The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898. during the transition perfod. I desire to be in Washington long enough to be of some service to the Executive of this country and to the Hawallan Lega-| tion.” The President disclaims any desire to appear before any committee in an offensive way, and he thinks it would not be wise to appear before any legis- lative body at all. Speaking of the eti- quette of the situation, he said: “I do not suppose I am really wanted in Washington, but this question of an- nexation is close to my heart, and it is my desire to serve my country in any way that T can. I shall not become a pleader for the cause, but I want to be here ready to expedite matters all 1 can if the treaty becomes the policy of this countr: The President is not boastful regard- ing the probabilities of the case, nor does he make such extravagant claims as some of the more bitter annexation- ists. In response to a question as to the sentiment of the natives on the subject, he said: “It would be a very difficult matter to say what proportion of the natives are opposed to annexation. I think the re advanced and intelligent favor » treaty with the United States. Of there are a great many who op- pose it, and who are bitter in thei sentiments. T belleve it may be said that most of the white people of the isl- ands are in favor of the treaty, as it now is, or of something of substan- 1y the same character. It is gener- understood that there would be some such government, for a time at least, as that which is now common in the case of Territories of the United tes before they are admitted to full statehood.” President Dole denies that he comes to this country clothed with any un- usual powers relative to assenting to amendments of the treaty. He says he might advise the Government of this country about what would be ac- ceptable to his own people, but his opinions would in no manner be bind- ing. “I hope to be in San Francisco three or four d " he said, “but the pro- gramme has not yet been definitely ar- ranged. I hope to visit President Mec- Kinley while in Washington, though no correspondence has passed be- tween us on the subject.” President Dole spent the day quletly at the hotel. He was calted on during the afternoon by General Shafter and his staff. President Dole and party occupled a box at the Baldwin this evening and witnessed the performance of ‘“The Man From Mexico.” His box was decorated with the Hawatlan and American flags and he was the cyno- sure of all eyes. In the third act the portieres were Hawaiian flags and the ladies in _the cast wore the colors of the Paradise of the Pacific. Mayor Phelan has extended an invi- tation to President Dole to take break- fast with him to-morrow morning at the Pacific Union Club. Governor Budd has been invited to be one of the guests. DOLE LOTH TO TALK UPON HIS MISSION T0 THIS COUNTRY. Says at Honolulu He Is Going to Washing- ton to See President McKinley, but De- nies That He Has Been Invited. HONOLULU, Jan. 7.—Before depart- ing from Honolulu President Dole courteously broke through an accepted understanding controlling high ‘digni- taries and accorded to The Call cor- respondent a brief interview this after- noon I do not desire,” said Dole, “to talk to the newspapers here or in the States about my mission. I am going to- morrow most certainly, and when once T have arrived in California I shall de- cline most positively to talk to the gentlemen of the press. Good-by. I shall not be away long. 1id in that pleasantly e of “God bless you, my be good and youwll be for Mr. Dole’'s gray hair and full whiskers give him a grandfatherly appearance scarcely coinclding with a leisurely life of only fifty-three years. “Don’t you think, Mr. President, that it would be adv ble and pleasant for you to let The Call publish the fact and motive of your mission. It might, you know, aid in relieving you from embarrassment and annoyance on your journey, for of course when our irre- pressible friends abroad learn that you are not to be interviewed they will leave you severely alone It is their invariable custom in California.” “Well,” said he, “I don’t know but that I might say to The Call that I am going to Washington to see and talk to President McKinley and his ad- ministration as the representative of the Government of the republic of Ha- wail and of this community.” He laid great stress on the expres- sion “of this community suggestion of the words ists” or “country” repeated, “Of this community. I go to discuss matters connected with the annexation of this country to the United States, and to place before the President our views and to show him very good reasons why we should be promptly annexed. I shall further discuss with him the con- duct of affairs and arrangements to be made after we are annexed. That is about all. Of course I shali do my best to make my mission successful, as I thoroughly believe it will be.. Please say to The Call, and it applies to all newspapers, that I shall firmly decline to speak to their representatives. It would not be quite proper for me to talk on this matter when once on my journey. Good-by.” ‘““There is an impression in town, Mr. President, that you go to ‘Washington as a sequence of an invitation or a suggestion from President McKinley, members of his Cabinet or persons so closely allied to him as to anticipate his wishes. Is this so0?” Very forcibly, and with a slight show of feeling, Dole promptly answered: “Most absolutely not. Please contra- dict that impression. I have received Do communication from Mr. McKinley whatever, nor have I had any corre- spondence with him or any one con- nected with his administration. 1 go at the request of the Council of State, the Cabinet and of those who, with us, believe that annexation is for the best interests of Hawaii. My Government and those associated with us think that it will be advantageous for me to thor- oughly discuss the subject with the President in all its bearings, quently I shall go. Please state that this action emanated in Honolulu and not in Washington. It is entirely our own policy and free from any sugges- tion from the administration.” I do not expect to be away from home more than two months, but I cannot tell how long it may be. Mrs. Dole may accom- pany me for part of my journey. And now good-by until to-morrow.” . Be this as it may, the annexation boy, annexation- camp is fairly divided on the expedi- | ency and policy of the President's de- parture. It is now well known that, while his mission was sanctioned by a tacitly unanimous vote, this was ob- | talned only through a deferential sac- rifice of opinion to the personal wishes of the President, and the necessity in the present crisis of the conflict of pa- and at the | conse- | ‘\mdlng a semblance of absolute solidity | of forces. It is admitted by them that | this is the strongest trump card that| the annexationists can play and that if the President cannot win the trick then their situation is forlorn indeed. Perhaps the general impression is correct that had not J. O. Carter de- cided last month to go to Washington, President Dole would have remained at home for the opening of the Leglsla- ture next month. This of course is de- nied by the organ of the Annexation | Club, which claims that Mr. Carter | went because Mr. Dole is going. This| is putting the cart before the horse. It| further asserts, on a baseless founda- | tion, that Mr. Carter carried with him a | “sack” of nearly $40,000 to be *“used in | opposition to annexation and Hawaii's best interests.” Tt states that $10,000 came frem one house, and members of the club credit this to an English firm. ! The story is too absurd to contradict uthoritatively, although if money | wanted for legitimate expenses it will | doubtless be found. | This being the sorrowful anniversary of the tionists’ unfortun ad events of 18! ubl led fous combi which . and wh lieved by many a those who bene is not the way peace in honestly be- | 'n to some of | ailure. This | harmony and na does not the patron fully echo who are more | cluding the numerous Japanese, were sed, the town deserted and all went | naking on the bay, at | fields, at baseball or at Cy- | | | clomere innumerable The ation Journal is keeping the town in | roars of laughter by its parodies and sarcasms on the Presidential “junket- Park, with luaus and dances irrepressible little Anti-Annex- ing trip.” It is so rejoiced at what it believes to be an error in the policy of the Government that it is as good na- tured as it is poignant in satire. Our next holiday is January 17, the anniversary of the establishment of the Provisional Government. On that day the Acting President and Minister of ‘War, Mr. Cooper, is to review our mili- tary and civil armed forces. Let us hope he will have better weather than the present storm of rain ard wind. ANNEXATION TREATY CANNOT BE RATIFED | BY THE SENATE.| 2= | And the Chances Are That All Bills and | Joint Resolutions for Taking Hawaii Will Be Snowed Under Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 17. It is quite apparent now that even Chairman Davis of the Foreign Rela- tions committee realizes the Hawaiian annexation treaty will fail to be rati- fied by the Senate. The probabilities are that he will soon abandon the ef- fort, and that a bill for annexation, or Senator Morgan's joint resolution, wiil be taken up. The anti-annexationists are confident that the joint resolution will not p: the House, although it would only require a ority vote in- ad of two-thirds. It is believed that ker Reed will oppose the adminis- tion both as to the annexation of Hawaii and the Cuban polic; Congressman Amos Cummings of w York said in an interview to-day: The legislation decks are clear, and each house of Congress is settling down to its work. The big committees have divided themselves into sub-commit- tees, and the process of grinding out bills for the consideration of the House is already in operation. On January 5 5488 bills and 107 joint resolutions had been referred to the House committees and 2918 bills and 77 joint resolutions to Senate committees. The calendars are hoppers into which the grist of these committees is thrown. The House has already sent two of the propriation bills over to the They carry $162,000,000; eleven follow.. These appropriation the essential of legislation. S E others bills are Without them the Government is blocked. When the differences concerning them have been settled by conference committees ed both houses and received the signature of the President, Congress will be ready to adjourn. It is evidently the intention of leaders in the House to scale the general appro- priation bills as closely as possible and to force an adjournment at an early | date. Under the rules other bills car- | rying appropriations can be buried | without allowing them to come before | the House. An appropriation bill is a privileged measure, and it is frequent- Iy used to shunt offensive legislation from the track. It has the right of way at all times, except when con- | fronted by a contested election case or | by a special order from the Committee on Rules. An appropriation bill can switch a contested election case from the track at any time by a vote of the House, but it requires unanimous con- sent to set aside a special crder after | it has once been sanctioned by the House. and they have annexation of Hawali becomes inter-| esting. If the Senate fails to ratify the | treaty by a two-thirds vote, a bill pro- | viding for its annexation will undoubt- | edly pass that body. If the leaders of | the House are opposed to such a bill | they can easily prevent its considera- tion by the House. It may be buried in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and if reported from that committee there | is no way in which the House can con- | slder it except by a special order from | the Committee on Rules. In other| words, if Speaker Reed favors the biil | | it will pass the House; if he is opposed | | to it the House will have no opportuni- | | ty to vote on it. This aptly fllustrates | | the eccentricities of a purely represent- atlve government. The Cuban ques | tion 1s in a similar situation. The Ho: | is held up by an application of its own | rules. If three-quarters of the mem- bers favor the recognition of Cuba they would have no opportunity to vote for it. The Senate resolution is still buried |in the House Committee on Foreign Af- | fairs. If this committee should report it favorably to the House, it is 1h the | condition of Lord Lovell's wife, who | Jumped into a box that closed with a | spring. It could not come up for con- | | sideration without the usual special or- | der. Once on the calendar, it might | be called upon suspension day, provid- | | ed the Speaker would consent to recog- nize a member of the committee for | this purpose. Then a two-thirds vote would pass 1t.” Replying to a resolution of inquiry, | Secretary Wilson sent to-day to the | Senate a statement concerning the pro- | duction of sugar in this country, and | his opinion of the effect of the importa- tion of Hawaiian sugar on the produc- | tion of beet sugar in the United States. He gave the average importation of sugar to this country for the past seven | years as $101,575,293 worth, of which the | Hawalian importation was $9,973,924. He concludes that Hawaii will not ser- iousity compete with sugar producers in the United States, and says that ‘when the people of those isiands come to consider the possibilities of coffee production it will be found that they wi have a monopely with which no State in the Union can interfere.” Mr. Wilson also expresses the opinion that Hawall would be a very profitable acauisition. because of its fruits. i | redu | perso: | cause ““Bearing this in mind, the quesfion of | 3 | partments of the York Mills in Saco, RESISTING | REDUCTION 0F WAGES Employes of Cotton Mills Out on a : Strike. | | Refuse to Accept the Cut of Ten Per Cent by Employers. | Prospect of the Battle .Spread- ing Throughout New England. MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED Hundreds of Canadians Who Flock to This Country May Have to Re- turn to Their Homes. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. ‘The fight between employers and employes in the New England cotton mills is on, and what it will lead up to cannot be foretold The great corporations in New Bedford are silent and thousands of overatives are idle, while here and there discon- tent has cropped out all day, the most serious being at Biddeford, Me., where 3200 persons refused to work. thus clos- ing two mills, and at Lewiston, Me. where one mill was crippled by 400 weavers staying out. The general wage tlon is estimated to affect 127,000 and about 150 mills. To-night finds the textile operatives | everywhere intently interested in the] New Bedford struggle, for there the real strength and the endurance will come, and upon the outcome will de- vend the question of an industrial bat- tle the entire length and breadth of the New Engiand States. The chief point in this battle will be discipline. From the point of view of the mill own- | er, the New Bedford situation is now a | kout. Intervention by the State | Board of Arbitration this week is hard- | ly to be allowed, and no overt act on the part of the strikers and no attempt to open a mill is expected for a num- ber of days. The New Bedford strikers will recelve strike money from operatives else- where, but the sum total will be re- served until a protracted battle brings on want and hardship, which the unions wiil then try to relie All the New Bedford milis opened at the usual time. When no help came in, lights went out, speed stopped, over- seers and nd hands prep: d to make everything snug and mill gates were closed indefinitely. The labor unions did little work to-day, except to carry out plans of campaign, which will be developed only as faint hearted weavers seek to return to work. Of the other strikers little had been developed in them as yet to forecast the future. The Laconia and Pepper- ell mill works in Biddeford struck be- cause they were anxious to, while the employes in the Androscoggin mill, Lewiston, simply took matters into their own hands, regardless of other de- partments. These two strikes, while on identical issues, will serve only as minor fights along the line unless ihe strike fever grows and they become the | nucleus of a general fight in Maine | cities. One other minor fight now on is at Burlington, Vt., where he Queen City mills shut down indefinitely be- the operatives refused point | blank to accept the reduction. This trouble, however, began a number of days ago, but reached the acute stage to-day. Taking the day's events throughout New England, it may conservativaly be said that things came to pass just as expected. If is the immediate fu- ture which awakens apprehensions. One feature of the labor troubles which may manifest itself is the re- | turn to their Canadian homes by hun- | dreds of families who speak French, | who flock to the States in winter to se- | cure employment. Following is an estimate of the number of operatives affected by the cut down, but the a tual result wiil scarcely be seen until the new schedule of wages is tried: | Knight, Goddards & Chase mliils in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con- | necticut, 20,000;. Lowell mills, 15,000, Lewiston, §000; Fall River, 4000; Bidde- | ford and Saco, 4000; other Maine mills, | 4000; ashua, 3000; New Hampshire, other than Manchester and Nashua, 000; Worcester County, 5000; Holycke, Vermont, 10,000; miscellaneous, NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 17.—A shut-down, the most complete in the histery of the cotton mills of New Bed- ford, began this morning. Not a spin- | dle was turning nor a loom in motlon in the factories of the cloth corpora- tions an hour after the usual time of beginning work. Betwen forty and fifty operatives went intc Bristol mill and twenty-five or thirty into the ‘Whitman, but, aside from these, no mill made any show of running, and these two soon shut down. Nine cor- porations, operating elghteen mills, in which upward of 9000 hands are em- | ployed, are involved in the strike. The cut is uniform all over the city—10 per cent. The total payroll of those cor- | porations is estimated at $70,000 weekly. First add Resist Reduction | WOONSOCKET, R. I, Jan. 17.—The | 2300 people employed in the Social | Globe and Nourse Mills of the Social | Manufacturing Company and the Clin- | ton mill in this city went to work at | reductions of wages averaging, it is| stated, about 10 per cent. Fears are felt that trouble may yet arise. BIDDEFORD, Me., Jan. 17.—Every department of the Pepperiil and La- conia Mills in this city, and all the de- with the exception of the carding and mule spinning rooms, shut down to- day as a result of the decision of the operatives to resist a 10 per cent re- duction in wages which was to go into effect on this date. At the York Mills in Saco the weavers remained out and were followed by the ring spinners. The cut at these mills is sald to aver- age 12 per cent. There are 1500 opera- tives and 51204 spindles. The man- agers o fthe mills refuse to say what their policy will be. LEWISTON, Me., Jan. 17.—The oper- atives of all the mills here except those of the Androscoggin went to work as usual to-day under a reduction in wages of from 10 to 11 1-9 per cent. At the Androscoggin only seven out of 400 weavers went to work. The re- duction went into effect at the mills of the Contlnent and ~Androscoggin, Hill, Barber and Bates corporations, and at the Lewiston Bleachery and Dye Works. The total monthly pay- roll of these companies has been $43,- 000. About 750 operatives are employed and the number of spindies aggregates 279,000. FITCHBURG, Mass.,, Jan. 17.—The 225 hands in the Nookeje Cotton Print Mills are out o work to-day as the re- sult of a cut of 6 per cent which went into effect this morning. It was not satisfactory and tae eighty weavers struck, closing the whole mill. TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARGES 0F BRIBERY. | Speaker Mason Appoints a Committes, a Majority Being Men Opposed fo Senator Hanna. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 17.—Speaker Ma- son of the House of Representatives this afternoon appointed the committee to in- vestigate the alleged attempt to bribe Representative Otis of Hamilton County to vote for Marcus A. Hanna for Senator. The committee is composed of Represent- atives Rutan of Carroll County, Spelimyer ‘n; Hamiiton, Boxwell of Warren, Rankin | lo ivette and Kenney of Mercer. Spellmyer and K and voted for MK}, other three members Republicans, but Rutan voted for McKisson. making the committee an anti-Hanna committee. The committee met to-night and elected Mr. Rutan chairman and Spellmyer secre A subcommittee was appointed to ¢ n the Investigation Committee of the e and arrange for joint sessions. s arrangement will probab as it would only se ne; “for ‘Senator. The matters if the committees acted sepa- rately. joint session will probably be held to-morrow, when a plan of procedure will be nate commit- tee h ginning STORMY SCENES IN THE DIET OF BOHEMIA. for be- Governor Godenhove Raises a Rumpus by De- | claring Equal Rights for the Ger- man and Czech Languages. PRAGUE, Bohem! Jan. 17.—Stormy scenes were witnesse the session of the Diet to-day Godenhove made a stateme German and the Czech languages, as having equal rights, had prepared to introduc ding the country into dis > the official language shouut lominating one, and alitles were equally would be emplc £ official business. . all officials sk be t s hoth, and legislation would be d rected to teaching both in the intermedi- ate schools, This statément gave rise to angry pro- tests. Further conflicts have occurred in the streets. BATILES OF ANARCHISTS AND STUDENTS Continued from First Page. Count Munster, the fSerman Embassa- dor, and Count Tornielli, the Ttallan Embassador, as witnesses to the inno- cence of Dreyfu LYONS, Jan. 17.—An anti-Jewish stu- dent demonstration took place here to- day with cries of “Down with Drey- fu; The office of Le Peuple, which has supported Zola, was attacked, bt the staff made a sortie and drove away the students, MARSEILLES, Jan. 17.—A crowd of 3000 persons made a demonstration here to-day against the Jews. They cheered the Army Ulub, whose officers appeared upon the balcony, shouting “Vive la France,” and displayed the which the crowd cheered frantically. Another crowd paraded the streets with cries of “Death to the Jews,” and “Shame upon Zola.” They gathered in front of the synagogue, until the police dispersed them. PREMIER MELINE THREATENED THAT THE So the French Chamber of Deputies Did Not Force the Publication of Drey- fus’ Alleged Confession. PARIS, Jan. 1 A semi-official note, relative to the demand that the alleg- ed confession of Alfred Dreyfus to M. Lebrun-Renaud should be published, says: “If the Government conceded the demand it would bring under dis- cussion and appear to place in doubt the authority of the Dreyfus decision. Moreover, the Government does not consider that it has the right to make such a communication for reasons ana- logous to those which determined the | court-martial to try Dreyfus behind closed door There was great excitement in the Chamber of Deputies to-day when M. Cavaignac, Republican, demanded a discussion of the semi-official note is- sued to-day, in which the Government declined to make public the alleged | confession of Alfred Dreyfus to M. Le- brun-Renavd. The Premier, M. Meline, in refusing to discuss the matter, de- clared that if the Chamber voted its immediate discussion the Cabinet would resign. The lobbies of the Chamber of Depu- tles were crowded, and there were heat. ed discussions, even among the usually cool-headed politicians. The session opened with a speech from M. Jourde, Republican, on a mi- noT question respecting prisons, but in view of the impatience of the mem- bers he abandoned his speech on the prisons questions, which was adjourn- ed until to-morrow. The Minister for War, General Bil- | lot; the Premier, M. Meline,. and M. Cavaignac here entered the house, and the President of the Chamber, M. Bris- son, announced that he had received a request from M. Cavaignac to question the Government regarding its Dreyfus note. M. Meline asked him to adjourn the matter, requesting the Chamber to reassure the country by continuing its legislative labors. He said the budget must be voted, and the Dreyfus affair, which had be- come a party question, should be set aside. Continuing, the Premier said: “The Government's policy has already had excellent results at home and abroad, and we appeal to the wisdom of the Chamber to put an end to the exces- | sive agitation.” The Premier concluded with a refer- ence to the honor of the army and the respect due to the judges, and asked for a vote of confidence in the Gov- ernment. » M. Cavaignac refused to be satisfied with this harangue. He declared the terms of the semi-official note were not acceptable (cries from the Leftists), protested against the silence of the Minister for War at the time the army was attacked, and urged the publica- :hm of the alleged confession of Drey- us. When the vote was taken the House, by 310 ayes to 257 noes, decided to shelve the discussion. Several small anti-Dreyfus demon- strations took place this morning in va- rious parts of Parls. Nome of them was of a serious nature, and those tak- ing part in them were soon dispersed. wre Democrats, tricolor, | 1S PRESTIGE IS DEPARTED Plight of the Los Angeles League for Better Government. | Citizens Now Realize That It Is Dominated by Political Tricksters. Flat Failure of Its Attempt to Smirch the Character of Director | ‘Webb. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—Within the past week there has been a remarkable change in public feeling, so far as Wal- ter L. Webb is concerned. The fair and unprejudiced accounts of the School Board investigation published in The Call have been a revelation to the peo- ple. There were a few who did not be- lieve Webb to be as black as he was painted by the Willard-Gibbon-Otis newspaper syndicate, comprising the Express, the Herald and the Times, un- til The Call entered the field and gave the facts as they were, and not as cer- tain interested corporations and indi- viduals wanted them to be. All the testimony in the investigation before the School Board is now vir- tually in, and people are wondering what has become of all the sensational developments that have been promised by the various attorneys for the de- fense, particuiarly by T. E. Gibbon and W. A. Cheney. All the rules of evi- dence were ignored, and everything was dragged intc the light that could possibly reflect upon the legal or moral guilt of the accused. The result of this drag-net methed of procedure was to bring out nothing against Webb, ex- cept the statement of two self-confess- ed perjurers and bribe-takers. | People who have given a retrospect- ive view to the situation are now ask- ing why Webb alone was singled out for persistent prosecution, and why ev- erybody else, from Janitor Cooper, who confessed to paying a bribe, to Banker Braley, who confessed to having com- mitted an act that is felonious, was ig- nored or deliberately defended by the League for Better City Government and the syndicated misconception of journalism—the Times-Herald-Express. | ‘The opinion is freely expressed that the league and its newspaper confederates were not engaged in an investigation of corruption, but in a man-hunt. And then comes the question: Why was the scalp of Webb wanted? This has been answered by Webb in his signed statement published in Thq Call of January 4. In this he stated that he was being pursued by the league as a | matter of revenge for having been partly instrumental in bringing about | the removal of Miss Mae Owen from the list of public scheol teachers, and for having defeated the efforts of the league to secure control of the city Board of Education. This assertion of Mr. Webb has since been apparently borne out by the facts that have de- veloped. That the men who control the League for Better City Government are cap- able of entering upon a conspiracy, such as this appears to be, is demon- strated by what they done in connection with the affairs -of the league. The latest election of al- | rectors_of the league took place on | June 15, 1897. At that election three | men ineligible to the office were elect- | ed as directers. Onme of the bylaws in | force at this time provides as follows: | The corporate powers., business and | property of the corporation shall be exer- cised, conducted and controlled by a board of directors, all of whom must be | members in good standing. Among the twenty-three members of | the board of directors declared elected were Harry Chandler, Octavius Mor- gan and M. Welsh, none of whom had paid the semi-annual dues payable on or before the day of election. In, the notices of the election sent out to mem- bers, the following sentence was con- | spicuously displayed in heavy, black- faced type: “The semi-annual dues of one dollar are due and payable before June 15, 1897.” On the baliots mailed 1o each member attention was called to the same duty in the following line: | “Semi-annual dues of $1 must be paid before voting.” The fact that Chandler, Morgan and Welsh were not qualified at the time they were elected was called to the at- | tention of C. S. Walton, the secretary of the league, and he promised to call the attention of the directors to the af- fair. Nothing has been heard of it | from that day to this, and the three men illegally elected have been allowed | to exercise their functions as officers without question by the proper author- ities. Tt is claimed that the men who | were frozen out by this fraud were not acceptable to the men of the inner cir- cle. Chandler is a son-in-law of H. G. | Otis, the editor of the Times, and is the superintendent of circulation of that newspaper. Chandler is now the sec- |ond vice-president of the league, and Morgan was the sedond vice-president | of that organization previous to the | last election. Neither of them, appar- | ently, could be spared from the board | of directors. That the league has been under sus- | picion by the perspicacious ever since | it was launched upon the political | ocean is shown by its own confessions, made in its official printed bulletins. There is a peculiar vein of apology and explanation running through thesaq cir- culars that savors strongly of hypéeri- | sy and deception to one who can read | between the lines. In the builetin is- | sued as far baék as June 29, 1896, occurs | the following significant remarks: | Since the Better Government circulars | came out the street has been full of strange and often ludicrous rumors con- «cerning the movement. These may be ex- pected right along. and need not worry anybody. Some of these are so enter- taining as to he worth repeating: It is sai@ *Fat the presence of four or | five stockhc’ders of the water company | on the original list shows very plainly | that it is a scheme In favor of that cor- poration. For similar reasons it is said to be a Los Angeles lighting scheme and street | car company scheme. Tt is said to be a Democratic scheme to elect a certain man Mayor, That these rumors have not been ex- ploited in the local newspapers is | simply due to the fact that the owners | of these journals are part and parcel of the gigantic scheme to turn over the | control of the city government to the | corporations. In the bulletin of July 113 occurs the following: If this movement does not wholly suc- ceed this year it may do so the following, or the year succeeding that. At all events the agitation must continue until it is a l‘x‘:‘?m' ‘whether that be in one year or ot The fac-simile signature of . have already | e Rich Men of Chiecago to Own a New Race- track. Thoroughbreds Will Be Kept Out and There Will Be No Betting. Intended Simply for a Gentlemen’s Driving Park and Matines Course. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Chicago is to| have another race track, and at once. The new track will be unique. On it runners wiil have no place whatcver, | for it will be devoted exclusively to the pacer and trotter. Lovers of harness racing are disgust- ed with the results of the efforts in the | past two years to keep sport alive in this city. They point to the last two meetings of the Northwestern Breed- ers’ Association at the Washington Park track, during which !arge purses were hung up, and for which the fastest horses in the world contended. At these meetings the strict letter of the law was observed, and there was no pool- | selling or bookmaking, with the result that the association quit many thou- | sand dollars loser and was forced out | of existence. Experience taught a les- son which will never be forgotten. | | _'There are in the neighborhood of 100 men high in social and business stand- | ing in Chicago who are lovers of fast | Lorses, and who 'have their moncy in- vested in them. The scheme is to buy | property, either in the city or near it, bulld tracks, stables and grand stand, | and to have matinees much on the or- | der of those held in Cleveland and New | York. There will be nn pool sefling or bookmaking allowed. It will simply be a gentlemen’s driving park, where own- | ers and their friends may go and drive | their own horses and enjoy the sport which at present is denied them. S GERRARD BESTED BY GANS. Police Stop the Fight. CLEVELAND, Ohfo,Jan. 17.—The twen- ty-round go between Frank Gerrard of Chicago and Joe Gans of Baltimore was stopped In the fifteenth round by the po- | lice, ahd Referce Siler gave the decision to Gans, who and landed three times. to | Gerrard's once throughout. In the sec- | ond round Gerrard knocked Gans clear of | his feet with a long, swinging uppercut under the jaw, but after that the colored | man had the better of it. 1 Gerrard started in with a cut over his left eye. received at Chicago in a recent fight, and Gans knocked it open in the first round. Gerrard bled profusely all through, and was weakened by loss of blood. Gans kept jabbing him in the face with both hands” and _in the fifteenth round knocked Gerrard down twice in | quick succession. Gerrard arose stagger- ing, and the police stopped the match Gans proved himself one of the clever- est and shiftiest men ever seen in a ring | here. e IVES WINS FROM CATTON. Easily Captures the First Game of the | Billiard Tournament. CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—Frank Ives and | Willlam Catton played the opening game | of the handicap billiard tournament to- | night in Central Music Hall. It was at | the 18-inch balk line, no shot in balk. At | | the end of his tenth inning Catton's score | was 94 while Ives had only 111 to his cred- |it. Then the expected happened. Frank gained his stroke and by clean cut play- ing put together 122. He followed this | with 105 in the tweifth inning, added 31 in the next, and then ran the game out | with 19. Schaefer and Spinks play to- | morrow night. Ives did very little fancy | work, but played in better form than he has shown in practice. Score: Ives—Total, 400; average, 28 $-14: high run, Catton—Total, 98; average, 7; high run, 20. —_—— First to the Wire. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17.—Seven and a half furlongs, Carlotta C won, Loyalty second, Viscount third. Time, 1:43. One and a sixteenth miles, selling, Mr. Easton won, Caddie C second, The Doc- tor third. Time, 1:38. Six furlongs, selling, Urania won, Lau- | ;egtoni D second, Eleanor Mac thira. Time, | One mile, handicap, Sea Robber won, | David second, Surmount third. Time, 1:48. ‘Six furlongs, Tom Kingley won, Aunt | Maggle second, Nannie Davis third. Time, | 1:20. “Six and a half furlongs, selling. Al Lone won, Teeta May second, Vencedor third. Time, 1:27% RUMORED DISASTER T0 THE CITY OF SEATTLE Big Steamer on the Way to Alaska With Over Five Hundred Passengers Reported to Have Gone Ashore. SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—1t is rumored here to-night that the steamer City of Seattle has gone ashore at some point on the | route to Alaska. It is impossible to con- | firm the report or discover its origin. The | City of Seattle sailed from here last| Wednesday for Skaguay and Dyea with 550 passengers and 600 tons of freight. | Captain Pierce of the steamer Corona, just in from Dyea, says that he saw the Seattle two days ago, when she was bound north and all was well. The of- ficials of the company operating thié City of Seattle are at a Joss to know how the rumor gained eirculation. They made a thorough investigation to-night and state positively that there is no reason for be- lieving that the steamer is not now well on her way to Dyea. HOLD UP AN APPOINTMENT. Mayor Land’s Selection of William Lowel for Chief of Police Meets With Disfavor. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 17.—The City Board of Trustees to-night refused to confirm the nomination of William Lowell for Chief of Police. J. B. Devine was con- firmed as corporation counsel, George Meister as superintendent of cemeteries, Frank Snook as clerk of the Police Court and William Mulleney as city surveyor. The ordinance prohibitis the use of trading stamps was passed unanimously, and an ordinance increasing the police force was also passed, while one creating ;:geddnecum was indefinitely post- Low Wages at the Mint. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—A special to the Sun from Washington says: Frank A. Leach, Superintendent of the United States Mint in San Franeisco, had ference with Secre e to-d on the question of redu the scale of ‘wages pald to employes of the Mini It was declded to reduce the scale to that in use in the ?hfluog&hh Mint, re- sulting in a saving of $28,000 annually to the Government. is on every wrapper of CASTORIA, abuse will dis these exhausting debilitated losses note the nerves of the face, of the ed by married men Be Advised by the Be Advised by the Be Advised by the | Colored Lad Given the Decision When the | B° Advised by the i Be Advised by the Be Advised by the ONLY HARNESS - YOUR NERVES HORSES WANTED ! Are All Over Your Body. 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Sold ‘;;uslang this sale for $2 8; regular price great line of Misses” and Chil- dren's Finest Viel Kid Button Shoes, circular vamps 'and heel foxing, new coin toes and patent- leather spring heels, sizes, a dressy Shoe that can be guaranteed to wear well. Children’s sizes, 8 to 10% Misses sizes, 11 to 2.. . Ladies' Viel K14 Button Shoes, plain broad or opera toes without tips, easy on the feet, sizes 2 to 3%, widths AA to E; same kind, sizes' 4 fo 4%, widths AA, ‘A and B: reduced to 6c; regular Drice $2 50 and 3. Infants’ Vicl Kid Button Shoes, ofr- cular vamps and heel foxing, kid tips, liable soles, all sizes, 1 to 5, reduct From ®c to" 28e. > s 90c. Boys’ ana Youths' Solid- wearing S o h ool Shoes, tap or slip soles, me- dlum broad toes and tips, every pair warranted: Youths' sizes, 11 o 3 Boys' sizes, § to 40c. Ladies’ kid Oxford Ties, odd sizes, assorted kinds, toes ~and B e of Oxfords 11 be s0ld for-6c. 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