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o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1897 disappeared in the flames and the wit- nesses of this awful scene moaned and wept. “The awful drama was then atits height. In tne midst of hissing, cracking flames we heard the shrieks of victims, but they were epeedily stified. Seeing the hope- | Jessness of attempling to save the bazaar, | the firemen turned their attention to the | azjoining convent, up tne walls of which | the flames were leaping In a few mo- | the bazaar collupsed with a frightful | enveloping the vicinity in flaming I was then ab'e to approach it. des were bodies, many of them | their backs, with arms ex- though appealing for help. | were still burning, their bodies g acrackling sound and a sicken- The space in which we were was speedily invaded by despair- | ing crowds of relatives, some of whom | had to be forcibly prevented from leapin ie flames. It was impossible then | 1o find those whom they sought in the | heap of shriveled limbs, twisted bodies | and blackened, grinning faces.” The bazaar was situated opposite the Rothschild stables. Gamard, a groom in | the employ of the Rothschilds, witnessed | the whole scene. He says: ““At 4:20 yesterday afternoon I saw the Comtesse de Reese rush into the street | from the bazaar shouting ‘Fire!" 1 looked up and saw nothing but a little smoke rising from the structure, and I could not think why the woman was in such a fright, when suddenly I heard a confused mur- epening into a roar. Then the | the bazaar burst into fames like | a box of matches. Instantly there was a | terrible rush of people like a wave into the street. Fearful terror was depicted on each The hair of some was | g here was such & rush from the inside the build to the door that ten women fell in a heapon the pavement, and those following piled on top, crush- | ipg and bruising the helpless ones. | Women shrieked with agony. | “Irushed out and tried to lift some of | them up, but was driven back by the irenzied crowd following. Many of them | threw themselves on the ground and | rolled over from side to side in their at- tempts to stifle the flames. One lady eached the streets in safety and then, | soticing that her child was lost, she forced her way back, biting and scratch- nglike amad creature, and succeeded re-entering the furnace. She never | ain emerged. | ‘Men with their hair and beards in | flames came out among the women. Gen- eral Meunier, with his clothes ablaze and in great agony, rushed into the courtyard in front of the stables ard plunged into a trough of water. Forty persons sought uge in Baron Rothschild’s house. La- dies with their dresses in flames rolled upon the stones of the courtyard, uttering | tul ghrieks. | “I jetched a hose and turned water on the burning people, and so saved several of them from being roasted alive. I also assisted several women who were almost naked, their clothing having been burned or torn off their bodies, in reaching the Hospital Be According to my esti- mate barely five minutes elapséd bstween the tinie when I went to the hospital and | thetime when I returned, when the ba- | zaar was no longer in existence.” Mrs. William Astor left the bazaara | quarter of an hour before the conflagra- | tion. \ Miss Fane, a sister of Frederick Fane, an American residing in Rue Prony, who was almost totally deaf, was in the center | of the building when the fire broke out. Her escape was largely due to her i firmity. She saw the fire without hearing the tumult ensuing on the discovery and made her way to an exit, being among the first to reach it The Baroness de Selliers, formerly Mrs. Livermore, of New York, also reached the door among the first. In comparatively few instances of sut- focation the features are placid, those of Mme. Jacque being almost pleasant in her | sudden sleep of death. In the list of dead | are found no country visitors yet, but it is | certain there was a large contineent, not | only from provincial chateaux, bot from Belgium. | The Countess de Castellane, at first | thought to be among the dead, had been | invited to be present at the bazar yester- | day, but owing to her having attended a charitable fete in Rue de Sieze the day be- fore she put off Ler visit until to-day. To | this she probably owes her life. Consul-General Morss was passing near | e Jena, riding on a bicycle, when the | cry of fire was raised. He lett the ma- | chine in the street and devoted himself all night to assisting the firemen. Mr. | Whitney of Bostou, an old volunteer fire- | man, who is now living in Paris, also as- | sisted the firemen in the work of rescue | until daybreak. | One mystery is now cleared. The vic-| tims were besmeared with flaming tar | and other inflammable compounds drop- | ping from the roof, and this was why there was no prelude of asphyxia. The women were singed by licking flames and itterally burned alive, as would-be res- cuers sobbed and wrung their hands in powerless despair. This accounts also for the terrific phenomen of bursting bodies, | full of blood and life only a few seconds before. The unidentified bodies as well as the | jewels recovered from the debris hava | been photographed. | Among the last to escape from the bura- | ing building was Baronne de Reuter, for, | merly Miss Beatrice Potter of Philadel- Pk stretched on tended as roof of face. of in a on. e BODIES PILED IN HEAPS., | Eye-Witnesses Describe the Fire and the Frantic Rush for Exits. | NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—The Her- | ald’s epecial says in describine the scenes after the fire: The Rue Jean Goujon wasalmost im- passable. Of the bazaar building, in | which only a few hours before eversthing had been gay apd beautifal, there re. | mained only a few charred poles. Inside | the wrecked building there was nothing | but pieces of rags, wood and humau re- mams. The firemen were digging among the cebris in search of the bodies. *There were 7ot enough ambalances, and the bodies lied to be placed in wraps. Then came | soldiers, volice and firemen to carry away | the dead, and they all worked in silence and with a will. | The soldiers carried sheets in which to | wrap up and transport the bodies con- | venientiy. Thers were women nurses Roster of the Killed and Injured in the Paris Bazaar Disaster. Thz bodies of the following have been recovere: THE DUCHESS D'ALENCON MLLE. MADELAINE LANDEUCOUER. MLLE. HEN (IETTA HINTHSDAL MLLE. LE cxll::',z BARONNE ELIS \BETH ST. MARTIN. MME. DE HOUV VICOMTESSE MARIE BONNEVAL. M:llfi MABI‘VA CATRIAN. SISTER GUINOUR, Superior of the Sisters of the EME BANN Conveat of St. Vincent de Paul at Rainey. MME. COHE MLLE. DE GRANCY. MME. LOUISE LOURMAND. T. PIERRE. BARO! ST. DIDIER. MME. LAURIENT COSSELIN. MLLE. L. CHIVGNY. MME. FLORE Z, wife of the Span! MIRAMEL. BRO UEKVILLE. MME. SUCHLUMBERGER. s-E HUMOLSTEIN. S Diz MASON. VENTLMESNIL. MME. BOCKIERA, wife of the 2 banker. POIIEVIN MME. JACQUES HAUSSMANN. The daaghters of M. Shevily. . MANDAT GRANCY. MME, LANERIE. MME. DE COSSARD. MME. DES PIER MLLE. DE BE ' UVAIS MLLE ELON MLLE. LOUISE GERONDAU MLLE. MARIL SIMON MLLE. ZIE GOS THE B RO BARON DE LAUMONT. BARON DE MACKOU. COMIESSE DE MUN. SERRURIER. GEFFULHE. DE LA BLEITERC, DE VALLIN. DE SUBERSAC. COMTESSE DE P MTESSE DE DE MALESIEUX : SATANG. LOWAL. . DE MARAUVAL. NICOL DE VATISMENIL. 2. MONTI PIERRE DE LOME. BRAVIER DE THINY. DERMAIN. SUQUET. -M from L' Hospital Beaujou also with sheets waiting to cover up the dead before they were taken away in ambulances. ; When I errived the men were tearing away debns pear the western wall, which bounded what had been the bazaar. There the bodies were literally found n seemed piled in heaps and their positiol to indicate ihat a terror-stricken Xvu:h had taken place—or was it an instinclive hud- dling together in the face of death? I saw spools of thread, which had doubtless falien out of some lady’s work- bag. There were pieces of underskirts all over the ruins and fragments of woo_len garments and corset covers. The tiny little slippers were every where to be seen, crisp but entire, only charred by the heat. Fragments of bodies were so thickly strewn around that one had to walk very carefully for fear of stepping on portions of the remains. Those podies that I saw pulled out were almost invariably burned at the head and feet, and the arms, t0o, were generally terribly charred. Most of the bodies I saw had the head burst quite en. A iittle book at my feet was half burned, but 1 saw the title, “Encyclopedie des Ouvrages des Dames.”” Ou one side was apile of valuables, jewels, etc., guarded by poiicemen. I saw little metallic purses, some of gold. There were bracelets and rings completely free from flesh, showing how terrible had been the flames in their fury. Then I saw reticules, some com- paratively intact,chains, lockets,pincenez, watches, One watch I noticed had stopped at half-past 4 ie Comte said ‘The fire of 22 Rue Jean Goujon broxe out at half-past 4 o'clock. 1t was terribly sudden. The heat was worse than the smoke. You could not go out into the street for fear of the heat. The bazaar burned up justas if the wood had been soaked with kero- sene. I should think there were 3500 peo- ple there, because, you know, the Nuncio was there during the afternoon, ana that made it an extra attraction. “He had hardly leit when the flames burst out. They seemed to spring up from aliover. They shot upclear into the air, and the heat was thrown out on all sides. dows and shop fronts opposite were cracked or burst open. Birds in the win- dows dropped dead from their perches as if struck by lightning, and many of the | neighbors were so paralvzed with fear that they did not know what to do. “The fire lasted only about twenty min- utes, but sucha twenty minutes Ishall never forget. Women ran shrieking into the street and fell dead in the roadway, overcome by the heat and burning from head to foot.” I found among the dead Mme. Kahn, cousin of the Lord Mayor of London, of Sir Campbel2 and Lady Clarke and Sir R. Lawson. e ELIZABETH’S GRIEF. Austria’s. Empress Prostrated by the News of Her Sister’s Death. VIENNA, Avstria, May 5—Empress Elizabeth 1s completely prostrated by the tragic death of her sister, the Duchesse U Alencon, who died in yeaterday’s fire at Paris. She remains in her room, ad- mitting nobody and refusing to take focd. As if foreboding something, the Em- press asked for her papers earlier than usual, but the ladies in attendance shrank from producing them, making excuses. Her Majesty, however, obtained them somehow and tue shock was terrible. There is serious apprehension for her deli: cate health. The Duc d’Alencon telegraphed to the Emperor this forenoon znnouncing the dea:h of the Duchesse. President Faure sent to the Kmperor and Empress a tele- | gram of condolence, through the French Embassador. The ainner which was to be given to the Queen Regent and Que-n of Holland at Cn teau lainz, le-re the Emperor and Empress are staying, has been canceled. e GOULDS NO: WORRYING. Are Confldent That the Countess of Castellane Was Not in tha B zaiar. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—The repor: VAUBERVIETTE. {UCHESS DE ST. DIDIER. CARUEL DE ST. MAKTL E CARAYON LA TOUR. GERMAIN DE MAZIESS. So fierce was it that all the win- | MME. MM MME MME MME MME MME. TOULAY. ish Consul, DIVOURT . DE FARDENNER. DE CLERMONT. DE RIEVIERE. DE VAUVENARGUES. LE NORMAND MLLE. ESTHER CUVILLIER. MLLE. CARTERON. MLLE. DE GRAN cY. SISTER GILHOUS. SISTER VIRGINIE THOMAZEAU, Mother Supe- rior of the Sisters S andre. SISTER JULIA GARIVET. well-known Rus- MME. MME MME. MME. MM MME MME MLLE DE BOUTH DE VALEN VIMONT. HUZAR. JACQUIN. ILLIER. CHAVIGNY. CE. . DE MERNVALLE. LA GRANDE. MLLE. VEKHASSELDT M. SABATIER. FATHER MARBE ViCOMTE DE ST VICOMTE D CHAVIGNY. MME. ZURRIEK, nent generals of the French army. WIRNED, wife of General Wirned. CHEVAL, wife of General Cheval. B MME. MME MME. CARBONET MME. DE BAUDIER. D. JANG. MM YMCAN. MLLE. FINCAUL. ALFRED DAVID, Among the seri DUCHESSE DE LA TOREI. SE DERAIN(Y COMTE DE MONTCLAIR. COMT COMTE Di DEVE MME MACEDE. MME. MME. MME MM MM DE LAUN HYSTER. . EDOUARD VICOMTESSE bE MARQUISE DE LUBERSAC. MME. KAFFOLLT, face burned, but her eyes escaped injury MLLE. RAFFOLL burned and body covered with bruises. | that many Americans might be among | the killed and injured in the Paris fire | alarmed friends and relatives of American | travelers who are supposed to be in Paris. | The rumor that Countess Castellane, for- | merly Auna Gould, was in the building | at the time of the fire are not generally | credited here, although George Gould said | to-day that as many of his friends had | booths at the bazaar he thought itex- tremely likely that she had one too. | “We are not worrying, however,” said | | Gould, ‘“because if anything had hap- pened to sister I should have heard by | | this time, 1 am sure. Ii”sne was even | missing we should have heard, so I don't | | think there is any occasion for me to | worry.” | The Vicomtesse d’Avenel who was in- jured in the Paris fire is a daughter of the | late James Mernel, formeriy a leather merchant here. He had three daughters | and all married titles. These were Laura, | | who married the Vicomte d’Avenel twenty yvears aco, and who has since | lived in Paris; Nina, who became Vicom- | tesse de la Tournelle, and Augusta, Who | | married the Baron de Vienck. Ail three girls were conspicuous in society nere and | Laura was s linguist and musician of | ability. Her hushand, Vicomte d’Avenel, | has a large estate in a suburb of Paris and {is a famous horticulturist, his collection | being among the finest in France. He is a contributor to the leading French peri- | odicals and recently published a series of | articles on economics in the Revue des | Deux Mondes. | Mme. Hoskir and Mme, Roland-Gosse- lin, second daughter of Mme. Hoskir, who lost their lives in the fire, were aunt | and cousin, respectively, of H. C. Hoskir | of the banking house of L. von Hoffman & Co. of this city. Mme. Hoskir's husband is the head of the Paris banking house of Hoskir & Co., whose New York correspon- dents are Heidelbach, Ickelhcimer & Co., | ana was on his way to St. Petersburg at the Ilimo of the fire. M. Roland-Gosselin is | one of twenty agents de change of Paris. | Mme. Hoskir’s third daughter and Mme. Pierre Girod, another relative of H. C. | Hoskir, were also in the bazaar, but | escaped. 8 s £ { M. LEPINE’S EXCUSE. Why the Police Supervision of the Charity Bazaar Was In- adequate. LONDON, Exc., May 5.—There is a dis- position to censure M. Lepine, Prefect of the Paris Police, for lack of police super- vision and inspection of buildings. Ac- cording to a dispatch received by the Daily News Lepine's excuse is that the patrons and patronesses of the bazaar were all reactionists, and he feared to meddle lest he be accussed of trying to suppress a Catholic enterprise, Moreover, many of the organizers of the fair were | Rallies whom the Government wished to | oblige. It may be said that the fire pre- | vented the loss of thousands of lives ai | the coming international exhibition, where the same inflammable and unsuit- able model of old Paris wouid probably | have been erected. The papers teem with interesting narra- | tives by survivors and eye-wiinesses. | The Times publishesan interview which | its Paris correspondent had with the | Duchesse d'Uzes. She said: “The ficst gleam of fire came from a spot buta short distance from where I was standing. I was dazzled, so swiftly | did the flames spread. Ican compare it | only to the bursting of a rocket. There | was no such thing in my case as reaching the main entrance, but near me was a small door leading to a waste piece of ground behind the bazaar structure. I dash d through thisand was soon in the | open air, tuough stiil in an inclosure. I | had passed, as it were, under an archway | ;olmme-, but was only siightly burned. | | The bair above my left temple was | singed.”’ | | THE DUCHESS L’ALENCON. | | s Her Daath Will Sand Most of the | R.yal H m:s of Europe | | Into Mourning. | | The horrible death of the Duchess | | @'Alsneon will ciuse nearly cvery court {10 Earope 10 20 into mourning. Princess | Sophie Chariotie Augustine was the uv-‘! M. JOSEPH DORM. M. LEON GUELLAMET. . JACQUES HAUSSMANN, GENERAL MEUNIER. BARON DE SHONLE. COMTE DE BONEVAL. K. CAMIER. . DE LA TOUR DUPIN. MME. MALEZIEU MLLE. FEBREVE. AU. PIERCE. wife of one of the most promi- four years old. ously injured sre; SIN. ANDRE. X. LUCAY. wife of the well-known painter, 1, daughter of the painter, arms enth cbild of Maximilian, Duke in | Buvaria of the line of Palatine Princes of Zweibrucken-Burkenfeld and Princess | Ludoviea of Bavaria, and was born in | Munich February 22, 1847. She was mar- | ried September 28, 1868, at Passenhofen | to Ferdinand Philippe Marie of Orleans, | Duke of Alencon, second son of the Duke of Nemoure. Her eldest sister, Princess Lovise Helene, married Maxim hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Her second sister, Elizsbeth Amilie Eu- genie, ten years her senior, was married at Vienna April 24, 1534, to Francis Joseph 1, Emperor of Austria. Her second brother married, first, Prin- cess Sopie of Saxony, and second, Prin- cess Marie Josepha of Braganza, Portugal. Her third sister, Princess Marie Soie | Amelie, married, February 3, 1859, Francis, Prince Royal of Naples, Duke of Calabriz, afterward King of the Two Sici lies. Her next oldest sister, Princess Mathilde Ludovique, married Prince Louis of Bourbon, Count di Troni. Her younger brother, Prince imil- ian, married, September 20, 1 rincess Amalia, daughter of Augustus, uncle of the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotna and brother of King Ferdinand of Port- ugal. THURSTON PREDICTS RUIN. Says Abrogation of ithe Hawaiian Treaty Mzans Disaster to the Islands’ Business Interests. % WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—Not a few Hawalians here were taken somewhat by surprise when they learned of the ac- tion of the Senate Finance Committee in striking out of the tariff bill the clause exempting Hawaiian imports from the operations of the act. It is believed, how= ever, that the committee’s action will ke negatived by the Senate, as under both the McKinley and Wilson bills an attempt was made to abrogate the reciprocity treaty, and each time it failed in the Senate. The opinion is expressed that the di: cussion cn this matter will naturally pre- cipitate a debate on the annexation ques- tion. This will result in the latter not being treated on its merits and in a man- ner which its importance demands. Favorable action by the Senate on the committee’s report, it is felt, might tend to jeopardize what prospects for annexa- tion now exist. Minister Hatch refuses to talk. Thurston, who is now here on a special mission, said the abrogation of the treaty meant disaster and ruin to the business interests of the islands. He said he had information that the Republicans on the committes were not a unit in striking out the exemption clause, and he hoped it would be restored. e NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. Japan Does Not W.sh to Trouble This Government With lis Hawarian Isiand Grievances. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—Mail from Consul-General Mills at Honolulu received at the State Department to-day containg no reference to the reported ex- citement about the attitude of Japan. Fiom this Secretary Sherman believes that the alsrm of the Hawaiian Govern- ment has abated. According to the state- ment given out by the Japanese Minister here, his Government is disposed o settle the cbntroversy over the refusal to allow Jupanese immigrants to land without re- | course to a threatening naval demonstra- tion. The State Department is hopeful that no trouble calling for intervention by the United States will result. The pres- ent intention, however, of the auminis- tration is to have at least two warships there until all danger of Japanese inter- terence has passed. Olt Trinity’s Celebration. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—Rev. Dr. Rainsford, rector of St. George's Church, was the preacher at the third day’s cele- bration of Trinity’s bicentennial. The service, which took place at noon, Iarzelr attended, and the preacher devoied WE 00 NOT CHRE 10 ARBITAATE Olney’s Pet Scheme Gets Its Death Blow in the Senate. Too Many Advantages on the Side of Her Britannic Majesty. Mills of Texas Points Out One of the Grave Possibilities of Ratificatlon. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—After moye than three months’ wrang ing the Senate to-day by a vote of 43 to 26—nine votes short of the necessary two-thirds— rejected the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain. Debate on the treaty was bagun on February 2, and the process of amendment has continued at inter- vals until a vote was taken this afternoon. Before the vote Miils of Texas made a strong speech against ratification, his principal objection being to the eighth article of the treaty, which defines terri- torial claims that might be made. He cited as an instance the possible purchase of Cuba by Great Britain, waich would be in direct contravention to the Monroe doctrine, yet under the terms of the treaty we would be compelled to submit this or any otber question regarding acquisition of territory to arbitration. The suggestion that furtner ameadment might be offersd was met by the objection that the amendment stage had passed. Hoar urged ratification, and was fol- lowed by Carter of Montana in opposi- tion. Chandler closed the debate with an ap- peal for ratification. At 4 o'clock, accord- ing toa previous agreement, a vote was taken. Itoccupied more than the usual time owing to the difficulties of pairing one Senator in oppo ition against two who favored ratification. The vote was not made public, but as near as can be ascertained those who voted in the negative are: Allen, Bacon, Berry, Butler, Carter, Chilton, Cockrell, Daniel, Hansbrough, Harris of Kansas, Harris of Tennessee, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Mason, Mills, Morgan, Penrose, Pettigrew, Pettus, Priichard, Quay, Roach, Shoup, Stewar: and Walthall. RE SARCASTIC. Republicans Say Amended Tariff Bill Cannot Pass the House. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—Some of the Republican members of the House are very sarcastic in reference to the tanff bill to be reportad to the Senate. Grosvenor of Ohio, a member of the Ways and Means Committes, and quite INCLINED 1¢ | generally regarded as a spokesman of the administration, says the b'il as at present framed can never pass the House. But Grosvenor may be mistaken. It was learned to-day that the Repub- | lican Senators have already outlined the lan they wiil follow in passing the bill. E’Deir plan is to keep tne bili before the Senate constantly after it is calied up for considerstion on'the 18th, and by begin- ning daily sessions at an early bour and continuing them at night to complete the consideration of the bill if possible belore the end of the fiscal year. The biil will then be sent to the House, | and if a conference committee is asked the Senate will decline to appoint and the House will thus be forced to the neces- sity of accepting the Senate bill or pro- longing the contest indefinitely, with a | prospect of having no bill at ail. This is not intcnded to antagonize the | House, but simply to adopt a pian o! | Ilace Cortams and Rues passing the bill without reference to a conference committee as the only practi- cal method of disposing of it and avoid- ing the intermmable discussion which would result if any other course were tollowed. In explanation of their action in strik- ing out the entire reciprocity clause the Republicans claim that this clanse wil be brought up in the Senate in the shape of a general amendment cevering tne general question of reciprocity, and that undoubtedly some Teciprocity ~ provision will be adopted. Aldrich, author of tae reciprocity clause in the McKinley taniff bill in 1890, wiil undoubtedly bring forward provisions | based oa the lines of thas luw, but prob- | ably more general in their application. It is apparently the opinion of the ma- jority of the Republican Senators that an amendment will be adopted continning the Hawaiian treaty. It is explained fur- ther that in striking out of the bill the clause declaring that_the treaty shall not be abrogated, the Repubiican Senators are actuated only by a desire that the question shall come up on ite merits in- stead of a somewhat inaporopriate amend- ment to the sugar schedule. The Democrats are still sweeping in their denunciation of the bill, but are not yet prepared 10 oppose itin all particulars. e S MORGAN SCORES A POINT, Scoures am Appropriation for the Im- proverent of Pearl Harbor. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—Deboe, the newly elected Senatorirom Kentucky, was sworn in this morning, after which the sundry civil appropriations bill was taken up. An amendment appropriating $150,000 for Pearl harbor, Hawaii, was offered by Morgan and objected to on a point of order by Al.ison, who said that he sympathized with the Senator from Alabama, but there was no use ir putting the item in the bill as it had been rejected in the House last session. ] suppose,” said Morgan, “that the principle. of locus penitentiz applies to the House, and I hope that the House is open to reventance on this matter.” The ameudments were agreed to. An amendment was made to appointa Nicaraguan canal commission, and dis- cussion as to whether the commission should consist of three or five irom civil life or the army or navy went cver till to- MOTrOW. An amendment was offered by Petti grew authorizing the President to sus- pend the proclamation of Cleveland, issued last February, setting aside muny millions of acres of pablic lands as forest reservationsand restore these lands to the public domain, The matier went over after some sharp criucism from Pettigrew ana Carter on the result of the Cleveland act. Carter sai0 this Wwasa most gross proposition— one which made it a criminal act for peo- ple upon a reservation 10 cut timber for fuel or other us s The matter went over witkout action and the Senate adjourned. B ZiDismissed and May Be Imprisoned. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5.—The senten.e of the court-martial before whicn himself to a history of the development of the church, | Paymaster John Corv ine pleaded gnilty to charges of embezzlement, desertion, scan- The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper of CASTOKIA./ dalous éunduct and making a false report is dismissal. The court may also have added imprisonment, buz this is not ascertaina- ble, as the sentence has been referred to the President for review. e OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. John D. Spreckels Takes a Dr.ve With the President—Senator Perkins and General Hart at Work. WASHINGTON, D. €., May 5.—By in- vitation of the President John D. Spreckels of San Francisco took a long drive with the President this afternvon. They dis- cussed some of the Federal appointments that are to be made in the near futnre. Dr. Jordan and William G. Jordan of San Francisco are among to-aay’s arrivals. L. G. Cummings of Los Anceles is at the National Hotel and A. D. Cutter and son of San Francisco are at Wiilard’s. Senator Perkins, after speaking at con- siderable length in the Senate to-day, finally succeeded in securing the passaze of an amendment to the sundry civil ap- propriation bill providing for four addi- tional United States Commissioners and four additional Marshals for tne District of Aluska. They are intended to serve in the Yukon Valley or mining interior of Alaska. General W. H. H. Hart is interesting | himself actively in an endeavor to have | James H. Humphries reinstated in the | quartermaster’s office at San Franeisco. He was dismissea for accepting employ- | ment in addition to his military duties in connection with the sewerage work in | the Presidio. General Batchelder will also intercede with the War Department and will come down Irom New York for that purpose. General Hart was given to understand by Secretary Alger that Mr. Humphries wouid probably be reinstated. Mr. Hart will see the Secretary again to- morrow. The following changes in stations and duties of officers of the Corps of Engineers | are ordered by the Secretary of War: | First Lieutenant Mason M. Patrick will be relieved from duty at Cincinnati, Ohio, by | Major Wiiliam H. Heuer, Corps of En- | gineers, at such time as will enable him to proceed, not later than May 15. to| Memphis, Tenn., at which place he will then take station and report by letter to the president of the Mississippi River Com- mission for assignment to the charge of | certain districts under the commission. | By the direction of the Assistant Becre- tary of War Sergeant James R. Puckett, | Company G, First Infantry, now at the | Presidio of S8an Francisco, will be dis- chargea without honor from the service of the United Biates, with forfeiture of "'i tained pay. Pensions—California: Original — Wil- lism M. Mouliton, 8an Francisco; Sumner B. West, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles. Original widows, etc.—Mary Ann Marks, Los Angeles; Almira Armstrong, Los Angsles; Hattie 8. McComb, Los Angeles. Washington: Original-—Peter Mills, New Whatcom. Increase—Thomas F. Peari, Seattle, _ Queen Lil Pleased With Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—Ex- Queen Liliuckalani seems to like Wash- | ington, and it would not surprise her friends if she should decide to make this city her permanent residence. She will | give a reception at the Cairo to-morrow | | afternoon from 3 to5o’clock. It will be! | in honor of Mrs. William Lee of Boston, | vho is a cousin by marriage of the Queen. Hawaiian music will be provided by the | | Madrid Quartet. NEW TO-DAY SPECIA ——o REBELS CAPTURE PUERTO CORTEL | Success of the Honduras Revolution Seems to Be Assured. Americans Taking an Active Part *“for the Fun of the Thing.” ecretary Long May Send a War- ship There—A Fllibuster In Hot Water. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5—Con- sular Agent Alger telegraphs from Puerto Cortez, Honduras, that the revolutionists have captured that place. Secretary Long may send a warship there. NEW ORLEANS, La., May 5 —Passen- gers from Honduras express confidence in the success of the revolution. A large majority of the people want De Soto as President. The action of the revolutionists in cut- ting Gown all customs duties has proved very popular with the merchants. Bo- nilla hopes for the assistance of neighbor- ing republics, but the troubles in Guate- mala have prevented all aid from that quarter and he cannot counton the na- tives. Americans to s man are with the revolutionists. The commander of the revolutionist army—Drummond—is an American, not an Englishman, as at first reported, and of the colonels thers are Richardson from Memphis and Wiltz, Maspero, Roman and Christman of New Oleans—boys who went into the revolution for the fun of the thing. The revolutionists are well supplied with ammunition and clothing, which they have captured from Government troops. At Belize an American named Jackson is on trial as a filibuster. He was one of the leaders of the Honduras revolutionists. It is chargea that he re- ceived arms and ammunition from Cin- cinnati concealed in bales of hay. The arms were landed in British territory, Lence the interference of England and the arrest of Jackson. Depew Refused the German Mission. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.—It 15 stated on authority to-day that the German mission was recently tendered to Dr. Depew by the President. Depew promptly decined. This was some time after his unsuccessfal effort to secure the mission | to England. —_— New Presidential Nominattons. WASHINGTON, D. O, May 5. — The following Presidential nominations were made to-day: Stanford Newell of Minne- sota, Minister to the Netherlanas; Henry A. Castle of Minnesota, Auditorof the Postoflice Department; Harvey 8. Clark, Postmaster a: Lodi, Cal. Hats undergo from twenty to thirty dif- ferent processes, according to quality, be- fore completion. In the early stages they resemble simply a conical bag of wool. -DRY G ODS L SALE -—— | ——FOoR—— May 6th Extra Quality VELOUR RUGS, At $2.0 At $2.75 * |§ At $3.00 * At $3.75 * A PAIR—125 pairs IR long; excellent value long; excellent value RUGS! sigas, size 27x60; exce excellent value at $3. OFFERED in this city. | | | { | | TO-DAY AND TO- long; excellent value at $2 75. PAIR—125 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, 3§ yards PATR—125 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, 31 yards long; excellent value at $4 50. PAIR—125 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, 3} yards At sl.zo EACH—250 EXTRA QUALITY VELOUR RUGS, all new de- At $2.15 PACH-20EXTRA QUALITY VELOUR RUGS, size 36x70; The above lines are THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY. MORROW ONLY, and 7th. Commencing to-day we shall place on Special Sale 500 pairs IRISH POINT CURTAINS, all new designs, and 500 at the following prices: ISH POINT CURTAINS, 3)4 yards at $4. at $5 50, RUGS! \ llent value at $1 75. 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