The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1897, Page 3

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1897. 3 SHIPWRECKED ON THE CUBAN COAST Saved From the Waves to Fall Into Spanish Hands. Rouzh Experience of the Crew of the Steamer Elsa From New Orleats. After Many Tryiog Ordeals They | Finally Reach New York and Proceed to Their Homes. NEW ¥ORK, N. Y., Jan. —Delbert A. Cleveland of Norwalk, Ohio, arrived at Quarantine on Monday on the steamship Seguranca, having been sent from Havana by Con G al Fitzhugh Lee. He and eight ons of the wrecked propelier Elsa were released yesterday and will proceed at once to their nomes, Mz Cleveland tola his story as follows: 3 which T was third w Orleans to Bocas The stea: owner, Was g0 del Toro, wt eranon the Colorado reef, on the northwe ast of the province of nar del Rio, on the evening of January 2. In five minutes the ship was under water. We had barely time to take to the boats, and did not succeed in saving anything but the thes we stood in. The boats were soon geparated in the dark. We got through the reef and fought a rough sea for six hours. In the g we sighted shoreand reached it that night. Here we foind our Companions. We were completely exhausted, and lding & fire and eating a very scanty meal we lay down and slept soundly. Next morning we took tothe boats again end proceeded in a westerly direction. Be- foré noon we saw the smoke of & steamship, which was coming directly for us. We were not much cheered to see that it was & Epanish gunboat, the Aguila. We imme- distely had visions of a sojourn Castle and otber horrors, but we fo the commander, Eugenio Montero, gentleman in every sense of the word. The moment our tion was explained tohim he ordered that each of us should re- ceive a drink of whisky and a good meal. To fill the letter of his duty he dispatched a boat's crew to look around and see if we had landed any arms or ammunition on the island. After satssfying in this respect, Cap- tain Montero got under way again aid carried was a us to the eastward. He took us to the port of Mantua end reported to General Francisco Aregonez, the commander of the place. When the commander of Arroya heard our story be went on board and took myself and another back to the wre: of the Elsa—even then under the suspicion that we were filibus- ters. After beating around the reef for some three hours the Elsa was finally located. The warshipsent a smail sailboat and some se men, the commander and ourselves to sea: the wreck. We found that she had settleda little there in the water and had the appea suce of beginning to break up. Everything of value was puton the sailboat. As nothing of & suspicious nature wss found on us we Were taken back to Arroya. We stuyed there two days as virtual n- ers, not being allowed outside the guard lines. We were kept in an empty warehouse and had very plain food. The town had been fortified. There was & deep trench about the place and nobody ventured outside for féar of the insurgents. The town wasina miserable condition. The inhabitants were dying off like rats in their homes of starva- tion and fever. Pea soup and fish were the only things they had to eat. There was abso- lutely no trade of any sort going on, We were told that we could not take our boats any fur- therand thet we would have to go overland to Havana. Early one morning we were ordered out. We took packs on our backs and with an es. cort of about thirty soldfers started for the in- terior. As fre tramped on patiently toward Mantua we could sec great volumes of smoke to thie east, which the soldiers informed us wae from villages Which had .been burned by the i ectionists. We saw the glare of these fires when we stopped cur march for the Our gusrd became larger as we ad- partial coat, no underwear and canvas a regular collection of hats only uniformity was a worn on the hats and the The food of the Meat? There was none. There was astation to be seen on the nothing but road we were put up at the Hotel slept that night in a vacant ht rest of our crew and bad the ground for & bed and one bianket each fur & cover. The next morning a courier with a message arrived. The bugle was sounded and within half an hour about 150 horsemen and 800 soldiers were on their way to the south, where we could see smoke and hear a lot of firing. 1 did not hear the resultof the en- gagement. We leit that day for Baja. We found this Pplace in the same miserable condition as the others. Some of the soldiers we met threat- ened us, but our own guards were very civil. From Baja we were escorted to Pinar del Rio, where we interviewed another genmeral. We were now in the heart of the richest tobacco country in the world. There s a railroad run- ning through it. We noticed that the cars Were made in the United States. The loco- motives were of the Baldwin maxe. Tais road is. 1ot doing eny business to speak of, for the insurgents tear up the track and wreck the tralus about as fast as the Spaniards can make Tepairs. From here we started on a long journey toward the east-northeast, passing through what was once a beautiful farming country, but now it is all desolation. At Vihales we purchased shoes aud some food. The diet of sea biscaits, beans and pea soup was beginning totell on us. We had not tasted any beef for some days. The native troops have great vitality. “They do service on almost no food and with rags to cover them. So yellow and misersble is their appearance that one of our sesmen said that he could }ck three of them &t 8 time easily. Most of these poor devils look as if they were suffering from jaundice, and their bones stick out of their cheeks. They are covcred with vermin. They are armed for the most part with old-fashioned Remingtons. When we got well inland, we found that all the young men were gone. There were old men, women and children to be seen.. All of them looked ill. Bridges were down every- where, and we had to ford some of the rivers with the water up to our waists. Only the chimneys of the sugar-houses were standing. The condjtion of the Spanish officers in the field s not as bad as that of the men. They hayé uniforms and manag? to get provisions for themselyes snd their horses. Those of them that we met treated us well. At a town called Cousolacion the soldiers g0t boisterous, and we were airaid they were going to attack us. They did much loud talk- ing, shaking their fists and pointing their £uns at us, but the trouble was finally settled in Peace, and we were allowed to proceed. We had now been joined by many other sojdiers and had quite a big escort. Most of them, however, were eitber wounded or unfit for duty, owing to sickness. We arrived one morning at Rio Blanco, & fine town only & couple of miles from the coast. Here we were told that within a few deys we wou.d get a steamship irom Havana. We were very glad to hear it, for we were ut- terly tired out. We had been here only & short time when | our fate. aiter | smoke was seen. This was announced to be our steamship. She came within half a mile of the comst. We were rowed out'in large lighters and put on board, together witn the sick and wounded soldiers. There was already a big cargo of wounded or board. The sights Isaw on that ship I shall never forget. How- ever, you soon get sccustomed to guch things. The steamer made but oae stop between Rio Blanco and Havaaa, and that was ai Bahia Honda. More sick and wounded soldiers were crowded on here and a considerable amount of corn and supplies was landed. The condi- tion of the sick and wounded might have been heiped hed there been medicines, but there was none at all. At Bania Honda we weighed anchor at2:30 P x., passed outside the reef and shaped s course for Havans, which we reached Sunday morning, January 17. The Morro Castie and forts were saluiea as we passed inside the har- bor and we were in the Cudan metropolis. The three guns and our bill of lading were sent on board a Spanish gunboat which lay in the harbor, and we waited in great anxiety to hear After some time & guard came ba from the gunboat and we were escorted toa cheap hotel, and now had a chance to wash ourselves and eat a good, hearty meal. The following-day, much to our surprise and gratification, we were presented to the Ameri- can Consui, General Fitzhugh Lee, from whom we received the treatmeut of shipwrecked mariners. We had contracted quite alarge bill for our expenses while being brought here, and our compass and instruments were taken from us to be sold to meet these expenses. Some of our buys were badly in need of cloth- ing, whal they had being much torn and worn out by the tong hard trip across the island, 2nd Uncle Sam now supplied them with over- allsand some very thin cheap garments to wear back to the States in zero weather, and furnished us with steerage tickets, which obliged us to sleep on the decks without bed- ding or blankets; and to eat our meals off the deck out of tin pans. Our treatment at the hands of the Spaniards, whom we looked upon as enemies, had been a good deal better. There was a contrast in the case of the Nor- wegian sailors on board who were being sent home by their Consul, and who also had been shipwrecked. They were the crew of a bark that had gone ashore near Vera Cruz, Mexico, where the Norwegian Consul had provided all with good, warm clothing and a second-ciass | passage, and first-ciass passage for the captain | and mate. Sothe Norwegians did not return { to their homes like tramps. We reflected upon the poverty of Uncle Sam, who could do no better than send his sailors home in the dead { of wiater with no underclothing, and with the thinnest apparel and very little of onl: that, B FEOM 1BE SEAT OF WAR. Passengera of the Olivette Bring a Budget of Interesting News. KEY WEST, Fra., Jan. 27.—Passengers on the Olivette report that Gonzales Moreno, one of the most prominent citi- zens of Puerto Principe, for ten years Mayor of the city and a rebel colonel in the last war, nas joined the insurgents, as has also Venanci Sorenz, a Spaniard, com- manding a detachment of troops in San- tiago de Cuba. An expedition is said to have landed at La Caleta, near Cape Maysi. It is also reported tbat Ruiz Riveira gave a severe thrashing to General Melguizo near Pi- nales and inflicted heavy losses, the Spaniards losing thirty dead and eighty wounded. It is reported that when Weyler was marching down Candela Hill, near Guines, six shots were fired on him by some party nidden in the bushes near by, injuring a lieutenant and a private at his side. On the 16th inst., passing by the town | of Malpaez, six miles southeast of Sague, General Carreras ordered it burned, and at the same time he carried off a number of peacsful citizens and had them hacked to pieces with machetes. The guerrilla chief brought into Sugua the dead bodies of four pacificos, one & poor cripple, one 18 years old and three children. This and other distressing facts are given by a member of Uarrera's guerril- las. The same authority says he saw over twenty families trudeing in Sagua la Grande, driven from Malpaez. Some of the women and children were virtually nude. He also learned from a Spanish officer that Gomez's infantry was camped on the Manajanabo plantation, which is betweeu Santa Clara and Camajunia. He also informed the same party that there was no doubt that Gomez had received a big expedition at some point along the Sagua coast. e FOURTEEN GIRLS MUEDERED. Bodies Found in a Care, Where Dogs Were Gnawing Zheir Bones. NEW YORK, Y., Jan. 27.—A Key ‘West, Fla., special says: The bodies of fourteen girls have been found in a small cave within half a mile of the Spanish encampment at Guanabacoa on a road visitors are not allowed to travel. They were discovered by a boy who saw some dogs gnawing bones. Driving the dogs off he saw that they were human bones, and noticing from which direction they had been dragged he came to this opening, and venturing in saw the decomposing bodies. The bodies could not be identified fur- ther than that they were female bodies and young. The girls had been cruelly murdered and some had been hacked in pieces. < Thne publicity given to the many mur- ders committed at Guanabacoa has alarmed even the Spanish residents, who fear the effect on the American people. After the discovery of the girls’ bodies a large delegation of Spanish merchants and business men called upon the Marquis de Ahumada, the acting captain-general, and made strong protestations to him upon the subject. He promised, it is said, though reluct- antly, to speak to General Weylerabout it. The patrol killed two boatmen Tuesday night without warnicg as they ap- proached the quay, and threw them into the water. One of the few remaining con- vents was entered by soldiers lust Satur- day, and but for the interposition of the authorities the inmates would Lave been maltreated. ————— DRAFT OF 4 HOME-RULE LAW. What Spain 1s Said to Be Willing to Concede to Cuba, NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 28.—A dis- patch from the Herald’s correspondent in Havana, sent via Key West, says: I have seen absolute drafts of the home rule lJaw which Spain is to concede to Cuba. The acl vrovides for a legislative assembly, wholly selective by an enlarged suffrage and composed of a Benate and Lower House. Besides hay- ing the sole power to vote an especial budget of the island, this chamber has full power to draw up and control the budget of what may be termed the imperial expenses, or the ex- penses of the army and navy of Spain, and so far as they are legitimately tc be shared by Cuba. This budget of material expenses will be sent to Madrid for the approval of the Cortes. “With the Governor-General is vested the power to appoint all officials in the Cuban Government With the exception of the directors-general, or collectors of the ports and secretaries-general of the Gover- nor-seneral and civil Governors of the provinces, who are to be selected by popu- iar vote. ““All of those who shall be appointed by the Governor-General must be confirmed measure in the same way that Federal by the Assembly created by the reform l J appointments require confirmation by the Senate in the United States. “This Cuban Assembly will have full and exclusive power to initiate all money and tariff bilis, and no bil!s of this nature can be presented or considered by the Madrid Government until they have been approved by the Cuban Assembly. “The reform measure was read to-Mr. Olney in Washington last December by Mmister de Lome, and met his unquali- fied approval. “Liberal as the concessions seem Ido not believe that the Cubans will accept any refo:ms to which the United States is directly or indirectly not a party. The gurantee of reform is now sought in the commercial agreement now being nego- tiated at Washington. “In this agreement Spain clearly recog- nizes the new autonomous system in Cuba and any failure to carry out the agree- ment now or to abrogate it in the future would be a breach of faith with the United States sufficient to justify remonstrance, and eventually, if necessary, actual inter- ference. 1f the terms of this pledge given by Spain to the United States are suffi- ciently explicit and unmistakable under this indirect guarantee the Cubans will accept the reform bill. I can say that I have the authority to give this assurance, otherwise neither this nor any other agreement, however made, would be accepted. This has been said to me many times during the last few days by the most authoritative leaders in the civil councils of the insurgents, ané may be regarded as final.” : LA MOVEMEN’S OF GOMEZ. The Whole Island Watching the Insur- gent Chieftain. NEW YORK, N.Y. Jan. 27.—A dis- patck to the Sun from Havana says: It is reported in this city that General Go- mez is in the province of Matanzas. The wnole attention of the island is now cen- tered on Gomez, although it is always difficult to tell with cerrainty the where- abouts of the Cuban leader. Gomez never permits his position'to be exactly khown until he strikes one of his unexpected blows. But that he has passed the boundary of Santa Clara wvrovince ap- pears quite certain. Forty more persons were arrested Mon- day and sent to tae common jail on politi- cal charges. Weyler's policy of terror and persecution is producing the natural effect of augmenting the insurgent forces, and at the same time is stimulatng the universal dissatisfaction and the purpose to resist Spain to the very end. It is said that Major Fondiviella will soon be promoted to the rank of colonel. The truth is that Weyler has offered him a reward for his recent massacres. Weyler is an intimate friend of Fondiviella and brought hum to the island as one of the men in whom he has the greatest confidence. He served under Weyler in the Canary Islands. The news of his promotion for the savage butcheries which have made him famous is, theretore, not at all extraordinary. There is no truth in the report, originat- ingin Key West, that the blowing-up of the gunboat Cometa will result in a duel between General Weyler and Admiral Navarro. Nevertheless, as has already been re- ported, there is bitter feeling and much rivalry and jealousy between the navy and the army. Admiral Navarroand Weyler have exchanged angry notes about s:v- eral matters, and this duel has been golng on for a long time, but pens, ink and paper are the only weapons used. s e, A QUEER-ACTING CRAFT. The Newark Overhauls What Might Bea Filiduster. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—Com- mander Colby of the cruiser Newark re- ports to the Navy Department thaton January 23 he stopped thelaunch Undine, which acted mysteriously. The vessel came out of St. Johns har- bor, and he ordered a shot to be fired ahead of her to stop her. She continued to run, so he chased her and fired several blank cartridges until he finally over- hanled her. Her captain said he was from St. Au- gustine, Fia., but could not get over the St. Johns bar. He claimed to be the owner of the Undine and gave his name as John J. Jester, but a negro at the wheel said his real name was Collins. Under these circumstances Commodore Colby turned the vessel back to 8t. Johns, where she was left. = e GOMEZ DENIES THFE STORY. Aever Wrote a Letter Proposing to Com- promise With Spain. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 27.—The Evening Consuitution published to-day an authen- tic interview witn General Maximo Gomez, in which he denies tbat he ever wrote a letter favoring home rule for Cuba. He opposes a compromise with Spain and says that if he had 50,000 rifles and 1000 cartridges for each he could drive Weyler off the island within a month. The general criticizes Mr. Cleveland for interference. The interview was obtained by C. N. Hernando, who was sent to Havana by Rev. A. J. Diaz with a com- mission to have a personal interview with Gomez. ————— Tares Friends and Dauntleas Released. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Jan. 27.—The steamer Three Friends and the Dauntless, which have been in the custody of the United States Marshal for several weeks, were released on bond to-day by order of the United States court. BIG FIRE IMN CINCINNATL At 2.45 This Morning the Entire Depart- ment Was Out. CINCINNATI, Og10, Jan. 28.—The north section of AlbertSchwill & Co.,s, malt- house, extending from Commerce to Sec- ond, between Race and Vine streets, a five-story building, is on fire and is likely to be destroyed. The section of Goepper’s malt-nouse, on the south side of Com- merce street, equally as large, and the Leopman & Schrader Cordage Company adjoining Goepper’s building, are also in danger. Goepper's building is full of malit. At 2:45 this morning the fire is getting away from the firemen. The entire force isout. Loepman & Shraders building is now-on fire. The loss on contents is $100,000; buildings, $300,000. il it Yale and Harvard Wil Not Mbet. - NEW HAVEN, Coxw., Jan. 27.—The Register prints to-day the following: On the statement of one of the leading au- thorities ‘on athletics at Yale it may be safely said now that the negotiations which have been carried on between the representatives of Yale and Harvard for many months in an effort at reconcilia- tion between the two universities have fallen flat and that Yale and Harvard will not meet in any branch of athletics during the present year. s P Winners at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La.. Jan. 27. Seven furiongs, Loudon won, Hanna Belle second, Miss Bradshaw tnird. Time, 1:34. Seven furiongs, Stanza won, Winslow second, Dr. France third. Time, 1:343. Six furlongs, Lone Priacess wou, Sharon second, Pete Kitchen third. Time, 131734 One mile, Baal Gad won, Harmony second, C. C. Rumrill third. Time, 1:50. i ohn Conroy third. Time, 1:19}5. HOUSE DISCUSSION ON IMMIGRATION Eloquent Pleas for Protec- tion of the American Workingman. Tariff Legislation of No Avail if the Irflux of Pauper Lebor Continues, Hepburn of lowa L:cuily Cheered by the Ga:l:ries—Conference Report on tie Bill Adopted. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—The House to-day, aiter the reading of the journal, entered upon the consideration of the 1mmigration bill, as agreed upon by the conferees of the House and Senate. Bartholdt (R.) of Missouri, chairman ot the House Committee on Immigration, refused to sign the report. It was agreed that the debate should continue until 4:15 o'clock to-day and that members should have the right to print. Danford (R.) of Okio opened the debate in the presence of a large number of members but an unusuaily smalt attend- ance in the galleries. He explained the changes made in conference and answered the objections made to the separation of an 1lliterate husband and his wife. He admitted that his bill was drawn for the purpose of excluding undesirable immigrants and that the adu- cational test was inserted in order to carry out that purpose. The time had come, he said, when something should be done to restrict immigration. Time and again the conventions of the two great parties had promised the coun- try relief on this score, but this was the first real effort to make good these promises. He read from statistical returns of the Superintendent of lmmigration to show the large proportion of illiterates coming to the United States from the southarn and eastern portions of Europe, asserting that the immigration from the western and northern nations of Europe wouldbe but little affected by the proposed legisla- tion. A significant statement had been made in the newspapers recently to tie effect that if every industrial wheel in the country was started and the mills fully manned there would b2 two or three hun- dred thousand men stiil unemployed. He did not speak for the “Weary Wat- kins'’ who did not want to work at any time, but for those who want to labor and who were pleading for legisiation for their protection. The provisions of the bill known as Cor- liss’ amendments, and intéhded 1o deal with that class known as birds of passage, Mr. Danford said, wouid doubtless be found difficult to en- force—more difficult, probably, than was imagined—but that sometning must be done to prevent the forays of these people who come in the summer and flee in the winter was generally conceded. Dolliver (R.) of Iowa asked what was the purpose of departing from the educa- t'onal test fixed by the House and Senate bill, and providing that tbe immigrant should read and write the constitution of the United States in the language of his native or resident country. Danford replied that it was to reach the Russian Jews, who, being driven from their homes and having drained the charity of Western Eurove, were being thrown upon our shores in great numbers. For the first time in their history the Hebrew Associated Charities of New York were compelled to appeal for aid to people outside their own race for the relief of their peop'e in tuat city. He concluded with an.earnest plea for the passage of the bill, which would in some small degree relieve the country from the menace to which it is exposed under present laws. He did not ask that nard- ship be worked to any one, but that the interests of the residents of the country might be conserved. In opening the debate in opposition to the adoption of the report, Barthoidt said he ba refused to sign the report for two reasons — first, that by its provisions families—husbands and wives, mothers and children—would be separated, and second, that it forbade the entrance of immigrants who could not read the language of their native or adopted country. This drastic provision, he said, was not contained in either the Senate or House bill, and its appearance vindicated his ex- vressed fear some weeks ago that 1f the bill went to conference it would return in a shape which could not be justited to the constituents of many Representatives and would offend the sense of justice and right of the country. ‘The bill, Bartholdt asserted, would de- feat the purpose nominally urced by its advocates, of establishing an educational test. 1t would shut out, for instance, a class of Germans who had for 300 yesrs made their homes in Russia, the language of which they did not speak; also many of the residents of Alsuce-Lorraine who had not yet acquired the German lan- guage. L To Hitt (R.) of Illinois, who inquired as to the status of the Swiss, who had no distinctive national language, would they be shut out according to the centleman’s construction ot the law, Bartholdt said three languages bad obtained recognition in Switzerland, and immigrants from that country would choose among them. Many members interrogated Barthotdt with a view to demonstratin: that the language clause wonld not work such dis- acvantage as he imagined. To all of them ne said his object was to perfect the measure so as not to expose desirable im- migrants to the jeopardy involved in the preseut form of the bill. Several suggestions were made as to the best manner in whick to secure this end, but friends of the bill found none of them acceptable. Referring to the statement that the bill was intended to reach especially the Rus- sian Jews, Bartholdt said: “If in this dawn of the twentieth cen- tury my constituents should ask me to join in jurther prosecuting them I would lay down my duties here, return to my sanctum and write editoriais against such an inhuman proposition.” [Applause.] ©. W. Stone (R.) of Pennsyivania advo- cated the ldoflliofl of the conference re- port, saying that if it wero not adopred Congress would do nothing at this session toward the restriction of immigrants. Many members, he said, received tele- grams like the one he sent to the clerk’s desk, and_had read from a steamboat agency in Chicago requesting constituents to wire their Congressmen to vote against the immigration bill under threats that an affirmative vote meant deteat for re- election. The demand for the passage of the bill had been made by the National Conven- tions of the Republican and Democratic parties, and, further, the immigration of recent years entered into disastrous com- petition with the workingmen of the country, forcing them to either take low wages or to abandon their labors alto- gether. ' 1If the test proposed in the law had been in effect the past year it would have kept out 68,163 immigrants from Russia, Iury 8ix furlongs, Henrica e Seelbacn second, l % nd Austro-Hungary, from which coun- h while only 4146 would have been returned to Germany, Sweden and Norway, Eng- land and Ireland, which furnished the de- sirable immigrants. Speaking of the distribution of the im- migrants Stone said that of the 343,000 who came in last year 224,650 remained in the States of Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. “It is no wonder,” he said, with great earnestness, “that the gentleman from Missouri (Bartholdt) and otaer Western Representatives oppose the passage of an immigration bill, because 1t does not trouble them. In the name of his State Stone de- manded some restriction. It was useless to pass tariff laws intended to benefit the workingmen of the country unless they were protected against the invasion of pauper labor from abroad. [Applause. ]| The adoption of the conierence report was antagonized by Buck (D.) of Louis- iana. Ineloquent wordsand impressive manner he spoke of the benefits to Amer- ica from immigration which were too often forgotten or unappreciated. Johnson (R.) of Indiana followed in favor of the conference report. The bill %mpused, he said, did not go far enough. e wished one broad and drastic enough to meet the evil which the legislation was intended to meet. There were many immigrants who could read and write who were otherwise totally unfit to become American citizens. Any law short of absolute resjriction of immi- gration must necessarily be arbitrary in its .effects. Gentlemen might quote scripture, might go back to ancient history and make beautiful speeches about the hu- manities; but the practical fact was that the time had come when American civilization was in danger from the in- novation of foreign hordes upon our shores to deteriorate the blood. Parker (R.) of New Jersey objected to the report of the conference committee for the reason thatit went further than the provisions of either the House or Senate, and that was beyond the purview of such a body. Corliss (R.) of Michigan explained the necessities of the provisions in the bill suggested by himself, aimed at what are known as “birds of passage.” In Detroit alone, he said, there were 10,000 citizens anxious to work, unable to obtain it because of the presence of aliens who were there temporarily, defrauding the American citizens out of their rights. | en he took his oath of office asa member of the House, it was not to legis- late for the benefit of the whole world, but for the upruilding and protection of the American people. |Applause. ] Walker (R.) of Massachusetts said that nothing in his experience as a member of Congress had made his blood boil as had this conference report. The nihilist, socialist and anarchist could easily pass the educational testand come in. It would be better to admit some cf the honest farmers and working- men who could not read. While Cannon (R.) of Illinois nad voted to exclude the Uhinese, alien-contract labor and paupers and iavored the impo- sition of the educational test provided in the House bill, he could not support the conference report because it was ambigu- ous. If it was desirable to shut out cei- tain classes of people, shut them out directly and not in an indirect manner. Morse (R.) of Massachusetts said his colleague (Walker) did not represent the sentiment of Mussachusetts on the sub- ject; it demanded restricted immigration, and the pending bill met that demand. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio would not vote fora bill that perraitted a man to aban- don his wife and bring in his pauper rela- tives, He would not vote for a measure framed specially to restrict the entrance of the Russian Jews, for such a vote would be charzed up to him as a vote against a man on account of his religion. And ne would not vote for the provision wh.ch opened the door to immigrants of any class, pauper, criminal or insane, pro- vided only that they had resided for a time in Cuba. Danford (R.) of Ohio—That is to last only as long as the revolution lasts. Grosvenor—Well, that mav be a long time, if the revolutioncontinues aslong as the last one did. Dolliver (R.) of Iowa antagonized the report, expressing the opinion tha: it was vastly more important for a man to enjoy the society of his wife than of his grand- father, which the bill provided. It also contained a provision for free im- migration from Cuba. This was intended to bring a thrill of joy into the insurgent camps in Cuba, to be informed that after two yearsof consideration and a variety of legislation the great American republic had decided to admit Cubans into this country without undergoing a civil service examination. (Laughter). Boatner (D.) of Louisiana spoke for and Taylor (R.) of Ohio against the report, and the debate was concluded by Hep- burn (B.) of Iowa in favor of the confer- ence report. - In concluding his remarks Mr. Hepburn drew an eloguent and effective picture of the American workingman as a citizen without work, searching for it and re- turning home unsuccessful. “What luilaby,” he asked, “will that man sing to bis hungry child at night to satisfy its cravings? That man bas the ballot, anc¢, knowing what your knowl- edge must be of his action, Lask if it is not the part of patriotism and statesman- ship to provide for him?’ He expressed the belief that even on this inclement day there were 250,000 American citizens unable to obtain work— turned out of their places to make room for those from foreigh lands. “You talk of dividing the bounties of this great republic with the people of the whole world. Let us serve our own first: let us keep the places for American labor- ers to delve in, and then if we have to spare we can invite those of other na- tions.” [Loud applause, in which the gal- leries enthusiastically joiued.] The vote was then taken on the adoption of the coaference report, and on adivision it was agreed to—116 to 105. Bartholdt demanded the ayes and noes, which resited in 131 ayes and 117 noes. The usual motion to reconsider and lay that motion on the table having been made by Danford (R.) of Ohio and agreed to, the House at 4:40 adjourned until to- morrow. FORECLOSURE NOT NECESSARY. Eminent Lawyer Soys the Union Pacific Has Already Forfeited Its Charter. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—There is not the slightest chance that the Harri- son-Gear bill for a Pacific Railroad com- mission can become a law. The question then recurs as to proceedings in court. TeE CALL correspondent was informed to-night by an eminent and able lawyer who expects to take part in this smt that foreclosure proceedines in the case of the Union Pacific will not be necessary, as it was expressly stipulated in the act of 1878 that six montis after the roads, or either of them, had defaulted, they, or either of them, snould forfeit their charter and all rights whatsoever granted. This attorney, who understands Pacitic Railway affairs thoroughly and who is considered one of the ablest corporation lawyers in the United States, contends that foreclosure proceedings are unneces- sary in the case of the Union Pacific, as that company bas been in default for four. teen months, and all of its rights granted by the act of 1878 are therefore forieited. alihot o Foreclosure Bill Filed. SALT LAKE, UTam, Jan. 27. — The Government biil for foreclosure of its . mortgage on the Union Pacific Railroad Company was filed in the United States Circuit Court here to-day. The amount of the mortgage is $27.236,512, and the overdue interest $29,664,666 39. e Mackay Sub.oribes to ihe Famine Fund. MONTREAL, CANapa, Jan. 27.—John ries generally the undesirable class came, i W. Mackay, the “Bonanza King,’ now in New York, has sent a check for $1000 to the Montreal Indian famine fund. ALLEN AND GRAY AMUSE THE SENATE West Point Cadets at the Inauguration Is the; Subject. Allen’s Keen Thrusts at the D:laware Senator Returned With Interest. The Nicaraguan Canal Bill Elicits Warm Debate, but No Action Is Taken. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.—In the Senate to-day the MilitaryAcademy appro- priation bill was taken up, the question being on Proctor's amendment to pay the transportation and subsistence of West Point military cadets coming to Washing- ton to attend the inaugural parade. Proc- tor submitted a brief argument in support of the amendment. Grey (D.) of Delaware opposed the amendment. The last 1nauguration which the West Point cadets attended, be said, was in 1872, and he understood that at that time two of them lost their lives in consequence of exposure. He did not feel that the time had come for bringing the cadets of the Military Academy to | grace the inauguration ceremonies. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska expressed his surprise (ironically) at the position taken by Gray, who, he said, had given his sup. port to the Republican ticket in the recent campaign. Why not, he asked sarcesti- cally, lat the cadets come and see the con- summation of that great event. Allen argued that to bring these caflets here would be a work of suvererogation; ‘“‘not only that, but it is foolishness—ab- solute, inexcusable foolishness. They are not to be brought here for educational purposes. This a mere excuse. They ara to come here to witness the display of the assumption of the crown by the Presi- dent.” “The crown of thorns,” Gray suggested. “I should like to see the time come back in this country,” continued Allen, “when a man would be inaugurated as Jefferson was—in absolute democratic simplicity. ‘Riding up to the Capitol on a street- car,” Gray put in. “Yes, riding up on a streetcar,” Allen assented. “‘That is good enough for any man; or on horseback, if he can ride; that is good enough for any man.” The discussion was continued by Haw- ley (R.) of Connecticut and Thurston (R.) of Nebraska, who favored the amendment, and by Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire, Hale (R.) of Maine, Stewart (Pop.) of Ne- vada, Peffer (Pop.) of Kansas and Cook- erill (D.) of Missouri, who opposed it. The debate was ¢losed by ley, who, in reply to arguments in favor of sim- nlicity, declared that there was “a great deal ot rot in this world.”” He would not say where it was located. The vote was then taken and theamend- ment was rejected—ayes 20, noes 25, The bill was then passed. Senate bill to provide for further pro ing the genuineness of handwritin, United States courts was taken up, briefly discussed and passed. Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire pre- sented the memorial of Henry A. Dupont of Delaware, claiming that there was an error made in counting the vote in the Senate on his claim for admission to the Senate and asking that the question be re- opened. Raferred to the Commiitee on Privileees and Elections. Tne Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up, and Morgan (D.) of Alabama, charge of the bill, made an elaborate state- ment in reply to the claim that the cost of the canal would far exceed the estimates of the Canal Company. Morgan asked unanimous consent to have a vote taken on the bill and amend- ments at 3 o’clock next Friday, but objec- tion was made by Turpie (D.) of Indiana. Morgan then gave notice that he would ask the Senate to sit out the bill to- morrow. Hale (R.) of Maine, while declaring himself favorable to the Nicaragua Canal, did not think that the Senate was more likely to find itself in a domain of ac- quiescence and consent for the enterprise on the part ot the Central American powers by asserting that there was an im- pertinent intrusion on their part or that there . was any attempt at blackmail, as the Senator from Alabama had declared the other day. Sherman (R.) of Ohio said he believed and still believed that the only way by which the Nicaragua Canal could be con- structed was by the action and power of the Government of the United States. The Frelinghuysen-Salva treaty was be- fore the Senate ten years ago. He sup- posed it would accomplish the purpose, and he believed that if that treaty had been ratified the canal would have been completed at this tire. TUnfortunately, however, that treaty had been withdrawn from the Senate. Prob- ably the Maritime Canal Company had been too sanguine in its expectations. At any rate, it was unable to borrow money to go on with the work. It had been compelled to sell bonds at usurious rates and the result wasthat the company had practically failed and was unable to complete the work. “In my judgment,” Sherman pro- ceeded, “‘that canal can never be built by a corporation. It must be built, if at all, by the people of the United States.” As to the criticism of Mr. Rodriguez in | Sherman ‘asserted that the right of that Minister was as clear as the rightof the British Embassador, and that he should be treated with kindness and forbearance. His honorable friend (Morgan) had im. agined that Great Britain was back of the Minister trom Central America, but that Senator was always apt to refer to Eng- land as a bugaboo. [Laughter.] The Senate of the United States, he added, does not fear England or any other power. The people of the United States do not fear England. We have had two wars with England, and I hope that we will never have another. The two nations ought never to fight with each other. They ought to be al- ways friendly, Great Britain is now more and more following the example of the United States in having a government “of ll;e people, by the people and for the peo- p“And I believe,” he continued,,‘‘that the time is not far distant when Great Britain will be as free fs we are and will approach nearer and nearer to the rule of the people. But for the Irish question she would be stili nearer to it.” Sherman went on to say that although he should vote for the bill in any form in which it might be presented, he thought the better way would be to allow tte mat- ter to rest. The bill could not pass Congress during the present session, as in all probability if passed by the Senate it would not be taken up in the Housc. He would not take advantage of the misfortunes of the company, but would pay back to it every dollar that it bad expended. White (D.) of California asked Sherman if the pending bill was not substantially the same as he had reported to the Senate some time ago as chairman of tbe Com- mittee on Foreign Kelations, and on which bill he had indulged in extended eulo- gistic comments. Sherman adamitted that it was, but added that the company was not able to build the canal. White further asked whether it had not been evident at that time that the con- struction of the canal would require the assistance of the United States. “Yes,” Sherman replied, “and if the United States had given that assistance tne company would probably not have failed.” Morzan objected to a statement by Sherman that the Maritime Company had gone to Congress to ask for assistance. “Did I say s0?, Sherman asked. “You said so,”” 'Morgan replied, “I think we sought the company,” Sherman corrected himself. “Yes, we sought the company,” said Morgan, who went on to speak of Sher- man’s allusion to the negotiation of a new treaty on theline of the Frelinghuysen- Salva treaty. Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin moved to com- mit the bill to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and then suggested that if Morgan preferred to have it recommiited to the select committee on the Nicaragua canal he would modify the motion. “The chairman ofthe select committee,” said Morgan in a haughty tone, ‘has never any choice between insults.” Vilas disciaimed the idea of offense and modified his motion. Aldrich (R.) ot Rbode Island spoke against the motion and in favor of the bill, referring to what be called the prom- ise of Sherman—the future Premier—to Dnegotiate a new treaty, 1 did not say that,”” Sherman inter- posed. *You said,” Aldrich repeated, “that if the bill were aliowed to go over a new treaty could be negotiated, but we have no assurance that the States of Nicaragua and Costa Rica will enter into any such negotiations. “The friends of the bill should under- stand that this recommittal means the death-knell of the project which is so dear to the hearts of the American people.” Without action on Vilas’ motion to re- commit, the Senate, at 4:45 P. M., Qy & vote of 28 to 27, adjourned uatil to- morrow. DECLARED A DRAW. Decision in the Stelzaer-Van Buskirk Contest Fails 1o Please the Spectators. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Jan. 27.—Referee Donahue declared the Van Buskirk-Stelz- ner ten-round contest a draw, and nearly 800 spectators declared Referee Donadue’s decision to be so odorous that it required immediate interment—and cthere were not over 820 spectators present. ‘They deciared that Sielzner was fobbed of his hard-earned honors, but just the same it was a great battle. From start to finish it was seemingly Stelzner's fight, he landing at will on his opponent, closing one eye entirely and greatly damaging the other, and pro- ducing a decidedly Hamburger steak ap- pearance to Van’s face. Van Buskirk proved to be a glutton for punishment. e kept following Stelzner ap in every round, at times attempting hard swings with his right, some of which landed, but the majority hit the atmos- phere. In the first round Jack jabbed his man repeatedly in the face with his left and received several hard left swings in re- turn, honors being about even. In the second Van cut the pace and landed several beavy right swings on Jack’s head and body, and received in re- turn left jabs which invariably landed on his optic. Van had the best of it. Toward the end of the third Stelzner punched Van all over the ring, and in the fourth he re- peated the performance. At ghe end of the round Van went to his corner with cne eye closed and his face covered with blood. £ The fifth and sixth rounds saw some hard fighting, with honors easy. but in the seventh Jack again pounded Van and ended the round with a left swing that nearly drove Van through the ropes. The eighth was all Stelzner's. He landed at will, Van taking bis punish- ment without a murmur and never mak- g a lead. 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