The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1898. tmprovements it has made to the plant in the past thirty yedrs, and for w hlgl'! the city stands prepared to pay a®y fair and equitable price. g Mr. Dunn adds that, in company with Messrs. Lee and Scott, he had for some months been procuring and briefing au- thorities which support his contention, and that he had found them and fully gatisfied himself and his assoclates that it was a proper move for the city to make on the 22d day of next July. { When The Call of Monday reached | here this merning and as soon as it be- | came circulated among the people, the | greatest interest was manifested in the paper’s expose of the condition of the water fight. Citizens gathered in knots about the streets and talked the matter over. In the clubs and in the public offices at the City Hall and the Court- house it was the sole topic of discu: sion. The fact that most impressed ev- erybody was the idea that the people of Los Angeles were compelled to go to San Francisco to find a daily newspa- per that would protect them from a cold-blooded, clean-cut, deliberately planned scheme that was being put up and gradually being carried to a suc- ful consummation to mulet them he sum of almost $2,000,000, if mu- pal ownership was obtained, or to defeat the proposition altogether. The Mimes, Herald and Expresswere round- 1y denounced on all sides, and the po- sition taken by The Call was e where the subject of favorable com- ment. The men In both private and public life, who have efther openly or covert- ly alded in the carrying out of the w ter company's skilifully arranged plans were dismayed. In the past they have been secure, and have imagined that they were protected from censure for betraying the people have known that the interest. They yndicated three daily papers would never hold them up to public scorn for any official act they might be guility of which -~ would strengthen the clutch of the water com- pany upon the people of this city. They knew that no citizen would be given access to the Times, Herald or Express for the purpose of exposing their betrayal of their trus all came into of the people’s side of this vital contest it caused an awakening among those who knew their own guilt. They went about and when asked what the thought of the matter as presented by The Call v shook their heads. They made attempt to deny the fac as pre- f t v could not. The facts were abs y ‘unassaflable in point of truth logle. So these persons simply dismissed the subject as best could and proceeded to private of- here they conferred among ntative of The Call called Mott, the secretary of the es City Water Company, tc and requested a statement from him as the representative of the cor- ¥ ition Mr. Mott was Informed t the paper desired to give the company's side of the case fairly, and 1d ¢ ver his signature as sec- He said that he had no au- to give any statement and the was oné in . which he could not 1out the consent of the board ctors and under its instructfon. r, the president of the C Council, was seen. Mr. Silver was not des of making any statement, but he did give to The Call the follow- ing signed communication: of dir Herman Silv My views on the water question have made public through flc nces on the \d by my o fiman. timé and agal my ut chamber r of the Councll- al acts and votes By them I am willing to ected as a Councilman upon-a platform favoring municipal ownership of the water pfant. All of my acts in an official and private capacity have been aimed and directed to bring about that result upon a basis of equity and justice to all parties concerned. HERMAN SILVER. Further than this statement Mr. Sil- ver declined to go, on the ground that he had no desire to enter into any con- troversy. William E. Dunn, City Attorney, was interviewed. Mr. Dunn wighed it to be distinctly understood that in the battle that was now on he desired to be at all times recorded as being on the side of the people, whose interests he had sworn to faithfully represent and protect as the legal adviser of the mu- nicipality. Asked as to his opinion of the Mayor's contention that on the 22d of July next the city could again take possession of its plant, the City Attor- ney said: Z “The Mayor, in announcing that fact in his annual message placed the water company in possession of information which may defeat the accomplishment of anything of the kind. Messrs. Lee and Scott and myself had fully deter- mined upon advising that very course of procedure at the proper time. We have gone into the matter exhaustively and become convinced that it was legal, but not until next July should this have been given out. The water company can now go into the courts and claim that it is threatened with being forci- bly dispossessed of its property and ask that the city be enjoined from taking the step. | “If the Mayor had not made the pub- lication we could have quietly gone on the expiration of the lease and taken possession of the plant. Then the water | company could have done the litigat- ing.” | “Mr. Dunn, you are perhaps aware | that in certain quarters it has been al- | leged that you, as legal adviser of the | city, have contributed your mite to | procure for the company the much de- | sired delay in bringing negotiations for the acquirement of the plant by the | city to a head?” i “No man can truthfully allege any- | thing of the kind. Whatever I may have done in the past no one can as- | sert that I have done other than my duty as City Attorney, and more par- ticularly does this apply to the water matter. I am a young man and upon my conduct of the water negotiations I am willing to stake my future. On the 24th of next month a suit will be | tried in the Superior Court of tremen- dous importance to the city. It is to determine the ownership of the source of water supply of the Crystal Springs Land and Water Company. We claim that the water comes from the river | and that it belongs to the city. The | water company claims it by right of | development. 1 tell you that I am go- ing to win this case for the city. = | “I wish to say that my record is open | and I challenge any one to demonstrate where and how by any specific act of mine I have betrayed the people and | shown any undue friendship for the | water company.” | The Express, the special pleader for the water company in the evening journalistic field, has frequently re- ferred to the fact that the water com- pany is a heavy tax-payer. The truth. of the matter is the water company has not yet paid its city taxes. It is by litigation seeking to evade payment. The water company contends that the assessment made by the City Assessor is not equitable. Its city taxes amount to $11,726 96. It refuses to pay them, but tendered $10,006 30 on a valuation fixed by its own directors. The City Tax Collector declines to accept the money. So the water company has paid no city taxes because it is not satisfied with an assessment approved by its own counsel. Exclusive of the sum .above men- tioned it paid taxes to the county in the sum of $16,514 24 for the -year. Street Riots at Prague. PRAGUE, Jan. 18.—There were further street riots to-day between the Czech and" the Germans and the streets were pa- trolled by troops. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drugglsts refund gee money If it falls to cure. . The genuino has L. B. Q. on each tablet. |ing this country cheap sugar. CULPRITS WHO ARE PROTECTED Los Angeles Boodlers Not in Danger of Prose- cution. Better Government League Too Busy Hounding Walter L. Webb. Shows No Disposition to Cause Self- Confessed Bribe-Takers to Be Punished. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18.—In view of | the recent disclosures made in The Call as to the composition of the League for Better City Government, its manage- ment, its personnel and its objects, peo- ple are discussing from a new stand- point its connection with the prosecu- tion of Walter L. Webb. In this case the league figures as the prosecutor through its attorneys; as judge it is represented by Charles Cas- sat Davis, chairman of the Board of | Education, who is a league member and who was elected a School Director on the ticket of the league. The league | also sits as jury in this case, as it ap- parently controlsamajorityofthe mem- bers of the board, judging from the election of Chairman Davis as presiding | officer of that body. With the league acting as prosecu- tor, judge and jury, people are now wondering how Webb can expect jus- | tice to be done him. Attention has also been drawn to the persistency and energy with which Webb had been pursued, and the utter neglect to prosecute all others who have been shown to be implicated more or 1e directly in the School Board scan- There are no less than nine per- have been shown to be guilty iminal acts in this connection by their own confessions, by the uncontra- dicted testimony of others, or by docu- mentary evidence. . C. H. Axtell, Superintendent of Build- ings and Janitors, approached various school employes for the purpose of ex- torting money from them, and actually received money from a number of them. | He also swore falsely before the School Board, before the Grand Jury and be- fore the Superior Court in connection with the Webb case. J. F. Adams, who resigned from the School Board the result of the pres- ent investigations, committed the same offenses charged against Axtell, with the possible exception that he did not lay himself liable to a charge of per- jury while testifying in the Superior Court. J. S. Pitman, the minister who was a member of the preceding Board of Ed- ucation, acted as go-between in a mat- ter of bribery for E. E. Cooper and Ax- tell. J. H. Braly, a member of the Board of Education, has conf. indulged in the practice of ‘s teachers’ warrants through the South- ern California Savings Bank, of which | he is president. In doing this Mr. Braly violated two separate and dis- tinct laws, laying -himself lable to| prosecution for a felony, and his bank to proceedings to forfeit its franchise. | E. E. Cooper, a janitor in one of the | public schools, bought his position | from Axtell through the agency of the Rev. J. H. Pitman. | W. H. Morris, the janitor of the High | School, bought his position and leslifled) falsely before the Grand Jury. | Miss Clara Schroeter, a teacher in | one of the schools, procured her posi- tion by purchase from Adams. She claims that her mother transacted all the business connected with the matter without her knowledge. C. J. Rohde, the instructor in physical culture, purchased his position directly | of Adams. | F. K. Neilson, a contractor, secured a contract from the Board of Education | by means of a bribe. Here is ample scope for the energies of the League for Better City Govern- | ment, say the people, if it is really de- | sirous of acting fairly and conscien- tiously. | Comment is frequently heard as to why the bank commissioners have not begun an investigation of the affairs of the Southern California Savings Bank, in view of the fact that that in- stitution has made illegal investments | of the moneys intrusted to it by depos- itors. HUNTINGTON ; I\ FAVOR 0F ANNEXATIO Continued from First Page. | tigrew, ‘“that the Hawalian Govern- | ment would voluntarily seek the pro-| tection of some other power and thus forego the great advantage those is- lands now enjoy in their reciprocity ar- rangements with the United States which results in our remitting to them | annually not less than $6,000,0002" To this question Senator Morgan re- plied that the reciprocity treaty had | been negotlated for the purpose of giv- He said it had been of greater benefit to the | United States than it had been to Ha- | waii, because it had accomplished its | purpgse of making cheaper one of the | great commodities and one of the ne- | cessities of every household. We want, | he said, not only the sugar from Ha- | waii, but cheaper coffee as well, and | that and many other necessary articles | could be grown on those islands. | The Senators displayed a number of | large maps, from which he contended | that the islands were in the roadway | of commerce between our western coast and the Orient, and said that all | ships, whether laden with the articles | of commerce or munitions of war must necessarily pass them in going from | and to this country and the Asiatic coast, and thus, he sald, the nation which controls Hawaii will control the commerce of the East. In closing, he sald that failure to annex the islands meant inevitable bloodshed, and the re- sponsibility for that bloodshed would rest upon the Senate of the Unjted States for its failure to perform its duty at this critical hour in the history ) of the two countries. Merced Loses a Pionger. | MERCED, Jan. 18.—The death of J. W. Snyder, a pioneer of Mariposa County, | where he was engaged extensively in stock-raising, occurred yesterday morning in this city after a brief illness. Mr. Sny- der served his county in the Legislature o 74, and always took a warm inter- | est in litics, being a stanch Repub- {lican. He occupied the position of gate- | As yesterday | to fill the Congressional Record with keeper in the last Legislature. He was a Yromh’len! Mason, and funeral services wrldl be held under the auspices of that order. MAY MAKE A | LONG STAND Cotton-Mill Strikers Are| Preparing for a Siege. | Non-Union Men Who Are Out | May Not Receive Suffi- cient Support. All the Operatives in New England | Watching the Outcome of the Struggle. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 18.—Grim determina- | tion on the part of both sides, coupled with a defined issue between employer and employe, as well as practically an absence of any sign of demonstration, were the features of the second day in the great strike in the cotton industry. interest centered almost entirely In the strike at New Bedford, where the disturbances led to the belief that a similar demonstration might be attempted to-day. Nothing of the kind occurred and the strikers strength-| ened their cause by making the ques- tion- of fines a definite issue with the millowners. It is just possible that an agreement in this question may lead to some satisfactory ending of the whole matter in that city. The matter of financial support to the strikers was_. generally discussed, not only in New Bedford, but in Biddeford, Saco and Lewiston, and while the unton strikers seem to have no anxiety re- garding the next three months, non- union men who are out fear they may not receive sufficient support. In Fall River the superintendent of the King Mill, where there is a strike, went so far as agreeing to remedy union grievances, but other than this there appears no break in the line of manufacturers during the day. The 100,000 operatives in all six of the New England States are watching the contest in New Bedford, Saco and Biddeford very closely. BIDDEFORD, Me., Jan. 18.—The strike situation here is unchanged from yesterday. The Pepperell, Laconia and York mills remain shut down, and there is every indication of a long struggle. A committee of York operatives whl call on Agent Page to-day and endeav- or to secure an adjustment of their grievances on account of the reduction. LEWISTON, Me., Jan. I18.—Every thing was quiet at the Lewiston cotton mills to-day. At the Androscoggin, the only mill where trouble exists, a crowd was gathered about the gates, but no violence was offered those who passed through Into the mill. Small sections of the mill are running. FITCHBURG, Mass., Jan. 18.—The weavers of the Hockage Cotton Mill, who struck yesterday against a reduc- tion in wages, thereby compelling the factory to close, returned to work to- day. The weavers, who were the only operatives who opposed the cut, have decided to accept the reduction. VOLUNTEERS' CONSPIRACY SANTA FE MAY HAVE A RIVAL Indications That Another Railway Will Enter San Diego. Committee Which Obtained a Franchise Is Moving in Secret. Believed to Have Strong Assurance That Its Plans Will Be Successful. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18.—Citizens of San Diego are much interested in the mysterious moves being made by a committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, looking toward the con- struction of a railroad from this city to the Colorado River, as a competitor of the Santa Fe. This committee con- sists of U. S. Grant, Captain M. Sher- man, W. King, M. A. Luce, A. E. Nutt and C. L. Josselyn. The City Council last night granted a franchise to this committee, giving it terminals, | depot grounds and rights of way through the city on a line parallel with the bay. The committee has been at work for some weeks, keeping its doings emm;lv' ts | secret, and not even announcing time or place of meeting. The Council, in granting the franchise, asked the committee for information as to purpose, desiring to know whether oth- er railroad corporations or private capi- tal had been induced to favorably con- sider the enterprise. But the gentle- men declined to make anything pub- lic, telling the Councilmen that they would have to grant the franchise on faith alone and on confidence in the in- tegrity of the committee. The Council accepted this statement, and gave the franchise, which is a good indication of the strong desire of this city for a direct Eastern outlet. The personnel of this committee is| {very high. Everybody knows U. S. Grant, by name at least. Captain Sher- man’ is ex-Mayor of the city; M. A. Luce, an ex-Judge, is one of the most highly respected men in the cf prospective Postmaste V: N. well known capital nent in working for San Diego's inter- ests as has also C. L. Joss Nutt is a prominent lav man. Being a city official, his name does not appear as one of the holders of the franchise from the city. Speculation in the absence of known facts is of course rife as to the real moves going on under the surface. Some citizens have openly declared it somewhat more than a coincidence that the railroad scheme was launched sim- ultaneously, almost, with Mr. Grant's Senatorial boom. While this may have been, and probably was, entirely a co- incidence, it is nevertheless a fact that the leader of a s sful movement to ecure a direct Eastern railroad from n Diego, can have the Senatorship or anything else - he likes, so far as San Diego can give it to him. Mr. Grant, who is personally of a retiring dispo- sition, ha€ become very well known to his townsmen through his connection with this railroad project, and if it sue- ceeds, he will be beyond question im- ng, a | mensely popular. DISCOVERED Continued from First Page. orable uniform of the Spanish army” desired to raise disturbances against the Government of Spain at a most critical period for the Spanish cause |in Cuba. He also threatened them, as a representative of the crown and com- mander-in-chiet of the army, with se- vere punishment for the crime of treason. The Governor General's words great- Iy impressed the colonels. The Count of Diana, a well-known Spanish irre- concilable and the oldest among the colonels, was selected by them to re- ply. He said that the loyalist Span- | iards in Cuba, who had devoted their whole lives to preserve the sovereignty | of Spain in the island, were not satis- | fied with the new regime. | Here Blanco interrupted him in a | thunderous voice, saying that he would not permit the least reflection on the Government by colonels under his com- | mand and subject to military discipline. | The Count of Diana then yielded, and | protested against what he said was a | calumny on the volunteers. He avow- | ed that the volunteers are most loyal | to their Queen and their flag. | Blanco made all the other colonels one by one ratify these final words of the Count of Diana. 1t is officially declared to-day that “a | spontaneous declaration of loyalty was made by the volunteers to the Gov- | ernor General, who is entirely satis- fied.” An officer from the palace went this | morning by order of General Blanco to | Lieutenant Colonel Calderon’s house, | and commanded him to immediately | present his resignation from the Fifth | Battalion of volunteers. He did so, | and it is just announced that Calder- on’s resignation has “been accepted.” No further riots have occurred in Havana, but the city is still under mil- itary control of General Arolas, and presents the same warlike aspect. | The opinion of all persons here who know the Spaniards is that the situa- tion is very grave. If the conspiracy | of the volunteers has been averted by | General Blanco’s opportune interfer- | ence, it is not less certain that their | feeling of hatred against autonomy is growing more and more every day, and as the regular army is in a state of great discontent and demoralization, a serious military outbreak is to be ex- pected at any moment. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: The Democrats will advocate immedi- ate action on the Cuban matter by Congress, while the Republicans wiil express their conviction that the ad- ministration will not long delay, and that action by Congress would only complicate matters. As all amend- ments are out of order, the talk will amount to nothing more than to give members of the House an opportunity belligerent speeches for home con- sumption in their districts. The speeches, however, give emphasis to the pressure that is being exerted by Cuban sympathizers throughout the country in favor of intervention. There is a growing belief on the Republican side of-the House that some executive action will be taken. A Republican member of the Com- mittee on foreign affairs told me this afternoon that he believed the Presi- dent was about to serve notice upon Spain that unless peace and order should be restored within sixty or ninety days, the United States would intervene to establish peace. Captain M. Sherman, chairman of the committee, told the Council last night that the committee was hard at work gathering statistics, and, with the fran- chise in hand, would be able to deal with outside railroad corporations. But, so far as can be learned, no actual ne- are vet in progress. The ., at least, conveys this idea. Under the terms of the franchise the st be located through the city 1, 1899, and the work com- pleted by another year. The right of way is similar in terms to the Santa Fe right of way, but the Santa Fe has the advantage over the new proposition in gotiations having had lands of a present value of at least $2,000,000 granted as an induce- ment to come to San Diego. COILS TIGHTEN ABOUT RAYNOND Strong Testimony Against the Second Baden Murder Suspect. Witnesses Who Convicted Winters Repeat Their Stories in This Trial. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 18.—The trial of C. H. mond for murder was con- and will probably be ended ¥ to-morrow night. The testimony is about the same as that given In the ‘Winters case. The story of the attempted robbery of Robert Ferriter in the Grand Hotel at Baden by Harry Winters and the shooting of C. A. Andrews by C. H. Raymond at the same time is being told by the same witnesses. Winters was to- day produced in court, and was identified by a number of witnesses who saw him in company with Raymond, who was also identified on the day preceding’ the murder. Patrick Ferriter and James McNamara to-day described the crime as it took place in the Grand Hotel on November 17. John Gallagher, who conducted the autopsy on the body of C. A. Andrews, described the result. C. P. Richardson, 4 motorman and conductor on the elec- tric line from Holy Cross Cemetery to Baden station, identified Raymond and Winters as two men he saw on the after- noon of the 16th of November on the road going toward South San Francisco. John Munroe testified to having seen the defendant at_the Arcade Hotel in Baden on the 16th. Rachael Tennabaum and her son told how they exchanged two cheap revolvers for a Smith & Wesson hammer- less with Winters in October last, and identified the weapon recovered from Raymond as one of them. Attorney Kirkbride did not question the witnesses to any extent. as it only had a tendencey to make them more positive. He did, however, question Patrick Fer- riter as to the amount of th! shed by a candle such as Andrews held on the fatal night, and lighted a candle for com- parison. The witness could not compare them, as one was used at night and the other by day. The following jurors are trylnlz the case: A. P. gohn!on. Charles atch, Harry Horton, Jerry Hollinshead, W. J. McCormick,John Walker John Sherman- tine, Harry Jenkins, A. Hilson. John Mitvalsky and William Throwell. Pt o Thomas Tootle Stricken. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 18.—Thomas Tootle, aged T5, the oldest surviving brother ~ of the famous trio of miliionaires—Milton, John and Thomas Tootle—suffered an attack of apoplexy to-day. He was seated in_the Tootle- Lemon private bank when stricken. His recovery is doubtful. His nephew, Milton Tootle Jr., is the present head of the & large estate. its | has been promi- | LED A DOUBLE LIFE FOR YEARS of Santa Rosa Was a Bigamist. Deserted Wife and Son in On- tario to Flee With Another ‘Woman. Bpeclal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 18—Thirty years ago, when Santa Rosa was hardly dis- cernible on the map, James L. Clark and his wife arrived here and settled in this city. They came from Anna- pee, Ontario. As Mr. Clark was suc- plary life, it was not long before the | | | | | Steps Being Taken to Transfer His Property to the Rightful Heirs. MANY SEEKING GORMAN'S TOGA The Late James L. Clark Struggle for the Maryland Senatorship to Be Prolonged. Now There Is a Prospect of a Deadlock in the Legis- lature. Elevea Republicans, Backed by the Democrats, May Prevent a Decisive Ballot. . Special Dispatch to The Call. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 18.—The first ballot in the Maryland Legislature for a successor to Arthur P. Gorman in the United States Senate was taken to- | day, each branch balloting separately, | with the following result: McComas 34, cessful ‘in business and led an exem- ! couple enjoyed the confidence and re- | | spect of the entire community. two years ago Mrs. Clark died. Last fall Mr. Clark also passed away, and | in settling up his estate it was discov- ered that the woman with whom he had lived all these years was not his | legal wife. From Attorney W. S. Williams of Berkeley, who visited this city this | afternoon, the facts in the case were learned as follows: Thirty years ago Clark was a well known resident of Annapee. He was engaged in business in that city and had an estimable wife and one son. He suddenly disappeared, abandoning his family, and with him he took a woman who had been for some months residing at that place. She became the second Mrs. Clark. No trace of the missing man was ever found, although a determined search was made for him for years. When Clark died he left a considera- ble estate, which he left to his nieces, | Earla Terrell, Harriett Gill and Edna Terrell of Ferndale, Humboldt County. In some manner Clark's executors | heard of the true state of affairs and | an investigation was begun, with the | result that Attorney Willlams visited | this city this afternoon and began the preliminary work of securing am order to set aside the property for the bene- fit of Clark’s first wife and his son, | who is now about 35 years of age. | The affair has caused a great deal | of comment here, where Mr. Clark and | the woman who was supposed to be his | wife were well known. About ten | years ago Attorney Williams, who was | | formerly Mayor of Annapee and knew Clark well while he lived there, hap- pened to meet him on the streets of this city. leaving home, whereupon Clark broke down and cried like a child. —_— WORK OF NICARAGUA - CANAL COMMISSION Surveys Will Take More Time | Than Those Made in | | Eleven Parties in the Field and Work Proceeding at Various | Points Along the Pacific. Copyright, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. GERRITOWN, Nicaragua, Jan. 18.—A | heavy norther and rainfall is delaying | the work of the Nicaraguan Canal Com- | mission. The Newport, with a cargo of | laborers from Port Limon, was obliged to | put to sea three days ago from her an- chorage outside the bar for safety. She | is now lying at Monkey Point, thirty mile: up the coast, but is expected back dail When she comes the commission will go | to the Interior, distributing laborers | among parties working along the San Juan River and in that vicinity. | The work will take much longer than | that of the commission of 189, and the new commission will have a vast amount | of data, much of it new, to examine in making its report. Eleven parties are now in the field, 200 men in all. The men are working at various points all along | to the Pacific. Work up to the present has been chiefly in clearing the line of the canal and making observations. of the rainfall and evaporation and the gaug- ing of streams. The officers of the New- port will make an exhaustive survey of the harbor and coast soundings. The re- sult of the work on the harbor may cause | a suggestion for a change of the entrance to the canal, though it is not probable that the suggestion would be as radical | as that of the 1595 commission. Sixty men are working in the vicinity of Ochoa, near the location selected for placing a dam across the river, which was so se- verely criticized by the commission of Bearings are being made and other observations made looking to the finding of the best site, but some other way than the proposed dam may be found for solv- ing that particular part of the canal problem. = The commission is favorable to the project, but purposes making a complete examination of all its features and conditions before making a report. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 18.—During to- day’s session of the Nicaragua canal con- vention resolutions were adopted urging on Congress the necessity of legislation to secure the permanent construction of the canal. The resolutions recite _that | the opening of such a water way would | greatly increase the nation’s commerce, would stimulate activity in shipyards and would double the effective value of the United States navy. A committee was ap- pointed to visit Washington and person- ally urge the necessary legislation. The committes appointed includes S. C. Cobb, | Florida; Senator E. B. Watson, Nebras- | ka; H. M. Moore, Iowa; and P. A. Buel, California. Another committee, with C. W. Paul of | Nebraska as chairman, was appointed to | arrange for a meeting at Omaha next fall. A permanent executive committee was appointed, with ex-Governor Fishback of Arkansas as chairman. To-night the delegations departed for Port Arthur as the guests of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad. | NEW TO-DAY. Has Disg;_)peared Troubled with Catarrh, But Hood's Sar- saparilla Cured It. “Since taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I have not been troubled with catarrh, and it keeps my blood pure. I have rec- ommended it to others, and advise all | troubled with impure blood to give it a trial.” T. B. PULLINS, Chula Vista, Cal. SARSA- HOOD’ Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Recognizing him at once he | questioned Clark as to his actions since | PARILLA | About | | 1898. | HOOD'S PILLS cure sick headache. 25c. Shaw 11, Shyrock 3, Findlay 6, Mulliken 1, Barber 6, Urner 1, Gor- 2 epublicans 2, to choice 55. ndidates are Judge Louis E McComas of Washington County, Ma- jor Alexander Shaw, General Thomas J. Shyrock, ex-Congressman John V. L. Findlay all of Baltimore City; Thomas Parran, Colonel J. C. Mulliken, Isaac A. Barber and Milton G. Urner. But one ballot was taken, and this leaves the situation as much involved | in uncertainty as it was before the voting began. The preliminary skirmishing has been attended with great bitterness and dissension in the ranks of the Re- publicans, who have a considerable majority in both houses. These dis- sensions have rendered it impossible to bring about a Republican caucus, and there seems to be little probability that this method of settling the dispute will be resorted to in the near future. The first break in the Republican ranks came two weeks ago, when eleven members of the House of Dele- gates from Baltimore City refused to Democrats 3; , Parran | elected one of their own number to that office. Numerous attempts have | since been made to get the seceders | back in line, but they remain firm in | their position. Witheut at least two of their number the Republicans are powerless to elect any one, and with the aid of the Democratic vote the “faithful eleven,” as they have been nicknamed, may at any time elect a man of their own choosing or cause a deadlock until the end of the session. With this possibility in view the Dem- ocrats are using every possible means to foment the discord. Such a situation naturally gives rise to all manner of conjectures and specu- lation, and there are many who believe that it may yet be possibie for Senator Gorman to succeed himself, if he can carry the next legislative election in November, 1899. This possibility fis, however, admitted by the Democratic leaders to be a very remote one. Mayor Malster of Baltimore, while | not an avowed candidate, it is certain that he would not be averse to wear- ing the toga, and there is much talk here to-night concerning the possibil- ity of another coalition between the Democrats_and the “Malsterites” and | “faithful eleven,” for the purpose of electing the leader of the anti-organi- zation wing of the Republican party. That such a thing is possible there is no doubt, and it is freely asserted that Senator Gorman and his lieutenants will try their best to bring about such a result whenever it is demonstrated that a deadlock is no longer practica- | ble. | To-morrow at noon balloting will be | resumed, this time in joint sess! . and will be continued until a result is reached. It is generally conceded that | there no reason to expect an elec- | tion this week, as Judge McComas, the | leading candidate, is believed to have }ponnd very nearly full strength. | McKENNA’S CONFIRMATION ‘ TO 0CCUR ON FRIDAY. When Action Is Taken by the Senate He Will Be Promptly Sworn in by the Chief Justice. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Tt appears now that there will not be more than four or five votes against McKenna's confirmation when it is taken up again next Friday. Allen of Nebraska is the only Senator who is making any fight against it, although Senators Pettis and Pettigrew may vote against confirmation. Allen has received long telegrams from the Pacific Coast. One of the telegrams is from A. L. Rhodes of California, who was at one time a candidate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Califor- nia and who was defeated, although the Republican candidate for Governor was elected by 22,000 majority. The opposi- tion of Rhodes is not likeiy to cut much of a_figure when this becomes known to the Senators. There is not the slightest caucus on the speakership, and by ef- fecting a coalition with the Democrats | doubt of Judge McKenna's confirmation on Friday. He will be immediately sworn | into office by the Chief Justice. NEW TO-DAY. Durrant’s Last Amusement This is the famous puzzle which occupied so much of Durrant’s time hours on earth, during his last Presented to him by Attorney Deuprey. $100 IN CASH TO To the boy or girl who sells the largest 1st, 1898, $5 the world for'young folks to make money ; for particulars. This is the most interesting and intricate puzzle yet invented. the pieces form a perfect checker board 10 cents, postpaid ; send stamps or cash. Box 352, Sacramento, Cal. Reference Califo ; to the second most successful, $30 ; and to the third, $20. sell over five puzzles ten per cent discount will be given—also in cash. Will amuse young and old for hours. Address Checker Board Puzzle Co., P.O. BE GIVEN AWAY. number of these famous puzzles before July To all who Easiest way in ten cents starts you in business. Write When completed Price rnia State Bank, Sacramento. KLONDIKE SLEDS. Do not go over the pass without o ne; get the kind that will bear a few upsets and come up all right with the load strapped on where it belongs— we have on sale three or four of the mest approved kinds, and are turn- ing out a dozen or two every day, mostly to dealers here and in the cities north of us. EVERYTHING COMP ‘Wolf Harness. Dog Harness. Man Saddles. Sleighs, plain or folding. Combination Toboggan and Sled. Patent Folding Houses. Folding Stoves. Folding Rockers, correct design. Asbestos Lined Stoves. Imported Soup Tablets. Imported Vegetable Army Rations. Imported Beef Capsules. Saccharine Tablets. Malted Milk_ and Wheat Tablets. Evaporated Potatoes, raw. - Desiccated Potatoes, cooked. Potato Flour, or granulated. Evaporated Onions. 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