The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1896, Page 4

ENGLAND TAKES A FIRM STAND. Withdraws From the Most Shadowy Concert of Europe. NOT TO FORCE CRETANS This Action Is Recognized as Adding Considerable to | History. GERMANS ARE MADE ANGRY. Various Political Complications and Intrigues of Nations Reviewed by Harold Frederic. | of dividend, sickened them, and on non-Irish peers were willing to support this Irish mutiny on the vague general ground that the landed people ought to stand together, but what they saw of its spirit, which was precisely that of a meet- ing of small shareholders in a doubtful concern, eager to do any meanness which would promise an additional half-penny iday they stayed away. Some of the papers are talking wildly about Ministerial conster- nation and impending resignations. This is nonsense. Ido not even believe the land bill will be sacrificed. Itis much more likely that when the Commons re- turn it to the Lords with their amend- ments mostly cancelled Lord Salisbury will make a speech for all thereis in jt and will force the majority to save the bill. The time is extremely limited, of course, but I imagine that is what will be done. It is a rather curious reflection that all this violent rush to wind up the session by the 18th at the latest, which has made necessary & wholesale sacrifice of intended legislation and rendered this overstrong yet impotent Ministry the langhing stock of the year, has no objectin the world save to enable gentlemen of the House not to miss more than the first week of grouse shooting. A One of the lrish leaders on Thursday, in denouncing the proposed extension of tenante’ turbary rights, appealed touch- ingly to this same spirit. *‘What would be the emotions of any of your leader- ships,”” he demanded, *‘if when you were engaged with your party in a pheasant drive a tenant should intrude upon the scene to cut turf.” While the politicians and journals which profess republicanism in Spain all deprecate disorder, it i§ apparent that there is a powerful undertow in the other direction which gives the authorities at | Madrid much concern. One of the greatest | difficulties confronting the Government is the fact that the local officials generally are mere empty, pompous simpletons who | know nothing whatever about what 1s go- |ing on under their very noses, and the | minor army officers in charge of the gar- LONDON, Ex6., Aug. 8.—England has at last done sometking in the line of what English-speaking people have been hoping 2nd praying for these fifteen months. She has withdrawn unreservedly from the shadowy concert of Europe, and hasre- fused to join others in either forcing the | Cretans to submit to the Turksor blockad- ing the island so as to prevent Greek sym- pathizers from landing arms and supplies for the rebels. This action is recognized asadding a good deal to history. Whatits immediate effect will be 1t would be difficult for the moment to predict. Germany has been | all along the master spirit in the combina- tion for maintaining the Sultan’s position, | no matter at what expense of blood guilti- ness. Hence it is anly reasonable now to find the German reptile press denouncing England and English treachery and greed ‘ at the very top of its lungs. It is not surprising either to learn that | the Germun Foreign Office is passing | through a violent crisig and that Prince | Hohenlohe is on the eve of a tumble, if he | has not already fallen. There is, indeed, an effort on the part of German official | journals to persnade Europe that English | aid should be a matter of indifference; | that Europe is quite able to do what she | wishes without England. But this is re- ceived with suspicious silence. All these signs point to the conclusion which, I| think, was first anticipated in these dis- | risons are no_better. | attraction to outside robbers. There is a rooted conviction in Spain that the Cuban rebeis and their sympathizers in Latin America generally are actively fomentinga revolu- tion in the mother country and are sub- sidizing anarchist and republican con- spiracies. The French are taking to heart the un- pleasant showing of their new census much more than they did five years ago. Then the republic was in the first throes of its ecstacy at the prospect of a Russian alliance, and consoled itself by the thought that if the French population did not increase the Russian expanded at a tremendous rate. But now a good deal of gilt is off the gingerbread. Those muitiplying Muscovite hordes by no means are so definitely under the French thumb as they were expected to be, and the Russian alliance itself is openly de- pendent on an unbroken succession of loans from French savings. These savings still make France the richest country in the world, but they also make it a shining Germany has now 14,000,000 more people than France, and the disparity increases with tragic certainty yearly. England has gone crazy this year over cricket to an extent which seems abnor- mal in even this land of sport. Espesially has the contest with the Australian team aroused extravagant interest, and the rub- ber match on Monday h«s been looked for- ward to by literally millions as the crown- patches, that there has been a radical | change in Russia’s attitude. Prince | Lobanoff remainsin office, and stress is | laid in an official dispatch to-day from St. | Petersburg on the fact that he will accom- | pany the Czar on his forthcoming tour of | the political capitals of Europe. But ap-| parently the mastery is no longer in his | bands, and indeed he may easily not last ! till S8eptember. No doubt it was a knowl- | edge of this change which rendered Eng- | land’s nominally independent action | possible. We get a token that it is comprehended in Paris as well, where the foreign and other journals have suddenly been seized | with a great admiration for England’s courage and disinterestedness. What the practical fruit of this altered situation will | be it would still, as Isaid, be hard to guess. Crete grows worse each week. Excited tales are coming by way of Athens of ter- rible massacres of Christians at Heraklion, or Candia, as it is more generally called. For the time being this ancient city, | whither 20,000 Moslem refugees are said to | have fled, is a center of news interest, but Canea may usurp the place any day, and, for that matter, the whole island is ablaze. There is less success in claiming attention for the Macedonian revolt, which appears to be considerably scattered in the skir- mishing, but the Turk, at least, is holding | his own, It is reported, however, that three tribes of Arnauts or Bashi Bazouks have been armed by the Turks to guard the Thessalin frontier and their operations are not likely to arouse general interest. There are also cizcumstantial reports of Turko-Bulgarian conflicts on the latter frontier. ‘The Sultan’s treasury has been closed out absolutely by this year of disorder, | and the need of money has become at last imperative at Constantinople, if Turkey’s | interest obligations are not to be repudi- | ated. This has led to rumors that England is | thinking of advancing the money to the | Porte, either by the conversion of the Crimean loan or otherwise obtaining it in return for substantial guarantees of decent | governunent in Crete. It is doubtful, how- | ever, whether matters have not gone | much too far to make any such rosewater | solution possible. To add to the uncer- tainty it is said in Berlin, and apparently believed, that something will probably happen or will be invented for a pretext for a postponement of the Czar’s western tour, since he is really not fit physically or mentally to undergo a month of travel and incessant inspection by strange eyes. Li Hung Chang makes a perfect visitor. The English have had such extensive Asiatic experience that they have been able to avoid the errorsinto which tne too- eager Germans and French naturally fell. They have given Li a big mansion, numer- ous magnificent carriages, with servants in yellow livery, and bave left him alone | to do what be likes. He drives a great deal, For the rest he pokes about in a wicker Sedan chair wherever his fancy leads him, and everywhere meets with marked courtesy. But there is no desire to dictate his movements or run him this | way or that. This he appreciates im- mensely and does not mind saying in public that England is the friend China most of all needs an'i would be gladdest to bave. Although he talks a good deal about his age, he really has great vitality and endurance, and can stand heavy pro- longed tasks of sightseemng if the things shown him are worth while, He has pro- found interest in mechanical novelties, particularly 1f related 10 armament an also in large engineering works. He personally intervened to alter the plan of his northern trip by which he would have missed a si:htof the Forth Bridge, and at his instance considerable time is to be deducted from the merely social side of this_journey and added to his inspection of Lord Armstrong’s great un foundry and such big shipyards as he is to visit. 3 _ The circumstances in which the major- ity of the House of Lords flouted and de- feated its own government on Thursday have given the incident more importance than it probably deserved. Of the 83 Irish landlords who voted in the major- ity of 125, quite a third are men unknown in London and who perbaps hardly aver- age one day’s pariiamentary attendance in ten years. It is notdifficult ‘o credit the story that a number of them had to be provided with the means for the journey to England. The svectacle of these rnde bucolic squireens gathered in this exiraordinary muster to resist a land bill which bad satisfied the Tory Ministry was still not 80 augring as the practically soiid array of rich nobles who live in England and only use thieir Irish rents as pocket money, allintent on the same relentless treat- ment of the Irish tenant. It was, in truth, a revolting exhibition, and one day of it was enough. On Thursday a good many ing event of the year. Atthelast moment there was an awkward hiteh, however. The usual pay of a player in an ordinary good game is $50, but since thisis to bea historical great game some of the best Englishmen struck for a higher wage, and s 1t was refused they are not playing, with a resuit, it is feared, that Eungland will present only a second-rate team toa bitter national disappointment. Still another 1illustrated six-penny monthly, to be ‘called the Temple Maga- zine, will appear next month. Silas K. Hocking, who is bere something what &. P. Roe used to be in America, ix to be one of its editors, and the prospectus indicates that it will make a straight appeal to the vast middle-class public, which loves the- | ology in its literature. | - A new Tory six-penny is being organ- | ized, with W. H. Mallock as the chief figure. It is to be the organ of feuda) conservatism which the Saturday Review has so conspicucusly deserted in its revi- vitied old age. Justin McCarthy is hard at work on the third volume of his *‘History of Our Own Times,’’ which will take up the thread at 1880 and bring it down to date. Although a less worldly man than most men, Mc- Carthy will not deny that he has a certain pleasure in the thought'that this volume will bring in some money from America, which the others practically did not. HaroLp FREDERIC. [Copyright 1896 by the New York Times.| OPERATIC STARS ALARMED. Refuse to Sign Contracts for the Next Season in America Unless Guaran- teed Pay in Gold. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 8 — Mlle. Calve, De Reszke, Nordica, Melba and Eames, and all the great opera singers popular with lovers of musicin New York, have come out for gold: From their sum- mer homes on the other side of the ocean they have watched the fight in this coun- try,.and, fearing' the fate of all artists— and of every one else who works for wages—should the silver men win in No- vember, have refused to sign contracts for next season unless the clause ‘‘salaries payable in gold” is inserted. Calve, Melba and the rest apparently feel alarmed about the silver question, for every one refused to sign the contracts unless the clause ‘‘payable in gold’* was inserted. Maurice Grau, the operatic impresario and member of the firm of Abbey, Schoef- fel & Grau, returned yesterday from Eu- rope, where he has been for some months arranging for the coming season of grand operain the United States, Grau seemed quite enthasiastic over the prospects of a brilliant opera season when greeted by a representative of the United Press. is mission abroad had been successful, and while he had not completed all ar- rangements with the great singers suffi- cient had been accomplished to assure success. He said he had received an im- mense reception while in Europe, and he had picked ap some new material in the singing line which he thinks will startle American opera-lovers. iR JAPANESE BANKER BANQUETED, Mayor Stromg Gives the Guest a Meossage to Take Howme. ¥ NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 8.—~Edward E. Poore, president of the National Park Bank, gave a dinner last night at the Union League Club to Sonoda Kokicha, president of the Specie Bank of Yoko- hama, and to a number of the Japanese banker’s friends. Speeches were made by Mayor Strong, Mr. Potts and Mr. Poore. ayor Strong said to the guest: ‘““As ou, sir, are about to leave our shores or bome, 1 may say to you that you can tell your countrymen as the latest word from America that th® Mayor of New York said to you that this country pays its flbugluomin gold, and always wlrl o 80. SESDGTEl Land Swindler Works Pittsburg. PITTSBURG, P, Aug. 8.— A land swindle, by which the residents of Pitts- burg lost over $100,000, has come to light. Requisition papers for the arrest of J. F. Van Smith, the principal in the fraudu- lent transaction, have been issued by Judge Porter. Smith was located in Alex- andria, W. Va. It is expected that his arrest will be effected to-day. — In the Hands of the Sheriff. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 8 — The Sheriff has taken charge of the store of George B. Douglass & Co., commission dealers, Thomas F. Shields was presi- dent. Three months ago the members of the firm claimed a working capital of $40,000 and that the concern dfil a business of $600,000 a year, / CORCERT NEDE T0 SHELD CRETE Christians of the Island Struggle Against the Turkish Rule. POWERS MUST PROTEST, At Least That Is the Consensus of Opinion Among German 0:ficials. ENGLAND SCORED BY THE PRESS Denounced for Her Refusal to Join in a Joint Naval Blockade of the Ports. BERLIN, Germaxy, Aug. 8—Political interest during the week has centered in the insurrection in Crete and the means to restore tranquillity in that disturbed island, where the Christians are making a desperate attempt to throw off the yoke of Turkish rule, in which they are being aided by the Greeks, who desire to see Crete part of the Grecian dominion. All sorts of reports regarding massacres and destruction of villages by the Turks and excesses on the part of the Christian in- habitants are almost daily circulated. But one thing is certain—that the situation of the island 1s deplorable; and it is the con- sensus of official opinion that something should be done by the powers in concert to put an end to the present state of affairs. The German press, especially the Bis- marckian ard conservative organs which never attempt to conceal their hostility to England and all things English, are par- ticularly sore over what was paramount to the refusal of Lord Salisbury, the British Prime Minister, to join a blockade of Crete and his alleged championing of Greece and the Cretans. These papers have been at a loss to find epithets strong enough to -de- nounce Great Britain for her refusal to join in a joint naval blocade of Crete to prevent the insurgents obtaining arms and ammunition and other supplies. German opinion strongly favored a blockade, but Great Britain contended thatif it were established it must be directed against Turkey as well as against Greece, that is, the warships should be employed to pre- vent the entrance of Turkish troops to re- enforce those already on the island, while at the same time they prevented the send- ing of Grecian supplies to the insurgents. 1tis contended with good reason that Lord Salisbury well knew the powers would not agree to this, and consequently the negotiations for joint 'action are ata standstill, and will probably remain so for some time. To impartial observers of the situation it is well known that Great Britain will, after her experience in the Armenian mat- ter, no longer act as a protector of Turkey, and that she will let Russia, which blocked her plans in regard to Armenia, take all the responsibility for Turkish misrule. In official circles here the idea is repudiated that there is anything in the situation that endangers the peace of Europe, and it is said that though the prospects are in no wise clear, matters are in some way tend- ing toward a concert of the powers, a con- cert which, it may bg pointed out, how- ever, may be as futile as the much-talked- of concert anent Armenia, where the dip- lomats found all their plans frustrated by the diplomacy of Russia. In the mean- time the anarchy which prevails in Crete demands that some action be taken that will restore peace to the island. But vggat that action shall be is difficult to de- ciae. » A semi-official statement from St. Peters- burg ut length announces with some definiteness the itinerary of the Czar and the Czgrina on their trip to various Euro- pean cities, a trip that has caused no little conjecture as to its results, as it will be the first time the Czar has left Russia since his ascension to the throne. Their Majes- ties will start after the army maneuvers, which end on August 23, and they will snccessively visit Vienna, Berlin, Copen- hagen, Balmoral, Paris and Darmstadt, At Balmoral they wiil be the guests of guean Victoria, and at Darmstadt, the zarina’s birthglm, they will visit her Majesty’s brother, Grand Duke Ernest Louis, and other members of her family. Prince Lobanoff, the Russian Foreign Minister, will accompany the party to all the cities visited, with the exception of Copenhagen and Darmstadt, where the visit of their Majesties will be of a purely family nature. Much to the delight of the French Government and Parisians generally the Czar and Czarina will prob- ably remain in Paris longer than in an other city, but the details of their viaiyt there have not yet been fixed. There is some anxiety in Government circles regarding the final decision that will be arrived at by the Italian Govern- ment anent the Abyssinian guestion. General Baldiserra, the commander of the Italian forces in Eyrothia, has arrived in Rome and has had several conferences with the Minister of War. This is taken to indicate that itisthe intention to again assume offensive opera- tions against the Abyssinians, who in the recent campaign against them inflicted crushing defeats upon the Italian troops and practically forced them to abandon the country and retire to the confines of the Italian colony. It is reported thati King Menelik of Abyssinia received stores of arms and ammunition and that he meditates an attack upon the Italians in October. The eftorts of German diplo- mats will be directed toward preventing Italy’s re-embarking upon a profitless eam{nhm. Fritz Friedman, who was formerly the lawyer of Baron von Kotze, the court master of ceremonies, who was impli- cated 1n the great scandal that convulsed Berlin society for a long time, some time ago issued a pamphlet on the scandal. riedman, who was recently acquitted on charges of embezzlement, but ordered to leave the country, was, through his legal connection with on Kotze, in a posi- tion to throw some light on the mysteri- ous letters which formed the basis of the .| scandal and which charged all manner of offenses agamst members of the highest circles, not excepting the al circle itself. The pamphlet is now declared to contain matter that constitutes lese majeste, and its circulation has been pro- hibited. During his cruise in the northern waters, Emperor William designed a new allegorical picture on the lines of the “Yellow Peril,” which excited so‘'much comment last year, the meaning of which is still a mystery. The subject of the new picture is the defense of art and in- dustry by the army. Small figures per- sonal nF the arts and industries stand in a Gothic recess before which poses an armed Teutonic warrior defending them from menacing ghostly forms which are outlined in a lowering cloud. Copies of the picture will shortly be on sale. The report published a few days ago by SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, Y 'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, . : the Vorwaerts, the organ of the Social- ists, that Professor Mendel, a specialist in mental diseases, had gone to St. Peters- burg in response to a summons from the imperial family raised much comment. 1t was generally thought that the pro- fessor’s visit was connected with the Czar until the Tageblatt, with some show of au- thority, assured the public that the suf- ferer the professor had been summoned to attend was not an imperial personage, but a personage of princely rank. Professor Mendel has returned to Berlin, but he, of quse, is silent as to the object of his Visi Heiligendamm, an aristocratic resorton the shore of the Baltic, is the scene of a curious legal prosecution. The public prosecutor, learning that a pigeon shooting contest was proceeding, sent gendarmes to ascertain the names of those taking part in the sport and to serve summons on them. It has since been learned that one of the participants, who bad given his name as Count Bchworin, is the grand Duke of Mecklenburg, in whose Grand duchy Heiligendamn is situated. John D. Rockefeller and Judge Samuel Morris _are passengers on the steamer Fuerst Bismarck, which sailed from Ham- burg for New York Thursday. HUNDREDS OF TRAMPS. An Army of Guards Is Employed by the Northern Pacific to Rid Its Trains of Them. ST. PAUL, MivN.,, Aug. 8.—Special Agent Newton of the legal department of the Northern Pacific has returned with his corps of special guards that cleared the tracks of tramps. The experiment of em- ploying a small army of men to drive off the vagrants from the Northern Pacific right of way was a decided success. A little over a week ago there were from 200 to 800 tramps on the territory of the Northern Pacific in the wheat lands, while now there are no more than a baker’s dozen of them. Hundreds of these men were ejected from trains during the time of the exis- tence of the guard and a number of pretty hard brushes took place, especially at E ik River Junction and Carleton, At these places the guards had to use their clubs freely. At Northtown Junction, beyond Minne- apolis, where the Northern Pacific and Great Northern cross, the tramps were especially strong, and sometimes there would be over 500 men along the right of way, waiting to board the outbound trains. Bat the guards were too many for the tie- counters. Every car door was locked and every- thing made secure before an attempt was made to put the trains through. The trains were guarded with specials, and an- other squad preceded each train through the yards at the junction and cleared the right of way. The trains were then pushed through undera full head of steam without further trouble. After watching this sort of thing for six nights the vng(xl-nms straggled over to some other road. LI HONG CHANG COMNG The State Department Is Expect- ed to Arrange for His Entertainment, 58 Gy e Speculation With Regard to Defraying Expenses and the Action of the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8.—Confir- mation of the announcement that Li Hung Chang would leave Southampton on the 22d inst. for the United States hasreached the Chinese legation here. 1t is supposed that the legation has informed the State Department of the news and that it has been promptly forwarded to the President and Secretary of State. Those officials are now expected to give consideration to the question of entertaiming the Vice- roy during his stay in the United States. No details have yet been pertected for Li's reception, and in fact not much thought has been given to the matter. The probaoilities are that the Chinese Minister and his entire suite will go to New York and there greet the Emperor's representative upon his arrival. Former Becretary of State Foster, who is on inti- mate relations with the distinguished Chinese statesman, will also probably be on hand to welcome Li to America. Mr. Foster and Li were warm friends in the Orient, and the latter has undoubtedly in- formed Mr. Foster of the date of hisar- rival in thiscountry. The State Department will also probably have representatives in New York to formally express this Government’s grati- fication at the coming of Li. There will be Secretary of State Olney and Assistant Becretary of State Rockhill, the latter be- ing well acquainted with the great Chinese statesman as a result of a number of years' residence in Pekin in a diplomatic capacity. No positive information can be obtained as to where the President will receive Li or the date upon which such reception will take place. It may be that Li will not see Mr. Cleveland, If the President were in ‘Washington it would be an easy matter to arrange an audience. Being at Gray Gables, however, it would not be strict diplomatic etiquet to have Li make a long journey to the Cleveland summer home. The probabilities are that if Li sees the President at all it will be either in New York, during his stay there, or in Wash- ington. In the event of the latter being the meeting place, the President will have to make the journey to this city and back to Gray Gables, something he and his friends are anxious that he should avoid. It has not yet been decided whether Li shall be the guest of the Government or whether he will defray his own expenses. . It is true that there is no special appro- priation for his entertainment, but if the authorities desired they could employ the secret service fund to pay any expenses that may be incurred during his stay in the United States, Itis pointed out that the Princess Eulalia was entertained at Government expense, although there was no appropriation for that action, the se- cret service fund being employed in this instance. Li will have an autograph letter from the Emperor to present to the President, and it is this fact that hasinduced the belief that Mr, Cleveland will make an earnest effort to welcome him. Itis not known what this letter contains, but it is supposed it is the usual formal letter of greeting from a sovereign to the chief executive of a republic. It is not known how long Li will remain in the United States, ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8—Pacific Coast pensions have been issued as fol- lows: California: Original—William Percy, San Francisco; Martin Leppich, Veterans’ Home, Napa; William W. Culver, San Francisco. Original widows, etc.—Mary M. Hench, Suisun; Ellen M. Bunt, San Berpardino, Mexican War survivor— William F. Colton, El Dorado. Washington: Increased—John L. 8mith, Chattaroy. : Mahlon C. Masterson of California has (bfieln appointed a copyist in the Patent ce. 1896. MR, STICKNEY 15 RATHER DEFIANT, The Growl of the Railroad President While on the Rack. AS TO RATE-CUTTING. Objects of the Efforts to Compel the Great Western to Dis- gorge Business. EFFORTS TO MAKE A MARKET. Interstate Commerce Commissioners Trying in Vain to Trace Ir- regu'ar Charges. CHICAGO, IiL., Aug. 8.—The Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday re- sumed its investigation of the charges against Western roads. Mr. Stickney, president of the Chicago and Great West- ern road, was recalled. The Commissioners insisted on having the name of the road or roads which had made any demand. Stickney will furnish them later. At the opening of the morning session the witness, speaking of the high rate west of Missouri and the low rate on grain east of the river, said: *You charge the Kansas and Nebraska farmer 13 cents to haul his grain 200 miles | and you charge the grain dealer 6 cents to haul that same grain twice as far to Chicago. I tell you it is that kind of busi- ness that is making anarchists-"’ Mr. Stickney said he had organized the Towa Development Company to engage in the grain business, because it was the only way his road could get any business haul- ing grain at a fair price. o On final cross-examination Mr. Stick- ney admitted that he went into the grain business to make the market, and relied on other lines cutting the rate to get his profits. Depariing from the line of in- quiry, he said: “Here is the trouble. I have known this Northwestern country for thirty-five years. There has never been a year in that time that the corn crop was moved until after the corn was in the hands of the dealers who had the rate. “‘Once the farmer is compelled to sell his grain, then you feilows cut the rate for the dealer. Not over 25,000,000 bushels of the 240,000,000 of corn in Kansas this year has been moved before the farmer and small dealer Las not got the rate. At 11 cents the corn will move promptly. “We are moving it, but that is because we have to goout and buy it.” We expect to carry on our business and enlarge it if 1t is not declared to be unlawful.”’ At the afternoon session the methods of the Burlington and St. Paul were investi- gated, but nothing important developed. The Interstate Commerce Commission finished its work here this afternoon. President Stickney of the Great Western road was strongly scored by Paul Morton of the Santa Fe railroad, who said that Mr. Stickney's admissions showed that the Great Western had acted dishonestly. Chairman Morrison of the Interstate Commerce Commission also condemned the methods of the Great Western. He said: “We do not know that their in- yestigation is completed. It is probable that we shall take up the further inves- tigation in the future. There is no inten- tion to use this evidence for the purpose of criminal prosecution. In fact, we could not. Some of the acts are not the mis- demeanors contemplated by law. Other acts have been committed by the men who testified to their own conduct. The amendment upheld by the Supreme Court practically whitewashes those who testify to their own infractions of the law, so we have no criminal prosecutions to make. “So far as the investigation has pro- gressed we feel justified in calling atten- tion to onme or two things. One is this method of shipping from Missouri-river points. Itisa method under which rates are given that are not available to the in- telligence of the ordinary shipper. They are only available to skilled shippers whose business has to do with rates. An- other matter which we feel like condemn- ing is the particular method of conduct- ing ‘transportation where a railroad employs another corporation created by itself and by which the railroad com- pany is enabled to and does buy grain, sell grain through its own instrumentality and, after paying the charges and ex- penses, takes what is left of the earnings for its transportation charges. This is said by the newspapers to be shrewd busi- ness, 1t1sshrewd, but it is a clear eva- sion and violation of every provision of the interstate commerce law. We do not propose to decide this matter until after a full and impartial hearing, but we think that this practice will not be sustained by the commission, and having said this much we will adjourn the present hearing until such time as we may name in the near future.” MILITIA ORDERED HOME, Had Bayoneted Innocent Citizens on the Streets of Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Omro, August 8.—Four companies of the militia doing duty at the Brown Hoisting Works strike in this city were ordered home to-day by Meyor McKisson to prevent a threatened conflict berween citizens and soldiers. The latter had abused their power by bayoneting innocent citizens. To-day the merchants and others living in the section of the city which the soldiers and police had been guarding warned the rthat they had armed themselves for self-protection. Previous to this the Mayor had ignored all complaints. To-night only one com- pany of soldiers is left on the ground. ——e RIOTOUS REGULARS, Carousing Soldiers Attack San Anfonio Policemen. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 8.—A Re- corder special from San Antonio, Tex., says the United States troops at Fort S8am Houston were paid off Tuesddy and a num- ber of them celebrated last night by gath- ering in & saloon near the barracks and gambling and drinking. A squad of police made araid on the disturbers of the peaceabout midnight and placed ten of them under arrest. A num- ber of sotdiers got away, rushed to the bar- racks, secured 5:-11- and aroused their companions. The armed force then made an attack on the police and a brisk battle took place. 3 A large number of shots were exchanged, REA 0CC000000 TH Loss of Appetite, Dizzy Spells, Liver Pains, White Furred Tongue, Bad Taste o’ Mornings, Gases on Stomach, Pains in Shoulders, doctors of the Hudson Medical Instit) Testimonials. 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TAINTED BLOOD fested by Copper-colored Spots, Itching Skin, TAINTED BLOOD Parched I'bro-t, Ulcers in the Mouth, Falling Hair and Bad TAINTED BLOOD Whea in this condition you must act promptly. the sure thirty-day cure. 30-DAY CURE CIRCULARS.— ======HUDYAN CURES NERVOUS DEBILITY.=mswne= HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, STOCKTON, MARKET AND ELLIS STS. EDY. REM Hacking Cough, Socse ot Fullncss In Right Side, Brownish Colored Spots on Body, Tired and Dull Feelings, Falling Sensations, Constipation. get it only from the old or write for Circulars and ute. Call Hudyan for the Kidneys. You Cramps, Failure of Vision, Loss of Sexual Strength, Skin Dry and Yellowish, Loss of Flesh. relief from Hudyvan, and you can be else can give you Hudyan but ‘the old dyan When— Your Blood Turns to Water, Your Tongue Coats, Your Voice Enfeebles, Your Nostrils Stuff Up, Your Hands and Feet Swell, Your Body Becomes Emaciated, You Lose Flesh, You Are Constipated. only by calling or writing to the old tertiary forms of blood disorders are mani- Irritated, Dry, 00d. The best to do Is Call or write for the ockton, Market and Ellis Streets. LARS AND TESTIMONIALS. © 000 00000000] A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE TOWNSITE OF FITCHBURG It is on the right side of the bay, directly opposite of San Francisco and near the Populous cities of Onkland and A business centers to warrant its supporting and prosperous community by i from the famouns San Leandro road on the north to 1t 1s & townsite by nainral location, extendi lameda, yet far enoughaway from these becoming an lnde&venlc;ent, self- self. Oakland harhor on the south, and is subdivided into large blocks, bounded by wide streets, newly graded and graveled, and ornamented with avenues Upward of 1193 iots have been sold to bona-fide on the market. of trees, cypress hedges and eversreen groves. investors since the townsite was platted and placed It is an important station on the Southern Pacific main line and enjoys local trausportation facile :x';:':.y." ferry trains and electric-cars equal if not suverior to any of the most favored cities around - Its extensive frontage on the commodious har! ernment, insures cheap water transportation for all prises of any description. As a choice locality for homes It has no rival. bor now being improved by the United States Gov- time 10 those about to start manufacturing enter- Modern conveniences in close touch—such as city water. street railways. churches, schools, theaters, free delivery, etc.—without the payment of eity taxes. 'he weather throughout the year is natural, seasonable and equable, and is therefore more reli- able, enjoyable and healthful than the fickle climates 50 common near the bay of San Francisco. “Fhe soil is exceptionably fertile and will produce fruits, flowers aud vegetables of all varieties to perfection. ‘The gradual slope from every lot to tidewater insures perfect drainage in the wettest winters. FITCEHBURG Is not a fancy picture proposition of an unreclaimed stubble field, but a growing raliroad town on the direct line of such important public improvements as the new road just compleied by the Boird of Su- pervisors from East Oakland, skirting the foothills past Mills College to the San Leandro road and ending at Fitchburz, ‘The proposed continuation of East Twelfth street from Fruitvale parallel and near to the Southern | Pacific right-of-way to Fitchbu; and San Leandro and_eventurlly to be continued on to San Jose to meet the granc boulevard and bicycle conrse from San Francisco. The new extensions of the Alameda and Vandercook electric rallways from their resent termini to the rapidly growing districts east of Oakland; and the contemplated lengthening of the runs of tha | Fruitvale and Alameda local trains to a common junction at or near Fitchburg, made possible by the increase of the number of ferry trains from three and perhaps four an hour. p | Lots are selling fast and prices are advancing. Frontage t0 suit buyers at trom $4 to $10 per foot. | Ten per cent cash and easy monthly iustaliments. THAD 8. FITCH, Fitchburg, San Leandro Road. W. F. McCLURE, |19 Mo: tgomery st,, S. F. the fighting being kept up for two hours. The disturbance was finally quelled by a squad of mounted police, No one was wounded. The soldiers will be court-mar~ tialed. Eare e TIES PLACED ON THE TRACK, Cloge Call for a Passenger Train on the Chicago and Alton. CHICAGO, I, Aug. 8.—An attempt to wreck the Chicago and Alton passenger train, known as the St. Louis local, which left the Union depot at 9 o’clock last evening, was made by unknown parties who placed ties on the track between' Sag bridge and Willow Springs. The train struck the obstruction, but fortunately did not leave the track. It is thought to have been the work of tramrs who in- tended to rob the train, but who fled on seeing their purpose foiled. s Death of an Able Jurist, FARGO, N. D., Aug. 8.—Hon. Alfred Delavan Thomas, Judge of the United States Circuit Court, died to-day after a brief illness. Judge Thomas was 58 years of age. His death removes one of the ablest jurists and most widely known and respected citizens of this country. g Fell From the Siwth Story. CHICAGO, Irr., Aug. 8.—F. M, Swift of Newton, Iowa, fell from the sixth story of the Richmond Hotel this morning and was instantly killed. It is said that he had bsen drinking. NEW TO-DAY. NOTICE. 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