The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1898. SICARD MAY BE SUCCEEDED BY SAMPSON Proposed Change in the Commander in Chief of the Squadron. Failing Health Will Cause the Temporary and Perhaps Per- manent Retirement of the Present Flag Officer. NEW YORK, March ington special to the Preliminary steps were taken to-day / Long to detach Rear Ad- iral Montgomery d from the North Atlantic Station g another flag officer to duty Much as the administr ssor and of limb, able tuation that suffer- i ting work which erform the Secre- due to him nt that he given a chance brought the the President h him that it u another flag Admiral Sicard’s of directing diate detach- to place 1in t no s officer’s record as would veen summarily t him to have his present com- be shown that ntinue on dut cretary, in ac deter board ¢ ar admiral iphed to Rear was directed to a board med office . B! he surg and propos follow cas hoped miral Sic charact It is tment officials to naval procedure in the Sicard. It is icials that Rear Ad- ard’s trouble may be of such e the surgeons to ommend his detachment up- eave. Both the President and have a very kindly feel- Admiral 'd, and there u on the part of either tc crowd” him from the ac- list. Should the d that he be retired it ¢ for the Secretary to Retiring Board, which will S to cz recomme convene the " Rear Admiral Sicard’s take what action seems ) required. Should the { medical survey regard the e: t of Rear Ad- Retiring Board *ment, the vacancy eated in the grade of flag rank the appointment of smpson, commanding retiremen and th tle-ship Towa. Both President Long con- sider Captain as the best possible timber for the position of com- not alone on account ent record, but because they know & courage, his energy and in- domitable will. GOVERNCR HASTINGS TALKS AT STANFORD. Tells the Students He Does Not Be- lieve There Will Be War With Spain. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 21.— Governor Hastings addressed the students in the chapel this afternoon. His talk was bright and interesting. After in- dulging in the customary encomiums on the climate and scenery of California and the ideal location of Stanford, he ad- vised the students to consider above all the problem of getting started in - and fitting themselves into the right niche. He thought California offered ex- cellent opportunities for the industrious Voung and those who were prepared to >s which were certain meet the emergenci to come up in life. ‘“Most of the wrecks that are found through life are due,” he said, “to mis- fits. He said that the country need have no apprehension of war with Spain. If he | thought there was danger of it he would California, but at his post in Ivania. 1o big_and too Christian to go_to war,” he said. > thought that suc h an affair between two great nations should be settled by other means. If trouble should resuit cen United States and Spain, he be- lieved we would meet the emergencies that would present themselves. The a tion of Congress in_putting $50,000,000 into the hands of the President as head of the nation, without any question of poli- tics entering into the matter, was enough, he asserted, to give him confidence. gl e CONVICT HOWARD FREED. No Officer at San duentin to Rear- rest Him. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, March 21— William Howard, who is wanted to an-; swer to a charge of robbery in San Fran- cisco, was released from the penitentiary | this morning and immediately departed. | It was expected that a deputy from the city would be over after the prisoner, but none arrived this, mgrning, and the prison authorities were rx’:“npelled to give him his freedom. It seems that Howard is an ungrateful wretch, and his offense was the robbin of his benefactor, L. C. Burton, of 1126 Jackson street, San Francisco, whose house he looted whils furnished by Burton. Not only jumped” his bonds and and Burton was com- hat place at his own | bonds this, but Howard escaped to Denv pelled to send t expense ton swore arrest before o't out a complaint for Howard’s Judge Joachimsen while ing a term in San Quen- rime. anoth ATTEMPT TO BREAK FROM JAIL FRUSTRATED. Riverside Prisoners Detected When Well on Their Way to Freedom. March 21.—The prisoners 1, headed by an ex-col RSIDE. v J hamed F vict 1 Harry Thornton, who is se a six months sentence for a mi neanor, attempted to break jail to- day. A hole sixteen inches square had jeen cut almost through the back wall | corridor of the jail when the offi- 1 them at men_engaged in attempt are ones who succeeded in getting out il about a week ago. at which time one of them, Tierney, cell at. the point shal's pistol. Thornton both old convicts, and the officers have it from trusties about the jail that t men had planned to make their esc even if they were forced to kil doing so. When detected to-da; were surly and defiant, and considerable was driven back to of the City Ma and Tierne force had to be used to get them into their cells. One of the prisoners had stated ta the officers that Thornton i: 1 somewher S seriou s the to get away to learn where officers ave wanted. ‘he g BOND PROPOSITION 0 B SUBMITTED Public Sentiment Defied by the City Council of Los Angeles. | i | wWill Call an Election to Decide as to the Building of New Fire pecial Di LOS ANG sion of the City Council to-day there was introduced an ordinance call an election to vote bonds in the sum of $150.000 for the purp: of building new sngine houses and equipping them e will really be no necessity for fire engi suses when the city owns its own water plant and operates it with proper pressure for fire purpos But a clique here that seems to be ordinarily interested in forcing the of these fire bonds. have real st to ire houses desire the bonds to pass, a 1l be considerable construction work to | | ntiment of the bveople is { ssue and it ha - | having been sub- | th st six months - ss the city is to be put to the ex- De »f holding another election. An en- deavor is de to add a rider to the h will make a $10,000 | e for the construction of an- ge across Los Angeles River to | Boyle Heights Just at present the feeling is most pro- nounced that no more bonds should be has been restored The experic s in past vears in voting n dearly bought. As a result of few bond election: for specific s there have been nu. merous d it has been alm conclusively wn that_the h vas diverted into improper City Council, however, :d fo resubmit the fire bond proposition. COMMITTEE OF LADIES TO MAKE A CANVASS. Result of Their Labor Will Decide Whether San Rafael Will Have a Carnival. SAN RAFAEL, March 21.—The commit- tee of ladies that is to inaugurate the proposed rose festival held a meeting to- day and decided to systematically can- vass the city to ascertain what support the proposition would receive if atrange- ment for the fete were commenced. It is proposed that there shall be no failure 1; the entertainment is to be given, and the ladies wan s i before the. o ln?u-bfil ot L At the meeting to-day were Mrs Fosior: Mrs. Malor Grletoason Mos. o . Mrs. ‘George H. Foster, ‘her, Mrs. Captain Elliott, iott and Mrs. Henry Har- y_decided to commence _the of the city to-morrow and be e The: | prepared to report at a meetin | held on Wednesday morning. At wmh.% meeting it will be decided when the festi- val will be held, and a programme of the festivities will be mapped out. The ladies of the committee are enthusiastic and they are backed up by the i Thousand Club. In the discussion it was suggested that if the carnival were held it take vlace on May 6 and 7, and the | suggestion met with the approval of the | members of the committee. When a de- cision is reached as to the time of the | festival organization will be effected to | put the plan into successtul operation. Al vy PAYS ONE-TWELFTH OF THE TAX SOUGHT. Soutlern Pacific Road Compromises Its Franchise Controversy in Kentucky. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 21.—The Southern Pacific Company’'s attorneys have talked the State officials into com- promising the suit for franchise taxes, and instead of the State receiving $50,000 or $60,000 annually, as was first insisted on, it will receive only the paltry sum of | $5200. The State Auditor received a check { to-day for $22,000 for franchise taxes since 1884, and an agreement has been reached for' the company to pay $200 annually hereafter. This evidently ends the whole case, as the Legislature will never agree to repeal the charter of a company that e he was out on |pays ¥5000 & year into the State treasury. and have the man returned. Bur- | of intention to | L. | Mrs. | “BOSS” REA HAS NAMED HIS TICKET Alignment of Forces for the San Jose Campaign. Martin the “Gang’s” Can- didate for the Mayoralty. Political Dictator Makes the Nominations to Suit Himself. NO CONSULTATION AT ALL. Not That the Ticket Was | Completed Until It Was Printed. Aware Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 21.—“Jim” Rea caused his “‘business men,” consisting | of Paul Pastin, C. S. Wright, Rush Mc- Comas and A. G. Bennett, to hold an- other “mass meeting” to-day for the purpose of further discussing candi- dates and a platform to be placed be- fore the voters of San Jose. It will be remembered that the first act in thispo- litical farce was played last week and Ited, according to the editorial of re: the ‘“gang” organ, in the selection of | candidates for City Clerk, Treasurer and members of the appointing board. According to A. G. Bennett, who acted as secretary of the “mass meet- ing” held in the office of C. D. Wright, nothing definite was decided upon at | the meeting held to-day in the line of selecting candidates to complete the ticket. C. D. Wright is authority for the further statement that no candi- date was selected for the mayoralty, nor for Councilmen. Action was de- ferred to a future meeting, he said, when a platform also would be adopted. From facts which came to the knowl- edge of The Call correspondent it ap- pears that either these two gentlemen made a wide detour from the path traveled by the truth, or “Jim” Rea has not fully taken them into his con- fidence. Whatever he may have in- structed his ‘‘business men” to do at the “mass ‘meeting” seems to give him little concern. He evidently knows that | they will obey his every and slightest behest whenever he is ready to make | known his w It w therefore, in evident antici- pation of what he intended they should do in the future that Rea caused an order to be given to Popp & .Hogan, printers, for a large number of cards bearing .the names of the candidates | who are to be placed in the political race by the “boss” againet the candi- dates who stand for good and econom- ical government. At the “business men's mass-meet- ing” to-day the title to be given to the gang” ticket was discussed, but on ths authority of Secretary A. G. Bennett this matter was also left in abeyance. Here again Rea had the advantage of his “business men,” for he has already christened his aggregation of candi- dates with the name of “‘Business | Men's Ticket.” This designation ap- pears at the head of the cards which were delivered to Rea at his office to- day. The full ticket is given on these | same cards, as follow For Mayor—Charles J. Martin. Ward, H. Ward Wright: M. N. Spring; Fourth Ward, W. J. Rog- | er | _ Appointing board—P. P. Austin, E. G. Bennett, H. Booksin Sr.. Milton Camp- bell, E. E. Chase, Al G. Col. H. J. Fikes, D. Hatman, John' Leffler, Rush McComas, J. K. Secord, Francis E. Spencer, Frank Stock, C. D.” Wright. ! By this action the boss’ lines were formally and closely drawn in the con- est for control of the government of this city. The ticket of the New Charter Club | was placed before the nublic more than | two weeks ago. Not until to-day was | the ticket in opposition to the good- government candidates made complete, and then only in a surreptitious man- ner, and by the political boss who is generally held responsible for all that is reprehensible and objectionable in politics in the city of San Jose and the county of Santa Clara. This was the last day on which peti- tions of candidates could be filed. The total number of candidates in the field is fifty-six. The twenty-two on the ticket indorsed by the boss have al- ready been mentioned. Those on the ticket of the New Charter Club are as follows: d E. Smith. fore eph I7. Colorubet. n. W First Ward, I 2 | Whra, Adam Riehl: Third Ward, Mauvice | O'Brién; Fourth Ward, Edmund Cooper. | ~Appointing board—Charles . H. Allen | Lawrence Archer, John E. Auzerais, T. | Ellard Beans, A. B, Hunter, J. R. Lewis | Michael Kenny, William G. Alexander. { Luis Arques Calvin P. Bailey, J. H. Campbell, John J. Sontheimer, T' 3 | Riley, D.'C. Vestal. Ttk In addition to the candidates on the two tickets the following have filed petitions: For Mayor—A. B. McNeil. Glerk o William, . Dougherty. | _Councilmen—First Ward, Wil Charles P. Bernhardt; Second Waa. F. A. Curtis; Third Ward, George B. Dit- tus; Fourth Ward, John D. Roberts, Wil- nsAm Ll‘s-gl[er. u}l]nhndnr’iu{;m Julius Krieg. ppointing board— - aibpo g riant, L. S. Cavs A. Vatuone, who filed his petition as a candidate for Councilman from the First Ward on March 11, withdrew from the fight to-day. All candidates have until Saturday next to withdraw. 2 At a meeting of the Council to-night “Jim” Rea, through Councilman Wil- sman; Wa henchmen, attempted to inflict a pecu- niary injury on J. P. Jarman, who is suing the boss for $50,000 damages for slander. Jarman has a number of bills against the city for repair work on one of the engine houses. These amount in the azgregate to §150 45. The bills are for materials furnished and work done at different times, the largest being for $53 75. On the plea that the claims aggregated more than $100, the limit | prescribed by the charter for expendi- | tures made without asking for bids, Nolting, as chairman of the claims committee, refused to approve the claims, and the matter was referred to the City Attorney for an opinion. Councilman Dittus, chairman of the fire and water committee, explained that the claims were legitimate, as the work was ordered by him on authority vested in him by the Council. He had given Jarman, he said, three separate and distinct orders at different times. liam C. Nolting, one of his most loyal. DUNHAM LIVING ON A RANCH IN OLD MEXICO Santa Clara’s Sheriff Leaves to Investigate the Story Told by a Prisoner. SAN JOSE, March 21.—It is said the Sheriff’s office is in possession of information that Murderer Dunham is on a cattle ranch in Old Mexico, and that Sheriff Lyndon’s trip East is but for the purpose to allow him to slip away unnoticed and make a search for the Campbell butcher. Lyndon, who had been specially deputized by Marshal Bald- win, left San Francisco about ten days ago for Massachusetts with Edwin A. Lowe, who is wanted in that State for embezzling $1800 from the postoffice at Newton. Lowe was assistant postmaster at Newton. He became $300 short in his accounts, and last November he took $1500 from the office safe and fled to Mexico. A month ago he came to Cali- _fornia and surrendered himself to Constable Martin at Mountain View. Lowe was confined in the jail here for a couple of weeks. He told Sheriff Lyndon he had met a man answering Dunham’s description in Mexico, and that the latter was employed on a big stock ranch. Lowe said he became quite friendly with the Campbell murderer, and in tell- ing their troubles to each other Dunham told him he was wanted for murder in Santa Clara County. He boasted of being a six-time mur- derer, and said his crime had startled the whole State. The man re- fused to give his correct name or tell just where the murders were committed. Lowe agreed to accompany Sheriff Lyndon to the ranch on which the Dunham suspect is working. Lowe says he knew nothing of the McGlincy murders until after his arrest. While in the custody of Constable Martin at Mountain View he asked that officer if he knew of a man answering Dunham’s description being wanted here for murder. Martin at once recognized the man Lowe had met as Dunham, and told Lowe to tell Sheriff Lyndon what he knew. Lowe did this. The Sheriff at first took little stock in the story, but Lowe vigorously affirmed it. Lyndon finally decided to run down the story. Ale obtained a sixty-day leave of absence from the Supervisors, and started East with Lowe, in order not to arouse suspicion by his ab- sence, as it is thought Dunham is kept posted on the whereabouts of officers from this county. He took Lowe to Boston, arriving there a day or o ago, and is now probably on his way to Mexico. 0000000000000 C00000000000000000000 00CO00000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000 00000000000000000000000 SUING FOR A MISER'S GOLD Nolting is the Councilman who, after a claim for $650 had been illegally al- lowed and paid Charles Wehner and the amount had been returned to the city treasury through the efforts of Mayor Koch, presented the same bill in seven different bills, each less than | the $100 limit, and voted to pass the same. He is the Councilman who a few weeks ago took advantage of his offi- cial position to deliver an address be- fore the Council in which vituperation and untruth vied with each other, the (Contest of an Alleged purpose of the address being to cast % odium on the New Charter Club and its Will of Stephen candidates. Like Rea's slanderous re- 5 | marks about Jarman, it acted simply Silvaney. | as a boomerang on the man who de- livered it and on the gang which in- spired it. BLIZZARDS RAGE IN THE FAR NORTH. Blinding Snowstorms Delaying Traf- fic and Causing Damage in Many Sections. 3SVILLE. Minn,, March 21L—A snow storm set in about he wind blowing at the an hour from the north, The Instrument Produced by the Man It Named as Legatee. Decedent Had Previously Bequeathed His Estate to the Catholic Church. accompanied by a blinding snow and sand storm. All traffic is delayed. FARGO, N. D., March 2L—The first Spectal Dispatch to The Call. real blizzard of the season prevails in = Fargo to-night. There has been quite a | LOS ANGELES, March 21. — The and a raging e property of Stephen Silvaney, agy Ital- ian miser, who died on January) 10, is in the courts under a contest as to who was in reality the dead man’s legatee. Silvaney was for years a local charac- ter and a miser. A long time ago he made a will leaving all he possessed to Bishop Mora in trust, the proceeds and snowfall during the day wind is blowing, whirhng the snow blinding mass ‘everywhere. DENVER, March 21.—A blizzard struck this vicinity this afternoon. The mer- cury fell from 56 degrees at 3 o'clock to 14 at midnight, with every indication of going much lowers before morning. The wind blew a gale and a littie snow fell. HURON, S. D., March 21.—The nearest approach to a blizzard experienced in 2 thix section this winter is in progress to- | income to be devoted to the establish- night. The wind comes straight from | ment and maintenance of a Catholic the north at a velocity of forty milse an hour, driving the falling snow in blinding clouds and piling it into drifts. The tem- perature has fallen 20 degrees since morning. orphanage. A few days before his death, while lying ill at the home of a tenant, he was removed at the instance of Francisco Quijada to the latter’s home. There Silvaney died. Later Quijada applied for the pro- bating of an instrument purporting to be Silvaney's will. Silvaney appeared to leave the prop- erty to Quijada, except one house and lot which were devised to Quijada’s minor son. The alleged will was signed by a mark purported to have been made by Silvaney, and was witnessed by Quijada and L. C. Flores, who was named in the instrument as executor. The present contest is to prove the Quijada will a fraudulent instrument. Zach Montgomery, ex-Assistant Attor- ney-General of the United States, is counsel for the Catholic church. He is 1 AN UPROAR I THE REICHSRATH Austrian Statesmen Hurl Epi- thets at Herr Fuchs the New President. Shouts of “Disgraceful,” “Criminal” and “Jail Bird” Greet the Official Upon Election. ery. —e BACON'S PLAN AS T0 ANNEXATION Will Offer a Resolution to Sub- mit the Matter to a Vote of Hawaiians. Special Dispatch to The Call. VIENNA, March 21.—The Riechsrath assembled to-day. here was a full attendance of deputies and the public galleries were filled. After Count von Thun Hobenstein, the President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior, had declared the session opened, Dr. Zurkan was called to the chair. He made a speech expressing hope that the House would set diligently to work, find- iug special incentive from the approach- ing juhilee of Emperor Francis Josepa's gloricus reign. The remark brought forth Cliers from the deputies. ferr Fuchs, Catholic People’s party, was elected President. but the German People's party, the Progressionists, the Christian Socialists, Schoenerers and So- cial Democrats did not participate in the election, and the announcement of the Shoice of Herr Fuchs was greeted with Shouts of “Disgraceful’” “He is a state eriminal and ought to be inaail?’” “He be- longs to the former rresidential Bureau!” ete. While Herr Fuchs was making his in- augural speech Herr Schoenerer shouted denunciations. Motions were afterward submitted for the impeachment of Count Badeni, the former Premier, for the abrogation of the language ordinances. Other Measures Before the Senate Include Bills for the Relief of the Union Iron Works. Special Dispatch to The Call. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, March 21. After the transaction of some routine business in the Senate to-day Bacon of Georgia Introduced an amendment which he announced he would offer to the reso- lution providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. The amendment provides that the resolution shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of Hawail and r L b o Th YOLO COUNTY'S LARGE passed upon amrmatively by them, The cROP OF CANDIDATES ;i‘;‘edd&n? the Hawaiian treaty and is still ‘Allen of Nebraska secured the passage of ‘a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for information as to the number of classes of pensioners, includ- ing the percentage of men, women and children carried on the pension tolls. Among the bills passed were the fol- lowing: To confer jurisdiction upon the United States Circuit Courts In certain cases; granting to the Washington Im- provement and Development Company a right of way through the Colville Indian reservation in Washington; to remit the penalty of $32,823 imposed upon the Union Iron Works of San Francisco because at the official trial of the Monterey the re- quired horsepower was not maintained; {o pay the Union Iron Works of San F"‘";“}“-,fi&.’ for Extl}?j w(ork on the M%ue- rey $14.742; to provide for promoting Cap- tain Willlam N. Tisdale, I}’ S. A., now on the retired list, to the rank of major; to amend section 1370 of the Revised Stat- utes of the United States relating to the medical corps of the navy, and providing that persons appointed to the naval med- jeal corps shall be between 21 and 30 years of age; and to authorize the use of det)osltiuns before naval courts in cer- tain cases. On_motion of Hoar of Massachusetts the Sendte then, at 1:40 p. m., went into executive session, and at 1:55 adjourned. Ten Men Will Enter the Race for the Shrievalty With More to Hear From. WOODLAND, March 21.—The probabil- ity of short crops seems to have increased the number and zeal of persons who are willing to serve the dear people iu an official capacity. There are no less than ten active candidates for Sheriff, and the campaign has scarcely begun. Yolo Coun- tv will have two candidates for positions on the Demtocratic State ticket. e Lavigne Wants Another Fight. CLEVELAND, March 21L—In view of the statements which are being published regarding the match between Kid La- Vigne and Jack Daly in this city last Thursday night, Lavigne's manager an- nounced to-night that he was willing to put up any sum from $5000 to $10,000 in Cleveland or New York for a finish fight between the two, Daly to be allowed his weight on last Thursday night, which was four pounds more than that of La- vigne. Contest of Barron’s Will. SAN JOSE, March 21.—The second trial of the contest of the will of the late mil- lionaire, Edward Barron, begun by Geo. Santa Barbara Pastor Resigns. ¥, Barron, a son, was set for June 1 by | SANTA BARBARA, March 21.—Rev. Al- Judge Lorigan to-day. The court re-|exander Grant, who for the st _ten fused to allow a termination of the $100,- | years has been pastor of the First Bap. anta Barabara, resigned tist Church of to take effect his pastorate last night, July L 000 trust fund set aside for the contest- ant, and the case cannot now be com- promised. 1 By this document | a brother of Bishop George Montgom- | JOBBERS AND " WHOLESALERS WILL CLASH Eastern Freight Rate| Question Up for a Decision. Transcontinental Bureau in Session at Del Monte. Large Lobby Sent Out From Cities Beyond the Rockies. A FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE. Local Commission Men Striving to Maintain the Present Difference in Rates. Special Dispatch to The Call. DEL MONTE, March 21.—The first day’s session of the Transcontinental Freight Bureau meeting has come to a close, and though little was done aside from electing a chairman in the person of R. H. Countiss, yet the promises of a hot time to come are roseate in the extreme. There will be many vexatious ques- tons to settle, and many clashing in- terests to reconcile, but the grand fight will take place when the question of transcontinental rates on less than car- load lots is brought up. This question is one of vital importance to every large jobber in San Francisco, and the opposition that will arise to thwart the efforts of large Eastern houses which have sent their representatives out here to do all in their power to have the ex- isting differences in rates on carload and less than carload lots reduced to the smallest possible percentage if not abolished entirely will be exceedingly bitter.. The matter, which to those not acquainted with the situation may not seem of paramount importance to the people of the coast, is this: The merchants of Chicago, St. Louis and other large distributing centers want no diffe.d nce in the rates on car- load lots and the rates on smaller ship- ments; and the greatest concession | they are willing to make is the accept- ance of a freight schedule providing less than carload rates that are at the most not over five cents per hundred pounds higher than the rate on car- load lots. This means that the retail- ers of the coast will be supplied di- rectly by Eastern houses, which with the difference in rates once abolished, will be enabled to shut out the large jobbers entirely out of the field. When the freight representatives ar- rived here this morning they were ac- | companied by a delegation of gentle- men representing large Eastern busi- ness houses and manufacturers who have been sent out here for the express purpose of working together, and, if possible, defeating the efforts of the | local merchants to preserve the at pres- | ent existing rate. Among these wise | men from the East were A. J. Val- | landingham and F. N. Johnson of St. | Louis and J. J. Wait of Chicago. Val- | landingham is the commissioner of the St. Louis Freight Bureau. Johnson is | interested in the Simmons Hardware | Company of the same city, and Wait is | attached to the Spencer & Bartlett | Hardware Company of Chicago. | "To offset the wire-pulling of these | gentlemen the large San Francisco job- | bers sent down this evening a delega- tion composed of Brace Hayden of the | Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Com- pany; W. R. Wheeler of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, and A. C. Rulofson and Wakefield Baker of Baker & | Hamilton. When these Greeks of trade | come together before the Freight | Bureau a tug of war will result which will either stretch the opportunities of local houses to greater elasticity or snap the thread of their existence en- tirely. The present difference in the trans- continental rate per 100 pounds on car- | | | | | | load lots and less than carload lots ranges from 10 to 25 cents. The Eastern jobber wishes this done away with so that he can send his travelers through the State to deal directly with the smal 1 retail men, and thus ignore completely the big wholesale jobbers of San Francisco and other large coast receiving points, thus adding to his already large profits the gains which are the rightful spoils of local wholesalers. The local man wishes the rates preserved as they now are, and would be glad if the difference between large and small shipments was doubled or trebled, as it serves as a sort of protective tariff to shield him from outside competition. To make the matter clear, while the distinction in rates makes it impossible for the small dealer to buy in the East, yet it allows the big jobber who receives his goods in immense consignments to sell at a reasonable figure to the coast trade and still make a profit. The Eastern men claim that the abolishment of the difference in rates would prove of great benefit to the Pa- cific Coast at large, as it would allow every dealer, no matter how small, to ignore the middleman and purchase where he pleases and at an advantage, as he would be able to reserve to him- self the profits which now go to local jobbers; and competition, by reducing the price at which the goods would be retailed, would gradually bring the commodities to the people cheaper than they are now by just as much as the profits of the local jobbers amount to. The local men, in reply, argue that the retailers will not get their gocds one cent cheaper, but that the object of the Eastern firms is merely to shut them out and absorb the profits which are now made on this coast. Aside from this question there will be many others that will come up be- fore the freight bureau. The present rate is one hastily thrown together to meet the exigencies of the situation which existed at the time of the war between the Southern Pacific and the Panama line, when it had its being, and it is full of discrepancies and in- consistencies that need correction and revision. ‘Among the representatives of the dif- ferent roads now-here are T. M. Schu- macher and J. A. Munroe of the Union Pacific, T. D. Connelly ¢f the Texas and Pacific, J. A. Reeves of the Oregon Short Line, George O. Sommers of the Great Northern, J. B. Baird and J. M. Fulton of the Northern Pacific, L. M. Fletcher of the Missouri Pacific, C. H.' Markham, A. D. Shepard and G. W. Luce of the Southern Pacific, George D. Crosby and W. D. Sanborn of the Burlington, W. R. McInnes of the Ca- 3 mick of the Rock Island, W. A. Bissell, H. C. Bush and E. Chambers of the Santa Fe. SHERIFF ‘AND DEPUTY ARE SHOT DOWN. One Killed and the Other Danger- ously Wounded During an Affray in the Street. SENATORBIA (Miss.), March 21.—In a | shooting affray here to-day Sheriff W. J. Bray was killed and Deputy Sheriff Homer Gilmore dangerously wounded. The row began between Ashley Cocke and Homer Gilmore. Cocke emptied his pistol at Gilmore, three shots taking effect, while Gilmore missed his as- sailant. Cocke then walked across the street, meantime reloading his pistol. Sheriff Bray, hearing the shooting, hastened to the scene, and getting within a few paces of Cocke, drew his pistol and ordered Cocke to throw up his hands, Cocke at the same time calling to the Sheriff not to come any further. Bray fired, but missed, and then Cocke, taking aim, shot his an- tagonist through the heart. i e CUBA PRACTICALLY LOST TO SPAIN. Margalt, at One Time President of the Federal Republic, Says the Nation Is Vanquished. BRUSSELS. March 21.—A dispatch to Le Soir from Madrid describes an inter- view with Senor Pi y Margalt, at one time President of the Spanish federal republic and Chief of the Ministry, in which he is represented as declaring that Cuba is practically lost to Spain. “Spain is exhausted,” he is reported as saying. “She must withdraw her troops and recognize Cuban _inde- pendence before it is too late. By an immediate recognition she would ob- tain payment of a portion of the war debt and commercial advantages.” oo Irish Local Government Bill. LONDON, March 21—In the House of Commons to-day the Irish local govern- ment bill passed a second reading with- out a division and amid loud cheers. YOUTH. HERE is no vitality like that of youth. It is grand. It is great, and should be highly .prized. But when youth stupidly depletes vital force, what is the result? It is the same everywhere. In all countries of the world. Weakness ensues. 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