The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1896, Page 3

I ~ARE VERY ACTIVE : the invitation very sericusly. i on’ the 1st day of December, 1896, after due | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1896. HLGER'S ERIENDS Michigan Leaders Seek the War Portfolio for w the General. ! | | | Senator Allison of Iowa Is Also| Put Forward for a Place in_the Cabinet Major McKinley Spends a Day in Receiving Callers, but Hs Does Not Enlighten Them CANTON, Onto, Dec. 4—The President- day, and was from 10 o’'clock in v 10 at night re- of the callers were d bad significant or interest- | ation to impart. The first im- | PC ation in the interests of a Cabinet called to-day. Some of tne foremost men of Michigan visited Major McKinley thisaiternoon to ask m | to consider the name of General Alger | when he formed his Cabinet. General s suggested him for the posi- of War. men composed the dele- gation from Michigan: President Angell of the University of Michigan, Colonei Henecker of Detroit, ex-Congressman M. elect had anotner ardu kept busy at the house the morn 1 ceiving visito! guntil n The follow & Brewer, J. M. Cutcheon, George A | Spaulding of Moaroe. Colonel A. T. Bliss | of Saginaw, President Babcock of the | iigan Ciub, who stopped an hour in | Mark Hanna to attend rington birthday banquet of the J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids, Col- Hopkins of Saginaw, Colonel | d of Detroit, General J. S. | cretary of State A. A. Conant. | y received his visitors in Ex-Congressman Brewer was Major McKinley made no Members of the delegation said y were delightea with their reception *:Congressman John A. T. Hull of Des Moiies, Iowa, was one of Major McKin- s callers this evening. H: is chairman 1e Committee on Militarv Affairs ana a talk in private with M. jor McKin- Lafayette Youug and G. A. Rey- o esman. mises. nolds, a Des Moines banker, accompanied Congressman Hull. They united in say- ing that Iowa would be glad to have Sen- | ator Allison remain in the Senate, bug if | he were called to the Cabinet the people of- the State would want him to consider harles H. Dodd of Portland, Or., chair- an of the Republican State Committee, | ngressmen R. 8. Taylor and F. B. De- | itt of Ohio, Homer Laughlin of Ohio | 2nd Representative S. M. Stevenson and | L. M. Gram of Michigar were among | Major McKinley’s cailers to-day. .The officers of the Ei-hth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, called on Major Mc- Kinley to-day and invited him to have his picture taken in a group with them, which hé'did. The Eighth Ohio is the regiment which is to escort Major McKinley from Canton to Washington. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago spent the | afternoon and evening at the McKinley residence. He said that the only knowl- edge he had of the rumors announcing his forthcoming appointment as private sec- retary he had gained from the newspapers. Dawes left for Washington this evening. | e CALL FOR THE CONVENTION. Trade Organizations Asked to Send Dele- gatex to Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Dec. 4.—The ex- | ecutive committee in charge of the ar rangements for the currency reform con- yéntion to meet in this city on January 12 to-day agreed upon the following form of | Cali for a monetary convention of business : The representatives of the Boards of | Ffade, Chambers of Commerce, and similar | ercial bodies of the cities of Chicago, St. | uis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, st. Paul. Louisville, Columbus, Cleveland, To- iédo, Grand Rapids and Indianapolis,in con- ierence assembled at the city of Indianapolis, | Qo hereby cail a non-partisan to meet at the city of Indianapolis ‘on ‘the 12th day of January, 1897, to be com- ‘posed of rey ative business men chosen from boardsof trade, chambers of commerce, commerciai clubs or other similar commer- cial bodies in cities of eight tnousand or more inhabitants, according to the census ot 1890, the basis of representation to be as tabulated | and 1n accordance with the population of the said cities for the purpose 6f considering and suggesting such legislation as may in their judgment be necessary to place the currency system of the country upon & sound and per- manent basis. In bebalfof this call the con- | ference submits that the fact that the neces- sity for such legislation exists is generally con- ceded by business men. It1s the right and the duty of the business men of the Nation in a matter of such vital business concern to render to this cause all the nid which their experience and knowl- edge can sfford. They owe 1t to themselves as citizens of the Republic and as a matter of business seli-preservation to participate ac- tively and, we believe, efficiently in this movement. The business men have been ac- cused of negiect of political duties. In ordi- nary times there may be some foundation for this cirarge, but at every critical juncture in | the history of our country when the Nation’s | perpetu! honor or general welfare was seriously in danger they have, in the spirit of | €éulightened patriotism, risen to the full measure of their duty; and we believe that the peinful experience of the country under the existing laws on the subject of currency #dmonishes the business men that we have reached & point where it 1s their duty to take | arr active part in helping the great questions | Rinvolved. And we have & right to believe that a con- vention composed of broad-minded and en- lightened business men so earnest in the pur- suit of trath that party considerations will be forgottzn, conveying in the spirit of cnlight- ened. patriotism, can and will do ' much in helping forwaid a wise and sound solution of the currency quesiion. We are also justified, in the light of the recent Presidential elec. tion, in saying that the voters of the Nation are opposed to any plan of currency reform involving the use of money which will place in jeopardy the homor or the creditof our country. Accepting these conclusions from the recent manifestations of public opinion, we cordislly and earnestly invite your organization to ‘choose and send, with proper credentials, of representative business men to the proposed cqnvention. Please appoint only those who will attend, and report the names of your ‘delegates as soon as practicable to H. H. Hanna, chairman of the executive committee, Indianapolis, Ind. Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, repre- sented by M. E. Ingalls, Herman Goepher, W. Cooper Proctor. Chicago Board of Trade, represented by S. F. Douspan, B. A. Eckhart, P. B. Weare. Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, repre- sented by J. G. W. Cowles, E. A. Angell. Columbus Board of Trade, represented by MAY REVOLUTIONIZE MEDICINE. CHICAGO, L., Dec. 4—A special from Columbia, Mo., says: Dr. Thomas Powell claims to have made a most wonderful discovery, which, 1f true, will revo- Iutionize medicine. it impervious to disease germs. He says he can inoculate the human system so as to render As vaccination prevents smallpox, so his dis- covery will ‘ward off scarlet fever, consumption, diphtheria ana every other disease caused by germs. So confident is Dr. Powell of the value of his discovery that he bas written largely for scientific journals of the subject, and has himself tested it by exposing himself to all manner of diseases. He entered this week into an arrangement with California capitalists by which he is to be paid $9000 for a one-third interest in the discovery. A sanitarium will be erected in Los An- geles and experiments be made. Joseph N. Outhwaite, Willlam F. Burdell, Charles H. Lindenberg. Grand Rapids Board of Trade, represented - M. A. Fletcher, William H. Anderson. Indianapolis Board of Trade, represenied by H. H. Haunna, E. B. Martindale, George C. Tanner. Indianapolis Commercial Club, represented | by John T. Brush, Louis Holweg, Herman Lieber. Louisville Board of Trade—represented by Augustus E. Wilson. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, repre- sented by F. H. Madgeberg, H. L. Palmer. Minneapolis Board of Trade, represented by T. B. Walker, Joseph U. Barnes, Henry Hill. St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange, represented by M. O. Stanard, Clark H. Sampson, James Campbell. St. Paul Chamber ot Commerce, represented by E. V. Smalley. Toledo Produce Exchange, represented by Dennison B. Smith. Bryan Wil Answer Them All. OMAHA, Nesr, Dec. 4.—Mr. Bryan gave out the following statement to-night: *I hope that those who have written me since the election will not be impatient if they don’t receive an answer promptly. I have four persons assisting with my correspondence, but we are considerably behind. The mail exceeded 2500 letters per day for a while after the election, and even now I could not answer the letters as fast as they arrive if I could spend every hour of the day at the work. Other work prevents me giving my whole time to correspondence. I shalldo the best I can 10 answer all letters as soon as possible after receint, and I hope the friends wall pardon the delay.” YET UNDER THE “EVIL EYE” Tragical Story of Sarah Althea Hill- Sharon-Terry Resurrected by the Escapades of Her Nephew. CHICAGO, Irn, Dec. 4.—An evening paper prints the following: The tragical story of the life of Sarah Althea Hill was resurrected in the State Attorney’s office this morning. Those people of a super- stitious turn of mind, who believe in the existence of an evil eye, will find food for thougit and argument in the case of M. F. Cohen, self-confessed thief, fugitive from justice and nepbew of the notorious woman whose career brought infamy to the name of some of the best-known peo- ple in California. The twenty-seven years of Cohen’s life have been almost as eventful as those of his aunt. Surrounded by every luxury of an ideal Southern home, with an unlim- ited bank account and every inducement to make his mark in the world, the “‘evil eye” of Sarah Althea Hill pursued him, compelling him to fall lower and lower, until to-day he finds himself a prisoner in the Cook County Jail, unable to furnish | bonds, and a long penitentiary sentence confronting him. This is the story of a high roller, whose escapades and their results will be reaa with interest in the principal cities of the West. The parents of Cohen live in Hous- ton, Texas, and are wealthy. BSeveral years ago he was intrusted with money belonging to his employer and left precip- itately. He was arrested and taken to his home, where his father’s standing saved him. He was released on bail and jumped his bonds, going to the Indian Territory, where he had a similar experi- ence. Criminal deeds were repeated at Galveston and other Southwestern cities whiere he is still wanted on forfeited bail- bonds. 1n the course of his travels he came to Chicago. George W. Riggs of the New York Life Insurance Company was attracted by the young man and, investigating his record, befriended him, giving him employment. Cohen securea a place for himself and his wife with Mrs. Fox, Thirty-first street and Michigan avenue. He left without paying nis bill, Mrs, Johnson of Seventy-sixth street, Grand Crossing, was served in a similar manner. Complaints beran to pour into the office of Mr. Riggs and he investigated e young man’s accounts. Shortage to the amount of $400 was dis- covered and Cohen’s arrest and indict- ment followed. The latter was voted yes- terday. Cohen was arrested on the capias this morning and lodged in the county jail. Mr. Riggs in the meantime investigated Cohen’s record and secured an unusual history of a life of crime. Cohen wasa high liver and since his father disowned him has been gambling, drinking and playing the races at the expense of numer- ous employers. As a direct result of the knowledge thus secured, Mr. Riggs made a request at the Assistant State Attor- ney’s office this morning thatany security offered for him be gilt-edged as he feared the fellow would escape punishment by his usual method of poor bonds. Mr. Riggs was assured that unusunal caie would be exercised in the case. —_—— TUOK POISON ON A CAR. Duffy Florence Allen Telis Conduotor He Would B» Lid of Her. CHICAGO, Irn.,, D:c. 4—Flerence Al- len took a swallow of carbolic acid in a State-street car last night and told Con- ductor James Duffy that he would now be rid of her. She was taken to a hospital near by and will probably recover. Miss Allen is a stenographer in the freight office of the Rock Island Railroad and lives with her mother at 943 La Salle street. It is not known wtere she boarded Conductor Duffy’s car, but at Sixty-first street she was sitting in one corner talking to him earnestly. A moment later several women in the car saw her rise up, arain a_small bottle at her lips and throw 1t at Duffy. Duffy ran from the car and called Policeman Paton of the Englewood station, who had just left the car. To the policeman carry- ing her from the car the young woman said that Duffy had told her to take the poison. The conductordid not wait to see whether it was life or death, because he was due at the barns in five minutes. He took his car in, changed his clothes and left. He lives at 621 State street. Two notes pinned to the lining of Miss Allen’s jacket 1ndicate that Duffy has wronged ber. One of them said he had toid her to kill herselfiand be would stand the expense. The other, to Duffy, de- clared that she still loved the man. St s Guayaquil Suffers From Fire., NEW YORK., N. Y., Dec. 4,—The Her- ala’s cable from Panama says the advices from Guayaquil, Ecuador, state that Ecuador bas Lad another disastrous fire. More than eighty houses in the business section of the town of Daule were de- streyed by the flames. The losses will ag- gregate hundreds of thousands of dollars. The origin of the fire is unkrown. 2L e Execution of a Murder r. McLEANSBORO, Irv, Dec. 4.—Fred Behme was hanged here to-day at 12:30 o’clock for the murder in April last of his wife and son. The crime committed by Boehme was one of peculiar atrocity. GERMANY'S GREAT SCANDAL GROWS Interesting Revelations in the Trial of the Editors. Big Sensation Caused by the Confession of Baron von Luetzow. Says the Commissioner of the Detec- tive Police Conspired Against High Officials. BERLIN, GerMANY, Dec. 4.—At the trial to-day of the five editors, Baron von Luetzcw, Herren Foellmar, Ploetz, Leckert and Berger, on charges of libeling Count von Eulenburg, Baron Marschall von Bieberstein and Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe, the public prosecutor stated that he had instituted criminal proceed- ings against Baron von Luetzow upon the charges of forgery and fraud. Thecharges of forgery grew out of the testimony given by Herr Kukutach, a member of the press bureau, yesterday, in which the witness accused Luetzow of forging a receipt for a sum of 50 marks, which he alleged he had' paid Kukutzch for writing certain articles, and a charge of fraud was also involved in the matter of incriminating papers, which Luetzow falsely declared were written by Kukutzch, Baron von Lutzow, through his advo- cate, has made what purports to be a full confession. He declares that Larkelow, one of the defendants, supplied the mate- rial for the article against Count Botho von Eulenburg Trekert, alleging that Marschall von Bieberstein, Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, inspired the article. ‘When von Lutzow told Major von Tausch, commissioner of the detective police, that the Foreign Minister had inspired the ar- ticle, Major Tausch was delighted because of the personal animosity he entertained for Baron Marschall von Bieberstein. He said he intended to communicate the whole story to Count Philip von Eulen- burg, the German Embassador to Austria, with a view of convincing him that the Foreign Minister was conspiring with members of Emvperor William’s circle. His object was to induce Count Philip to tell Emperor William about the alleged conspiracy and so_ruain Baron Marschall von Bieberstein. Major Tausch notified Count Philip that important information was awaiting him. Count Philip replied that he would soon be in Berlin, when he would confer with bim. Later, when the Foreign Office moved energetically concerning the articies, Major Tausch was compelled to arrest Luetzow, but promised to shieid nim. It was Major Tausch who induced Luetzow to procure the forged document mentioned in yesterday’s proceeding purporting to be a receipt for 50 marks given by Herr Kukutsch, belonging to the press bureau of the Foreign Office, when he was falsely accused of baving furnished certain arti- cles that had been publishea. Lutzow de- claresthat he did not write this receipt himself. The confession then deals with the alle- gations that Major Tausch intrigued against Baron von Lieter, ex-Minister of the Interior, involving charges against Herren Hammann and Eckert, besides Herr Kukutsch. Luetzow declares that he was compelled to obey Major Tausch, as he was depending upon him for a liveli- hood, receiving from bim 200 marks a month. Major Tausch threatened to stop the payment of this money if he refused to oblige him. The reading of the confession caused a great sensation in the courtroom. Major Tausch, who testified yesterday, was recalled to the witness-stand. He ad- mitted some of the statements in the con- fession and entered into along explana- tion of the others. Some of them he de- nied, including the one relative to the forgery of the receipt. During the giving of this testimony the Judge warned Major Tausch to remember thathe was on hisoath lest he incura sentence of penal servitude. Baron Marschall von Bieberstein was re- called upon the conciusion of the examin- ation of Major Tausch. He explained the reasons why the Foreign Office ceased four years ago to employ the police, and added : “The police may employ what agents they please, but when they have the effronvery to slander me and the Foreign Office offi- cials I must have recourse to publicity to brand such doings.” i i This declaration caused another sensa- ion. The court adjourned after the evidence of the Foreign Minister had been given, Interest in the case has been greatly in- creased by to-day’s revelations, and it is thoucht that persons in. high circles will be shown to have been concerned in the intrigues against state officials. The greatest interest is now centered in what Count Philip von Eulenburg will have to say on the subject. COUNTERFEITING SILVER COINS, An Inducement to Make Money as Good as Uncle Sam’s, WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 3.—The re- port of R. E. Preston, the Director of the Mint, shows in elaborate details the operations of the mints and assay offices during the fiscal year 1896, together with statistics of foreign countries relative to the production, coinage and monetary conditions of each. The total coinage of gold and silver by the various countries of the worla was as follows: Gold, $231,087,438; silver, $121,- 610,219. Total, $352,607,657. The total metallic stock and uncovered paver in the world was estimated on January 1, 1896, to be $10,938,600,000. The Director recom- mends that authority be ziven the Secre- tary of the Treasury to have experiments made to determine the best means of pre- venting the counterfeiting of silver coin- age. sAt the prevailing price of silver, the difference between the bullion and the nominal value of our silver coins is about 100 per cent, and this constitutes a great temptation for the stamping of such coins by unscrupulous persons, affcrding them an opportunity to place in circulation counterfeit silver coins at about 100 per cent profit as good as those stamped by the mints and which cannot be distin- guished from them, even by experts. e L Unpposes the Lingley Bill, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—Senator Dubois of Idaho returned to Washington yesterday. He declined to discuss his own candidacy for re-election to the Senate, but his friends with whom he has talked say he admits toat he is defeated and that the combination of Democrats and Populists will send their man to the Senate. Senator Dubois says that heis opposed to the Dingley bill and does not think it will pass. “Whv should it?” said he; ‘‘nobody wants it.” HUNDREDS POISONED BY BREAD. All the Trouble Traced to One Bakery, but the Cause of the Poisoning Is a Mystery, MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 4.—The Health Department repoits the wholesale poisoning of people in the northern part of the city. Members of 100 families are ill with all the symptons of arsenic poi- soning. The people have been eating bread purchasea at a bakery establish- ment on Sherman street. The physicians are inclined to attribute the origin of the wholesale poisoning to that source. Many of the sick people are in a very dangerous condition. Everybody in the neighborhood is greatly excited and the utmost indignation is felt against the pro- prietor of the bakery. Itisnot believed that the poison was put in the bread in- tentionally, but the people feel that suf- ficient care was not taken in keeping dan- gerous ingredients out of it. The bakery is quite an extensive one and hitherto has had the reputation of being a very good one. The employes connected with it cannot explain the bad effects caused by the bread. They assert that every vrecaution has been taken to make the bread pure and wholesome. Some of their families have eaten of the bread, but found no bad effects from it. They assert that there was no reason for putting arsenic in it for the purpose of improving the quality of it. The proprietor of the suspected estab- lishment denies that his bread is the cause of the trouble, and has demanded an in- vestigation, which the health authorities have promised him. Specimens of the bread have been sent for examination to competent chemists, and until the result of the examination has been made known it will be impossible tostate with certainty that the bread was the cause of the whole- sale illness. The proprietor, while denying that his bread is responsible, says that 1f it be so it must have been due to the flour used by him, as it could not have occurred in the baking. There is, however, another theory that the deed was done by a discharged workman in order to be revenged. At FROST BITTEN AT SEA, Terrible Suffering of Two Men Lost in a Dory. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 4.—The North German Lloyd steamer Dresden, which ar- rived from Bremen last night, picked up two fishermen in a dory yestercay after- noon. The men were named Patrick Foley and Joe Higgins. They belonged aboard a fishing schooner of Gloucester, Mass, On Saturday they lost sight of ‘the schooner during a dense fog on the La Havre banks and were unable to find her again, There was no water in the boat and no provisions, and the two men suf- fered terribly from hunger and thirst. On Monday it snowed and they eat enough snow to appease their thirst, but they had no food until they were taken aboard the Dresden. Their bhands were frost bitten, but the surgeon of the Dresden says they will re- cover the use of them in a few days. When icked up there was only one broken oar in the dory. The others had been swept away. s BAD CABLES IN BRAZIL. It Will Be Impossivle to Work the Line Up the Amazon. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—Consul Matthews writes the Department of State from Para that the Brazilian Government is having a hard time in trying to operate a cable to Manaos. The cable, costing about $1,000,000, was guaranteed by the company for thirty days. On the thirty-first day it failed and no message has been sent over it since last February. Itis hoped to have it in work- ing order by the end of the year. Engineera now assert that a caple cannot be made a success on account of the current and many obstructions in the river-bed. o meta s The X Ray in Evidence. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 4.—The Colorado courts have allowed the X ray to be intro- dunced as expert testimony for the first time since the marvelous discovery of its penetrative power. After three days’ ar- fnment by some of the most eminent legal talent of the State, Judge Leievre yvesterday granted the application in the case of James Smith vs. Dr. W. W. Grant. The plaintiff asks for $20,000 damages for a false diagnosis, whereby he was treated for a contusion instead of a fracture, on account of which he lost the use of one leg. The X ray showed in court that there was a clearly defined fracture and there would have been no suffering or de- lay in procuring proper treatment, as it was a simple fracture. B, Violation of Federal Statutes. DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 4 —Warrants will be sworn out to-morrow before Fed- eral Commissioner E. R. Mason here for the arrest of the commander and trustees of. the Iowa Soldiers’ Home at Marshall- town. They will be charged with the vio- lation of the Federal Statutes for the pro- tection of pensioners in the rights of their nsions. The warrants will be signed by harles D. Fullen Federa Jattorney for the Bouthern Iowa district. ™ CHALLENGE 10 BILLIARDISTS. Ives and Daly Willing to Match iny Other Two Players. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 4—Frank Ives and Maurice Daly have issued a challenge to any other two billiard-players in the world to play a series of match games, balk line, cushion carroms, and the cham- pion’s game, for a stake from $500 to $2000 a side, the contests 1o take placein the five cities offering the best inducemens, the games in_each city to be not less than 600 points at balk line, 300 points at cush- ion carroms and 500 points at the cham- pion’s game, to be played under the rules governing the recent tournament managed by Daly. The players making the greatest num- ber of points in the several styles of game are to receive the entire stakes and the net receipts. If there is o reply to the chal- lenge within a reasonable time, other in- ducements will probably be offered by Mr. Daly 10 bring together the best American end foreign players. Sale of Thoroughbreds, LOUISVILLE, K., Dec. 4 —The Easton sale of thoroughbreds was continued to- day. The horses which brought the best prices were: Ortawin, br. m., by Ononda- gue, dam Annette, L. O. Applegate, New Jersey, §5000; Spinaway, ch. m., by imp, Leamington, dam Mecara, C. Cowden, New York, $3500. Spinaway is the dam of Handspun and Lazzarone, o T s BT Gardiner’s New Wheel Record. DENVER, Coro., Dec. 4 —Arthur Gar- diner made another bicycle record at Den- ver Wheel Club’s park this morning. He rode a haif mile, unpacei, in 0:57 2-5. Yesterday Gardiner covered the distance 1n 1 minute, which also broke the record for the distance. Gardiner now holds the record, unpaced, professional, for the quarter and the half mil T e Sy Nutwond Is Dead, DUBUQUE, Iowa. Dec. 4—Nutwood, the famous trotting-horse sire, died on the Highland farm to-day, aged 26 years. MINOR BATTLES * WITH THE REBELS Usual, the Spanish Generals Report a Victory. As But When the News Escapes the Censors It May Be Just the Reverse. Decision of a District Court That Oscar Cespedes Must Be Tried by Court-Martia . HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 4 —The people ot Havana are still in the dark so far as the movements of General Weyler are con- cerned. If the authorities have heard anything definite from him since he went into camp near Los Palmicos thev are keeping their information to themselves. They state that they are ignorant of his present position, dbutthat they know he is carrying out in detail the plan of the cam- paign prepargd before he left Havana. Rumors regarding Maceo are many, but little attention is paid to them. The only definitenews from the province of Pinar del Rio is that the commands of Generals Melquizo and Inclan have had encounters with the rebels. The fight in the Gobernado Hills yesterday was be- tween General Inclan’s command and a band of rebels. No details of the engage- ment have been made public and it is not known which side was victorious. A party of rebels who made an attack at Fort Razen, province of Santiago de Cuba, were repulsed. They were pursued by the local guerrillas, who killed six in- surgents and wounded fourteen. The troops had one officer and four privates wounded. Colonel Toro reports that his command had defeated the rebels under Costillo and other leaders at Mazararo, province of Havana. The rebels lost twenty-three killed, while the Spanish loss was six killed and elevén woundeéd. The District Court of Matanzas has given a decision in the case of Oscar Ces- pedes, an American citizen who was cap- tured in the field and held as a prisoner of war in San Severino Castle, Matanzas. The court holds that he must be handed over to a military tribunal for trial. NEW YORK, N.Y., Dec.4—A Times special from Tampa says: Passengers who arrived from Havana last evening report that a fight has taken place between the vanguard of Weyler's army and some of Maceo's men, a large force on each side heing engaged. The Spanish army did not come off with flying colors, Itis re- ported in Havana that Weyler has lost two railroad trains from dynamite explo- sions, losing much-peeded army supplies for his men that had been sent from Havana. Fifty persons arrested the past week were deported yesterday, their future resi- dence being a mystery, though Africa is supposed to be the point of destination of the ship. VERY COSTLY INFATUATION. Peculiar Story Revealed by an Application to Incarcerate a Rich French Woman in an Asylum. PARIS, France, Dec. 4.—Legal proceed- ings in lunacy against a wealthy young woman named Marie Saudret have made official record of an extraordinary story that off and on has been the gossip of the boulevards for three years. Away back in ’93 she became infatuated with a Hungarian musician named Ferko, who was the leader of an orchestra in one of the swell cafes on the rue d'Elysee. Ferko was married. Marie gave his wife $5000 on condition that she would return with her two chil- dren to her home and remain there for the rest of her life. The young girl’s family made futile efforts to break off the liaison, and it continued until a couple of weeks ago when Ferko died and was buried by his mistress with great pomp and cere- mony. After the departure of his wife he gave up his position and became a havitue of the races, clubs and gambling dens, and according to the papers filed in court he squandered in dissipation in this period not less than $250,000 of his inamorata’s fortune. Since his death she herself has plunged madly into dissipation, and it is now pro- posed to incarcerate her and appoint a conservator for the estate, which, notwithe standing the drain upon it, exceeds in value $1,000,000. FOm A Fiercr Gale in the Channel. LONDON, Exc:, Dec. 4.—A southeast gale is prevaling in the Enclish Channel and tae North Sea and a tremendous sea is runnine. Many casualties have been reportad. The historic chain pier at Brigh- ton, which was erected in 1823, has been demolished. —_—— Spread of the Plagus, BOMBAY, Ixpra, Dec. 4.—The bubonic plague, which has prevailed among thp natives here with fatal effects in a ma- jority of the cases, has now spread to the Kuropeans, several of whom have died from the disease. NEW TO-DAY. The leaven- ing strength of “Trophy” bak- ing powderisas high as that of any ever made; but it could be made stronger— with drugs. 5 Tillmann & Bendel, Mfrs, NEW TO-DAY. (NCALLED-OR | CLOTH REDUGED 40 PER CENT. Our Second Annual Sale has proved the Biggest Sale ever heard of in San Francisco. All the uncalled-for Suits and Overcoats made to order at our Eastern and Oakland Stores and Branches in this city during the past year have been shipped to our Main Store, 541 Market street, where they are now being sold at a reduction of exactly 4o per cent. : A Few More Samples: Four-button Cheviot Sack, all wool, a superb busi- ness suit ; ordered by James Morey in September ; orig- inal price $10, sale price $6. Square Sa¢k Gray Clay Suit, all wool, and a nobby, stylish suit ; ordered by M. Jacobs in June; original price $15, sale price §9. Round Sack Gray Cassimere, exceptionally well made all-wool suit ; ordered in August by J. Burns; original price $16, sale price $9. Three-button Cutaway Frock black Clay, a stylish, dressy all-wool suit ; ordered by R. Gannon in July; original price $20, sale price $12. Single-breasted Tan Melton Overcoat, cut in the latest fashion, handsomely lined ; ordered by F. Karston in July ; original price $11, sale price $6.60. Black Cheviot Overcoat, a carefully tailored gar- ment ; ordered by T. Stevens in September; original price $15, sale price $9. Oxford Kersey Overcoat, made for a dressy, perfect garment ; ordered by O. Jenson in October ; original price $17.50, sale price $10.50. All these Suits and Overcoats were made to order, but were not called for. We guarantee them perfect in every way, and will keep them in repair one year free of charge. oLumeiAN WooLen MiLLs (S. N. WOOD & CO.), 541 Market Street, - aatir DIRECTLY OPPOSITE SANSOME. THE SUNDAY CALL. The Great Family Newspaper of the Pacific Coast SIX LITTLE HEROES IN THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A San Francisco Story That Appeals to All Hearts, A WHEELMAN, PACED BY A GALE, SMASHES ALL RECORDS. . . THRILLING STORIES OF THE ENGINE CAB. Related by Old Engineers. THE WONDERFUL MYSTERIOUS RUINS OF ANCIENT BOLIVIA. ODD AND PECULIAR TALES OF THE ADVENT SEASON. “THE CALL” SPEAKS FOR ALL