The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1897, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1897. ings, fringed when erected by the dark ever- green of o young forest of cypress, acacia an pine trees, giving the most charming contrast- fug effect and in full view of the future pas-ing milifons as & monument to the foresight, the intelligence, the liberality of the present gen- erat ! this be the center of the most advanced arning on this coast, and possibly in this mispaere, and add ils share to the progress of evolution'and the elevation and advauce- ment of the human face. In the absence of Governor Budd, Lieu- tenant-Governor Jeter was intioduced. He was well received, and his humorous remarks were interrupted by applause. He said: When I left my home this morning in the beautiful city of Sauia Cruz, where the sun- shine is perpetual and waere nature wes Wearing ber most pleasing and winning smile, ] feltat that Ume that she was rejoicing over the occasion that is now being celebrated here. AsIapproeched the great City of Sau Francisco I found that nature was more and more affected, and here we find thatshe is so much overjoyed that the tears are running down her cheeks. 1feel that 1 am asort of affiliated structure myself on this oceasion. 1 nad intended to come bere as a matter of pleasure and of pride asacitizen of California. Ialsoexpected to be here as & matter of duty, 25 an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents, but I iind myseld ply as an apology, and regret 10 bave to regret that the Governor cannot be present. over this fact until after ihe hour of 1 o’clock this afternoon, and Ihad not then partaken of any lunch. I have not vet done 5o, but L wish to_&ssure you that the 3 i you in hear:, % His ‘engagements weresuch that he could ot be personslly present, but he has shown vement for 1 interests of Catifornix an iversity of Cali- of which be Is an early graduate, and sided substantially in es- € to build up the schools \ic schools and the uni- versity. 1was pleased to discover, as I walked from the railroad cars up here, that ihere was such & larye representation of students of the uni- versily here and a total absence of auy pul- » rouble. I doubt not tuat the very s will foilow this undertaking. | Now, having made iy apology, I think I heve fully performed all that was expected of me, and thereiore will leave others to rejoice with you end with all othersat the mood in which nature is on this auspicious occasion. Arthur Rodgers was the next speaker. e said: This is a histo satisf.ction tiuctive pri ¢ signel glory to the University of California; of grateful joy to those especially whose hopes s und struggles of many years are realized in w permanent and worthy SLOW PROGRESS WITH THE BILL Five More Pages of the Dingley Measure Dis- posed Of, Wide Range of the Discussion Taken Covering Varied Propositions. Some Democratic Members of the House Have Decided to Vote for Protection. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—The House in the committee of whole pro- ceeded even more slowly in its cousidera- tion of the teriff bill to-day than yester- day, having disposed of but five and a half pages, ageinst eight and a baif the day before. The dilatory method of handiing the bill provoked Johnson (R.) of Indiana to protest against the irrelevant discus- sion, which impeded progress and in which the members of the Committee of ‘Ways and Means in charge of the bi!l in- dulged as well as the Democrats, and to ask Chairman Dingley if a change-could not be made which would result in more rapid work. When the House entered upon its work this morning there was not a quorum present, as revealed by a vote. | After a wait of fifteen minutes ten mem- bers appeared. The discussion to-day took a wide range, covering the propositions that the for- eigner pays the tax under a protective any colleges. From the point of view of the regents this occasion is one of much mean. :g. Their pohicy | n of the university | by the situation duen State, ps.well as by the | rise and character of our | 2l and politicalchar- | s geography | c, whose ex- | have oniy begun; and by ce we are related to the whole world. n and desert and sea environ us; our ns, our industries and re- m the rest of our couniry ncs. ation leads 1o a more comprehen- sive all the educational instituiions of our State. Itaffords a favorable opportunity for @ survey of our educational Jandscape. Looking over our State we see above the com- mon schools about one hundred pubiic high schools and forty private academies and thirty colleges and_prot s besides the unive:sity. Some p secare the 2nd co-operation of these will be evolved, and more cginning has been made. At present y not only provides oppostunity for the learning and investigaiion which other great universities afford, not only sids in the solution of the industria!, practical and | distinctive problems of our commounweaith, | but it also seeks to unite in_harmonious effort | 21l the educational institutions of our State, | Already hulf of the public high schools ana academies which take the pupils as prepared in the common and grammar schools are asso- | ciated with the univer Their courses of | study and standards of teaching are ex mined and approved by the university professors and their gradustes samitted o the university without further examination. The pian pro- | yposed by Governor Budd that the several nor- mal schools of the Staie adapt their fu- struction so as to lead their aspiring students into the university at once makes these ad- mirable State schools & part of the universi During the past twemy years one by one here snd tbere various professional schools o been affilizted with the universt ch in 1ts own halls and in varying progress has grown strongly end for severai years has been groping toward organic union with the | others, and now these six or seven separate collegés are to be associated here with & broader stendard and intenser enthusiasm. A new university is founded. The completest prit-gsional university on this contment is ed on its career. sides the several sffiliated institutions here represented others are now seekin union with the Unive The Affl Lligence, e neage and sc greatest efiicien Colleges th Franci sffiliation, By co-operation, courses clures could be given in rotation in Berkeley, Chico and San Francisco; libr. ries and epparatus could be loaned 5o as to be of most benefil; unnecessary duplicate investi- gations and investments could be avoided. We appreciate the exceilence of the work and infiuence of meny of the other independent collegiate institutions in_the State. In time 1hey will re ¢ the high mission of the State University in organizing a!l her educa- tional forces and will seek closer afiliation with us, whether they are situated in Los Angeles, Napa or Senta Clara. But some of the pretended collezes of the State do not deserve this rank. They should Le compelled to assume their true grade of academy or high schools. When our people appreciate betier what a college should be and the economicand stmulating advantages of & harmonious system of education they will by Isw prohibit the assumption of coliegiate or other advanced educationnl rank by any institution until 5o aceredited by the Univer- sity of the State. Notwithsianding some incongruities we now heve the completest sy stem of State schools in this country, but when all our advanced schools shall 'be ranked according to merit, and when to the afiliations already made there shall be added in fraternal zeal the worthy private institutions of the collegiate grede we wiil feel that the University goes to every home and interest, and that she is the slma mater not only of her sctual students, but of a1l the peopie of the future Californis, The exercises wereconcluded by & hymn by the choir. SLASHING FLEIGHT RATES. First Open Cut Made by the Missouri Pacific Road. CHICAGO, Irn, March 17.—The first open flat cut rates since the anti-associa- tion decision of the SBupreme Court of the United States was made by the Missour: Pacific Railroad. It made a rate of 33 cents on eggs in car lots from all Kansas points to St. Louis, subject to the Mis- souri River minimums. This is a proportional rate on through business east of the Western trunk-line termini and to intermediate points there- of. The tariff rates are raised from 35 to 75 cents per 100 pounds. It is understood that the Western lines will publish an equalizing tariff as soon as the Missouri Pacific’s rate, which is effective next Mon- day, is made known. The effect of this cut will be to send 300,000 cases of eggs for storage from Chicago houses to cities east of Pittsburg and Buffalo. ‘The cause of this cut is the withdrawal of roads from the freight associations, and the effect will be to demoralize the whole Western freight rase sitnation next week. Chicago roads have secured from the Interstate Commerce Commission the sus- pension of the long ana short haul clauses of the act so far as passenger business from Canadiza points to the Koote- nai eold fields in British Columbia is concerned, because Canadian Pacific road put into effect a_ reduction of from §4 to $8 from points in Eastern Canada to ihe gold fields. This suspension means that the Canadian cut will now be met via Chicago: Net earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road for February amounted to $273613, an increase of $15.875 com- parea witu the same month in 1896. . Touted by a Brave Girl. GUTHRIE, O. T., March 27.—Masked men attempted to Tob the postoffice at Piumb snd had Pestmaster Laughlin in a corner with his hands up whea his 14. vear-old daughter Maud rushed in with a Winchester and began firing, wounding one outlaw and driving them all off. ——————— You'll save your eyes buying specs and eye- glasses at Berteling Optical Co., 14-16 Kearny* tariff; that a duty on hogs would be more beneficial 1o the farmer than all the duties in the agricuitural schedule; that pig iron can be produced in Alabama and Tennes- see in competition with the North and oreign countries with a smaller duty than §4a ton, although no motion was made to reduce it, o that trusts are in the main beneficial to the consumer. As a result of the day’s work a few immaterial changes were made in the chemical and earthen- ware schedules proposed by the Commit- tee on Ways aud Means, and at 4:15 the House adjourned until Monday next at 10 A. M. The necessity of the continued presence of a quorum of the committee of the whole was demonstraied at the beginning of to- day’s session of the House, To the first paragraph that was read after the House had e into_committee on the tariff bull, Richardson (D.) or Ten- nessee mcvea an amenament reducing the duty on whiting from 1 cent to 5 cent. On the division the vote was—ayes 14, noes 37, and on the announcement Rich- ardson made the point of no quorum. Chairman Sherman counted slowly and in ten minutes was enabled to announce 101 members present and that Richard- son’s amendment had been rejected. The duty on acetate of lead (white and in colors) was increased 4 cent a pound— to 4 cents from 3} cents. Richardson calied attention to the in- crease cf rates proposed in ths pending bill on the articles in the chemical sched- ules, and in reply to Doczery (D.) of Mis- souri said the duties in thé Dinzley bill were absolutely greater t.an in the Mc Kinley bill. He gave in detail the aver. age per centum of duties on the several schedules—fourteen in number—showing, &s he claimed, an increase all along the sine. Dingley, responding to Richardson, said bis speech showed how a juggling with figures could be made to 'show an ap- parent increase of dutie:, when in fact there was an actual decrease. Exceptupon earthenware, glass, tobacco, sugar and «ilks, the duties in the pending bl were less than those in the McKinley bill, and in many otber schedules the duties were the same as those of the present bill. Dockery said that a bill that increased the taxation upon the people $113,000,000 and imposed an average rate of 57.03 per cent, while the Wilson bill was but 39.04 per cent and the McKinley bill 49.55 per cent, was likely to cause the people to call attention to it frequently and foreibly. Hopkins (R.) of Illinois—The bill pro- poses 1o increase the revenue of the Gov- ernment $113,000,000, not by the taxation of the people, becauss we believe the bulk of that sum will come from the foreigner who pay the taxs. [Loud Democraticlanghter.] And if the gentlemen had taken aslong 10 study the question as they have to per- fect the guffaw they would know it to be true. Replying to a question Hopkins said the reason why Do duty was put on hides was because they were a by-product. No one raised cattle for the hides, but for the meat products; ana the country could not pos- sibly produce enough hides or more than a small percentage to meei the demands of trade. They had been on tbe free Jist since 1873 and the consensus of opinion was that there'shouid not be 2 change. Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas said that if a duty was imposed on hides it would do the farmer more good than the duty on any article in the agricultural schedule. He discussed briefly the proposition that the foreigner pays the tax and suggested that the experience of the peoble would be that the foreigner wouid object and would refuse to do it. In conclusion he said: “Iu my boyhood days I read of the labors of the early Republicans in behalf of hu- manity and human rights. Among the prominent leaders of the party then was the venerable ex-Speaker of this House from Pennsylvania (Grow), and I rejoiced in his labors in defense of human liberty; and it is one of the regrets of my hfe that coming to this House I find him. here, in hisold and declining days, the defender of the trusts and combines, whose pur- poss it is to enslave the -American cople, white and black. . [Applause. Bt hows the’ decaitencain that party that he stands on the floor of the House the defender of every organizea band of planderers in the United States.” [Ap- plause.] Payne (R.) of New York replied to Simpson's remarks regarding hides, The whole situation as to hides was this; Nearly all the hides imported into the United States came from hot countries ‘where nature has provided the animalsa deiense against insects and other pests in the shape of thick hides and thin hai They are brought in for tanning into sole leather ana do not come inta competition with the hides of the cattle in Kansas, In the cold climate of the United Siates nature protects the catile with thick hair and thin hides and they are used for the uppers of boots and shoes. A daty on im- ported hides woald not profit the farmers of the United States a penny’s worth. A general debate on the cost of produc- ing pig iron in the North aud South and tne necessity of continuing the duty of $4 a ton followed upon statements by Wheeler (D.) of Alabama and Cox (D.) of Tennessee, that the duty was not essential to the successful production of pig iron in these States. Dalzell (R.) of Pennsylvania arzued that it was to the advantage of the South- ern Btates to maintain the duty, notwith- standing the advantages they possessed n cheap labor, convict and negro, and the close proximity of stone, coal and iron depo The shipments abroad. which had been spoken of, were, he said, from accumulated stocks for which the pro- ducers were glad to find a marketany- where, BOSTON, Mass., March 27. He was 75 years old. Boston, except when taking his summer trips abroad or through this country. was the first amon the world’s writers of stories for children—in fact, he was the ploneer story-writerin juvenile fiction. As “Oliver Optic” he was known to every child in this country who reads story-books. He wasa most prolific writer. age of 75 he had written 126 books and more than 1000 newspaper stories. YOUTHS WILL MOURN FOR OLIVER OPTIC. William T. Adams (Oliver Optic)died shortly after 9 o’clock this morning. Mr. Adams had been sick for a long time with heart trouble. ¥or more than thirty years he lived and worked at his home in He At the driven Pittsburg out of the pigiron mar- Kket, and thatit would make things hot for the North in the matter of cotton manu- factures, “And we won’'t ask the Unitea States to ho!d us up while we'redoing 1t,” he added, amid applause. Johnson (R.) of Indiana called atten- tion to the irrelevent character of the de- bate. The commiitee would have consid- ered bat forty-five of the 163 pages of the vill by the time set for taking the vote on its passages. Dingley said the criticisms of Johnson were well founded, but that the gentle- men on the other side persisted in mak- ing assxults upon the bill at every point, and it must be expected thatsome re- sponse would be made. For the Democrats Dockery (D.) of Missouri assertedy with great vigor that it could not bs expected that they wonld sit still while a bill of this magnitude and importance was being considered and not make all legitimate assaults against its of soda was inserted in the bill on motion by Payne (R.) of New York, at 3 cents a pound. Mabany (R.) of New York moved to in- crease the duty on lime from 5 to 6 cents, the rate 1n the McKinley law. It was an- tagonized by Lentz (1.) of Ohio. Dingley’s” motion to cut off further de- bate on the amendment was opposed by the Democrats, who were not satisfied by & vote by division, but insisted upon tellers. ‘the motion was agreed to—123 to 91. Mahany’s amendment was rejected. On motion by Dingley pearl-hardening, for paper-makers, was included with plaster of paris at $1 50 a ton. At 4:15 P. M. the committee rose and the House edjourned unti! Monday. St Domocrats Want Protection. WASHINGTON. D. C., March 27.--It was stated on the floor of the House that there will be some Democratic votes cast for the tariff bill when it comes up for passage Wednesday next. Among those reported to be in its favor are three of the Louisiana delegation and one Texas mem- ber (Slayden of the San Antonio district). Explaining his position Mr. Slayden said to-day: *‘The tariff is a business matter. 1 can see no good reason why the people of my district should not share in its ad- vantages. They were greatly outraged by the tree raw-material policy of the Cleveland administration, which thev con- sidered legisiation in favor of the manu- 1894 the Assessors in Texas collected taxes upon 4,691,008 sheep, in 1896 upon 2,140, 889. ~If this continues we shall soon be com- pelled to buy all our woolen clothes abroad, and in the event of war our condi- tion might become really deplorable. 1 plainly promised the people of my dis- trict that if they elected me I would vote for free silver and againsi free wool and hides, and I shall cast both votes when the opportunity presents itself. sty i To Cancel Paper Money. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 97.— Walker (R.) of Massachusetts, by request, to-day introduced 1n the House a bill d1- recting the Secretary of the Treasury to call in and cancel the paper money *‘now injuring the prosperity of the country.” The notes to be canceled include =all legal tenders, treasury notes and silver certificates. 1n order to accomplish the | retirement, bonds boaring interest at the rate of 24 per cent per annum are to be issued. The bill also authorizes the Sec- retary to sell “as builion at its market value” all the silver bullion now in the treasury. He also introduced by request a bill modifying the banking laws. ?l re- lieves banking associations from deposit- ing bonds to secure circuiation; provides for the issue to banks of circulating notes not to exceed the paid-up capital of the banks and requires reserves to be xept in specie, half in gold. PLANS FOR PEACE IN CUBA. Meanwhile Filibusters Are Landing Boat- loads of War Material for the Insurgents. LONDON, ExG.. March 27.—A dispatch to the Central News from Madrid says that negotiations for the conclusion of peace are in progress between the Government of Spain and the Cuban insurgent leaders, with favorable prospects. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 27.—The filibustering steamer Laurada arrived at the Delaware Breakwater this evening, after having, it is said, landed the most important expedition sent from this country to Cuba. It was shertly after dark when she slipped past the United States revenue catter Hamilton, and immeaiately disap- veared in the darzness up the bay. The Hamilton had been watching at the breakwater for the steamer for some time, and shortly after the Laurada had passed in she got under way, but it was impogsi- ble to tell in the darkness which course she took. Although making no signals, the Lau- rada came near enough to the observation station at the breakwater to be identified. She bad been off the cape all day, but was evidently .afraid of the.Hamilton, ‘and waited until darkness enabled her to slip by unobserved. 4 The Laurada left Baltimoré on February 27 {or Philadelphia, and when near Cape Henry four boats were taken on board to be used in landing the war material. In the course of further debate McMil- lan (D.) of Tennessee said the South nad Three days afterward she met the schooner Denna T. Briggs of Stonington, facturers and against the producers. In | Conn., and the steam lighter Jennie H, from New York, loaded with war ma- terial, which was transferred to the Laurada twelve miles off Barnegat. The vessel’s prow was then turned toward the West Indies. The expedition was in charge of General Roloff, the insurgent Minister of War. There were forty others on the Laurada when she left, and in her hold werestowed 7000 rifles, 1,700,000 rounds of ammunition, 25 tons of stick dynamite and a large sup- ply of food and medicine. The expedition was fitted out by the Cuban Junta for General Garcia and landed in the province of Santiago de Cuaba, where a large force had been sent to meet and convey the supplies 1o the head- quarters of the army in the interior. Among those on board the Laurada is Mrs. Hugnes, the wife of the commander. Two detectives are also said to be on board, having been sent from New York, and wio are said o have kept a daily log of the vessel's movements. They are said to have gone in the guise of firemen. BATILE WiIH INSURGENTS. Re-enforosments Aid Filibusters in De- featinag Spanish Forces. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 28.—A Herald speciat irom Key West, Fla., says: Itis stated on the best authority that a filibustering exp:dition which sailed from this vicinity last week effected a landing on the north coast of Cuba, west of Havans, near Mariel. According to ru- mors which are curren here startling oir- cumstances ajtended the landing. The Spaniards, 1t is said, had been in- formed that such an expedition would land from the steamer Bermuda, and strorg force was placed in ambush on the northern coast near the point where it was supposed that the party would at- tempt to reach the shore, The place at Which the expedition really landed was in fact but 2 short distance from the reported ambush of the Span- iards, and as soon as the Cubans came ashore with their arms and ammunition they were met by a sharp fire and at- tack, before which they were powerless. Several of the Cubans, according to the rumor, were killed and the munitions of war were seized. Later, the rumor states, a large body of Cubans came to the rescue of the newly-landed men and boldly at- tacked the victorious Spaniards troops, the result being that ihe Spaniards in turn were put to flight, the warlike cargo re- maining in the bands of the Cubans. The Spaniards had also, it is stated, sent several gunboats to that part of the coast and when the filibustering vessel sailed she was chased and fired upon, bat, according to the report, uninjured. — e RISE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. In Some Places Along the Levees Situation Is Becoming Extremely Critical. QUINCY, Irn, March 27.—The flood situation here is extremely alarming. The Mississippi River continues to rise, and, to add to the seriousress of the case, the Government bureau predicts that there will be more of u rise to-morrow, and no one doubts that the prediction will be fulfiiled. People living in the unprotected low- lands have been driven out. They had ample warning, however, and removed their stock and househola goods to safe ground before the water reached them. The river at this point is now about seven miles wide, completely covering the lowlands on the Missouri side. In the lower districts t s much stir. A large force of men is working heroically to strengiben the weak places of the levees, but 1t is feared that the work will be for naught, as the river promisss to go over the levee to-morrow. ST. PAUL, Miny., March 27.—The Mississippi River at St. Paul lacks but four-tenths of a foot of the danger point, ten feet, to-night. The ice went out at 130 this afternoon. The indications to- night are that theriver will leaveits banks in the next four hours. A further rise of about four feet is ex- pected here, which will drive about 7000 people from their homes on the West Side and Bohemian Flats. Water isrunning into the basements of several manufactur- ing establishments and stopping the ma- eninery. It bas been thawing heavily, and the prospects are for another big thaw to-morrow. the SR Overcome by the Gas. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.—Two women and a man were found in their rooms at Flaniey’s Hotel, on Huason street, this afternoon. They had been overcome by gas. The women were dead and the man was unconsgious. He was removed to 8t. Vincent's Hospital. The three l‘l; stered at ti.e hotel last night as ‘Mr. and ‘Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Alice Bayshay of Bosto aetusiph i No Quorum, No Election. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 27.—Only the fifty-six Repubiicans voted on the allot for United States Senator. All wers for Hunter. There was no quorum, hence no eleetion. The quorum was broken by the Bradley men, UNEXPECTED SPEED OFTHEWILMINGTON Builders Exceed Require- ment and Will Get a Big Bonus. On the Oficial Trial Trip the Vessel Goes Over Fifteen Knots an Hour. This Insures the Newport N.ws C.m- pany Exra Compensztion of About $40,000 NEW LONDON, Coxx., March 27.—The new gunboat Wilmington on her official trial trip over the Government course on Long Island Sound made a speed a trifle over fifteen knots an hour. Her require- ment was thirteen knots, and the ship | thus earns a bonus of §40,000 for her build- ers, the Newport News Ship-huilding and Drydock Company. The conditions of the trial were favorable, and it is possible that | the official computation may make the | sperd 15.25 knots or a bonus of $45,000. | The Wiimington was constructed by the Newport News Skip-building and Dry- | dock Company, and is designed especially for river service. She is 250 feet 83 inches | long on the water line and 251 feet 10 inches over all, with a maximum beam of | 44feet and a depth from the flat keel to | the top of the beams of the upper deck of 25 feet 2 inches. At a draught of nine feet her displace- ment is 1390 tons. She will have a large miitary mast, with two military tops. There will be a conning tower ok the mast just below the mititary top, thus enabling her captain at a height of forty-five feet above her water line to direct her move- ments. Her berthing capacity is suffi- cient for many additional men besides her crew. Her machinery consists of triple expan- sion twin-screw engines, having cylinders | 1434, 22 and 333 inches in diameter and | eignteen inches stroke. The. total coal- bunker capacity is about 280 tons. To facilitate landing the large body of men she has ships’ boats of an unusual size, her steam-cutter and sailing-launch each being thirty fect long. b She is provided with a searchlight, to be | vlaced on her military mast, but she has no torpedo-tubes. The arrangement of the battery will be | as follows: Four 4-inch gans, mounted in pairs, two forward and two aft, those aft being mounted on the main deck, those | forward on the forecastle deck—aH pro- tocted by gun-shields; four 4.inch guns, mounted in armored sponsons on the gun- deck, twoon each side, amidships; two 6-pounders, mounted in armored spon- sons, on the gun-deck; two 6-pounders, mounted forward on the forecastle deck; | four 1-pounders, two beside the bridge | and two in the lower tops; two Gatling guns in the upper top. Allof the guns will be of the rapid-fire ty pe. CUBAN FORGERS CAPTURED. Bold Rasca/s Secure a Small Fortune Bofore Their Operations Are Checked. NEW YORK, N.Y., March 27.—A special to the San from. Havana says: The police | have discovered here another gang of swindlers, audacious asthe one which last year forged the signature of Hidalgo & | Co. of Havana on adraft of August Bel- | mont & Co. of New York and swindled | several other foreign banks with corre- | spondents in Cuba. The two principals of the last gang, now under arrest, are Span- | iards—Sevastion Bernal y Alonzoand An- | tonio Marti Herrara, both of Valencia. | Both men carried on their frauds for a long time from Madrid, Barcelona and other important towas of the peninsula, and are said to have defrauded many per- sons in France, England and the United States. Last year they came to Havana with some of their associates, and here they huve bbtained criminally more than $300,000. Their way of operating was ex- | ceedingly clever. Knowing by name many persons of Spanish or Cuban descent living abroad and forelgners married to Spanish or Cu- ban women, they obtained full informa- tion regarding the damr)t reiatives of | these persons. Then they addressed letters to the pro- posed victims, notifying them that certain of their distant relatives had died, leaving large legacies to the persons addressed. The letters appeared to have been signed by a notary public, who inclosed certified copies of the wills on Spanish legal paper. The signatures of the no- taries were certified apparently by the & Consul-General of the nation to which the person was addressed. In each case the seal of the consulate was forged to make the proof of the genuineness seem conclusive. Bernal conceived the plan and Marti, who is & wonderful penman, was in charge of the forging of seals and signatures. At the house of Marti in Guanabacos, the town across the bay where he was arrest- ed, the police found a lot of legal paper, seals of all the Spanish courts in Cuba and of all the important consulates, and forged signatures of nearly all the magis- trates and public notaries in Havana. Bernal and Marti were discovered through information mado in Santiago de Cuba with the Chief of Tolice, S8enor Tru- jillo, who after long 1nvestigations asked that they be arrested in Havana. AR e SERUM FOE 'HE PLAGUE. Health Cfficer Doty Makes Some Inter- esting Eaperimants. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.—Dr. Alvan H. Doty, bealth officer of the port, sent to President Wilson of the Health Board yesterday a report as to the ex- periments recently made with the view of finding an antitoxine for the bubonic plague. He visited Egypt and India some months ago and made some study of the plague in those countries. His report says: During the latter part of February a temporary laboratory was constracted on Swinburne Island for the purpose of in- vesligating the plague bacteria, and if ‘possible producing a plague antitoxine, The work began Fabruary 17 and the 1aboratory was stocked witn animals for the purpose of examination. On February 26 a horse was inoculated with the cul- ture of plague bacillus. This was repeated on March 9. In order to d-termipe how early the serum might have acquired antitoxic properties, about one pint of Llood was drawn from the horse March 15 for experimental purposes, and irom | this half'a pint of serum was secured. I3 L3 AR R R AR A A LA LEL] | offer a large reward for the apprehension NFW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. u.n......,, LIVINGSTON BROS We have paid our respects to the people of Sin Francisco and vicinity. We have displayed our new and splendid stock of Merchandise. plans for our future system of storekeeping. ation ceases with to-day’s announcement. the story of particular goods and special prices will be- To introduce our E gin. Kid Glove Department We offer on sale for TO-MORROW AND TUESDAY, March 2gth and 30th, 200 dozen pairs of 70cC a PIQUE WALKING GLOVES, shades black, brown, tan, English red, green and navy, at Regular price $1.50 a pair. fitted and guaranteed. 0909902 ¥202222222999 We have presentel Generaliz To-morrow 4-BUTTON DERBY Pair. Every pair 29020099292922202022202228020R88200R80RRRR000R000200222088 2. 123 TO 129 POST STREET. 3 About one cubic centimeter was injected } into white mice. Aiter fifteen hours these mice were inoculated with actual culture of the plague baciilus, which experiments | had proved to be fatal to the mice within | twenty-four hours, showing its efficiency. The animals which had been previously injected with serum remained alive. Tests made to ascertain the curative powers of this serum bave not been so satisfactory, though in most Cases 1t pro- longed life and in one a cure was effected. il TORTURED BY TWO ROBBERS. David Jones, an Aged Farmer of Ne- braska, Dies From th: Effects of Terrible Cruelties. BEATRICE, Nesr., Merch 27.—David Jones, an ased farmer who lived near| Wymore, died to-day from injuries in- flicted one week ago by robbers. Jones was 7L yeers oid, a bachelor and lived alone. He was quite wealthy and was popularly supposed to keep large sums of money about his place. About 8 o’clock one night, as he was preparing to retire, two masked men entered his hose. One kuocked him down with a blow on the head. When he had partly regained consciousness he was made to show where he kept his money. He took them up- stairs and showed them $1, declaring it was all he had. They then tied him to a bed, wrapped his feet in cloths, and, after saturating them with coal oil, set them on fire. He still protested, and a bundle of clothes wes Iaid on his bare stomach and set on fire. Tailing in their purpose, more of the oiled clothes were placed on the back of his neck and burned. The men then left. About daylight Jones managed to get free, crawled to the barn, got & horse and rode to his sisters, a hali-mile distant, where he fell from thw animal unconscious. He was only able to give a slight des- cription of his assailants. An inquest was held this afternoon, which has resnlted in aclew, which is hoped will lead to the arrest of the guilty parties, in which event the now thorougbly aroused community declare there will be lynching. Thereis a strong public demand for the county to of the murderers. AFTER NINE LONG XEARS. Zatimer Jones Keturned to This Country to Answer Many Crimes. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.— Latimer Jones the notorious forger and swindler who was arrested in England 1 January last, was brought back to this country on the steamship New York which arrived to-day. He will bave to stand trial on numerons charges. Jones fled from this country in 1888 when there were nineteen indictments for forgery and swindling hanging over him. It has taken ever since then to accomplish his nrrest, Jones started many enterprises in- New York. Nearly all his schemes Now Is the time when you should take a Spring Medicine to purify your blood, give you good appetite, sound sleep, steady nerves and perfect digestion. That scrofulous taint, that skin trouble, that liver difficulty, that | Take bi obstendency,th:t tired feeling, are all | cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Give this medicine a fair trial and you will realize its positive merit. It is not what we say, but what the people who are cured say, which proves that Hood’s Sarsaparilla &%) Medicine. C. L. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. 2 L Fod oo, Lawll Mass. £ > - Hood’s Pills it L%, biisties | ELY’S CREAM BALM is a positivecure. Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 50 cents at Druggists or by mail ; samples 10c. by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 68 Warren. St., New York City. | were fraudulent and his victims were many. After he fled the country it was discovered that e had forged paper to the amount of $250,000. He returned to this country secretly, committed bigamy at Albany and settled abroad with a rich wiie. Jones' arrest occurred at Scar- borough, England, where he was known as the owner of Askdale Stud Farm. Itis said there are emough charges against him here to send him to prison for the rest of his life. NEW TO-DA: FIGHTING For bread and butter is not an easy thing versus all the obstacles thrown in the way of dealers. We admit that all trade pronositions ere prosirated by the un- timely and unwise raid against mer- chants by some interest that is probably escaping the responsibility. It has af- fected every man’s business. We are or- dinarily large buyers from 100 (0 200 firms in this city. This trade is practically ata standstill, and will remain so until the cloud that has been thrown over the city is dispelled or repelied. While waiting for this we break prices to draw trade. Boys’ Reefer Suits -8L.50 These are little fancy reeferand saflor suits, 310 8,1897 style, and chesp ac 83 50. Men’s Gray Drawers These are winter weight, all si; shirts all sold. Men’s Fine White Shirts.. ‘These will plea: 2Wc the most fastidious wear; others get 50 to 75 cents. Baby Boy Corn. .7c This bas held first pace among the canned orns on sale for years, and is really worth 20 cents a can. Sardines in Oil. These are good quality, generally used, but not real French olive ofl. Silk Ribbons. Al colors, and right width for hair ribbons or other use. Russet Oxfords, Ladies. These sre a good shoe, worth $1 3 have too many, sizes 3 10 7; opera Loe. Fine Kid Shoes. ...50c These are all 234 and 3, plaln toe; redced 1rom 82 50 t0 close; © D wide. .48c we Ask for bargains in every line, and you'll get them at * CASH MITHS STORE, MARKET STREET, NEAR THE FERRY. Philadelphia Shoe Co. No. 10 Thiro Sr. STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT 0X-8L00D 1S THE COLOR, BUY HERE. SAVE MONEY. STYLISH RED SHOES. all the rage: they 100k neat and stylish and can be fitted to 3oy foot. "The Spring trade is about staring inand wo are scili blockaded by the Call building and the oid Nucleus We want Some of that trade, and to get it we will Sil cheaper ihau any retail shoe store o this elty. Fhis week Ox-Blood Sprineneel Lace e e aton, Misses and_ Children: atent leather 1ront i 118 $138 Lace Shoes a: Shoes for Ladies, trimmed with 0 e WEAR WELL Do NOT SHOW DUST 0% D.RT . Forobe week only. Misses' and Child- ren’s Russet Leather Spring-heel Button Shoes. with square toes and U S‘-a::ld at B. KATCHINSKI, 10 Third St.. San Francisse. fezs, tanners, tailors, e BUCHANAN BEOS., Brush Manufacturers. 609 SucramentoSte FHILADELPHIA SHOE cCoO., ‘ —— mna s 0 o e oz