The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY , 1897 HEAVY LOSSES A SALT LAKE'S FIRE Dzstruction of a Building and Stock Valued at $200,000. Firemen Rescue a Woman From the Roof of the Burning Ltructure. Pass d a Ha!t Hour Abeve the Fiames B fore Thry Cou'd Reach Her With Ladders. SALT LAKE, Uraw, Feb. hat broke ot Auerbach 3.—The fire e Scott- bu letely sub- | dued by 5 o’clock t but the building is ruined. M h, who occupied a room on the sor, had a rillin: adventare, ke and flames on the floors yw were so dense that she could not descend, but made her her shrill cries at- the firemen. It 10 the roof, where acted the attention of was nea half an hour before she could be tea by lad in the mean- tirhe she beca c and came near fimping to the parapet ben ath. She was be firemen and reached nconscious condition. injured by ng skylight. E ian Vail of the partment is in bospital, tecri- m contact with live electric will recover. It has been as- a1l succeeded in getting out and the fears thatsome ndless, $200,000. and the in- v $125,000. The lose ily on the owners of e being mostly ¢ the Calloway- M. Scott & Co. k Company. ally rescued b street in an Henry Wagr o= CAPTURE GF SLIM BIRCH. { The-H Alaskcn Desperado Taken | 4 ng One Officer and Waunding Two Others. TOWNSEND, Wasn., Feb. 3—‘ Shimi Birel Alasks’s most notorious | escaped from jail at ago on the eve of his | | transportatio Celtloraia to s séntence on a 1 prison in hree-vear term under arge of mayhem, has been recaptured, but this undertaking cost Alaska the life of one of her bravest and best known officers and entailed the se: ous wounding of two others who partici- paied in the bloedy pitched battle that followed the meeting of pursuers and pur- sued. On the night before the Al-Ki sailed on her trip previous to this one three masked meii cailed at the jail in Juneau where | Birch was confined and forced the ja not o unlock Birch’s cell but to go y ed up nimself. ensational jail delivery an 2t search has been keot up with- 8 o until the middie of last week, (lgen— the prisoner and his three com- panions were reported by an Indian to be 3pying & cabin on & small island thirty miles irom Juneau. A posse was st once formed, headed by Marshal le and in- cluding Deputy William Watts, Jailer 1-ndquist and an Indian policeman, who went fo the island in a steam launch. The laborious trip over the roughest kind of country covered with snow and fce brought the party to the cabin. Watts went to -the door and demanded admit- tance. The reply was four rifle bails, two of which pierced the unfortunate man, o reeled down behind two logs for pro- tection. While lying there he was shot again by two of the outlaws, who in the éxcitement were allowed to escape from | the cabin to a rocky eminence near by, | from which tney poured a leaden shower on the heads of the officers. The fusillade continued five minutes when the posse broke and ran for the | aiinich, three miles distant, returning | post haste to Juneau and leaving poor Watts at the mercy oi the desperadoes severe weatber, from the effects of ater developments showed, the »w died. Next tay @ second party left Juneau,| but returned the foliowing morning empty-vanded and frost-bitien. A gen- eral man hunt was then inaugurated, par- ticipated in by the people of Juneau, Sitka and the neighboring canneries. To two big fellows employed ina cannery, named Olson and Cheney, belong tlie creait and reward, $500, for making the cupture. Atter the killing the desperadoes sepa- raied, Slimand a man named Shell, who robbted the Treadwell mill some years ago: going together to the upper end of the island. where they sought rest and food at an Indian cabin, and later making their way to a narrow gully where both werit asleep, each with a revolver in hand reaqy for use on a moment’s notice. To t.is retreat Oison and Cheney tracked ent allowance is 15 cents for confined prisoners who do not work, 20 cents for those who work at the pump in the jail- vard and 25 cents for those who do road work, the latter getting three meals and the former two classes two meals a day. Sheriff Lyndon stated he was losig money on feeding orisoners. The board discussed the matter but took no action. e Sportemen Offer an Objretion. SAN JUSE, CaL., Feb. 3.—vLocal sports- men object to the passage of the Assembly bill extendinz the close season for fishing from April 1 to May 1. and will cirenlate petitions protesting sgainst it. Efforts will be made to have the measure amended soas not to apply to Santa Clara County. Ti the season is extended to May 1 fisning in this county wiil be ruined, is by that time the wateT is t00 low in the streams for the fish to live in and they pass down to the bay. e Murdercr Grabiella Sentencrd. SAN JOSE, CaL, Feb. 3.—Robina Gra- biella, who killed Vicenzo Esebello on ovember 26 last, was 10-day sentanced to San Quentin for life by Judge Lorigan. Esebeilo and Grabiella qnarreled while re. turning from a visit to a friend’s house near the racetrack, and in the fi-ht that fol- lowed Grabiella cut Esebello’s throat with a razor. Grabiella will be taken to San Quentin on Friday. s Mowrning nt Mountain Grove. SANTA ROSA. CaL., Feb. 3.— Mrs, Emma Parting died yesterday at Moun- tain Grove at the age of 76. She Liad been an invalid for some time and had resided at Mountain Grove for ten years past. M Parting was the widow of a rich nglish merchant and was herself pos- sessed of considerable wealth. She was an estimabie woman, known for her Grabiella’s plea was self-defense. | STANFORD'S BEST ~ ORATORS MATCHED | Debaters in the Preliminary | Carnot Contest Given ; Positions. i }Will Discuss the Effects of Cen- [ | tralization ot French Education. | | | Successful Candidates to Try Con- | clusions With Berkeley’s E o- quent Men. | STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL., Feb. .—The debaters in the preliminary Car- not contest were assigned sides to-day by lot. They are supposed to have prepared a discussion on either side of the question, “Is Centralization of French Education Conducive to Best Social Results?’ The debate will be held next Friday evening. | Professors Nathan Abbott of the law vived by a widow and by William S. Pierce, ason by aformer marriage. He owned at that time one-half of the ranch, which he bequeathed to his widow, the other half being owned by his motner, Barah C. Pierce. William S. Pierce suc- ceeded to the proverty of his grandmother, Sarah C. Pierce, on her death. When William G. Pierce died at Petaluma a vear ago Mrs. Mary J. Pierce, his step- mother, succeeded 10 the property under his will. Thus Mrs. Pierce has come into full possession of the great ranch. She is at present in Austraiia, whither she was compelled 1o go on account of her heaith, and does not know of the decision which places her in possession of the big ranch. e LOS ANGELES CHARITY ASTRAY. | — Chief of Police Glass Declares That the Good Samaritan Hospital Is | an Evil. LOS ANGELES, CAL, Feb, 3.—Accord- ing to the views expressed by Chief Glass at a meeting of the Police Commissioners of this city yesterday, the Good Samari- tan Hospital, conducted by Captain Fra- zier, and over which some of the local newspapers have emrployed so much ink of late, is a veiled and disguised evil. Re- specting this philanthropic institution Chief Glass said: “Gentlemen, I resognize the humane idea of the manager of the institution snd the fact that he believes he is aoing what is best, but to mind it is a mighty bad thing for the city. It is advertised all over the land to the beggars, toughs and tramps that they can ge: a meal and bath there for 5 cenis, and the result isan in- flux of a most undesirable element to our already large quota of unemployed. We | pever had so many beggars in this city as | have now. Ifit could be arranged to help charitabie nature, ana her caused deep regret. vive her. BORDER LAW IN RANDSBURG. Miners Resolve to Deal Summarily With Any Man Who Attemp’s to * Jump " a Ciaim. LOS ANGELES, Can, Feb. 3. — The miners of Randsburg, as wili be seen by the following resolutions, do not propose to tolerate the predatory ciaim-jumper any longer. At a largely attended meet- ing of the ieading men of that camp dec- ions which have no uncertain promuleated. ) demise has Two daughters sur- were the resolutions are: The main points in That the miners and mine-owners of the Rand mini: t nereby give notice that eT 0! sons_end believe recognizing the right of every individual fo acquire and hold property under the laws of the United Statesand onr local laws, be he rich or be he poor. That we w jumpers in our camp, especially those who boast that they will not prospect but go upon the proper|y of the poor and honest pros pector and make locz.ions, as he has not the means | tolitigate against the wealth of the principals, whosend ihese willing tools out to do their bidding and rob the honest prospector. That w- request those who knowingly and maliciously nave gome upon the valid loc tions of otners, well knowing that the loca. tions were valid, and attempted to make lo- cations, that tliey remove their stakes and monumenis and execute an abandonment of such attempted location. That we extend a Learty welcome to law- abiding citizens o come among us, Assuring them that we appreciate their honest effsrts, but we give timely notice to tne ciaim-jumpers who maiiciously go upon the property of others, as wellas to the principals whosend out these wiiling tools, that we will not per- mitour titles to be clouded by them or dis- credit brought to our camp through their ma- licious acts. e SANTA CRUZ ELOPEMENT. them, effecting the capture in & novel finer. rst assuring themselves that both men casicep the cannery men climbed by %2 “oundabont trail t6 a point twelve feet above and then jumped boaily on to the sleeping murderers, who were manacled Detore they bad recovered from their sur- prise ai the human avalanche which struck thein. The men were relieved of pons with which tkey were armed ied over to the United States upon which they were the w and hu mer Pinta, aken- to 1, fears of a lynching bee prompting ihe officers not to attempt to re;urn to Juneau. Waen th uigh Al-Ki left the excitement was b, and it is very probable that both men have been hanged ere this, Waits, the murdered man, was looked upon as the bravest marshal in the Terri- tor Marshul Hale was shot through the d may die. Guard Bays escaped re flesh wounds. E: - oLak UNTT LUSES. SdrTA 1fesses Judgment in Suite Brought by Justice Herringion. SAN JOSE, Cavr., Feb. 3.—The Board of Bupervisors to-day instructed the District Attorney to confess judgment in the nine suits bronght against the county by Jus- tice I. Herrinzton for $1158 fees in crim- inui cases from May, 1895, 10 April, 1896, When the new fee bill went into effect in J595, limiting a Justice's earnings, Jus- |%, tice Herrington ignored it enurely and put-in his biils under the old county gov- ernment act. The county refused io pay and suits were subsequently’brought. The zbandoning of the suits by the county is due to the recent decision by tbe Supreme .Emn, in the case oi Dwyer vs. Parker, de- aring the new fee bill unconstitutional. shlpes i €UST OF FEEDING PRISONERS . Bheriff Lyndon Asks That His Allow- : ance He Increased. AN JOSE, CaL., Feb. 3—Sheriff Lyn- dop asked the Bozrd of Supervisors to-day to inerease his allowance for feeding pris- ouers § cents per man per day. The pres- | Objecting Parent Cleverly Outwitted by a Seventeen-Year-0/d Girl and -Her Lover. SANTA CRUZ, Can., Feb. 3. —John Olveria and Rosa Gracia were quietlv mar- ried this morning by Justice Gardner. While outwardly all appeared serene and commonplace enough, subsequent devel- opments reveal quite a romance in the background. Rosa and her mother were ata Beach Hill residence, where the former worked, when Olveria put in an appearance, ha: ing come from Watsonville. While he engaged the old lady in conversation, Rosa quietly escaped through a rear door. The couple met aud after visiting the | Justice were driven to Capitola, where they took a train for Watsonville. This eveninz the parents learned the details of the elopement and are verv angry. They assert ithat the girl is but 1 years old and declare they will bring her back to Santa Cruz The bride is a sister of the girl who it is claimed recenily com- pelled Jose Moniz to marry her because Moniz had said he had money. Sl LOULIS JAMES A1 PORTLAND. Seores a Auccess in the Comedy Lord and Some Ladies.” PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 3.—Louis James o-nizht produced for the first time in Portiand the briliiant comedy, My Lord and Some Ladies,” an adaptstion from the French of Scribe. The play was a great success and one of the most delight- ful comedies ever seen here. Mr. James scored tremendously as Lord Boling- brok He has renewed his greatest comedy successes in this characterization, and it will prove one of the most popuiar bills in his repertory. The honors of the evenin: were shared by Miss Alma Kro- ger,whose Queen Anne is a delicious bit of character comedy work. They leave to- mo:row morning for San Francisco, where they p two weeks’ engagement at the Baldwin Theater, commencing Febru- ary 8. “my ring | | | | i | | l STANFORD’S DEBATING TEAM. | Miss Stebbins and Messrs. Morgan and Switzer Have Been Chosen to Represent the Palo Alto University in the Oratorical Contest With Berkeley. Morgan Is a Candidate for a Place | on the Carnot Medal Team Also. 1ot tojerate majicious claim. | department, H. R. Fairclough of the | Latin department and B. C. Brown of the' | drawing and painting department will | act as the judges and Professor Earl Barnes will preside. \ S. W. Chbarles, C. M. Bradley and A. B. Morgan will support the affirmative side | of the question; E. E. Painter, H. W. | Grunsby and Mrs. Margaret Hood will | argue on the negative side. At the con- | clusion of the debate the judges will | | choose three of the speakers to represent | Stanford 1n the annual Carnot debate | with Berkeley. This will be held on the | campus February 12. ot S | WORK FOR HE NEEDY, | Los Angeles’ Mayor Appeals in Behalf | | of the Unemployed, | LOS ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 3.—Mayor | Snyder seems dgtermined to redeem his | ante-election piedges to all he could to | ameliorate the hard Iot of the poor and | needy of the city. He sent a message to the City Council yesterday, which, in part, was as follows: The question of providing work for the un- empioved of the City is becoming a serious one. Itisa question ihat appeais to the hearts of all and which should, in my opinion, | receive early and serious consideration at your hands. While the percentage of unem- ployed in Los Angeles is very small, as com. pared with other coast and Eastern citles, yet there {5 destitution enough to make 1t abso- Jutcly necessary Lhat we act in this maiter and as early us possibie. 1 see no reason why the streets in the busi- ness portion of the city should not be swept by hand, thus giving employment to & larger number ot men than are now in the street- sweeping service. The cost of the work would probably be not much more than under the present sysiem. The strects of many of tie iarge Eastern cities are swept by hand. This ystem has been found 1o be economical and very satisiactory, and, besides, gives emplos- ment to many men. 1 sincerely trust that your honprable body will takel sieps at ouce in this matter of street sweeping, and tha: you will see to it that only married men, desery- ing and industrious, are employed. The voting of bonds for nngrovlnl our park system is & question which presents itself most seriously to us at thistime when so many areseeking employment. If bonds were voted for this purpose, the serious problem now con- fronting us would be solved to & considerable extent. o SR 84N RAFALL DECISION, Mrs, Mary J. Pieice Becomes the Owner of a Pirce of Valuable Property. SAN RAFAEL, CaL, Feb. 3.—An im- portant decision has been handed down by Buperior Judge F. M. Angellotti of Marin County, by which Mrs. Mary J. Pierce becomes the owner of one of the finest ranches in California, known as the Pierce ranch, and containing 2500 acres of land. The case of Jewell et al versus Pierce et al, in which the decision was rendered. con- tained interesting legal complications, and eminent counsel was employed to conduct the proceedings. Abram Pierce, when he died, was sur- only our own resident poor, who deserve and should receive help, it would be an- other matter, but as it is the Samaritan institution is a bad thing for LosAn -eles.’” General Forman emphasized the Chief’s ideas, fully concurring, and remarked that the public was misplacing much of ite sympatny for such causes, especially where unemployed were shouting for $2 a day if they workea for the city. Mayor Snyder agreed with General Forman, as did Commissioner McLain. The latter complained that from & half dozen to ten beggars came to his house each morning from the institute. If they could beg 10 or 25 cents that fixed them for a couple of days at the institute. ——e—— FRESNO JURORS DISAGREE. Unable to Decide Whether or Not Sanders Forged the Name of William Wootton. FRESNO, CarL., Feb. 3.—The case of the people against Professor W. A. Sanders, charged with forging William Wootton's name to x $1400 draft, was submitted to the jury without argument this forenoon. The jury is still out and it is almost cer- tain that it will not agree. It is reported that it stands eight for conviction and four for scquittal. The inability of the jury to reach an agree- ment is commented on generally as a sur- prise. Few people believe in the inno- cence of Sanders. The prosecution Isnow very sorry thatitdid notargue the case. But we thought that the facts were so said Attorney Hinds to a CaLy correspondent. ‘*‘that the jury would not think of any doudbt ‘as’ to the defendant’s guilt. District Attorney Snow and I were convinced that the twelve men wouid see the case in our hght, and we therefore were willing to submit with- out argument.’ The attorney then went on to express the opinion that the jury system was s iarce anyway. The jury retired until morning after reporting this evening to the court that there was little prospect of the third trial of Sanders. In the first the jury disagreed, but in the sec- ond it convictea him. The District Attor- ney has several other charges of forgery to prefer against the man who is suspected of having murdered William Wootton, and Sanders will in all likelihood be kept behind the bars for the remainder of his days. R Newspaper Changes Hands. LOS ANGELES, CaAL, Feb. 3. —The Herald to-day cbanged hands, Abbott Kinney taking controi.. W. A. Spaulding was made general manager. Kinney is a capitalist, a successful business man, and of high schoiariy at:alnments. The paper remsins Democratic. The direc- torate includes Abbott K'aney, Judge Pope, John F. Krancks, W. A. Spaulding, T. E. Gibbon, C. A. Sumner and Frank Gibson. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Senator Thurston Discusses the Question of Fore- closure. Vilas Makes a Long Argument in Opposition to the Nica- ragua Canal Bill. Bz Cencurrent Resoluticn Wednesday N:xt Is Set for Counting the Presidential Vote. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.3.—In the Senate to-aay an enormous floral struc- ture, on which the word “Honor’ was marked, stood upon the desk of Dubois (R.) of Idaho, who had just returned from his unsuccessful campaign for re- election, and who was warmly welcomed back by Senators of al! parties. A bill permitting Major-General Alex McCook and Captain George Schriver, U. 8. A, to accept medals from the Rus- sian Government was passed. The resolution heretofore offered by Allen (P.) of Nebraska looking to the de- lay or prevention of the judicial sale of the property of the Union Pacific Rail- way Company was taken up, and Thurs- ton (R.) of Nebraska aadressed the Senate on the subject. He quoted decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States to the effect that the Thurman act applied only to those portions of the Union and Central Pacific roads on which guarantee bonds had been issued. The Government of the United States had never issued guarantee bonds on the Kansas Pacific or on the Denver Pacific, whose united lines extended from Kansas City to Cheycnne, and therefore, in deal- ing with the present situation there was but one corporate entity (the Union Pa- cific), while there were three separate and distinct legal entities. In regard to the Omaba bridge and its approaches, a new act of Congress had authorized the Union Pacific Company to issue $2,500,000 in bonds for that purpose. Tne bridge had cost about that sum, but a new double- track bridge costing about $1,000,000 had been built nine or ten years ago. These bridge bonds had been paia from time to time, until now oaly about $1,000,000 of them was due. It therefore happened that the Omaha bridge and all the ap- proaches on the east side of the Missouri River were not covered by any Govern- ment lien, and ail the terminals, all the sidetracks ana all the bridges were cov- ered by the first-mortgage bords of the company. The lien of the Government, Mr. Thurston asserted, was subordinate to the lien of the first mortgage, which had the right of foreclosure and the right to take possession of the property. He had no doubt that the United States could supplement its lien by subrogating itself for the mortgage, but tieat was to be looked at from a business point of view. The offer made to the Government, Mr. Thurston said, would amount to some 56 or 57 per cent of its entire claim and the question was whether it would not be bet- 1er to accept than offer to pay $36,000,000 for 1032 miles of railroad in order to go into the railroad business. Morgan (D.) of Alabama asked Thurs- ton whetner he heid that the executive branch of the Government haa the right to make any bargain or agreement such as had been suggested. Thurston said he made no such claim. He had serious doubts whether Con- gress could create a new Federal cor- poration to operate the Union Pacific railroad. When the original incorpora- tion was made the road was run through the Territories of the United States. Now all those Territories were sovereign States, dnd in them, at least, there were consti- tutional prohibitions against the owner- snip of land or the operation of railroads by any other than a domestic corporation. In the discussion of the question of fore- closure suits he was asked by Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska whether the Attorney-Gen- eral had a neht, by virtue of his office and without any authority from Congress, to bind the Government by putting i an ap- pearance in these foreciosure suits. The reply of Thurston was that the right of the Attorney-General to appear in any suit in which the Government had an interest was absolutely beyond ques- tion, irrespective of any of the legislation on the subject. He added that the Gov- ernment could be brought into court by order of the court, and that that had been done in these foreclosure sui He ad- mitted that Congress might take jurisdie- tion over these suits from the Circuit Court, but what a wanton, unauthorized, despotic use of power that'would be. Now, when the uttermost rights of the Govern- ment were in possession of its own courts, who was it, or what business interests was it, that said, ““No, no; bring this back into Congress. Make it once more a theme of political agitation, as it has been for the past twenty years?”’ 2 Thurston was still speaking when the morning hour expired (at Z o’clock), and the untinished business—the Nicaragua canal bill—was laid before the Senate. Notice was given by Lodge (R.) of Mas- sachusetts thut he would ask action to- morrow on the conference report to the immigration bill. Under the rules the Allen resolutions would have gone to the calendar, but Al- len asked that they remain on the table. It was well understood, he said, that no other business but appropriation bills would be transacted this session. The bankruptey bili was in the last stages of consumption, ana the Nicaragua canal bill was about ready to be nailed up and put in its comfin. g o Sk Allen’s request met with no objection, and the resoiutions remain on the Vice- President’s table. Gear (R.) of Iows, chairman of the Pa- cific Railroads Committee, zave notice that as soon as the Nicaragua canal bill and the bankruptcy bill were disposed of he would ask the Senate to consider the biil for a settlement of the Pacific ruil- roads indebtedness. The consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill was then proceeded with. Morgan (D.) of Alabama, in charge of the bill, accepted with some slight modifi- cations the amendment offered yesterday by Teller (R.) of Colorado, providing that no bonds should be guaranteed until afier a survey was made and a compiete plan was accepted by the President and that no liability shouild be assumed by the Gov- ernment if the cost of the canal should appear to exceed $150,000,000. 4 Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin resumed his ar- gument against the bill. In the course of an hour and a half there were three calls of the Senate in order to compel Senators to hear the argnment, but just as soon and as often us a quorum was obtained it faded away again. Vlylu? bowever, went on with his speech. In the course of it he was reminded by Morgan tuat the Nicaragua canal project had been indorsed by s:veral Democratic National nventions. Tl fuct was brushed aside contemptuously by Vilas, as “an idle expression introduced intoa l arty platform,’” and he said that a simi- indorsement had been putin Repub- i lican platforms. Most probably the agents of the company had been working upon the resolutions committee of the conven- tions; but such declarations were utterly without binding force upon anybody. “Tnen I am glad,” Morgan remarked, ‘“‘thatInever was a member of a National convention; but I still hope that I would come out of it au honest man.”’ Hoar (R.) of Massachusetts put a ques- tion to Vilas as to whether Presidential nominations in political conventions were effected in a similar manner. “Never, 1o my knowledge,” Vilas re- plted. *‘Candidates are sometimes nom- inated under excitement, but no con- vention that I ever attended was any can- didate nominated whom I did not cor- dially support and favor.” After a pause he added, “‘Except one.” After two or three calls of the Senate, each disclosing the presence of & quorum the presiding officer laid before the Senate the House concurrent resolution for the counting of the Presidential vote on Wednesday next, and it was agreed to. Subsequently Turpie (D.) of Indiana Look exception to the wording of the con- current resolution, which is that the per- son receiving the highest number of votes shall he *‘declared president,” while the constitution, he said, read he should ‘e’ President; but Mr. Hoar expiained that that point had been made eight years ago by Senator Edmunds of Vermont and had been overruled. Turpie did not press his objection. Vilas then went on with his speech, in which he treated at considerable length and with much detail the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and how they affected the question of an isthmian canal, and discussed various other historical in- cidents having a bearing on the same auestion. After another half hour a motion to ad- journ was made by Daniel (D.) of Vir- ginia and was aefeated—ayes 17, noes 2 As the vote indicated the absence of a quornm—severa: Eenators who were p: ent being paired — the roll was awain calied and forty-one Senators responded— still four less than a quornm. The usual motion directing the serzeant-at-arms to request the attendance of sbsent Senators was made by Aldrich (R.) of Rhode Island and agreed to, and pending its exscution all business of the Senate came to a standstill. After a short wait Aldrich said it was very evident that a qunorum could not be £Qt to-night, and then at 5:20 o’clock the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. e v e SWANSON 5L LD JN THE BOUSE. 4 Contested Election Case That Occupics a Day’s Session. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The discussion of the contested election case ot George W. Cornett vs. Claude A. Swan- son, from the Fifth District of Virginia, oc- cupted nearly the whole of to-d sesgion of the House, and by an over- whelming vote Swanson’s title to the seat was confirmed by the House. The case cam= from the Committee on Eiections No. 3, which reported 1n favor of Swan- son. Three Republicans, half the ma- jority membership, however, recom- mended that the seat be declared vacant on the ground that the Walton law, un- aer which the election was held, was un- coustitutional, and that therefore there was 1o valid election. Thisview wasadvo- cated by Thomas (R.) of Micaigan and an- tagonized by Damels (D.)of Virginia) and McCall (R.) of Massachusetts. The dis- cussion was enlivened by a short speech by Qibson (R.) of Tennessee, who re- sented the remark made by McCail lagt week, in the consideration of the Yost- Tucker case, that Southern Republicans had been ‘“‘coddled to their destruction,’” and that they needed more robust treat- ment. Thomas was unable to get an aye and 00 vote on the question, only 21 second- ing his demand for such a vote and 127 being against it. INTERNATIONAL BANKING. Remarks on a Legislative Bill Show There Is Not an American Bank in South America. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Repre- sentative Brosius (R.) of Pennsylvania to-day addressed the House Banking Com- mittee on the bill providing for interna- tional banking. He said that the purpose of the measure was to carry into effect the recommendations of the international con- ference of 1889, by the incorporation of an internationat American bank. The resola- tion of the international conference was in these words: Resolved, That the conference recommends to the governments here represented the greniing of liberal concessions to facilitate international American banking, and es- pecially such as may be necessary for the es- tablishment of an international American bank, with branches or agencies in the sey- eral countries represented in this conference. Mr. Brosius in the course of his remarks said: ““The people of the United States, in common with those ot the Central and South American republics, feel the neces- sity of increasing commerciai iniercourse between the aifferent portions of the American continent, and they believe the development of such intercourse has been retarded by the lack of adequate facilities for exchange between the several coun- tries, and their hope for a revival in trade is based in part upon the establishment of improved banking facilities, which will emancipate these growing countries from their servitude to the bankers of London and the continentof Europe. We do $150,000,000 worth of business with South America in a vear, and yet our bal- ances have to be settled through English or European banking-houses. In the great trade centers of South America, the English, German, French and Italians have their banks, and 1 think I am right in saying there is not an American bank i South America. Manifestly this is rious hindrance to our trade. “I am advised by a New York house which has been doing business witn South America for twenty - seven years that nearly all their transactions were carried on through creditson London. The reason is obvions. No matter how good my cus- tomer is in South America, it is not pos- sible for me to negotiate on him at any reasonable rate of exchange. Our people nave no means of ascertalning bis stand- ing and credit, and hence a draft on him must go begging in the United States.” e TBE PACIFI. E4ILROADS, Congressmew Do Mot Yake Kindly to the Commission Schemeo, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Chair- man Powers of the Pacific Railroads Com- mittee of the House said to-night that he thought his commitiee would agree upon a bill to report to the House. He thought this agreement might be reached by to- morrow, when the committee wi!l hold a meeting. The Harrison and the Hubbard bills are the cnes before the committee. Mr. Powers and a majority of the members of the committee are opposed to the plan of Representative Huboard, which pro- vides for a commission of thirteen, each to receive $10,000 as compensation’ for ser- vices. This commission is to have full wer to settle the indebtedness of ail the &overament bond aided railroads. The commission is specifically instructed to ascertain whether the lease of the Cen- tral Pacific to the Southern Pacific isa monopoly burdensome to the peopls of the Pacific Coast. 1 the commission de- termines that this i3 the case itis in- structed to break the lease and prevent its re-establishment. Chairman Powers this morning said that he was aware that the commission would have no power to deal with the set- tlement of the case of the Union Pacific, on which the Government has aiready or- dered foreclosure, but it would apply to other Government aided roads. He is de- termined to push whatever billis reported by the committee. He does not know ‘whether action can be had in the House, but thinks he can bring this about. Representative Hubbard is oprosed to a Cabinet commission, and unless he can get through his bill for what he termsa non-partisan commission he will fight any i new bill reported by the committe: does not believe that a bill of any ki: be put through the House this session, g“fii is making no efforts to pusn his own ill. Among the men who voted against the funding bill there is a sentiment that the commission will be merely an instrument for further delaying seitlement with the Government by all the roads. Western members are giving this opinion freely. This idea will greet the new bill, if it is re- ported, and will probably defeat it. e WANTS A CABINET COMMISSION. Attorney-General Harmon's Plan to Settle the Indebtedness of the Pacific Railronds. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—Aitor- ney-Genera! Harmon appeared before the House Committee on Pacific railways to- day and expressec at sowme- length his views with reference to the bill to settle the indebtedness of the Pacific railways to the Government by a commission consiste ing of three Cabinet officers. Speaking generally, he favored the proposition. He would give the committee full authority to act according to their best judgment, and would not bind them to the acceptance of a certain minimum sum, for beyond that sum they would not be likely to re- ceive bids. On the other hand, the fixing of a maximum sum might handicap them because of their failure to receive so large an amount. He deprecated the sugges- tion of a commissio of private citizens, asthe personnel of such a commission could not be known in _advance to Cone gress, or the considerations which had led to their selection. Moreover, outsiders would demand pay for their services, while the members of the Cabinet would discharge this duty without remuneration, and merely as an addition to their daily routine. The country would be better sausfied with a_ Cabinet commission. Moreover, the Cabinet officers were a part of the Government, and had access through their subordinates, to ail matters in the possession of the Government. — THE ANTI-SCALPING BILL. 4 Law Designed to Force Katlroads to Redeem Tickets. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.3.—Amend- ments intended to popularize the antie scalping bill were agreed to by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce to day. As amended, and as the bill will prob- ably be reporied to the Senate, the rail- road companies will be required, within thirty days after the law zces into effect, to redeem all legal tickets offered for re demption. This is done to protect those vrokers who may have secured iickets by private arrangements with any railroad company. The bill will also be amended so as to re= quire the companies to redeem not enly the unused portion of any ticket in the hands of the public, but the whole ticket if it shoutd not be used. It is believed the bill will be reported at the next meeting of the committee. o TREANOR'S RELEASE DEMANDED., Mate of an American Bark Confined in a Callao Prison. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3. —The State Department has sustained the United States Charge d’Affaires in his protest against the confinement of S. G. Treanor, mate of the American bark Unc e John of San Francisco. at Calao, Pern, and has instructed that official to demand Treanor’s release. Treanor, who was naturalized at San Francisco in 1891, took a drink or two ashore on the night of December 16, and in a subsequent row between twenty seamen and the police, he resisted arrest. He got no hearing until December 24, { when, according to a report received at | the State Department, littie or no evidence was developed against him. Confidenca 1s expressed that the map will be released in compliance with the department’s ca- bled demand on January -— FRegulating Sale of Seizea Opiwm. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The Committee on Ways and Means to-day agreed to report favorably the bill to amend the laws regulating the sale of opium seized for failure to pav the duty on that article. The law requires tuat such forfeited opium shall not ve sold for less than the amount of the duty, $10 a pound. As the market price of opium is but §6 or §7 a pound, the treasury officials cannot of course secure the duty price. The amendment proposes that the opium shall be sold to the highest bidder. = egenuot, Strengthening the Copyright Law. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The House Committee on Patents to-day ordered favorably reported the bill amend- ing the copyright law so as to prevent tha fraudulent use of the word *‘copyrighted” and to strengthen the law in that direc- tion. Itgives the courts the remedy of injunction as well as penalty in such cases. e Urging Payment of Sugar Bounties, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—The sub-committee of the Appropriation Com- mittee having charge of the sundry civil aporopriation bill to-day heard members of the House from Louisiana, Nebraska and California in support of the proposi- tion to pay the balance of the sugar bounty due domestic raisers under the law of 1890, amounting to about $1,200,000. SEW TO-DAT! T0-DAY, THURSDAY GIFT DAY FREE WITH EVERY PURCHASE AMOUNTING TO 25¢ OR MORE - Your CHoice Of a Bottle of Syrup of Figs, Of a Bottle of Cough Syrup, Of a Bottle of Peri Cold Cream, Of a Box of Face Powder, Of a Porous Plaster, Of a Cake of Antiseptic Soap, Of a Cake of Toilet Soap. REMEMBER THE DAY. DON’T MiSs THIS. WALLER BROS., Cut-Rate Druggists, 33 GRANT AVE., COR. GEARY. ROSLYN COAL! THE MOST ECONOMICAL IN THE MARKET. BY THE SACK 150 BY THE TON g $8.00 Try & sack or ton from the old relisble yacd, GEQ. JONE,. 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