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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1896. SENATOR BERRY FOR SAN PEDRO, Talks Plainly Against the Santa Monica Appro- priation. AS TO GREED AND GAIN “Better Dump the Three Millions in the Pacific Ocean,” He Exclaims. CAFFREY AGREES WITH HIM. Vest and Frye Eulogize Huntington, the Latter in a Long, Un- finished Speech. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 1L—The Senate had another copious dose of San Pedro and Santa Monica to-day. Three of the members of the Committee on Com- merce who opposed the amendment of- fered by the chairman of the committee (Frye), designating Santa Monica as the place for a deep-sea harbar in California— Senators Berry of Arkansas, Vest of Mis- souri and Caffrey of Louisiana—submitted remarks against the amendment, which Berry described as a most unjustifiable and inexcusable attempt to overrule pub- lic sentiment and to appropriate money in the interest of private greed and private gain. It would be better,” exclaimed Berry, ‘‘to dump this three millions in the Pacific Ocean than to let the country know this Senate is ready to override the army en- gineers and public sentiment in the inter- est of private greed and private gain.”’ Vest (D.), another member of the Com- mittee on Commerce, said he was unable to appreciate the immediate necessity of expending §3,000,000 either at San Pedro or Santa Monica. He did not take any stock in theabuse of Mr. Huntington be- ca he was a railroad president and rich ‘man. Mr. Huntington had at least given evidence of his sincerity in favor of Santa Monica by giving up an investment of nearly a million dollars at San Pedro. After his subordinates had spent about " $900,000 in building a wharf and tracks at San Pedro he concluded to examine the rtter himself, and had determined that Lis company had selected the wrong place. He had to have a harbor for his steamers and had gone up the coast and found Santa Monica and had spent a million dollars there, leaving the investment at San Pedro almost a total loss. There were two questions, Vest said before the Senate. The first was, Was there an immediate necessity for the pro- posed investment? He came to a conclu- sion that there was not. The Government was not now in the presence of an over- flowing treasury, but a treasury whose condition would necessitate in a few months the issnance of bonds to meet the ord expenses of the Government. Unifortunately, Mr. Huntington was a pelitical factor in California, where the test of a man’s fitness for office was whether he was for Huntington or against Huntington. and in that condition of public sentiment there he would not make the appropriation at this time. Vest went on to argue that with the ex- penditure of $392,000 in continuing the im- provements at San Pedro there would be a depth of eighteen feet in that harbor at low water, and of twenty-three or twenty- four feet at high tide; that the largest ships conld float there, and that that would meet all the expenses of the improvement at present and in the future. Discussing the amendment offered by (D.) of California, providing for an- other committee, Vest said he would not have an engineer officer on it, because with General Craig Hill as chief engineer of the army that officer would be bound in courtesy to his support not to take an an- tagonistic position to him. He would therefore suggest a commission consisting of an officer of the coast survey, an officer of the navy and a civilian ‘engineer. He closed his speech with an expression of the hope that he would never again hear of Banta Monica or San Pedro. White (D.) of California said that he was perfectly willing to have the matter submitted to an impartial board. All he wanted was that some authority would pass upon the question before it was yoted upon. Caffrey based his argument on the re- ports of the two boards of army engineers, and was reminded in that connection of the success of the Eads scheme for deep- ening the approach to New Orleansin spite of the adverse views of army engi- neers. Frye, chairman of the committee, com- menced the task of answering all the ob- jections to the committee amendment, and in doiug so eulogized C. P. Hunting- ton, who had been mentioned as a politi- cal factor in California, where a man’s chances for nomination for office depended upon the fact of whether he was for or apainst Huntington. Before he began his speech he had a large diagram of Santa Monica Bay and its surroundings spread out on the carpet in the area and two other smaller dia- grams displayed on each side. He pro- ceeded 10 explain the various points shown on the diagram and to state their connec- tion with the pending question. He spoke of the opposition to Santa Monica coming from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Gompany, which had been rain- ing telegrams upon the Senators for the last ten days, and said the only reason he could see was that it was the remains of an old fight, by which that company had lost ten or twelve million dollars. Frye agreed with Vest that he was tired of the San Pedro and S8anta Monica ques- tion. He spoke somewhat contemptuously of the attitude of the people of Los An- geles on the subject. He declared that he would rather have the kindly regard of Fenators and their confidence than all the support of all the railroads and railroad men on the face of the earth and all the money they possessed. “The Los Angeles Times,” Frye said, “said that if T succeeded in getting Santa Monica received as a harbor my pockets would be lined with goid. What a2 happy way they have (addressing “White of California) of talking of public men in your State. What high estimates they make of us. I thank a kind Provi- dence that ever since my mother put the first pocket into my pantaloons 1t hasbeen just as well lined with gold from that day to this as my modest necessities ever required.” Hill suggested jocularly that the Repub- lican Convention recently held in Cali- fornia had declared for silver. “Very likely it did,” said Frye, “and against railroads.” Frye then read an extract from White’s speech, speaking of ‘“the greed of one man,”’ meaning Huntington, and com- mented upon it as “a little bitof the slogan of the sandlots and of the Golden Gate whenever the name of Huntington is conjured to frighten babies and whene ver it is used by demagogues to make the knees of the weak-kneed politicians trem- ble.”” [Laughter.] “And yet,” he contipued, “that one man, the Senator admits, is building up a great commerce coming to the finest wharf in the whole world. But if that man is building up that great commerce is he not entitled to have a harbor into which that commerce will come just as much as if it were built up by twenty different men? Is Mr. Huntington to be excluded from all the benefits of legislation? If he succeeds in establishing a great line of ships from China and Japan and pouring their products into Santa Monica Bay,where it is taken and landed in New Orleansas cheap- ly asit is to-day carried from San Vran- cisco to Ogden, and where it is thentaken on board his great line of twenty steamers to New York for one-fifth the cost of freight from Ogden to New York by rail, is he to be punished for it? Is he entitled tothe reprobation of the Senate? Is he to be summoned up as the ghost to frighten Senators out of voting as their consciences dictate? If that is the course to be pursued we must reform this river and harbor bill. We must change it en- tirely. We must strike out quite a num- ber of items in it. “Take the appropriation for Newport News. There was the Chesapeake and Ohio, dead as a duck, an utter wreck, when this man Huntington iook it. He brought it to life and with his courage and his indomitable en- ergy he built one of the finest roads in this country from Cincinnatti to Newport News. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. That is the appeal. “‘Take another thing. We have been helping great shipyards by giving them contracts for building vessels, and [ am glad we did. We have been giving large contracts to the Bethiehem and to Carne- gie, and have been giving them a chance to establish their plant asa good thing to do. But there was a quiet man in the United States who did not call upon the United States for any help. Nobody in this Senate knew what was goingon at Newport News. “One day I received an invitation to go and witness a ship-launching at Newport News. I had not known that there was a shipyard there. I went there and saw & great iron ship married to the ocean. had been built in the finest shipyard in the world, equipped with all conceivable modern machinery, at acost of $6,000,000. There Mr. Huntington employs thousands of men who have been pledged to support and educate their families and to bmld themselves homes. And for the next half century that yard is going to support these men and their children. And Hun- tington did it. “Oh, cut out the appropriation for New- | port News. He ought not to have it. Hun- | tington ought to be punished for building a shipyard, which is to-day underbidding every shipyard in America in building the great warships of the country. “Cut out of the bill the appropriation for Newport News, with its great line of steamers, and the appropriations for New | Orleans, with its twenty steamers to New | York. Oh (bitterly), it is too paltry, It! is too paltry to undertake to stop iegisla- tion with that cheap demagogical cry that, | because Huntington has done it, therefore | no help must be given to Huntington. ‘‘He employs 75,000 men and pays them | their wages when due. I know of an in- stance where a railroad was an utter wreck, owing its laborers $500,000. Mr. | Huntington put his hand in his pocket, | gave the $500,000 to the railroad (wreck as | it was) to enable it to pay its workmen, and then he took that wrecked road and with his energy brought if up to life and | activity and value.” After Frye bad been speaking for over an hour with great force and energy he began to show signs of fatigue and readily | vielded to a suggestion of White that he | should finish his argument to-morrow. Gorman (D.) of Maryland gave notice of an amendment which he intended to offer | to the river and harbor bill, limiting the | expenditures for any one year to $10,000,- 000. i H The bill then went over and the calendar of private pension bills was taken ap. After about & dozen were passed further progress was blocked by an attempt of Allen (P.) of Nebraska to havea second pension case engrafted on a bill giving a | pension to the mother of an officer, and | at 5:35 the Senate adjourned until to- | morrow. — i IN THE HOUSE. The Day Occupled in Tramsacting Mis- cellaneous Business. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.—Mis- cellaneous business was the order in the House to-day. The following bills were passed: Extending for two years the period within which the Denison and Northern Railroad may build its line through Indian Territory; authorizing the Denver, Cripple Creek anda Southwest- ern Railroad Company to construct its line through the South Platt Creek forest reser- vation in Colorado; granting right of way over public lands in Colorado and Wyo- ming, except Yellowstone Park, for oil pipe lines; authorizing the Fiagstaff and Crown River Company to build its line to Grand Forest reservation, Arizona, and authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and enforce regulations for the safety of passenger excursions at any regatta or yacht race on the navigable waters of the United States. At a preliminary conference the report on the Indian appropriation bill was agreed to and another conference ordered on the items still in dispute. The resolutions of Elections Committee No. 1, declaring John W. Maddox (D.) to be entitled to the seat occupied by him as Representative from the Seventh District of Georgia, contested by W. H. Felton (Fusion), was presented, and being the unanimous report of the committee it was agreed to. The rest of the day was devoted to the consideration of the District of Columba appropriation bills, and at 5:10 p. u. the ouse adjourned, The Output of Sugar. BERLIN, GErMANY, Biay 1L—The And today it is carrying more | 3 corn than any other line on this earth. | five favorites won. Judge Clark to-day Cut out the appropriation for Newport | News, because Huntington built up the | It | | Chicagos CAPTURES THE KENTUCKY OAKS, Souffle Wins a Big Race at the Louisville Track. ALLEGRA IS CRIPPLED. Jockey Walker Causes a Bad Collision and Is Set Down for the Meeting, TAME EVENTS AT SHEFFIELD. At the Other Courses Backers of Favorites Favored by Very Good Luck. LOUISVILLE, KY., May 1..—The Ken- tucky Oaks, one of the most important of the Louisville stakes, was the attraction to-day and drew a large attendance. A hailstorm prevailed during the first race and left a sloppy track. Inthe Kentucky Oaks they got off head and head; but as they passed the stand Tommy Walker, riding Elsie D on the outside, bore over on the bunch, knocking Allegra down. Fortu- nately Perkins, her jockey, was not seri- ously hurt. Walker was set down for the remainder of the meeting. Four out of consented to reinstate Eddie Cassin. Five furlongs, Ethel Lee won, Red second, La Princessa third. Time, 1:021{. Six and a half furiongs, Joe Thayer won, Il-‘r;ll'lfl second, Captain Drane third. Time, 12544, One mile and a furlong, handicap, Simon W won, Rey del Mar second, The Dragon third. Time, 1:583. One &nd a sixteenth miles, Kentucky Oaks, | Souffle won, Myrtle Hawkins second, La Gas- cogne third. Time, 1:5435. | " Six and & half furlongs, Hanlon won, Oracle | second, Sir Dilke third. Time,1:24. | . ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 11.—Three favor- ites, two second selections and a 6 to 1shot won to-day. The starting machine, a rub- ber gas-hose, was a success and the starts were all prompt and fair. Attendance, 3000. | six furlongs, Sycamore won, Siddubia sec- | ond, Bravo third.” Time 1:1614. | Four and a half furlongs, Scribe won, Albion second, Tin Cup third. Time, :563{. Five furiongs, Maid of Honor won, Fannie Rowena second, Hush third. Time, 1:03%. Five furlongs, Tartarian won, George F. | Sn(l,u{n, second, Dorah Wood third. Time, 1:01 3% Six 1nrlongs, Neutral won, Ellen second, Fa- | sig third. Ti 1014, | _Seven furlongs, Flying Dntchman won, Sir | Play second, Vassal third. Time, 1:281¢. | CHICAGO, IrL., May 11.—The racing at | Sheffield to-day was rather tame, all the { events being won rather easily. California | and Chenille were the only winning fayor- ites. Five furlongs, Minerva won, Lollie Easton second, Running Bird third. Time, 1:034. Four furlongs, Chenille won, Marie C second, | Biegfried third. Time, z Six furiongs, Anns Mayer won, Merry Mon- arch second, Gleno!d third. Time, 1:1514. Five and a half furlongs, California won, Je‘r))é'l‘ie June second, Ardath third. Time. 1:0814. Seven furlongs, Japonica won, Mandolina second, Mrs. Morgan third. Time, 1:29)4. One mile, Constant won, Longduie second, Pat Malloy Jr. third. Time, 1:42%4. AQUEDUCT, N. Y., May 11.— The spring meeting of the Queen’s County Jockey Club closed here to-day. The backers of favorites fared well, as a num- ber of them led their fields to victory. One mile, Chugnut won, Phebus second, Honolulu third. Time, 1:433 Half a mile, Sparkler woi Lawrence P third. Time, One mile, Eclipse wor Royal H third. Time, 1:4 Half a mile, Loval Etti won, Brightin second, Nanah third. Time, : Six furlongs, Septo m, The Native sec- ond, Lady Greenway third. Time,1:15. gulnfotiikn, ON THE BALL FIELD. Ol‘:'spenuer second, Congdon second, Fine Playing Botween the Chicago and Boste Teams. CHICAGO, Iryn., May 11.—Harrington’s home run over the left field fence tied the score in the ninth inning to-day, after a game that was replete with fine playing. In the last half of the inning, however, H arrington’s wild throw to first, after two men had been retired, gave Everitt a chance, and Dahlen rapped out a double Score: to center and the game was won. 11051010 Bostons . Batteries—Friend and Kittredge; Nichols and Ryan. Umpires—Keefe and Weidman. CLEVELAND, Onio, May 11.—Cuppy held the heavy hiuinq from Philadelplia down to two hits until the eighth inning, when they got on to his deiivery and pounded out nine runs, eight of Which were earned. Score: Clevelands. .. 02000000 2 12 2 Philadelphias 00100003610 12 3 Batteries — Cuppy and Zimmer; Carsey and Boyle. Umpire—Lynch. CINCINNATI, Onio, May 11.—Threaten- ing weather, combined with showers which fell about two hours, kept to-day's attendance down to 1000. The game was one-sided, the locals finding no trouble in batting McJames when they pleased. Score: Cincinnatts. 00600202910 11 1 Washingto: 003000000-2 7 3 Batteries— Forman and Peitz; McJames and McAuley. Umpire—Hurst. ST. LOUIS, Mo.,, May 11.— The Balti- mores took a hard-fought game to-day by superior batting. Cross is now captain of the Browns. Latham and Niland are on the bench and Von der Ahe is manacer. Score: Baltimore. 300000010- 4 6 2 8t. Louls. 0000115652*— 9 2 3 Batteries — Breitensteln and McFarland; Me- Mahon and Robinson. Umpire—Emsite. PITTSBURG, Pi., May 11.—Pittsbar, hit the bail to-day at the right time, while New York made its errors at the same, and in consequence the home team won. It was an uninteresting game despite the closeness of the score. Clarke pitched what might be called ““lazy” ball.” Attendance 1200. Beor Pittsburgs. 2001010 06-412 Now Yooks 100010100-3 8 3 Tatteries—Killen ana Sugden; Clarke and Wil- son. Umplre—Sheri g Both Badly Punished. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 11.—James J. Corbett refereed & tive-round glove con- test to-night in this city between Billy Layton and Biily Smith. The fight was for _fifteen rounds and was won by Layton in the fifth rouna, aiter two rounds of terrific slugging. Both men received considerable punishment, and Smith was completely exhausted and un- able to rise after being knocked down in the fifth round. AR SR Craig Defeats Duggan. Reichstag. by a vote of 133 to 107, adopted a proposal to fix the output of sugar dur- ing the coming year at 17,000,000 double centners. —_—— Minister to Washington. LONDON, Exc., May 11:—A Constanti- nople aispatch states that Mustapha Bey, Under Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed Turkish Minister at Washington. LONDON, ExG., May 11.—The match between Craig, the “Coffee Cooler,” and Duggan of Australia, for a_purse of $1500, was fought to-night at the National Sport- ing Clng. Craig won in the twelfth roynd. Forced Into Insolvency. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 11.—-Edward Conroy Jr., engaged in the general mer- chandise and ship chandlery business, filed proceeding in insolvency to-day for the benefit of his creditors. He was president of the Independent Cotion Oil Company and had indorsed th&x}mperof the com- any for about $300,000. Its continued osses brought about his failure. The house was established many years ago by Mr. Conroy Sr. Liabilities, $445,875; as- sets, probably $287,000. AN IRISH BARON'S FUNERAL. So Thoroughly American That He Never Wore His Title, Preferring to Be Called Plain “Mr. Tighe.” NEW YORK, N. Y., May 11.—The first funeral in many years that has taken place from a house in Union square was held Saturday from the residence of the late Senator Richard Tighe. The only dwelling-house left in the famous square is No. 32, where Sir Richaid Tighe, or Mr. Tighe, as he insisted on being called, had lived alone for years. The funeral was strictly private and only a few friends were present. Richard Tighe was a son of an Irish Baronet. He was born in Ireland in 1806 nd was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He came to America when 32 years old, and safter going into business, married Miss Caroline Chesebrough, who died in 1891. He was a brother-in-law of the late Robert Chesebrough, Nicholas Btuyvesant and Phillip Kearney. Tighe was a director in the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company for many years. ‘When he passed his eightieth year he re- tired from active business and lived a quiet, unostentatious life in the old- fasuioned red brick house at East Six- teenth street and Fourth avenue, His figure was & well-known one in the neighbor- hood. When he became ill last Wednes- aay there was little hope that he would recover, as he was 90 years old. Tighe had lived so long in this country and his sympathies were so thoroughly American that when the title came to him at his elder brother’s death it bad little meaning, and he preferred to be known simply as “Mr. Tighe.” s L The Cruiser Brooklym. DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Dgr., May 11.—The new cruiser Brooklyn went to sea shortly after 9 o’clock this morning for her builders’ trial trip, and proceeded directly off shore about seventy-five miles to deep water. The run was made under forced draught and consumed about three hours, during which time the cruiser de- velopea a speed of 21.07 knots an hour, which is equivalent to 24 statute miles. The weather conditions for the trial were perfect. SCOTT JACKSON'S TRIAL Scathing Arraignment of the Prisoner by the Prosecuting Attorney. The Court’s Instructions to the Jury Construed to Be Against the Defendant. CINCINNATI, O=10, May 11.—To-day’s feature of the trial of Scott Jackson was the scathing arraignment of the prisoner by Colonel Gilson of the prosecution. Colone!l Gilson’s speech was bitter in de- nunciations. He began with the story of Pearl Bryan’s birth and parentage, spoke of the simplicity of her surroundings and her quiet country life. He then spoke of her meeting with Jackson, whom he char- acterized as & much-traveled man of the world. When he came to Jackson’s meet- ing with the simple country girl and his admissions on the stand, in the presence of the dead girl's mother and relatives, that he had had improper relations with her, he fairly flayed the vrisoner, and pointing his finger at Jackson, while his voice trembled and his frame shook with pent-up passion, he exclaimed: “This man won that girl. She looked upon him as a god, for so lovers seem, but he proved a demon.” The speaker recountsd how Jackson threw Pearl Bryan's trinkets into the river. ‘‘But that valise,” cried Colonel Gilson, as he shook the bloody satchel within a foot of Jackson’s face, ‘‘that valise had an electric touch, and he could not let go of it.” At several points in his speech Colonel Gilson appealed to the jurors by name, and twice put questions to Attorney Crawford. He went into an analysis of the evidence, scoring Witness Truest and others of the defendant’s witnesses, making light of the medical experts. He concluded by declaring that the de- fendant had been guilty of seduction, mur- der, mutilation of a dead body and rob- bery. He spoke for about five hours, and at 5 o'clock the court adjourned until Tuesday. Colonel Crawford will then speak. The instructions to the jury given by the court this morning are very volum- mnous, and are generally construed to be against the prisoner. VGGROLS ACTIO MY BE REQURED Continued from First Page. rebels were dislodged from the strong posi- tion occupied by them. They left sixteen dead on the field. The troops then attacked a rebel forti- fied position and dislodged the insurgents, who lost twenty-seven killed. They car- ried their wounded with them on the re- treat. The Spaniards lost in all the en- gagements one officer and four soldiers killed. Insurgents attacked the forts guarding the town of Artemisia, but were repulsed. Colonel Solomayor reports that he met the rebels led by Lazo brothers, who were encamped near Remates. A hot fight ensued, which resulted in the defeat of the insurgents, twenty being killed. The Spanish loss was one kiiled and three wounded. Manerto Romero, a rebel leader, has been sentenced to desth at Cienfuegos. Ygnacio Vart, convicted of rebellion and incendiarism, was shot this morning at Matanzas, s WS g CONFERS WITH CASTILLO. Minister Taylor Hears of the Plaint of Wewler. MADRID, Spary, May 11.—Prime Min- ister Castillo had a lengthy conference to- day with the Hon. Hannis Taylor, the American Minister, on the subject of the Cuban filibusters. The result of the con- ference is not known. It is reported that General Weyler has cabled that it will be impossible for him to conduct the cam- paign in Cuba in the manner the condi- tions require if the Spanish officials are to be bampered at every turn by the irsitat- ing interference of the United States. It is also said that the United States has again urged the payment of indemnities to Americans whose canefields haye been burned by the insurgents, EQUALITY AMONG THE METHODISTS, Record of the General Con- ference on the Race Question. HINT TO THE HOTEL MEN A Change Is Made in the Day for Holding the Church Elections. THE FOUR NEW BISHOPRICS. An All-Absorbing Topic—Speculations as to Candidates—Talk of Dark Horses. CLEVELAND, 0., May 11.—The Metho- dist General Conference put itself on record on the race question this morning by adopting a resolution introduced by Dr. Monroe, endorsing the treatment that the Cleveland hote!s had accorded to all dele- gates regardless of color, and demanding that wherever it was decided to hold the conference in future, a guarantee be ob- tained of equal treatment. The committee on fraternity and union of the Methodist church, appointed four years ago, was required to report at once. The fact that the standing committees had not reported yet almost brought the con- ference to a stop, and a recess was taken. During the recess Dr. Graw and Dr. Langban batched up a scheme to have the elections occur this week. Accordingly Graw moved to reconsider the vote of last week by which May 18 was fixed as elec- tion day. It was finally decided to begin the elections on Thursday. An attempt to deal a blow at Dr. Buck- | ley of New York, who is a candidate for the episcopate, was made by the Rev, Dr. William Knight of California, asking that all that part of the speech of Dr. Buckley which referred to the lack of enough spir- itual backbone in the conference delegates to properly spend Sunday if the elections were held on Monday be stricken from the record. The conference almost unani- mously tabled the resolution. The all-absorbing topic afier the confer- ence adjourned was the four new bishop- rics which it is proposed to form. The change of the date of voting has made the campaign a lively one. The change, which Dr. Buckley supported, comes with the announcement that the doctor has decided not to allow his name to be presented to the conference as a candidate. Four years a go at Omaha Earl Cranston of the Western Book Concern was asked by a committee if he would wit hdraw from the book concern with a view to being elected Bishop. At that time he refused, but now he is of another mind. He would accept the elevation to the episcopacy with aiacrity and it must be admitted that he has con- siderable strength. Chaplain C. C. McCabe is another possi- bility who has developed considerable strength within the last forty-eight hours. The chaplain is popular and his strength lies among the friends of every candidate before the conference. In regard to Dr.J. W. E. Bowen, the colored candidate, the situation is still un- changed and probably will remain so. But there are two men whose names have not vet appeared in public in con- nection with the elections whose chances compare favorably with any of the avowed candidates. They are Dr. John Hamilton of New England, secretary of the Freedman’s | Aid Society, and Dr. H. J. Jackson of | Chicago. It is the old case of the bringing | forward of a dark horse, and Jackson is | ten years ago Mr. Bunner married Miss | the dark horse around whom the Western | and Central States will rally. LSO WILL NOT WITHORH [ Continued from First Page.] day. The only contest was between the old-line Republicans and the American Protective Association, the latter making a fight against the indorsement of Sena- tors Mantie and Carter and Congressman Harter, because of their views on the In- dian appropriation bill. The test vote came a motion to seat the contesting anti- A. P. A. delegation from Granite and the A.P. A. men were defeated by a vote of 197 to 104, showing a majority of 93 against the secret political organization. Resolutions were then adopted com- mending the action of Senators Teller, Dubois, Cannon, Mantle and Carter on the silver question and ‘“‘demandiug the res- toration of silver to its ancient money function as a means of equalizing the dif- ference in wages and the cost of living.” Bimetallism, protection and reciprocity were the three cardinal principles of Re- publican faith, and a declaration was made for the free coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 independently by the United States. The Democratic administration was de- nounced for its efforts to foist upon the country its twin factors of cheapness—free trade and tie gcld standard—and for dis- honoring the Nation’s flag in Hawaii, re- fusing to recognize Cuba and incurring a National deot. Efforts were made to in- struct the National delegates to walk out of the convention in case free silver was not recognized. McKinley’s name was very coldly received, and the delegates will go to St. Louis uninstructed. firen e X A CALIFUORNIA PRODUCTION. John Douglass’ Candidacy for the Prohi- bition Presidential Nomination. AKRON, Onro, May 11.—John C. Doug- lass of this city, a colored lecturer on the liquor traffic, who is widely known throughout several Western States, be- lieves he will be indorsed for President by the Prohibition party which meets at Pitts- burg May 25. He is a mixture of three races. He is well educated, having grad- uated from the State Normal School of California and has taught school for years, but is now engaged in the humble vocation of a_hodcarrier. Douglass is of the firm conviction that he will be triumphantly elected if nominated. Bnarma:;l—”md. WASHINGTON. D. C., May 1L—The Secretary of the Interior has approved the 3 following selections of land made by rail- roads: Northern Pacific Kailway, 30,133 acres in the Bozeman and Helena land districts, Montana; 3665 acres to the same road in the Vancouver (Wash.) aistrict, nnq 638 acres to the Oregon and Califorma Railway in the Roseburg (Or.) district. R Gl OF INTEREST 10 THE COAST. Bills Passed by the Semate—Presidio Discharge—Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.—The Senate to-day passed the bill for the relief of William H. Mahoney of California and the bill for a life-saving station at Point Bonita, Cal. These bills g0 now to the President. C. P. Bailey. the Angora goat rancher of San Jose, who has been here several aays, left for New York to-day. B%direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Frederick Boch, Light Battery F, Fifth Artillery, now at the Presidio, San Francisco. will be discharged from the ser- vice of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding officer of hisl station, Pacific Coast as follows: California: Original—Michael A. Teal, %gvouide‘ Increase—William Dana, San iego. Oregon: Original—Albert Morris, Grants an;. Reissue—George W. Peters, Oak- and. Washington: Original—Simon W. Scott, Seattle. ~ Original widows, etc.—Eiarriet Shanklin, mother, Silver Creek. RIVER STEAMER BLOWN UP vensions were issued to-day Terrible Explosion and Loss of Life Near Vicksburg, Miss- issippi. Of the Thirty Persons on Board Few Escaped Injury—The Boat Sank Immediately. VICKSBURG, Miss, May 11.—Word reached here this morning that the steamer Harry Brown was blown up by the explosion of a boiler fifty miles below here last night. The boat carries a crew of thirty roustabouts. So terrific was the force of the ex- plosion that the boat was torn asunder and in Jess than five minutes was at the bottom of the Mississippi. It is| known that the following were killed | outright by the explosion or by drowning: | Pilot Norman Bardsley, the steersman; | William Dougherty, chief engineer; An- | nie Herd, chambermaid; Tom Judd, fire- man; William Watson, first mate; Wil- liam Fitzsimmons, second mate, and George Keim and William Kelley, lamp trimmers. The bodies of the last three men were recovered and brought to this city by the steamer Hansel, which was in sight of the Brown at the time of the ac- cident. The survivors and injured were brought here on the Hansel. The injured were conveyed to the Marine Hospital, and are allin a fair way to recovery. the proximity of the Hansel and the quick efforts at rescue many lives were saved that otherwise would have been lost. Captain Keim of the Harry Brown, al- though seriously injured, remained on the afterpart of the cabin of the Brown where he had been blown by the explosion after it had floated off the hull, which had sunk. | He was perfectly cool and directed the Owing to | LINCHED IN GUATEMALA Telegraph Operator Killed by a Civil Engineer at Puerto Barrios. American Railroad Workmen Take the Slayer From Jail and Hang Him to a Tree. MEMPHIS, Texx., May 11.—Fonr days ago there were received in this city letters announcing tbhe banging by a mob of Europe Adrian Harper Dewitt of this city at Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. They were forwarded by W.J. Clark, who was located at Montgomery, Ala., to-night. His story of the affair is as follows: | *“On the afternoon of the 28th I went to the wharf to see about a passage 1o New Orleans. The Breakwater had just arrived | from New Orleans and Dewitt came ashore. | “He went with me to my lodging-house. The next day we went into the telegraph office, where Dewitt became involved in a quarrel with one McNamara, a train- dispatcher on the Ferro Carril del Norte Railroad. McNamara followed Dewitt out of the office and struck him a severe blow in the face. I helped Dewitt up and took bhim to the lodging-house, where he changed his clothing. He told me he would call his assailant to account.” “Later in the day we returned to the telegraph office and the quarrel was re- newed. Dewitt suddenly caught McNa- mara by the collar, drew his pistol and shot him through the hesd, killing him instantly. Dewitt surrendered himself to the authorities, and shortly afterward a crowd of Americans, mostly mechanics | employed on the railroad, gathered for the purpose of taking the law into their own | hands. They made an attempt on the jail, but were repulsed. ! *I made my way on board the steamer | Nicaragua, which set sail in a few hours. | When the Nicaragua reached Galveston | we telegraphed to Puerto Barrios and | learned that the mob had made a second | and sucéessful attack on the prison and | Dewitt was taken out and hanged to a tree,” Dewitt was related closely to the Hare pers, publisners, of New York, has an uncle of that name living at Washington, and was a civil engineer of National repue tation. FOR TRUESDELL'S PARDON { A Quiet but Earnest Movement to Influence the Governor of Kansas. | The Names of Many Californians Are Looked For to Swell the Petition. WICHITA, Kaxs, May 11.—A quiet | but determined movement is going on to | obtain a pardon for Frank H. Truesdell, who was convicted of passing forged checks on San Fraucisco and Pasadena banks, | and whe is now serving a term in the State | prison. A petition in Truesdell’s behalf is | to be presented to the Governor of Kansas | at an early date. After his conviction efforts of the men who were saving the | Truesdell stated that he expected that his boat’s crew. The captain does not know lare associates in the California Midwinter the cause of the explosion. Captain Keim | Exposition would exercise influence to and Pilot Dan Kane were in the Brown’s | obtain his freedom. This exvectation has pilot-house when the explosion occurred. Five men were badly injured. gt s HENRY CUYLER BUNNER. Death of the Noted Editor of Puck From Consumption. NEW YORK, N. Y. May 1l.—Henry Cuyler Bunner died at his home in Nut- ley, N. J., this afterncon from consump- tion. After Mr. Bunner's return from California, where he went in search of health, he failed steadily. Mr. Bunner has been editor of Puck since 1887, having succeeded the first editor of that paper within a few months oi the time the publication was begun. He was born in Oswego in 1855. About Learned of New London, a sister of Walter Learned, a well-known writer. They have three children, two girls and a boy. not been realized up to the present time and unless the names on the petition soon to be fcrwarded prove to be those of Californians it will be developed that the unfortunate prisoner is relying on friends | outside of the Pacific Coast to obtain his absolution from punishment decreed by the trial court. AEioLs i | Strikers Are Restrained. KANSAS CITY, May 1L.—Judge | Phillips of the Federal court to-night is- | sued an injunction restraining the strik- |ing firemen of Armour & Co. and the | officers and men of the Industrial Associa= | tion from boycotting Armour & Co. LN ST Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.—The Treacury lost to-day $2,134,500 in gold, of which $2,050,000 was for export. This | ée{nvesths Treasury gold reserve $115,785,- 6. NEW TO-DAY. One Suit or 1007 No difference—the buyer of one suit or even one garment stands on the same level here with the buyer of a hundred. The 100-suit man gets the lowest wholesale price, which gives him a big profit if he resells at the retail price. The one- suit man gets the same price on gar- ments for his own use, and SAVES THE PROFIT. A startling state of affairs, but the money you save is just like any other money. Latest Spring and Summer styles in Men’s Top Coats—Qvercoats. up to $25, wh $10 ere the retailer would say $18 to $40. BROWN BROS. & CC ‘Wholesale Manufacturers Props. Oregon Citw Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 1214123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sts. ALL BLUE SIGNS