The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1898, Page 2

THE FRANCISCO CALL, WEDN AY, FEBRUARY 16, 1898. their two sons and a Spanish valet, left Washington at 4 o'clock this after- noon for New York, whence they sail | to-morrow for Liverpool. A large del- | egation from the dipiomatic corps, ac-| companied by their wives, gave a | hearty au revior at the station to their | late associate. Mme. de Lome carried a bouquet of red roses, and several | baskets of flowers were carried by the attendants and placed in the car occu- | piled by the De Lome party. The en-| tire staff of the Spanish legation, head- ed by Senor Dubose, the Charge Q’Af- | faires, was present, and others at the station were Count and Countess de ichtervelde of the Belgian Legation, scount and Viscountess de Sauto- s0 of the Pogtuguese Legation, . Piedoa, the Swiss Minister; Gen- eral Rengieof of the Colombian Lega- aron Ri the Austrian Le- g the Minis- gation; de Wecl ter of t etherlands; Count d’Ar- Ccos ¢ pain; Mr. Gana, the Chilean Minister, and Mme. Gana, and Senor Corea of the Central American Lega- tion. Mme. Gana brought a handsome bouquet and handed it to Mme. de Lome just before the train passed out. Senor de Lome passed among his for- blowing up of the Maine. De Lome ap- peared extremely agitated. “This is dreadful, awful,” he said. “I pray God this news is not true. I pray God that it is a mistake. Why, I have many dear friends on board the Maine —men that I know intimately in Wash- ington. I should feel their loss more than would most Americans. “It cannot be the result of any Span- ish agency at all, The Spanish min- istry and the Spanish people have been greatly misunderstood In this country. They all desire peace; they all want peace with - America and Americans, not only from motives of policy, but be- cause they love America. “I am forced to say now by this ter- rible affair what I should have been precluded from saying before. Spain cannot afford to have war with the United States. If only from motives of policy they are determined not to have any war. There can be no war between this country and Spain. Such a thing is out of the question. “If the Maine has been blown up in Havana harbor it is the result of an mer associates, giving them a warm | accident. That is absolutely certain. farewell, and Mme. de Lome waved There will be nogwar.” her adieux to the men and embraced s jdun e the ladies. Quite a number of outsiders et ttracied by the wathering, but | WILD EXCITEMENT er than that the Minister's de- e was entirely quiet and unob- furth f AT THE CAPITAL. s OF AN , INSURGENT AMAZON Senorita Isabel Rubio Wounded Dur- ing a Skirmish and Taken | by the Spaniards. HAVANA, Feb. 15.—It is announced | in Spanish circles that Senorita Isabel Rubio, wh s described as an Amazon, was captured after being wounded in a skirmish between a detachment of Spanish troops and some insurgents in ovince of Pinar del Rio. Senorita it appears, joined the insurgents invitation of the late Antonio id to belong to a prom- A e FOUR NEW COMPANIES ARE MUSTERED IN. An Illinois Militia Regiment Is Hur- riedly Placed on a War Footing. | | | | Nearly Everybody in Washington the American warships at distant Is of the Opinion That Spain Has Proven Treacherous. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—News of the disaster at Havana spread rapidly over the city and the hotel lobbies and all public places were crowded with people eager to hear and discuss every particle of information as fast as it was received. The wildest reports were in circula- tion, both in regard to the number of fatalities and the cause of the explo- sfon. 3 Nearly every one seemed to suspect treachery on the part of Spain or its over-enthusiastic friends in Havana. Few would believe the explosion was the result of an accident, but cooler heads expressed a willingness to wait for later news before forming any con- clusion. President McKinley was greatly agi- tated when he heard the news and he expressed the hope that it was an acci- dent, making no reference to treachery ship nearest to this port was the ar- | mored cruiser Brooklyn, which was in Hampton Roads, 350 miles away. It would take eighteen hours of record | steaming for the Brooklyn to reach { here from the Virginia shores. Naval men say the Vizcaya could de- | molish the greater part of Greater New York in less than two hours. There are no warships in the Brooklyn navy | yard which could be made ready for | service in less than two months. The cruisers Atlanta and Chicago are there, but they are at present nothing more than useless hulks. Their engines, fun- nels and boilers are stripped of arma- ment, and in a fight theships would not be as serviceable as a ferry boat. The dispatch boat Dolphin, the Presidential | yacht, is also in the navy yard, in the | stone dry dock, being refitted with new | boilers. She could not be made ready | for a sea trip inside of two months. In an engagement with the Vizcaya’'s | type she would be as impotent as a | baby against Sandow. The Vizcaya comes here ostensibly on a visit of | courtesy. Captain Gilmour, chief aid to Com- mandant Bunce at the Brooklyn Navy- yard, was asked to-day what protec- | tion the people of New York would | have against the guns of the Vizcaya if ‘\\'Er with Spain were begun while she was anchored in the harbor, and all | points. “This country would not declare war under such conditions,” said the cap- tain. “But suppose Spain should take ad- vantage of the opportunity and declare war?” “Why, the Vizcaya would be invited | to leave the harbor,” replied the cap- tain. “At any rate it would be a sui- | cidal proceeding for her to bombard the | city. She could never leave the har- bor. The forts would see to that. But | there is little doubt that when the | Spanish warship arrives there will be | an American man-of-war close at hand | to take care of her. It is not likely | she will be long in the harbor unat- ilended." S ey | Excitement in New York and In-| INTEREST IS MANIFESTED. GREAT | | quiries From Many of the “'protected” cruisers. Of these there are Carlos V would settle the disputed question of armament, as to whether the two 1l-inch guns in turret were a match for eight 8-inch guns in bar- befte. The Spanish vessels have been built, like ours, since 1890; but they represent an entirely different prin- ciple in construction and armament, and which is the better has yet to be proved. Here is a brief table for com- parison: CARLOS V, | BROOKLYN, RE ot e ! Tonnage, 9090, Tonnage, 9163. 2 turrets. 4 barbettes. 2 11-inch B. § §-inch B. 10 5%-inch Q. 12 5-inch Q. 4 4-Inch Q. 12 6-pdr. Q. 2 10-pdr. Q. 4 1-pdr. Q. 4 6-pdr. % 4 mach. 4 1-pdr, 5 torpedo tubes. 2 mach, 8 torpedo tubes, The armament is light—one 8-inch breech-loader, two 6-inch quick-firing, | eight 4-inch twelve pounders and six | torpedo tubes, but they can outsteam anything in the Spanish navy, and de- stroy any vessel lighter armed—gun- boats and protected cruisers—with practical impunity. The armor of the Amerfcan is much heavier, the barbette being protected by fifteen inches, and the turrets by only ten inches. In addition, the American quick-firing guns are protected by 4- inch shields. The last in the battle line are the three classes—over and under 6000 tons and under 3000 tons—G, H and J. Spain has one of the first class (G) and the United States has two, the Minneapo- lis and the Columbia. Of the second class (H) Spain has two —Alfonso XIIT and Lepanto, carrying four 7.8-inch B, and six 4.7-inch B. The United States has eleven—Olympia, Philadelphia, Chicago, Newark, San Francisco, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Ra- leigh, Charleston, Atlanta and Boston. Each one is better protected than the | Spanish type, but while some are more | heavily armed, the majority of them | are less heavily armed. The Olympia | carries four 8-inch and ten 5-inch guns, | the Baltimore four 8-inch and six 6- | inch, but the Chicago carries only four- | teen 5-inch guns, the Newark t\\'elve! 6-inch and the Raleigh one 6-inch and | ten 5-inch guns. | Of the third class (J), under 3000 tons, | Spain has purchased one built for the | Japanese Government at Kiel. It has | i 5 COMPLYING WITH THE LAW Attorney-General Griggs and the Sale of the Kansas Pacific. FIND A CACHE OF LEGAL LORE Selma’s Alleged Firebug Placed in a Bad Light. Officers Discover Accused At- torney Robinson’s Law- Books. Replies to the Questions in the Senate Resolution of Inquiry. | Removed From His Office Before the Fire and Burieda Near His House. Property Will Be Sold to the Highest Bidder and Government Claims Paid in Full. $50,000; Cleveland, July. $40, 5. ,000; Portland, ing that hereafter purses ;nus% be at ‘Xie:txit PR =l or two and three ye: ter must be worth at least $1000. ¥ worth at least $15.). as to the stakes and classes for the com= ing season the meeting adjourned. ‘William Dickson and sold it. 25, $40,000; Colum- Fort Wayne, Au- ‘August 16, $30,000; , $30,000; g"et:g;}y:‘; Hartford, Sep sgmemher 12, $35,000 bus, August 2, $30.000; st 9. ,000; Buffalo, len Falls, August ugust 30, L0005 Total purses, . D. 3 A resolution offered by President D. 4. Campau of Detroit was adopted, provid in the' circuit g( in _;:glt mliets 3 ese lat- £ Ne;; races must co.]Atfier a discussion , excel cear, however, all —_————— San Rafael Lads in Jail. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 15.—Juan and Jo- seph Garcia, the elder being only 14, are in the County Jallecharged with malic- fous mischief. Marshal Healy and an effort will be made to have them placed in some State insti- | tution, though young in years. They were arrested by are old offenders, al- The lads took the wi s ¢ the home of e window glass out o Jome of for they ents were, at one time, among the rich- est property owners in the county, but misfortune overtook them. —_— Mill Valley’s Big Engine. MILL VALLEY, Feb. 15.—Ernest Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 15. Attorney-General Griggs replied to- day to the Harris resolution, which Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, Feb. 15.—The officers of | Selma worked all last night and un- | til 11 o’clock to-day searching for evi- dence against Edward J. Robinson, the passed the Senate. The Attorney-Gen- | YOURS attorney who was arrested on a | eral says that the Government has al- | charge of arson, and who is now in the Thomas, chief engineer of the Mill Val- {ley and Mount Tamapais Scenic Rall- road, will leave on Wednesday for Erle to make the necessary arrangements for the transportation of the new compound | mountain-climbing engine recently pur- | chased by the Scenic Railway Company. | The engine is of peculiar construction, | built by the Heister Works and capable of hauling six cars up the mountain. ready complied with the decree of the | g“\\“;‘e‘: “":‘; ;‘;2‘;[2“1“;‘;;@““‘”"“8‘&8;;? court whi | bidder. 1(c:;,::;;::(.ia;‘m:gw::?;n:r; | to burn the building in \\'hicls\ znois office o = | was located in order to get $500 insur- Chaoiror b jidjourned day, with 19 | ance on about $100 worth of law books, | | Vi C 1; 1 (he principal of the Government’s debt | &7 1\ oS MR tlE, T o o gn“f:;d be lnctum:)em_ aponhim to bid | the office before the fire was started. This wona ey for the Government. |qy, officers made a diligent search to aiffieuttion. whivy een attended With | o)q the books, belleving that Robinson 1efe Whlchoroula.: be o malily | had secreted them. This forenoon they | that the Government was not author- | aqe the discovery, and obtained very | ized to operate the railroad in its own | damaging evidence against the young% name or through its agencies, and seri- | attorney. Deputy Cnnst.able ¥ i ous doubt existed as to whether the :Ziurnds searclaedtn‘%bln:g‘;xkz "Sffée,:(f’s‘:i court would, after the sale, appoint and | found several o e P | continue receivers for the mere purpose | °f them were found burted deep in the | his house. The find was of operating the road on behalf of the fnr:é? gy"ceg;st;me"}:. Vandergrift, who | Government. He then refers to what | noticed some loose earth and leaves. | took place in St. Louls when the reor- | He made an excavation and 149 vol- ganization committee offered to bid the | umes were found buried in a hole amount of the principal of the Govern- | three feet deep, two feet wide and four ment debt. In conslusion he says: | or five feet long. The hole was care- ‘‘Answering specifically the questions | fully lined with papers, and the books contained in the resolution of the Sen- | were covered with sacks. All the books CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—One of the signs of the times was the hurried mustering to-night of four new companies to raise the Seventh Regiment, Illinois National Guard, to its full strength. The order was received from the Gov- ernor early in the afternoon, and though only circulated by word of mouth and mail by officers, more can- didates for enlistment presented them- in his conversation. from the White House that the Presi- dent received the news with perfect coolness, but that he expressed deep sorrow for the sailors who lost their lives. 2 At the Army and Navy Club there | were groups of deeply interested offi- cers, some of them showing their deep It was stated by a person who came | | not yet been named or armed. The European Capitals. | United States has the Marblehead, De- NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—News of the | troit and Montgomery, each carrying Maine disaster created wild speculation | nine 5-inch quick-firing guns. and great excitement in the navy yard.| In addition to several light-draft The extraordinary nature of the inter- | gunboats building, the United States est manifested in the news of the dis- | has thirteen torpedo boats in various aster may be gained from the fact that | stages of construction, but most of long after midnight the cfficlals of the | them will be ready ‘ < : : ' | ady before the close of State Department were aroused by | the present year. messengers bearing dispatches from European capitals asking for verifica- | SPain has under construction in her | | i ate, I would say I have not authorized | any agreement by which the property | is to be sold for the face value of sub- | sidy bonds, nor has the Government agreed not to be a bidder at the sale. The only agreement made was to dis- continue the motion for postponement, | a redemption and the appointment of | & receiver, upon the guarantee that the minimum bid by the reorganization should be the principal of the Govern- ment debt. - The property will be sold at public sale in open competition to had the attorney’s name on them, so there can be no mistake as to the ownership. An effort was made to attach them by the insurance companies to equal- | ize the loss on the building, but they | were found to be exempt from execu- | tion. Robinson will not make a‘qyi | statement, but merely exclaims that “it lis all like a dream.” He affects mel- | ancholia in jail, and is evidently feign- | ing insanity. He is a step-brother of the Ruggles boys, who were lynched | | guor, selves at the armory to-night than would have filled twice as many com- panies as were needed, Though noth- ing was said that would give the official color to the belief the order was giver in anticipation of a call by the Govern- ment for troops for service in a Cuban campaign, yet it was noticeable that every officer addressing the men re- verted to the possibility of being called upon for Cuban duty, and was heartily cheered by men. THE MAINE DESTROYED I HAVANA TARBOR Continued from First Page. | some familles the latter were in a state of excitement | few vessels here available. There were the torpedo boats Cushing and Erics- son and the supply boat Fern, which arrived yesterday from the fleet at Dry Tortugas. All the other naval vessels had been scattered at different points in the gulf. Then came the report that the bat- tleship had been blown up. This news was first received by the commandant | of the station, who in turn communi- | cated the information to the several officers in command. A telephone mes- sage was sent the commanding army officer at the barracks. | Meanwhile the news rapidly spread | over the entire city, and the cable of- | fice became the center of attraction. The fact that the two torpedo boats | were getting up steam and would be | ready to sail added to the excitement. | A hurried confefrence was meanwhile | being had between several naval offi- | cers present, and a line of action | promptly decided upon. | The torpedo boat Ericsson was first to get under way. She steamed out | with open throttles and headed for the | westward. While it is not positively known where she has gone the im- | pression is she has been dispatched to | the Dry Tortugas to notify Admiral | Sicard of the disaster to the Maine. | The Cushing is puffing at the whart | ready to steam out and apparently only | waliting orders to proceed to Havana. | As I write this dispatch, at 3 a. m., the quartermaster of the supply boat Fern is sitting in the cable office walit- ing to receive any message that may | come for the general. | Every Government vessel in the har- | bor is getting ready to sail for Havana as soon as orders are received. AT "RELIEF MEASURES FOR THE SURVIVCRS. Reports Made to the State Depart- | ment and to the President on | the Disaster. ‘ WABHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Com- | mnader Dickins, after carrying outi the Instructions of Secretary Long | with regard to relief measures for the survivors of the Maine, went at once | to the White House, where the Presi- dent was aroused and informed of the | disaster. President McKinley received | the news calmly and expressed his| deep sorrow, but said nothing further, | except that he was thoroughly satis- | fled with the measures adopted by the Navy Department. Secretary Long retired at 4 a. m. and 3ave orders that all further dispatches | from Havana should be transmitted to Captain Dickens. It is learned that Secretary Long's | second dispatch from Key West, which was not given out, was merely from | Captain Forsyth, confirming the mes- | sage of Captain Sigsbee. ——— “THIS IS DREADFUL,” SAYS DUPUY DE LOME. The Ex-Spanish Minister Is Badly Shocked, but Declares There Will Not Be War. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—At 5:30 a. m. | | slons are as follows: sorrow in every word and look for their acquaintances aboard the Maine. Meager information concerning the cause of the explosion prevented any intelligent discussion of the probable outcome, and none could be found by | the correspondent of The Call willing to venture an opinion. There is much conjecture as to what course is being or will be pursued by the Government. Among laymen abroad at this hour a strong jingospiritismanifested,andit is feared this feeling will be so intense throughout the country that the con- servatives will be swept off their feet when the day dawns,unless it is made unmistakably plain that the disaster was the result of an accident and not of Spanish design. Long after midnight the telegraph of- fices were besieged by friends of those known to be on board the Maine. Many of the officers and men have friends, this city, and some of better imagined than described. They were almost beside themselves when they learned that 100 lives lost. over 200 had been Kkilled they wrung their hands and begged piteously the names of the lost. There were no crumbs of comfort for | report plcmring‘ any one, every new the disaster as more terrible than the one preceding it. THE EXPLOSION IN THE FORE PART OF THE MAINE. Not in the Powder Magazines, Which Captain Sigsbee Says Were in Perfect Order. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The World's Havana correspondent says: The ex- plosion was in the fore part of the ves- sel, and not in the powder magazines, which Captain Sigsbee says were in perfect order. Captain Sigsbee -although badly wounded in the face, was very cool in giving orders to officers and : .on. The officers also showed great cool- ness and valor in giving orders to the men. having been hurled from their bunks. At this moment they are bringing in the wounded to the land. Some are mortally wounded and will probably die. Five minutes after the explosion the Spanish warship Alfonso Doce had lowered her boats, and was picking up those who were swimming. United States Consul-General Lee is at the Governor-General’s palace con- ferring with Captain-General Blanco. THE MAINE PRACTICALLY - A NEW BATTLESHIP. ‘Was Built in 1890 at New York, and Had a Complement of 874 Men. The second-class battleship Maine was built at the United States navy yard at New York in 1890. Her dimen- Length, 310 feet; breadth, 67 feet; draught, 21%% feet. The Maine was of 6648 tons displacement. She was provided with engines of 9000 horse-power, and could maintain a speed of seventeen knots an hour. She carried twin screw engines, vertical and with triple expansion. Her armor was eleven inches in thickness. The fight- | ing machinery of the battleship con- | sisted of four 10-inch and six 6-inch breech-loading rifles. As a secondary | battery she carried fourteen rapid-fire, four revolving cannon and four Gat- lings. The cost of the battleship was $2,688,000. She had a steel hull and a complement of 874 men. ERE ST SPANISH CRUISER VIZCAYA ARRIVES T0-DAY. And in the Event of War New York City Would Be at the Mercy \ of Her Guns. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya, with a crew of 48¢ men, Is expected to arrive in Dupuy de Lome, the ex-Minister of Spain to the United States, was awak- | ened by a reporter and informed of the | New York harbor some tme to-mor- row. To-night the United States war- were | But when news came later that for | They were in their shirt sleeves, | | tion. From such distant points even | as Glasgow and Paris these inquiries | were wired to Washington, | NAVAL FOOTING OF THE TWO NATIONS. Comparative Strength of Spain and the United States Duly Set | Forth. | "At this time a comparison of our | navy with that of Spain will prove | of interest. The revolution in the| methods of naval warfare makes | it impossible to estimate the strength | of a navy by the number of | ships or the weight of its guns. It may be that in the next great naval con- | flict some one small vessel will show | that it can destroy the combined navies of the world; and it is almost certain cruisers will prove as destructive to | the unarmored or protected cruiscrs as the Virginia would have been to our that some of the battleships or armored | | own yards at the present time, in ad-i dition to the vessels named, four ar- mored cruisers, four protected cruisers, four gunboats,, four torpedo-boats and three battle-ships, to be equipped with armanient and motive power in France. | From this brief review of the fighting strength of the two navies it will be seen that the United Statés has a great advantage over Spain in every respect. HYDROPHOBIA WITHOUT BEING BITTEN BY A DOG. Strange Case of a Swedish Servant? Girl Who Died in a wew York | Hospital. - | NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—It appears from | the history of Ellen Callson, the 19-year- old Swedish girl who dled fn Roosevelt Hospital, that a person may become in- fected with hydrophobia without being | bitten by a dog. An autopsy upon the | irl's body made to-day revealed the act that her death was caused by hydro- phobia, although so far as can be learned | wooden fleet had the Monitor not n«;!, ](lnz ever bit her. | 1 e a ddenl. in| The girl was employed as a servant by stopped her career so suddenly Lairamily’ ot Conme o e opyant by | Hampton Roads. tory fighting among cruisers, it will be mere ‘“out-post skirmishing,” amount- ing to little. The real fighting will be between battleships and their supports —protected cruisers and coast-defense vessels fitted for seagoing. Battleships are divided into three classes. The first (A) includes those of 8000 tons or more, bullt since 1890; or, if before that, of 9500 tons. They are gen- erally considered as equal in strength, but in any close calculation this would not be fair. Some are much more heav- ily armed than others, while some are faster and stronger armored. Of ves- | sels of this class Spain has but one, the Pelayo, and the United States has nine —four in service and five under con- struction. The Pelayo is a grand fight.ng ma- chine of 9900 tons with 17.7 inches of steel armor, carrying two 125-inch guns, two 1l-inch, one 6-inch, twelve | 4.7-inch, and smaller guns. She has seven torpedo tubes. To match her the United States h.s tne Indiana, Massa- chusetts and Oregon, each of 10,231 tons, | v ‘th 18-inch steel armor, carrying four 13-inch guns, arranged as the Pelayo's | four he-vy guns are—fore and aft and | broadside—and eight 8-inch guns in barbette, six 4-inch quick-firing guns, | and seven torpedo tubes. Either of these three would be more than a match for the Pelayo, larger, more heavily armed, and sailing fifteen knots to her twelve. The Iowa with fourteen inches of steel armor carrying four 12-inch, eight 8-inch, and six 4-inch guns, with six torpedo tubes. The battle-ship of the second class (B) is one of 7000 tons or upward, launched since 1871, not included in the first class; and neither Spain nor the United States has one. All other battle-ships are put in the third (C) class. They are those under 7000 tons. The United States has one— the Texas—and Spain has two—the Nu- mancia and Vitoria—but the latter are built in 1865 carrying muzzle-loading, 10-inch Armstrong guns, while the Tex- as is of the '95 model, carrying two 12- inch breech-loaders and able to outsail, outmaneuver and . outfight the two combined. To the battle-ship the sea-goingcoast defense ironclad may be expected to give great assistance. Spain has none —the two little ones of 500 and 700 tons used as school ships being out of the count. The United States has six— three double turreted monitors and three with double-headed barbettes of 4000 to 6000 tons each, and each carry- ing four 10-inch breech-loaders. Armored cruisers .are for fighting mainly. They are brevet battle ships. Spain has four—Emperado Carlos V, Almirante, Oquendo, Vizcaya and In- fanta Maria Teresa—afloat, and four building, ranging from 6890 tons to 9090 tons, each carrying two 11-inch "breech- loaders in turrets. The United States has three—Brooklyn, New York, Maine —of equal tonnage, armed with lighter guns, but more of them en barbette. A fight between the Brooklyn and While there will doubtless be desul- | being | would be a fairer match—of 11,206 tons, | of the old-fashioned broadside type | brought to the hospital on Sunday after- noon, apparently suffering with a vio- lent 'attack of ‘rabies. She seemed. to | be suffocating and had the hallucinations {usual in such cases. Where she was | emploved there were three large Now- foundiand dogs of which she was very [ fond. One of the dogs died on November 2, & second on November 30, and - the | third on Jaunary 2. A vetefinary who attended ‘them found mo trace of rabies {in any of them, vet to them is traced | the fatal maladi of the girl, The | | presumption is that the germs were com- | | municated to her by dogs licking her | hands which were badly chapped. i “THUNDERBOLT” IS EASY. | The Colored Heavy Weight Knocked Out by Maher in Three Rounds. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.—Peter Ma- her and “Thunderbolt” Smith, the colored Buffalo heavy weight, met at the Arena in this city to-night in a six-round bout, | and Maher won in the third round. The | fighting was fast, and Maher had all the better of it. In the final round Smith landed a hard | left on Maher's ear. Maher countered with his left on Smith’s face and repeated the blow twice. Smith ducked into an | uppercut and Maher sent left and right on his opponent’s head. He again landed his left and right on Smith’s face, knock- ing him down. As Smith rose to his feet Maher banged him repeatedly on the face and jaw and “Thunderbolt” went to the floor again. Maher kept after him and soon had him in a groggy condition, hang- ing onto the ropes. To save a knockout, Smith threw up his hands and quit. Lo s | | | Brutality of a Husband. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 15.—A pitiful case of cruelty and a woman’s suffering came to light to-day and claimed the attedf- tion of District Attorney E. B. Marti- nelll. Mrs. Rossi, wife of Frank Rossi, 'was reported to the District Attorney to be starving. An investigation disclosed the fact that Mrs. Rossl had been with- out food for days; that her husband had forced her to work untll from weakness | and exhaustion she dropped to the floor, and lay in a semi-conscious condition. | Mrs. Rossi has flve children. They were | laced in an orphan asylum and Mrs. ossi given a Dberth at the poor farm. SstialeeCa e Lord Neville Sentenced. LONDON, Feb. 13.—In the Central Crim- inal Court to-day Lord Willlam Neville, fourth son of the Marquis of Abergaven- ny, who was placed on trial charged with frand in connection with the suit of “Sam” Lewis, the money lender, against | Spencer Clay to recover £11,113 due on | two promissory notes cashed by Lord Ne- ville, pleaded gulilty of fraud, but claimed he was not guilty of forgery. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. bl bt Sugar Company Buys Lime Rock. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 15—The Daniels Transfer Company has a contract to haul 9000 tons of lime rock from Thurber's quarry, a mile and a half from town, to the depot, where the rock is to be loaded upon cars and taken to Salinas. There it gm be used by the Western Beet Sugar ompany for foundations for its build- ing. The sugar company uses lime rock from Santa Cruz for refining sugar. ity oy Pugilist Slater Wounded. ANGELS CAMP, Feb. 16.—A difficulty arose between Charles Slater, the sallor ugilist, and Joe Monteverdi of Altaville Eem to-day, and Slater was shot in the | groin. Monteverd! is under arrest. Slater |1s under the care of a doctor. Slater fought Carkesk in the ring here two :fe s ago and was defeated. Slater may e. | | —_——————— Yo Cure a Cold In One Day. Tveais retuna e monky I Tt Tale b5 edty | 2%c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. such party as may offer the highest | at Redding some time ago. bid, subject only to the stipulation ob- | ———— tained in open court on Saturday last, | v that the minimum bid will be $6,303,000 | | || ICA\S \ IE instead of $2,500,000, as formerly fixed | [| | Al by the court.” REORGANIZERS TO WITH MEXICANS BUY THE PROPERTY. To-Day Uncle Sam Will Foreclose | Meeting of Two Governors at the Liens on the Kansas | the International Boundary Pacific Property. | Tine. [ TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 15.—To-morrow | ‘W. D. Cornish of Omaha, special mas- | ter, will sell the Government lien on the | Union Pacific Railroad in Kansas. The | upset price of the Government lien is| $6,303,000. A. W. Krech of New York will make the purchase for the reor- s g Arizona and Ramon Corral of Sonora. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. Reception and Banquet to McCord of | ganization committee, which is the new | Union Pacific Company. Special Mas- ter Cornish will sell under a special mortgage the eastern division of the Union Pacific—140 miles. Thé upset | price 1s to be $4,500,000. Krech also will | buy this property for the new com- | pany. On Friday Cornish will sell under a | | special mortgage, and Krech will buy for the company, the middle divi- sion of the Unfon Pacific—254 miles. This sale will take place at Salina. The upset price is to be $5,300,000. On Saturday, the entire line, from Kansas City to Denver, will be sold under the consolidated mortgage. This gale will be made in North Topeka. The upset price is to be $8,000,000. There was a talk for a while that the Alton would ke an effort to get hold of the Union Pacific road in Kan- sas, but nothing has been heard about it lately. The reorganization commit- tee will have a clear field. In the advertisement for the sale of the Union Pacific road in Kansas, the property has been referred to as the Kansas Pacific, that being the name of the original company—the company with which the Government first did business. ———— SESSION OF THE HOUSE. Passage of the Bill to Amend the Navigation Laws. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The House put in a busy day. The time was devoted to the consideration of bills and joint res- | olutions under the call of committees, and sixteen of more or less publie importance | were passed. An order was entered for the consideration of the Loud bill relat- ing to second-class mafl matter on March 1, 2 and 3, and the order for the consider- ation of the bankruptcy bill, which begins to-morrow, was modified so that the final vote shall be taken on saturdafi' instead of Monday as arranged last week. Payne (Rep.) of New York, chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine, called up the bill to amend the naviga- tion laws of the United States. Payne ex- lained that the bill had been prepared gy the Treasury Department and was de- signed to protect our sea caast trade along the Pacific Coast with Alaska. After some argument the bill passed. Loud (R.) of California, from the Com- mittee on Postoffices and Post . Roads, was called up the bill to make it lawful to | transmit through the mails private pos- tal cards with a one-cent stamp affixed. The bill was passed. Loud stated that it was very mgortunt that the House should act on the bill relating to a di- vision of the law relating to second-class mail matter, as the postoffice aplfmp a- tion bill was being held up, pending the decision of the House on that measure, He asked that March 1 and 2 be devoted to_its_consideration. Loud then called uP a bill reported by his committee requiring prepayment of ostage on all first-class mall matter, ut after a brlef debate it was recom- mitted. A bill was passed empowering registers and receivers of senernl land offices to i{ssue subperas and compel attendance. A bill was rassed repealing the statute requiring affirmative proof of loyalty by the holders of bounty or land warrants. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. Sought to Incinerate His Employer. WALNUT CREEK, Feb. 15.—John Law- ler, who for the past ten years has been employed on the ranch of A. P. Peniman, has confessed that he set fire to his em- ployer's barn, which, with its contents of hay, grain and farm implements, was burned on Sunday. He says that he ex- gected his employer would perish in the ames, Lawler is said to be addicted to morphine, and his friends allege that he committed arson while temporarily in- sane. The damage to the barn was $5000. Lawler has been: arrested, and will be tried for arson. p BT L Equal Suffragists Heard. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The Senate Committee on Equal Suffrage to-day granted a hearing in the Senate marble room to & l-rsvnvdelenuon of ladles from the National an Suffs Associa- tion, now in mwnm in fi: city. NOGALES, Ariz., Feb. 15.—For we past extensive preparations have beel under way for the reception by cltlzensi of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Ariz., | to Governor Ramon Corral of Sonnra,; Mexico, and Governor M. H. McCord of | Arizona, who now are guests of the twin cities on the border. The Mexican exec- | utive, accompanied by the State officials | and members of the Sonora Legislature, arrived from Hermosillo last evening. The | hospitality of Nogales was tendered the | visitors, who stood on Mexican soil t receive the welcome extended them by the Anglo-Saxons standing on American territory, and escorted by Company G, First Infantry, National Guard ot Ari- zona, and fully half the population of both | cities. | The southbound train to-day brought | Governor McCord, his family and staff from Phoenix. The two Governors to- day exchanged calls, and many toasts were proposed in honor of Mexico and the United States. | Much good is expected to follow the | meeting of the two executives. This levenlng a magnificent banquet and ball | were glven. 'o-morow they go to Her- mosillo, the capital of Sonora, where elaborate preparations have been made | for their entertainment. g PAY DIRECTOR BILLINGS : IS OUT OF THE NAVY. Dismissed From the Service for Tell- ing an Untruth to Secretary Long. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Luther @. Billings, pay director in the United States navy, has.been found guilty by a court- martial which has been in session at the ‘Washington navy-yard for the past few days of falsehood and scandalous con- duct, and hes been sentenced to dismissal from the navy. The result of the trial caused the greatest surprise in naval circles. The accused held the highest rank in | the naval pay corps, has a host of friends | and has never before been suspected of misconduct. The offense charged against him_was in connection with the supply to the navy of an emergency ration. it was shown that he, as patentee of such ration, had turned it over to a stock company, in which he retained an in- terest, aithough he had officially denied the interest, and that he had been instru- mental in selling the ration to the Gov- ernment. 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