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great ability, earnestness and force character. During his first term in Con- gress, the fifty-second session, I appointed; him on the Ways and Means” Commiftee, notwithstanding it is uptisual to appoins, a new member on ithat, committee. He had, however, been an ‘éarnest advocate of tariff | reform L .and came from the right section of ‘the country. It was soon prgven tbat wo mistake had been made in. putting him upon that important committee, for in that session he made a speech on the _zuh- ject of tariff reform which gave him a National reputation.” Mr. Crisp added that Mr. Bryan was the representative, the brilliant representa- tive, of the young Democracy, and ne s very hopeful of his election. Mr. Crisp felt sure that if elected his administra tion would be in every way successful. B POPULISTS FOR BRYAN. Senator Willlam V. Allen of Ne- braska Thinks They Will Support Him. OMAHA, Ngs., July 12.—Senator Will- iam V. Allen, Populist, said in an inter- view here that he would go so far as to say that the nomination of Mr. Bryan was very pleasing to him, but polit- ically he was not in a position to say whether he would give him his support. Tn reply to a further question Senator Allen said that he would not say what action he would take until aiter the Popu- list party had decided what it would do. While he did not say soin so many words, the impression was conveyed that he would not be displeased if the Populists saw fit to indorse Bryan. In a speech in this city the Senator de- clared the Populist party could elect the next President of the United States. The audience interpreted it as a declaration for Bryan, and the name of the Democratic nominee was echoed by pitana gallery. Whether the statement was intended to carry that impression was not made clear, for the speaker left the subject to attack McKinley as the representative of tariff taxation. He ridicnled the battle-cry of *McKinley and prosperity,” and declared that a pro- tective tariff meant an increase of taxation on the homes of the country. He quoted firures which purported to show that more gold had gone out of the country under Harrison’s administration than under Cleveland’s, and argued from this that the tariff had no connection with prosperity. There was a deficit in the treasury for five months before Cleveland came into office, he said, and this nad been caused, in his opinion, by the fact that the tariff had been placed so high that no one was willing to 1mport. The Populist convention on the 15th will in all probabllity declare for Bryan. One of the questions that was most earnestly and most frequently disenssed about Omaha this morning was whether Mr. Bryan would make his headquarters in this city or in Lincoln. All the local business men and the hotel men especi- ally are desirous that the headquarters shall be here. Thne reason is too apperent tobe pointed out. Concerning this mat- ter Mr. Hitchcock said this morning that Mr. Bryan might make his present head- quarters at his home in Lincoln, with his official headquarters in this city. Another Omsaha man who has been intimately as- sociated with the Democratic nominee said he felt quite certain that Omaha would be Bryan’s principal place of busi- ness throughout the campaign. The superior railroad facilities, he argued, would go a long way toward deciding the matter. All the railroad men are happy over the nomination of the Nebraskan. They are preparing to handle the large crowds that are expected in Omaha during the cam- paign o pay their respects to the nominee. General Passenger Agent Francis of the B. and M. said that he had already re- ceived a number of queries about special trains to Lincoln, in the event that Mr. Bryan should establish his headquarters there. Thenews that it was probabla that there would be no formai visit from a com- mittee to notify the candidate of his nomi- nation was not received very enthusias- ticaily by the railroaders. They were ex- pecting thousands of free silverites on that occasion. e BRYAN IS RESTING. Spends the Sabbath Quietly at the Home of Mrs. Lyman Trumbull. CHICAGO, Iri., July 12.—Exhausted by the exactions attendant upon his nomi- nation for the Presidency, William J. Bryan escaped last night from the im- portunate crowd of congratulatory Demo- crats and convention politiciansand found rest and privacy in the home of a family friend. He accepted the invitation of Mrs. Lyman Trumbull, widow of the re- cently deceased statesman, with whom he studied law, and went to the old-fashioned bomestead on the lake shore at Nu. 4008 Lake avenue, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and the children. The nominee was so tired that it was afternoon when he grose. Early in the afternoon Senator Jones, chairman of the National Committee, Arthur Sewall, the Vice-Presidential nominee, and anotner Mr. Jones, who was chairman of the last Democratic State Convention in Arkansas, called at the spacious frame cottage to pay their respects and politics was not dis- cossed. Mr. Bryan said he had made no appointments with any one for the day or evening and would take all the rest he could get until to-morrow. Hhe went driving with Senator Jones and Mr. Sewall in the afternoon end after dinner drove with Mrs. Trumbull and Mrs. ‘Bryan to Oakwoods Cemetery, not far from the Coliseum, to yisit the grave of Mr. Trum- bull, to whom Mr. Bryan was devotedly attached, He retired early 50 as to be on band at 9 o'clock at the Leland Hotel, where he will meet the sub-committee of the notification committee to agree upon arrangements for that function, e POPULISTS ARE PLEASED. Chairman Taubeneck Says the Democratic Nominees Make the Roali Easy. ST, LOUIS, Mo., July 12.—About the beadquarters of the Populist party Na- tional Committee in this city there is a spirit of exultation at the work of the Democratic convention. Neither Chair- man Taubeneck nor his assistants will ex- plain their very apparent satisfaction at the course of political events. When the United Press dispatches brought to him the fact of Sewall's momination he pon- dered a moment and seid: ‘‘This makes our course plain and the road easy. It could not have been better.” i The chairman yesterday sent to each of the National Central Committeemen the following notification: ST, Lovis, Mo., July 12, 1896. I herebénnolu)‘ the mambeaflol the National Central Committee of the People’s party to and every member -hourli b':rr’eunt. i H. E. TAURENECK, Chairman of National Executive Commiitee. — e — Plans for the Campaign. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—Vice- | Edin Chairman A the Republican Cot gressiomal Campaign Committee left for Canton last nightinpon the invitation of Messrs. McKinley and Hanna. It is pur- posed that ‘the National executive and Congrestional committees shall co-operate in the campaig Mr. Apsley’s visit to Okio is in pursuance of“this plan. Chairman Babeock of the Congressional committee returned from Washington last night. He declares Mc- Kinley will carry that State by a plurality of 50,000. The committee is sending out | 1,000,000 copies of speeches delivered in Congress of late years on the financial question. All the demand at present is for literature of this character. e BRYAN THEIR CHOICE. Kansas Silverites Will Indorse the Candidate Named at Chicago. TOPEKA, Kaxs., July 12.—The State convention of the Silver party to elect delegates to the National Convention, which meets in St. Louis next week, will be held in Tepeka on Thursday, July 16. Many county conventions were held yes- terday to elect delegates to the State con- vention, and without exception the dele- gates were instructed to vote for only such aelegates as would favor the nomination of Bryan and Sewall. The silver men in the county conventions have, as far as practicable, chosen only Republicans as delegates to the State convention, with the object to make the movement appear as independent of the People's and Demo- cratic parties as possible. A number of People’s Party conven- tions were also held yesterday in different parts of the State, and they, too, adopted resolutions favoring the nomination of Bryan for President. lists, including Senator Peffer, Jerry Simpson, ex-Governor Lewellyn, John W. Breidenthal and W. A. Harris, ex-Con- gressman-at-large, are favorable to the nomination or indorsement of the Demo- cratic candidates for President and Vice- President by the People's Party. —_———— COAST RATIFICATOINS. Silver Men Express Their Satisfac- tion With the Chicago Con= vention’s. Work. SEATTLE, Wasn., July 12—The Seat- tle News, an evening Republican paper, on the ground that tree coinage of siiver is for the best interests of the country, vesterday declared for the National Democratic ticket. Regarding Mr. Bryan it says: He fully represents the youth, vigor, inde- pendence and inspiration of the great West, toward which the star of empire has been moving for & century. He is in touch with the industrial masses, with the producing classes, and the platform on which he stands is as sig- nally Jucid in its declaraiions of basic Demo- | cratic and true Republican principles as the bill of rights; as strennous for manhood and liberty as was the emancipation proclamation, There can be no doubt as to the duty of every citizen, Ex-Postmaster Griffith Davies, a life- long Republican, who hela office during the Harrison administration, in discussing the ticket and the campaign, said: “This will be a struggle between wealth- users and wealth-producers of this coun- try, and I believe the wealth-producers will win.” Of the action of some metropolitan papers in bolting the ticket, Mr. Davies observed: “It is well known that the financial policy of six or seven leading vapers of New York City has for years been directed from Lombard sireet, London.” EUREKA, Can, July 12—Democrats turned out en masse last night to ratify the nominations of Bryan and Sewall. Silver advocates from all over the county were present and joined with the Democrats in enthusiastic demonstrations. J. F. Coonan, chairman of the county executive com- mittee, in an introductory speech eulo- gizeg the party’s choice and endorsed the Chicago platform. Other speakers of the evening were 8, I, Allerd, a candidate for Presidential Elec- tor; H. L. Ford, E. L. Mahan and D. K. 8, Sellers. Davis Evens, a prominent lumberman and an old-line Republican, took the-stand and enrolled himself in silver's cause. Attorney Coffey of 8an Francisco spoke on the financial plank adopted by the Chicago convention. He reviewed the history of the two metalsand said he believed the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 was theonly way out of the present_industrial depres- sion. During Chairman Coonan’s remarks great excitement was created by Jeff Knight, a Populist leader, who exclaimed in a loud voice: *“You bave insulted the Populist party and they never will affiil- iate with spch corruption. Eleven times your party has downed silver. Now you come too late.” He was led out of the crowd by a policeman and the disturbance was quieted. SPOKANE, Wasa., July 12.—A mass- meeting called by the Republican free coinage party of this State was held at the Auditorinm last night to discuss the finan- cial question. It resolved itself into a monster ratification of the platform and candidate of the National Democratic Convention. Silver Republicans, Demo- crats and Populists all advoeated a union of forces in support of the Democratic ticket. COLUSA, Car., July 12.—An enthusias- tic ratification meeting was held ia Colusa last night to celebrate the nomination of Bryan and Sewall. Hundreds of people lined the streets, and between the strains of band music, the booming of anvils and the bursting of bombs listened to the speeches of Democratic leaders, amon: them Hon. E. A. Bridgeford, H. M. Al- bery and General W. 8. Green and others. CARSON, Ngv.,, July 12—Forty-five cannon salutes were fired by the Carson silver men last evening in honor of Bryan and Sewall. Since the nomination the county, Republican in the last election, has become almost a unit for silver, The nominations are pleasing to Nevada, and the bimetaliist and Populist delegations which go 10 St. Louis on the 22d will vote to indorse the Chicago nominees. PH@ENIX, Ariz., July 12.—Democrats ratified the nominations of Bryan and Bewall last night. It was the greatest demonstration of its character ever wit- nessed 1 this city. The pyrotechnical display was magnificent, Thousands threuged the streets, carrying transpa- rencies, on which was emblazened, “Bryan, Silver and Statehood.” Repub- licans and Populists united with the Democrats to do honor to the champions of the silver cause. Virulrnos of Cholera in Egupt. CAIRO, Eeypr, July 12.—The number of new eases of cholera reported throughout Egypt yesterday was 862. The _deaths numbered 321. Among those who have died from the disesse is o Boudan expedition. HajorOmen of tha Grand Priz Bioycle Race, PARIS, Fraxce, July 12.—The final heat in the bicycle race for the Grand Prix was won st Vincennes to-day by Morin, 8 Frenchman: Jacquelin was second and in third, 2 . and it is understood that All leading Popu- | MANY MEETINGS OF ENDEAVORERS Sabbath Services Are Held in Thirty Tents and Churches. RALLIES OF THE SECTS. Evangelist B. Fay Mills Creates a Mild Sensation in His Sermon. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. Great Need at This Time of Chris- tian Leaders in American Politics WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12.—A list of thirty meetings arranged to be held in the tents and churches this afternoen offered varying attractions to the 40,000 | Christian Endeavor delegates in attend- ance here upon the fifteenth international convention. They were mostly denomi- national rallies, and they arew crowds | according to the numerical strength of each particular denomination, The Bap- tists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists occupied the three tents on the White lot. Speeches were made at these rallies by prominent members of the several denomi- nations. Following these rallies, Evangeljst B. Fay Mills of Fort Eaward, N. _\., ad- dressed a large audience of citizens in Tent Washington, He created a mild sensation in the middle of his sermcn by, a pointed reference to Candidate Mc- Kinley. Speaking of the extension of the principles of socialism us set forth in the Sermon on the Mount, he showed the need in the present time of Christian leaders in Amerioan politics. “Qur candidates for public office from President down to constable should be guided,” said Mr. Mills, “by the spint of the lamb that was slain, Theydo pretend to be, or they would not getour votes. If they came forward honestly and made known their real motives for running for office we would not support them, Sup- pose McKinley should step before you and say, ‘Fellow-citizens, I wish to be your President so that I can pay my debts’ [sensation], or suppose Bryan should say, +I—I—I will be your President for my own good,” why we would not choose one of ! them to take care of our stray dogs. What they say is, ‘Fellow-citizens, I am ready to be sacrificed upon the cross of public duty. I am ready to be President or con- stable as my country calls me.' That is Christian, That is the spirit of tbe lamb that was slain. It is a pity that it is not alwavs said in sincerity.”” A Sabbath observance meeting was also held in Central Hall, Willlam Shaw of Boston presiding. Speeches were maie by Wilbur A. Crafts of Washington, Mrs. Henry T. McEwen of New York and others. At the rally of the Congregational de- nomination held in one of the large tents this afternoon Miss Margaret W, Leitch of Ceylon delivered the following interest- ing address; You glory to-day in the thought that Christ is your eaptain and you sre enlisted under his banner. You glory to-day in the great and growing strength of your Christian Endeavor hosts, and you glory also in the faith, conse- n and courage of your missionaries, who aboring to make known the love of Christ 10 the millions in unevangelized lands, You have at the front nearly 570 mission- aries distributed through twenty districts, having a popuiation of 100,000,000 people. Your missionaries in Turkey have given an object lesson to the whole world of seli-for- getting heroism, devotion to duty and faith in G More than eighteen months ago, after the Sassoun massacres, the missionaries in Turkey fully understood that s general uprising of | Mohammeduns against the Chrisiians wi threatened, and that at those interior stations far away from any consular protection their lives would be endangered. Were they cow- ards? Did they desert their posts? Bless God, not ome of the entire number was willing toleave the Christian communities and the institutions which had been established un- protected by their presence and at the mercy of threatening mobs. L In October of last year, beginning at Con- stantinople and sweeping over the land aimost to Persia, rolled the awful tide of massacre. The slaughter and plunder continued for nearly two months. The outside world, aghast at the tales of horror that but faintly pictured the reelity, began to clamor for the abandon- ing of those interior stations. Then came the letters from the missionaries, not written in excitement, not the result of mass-meetings in which one brave soul inspires the rest, but pennea singly, each writer expressiog hisor her own brave determination to stand by the suffering people, no matter what the personal danger might be. Oh, what sublime faith and courage! God bless those noble missionaries! During the past three years, owing to lack of funds, serious reductions have been enforced. Thou- sands of child)en are being turned oat of mis- sion schools. Many chapels and boarding schools are belng closed. Hundreds of trained native workers are being dismissed, and some of our noblest missionaries are breaking down in health because they are. unable to endure this intoierable strain. Cannot the 500,000 members of the Congregational churches and the 863,000 members of the Congregational Endeavor societies avert this disaster? The Endeavorers here present have it easily within their power to give or coliect the sdditional sum necessary to save the foreign missionary work from grave dissster; $100,000 will do this, It you are true in your profession of loy- alty to Christ and the chureh, could you not make this extra effort in addition t» all that you are aiready doing? To-night at 7 o’ciock Christian Endeavor prayer meetings were held in all the churches of the city. Preaching services, both morning and evening, in the city churches were well attended by citizens and Endeavorers. To-morrow is the closing day of the con- vention, Tuesday being given up entirely to sightseeing, SOCIALIST-LABOR ADDRESS. 0/d Partigs Denounced and Conditions Declared to Be Ripe for Another Civil War. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 12—The Na. tional Convention of the Seccialist party has adopred the following resolutions: mittee be and is' Bercs Tnstrucied 16 Feos 1o the people of the United States an address in be made of the which a full tation shail Stress sball be laid upen the follow) en {acis | tion on THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1896. d claims: T} nconditional surrender of e Democratic party to the Populist demand tor & 50-cent dollar in o) ition to the pluto- cratie demand for a 'nt doilar marksa Dew era in the development of capitalism and capitalistic politics. 0 classes, equally d honest and heretofore united for the spolia- tion of labor, are now politically arranged #gainst each other in & struggle for the preser- vation of tueir respective fleecings. Peace may not ‘”..P"‘“"‘" A great erisis may come to pass without violent outburst. For several years the Eastern plutocracy has been drilling its militia, while the Western {armerocracy was burnishing its guns. With all the armed jorces at its command, the creditor class will unquestionably assert its Privileges as soon as they wiil be contested, while the debtor class. holding sway in the country districts, and relying upon the starved Irageworkers to fight 115 batties in the great industrial centers, will forcibly attempt to re- annihilation and make good its claims. word, the conditions are now as ripe for In civil war as they were at any time previous in the history of our country. etween the two anarchistic classes that capitalism, through its misuse of science and riches has evolyed from a_people once united 1n comparative ignorance and poverty, siands the great American poletari class, the landless, homeless and helpless pro- ducer of all that wealth which isnow the bone of contention between its despoilers. itand it alone cansave tne National ship from the Coming storm of anarchy, but rally at the polls under the banner of socialism, cnllnfi over- board the pirates, taking the helm und steer- ing straightway for the peaceful watersof a Co-operative commonwealth. New York City was selected as the seay of the next National executive committee and Cleveland as the seat of the board of appeals, BATTLE WITH ROUGHS. , the wage-slave Conductor and Engineer Badly Beaten by a Gang Who Refused to Pay Their Fare. CHICAGO, 1L, July 12—The con- ductor of a Wisconsin Central suburban rain which left the downtown station at 1 o’clock this afternoon had a savage fight with six men near Harlem station, in which both trainmen were injured. Six men who got on just outside of Chicago refused to pay their fare, and in their ar- gument with the conductor retreated to the front platform of the first car, where they made a stand. Three of the men got off the train, but the others clambered on the tender, and when Condugtor Cole attempted to follow them they hit him over the head with a coupling pin, rendering him insensible. Eu;zmeqr illiam King, who came to Cole’s aid, was set upon and badly bruised by the three toughs. Tihe men were kept on the train, however, until the next station, where they were placed under arrest. Their names are George Letters, Frank O'Hearn and George Mason. When Conductor Cole recovered he found he was minus $41 which he had in his vest pocket, but whetber he lost the money in the scuffle or the men robbed him, he is unabie to say, WS BEATEN T0 DEAT Mrs. Hayden Rcberts of Peru, Nebraska, Slain by Her Husband. The Murderer Then Dispatches Him- self—Note Showing the Crime Premeditated. ATUBURN, N8z, July 12.—County At- torney A. J. Burnham returned to-night from the scene of the murder of Mrs. Hayden Roberts by her busband, near Pern, which occurred this morning. He says the woman was killed by being beaten over the head with the stock of a shotgun, until the same was broken, and then the barrel of the gun was ‘ased, The murder was surely premeditated, for a note was found near the dead woman’s body signed by Hayden Koberts and saying that his body would be found near the old salt basin in his father's pasture, about one mile distant. The per- son finding the note did not think to look at it until the middie of the forenoon. Roberts had shot himself just back of the right ear, and seemingly died without a struggle. The tragedy is one of the most shocking that ever occurrtd in Nemaha County. Hayden Roberts was ome of the oldest residents of the county, and a man of some prominence. His father, an lficd veteran of the war and a man universally respected, survives him. Henry Roberts, 2 brother, was years ago a clerk in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction at Lincoin. The murdered woman was & widow when she married Roberts, with children of her own. Their home life was not always happy, but as to who was to blame opinions differ. HAWAIIAN ISLAND NEWS, Independence Day Is Celebrated at Honolulu on an Elabo- rate Scale. Fifteen Thousand Japs and Chinese Expected to Arrive Within Twelve Months. HONOLULU, Hawar, July 6.—As the celebration of American independence and the first anniversary of the establishment of the republic of Hawaii feil upon July 4, the American residents and Hawaiian citizens united in a joint celebration on last Saturday which far surpassed any previous affair of the kind held here. A marked teature of the event was the par- ticipation of many native Hawaiians and the general friendiy feeling displayed by the natives during the day. Considerable anxiety is being felt lately by the friends of the Government over the question of Asiatic immigration. The late Legislature, which has, not without cause, been called ‘‘the planters' Legislature," passed a bill limiting the number of Japanese laborers by one vessel to 70 men. Itis now alleged that the bill, seemingly in favor of reduced importations of planta- tion laborers, was s vut-up job. The serions charge is made that the planters bad all arrangements mede with the Pgalfic Mail Company, so that hereafter allits steam ers from the Orient will touch here, each bringing a full complement of 700 laborers, The first instaliment arrivea by tie Doric yesterday, and it is said the Temaining steamers to touch here will land 10,000 Japanese laborers within the next twelve months. 1in addition to this it is learned on the authority - the rnment has granted written rrninion w0 a local wnl of Chinese labor to bring in 5000 inese laborers during the same period. These facts have become known to the po- litical leaders, and have already rai-ed much adverse comment. Assoon as the facts become unenlgokno-n, it is feared the popularity the wvernment has ens joyed since the estaplishment of the Re- public will be seriously compromised, if not permanentiy imgalred. The wish is generally expressed that the Government wil! find itself strong enough :::mel‘::l,v':I“ - WF’ °’.-‘.'£'-‘ upon ial compromises soon after ity Tx.blhbmem. without -either injuring its own popularity and use- fuiness or aitenating the support of the large number of American residents who tered the movement (o secure annexa- principle, with no thought of com« promising with time. That the immigration question is the most serious of the hour does not seem as e Y“ to be realized by the Government, and am quite certain from a recent interview with one of the Cabinet that that body does not even know that threats have been made by the opponents of Japanese immigration to prevent the landing of future shipments of cooly labor, if the scheme of the planters is carried further. Itis announced on good suthority that the white population of the isiands will, if forced, take concerted measures to pre- vent the gropoud importation of nearly fifteen thousand laborers during the coming year. The fact that 36.000 unsurcharged 18- cent postage-stamps of the old monarchy were put on sale at the postoffice last week was soon followed by some rumors of an attempted stamp deal in official circles, which had failed to mature owing to the vigilance and prompt action of the Minis- ter of Finance. After considerable trouble the following facis in the case were secured from semi-official and official sources and can be relied upon to be sub- stantially correct. On June 26 the Postmaster-General called on Minister Damon and asked his permission to sell at face value the stamps in question. These consisted of 36,000 18- cent stamps, which had been condemned, being stuck together by Lut weather. The Postmaster had separated them by steam- ing so that they could be sold. After con- sultation with Judge Cooper, Minister of Foreign Affairs, consent was given that the stamps were to be sold for face value and the proceeds, $6480, turned over to the treasury. A3 the stamps in question are worth $1 each scme of the clerks in the post- office applied for some of them, but were told by those acting for the Postmaster that the stamps were ali sold to a syndi- cate, the names of whom were refused. Rumors that another stamp deal was on in official cireles were soon current on the street, and, it is supposed, reached the Minister of Finance, as the next day he sent for the Postmaster-General and in- formed him that as the stamps were cata- logued at $1 each by stamp dealers and were worth 50 cents each al forced sale the public should have the advantage of any commercial speculation in the matter. This attitude of Minister Damon, who is upright to an extreme in such matters, caused the postoffice syndicate to vanish, and the stamps are now being eagerly bought up by the public and local dealers. It is alleged that one official, who was a member of the syndicate that failed, dis- posed of several thousand dollars’ worth of Plantation stock at a discount to carry his share of the stamps. Had tue syndi- cate succeeded in getting the stamps they would in a few months Eave made a small fortune, as their profit on a forced sale, at wholesale rates, would have been nearly $12,000. ——— 4 BIG FIRE AT BT. Assistant Chief Fatally Injured—Loss Estimated at $100,000. ST. LCUIS, Mo., July 13.—At 2:15 o’clock this (Monday) morning fire was discovered in the Merchants’ Terminal Elevator, at Biddle street and the levee. When the Fire Department arrived the building was a mass of flames and a gen- eral alarm was turned in. Assistant LoUI1s. -| Chief Hines fell from a ladder and was probably fatally injured. The fire continued to spread rapidly and at 3:20 o’clock another alarm was sent in and more engines were sent to the scene. At 4 o'clock it was got under controi. The | loss is roughly estimated at $100,000. B SLUGGED AND ROBBED. New York HorsesDealer Falls 4mong Ahieves in Jowa. OTTUMWA, Iowa, July 12.—William Gray, a horse-buyer for Crandall & Co. of Bast Buffalo, N. Y., was slugged at Wil- tiamsburg, Iowa, last night and robbed of $2500 in cash and a goid watch and chain. He came from Preston to Wiliiamsburg on a_night passenger train about 11 o'clock. As he got off the train he was accosted by a man whose features he could not discern in the dark. As he went to town he was struck on the back of the neck with some hard instrument. When be came to bis watch, cbain and money were gone, with the exception of $40 in a trousers pocket, which the robbers over- looked. Gray is badiy burt. e A Ve Cloudburst Drowns an Aged Lady. AUGUSTA, Ky.;July 12,—About mid- night last night there was a cloudburst four miles south of here on Big Bracken Creek. greatly swelling the littie stream. Mrs. Henry Susco, 64 years old, was caught in the swollen stream and drowned. Thousands of acresof tobaceco and corn ‘were destroyed. Sl Three Young Men Drowned. BUFFALQ, N. Y., July 12.—A sailboat containing three young men capsized on the Niagara River, near the foot of Austin street, this afternoon. The current of the river at this pointis very strong, and be- fore assistance could reach them they were drowned. S L Live Wire Causes a Denver Rlaze. DENVER, Coro., July 12.—The two- story brick building of the Denver Con- solidated Light Company at Twenty-first and Wyncoop streets, was destroyed by fire to-night. The fire was caused by a live wire crossing the switch board. To- tal loss, $130,000; insurea for §120,000. ———— Clerieal Victory in Belgiwm. BRUSSELS, Beicium, July 12.—Rebal- lots for members of the Chamber of Depn- ties in the district where the candidates failed of election last Sunday were heid to- day. 'I'he returns from 400 polling stations show that the clerical candidates received 98,100 votes, the radical socialists 88,800. Thirty-eight polling stations are yet to be heard from. LN R Orange Free state Gold Fields. \LONDON, ExgLaxp, July 12.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Vienna saying that Emil Holub, the noted African explorer, has received de- tails of the discovery of gold fields in the the Orange Free State which rival those of the Transvaal. DAIRYMEN AT LOS ANGELES. Prosperows Condition of the Bbowthern California dssociation. LOS ANGELES, Cai., July 12.—The second annual meeting of the Dairymen’s Association of California was held yes- terday in the assembly-room of the Chamber of Commerce, President Ses- sions called the meeting to order and spoke briefly. He said the associntion was only two fel s old, but was in a prosper- ous condition. In referring to the law which brings filled cheese under the con- trol of the Government inte: revenue officers, be said it was a great snccess, as it brought $2,800.000 into the Govern- ment’s treasury. Before the filled-cheese law bad been enacted there were 400,000 pounds sold in California in one year, and the year after the law went into effect there were only 20,000 pounds sold. President Sessions stated that the dairy- mep would urce the conuinuance of the dairy bureau by requesting the next Legis- lature to re-enact ILE law making the bu- reau permanent. The present law expires on June 30, 1897. A new board of directors and officers are to be elected. The present board consists of: M. Sessions, pr-sident; R. R. Risdon, secretary; G. H. Peck, vice-president. The divectors sre: _ (., E. Mitcheil, W. H. imith, George Platt ana D. Durkee. —— Succumbs to Heat Naar Merced. MERCED, CaL, July 12.—The fourth case of sunstroke has been added to Merced O&nmy'- deathroll lol:. the week, Coroner Clougk was noti t evenin, hat Peter l’zmson o(%‘tficknn. a lno.. man in the omprmof the Valley road, bad suceumbed to heat while at work near GOSSIP OF THE FATHERLAND, General Exodus From Ber- lin for the Summer Vacation. MINISTERS DETAINED. By Order of Emperor William They Must Remain at Their Posts. REVIVAL OF COURT SCANDALS. The Powers Reach am Armistice in the Diplomatic Warfare Over Turkey. BERLIN, GerMaANy, July 12.—With the departure of the imperial family from Potsdam, there has been a general flight from Beriin of official, court and society dignitaries and leaders. The Ewmperor has not permitted some of the Ministers to leave their posts as yet, and has re- quested Freiberr Marschal von Bieber- stein, Minister of Affairs, Dr. Miquel, Minister of Finance, and Dr. von Boet- ticher, Imperial Secretary of State for the Interior, to keep in touch with him by telegraph, The minor officials, bowever, are free 10 go wherever they please, and the consequence 1s that the various de- partments of the Government bear a list- less and solitary aspect. The group of court dames remaining as the entourage of the Empress, together with the Crown Prince William and bis brother, Prince Eital Frederick, who re- cently came home from Ploen, where they have been at school, kept the circles of the new palace lively until Thursday wien the Empress and ber family left for the schioss at Wilhelmshohe. The Kais- erine, accompanied by the Princess of Russe, the Princess of Hohenzollern, Prince Asibert and Princess von Anhals, took boating excursions on the Havel every day and had their lancheon on an island in the river. There were also in- formal musical parties in the evening and som“times tue elder of the young prin- cesses would be permitted to give an early supper party. During the day the prin- cesses were compelled to confine them- selves for a limited time to their studies. The ovservunce of this programme lasted until the party was broken up by the de- | parture of the Empress and her children for Wilhelmshohe, where they will remain until the Emperor returns to Berlin from the trip he is taking in the northern seas | and rejoins the imperial family, wuich he will do early in August. The scattering of the whole of the great world of Berlin has seemed opportune for authars of libelous pamphlets to try the credulity of the public by issuing a bro- chure containing pseudo revelations of court scandals. Under initials which in- dicate the names of the personages impli- cated in the scandals the authors of the pamphlets rehash the old stories which were published long ago, many of which have since been repeatedly shown to be untrae, Von Kotze's wife, who is staying at Ed- mansdorff as the guestof the Princess of Baxe-Meiningen, knows nothing of the pamphlet, and others of Von Xotze's friends declare that the publication of the stories were not authorized by him. The police are prohibiting the sale of the pamphlet. With Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky, Rus- sian Minister of For ign Affairs, in Swit. zerland, where he will go this week from St. Petersburg; Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, at his chateau at Alt- Ausse, Austria; the King of Greece at Aix- les-Bains, for which place he is about to start for a three weeks’ sojourn, after woich he will go to Copenhagen for an- other three weeks’ stay; the Czar on the eve of visiting the European cavitals ana all of the leading diplomats contemplating holidays, there will pe a pause in the de- velopments on the situation in the East, as might be expected. The Politische Corresponde, an official bhln'ormn ion that Prince Loba- ostoysky will devote his leave of utely to the repose which is e restoration of his health. There is Wo doubt that Europe has reached a pefiod of armistice 1n the diplo- ‘matic .warfare over Turkey, but the Gov- ernments are relying too much upon the slowing up of matters in Cr-te, and the unlikelihood of a recurrence of important events in that island is the official impres- sion bere. Dr. Nicholaides, the official representative of the Cretan Reform Com- mittee, who is now in Berlin, distrusts the present comparative calm and regards it merely as a brief truce before thF break- ing out of the storm. The only chance of permanent peace in Crete, he declares, is 1n the intervention of the powers and the granting of autonomy to the island. Apart from the opinion expressed by Dr. Nic.olaides advices have been received here from Canes to the effect that althongh the Christian deputies will sttend the opening session of the Cretan Assembly to-morrow, they do not intend to engage in debate with the Moslem deputlg)-, but will present to Berovitch Georgl Dasha, the newly appointed Christian Governor of Crete, who will preside, a document setting forth the claims of the Christian Cretans, to which wiil be added a demand for universal suffrage and the recognition of a Cretan flag with the cross thereon. They will give the Porte a short time in which to respond to these demands, flr‘ld if the Porte’s reply sbail be unfavorable, as it certainly will be, the Christian devu- ties will constitute an independent assem- bly. In the meantime the insurgents will seize the advantage afforded by the Turk(i 1sh troops being forced into inactivity an Occu%y all of the sirategic points in the island. The fuss which has been made by the French and Belgian newspapers over the formation of a German milifary camp at Elsenborn, on the German frontier, has no substantial basi E | Two years ago, aswas cabled atthe time, | the Government purchased laree tracts of | ground at Malmeder and Eisenborn,which, | it was understood, were to be devoted to | making experiments in’ field operations and shooting practice with various kinds of guns. Since that time the houses upon the Jand purchased have been torn down and replaced by extensive barracks, and roads and trenches have been constructed, but no fort works have been erected. There is ample room for the camping of 4000 men. There is no doubt that the position woul dbe of great strategic value il Ger- many designed to strike at France through Belgium, iut there is not the slightest sign of any intention on the part of Ger- many to create a stronghold there, and the indignant protests of the French and Belgiun press have been wasted. noff- absence abs necessary to PLAINT OF 4 MONEOVIA MAN., | Demands of Governor Budi Imn ediate Payment for Coyote Scalps. SACRAMENTO, Car., July 12 —Gover- nor Budd is occasionally the recipient of | letters which would persuade almost any person that there are times when it would seem advisable to adopt a course of physi- cal culture or strive to attain that gquick- | ness of action so essentisl 10 the peaceable } enjoyment of existence upon the frontiers. The following is but a fair sample of this class of epistles, and is given verbatim: July the 9, 1896, Monrovia, Loss Angels, %~ James Budd, Esq, Govner af California. Dear Sir 1 will write you,a Few Liues tolet yon know that I am in need some Money my home is under mortgage and I will have to Ioose it if you Dont sena me my money which the state Treasure is debter to me three hun- dred dollars for coyote £ealps. you must | do something I have got to have my money it must come. 1 hold yon re- eponsible for i1, you may send me | and I will give you a Enwer of eturney lect my claims irom the state. you will please give this attention and save a good deal of trouble. Imust have my money this month Burely. (signed) JACKSON H1GGINS. s it Selma Boy Impaled on a Fork. EELMA. Cav. July 1.—The eldest son of A. G. Brown of this place, & lad of 14, was yesterday impaled on a pitehfork. There is little bope of hjs recovery. He was on alvad of hay when he was jolted from the wagon. The fork fell from his bands to the ground and he fell upon it, one of the long tines penetrated his threat. The 4th Reminds us of the glorious record of our country, which is not more glorious in its way than the record of Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla. So many cures of cases considered incurabie, so many hearts made happy by health restored, so many truthtful testimo- niais telling their joyous tales, have never been won by any other medicine. FHood's Sarsaparilla The Best~In fact The One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills cure Liver 1lis; easy to take, easy to operate.25¢. Freight free! on the line of the S. F. as Cazadero; the S, P. Co, as far as Calis Cruz and Monterey. If our prices are any lower than Jocal difference buying of us. Nothing for something is not what people want. we Something for some- thing is what we sel], A lot of good goods for a little good money —silver or gold. 1f there is any one thing we know some- thing more about than selling goods cheap and shipping them to the ! couniry. At your service, Smiths’ Cash Store, FREE A big item to suburbanites. In §5 lots and oyer we’ve arranged to deliver practically everything fr2ight prepaid to campers and others to every point . and N. P, R. R. as far as Ukiah; the N. P. C} R.R. as far son, Sacramento, Stockton, Lathrop, Bethany, Crows Landing, Gilroy. Tres Pinos, Pajaro, San Jose, and by sea to Crescent City, Eureka, Point Arena, Bodega, Santa It's immensely populsr already. We help pay freight beyond these places. Our prices are LOWER than ever, too. Why not save 20 cents on every dollar spent ? Our July Catslogue tells more about it. We deliver free twice daily to every part of San Francisco. $5.00 Bu&s Boxad and delivered free 100 miles— every respect : 1 bottle Home-made Swoet Caisop. 1bottls Woreeatersh 1tin each Penper, All-spice. 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