin have locked out their men for not working on May 1, and the men have since declared a general strike of metal-workers unless they are granted a nine-hour working day and an increase of 25 per cent in their wages. Three thousand instrament-makers have gone out on strike and 3000 other workers at that trade have remained at work to support the strikers, The Hamburg cigar importing firms have discharged all of their employes who did not work on May- day, and labor disputesof this character are general thronghout the country. The Berlin Post has obtained on of and published the textof a telegram from the Em in regard to the Christian socialists, of which Dr. Stoecker, formerly court chaplain, is the leader. The telegram, which is dated at the Schloss on February 23, deals with the :.urD't:‘l;;b.t'm D:i Stoecker and the Con- e party, an st “‘Stoecker Mnm‘a as I foretold years ago. Political clergymen are monstrosi- ties. Whoever is a Christian is also socialist. This Christian socialist nonsense leads to self-conceit and intolerance, and is di- rectly contrary to Christianity. Clergy- men sbould mind the souls of the com- munity and not mix in volitics.” After a procession of 1200 students of the Academy of Arts, grouped in cars, and 800 others on horseback reached the In- dustrial Exposition grounds yesterday, the exhibition fetes opened with & “polonaise,” which resembled a dream of the middle ages. The procession of students in bright cos- tumes wended its way between the red- brick gabled buildings and across the squares of “‘Old Berlin,’” presenting an ex- tremely imposing spectacle. Dancing fol- lowed and there was a performance in the quaint ancient theater. Only 15,000 per- sons visited the exhibition yesterday de- spite the perfect weather, but an atten- dance of 50,000 daily is needed to pay ex- penses, The Statist estimates that the daily at- tendance when the preparations are finally completed, including the provincial and foreign visitors, will not exceed 22,000. This estimate inspires fears that there will be a large financial deficit for the pro- moters of the exhibition to face. Lieutenant Von Verson of the Prussian Hussars, whose mother was formerly Miss Clements of St. Louis, has been decorated by the Emperor with his own hands with the Order of the Crown for bravery in rescuing a number of his comrades from drowning upon the occasion of an accie dent to a pontoon bridge near Potsdam. A decree has been issued prohibiting the use by American dentists of a title upon their cards or doorplates unless they hold Prussian certificates. A wood-carver named Rammin, who formerly lived in Chicago, has committed suicide here by shooting himself with a pistol because he had been deserted by his mistress, a circus rider called “La Belle Helene,” whom he met at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The wife of General A. McD. McCook, the United States Commissioner to at- tend the coronation of the Czar at Mos- cow, will not proceed to that city with her husband, but will remain in Dresden and await her husband’y return. General Mc- Cook and his party started from Berlin on their way to Moscow on Friday. e TREATY OF PEACE CELEBRATION. Anniversary Festivities at Franlkfort- on-the-Main. BERLIN, GErMANY, May 10.—The twen- ty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the treaty of peace between Germany and France, which was signed at Frankfort- on-the-Main in 1871, was celebrated 1 that city to-day. Emperor William and Em- press Victoria arrived at Frankfort this morning and were given & most enthusi- astic reception by the officials and other residents of the city. The town was hand- somely decorated in honor of the occasion, In the afternoon the Emperor unveiled a monument to his grandfather. His Majesty sent a telegram to Prince Bis- marck recalling his never-to-be-forgotten service to the empire. Among other things the dispatch said: *‘Side by side with the name of the great Emperor that of the great Chancellor will ever be em- blazoned in history. The feeling of grati- tude to you will never die in my heart.” A special eaition of the Reichsanzeiger, the official paper, was issued to-day in which the Emperor thanks all the offi- cials in the civil service, especially in the departments of posts, telegraphs and rail- roads, who assisted in the success of 1870-71. OLKEYS THREN BERNG FRUT [ Continued from First Page.] put aboard the steamship early this morn- ing 500 tons of armsand 1500 tons of am- munition. Besides these munitions of war, sixty men went aboard the Laurada. These men are under the leadership of General 8. Ruiz, a leader of the former Cuban war. After taking the cargo aboara, the Laurada bore away in an easterly di- rection. Captain Hughes commands the Laurada, having replaced Captain Dick- man. From what was learned here to-night it is more than likely that the Spanish gun- boat Mercedes, which chased the steam- ship Bermuda and prevented that vessel from landing the expedition with which she sailed from Jacksonville on April 26, will be on the lookout for the Laurada. A cablegram was received here to-night from Truxillo, Honduras, to the effect that the Bermuda left there this morning. While at Truxillo it was noticed that the Ber- muda was still deeply laden and her decks were crowded with men. It is thought af- ter the failure to land the cargo and men in Cuba, in consequence of the vigilance of the Mercedes, the vessel went to Trux- illo to receive further orders from the Cu- ban Junta in New York. as there is direct cable communication between the two places. Possibly then the 'muda sailed from Truxillo this morning and headed for Cuba, and a second attempt to make a landing will in all likelihood be made. —_—— “LET US SHOOT TREM ALL.” 4 Havana Paper Fears Some Americans May Esoape. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 10.—A Sun correspondent in Havana under date of May 6 says: “Senor Eduardo Laborde, fatherof Al- fredo Laborde, the alleged commander of the schooner Competitor, is making all possible efforts to save the life of his son, but General Wey- ler does not give him the least hope. About Laborde’s family, Weyler said they all deserved capital punishment. The Marquis of Palmerol, Secretary of the General Government, openly declared at a meeting of Spaniards held at his office that Cubans who were American citizens bad no right to claim any consideration from Spain, as thev were responsible for the revolution. “Much feeling prevails among the Spaniards against the Americansand the United States. The Spanish newspaper, El Pueblo, says about the Competitor affair: ‘Let us shoot them all, Anierican citizens or not. If they are Americans let us shoot them more quickly. We should give a.lesson to our neighbors and make them know that they must respect the Spanish flag.’"” g Laborde a Pullman Conductor. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 10.—Alfredo La- borde, one of the five men captured by the Spanish warship on the alieged filibuster- ing schooner Competitor, is well known to several people in Savannah. He was for- merly a conductor on a Pullman car rnn- ning on the Plant system between Savan- nah and J. lcksonrlllg,. Wife of @ Famous Artist Doad. LONDON, Exa., May 10.—The death is announced of Mrs. Whistler, wife of J. W. McN. Whistler, the weil-known artist. WITH GRANDELR < D SOLEMTY, Cardinal Gibbons Confers the Pallium Upon Arch- bishop Kain. BRILLIANT CEREMONIES The Investiture Unprecedented in the West for Impres- sive Features. PROCESSION IN THE STREETS. Prominent Catholic Dignitaries Join in Honoring an Eminent Prelata. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., May 10.—One of the mest impressive ceremonies in the history of the Catholic church of St, Louis oc- curred to-day when his Eminence, Jamnes Cardinal Gibbons, conferred the pallium, the insignia of archiepiscopal office, upon Archbishop J. J. Kain. Kor brilliancy, wealth of detail and solemnity the inves- titure was unprecedented in the West. Carainal Gibbons, the celebrant of the pontifical mass, was assisted by the local clergy in all the offices of the ceremony. A number of eminent church dignitaries from all parts of the country were present. The service began with a procession at 10 o’clock, headed by the crossbearer, fol- lowed by Vicar-Generals, Monsignors, Bishops, altar boys, Archbishop Kain and his chaplains and the officers of the mass. Cardinal Gibbons and his pages brought up n the rear. The procession left the sacristy and marched through the streets bounding the square in which the old cathedral is situated. Upon returning to the catbedral, the two lines separated and the bishups were ranged inside the altar rail while the priests were ranged on either side of the chancel. The throne of the cardinal was t0 the left of the altar. The grandeur of the scene and thesolemnity of the occasion were impressive as the cardinal began the mass, The music, under the direction of Professor Eimer, was rendered by twenty- seven pieces from the choral symphony orchestra and sixty voices that have been in training for this occasion. The ceremony of investiture began at the closing of the mass. Cardinal Gibbons took his seat upon the throne, and taking the Pontificate Romanum in his hands, Archbishop Kain knelt before bhim and took the prescribed oath. The Cardinal respouded ‘‘Deo gratias” and proceeded to the altar, where be opened the silken packet containing the pallium. The Car- dinal then bestowed the sacred vestment upon the shoulders of the Archbishop, made obeisance and delivered an allocu- tion. The Archbishop arose, divested himself of his miter and said the benediction. This concluded the ceremony. This afternoon the distinguished pre- lates were entertained at a banquet at the Kenrick Seminary. Among the distin- guished ecclesiastics attending the cere- mony were Archbishops Ireland, Elder, Ryan, Chappelle, Feehan, Janssens and Katzer. B'NAI B'RITH CONVENTION. Grand Lodge of District 2 in Annual Session at Columbus, Ohio—Relief Work of the Order. COLUMBUS, Onro, May 10.—The annual cofivention of the Grand Lodge of district 2 of the B'nai B'rith, a Jewish fraternal organization with lodges all over the world, opened here to-day. This district includes the States of Onio, Indiana, Colo- rado and New Mexico. The convention is composed of about seventy delegates. Officers will be elected to-morrow. This afternoon the president’s annual message was read. The report of the endowment committee showed that the society dis- tributed last year among widows and or- phans $75,000, and in the last twenty-two years, since the society was established, it has distributed the sum of $856,000. To- night the delegates were addressed by Victor Abrabams, the secretary, and Jacob Faurth of St. Louis. WHY WAR 1S NECESSARY, Archbishop Ireland Opposes the Universal Arbitration Movement. His Excellent Reasons Are Greeted With a Perfect Storm of Applause. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 10.—Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, in the course of an ad- dress delivered last night at a banquet at the Planter's House, given by Missouri Commandery of the Loyal Legion, dis- paraged the movement now being agitatea in this country and England toward uni- versal arbitration. He advanced the theory that war was the great instigation of pa- triotism, and that 1f we came to a stage where everything in dispute was to be peaceably settled, we would lose interest in the affairs of our country in their rela- tion with otber Governments. The words he spoke were grested with a perfect storm of applause. The importance of the question settled by the civil war was dwelt upon at length. It settled the des- tinies of humanity, the speaker said, not only in America, but in the world. Itwas the great object lesson to the nations of the eartn of the stability of a democratic form of government, and the vietory of the Union forces wasa stunning blow to monarchy and despotism all over the uni- verse. None of these results could have been achieved by arbitration. e JILLINOIS TOWN IN FLAMES., Narrowly Escaped Annihilation Through Lack of Water. WYOMING, Inn, May 10.—This city had a. narrow escape from being wiped out by fire yesterday. Four of the prin- cipal buildings were consnmed. Aid was summ oned from Toulon, Galva and Buda, and when assistance arrived nothing could be done to check the flames, as the water supply was very poor. The fire started = ‘About noon in theidragstore building and spread with great rapidity to the other buildings. The loss is estimated at $20,000, with insurance of $17,000, Several firemen were injured by falling glaes, but none of them seriously. -~ PRIESTS BADLY BEATEN. Factional Feud Results in a Riot at Bay City, Michigan—Climax of a Scandal. BAY CITY, Micn., May 10.—Bishop Richter of Grand Rapids and Father Mat- kowski, pastor of St. Stanislaus Polish Church of this city, were pounced upon by the Father Turski faction of the congre- gation and badly used this morning. Mat- kowski was struck several times and his cassock and surplice were torn to shreds. The Bishop was kicked by an enraged Pole, but not seriously injured. His robes were also torn. St. Btanislaus Church was closed two weeks ago when the adherents of Father Turski, Father Matkowski’s assistant, drove the senior priest from the parish. It was believed that the trouble had blown over, and that the exposure of Turski's alleged attempt to blackmail Father Mat- kowski had brought the Poles to their senses and caused them to desire the re- turn of their old pastor. Bishop Richter and Father Matkowski opened the church this morning and caused the sexton to toll the bell. The peals of the great bell braught hundreds of excited people to the church. They set upon Bishop Richter and the priest and drove them from the building. A few of the Matkowski faction attempted to pre- serve the clergyman from indignity, but were overpowered. The police and Sher- iff's force were called out, but were unable to quiet the mob. The church was finally locked and Bishop Richter and Father Matkowski were escorted to a place of safety. Bishop Richter stated to-night that he would open the church next Sunday. He has been assured of police protection by Mayor Wright. There was a great deal of inflammatory talking in the Polish quarter to-night and it 15 feared that an attempt will be made to burn the church and convent before morning. Turski, the cause of all the trouble, is a young man, and was only recently or- dained to the priesthood. Father Mat- kowski discharged a housekeeper of whom Turski was enamored. This caused Turski to attempt to blackmail the venerable priest out of $10,000. He did not get the_ money, but he spread stories reflecting on Father Matkowski's character, but they were disproved. Last week the new as- sistant housekeeper at S¢t. Stamslaus swore that Tarski had attempted to assault her. schobisdinan) LYNCHING IN GEORGIA. A Colored Man Who Had Cruelly Mis- treated a White Boy Is Captured and Hanged. WAYCROSS, GA., May 10.—William Hardee, colored, was lynched last night by a mob of citizens of Coffee County, five miles north of Nichols. Hardee cruelly mistreated a small white boy yesterday by beating him. When the neighbors, who are farmers and turpentine men, heard about the matter, they organized a band, armed themselves with Winchesters and pistols and went after Hardee, who was soon found. Hardee ran when the men appeared, but was soon overtaken. He defied the mob and spoke very disrespectfully of the parents of the boy whom he had mis- treated. It was not the original intention of the mob, it is thought, to lynch Hardee, but when he acted so defiantly his doom was sealed. A rope was secured and the negro was taken to a tree in front of some negro shacks. The rope was fastened around his neck, and in full view of the people he was placed on a barrel and the rope was attached to a limb of a tree. The barrel was knocked from under him and his body was riddled with bullets. O i COAL AND IRON KING DEAD. 4 Man of Great Wealth, Enterprise and Lideraltty. BIRMINGHAM, Ara, May 10.—Thomas Seddon, president of the Sloss Iron and Steel Company, died suddenly at his home in this city this morning, aged 47. He was a son of James A. Seddon, Sec- retary'of War of the Confederate States, and was one of the chief developers of the wineral resources of Birmingham district. He amassed a large fortune, and was ona of the coal and iron kings of the South. His death is regarded asa public calamity because of his vast resources, great enterprise and liberality. He was unmarried. 7 SRS Editor Bunner’s Improved Condition. NUTLEY, N. Y., May 10.—The condi- tion of H. C. Bunner, editor of Puck, dur- ing the past week has been a surprise to his many friends, who bad about given up hope of his recovering. He was so much improved Friday that_he was able to walk across his rocm. Yesterday he dictated a short poem that he sent to a charitable gathering. NEW TO-DAY. 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