The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1898 SANGUINARY ENCOUNTER WITH SWORDS Italian Deputy Slain in a Duel at Rome. The Outcome of a Political | Wrangle Through the Press. Signor Felice Carlo Cavalotti, | Poet, Dramatist and Pub- licist, the Victim. HIS JUGULAR IS SEVERED. Senor Macola, the Victor, Escapes Without a Scratch—Popular Excitement. Speclal Dispateh to The Call ROME, March 6.—Signor Felice Carlo Cavalottl, poet, dramatist, publicist and the well-known Radical member of the Chamber of Deputies for Corte-Olona, was killed here this afternoon in a duel with swords with Signor Macola, mem- ber of the Chamber of Deputies and editor of the Gazzétta di Venezia. The encounter was the outcome of a press polemic in the columns of the Mi- lan Secola and the Ga a di Venezia. It took place at an unfrequented spot outside the Porta Maggiore. Senor Macola's seconds were Deputies Signor Guido Fusinato, a professor at the Uni- versity of Turin and member for Foltre, and Signor Cavalottl's seconds were Signor Bizzoni, the publicist, and Sig- nor Tassi, member of the Chamber of Deputies. Shortly before the meeting Signor Cavalotti seemed in excellent spirits, and even joked with his seconds. When the word was given he attacked his op- ponent vig! . The were with- out result. but in the third Signor Cav- alotti received a thrust in the throat that severed his jugula At first it was thought he was only slightly in- jured, but the gravity of the wound was soon perceived on his putting his hand to his mouth. He withdrew it, covered with blood, and did not utter | a word. The doctors and his seconds carried him to Zellino, and laid him in a bed at the r dence of the Countess Cel- laro. There tracheotomy per- formed and artificial athing _at- tempted, but all efforts were. useless. “avalotti expired in ten minutes without speaking again. Signor Maco- la did not r sratch. The new a great s Numerous Deputies and friends hurried to the scene. There 1 regret over the tragedy. late Signor Felice Manuel Cava- who was a member of a family originally Venetian, was born in Mi- lan November 6, 1842. At the age’ of , having become noted for his poet- ry breathing hatred for Austria, he threw lotti. r into the struggle for Ital- endence, taking part in vari- peditions and publishing in the apers of the day articles and tracted debut wide attention. He made his as a dramatist writer at in 1871, presenting a grand historical and patriotic drama entitled ‘‘L'Pez- zanti” (The Beggars), which was hailed with loud acclaim as a new de- parture in romance. This was followed by a ries of dramas and comedies, whose action was located at Milan, Rome and Florence, and by several based on ancient classic themes. Signor Cavalotti published also a vol- ume of poems, for the most part polit- fcal in theme, a collection of lyric pieces under the title “Anticaglie,” and a translation of “‘Fragments do Tyr- tee.” Some vears ago he gathered his various publications together and pub- lished them as “Oeuvres Completes” in an elaborate edition. Often elected’ to the Italian Parlia- ment his career in the Chamber from time to time was signalized by no less agitation than the publication of his poetic efforts. More than once his in- terpellations and hi invoked parliamentary temp was a life long opponent of Signor Crispi, and was glad to be known as one of the Italian politicians sted with all their energie which, under the au- spices of C Italy toward Germany. In 1895, when the Banca Romanascan- dal was the sensation of Europe, Senor Cavalotti, then the leader of the oppo- sition in the Italian Chambers, discov- ered what he called a new and most | promising lode. Going through the list of great and little men entitled to wear the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazare, he came upon the name of Dr. Cornelius Herz. - Rightly conjecturing that it would not be there except for a cash consideration, prosecuted his inquiries until he felt warranted in making the public decla- ration that Signor Crispi, the Premier of that day, was guilty of an illicit traf- ficking in decorations. Not long after he published a pam- phlet against Crispi, repeating this charge and adding the charge of brib- ery in the Fifth District of Rome, where the Premier had defeated the Slicilian Socialist Guiseppi de Felige Giuffrida. *“He even gave notice in the Chamber of a motion to annul the elec- tion. When the matter came up Crispi flatly declined to make any statement as to the quarrel and the Chamber sus- tained his action. Signor Cavalotti then renewed the at- tack in his paper, the Secolo of Milan, and announced that he would prefer charges in the courts. This threat he carried out, and in his denunciation of ADVERTISEMENTS. o Pears’ Soap for toilet, nurs- ery, bath and shaving. «Matchless for the complexion.” reaching the city caused | elf with ardor as a writer | ses whose revolutionary audacityat- | Milan | he | TAL ing de pace, and it’s a scorcher. been callin’ de turn on every trick. at. Club, but dat don’t make no diff. ain’t all on to dat la: dat’s de way we dus. ers of our organ t'ink dot he belo muckamuck in der club. v dat de bloke's crooked? You bet our paper i My, wasn’'t de bos know Martin’s our top-notcher. he's alw. we first swelled his nut by g Mayor. After we got him so that he Dat", petition for Mayor. now. Ye don't t elected, den we'll get our work in. we're nice sort o’ duff, to the Lions for a long time? ¥ Nit! Ye don’t ketch u we wan' to give our independents, we'll be yway. dem all run & o’ de voters an dead on. Cert. board. Ye see, if we gets dese we’ all de patronage da five [aRuXaFaRaFaXuRuRaRaFaRuFeRoRugsRaFeRuPerReuTeuuTeTuuTeFuTuTaToToLaPeTuTeLaFuRoTaRaRuRuRuLuLe e <’ time I sees ye. Q o < e ;h kv*!.’ He t'inks dey ought to fake pu fegeg el spi the criminal authorities he asked for the examination of Marquis di Rudini and Signor Berti, Secretary £ of Decorations, as in support of his charges, as g Cornelius Herz, the Panama canal lobbyist. | The proceedings, with various modi- were continued until the Court of Cassation recently transferred the whole matter to Parliament. Pend- | ing this decision, however, Signor Cava- | Jotti proposed the impeachment of Sig- | nor Crispi, then fallen from power, for the disasters in the -Abyssinian cam- | paign. To the last he relentlessly pur- | sued Crispi, but the latter, in the death of his brilliant and fearless adversary, Will probably see the end of the long campalgn against him. |RUSSIA THREATENS THE ; PEACE OF THE ORIENT. | Complications Arising Out of the | Settlement of the Chinese War Indemnity. | PEKING, March 6—On Friday last, | Yano Fumio, t¥e Japanese Minister to demanded an officlally signed ssurance of the pavment of the indem- nity due next May. The Chinese Govern- ment instructed Yang Yu, the Cninese | Minister at St. Petersburg, to urge .ussia to evacuate Port Arthur, Russia deferred % aecision, alleging that the presence of fhe Russian warships at Port Art.ur was | beneficial to_China _and favorable to peace in the Orient. Russia is now oppos- the Anglo-German loan. 5 mgl. Panloff, the Russian C.arge d'Af- aires, lodged a formal protest last Thurs- fi’;y. and demanded a quid pro quo. The details of the Russian demand are not yet regardea as inimical to peace in the Far | East. riday, s Gerar, the French Min- {ster to China, made a similar complaint, With corresponding demands or compen- tion in the south. snEnglund and Germany are now regard- ed us having attained their legitimate fepirations, and Russia and France de- eirs. The acknowledge that the | British late loan negotiations were uis- ested and calculated to auvance {nl':rr:‘u's welfare and maintain her inde- pendence. NO TROOPS ORDERED TO SUMMIT PASS. = | War Department Has Not Been Noti- | fled of Canadian Encroach- ments. NEW YORK, March 6—The H;rskl's; rashington correspondent says: Assist-| :‘n?aévcguary of War Melkeljohn denied | %o me to-night the report that United States troops had been ordered to Summit | Pass, Alaska, to haul down the British flag that is said to have been raised by Canadian authorities. - Mr: Meikeljohn i China, aid: “The War Department has not been in- formed that the British flag has been | hojsted at Summit Pass, and, therefore, there has been no occasion for ordering | troops to that point. It is unlikely that | troops would have been ordered in any | event. The matter would be made the | cubject of correspondence between the United - States and British Government. | Summit Pass is considered to be within | the United States boundary, but the line | is the subject of doubt on the part of the | British authorities. A boundary discu sion, however, is not in order’ at this juncture, as we are not informed of any | British encroachments.” STAIRS BURNED AWAY WHILE THEY SLEPT. One Woman Suffocated and Five Other Persons Probably Fa- tally Burned. PITTSBURG, March 6.—In a fire at GHZ Webster avenue to-day, one woman was suffocated and five other people so badly | burned that they may dig. Three families wert penned in a ramshackle building, the stairs of which were eaten away While they slept. . Mrs. Dominic Enriello, aged 30, wife of Dominic Enriello, a fruit huckster, was separated from her husband in the smoke and suffocated while trying to raise a window: she died in the patrol wagon. Harry Levin, aged 16, was probably fatal- ly burned. Lilian Levin, aged 6, burned about the face, condition serious. Max Verlinski, aged 22, burned about the head, fatally injured. Jesse Verlinski aged 22, and his wife, injuries serious. Ethel Verlinski, aged 8 months, probably die. Elizabeth Levin, aged ankle broken by jumping from secon: iw\l:xy wtlgdow. n‘so hurt internally. Rita evin, thrown from second story, badl injured. 94 -+ 4 : CHAUNCEY THE KID Thinks the San Jose Bosses Have a Hot Fight on Their Hands. SAN JOSE, March 8§—I'm Chauncey. I'm Chauncey de Kid, wot does politics Wi got a hot fight on our hands trying to do de purifiers: Ye see, de'r Deys gone and put up a ticket dat’s can’'t noways take a fall out of de men wot dey put up, in’ it inter Peckham and Charlie Keane. = Why, shure; we know Keane ain’t a member of dat New Charter and T guess it fools a hull lot o' dem. ° We knows dat many o' de guys wot votes don’t know who's who, so we just piles into anybody Dat's de way we're doin’ see, Peckham’s all right, even ef he does want an office all de t are we after but de offices and de patronage? Don't ye notice ng too closé to de wind now. s hot w'en he saw how dey got onto Martin. Dey can't touch his record, because been dead straight, but we reached him all right. ettin’ some o' his friends to go to 'im and tell him wot a sure winner he would be if he went into we ran Johnnie Mackenzie up ag'in him one day at de Del Monte. Den w'en he came to San Jose, where he comes only to which he spends somewhere else, he swallowed de bait, and put out his all we want. dat kind of a chump, do ye? Wait till he’s Ye don't see how? to be talkin’ politics. t'rowing down de Ruckers and givin' everyting in the furniture line Don’t ye know dat old man Lion prudder-in-law of Martin, and dat w'enever we wants Martin all we to do is to go and see Lion, and de job is dun. holdin’ any conwenshuns dis time. D'ye t'inks d away to de ticket spotted an’ dey wud'nt do a t' it's a hard graft, vellin’ dat everybody dat ain’t wid dem is fur de gang, and, say, de're We writ dat platform for Martin. Andie Mackenzie tuk de copy up to de Mercury h Wot we're goin’ to make de big fight on is de Mayor and de 'pointin’ ve 's wuth anyt'ing. bers each, and dese boards ’points all de firemen, police and and has charge of everyt'ing connected with de Alum Rock e loads of money is goin’ to be spent. t time to tell you about our udder candidates just now; may I got to go up to de Merc and see if I can't brace dem up to jump onto some o’ de candidat gettin’ tired o' de way dat paper’s sayin’ nudding about 0 00 O 08 008 08 0 00 0K 308 08 50K 308 0 108 K08 308 0% 308 408 SR 00K 80X | trict was unlawfully formed, had no | to the rules of the district his lands | here assisting. j of private citizens all over the State. |'was disappointed in his undertal KS POLITICS Everybody knows Chauncey. id de bosses. Just now we've Say, de're mak- on to our plays, an’ dey De trut’ is we dunno where we're a corker and no mistake. We so we're shoot- De people wot reads de Mercury Ye see, and den make de read- to de purifiers and is a high wid Peckham. Ye ime. Wot we don't we ain’t lookin’ fur no libel suits; Ye Ye see, de fight for had to increase de size of his hat collect his rents, Of course we ain’t claimin® him Well, you're a Don’t ye know dat we've been is a people? Dey wud have our ing to it; oh, no. Dis way, makin’ able to work de con game on some dough, for de purifiers are Wasn't it a peacherine? elf. got de works, fur de board has Dis board ’points five boards De dat o' de purifiers. some kind of a bluff anyway. fug=RaRuFeRaReyaFugeyroRagugaFaRaTuTuBuRaTugeTsFaFaFaPaFaTaFaPaFagegaFaRaPuPuTaFuFaPaTaFaRugaPuRuPaFaTuFagagaTutsl pad VALIDITY OF RIALTO BONDS Case Affecting Owners of Land in the District. Suit to Prevent the Sale of Tracts for Irrigation Taxes. Judge Campbell of San Bernardino Will Soon Decision. Render a * Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN BERNARDINO, March 6.— Judge Campbell, of the Superior Court of this county, has just finished hear- ing arguments on a demurrer in' the case of M. . Butterfleld vs. Eugene Weston, collector of the Rialto irriga- tion district. He has taken the case under advisement, and on his decision hangs in balance $427,000 worth of bonds. This contest is one where the plain- tiff, a resident of the Rialto irrigation district, commenced suit to prevent the collector of the district from selling his land for unpaid assessments levied by the board of directors of the district with which to pay running expenses, and also to pay interest on the $427,000 worth of bonds, issued when the dis- trict was first organized to raise money to develop and pipe water from the {)lace of supply to the several uses of t. The plaintiff and others refused to pay the assessment, claiming that the bonds were illegal inasmuch as the dis- legal existence, and, therefore, could not levy a legal tax. As the plaintiff’s assessment went delinquent, according were declared forfeited, and were ad- vertised to be sold. The action forced the holders of bonds into the fight as intervenor for the safety of their investment, and they took up the side of Collector Weston, with Shirley C. Ward of Los Angeles as attorney. The plaintiff is represented by Otis, Gregg & Hall of this city, and Henry Goodrich Jr. of San Francisco is The present contest is on a demurrer made by the plaintiff to the second amended complaint of the intervenors, which is really the keynote to the en- tire contest, for if sustained it sweeps out the whole issue of bonds, of a face value of $427,000. Among the interven- | ors holding bonds are the San Fran- cisco Savings Union, German-American | Savings Bank, State Loan and Trust| Company, Los Angeles National Bank, Bloomington Land Company, Anglo-| American Canaigre Company, Chicola | Water Company, and a large number | TELEGRAPHER FOILS A MASKED ROBBER. Failure of an Attempt to Loot the Railway Depot at Caliente. CALIENTE, March 6.—A masked man attempted to hold up Night Operator Knowles at 3 o'clock this morning but ng, the operator making good his escape. The operator was lying on the counter of the rallroad depot, when the robber ap- gruached with a revolver leveled at his ead. Knowles rolled off the counter on the opposite side, dashed out a door and ran to get assistance. While he was awakening the people at the hotel the robber became alarmed, and hastened away without any plunder. e e Declines Esterhazy’s Challenge. PARIS, March 6.—Colonel Picquart re- fuses to 'wer Comte Esterhazy’'s chal- | schooner Bessfe K having gone ashore | the noise she made satisfied me that | her | in any great danger. lenge to a duel for causes growing out of the I eyfus and Zola trials. % SCHOONER BESSIE K IS SIGHTED Good News Brought by Mariners Arriv- ing at Seattle. Positive the Vessel Has Met With No Serious Mishap. Officers of the Farallon Certain That They Passed Her Last Thursday. GOING ALONG SMOOTHLY. Other Craft From Alaska Ports Have Heard Nothing of the Re- ported Wreck. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, March 6.—The most dili- gent inquiries from officers on return- ing vessels fail to bring out anything to corroborate the report of the | or been wrecked in Alaskan waters. est sporting resorts in the West. In the run offs, Blue Bird beat Silk Gem, Napoleon I beat Shamrock (for- merly Reddick), Bailor Girl beat Wid- ow Lane, Kitty Bcott beat Innocent Daisy, A. B. C. beat Bowery Boy, Juliet beat General, Dan C beat Aliso, after two ties; Little Queen beat Flying Jib, after a tie; Lucky Jack (formerly Mes- senger Boy) beat Fannie S., after three tles; Romeo beat Trip, after two ties; D. V. H. beat Prince, Ormonde beat Ebony Queen, Jack I. beat May, Black Queen B. beat Perhaps, Oscar beat Harry H., Cyclone beat Rialto. In the first ties Napoleon I. beat Blue Bird, Kitty Scott beat Sailor Girl, Jullet beat A. B, C., Dan C. beat Little Queen, Romeo beat Lucky Jack, Ormonde beat D. V. H, Jack I beat Queen B., Cy- clone beat Oscar. In the second tles Kitty Scott beat Napoleon I, Jullet beat Dan C. Or- monde beat Romeo, Cyclone beat Jack | L, after a tle. In the third ties Kitty Scott beat Juliet, Ormonde beat Cyclone. In the finals Ormonde beat Kitty Scott, with Ormonde second, Cyclone third, the rest divided. There will probably be two days' coursing next week, Saturday and Sun- day, with forty-elght dogs. The gate receiptsSaturday will be sent to the sur- vivors of the Maine disaster. The ties and finals will be run off Sunday. i adilis RUMORS OF A BATTLE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Costa Rican and Nicaraguan Troops Said to Have Comie Together on the Frontier. Copyrighted, 189¢, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, March 6.—Private mail ad-| vices from San Jose, Costa Rica, via Pun- | ta Arenas, Rumors have reached the capital that an encounter has taken | place on the frontier in the neighborhood | of Liberia, between Nicaraguan and Cos ta Rican troops. The result is unknown. These advices were received by a very prominent merchant here having large in- | terests both at Costa Rica and Nicaragua, | but they still lack confirmation. The let-| ter further adds that ael Iglesias, | President of Costa . has taken the field in person-and that General Aurelio | Estrada will probably be commanding general of the Nicaraguan army. 15 Captain Roberts, master of the steamer Farallon, which arrived from | Skaguay last night is positive that she | has met with no serious mishap. To the Call correspondent he said lhisi afternoon: “‘On Thursday afternoon | last about 4 o’clock, at a point between | Fog Rocks and Bella Bella, about fifty | miles north of Queen Charlotte Sound, | we sighted a small schooner. We passed within two miles of her, and he was a gasoline schooner. Her size, without sails, with topmast{ and bowsprit, all indicated that she was the Bessie K. Although 1 could not see name, yet I recognized and re- | marked that she was the Bessie K. | She was going along smoothly, headed | for the north.” First Officer Wheeler of the Farallon says he saw the Bessie K in San Fran- | cisco about three months ago, and that the gasoline schooner they sighted Thursday afternoon was the same in every = particular. He further added that he knows of no other steam schooner now plying in Alaskan waters. Neither Mr. Wheeler nor Cap- tain Roberts had heard any report un- til they reached Seattle about the Bes- sie K having met with misfortune. The steamer Navarro arrived in port early this morning from Dyea, but brought' no tidings whatever of the Besise K. The Navarro preceded the | Farallon for some distance coming | south. Beth Captain Higgins and Pilot Farrer think that they passed the gasoline schooner between Fog Rocks and Egg Island. | Captain Anderson of the steamer Lakme, which arrived late this after- noon from Skagn~- stated to the Call correspondent that he had heard noth- | ing of the Bessie K having been wrecked, nor did he see her on his way down. He says that when at Skaguay an officer of one of the steamers then in that port, which he thinks was the National City, told him that they had seen the Bessie K on their way north. ‘According to him the schooner was in Seymour Narrows, about a day's run from Seattle. She appeared 'to be drifting with the tide, which was par- ticularly strong, but did not seem to be Captain Ander- son thinks that if this was the Bessie | K she would likely put in some safe harbor for a few days before continu- | ing north. | The Bessie K left San Francisco for Dyea on February 8, in command of Cantain W IEADS A LARGE KLONDIKE PARTY Captain Purcell Returning to Dawson With Scores of Friends. Men of Missouri Who Will Woo Fortune in the Frozen North. Special Dispatch to The Call. TACOMA, March 6.—Captain B. . Pur- cell of High Hill, Mo., arrived from Daw- son on July 17 last on the steamship Port- land, with a sack containing $10,00. He expected to return this month with a friend or two. Instead he is going back with 119 friends. Back in Missouri he was plied with questions all winter. The Klon- dike fever spread and he was asked to or- ganize a party. He decided to do so in December. Yesterday the big party arrived on a special train of fourteen' cars, two of which were given up to_the use of ninety Missouri dogs. 'The Klondikers came from Mexico, High Hill, St. Louis, Mober- ly. Lebanon, Paris, Jonesburg, Fulton and 8t. Joseph. They paid $94 each for through tickets from their homes to Juneau. Their original intention was to outfit at Juneau, but last night they took Tacoma outfit- ters by storm and announced their deci- sion to buy here. Stores were Kept open to-day for their convenience, and to-night their supplies to the value of $20,000 are being carted to the wharves. The entire Early will_board the steamship City of eattle at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. This party is the largest to start north this season. It includes one minister, half a dozen doctors, lawyers, farmers and mechanies. - Some of ‘them will try the Copper River country, while the majority will_follow Captain Purcell to Dawson. He has clalms on Bear and "Hunker creeks. g s Coursing at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—There was a good crowd at Agricultural Park to- day, notwithstanding the cloudy skies. It was a good chance for the manage- ment to demonsfrate that it is the coursing that draws the people, for there was no extra inducement outside of the customary races. There were quite a number of ties run during the day, and some of the favorites came out only second best, being beaten by the new dogs. Flying Jib was sold at auction in the afternoon, and will probably be run un- der a new name. There were several San Francisco people occupying boxes in the grand stand to-day, who had attended the In- gleside races, and who seemed to think that the two tracks compared very fa- It is not regarded here as improbable that the two nations have plunged into war already, notwithstanding that a formal_deciaration of war has not been decreed, but no news has yet been able to reach here to that effect. Costa Rica con- | tinues to remain cut off from the outside world, Nicaragua refusing to handle ta Rican traffic over her telegraph lines. BEGIN INSPECTION OF THE PANAMA CANAL. Members of the Nicaraguan Commis- sion Go Over the Waterway as Far as Completed. | Copyrighted, 1308, I James Gordon Bennett. | PANAMA, March 6—The Nicaragua Canal Commission commenced inspection | of the line of the Panama canal yester- day. They went by train from Colon to Bahio and returned by the canal as far as completed. They are accompanied by the director general of the canal, M. Georges of Berlin, and Chief Engineer —Koge The commission will visit Culebra_Tu day and afterward La Boca, the Pacific terminus of the canal. BOOTH AT PORTLAND. The Salvation Army Chieftain Holds Three Monster Meetings. PORTLAND, Or., March 6.—General| Willam Booth, commander-in-chief of | | the Salvation Army, held three crowded meetings in Portland to-day, hundreds of people being unable to gain entrance to each of them. General George H. Wil liams, who presided at a public demon- stration in the Marquam Grand Theater to-night, said that he knew of no_more practical, comprehensive and permanent method of dealing with the socfal problem than that which the Salvation Army has adopted. General Booth and party will leave here for Tacoma and Seattle to-morrow morn- ing. WIRES TO DAWSON CITY. Western Union Soon to Dispatch a Construction Force. NOGALES, March 6.—Agent Ed Pear- son of the Western Union Telegraph office at this point has been relieved and ordered to San Francisco, where, it is understood, he is to join a con- struction party that is to build the lines of the company through British Columbia to the Klondike. Pearson has had prior experience in such work in British Columbia and Siberia. - ———— ROSECRANS IS SINKING. Condition of the Veteran Reported Slightly Worse. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—The condi- tion of General Rosecrans, who is lying fll at his ranch near this city, is reported to be slightly worse to-night, though the physician attending him says there is still_ hope of his recovery and that even if the present attack should in the end prove fatal he may linger for some days vet. N S e Finlayson Is Dying. LOS ANGELES, March 6.—The life of Deputy District Attorney James R. Fin- layson, who has been lying seriously ill at his_residence, 720 West Eighteenth street for several days, i8 despaired of. Yesterday the disease took a turn for the worse and his physicians are reported to have lost hope. ST S Deadly Work of Wood Alcohol. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 6.—A special to the Tribune from Anaconda, Mont., says: Frank C. Lacey and Joseph Short are dead and two companions are in a critical condition at Moose Lake from the effects of drinking wood alcohol on Sat- urday. ADVERTISEMENTS. Let WHISKY get the BEST DUN’T of you. GET the BEST of WHISKY, which is the, GENUINE DISTILLERY BOTTLING OF (L] PEPPER THISKY, Bottled and Distilied. only by | JAS, B PEPPER & 00, Lexington, Ky. Under the same FOR- MULA for more than 100 YEARS; is_guarantoed ABSOLUTELY the PUREST and BEST in the world. SAMPLE CASE $15 Sent on trial, which, if not satisfactory, can be returned and money will be refynded. CARROLL, CARROLL .&— vorably, and it is a fact that Agricul- tural Park is becoming one of the fin- | 306 Market Street, Coast. - Sole Agents for the Pacific WILL CASH PEPPER COUPONS{ 1 OPRIATION BILLS FIRST Cutline of Work Before Congress the Pres- ent Week. APPR Possible That the Annexation Treaty May Interrupt the Programme. Practically All Opposition to Artillery Bill Disappears in the House. the Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call fiice, Riggs House, ‘Washington, March 6. The Senate will, in all probability, begin the week with the consideration of the bill making appropriation for the District of Columbia, and' when this is completed will take up the con- ference report on the legislative, exec- utive and judicial appropriation bill, | which has been agreed upon and will | be made to the Senate to-morrow. It s considered quite probable that the | strict bill will consume two or three through the House as it was through the Senate. Beyond action on these two measures the House programme this week o far as s noy anticipated is entirely peaceful and has no refer- ence to possible foreign complications. To-morrow is District of Columbia day, and Frida— by special order, has been set aside for the consideration of the Bowman act eclaims blll. The Thorpe-Eppes contested election case will occupy two, possibly three days, and such time as remains will probably be consumed in the consideration of the Postoffice appropriation bill, which is expected to be ready by Wednesdag'. Any unlooked-for development in the Spanish situation might change the programme. —— RACING ACROSS THE BAY. The California Jockey Club Offers One of tne Most Attractive Cards of the Season. ain cross the bay, the ub throwing open the track for a two There is no pauc- entfre cara Is oneé All of the races the Cadmus the special s no excep- g lot of fast Racegoers will ags California Jockey Cl gates of its Emeryville weeks' spell of racing. ity of entries, and the far above the average. have an open look, and stake, for three-year-olds, feature of the programme, tion, for in it start a slashinj and well-bred ones. The entries are as follow: First Race—Two-year-olds: selling. Master Buck....101] 597 Crossmolina (104, .. Oraibee % Buena V 1103 Maude Fergusonl0s micolon ......108 San Augustine.107 397 atossa 107 1 BlY ... 102 Second Ra e and an eighth miles; sell- ing: five-year-old mares and upward. Thelma 684 Treachery 101 621 Lost Girl . 62 654 Palomac! o 689 Mamie Scot .. Devil's Drea 689 Serena_ . o8| 614 Widow Jones.... 95 Third Rade—Seveni-eighths 0f a mile; selling. 634 Tulare . 110]. 687 Rio Frio ........108 s or even more. One of the ques- in this bill which may arouse debate is the action of the Senate Com- mittee on Appropriations in striking out the item in the bill as it came from the House limiting telephone charges in the District. There will be an ef< | fort to restore this proviso. | The census bill, the Methodist Book Depc v bill and Senator Pettigrew’s bill donating 5 per cent of the proceeds of sales of public lands to the various States in which the lands are located will contend for the right of way when | there are no appropriation bills to re- | ceive attention, ‘and it as yet uncertain | which item will' be first taken up. All | of these may be antagonized by the | Hawaiian annexation treaty, but the plans of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee with reference to the treaty are $0 far too indefinite to permit any pre- diction as to what it will do. It is probable that both the bill for the relief of the survivors and the vie- tims of the Maine disaster and the Sen- ate bill ¢reating two additional regi- ments of artillery with which to man the coast defenses will pass the House this week. The former bill was held up until ft could be investigated, as it was said that the special bill for the relief of the survivors of the Samoan wreck in 1888 led to some scandal. That bill was loosely drawn, and it has been | asserted some advantage of its provis- | ions were taken. The pr nt bill has | been carefully drawn and is now satis- factory to ) Cannon, chairman of | the Committee on Appropriations. Practically all opposition to the artil- | lery bill has now disappeared from the House. The leaders were, it is said, in favor of delaying action upon it to allay public alarm, which might have been intensified had it been rushed 06| 696 Dr. Marks | 681 Highland Ball Skalkaho . 80 Town To) Prompt. Rebel Jack 6 693 Sutton .. Robair .. Fourth Race—Cadmus stakes; value $I- mile; 3-year-olds. 241 Tmp. Missione) (639) Prince Tyrant...114 (#87) Punter Dr. P 569 Bddie J Highland B 6 Z (85)Count, Fland Fifth Race—One and a sixteenth miles. 685 Mercutio .110| 636 Senator Bland rplot . 86| 651 Orimar ... 630 Rey del Tierra..110| 688 Los Prietos . 543 Scarborough ....110| 612 Flashlight . th Race—Three-quarters of a mil §)Twinkle Twink..10§| 621 Olive Distinetion 7 Celoso 614 Koenigin 601 Lone Princ ( 6 614 Harry G 67 634 Charlemagne 614 H SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY. First Race—Engea, Vioris, Master Buck. Second Race—Serena, Palomacita, Lost Girle Third Race—Robair, Town Topies, Tulare. Fourth Race—Count of Flanders, B. & W. stable, Imp. Missioner. Fifth Race—Senator Bland, Orimar, Marplot. Sixth Race—Yeman, Al, The Swaln. ———e—————— Will E. Fisher in Alaska. Henry Fisher and Miss Flora Fisher, father and sister respectively of Will E. Fisher, who is reported as having been deprived of his legs in Alaska as a con- quence of frost, deny emphatically that any such calamity has befallen him. They state that the information or rumor comes from a stranger who wrote Janu- ary 20, whereas they exhibit a letter un- der date of February 12 in which Mr. Fisher writes in good spirits and states that he is well in all respects. The re- ports have caused much pain among Mr. I‘;\lsh(‘l_”; relatives and many friends in this city. TRANSPORTATION. SAFE FAST STHAMER HUMBOLDT Will Sail About March 12 for DYEA And SKAGUAY DIRECT. For passage -nd;eight apply JOHN A. MAGEE JR., Agent, 310 Clay St. HO! FOR DAWSON! On or about May 1, 189, the American bark ALEXANDER McNEIL will sail for St. Mich- ael, connecting at the latter point with the Pacific_Coast Commercial Co.'s new dispatch river steamer Bessie H. For further information call on or address PACIFIC COAST COMMERCIAL COMPANY | A. H. HERRIMAN, Agent, 201 Front st., San Francisco. KOTZEBUE SOUND MINING AND TRADING C0. FOR Kotzebue Sound—The bark J. A. Falken- burg_will sail on or about May 10, 1538. Fare, including 2300 poupds baggage or freight, $200. Passengers will apply early to LYNDE & HOUGH CO., 40 Callforma st.. €an Franciseo, or to A. L. erriman, gene T, Front st, fan Feancissor o g California-Alaska Navigation & Commercial Co., - 28 Market st. Wil dispatch their elegant new ocean steamer (now building), for Dawson City, via St Michael, about June 1. Fare, $300; baggage free. Their roiEht 10 cents per pound. L Tful mew river steamer (QUEEN OF 'THE YUKON) arans onts 2 foet Joaded, with a speed of 15 miles per hour, and elec- tric lighted throughout. Send for pamphlet and map of gold fields, free. Also Steamers to Dyea and Skaguay. TRAVELERS TO DAWSON Via DYEA and SKAGUAY, ri have thelr. provisions. sent ‘via St Michaer and the Yukon River, by applying to ALASKA-YUKON TRANSPORTATION—Continued. Union S. & Traasportation Co. TO KOTZEBUE SOUND, ST. MICHAEL, COPPER RIVER, DYEA AND SKAGUAY. For passage and freight apply to UNION SHIPPING AND - TRA! TION COMPANY, 21 Market :,til:gRTA‘ Al CLIPPER BARK, ‘' NORT! RN LIGET,” Captain Joseph Whiteside, Commanding.’ Sail for KOTZEBUE SOUND, ALASKA GOLD FIELDS. % MAY 1O 1898, Passage $200, including 3000 Ibs. ) Afll nl?“;i;.‘n secure passage, balance before Address CAPT. B. COG, 44 Fast st., San Fraseinto. BIRCH Creek district; now owing to lack of food; larger 353’%;5’2’2’;’5?. as Klondike; produced about $5,000,000; 1500x 100 feet; our new modern eame Rix, stops thes Sron ity our Rix. Siobs there going to Dawson City; our laska Transportation Ci Montgomery st., opp. Russ Houser O 2 MINING SUPPLIES. Sl b sl W. W. MONTAGUE & CO., MINING SUPPLIES, CAMPING QUTFITS. 311 TO 317 MARKET STREET. GAS ENGINES. UNION GAS ENGINE GO, 339 HOWARD STREET. GASOLINE ENGINES and LAUNCHES —— e SLEEPING BAGS. KLONDIKE SLEEPING BAGS. Klondike Sleeping Bags. Th made that will not crack from frost Zr"?lim Sold at factory prices. 3% Spear st., San 1sco. P. & B. PRODUCTS, P. & B. BUILDING PAPER an READY ROOFING, 80ld by all fitst-class dear: ers, are clean, odorless, of great strength, rea- sonable in price and easy to transport. ~They keep heat, cold, dampness and dust out of buildings; 'are particularly adapted to Alaskan trade. PARAFFINE PAL . St el No. Moin 7m0 Dattery SLEDS. BOATS, ETC. ARCTIC sleds, Arctic dogs, Y pliot maps to the Klondike, All‘:::n u:‘:“\::'. steam launches and stern-wheel steamers, with bt:rflemt lulll.lble to bgrn wood; 5 boats can be seen at salesroom. . W. KN o Bhone Tood 16r KNEASS, 718 Third MEDICINES. ; on JON'T GO TO THE KLONDIKE mfl?;r for Rheumatism, 504 Washington st. = 54 LIME CORDIAL. TRANSPORTATION CO., 3 STEI!ART'ST., San Franeiseo, Cal. l Lime Cordial especially prepared for the Alaska, etc., trade. Pflzflfllvfi and cure for ete. SRESOVICH & CO.. seurvy, LUKE G. Agents, B21 to 52 Sansome st., Y