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o THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL.L, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1898. present your name at.the Toledo con- vention and am proud of it. Circum- stances have arisen which have chang- ed the current of affairs. ('el'} A per- sons who claim to be Republicans are endeavoring to thwart Mr. Hanna's candi . but jve cannot believe that you are one of these, that you are ug- loyal. For you to do this would be a political _blunder, if not a political crime. Hence we call to ask if you have done what is charged against you.” Following this Congressman YWeaver's remarks were in the nature of an ap- peal to the Governor to not permit the Republican party to go down to defeat by the election of any other man for Senator except M. A. Hanna. Governor Bushnell was almost over- come by emotion. In response hs re- ferred to the fact that the Representa- tives and Senators from Clarke County are strong adherents of Hanna, while but three-fourths of the Cuyahoga County delegation are for him. He said he had been misundersiood and misrepresented in the present contro- versy and charged that it was not true that he had attended a Democratic conference to deféat Hanna. (Cheers.) He said he did not know a conference had been held. that He expressed the be- the members of the House hould decide the question lief and of a people behave they have a ri there. But all people have their pref- Until to-day never been s, min- , and Governor Bushnell raised his hand to quiet the assemblage.) ; “It is by your suffrage that I am in this high office. Now, if you have no Tesf for me, for God's sake have re- t for the office. Jave you taken any action for a candidate, Governor?” inquired one of the delegation. = “I have no vote in the Legislature, id. Continuing, Governor Bushnell said: “] discharged my duty last spring when 1 appointed Mr. Hanna United States Senator. N the membe the Legisiature must discharge theirs. From the Governor’s office the dele gation marched to Senator Hanna's headquarters in the Neil House, where the members greeted the Senator. Ad- dr were made by General Grosve- nator Hanna, Major Dick, Judge ash and others. Senator Hanna spoke at length, revis ng the action of the Toledo convention, the work of the last campaign, and the action of the past few da but expressed the fullest confidence in the final result. The Springfield delegation gave pa- rades during the afternoon, serenaded the newspaper offices and even the headquarters of Kurtz and “the com- bine” at the Great Southern Hotel this evening and returned home before mid- night. IS ENGLAND BACKED BY AMERICA? h Continued from First Page. of the naval bill, and it is affirmed that the Pope, while refusing to inter- vene directly in German politic: promised to use his influence ind rectly with the Center (Catholic) part in the Reichstag in support of the na val bill, having in view the interests of German Cat s in China. The cruiser A gant at Devonport s been ordered to prepare for sea supposed that she will proc is Chinese waters. According to a dispatch from Berlin Herr Rothstein has just returned to St. pC Petersburg from a sojourn in Berlin, where has n endeavoring:1o ne- gotiate a Russo-Chinese loan, with the impress willing to issue the loan if permitted | allot a portion to English bflnliin{:} to hou The Gazette's statement however, is accepted as official in Ber- lin, The North German Gazette thinks the presence of British warships at Port Arthur may lead to complications. PARIS, Jan. 4—M. Frances Charmes, who is well informed as to the views of | the French Government, has a long ar- | ticle in the Journal des Debats, in which he ably discusses the Eastern | tuation, drawing the inference that “France for the present will preserv an '(){vlvje(:\flnt attitude in the Chine crisis. TWO CHILDREN SHOT BY A VICIOUS YOUTH. Fired Upon and Badly Wounded Because | They Refused to Play With the Lad. PORTLAND, Jan. 4—Lena Demming and Etta Brock, two children of Forest Grove, aged 10 and 7 respectively, were shot in the face by John Volkner, a 14- year-old boy, to-day, at the home of the Demming girl, about three miles | south of Forest Grove. Volker was in | the yard, while the girls, with four others, were in the house standing at a window. The boy asked the girls to come out in the barn and play. They refused, and he discharged a | - shotgun at the window, breaking the | glass and injuring several of the girls. | The little Demming girl was severely wounded, shot and broken glass strik- | ing her on the face. One eyeball is | lacerated, and it is feared she will lose | the sight. The Brock girl’s face was cut by the broken glass. The others received minor injuri The boy has been known as a terror in the neighborhood for some time and will probably be sent to the Reform School. e g o POLLISCO’S SLAYER SAYS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE. James Savage Lewis Arraigned at Madera for a Recent Killing Near O'Neals. MADERA, Jan. 4.—James Savage Lewis, charged with the murder of Frank Pollisco, was brought before Judge Conley this morning for arraign- ment. Lewis pleaded not guiity and his trial was set for the 15th of Feb- ruary. Lewis is charged with having killed Pollisco on December 20 last, in the neighborhood of O'Neals, a mountain section thirty miles from Madera. There were no witnesses to the alleged crime, and defendant claims to have acted in self-defense. Soon after the tragedy Lewis gave himself into the custody of an officer, and when an in- vestigation was had it was found that Pollisco had been stabbed to death. A number of wounds was found upon the body, and it was evident that Pol- lisco had bled a great deal, as his clothing was soaked with blood. e o WNot to Buy Danish West Indies. LONDON, Jan. 5—The Berlin corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle de- nies. that Germany has any idea of purchasing the Danish West Indies. —_—e———— Colog To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. f6c. The genuine has L. B. Q. eu each tablet. | others should re- | °| SEATTLE, Jan. n that the German banks are | AIDES FOR THE RELIEF EXPEDITION Three Civilians to Ac- company It to Dawson. Will Act as Advisers to the Army Officers in Charge. | Stanley W. Turner of Michigan Named as One of the Trio. ALGER’S Though 11l the Secretary Is Supervis- ing Arrangements for the Journey. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 4. Although the Secretary of War is ill at his residence on K street and Assist- virtually in charge of the expedition for the relief of the Klondike miners, Mr. Alger is devoting a good deal of at- tention to the matter. This is evident from the decision of the War Depart- ment to appoint Stanley W. Turner of Michigan as “civilian aide” to the ex- pedition. There will be three of these “civilian aides.” They ‘will act in an advisory according to the War Department offi- | cials, but just what this means is not | quite clear. Probably it means that | they will draw their saiaries under the the relief of the miners. Just thismuck money will, therefore, be diverted from ) its charitable and useful purpose. Mr. Turner, who is to be the ‘‘chief | civilian aide,” has been the Auditor- General of the State of Michigan. He is engaged in the lumbering business, and is a warm friend of Alger, who is also a Michigan lumberman. It is un- derstood that one of the other aides the third from Seattle. are ordered to report Brainerd. | ACTUAL SITUATION IN | DAWSON MISREPRESENTED THROUGH SELFISHNESS. Men Who Seek to Profit by Taking In Supplies Would Prevent Relief Expe- ditions. 4.—Of the number of returning Klondikers,. it is the exceptional man who dees not in- tend to return to Dawson City at the earliest possible moment, and it is their further intention to take great quantities of provisions. It is the fear | that the Government or big capital- ists with every possible facility at their command will anticipate their | commercial scheme of carrying in food These aides to Captain | that prompts €0 many to publicly pro- | | claim that there is no danger of | famine or any scarcity of food. Of the nearly forty miners who re- turned from the Kilondike on the steamer Corona on Sunday night last, a large number are very pronounced in their views as to the shortage of provisions that already exists. Prom- inent among these is T. G. Wilson of Seattle, who was one of the latest to leave Dawson. Jject he said: “My business at Dawson was such that I visited almost every claim on Bonanza and El Dorado and conversed with hundreds of the miners, and I can safely say that seven-tenths of the people are short of provisions. The companies that had taken orders from the miners calling for from eight to twenty sacks of flour and other things | in proportion had to cut the orders to one, two or three sacks of flour, and other staples in proportion. While T do not mean to say any person will die of starvation, I have not the slightest doubt that many will suffer from hun- ger. 1 know of hundreds myself who have from three to five sacks of flour and about the same proportion of other supplies to carry them through to the 1st of June. They are trusting to luck to get more when these are gone. “It takes about one sack of flour to the month with other staples in pro- portion to keep a man. In April and May the shortage will be felt. I am surprised to see that because of indi- vidual and local jealousies people will try to discourage the Government from sending in the relief expedition. It is nothing more than selfishness. Individ- uals want to take in provisions to sell at high prices. I say by all means send the expedition, even if the members eat half of the food going in and com- ing out. The other half will be a god- send to the people in there and nine- tenths of them will be willing to pay a reasonable price for all they can get. “If the people in the States will but stop and think a minute they will won- der why it is that they have ever thought that the Government should not send the expedition. Think of what Captain Hansen has repeatedly said to the mirers at Dawson. the Alaska Commercial Company. I have heard him address the miners time and time again, using in sub- stance this language: * ‘Men, leave the country, for God's sake leave it, or you will suffer. Go to Fort Yukon, where there are supplies, but under no circumstances stay here.” “As a result of his words many have gone to Fort Yukon, others have come out over the trail, but there are thou- sands yet at Dawson. * “I tell you that some time before I left Dawson I was in Captain Han- sen’s office, and I saw women come in with tears in their eyes and ask that they be sold ten pounds of flour. They were refused. I don’t for a minute stand here and tell you that there is no food in Dawson. If there were none then there would be starvation at the present time. But I do say that what little food there is in the camp is going day by day, and no man, if he had studied economy all his life could make it last until the river opens next summer. ““When the statement is made that a miner or any other person living in Dawson can at the present time g0 into any store and buy food in large quantities, or that he can buy suf- ficient to last him any length of time, it is a willful misrepresentation of af- ACTIVE WORK. | ant Secretary of War Meiklejohn is | capacity to the regular army officers, | | appropriation made by Congress for | will be appointed from Chicago, and | large | Speaking on the sub- | He represents | fairs as they actually exist. I cannot understand why an honest man, in- should come to the States from the city of the far north and say that there is no necessity of the United States Government sending a relief ex- pedition with all possible haste into the interior.” | A. MacDonald, who is one of a party of electrical _engineers sent to the | Yukon by a British company to look | into the feasibility of applying elec- tricity to quartz lodes and placer mining as well, also returned on the Corona. He strongly indorses the Gov- ernment’s determination to send food into the Klondike district. In speaking of the probable suffering in conse- quence of a shortage in the food sup- ply Mr. MacDonald said: “I am satisfied there is likely to be actual starvation. I understand very little work is being done in the mines food. The miners are coming out and going down the river in droves. I have heard a good deal about people going in on the ice this winter, but I doubt if a single one will get through if he takes an outfit, | imagine the difficulties of the trip until | he has tried it. mountains high in places, so that dogs can hardly get over. but a very small load, and when it | comes to a man packing in his outfit on miles a day." Of course those coming ut have not outfits—only sufficient | food to last them on the trip. “They can make good time. But it | is far different with a man going in with a compete outfit. I have heard it suggested that horses could be taken in over the ice. That is absolutely im- possible. No animals of any size can get over those mountains of ice. “I tell you, it requires money to get a start in mining in any part of the Yukon country,” continued Mr. Mac- Donald. “Those fellows who are go- they cannot make money there. It is a rich country, there is no doubt about that, but just think of the enormous | amount of work it requires to get the of these people coming out are fellows who went in and sold their outfits. Not one in ten of them has done mining.” i oddy GOSSIPY LETTER FROM A FORTUNE-HUNTER IN THE KLONDIKE COUNTRY. Experiences of One of the Argonauts Who Is Wooing Weaith With Pick and Shovel. SPOKANE, Jan. 4—Attorney Alex- ander M. Winston has received a letter from George Foster, dated November 5, and written at Dawson City. Mr. Foster is the cabinmate of Sam Wall, The Call correspondent. Mr. Foster is enjoying good heaith and has already made some locations, but so far has not done any development work. Portions of the letter are given below: There will be a party start up the river with dog teams in a few days and I will send this letter with them. I wrote you some time since, which letter I presume | you have received and learned of my ar- | rival. Cole, Luhn and young Burke of | Spokane will start out as soon as the river freezes over. They have given it up. I have been building a cabin for Abe Spring of Seattle. He is a good fellow, but a little too cautious. I staked a claim on Bonanza Creek the | other day, “No. 96 above.” A few days | after we 'staked there was a stampede up there, and now the creek is staked | clear to its head. The Gold Commis- sioner was amanf the number, as were two men in his office. The strike and shortage of candles and provisions is seriously hindering devel- are very favorable. I went over to Quartz | Creek to get a claim, but there was a stampede party a few hours ahead of me, so 1 missed it there. There are lots of men watching Deadwood Creek and will make a rush as soon as the river freezes over, o they can go. 1 shall go with the first jam and try and be first. W. E. Porter is here. 1 ran onto a quartz location of his on El! Dorado. It is almost impossible to prospect for quartz now, but will go and see if I can get the extension of his claim. I am in good health spirits. Candles are Worth $1 apiece. Grub is very scarce. Flour has changed hands at $1 a poun Senator Range of Seattle came in wit. out grub and had to go on to Fort Yu- | kon, the mecca of the hungry, disap- ointed and heartsick, to which hun- reds have gone. I guess Senator Range thought the Legislature was in session here, but that is most too pathetic a thing to discuss with levity. |, There are over 100 men on the ice walk- ing out. The river is not all frozen over the route that they came in over. Their thoughts then were bright with dreams of untold wealth, where now they are filled with fear of the two most relentless | foes of man—cold and starvation. | Equipped as they are it is almost sure death, but they flee only because they feel that sure death by starvation awaits them if they remain. It would be heroic on their part if they realized the diffi- culties that lie before them. So long as the weather is mild they are a and their poorly provided condition will make them easy victims. You will see many pictures of the ‘“pathetic” in the papers, but few will be overdrawn of those suffering from hunger. be true to the letter. Ten days later, on November 15, Mr. Foster completed his letter. It reads: November 15—The river is frozen over and the dog train is to start on the 17th. It is 17 degrees below zero to-day, but it is not very cold. I went to Deadwood Creek. Two men who were with me froze—one his hands, the other his foot. I turned back to help them in and lost the opportunity to stake a claim on ac- count of the accident. This would be a nice place for you to come on a trip next summer. The pas- sage around by St. Michael is simply de- lightful. 1 think Norman could make monei here next spring. If he comes have him come early and get to the lakes on a sied. Bring at least 1000 pounds of | flour, bacon and beans. Too many make | the mistake of bringing | You can get clothes, | here. Oatmeal is a goot | Oscar Stevenson is going out the 25th. | The snow is about a foot deep. The days are getting short and the northern lights arc getting very bright There is not so much talk of the shortage of provisions as formerly. I had a talk with Porter. He is not going out this vear. He hopes to find the mother lode next summer, and is 8o~ in& over on Stewart River. The Commissioner's office is crowded with men, who stand in line for days on | to record claims and transact other bus | ness. Bverybody is sore at the Gover ment on account of the laws, more | especiaily as to cutting claims to 100 feet and reserving every other claim to the Queen and the royalty. They are pro- | 1e‘s[unx s;’ddmay ge‘t.et\he laws rgodmed. was cgrees below zero this morn- ing, but it is hot very cold: o “NIGGER JIM® MARRIES A WOMAN CORRESPONDENT ON THE KLONDIKE. Social Event in the Far Northern City, ;t Which Champagne Flows Freely. TACOMA, Jan. 4—“Nigger Jim,” a Southerner, who went to the Klondlke last year, is the most famous man in Dawson just now. In November he acquired prominence by placing a re- volver at Bartender Lord’s head and demanding to know what had become of the $22,000 in dust and nuggets that had disappeared from Keery’s saloon, where Lord worked. Lord confessed, and “Nigger” recovered his $8000, which the missing sack contained, along with other deposits. Men justreturnedto Juneau say that “Nigger” Jim celebrated the event by marrying a female correspondent for an Eastern paper, who arrived In Dawson in September. They cannot re- member her name, but at Juneau she They will gepper and salt thing to bring. this winter because of the scarcity of | The ice is piled up | opment, yet reports from the new creeks | all right, but the cold, the drifting snow | little things. | ‘Why, no one can | Dogs can haul | a sled he cannot make more than five | ing In without anythirg will find that | wealth out of the frozen ground. Most | | was an exceedingly sad one. is described as both pretty and sensi- ble. She attracted attention while at terested in the welfare of humanity, | Juneau last summer by the unique fur coat which she wore. All Dawson turned out at the wedding and cham- pagne flowed freely. “Nigger” Jim’'s wealth is supposed to have been an additional attraction to the young lady. He is rated a million- aire, and, with Alexander McDonald, recently sold several claims to the Cudahy Company for large sums in cash. |ARMOR NEEDED FOR THREE BATTLE-SHIPS. The Wavy Department Will Urgently Present to Congress the Absolute Necessity for Some Provision. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—A Washington special to the Herald says:_It is pro- posed by the Navy Department to urgently present to Congress shortly after that body convenes that it is ab- solutely necessary that some provision should be made immediately for armor for the battle-ships Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. It is pointed out that the hulls of ships are liable to deteri- orate if unprotécted, and the depart- ment officials hope that just as soon as possible Congress will make provision for at least armor for three ships. The gunboat Marietta will not be able to leaye Mare Island for Salvador be- fore January 15. Commander F. M. Symonds, commanding the Marietta, informed the department, upon receipt of his orders to proceed to Salvador, that some repairs would have to be made to the gunboat, which would pre- vent her departure before the time in- dicated. Repairs are being made to portions of the vessel damaged during a cyclone which the vessel passed through on her way to San Francisco from Alaska. . DAMAGE DONE BY FLORIDA’S COLD WEATHER. Fall Crop of Tobacco Badly Injured and Various Fruits and Vegetables Nipped in Blossom. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 4.—The cold weather of January 1 and 2 did considerabie damage to vegetabies, but none of a permanent character. Orange trees will, in some instances, lose their foliage, and in exposed places in the northern border of the orange belt the | trees will lose a part of their tender growth. Owing to the fact, however, that the sap was down, the treesthem- selves were able to resist unscathed even lower temperature. Reports from the pineapple belt of the east coast indicate that the damage to pineapples was trifling. The fall crop of tobacco in all parts of the State was injured badly. Blooms on straw- berries were killed. Early strawberries in the northern section were frozen on | the vines and the plants themselves set back fully six weeks. The tenderest garden crops in all sections as far south as Tampa, when lacking protec- tion by forests, swamps or lakes, were badly injured. e IN PLAY DEALS DEATH WITH A LOADED PISTOL. San Jose Children Play With a Firearm, and One Is Shot Through the Brain. SAN JOSE, Jan. 4—An inquest was held this morning over the body of lit- | tle Rebecca Jane Smith, the five-year- old daughter of George F. Smith, who | was shot by her brother Jesse, aged 10 years, last evening. The tragedy The chil- dren were playing in the attic of their home on Bascom avenue, near Santa Clara. They. had a toy pistol and were snapplug it at each other. They soon tired of this, and after rummaging around found a 22-caliber revolver that had been brought to the house by Frank Smith, a 14-year-old brother, who had picked it up at a drier. He put the revolver under his pillow, where the children found it. Jesse snapped it at his sister. It went off, the bullet entering the girl's brain through the left eye. Death was al- most instantaneuos. The Coroner’s jury returned a ver- dict of accidental death. RICH GOLD STRIKES MADE IN LABRADOR. Representatives of a Canadian and Ameri- can Company Report the Discovery of Great Deposits. HALIFAX, N. S, Jan. 4—Represen- tatives of a Canadian and American company who visited Labrador for the purpose of erecting sawmills report that country contains deposits of gold of great richness and is destined to be- come a great mining country. There exists strong evidence that gold is to be obtained in quantities equalled only by the deposits of the Klondike. In | fact it is asserted that the deposits in Labrador are on the same range us those on the Klondike. Preliminary arrangements for a gold seeking expe- dition, which is to start by vessel in the spring, have already been made. YOUNG LEITER SELLS 4 LOT OF WHEAT. Nobody Knows the Price, but It Is Believed to Be Satisfactory to the Gentle- man Himself. CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—Joseph Leiter is sald to have closed contracts for the greater part if not all of his 8,500,000 bush- els of cash wheat. Negotiations have been under way for several days and are about closed. The buyers are L. Dreyfus & Co. of New York, the French export- ers, and Gil & Fisher of Baltimore. Drey- fus’ man is here looking over the wheat and samples have been forwarded to the New York headquarters. Nothing is known about the terms, but they are be- lieved to be satisfactory to Leiter. Gil & Fisher, the Baltimore exporters, are among the largest cash grain handlers in the world and stand at the head as a corn house. gtk vl PROFESSOR SCHENECK'S LATEST DISCOVERY. Secret of Exercising an Influence Over Animals and Men so as to Fix the Sex of Their Offspring. LONDON, Jan. 4—According to the Vienna correspondent of the Dally Chronicie, Dr. Schereck, professor at the University of Vienna and president of the Embryological Institute, claims that after twenty years of experiments he has discovered the secret of exercising an in- fluence over animals and men so as to fix the sex of their offspring. Dr. Scheneck declines to reveal it un- til he has placed his discovery before the Academy of Sclences, but he says the influence depends upon the nature of the food consumed by the female. . ket iy e Bismarck Thanks His Friends. BERLIN, Jan. 4'—Prince Bismarck, through the Hamburger Nachrichten, publishes his hearty thanks for the numerous congratulations he has re- celved from friends at home and abroad, and tendered to all such his good wishes for the New Year. The Hamburger correspondent pub- lishes a story as to the discourteous reception of its representative, who went Saturday evening to inquire as to the truth of the rumor that Prince Bis- marck was dead by Count ven Rant- zau, who, according to the paper, in- sultingly told the caller to “Clear out,” refusing him any information. | ten to a cycling paper saying in sub- | course to every foul trick in order to lfleh the Annual Meeting of the League of RIVIERRE SAYS HE WAS FOULED Echo of the Six-Day Bi- cycle Race at Madison- Square Garden. French Wheelman Declares That He Was Beaten Through Trickery. Accuses King of Having Deliberately Knocked Him From His Machine. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Jan. 4—Gaston Rivierre, the French rider, who was one of the con- testants in the recent six-day bicycle | race at Madison-square Garden, New | York, and who fell from his wheel on | the last day of the race, severely injur- NICARAGUA 1S VERY FRIENDLY Favors the Canal Project of the Maritime Company. Its Construction Would Cause the Transformaticx of Cen- * tral America. | And Also Lead to Southern Republics Being Brought Under Uncle Sam’s Flag. Special Dispatch to The Call. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 4.— President Zelaya, in his message to the Nicaraguan Congress, declares that the contract of the Atlas Steamship Com- pany, limited, with the Nicaraguan ing himself, resulting in his being taken out of the competition, has writ- stance that the American competitors at Madison-square Garden had re- prevent the Frenchmen, particularly | himself, from finishing the race. He affirms that all the rules were violated | with impunity by the Americans. | During the first four days, Rivierre | continues, the Americans made every | effort to block the track, and on the | fifth day, seeing that Rivierre had suc- | ceeded in reaching second place, every | means was employed to knock him | down. Finally, the Frenchman asserts, | Kinz deliberately succeeded. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Messrs. Pow- ers and Bacheldor, two of the mana- | gers of the recent six-days bicycle race, | “as well as several bicycle experts who watched the race closely throughout, when seen to-day by a representative of the Associated Press, declared that Rivierre's statements accusing the American competitors of adopting foul tactics during the contest were un- | founded. Mr. Bacheldor said: | “Rivierre complained verbally to the | managers on the afternoon that he fell. | The management investigated and found that at the time of the French- man's fall none of the riders was within twenty feet of him. His claim | at that time was that Kinz elbowed | him. This may have been the case, but | if so it was due to awkwardness on | the part of Kinz, who was a novice in | indoor racing. Stephanie, the other | Frenchman who was among the con- testants, had no complaint to make and the injury to his knee, which caused him to retire, was purely accidental.” achaed »orarndll PHIL DWYER BACKING McCOY. Money for the Fitzsimmons Match Ad- vanced by the Turfman. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—When “Kid” McCoy challenged Bob Fitzsimmons to fight him to a finish for the middle- weight championship of the world and a side bet of $5000 everybody asked | where “Kid"” obtained his backing. It has been learned since, however, that the man whom the “'Kid” has for his financial sponsor is P. J. Dwyer, the well-known Brooklyn turfman. It will be remembered that Dwyer was one of the men who backed Corbett against Sullivan. Dwyer's confidence in the American middle-weight’s fistic powvers dates from the “Kid's” successful fight against Creedon. McCoy refrained from giving the | name of his backer at the time he | issued his challenge, because hethought Fitz would regard his defl as a “bluff” | and call it. In that event McCoy would have posted the money and announced the name of his backer. But Fitz did not accept, and now the secret is com- mon property. ———— INDIANAPOLIS CHOSEN. American Wheelmen. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—The executive committee of the League of American Wheelmen decided to-day to accept the invitation of the Indiana State division and various clubs in that State to hold the annual meet at Indianapolis. August was fixed on as the month of the annual meet, it being left to the State division to fix the exact date. The executive committee adopted a resolution, which will be forwarded to Secretary Abbott Bassett at Boston, to the effect that the sale of supplies of various kinds fro mthe office of the sec- retary to the several State divisions, while necessary in the conduct of di- vision work, should be carried on at cost and without fecunury profit to the na- tional body of the league. Baciadire- o<l Receipts From One Football Game. NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. 4—It was stated to-day on high authority that Manager Twitchell of the Yale football association had his report of the Yale- Princeton game almost completed, and it will show the recggll from the game were not far from 000. SOME PENSIONERS IN A PENITENT M0OD. Send Leiters to Commissioner Evans Re- questing the Cancellation of Their Pensions. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—Since the agi- tation concerning the publication of the list of pensioners has commenced, Com- missioner Evans has received several le ters from pensioners requesting a can- cellation of their pensions. One pensioner in Michigan inclosed his certificate and stated his desire to have the same re- called, as he was not entitled to the Gov- ernment’s bounty. He added he would endeavor to return all the money drawn since 1895,"when the pension was granted. prabe =58 Sa s Probable Work of a Firebug. STOCKTON, Jan. 4—It is now be- lieved that the warehouse fire last night was of incendiary origin. Night Watchman Kenyon was not in the building at the time the fire broke out, but was chatting with the Crown Mills night watchman. The resuit of his neglect of duty was that the fire had gained uncontrollable headway. The Crown Mills watchman says he saw a man coming out of the de- stroyed warehouse shortly before the fire. The loss will foot up $500,000. ittt From the South Pole. Copyright, 1398, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 4.—Advices just received here from Punta Arena state that a carrier n from the Gerlach Antarctic ex; on on the Bel; has arrived there with advices that the Bel- gia coaled at Ushuaia and is n R oW on her A Heavy Shipment of Bullion. JACKSON, Jan. 4.—The heaviest ship- znent of bullion from Jackson was made ay. The Zeila, K and naut_mines shipped %‘E&x The'u‘o- A first month’s run of the naut yiel $50,000. This mine 333 t.hrez :hfll;dm:;:: for the month. A EENL Placer County Pioneer Gone. AUBURN, Jan. 4—George Geisenderfer, a neer of the fifties and a large con- tributor to Placer County's early hist died at Weimar {-to . He hws old and a lumberman by was occupa- Government does not interfere with the contract between the Government and the Maritime Canal Company of New York. Dr. Games, the President of the Con- | gress, in the course of his reply to the Presidential message, said the canal, when constructed, would transform Central America and lead to its being | brought under the United States flag. This sentiment is cordially approved by President Zelaya and the members of the Cabinet. Diplomatic negotiations have been in progress informally for some time be- tween the United States and Nicar- agua with respect to the apparent con- flict between the concession recently made by the Nicaraguan Government ‘to the Atlas Steamship Company and that made previously to the Maritime Canal Company of New York. By the terms of the contract between the Nicaraguan Government and the Atlas Steamship Company the latter, it is understood, receives the exclusive | right to steam navigation for thirty years on the Silico lagoon, Lake Nic- aragua and the River San Juan del Norte, with the exclusive right also for the same of constructing tramways and railroads along the line and at the best places to avoid the obstacles in the River San Juan. The company agrees to make at least three trips a month with its steamers between Grenada and San Juan del Norte, both ways and at least once a month to touch at every inhabited port on the lake. The Atlas Steamship Com- pany, limited, is an English corpora- tion. ALL CIVILIANS WERE SEASICK Voyage of the Nicaragua Canal Commission on the Newport. By This Time Surveyors and En- gineering Parties Have Com- menced Work. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—The Herald will to-morrow publish the following letter from Greytown, Nicaragua, un- der date of December 21: “The Nicaragua Canal Commission, Walker, U. 8. N., president; Colonel Peter C. Hains, corps of engineers, U. S. A, and Professor M. Haupt, engi- neer, is now as comfortably located in this place as the facilities of the town will allow. The trip from New York to Greytown on the Newport occupied exactly twelve days. After the first day out more thah one-half of the civilians on board became ill, and before the end of the voyage more than one-half of the remainder suceumbed, the disagree- able sensations of seasickness reaching as far aft as the cabin. The Newport arrived at Greytown on Friday noon, December 12, but it was not until late the next day that the whole party reached town, a few men only being able to go ashore on the day of arrival. There is no wharf at which ships can land, they being compelled to ride at anchor three or four miles out from the bar, while taking on or discharging passengers or freight. A surf boat re- ceives passengers going ashore, while in a lighter or two is placed freight destined for Greytown and all interior points. The Newport's passengers were landed without danger the day after their appearance off the bar. The commission and staff were taken off by the Government steamer San Jacinto, and the engineers, surveyors, hydro- graphers, drill men, etc., left on the regular surf boat some time later in the day. They were taken to La Fi and quar- tered in old buildings belonging to the Maritime Canal Company, two miles away from the town. About 150 labor- ers from Costa Rica and Bluefields are quartered at Camp Cheney, across the lagoon. They will be sent away with the engineering parties that are now almost ready to take the field. In about a week or. ten days only the Commissioners and staff will be in Greytown. E. P. Alexander, the engineer arbi- trator, appointed by President Cleve- land of the United States to settle the boundary_differences between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, has made an “award No. £” in favor of Costa Rica. BAKERSFIELD VOTES IN FAVOR OF INCORPORATION Decides by an Overwhelming Majority to Become a City of the Fifth Class. BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 4—By a vote of 3 to 1 Bakersfield to-day decided to incorporate, and by next Monday the town will be a regularly installed city of the fifth class. This was the third attempt at incorporation. A full quota of officers was elected to-day, and on NEW TO-DAY. Rheumatism Is permanently cured By Hood’s Sarsaparilla Which neutralizes the Lactic acid in the blood. Thousands who were Sufferers write that they Have felt no symptoms Of Rheumatism since Taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla Monday the Supervisors will declare the result and these officers will be sworn in and at once assume their du- P here is great exultation throughout the town to-night over the victory for the measure. There was not the slight- est disturbance during the day, the Y election passing off quietly. FINDS EIGHT VEINS OF FREE-MILLING QUARTZ. Prospector Claims to Have fliacav_sud an E/ Dorado in the Omineca Dis- trict. VICTORIA, Jjan. 4—Colonel Weath- erly, a South African mining man, who has been prospecting for quartz in the Omineca, this season, claims to have discovered between that district and the Rocky Mountains the greatest free- milling quartz deposits in the world. They are, he says, eight quartz veins as regularly placed as books on a shelf, each lying between slate on the one side and sandstone on the other. These veins are exposed to view for about 1300 feet, cropping out of a hillside. He says the quartz is lowgrade, but that the discovery is one of immense value. These reefs are located about ffty miles east of the Parnsip River. Colonel Weatherly thinks he has dis- covered the mother lode from which the gravels of the Omineca streams obtain their wonderful wealth in gold. * TO MAKE A SEPARATE STATE OF MANHATTAN. Assemblyman Trainor's Proposition to Split New York in Twain Seriously Considered. NEW YORK, Jan. 4—Assemblyman Trainor’s proposition to make a sepa- rate State of Manhattan, including New York City, will be revived again this winter. It is proposed now to take in a string of counties reaching up as far as Schohari. New York City Democratic legislators discuss the subject in a most guarded manner. They admit that the idea of forming a new State prevails among them. Republicans profess to regard the idea as a rare bit of Tammany Hall humor, but the measure will be first introduced to-morrow at Albany. Mr. Trainor says independent Republi- cans from New York City are favorable to his measure, and he feels certain he can get it through the Assembly, ot ONE MORE CASE AGAINST CARMAN IS DISMISSED. CHICAGO, Jan. 4—D. M. Carman of San Francisco was discharged to-day on another case of obtaining money by false pretenses, on which he was brought be- fore Justice Everett yesterday. Merrick A. Mihills of Highland Park swore out warrants for Carman last Thursday. He sald that Carman obtained $600 from him in exchange for lands in_California, which he says he afterward discovered Carman had no authority to sell. The prosecution requested a continuance, but could advance no good grounds, and the case was dismissed. NEW TO-DAY. KLONDIKE ALL READY NOW. CALL AND SEE ALL KINDS FOOD, READY COOKED. ‘We sell nothing blind. 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