The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1898 IN SENATE AND HOUSE CONFINED THEMSELVES [0 ROUTINE House Managers Not Anxious for Cuban Debate. Agricultural Bill Passed and Private Claims Considered. n Made for the | at | Bergen. ! An Appropria Fish Exposition RELICS OF THE CIVIL WAR. | es for Seizures Lead iment and Considerable Filibustering. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 14. It was the intention of the Hou managers to proceed with the lo- | matic and consular appropriation bill | owing to the excited con- f affairs in Havana and the 1 reports afloat the, id the possibility of open- | a Cuban debate by relinquish- day to the Committee on Claims e of bills on the private calen- order entered re Dbill was passed. s consumed in a a bill to pay the pub- f the Methodist Episco- but dar. upon, Most of uster ag hing house pal Church, South, at Nashville, Tenn., $238,000 on account of seizure and u of the property of that corporation dur- ing the This took up the time 1 5 o'clock nen the Hous ad- journed i Until the House adjourned last night | g the amendment to the agricultural ap- | ng for the pub- | edition of the| was pending. To-day position at 1 1898, was (R.) of Massachus chairman of the id that he tion in Cor t Appropria- thought Cannon, g wild. We had dor 1s at Philadelphia, Chicago, Cin- | w Orleans, Atlanta and we were now about to | have one at Omaha. Abroad we had participated in the expositions at Vi- enna, Paris, Berlin and Brus 1 anxiety of would-be commissioners have the honor and glory of our coun- | try repr sitions w this , he 1. wenty appropriated esolution passed Congre now. would be calied on to foot the bill for | a deficiency of $20,00 > gave it as| & Na his deliberate judg: t the inter-| »f the Interior and United States did not re- | Secretary of Agriculture Wil- | quire our participation in this expo I-l son, Mrs. Sunford, the guest of the house, tion. If we did our duty by the Paris | and Senator Sewell of w Jersey. [ E tion that would be enough. g The resolution was adopted. Another resolution was adopted on motion of Perkins (R.) of Towa, direct- ing the director of the Geological Survey to prepare and have printed 40,000 cop- jes of a map of Alaska, showing the most feasible routes to the gold fields. The House then went into committes of the whole for the consideration of bills on the private calendar. A bill for the payment of $77,000 to William S. Grant of Gardiner, Me., for supplies designed for the United States, but confiscated by the Confederate Government at the opening of the re- bellion, was favorably acted upon. The Senate bill to refer to the Court of Claims the claim of the corporation of the book agents Church, South, was of the Methodist next taken up. n charge of the itute an appro- priation of $238,000 for the full settle- ment of this claim. The property of the corporation, which was located at Nashville, Tenn., zed and held by the United States from 1862 to 1866, when it was turned over to the owners. Cooper re- ferred to.the fact that the profits of the concern were applied to the support of superannuated ministers. Thousands of petitions from religious bodies, he said, had been received, urging the pas- sage of the bill. Dalzell (R.) of Penn- sylvania inaugurated a filibuster against the measure by demanding the reading of the report of the bill, which consisted of about fifty pages, the read- ing of which would consume several hours. At the conclusion of an hour, when Dalzell's time expired, the friends of the bill attempted to secure an agree- ment for closing the debate, but all re- quests looking to this end were ob- Jected to. Richardson (D.) of Tennessee appeal- ed to the other side to allow a vote on the bill. Sayers (D.) of Texas said this was as just a claim as had ever been presented to Congress. The amount asked by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in this bill, he said, was not 50 per cent of the amount which had been recommended in the Court of Claims. Leading bishops and divines North and South had indorsed it. Com.- mon justice, not charity, demanded its passage. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio made a ten- minute speech in support of the bill. He said he knew personally enough about the claim to say that $238,000 was a very low estimate of the damage sus- tained by the corporation. After fur- ther discussion and before disposing of the bill the House adjourned. VALLEY ROAD OFFICIALS ON 4 TOUR OF INSPECTION. Will View the Work That Has Been Dane on the Extension Into Kern County. FRESNO, Jan. 14.—A party of officials | Those Who Attended a Beautitully Appointed | - foreign expo- | 3! of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rallroad arrived this morning i from San Francisco. Secretary Alexan- | der Mackie is on his monthly pay tour, | and accompanying him on a tour of in- spection are Division Superintendent Schindler, General Superintendent and Sngincér W. B. Storey, First and hief | i Vice-Presidents Robert Watt and | | Captain H. m, 2 nt Superin- tendent Rutherford and Captain Ward, | representing the Baldwin Locomotive | Works, 2 They went from here to Visalia, and from there will complete their trip to Bak: 1a_to inspect the work the h is now finished for seven or into Kern County. The work will not be carried south from Visalia | until the completion of the Hanford | branch to Bakersfield. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC COAST. | Senator Perkins Presents a Petition Asking an Appropriation for the Improve- ment of California Rivers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Senator Per- s to-day presented the petition of the alifornia River Convention, king an appropriation for the improvement of the Sacramento \d San Joaquin rivers. w ; established at | osta County ell was app an bill, day, con Ablishm from $1500 to $2000. as follows: Snyder, 1 grantes Original—M: $10 John _ Got \ H. Miller San F ¢ Sacramento. Sono h Senator McBride r bill making an .00 for Yukon River s the bill, with the tor Perkins to- introduce owing bills: To provide an ister for the steamer Leela imes Jerome of peal the timber Governor of Al 1ced a mmedia Alaska. Th on in the urgent d Coppe River left out by nomina- tion of A. A. Withrow to be Postmaster t Santa Clara, Cal., on W sday. Con- ressman Loud will be v the com- n nt he nomi- wvoring to 9 desertion d of 3 P. T. Gr PRESIDENT AND MRS. McKINLEY ENTERTAINED BY THE HOBARTS. Dinner at the Mansion of the Vice-President. 14.—The art McKinley iy appointed "The di entertained | this yme frag: t which t superbly >d were Bridesmaid rc The oth ary of retary =i MADE UNEASY BY THE FRENCH DEMANDS. It Is Reported That Japan Will Send a Squadron on Account of the Threat- ening of Hainan. 1 LONDON, Jan. A special dispatch from Shanghai it is reported there that the French demands as to Hainan have created uneasiness in Japan. Admiral Yang Yu has been ordered to assume personal command of the Wo Sung forts. Yu-Kun-Yish is establishing conscription in certain districts of Yang- Tse, Wu-Hu and Tao-Tai and h: pro- claimed all able-bodied men le to service. Lu Yang is reported to be rais- g s in Kwang Tung, where he is also intrusted with the command of the southern squadron. reported that Japan will send a squadron on account of the French threatening Hainan. CLEVELAND DID NOT ASK FOR A COMPLETE PARDON. Knowing the History of the Worden Case, the ex-President Sought to Obtain a Commutation Ticket. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—At Princeton to- day former President Grover Cleveland said regarding his letter to Governor Budd of California, in which he asked an extension of executive clemency for Salter D. Worden, sentenced to hang for his part in the train-wrecking of 1894, that he knew the history of the ca very well and knew what the man was and the position and standing of his family. He thinks the man should be punished for his crime, but not by hanging, and he did not ask the Governor of California for a complete pardon for Worden, but for a commutation of his sentence. —_—— ROW AT THE RINGSIDE. DAYTON, O., Jan. 14.—An effort was made to-night to pull off the much-talked- of four-round contest between Kid Mec- Coy and Australian Jimmy Ryan. Both men had on their fighting costumes and the Kid was in his corner when a wrangle in Ryan's dressing room stopped the whole business. Ryan was to receive $125 if he stayed four rounds, or half that amount if knocked out. Manager Kelly insisted that the $62.50 which Ryan was to receive, win or lose, should be turned over. Homer Selby, the Kid's brother, said that the money was ready, but that Ryan should first give evidence of his good faith. The Chief of Police arrived and put an end to further proceedings. Pt CAPTAIN CARTER'S COURT-MARTIAL. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 14—Captain Casslus Gillette was the first witness in the Carter court-martial this morning. He was on the stand some time and testi- fied as to the work under his supervis- ion and relative to the method by which it was done by the Atlantic Construction Company. He told of the work of the Cumberland Sound being taken out of his jurisdietion. He recited the facts in- cidental to his inspection of the material of the Cumberland Sound work and said 1‘;. was not constructed as it should have eamn | resolution, | to supply the HOAR WOULD AMEND THE CONSTITUTION Offers a Resolution Extending Federal Terms. Wants Presidentand Con- | gress to Stay in Office Until April. An Investigation of the Burning of Two Indians De- manded. i TO PROSECUTE LYNCHERS. Senators Seek Information Concerning Sugar Importations to This Country. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 14. After the transaction of some routine business in the Senate to-day, Hoar of Massachusetts presentéd the following lutions, proposing an amendment to constitution: “That the foilowing posed to the Leg th article be pro- s of the several | States as an amendment to the consti- tution of the United States: “The term of office of the Pre ent and of the sixth Congr continue until the 30th day in the year 1899, at noon. The na- ting term would other- of March tors whose e wise expire o in the year 1899, or continue in office until noon of t day of April succeeding such e tic nd the 30th day of April, at noon shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th of March as the commencement ar termination of the official terms of President, Vice-President, and Representatives in Cc resolution was on privilege Pennsylvania offered the fo ators ng rred to the and election: Quay lowing resolution, which was referred to the committee on Indian affal “Resolved, That the Secretary be Interior shall and her structed to im tigate th tending the recent alleged atrocious burning to death of two Seminole I dians by a mob in Oklahoma Ter and to make a report thereon to Con- That the sum of $ 000, or so much | thereof may be nece ary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the not otherwise appropriat- the investigation, apprehension and punishment of the guilty persons, to be >d under the direction of of the Interior.” Massachusetts offered a which was agreed to, call- ing upon the tary of Agriculture enate with information as to the amount ugar imported into the United States; the amount of beet sugar produced in the United with what sugar, imported or tic, the beet sugar comes into competition, and what effect Ha- waliam sugar has or can have upon beet-sugar production in the United States. Tillman of South Carolina announced that, on account of the absence of his colleague, McLaurin, he would ask that the eulogies upon the late Senator Jo- seph A. Earle, which were to have been presented to-day, be postponed. The request was granted. The Senate then, on motion of Davis, Lodge of | chairman of the committee on foreign relations, went into executive session. The executive session continued un- til 4:30 p. m., when, in open session, a message from the President trans- mitting his approval of the award of the Bering Sea Commissioners was re- ceived and read. Consideration of bills on the pension calendar was then begun, and nineteen were passed. McBride had passed a bill granting pensions to the survivors of certain In- dian wars. The Senate, then, at 5:: o’clock, on érz\;;'tiun of Quay, adjourned until Mon- e NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. The Senate Approves a Large Number of Presidential Appointments. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14—The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomina- tions: H. King of Michigan, to be Minister to Siam. To be secretaries of legation—J. Namy of Pennsylvania, secretary and Consul-General at Bogota, Columbia; W. F. Sands, secretary at Seoul, Corea: A. M. Beaupre, at Guatemala and Honduras, To be Consuls—K. K. Kennedy of Mis- sissippl, at Para, Brazil; C. Donaldson, at Managua, Nicaragua: L. S. Wilcox of Nlinois, at Hankow, China; C. W. Kin- drick of Louisiana,’at Ciidad Juarez, Mexico: L. W. Livingston of Florida, at Cape Haitien; H. W. Furniss of Indiz at, Bahia, Brazil. s e To be ttorney of the United States— W. B. Johnson, Southern District of In- dian Territory. Leader R. Mitchell of Indiana, to be Assistant Comptroller of the Treasruy. 0 be receiver of public money: ‘ Carter, at Redding, Cal.; A. W. at Los Angeles; H. Maloch, at ville, Cal. = obert J. Tracewell of In iana, to b Comptrolier of the Treasury: N T. Chew of Indiana, to be Assistant Registrar of the Treasury; A. L. Lawshe of Indiana. to be deputy auditor of the P i - L L e Postoffice De. Mark S. Brewer of Michi civil service commissioner. ©- " 0 b€ a Frank M. Swasey of Redding, Cal., to be Register of the Land Office - ding, Cal. R AtiRad Postmasters—Colorado, H. A. W. Ta- bor, Denver: E. .. Eversole, Mnn?e Vista. Washington, G. W. Temple, Spo- kane. Oregon, G. Engle, hland. AN ANTI-FLIRTING BILL TO BE PASSED. Virginia Legislators Recognize the Necessity of Protecting Girls Attending Public and Private Schools. NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—A Herald special from Richmond, Va., says: The anti- flirting measure, which has been regard- ed in the spirit of a joke, has taken on a The fac-simile signature of Me- Kinney, Marys! | | [ | ing-Gla. serious phase, and there is now good rea- Son to believe that it will become a law. The common schools committee on and public institutions considered the measure to-day, and mem- bers had their eyes opened by a large number of letters from principals of fe- male schools which advocatea the pas- | sage of the measure, and attached so much importance to it as to cause those who have heretofore made fun of the Dbill to declare that they would vote to make it a law. The bill has for its ob- Ject the protection of school girls from objectionable young men who loiter around the schools. In this city there are several large female schools and the need of such a law is felt. When the Legislature two years ago declined to pass such a bill the City Council passed an ordinance to prevent flirting. DEATH CLAINS THE REV. CHARLES LUTWEDGE DODGSON. Wrote Under the Nom de Plume of Lewis Carroll and Was the Author of “Alice In Wonderland." LONDON, Jan. 14—The Rev. Dodgson, whose nom de plume is Lew- | Is Carroll,” author of “Alice in Wonder- land,” is dead. Charles Lutwedge Dodgson was born in 1832, graduated at Christchurch, Oxford, in 1854, with high honors in mathematies, and was ordained to the ministry in 181, He was the author of a large number of Valuable works in mathematics, among them “Eucli Modern ' Ri (1579, “L Among s Adventures in Won- “Phantasmagoria_ and (1369), “Through the Look- and What Al Found There” 's Adventures Underground.” ““Alice’ (15 Other Poems" 1s71), lice’s | “Through the ¥ Looking- which is continuation of “Alice’'s Adventures is ablished as an English nursery clas: and has bee translated into | nearly every language in Europe. THOMPSON AGAIN UNDER ARREST AS A FORGER. New Zealander Who Promised to Leave This Country Fails to Keep His Word. JOSE, Jan Frederick W. pson, who was arrested several hs age for forgery and subsequently ed from custo prom- ise to return to hi for wo checks >d in local eing in jail for s name to t on_condition i.at he is he promised to do. Thompson is a midile-aged English- man, and is said to belong to an aristo- d influential family in New Zea- . who sent him to this country in the ve the State. T lan pe that he might reform. His connec- tions caused local ishmen to work in his be f and red his release on his former crime, but now he is un- doubtedly doomed to serve a term in ate prison. PROFESSOR DUDLEY WILL SUE SOQUEL CONSTABLES. Proceedings to Be Brought Against the | Officers Who Arrested Him as a Counterfeiter. TANFORD 17 RSITY, Jan. 14.— Soquel of sponsible for the arrest of Professor W. R. Dudley may gret their haste in en- Live cause to ri »otanist of cour siting. Professor ley stated to-day that he had placed matter of the prosecution in_ the | is of his attorneys, whom he had di- | h the case against his_ac iny tenable grounds. Pro- maintains that Pratt and sers upon r Dudles dge rate with Stanford Uni- ind he maintains that his de- imprisonment until noon of ,"" he that our stud- ers going out from the Uni- similar expeditions shall not i be throw se on the couple of public saloon upor like f iisreputa dentific —_— ELECTRIC LIGHTS TO PIERCE THE DARKNESS OF AGES. Nineteenth Century Illlumination to Be Useo in All the Ancient Catacombs of Rome. Jan. 14.—A Herald special from Pittsburg, Pa., says: ‘Within twelve month: will be illum incandescent electric lights. inghouse NEW YOF The West- Company received a cable- t St. Callisty Domitila, St. Some months ago the subterranean burial ground of St Callistus was lighted, and the effect was so satisfactory that the ¥ ons _in charge decided to have elec- tricity put in all the Catacombs of the city. AMALGAWATED ENGINEERS WILLING TO ARBITRATE, Committee of Allied Trades Unions Has Taken the Initiative and Withdraws the Demand for Forty-Eight Hours of Labor a Week. LONDON, Jan. 14—The committee of the Allied Trades Unions has taken the initlative, and, on behalf of the amalwa- mated engineers, has decided to with- draw the demand for forty-eight hours of labor per week. The workmen's offi Is hope the employers will withdraw the lock-out rotices and thus end the great labor dispute. The manifesto of the Amalgamated So- ciety of Engineers, issued this evening, ignores to-day’s report. It merely re- cites the engineers’ contentions and says are willing to arbitrate the ques- tion of hours of work. ———— ROMANTIC MARRIAGE OF AN AGED COUPLE. | WEBSTER CITY, Ia., Jan. 14.—Elijah Davis, 65 years of age, and Miss Fannie Spaulding, 67 years of age, were married to-night. Their unfon was the culmina- tion of a romance of forty-seven years' standing. In 1851, while hunting “along the banks of the Ohio River, Davis res- cued a party of five young women who were overturned in a rowboat. He fell in lJoye with one of them, Miss Spauld- ing. but her parents objected to the union. He went to the California gold mines shortly after, and she came to Towa. A little over two months ago Davis traded for an Towa farm, and when he came to inspect his property he found his sweetheart was his renter. — . —— The Poor Lose a Friend. PETALUMA, Jan. 14.—Yesterday morn- ing Mrs. Percila Wilson widow of Captain W. L. Wiison, and a native of Brantford, Ontario, died, aged 71 years. - During the seven years of her residence here Mrs. Wilson gave her attention mostly to char- itable deeds, taking almost entire care of several heedy families, and all her benevolent acts "being performed in the quietest manner possible. Her death was primarily due to the bite of a pet par- rot, but she had already selected a casket and given minute directions concerning her funeral and interment. She leaves an_estate aggregating about $200.000, and her nieces, Mrs. vy Leach and Miss Ma- hel‘ Meadows of Canada, are the probable eirs. same | the name of 2 pro- | of the Herald, to a $ check which sed upon O. Cook, proprietor ng house. was the signing | sed on January | oring to earn a fee by accusing the | ting officers, made no | requested, on the night of | nto some | fancied | the Catacombs of Rome | ated by nineteenth century | WEAK ALIBI FOR WINTERS Evidence Taken in De- fense of the Baden Murder Suspect. Seeks to Prove He Was in San | | Francisco When Andrews ‘ Was Slain. Case Will Probably Be in the Hands | of the Jury by Noon | To-Day. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 14.—The evi- | dence for the people in the Baden mur- | der case has been taken, and the de- | fense this afternoon commenced the | Introduction of testimony. Attorney | Nagie made an attempt to prove an alibi for his client Winters. The | taking of testimony will probably be | completed by to-morrow noon, and a | | verdict may be expected by night. Patrick Ferriter's brother John to- | day corroborated in every particular | | the testimony of Patrick Ferriter and | James McNamara as to what took | Place in the Grand Hotel on the morn- | ing of November 17. He had got a good | look at the face of the robber, and he | | identified Winters as the man. | Ferri- | ter was asked to look at the defendant | and see if he positively identified him. | :H:‘.‘ replied, “He’s the man.” | Constable Fred Desirello said he saw Winters in company with Raymond | about 9 o’'clock on the evening of the | 16th of November, in front of the Ar- | cade Hotel in South San Francisco. | He followed them as they moved about | and saw them go in the direction of the Thomas Riley, a labor- ing house, saw Winters about f way from ng house to Baden, the dis- tance being about a mile between the two points. This was on the afternoon of the 16th of November, the fore the murder, and betw 2:30 o'clock He identif and, upon the production in man. | tichard Connolly, the man who was shot that night, ntified Winters as | the man captured in the hall of the ho- tel. Mr. Nagle, counsel 'nted an aflidavit the pack Winters, Raymond yurt, recognized him as the other for defendant, defendant sking for a continuance to procure attendance of Mr. Hammond of | the Weather Bureau for the purpose of showing at what time the moon rose and set on the night in question. The court denied the motion, remarking | that he would take judicial notice of | that matter and instruct the jury ac-| cordingly. | Attorney Nagle then made his open- ing statement to the jury. He said he would prove an alibi, and that Win- ters did not own the pistol introduced in evidence against him. He then | made an offer of the Grand Hotel in Baden in evidence for the defendant, | which caused considerable mirth in the | courtroom. Nagle asked that the jury be taken there to view the premises. The court denied the motion. In support of his alibi the defendant called Charles George, who testified | that he saw Winters in San Francisco | about the 16th or 17th of November last, but was not sure of the date. An- other witness about as satisfactory, in the person of Charles Sleigle, testified that he saw Winters a couple of months ago in San Francisco, but could not ! remember the date. | The defendant then took the stand | in his own behalf, and had just com- pleted his direct examination when | | court adjourned. He testified that on | | the 16th of November he left San Fran- cisco and went to Baden looking for | work. He went out to the packing | | house, but was unsuccessful in getting | | employment. There was another man with him whom he met in Baden, and | who went with him ‘to the packing | | house—a stranger to him. He never | saw Raymond in Baden. On his way | back to the town he met a man driv- ing a grocery wagon and asked for a ride, which he received as far as Ba- | den. From there he started for San Francisco. When he got to the Grand Hotel he stopped and got a glass of beer and some crackers. Having fin- ished his repast, he started on again for San Francisco. That night he met Charles George. They knocked about from saloon to saloon until about 11 | o’clock, at which time he went to the | Salvation Army quarters, on New Montgomery street, and slept in a five- | cent bed all night. | VICE-PRESIDENT PEREIRA. RETURNS T0 RIO JANEIRO. | her sake he made a liberal remittance. ! Although He Escaped From Prison and Fled | He Is Now Willing to Face the Charges Against Him. Copyright, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 14 — The Herald’s correspondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that Vice-President | Pereira, who is accused of being at the head of the plot to overthrow President Moraes, is again in the city. He escaped from prison and fled the city some time ago. Senor Pereira declares he is ready to maintain the dignity of his position and will speak frankly when he appears before the extraordinary tribunal ap- pointed to try officials and others impli- cated in the conspiracy. ——— Purse for McCoy and Goff. BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.—Manager Here- ford of the Eureka Athletic Club has hung up a purse of $1000 for a go be- | tween Kid McCoy and Charlie Goff, the middle-weight, the winner to take 6 per cent of the receipts. “Billy” Madden, Goff’s manager, has accepted for Goff, | and there is little doubt of McCoy’s ac- ceptance. —_— Wants to Ride in England. LONDON, Jan. 14.—The Cunard line steamer Campania, which sails for New York from Liverpool ta-morrow, will take among her passengers Tod Sloan, the American jockey. He says he is 8O- ing to Cincinnati to ask Mr. Fleischman to release him. so that he will be able to ride in England. | Destructive Storms Along the Coast. Reports of maritime disasters along the coast come in thick and fast. People who ‘g0 down to the sea in ships” should bear {n mind one thirg in particular, namely, that it is highly desirable to take along a supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for sea sickness. Nausea, dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, malariu, nervousness and kid- ney trouble, all succumb to its beneficent speedy action e visie DR, JORDAN'S Great Museum of Anatomy 1051 MARZET ST, bet. Gth & 7tb, 8.7, Cal. The Largestof its kindin the World. WHITTIER'S EARLY LOV A Boyhood Romance of the Great Quaker Poet. An Interesting Story Revealed on His Ninetieth Birthday. Admired a Beautiful Girl, but Soon Realized That His Suit Was Hopeless. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 14.—It is of special in- terest that following John Greenleaf ‘Whittier's ninetieth birthday, there should be published for the first time & full and absolutely authentic story of the Quaker poet’s boy love. It will be remembered that Whittier, by his will, left $10,000 to the Amesbury Home for Aged Women. In connection with this comes the story of romantic inter- est. Two years after the death of Whit- tier an old lady made application for admission on the ground that in her youth she was a schoolmate and friend of the poet. She would no doubt have been received if she had not died soon after making the application. She was Mrs. Evelyna Bray Downey. Evelyna Bray was born at Marblehead, Mass., October 10, 1810. Evelyna is described |as a tall and strikingly beautiful bru- nette, with remarkable richness of col- oring. The house at which she boarded was directly opposite that at which ‘Whittier boarded. He was then nine- teen years old, and she was seventeen. Whittier paid a visit to the home of his schoolmate. She could not invite him in, but instead suggested a stroll. The young couple, after a discussion of the situation, saw the hopelessness of securing the needed consent of their parents and whatever dreams they may have cherished were from this hour abandoned and they parted with this understanding. For more than fifty years they met but once again. Miss Bray married a St. Louis Episcopal clergyman, Rev. William S. Downey, an Englishman, claiming to be of noble birth. He left the Episcopal church and became a 3aptist evangelist, preaching in the streets and distributing tracts of his own composition. They came to New York, -where he continued to write and distribute tracts. His wife had never told him of her early acquaintance with ‘Whittier, but he found it out by a sin- gular chance, and wrote Whittier that he was her husband and begged for as- sistance in his work of preaching the gospel. ‘Whittier feared his old friend might be in destitute circumstances, and for The husband kept all this from his wife, who, he knew, would at once re- turn the money. But she came upon the fact by finding a letter of Whittier in his pocket. She was indignant, but | her letter to Whittier returning the | money was written in the most delicate | terms and gave nothing of the misery of her life. She was in occasional cor- | respondence with him until the year of | his death. Their only meeting was at | the Haverhill Academy reunion of 1885, | fifty-eight years after the love episode of their school days. He took her apart from the other schoolmates and they exchanged souvenirs. ——— MONTEREY'S NEW CONVENT. | Exterior Work Upon the Pretty Structure | Has Been Completed. | MONTEREY, Jan. 14—The new San Carlos Roman Catholic Convent that was begun in October last has been complated | externally and the painters are now at | work upon it. The building is a large | square, three-storv house, with a wing | at the back for the culinary department | and large dining hall. It is a substantial frame structure, weather-boarded in the English style, and its _architecture fs | wondertully in accord with its historical | | surroundings and the old adobe missiox church, opposite which ulsxgms, The grounds that surround the convent ‘r‘éfi%fi& to the banks of a pretty lagung on the east, will be put into order as the builders have removed th phernalia, and the ensemble when c pleted will, if_present plans are car out, be one of the most attractive vent places in America. The interior will be but much work remai Plastering dries slow] mosphere and no r can_be begun till the wal ly dry it will probably be sor fore this portion of the work R The other e finishing is progressing as rapidly as those in charge could desire and the house will probably be dedicated Saster. ¥ ey Father R. M. Mestres, the priest parish, expects to leave in a few weeks for St. Louis .. to select teach- ers for the convent s 1. He will go to the mother house of the order of St. Jo- seph—situated at Louis—and from among the sisters there bring five to take charge of the educs St. Joseph Sisters ar a tional order, and w charge Father Mestres hopes to make this con- vent equal and in time surpass any school in the State. SCiEsy Location of Lands in Alaska. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Senator Per- kins of California to-day introduced a bill amendatory of the act providing a civil government for Alaska, providing that all public lands not reserved in Alaska con- taining coal, lignite or mineral oil may be claimed and entered under the land lay that locations not exceeding 640 acres may be located by any qualified mineral claim- ant, but entry can be made only on dis- covery of coal. lignite or mineral oil on the location, and that the purcras 2 of land claimed under this act shall be $2 50 an acre. % ® GE T s smmn V | Vim is what you lack. You feel dull and tired when you wake. You are drowsy. You have night sweats. Spots be- fore the eyes and nerv- ous depression. The one fact that stares you in the face is that you have no vim and no manhood. Get back your fine sense of full power; of full vigor; of perfect man- liness. A man who abuses his constitution in any way suffers for it. 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