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THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 189T. 8 special from Washington says: James S. | Eckels, Comptrolier of the Currency, has decided 1o retain his office until the ex- JUUGMENT FUH A | piration in April, 1898, of the term of five years for which he was appointed. He M“_LIUN UULLAHS | ment of the Chicage General Trust Com- denies the statement that the manage- | pany st a largely increased salary was offered to him. e does not regard his office as political, and consequently sees no impropriety in his continued service under a Republican regime. The Comptoller of the Currency and the Director of the Mint are the only officials appointed for a specific term of five years each and wha cannot be removed except for stated reasons, which must be fur- nished by the President to the Senate. | o ATTORNEY-GEMERAL Pennsylvania Lead Com- pany Unable to Meet Iis Obligations. | HARMON | Will Return to Cincinnati and Resume the Practice of Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—Attor- ¢ i= General Harmon questioned 1D bl 0 Co vesterday as to the truth of the report cate Matters. | that it wa bis intention to leave Cincin- | nati and open a law office in New York. AT | Judge Harmon said there was avsolutely { no truth in these reports. As soon as relisved by the incoming ad- ministration he will return to Cincinnati and resume practice with his old asso- ciates. He said that he thought the rumor | had its orizin in the faci that his brother, Eugene H. Harmon, at present an exami- | ner in the Patent Office, would open an | office in New York for the practice of law and would have for his associate Mr. Seymour, the present Commissioner of Patents, who has already asked McKinley to relieve him as soon as possible after March 4. CADETs Critical Illness of Ifs President But With Recei the Appoiniment of a er Business Will Be Resumed. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 2.—Yesterday a judgment for nearly $1,000,000 was con: fessed by the Pennsyivania Lead Com: pany in favor of ex-Judge Griscom, trus- tee of the creditors. The action was fol- Jowed by a bill in equity, filed by Griscom, askine for the appointment of a receiver for the compa the directors being in | the petiti he plea in the petition assipns Griscom and H. E. Anderson as | Teceivers for the company, directing them to operate the works until further orders of the co They are to make a report every month and give = bond for $100,000, The offic ! the beara of directors are | WILL BE 1HEKE. West Pointers to (ut a Figure at the A Times special from West Point says: The cadets are going to Washington to help inau- gurate McKinley. That fact is settled beyond all question. The Senate refused to allow expenses for ihe trip in the an- ; ieorge Faunce, | nual appropriation for the military acad- . M. Schwartz, secretary, | emy, but as the amount asked was only and H. E. Auderson, treasurer. | for” transportation and subsistence the The office of the company is in Pitts- | Senate’s refusal in no way interferes with the Secretary of War's order. The preseace of the caaets will be a most attractive feature of the inaugural varade and their attendance at the ball will nda brilliancy to tbe occasion. Ail preparations for the trip are nearly com- burg and the works are in Robinson Town- | ship. The land and plant erected by the | any are worth $567,000. Otner assets include the advancement of $775,000 to the Iva Penns: Smelting Company of Utah | and a considerable sum in book accounts | pleted and Uncle Sam'’s future generals 'd casb. The liabilities are aboufls1.000.. | Will dip their colors to the outgoing and Iomoean: Tue liabilities are abou 1,000, | incoming Presidents on March 4. ———— Nothing New From South Dakota. PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. 2.—Tne vote to-day in the joint session of the Legislature, stood as follows: Pickler 48, Kyle 28 Goo iykoontz 12, Plowman 10, Loucks 10, Bowler 4, Palmer 1, Kellar 1 The answer of the defendants admitted that its paper in the bank had gone to prot and that about $450,000 would become due for each of the next three ronths, and that under existing circum- stances they would be unable to meet the obligations. J. E. Schwartz, who Is practically the owner of all the capital stock, and who BIG FIKE AT S4LT LAKE. FBusiness Block Destroyed and One Man has indorsed and guarsnteed a large Danaerowsly Injured. emount of the debtedness, is now SALT LAKE, Utan, Feb. 2.—The Scotte siricken with paralysis und unable to [ Auerbach building, one of the largest tiansact business or renew his indorse- | business blocks in the heart of the c! ments ot authorize any one to do so. The obligations are held in Utah, New York, London and this city. If suits are brougnt, itis claimed tkat the property of the company will be sacri- nd that it will be for the best in- torests and necess: or the walfare of the creditors that receivers be ap; as its assets can thus be admin that allits creditors will be paid 1n and a surplus left for stoc The affidavit of H. treasurer of the co burned down t0-nigh'. The damage. will aggregate at least $300,000 which is covered by insurance. The lower floor was occupied by J. M. Scott & Co., wholesale hardware dealers; Joslin & Park, jewelers, and Cailloway, Hoock & Co., glassware. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp on the top floor, used for sleeping aparuments, and made its way down the elevator shaft, The secand and third stories were occu- pied by offices. and nothing was saved. Electrician Vail of the fire department received a shock from full n, the company’s assets sixty-eight from an clectric wire acres ‘of land in Robinson TownehipSen | and was so badly injured that he s mot which is erected a fully equipped plant | €Xpected to live. A number of people for refining and smeltiug ores builion | Very narrowly escaped being burned up, and now it is feared that several failed to get out and are dead in the ruins, izl bary ESCAPED FREOM THE ASYLUM, conteining precious metais; that it has in rks and in transi. ores worth | $800,000, and bas contracts for purchasing | ores for which advancements have been | made. ‘It has book accounts, cast on | hand and mi-cellaneous assets to the | amount of $125,000. It has advancea to | S gL iXedgere the Aley, the Pennsyivania Sme'ting Company of | W YORK, N. Feb. 2 —John Mur- Sait Lake Citv, Utah, $750,000. | phy, alias Whitehead, the Fenian and al- The liabilities amount to $1,400,000, all | leged dynamiter, who was imprisoned of which is commercial paper, and mostof | with Dr. Gallagner in the South Portland Tich amill, msiures in SIxtyidsyRSIOVEE | 5, o Sipnet nd ioscn e tc B b At SO0 of #his maper ventitoBrotest N |} elisl (6540) iinsano i, (o BOI0A: eraay. |t 22 y | night. While he had some menta! trouble MWilllaiMoCopk ot the ‘companyistated]i el 3 il tosn as dedons oo DI GaIE today: “The movemerit is merely a pre- [ 4, 115 Uo7 5225 89 serous as Dr. Galla- Santionaiyone. il ”“’“’k‘?- the bead | jeage, he lived with his sister in Jorsey e company. Wan aticken s | Ciiyitoria stime s Laters Howeyes 8 Kbe. D oot (O LB Ay evening, tan | £an to develop a mania for wandering and ver since that time has been in a eritical took long walks. 1t was thi decided condition—so critical. that tke physicians | 09K [ORE, ¥ ”m*nsymm’ Whitenecd “;‘: inform us that one word of business im- | X : parted to him might end bis earthly | arrested in London with Dr. Gallagher. s career. You see, it requires about §500,000 o e BOTH CULONEL AND JUDGE. a month to purchase ore and butlion for | the smelting works, and, as these are | giapama’s Lower Howsn Passes a Bilt to R-lieve a So'dler. bought only for <pot cashi, notes have to | e given and realized upon tokeep enough | 2 money on hand to make thess purchates, | MONTGOMERY, Ara., Feb. 2.—A bull Several of the notes have recently sallen | Passea the House last evening appropri- due and will bave to be renewed: heace | ating $6000 to A. A. Coleman for services the apylication for a receiver.” | rendered to the State as a Circuit Juuge during the war. Coleman was Judge when the war broke out. He was made a Mr. McCook saia the operations would | continue and the mills not be shut down. calonel of a regiment, but he continued to aischarge his judicial duties.- He pre- Tne bill for the receiver sets forth that Griscom is holder of a judgment against | them for $968.253, in favor of the creditors, | sented his account for services to the Re- publican administration which came into control at the close of the war and pay- and that H. E. Anderson is a stockholder. The corporation was incorporated 1n 1590 ment was refused. He made no other ap- plicstion for the money until recently. and has a capital stock of $10,000,000, of | Having been overtaken by reverses he which J. E. Schwartz is the owner of called 1o mind the old debt and ask: COMPLETING THE CABINET. House to come 10 his reli aknddhe = Disastrous (oasting Accident, CINCINNATI, Quio, Feb. 2.—A disas- trous coasting aceident occurred here to- day. A bobsled collided with a milk- wagon on Columbia avenue and the foliowing children were injured: Willie Fisher, 9 years old, left leg and arm broken; Katie Fi-clier, 10 years, injured Jolhn Murphy, Alias Whitehead, Gives His Delegations Visit Canton in the Interest | of Friends Who Are After Perttfolios. CANTON, Outo, Feb. 2—The Maryland | booms for Cabinet appointments met here | to-day and Senator Wellinzton of that | State, who did not come nearer Canton | than Cleveland, is credited with assisting | internally; Eddie Fischer, 8 years, hand one of them to drop quickly from view, | crushed; James Newcomb. 10 years, skuil The withdrawal of Judze Goft from the | [toctured, Frank Newcomb, ¢ vears, hurt list of Cabinet possibilities caused the | yeq, r a o g s, leit leg and rizht arm badl ; friends of Jame- M. Gray of baltimore to | Wil - LR Willie Everhart, 9 years. long scaly think that there was an opportunity fora | wound; Andr w Robbins, 11 years. brojses Maryland representative in the Cabinet, | about the body. and as he is indorsed by influential poli- : S b Northi i) e e ticians in all but two of the Southern T i States a strong showing was and has NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 2—The syndi- again been made in his behalf. cate which underwrote the Northern Judge Lewis McComas, a former mem. | PACHic Railroad reorganization plan h ber. of Congress from Hagerstown, now 4 | PO 80ld ail of its stock, consisting of Judge in the District of Columbia, has $2,000,000. preferred and -$26.000,000 com- been suggested by many of his friends as mon, The price was about 15 ior the ugge: f common and about 36 for the preferred. an availzble man for appointment to the | The siock was taken partly by German Cabinet. It is understood that the Repub- lican organization in tha: State, which is investors, and partly by capitalists in- terested in the Great Northern Railway. controlled by Senator Wellington, is not iriendly to him. The purchase by Great Northern interests means amicable relations between that The Missouri delegation which came to Canton this afternoon to ask President road and the Northern Pacific. McKinley to appoint Willism Warner of C Terrific Boiler Explosion. Kaunsas City to the Cabinet made a strong argument in bis behalf. BROOKHAVEN, Miss, Feb. 2—A ter- The Missouri visitors presented inaorse- rific boiler explosion occurred at Brister & Co.’s sawmill at Bogue Chitto, ten miles ments of Major Warner from the Legisla- tures of Indiana, Texas, Kansas and of south, this morning. Simpson Scott, their own State. It wiil occasion no sur- John Branning and a ne ro boy named Nelson Buchanan were kilied outright. prise if tfie President-elect should not choose a New York Republican for his Tom McGhee, Mack McCaffery, a young official family, though it is not probable man named Smith and a negro girl, sister of Buchanan, were seriously wounde.. that he will leave both New York and the Scuta out of it. McCafery will probably die. The mili is The final cast for the Cabinet has not one of the largest in this section. e g g i been made, and no one knows the precise position that will be occupied by some of Cleveland Agatnst the Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—There the men who have been offered and ac- cepted Cabinet positions, general impression to-night, based on apparently well founded reports of re- It cannot, be positively affirmed that ex- Governor Long will be Secretary of the marks made by the President to more than one member of Congress that he will Navy until the two remaining places are filled, though it is certain that he has Dot give his approval 1o the pending im- itl. been ‘tendered and accepted a position. migration riends of that measare find little com- —_— LELS WILI. NOT RESIGN. fort in this situation, as the probability of its passage in either House after an ex- ecutive veto are exceedingly slight. gt ien ot o TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY, gake laxative BromoQuinine Tablets, All drug gisis Tefund the money if it fails to cure. 25¢ £ His Term as Compiroller Dors pire Until April, 1898, NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 2—A World Not Ex ANGLO-VENEZUELAN TREATY SIGNED Amicable Termination of a Controversy Lasting a Century. Senator Olney Watches the For- malities of the Diplomatic Compact. Senor Andrade Signs the Important Document With a Magnificent Gold Pen. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2—The Anglo-Venezuelan treaty was signed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, jthe British Em- bassador, and Senor Jose Andrade, the Venezuelan Minister, in the office of Sec- retary Oiney in the S| 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, signalizing that has lasted nearly a century as well as the resumption of diplometic relations between two countries which had be.n sus- pended for ten years. The British Embascador, accompanied by Henry Outram Bax-Ironside, attache of the embassy, reached the department just before 4 o'clock, and afew minutes inter the Venezuelan Minister appeared with Manue! M. Ponte Jr., secretary of the and the arbitral tribunal. Senor magn ficent pen, portant document signed. with which the im was subsequently the next President ot the Venezuelan Government, and to whom it will be re- turned as a scuvenir. It conmsisied of gold pen, fastened in a holder made from an eagle’s quill, bearing midway to the top a gold heart encrasted with dismonds. copies of the treaty, which were printed, were carefully compared by Mr. Bax- Ironside and Mr. Cradler, chief of the ment, who made all the drafts of the docu- ment and printed the copies. These were in the English language, Spanish pot being used, although tongue of Venezuela, the only difference being that in the Vemezuelan copy that country is mentioned always first and the Britisi vice versa. The British Embassador signed ‘“Julian Pauncefote’ to both copies; Senor An- drade, following, affixed his sivnature, and Mr. Criadler affixed their respective seals, The formalities having been quickly completed, there was a_general exchange of congraiulations, which were pressed upon Secretary Olney with particular cor- diality, and before 5 0’clock, tha negotia- tors had returned to their cfficial residen- ces. The fuli text of the Anglo-Venezunelan treaty follows: 2 Her Majesty, the Queen of the United King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United States of Venezueln, being desirous to provide for an amicable settioment of the on which has arisen between their re- iovernments concerning the bound- ary between the colony of British Guiana and the United States of Venezuels, have resolved t0 submit to arbitration the question invoived, 04 to the end of conciuding a treaty for that purposs have appointed as their respective | plenivotentiarie | _For her Majesty, the Queen of the Unitea | Kir of Great Britain and Ireland, Right Hon. 8ir Julian Pauncefote, a member of her Mujests’s most honorable Privy Council, Knight ot the Grand Cross of the Most Honor- abie Order of the Bath,and of the Most Dis- unguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, and her Msjesty's Embassador Extraordinars and Plenipotentiary (o the United States: and | for the President of the United Siates of Vene- zucla, nor Jose Andrade, Envoy Extraor- i Minisier Plenipotentiary of Venezuela to the Uni ted States of America. Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found tobein due and proper forin, have agreed to and conciuded tbe fol owing articles: Article I An arbitral tribunal shail be im- mediately appointed to determine the boun. dary line between the colony of British Guiana aud the United Strtes of Venezuela. Article II. The tribunal shall consist of five jurists, 1wo oa the part of Great Britain, nominated by the members of the judicial committee of her Majesty's Privy Coun namely: The Right Hon. Baron Herschell, Konight Grand Cross of the Most Honurab.e Order of the Bath, and the Hon. Sir R chard Henn Collins, Knight, one of the Justices of Judiciary; two on nominated, one by the President of the United States of Venezuela, namely, the Hon, Melyille Weston Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States ¢f America, and one nominated by the Justices o1 the Supreme Court of the United States of America, namely, the Hon. Court of the United States of America; and of a fifth jurist, to be seleeted by the four pe: £0us S0 nominated, or, in the event of their failure to agree within three months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty, to be selected by his M. jesty the Kiug of Sweden and Norway, The jurist so seiected shall be president of the tribunal In case of the death, absence or incapacity to serve of any of the four arbitrators above named, or inthe event of any such arbitrator omitung or declining or ceasing to act as such, another jurist ol repute snail forthwith be substituted in his place. If such vacancy shall occur among those sppointed by the members for the tme being of the judicial committce of her Majesty's pr.vy council, aciing by a msjority, ana if among those namcd on the part of Venezuela he shall be appointed by the Justices of the Supreme Court of tie United States, acting by a majority. If such vacancy shall oceur in the cuse of the fifth arbitrator a substitute shall be selected in the manner herein pro vided for, with regard to the regular appoint- ment. - Article IIL. The tribunal shall investigate and ascertain the extent of the territo: be- longing to or that might lawfully be ciaimed by ‘he United Netherlands or by the kingdom oi Spain respectively at the time of the acqui- sition by Great Britain of the colony of British Guiana, and shall determine the boundar 1ine between the colony of British Guiana an the United States of Venezuela. Articie 1V, In deciding the matters sub- mitted, the arbitrators shall ascertain all facts which they deem nece: t0 a decision of the controversy and shall be governed by the following rules, which sre agreed upon by the high contracting parties as rules to be taken a5 applicable to the case, and such principles of international law, not inconsistent there- with, as the arbitrators shall determine to be appiicable to the case. Rules—() Adverse holding or preseription during a period of fiity vears shall make a good title. The arbitrators may deem exclu- sive political control of a distict, as well as actual settlement thereof, sufficient to consti- verse holding or to muke title by pre- seription. ) The arbitrators may recognize and give effect to the righis and claims resting on any other ground whatever valid according to in- ternational law, and on any principles of international law which the arbitrators may deem to be applicabie to the case and which are not in contravention of the foregoing rule. (¢) In determining the boundary line, if ter- riiry of one party be found by the tribunal 10 have been at the date of this treaty in the occupation of the subjects or citizens of the other party such effect shall be given 1o such occupation ay reason, justice, the principles of international law aud’tie equities of the case sball, in the opinion of the tribunal, require. Article V. The arbitraiors shall meet at Paris within sixty days aiter the printed argu- ments mentioned in article VIII, and shall proceed impartially and caretuliy’to examine and decide the questions that have been or shall be eia before them as herein provided on the part of the governments of her Bri- tannic ‘enezuel jesty and the United Stats , respectively, provided alwa formally exchanging their credentials the | David Josiah Brewer, a Justice of the Supreme | | the arbitrators may, fit, hold their meetiugs, any other place which they may determine. All questions considered by the tribunal, in: cluding the final decision, shall be determined by a majority of all the arbitrators. Each of the high contracting parties shall name one Derson as its agent to attend the tribuual, and to represent it general in all matters con- Bected wirh the tribunal, Article VI. The printe two parties, accompanied by the documents, official correspondence ana_other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in dupli- cate Lo each of thé arbitrators and 10 the agent of the other party as soon as may be after the appointment of the members of the tribunai, but within a period not exceeding eight months {rom the date of the exchange of rati- fications of this treaty. Article VIL Within four months after the delivery on both sides of the printed case either party may in like manner deliver in duplicate 10 each of the said arbitrators and to the ngent of the other party a counter case and additional documents, correspondence and evidence in reply to the case, documents, correspondeuce and evidence »o presented by the other party. If in the case submitted to the arbitrators either party shall have specified or alluded to uy report or document in its own exclusive possession, without an exchange copy, such party shall be bound, if the 'other party thinks proper to apoly for it, to furnish that party with & copy thereof, and cither party may call upon the other through the arbitrators to produce the origi- nals or certified copies of any pavers adduced it they shall think ‘or ‘any of them, at case of each of the | as_evidence, giving in each instance notice thereof Withiin thirty deys after the delivery of the case; and the origina: O CODY 50 It quested shall be delivered as soon as m be and within a period not exceeding forty days after receipt of the notice. Article VIIL It shall be the duty of the agent of each party, within three months aiter the expiration of the time limited for the delivery of the cour ter-cases on both sides, to deliver in duplicate to each of tho said arbitrators | and to the agent of the other party a printed ate Department at | TEument showing the points and referring to the evidence upon which his Government re- lies, and either party may also support the same the amicable termination of a controversy | before the arbitraiors by oral argument of counsel; and the arbitrators may, if they de- sire 1o further elucidate with regard to suy | point, require a written or printed statement e | legation, and James J. Storrow, the coun- | sel of Venezuela before the commission | the Andrade brought with him a | Great Brita | 1t was sent to him by his brother | who, 1t is universally conceded, will be or argument or oral argument by counsel upon it; but in such case the other party shall be entitled 10 repiy either orally or in writing, &5 the case may be. Artic The arbitrators may, for any cause deemed by them sufficient, enlarge either of the periods fixed by acticles 6, 7 and 8 by the allowance of thirty days additional Article X. Tne decision of the tribunal shall be made within three months of the close of the arguments. It shall be made in writing, dated, and shall be signed by arbitrators who may assent to it. ‘The decision shall be in duplica one copy whereof shall be delivered to the agent of for his Government and the other copy shall be delivered to the agent of he United States of Venezuela for his Govern- ment. Article accurate r appointand employ the necess assist them. I Tne arbitrators shall keep an ord of their proceedingsand may ry officers to Article XIL Each Government shall pay its own agentand provide for the proper remu- neratfon of the counsel employed by it and of the arbitrators appointed by it or in its be- | balf and for the expense of preparing and diplomatic bureau of the State Depart- | the | | | | | her Britenuic Majesty’s Supreme Court of | the part of Venezncla, | | submitting its case to the tribunal. All other expenses connected with the arbitration shall While the two plenipotentiaries were | be defrayed by the two Governments in eqnal moieties. Article XII1. The high contracting parties engage to consider the result of the proceed- ings of the tribunal of arbitration asa full, perfect and final settlement ot all the ques- ions referred to the arbitrators. SArticle XIV. The present treaty shall be Tuly reiified by her Britannic Majesty and by the President of the United States of Vene- zueln, by aund with the approval of the Congress thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London or in Washington within six months from the date hereof. In faith whereof we, the respecti plenipotentiaries. huve signed this treaty and Bave hereunto affixed our seals. Doue in duplicate at Washington the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. (Seal) (Seal) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE, JosE ANDRAD! AGRELS WiiH WALKER, Eckels Thinks the Government Should Not Tssue Demand Obligations. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—Comp- troller Eckels to-day further discussed banking and currency matters with the House Committee on Banking and Cur- rency. Replying to a question, Eckels eaid that a banking bill which did not get rid of demand obligations would not re- lieve the ‘existing condition of the treasury. g0 to a premium as long as banks re- deemed in gold. Walker (chairman) here took the floor and began explanations relative to his bill. Eckels agreed with Walker in the statement that under the presentlaw the United States had the most expensive currency system of any first-class nation. “Our_Government,” he said, ‘“has the worst financial system of any first-class nation in the world.” It was the result in almost every in- tance of immediate necessities. He also agreed with the suggesiion of Walker, which makes it to the interest of banks to furnish the Secretary of the Treasury as advisers any information relating to banking matters. The bill of Walker, he said, embodied a good many correct banking systems. Its prineipal objection, as with the other bills, was that it understood to engraft an entirely new note system upon tie pres- ent system, Further, he did not beiieve in having the Government issue any more demand obligations. - PRINCE AND PRINCESS DIVURCED, S Chimay Secures a Dreree Against His Rumaway Wife. BRUSSELS, Beiuim, Feb. — The action for divorce brought by the Prince of Chimay against his wife, formerly Clara Ward of Detroit, Mich., who eloped from Paris last fall with Janos Rigo, an Hungarian gypsy fiddler, which was ad- journed on January 19 for a forinight, eame up in court atCharleroi to-day for the pronouncement of judgment. The Court, after a hali-hour’s deliberation, an- nounced thata decree of absolute divorce was granted to the Prince, upon the zrounds in his complaint against his wife, abandonment and adultery. oyl Aground ¢n the Elbve. HAMBURG, GerMANY, Feb, 2.—The German steamer Labn of the . North German Lloyd line ran aground in the Elbe to-day. ENDED WITH POISON. How William Smiihers Put a Stop to People Taking About Him Early yesterday afternoon William Smithers went into the rear of the Conti- nental Hotel, at 521 Pacific street, and an hour or so later the proprietor found that the man Lad died, The Coroner was noti- fied and the body removed to the Morgue. Dr. Morgan, the autopsy physician, made & hasly examination and found that the lips and mouth of the dead man were seared as by a corrosive poison. A search of the clothing brought to light evidence that the man had committed suicide. in his pocket were two scraps of paper, on which was written the following: William Smithers, do this deliberately, I mot stand 0 be tormented every day on account of things I am not guilty of. I have no enmity t one on earth. Tomy wife, God bless her; afso my sister. May God blesh everybody. I wish to be buried in s pauper's grave. WILLIAM SMITHERS. Inquire 8t 175 Clara street. — FIRE ON MARKET STREET. Loewenthal’s Cloak House Damaged to the Extent of $4000. Loewenthal & Co.’s cloak and suit house, 914 Market street, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $4000 last evening. The blaze broke out in the rear of the store at 9:55. An alarm was sounded irom box 98, and, although the depart- ment respouted promptly, almost the entire stock of goods was destroyed before the flames could be extinguished. The cloak factory on the second floor of the building was also slightly damaged by smoke and water. Tne building, which is owned by the Mason estate, suf- fered damage amounting to about Losses on both the stock and building are covered by insurance. The cause of the blaze is unknown, o, In his opinion gold could not | GRAVE SUBJECTS ENGAGE SENATORS The Money Question, Immi- gration and Nicaraguan Canal. Chandler Offers a Fe-c'ution in the Interest of the White Metal. Lodge Inveighs Against ‘“Birds of Passege” and Vilas Opposes the Canal Bill WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—In_the Senate to-day Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire offered a resolution declar- ing that “it is the sense of the Senate that the United States should not permanently acquiesce in the single | zold standard and that the efforts of the Government in all its branches should be steadily directed to secure and maintain the use of silver as well as | gold as standard money, with the free coinage of both, under a system of bimetal- lism, to be establisned through interna- tional arrangement or such safeguards of lezislation as will secure the parity in value of the two metals at a fixed ratio, furnish a sofficient volume of metallic money and give immunity to the world ot k: All Odds—all Ends—all Short for the Last Time. Fmbroidery Cotion.le skein Tailor Buttons Jea Ty-Inch K inat e yard Bone Casing. Pin Books. Silk Trim ming lLas® OF T# SPECIAL Black Silk. Our 75¢ Black Figured Gros Grain Silk to be closed out, full 19%, inches wide, the lot to-day 49c Yard. Fancy Silk. | Faney Capela Stripe Silks sre the swell things for Waists. Our $1.25 line of overa dozen swell shades at an actual reduction to 69c Yard. These Are Bona-Fide Reductions. Black Silk. | Our 90c Pean ae Soie in stripe effects on sale, 19 inches wide. The entire line of 22 | colors reduced to | 58c Yard. Imported Suitings. This season’s cholcest styles. Our popular 75 line of atl-wool stuff to be closed on ac- | count of springtime coming. The price re- | duced to 50c Yard. Heavy Suitings. A most desirable fabric, but _entirely 100 heavy to carry into summer stocks. The 50-inch dollar line at an actual reduction to | 69c Yard. | | | | | trade from violent fluctuations in ex- change.” | He asked that the resolution should go | over and said that he would call it upat | an early day. | The House bill to allow the bottling of | distilled spirits in bond was reported and | placed on the calendar. | A bill granting a pension of $100 a | month to Cassius M. Clay Sr. of Ken-| tucky, a major-general of volunteers, was | introcduced by Lindsay (D.) of Kentucky and referred. | A resolution calling on the Secretary of State for information as to the alleged killing at Sagua La Grange, Cuba, of the son of M. F. Lopez, an American citizen, | was offered by Lodge (R.) of Masfachu- | sets and was agreed to. | Morrill (R.) of Vermont asked unani- | mous consent to bave taken from the cal {endar and passed the House bill to pro- | | hibit the sale of intoxicating hquors in | the Capitol buflding. Objection was made | | by Hill (D.) of New York. The House bill granting pensions to | Grace Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers | was passed. The conference report on the immigra- tion biil was laid before tbe Senate and | Gibson (D.) of Maryland made a point of | order against it—that the Conference Com- mittee had exceeded its power by the in- | jection of mew matter. He argued that | ine conference bill was entirely different from the bill that had passed the House | and Senate. Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts, in charge of the conference report, replied briefly to Gibson's speech. he asserted that there was nothing in the conference report in the way of subject matter which had not been absolutely belore the two houses. Re erring to the Corliss amendment, which applies to the general employment of aliens in the United States, he said that few people realized now great the evil was, It did not come alone from the influx of Canadian working people every summer. He spoke of them as “*birds of passage.’ Compared with the *birds of passage’ from Italy, Poland and other European | countries, the influx of the peopie over the Canadian boundary is as nothing. The number of Italians who went back to their country after working here during the spring, summer and autumn was 111, 000. Every collar that they had earned they carried away with them. Loage spoke with great indignation of the telegrams sent by Claussenius & Co., as agents of the North German Lloyds, in opposition to the bill. *There,” said he, ‘is a great company, a foreign corpor- ation subsidized by a foreign Government, calling on their agents to send threaten- ing_dispatches to members of Congress cmlliug upon them to vote against this bill. ‘‘And now they bave circulated the re- ort that the President is to veto the bill. Chat report comes from the same source. This is a great and useful measure, It in- volves maiters that lie at the very root of American civilization, If this bill meets defeat that will ve taken by the country as the victory of a corporation. I wish to denounce it from my vlace in the Senate as improper, unbecoming and dangerous, 1 want to see this open, flagrant corpora- tion influence rebuked when it enters the Capitol of the United States.” At the close of Lo.ge's speech the con- ference report went over without action, Hill (D.) of New York giving notice that he would discuss it to-morrow. The consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill was then proceeded with, Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin resuming the floor to continue his aryument against it. Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts asked Vilas whether he could give any assurance that the opposition to the bill wou.d leave any time during the present session for any other legislation. Vilas declined to express any opinion on chat point. Teller (R.) of Colorado gave natice of an amendment requiring the survey by a commission of Government engineers before issning any bonds, and pro- viding tbat if the report of the board xhocld show the cost to be more than $150,000,000 no bonds shouid be guaran- teed und no liability assumed by the Goy- ernment. i gave notice of a substitute for the It provides for a commission of five persons—one {rom the engineer corps of the army, one irom the engineers of the navy, and three others to be appointed by the President, to be known as tue Inter- oceanic Canal Commission, to visit and inspect the several canal routes proposed and to have all needed surveys and in- quiriés made,#0 as to determine the most teasible route. He then continued hisargument against the bill. Without concluding it, he yielded for a motion to adjourn, and the Senate at 5:30 adjourned un il to-morrow. g ey HOUSE PEOCEEDINGS, Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill Pasved. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—Assoon as the journal was read the House went into committee of the whole to further consider the diplomatic and consular ap- provriation bill. Tae necessity for a Con- sul at Hargen, Switzerland, no longer ex- isting, the item was struck from the bill, Consideration of the bill was compleied without further cuanges, and it was re- ported to the House and passed. The to- tal appropriation was reduced by $3200 to $1,673 709. The House then went into committee of the whole on the District of Columbia aporopriation bill. The carried a lotal appropriation of $5,780,81L, less by $119,508 than the appropriation for the current year, General debate continued for a couple of hours, the principal subject being the matter of electric-lighting in the district. Seven pages of the bmim been disposed of when the committee Not an article has been misrepresented. We state facts absolutely. Children’s Tam O’Shanters | Heavy Swans' Down Flannel, silk floss button.” The 25¢ kind to close 10c Each. Children’s Tam O’Shanters Heavy All-Wool Cloth. navy blue, red band, feather on side. The rest of the 50c ones to go | 29c¢ Each. Cloaks. Last week. They must go without reserve. | a 3 S 34'and 36 %200 Each 0 ULSTERS, size 32, 34, 36.81.50 Each COME EARLY FOR THESE. T Only four days more of Clearance. must be cleaned and these goods, with many such, must 0. 5c TABLE. | Pick for a Nickel. le TABLE. Your Choice for a Cent. Aluminum Thimbles lc each | Torchon Lace.... Darning Wool ic skein | Jg-Inch Siik Mohair Mobair Braid 10¢ v ard Black Tape... Teroil | Brad. 6o yard | 1 Buttons 10¢ doz Featber Qoils. 1cench | Pearl Butlons. e dozen | Kolashers............ 10c each Corset Laces.... ..\ T pair | Pen Wipers 100 each Hooks and Eyes....1c paper | REMNAN LE THE | Rufiiea Ribbon. ...10c vard TO CLOSE THE SALE. | bt became solled and are closing at NEW 7TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. gmmmmmmmmmmmm%mmmfimmmmmmmmg INAL BUGLE! LAST CALL TO HALE’S GREAT CLEARANCE! v Lengths—all Small Lots—knifed Stocks 10c TABLE. | Anything here Ten Cents. B¢ vard | Head Rests.........106 each fic each | Jot Buttons 10c doz n each | Jet Trimmin; 100 vard 5¢ yand | Sitk Braia. 10c yard 18" W Tan Windsor Ties..10c each Flannelette. The kind we sold speclal at 5c on sale to day at 4c Yard. (Only 15 yards to each customer.) Glass Towels. 17x32 fuches, pure linen, fast fringed. The 12%4c ot to-day au 8c Each. Ladies’ Cambric Gowns. An 0dd lot of mussed ones, all vilues, some as bigh as $2 50. The whole pile at 98¢ Each. (Soms great values fn these.) selvage Ladies’ Muslin Gowns. Soft finished. about 18 lett. turn-down col- lar and V-shaved neck. They were $150, 79c Each. Silk Gloves. All gray and large sizes. The 25c line to De closed out at 15¢ Pair. Lavender Salts. Portsmouth Lavender Salts or Michelsen's Bay Salts. About 50 bott:es to be sold &t 28c Bottle. Rose Bowls. Mottled Glass, two styles, 20 left. Your choice. 25c¢ Each. Calendars. Yosemite Views. Send them East. bination Calendar. Were 76c. Now 25c Each. Handkerchiefs. 14-inch hem, colored border, only & few. The T34c ones to-day 5¢c Each. Com- 937-~945 Ma AN SHAN R AAVATANAVAN AN AUAM AL AT AT VAHANATANAUANAN A AN AN A AR AT AT T ST c;i%%42§ZZ%%zz/ (INCORPORATED) SAN FRANCI>CO. ; SO A A rket Street, A LYy Y T YT YTV Y Ty Y Y T TV YT TR Payne (R.) of New York, the House ad- journed until to-morrow. e HERBERT DEFENDS HIS REPORT. Sticks to Conclusions Regarding Prices of Avmor Plate. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—The most interesting meeting the Senate Com- mittee on Naval Affairs has had since it | began the investigation of armor plate was held to-day. Secretary Herbert and Commodere Sampson and Mr. Schwab of the Carnegie company; Lieutenant C. A. Stone and Richard Lineman, president of the Bethlehem company were present. The armor plate men insisted that the Secretary in his report had not been ac- curate in his conclusions or in his fac He had not been liberal enough by 40 per cent in his estimate of the cost of Iabor in producin: armor plate. Plate could not be made, both firms stated, for less | than ‘he sum for which they had agreed to make, $450 a ton. Secretary Herbert defended his report and insisted that his conclusions were not only accurate but just, both to the com- panies and the Government. A special meeting of the committes will be held Thursday, when it is expected that the committee will take some final action on the subject that has now been under investigation for the past six months. DEATH OF T, P. MADDEN Heart Disease Carries Away an Old Guest of the Occidental. The Academy of Science and Pacific Union Club Will Mourn His Loss. the At 10:30 o'clock yesterday death claimed | Thomas P. Madden, one of the oldest guests of the Occidental Hotel. His face had become so familiar to all the attaches of that place that he was looked upon as a permanent fixture, having been a con- tinuous resident for the past thirty-five years of the house. Quiet, unassuming and gentlemanly in bis relations with all who came In contact with him he wasa general favorite with the many proprie- tors and the help of the big house. His death was due to fatty degeneration of the heart, his serious illness dating back only a few days. Two weeks ago, however, he had a slight stroke of par- alysis, which partially disabled his left arm, but this trouble speedily disappeared. After this slight attack he resumed his general visits to the Pacific-Union Club and the rooms of the Academy of Sciences, to which latter institution he was fondly attached. He was a warm friend of the late Judge Hastings, and the two st one time had certain land inter sts in common. After the Judge’s death Mr. Madden was, for a time, trustee of the estate. He was him- sell possessed of sufficient rroperty to make him comfortably well to do, though just what he was worth even his intimate iriends, of whom he had many, are un- able to state. He had no relatives in this State, but a host of acquaintances, by all of whom he was most warmly esteemed. The deceased was # bachelor and was 68 years of age last November. He was born in Fairfax County, Va., educated at Georgetown College and ' came to California wnen a very young man. At the time he held a position in the Inte- rior Department, and on first taking up his residence in this State he made his headquarters at Benicia. Later he was transiecred to this City, but after a time hus health gave wey and he resigned nis Pposition and weént 1o Arizona. There he traveled about with the United States troops and soon fully recovered, immedi- ately thereafter returning to this State, where he resided up to the time of his death. He was a life member and enthusiastic supporter of both the Academy of Sci- ences and Art Association and belonged also to the Pacific-Union Club. Tose. At5:05 o'clock, on motion of Mr. In his last hours he expressed an urgeni wish that his body ‘mizht be cremated, aud his request will no doubt be complicd with by his friends having charge of his remains. S S S— Dr. Thrasher’s Version. Dr. Marion Thrasher of 1236 Market street, whose name was mentioned in connection with the trouble over little Effie Holstrom, states that the true mother did not sell the child for £10, but that when Mrs. Holstrom took the baby four years ago she gave the money for the doctor’s care of the mother. He saysthat he never asked Mrs. Holstrom fo the return of the littie one to the true mother, but asserts that Mrs. Holstrom went to him and said that she had been divorced from Holstrom and was to marry & man who did Dot want the child, und that she intended to put it in an orphan asylum. The real mother upon.learning this tried to recover her beby, but failing to secure it by negociations called in the services of Secretary Frank Kane. ————— The average Englishman lives twenty years longer in England than tn Africa. f NEW TO-DAY. THE REGORD Of Doctor Cook is simply a series of professional tri- umphs. Equipped with everything es sential to the most modern methods of practice, he has sc- complished greater good, relieved more suffering, gladdened more hearts and made happy more homes within the past few months { than other physi- cianshave beenable to doin years. He (DOCTOR €O OK ) makes no pretensions to perform impos- sibilities, but some of his cures do seem little less than mireculous. Many of his most brilliant triumphs are in chronic, long lingering cases which other cians have pronounced hopeless. cures he guarantees. hysic erfect Women D e Always receive from Doetor Cook polite at- tention, as well ns positive cures, for the Falling’ or Displacement of the Womb, Painful, Irrecular, Scanty or Profuse Menses, Periodical Ifeadaches, Leucorrhee: Nervousness, Hysteriaand other distre: ing ailments peculist 1o their sex. builds up their broken-down constitutiony and insures to them their natural health, strength and besuty. Men. 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