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8 THE - SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBI{UAR.Y 21, 1898. s FISION 1Y~ AN JOSE Plan to Defeat the New Charter Club Nominees. | Rea Seeking to “Boss” Combine Democrats and Republicans. ! | | Would Enter the Coming Cam- paign in the Guise of Non-Partisans. GANG IS HARD PRESSED. | Seemingly Faces Sure Defeat at the | Hands of the Reform | Element. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Feb. Now that the New Charter Club has got so far along toward the naming of a full ticket in the coming municipal election, inter- est is aroused as to what the other po- litical organizations propose to do. Up to this time there has been no pro- gramme of any kind announced by the Democratic or Republican city commit- tee, both of which are reputed to be under the control of “Boss” Rea. It is, therefore, expected that whatever they may decide to do, whether sep- arately or jointly, will be designed to work to the defeat of the candidates nominated by the New Charter Club. It has already been suggested in one of the local papers, whose columns are Kknown to be open to the cause of the gang, that the Democratic and Repub- lican leaders come together and nomi- nate a so-called non-partisan ticket, by dividing the places on the ticket as equally as possible between alleged Democratsand Republicans. While such a ticket might have the merit of be-| ing non-partisan, it would certainly | have the vital defect or vice of being| a strictly gang compilation. | When Jim Rea was asked what he thought of the situation as it now | stands, he endeavored to emulate his | political master, the president of 1he‘ Southern Pacific Company: | “Oh, 1 am out of politics,” he re-| marked with a laugh. “What do you think of the men who | have been mentioned as possible can- didates by the New Charter Club, tak- ing the list as published-in The Call?” he was then asked. ‘“Why, th a lot of soreheads and office-seekers, and most of them have records. 1 Know their records well.” | On being told that the Charter Club had agreed to the publication of the list of probable candidates who would be placed on the ticket of that organization in order that the individ- | uals might be subjected to the criti- | cism of all good citizens, and on be- ing requested to make public what he knew to the detriment of 2ny of thes: gentlemen, he declined to do so, saying that he could be heard from at the | proper time. | C. D. Wright is chairman of the Re- publican City Committee. In the course of an interview on the subject of both | parties joining in the selection of a mu- nicipal ticket he said: “I understand there is a Charter Cludb ticket to be placed in the field. | ‘What the Republicans will do—whether | they will join with the Charter Club or put up an independent ticket—I do | not know. So far as I am personally concerned I may state I am a straight. | out Republican, except ig municipal | affairs. In municipal government it| cuts very little figure whether a man.| is a Republican or a Democrat, as long | as he is a fit man for the office, as long as he is honest, upright and ca- pable. “I am utterlv opposed to the man- ner in which the city government has ,been run for the last two years. In the Council and in the Mayor's chair we ywant men who are known to be above :reproach. As far as the present Coun- rell 1s concerned I think it is a disgrace to the city. It is too bad that a man like Frank Stock should have decided not to run for Mayor. Hg is the kind of a man I should like th see occupy the office of Mayor. I don’t think that any class of men or the gang could control Mr. Stock. If the best citizens of the citv would come together and nominate a ticket. irrespective of poli- tics, I would be in favor of it.” T. C. Hogan is the chairman of the | Democratic City Committee. This is what he had to say on the same sub- Ject: “Personally I am not in favor of joint nominations, but the matter will have to be decided by the committee as a swhole. I am in favor of a separate ticket, so far as the Democratic side of the matter is concerned.” Neither of the regular party commit- tees will be called together for tak- | ing up the matter of nominations | for the April election until after the | New Charter Club has made its nomi- | nations. | In order that there may be no ques- | tion as to the validitv of nominations | the City Clerk will demand that all | be made by petition. Petitions may be filed as early as fifty days before the day of election, but not less than twenty days before such date with the City Clerk. This means that the filing of petitions may begin to-morrow and continue as late as March 22. . Now that ¥rank Stock has with- drawn from the field as a candidate for Mayor, the gang is somewhat at a loss as to whom to put at the head of the ticket which it will put Into the field. Among the names mentioned for this auestionable honor are those of Mavor Valentine Koch and George B. McKee. PROFESSOR LE CONTE TALKS AT STANFORD. “The True Idea of a University” the Theme of the Venerable Educator. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 20.— Professor Le Conte addressed the stu- dents in the chapel this morning on the subject, “The True Idea of a University."” He divided the work of the college into, three broad culture courses—scignce, art and philosophy. The first should work up, he thought, through mathematics, biology, -geology and allied sciences to the broad plane, where soclology ~reigned; while art, working through language, his- tory and other branches, and philosophy, by logic and philosophy proper, should all converge and meet in the study of social science. | college where preparatory work | two da; | about 20 degrees to-night. own peculiar* excellence or correlative function. Science cultivates an intense love for truth for thruth's sake, and a diligent practice of the methods by which “truth is obtained. Philosophy gives a material ground of the validity of all knowledge as well as an Intellectual ac- tivity and nobleness by virtue of its ex- alted themes. The art course cuitivates | the power of expressing our feelings.” These general culture courses, he be- leves, should be carried on mainly In in its broad sense s done. The university, ac- cording to his idea, should be a center of professional schools where a preparation { for active work in higher flelds could be had through a devotion to original thought and_research. The venerable teacher then spoke on the tendency to run_ wild over science by which some hoped to rejuvenate the world i in a short space of time, and pointed ‘o a study of evolution as the only safe- guard for society against this trend. By | it, the effects of science in disregarding the past are neutralized as it depends entirely on the past. el e COURSING AT LOS ANGELES. | Preliminary Run-Offs in a Stxty- four Dog Stake. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.—There will be of coursing at Agricultural Park this week, sixty-four dogs being entered for a purse of 3200. A large crowd wit- nessed the first run-offs to-day. The ties and finals will be run off on Tuesday. In the first courses B B and B beat Gen- eral; Tip Steadman beat Lady Singer; Skybail beat Fox; Red Dick beat Punch; Jack II beat Major Black: Peachie beat Little Pearl; Monte beat Emerald; Sailor Girl beat Fannie S; C W W a bye; Kitty Scott beat Rag Baby; Monday Noon beat Business B; E'V H beat Silk Gem; White Chief beat Blue Bird; Monday Morning beat La Fiesta Queen; Lady Wallace beat Hettie Green, after a tie; Grandpap beat Rialto after a tie; Grace H beat Jim Crow; InnocentDaisy beat A B C; Beanby beat Trip after four ties; Queen J beat Jeff Davis after a tle; Sallor Boy beat Lady Singer a bye; Snooze beat Aliso; Ormonde beat Release; Dawning beat Whittier Bob; Cyclone beat Rowdy a bye; Flora R beat Barney; Prince beat Blue Jay; Here We Are beat Lady in Black; Juliet beat Silk Gem a bye; Romeo beat Little Queen (formerly Queen); Orpheum ]qfilbl? beat Queen B; Poker Davis beat Swift. In a match race A B C beat Innocent Dalsy. A BLIZZARD OF LONG DURATION. Furious Snowstorm Still Pre- vails Throughout East- ern Wisconsin. Milwaukee’s Streetcar Lines Tied Up | and Trains From All Parts Delayed. Special Dispatch to The Call. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, Feb. 20.—The blizzard which started in yesterday morning and of which Milwaukee is the center, still continues. Twenty- two inches of snow is reported by the weather bureau to have fallen in this city. The storm is confined to the eastern part of the State. To-night the street railway traffic is becoming congested again, as the wind has increased in velocity and blows the snow back on the track as fast as it is being cleared off. The company does not pretend to keep suburban lines | open and not a wheel outside the city limits has moved since yesterday af- ternoon. The temperature has fallen Snow to | the depth of seven feet is piled up all along the different lines of street railwa; and it will be may days be- fore it can be carted away. Railway trains on all roads entering Milwaukee are all the way from two to twenty-four hours late. The pas- 1 senger train on the Chicag$”and North- | western from Green Bay, due at 7 p. m. yesterday became stalled in a huge snow drift about three miles from this city and did not reach the depot until 11 o’clock this morning. All the boats entering this port are accounted for. The steamer Iowa of the Goodrich line, running between Milwaukee and Annapee, which was due here last night, drifted across the lake and took shelter on the east shore. The steamer Wisconsin, Cap- tain McCambridge, arrived from Grand Haven to-night. The captain reports a very stiff gale blowing and the snow fs so blinding that it is impossible to see more than a foot ahead. The steamer Wisconsin on entering the river to-day, bumped into a dredge -of the Hathaway Company, sinking it. The steamer was not injured, and the dredge will be raised as soon as the storm abates. | NAT GOODWIN WEDS THE PRETTY MAXINE. Quiet Little Ceremony With But Few Witnesses at a Cleve- land, Ohio, Hotel. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 20.—Nat Good- win, the actor, and Miss Maxine Elliott, the leading lady of his company, were married in this city at 1 o'clock this after- noon. The ceremony was performed in the parlor of the bridal suite at the Hol- lenden, Rev. D. S. Sprecher, pastor of Euclid-Avenue Presbyterian Church, offi- ciating. The only witnesses of the mar- riage were Miss Gertrude Elllott, sister of the bride; Manager Appleton of the Goodwin company, Mrs. Appleton, and glnnnger Frank A. Probst of the Hollen- en. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin were driven to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Boardman, on Euclid avenue, where they were enter- tained at dinner. Three weeks ago Goodwin received of- ficial notice that his former wife had se- cured a divorce from him In New York. By the decree he was prohibited from marrying again during the life of his di- vorced wife. This prohibition, while le- ga.lly operative in New York, has no ef- ect in this State. - WRIGHT BROTHERS ACQUITED. End of a Sensational Murder Trial at Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb.. 20.—Arthur and Harry Wright, brothers, were td-day acquitted of the murder at Lees Summit last fall, of John Hess. It took the jury all night to find a verdict. The trial was sensational. The Wrights, who are neigh- boring farmers, called Hess from his home, brought on a quarrel, and Arthur shot him. Harry was held as an accom- plice. A grudge had existed between the families, but it was alleged that a rivalry between Arthur Wright and Hess for the Rall’l‘d of a pretty girl was a factor in the ng. O AL | ‘Wedding Bells at Gilroy. GILROY, Feb. 20.—The marriage of Ed- ward F. JoMnson and Miss Elsie Garrett was solemnized here to-day at the home of Miss C. J. Clifton. Both are prominent society people. Rev. W. D. Crabb per- formed the ceremony. The bridesmaid was Miss Nettie Whitehurst, and the groom was attended by Herbert E. Robin- son. The couple were married beneath an arch of smilax and hyacinths. They left on the afternoon train for San Francisco. Death in Santa Barbara. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 20.—James R. Vance, aged 73 years, @ native of Illinois and a pioneer of Santa Barbara, died sud- denly this morning. Vance represented the First Ward in the City Council for a number of years and was County Super- visor for two terms. Besides owning a fine place here, he had a ranch in Ven- “=ach of these three,” he sald. “bas it tura County. CONGRESS HAS ITS HANDS FULL I Lively Times Expected in Both Houses This Week. - The Annexation Treaty to Be Sidetracked for More Im- portant Issues. | Sundry Civil Bill Amendments That May Lead to Very Warm Debate. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 20. The Diplomatic and Consular and the Military Academy appropriation bills will be considered and passed by the | Senate during the week. There will be more or less debate on the executive session of -the Hawaiian annexation treaty, and speeches will be made on the claim of Mr. Corbett to a seat in the Senate on the appointment of the Governor of Oregon. The Corbett mat- ter will not be pressed, except to the end of having the speeches so far dis- posed of as to make sure of getting a vote at the time fixed, a week from to-morrow. The expectation is that the bill mak- ing an appropriation for the consular and diplomatic service will be made the basis for considerable debate. It is un- derstood to. be Senator Allen’s inten- tion to make an effort to secure the in- corporation in the bill as an amend- ment of his provision for the recogni- tion of Cuban belligerency, and if he should make this effort the result might be a general discussion of the Cuban question. While, however, this is among the possibilities, it does not ap- pear probable that the Senate is now in a mood for the opening of this ques- tion pending the Maine investigation, so that if it should be taken up this week there would have to be quite a radical change in sentiment. There are some Senators, however, who are desirous of having the subject debated, and they may force the issue. Mr. Allen’s amendment was adversely reported to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senator Hale will raise a point of order against it. This the Vice-President will sustain, and Mr. Allen, will, of course, appeal. Ther~ will be stubborn opposition to such an amendment if offered, and the contest may be an animated one if Mr. Allen persists in his purpose. Independently of the Cuban amend- ment the diplomatic bill is likely to cause debate on other questions. It seldom gets through the Senate:with- out being made the basis of more or less general discussion of the country's foreign policy. The advisability of amending this ap- propriation bill with a provision for the annexation of Hawaii, which was | at one time considered by supporters | of the Hawalian treaty appears to have been abandoned. The treaty will, how- ever, receive independent attention | during the week if the appropriation bills and the Corbett case do not crowd | it out. Senator Davis, who as chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations has charge of the treaty, will be absent from the Senate during the entire first half of the week, but Sepa- tor Frye, who is acting chairman, will move an executive session for the con- sideration of the treaty if there should be an opening. There is a general impression that | the treaty will not be further debated at great length. There are several Senators who desire to be heard upon it, but none of these are liable to make long speeches. The object of the friends of the treaty is to secure a test vote as soon as it can be conveniently done, and for this purpose Senator Ba- con’s amendment, providing for sub- mitting the treaty to a vote of the peo- ple of Hawali will be utilized. If they find upon this vote that the treaty cannot command the support of two- thirds of the Senators, the number nec- essary to secure its ratification, they will move to recommit to the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations, and then take up Senator Morgan’sbillfor annexation, which was favorably reported to the Senate during the extra session. This is the present plan, but details may of course be changed. The friends of the treaty regard the Bacon amendment as entirely unfriend- ly, and tbey would regard as antago- nistic to the treaty any Senator who would cast his vote for it; hence they think they can use it as a foil, and by its use secure the equivalent of a vote on the treaty without imperiling that document. If the vote on the amend- ments should show that the treaty commands the sixty votes necessary to its ratification, it would then be pressed to a final vote as speedily as possible. Unless the Cuban question or some phase of the Maine disaster should come before the House this week, the time—with the exception of to-morrow, which under arrangement made last week will be given up to the considera- tion of private bills—will be devoted, nominally at least, to the sundry civil appropriation bill. This bill will be re- ported to the House to-morrow, It is a very voluminous measure, containing all the odds and ends of appropria- tions, as its name indicates, and is us- ually . productive of more protracted contests than any of the other appro- priation bills. It is understood that the information regarding the situation in Cuba, asked for last week by the House, has been prepared by the State Department and is ready for transmission. Some of the consular reports bearing upon the situation have been edited in some places, but it is sald the situation as presented probably will call for some action before the information goes to the House this week. Owing to the condition of public sentiment pending the result of the investigation into the cause of the disaster to the Maine it is considered probable that the answer of the State Department will be with- held for several days. In the fact of the catastrophe which has occurred the members of the House who have usually pushed to the fore on the occasion of any sensational development in foreign or diplomatic affairs were ominously silent last week. The extreme gravity of the situation and the far-reaching consequences of hasty or ill-considered action tended to disarm them, but at any time during the consideration of the "appropriation bill, where the widest latitude in de- bate is allowed, a stirring debate in- volving the recent sensational events in connection with the explosion of the Maine and the recall of the Span- ish Minister and the latest develop- ments in Cuba may be precipitated, But those in authority, by keeping the appropriation bill in the right of way, can easily prevent actual action by the House if they so desire, and the prevailing oninion of the conser- vative leaders on both sides is that actlon and agitation are out of place until all the facts upon which 7oy alm judgment can be predicated are Kuown. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Eromo N drugEists refund the money M oty il 2c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Ex-Governor Hoyt Takes a Cheerful View of Its Prospects. Distinguished Names Being Constantly Added to Its Membership. Valuable Assistance to the Com- mittee From Notable Women of the Country. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 20. In reply to an inquiry into the pres- ent status and prospects of the national university enterprise, ex - Governor John Wesley Hoyt, chairman of the na- tional committee, says good progress seems to be making in all quarters, un- less it be in the Senate. There, oppo- sition of ecclesiastical origin has occur- red in committee, and this, in connec- tion with the other circumstances has simply delayed action. Nevertheless, the friends of the measure are confi- dent of early and favorable results. Meanwhile the work of the national committee, says Mr. Hoyt, has been vigorous and fruitful of good to the cause in many ways; in the addition of many distinguished names to its al- ready formidable list of members, in- cluding those of eminent statesmen and of some sixty college and university presidents, besides the heads of the University of Virginia and the heads of a dozen or more institutions of religi- ous denominations, for a time supposed to be against the national movement, but now known to be for the most part in sympathy with its awakening inter- | est; co-operation of men and women in the leading influence throughout the country, as well as public journals in all secticns, and, finally, the enlistment of a number of men and women of for- tune, some of whom are seriously con- sidering the offer in advance of the en- dowments of departments, professor- ships, lectureships and fellowships in the coming university. The most notable of the many alds actually rendered to the national uni- versity committee in the past are: First, the voluntary gift of $1500 by Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst of California and the District of Columbia for the salary of the chairman’s secretary dur- ing the year just passed; second, the support accorded by the George Wash- ington Memorial Association, under the lead of Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, Mrs. ex-Sena- tor Brice of Ohfo and other distinguish- ed women of the country, and the asso- ciation which has among its officers the | presidents of the National Council of ‘Women, the World’s W. C. T. U., the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the national university committee of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, the Columbian Daughters of America, the General society of the United States, Daughters of 1776-1812, the Dames of the Revolution, the La- dies of the G. A. R., the Kings' Daugh- ters, and perhaps yet other national or- ganizations—President Charles A. Bell of the American Security and Trust Company, Washington, D. C., acting as treasurer. The immediate object of this George ‘Washington Memorial Association is the raising of $250,000 for the First Na- tional University building to be erected on the site selected by Washington himself, and reserved for university purposes, in the pending bill. To this end, and for the further support of the national university cause, it has formed State and national district committees of influential women in nearly every one of the States, all of which are pre- paring for special contributions in small amounts on Washington’s birth- day, and until the whole amount is realized. It is believed by Mr. Hoyt that they will succeed, and that ere the final gate, December, 1899, Congress will have done its part also. An offer has just been made by Gen- eral J. B. Henderson, United States Senator from Missouri and now of this city, to be one of 100 to pay into the treasury of the university $1000 each when Congress shall have done as much. His object is to encourage the creation of a special fund of $100,000 for some shares in the university, and there is no objection on his part to the taking of any number of such. shares by any one contributor, while preferring in the interest of the cause of the uni- versity that the distribution should be as wide as the country itself. The new committee assumes that this example of General Henderson will be promptly followed by liberal friends of the enterprise, and that the institution, when once established by Congress, will, as Washington believed, become s0 popular as a center of patriotic gifts as to relieve Congress from the demands of Government appropria- tions. Persons wishing further information are referred to ex-Governor Wesley Hoyt, chairman of the committee, ‘Washington, D. C. URGED TO SEND BACK U. S. SENATOR CANNON. A Proposition Upon Which the Utah Democracy Seems to Be Divided. DENVER, Feb. 20.—A special to the Re- publican from Logan, Utah, says: Ben E. Rich, known to be Senator Frank J. Cannon’s cm&faign manager, is said to have exhibits a copy of a letter from Chairman Jones of the Democratic Na- tlonal Committee in which the chairman urged the Democrats of Utah to unite with the other silver elements here and send Frank J. Cannon back to the Sen- ate. The rumor has not intensified the admiration of Democrats here for Chair- man Jones. There is a sentiment of con- ciliation among some of the members, but it does not run in that direction. i i WORKING OFF SPURIOUS HALF-DOLLAR PIECES. An Excellent Counterfeit Circulat- ing in Towns of Southern Utah. DENVER, Feb. 20.—A special to the Re- publican from St. George, Utah, says: Counterfeit half-dollars are being uttered in this part of the country. No other de- nomination has appeared vet. A number have been passed at Washington and sev- eral in Bt. George. They are of excellent workmanship and by comparing nothing appears wrong, but they are perfectly dead to the ring. They bear the San Francisco mint mark and are light in welght. AR s Evidently a Case of Suicide. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The body of for- mer Commissioner weonard Wells of Brooklyn was found in the woods near Scotch Plains, N. J., yesterday. The throat was cut and it was evident that Wells committed suicide. MUST OPEN THE SCHOOLHOUSE Sound Suggestions of an Alabama Colored Leader. Only One Way to Solve the Race Question and Make Good Citizens. Restriction of the Ballot Necessary to the Salvation of the South. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20.—Booker T. Washington, a prominent colored leader and educator of Tuskogee, Ala., in an open letter to the constitutional convention now in session in this city, after explaining the motives which prompt him to address the convention, among other things says: “Since the war no State has had such an opportunity to setttle the race ques- tion, so far as it concerns politics, as is now given to Louisiana. The negro agrees with you that it is necessary to the salvation of the South that restric- tion be put upon the ballot. I know you have two serious problems before you—ignorant and corrupt government on the one hand and on the other a way to restrict the ballot so that con- trol will be in the hands of the intelli- gent without regard to race. You in your efforts to find a way out | no State in the South can make a law that will provide an opportunity or temptation for an ignorant white man to vote and withhold the same oppor- tunity from an ignorant colored man without injuring both men. Any law controlling the ballot that is not abso- lutely just and fair to both races will work more permanent injury to the whites than to the blacks. “I beg of you, further, in the degree that you close the ballot box against the ignorant, that you open the school- house. More than one-half of the peo- ple of your State are negroes. No State can long prosper a large percentage of whose citizens is In ignorance and pov- erty and has no interest in its govern- ment. ‘“Let thevery best educational oppor- tunities be provided for both races, and, added to this, the enactment of an unjust discrimination, at the same time providing that in proportion as the ig- norant secure education, property and character they will be given all the rights of citizenship. Any other course will take from one-half your citizens interest in the State and hope and am- bition to become intelligent producers and taxpayers, to become useful and virtuous citizens.” (OBSEQUIES OF MISS WILLARD Simple but Impressive Services at the Broadway Taber- nacle, New York. The Crowded Edifice Beautifully Decorated—Floral Tributes in Profusion. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Funeral services over the remains of Miss Frances E. Wil- lard, president of the World’s and Wo- man’s Christian Temperance Union, took place in the Broadway Tabernacle to-day. The service was held in this city by the official decree of the W. C. T. U. On Thursday next a service will be held at Evanston, Ill. Before final interment takes place, however, the body will lie in state in Willard Hall at the W. C. T. U. Temple at Chicago probably a greater portion of Wednesday next, and while en route to the Western metropolis will also lie in state for a short time in Churchville, N. Y., Miss Willard's birthplace. The Tabernacle to-day was crowded, among the attendants being many women from neighboring States representing the State unions. A great number of floral tributes, together with palms, were used as decorations in the church. Such names as those of Helen Gould, Susan B. An- thony, Rev. Anna Shaw and many of the W. C.'T. U.'s prominent world represent- atives were written on the cards attached to the floral gifts. In pursuance of a ca- blegram sent by Lady Henry Somerset, Miss Katherine L. Stevenson, the corre- sponding secretary of the national organ- ization at Chicago, sent a bunch of white roses, which was placed over the heart of the dead temperance reformer. Miss Willard's request that her funeral service be simple was carried out. Por- tions of the scripture which Miss Willard loved most were read, her favorite hymns were sung, and the Methodist Episcopal funeral service was read. Rev. E. 8. Tip- ple, pastor of St. James M. E. Church was the principal officiating clergyman. He was assisted by Bishop John Newman and others. Presidents of State organiza- tions, of which Miss Willard was the na- tion: head, were the honorary pall- bearers. TERMS OF THE WILL OF MISS FRANCES WILLARD. Estate Amounts to About $20,000, Most of Which Goes to the Temple Fund. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—By the terms of the will of Miss Frances E. Willard, late president of the Woman’s Christian Tem- perance Union, her estate will pass into the temple fund, after the life interests of her secretary, Miss Anna Gordon, and of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary B. Wil- lard, have expired. The property con- sists of Rose Cottage at Evanston, valued at $16,000, a small cottage in the Adiron- dacks and $3000 in cash. which was pre- sented to Miss Willard on her fiftieth birthday. By the original will the estate was to pass to the Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union, but a codicil dated after the Buffalo convention diverts it to the Tem- ple fund. The Temple trustees will prob- ably waive their rights and leave the es- tate entirely to the direct beneficiaries. NO NEWS OF TWELVE Fierce Blizzard Prevents a Search for Them—Fears for Stage- coach Passengers. MARINETTE, Wis.,, Feb. 20.—Nothing has been heard from the twelyve fisher- men who started from Green Island ror this city on Saturday. The storm has continued u‘:) !‘evere .:ihat no one has ven- tured on the ice to: . Friends of ml:u‘llnf fishermen balf‘e’\’le that they m}}g have found shelter in some of the nsh e Sturgeon Bay stage, which lett h e . which left her interd-yrg;? the east shore, has not bee: Lheard from. It should have reacheu its “With the sincerest sympathy with | of the difficulty, I want to suggest that | MISSING FISHEHMEN.k | a brigade on short notice. destination last night. There were five passengers and a driver. All trains to-day were six and seven hours late, and the snow is drifted fifteen and twenty feet high. It is still snowing and blowing, and on this account it is lmpo]sslble to search for the missing people. R 2o R Choked to Death While Drunk. PASADENA, Feb. 20.—Pablo Pereda, a Mexican laborer, was found dead this morning in his room on the Allen ranch, north of town. Pareda and several com- ganlons fot a jug of wine last night and ecame intoxicated. Pareda was found lying on glslsagk‘.hbl:uik in thle face. The Coroner decide at in vomiting h choked to death. S e g A Postmaster Incinerated. BUNSBERG, Minn., Feb. 20.—The post- office and store at this place was burned last night. Postmaster Olaf Kartunen, who slept in the building, was cremated. The fire is thought to have been the re- sult of an accident. SAYS NEITHER NATION IS READY FOR WAR Major Smedberg Predicts That the Maine Affair Will Not Lead to Strife. “I do not believe there will be war with Spain over the Maine incident,” said Major Smedberg yesterday. “The people of both Spain and America are too sensible to fly at each other at this time. The Spanish Government, I have no doubt, had nothing to do with the destruction of the battle-ship. If it was destroyed by design it was the act of some person or persons who acted on their own individual responsibility. Of course that will not remove the blame entirely from Spain should it be shown that the persons who blew up the ves- sel were Spanish subjects. Spain will then be called upon to pay an indem- nity and there the matter will end, though there will be a lot of war talk and many bombastic speeches. “Spain cannot go to war. It takes money to carry on a campaign, and the Spanish Government is bankrupt. I doubt if she will be able to negotiate a loan for the purpose of carrying on a war at the present time. She runs too great a chance of being whipped, and no money lender will be found who will be willing to take chances of advancing 50 much capital to a bankrupt nation under such conditions. “Then, again, America is not pre- pared for war. A sensation was sprung in Congress a short time ago by one of the Congressmen, who called attention to the condition of the ammunition supply of the army and navy. He showed that there was not enough powder in the country to supply the guns of the forts and the batteries to carry them through one average battle. If that is so this country would be in a bad way should war be declared. The | powder manufacturers of the United States cannot make explosives fast enough to keep the army and navy supplied. “In all the war talk that is now go- ing the rounds, it is said that the Grand election law that shall be incapable of | ATTY Veterans could be called upon to make a great army. I have no doubt that the members of that organization would be hurrying to the front as fast as they could go, but what could they | do if the war should be a long and hard-fought one. The veterans of the civil war are now all old men. Those men are all as loyal and as true to their country as ever, and no .doubt they would do all that they could, but though hearts may be strong at their age the flesh is weak. They could not stand the work that would be required | of them. The old men wouid have to stand back and let the boys do fighting. There are about a million veterans of the Northern army and about a quarter of a million of veterans of the Confederate army in America to- | day. There is not one man _ among them who would not take up the mus- ket again, and, shoulder to shoulder, battle for the starry flag. But if war should come now it would not be for them. The young men must attend to it. Their fathers have done their share.” Major R. C. Whitefield, a veteran of the civil war, sent a dispatch to Presi- dent McKinley on Saturday to the effect that in case of war he could raise ‘Whitefield said he was watching the bulletin boards in front of the newspaper offices with some of his friends, nearly all of whom were veterans of the war. Some were Confederate officers and some had fought with the Northern army. “We have the same old loyal spirit,” said Whitefield, “and when the bulletin came along that gave every indication of war we agreed that we should, if it came to open hostilities, do our best to organize a brigade and go to the front. Among those who were with me at the time and who encouraged the plan were: W. J. Bernard, who was a Confederate soldier; William Darling, John Sheppard, Captain Rodgers, D. M. Cashin and Roland P. Sachs. We drew up the telegram that was sent on to ‘Washington, but so far we have re- ceived no reply. We feel confident, however, we can raise a good brigade | should our services be required.” S e RACING AT INGLESIDE. Small but Select Fields for Reopen- ing Day at the Local Track. Ingleside track reopens to-day for a spell of racing. The entries are not numerous, but the fields are selected and some good racing should be witnessed. The entries are as follows: First Race—Half mile; two-year-olds; selling. ... Zacatoso +165| 610 La_Paresseuse. 0dd_Eves. 10, 80 FraokIrelard..108 Second Race—Six furlongs. 619 Mainstay 612 Lord Marmion.. 513 Cabrillo 480 Bellicoso .. 1 53 Triumph . 571 Hermoso . 598 Approbation . 621 Highland Third Race—One and an eighth miles; sell- ing. B 611 Collins 19| 611 Can’t Dance. (61D Peter T 12| 611 Paul Pry. 546 San Mar 12| 617 Adam And; 562 Little Cri 09| 551 Presidio . 562 Perseus . 1109 Fourth Race—One mile. 587 Traverser 116! 621 Gotobed 105 605 Los Pristo 1102| 547 Glorian 05 (626) Fonsovannah ...1% (5%)Torsida. 04 Fifth Race—Seven furlongs. 513 King William...111| 617 Draught . 604 01| 614 Sutton . 08 519 Benamela ......107 99 Nic Na ... Won't Dance.. 0z 570 Outright 617 Veragus 04 Sixth Race—Six furlongs. 618 Albina 95| 526 Roulette Wheel. 609 Prince Tyrant..100| 541 Trolley .... (90)Hurly Burl; 95| 684 Blarney Ston ... Scarf Pin 05 Gt 10 SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. First Race—Formero, Eyes. Second Race—Lord Marmion, Mainstay, Her- ‘moso. Third Race—Collins, Can’t Dance, Perseus. Fourth Race—Fonsovannah, Torsida, Gotobed. Fifth Race—Fashion Plate, Benamela, King ‘William. Sixth Race—Trolley, Hurly Burly, Blarney Stone. Frank Ireland, Odd —_—— A Grand Reunion. The San Francisco councils of the Young Men's Institute have arranged a patriotic, literary and musical entertain- ment, which will be given at Metropoli- tan Temple to-morrow afternoon in honor of Washington’s birthday. In the even- ing a grand ball will be” held at Native Sons’ Hall as a fitting closing of the day's celebration. : —_——e————— ‘When reading to himself a man ugually gets through 400 words a min- ute. T":,,’;?E"m of Violets The e lily, the glow of the rose, | :nd&eflmotfl.ebemb in Pozzony' the | PARISIAN OVATION T0 ROCHEFORT Wild Demonstration as He Is Taken to Prison. The Streets Filled With Friends of the Fiery Journalist. Troops Lined Up at the Jail,, but Are Not Called Into Action. A GOOD-HUMORED THRONG | After Repeatedly Cheering the Pris- oner They Disperse Singing Patriotic Songs. Special Dispatch to The Call. 1 PARIS, Feb. 20.—Two thousand peo- | ple assembled this afternoon in front of | the Saint Pelagie Prison, well-known | as a prison for offending journalists, to | greet Henri Rochefort, editor of the In- transigeant, on his entering to serve a sentence of five days’ imprisonment for libeling Joseph Renaich, Conservative Deputy for the District of Diegne and editor of the Republique Francaise, by charging him with intending to prove the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus by the use of forged documents. At first there were no signs of force to preserve-order, but as the crowd in- creased a company of Republican | Guards headed by buglers and drum- | mers, a detachment of police and two ; | squadrons of cuirassiers were drawn up | on each side of the square in front of | the prison. The troops were received with cries of “Vive I’Armee.” It was 4 o’clock before M. Rochefort arrived. The crowd flocked around his carriage, shouting ‘Vive Rochefort,” and “Vive la Commune,” the police be- ing powerless to restrain them. M. Rochefort alighted, waving his handkerchief, and escorted by the po- lice walked to the prison gates. About | fifty of his friends, including Ernest | | Roche, one of the Deputies for Paris, | the editor of Le Jour, and the assistant editor of the Intransigeant, accompan- ied him inside the building among con- | tinuous cheers from the populace. | The warders, with the governor of | the prison at their side, were waiting, | cap in hand, and respectfully received he prisoner. The crowd meanwhile dispersed singing the Carmagnole and shouting “Vive Rochefort’” and “Vive la Commune,” and completely block- ing traffic on the Rue Monge. So far, | though there was much excitement, the | crowd was good-humored. Suddenly a new gathering of 3000, headed by MM. Millevoie, Thiebayd and | Regis, marched toward 'the —Partieon, | yelling “Down with Zola!” and “Death to the Jews!". The police formed across ths | road and stopped the progress of the demonstration. | MM. Thiebaud and Millevoie began | haranguing the crowd from some step: | despite the efforts of the.police to dis | lodge them. They advised the crowd to | disperse in orderly fashion. but to keep | strength for another occasion. M. Thiebaud eulogized M. Rochefort as | the man_who will “Toll the knell of the vs.” Finally the mob dispersed, amid s of “Conspuez Zola!" and similar cries. | MM. Millevoie and Thiebaud went to the police station to demand the libera- tion of a dozen people, including the ed- itor of Petit Paris, arrested in the course of the demonstration. CONSTABLE AMBUSHED AND ASSASSINATED. Dastardly Deed of a Gang of Outw laws, Whose Lynching Is Expected. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 20.—E. 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