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TIIE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1896. CABINET GOSSIP ON THE INCREASE Given an Impetus by the Visit of Mr. Hanna to Canton. It Is Certain, However, That Port olios Have Neither Been Offered Nor Declined. Two California Visitors to M jor M:- Kinley Urge James A. Waymire for a Placa. CANTON, Osro., Dec. 15.—The visit of Chairman Hanna to Canton to-day has| not in any way changed the Cabinet situ- ation so far as the public knows. There is still ample reason to believe that no portiolio hss been tendered to a single person and that consequently none has been accepted or declined. Mr. Hanna has not determined upon his own course. He talked for an hour or more with Major | McKinley about his tripto the East and | acquainted him with what had been done in the way of arranging for the inaugural ceremonies. Mr. Hanna returned to Cleveland late this afternoon. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago arrived here this morning and will remain a guest at the McKinley residence until to- morrow. When Major McKinley goes to Chicago the last of the week he expects to | spend at least oneday with Mr. and Mrs. Dawes at their suburban home Evanston. Lieutenant - Governor Saxton of New at | Revnublican League, has appointed the in- auguration committee for the league and to-day he announces the same as jollows: General E. A. McAlipin, Major Everett Warrett, Pennsylvania; Jud:e C. A. Ray- mond, lllinois; Hon. Frank J. Higeins, New Jersey; Thomas F. Barrett, West Virginia; E. J. Miller, Ohio, and Dr. W. L. Boose, Maryland. President Wood- mansee has called a meeting of this com- mittee at the Ebbitt House, Washington, for Friday of this week, to perfect plans for the part to be taken by the league at the inauguration of President McKinley. —_———— CHOATE 15 A CANDIDATE. Consents to Enter the Face for a United States Senatorship. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 15.—Hon. Joseph H. Choate announces his candi- dacy for the United States S2nate in the following letter: NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 14. 1896. My Dear Mr. Guthrie: You have handed me a of the resolutions adopted by the Union League Club of the eity of New York and have asked me to declare whether I would be a can- didate for the position of United States Scnator in accordance with these resolutions. In view of the present political conditions in this State I bave no hesitation ia saying that I wil' be & candidate, and if elect' d will try to serve the people of tue Stete and Nation to the bestof my ability. Iam deeply gratified for the com- pliment paid me by the Union League Club, foremost as it has ever been among organiza- tions devoted to the success of the Republican party, for whose candidates I have voted from the beginning and in wnose principles I have always believed. To that party the country must look now, as it ever has, for National safety and prosperity and the preservation of the constitution. Yours very trulv, JosEPH H. CHOATE. S The Vote in Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Agk., Dec. 15.—The official vote of Arkansas at the recent election was as follows: Democratic 110,- 113, epublican 37, National 893, Pro- hibitionist 839. . MRS. COURTENAY IS INSANE. General Cutting’s Daughter -to Have a Guardian Appointed for Her Per- son and Estate. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 15.—An in- quiry was made by a sheriff's jury and Dr. Austin Flint as commissioner te-day into | t e sanity of Mrs. Isabeila Cutting Courte- nay, an alleged incompetent. The ques- tion of the value of her property was also inquired into. York lunched with Major McKinley and bad a conference with him. The situa- | tion in New York was discussed. Mr. | Saxton said later: “Thereis no doubt| about the election of Mr. Platt to the Sen- ate. He will have a large majority of the Republican votes in the Legislature. I cannot say that New York is united on any one for the Cabinet at present. There are a number of men who would make | excellent Cabinet officers. So far as 1 know, there is no popular movement ip, | favor of any of them. Mr. Morton is out of the race.” Brautus J. Clay discussed Kentucky poli- tics with Major McKinley to-day. *‘The trouble with Kentucky is that we | have too many good Republicans who want to zo to the Senate to succeea Black- burn. Governor Bradley ought to go to | the Senate because he has, in my opinion, done the wost for the party; but what is most important is that some Republican uld go. “Major McKinley impressed upon me | the idea that it would not at all do to lose that seat in the Senate when we Lave| such a good chance to get it. .His notion { is that we ougt to sk all personal am- | bition and animosity for the personal | good of the party and country.” C. O. Burton of San Francisco and Dr. J. T. McLain of Alameda, Cal., talked of | Cabinet possibilities on the Pacific Siope | with Major MeKinley. Dr. McLain urged Judge j. A. Waymire with great earnest- ness and declared that his appointment to the Cabinet wouid be a good thing for the party and country. Among other callers were ex-Lieutenant- | Governor Lyon of Ohio, who wanted to be | Minister to Bolivia; ex-Secretary of State D. J. Ryan of Columbus, Ohio, and ex- Lieutenant-Governor Willcumbach oif In- diana. e POPULAR VOTE ¥OR PRESIDENT. | MoKin'ey’s Pluralitu in the Nation I | 600,799, ! NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 15.—The can- | vass of the vote of New York State to- day practically completes the official vote by ttates and makes it possible for the first time to tabulate the popular vote for | President. ‘With the exception of Utah | and South Dakota, woere the courts have | ordered the revision of the completed re- turns, tbe final vote of all the Siates bas | been collected by the United Associated | Presses. In Texas the State canvassing | board deciared the vote without waiting | for the returns from six small counties. These have been estimated and added to | the result in that State. i The total vote cast was 13,924, This | was 1,813,124 more than the total vote of | 1892. McKinley received 7,109,480 and | 681, a plurality for McKinley | of 600, The vote for Bryan and Se- | wall and that for Bryan and Watson is | combined in the total vote given for| Byran. Only twelve States reported a | separate vote for Bryan and Watson. His aggregate vote was 46,879. The sound- money Democratic vote ior Palmer and Buckner was 132,056. The Prohibition vote for Levering was 127,174. The Na- | tional or free-silver Prohibitionists cast | 13,320 votes for Bentley. Matchett, the! candidate of the Socialistic Labor party, | received 33,942 Bryan 6, ELECIIONS 1IN MASSAiCHUSETTS. In Boston the Republicans Get All Seven Aldermen. BOSTON, Mass., Dzc. 15.—Returns from the city election are comingin very slowly; only about ten of the twenty-five wards are complete st midnight. From the fig- ures elready at hand it looks as though the Republicans had elected all seven of the Aldermen who were voted for to-day. The city has voted for license, but the major- ity cannot be ascertained. John H. Duane (1.) is elected a Street Commis- sioner over Benjamin M. Cramp (R.) by a small majority. Returns from outside cities throughout the State where municipal elections are held show Republicans holding their posi- tions Up to 1 o'clock all but nine precincts bad been reported, but the footings for all €andidates were not made until consider- ater. The Republicans gained one rman over last vear. The Common Council will stand 41 Democrats to 34 Re- publicans against 45 Democrats and 30 Republicans this year. LINCOLN, Nesg., Dec. 15.—The news of the result of the city election at Lynn. Mass., was received with considerable sfaction by Mr. Bryan to-night. In W of the fact that two factories in the Massachusetts town had cut their wages gince election, the change in sentiment, Mr. Bryan thinks, is not remarkable. Upon receipt of the news, Mr. Bryan sent tue following telegram to the Mayor-elect of the famous sboe town: ‘*‘Accept con- eratulations. Lynn bas at last put its shoe on the right foot.”” —_— An Inaugurotion Committee. CINCINNATI, Onto, Dec. 15.—Hon. D. D. Woodmansee, president of the National v | Southampton, was read to the jury. | of Mr:, Courtenay is the daughter of Gen- era! Cutting of San Francisco. She was marriea in 1891 to Harold Courtenay, an actor, and they went at once to Italy. There, six weeks after their marriage, Mrs. Courtenay showed signs of insanity, and was placed by her husband in a pri- vate asylum. General Cutting and his wife went to the Isie of Wight, England, when they heard of their daughter’s plight, and an | arrangement was afterward entered into between them and Courtenay bv which, | for the consideration of paying him $125 a | month he was to give up all claim td& his She was then taken to the Isle of | wife. Wight and placed in the custody of her aunt, Mary Patterson, where she is at present. The testimony of Mrs. Courtenay’s mother and father and the physicians, taken before the United States Consul 2t The ry found that Mrs. Courtenay was in- sane. CONVENTION OF LUMBERMEN. Congress Petitioned to Place Lumber on the Dutiable List and Protect the Industry. CINCINNATI, Osnro, Dec. 15.—Lumber- men irom all ever the United States gath- ered this morning for a convention. Twenty-one States were represented by 150 delegates. When order was cailed by President Gooayear at the opening of the afternoon session the committee upon permanent organ zation recommended tne following nominations, which received the approval the convention: President, W. C. Goodyear of Pennsylvania; vice-presi- dents, H. Clay Tunis of Maryland and E. F. Skinner of Florida; secretary, C. W. Wells of Lllinois. A ways and means committee, whose duties shall be the ascertaining of what tariff legislation 1s demanded for the best interest of the lumbermen of the country ard devise waysand means for the accom- plishment, was appointed, consisting of members from South Atlantic Siates, Miadle South, Soutnwest, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Northwest and Pacitic Coast. Resolutions were adopted petitionin, Congress to place lumber on the dutiabl list, and_urgine lumber-dealers through- out the United States to furnish to Repre- sentatives and Senators of their districts full information in relation to the needs g e | and condition of the lumber industry, to the end that they can consistently assist in the passage of beneficial measures. —_— Killed by an Officer. CLAREMORE, L T., Dec. 15—While drunk and creating a disturbance here last night in a saloon Ed Reed, who killed the Crittenden brothers a year ago, was shot | and killed by a Deputy Sheriff. He wasa son of the notorious Bell Starr. He had been arrested earlier in the evening for shooting in the saloon anda was placed under bond, but after his release he re- turned to the saloon and was flourishing his gun when he was killed with iwo shots. S e McKinley to Be Their Guest, CHICAGO, In, Dec. 15.—The - Press Club of Chicago, under whose auspices the Carlisle (Pa.) Indian School football team vill play the University of Wisconsin even at the Coliseum by electric light turday night, has sent an invitation to Major McKinley to be the club’s guest on that occasion, as he will be here that day. R G LR Sentenced for Perjury. CINCINNATI, Osro, Dec. 15.—John Seward was sentenced to two years and ‘William Trustee to one year in the Ken- tucky Penitentiary to-day for {falsely swearing in the Pearl Bryan murder trial that the girl was beheaded on this side of the river and the body conveyed to Fort Thomas afterward. They were sentenced at Newport. e Early Editions of Firgl. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 15.—Librarian Richardson announced yesterday :hat Junius Morgan, '88 New York City, has presented to the new library his valuable collection of early editions of Virgil. The collection contains 300 numbers, of which twenty-one are fifteenth century editions and ninety-nine sixteenth century edi- tions. The collection is worth $50,000. Py Failure of a Fanking-House. EDWARDSVILLE, N. Y., Dec. 15.—The banking-nouse of John M. Prickeit & Son of this city made an assignment to-day. The causes are heavy cash withdrawals during the panicky times and long-con- tinued illness of the senior partner. The assets and liabilities are not stated. A Union Pacific Earnings. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 15—The Union Pacific system earned gross for October $2.262,202, an increase of $49,378; net. $1,163,059; decrease, $89,505. Gross trom January 1 1o October 31, $18,883,810; increase, $541,665; and net, $6,835,992; in- crease, $108,665. e ArMy and Navy Club Whisky. Affi- dayit guarantees it strictlv gnre; 6 vears old. Meyerfeid, Mitchell & Co., 116 Front street, San Francisco. * | rules, referred to the Committee on Con- You see pictured above two very clever garments. A wvery clever Overcoat, which we show in blue, with velvet collar, fashionably tai- lored and fashionably correct in all details. It will be on saleto-day. The quantity is only limited, as we only have 39 of these Overcoats, and they' L be for 39 lacky customers. They're going to be sold at. .. The Suit you see pictured above is a very clever affuir in fine all- wool Scotches; very fashionably and correctly will compare favorably with any $10 suit in town. There's a limited quantity of *em, and they’ll be on sale to-day at. tailored. A suit that 4T YOU CAN SEE *EM IN OUR BIG CORNER WINDOW- NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. f TEEEBBEETB V888 Doing thinds out of the wswal order and run of af- fairs is something charac- teristic of the Big Kearny- street House. We concluded, instead of holding owr big Clothing sale in Janwary, as is the usual custom, to let yow have the enjoyment of Jan- wary prices in. December. This does not apply to one or two lines, but to our very highest gdrade of Men's Swits and Overcoats. Sunday we made our first announcement of our intentions, and the Big Store was crowded to the doors ever since. You will no doubt enjoy Setting owr Very Choicest Goods before Christmas at Janwary prices. €% % $% i i B B R JANUARY PRICESIN DECEMBER is something wnuswal, but we do wun- wswal thingds. % €% % 5 % 2 E | | We're King Pins _for Quercoats. We're giving yow our highest grade of Quercoats in December at Janwary prices. We're going to remain open every night this week till 9 o’clock, so as to Sive yow an opportunity to take advantage of . this remark- able and wunuswal sale. When all the rest of our competitors are looking for big prices we give yow Janwary prices. | : LR L LR R R R A R R L R R R L &Wfllflj&”_& prma, %4 %fi 00 5 Our picture above gives you an idca_of some very clever high- class holiday Suits and Overcoats, yaulllessly cut and faultlessly tailored. The Overcoats come in thise very rich and elegant Ker- seys in b'ue and black, also in those very fine high-class English Cheviots. ~ These are very stylish garments. §15 is the usual price We're giving you January prices in December. for em. a of these high-class garments is now. The price We're showing no end. of preity and fashionab'e Suits, dressy sutts. Exceptionally big values are those Black English Clay | Worsteds of ours, a very dressy and. genteel suit, suitable to be worn on any occasion. $15 is the actual price. They’re now being sold in December at January prices Some very swell ideas in Plaid Suits, made with fly-front vests, the colorings are beautiful and the assort- in high-class cheviots ; ment bewildering in point of numbers. They’re now being sold in December at January prices $1.30 SEE "EM ON EXHIBIT IN OUR BIG CORNER WINDOW. You want to guess on the number of candies in, Little Red Riding | Hood’s Stocking, as shown in owr window. There’'s money in it Jfor youw. RAPHAEL'S Where the Big Masses Trade. RAPHAEL'S (Incorporated), THE FRISCO BOY'S, 9, 11, 13, 15 Kearny St. " King-Pins for Overcoats. RAPHAEL"S (Incorporated), FRISCO’S MOST POPULAR HOUSE. Santa Clausis div- ing toys to all little children making purchases on our sec- ond, floor. ALLEN NOW ON A NEW LEAD Wants an Inquiry Into the Corrupt Use of Money in Elections. Submits a Resolution for the Appointment of an Investi- gating Committee. The Bill Relating to the Issus of Bonds in N.w Mexico Passes to the President. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15—In the Senate to-day a resolution for inquiry into the corrupt use of money in the late Pres- identiai election was offered by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska, and was, under the tingent Expenses. It provides for a com- mittee of nine Senators, with instruciions to inquire to what extent money was used in promoting the nominations or in infiu- encing the choice of Presidential electors, what contributions were made by the owners of silver and gold mines, by bank- ers, manufacturers, railroad and other cor- porations and millionaires, and by compa- nies and persons resident abroad. The committee is to act by sub-committees and to sit during the present session and until the first Monday in December, 1897. In the absence of the Vice-President Frye (R.) of Maine presided at the opening of to-day’s session. Prayer was offered by the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. A report of the final ascertainment of the election of the President and Vice-President in the State of Arkansas was presented-and placed on file. Tue credentials of Edmund Winston Pettus as Senator from the State of Ala- bama to succeed Pugh were presented by Morgan (D.) of Alabama and placed on file. The concurrent resolution for the holi- day recess from Tuesday, December 22, to Tuesday, January 5, was reported back from the Committee on Appropriations and concurred in. The pension appropria- uion bill was reported back from the same tice that he would call it up again to-mor- committee and Hale (R.) of Maine gave no- row. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska offered a reso- lution for appointment by the Senate of a committee of nine Senators on the use of money in elections, with instructions to investigate thoroughly the extent to which money was used, if any, in connection with the recent political election, either in promoting the nominations or influencing in any manner the choice of Presidential electors, and to inquire whether or not any such expenditures were excessive, legal, corrupt or unlawful; and especi; to inquire into und ascertain to what ax): tent for such purposes the owners of silver mines, gold mines, the bankers, the man- ufacturers, the railroads, or other corpo- rations, or millionaires of all classes, made contributions; and what contributiors, it any, were made by persons and corpora tions residing abroad, and to report to the Senate all the facts, and whether or not in the opinion of the committee any legisla- tion of Congress is expedient and neces- sary to lessen or to prevent the use of money at the polls. Allen sent to the clerk’s desk and had read in connection with the resolution an editorial article from the New York Ttib- une of December 11, headed “The Silver Outbreak”; then one from the Farm, Field and Fireside of Chicago of Decem- ber 5, heided “The Election Echoes.'’ The resolution was then, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses. The bill approving certain acts of the l;eglnlntn{e Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico in relation to the issne of bonds was taken up, the House amend- ments to it agreed to, and the Senate amendmerts disagreed to; so that the bill now goes to the President. The Senate then, at 2:45 p. M., went into executive session. At the end of the ex- ecative session the Senate, at 3 ». M., ad- journed. To Amend the Dingley Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—In re- sponse to a call recently issued by Secre- tary W. C. Markham of the National Wool Growers’ Association of the United States a meeting was held this afternoon in the Ebbitt House for the purpose of considering the memorial to Congress adopted by the Karmers’ National Con- gress which held its session at Indianapo- lis in November. The memorial asks that the Dingiey tariff bill be amended so that prohibitory duties shall be imposed on woolen rags, shoddy, etc., also that wool and woolen manufactures shall not re- main in_ castom-houses more than ten days. President William Lawrence of Bellefontaine, Ohio, called the conven- tion to order and explained the object of the meeting. The meeting adjourned until to-morrow morning. There was a small attendance, owing to the fact that a good many members had not yet arrived in the city. —_——-— An Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—The Appropriations Committee to-day com- vleted and directed Mr. Bingham to re- port to the House the legislative, execu- tive and judicial appropriation bill for the coming fiscal year. The bill carries an appropriation of §21,667,869, being $37,899 less than the approvriation for the cur- rent year and $1,099,221 below the esti- mates on which it is based. Provision is made for 187 officers and employes ot the library of Congress at an aggregate an- nual salary of $177,000. This is an increase in the number of persons in the present employ of the library of 144 and $122,580 in the annual compensation. The salary of the librarian is increased from $4000 to $6000 and a chief assistant librarian at $14000 is provided for. * Lieutenant Bullock Dead. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.—The War Department this afternoon was noti- tied of the death of First Lieutenant Ed- win C. Bullock, Seventh Cavalry, at San Bernardino ranch, Ariz., of pneumonia. Lieutenant Bullock had been on patrol | duty on the Mexican irontier. e i Regarding Penwion Legistation. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—The House Committee on Invalid Pensions and the Senate Pension Commitiee have decided to hold a joint session on Friday next for the purpose of hearing the officers of the Grand Army of the Republic regard- ing pension legislation. —.—— Receiver of a Denver Bank. WASHINGTION, D. C.,, Dec. 15.—The Comptroller of the Currency to-day ap- ointed J. Schofield of Albuquerque, N. ex., receiver of the Union National Bank of Denver, Colo., vice Nelson, resigned. ——————— TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All - gists refund the money if it fails to cure, dfl LOUD ARGUES HIS NEW POSTAL BILL By Amending the Law the Government Can Save Millions. Proposes to Cut Off Free Trans- portation of Sample Copies and Sefial Matter. Considerable Time Used Up in Talking About the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—The House to-day rather unexpectedly en- tered upon the consideration of the bill of Loud (R.) of California to amend the postal law relating to second-class mail matter, and it was the unfinished business when adjournment occurred at 4:30 o'clock. It was not taken up without opposition, however. Bingham (R.) of Pennsylvania and Quigg (R.) of New York, pleading want of notice, endeav- ored to postpene action, but by decisive votes the House rejecied all efforts to de- lay the proceedings, and Loud opened the debate. He characterized the bill as the most important measure that would come | before Congress at this session—one whose disposition might involve the question of an issue of bonds by the new administra- tion. By snutting out of the mails, as the bill provided, of serial novel publications and “sample copy’’ newspapers, the Gov- ernment would save from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 a year and make the postal service not only self-sustaining, but on the basis of present operations a source of profit. By unanimous consent the following bills were considered: House bill to amend an act of the Fifty-third Congress 50 as to reduce from fifty to forty feet the open space about the Government build- ings. Passed. Senate bill subjecting vessels of fifteen tonsor more, propeiled by gas, naphtha or electricity, and carrying passengers for hire, to the regulations governing steam and sail craft as to inspection of hulis and boilers and the employment of pilots, etc. Laid over on objection. The Speaker announced Evans (R.) of Kentuckyv. Russell (R.) of Connecticut and McMillin (D.) oi Tennessee as con- ferees on the part of the House in the joint resolution extending the limit of the joint Congressional committee to in- vestigate the subject of regulations for the free use of alcohol in the arts and manu- factures. . Under the agreement made last week Powers (R.) of Vermont called up the bill to define rights and privileges of pur- chasers of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- road and franchises, under foreclosure of the mortgage authorized to be placed on the property by the act of 1871. Powers explained the necessity for the proposed legislation. He said the bill gave the new corrgration no privilege not possessed by the old company, and heid it to a strict fulfiliment of all its obligations. An amendment offered by Moody (R.) of Massachusetts was agreed to, limiting the issue of stock to the amount of the unpaid mortgage debt at the time of the sale, and providing that additional stock may be issued with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior for cash paid in and limitea to $100,000,000. A letter was read from Joseph H. Call, special United States Attorney, in litiga- tion against t e Pacific railroad compa- nies, urging the passage of the bill. 1t sufficiently guarded the interests of the Government, and the prompt reorganiza- tion of the company was demanded in j“:iim tothe people along tue line of the Toad. McRae (D.) of Arkansas proposed a sub- stitute for the Senate bill, going into minute detail, to enforce the liabilities and obligations of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company upon the successor company and requiring the sale of all lands within its erants whenever a ‘‘rea- sonable price” is offered. Penaing consideration of the bill the legislative, «xecutive and judicial appro- priation bill for the year ending June 30, 1898, was reported and placed on the cal- endar. McRae, supporting his substitute for the penaing bill and in answer to ques- tions by membeis as to the necessity of all the provisions he bad set forth, said that if the House wanted to protect the creditors of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- road, its workingman and others, it would put it in the bond, ‘“for,”’ he said, “the history of the corporation for forty years shows that 1t has violated every pledge it ever nndertook to keep.”’ McRae’s substitute was rejectea—ayes 70, noes 163. An amendment to the committee biil was agreed to requiring the new company to become incorporated in the several States through which its line runs. Cooke (R.) of Illinois moved an amend- ment requiring the purchasers as a prece- dent 10 organize within six months of the passage of the bil} and before it shall take effect to file with the Secretary of the In- terior a relinquishment of all claim to that part of the land grant adjoining the incompleted portion of the road. Powers said that a suit to enforce the forfeiture of the unearned land grant had been instituted and was to-day being argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. He did not think the com- pany should be blackmailed before per- mission to incorporate was granted. The amendment was agreed to—78 to 43—and the biil than passed. Loud (R.) of California moved that the House go into commitiee of the whole upon his bill to exclude from the mails as second-class matter sample copies of news- pavpers, books, periodicals, etc. Quigg (R.) of New York moved to ad- journ, but the House refused—102 to 134— to adjourn. The House went into committee of the whole on the mail classification bill. Loud opened the debate in favor of the biil by describing it as the most important measure that would come before the House. As early as 1887 the officials of the Postoffice Department saw the abuses likely to occur under the law of 1885, which gave these nublications the right ot admission to the mails, and the report of the Postmaster-General of that year and for every succeeding year had recom- mended to Congress the reform contained in the bill. The transmission of this class of matter, Loud said, cost the Government at least $20,000,000, and Postmaster-Gen- eral Wanamaker had esiimated the cost to be not less than $40,000,(00. The passage of the bill, he said, would be opposed on sentimental and educational grounds, but he wanted to ask the House would the members now be willing, as an original roposition, to vote for the next ten years 240,000,000 for educational purposes and those prrposes wholly outside of the con- trol ot Congress? The transportation of these articles through the mails the past ten vears, he said, has cost $240,000,000. The cost to the Government of carrying this class of mat- ter was not less than 12 cents a pound— the rate charced by the Government was 1cent a pound. In competition with the Government for this class of business, Loud said, the express companies were » getting the short haul; and the Govern- ment the long haul within a radius ot 500 miles, the express companies get the busi- ness, charging 1 cent a pound; over that distance the publishers aump their load upon the Government mail for transmis- sion. And it had been carried, Loud said, at an expense of §1 85 a pound. Continuing, Loud said that the chief opposition to the bill would be directly toward the sample-copy matter. He con- sidered the abuses arising under that privilege as more serious than the serial publication abuse. Many newspapers, he said, were loth to surrender the privileges they possess under the present law. The opposition, he said, would come from publications whose existence was made possible by the “sample-copy’ features of the present law. Without action the committee rose, and at 4:30 o'clock the House, on motion of Loud, adjourned. Une Million for Surveys. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—Allen (P.) of Nebraska to-day introduced in the Senate a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for surveys and examinations of the head waters of all the large rivers of the coun- try—some 120 being named, beginning with the Penobscot and extending to the Rio Grande—to determine the cost and location of reservoirs to be constructed and maintained for the storage of the waters of these rivers and their tribu- taries to be used for industrial purposes. e Sale of @ Newspaper. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 15.—The ‘Washington Times was purchased this morning from C. G. Conn by Stilson Hutchins. Hon. John H. Oberly, former- ly Indian Commissioner, has been placed in charge. NEW TO-DAY. (000000000 ® OPEN EVENINGS. Holiday Gifts Popular Prices. Most charming collection of Holiday Gifts to be found in San Francisco. Not only the most costly, but thousands of inex- pensive articles to suit 00000 000000000, ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® 0l0/0C.C.0000] ® any purse. 8 IVORY FIGURES. BRONZES. DRESDEN, MARBLE and @ DELFT and TERRA COTTA ®) LIMOGES STATUARY, S CHINA, OIL PAINTINGS, ® CUT CRYSTAL, ETCHINGS, 8 BOHEMIAN ENGRAVINGS, ® and LAMPS, 3 BACCARAT FRENCH DESKS, @ GLASSWARE, CABINETS, S ORNAMENTS TABLES, 9 In Endless SEVRES, ® Variety, CARLSBAD and g FINE CLOCKS, CLOISONNE ® Ete., Etc. VASES, Ete. ® ® 8 ® @ S. & G. GUMP, ! 1113 GEARY STREET. ! ’O)OO 0,0,0,0,000010/0,0,00C 0000000, 500)