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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1897. SPREAD OF THE MINERS" STRIKE Delvers Quit Work in Order to Join in the Battle. Debs Talks to the Men in Several West Virginia Districts. Small Armies of Strikers March Among the Mines That Are in Operation, WHEELING, W. Va., July 19.—Devel- opments to-day in the State’s mining dis- trict warrant the assumption that the strike of the diggers, which began with such a rush this morning, will extend to the majority of the competitive mines in the State. The hitherto invulnerable Monongah district gives evidence of a general suspension of diggers in the big vein to-morrow. Of 2000 men in this field 809 have struck, and tbe result of two meetings held by Debs and his associates will very likely be a general suspension of work. This afternoon Debs spoke to 300 miners at Willow Tree, a short distance from the chief Monongah mine. His remarks were quiet but forcible, and were received with enthusiasm. He called upon the men to organize. After the meeting they held a secret conference and effected a temporary or- ganization of the first branch of the United Mine-Workers’ Union instituted in the Monongah district. The men re- fused to discuss their stand, but it is known they will descend upon the small mines in the valley to-morrow. The operators seem to have lost all hope of inducing the men to remain at work, and some of them acknowledge the indica- tions for a total suspension to-morrow are too forcible to admit of a doubt. To-night Debs talked to an audience of 00 at Fairmont. He counseied orderly procedure. He said they would succeed beyond & doubt. Monday’s developments have been of a ceable character to the Marion omficials. The Monongah Com- the jeading one in the field, will tedly make an attempt to operate piant with new men. Although efforts made this aiternoon to secure a mew force were fruitless, it is reliably re- e miners and officers of some of concerns are being supplied with s. In the Clarksburg field two or e Lundred diggers will atrike to- URG, Pa., July 19.—A thou- ng miners marched on the nonsburg mine this morning and in- i the men employed there not 10 go The strikers were cheersd by E s of music from brass bands and ne of the sirikers were persuaded to go fly by the size of the army of Tunere was no disorder. owners pleaded with their employes not to strike, but the men decided to go out. Deputy Sheriffs had been sent from Washington, the county seat. All the afternoon squads of strikers were picketed about the mines in order to use further moral suasion on those miners who might decide during the day to go back to work. The operators assert their men were frightened by the sudden appearance of the strikers and struck unwillingly, but will return to work to-morrow. The miners are 8o enthusiastic over the temporary success of the Cannonsbure march that a descent on De Armitt's mines will probably be made soon. About 400 men went out at Cannonsburg from the four mines, ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 19.—Four hun- dred Collinsville (Ill.) miners decided to- day to strike. This morning the Bradley ported th the ‘‘army” of 1000 divided into squads and | visited all the pits. As the men appeared they were urged to attend a meeting at 10 o'clock at Bridge. They did so and unan- imously agreed to strike. The column, re-enforced by Collinsville strikers, will move on the O'Fallon mine to-morrow. This is the home of State President Carson of the United Mine- Workers. The men there are said to be ready to come o If no trouble is en- countered the marcbers will reach Beil- ville to-morrow night. The consolidated men control the situation there. They have received a raise and say they will not strike. The rest will do as the consoli- dated men do. TERRE HAUTE, Ix July 19.—The Indiana and Grape Creek operators will try to get their men to accept the Colum- bus scale, for which the sirike was or- dered. Some of the leading operators will ask the men to return to work for that le pending a final settiementof the The operators will make the point this would be the best method of bringing the lower price places in Illinois into line, The execulive board of the miners’ crganization is now in session at mbus and will have to approve before miners can consent. The operators »ect in the event of the miners’ organi- z:tion declining to zet non-union men, and then the trouble will begin, COLUMBUS, Onro, July 19.—The Na- tional Exocutive Board of the United Mine-Workers held a tonference here to- dsy to outline the future policy of the continuation of the strike. President Farms of Ohio reported the toial suspen- sion practically of all the important mines in Ohio. President Carson reported 35,000 of the 35,000 miners of 1llinois 1dle. Pres. ident Knight of Indiana reported only a few miners of Southern Indiana at work President Dolan of the Pittsburg district reported the mines af Western Pennsy!- vania closed wita the exception of the De Armitt mine., The executive board decided to adopt the referendum policy in the settlement of the strike. Settlements of former strikes by officers have usually not vleased the rank and file of the mfners. Any scheme of seitlement will be referred to miners for approval. LIEUTENANT FPEARY'S DEPARTURE. ba Sai/s hway From Boston on the Hope Am:d Thunders of Cheers and Salutes. BOSTON, Mass., July 19.—It was a great sendoff that was given to Lieutenant Robert E. Peary when he started on his trip to the Arctic regions this morning, the Hope gliding out of the harbor amid such a babel of cheers, shouted well- wishes and bellowing whistles as has not been Leard along the wharves for some time. A big crowd had collected on Long and T wharves, numbering from 1500 to 2000. At 9 o’clock, when the Hope slid past the end of Long wharf, some one on it snouted, “Three cheers for Lieutenant Peary!” and they were.given with a will, Lieutenant Peary, who with his wife and his little daughter Marle was standing on the bridge, uncovering. Lieutenant Peary waved an American ensign on the bridge and Jan Jansen climbed into the port foreshrouds and broke out a small Danish ensign, while by the order of Captain Bartleit the English ensign at the peak was thrice dipped as a patting salute. One after another, all up The | the | and down the harbor, the whistles of steamers took up the hoarse cheers uqm the noise was fairly deafening. Dipping her ensign and blowing her whisties, the Hope passed down among the whist/ing steamers, and quickly gathering way, was soon lost to sight in the mist. The ship’s company all told numbers forty-three souls—Lieutenant and Mrs. R. E. Peary, Marie Ahnogito Peary aud colored servant, Matt Henson, and colored nursemaid, all of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lee, Meriden, Conn.; Robert Stein of the United States Geo- logical Survey; Albert Operts, the Italian artist; J. D. Figgins of Falls Church, Va., taxidermist; Dr. Frederick Sohon, sur- geon, Washington. The crew: John Bartlett of St. Johns, N. F., captain; R. H. Taylor, St. Johns, N. F., mate; Thomas Chalker, Brigus, N. F., boat- swain; H. W. Perry, Liverpool, !le!vard; Samuel Beaker, Brigus, N. F., assistant steward; W. T. Godey, London, cook, and these able seamen: Albert Bennett, | Newfoundland; Thomas Youden, New- foundland; Horatio Spracklin, Cupido, N. F.; James Way, Brigus, N. F.; John Weeks and Frederick Bartlett, Brigusj Caleb Drew, Cupido, carpenter; Robert Hunter, G W, chief engineer; Stephen Knight. St. Jonns, second enzineer; Wil- liam Roust, St. Johns, firzman; William Bruce, Outercove, N. F., fireman; John Hutcher, Harbor Grace, N. F., fireman; Azariah Roberst, St, Johns, fireman. ——— NEXHAUS TIBLE ~ RICHES OF THE I (111 cond Page. Continued from to stand a little hardship if it comes his way; and it is quite likely to before he gets back to civilization. There i8 no civ- ilization in Dawson City. Its only a hamlet of a few straggling cabins near the bend of the river. I've read some pesky yarn about potting in electric lights in Dawson 71ty. What the miners would like to see before electric lights is plenty | of grub, with some littie variety. “It is only twenty-eight miles from salt water to Lake Lindermaun, frem where yo1 drop down the Lewis River in boats to Klondyke, Forty-mile and Circle City, | on the Yukon, I traveled 1000 miles to | St. Michaels once to get something to eat for me and my partner,’”’ continued Mr. | MacArthur, still never omitting an oppor- | tunity to refer to his favorite subject— | “something to eat.” “'Cold? Well,ifit’sany colder up at the north pole than it is back in the mountains no thermometer has ever been built large enough below the zero point to show it. Oh! it runs up and down from 85 to 70 degrees below zero. But you don’t mind it when you get acclimated. The boys throw their coats off when it's 40 or 50 degrees below and work in their shirtsleeves. You don’t | mind it when you get used toit. We worked in our shirtsleeves last Christ- mas day when the thermometer was 48 below. The air and coli is dry. Itis not so piercing and uncomfortable as it would be if the atmosphere were moist. In get- ting over that twenty-eight miles of dis- tance, throughout Chilkoot Pass to Lake | Lindermann, the total portage is over 100 | miles. That's what makes it so expensive | to pack in supplies. Indians and other | packers are scarce, and they will charge | you all the traffic will stand. Prices range | from 15 cents to $1 25 a pound.” | *Isit possible to prospect in the winter | time?” | “Certainly it is. Winter is the best | time to work,” said Miner MacArthur, and in this particular his information is | wholly at variance with the common un- derstanding of possibilities of mining in Alaska or anywhere in the country trib- | utary to the Yukon. Since the inception of the present mining excitement stories | have been published to the eirect that | during the long winter months prospect- ing and mining are entirely suspended, when the fact is that the mining con- tinues all winter long and is in truth the busiest season. Fires are built to thaw the frozen earth. A shaft is then sunk | and the prospectingis done in drifts and tunnels excavated in any or all directions from the shaft, below the frost line. It is much easier to work in the win- ter,” said Mr. MacArthur. “In the few | weeks of summer the water greatly inter- { feres with the work. ‘Tne snow melts and | the water overflows everything. It would | drown you or run you away from your diggings. 1n the summer, when there is pienty of water, the boys sluice the ground they have dug out in the winter. It's | heulthy work, too—if you have enough to | @at. My advice? I do not want to advise | anybody about going to the Klondyke. | Nobody advised me, but I had plenty of | provisions when I went in. I will say, | though, if you want to go and have money | for at least a year’s provisions and good | health, you won’t miss anything; but if lyon have neither provisions nor money | nor good heaith, if you do go you will re- | gret it many times before you get out of | the country. A man should no more | think of starting for the north poie un- | prepared tban for the Upper Yukon.” Dougald MacArthur is a Scotch-Cana- dian, about 43 vears old. He went into | Alaska nine years ago and has not been | out of the country since until the present | time. He lived when a boy at Glenelge, near Montreal, Quebec, and that 1s where his relatives now live. He would not state how much gold he brought out of the Klonayke, for “that’s figures, and it’s | nobody’s business but my own. But I've ! got more than enough gold to do me for the remainder of my life,” he said. Mr. MacArthur will leave for Montreal and Grenelge to-morrow morning. If he recovers completely from the scury and gets well rested up he may return to the new El Dorado of the Arctic next spring. He went into the Klondyke eariy last w.nter and got all his gold in the one sea- son. — DEFICIENCY BILLJPASSED. It Now Goes to the President for His Signature. ? WASHINGTON, D, C., July 19.—In the House to-day Cannon reperted an agree- ment of the conferees on the remaining items of difference in the general defi- ciency bill—none of any great impor- tance. ~As agreed to the bill appropriates §7.874,865 36—less by $206,372 22 than was passed by the House. Cannon yielded the floor to General Grosvenor, who asked consent to print without delay a speech be had prepared on the administration of the civil service law. Consent was given and the conference report was adopted. The report was also agreed to by the Sen- ate and the bill now gzoes to the President, —_— Going to Seurch for Professor Andree. BERLIN, GERMANY, July 19.—British and Russian steamers are going to search the Siberian coast for Professor Andree, who on July 11 started from es Island in a balloon to attempt to discover the north pole, © When the conference HOUSE ADOPTS THE CONFEREES' REPORT After Ten Hours’ De- bate a Vote Is Taken at Midnight. Will at Once Be Sent to the Senate for Action by % That Body. Before the Week Explres the Tarlff Bill Will be a Law of the Land. WASHINGTON, D. C. July 19.—Just as the clock chimed out the day, the House adopted the report of the con- ferees on the tariff bill. It had been de- bated ten hours, the Republican man- agers insisting upon the extraordinary extension of the session in order that the bill might thus be disposed of in a single day. The Republicans pursued the same policy as that followed in the Senate and refrained from engaging the attention of the House, the only speeches in favor of the report being those of Dingley and Payne at the opening and close of the de- bate. The report now goes to the Senate for disposal. The vote was generally along political divisions, the Republicans vot- ing for the report, und the Democrats and Populists against it. The only exceptions were Broussard, Davis and Meyer of Louisiana, and Slayden and Kleberg of Texas (D.), who voted with the Republ- cans, as they did on the passage of the bill. About half the Populists and Silver- ites refrained from voting, but all who did vote were recorded in the negative. report on the tariff bill was presented to the House to- day Chairman Dingley read a statement embodying the more important points of the committee’s action. Dingley said it was desirable, if possible, that some ar- rangement be made for terminating the debate, and asked for instructions from the minority. Bailey responded that the Democrats had believed that three days was not more than a reasonable time in which to dis- cuss the report, but consuitations with Republicans had satisfied them that they would not secure that period, and there- fore he suggested that a vote be taken at the conclusion of to-morrow's session, giving two days for consideration of the report. Dingley said that talk at this period was rather exvensive, costing the Government not less than $100,000 a day. [Applause.] Bailey answered hotly: ‘Not so expen- sive, let me say to my friend from Maine, as it was during the ten days in which the conferees were trying to satisfy the greed of the sugar trust.” Dingley retorted that never before in history of tariff legislation had conferees been able to come to s conclusion in so brief a time. “In 1894,” he said, “the conferees were in session six weeks, ana then came in here without having reached any conclusion at all.” [Applause.] “I grant your speed,’’ said Bailey, “but your work was well laid out before you went into conference,” “If you had been as well prepared in 1894 the conference would not have been so long in coming to their lame conclu- sion,” said Dingley. “The trouble then was trying to run the party with a lot of mugwumps at the head,” said Bailey. Dingley said that it was the earnest de- sire of his cclieagues that a vote be reached before the House adjourned to-day. [Ap- plause.] “Let me say to my friend from Maine,” said Bailey, “‘not in the way of a threat, that he wi'l make haste with the bill if he will treat the minority fairly. There is one place 1n the Government where the minority can be heard, and while the Democrats in the S8enate have no purnose to delay consideration of the bill they willinsist thatitshall be fairly discussed.” To this Dingley replied that debate had better proceed for a while, and the House could then determine whether or not it was worth $100,000 a day to continue. [Cheers and shouts arose from the Re- publican side of *‘Vote, vote ! “Surely you want to give the sugar trust an opportunity to put up its stock a little more,” cried Dingley. *It went up only seven points this morning. BEx- posure of the effect of the conference re- port may cause a collapse later.” Dingley refused to accede to Bailey’s uest. ailey objected to Dingley’s proposal to take a'vote at 11 o’clock to-night. Boutelle of Maine asked, ‘‘How many days’ debate ot that kind does the eentieman from Texas think the country wants?'’ “The country bas had so many from the gentleman from Maine hat I can sa- it is tired of him,” retorted Bailey. Bilev asked why the proposed tax upon stock issues and transiers had been abandoned. Dingley replied: *‘Because it was found out that in the transactions which it was chiefly intended to reach—those of Wall street and the various exchanges oi the country—no record was kept and they could not be traced.” Cummings asked about the rate on diamonds. +It was 10 per cent,”” Dingley responded. “And in the House Lill it was 15 and in the Wilson bill 26?” asked Cummings. “Yes,” replied Dingley. The reason for reducing the rate, he explained, was the unanimous opinion of all administrative officers that whenever the rate of dia. monds was rajsed above 10 per cent they were smuggled to such an extent that revenue from their importation almost entireiy disappeared. Personallv he would have been glad to have kept the House rate. The substance of Dingley’s explanation about the sugar schedule was stated in answer to & question by Dockery that whereas the Wiison bill gives the refining interest a protective duty of 22}¢ cents per 100 pounds the schednle proposed by the conferees will give 12}¢ cents—just about halt. [Applause.] Dingley said the bill was calculated to produce in_a normal year $225,000,000 in revenue. He said that because of antici- patory imports the treasury had lost $40,- 000,000 in revenue, making the net re- ceipts for the current fiscal year $185,000,- 000. This, added to receipts from internal revenue and other sources, would give the Government $370,000,000 with which to meet about $370,000,000 of expenditures; put should the estimated loss from antici- patory importations prove to be too small, Dingley said, at least $32,000,000 could be safely taken from the cash in the treasury to meet the deficiency. When the bill rets fully into operation, he said, it would be found to be a revenue, not a deficit, producing measure. Debate for the Democrats was begun by ‘Wheeler of Alabama, one of the minority conferees. Wheeler explained that the Democrats had had no part in cither pre- paring the bill in its original form nor as reported by the conferees. He said that many of the duties would be found purely prohibitive and tbat the billas a whole was framed not for revenue but for pro- tection. This, he insisted, was the in- tent of its framers, and he read from the debates of the last Congress to prove it. ‘Wheeler attacked the rebate provisions of the bill as being in the interest of large manufacturers and discriminnting against the small dealers, The duty on es re. would not yield the farmer any additional price for the animals on which they grow, at be the means of adding to the receipts of the great cattte trust. As a whole the proposed bill levied a tax of 140 per cent on articles imported into the conn;:ly against 57 imposed by the McKinley bill and 34 by the Wilson. Swanson of Virginia, also a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, de- voted himself largely to the sugar sched- ule in discussing Dingley’s assertion. The pending bill, he said, gave the refiner less protection than the Senate’'s schedule. Swanson alleged that the differeniial was 4014 cents per 100 pounds, instead of 1214, as claimed by Dingley, on granulated sugar. Swanson figured out that the dif- ferential under the Wilson bill in favor of the trust was 29}4 cents per 100 pounds, while under the proposed law it would be 78 3-10 cents per 100. Debate was continued by Ball and Lan- ham of Texas, Fleming of Georeia, Handy of Delaware and Keiley of South Dakpta. At one point no one sought the floor, and the Speaker filled the gap witn the start- ling suggestion: | *The question is upon agreeing with the report.” ‘Whereupon Bailey remarked: “Because there does not appear to be any one on the Republican side rcady to defend the report, the chair must not assume that there is no one on this side to attack it.” Looking over the Democratic seats, he continued: ‘None of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means being pre- pared to speak, I ask recognition for my colleague, Dr. Lanham.”” The same experience was repeated just before Fleming took the floor, and he had an hour’s time simply because none of the leaders desired the time. At 5:55 the House barely escaped a vote on the main question by unanimonsly agreeing to a recess until 8 o’clock. The novelty of a night session filled the galleries, and at 8 o'clock the desultory discussion was resumed by McDowell of Onio. The speech of the evening was by Bailey, who spoie first of the fzct that the final settlement of the question was not with the House nor with Congress, but with 15,000,000 voters of the country, and to them he submitted a statement of his views. In his opinion it was impossible that the country could have prosperity under the present financial system, nor wouid any financial system make the peo- ple prosperous when farmers were com- pelled to pay exorbitant prices for manu- factured goods. Discussing the Wilson bill, Bailey eaid that the country had seen this despised and nameless outcast vindicate itself as a tariff measure, until fair-minded men to- day acknowledged that under normal con- ditions it would raise money enough to aefray all proper expenses. *‘No important measure in the history of this country,”” he said, “was ever en- acted under circumstances so unfayorable for its fair trial. It was denounced on its final passage by the author of it and it was discredited by Cleveland, whose course in reference to it no one would undertake at this time to defend. For wien the paseions of that contest had cooled we were all ready to agree that his duty to o SOLD SCORES OF BOGUS VOUCHERS Money - Lenders at Los Angeles Duped by a Swindler. Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany Clerk’s Novel Methods. Disposed of Numerous * Shaved” or Altered Clalms Agalnst His Employers. LOS ANGELES, CAL., July 19.—Vouch- ers of an aggregate 1ace vaiue of between $30,000 and $40,000, purporting to have been issued by the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company in settlement of claims of losses and damages, are found to be in ex istence in Los Angeles in the hands of money-lenders, and it is to-day declared all are forged and worthless. Represen- tatives of the steamship company claim that a gigantic conspiracy has been going on here for months by which a great amount of money has been made by some persons. As a result there are prospects of a criminal prosecution being insti- tuted and a certainty of numbers of civil suits which may heip to throw light upon the steal. Careful investigation discloses these facts: J. W. Kapus, a shrewd young man who for about five years was clerk for W. Parris, local agent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, lost his position last March, having resigned by request of his employer, who thought the cierk had too much private business to enable him to properly attend to that of the steam- ship company. Previous to that time and up to the present, it appears, Kapus has been doing a large business in buying or “shaving” claims against the steamship company. It is said that he would receive information that a certain shipper would be entitied to a claim for some amonnt, say $2000, and would go to him with an offer to buy the claim at a discount for ready cash, which otherwise would not be forthcoming until his party required him to approve that4the matter had run the usual time-con- bill or else his duty to the country re- quired him to diuprmve it. There was no middle ground. If the bill was so bad that for the sake of his party he could not sign it, then it was 8o bad that for the sake of his country he ought to have vetoeda it; but he stubbornly refused to do either and suffered it to become a law, derided by foes, deserted by friends.”” The remedy for a deficiency, Bailey said, was economy ot expenditures rather than increase of taxation. Protection inter- fered with the free interchange of products with foreign countries, which is the basis of international commerce and which must curtail production. It aiso fostered combinations of capital formed for limit- ing production in order to maintain prices. As to the sugar schedule Bailey said: am not willing to charge in this high place that the Republican party has soid its intellect and conscience to the sugar trust, and I prefer to believe that it has been driven by the logic of its position to the assistance of a msonopoly which has grown so bold under fts special privileges that it scandalizes Congress and the courts. But, sir, the Republican party must confess that it has sold itself to the sugar trust or must admit that protection cannot deny its benefits to the monopoly.” At this point Bailey had exhausted an hour and it was necessary to ask an ex- tension of time if he were to proceed. This was done by Underwood of Alabama, and Grosvenor inquired how much time that gentleman wanted. He dia not want to object, but did not want Bailey to oc- cupy all the time of the debate. ~Bailey said he would not press his request if there was any objection.- “But,” he in- quired, with some bitterness, “'did any one object to the gentleman from Maine (Dingley) either when he opened or closed the debate ?” There was no further objection and Bailey proceeded with the statement that the condition ot his voice would probably prevent him concluding his remarks. A considerable part of Bailey’'s speech was devoted to discussion of free raw materi- als. He quoted an editorial from the Lex- ington Herald by W. C. P. Breckinridge giving an account ot the action of the ma- firity of the Committee on Ways and eans in the Forty-ninth Congress when, by the castiug vote of Speaker Carlisle, it adopted the policy of free raw materials. Bailey had nsmed those who voted against free raw materials—Milis of Texas, McMiliin of Tennessce, Maybury of Mich- igan and Harris of Georgia—when he was interrupiedby McMillin, who asked if he meant to say that he (McMillin) had voted against free wocl. Bailey—That’s what Morrison told me with his own mouth, and Le told me you hod voted against free iron ore. McMillin—What excuse have you for vouing against striking out the wool and woolen schedule of this informal biil and incorporaiing the wool and woolen sched- ule of the Wiisonjbill? Bailey—First, because I had intro¢uced anamendment to reduce the duty on both wool and woolen goods 3314 per cent. McMillin—Your amendment failed, and then you proposed to take the high rates which this bill carries rather than the low rates of the Wilson bill?+ Bailev—Yes, sir, and we may just as well understand each other right now. Never, so long as I am in Congress, will [ vole to give the woolen manufacturer a5 per cent duty on his woolen goods and the wool-grower nothing upon his wool. [Prolonged applause.] And since the gentleman has asked me a question, I ask him how he can justify voting for free wool in tha face of the Chicago platform, which he helped adopt. McMillin—The Chicago platform did not take the back track on the docirine of tariff for revenue only, as has been repre- sented here to-night. This talk was conducted amid excite- ment and Bailey abandoned it here. He spoke nearly two and a half hours and at the close was rewarded with the congratue lations of friends on the floor and ap- plause from admirers in the gallery. For the opposition McMillin closed the debate. He pointed out what he deemed to be the most outrageous features of the bill, which in his opinion were the bene- fit to trusts, none of which had been ig- nored. Referring to Bailey’s charge that he had changed his views regarding free raw material he said that any statement which imputed to him the support of a duty on wool was inaccurate. Bailey’s votes in favor of free wool, free coal ana free iron ore were reviewed, and McMillin asserted amid applause that by the sign of “tariff for revenue only’’ the Dero- cratic party bad conquered in the past and would in the future. Payne of New York, next to Chairman Dingley, senior manager for the confer- ence, closed the debate. He revjewed the history of tariff legislation of redent years, especially relating to sugar. Asto this, he defended the attitude of the Republican party, and charged the Democratic party with love unsurpassed, as manifested by its schedules for the sugar trust. At the conclusion of Payne's speech Dingley moved that the House agree to the conference report and demanded the previous question. This was ordered, and the yote was taken by ayes and noes, re- sulting: Ayes 189, noes 115; present and not voting 12, So the report was agreed to. suming course. Thus an agreement would be reached for about $1500, Kapus, by his own admission, would bor- row from some moneyed man theamount and give to him for security a voucher for the full amount of the claim, The ear- lier ones were eventually vpaid pack from receipts of the next loan, Kapus in each case dividing a big rake off with the money-lender. It is stated that the operations began with the loss of the steamer Colima, when a great number of claims were filed against the company, and the enterpris- ing clerk turned a snug. profit to his ac- count. As shippers were inclined to magnify the amount of loss they had sustained, they were all the more willing to compro- mise on a discount basis, and, the vouch- ers being considered as good as gold, no difficulty, was experienced in obtaining ready cash upon them. Some of the shrewdest money men in the city went into the deal, and as a result now hold quantities of the vouchers for which they may never receive a cent. It is charged that many if not most of these vouchers are entire forgeries. Each genuine voucher should bear the signa- ture of the claim clerk, the chief account- ant, and also the initials or full signature of the general agents—Goodall, Perkins & Co. On these forged vouchers, it is said, all the luto%rnpns are spurious, and these have been denouncea by the company’s agents as bogus. Some of the vouchers instead of being forged as to signature are genuine in that respect, but raised in amount. Thus it is that some vouchers issued in regular form for some sum, $50 for instance, turn up in a money lender’s hands bearing the os- tensible face value of $500 or even $5000. The reckless abandon exhibited in the making of these forged or raised vouchers is something marvelous, and that profes- sional money-lenders, who are expert on “shaving” negotiable paper, should be taken in on them is past belief. Yet De Pepper, who is a wealthy Randsburg mine-owner, is said to hold $1800 worth of the vouchers, some portion of which may possibly be worth something, but with changes against them. Dr. Kuns has $3000 of the claims, but he is confident he will get the money. Other men, the majority of them wealthy doc- tors, hold amounts great orsmall, and the holders differ as to the prospects of ever realizing on them. ‘When W. Parris, the local agent for the steamship company, became convinced of what was going on, he set about to inves- tigate, after communicating with the head office in San Francisco, but he found agreat reluctance on the part of the in- vestors to admit what they had put into the pool of the young Napoleon of finance. Not until to-day was he able to approxi- mate the total amount of the alleged for- geries, and it approached the $40,000 mark. Young Kapus at first did his banking at the National Bank of California, but he became angry because an overdraft would not be honored and transferred his account to the Citizens’ Bank. At both establishments he created suspicion by the great size of his account, but neither bank had any business with him except to handle his deposits. After Kapus left the steamship com- pany’s employ he, with a partner, engaged in the men’s furnishing business on Broadway under the firm name of Parry & Kapus, and there continued his busi- ness of “shaving'’ claim All of this Kapus admits, but he denies that he did any forging. When seen to- day by Tue CALL correspondent Kapus said that his connection with the matter was only that of a buyer of claims, just as persons buy city and county warrants at a discount. He said if any of the vouchers were forged the work must have been done in the San Francisco office. He declares he is innocent of any purpose to defraud, and has employed an attorney to look after his interests. Certain holders of the denounced vouch- ers have also sought counsel. They assert that the documents they hold are true upon their face and not different from others they previously held, which were paid, and they wiil undertake to force the company to pay them. Noue of these holders as yet evince an inclination to bring a criminal action against any one while hoping for a settle- ment, but that they display great uneasi- ness is shown by the fact of their employ- ing legal counsel. A representative of the steamship com- pany is expected to arrive from San Fran- cisco to-morrow. FIRES IN SHASTA FORESTS. Redding Surrounded on Al Sides by Walis of Flames — Many Miners Lose Their Homes. REDDING, CAL., July 19.—Reddine is almost entirely surrounded by forest fires to-night. To the north and northwest im- menge fires are raging. The strong north wind has fanned the flames and driven them until now they are in dangerous Proximity to valuable property. This morning the station and hotel at Middle Creek, four mjles north oi Red- ding, was reported in danger and hua- dreds of men were out to backfire. Just across the river from Middle Creek another fire has been burning. The dweilings of miners and farmers were in imminent danger and to-day over 100 men went ir(:m this city to the scene to save prop- erty. Near Keswick, the site of the Mountain Copper Company’s big smelters, a wall of flames is threatening property. Several small houses were burned. The company sent out a call for assistance, and to-night nearly 1000 men are fighting the fiery ele- ments. _ At Iron Mountain more damage is be- ing done by the flames. Numerous miners’ cabins have be:n burned and more are in danger, and the settlement at the miune is in peril. Hundreds of men are fighting the flames there, and it is hoped the settlement will be saved. Fire is raging right in the thickest belt of the timber and huudreas of cords will be destroyed. The sicht viewed from Redding is grand and awful. The ridges of the mountains, the sides of the foot- hills and all eminences are ablaze and the flames shoot up from the tall pines and spreading oaks. The north wind is blowing thick clouds of smoke toward this city, and all day and to-night the extreme heat has been distressing. Squads of men are stationed at intervals along the northern boundary of this city to prevent the flames from gaining neadway within the city limits. by Sl 5 FATAL SHOGTING AT FELTOW, Young Wkhipple Hall of Oakland Acci- dentaly Kils Hs Chum, Leon Evers. SANTA CRUZ, CaL., July 19.—Whipple Hall, son of Judge Hali of Oakland, shot and killed Leon Evers, his companion and guest, at Felton this afternoon. The shooting was accidental, or rather unin- tentional, though the gun was aimed di- rectly at the young man and accom panied by the remark: “You have been feeling miserable for a day or two. I'll end your misery.” The gun was brought to his shoulder as young Hall spoke. There was areport and Evers was shot through the head. He lived for an hour in agony, while young Hali suffered through mental an- guish gquite as much. The dead boy is also of Oakland and was a guest of Judge Hall and family, who occupy a cottage at ;Felton for the summer. The boys were chums and were enjoying their vacation togetber. Young Hall had been gunning on Sunday, and on returning met Miss Cope. While conversing with her he put a charge into ihe right barrel of his gun, remarking that he might ron across game. Being in the habit of carrying his gun empty, except when actunally in readiness for use, he carried it home, forgetting that the loaded shell was in the barrel. This afternoon he took the gun down and went onto the veranda for the pur- pose of cleaning it preparatory to another trip in the woods in quest of game. Evers was lying_on a sofa in the room off the veranda. He had been ailing for a day or two,and Hall, endeavoring to cheer him, spoke in a jokinz way of end- ing his misery. He did, indeed, end the pcor boy’s misery, but he had notthe slightest thought that he was about to literally carry out his words. Word was immediately wired to the dead boy’s father. Coroner Clark was cailed to Felton and quickly summoned a jury, which found thav the shooting was unintentional. OAKLAND, CaL., July 19.—Leou Evers, the son of ex-Coroner Evers, who was ac- cidentally killed near San Jose to-day, was but 16 years ola, and wasa very brightand popular scholar in the schools of this city. The news was conveyed to his home by telephone, and Mr. Evers received the message. He at once engaged a special train and left for the Hall ranch, where the accident occurred. One of the elder sons broke the sad news to Mrs. Evers, and the eifect on her was so severe that she is not yet out of danger. Her condi- tion to-night is so precarious that a dis- patch has been sentto Mr, Evers to return at once, as the worst is feared. Mrs. Evers has been sick for a long time, and the shock was too great for her. Says Mrs. Bradbury Was Hypnotized. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 19.—Colonel Bradbury and wife arrived here at6:30 to-night fiom Chicago and will remain for a few days. Bradbury says that Rus- sell Ward exerted undue influence over nis wife, who never would have done what she did had it not been for his un- canny spell. He exvpressed the opinion that the whole affair will soon be for- gotten by them both. CLAIMS A PRIEST WAS HER HUSBAND Putative Widow of the Late Father Jeram Appears. Says She Was Wedded by Contract to the Founder of Eden Valley. Attends the Inquest Over His Body and Attempts to Obtain Hls Watch. UKIAH, CaL, July 19.—The remains ot Father Peter J. Jeram were on Saturday last consigned to the grave in the Catholic cemetery at this place. No services were held at the grave, nor were any of the relizious ceremonies usually accorded to members of the Catholic church tendered the dead priest. It will be recalled that Father Jeram was drowned in the middle fork of the KEel River on May 4, while at- tempting to ford the stream. His body was found last week by Joseph Robbin, & stock-driver, living near Cahto, haif a mile below tbe mouth of Salt Creek, and about four miles from the place where Jeram was seen. An inquest was held on Thursday, at which time the body was viewed by the Coroner’s jury and the further hearing was continued until the 20th inst. At the time of the inquest a woman registered at the Palace Hotel at this place as Mrs. P. J. Frank, and made the claim that she was the contract wife of Father Jeram. She viewed the body in the undertaking parlors of Cook Eros., but refused to identify the remains as those of Father Jeram, According to her story, the deceased bad never worn a Roman collar when on his visits to San Francisco, so she had never seen him in priestly habiliments. It1s said that the woman made an effort to secure the valuable watch which the dead priest had on his person when found, and that for some reason now unknown this was the object of her visit at this time. She is rather a handsome woman, of aboat 32 years. To the undertaker she represented herself to be the sister of Father Jeram, but subsequently sta'ed that she was the priest’s contract wife, and later she registered at the hotel as Mrs. P.J. Jeram. BShe returned to San Francisco on Friday, atter having reso- lutely refused to say anything other than that she was the wife of the dead prie: She refused to ciaim the body in tneun- dertakers’ parlors, and expressed some doubt as to its being the body of Father Jeram. The woman’s refusal to talk isdue to the fact, it is saia, thatshe is acting ander the advice of her attorney, and has been cautioned by him to say nothing. Neither this woman, nor another claiming to be Jeram’s sister and calling herself Ursuia Jeram, attended the funeral here on Satur- day, when with none but an attorney of this place and a few newspaper men as mourners the body of Father Jeram was consigned to the grave. The movements of the putative Mrs. P. J. Jeram while here were very mysterious, and despite all efforts nothing can De Jearned of ner or her present whareabouts. Attorney Aiva Watt, acting in behalf of Ursula Jeram, who claims to be a sister of the priest, filed an action a few days ago in the Superior Couré of this county to nave J. H. Barker, the Pnblic Adminis- trator, appointed to administrate upon the estate of Jeram. Barker applied for letters immediately after the drowning of the priest, but subsequently withdrew his application. o Going to Umaha to Investigate. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19.—Sen- ator Pritchard’s committee, which bhas been investigating the workings of the civil service law as applied to Government departments, will go to Omaha to take testimony in some cases of alleged viola- tions. e To Succeed Harris. MEMPHIS, Texw., July 19.—The Gov- ernor has appointed Thomas B, Turley to succeed the late Senator Harris. NEW TO-DATY. THEY ALL POINT TOWARD THE SAME FACT. Ladies’ Russet Kid, cloth top, Southern Ties. Reduced from @f 1() $175 to..... : . 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