The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1896, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1896. 2 . w : B socialistic papers are making a huge out- cry over it, which must be impressing a great number of minds. Whenever persons whose business it is to observe what is going on take note of the movement of social and political cur- rents among peoples there arise always certain asses who suppose that these re- marks are predictions and who bray accordingly. I find myself quoted in America as prophesying the downfall of the French republic, which is the most ridiculous sort of nonsense. No one on earth can tell whether the republic will live ten months or a hundred years. What can be said, however, is that a very curious revival of—let us say—tolerance for the absiract monarchical idea has been observed in France for some years. It lay at the bottom of the popular whim for Napoleonic plays and literature and was the basis of thc immense popular cult of Jeanne d’Are, which remains by far the more important of the two just now. This movement seems about to translate itself into action. I mentioned the other day that Prince Victor Napoleon had fallen out with Empress Eugenie, who had thrown in her ot with the Orleanists. Now, it is said that Victor 1s to meet a Duke of Orleans shortly and also give in his adhesion to his cause, while Orleans 1is turning over the project of marrying Vic- tor's sister Letitia, the Duchess of Aosta, who is only two years his senior and is as clever as she is beautiful. A few years ago | these things would have matiered little; now, perhaps, they mean a good deal. Bordeaux had led the way in the new direction by an - open and successful com- bination of Royalists and Socialists in politics and it is likely that the same queer combination will manifest itself elsewhere. One does not pretend to be able to explain such a weird fusion of forces, much less to predict how far it may go, but the fact of its existence remains. The Duke of Orleans is meanwhile at Marienbad, fighting heroically against his inherited tende:cy to become s fat man. No young pretender can afford to be an unwieldy mountain of flesh, especially if he is nerving himself for an appearance in person on the field, which is what he is understood to have in mind. Undoubtedly the Prince of Wales’ victory at Epsom was popular in the broadest and most genial meaning of the word. Not even the sourest non-conformists or | radicals offer dissentive comments, and as | for the sporting public, it quite lost its head with delight. The Prince himself is believed to have taken in a large pot of money on the regult, and otherwise fortune is favoring him, not only in the wills of deceased millionaires, but in new and valuable friendships among living ones as well. Two victories at by-elections have pro- duced a warrantable elation in the Radical camp, all the more as both were won by | candidates who ostentatiously put home | P rule in the backgroind and fought their campaigns on strictly English issues. There is nodoubt that the Government’s Nonconformist allies are aghast, and Guiness: Rogers, Dr. Clifford and the rest are already denouncing him as “a senile, childish Puseyite.” Inside the Estab- lished church the excitement is even greater, but it is tempered there by an anxious suspicion that the manifesto covers more than meets the eye. The Archbishop of York, who is regarded as Gladstone's real backer in the matter, is a stronger man than his rival of Canter- bury, and the wuole tone of the letter suggests that there is a vastly more pow- erful body of English clerics prepared for an arrangement with Rome than was here- tofore suspected. Very possibly Gladstone did not mean to convey the impression that the doc- trinal differences between the Roman and the Anglican churches are of next to no importance, or that the real obstacle in the path toward reunion is the technical question of the validity of the Anglican orders. and, generally speaking, of the apostolic succession; but that is the ef- fect he produces. I do not believe any considerable number of English church- men will take this view, and mmuch less that it could be imposed on the Establish- ment as a whole; but the manner of its presentation and the weight of its sponsors naturally provoked a lively commotion. A few days ago the papers took note of a slight fire out at Brentford, in a club- house that used to be the residence of Nell Gwynn. Yesterday there came to the club a letter offering the services of a firm of London insurance-valuers and addressed to “Miss Gwynn.” The famous Guides band at Brussels, which for years has ranked amorg the four or five best bands in the world, with the Marine band of Washington, the Garde Republicaine of Paris and perhaps the Vienna military band, is to pass out of existence. King Leopold is so im- poverished by Congo and other losses that he is no longer able to afford a personal subsidy of $3000, and the Minister of War has no power to make an extra grant, and so the Guides band will be reduced to the forty-two musicians of an ordinary regi- mental band. There are stories to-day of a fierce out- break of a choleraic disease in the French military camp at Chalons on Thursday, which closely resembles the Asiatiz reality, and at least not up to the present has it been decided to be something else. There is still cholera in South Russia, but otherwise June finds Europe free from the epidemic for the first time practically in a dozen years. Tie disease is much worse than usual in Egypt, however, and the English officials are finding the task of forcing the populace to take the most rudimentary precautions against its spread more arduous than all their other hard jobs in the Nile Valley put together. So far as is known here Paul Bourget’s in the Paris civic tribunal over his er has never been matched 1n the h-speaking coarts. The decision is that the publisher is bound to bring all his books and vouchers before an arbitrator agricultural and education bills are excel- | lent things for the opvosition and despite | the ministers’ great nominal majority it is | elready bly frightened at the feuds ex- | isting within its own ranks, and at the evidence of its unpopularity in the coun- | try at large. It acts asif they were afraid of falling to pieces even nuw. and if the | Liberal party were not itself in an almost | hopeless state of internal disorder there | might be prospects of exciting and evenly balanced political fighting once more be- fore the century closes. As to the report that Rosebery is going to retire from public Tife probably a revival of last year's story. There was a | time when he declared that he would with- { draw, and if he had done so the history of | British Liberalism would have been al- | tered for the better. But the information | of t.ose who saw him only recently is that he israther keener than usual to bang on to the titular leadership. At least this was his mood a few weeks ago. The excessive publicity given by the Madrid press to the not unusual incident of Martinez Caipos being challenged to duel has, I am told, a purely political ex- planation. Campos as a life Senator has the power to make himself heard through- out the country, and it is understood that he intends in the fortbcoming Cuban de- | bate in the Cortes to deliver a merciless | and crushing attack from inside knowl- edge on the whole tragic farce of Spanish control in that island. The effect of this is dreaded, both by the army clique now in the ascendency and by the politicians working with them, and they thought to head it off by slaying Campos in a duel. The character of the insult thrust upon Campos was S0 gross that be couid not refuse to fight, but other influences intervened at the last moment and forced the military authorities to stop the encounter and to arrest both parties. What will be done next no one knows, but Madrid has been thrown into a dan- gero us state of excitement by the episode, ana all sorts of stories and cabals of mili- tary plots and even of revolutionary con- spiracies are afloat. The Queen Regent is reported to be seriously ill which, naturally adds to the distrust with which the whole gituation in the peninsulais regarded by outsiders, There is much substance in the rumor of a revival of Fenian activity and that certain well known men of that kidney are or have been over here and bave taken rather elaborate pains to draw police attention to the fact of their presence. This means, however, as I take 1it, noth- ing more serious than a contempiated strike at McKinley’s campaign fund a little later on. There is always an opportune Fenian scare here in presidential years, but this present one is the poorest and most ricketty thing of the kind in the whole series and if it succeeds in getting even beer money during the campaign it will be highly overpaid. Inthe City & man who has anything to sell or to raise money on has only to men- tion that it is American and everybody turns his back automatically. During the past month it has been impossible to find a penny for the most substantial indus- trial enterprises and the most richly gilded securities which Americans could offer. The big Rio Grande irrigation scheme, only one of a number that would have been snapped up eagerly a year ago, is un- able to zet even flotation expenses now. No secret is made of the fact that the masses in America are intent upon a 50 per cent repudiation, which is what the 16 to 1 ratio in effect means, and under the influence of this feeling Englishmen laugh at any suggestion that they put their money into thinegs American. It has been a fat year in England, how- ever; money is pleaty, and I am told that we are on the threshoid of another great boom in Bouth African veritures, particu- larly in the Barnito properties. Word has been passed round in the city during the last few days that the Transvaal trouble has all been squared and that more money than ever is going to be made in Jobannes- burg. The upward movement, of course, bas already begun, but it is predicted that there will be a rush within the next fortnight. Gladstone’s extraordinary letter to Car- dinal Rampella bas created almost as great fluttering in theological dovecotes as did his famous Vatican vamphlets. His named by the Court, and to let the ques- tion of royalties due on sales be thus pub- licly determined. There is talk of testing the opinion of an English court on the | same point, and from ali I hear the ex- periment might not be wholly without in- terest in America, too0. I am afraid it must be admitted that Mrs. Patrick Campbell has not trinmphed in “‘Magda”; the part is too broad and ro- bust for her delicate handling and 1t is, moreover, loaded with a heavy hand of humor, for which she has no genius what- ever. Appearances are all against her be- ing seen long in this misfit roie. Harorp FREDERIC. CENTRAL AMERICA EVENTS Correct Version of the Lynch- ing of De Witt, a Murderer, in Guatemala. Great Preparations Being Made for the Exposition to Be Held Next Year. GUATEMALA, CENTRAL AMERICA, May 22.—There seems to be some misconcep- tion in a portion of the American press re- garding the lynching of De Witt at Puerto Barrios. The facts in the case are as fol- tows:. De Witt, who had but lately ar- rived from New Orleans, sought workon the Northern Railroad; not finding any he became quarrelsome and without the least warning murdered the trainmaster of the road. He was imprisoned at the barracks and over night a.large number of American citizens forced open the cell doors and dragging out the culpritiynched him. The Guatemala Government has seen fit to let the matter restand no further complications are probable, The war in Nicaragua is finished, but the devastation wrought will take many a day to repair. The Leonist generals, Baca and Ortiz, fled {o Salvador in a lighter and the Government of that country is seriously considering their ex- tradition, which has been requested by the Nicaraguan Government. The different States of Central America have set to work with a will to make the exposition to be held in Guatemala in 1897 a success. European exhibitors are daily obtaining more space, and it is to be hoped that the United States and its vast manufactures and products will be well represented. In expectation of a very large concourse of people many new dwellings and hotels are going up all over the city. Work on the Northern and six other railroads is being actively pushed, the construction being mostly in the hands of Americans. Most Central Americans are eagerly hoping for new reciprocity treaties with the United States in the near future. e Suicide of an Excursionist. MONTREAL, Quesec, June 6.—T. C. Cartwright, a wealthy young Englishman of Brakeley Hall, Brakeley, England, com- mitted suicide at Mount Royal Park last evening. Cartwright bad many friends in New York and other cities. He arrived here yesterday from New York on a fish- ing excursion and registered at the Wind- sor Hotel. Shortly after he went to Mount Royal Park and shot himself dead. The cause of his suicide is unknown. ety Bombs in a Dust-Heap. BARCELONA, Spar¥, June 6.— Two bombs were found to-day in a dust-heap near the cathedral at the conclusion of a Corpus Christi procession. Several anarch- ists have been arrested on suspicion of in- tending to cause an explosion, prlumesas sy Of Tuterest to the Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—The Qalifornia Congressmen were hoping to pass the California mineral land classifica- tion bill to-day under the suspension of the rules, but the bill was not reached. Among California arrivals are James Deitrick of BSan Francisco and Henry Newell of Los Angeles. Pensions have been California—Original: David H. Lentz, Veterans' Home, Napa; Daniel F. Dir- reen, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles; Wil. liam Owens, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles. Original widows, etc: Rosella M. on, Los Angeles; Margaret Maroney, Benicia. Oregon—Reissue: Elias 8. Mobley (de- ceased), Mount Taber. ranted as follows: GROVER AGAIN USES THE VETD, The General Deficiency Bill Disapproved on This Occasion. REPLIES TO CRITICISMS. Why Is He Given the Preroga- tive if He Cannot Exer-’ cise It? THE GROUND FOR HIS ACTION. A Provision in the Measure Relating to the Payment of French Spolia- tion Claims. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—The President sent a veto message to the House on the general deficiency appro- priation bill this afternocon. He replies briefly to the criticisms of his exercise of the veto power, and says he has hurried the preparation of the message in order that Congress may take action in the mat- ter without delay. The ground for the veto is the provision relating to the pay- ment of the French spoliation claim. In his message the President says: “It is difficult to understand why, under the constitution, it should be necessary to submit proposed legisiation to executive scrutiny and approval except to: invoke the exercise of executive judgment ana invite independent executive action. “The unpleasant incidents which ac- company the use of the veto power would tempt its avoidance if such a course did not invoive an abandonment of constitu- tional duty and an assent to legislatio= for which the executive is not willing to share the respons ibility. I regret that I am constrained to disapprove an impor- tant appropriation bill so near the close of the present session of Congress. I have, however, by immediate action affer the receipt of the bill, endeavored to aelay as littie nsfossible areconsideration of this proposed legislation, though I am thus obliged to content myself with a less com- plete explanation of my objections than would otherwise be submitted. “This bill is in many of its features far removed from a legitimate deficiency bull, and it contains a number of appropria- tions whiclt seem to me to be exceedingly questionable. Without noticing in de- tail many of these items I shall refer to two of them which, in my judgment, jus- tified my action in the premises. The bill appropriates $1,027,314 09 for a partial pay- ment upon claims which originated in depredations upon our commerce by French cruisers and vessels during the closing years of the last century. “They have become quite familiar to those having Congressional experience, as they have been pressed for recognition and payment, with occasional intervals of re- pose, for nearly one hundred years, These claims are based upon the allegations that France, being at war with Englana, seized {and condemned many American vessels and cargoes in violation of the rules of in- ternational law and treaty provisions, and contrary to its duty to our country asa neutral power and to our citizens; that by reason of these acts claims arose in favor of such of our citizens as were damnified against the French nation—which claims our Government attempted to enforce— and that in concluding a treaty with | France in the year 1800 these claims were abandoned or relinquished in considera- | tion of the relinquishment of certain clzims which France cLarged against us. “Upon these stat-ments it ie insisted by | those interested that we as a Nation have | reaped a benefitin our escape from these French demands against us. Through the abandonment of the claims of our citizens against France the Government became equally bound itself and its citizens to pay tise claims thus relinquished. “I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal iiability against the Government on account of its rela- tions to these claims. At the term of the Supreme Court just finished the Chief Justice, 1n an opinion concerning them and the action of Congress in appropri- ating for their payment, said: ‘We think that payments thus prescribed to be made were purposely brought within the cate- gory of payments by way of gratuity— | payments of grace and not of right.” “These claims have been in an atmos- phere of controversy ever since they were conceived, and when it is alleged that the abandonment of the claims against France was in consideration of great benefits to the Government it is as confidently al- leged that they were in point of fact abandoned because their enforcement was hopeless, and that if any benefit really accrued to us by insistence upon their set- tlement in the course of diplomatic rela- tions such result gave no pretext for tax- ing the Government with the liability to the claimants. ©It 1s, I believe, somewhat the fashion in interested guariers to speak of the failure by the Government to pay these claims as such neglect as amounts to re- pudiation by the Government and a denial of justice to citizens who have suffered. Of course these original claimants have for years been beyond the reach of relief, but” as their descendants in each genera- tion become more numerous the volume of ndvocac{, importunity and accusation correspondingly increases. “If injustice has been domne in the re- fusal of these claims it began early in the present century, and msy be charged against men then in public life more con- versant than we can be with the facts in- volved and whose honesty and sense of right ought to secure them from suspicion. “I have determined to submit thisin- complete presentation of my objection to this bill at once, in order that Congress may act thereon without embarrassment or the interruption of plans for an early adjournment.” GOTHAM'S LATE GOSSIP, Ex-Governor Campbell Talks About Free Silver and Duty of the Democrats. Stories to Il'ustrate the Brusqueness of Cecil Rhodes of South Africa Fame. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 6.—Former Governor James E. Campbell of Ohio spent several hours yesterday in Wall street with Colonel Gurley of his State. When he re- turned to the Metropole late in the after- noon he expressed himself if iavor of free silver, but with a restriction to which he said even Wall street would not seriously object. “The leaders of the silver movement in the Democratic party are conservative and will work earnestly to prevent any such catastrophe. The idea 1 would like to sce adopted is this: Declare for free silver; demand that the Government at Wash- ington, through the President and Con- gress, issue a call to the commercial na- tions of both hemispheres to meet in con- ference with us at Washington for the one purpose specified in the call, of devising a method of putting silver on a par with gold as money of the world. The confer- ence occurring, we would agree with such nations as we could. To such as agreed with us we could offer special tariff favors on the reciprocity principle. To such as did not we could turn a tariff cold shoul- der. We are every nation’s best customer, and all would at last be made to agree, “8hould none agree with us I would have this nation declare for free silver on its sole responsibility, aud fix a date, as, {or instance, January 1, 1899, when silver and gold would meet at our mints for coin- age on equal terms. This would leave an open time of two years,in which trade would adjust itself to the new conditions. “All conferences, so far, have merel been child's play. This one would be dif- ferent. France and Germany now are on the verge of adopting silver. They need only a slignt incentive to push them over the line. With France, Germany and America in the field, England would be actually obliged to come in. We could make things so warm for ber by tariff and reciprocity treaties that she would acoede to the terms adopted. When this country is in earnest England yields every time. That has been repeatedly shown, particu- larly of late.” s, Robert J. Niven, whose death is re- orted from Panis, was a member of the anderbilt family. She was the third daughter of the late Commodore Vander- bilt and a sister of the late W. H. Vander- bilt. She -was married when a young woman to the late Horace F. Clark, who was at one time the president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. After the death of Clark she remained in retirement for some time, and later was married to Robert J. Niven, who died re- cently. She had spent much of her time abroad, and had been living in Paris. The funeral will take place in Paris to-day, and the burial will be in France. Cecil Rhodes of South Africa fame is a brutal as well as confirmed misogynist. On one occasion when he was implored to allow a lady and her daughters to travel in a special train with him, he remarked, after resisting the appeal for some time, ““Ali right, put the women in the guard’s van,”’ and then seated himself comfortably among his rugs and cushions in a luxuri- ous saloon car. Once, too, when a lady at- tempted to engage him in conversation at some social gathering in London he is said to have rebuffed her with the rough remark that he had ‘‘no time to talk to women,” and then relapsed into gloomy silence. Pain’s Open-Air Theater managers have almost completed the arrangements for their fine pyrotechnicdisplay for this sum- mer at Manhattan Beach. Everything will be arranged by Saturday of next week, and *‘Cuba,” representing the strug- gles that are being made for treedom by her loyal sons and daughters, will then be Eiven on the same grand scale that displays ave been given in the past. There will be 400 men and_ women engaged in the representation. Santiagode Cuba, its ports and fortifications and the country adjoin- ing are supposed to be the scene of action of the spectacle. Here many exciting scenes have occurred, and they will have representation on the mimic stage. Battie scenes, military displays, marches and all the duties attendant on war will be repro- Guced, Thelanding of a filibustering party will also be represented. ‘W. T. Carleton will close his opera sea- son at the Grand Opera-house to-night. He went to considerable expense to fit the house up and secure a good company, and it is a fact that “The Chimes of Nor- mandy’’ has been_ extremely well sung there this week. But the public did not appreciate this effort and cven at the very low prices charged the audiences have been too small to warrant continuing the season any longer. “The bicycle is to blame for it all,” said Mr. Carieton last evening, *“I used to go to Baltimore and Washington and Boston every summer and _dodgood business. It is no use now. The theatrical season is dead everywhere as soon as the roads get good for bicycle riding. It’s the same way in California. I tell you it is the bicycle that is ruining.the theatrical business.” Mr. Carleton added that he had offers of engagements for his opera company from managers in several other cities and he would probably accept some of them if he were guaranteed enough to pay him for his trouble. “Otherwise,” he concluded, “we had better shut up shop and go fishing or bicycling.” ARBITRATION CONFERENCE Peace Strongly Advocated Before the Final Adjournment. MOHONK LAKE, N. Y., June 6.—The Arbitration Conference adjourned last night after declaring that in the settle- ment of personal controversies civiliza- tion has substituted the appeal to the law for the appeal to force, and that it ishigh time for a Jike substitution of law for war in the settlement of controversies between nations. After stating that a permanent tribunal is required to settle international contro- versies, the deciaration proceedsas follows: “‘The fact that during the past year the Inter-Parliamentary Peace Union, con- taining parliamentary representatives from fourteen European powers has form- uliated a plan for an international tribunal; that France has officially proposed to this country a permanent treaty of arbitra- tion, and that it is semi-officially reported that negotiations are pending between the United States and Great Britain fora similar treaty, justify the belief that the way is now open to create between this country and France, and perhaps with the other powers, some permanent sys- tem of judicial arbitration as to the es- sential safeguard of civilization, we earnestly call upon statesmen, ministers of every faith, the newspaper and period- iLal press, colleges and schools, chambers of commerce and boards of trade, organ- izations of workingmen and upon all good men and women to exert their influence in favor of this movement.” R THEEE STUDENTS DROWNED. One Sank in a Hole and the Others Tried to Rescue Him, MASON CITY, Iowa, June 6.—M. J. Atkinson of Clear Lake, Vernon Galt of Albert Lea, Minn., and Roy C. Slosson of Northwood were drowned at Nora Springs about 11 o’clock to-day. They were all members of the senior class at the Nora Springs Seminary, With two or three other young men they decided to go in bathing. The professor admonished them against it, as they were not good swim- mers. The water was shallow where they went in, but one of them by accident stepped off into a deep hole and the others in trying to rescue him were drawn down and they all perished together. PR EL A, Fire in a Big Warehouse, ERIE, Pa., June 6.—The Anchor Line and Western Transportation Company lost $100,000 by fire this morning. The fire broke out in one of the big ware- houses. When discovered it was entirely beyond control. The flames spread to and destroyed the Anchor line’s " icehouse con- taining several thousand tons of ice, and it was only by the greatest effort that the big flour house with its large stock of flour was saved from entire destruction. plddwtysed =i ey Had a Stroke of Apoplexy. OMAHA, Ngpr, June 6.—Hon. Paul Vandervoort, ex-commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and commander of the National League of thie United States, suffered a stroke of apoplexy a few days an. The iacts were carefully kept from the public until be had sufficiently recov- ered to be out of immediate canger. He has been advised by pnysicians to drop all office work or his life will be the sacri CANT AGREE ON APPROPRIATIONS Controversies Befween the Two Branches of Congress. POINTS OF CONTENTION. Public Buildings, Indian Affairs and New Vessels for the Navy. NEW CONFERENCES ORDERED. The Senate Refuses to Recede From Its Contention in Reference to Battle-Ships. WASHINGTON, D. C. June 6.—The Senate gave its aimost undivided atten- tion to-day to conference reports on gen- eral appropriation bills. The first that came before it was the sundry civil bill, where no agreement had been reached in conference. The chief point in contro- versy between the two houses wasas to a number of Senate amendments for the construction of public buildings in the capita's of four new States—Idaho, Mon- tana, Wyoming and Utah—and for the in- crease of the limits of expenditure in building that are being constructed in Kansas City, Mo., Savannah, Ga., and Camden, N. J., all of which were resisted by the House conferees. The Senate, how- ever, by a unanimous vote insisted upon these public building amendments and the bill was referred backe for further consid- eration. The next conference report that came up was on the Indian appropriation bill. All points of disagreement had been set- tled in prior partial reports and there had only remained iwo matters to be adjusted. These were as to the payment of Iawyers’ fees on the old settlers or Western Chero- kee claim, and as to contract schools for Indian children. Both these items were now adjusted, the first by an instruction to the Secretary of the Interior vo with- hold the fund until further legislation is had, and the second by limiting the con- tinuance of contract schools to the 1st of July, 1897, instead of 1898. The conference report was agreed to without any contest. The third conference report was on the naval ngproprintion bill. It was a final report, but it was disagreed to—ayes 22, noes 24—and the bill goes back for further conference. The controversy wasas to the numoer of new battle-ships, the confer- ence compromise fixing the number at three, ana as to the limit of price for armor plate for-these sbips, the confer- ence compromise fixing the price at $425 per ton. The contention of the Senate was for two_battle-ships and $350 ver ton, that of the House for four battle-ships and §550 a ton. The Senate at 5:15 adjourned until Mon- day at noon. 0 R SUSPENSION DAY IN THE HOUSE. Cleveland’s Feto of the Deficiency Bid Sustained After Debate. WASHINGTON, D. C., June though this was to have been indi suspension day to enable the House todis- pose of certain measures which were being pressed upon the Speaker for consideration but one such bill was acted upon by the body in a session prolonged largely beyond the usual period. This was the Senate bill to regulate fourth-class mail master, which was passed upon a motion by Loud (R.) of California. The effect of the bill is to shut out of the mails the supplies and stores of executive departments, which, under aliberal construction of the postal laws and regulations, have been held to be mailable matter. Loud stated that it cost the Government 12 cents a pound to carry this stuff, whereas it could be transported by express companies atnotto exceed 2 cents a pound. Parsons (R.) of Vermont brought up the bill clothing the purchasers of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad under fore- closure sale with the same powers, privi- leges and obligations as those possessed by the original corporation, but 1t was with- drawn to avoid a hostile vote. The greater part of the afternoon was devoteg to the President’s veto of the general deficiency appropriationt bill. It was vigorously attacked by Mahon (R.) of Pennsylvania, and Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, ana defended by Cannon (R.) of Illinois, Dockery (D.) of Missouri and Sayers (D.) of Texas, and finally sustained by a vote of 170 to 39. » Cannon then presented a revised bill, omitting the French spoliation and Bow- man act war claims, and several individual claims, all included in a single amend- ment, and moved that the rules be sus- pended and the bill passed. ‘This was opposed by Mahon (R.) of Pennsylvania, Richardson (D.) of Tennes- see, Evans (R.) of Tennessee and Welling- ton (R.) of Maryland, chiefly on the ground that the President had no objec- tions to the war claims and the House and Senate had voted that they ought to be paid. The House, however, refused to %o witn these gentlemen and passed the bull, 172 to 43. 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Hoodls Pl“s cure Liver Ills; easy to take, easy to operate.25¢. tion of the United States courts over crimes commltted in the Indian Territory t and providing for the leasing of | mineral, farAm ;l%g zrlzini lands. ; e £ 7:25 P. M. the House took .a recess until 10 o’clock Monday. o J —— - AGAINST THE BOND BILL. The House Committee of Ways and Mcans 80 Ieports. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—Ding- ley of Maine, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, presented to the House the report of the majority members of the committee on the Senate bill “to prohibit the further issuance of interest- bearing bonds.”” The report concludes with the declara- tion that in the present condition of the country, with a deficit of revenue and dis- trust prevailing to an alarming extent, 1t “would be a most serious mistake, not to use a stronger term, to take away almost the only prop that now remains for the maintenance at par of the legal tenaer de- mand notes which formed so important a part of the currency of the United Staias.” The bill is reported back, therefore, with the recommendation that it do not pass, and this conclusion the thirteen Republ- can members of the committee indorse. Two of the Democratic members of the committee, Turner and Cobb, concur with the reverse decision, but without indors- ing the report. A ST IT IS THE USUAL FAKE. No Truth in the Y¥arn About England and Hawait, WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—THE CaLL correspondent inquired at the State Department to-day whether any notifica- tion had yet been received concerning the action of President Dole in refusing Vol- ney Ashford permission to land on Hawaiian soil, or of the reported intent- tion of Great Britain to insist that Ash- i?lrd (a British subject), be allowed to land there. A Btate Department official said that no news had been received. He also volun- teered the opinion that it was all a fake, and that Great Britain would not inter- fere. ‘‘For,” said he, “it 1s the sovereign right of any nation to exclude an objec- tionable person.” L ZLand Lists Approved. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—The Secretary of the Interior has approved the following lists of lands selected by rail- roads: Northern Pacific, 66,826 acres; Bozeman (Mont.) district, 2039 acre Vancouver (Wash.) district, 3360 acres; Fargo (N. Dak.) district. 18,380 acres; St. Cloud (Minn.) district, 550 acres; Miles City (Mont.) district, 478 acres; Vancouver (Wash.) district, 481,748 acres; Bismarck (N. Dak.) district; Central Pacific Rail- road, successor to California and Oregon Railroad Company, 1901 acres in the Red- ding (Cal.) aistrict. — Debarred From the Mails. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 6.—Post- master-General Wilson has denied the privilege of the mails to the Mutual De- benture Company of Iowa, having offices at Chicago and Emrorln, Kans. The con- cern conducted a lottery business. Sim- ilar action was taken against the Standard Beed Company, the Excelsior Seed Com- pany and C. Hyman of Chicago. e Troops Can Cross the Border. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6.—Secre- tary Olney, in behalf of the United States, and Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister, NEW TO-DA | EAGLESON &CO. —AT— Factory Prices! OUTING SHIRTS, NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, FANCY SHIRTS, WHITE SHIRTS, SUMMER UNDERWEAR, SWEATERS, HOSIERY, ETC. 748 AND 750 MARKET STREET.§. F. 242 NONTGOMERY STREET, §. P, LOS ANGELES and SACRAMENTO i behalf of his Government, have signed an agreement permitting the troops of one country to cross the border of the other in the pursuit of criminals And outlaws. Similar agreements have been made be- tween ‘Mexico and the United States sev- eral times, notably when Geronimo was carr¥ing. on his depredations along the border. The- present arrangement has been called forth by the vutlawry of the renegade *‘Kid.” NEW TO-DAY. “At Sloane’s.” { VALUES. PRICES. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. Absolutely best made. mmense selection. 65¢ Per Yard, Sewed, laid and lined. BIGELOW BODY BRUSSELS. Highest class manufactured, $1.123¢ Per Yard, Sewed, laid and lined. NOTTINGHAM LAGE CURTAINS. 400 palrs, 3% yards long, At 85e Per Pair, Reduced from $1.25. At $1.10 Per Pair, Reduced from $1.50. LACE GURTAINS AND PORTIERES. In broken lots, To close at HALF PRICE. W. & J. SLOANE & CO., CARPETS, FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERY, 641-647 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. THE s 5555 RED And a dark red, that's the shade in Summer Tans that has the call. The price? Well, ours is a dol- 1ar or two lower than the others are asking. That's the reason we're selling more than we usually do. $3.00 THE DEFENDER (THE NEW TOE.) One of the new shapes just out this season s & star seller. Everybody wants it. The upper stock used in this shoe Is theé finest Russia calf (dark-red shade). We have them in all sizes and widths, and the prioo of them Is within your easy 9,00 grasp. o o SULLIVAN’S MONEY-SAVERS : IN : SHOES, 18-20-22 Fourth Street, Just Below Market. THE FIRM OF SINPSON & MILLAR, SEARCHERS OF RECORDS, S STILL COMPETENT TO CONTEND against all competitors and to conduct all bust- ness intrusted to it without outside assistance otherthan the well-merited confidence extended by FOR BARBERS, BAK: the public. BR“SHE e, bootblacks, batie houses, _billiard-tables, dyers, bookbinders, candy.makers, flourmills, foundries, laundries, hangers, printers, painters, shoe factories, stables men, fanners, tallors ete. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers. 609 SacramentoSke COSMOPFPOLITAIN, Opposite U. S. Mint, 100 and 102 Fitta st, Saa TAD Cal.—The most select and $. 125 ‘l}x‘hlof“’ ": asoording 4o fooms.Meals Jbc. " Koomia .fi‘ canners, paper CRESCENT BIC YCLES. CRESCENT—Fastest wheel on earth. Holds the one-mile world’s record, made by M. O. Dennis at Denver, March 27, 1896. Time, | min. 11¢ sec. Fastest mile ever ridden. CRESCENTS SELL FOR $75 AND ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR. LEAVITT & BILL, S0o8 LARKIN ST. 1112 BROADWAY, OAKLAND.