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2 THE;SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1896. herewith pledge ourselves, by our influence and efforts, to accomplish his defeat. fesmt o CARDINAL GIBBONS EXPLAINS. Says Catholics Do Not Use Politice for Self- Advancement, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.— Through Rev. Dr. Stafford of St. Patrick’s Church, this city, s prominent Republican who held a foreign mission under Presi- dent Harrison, addressed several ques- tions to Cardinal Gibbons relative to' the recent denials of religious liberty and at- tacks of the A. P. A. on the Catholic citi- zens of the country. The Cardinal sent the following reply: BALTIMORE, Md., May 17, 1896. My Dear Sir: Itis the duty of the leaders of political parties to express themselves without any equivocation on the principles of religious freedom which underlies our constitution. Catholics are devoted to both greet political parties of the country and each individual is left entirely to his own conscience. We are proud to say that in the long history of the Government of the United States the great Catholic church has never used or perverted its acknowledged power by seeking to make politics subserve its own advancement. Moreover, 1t is our proud boast that we have never interfered with the civil and political rights of any who differ from us in religion. We demand the same rights for ourselves and nothing more, and will be content with noth- ing less. Not only is it the duty of all parties dis- to set their faces against the false and un-Americen principles thrust forward of late, but much as I would regret the entire identifi- cation of any religious body as such with any political party, I am convinced that the mem- bers of a religious body, whose rights, civil and religious, are attacked, will naturally and unanimously espouse the csuse of the party which has the courage openly to avow the priuciples of civil and religious liberty ac- cordinz to the constitution. Patience isa virtue. Butitisnot the only virtue. When pushed too far it may degenerate into pusil- lanimity. Yours faithfull JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS. s o by A4S TO THE SECOND PLACE. Mr. Manley Says Speaker Reed Should Not Accept It. NEW YORK, N, Y., May 18.—A Herald special from Augusta, Me., says: Joseph H. Manley reached his home in this city Saturday, direct from Washington. In answer to an inquiry as to whether Thomas B. Reed would accept the Vice-Presidential nomination on the ticket with William McKinley of Ohio, Mr. ManleyAaid: “No effort has been made so far as I am aware to induce Mr. Reed to take second place on the Presidential ticket. No ne- gotiations have been opened with me in reference to it, and certainly I have not been persuaded to do anything. If my opinion was asked it would be rigorously against accepting a place on the ticket for two reasons: First, he ought to have the first place, and I still believe the sober second thought of the Republican dele- gates to St. Louis will so determine; sec- ondly, the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is higher and a more important position than Vice-Presi- dent, for the Speaker controls to a great degree legislation.”” —_ FOR A4 GOOD SILVER MAN. Senator Mantel of Montana Speaks of the Presidential Race. NEW YORK, Y., May 18.—Senator Mantel, who heads the uninstructed Mon- tana delegation to St. Louis, predicts that McKinley will be nominated. He also believes that the prejudice against the free coinage of silver at the ratioof16to 1 which is now so prevalent in the Bast will disappear in a few years. Freesilver dele- gates may bolt, he thinks, if a gold plat- form be adopted, and join the free silver Democrats and Populists. “The Montana delegation will be for any good silver man for President,’” said Sena- tor Mantel at the Brunswick yesterday. *We have a liking for Cameron of Penn- sylvania. Our delezation is absolutely un- instructed. A resolution of commendation of my course was passed by the convention. *‘As a silver man I do not think much of the Ohio Republican platform. It is too indefinite. McKinley is not regarded as a silver man in the West. Still-he is very popular. With this as 2n issue he cannot count on the West. We donot want a gold-standard candidate, no matter what the leaders may say. The rank and file would not cbey them. They are pretty independent out West. They know what their interests are and they will not be led. What our coarse will be I cannot say. “Of the other silver States Colorado is the most radical. There is not much doubt that if the silver States can make enough showing they will walk out of the St. Louis convention if a gold platform is adopted.” “Would the silver Republicans join the Populists and silver Democrats in case of abolt?"” “That depends upon their candidate and the platform. No doubt a statesman of National reputation and experience and a protectionist, like Senator Teller, would carry the West on a fres silver platform. We do not want a man with Populist whims, The Republicans of the West are conservative.’” “Do you think McKinley should de- fine his position on the currency?”’ asked the reporter. “I woula prefer it,” said Mantel; “but if I were in McKinley's place I think I should follow my own policy, wait for the adoption of the platform and then stand upon it.” SE bt Connecticut’s Delegation. HARTFORD, Coxs.,, May 18. — Ex- Governor Bulkley, who heads Connecti- cut’s delegation to the St. Louis conven- tion, said to-day that he believed that when the State delegates were elecied at New Haven they stood seven for Me- Kinley to five for Reed. He hoped, how- ever, to have all the delegates for McKin- ley before they reach St. Louis. Con- necticut, he said, would be the first Northern State to vote at the rollcall, and he feli confident that her twelve votes would be cast for McKinley. e e To Outwit Mr. Platt. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 18.—President George E. Matthews of the New York State McKinley League made a signifi- cant statement this morning. It indicates a purpose on the part of the McKinley managers in the event of McKinley’s nom- ination to take the campaign out of the hands of the Republican State Committee and put it in care of a special organization for the purpose. Mr. Platt’s open and bit- ter hostility to McKinley is the reason for this contemplated move. g P Catchings Kenominated. MEMPHIS, Texy., May 18.—Despite the overwhelming silver sentiment in Mississippi and his district (the Third) Congressman T. C. Catchings, a National administration Democrat, was renom- inatea at Greenviile to-day by acclama. tion. His triumph was due to his effective work for levees. For Fortifications. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18.—The fortifications bill was reported to the Sen- ate this afternoon by Perkins. The esti- mates for 1897 amounted to $8,045,165, The House bill carried $5,845,837, to which the Senate added $4,918,051, making the total reported to tie Senate §10,763,888. “The ap- propriation for the current fiscal yearis only $1,904,557. CHAOS PREVAILS AFTER THE STORM, 'Scenes of Devastation in the Path of the Ter- rible Twister. SLAIN BY THE TORNADO Many Persons Meet Death in the Ruins, While Others Are Maimed. VILLAGES WIPED OFF THE MAP Never Before Has Such Havec Been Caused in Nebraska and Kansas. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 18.—Ths tor- nado which swept through Northeastern Kansas and a portion of Southeastern Ne- braska yesterday afternoon and last night caused at least eighteen deaths and the in- jury of a score of people, doing many thou- sands of dollars’ worth of damage in vari- ous towns through which it passed and in- calculable aamage in the intervening country. Many who escaped instant death are maimed for life, and in numerous in- stances the injuries are expected to result fatally. The storm covered a large scope of country, Seneca, Sabetha, Oneida, Bern, Frankfort, Reserve, Baileyvilie, Barnes, Spring Valley and several other places be- ing in its path. The wreckage was not confined to the towns. 1n the country districts the loss of life and destruction of property was equally great. Cuaos prevails throughout the stricken district, and in the confusion it is impossible to obtain a complete list of the dead and injured at the various places. The property loss cannot be estimated with any degree of accuracy at this time. There is no doubt, however, that the storm is the most appalling disaster that has been inflicted upon Kansas for years. At Bigelow the west portion of the town was wrecked and several people were hurt, but no one was killed so far as known. At Frankfort sixty buildings were destroyed and 200 people rendered home- less. No one was killed, but eight persons were badly hurt. The property loss is $100,000. At Baileyville half of the town was laid waste and a number of people injured, but none were killed so far as can be learned at present. At Seneca four children were killed, the opera-house, courthouse and principal school were destroyed, many other build- ings wrecked or badly damaged, and at least twenty people more or less injured. At Oneida three children were killed, many people injured and several buildings destroyed. At Sabetha several stores and twenty res- idences were destroyed. Twenty-five peo- ple were injured, one of whom has since died, while six were killed in the vicinity. At Reserve four people were killed and two injured, while nearly every buiiding on the town site was wrecked or badly damaged. In all of the towns struck by the cyclone buildings, such as were leit stanaing, have been hastilv converted into morgues and hospitals. The search for dead bodies was commenced last night as soon as pos- sivle after the storm subsided. Men, women and children with lanterns plowed their way through the debris, here and there following up a ery from some in- jured one. The dead were scattered pro- miscuously and it is not believed that all of the bodies have been recovered. Fami- lies are scattered so badly that it is impos- sible to arrive at any accurate conclusion as to how many people are missing. The storm was accompanied by a heavy down- pour of rain, which continued for several hours after the wind had ccased. i IN THE TWISTER'S PATH. Many Killed and Injured and Hundreds Made Homeless. FALLS CITY, Nesr., May 18.—A cy- clone visited this section about9 o’cock last nightand swept everything inits path, killing a number of people and leaving dozens seriously injured. It touched the extreme southern portion of this place, tearing down the canning factory, unroof- ing both the Missouri Pacific and Burling- ton depots and turned over thirty freight cars,in one of which was a tramp, who ‘was seriously hurt. Hinton’s park, which was one of the most;picturesque spots in the country,is to- day but a mass of uprooted and broken trees, while not a single building is left standing. Hahn’s brewery, which was lo- cated across the Nemaha River from the park, isa total wreck. William Hinton’s house was torn to atoms and both Mr.and Mrs. Hinton were badly hurt, The house of L. Knickerbocker, near the park en- trance, is all b ut ruined, Hail fell as large as hen’s eggs, doing great damage to property and breaking nearly every window in the city, the storm coming from the northwest. The cylone seems to have followed the river for the distance of a mile and then took a southerly course. Between this city and the Kansas line, a distance of four miles, there were eight houses blown down. Those known to be dead are: Mrs. Dan Saylor, Miss Schock, an eight-; . old boy named Holck, and Mrs. William Brannin. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes are among the injured and cannot recover. A force of two hundred citizens spent the afternoon at the park with the unfor- tunate ones reviewing what was left by the cyclones. The Nemeha River 1s now bank fuli and will flood the bottom lands. Reserve, a town of 300 people, seven miles southeast of here, was literally wiped off the earth. But three buildings are standing and they were moved from their foundations. Four people were killed and twenty wounded, twelve severely. The schoolhouse, one of the more fortunate buildings, has been converied into a hos- pital and the injured are being cared for by physicians from surrounding towns. Toe dead are: — Tehune, head crushed; Mrs. Rydner; nine-year-cld daughter of Mr. Phillips; Ralph Sweeny. The injured are: Rev. Mr. Parker, wife and daugnter, internal injuries, will re- cover; Mrs. Tehune, back broken, willdie; her daughter, badly crushed and otherwise injured, will recover; Mr. Rydner, skull crushed, will die; baby Rydner, legs broken, will die; George Sweeny, cut about l the head; man x}.med Jones, jaw broken; Northeastern | William Wilson, internal injuries, will recover; George and Frank Phillips, hurt about the head. Itis impossible to give an estimate of the damage done in the vicinity of Falls City. Reports come in every hour which add to the number of farmhouses and buildings destroyed. The growing crop was pounded into the earth and vill haye to be replanted. The damage to fruit trees is very heavy. PAWNEE CITY, Nese, May 18.—A cyclone passed from west to east through the southern part of this county last even- ing, destroying several houses. The resi- dence of William Burg was demolished and the barn of Arnold Parli and Mount Zion Church were wrecked, together with the United Brethren parsonage and a half- dozen or more other buildines. No lives were lost. The cyclone took out the side of one house, exposing the furniture, but destroying nothing else. At Mr. Burg’s the family nad escaped to the cellar with the exception of Mr. Burg himself, who was caught and dropped into the cellar after the house had vanished. ROCK ISLAND, IiL, May 18.—Word reached here to-day that a cyclone struck the mining village of Sherrard, near here, Saturday night, Killing Morris Evans and destroying the Congregational church and several residences. DETROIT, Mica., May 18.—Reports from many sections of this State show that the windstorm which swept over the State yesterday dia much damage, especially to fruit trees. In Shiawassee County it is es- timated that half of the fruit crop was de- stroyed. Shade trees suffered severely and in some instances buildings were un- roofed. Only one person was injured so far as learned. IMPEACHMENT OF CRISP! Signor Cavolotti Creates a Lively Scene in the Chamber of Deputies. Premier Di Rudini Heads Off Debate and Causes an Indefinile Postponement. ROME, ItaLy, May 18.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Signor Cavolotti de- manded that the papers bearing upon his impeachment of Signor Crispi, late Prime Minister, for the recent disasters in the campaign in Abyssinia, be tabled. Signor Costa, Minister of Justice, de- posited on the table of the Chamber the Judge’s decree ruling non-lieu in the mat- ter of some of the charges and incom- petency as to others. Signor Costa said that the documents relating to the decree ought to remain secret, and expressed the desire of the Government to terminate recrimination concerning the past. A scene of excitement ensued. Signor Cavolotti justified the conduct of the Rad- icals in the matter and insisted that the date be fixed for debate on his motion. He demanded also that the same pro- cedure be observed in this case as was pursued by the Crispi Government in re- gard to Signor Giolitti, formerly Premier and Minister of the Interior. The Chamber refused Signor Cavolotti’s demands and adopted a motion offered by Premier di Rudini proposing to postpone the discussion indetinitely, at least that 1t should not be taken up until after the dis- cussion of the budget. Sl = HAS FOUR-BLADED SCREWS. One Reason Given for the Great Spesd of the Oregon. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 18.—A Herald special from Washington says: It was said yesterday by a high officer of the Navy De- partment that no orders have been issued or contemplated directing the return to the United States of the vessels composing the European squadron, commanded by Admiral Seifridge. The Navy Department finds that it witl be impossible to put the battle-ship Texas in commission before July 1. The delay is traced to the lack of funds for repair work. 7The Massachusetts may also be delayed two weeks. Captain H. L. Howison will be ordered to command the Oregon as soon as the de- artment receives the official report of the goard of inspection and survey which conducted her recent trial. Lieutenant- Commander Jack will be the Oregon's navigating officer and Lieutenant Hughes her executive officer. It is said that the Oregon’s superiority in point of speed over her sister ships, the Indiana and Massachusetts, was due to the difference in their screws. The con- tractors are allowed to ht up on the ves- sels whatever kind of screws they please, provided the desiens are satisfactory to the department. As originally proposed, the battle-ships were to have screws with four blades. The Cramps placed thiee blades on the hnttle-shiys they built. The Jnion Iron Works carried ont the original design. An expert said he had no doubt that the four-bladed screws were the cause of the Oregon’s records. pabtcii e iy HUMANE TREATMENT URGED. Instructions to Inspcctors Cruelty to Cattle. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The Department of Agriculture has issued the following general order for inspectors: “It is the desire of this department that the iafluence of all emploves should be used as far as warranted by the laws for the purpose of securing the humane treat- ment of animals in transportation and in the stockyards. Depriving animals of food and drink {or unusual periods, beat- ing and worrying them are practices cal- culated to make the animals feverish and their meat unwholesome, and should be discountenanced and prevented. You will therefore give such instructions to your subordinates as will insure careful treat- ent of animais which they may be called &ou to handle, and as will also lead them | to use tneir influence for the same end with all other persons with whom they come in contact. “You will please make an investigation of the manner in which animals are trans- vorted and handled by the railroad com- panies and stockyards which come under your observation, and make such sugees- tions as may occur to you with & view to improve the service and protecting animals from undue suffering or cruelty. Injured animals which are evidentl suffering severe pain should be promptly reporte to the humane societies uniess the owner of the stockyard company properly cares for them within a reasonable time."” BONE DA e To Appraise Reservations. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The Secretary of the Interior has appointed the following appraisers of abandoned military reservations: Forts Goodwin and Thomas, Ariz., D. H. Miag and J. S. Fitz- gerald; Fort Towell and Camp Grant, Ariz., Henry Levin and Douglas Snyder; Fort McDowell, Ariz., T. L. Kay and L. W. Coggins; Camp _Crittenden, Arjz., Henry Levin and W. J. Powers. James Blaine of Oonalaska, Alaska, has been appointed trustee for the townsite entries o?glnduin Oonalaska. T O s Banking and Curremcy. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The House Committee on Banking and Cur- rency met to-day and adjourned until De- cember next. During this session a num- ber of measures looking to a change in the banking and currency laws were con- sidered, but no agreement was reached. to Prevent | city. IN THE MESHES OF THE LAW. Decisions by the Supreme Court in Complicated Cases. HETTY GREEN A WINNER Her Title to a Large Tract of Chicago Laad Not Im- paired. JUSTICE GRAY IS SARCASTIC. Expresses an Opinion as to the At. tempts of Corporations to Doige Their Texes. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—In the Supreme Court to-day the following cases, among others, were disposed of: John Evans Cornell vs. Hetty H. R. Green et al. This case involved Mrs. Green’s title to a large tract of land in Chicago, said to be valued at $5,000,000, ob- tained by sale under foreclosure proceed- ings, and the bill was dismissed in the Federal Court there by Judge Blodgett. Justice Gray said the case presented no Federal question, and Cornell’s appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The steamer Cogquitlam, etc., vs. the United States. In this case Justice Har- lan held that the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review the final judgments of the Supreme Court of Alaska. Alfred F. Webster vs. Milo J. Luther, et al. This case invoived the question whether or not a homesteader under the law of 1862, who had mede an additional entry of land under subsequent law, could dispose of that additional entry as of other property. ‘The court said, in an opinion read by Justice Harlan, that it was the intention of Congress to give the additional land outright to the homesteader for him to dispose of as he pleased. The Salina Stock Company et al. vs. the Salina Creek Irrigation Company. This ‘Was a controversy between these two cor- porations over the right to use the waters of Yogo and Neoche creeks, Utah, the former appealing from a judgment of the Bupreme Court of the Territory in respect thereto. Justice Shiras stated that there was nothing in the record for the Supreme Court to review, and the judgment of the Territorial Court was confirmed. Bob Talton vs. Wash Moyes, High Sheriff of the Cherokee Nation. Talton was convicted of murder by the Indian Court and sentenced to death. Heapplied to Judge Parker of the United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas for release on a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the proceedings in his case were irregular. Judge Parker de- clined to issue the writ, and the Supreme Court affirmeda his decision. The Illinois Central Railroad Company was triumphant in the Supreme Court to- day in a rather singular litigation with the State of Illinois. There is a State law which requires every railway passenger train to stop at county seats within the State. The railrond company operates a line of road from Chicago to New Orleans, which passes Cairo at a point three and a half miles distant from the station in that Proceedings were begun in relation of the State to compel the railroad com- pany to run the fast mail train into the city under the provisions of the county seat law, and the Supreme Court of the State decided that it must do so. The company appealed to the Supreme Court and the judgment was reversed. In announcing the judgment and opin- ion of the court upon the case of the West- ern Union Telegraph Company vs. Thomas Taggert, Auditor of Marion County, In- diana, et al., Justice Gray waxed some- what sarcastic. The matter at issue was the validity of the Indian tax law of 1891, relating to corporations, which had been sustained in the State courts, from whose judgment the telegraph company ap- pealed. Justice Gray said this was one of the cases which annually came before the court, brought by some corporation which felt itself constitutionally aggrieved. The court, he said, was asked in the appeal to modify or overrule decisions in substan- tially similar cases relating to the tax laws of States brought to the Supreme Court of the United States, some of them by the same corporation. Without going into the reasons for the action of the court, he said the judgment of the Indiana Supreme Court would be affirmed. A EXCLUSION OF CHINESE. Commissioners Cannot Act Except in Accordance With Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The fourth section of the Chinese exclusion act of 1892 was construed by the Supreme Court to-day, the opinion being read by Justice Shiras. The question 1involved ‘was whether or not a Chinese person, ad- judged not entitled to be within the limits of the United States, may be sentenced to imprisonment for a year at hard labor and at the expiration of thav limit de- ported by a United States Commissioner, or whether it must be done in accordance with law. Wing Wang and other Chinese ar:ested in Michigan under the law were thus sen- tenced by the United States Commissioner, before whom they were examined, and they appealed to the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for release on writs of habeas corpus. That court re- fused to release them and they came to the Supreme Court. > Justice Shiras said they could not be disposed of in that manner and the judg- ment of the Circuit Court was reversed without prejudice to the right to hold and deport the appellants in accordance with the law. —_—— CONGRESSMAN HILBORN LOSES. Will Not' Get Al the Fees Claimed in Chinese Cases. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—Con- gressman Hilborn has lost his suit against the United States regarding his fees as District Attorney for Ca lifornia. The fees in question were those claimed by him in habeas corpus cases growing out of the Chinese exclusion act. He contended that while he was entitled to charge for the services he was not com- pelled to include them ia his account with the Governmentupon which his maximum allowance was based. The entire amount involyed was about $7000, but inasmuch as outside of them he had earned nearly the maximum allowed him by law the Court of Claims gave bim judgment for $585, the deficiency from the full amount to which he could be entitled. From this judgment he appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. In disposing of the case Justice Brown said the court could not accept Mr. Hilborn’s contention. 1f the services were so far official as to warrant him in charging for them they were far enough official to re- quire him to include them in his account. The judgment of the Court of Claims was affirmed. e VICTORY FOR THE SINGER. Decision of the Supreme Court in a Cele- brated Patent Case. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The long pending cases of the Singer Manufac- turing Company vs. the June Manufac- turing Company and Burt were decided in the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. The result was a practical victory for the Singer Company, but one of the leading contentions of the company’s counsel was overthrown by the decision, which was announced by Justice White. He stated that where, under the life of a patent, a name became the generic desig- nation of the thing made, at the end of the life of the patent the name with the article F_ur.enteg became the property of the pub- lic and its use could not be restrainea by injunction. The court further held, how- ever, that the right did not exist to use the name indiscriminately or without qualification, so that the public would be deceived by its use into the belief that the thing “manufaciured was different from what it really was, or that it was made by a corporation other than the real maker. In these cases the name and initial design used by the Singer Com- pany, both being involved, were not 80 qualified, and the judgment of the “Circuit Court of the Northern Dis- trict of 1llinois in favor of the June Com- pany and Burt was reversed with decision to modify the decree in accordance with the ovinion of the Supreme Court of the United States. St e DEFEAT, NOT A VICTORY, But the Spanish Colonel Reported the Usual Slaughter of Insurgents. Heavy Losses by the Rezular Troops Concealed by False State- ments. HAVANA, Cusa, May 18. — News has been received from the Province of Santi- ago de Cuba that Colonel Tjeda has had a | fierce engagement at Palmarito with the | rebels commanded by Cebrico. The in- surgents occupied a strongly fortified posi- tion but were dislodged by the troops, who numbered 1500. ‘When the troops were returning to Pal- marito the rear guard was repeatedly at- tacked by the rebels. They were repulsed | with a loss of seventeen dead and many wounded. The troops lost four dead and two officers and two soldiers wounrded. Unofficial advices show that Colonel Tjeda’s report is incorrect and that the rebels forced the troops to retreat. The | ALABAMA STATE, Proposed Investigation of an Election Is Put Over. IT MEETS WEAK SUPPORT Two Populists and Four Repub- licans Voted in the Atfirmative. NOT PROPERLY IN THE SENATE Adoption of the Committee Report to Regulat: G.s Rates in the Dis- trict of Columb'a. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.—The resolution for the appointment of a select committee to investigate last year's elec- tion in the State of Alabama and to report whether a republican form of government exists in that State came up to-day in the Senate, Allen of Nebraska makirg a mo- tion that tte Senate proceed to its consid- eration. There were only six votes in favor of the motion—two from Populjsts, Allen and Peffer, and four from Republican Sen- ators, Chandler, Frye, Gallinger and Mor- rill. The votes against it numbered forty- one, Allen saw in the result of the vote a proof of the insincerity of Republican Senators, but Sherman of Ohio justified himself and his Republican colleagues on the ground that the question was one to come before the Senate at the next session, not at this; and that as to the general election in Alabama, whether fraudulent or not, the Senate had no right to inquire into it unless it affects the election of a Senator. Chandler of New Hampghire, who voted | for the motion, said that under other cir- cumstances, when there was no appro- priation directly before the Senate, the | resolution would receive the support of a large number, if not all the Senators on the Republican side. The House bill to regulate the price of gas in the District of Columbia was dis- cussed in the Senate to-day for several hours, the question being whether the House bill (fixing the price at $1 per 1000 feet) or the Senate District Committee amendment (making the reduction a graduated one from $1 15 down) should be agreed to. The committee amendment prevailed— 31 to 14—and the bill as amended was Government loss is said to have been | Passed. much heavier than stated in the official report. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The Supreme Court of the United States had an extra session to-day for the purpose of hearing arguments in the matter of the Horsa Cuban expedition, the case growing | out of the conviction of J. H. 8. Wiberg, J. | P. Petersen and Hans Johnson, citizens of | Denmark, by the District Court of the | United States of the Eastern District of | Pennsylvania for violating the neutrality laws. They appealed to the Supreme Court. Attorney-General Harmon moved to ad- vance the case for hearing at this term, as the call of the docket for the term closed | the 8th inst. The granting of the motion necessitated the session to-day. After the court had concluded the an- nouncement of opinions but two hours of the day’s session remained, and it was then agreed by W. Hallet Phiilips, for the appellants, and Solicitor-General Conrad for the Government, to abandon oral argu- ment and submit the case on the printed briefs. This was agreeable to the court and it adjourned until Monday next, when a decision may be expected. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 18.—District Attorney Fellows to-day received a dis- patch from the State Department at Wash- ington stating that a cablegram had been received from United States Consul-Gen- eral Williams at Havana saying that the Spanish authorities there had refused to surrender to thiz Government Mariel Mar- tin, al as Manuel Gonzales Mendoza, who was wanted in this city for swindling August Belmont & Co. out of $24,000 by a forged draft. Whether the Spanish author- ities were moved to their decision by the sympathy the American people have shown for the Cuban patriots is a matter of conjecture, DSERIS S BROOKS SHOLTO'S WRATH. Lady Douglas Will Not Heed Her Lord's Command to Come to Him in Arizona. CHICAGO, Irni, May 19.—A morning paper says: Lord Sholto Douglas, from his home in Arizona, bas called upon his wife, formerly Loretta Mooney, to quit the vaudeville stage and return to him, but the light-footed songstress has declined. In an interview last night she said: “‘Oh, yes, Lord Sholto wants me to leave the stage and go back to Arizona, but I don’t see it that way just now. 1'm going to New York next week to fill an engage- ment with Tony Pastor, and when I have seen what thereis to see in New York we’ll talk about Arizona. “‘I've never been East before and they say New York is quite a town. After that, of course, I expect to_go to Arizona nnd leave the stage. When? Oh! I don’t know, may be in four weeks—may be in fifty weeks. Thisis a pretty good thing you know. ‘“‘Here’s a letter from Lord Sholto I just received to-day. He wants to know why I don't answer his letters and telegrams— he has sent me two this week. Of conrse [ answered them, but then, you know, let- ters and telegrams so often go astray. Poor fellow, I suppose he is worrying. “‘Have we quarreled? Well, perhaps, I hadn’t better say anything about that. Some of these days I'll go back and be a good little wife, but not until I've seen New York,” e Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—The Senate to-day confirmed the following nominations: William Locbren of Min- nesota to be United States District J“dfie for the district of Minnesota, vice R. R. Nelson, resigned; Robert Lee Jen- kins of North Carolina, United States Consul at Patras, Gteece; Robert Ransom of North Carolina to be Second Secretary of the Legation to Mexico. RsesEg e River and Harbor Bill. ‘WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18.—The conferees on the river and harbor bill ex- pect to reach a final conclusion to-morrow, The Senate at 6:10 o’clock adjourned until to-morrow. SESSION O THY HOUSE. Zhirty-Five Pension BRBills Passed in Very Short Order. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—While this was suspension day in the House, the greater mart of the session was expended in the passage of thirty-five pension bills, reported from Kriday night’s session, anda to passing bills under unanimous consent, wncluding the following: Incorporating the Society of Colonial Dames, authoriz- ing the loan or donation of condemned cannon to Grand Army posts, establishing Pueblo, Durango and Leadville as customs ports of delivery, to compel the attend- ance of witnesses before local land offices. 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