The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1897, Page 10

THE SAN F RANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897 DELVERS I THE DEPTHS No Material Change in the Big Strike of Miners. MANY PITS ARE YET IN| OPERATION., The Struggle Is Apparently Confined to Four States. HANNA'S MEN HAVE FINALLY GONE CUT. West Virginla Operators Advertise for Men In Anticipation of a Harvest. COLUMBTS, Oxio, striking coal-miners of who went out in obedience to the orders of the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America are soon reinforced by their co-labore: the Eustern dis- cts the strike wi.l be a failure. Pres'dent Ratchford hitaself admits that they cannot hope for success unless the strike becomes general. He refuses to give anv figures as to the number of men who are still at work, but says that the outlcok now is more hopefal and encour- aging as the d fferent districts are heard from. There are sa bituminous fields of Penns yet, scecrding to ascer beadquarters of the National M ers’ otficials, the number of men ly 7.—Unless the the various State in 1 to be 30,000 miners in the ivania, and de at the re-work- in the State who have laid down their tools and | joined the strike will not excee the remaininz 8000 being stilt at wor | Advices from West Virginia say that| the miners there swill not participate in the strike. On the contrary, cperators at Fairmoat haveadvertised for more miners in anticipation of the harvest they expect | to reap if the contest is a lon« ¢ Myron T. Herrick and Rcbart Blickens- dorler, receivers of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company, and Wheelin Lake Erie and Pitisburg Coal Company, have applied to the United States Court for protection, not that any trouble has vetoccurred, butin anticipation of trouble. These companies own and operate mines in Jefferson County, employing about 1000 | men. Tbe petition says that they have had no controversy with' ther miners, who de- sire to remain at work and who suspend work beceuse they were afraid of being molested. The court bas aispatched Unitea States Marshals to the scene. All coal-car roads are reducing their expenses by laying off their men in tne shops or curtailing the number of extra trai As mattersappear at this time the strike is pract:cally limited to four States— Ohto, Indiana, Illinois anda part of Penn- sylvania. It is seid that the number of men who have gone out has been ove eed 75 000, Western 11 5,000; Indiana, 700 The miners of Alabama, Tennessee and < e on strike before this as follows: Pennsyivar pension was ordered. The ers of Iowa, Mis<onri, Kansas, Arcansa: Wyomin 1d the Indian Territory are still at work. The present strike has been started to secare for the miners just what was se- cured by the compromise acreement an end to the strike of 1894, 50 ¢ -nts for Ohio and 69 cents tor vania. — - 111aBU DISTRICT. Al but Two 7Thousand Miners Have Quit Wor:: PITTSBURG, Fa., July 7.—A'l but 200 of the 21,000 cozl-miners in Pittsbu district have quit work. Among tho the shafts owned by Osborne & Saeger. The senior member of this firm is a cousin of President McKinley. In all the coalpits the miners’ organization has lelt two men atwork so that mnecessary re- vairs may be made and the mines not crippled by fallins roofs. The employes of M. A. Hanna & Co. have joined the sirikers. Distiict President Dolan received w to-nignt that 5000 miners in Wheeling Creek District, Onio, had gone out to-day. President Dolan says he wili try to win the strike by peaceable means, and will disccurage the custom of marching across the country from pit to pit. Reports received from the river mines in the Pittsburg district inaicate that there is aimost a total suspension of work Y. from Monongahe!a City *The bitter feeling between the winers that has al- interfered when a strike was in- prevented good says: river and railroad ways augurated heretofore and Tesults, has been lost sight of, and organ- ized, unorganizea and imported miners have joined in one faith and for one pur- pose. To-dny there are zbout fifty men at work and 7000 idle in the Monong:hela Valley.” There are a few men at work in the Chamoni mine, operated by the Tide Coal Company, and they are working ont a contract which expires this mouth, Yes- terday a few miners were working at the Ivill, Apollo, Acme, Foster and Ciark mines, but nothing is being aone at these pits to-day. Such a complete suspension of mining has not been witnessed in the Monongahela Valley for years. Representatives of several Central Penn- syivania and West Virginia coal com- panies are in the city. Coal opera- tors, whose cffices they have visited, said there would be no trouble in fill- ing orders held by the Pittsburg deai- ers, even should the suspension here become thoroughly general. It was said the Central Pennsylivania and West Vir- ginia coal operators here were trying to relieve the Pittsburg operators of con- tracts. The West Virginia repre:enta- tives claimed their State would be able 10 supoly the whole market during the strize, but could not attempt to saip to the lakes. According to the miners’ officials the suspension of railroad mines is almost as complete as along the r.ver: The large mines, except those of the New York ana Cieveiand Gas Coal Company, are id.e to- day. » The works forced to close down by the reiusal of the diggers to work are the Pauhandle mines of M. A. Hanna & Co., Beadling Bros,, Robbins Company anc the Pittsturg and Chicago G. B. Coal Company. Acccriing to President Do- lan’s figures not more than 3000 men are at work in ithe district to-day. Most of these are employed in the mines of the New York and Cleveland Coal Company, and be will have them out in two or three days. He claims a larg- number of men quit work there yesterday and to-day. 1his worning ne sent word | | | | | | an authority on finance, and was a con- | | died about a year azo, | had £400 wien she left Scotland, a gold | lived in this country, ough at the | same time his wife was in Scotland. The other brother came over on the same | dered her and took her money, watch and | | tariff bill by opening the granaries to the estimated, and that the tora! number will | o L £ as now seems certain, the President will | | tary of the Treasury Gag g “ - that went out to-day were the miners in | respondence with Arthur Hadley of Yale to various members of the district execu- tive committee, and extraordinary efforts will be made toinduce the men still work- ing to come out. ———— Truitiess Conference at Detroit. DETROIT, Nicn., July 7.— The conf ence of mine-owners and operators to-day came to naught. Another conference is to be held next week to discuss the sitila- von. The operators are confident that the strike will fai LIGHT ON HKAHWAY'S MYSTERY. Aiter T n Yeors a Sisier of Murdered Nary Derman Obta.ns Importent Information. NEW YORK, N. Y.. Juiy 7.—The Her- ald putlishes an ardcle entitled “Light on the Rahway Mystery.” Says the Her- ald: What bas been known for ten years as the Rahway mystery is no longer a mystery, according to a statement made by Mrs. William Harris. She says she is a sster of the murdered girl, Mary Dor- man. A girl weaning clothing of European make was found on the mornin=z of March 26, 1837, in Central avenue, Rahway, N. J. A Coroner's jury rendered a verdict that an unknown girl was murdered by some person or persons unknown. After the inquest there were a number of iden- tifications, but the only one that was at all plausitle came irom Mrs. Wiliiam Space, wife of a weil-to-do tarmer of Deck- ertown, N. Mrs. Space positively iden- tified the body as that of her sister, Mary Dorman. Bubequently 3irs. Harris, au- other sister, confirme 1t. A middle-nged Jady weering glasses called atvhe Herall office and said she wanted to tell about the person who mur- dered her sister, Mary Dorman. She said she was the widow of William Harris, who and tobatshe had received a letter from her sister Maggie from Brisbane, Australia, telling her the name of the murderers. “I bav- not that letter with me,’’ said Mrs. Harris. *I received itin June and the same aay mailed itto a frend of our family in Scotitand. 1t was like this: Dear Gertie: — is dead. It was his brother wno did kili Mary. It was lovely to see him die and covfess. Inever believed he killed her. Ihope the Lord will forgive him, Mrs. Harris said she received a letter irom her mother in Marcn, 1857, telling that Mary voud sail for New York on March 17. The letier also said: “Don’t tell the 1olks at Deckertown that Mary is married.”” There is a sad storv connected with this injunction and now Mrs. Harris has supplied the missing tink. “Mary was a mother at15," =he said. “The father of her child was the son of u | Scotch baronet. After that she was mar- ried to Samuel Chase, a f-blind mason. She leit him and saved her money. She waten and chain an ( some jewelry. Mrs Harris said the mur erers—for there wera two concerned in the crime— were relatives of her own by marriage, One of the two men, who were brothers, steamer with Mary. According to Mrs. Harris, John McMillan, a countryman of the girl, recognized her on shipboard, but she denied that she was Mary Dorman, She had registered under a fictitious | name, “Thesa men,” said Mrs. Harris, ‘‘got hold of Mary. The one who was here, | and who lived in Jersey City, tola her he | would take h~r to hersister, Mrs. Space, at | Deckerto The three got into the Rahway tr v took her out, mur- | nand th chain and jewelry.” The names of the men implicated in the affair are not publisued in the Herald. - CIFIL SELVI CHANGES, Many Government <lerks to Be Taken From the Classified List. CHICAGO, Irr, July 7.—The News' | Washingion special says: Prelde:n.i‘ McKinley will signalize the passage of the ‘Faithful.” If Congress adjournsin time, | issue an order abont July £0. taking from under the c:v:l service regulations the | clerks in Custom-house and internal! revenue collection districts, and those under Marshals, Distri~t Attorneys and pension agencies, In Washinzion many more clerks will be removed from the| classif] 1 All of : | the Government Printing Office employes will be exempted and likewise those of the Bureau ot Engraving and Printing. It isnotimprobable that chiefs cf divisions in the departments will fare the same way. S THE NAiIuN's FINAMNCES, Secretary Gage iy Corveipondencs With @ ¥ale Professor. EW HAVEN, Coxx, July 7.—Secre- e has been 1n cor- on subjects relating to financial matters of the Government. Professor Hadley is { spicuous member of the Indianapolis Monetary Convention. The correspond- ence relates to the features of the bill which has been introduced in Congress embodying the ideas of Secretary Gage. Mr. Hadley said to-day: ““Tne bill is not prepared yet. Itisnot ted, and 1t 1s not possible to make public 1ts salient features. Hardly any attention is being given to it, b he in. dications are that in o few weeks it will be put before Congres<. The bill is in ac- cord with the currency vi:ws of tha lead- ing financiers of the country.” sl MISH FATAL 10 A DIVER, Captain Fr.d Koyal Will Gice no More Erhibitions. CHICAGO. InL, July 7.—Captain Fred Hoyal, the champion high diver, was probably fatally injured last night at Fer- | ris Wheel Park. Captain Royal dove from one of the cars on the wheel after it had reached a height of 125 feet. He mis. calculated the distance, and in turning into the net used to break his fall struck on his Lips. He bounded some distance into the air after striking the net and then fell againsc one of the guy ropes. He clung to the rope, but was unable 10 use his lower limbs, Captain Roval was con- veyed to his .bome. Physicians sum- moned stated that the captain had re- ceived s severe concussion of the spine, and it is feared he may not recover. Cap- tain Royal is 22 years old and has made many leaps from lofty heights, it Sl il Freight Train Goes into a River, PITTEBURG, PA., Jjuly 7.—A through freight train en route to Cleveland on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad was derailed st Falston, Pa., this morning, and ten cars were precipitsted over an embankment into the Beaver River. Forty tramps were on the train, and several were caught in the wreck. One unknown dead man and three injured have been taken out so far, and six ot.ers are missing. The injured are: John Keily of Chicago, jahn Martin of Joliet, 1L, Adam Kavischeil of Kopsville, Pa., who will probab y aie. The accident was caused by a broken flange. Z-igler and Othsrs Suspend NEW YORK, N. Y., July 7.—Theracing board of the L. A. W. is keeping a close walch on contestan with the result that the slightest infraction of the rules causes suspension and transfer of riders from the amateur to the profes- sional class. This bulletin Chairman Mott rmanently issued tc-day: Following professional riders suspende H. Foyden and B. 1. Eliord, Oukland, Cal; Oito Zeigier and L. H. Davis, San Jose, Ca.; Ailen N. Jones and €. R. Conl- ter, San Francisco; H. E. McCres, Los Angeles. el ADFANCES made oD jUrniiure and planos, with or without removal J. Noonan, 1917-1028 Mission. | | cellent authority that certain rumors to | venience, but not to | venience'’ is characterized by the princ | said to be worth $14,000,000, but it has VICTOR IN GLOOM The Queen Seeing the Light Fade Away Slowly. NOWSIGNS PAPERS WITH DIFFICULTY. Two Feet Into Encircling Dusk the Limit of Her Dim- ming Eyes. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BY A MEDICAL JOURNAL. Statement Purposely Hlides More Than It Pub'ishes of Her Ma- Jeosty’s Infirmity. LONDON, ExgG., July 7.—The Lancet, a well-known medical journal, will this week make the semi-official announce- ment in England in regard to the Queen’s eyesight. It will be a mild statement de- signe ! apparently to conceal more than it will reveal of the serious nature of her in- firmity. The first news concerning the Queen’s sight cabled to THE CAcL a fortnight ago was baseu on statements made by two eminent physicians who had been con- sulted in her Majesty's case. One de- scribed her condition, as then stated, as “almost totally biind.”” The second con- firmed this siatement and ascribed the cause to a gouty condition of the blood. He said he could offer no hops of a cure or escape from a further progress of tne affl'ction. Further information received within the lust few days from several per- sons who have been personally associated with the Qucen at Balmoral has been of the same general tenor. One described the condition ot the Quaen’s eyesight as follows: “Her Majesty is now unable to recog- nize objects more than two feet from her eyes. Even at that distance her sight is lamentably feeble. Bhe is no longer able toread and with great difficulty signs oc- casional documents.” This is probably a correct dascription of the extent to which her disability has already reached. Tue accounts cabled back from London at the time of THE original announcement wronzly | t THe CaLvs first dispateh, saying \ue Queen was abso.utely blind. This misquotation enabled certain officers of the Queen’s household to make a denial when applied to. It isthis same exagger- ated quotation which the Lancet refers to in the following statement: ““We are glad to beable to state on ex- which pubticity was given last week in referenc+ to her Muajesty's eyeright were grossly exaggerated. The fact is that for some vears her Majesty’s eyesight has been affected owing to changes incidental to her advanced age, but althougn in the nature of things this condition may be slowly prozressive, there is no truth in the statement that her affliction is rapidly becomi wor-e. The deterioration of her vision causes the Qeen some incon- ine extent oi inter- | fering with her ordinary course of life or preventing her from dischar-ing her mul- tifarions aud onerous duties.” It is a fact nevertheless that what the Laincet describ:s as ‘deterioration of vision which causes the Quecn some incon. 1 | pal physician in the case in the emphatic worls first given in THE CALL, namely, that her Majesty is almost wotaily biind. ANDREW J. DAVIS’ ESTATE. Lejal Battle That His Been Waged in the Cour.s for Eight Years Neir- ing a Settlemen’, NEW YORK, N. Y., July 7.—The con- | test for the estate of the late Andrew .. | Davis is 1n process of settlement, after having ‘been in the courts nearly eight years. The estate seven years ago was | | dwindied in value. A conservative estimate of its value now is :aid to be $4,000,000. Logan, Demond and Harley represent Mrs. Eliz- abeth Bowdoine and Mrs. Harrieite Wood of Springfield, Mass., sisters of ae- ceased, and Mrs. Eilen P. Davis of Cali- fornia. Stern and Rushmore represent a nephew and niece. Mr. Logan said to-day: **Mr. Harley went s1x weeks ago to Montansa to try the case, but the trial was postponed pending negotiations for a settlement. Ourclients will each get ashere of the estate. We understand that a seutlement has been agreed upon, but certain signatures are yet necessary. We maue the contest be- cause others wanted to leave our clients.” When Davis died, owning nearly the whole of Butte, each of a score of women claimed to be his widow. Mrs. J. A. Dav s of Kewaunee, Wis., said he marriea her in 1850, but deserted her two weeks later. The contes! at last narrowed down to John A. Davis, a brother, of Chicago; Erwin Davis, a brother, of this city, and Henry A. Root, u nmepbew, of Helena, Montana. The sisters, with their brother, Calvin Davis of Sonora, California, a'so made claims. John A. Davis said be had discovered a will executed on July 20, 1866, g ving him nearly the whole of the property and its genuineness was at once attacked, Ex- perts in bhandwriiing declared tne will a forgery and thecontest went on. Judge McHatton of Butte in June, 1896, decided that all the new contestants—including Hulda H, Queen, Davis' alleged widow and her two daughters in Canfornia, Elizabeth Morrow and Laura Calhoun— had a standing in court. Henry A Davis, anephew end one of the contestants, agread tha year before to tompromise un one-fifth for each. A settlement was maae before this with Mrs. Smythe of San Fran- cisco and others. It is believea this is the bas:s of the present agreement. Nevada's Nexmt Carnical of Sport. DALLAS, Tex, July 7.—W. K. Whee- lock, confidential representative of Dan Stuart, departel for San Francisco ibis morning, to make arrangements for the g:giiimc carnival 1n Nevada 1n Septem ror October. The principal events will be finish hghts between Maher and Sha key and McCoy and Creedon. S we Wife 3 urderer in Jail. WAUKESHA, Wis, July 7.—John But- ler of Wisaom, who murdered his wife on Monday, was arresied at Dellatie!d and is in jail here, Tnreats of ivnching were made, but no trouble is expectea. MORE GOLD THEIR CRY Rallying Delegates Are Made Welcome at Denver. STILL COMING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, Governor Adams' Broad Views on the Greatest Metal of the Centuries. TWENTY STATES REPRESENTED IN CONVENTION. Rich Ores Exhibited to the First International Gold Miners’ Assemb’y. DENVER, Coro.,, July 7.—In point of the number of tne delegatcs in attend- ance, the first International Goid-mining Convention will satisfy the expectations of its most enthusiasticsupporters. There are at Jeast 600 delegates in the city, rep- resenting twenty States in all sections of the Union, and 200 more are expscted dur- ing the day. ‘ There are representatives irom Venezu. ela, Mexico and British Columbia. Among ‘he most prominent aelegates are ex-Con- gressman C, A, Towne of Minnesota, E. V. Swmalley of Chicago, secretary of the National Sound Money L-agzue; Hon. J. R. Hedges, Pittsburg, Pa.; Prolessor J. A. Holmes of North Carolina and Profes sor George 8. Knapp of Chicago. At the Miners' National Bureau of In- formation are arranged displays of rich metailic ores from nearly every mining district of the continent. Probably the richest of these came directly from the Nashville Exposition. They represent the mines of North Carolina and Georgia and are valued at $1,000,000. The Broadway Theater, in which the congress convened, was hanasomely deco- rated with National emblems and ban- ners, none of which have any expression on the great question of the ratio of coin- age between gold an i silver. At 10:30 o’clock, R. F. Hunter, chair- man of the executive committee, called the convention to order. A great many ladies were present, both as delegates and as spectators. in the box set aside for foreign delegates was Vice-Consul Cuneo, representing Italy. After a prayer Ly Rev. M. A. Ellis Secretary Irwing Mahon read the call, Acting Mayor O. B. Scobey welcomed the delegates on behalf of the eity and was followed by Governor Alva Adams, tem- porary chairman, who delivered an ad- dress of welcome and explanation of the purposes of the convention. He said; To inerense the gold mining industry is the purpose of this couvantion. While local seli- ishiness may have inspired the cail, the im- portance of gold production reaches beyond the interest of the miner who mines it, or the State in which it is found, and becomes a question s wide a5 human commerce and ¢ ilization. ‘‘More goid” is the pur) ose of this assembly, and it is the only platform ever presented to a congress of de.egates thut did not me=t opposing vote: Goid is the only deity be‘ore which univer- sal man has ever bowed. Religion has never reared an aitar thut hes not been shaken by the cierk of heresy. Political wisdom has never devised a code or coastitution that did not invite revoit. No moral system has ever won general approval. Only behind the banner ot gold dces there trail the bungry, enthusiastic, untralued hosts of the human race. It matiers not what land Lore them, what faith guides them, what altar hears their prayers, whnat color Ged tinted their sking; every heart puisates with the same love of gold; nochasm of creed or race that will not be bridged by lives and swords in its pur: Tuis convention repre- s:nis States that produce one-‘ourth of the gold of the wor.d und ean, with encourage- ment of capital. double that production. Our desire 10 increase the product of gold ts-inspired by u patriotic and indastrial senti- meut and aspiration. We want not the gold thatis the gold of conquest, not the goid that is the 1dol of the miser, but tue gold that will be the handmaid of indus* the vehicte of an enlightened 1ai’ 1 b B broader cu:ture and edcation, that wii literate or from t'e thraldom ol idlencrs, give tothe mars of people fafrer and better opportunities of dave[olnmenl and life: al in ail, the gn¢ that will e the age 1t ol & higher and no*. r civilization than we have yet known. If g+ 4 isto come ouly with thecrimes of a Cortes or a Pizarro, it it is to inspire only avarice and greed, 1t had best remain in its unfaiho ned vaulis. The depressed conditior of commerce and industry, the unnumbered idle hends, shonld turn the attention of every patriot to toe mines. All history teaChus that notning re- lieves business depression Joosens the bonds of industry and iabor 8% quickly as an in- creased supply of the Coinage metals of the world. Civilization is unt yel «id enough to have found any satisfaciory sub,titute lor gold aud silver s movey me'als. As they haye been scarce or plentitnl has eivilization ebbed or flowed. Tae periods whe, coin money has been most iree in the artaries of trade have been the goiden ages of th, pas:; when money iias been most scarce Were the dark ages of history. What bloed is to the human body is money to the world's s¥8tem of business and commerce. Lessenit and vou cause weakuess, starvation. It was notan sccident or chance, but the workings of nositive economic and monetary principles, that made the Pariods { hat followed the discovery nna pillage 5f Mexico and Peru and the finding of gold in Austra.ia and Cali- fornia phenomenal for prigress in commerce, inte ligence. discovery an{ all the elements of civilization. It was the discovery of tle metals and their use that enubled mAn 10 cmerge from caves and barbirism, and from that dey the his- torian has but (0 know the metal product of & nation (o read the sStOry uf its progress and power. 1f California would cqual her goid product ©0f 1857, | some of tae 1a.€¢ money and iabor that now burden the banks und labor marts could be utitized to deveion the mines of Colo- rado and other mountain States, thern would come 1o our Natfon an inCusirial change ana emaucipation 1ecaliing the emergence of Fu- rope out of the deep shedow o, the pinuie ages under the fufluence of thegn.d woich Spanish conqiestseit ensc\iard xcross the sea. Since 1892 gold, silver und copper mines are about the only indusiry that has puid dividends. If thiccinveniion can turn the attention of capital ;Tom Wy productive invest- ments to legitimute minitg it will have sd- vantaged country and inve<tor alike. Busi- ness care an i senge 0 Mid:ng wiil pay better than most lines of investmynt. Prospecting as a rond 10 {ndividual forfune may e an ilusicn; the paihtinder seldom T his 0wn discovery, £2 even good mincs reqiire large exp:ndiBre, but legitimate mining s & vocaiion is & profitable business, Mauy eople act #nd inves{ as though mining was exemnt from (he requiremenis of pru- denc: und judgment, WhiC g other investments drmand. 1f you invest in mines ss you do in a hat pool nt the races you might as well try Monte Curio; your chances 0! €hin are jast as good, and tnete is little difference in the moral aspect of such fuvesting. ifning is a legitimate business and not a gambling venture, It i the mark of the can- servative 1o decry mining ms a gamble—a risky speculaiion. erva‘ives invest in railroad and othir secnri If you could examine their list of stocks to-day you would, pechaps, tind AChison, Topeks and wise co The fac-simile signature of ison eviry wrapper _of CASTORIA. Sinta Fe, Union Pacific, Leather, Cordage and other similar stocks which these wise men bought at top prices and recommended to widows and orphans as solid income securities Neversuch a fleid for investment, nevera time 80 auspleious, never has gold been worth somuch and n.ver could it be produced so cheaply. Mechanical skiil, invention and science have joined nands until the cost of rc- duction {3 less tnan ever before. At Idaho Springs a stamp mill reduces ore for $1 50 per ton, with & rebate for large quantities. Ruil- roads thread near.y every mountain and vai- ley, s that freight is no long. r a serieus prob- lem. Mines may defy legisiation, but not transportation. The mining past of the Rocky Mountains, with all its disadvantages, is the voucher we offer for the future. Never a more inyiing opening for investment, not onlv profit, but the added charm that the production of the precious metals has for most mortals. All other products perish, gold and siiver remain as permanent contributions to the weaith of thé worid. In their production ycu compete with 1o one, injure no one; you jiomote the welfare of all. Production ofgold adds to the value of every product of field, orchurd, jasture. You give work to the laborer, mechanic. professions; patronage tomerchant, manufacturer; support 10 every industry. No comcern as 1o markets, no fer of over-product on. He who discovers anew Cripple Creek, a Leadvilie or a San Juan is a benefactor, a Columbus. Every geat mine is a milestone on the road to finaucial and industrial redemption. JAPAN ON A GOLD BASIS. S:nator Pettigrew Submils a Statement on the Subj:ct (o the Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—Senator Pettigrew to-day presented in the Senate a statement prepared by himself giving Japan's reasons for adopting the gold standard, together with transiations of the new currency law of that country, the speech of Minister of Finance Matsukata in presenling this measure and the report of the Japanese Currency Commission. Mr. Pettigrew says that from a careful reading of 1hespeech of Count Matsukata he is convinced that the gold standard has been adopted entirely in the interests of the creditor classes of Japan and for the purpose of preventing a furtier de- cline in the purchasing power of tkeir credits, The Senator advances the idea tnat the manufacturing classes have been induced to accept the change by the argu- ment that it would crystallize advantages Japan has alreaay over gold-using couus tries as a result of apprec ation of gold in the past and thus perpeiuate and make certain her advantage in the future, Senator Pettigrew savs that ce the Chinese war prices hava risen about 30 per cent and the crediior classes have be- come alurmed because of the general adoption of the goid standard. The | power and influence of the creditor classes in Japan have been greatly enhanced by the debt incurred as a result of the war, the situation thus presenting many feat ures similar to those which induced Ger- many in 1873, Eneland in 1816 and the United States in 1873 to adopt the gold standard. *‘[n every instance,”’ the Senator says, ‘‘the producers of wheat are not consid- ered. [tistruetbe Minisier of Finance in Japan argued that the rise in price would cut off exports from Japan, and, therefore, the maaufacturing classe< were interested, but he makes no argument which sppeal!sto the farming classes, not- | | STRICKEN BY STORMS Many More Bodies Lay Dead on Minnesota Fields. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ENORMOTS. Millions of Monster Logs on a Wild Rampagse in St. Croix Lake. PECPLE RUN FROM FLCODS TO HIGHER GROUND. Bridges Washed Away and Trains Plled Up In Creeks and Ditches. DULUTH, Mixx, July 7.—A tornado has swept through Aiken County, cutting | a swath through the woods, leveling trees and everything else in its path. It struck | the town of Glenwood at n late hour last night. The dead are: LAVAN TOLIFF. ANNA MORROW, eicht years old. MRS. SAMUEL MORROW. SAMUEL MORROW. OSWALD MORROW. ROBERT McGOWAN Jz. AN UNKOWN MAN, Wiiliam Morris and wife are also re- portea killed. Tneir year-old baby had a leg and arm broken and will die. Willianu Sargent and Chas. Wilson were killed in a wreck on the Great Northern Railroad near 8t. Cloud. Four others are thought to have been buried under the cars. A tranraninto a washout and was ditched, twenty cars and the engine being piled up. The reports from the cyclone-stricken distric® indicate fourteen or more killed and the damage to property enormous. | 1t is impossible to estimate it. Thestorm was general over ihe Northwest, and where the wind did not blow a hurricane rain fell in torrents. At Lowry, Minn., a small station on the 8oo road, the cyclone tore down tele- | withstanding that farming is the para- mount industry of Japan.’’ | Senator Pettizcrew conciuded that the | result of this recent step on the part of | Japan must be the same there as else- | where, causing further appreciation of gold and a corresponding apparent de- | cline in the values of silver, a< well as a decline in the gold price of all produet which will check Japan’s wonderful i dustrial prosperity and transfer her indu tries to China. if China remains upon silver basi “Already,” he continues, *'gold has risen in value sufli~ent 1o make a yrofitin exporting it from Japan, and a slight percentage of advantage in manu- facturing ail Kkinds of goods in China over the manufacture of like goods in Japan.'” WEYLER Ind cations That the Bu cher Wil Soon Leave Cuba—Speniards San With | Lyncmite. HAVANA, Cuss, July 7.—The report was current ata late hour that Wevier nat been recalled by the central govern- ment on account of the failure of his cam- | paign in Santiago de Cuba prov.nce. The report of Weyler's recall is semr-officially denied, but he has likely been asked to tender bis resignation. The town of Sinta Maria del Rosaria has been burne:d by the Spanish and sev- eral women and children perished in the flames. The town is a few miles frcm | Havana. A half-mile from Al Rio province, the Cu ani Spaniards bad an encagement which ended in a nand-to-hand fight, with lLeavy losses on both sides. The insurgents retired to a hill and a Spanish columu started to pursue them, but on the rosd several dyvnamite bombs e ASKED TO RESIGH. quizar, Pinar del| were exploded, killing a Spanish major and eiguiv-iive & s and severely wounding 119 men. e column eured to Aiquizar, —_— TIynaidy ar Falley Springe. STOCKTON, Car., Jaly 7.—V. W. Heck, a szloon-keeper of Valley Springs, Caia- veras County, shot himself through the | head in his place of busi~ess early yester- day morning. He was 35 yearsold and unmarried. : | damage was considerably over $1,000,000. | graph wires, uprooted trees and blew | down buildings. Several people are re- | ported killed, but nothing can be learned, as the wires are down for twenty-five miles, Forty million feet of logs have broken away in St. Croix Lake and the water has risen twenty feet flooding the entire country. The people are fleeing to hizher | ground. Crops are ruined. The Siraight | River at Faribault has risen fifteen feet in | ten hours and is near the danger line. Two wrecks arereported on the Chicago, Milwaukee and 8t. Paul road and four people killed. Three inches of rain have fallen in Du- | luth in the last twentv-four hours, and | the work of repair, which has been going on since Frids Storm, is being undune. DULUTH, Mi~~., July 7.—The siorm that began on inxt Friday was gene throughout the Northwest, and had its origin in the Lake Superior region. Sofar as known, twenty-five lives were lost. The | Late to-night reports from towns along | the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, are that | all streams are rising. Cloquer, Minn., is in danger of being ! swept away. A message at 11 o'clock to- night says the St. Louisis rising at the | rate of a foot an hour, and people are flee- | | | ing to higher zround. At Lowry, Minn., a tornado last night tore down te aph wires, uprooted trees nd biew down bulidines, Several persons were kilied. KEW 7TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS' SHOE CO. PHELAN BUILDING. A Tre- mendous Wholesale Clear- ance Sale of Shoes. ATerrific Saughter 0f Shoe Prices That Is Astonish- ing the Whole Town Nothing like it was ever before known in San Fran- cisco. Its merit has made it popular and will continue to do so until we stop. We are keeping every promise we made. We are reducing everything and selling really good, fashionable shoes for smaller prices than were ever known before. We give you the best possible guarantee on every purchase. [f is— We will gladly return the money on any- thing that does not suit. We do this because we know our shoes are good and genuine and will please you. RETIEERE A straight cut on everything of one-quarter and one-half. Below are some especially good ones for this week: Ladies’ $6 Shoes Cut to $2.50 weex is Lairl, Finest Qua t ¥ ‘The tornado swep: through Aiken Coun- ty, siruck the town of Glenwood at a late | hour last night and eight people were killed, including the whole family of Sam- uel Morrow—his wife and two children. Willam Norrs and wile were killed, and their one-year oid baby uad a leg and arm | breken and witl die. William Se nt and Charles Wilson were killel in a wreck on the Great North- ern near St. Cloni. A train ran intwo a; washout and was ditched, twenty carsand | the engine being niled up. ASHLAND Wis, Jo'v = fiercest windstorias this recion has ever experienced raged last night and th: morning. Several buildings were un- roofed. Great damage was done on the south shore of Lake Superior between bere and Duluth. ‘I'he dam ai Orienta and at the month of Cranberry River have been washed out and 12,000,000 feet ot logs set afloat in Luake Supsrior. NEW T Wha vim, the r, Sanden's Every man has heard of it. grand strengthener it is. [ts reputation for restoring manly power is world-wide. Every of his recovery of strength by it. DR. A. T. SANDEN—Dear $ir: T have wora say thatlam u betier man eod stronger thag i back any more, and I have no more lovses and my eyes look clear. refer any suffcrer to me, It will be a great pleasure for me to write to others and (eil them what Dr. S8anden’s Electric Bell has dove for m=. If you are weak or sick, read Dr. Sanden’s famous baook “Three Classes of Men,” sent by mail closely sealed, free. 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