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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897 available, hence the raid will be to resist. Speaker Coombs may the reform forces, but should the mblymen representing counties in tutions are established, become formidable. Ala- San Joaquin, Napa, Mendocino, Batte, Angeles, rnardino, Los ool The exi: y of 1 cent on the $100 may be i creased 10 2 cents. This increase w the 1 om the Legisiature, rance $250.000 per annum, with 1peliing the State Board of E o levy a fixed sum per ann: of any State in mbly held a More bil number journment for the caucused ou th patronage that the San Francisco d De y tion and the the Assemb ant-at- nembe on Stata Prison and Refor to consist of nine mem- p for discussion The previous ques- ne hour’s debate. ve of the com- S 10 support the utions in the L. e opposing funding bill in Fio stales that they are not so much opposed to the Caminetti clause as they the propo- sition favoring Gover: ownership, | He will stay until t adopted and forwarded. ——— STRUGGLES IN OTHER STATES. lllinors, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, South Dakota and Colorado to Elect Senators. INGFIELD, IrL., Jap. 6.—The Sen- House of Representatives, consti- e Fortieth Assembly of Illinois, >pened to-day and both bodies were d accordinz to the previous de- cisions of the majority party in caucus. incoming State officers were , excepting Governor-elect Tanner, 1 ol was filled with men and women from all parts of the State. There s not even standing room left in the of Representatives’ Hall when Becretary of State Hinrichsen called the House to order at noon. The temporary officers chcsen the caucus werein- stalled and the oath of office administered to the members. E. C. Curtis was elected Spesker on a strictly party vote. A com- mittee was sent to wait on Governor Alt- geld and notify bim the House was ready 10 receive any communication from binz. He responded with his last message to the Legislature, which was read in both houses before adjovrnment. Lieutenant-Governor Joseph Gill called the members of the Senate to order, and by his side was Lieatenant-Governor-elect Northeott, who was there to get pointers on the duties of 8 presiding officer. Jus- tice Magruder of the Supreme Court ad- ministered the oath of office, and pending ‘the inauguration of the new State officers next Monday a temporary presiding offi- cer was chosen, as well as other officers, according to yesterday’s caucus. After receiving the Governor’s message the Sen- ate adjourned until to-morrow. It is the general talk that practically no furtber work in connection with the sena- torsaip will be done this week. - The party Amador oma have pablic institutions re- ¢, snd San Diego has entered the g for a branch of the State Nor- 1d iversity to draw for main- the nt increasing as the assessment roll m for | he House shall | statement was ure, to consist of ce and Naviga- ation, to consist of | among leaders have left town, baving arranged the organization of the House, and will not return until Sunday night. Mean- while the Senatorial candidates, Madden, Mason, Hitt, Carr and Allerton, remain on the ground to see that no advantage is gained over each other. Speaker Curtis said he had no opinion to express as to the Senatorial aspirants, adding: *It is my intention to organize the House as though there was uo Senator to be chosen this winter. I shall certainly not use my position to advance or retard anybody’s chances. INDIANAPOLIS, I~p., Jan. 6. —The separate Republican cancuses of the Legis- beme bas been planned on beha!f of | latare which met to-night showed the State University to obtain a half|followersof C. W. Fairbanks in complete - | control ot each caucus. The caucus nomi- nees were made independent of Senatorial nfluences, though it happened that all of iem were friends of Fairbanks. The Senatorial tests came on upon appoint- ment of a conference to fix the time for bolding the joint caucus to nominate a | Senator. Every member of this com- | mittee of six was a Fairbanks man. After listening to arguments for a late caucus, Jrrum representatives of General Wallace | and R. W. Mc¢Kerr, the committee voted down a motion to hold the Plowman and | Goodykoontz forces. Calvin has made ymen | a written statement that a rumor afloat a the | few days ago that be w. the candidate of | the Kyle forces, is untrus and were started without his knowledge, and be would, in fact, support Goodykoontz until a cancus nomination is made and then he would | committees } suppor: the nominee, whoever he msy be. 1t is positively asserted that such a written goed by Colvin and that bad it not been for that, the anti Kyle forces wou!d nave combined to defeat him. certain that Colvin has openly inced himself for Goodykoontz and ort him to the end unless he to get the caucus nomination. LANSING, MicH., Jan. 6.—The Legisla- | h commenced its session to-d { premises to attract public attention in proportion as Governor Pingree may en- deavor to engraft upon it his pet meas- The fighting Governor has already ut that he proposes to be a regular » and that it will not be his the present session is not pro- of some radical legislation. Among the pet measures that he proposes to push is one providing for 2-cent fares | on all the railroads of the lower peninsula; another for submitting to popular vote n Laws, to con- | the granting of street raiiroad and other | Tanchises, in order to check corruption Aldermen and city officials; an- 0 suppress trusts and monopolies and to prevent over-capitalization of cor- porations; still another to prevent the co- | ercion of voters, and a final one providing for the taxation of raiiroad property on re-elact States Senator Vest 1o succeed If for a fourth term. There is no tion to him in the ranks of bis own Senator Cockrell is also in the erm t1s under- ea candidate for re-elec- Itis an interesting fact that e in the history of Missouri has been e'ected S g was Thomas H. Benton, who sat 1n nate for th ars. The Legislature will State Boara of Charities ate, to inaugurate ieas! improvement of public nd to pass a law ntinzing the labor bie-bodied unfortunates and providing for the control of tramps, paupers and 1thiul dependents, RRE. S. Dax, Jan. 6. — Enough | members of the lower branch of the Legis- e have arrived to-day to form a quorum and orgenize. The fusion forces | bad a majority of those present, but not of all the members-elect. Snow blockades revent the absentees from reacning enatorial question is, of course, the chief center of excitement. Now that ses are organized and ready for ness this question will attract even ion. the newspaper men there were | present several persons who are supposed Public j to have gone on the vessel on the last rrip |and other persons who saw her being | loaded at Fernandina before she left. All ol the witnesses say that they know noth- | ing about the alleged arms ana fitting-out | of the vessel. DEN , Coro., Jan. 6.—Both houses of the eleventh General Assembly con- vened at noon to-day and effected an or- ganization. A combination of National Silverites, Populists and McKinley Re- publicans controis both houses and it is believed insures the election of Teller to the United States fenate. ALBANY, Y., Jan. 6.—The State Legislature met at 11 o'clock this morning to organ for at least a four months’ session. The Governor’s annual message was read in both houses at noon. The Senate 'had little to do in the way of organ zation, as the Republican Sena- torial caucus last night determined to lei | the Senaiors have the same patronage as last year. | Both honses, sdjonrned before 1 o'clock 1l next Wednesday evening in order to | give Bpeaker O'Grady time for the prep- | aration of his standing committees, which ‘ will be announced then. | | SOUTH CAKULIM A BOXD CASE. Reversed by the Cowrt of Appeals. ANNAPOLIS, Mp., Jan. 6.—The Court | of Appenls yesterday reversed the decision of the court below in the celebrated South Carolina bond case. Thea suit grew out of adispute between T. Edward Hambleton & Co. and other Baltimoreans of New | York and Colin Rhond of Georgia anda banker named Lancaster of New York Richmond over a division of commis- for tioating-a bond issue of the State h Carolins. In 1896 Rhond obtained authority from | the anthorities of South Carolina to float ;| $6.000,000 State bonds. He applied to | Lancaster for aid in forming a syndicate to take them. Lancaster was unable to float the entire issue and Hambleton & Co. were appealed to. It was agreed that all subscribers shoula share alike in the profits of the transaction. After the bond issue Lancaster and Rhond, it is alleged, enterea into a secret | agreement, whereby two-thirds of the in- terest due on July 1, 1893, should be paid to Lancaster “to pay syndicate expenses,’ which, it _was hinted, was political in- fluence. This, if the whole of the issne were considered, would amount to m than $118,000. 2% The court holds that the syndicate had a right 10 know what these expenses were, and says that Lancaster not only sup- pressed tie truth, but in his testimony de- | liberately uttered the most unbiushine | falsenoods. The court finds against the | claim of Rhond that Lancaster was enti- tled to this two-thirds interest and re- quires Rhond to pay over $26,250, with interest and costs, to the appeilant. . Deciston Maryland Sheriff Sells Mrs. Lease's House. WICHITA, Kax., Jan. 6.—Mrs. Lease’s house was sold to-day at Sherifi’s sale for $620. Ii cost about $3000. It was bought in by J. Marsh, an Eastern mortgagee. ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY Albany City Celebrates the Establishment of the Capital. Pretty Sentiments Expressed in Letters From the President and President-Elect. Mejor McKin'ey Looks With Pride Upon New York as the Emp re State. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The hun- dredth anniversary of the establishment ol the State capital at Albany was appro- priately calebrated to-day. Governor Black was presiding officer. Letters of regret were read from Governor Morton, who had been named to deliver the opening address, and irom President Cleveland and President-elect McKinley. Major McKinley in his letter of regret said in part: 5 “While I yield to no onein affection and | loyalty for my own State, vet I, with the veople of tue Nation, look with peculiar pride upan New York as the great‘Empire State’ of the Union. New York can well be proud of the historic position she occu- pies in the constellation of States. I con- gratulate both the city and the people, and send cheerful greetings of a citizen of a sister State which shares in your pride in the past, in your exultation in the pres- ent, ana in your hopes for the future.” The historical address of the day was made by Chauncey M. Depew. His re- marks were well received by an apprecia- tive audience of over 5000, who crowded the hall. William H. McEloy read a commemora- tive poem, and the Right Rev. Willlam | Croswels, Episcopal Bishop®of Albany, brought the exercises to a close witha benediction. The following letter of re- | gret was received from President Cleve- land: Hon. John Boyd Thach cerely regret that the many official duties do not permit me to join my friends in Aloany on the 6th inst. as a participant in their cen- tennial celebration. The years spent in your while 1 discharged official daties left on my mind the clear conviction that no mistake was made when Albany was fixed upon as the seat of government for the great State of New York, to be always thereafter assoclated with its glory and its prestige. | During my stay among the good people of Albany [ gathered in many dellghtful remem- brances. You may be sure, therefore, that though atsent I shall on the day of your cele- bration remember with ceremonious gratifica- fcip ses at tnis particular capital, and plessurably recall the discharge of important and laborious | punlic duties made more essy by the greater hospitality of i1s peoyle. Very truly yours, GROVER CLEVELAND. A State ball was held this evening. THRIFTY AMERICAN SYNDICATE. Cencluding Arrangements to Monopolize the Railroad, Telegraph and Telephone Systems of China. NEW YORK, N. Y., jan. 6.—Senator | Calvin S. Brice, at the head of a syndicate of United States officeholders and capi- talists, has nearly concluded arrange- ments for the establishment of a mono- poly of the railroad, telephone and tele- | graph systems of China. Ex-United States Senator William D. Washburn of Minnesota and Clarence Cary, an at- torney of Wall street, this city, are now in China as representatives of the syndi- cate. With them is Mr. Bach, a promoter formerly iiving in Washington, but who for some years has beea in China, where he has great influence with the cfficials of the Government. The preliminary arrangements have been made with the utmost secrecy, and only the most intimate friends of Mr. Cary and ex-Senator Washburn were told of their destination when the two men left this city just before Thanksgiving day. The négotiations for this huge monopoly were made while Li Hung Chang was in | this country. By their official connection | with the Government sowe of the mem- | bers of the syndicate were able 10 get much closer to him than was possible to | tne ordinary citizen. Only one serious obstacle standsin the way of the success of the work. This obstacle 1s the opposition of the Russian Government, which bas instructed its representative at Peking to do his utmost | to force the Chinese Government to defer the final signing of the contracts. One contract will be for a line of ratiroad from Hankow to some point within a few miles of Peking. The latter city is not a treaty port, and consequently it is not permissi- ble for a railroad to come directly to it. From Hankow to Peking is a distance of a little more than 700 miles, and at the rates usual in this country, the profit arising from the contract wouid be great. But things are managed differently in China and the members of the syndicate expect to make severai times the usual profit by the deal. They figure out that they are perfectly justified in charging the Chinese ten times the price for his ra:lroad, for they say no matter how much it costs kim, the benedt arising from it will be vastly greater. The members of the syndicate also want the sole control of the telegraph and teiephone systems, and incidentally of the banks. Senator Brice left the city yesterday for Washington and coald not be seen in re- gard to the plans of the syndicate. E. R. Leland, vis confidential man, was found at bis office in Broadway and admitted that the story was substantially true. S g BLISS LIPS ARE SEALED, Declines to Discuss the Result of His Meeting McKinley. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Cornelius N. Bliss, who returned yesterday from Cleveland, Ohio, where he met President- elect McKinley by appointment at the house of Mark Hanns, said to-day: *I bad been intending. to call on Major McKinley ever since the election. A month ago I expected to meet bim in Jleveland, but was unable to get away from home. This time I was able 1o get away, and we had a very pleasant talk together. We talked of various matters, but my lips are sealed to what passed betweenus. I can positively say nothing about our con- versation.” Some time ago it was announced that Mr. Biiss had been selected for the navy portfolio in President McKinley’'s Cabi- net. A report from Cleveland says that while there Mr. Bliss agreed to accept the place, He declined 10 discuss this report to-day. s e Attempted Murder and Swicide. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Kate Dunn, 23 years old, was shot in the head early this morniug by Michael Minneter, who then placed the revolver at his tem-’ ple and fired. The bullet penetrated the skuil and lodged in the brain. The woman was taken to her home. Minneter was taken to Bellevoe Hospital a prisoner, charged with attempted murder and suicide. : RESCUED FROM TREE TOPS. Pertlous Plight of an Army of Wood- choppers Who Sought Safety From the Floods. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 6.—Early this morning the steamboat Pike landed here sixty woodchoppers that had been picked irom the tree tops and house roofs 1n the lowlands north of Louisiana, Mo., yes- terday. Two hundred woodchoppers employed by local labor concsrns were at work on the prairie-lanas bordering on the Missis- sippi lying directly north of Louisiana. The place has been studded with tents. The men and their families have camped there for the past month. The Mississippi had beer rising rapidly, but no immediate danger was expected. Early Tuesday Salt River, directly north, rose three feet, breaking over its banks and flooding the lowlands. Joseph Lowler of St. Louis, a section foreman, foresaw the danger, but arrived at the woodchoppers’ camp too late for them to escape. He was astride 2 horse. Following him came the roaring of the waters. There wasa rush for the highest point, and those fortunate enough to have cabins sought safety on the roofs. The narrow strips of high land were covered with shivering humanity. The night was well advanced, but bonfires on the highlands kept the woodchoppers from freezing until daylight, when they were rescued with skiffs and ralis. The Pike picked up many ot them. At Reading Switch, four miles north, at the mouth of Balt River, the whole land for miles around is under water. The St. Loui+, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad tracks were submerged. There is danger of the railroad bridge across Salt River being swept away. This morning two Louisiana—one north and the other south—on a search for flood victims. Mayor Hart leads in the movement and bas started a fund to defray expenses. Three St. Louis and San Francisco passenger trains are held near St. Clair, Mo.. by a washout. One of the trains was due in St. Louis yesterday morning, another last night and the third this morning. The officials are unable to tell when they will be able to bring their trains into St. Louis, but tney expect to do so some time to-night. More than 900 feet of track has been washed away by therise of the Meramec River. A large force of men has been at work day and night since the washout repair- ing the break. Much dissatisfaction is prevailing among the passengers, wno are eager to resch St. Louis. The washout is fifty miles from St. Louis. The Missouri River and its tributaries, the Osage and the Gagconade, are falling, asisalso the Mississippi above Grafton, Ill. The Itlinois and the Mississippi be- low Grafton are still rising. expeditions left e RISE OF 1HE MISSISSIPPI, Greatest Consternation and Hardship Procails Along the River. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 6 —Therise in the Mississippi River continues at arate of nearly an inch per hour. : River men predict that the flood will go to feet. It is feared that an immensa loss to property will result. Two hun- dred people aigng the river banks passed Monday night some in trees and others on cabin roofs. The greatest terror and hardship pre- vails. Reliet is being given the suiferers as speedily as possible, but just at present very little can be done. The rise was en- tirely unexpected, and it caught the in- babitants nappring. This season of the year is too early ey They usu- ally begin in February and March. SN ey GATHERING OF SAVANTS. Elaborats Preparations for Thetr En- teriainment at Toronto. TORONTO, Ost., Jan. 6.—So far as funds are concerned, there 1s already no question that the international meeting of the British Association to be held next summer in this city, and which will bring across the water more than a thousand of the leading savants of the O!d World, will be 8 memorable affair. The Dominion Government has given $15,000 toward the expense fund, the Provincial Government had added one-half that amount, and the City Council of Toronto has come to the front with $5000. The appeal for general subscriptions has not yet been issued, but it is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in raising a fund of not less than $100,000. ——— INVENTOR BRAMRLE'S MILLIONS An English Syndicate Secure to Make Hss Engines. SLEEPY EYE, Mixx., Jan 6.—Grant Bramble, who invented and patented the wonderful rotary engine, states that he has to-day transferred the right to manu- facture and sell tne engines to Henry Francis Allen, representing the Allen syndicate of Eagland, for $3,100,000. This revresents the sale for only the United es, England, Germany, France and Enrope having been previously sold for $4,000,000. The inventor yet controls the rights for Mexico and the Canadian provinces. The inventor is now worth over $7,000,000 and ddes not appear in any way exciled over the matter. He was yesterday elected as an Alderman of the village here. the Right S to Grand Gathering of Telegraphers. CHICAGO, IrL, Jan.6.—The first Na- tional gathering of telegraphers in the West for = number of years will ba at a grand ball to be held in Medinah Temple, this city, February 5, under the auspices of the Morse Cycling Club, composed al- most exclus vely of telegraphers and tele- graph empioyes. Three thousand invita- tions have been issued, including all rail- road telegraphers within a radius of 200 miles of Chicago. e Goes Ovor Until the April Term. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 6—The sec- ond suit of tbe United States against the North American Commercial Company, which was on the calendar of the United States Circuit Court, has gone bver until the April term. The issuesin this case, as in the former one, relate to the pay- ment of rentals, penalti-s and taxes by the company for sealing privileges on the Pribyloff Isiands, Alaska. —_—— Revolution Brewing in Honduras. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 6.—A Sun special from New Orleans says: Pas- sengers on the steamer Breakwater from Honduras report that there will be a revolution there during the next two or three weeks. The opposition fo Bonilla has combined under the leadership of Desots, who is peing supporied by Vas- uez, Bonilla’s opponent, for the Presi- ency. Train Robber Captured. INDEPENDENGE, Mo., Jan. 6.—Offi- cers came in Iate to-night from Cracker Neck district with another culprit, who is charged with complicity in the Alton boldup. This prisoner is a young farmer named George Bowlin. He is reported to have made a confession in which he cor- roborates the confession of Fiynn, impli- cating John F. Kennedy as the leader of the band. SEVER PERSH I A CORVENT Fire Destroys an Ursuline Cloister in a Quebec Village. Heroic Sisters Sacrifice Their Lives in Giving Warning to Others, Their Eodies Found in Attitude of Prayer Where They Succumb:d to the Flames. ROBERVAL, Quesec, Jan. 6. — Fire broke out in the chapel of the convent here at 6 o'clock this morning, caused by a lighted candle near the Cradle of the Infant Jesus, setting fire to the draperies and floral ornameats, and in an instant the whole was a mass of flames. The alarm was given by a sacristy man, but the fire spread with such rapidity that nothing could pe done to save the build- ing. Seven nuns were smothered in the smoke. Their namesare: Motber St. Francois de Paul (Elise Gos- seiin of St. Jean Chrysostome). Sister Providence (Emma La Tourneau of Quebec). Sister Ursule (Corinthe Garneau of St. Foye). Sister Anne (Laura Pudon of Herbet- ville). 3 Sister Antione de Padorc (Catherine Bouille of Deschambault). Sister St. Dominique (Marie Louise Gi- rard of Roberval). Sister St. Louis (Rose Gosselin of St. Chrysostome). A man was badly burned in try- ing to extinguish the fire. The convent and schools are a massof ruins, The total loss is $75,000, with only about $12,000 in- surance. The convent burned was that of Our Lady of Lake St. John, in charge of the Ursuline sisters, a cloister order and one of the oldest sterhoods in Canada. Usually there are about filty young ladies in attendance at the school, besides the nuns and the other attaches of the estab- lishment, making in all about 100 inmates. Most of the students, however, were away for the holidays. When the alarm was given the nuns bravely undertook the task of rescuing those in their charge, and in this heroic task those who perished gave up their lives. From floor to floor of the doomed build- ing these Christian devotees rushed, through blinding smoke and lurid flames, sounding the alarm; and not until every one in their charge was warned of the danger and safely out of the bumilding did they turn to ‘saving their own lives. It was then too late, and, overcome by the heat and smoke, seven of these heroic Sisters gave up their lives. Having seen their charges reach a place of safety they endeavored to save them- selves, but their escape was cut off, and they were not even able to reach windows from which to jumpand take their chances in a leap for life. On every floor their bodies were found, some burned terribly and those of others who had been suifo- cated to death kneeling in tke attitude of prayer. Those who escaped are being well cared for at the hotels and private residences of the viliage, the doors of which were thrown open to them in their distress. So far as kuown none of the scholars who did not go to their homes for the Christmas and New Year vacation are missing, and it is believed the seven names given here- tofore comprise the total fatalities. This village is about twenty milas north of Quebec City and rests on the eastern shore of Lake St. John. RELIGIOUS STRIFE IN CANADA. The “Patriotic Vigilance Commitiee” of Ontario Issues a Confidential Circular 1o Protestant Clergymen. TORONTO, Osr., Jan. 6.—The Globe to- day publishes a circular which it says has been sent to Protestant clergymen and leading citizens throughout Ontario. The circular is dated Ontario, December 29, 1896, is headed ‘“Patriotic Vigilance Com- mittee” and marked *‘Confidential,” and begins as follows: The gravity of the crisis brought upon the country by the result of the elections of June last and the encouragement thereby given to the disloyal elements of our population have caused the formation of s patriotic vigi- lance committee by a few citizens determined t0 maintain by all means in thelr power the honor and integrity of the. British flag and dominion in Canads. Proceeding it says: An insidious conspiracy has for. several months been at work throughout the Domin- ion, aiming at the overthrow of the authority of our gracious sovereign, the Queen, and others, and the snnexation of our beioved country to the United States. Behind what is ostensibly a political movement is plainiy to be seen the band of the Roman Catholic churen, ever watchful of Protestant liberty. While several members of the present Gov- ernment are known to be thoroughiy and sincerely loyal, the fact that the government of Mr. Laurier owes its majority to the dis- loyal element does not hold out the hope that they can successfully cope with the crisis in which we are. The commiites therefore calls for the organ- fzation in every disirict of patriotic vigilance committees to ascertain and record the views of all whom there is reasonable ground for suspecting of being in -zmpqn:y with the movement, end to take such steps as may sug- gest themselves to check their further spread and manifestation. iy it PACIFIC CABLE BERVICE, Report of the Commission Will Be Signed This Week. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 6.—The Canadian Gazette says that the report of the Pacific Cable Commission will be signed this week, after which it will be submitted to the legislative bodies of the colonies in- terested. It is balieved that the report of the committee will satisfy the desire for the establishment of a Pacific cable service. A. G. Jones, who is associated with Sir Donald Smith in representin, Canada on the cable commission, will convey a copy of the report to the Cana- dian Governmeni —- Adcises Trory to Plead Guilty. LONDON, Exe., Jan. 6.—Solicitor Rus- sell, son of Lord Kussell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, who is one of the iawyers defending Edward J. Ivory, alias Edward Bell, the alleged Irish: American dynamiter,is extremely reticent regarding the case. He does not deny, however, that he has advised Ivory to plead guilty. Famous French Scientist Dead. PARIS, Fraxce, Jan, 6.—The Comte de Mas Latrie, the celebrated French paleographist and member of the insti- tute, died to-day. He was born in April, 1815, and was the author of a large num- ber of books, letters, reports, brochures, etc., upon geographical, scientific and other subjects. el b The Furst Bismarck Buns Aground. LONDON, Exc., Jan. 6.—The Hamburg- American liner steamer Furst Bismarck, while outward bound from Hamburg for New York, ran aground at Blankenese, on the river Elbe, to-day. o e BAYARD RESPONDS TO A TOAST. Repeatedly Cheered During His Remarks at a Dinner of the Article Club in London. LONDON, ExG., Jan. 6.—At the dinner of the Article Ciub, given at the Hotel Cecil this evening, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United States Embassador to Great Britain, responded to the toast, “The American People.” He referred incidentally to Canads, in the growth of which he declared there was nothing that ought not to awaken the symoathy, pride and pleasare of the citi- zens of the United Siates. Although it might be that some senti- ment seemed to stand between the hearts of the British and American people, he was assured, he said, that tke sentiments actuating the best men in England were identical with those actuating the same class in the United States and he was re- joiced that he had been permitted to serve as the ambassador of the United States to Great Britain. He came from a friendly country to a friendly country and would have been false to hisduty if he had not spoken in the voice of a friend, by doing which, however, he had evoked the displeasure of some persons. For this, Mr. Bayard said he was sorry in one sense and not sorry in another sense. [Laughter and cheen& If darts fatal to his own country and to that of his hearers had been attracted to himself, he was grateful for the distinc- tion; and if a man was to be censured for fidelity to the cause of amity of nations between whom he was supposed to act as a friendly envoy, he was rather to be con- gratulated than condemned. [Cheers.] In conciuding his remarks Mr. Bayard eaid: “It isin no poor weak spirit of de- fiance, but rather in a sedate, well-consid- ered spirit of gratitude, that 1 reflect that in performing my international duty I bave done sometning to bring the hearts and hands of our peoples closer together. [Loud cheers ] ~In that reflaction is my reward. Itis mine and belongs to me. I brought it here and shall carry it away and keep it wherever I go.” Mr. Bayard's remarks were concluded amid loud and prolonged applause. v . Cecil Rhodes Giren an Ocation. CAPE TOWN, Soure AFrrica, Jan. 6.— All of the quays and shipping in the harbor were alive with people to-day upon the occasion of the sailing of Oecil Rhodes for England on board the steamer Dun- garvin Castle, and Mr. Rhodes was given a grand ovation. OF INTEREST TO THE. COAST. C. P. Huntington Works the Corridors of the Capitol and Takes Congress- men to Lunch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—C. P. Huntington was working the corridors of the Capitol again to-day. He had several members of Congress at lunch. Grove Johnson was one of the callers on Hunting- ton at the Normandia to-night. The Oregon is ordered to sea for arill and target practice January 13 along the lower California coast. She is expected to touch at San Diego about January 23, Assistant Naval Constructor Rhum is ordered from the Union lron Works to Mare Isiand on March 15; Assistant Con- ructor E. Snow from Mare Island to the Union Iron Works on February 1. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent 1o Congress an estimate of $35,364 for equipment of the new Pacific Coast reve- nue vessel Umatilla. A. Barter was to-day appointed Post- master at Clair, Orange County, Califor- nia, vice J. M. Gilbert, resigned; W. Walker at Grand Rapids, Oregon. Pensions have been granted as follows: Californi Original--Edward Coon, San Francisco; Ames N. Rundle, Santa Bar- bara. Orecon: Original—John Becker, Gale. Wyshington: Restoration an in- crease — Philander O’Dell (dead), Re mond. Original widows, etc.—Minor of Richard J. Whearty, Peone. b U i BRUTAL AS A PRIZE FIGHT, Broadswordsman Arrested and Fined for Cruelty to Animals. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6,—Lieu- tenant Birber of the District militia, a broadswordsman, was yesterday fined $20 in the Police Court for cruelty to animals in a broadsword contest in this city last Friday. The contest was a public one be- tween Lieutenant Birber and Duncan C. Ross, who gave broadsword exhibitions at tbhe World’s Fair. Both men were moutted and wore shields for their own wvrotection, but left their horses entirely without protection. The horse ridden by Lieutenant Birber was badly cut over the eye. The exhibi- tion was witnessed by the Prosecuting At- torney, who calied the police, stopped the performance and caused Lieutenant Bir- ber’s arrest. It was stated by the prosecutor in court that the contest was as brutal as a prize- fight, with the difference that the defense- less horses had to take the puni instead of the men. Though the perform- ers claimed that the contest was a scien- tific one, recognized among the Olympian games, tbe court held that it was plain cruelty to animals. ) St Chauncey Depew’s Ward to Wed. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The wed- ding of Miss Edith Lyman Collins and Richid Bey Count Czakowski, Councilor of State for the Turkish embassy at Rome, I:aly, will be celebrated to-morrow in Paris. Miss Collins is practically well known in the court circles of the different foreign countries, having passed much of her tim~ abroad in recent_years. Sheisa ward of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, to whom at one time she was said to be engaged to be married. Train Wrecked in a“Snow Drift. OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 6.—An accommo- dation train on the Union Pacific’s St. Paul-Loup City branch was derailed above Dannebrog last evening while attempting to torce a way through abig snow drift. The engine was badly broken and the engineer and firemen were 1njured. BN el Altgeld Shows Clemency. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Jan. 6.—Governor Altgeld to-day commuted the sentence of Charles J. and Frank R. Meadowcroft, convicted of receiving deposits up to the time their bank in Chicago was placed in the hands of a receiver, irom one year in the penitentiary to sixty days in jail. . ——— Zhe Oregou Ordered to Sea. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—The battleship Oregon, Captain Howieson commanding, has been ordered to proceed to sea from San Francisco on the 13th for drill and practice, and after a cruise of ten days will probably arrive at San Diego. CRmsigh S, In Faror of Jones. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 6.—The Supreme Court at Jefferson City to-day decided the case of Jones va. Pulitzer for the control of the Post-Dispatch of this city in favor of Jones. —_—— < Death of J. Madison Case. BALTIMORE, Mbp., Jan. 6.—J. Madison Cese, formerly chief engineer of the United States revenue marine service, died of paralysis yesterday. NEW TO-DAY. THE SICK ARE CURED The Depression Caused by Disease I Dispelled. ISEASES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF a chronic nature, cannot be cured ex- cept by a treatment that strikes directiy at the root ot the trouble. The new, origi- nal and marvelous method of treating dis- eases tnat is pursued at the State Electro- Medical Institute is one that never fails. The salutary effects of the treatmsnt on any disease are at once perceived and a speedy and permanent cure is invariably made in every case. The treatment is medical and electrical combined. The pecaliar method of ad- ministering these two great curative reme- dies is a new, original, scientific discovery of the Institute. It is used exclusively by them and the most amazing results are accomplished ih the treatment and cuve of all diseases. The Institute is splendidly equipped with every device knowr to the scientific world for administering medical electric- ity, including large Static, Faradic and Galvanic batteries, Electric Beits, Body Batteries and a great variety of other electric appliances that are manufactured and used exclus:vely by the Institute in their Electro-Medical treatment. By means of these eiectric batteries and ap- pliances, vitalizing, life-giving electric currents are used to aid in sending the Institute medicines directly to the dis- wd organs and diseased parts of the The medicines prescribed at the Insti- tute are perfect laboratory triumphs, for- mulated from a true appreciation of the medicinal wants of the body; and when these medicines are aided in their recu- perating and healing work by electricity scientifically applied, every symptom of disease is rapidly aisrelled, the patient s00n regains perfect health and strength, while the depression caused by disease i§ displaced by the happiness and pleasure that is the natural heritage of those twin blessings, “a sound mind in a sound 1f you are sick or ailing, if you want to know what is the matter with you, and if you want to be cured, you should resort without delay to the State Electro- Medical Institute. The Institute 1TREATS AND OURES Diseases of the Heart, Brain and Nerves, Blood Diseases, Rheumatism, C: tarrh, Kidney Diseases, Throat Disea Stomach Diseases. Diseases of the Live Bowel Diseases, Eye Diseases, Ear Dis- eases, Diseases of Men, Diseases of Women, and all Curable Disea: $5 RATE FOR ALL DISEASES. WRITE—If you live out of town and cannot visit the Institute this need not devrive you of the benefits of the wonder- ful Institnte treatment. Patients can be cured at home just as well as when pe. sonally treated st the Institute. It only necessary to write a plain statement of your condition, explaining your fee ings and symptoms as clearly as pos: and from this the Institute doctors will be able to accurately diagnose, correctly pre- scribe for and permanently cure any case. s, STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL [IRSTITUTE, 8 EDDY STREET, San Francisco, Cal. NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSILS For the Purpose of Sale of Bonds of the City of San Jose. TTHE MAYOR AND COMMON COU the Ciiy of San Jose, having by ordinance e titled “An ordinance providing for ihe issuan: and sale of bonds of the City of San Jose.” e passed on tne 21s¢ day of December, 1898, a: approved on the 234 day of Decembver, 1 ordained that there shouid be Issued by said of San Jose six hundred high school buildiug bonds, of the deromination of §125 each. and four bundred sewer bonds of the denomination of $100 each, both classes of bunds to bear interest at the rate 'Of ilp per cent per agDum. payabie semi- anaually, and aiso by said ordinance suthorized aud directed the City Clerk of said city to give notice inviing proposals for the sale of said bouds, Bow therefore Public notice Is hereby given that the City of San Jose intends 10 issue one thousand boads aforesa ang that sealed proposals will be received office of said City Clerk. at the City Hall in Jose, Californis. until the hour of eight o'c! P.3C, on the eighth day of February, 1897 which time, or as soon thersafter a sad Common Council stall duly con sai will be opened), for the purchase of the whoie or soy part of said highschool building and sewer bonds, or either_thereof. Said bonds are o bear date June 1, 1897, and the interest thereon tobe pald semi-annuslly on the first day ¢f December and the first day of June Of each year thereafter, botb principai and interest payable in goid coin or lawful money of the United States Said high school buflding bonds shall be num- bered consecutively from one to six hundred, both inclusive, and be divided Into forty series, num- bered .consecutively irom One 10 forty, both clusive, each series consisting of fifteea bond the first series is to include those bonds which are numbered from one to _fifteen, both taclusive, and each succeeding series is 10 inciude the fifteen bonds numbered consecatively after those in- cluded in the next preceding series. Said sewer bonds shail be numbered consecu- tively from ome to four hundred, both Iaciusive, and b- divided into forty series numbered rou- secutively from ope to foriy, both Inciusive. each series consisting of ten bonds: the first series Is to inciude those bonds which are numbered from one to ten, both inclusive, and each succeeding serfes is to include the ten boads numbered co: secutively after those included In tbe next pre- ceding series. The first series of sald high school building bonds and said sewer boads shall be made pavabie on the first day of June, 1598, 3nd_one of the re- Ialning series is to be made peyable ou the first day of June in each succeeding ca endar yer thereaf.er. until and including the ye.r 1937, Said bonds are to be nade payable to ih= order of the purchaser or pavee b; pame, and to each of said bonds there is (0 be attached interest-bearing coupons, double in number 10 the number of years which such bond has to run before its maturity. 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