The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1898, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898 “YANKEES DECEIVING THEMSELVES” Marshal Rivera Says Our| Flag Will Never Wave Over Manila. Declares the Phil Adequate Defenses, but Thinks the Islands Will Not Be Taken. MADRID, May 27.—In the Senate to-| day Marshal Rivera, former captain- general of the Philippines, defended his administration of the colony. He said he could not believe his ears when he was told of the disaster at Cavite, add- ing “that rag called the American flag shall never float over the walls of Ma- nila.” The Philippines, he continued, had not had adequate means of defense. He applied to the Government to sup- ply them, but the Government replied that the Pope had intervened and that there was no fear of a rupture. naval committee at Manila examined into the position carefully and reached the conclusion that was quite impos- sible to offer battle to the Americans. “The Yankees are deceiving them- selves,” Marshal Rivera declared, to the situation at the Philippin is absolutely impossible that should become maste of the for the natives, to an ity, are determined to de ritory to the la ish sovereignty Captain Aunon, \d the ter- t and to maintain Span- Minister of Marine, REGARDED AS A WARSHIP Alicante Cannot Now Be Protected. |GENEVA FLAG IS BARRED C000C00000000C0C00000000 LOST RIGHTS BY SUPPLYING COAL TO TERROR. Now It Would Appear That the Tor- pedo Boati Destroyer Canaot Long Escape Capture or Destruction. ippines Have Not Specfal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 27.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: The| Spanish hospital ship, the Alicante, will no longer be protected by the Congress | of Geneva flag. This has practically | been definitely decided by the authori- | ties. The decision is the result of the action of the Alicante’s commander in the torpedo-boat destroyer | ture supplving said it was inopportune to discuss the | Terror with coal before the depar war at present. He had neither ap-|.,¢ (hat vessel from Fort de France, proval nor disapproval to express of It is said in official ci A 5 g e | Martinique. Marshal Rivera's administration, but| jcg that in taking such action the Al he considered it necessary to exercise | : i % A cante has violated her neutrality, and | 8 covialiizeserve o the interest 05 Ue ihat iVt e e will e [0oked DUOR RomeroGiron, the Mlnister fof (e ColJ. A merican Gonsule janill sconti) orilel i) 4 = % of | e Caribbean Sez atest reportre- the authorization given the G(J\'ern(\r‘ti;,‘z}dL;K‘Eg::?‘lb:t":;L“voggd‘ e of the Philippines to concede adminis- | fer e e Coneul at St, Pierre, who | trative reform, said Captain-General | codieq tnat the Terror was heading | fugnail had een anthorised 0. 2ctIn | west when seen last. The authorities e atl o to At 5o | pave moHdeSSHe I besa Faitg o de. - & = > els cruising among side. { the American v but now that she General Blanco cables from Havana Windward Islands, at | has ently been lost sight of, they that Admiral Cervera’s squadron is still | 125 SpDarenty b at Santiago; that the bulk of Admiral are wondering where she has gone. s to be presumed that her com- Sampson's squadron is blockading that | Xt 18 10 B8 PrERINC e west, sim- port; that Commodore Schiey's squad- | 1S ¢o6 wed this course so as to de- ron is watching the Yucatan Passage; | cejve the American Consul watching | that the American vessels have left| phym from the island, and as soon as| Cienfuegos, and that the American | he got out of sight of land he changed | fleet of blockaders are within sight of | his course. ilagan | " "Among naval officers the opinion | General Blanco, in his dispatch, says | seems to be that the Terror went 10| that he opposed the departure of the |San Juan de Porto Rico, where she is | French steamer Lafayette with a |now safely ensconced. | cargo of coal, as the coal was required | With Commodore Schley's squadron | for Spanish ships. before Santiago de Cuba, it would be ANNEXATIO 1S A RIDER Amendments Made to| the War Revenue Bill. | MAY TIE UP THE MEASURE| SENATOR LODGE DECLARES HA- WAII IS NEEDED. | | It Is Asserted That the Islands Arei Required as a Base of Military and Naval Opera- tions. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Offic Riggs House, The Hawalian annexation question, which has been the subject of no little | concern about the Senate for the past | few days, assumed definite shepe to- day when Senators Lodge and Morgan offered amendments to the war revenue | bill bearing directly upon the subject. Senator Lodge’s amendment is in the words of the Newlands resolution, and provides, in direct terms, for the an- nexation of the islands. Senator Lodge was seen immediately after he bad sent his amendment to the desk, and announced it to be his pur- pose to press it to the end. “Henceforth,” id he, “the two measures must travel together. Both are equa important, and under the | circumstances it would be foolhardy to forego our advantages in Hawaii.” | Senator Lodge’s action in presenting | the amendment was the result of maze | or less conference, though it was of an | informal character, among the stanch- est advocates of annexation. They ex- press the opinion tbat the amendment in the end will be accepted, but admit that, in all probability, it will result in delaying the passage of the revenue bill. Incorporation of Hawalian an- nexation in the revenue bill would, of course, have the effect of forcing the matter upon the attention of the House. ‘Advocates of annexation say all but| four Republican Senators and many | Democrats, Populists and Silver Repub- licans will vote for Lodge’s amend- ment. | The assertion is made by Senators in favor of annexation that the adminis- tration is more anxious than at any previous time for legislation providing | for annexation. The condition of 81-1 fairs in the Philippines and the neces- sity for a stopping place for our ships | on their way to those islands, they say, is the reason for the present urgency. It is asserted that to hold the Philip- | pines without the possession of Hawali | would be next to impossible. Senator Jones of Arkansas, a Demo- cratic member of the Finance Com- mittee, expressed the opinion that the | Lodge amendment would not be ac- | cepted. “It would,” he said, “certainly delay the bill indefinitely if pressed.” To Help the Red Cross. MAYFIELD, May 27.—The ladies of Mayfield held a meeting yesterday and organized the Soldiers’ Ald Society with the following officers: President, Mrs. J. W. Hogan; secretary, Mrs. J. M. Johnson; treasurer, Mrs. M. R. Trace. A committee was appointed to make arrangements for an entertainment and ball ,to be held next Wednesday even- ing, the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross Society. Mules in Great Demand. STOCKTON, May 27.—The San Joaquin Valley is being searched far and wide by Government agents looking for mules. Two hundred and fifty have been obtained in the last few days in this vicinity, and contracts have been closed in mountain counties for many more. The average price is §80. The mules are to be shipped to San Francisco and shipped on the Manila expedition. Great care is being exercised in selecting them. A than to carry her from Martinique to | Santiago de Cuba. |BANCROFT PURSUES A SPANISH CRAFT She Is Believed to Be an Auxiliary | Cruiser on Secret Duty. | KEY WEST, May 27.—The Bancroft | | 1ast night gave chase to a three-masted | steamer, apparently a merchantman of | | large tonnage. She was first seen by | PROF. TROWBRIDGE’S WORK | the Wilmington, which was on its way | for coal. | Shortly after sighting the supposed | | Spanish craft the Wilmington spoke | the Bancroft, and notified her of the | presence of the vessel. As the ships were lying to the stranger hove in sight and the Bancroft immediately started in pursuit of her. It is supposed that the Spaniards ob- | serving the Wilmington’s military top | mistook her for a battleship and | thought it safe to continue scouting in the vicinity, trusting to superior speed | to escape. When the Bancroft ap- peared the stranger lost no time in getting away and the race as seen from the Wilmington was close and exciting. fmpossible for her to enter that har- | bor, and it is not believed that she | 4. would dare to attempt it, especially as | her supply of coal would not last longer Powerful Apparatus Has Been Prepared. PRODUCES SPARKS VERY MUCH LIKE LIGHTNING. Experiments That Will Make Pos- sible Still Further Remark- able Attainments in Surgery. Special Dispatch to The Call. BScigae | BOSTON, May 27—A new and power-| GOVERNOR M'CORD TO 1 ful apparatus has just been completed | HEAD A REG|MENT by Professor John Trowbridge of Har- | vard University for the experiments in | = TR electrical force, his principal object be- | ATizona’s Executive to Go tothe Front ing to test further the penetrating pow- at the Head of a Thousand er of X-rays. The apparatus consists Volunteers. of a series of 120 Franklin plates or | PHOENIX, Ariz, May 27.—Governor | Leyden jars, mounted on a simple | McCord has received authority to or- wooden frame work and supplied with | ganize an infantry regiment in Ari- power by a storage battery containing | zona, which he will lead in person. A 10,000 Plante cells. month ago he applied to the President The voltage necessary for the experi- | for permission to raise a regiment, but ments is 2,500,000. The apparatus is|was informed that the Arizona con- capable of producing sparks in the air | tingent of cowboy troops had exhausted closely resembling lightning flashes of | the Territory’s quota. Under the new from six to seven feet in length. The | call he renewed his application and power is sufficient to draw sparks from | through the influence of the Secretary the brick walls of the room, and the | of the Interior and others he was given discharge creates somewhat the same | authority to proceed. He will be given Sffect as a sudden cold breeze. Sparks |leave of absence. The President will from thirty to forty feet in length can | Dot accept his resignation. be obtained by the use of glass mbes‘SIX MEN DROWNED in which the atmospheric pressure has | been reduced to about two and a half | | the Chinese have great res | mer a distance ot 149 feet 5 inches, which | excels the previous record held by W. G. | .| ing champions! pounds to the square inch. Professor Trowbridge has already made experiments which prove that with the apparatus as powerful as this the X-rays can be made to penetrate not only human flesh, but also bones and tendons, thus probably making possible still more remarkable attain- ments in surgery by their aid. FOUGHT WITH A PAIR OF MONSTER GRIZZLIES. British Columbia Prospector’s Terri- ble Encounter With Two En- raged Beasts. KASLO, B. C., May 27.—William Moir, a well-known prospector living at the Pa- cific Hotel, was seriously injured in a terrible encounter on Wednesday with two grizzly bears welghing 750 and 600 pounds, respectively. Moir was on the way alone to his claim and was three miles from Sprowls Station of the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, when he was at- tacked by the beasts. With nothing but an ax as a weapon he fought dearly for his life, and finally succeeded in dispatch- ing one of the animals, the other decamp- ing. gn the fight Moir was terribly lacerated on the head, shoulders and limbs by the claws and_teeth of the animals. His escape under the circumstances was all but miraculous. Bleeding externally and weak from loss of blood, he made his way to sErowlu, where he was carefully attended by friends, and he was brought to Kaslo to-day. for medical treatment. It took Moir six hours to travel the three miles, so nearly was he gone. Dr. G. Harlin said that with care he would prob- ably recover. : e Gaudar and Johnson Matched. VANCOUVER, B. C.,, May 21.—An agreement was signed here to-day by Gaudaur's representative to row R. M. Johnson for a Kurse of $2500 and the scull- ip of the world. The race will be rowed in Vancouver harl July 1 Rorgion —_———— TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS. LIVERPOOL—Arrived May Cymrt from New York. T = GENOA—Arrived May 2—Stmr Ems, from New York. QUEENSTOWN—Arrived May 2/—Stmr Cam- pania, from New York. LIVERPOOL—Salled May 21—Stmr Tauric, for New York. NAPLES—Arrived May 2/—Stmr Fuldag from New York. | IN A COAL MINE. Drive a Tunnel Into a Drift Filled With Water and Fail to Escape, POTTSVILLE, Pa., May 27.—A fright- ful mining casualty occurred to-day at the Kashu William colllery, near Middle- port, and six men were drowned by a | body of water breaking in from the “‘old working.” The victims were all Slavs. A tunnel was being driven through an bandoned vein. The men were workin i the tunnel. A large body of water had backed up in the old “working,” which the tunnel was designed to cut. The last shot fired burst open the seams, and through these the water suddenly poured. All_six were caught and drowned. The bodies of none of the victims have been recovered. ———— BENEFITS THE GRAIN. Fall of Rain Reported at Central Cali- fornia Points. SACRAMENTO, May 27.—Rain fell here most of the afternoon, but rather lightly. Like the preceding storm, it will greatly benefit late grain crops and small vege- tables. Ripe cherries will be injured, and some hay, but the latter will be more than offset by the benefit to alfalfa fields, where several crops are cut during the season. - STOCKTON, May 27.—The rainfall here to-day was light, but it was good for the country and did no harm in any direc- tion. With an occasional shower and continued cool weather consfderable grain is heading out well and crop gronpecu have been greatly improved. he crop will be light, but it has been increased by favorable weather. SAN JOSE, May 27.—There was a slight fall of rain here this afternoon. It was much heavier In the western foothills, where the best orchards are located. The effect, though slight, will be beneficial. SANTA ROSA, May 21.—Heavy show- ers have fallen throughout Sonoma Coun- ty, and will beneut the hay and grain crop. b Youth Accidentally Shot. PORTLAND, May 21.—While playing soldier this evening Herbert Ward, aged 15, accidentally shot and killed Lloyd Vaughan, age. 11, with a 22-caliber rflfe. ————————— “Remember the Heroines” is the sub- R:t of a strong article in to-day's Star. ad {t.” Sample coples free. . . . 000000000000000008 & WOULD EXPEL ° THE HERALD-CALL CORRESPONDENTS. Copyright, 155, b James Gordon Ben- nett. MADRID, May 27.—For the third time the influential morn- ing paper, the Imparcial, pays the Herald the compliment of calling for the expulsion of its correspondents from Spain. Its appeal states that particularly from Valencia and Cadiz the movements of ships and troops are telegraphed, which are bene- ficlal to the United States. From Madrid the same thing occurs, and it declares the Gov- ernment should expel those whose barbs are directed against the country which gives them her generous hospitality. 000CCCO0000CO00000C0000000 0000000000000 0000 BRITISH CONSUL BADLY BEATEN BY CHINESE. British Consula;e, Custom House and Two Stores Burned by Riot- ers at Sha-Shi. SEATTLE, Wash., May 27.—The steam- er Rio Jun Maru arrived here at W o’clock to-night, bringing meager news of an anti-European riot at Sha Shi, China, in_which the British Consulate, Custom House and the stores of Jar- ne, Mathieson & Co. and Butterfleld & Swire were destroyed by fire. The British Consul was severely beaten, and the Eu- ropean residents were forced to take ref- uge in the tea and silk hulks lying in the river. No one was killed. _Sha Shi is a large city on the Yangtse | Kiang River, about 600 miles from its| mouth. Tt is one of the ports that was| opened to foreigners after the Chinese- | will in all probability be adopted, the |are expected to tcuch at our port on | o Japanese war. The feeling against for- eigners is said to be still very bitter. The TROOPS TO BE PAID IN GOLD Get Their Stipend Each Month. Will COIN IS ALREADY SHIPPED PAYMASTERS TO GO WITH THE VOLUNTEERS. Responsible Financial Agency Will Be Established at Manila as Soon as Pose sible. Special Dispatch tc The Call. NEW YORK, May 27.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: The War Department has been negotiating with the ’acific Mail and Oriental Steamship Companies relative to the transportation of money for our troops from San Francisco to Manila via Hongkong and these companies have offered to transmit it at 14 per cent, giving ample assurances of indemnity from loss. ‘While it is probable that this method would be economical in comparison with the expense entailed by sending money by paymasters the latter meth- od is favored by the department and officers being sufficiently guarded. Pay- riot occurred on May_9, and the news of it reached Kobe on May 10, just before | the Rio Jun Maru left. Two British gunboats had been ordered | to Sha Shi from Hongkow, 100 miles down the river, and Consul Harven at Shang- hai had sent a gunboat from that point. They will restore order very quickly, as | Government paymasters because it will enable this e pect for them. | The Rio Jun also brought news that the | plague at Hongkong is making frightful | headway among the natives, large num- | bers of them dying daily. Several Euro- peans have died from the scourge. PERU MAY REGAIN THF CAPTURED PROVINCES. Colonel Durand of the Opinion That Chile Will Soon Return Them. Copyrighted, 153, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, May 27.—Colonel Augusto Durand, former President of the Chamber | of Deputies of Peru and commander-in- | chiet of the army which entered Lima in | March, 18%, causing the overthrow of | J:l'r\ 1ent ¢ eres and obringing General | Nicolas de Plerola to power,, s in this city, on his way to Europe via New Or- | leans and New York. In the latter city he will remain for a few days. Colonel | Durand is very popular in Peru, and is | £poken of as a candidate for next Presi- | dential term. | Speaking of the question of the captured | provinces of Tacna and Arica, Colonel | Durand said tn the protocoi signeda in Chile by Vice-President Billingshurst fa- | vors Peru and that the provinces will be | returned to Peru within a few months | after the plebiscite is taken. Colonel Du- rand assures me that $10,000,000 for in- | demnity has been already secured. Ac- companying Colonel Durand is Colonel Rauel Scamaroni, who goes as special military commissioner to Europe on the | part of the Peruvian Government. THREE BECORDS’BROKEN . Feats of Intercollegiate Athletes.at| Berkeley Oval. | NEW YORK, May 27.—Three new inter- collegiate records were established and one ecqualed to-day at Berkeley Oval, where the twenty-third annual meeting was begun. The first record broken was | the hammer throw, McCracken of Penn- sylvania sending his sixteen-pound ham- Woodruff, of the same university, by 13| feet 2 inches. Myers Prinztein of Syracuse and A. C. Kraenzlin of Pennsylvania both beat the | former record in the trials at the broad jump. The absence of W. J. Wefers of George- | town University was very much regret- ted. Wefers broke down in his training. In the half-mile bicycle trial heats E. S. Strong of Yale covered the distance in 1:06 2-5, equaling the intercollegiate rec- ord; but the time of the final, which was made by Ray Dawson of Columbia, was 1:12 2~ A bicycle record was broken and a new one established in the quarter-mile race by L. B. Dannemiller of Georgetown, who covered the distance in 31 2-5 seconds, which was 4-5ths of a second better thau the existing record. > FATAL CONFLAGRATION. One Man Killed and Damage Aggre- gating $400,000 Done. DALLAS, Tex., May 27.—Fire broke out this afternoon in the two-story brick building lately occupied by J. F. Zangs as a furniture store and quickly spread to the back end of Deprey’'s printing estab- lishment and Scott's furniture house. By 4 o'clock the fire had gutted the building where it originated, together with Dor- sey's establishment, Jehman's wholesale saddlery house, Shield’s paints and wall paper house, Mistrol's mammoth dry oods house and the New Home Sewing achine Company’s building. The Texas and Pacific general offices and freight sheds across the Texas and Paclfic tracks were_threatened with destruction, havin, Caught fire several times, but by b work were saved. The total loss is about $350,000 to $400,000, partially covered by in- surance. J. W. Cowan, a salesman for Shield & Co., lost his life in an_effort to save the books of his firm. The walls of the Dorséy building feil on him and crushed him to death. He was 25 years of age and married. % Edward Smith rushed to Cowan's rescue and was knocked senseless. Fireman Burns was severely injured, and City Electrician W. A. Fraser, who was hand- ling_a hose, had both wrists broken and his head badly cut. > ———— Killed by Falling Ore. JAMESTOWN, May 27.—Charles Scott, a miner, aged 45 years, and a brother of Sheriff Jay Scott of Fresno County, was killed yesterday while at work at the Kanaka mine near Groveland, Tuolumne County. He was a mill man and was standing near the wood chute when a piece of ore fell on him. It struck the side of his head and took the entire top of it away. ok Killed by the Oregon Express. AUBURN, May 27.—William B. Hunter, aged about 45, was killed by the Oregon express last night at Roseville Junction. He is believed to have been a harness. maker working at Marysville, A letter showed he hag a brother at Thompson- ville, Conn. e A For an Extradition Treaty. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, May 21.—The Her- ald’s correspondent in Rio Janeiro sends word that negotiations for an extradi- tion treaty between the United States and Brazil are practically ended. The pro: pects for early arrangements are good. Bt Casualty on a Napa Farm. NAPA, May 27.—Robert Hedley, a na- tive of Canada 53 years old, living on farm two miles west of Napa, was ruu over by a mowing machine yesterday, sustaining injuries from which death re- sulted early this morning. SR SR Bernabe Goes to Vienna. LONDON,, May 28—The Vienna corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Marquis de Hoyos, the Spanish Minister to Aus -Huxfi’;ry will be su led here by Senor Pol Be! e, late Span- ish ter to ucl‘l %nl States. masters accompanied the first troops for Manila, and the money then dis- ! patched is believed to be sufficient to cover a period of three mont favors transmission The by country to keep in confldential com- munication with Manila. The Bank of California has offered to serve the Government as financial agent at Manila, but as that city not in our possession nothing can be done in the matter at this time. It is stated that as soon as possible a re- sponsible financial agency will be es- tablished at Manila, but until abso- lutely safe all money will remain on board ship. Paymaster General Stanton said te- day that all payments would be made in gold, with silver as subsidiary coin, and soldiers can secure postal money orders and checks when they desire to gend money home. Payments will be made by paymasters in person to every man in the army and General Stanton has urged the President to appoint a sufficient force to enable him to pay soldiers at the end of every month. GENERAL CLEANING UP AT SKAGUAY All Dead Horses Have Been Buried— A Pure Water Supply Will Soon Be Had. | SEATTLE, Wash., May 26.—A week ago last Thursday the citizens of Skaguay closed up their places town a general cleaning up. dead horses which have been in the bot- tom of the river for the past year and were a menace to the health of the com- munity were taken out and buried. ‘Work has been commenced on the pack road from the summit of White Pass to Lake Bennett, the citizens contributing $3000 for that purpose. The Skaguay Water Company is laying pipes throughout the town and water will | be turned in on June 10. it s Pesia AN EX-OFFICIAL IS IN TROUBLE AT SKAGUAY John TU. Smith’s Conduct While United States Commissioner | NEUTRALITY IS IGNORED Dewey’s Glorious Victory Vigorously Celebrated at Honolulu. Committees Selected to Welcome the Boys in Blue While En Route to the Philippines. HONOLULU, May 21.—The war spirit | Advertiser. | \ It will be draf 3 | has captured Hawail. Honolulu has | Neumann. G by e }seldom seen such an enthusiastic gath- | | ering as that assembled in the Drill | Th‘ere have been some crushing de- ]f?ala by the Government in the Legis- | lature. The most important was on the of business and | went to work on the streets and gave the | All of the | | W. J. Maxwell and W. H. Hoogs. If the | artific: | Shed on the evening of the 18th. Amer- | Seymour cable. bi : fcan patriotism was rampant, and the | ana%:%:xg(};‘lbhru?:g S’i\‘[}};}s ::I'Stcfi 1]'uut | eagle of America screamed in harmony | Buage on both sides that the papers [ with the bold bird of Germany and the | Dave not published the discussion. Thae ir(m.r of the British lion, all in honor of | bill, amended out of all recognition by} L 5 ho | its framers, passed by a vote o | brave Dewey and the boys in biue Who | The Governments five Somatr wont 3 ver to the oppo i ;. | their way to the Philippines. | was ellcile(el 1§§2 S{Sfinp'rzsféegfd";-nfif | The American Minister and his Con- | out the cognizance of the Cabinet, had | sul-General let flow the floods of im- | informed certain Senators that he now | passioned patriotic oratory, untram. | favored the bill as amended. It was in | meled with diplomatic discretion, while vain that Ministers Damon and Smith | Hawail’'s Attorne. | pleaded for the honor of the country v-General forgot for | and the Ministry, anc e 3 | the nonce that he was the law adviser | nation and Mvited & direct ot ot s of the Government. It was throughout | sure instead of these constant defeats. the meeting the arder of the heart on | They merely appealed to bitterly pre- | fire and not the cool thought of the |Judiced ears and the vote came with head, that had full sway and control even more crushing effect than they . had anticipated. | But in place of “Semper Eadem, the | The Carter memorial fountain yote banner of our pride,” it was the glori- | was another one which was obtained ous stars and stripes that was waved | merely to strike another blow at the | over victorious Dewey and the sunken | Cabinet, and still more curious is the Maine. It was “Old Glory” and a “Holy | defeats of the President’s own land bill, | [ I a by hi g 2 "HolY | grawn by himself and promised a pas- | War.” Who cared for neutrality 1aws | sage on its introduction. Apparently it on that evening? We s'hari»d the bene- | now only requires that a measure shall fits and gifts of the United States in | be known as being favored by the ad- | time of peace and prosperity, and weak | ministration to cause its annihilation. and defenseless as we are, it was our | ;"9 &;re now asking ourselves what will | duty and right to cli s e the end of all this bickering? Will Y ght ling all the closer | 4} orn_out Cabinet some day sullenly to her in her hour of trial. The mouse | and suddenly resign? If so wio will be once saved the lion. All we had was | their successors? Men of position are | hers, and we would proclaim it in the | reluctant to join in governing a State face of the world, with or without the | unsettled politically as ours is almost Government’s permission. It required |0 the ‘eve (should annexatfon not promptly ensue) of an election the re- but little persuasion for the hot-heads | iy)t5 of which it is impossible for any to rally forth and hoist the flag, but | ljving man to predict. Ill health, too, Harold Sewall and W. O. Smith only | causes us to lose one of our most caps smiled grimly at the suggestion. | ble and honest legislators in the per- Oratorical torpedoes and dynamite | Son of Henry Waterhouse, who leaves phrases having been exploded to the | OUT shores for vyours in the hope of ear’s content, the meeting got down to recovering his health, shattered by leg- el islative duties. usiness, and a committee of nearly | Strange is the whirligig of time. Here 150 prominent men—Americans, Brit- | we have the very men who overthrew ishers, Germans and hybrids were ap- the monarchy for licensing the sale of pointed to make all necessary arrange- | opium boldly passing an act themselves ments to meet the troop ships and our | to license its sale. Our climate makes well-beloved Charleston, and to give |us inconsistent. We shall evidently get them such a reception and entertain- | the best of the bargain in annexation ment as will cause them Lo remember | for we shall have all the profits of the Hawail through the weary watches of | partnership and you all the expenses. the battle-field and long after the Angel | As has been anticipated in this cor- of Peace has wafted her wings over | respondence the bill repealing the in- their victorious arms. | iquitous labor contract law_ is quietly This general committee has been di- | dying in a committee of the House only vided into sub-committees, with the |to be brought forth at the very close following chairmen: George W. Smith, | of the session to be slaughtered. It has general chairman, with J. Walter Jones | been used for all that it was worth as | as secretary; Colonel J. H. Fisher, Sen- | an argument in the United States on ator Baldwin, Major George A. Ash- | behalf of annexation and is now dis- ley, Dr. Grossman, J. B. Atherton, Dr. | carded, like many others of the tricky es that have been brought into men are allowed to land, the executive | play. The probability is that there will is Being Investigated. SEATTLE, Wash., May 26.—The officers | on the steamer Cottage City, which ar-: rived in port this afternoon, report that two serious charges have been placed be- fore the Grand Jury at Sitka against John U. Smith, ex-United States Commissioner at Skaguay, for official acts. It is ex-| pected that true bills will be returned on | the representations. e CALIFORNIA RAISIN GROWERS. A State Assnciafim; -to Be Organized With Seven Trustees to Handle the Entire Crop. FRESNO, May 26—The convention of | raisin growers of Fresno, Kings, Madera | and Tulare counties was held here to-day. It was decided to form the California | Raisin Growers' Association, with seven trustees, who will handle the entire crop. Growers will pool their product, none of the raisine to be sold for less than 2% cents in sweatbox. Thompson seedless or seedless Sultanas are not to be sold for less than 3% cents per pound in the sweatbox, After considerable discussion, a form of contract was adopted, which growers will sign. A fine of $20 an acre will be imposed for violation of the con- tract by growers. A mass-meeting of raisin men will be held on Saturday to ratify the action of the convention. e Dawson Rate War. SEATTLE, May 27.—The Alaska Traflic Association, formed by the principal transportation companies engaged in northern business for the purpose of es- tablishing a $300 rate from Seattle to Dawson and to prevent rate-cutting, will soon be a thing of the past. To-day the rate was cut as low as §125 by a number of local companies. — - Brigham Young's Son Bankrupt. LONDON, May 2%.—In the bankruptey court to-day a recelving order was issued against J. W. Young, a son of the late Brigham Young. His liabilities are $1,669,400. ADVERTISEMENTS. America’s Greatest ine. It will Sharpen Your Appetite, | Purify and Vitalize Your Blood, Overcome That Tired Feeling. Get a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and begin to take it TODAY, and realize the great good it is sure to do you. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine, All druggists. | If they are condemned to grounds, the barracks and the Drill|be an extra session of the Legislature Shed, the public parks, the boat club | called to complete unfinished busines houses and other places will be placed | The Legislature has “generously | at their dispesal. They will be feasted | raised Princess Kalulani's allowance by and feted and the ladies’ committee will | $1000 a year without any apparent op- act as their hostesses and waitresses. | position, but has declined to raise the shipboard | salaries of the President or his Cabinet. all their wants will be attended to, and | a regatta arranged in their honor. The English-speaking races will com- bine in the demonstration, and our purses will be as open as our hearts. | We will forget politics, and for once be united in a bond of harmony, for- getful of the fact that we have a gov- ernment which may be embarrassed by our hearty hospitality. We shall ignore all laws but those of affection. We will hold the fort in loving civil rebellion and down the oligarchs by popular tyranny. The address of welcome is to be pre- pared by a committee consisting of| Hon. Albert Francis Judd, LL. D., the Chief Justice and Chancellor; Hon. Paul Neumann, Senator Cecil Brown, Captain W. A. Kinney and W. U. Arm- strong, ex-Minister and editor of the ADVERTISEMENT: Among interesting domestic legisla- tion are acts prohibiting the Chinese from sprinkling clothes with the mouth, to establish steam laundries and for rapid transit street railroads. The Call correspondent ascertained. from the Minister of Foreign Affairs this morning that he had not yet re- plied to the Japanese Government in reference to the arbitration convention and he added, “No one appears to ba extremely anxious to reopen the mat- ter.” He absolutely declined to state | whether or not President Dole had made any communication to the Gov- ernment of the United States in regard to these islands, but felt certain that if any communication had been sent it had beerr sent with the consent of the Cabinet—a diplomatic statement that can be vouched for at Washington. DECORATION DAY! We expect to close our place of business on Monday, May 30. Our many patrons are asked to place their orders as early to-day as is convenient. We have large shipping orders for Alaska, Japan and China to get out to-day, but will be pleased to serve all who come with the best the world has in it and at the right price. A few special bargains for quick sales. $1.00 Will Buy 5 Ibs Sample Tea, good grades, mixed. 51> tin guaranteed Baking Powder. 22 bars Babbitt's Soap. 100-™> bag our fancy Snowdrop Salt. 3 Ibs Lion brand Roast Coffee. 15 s Cocoa Shells, make a good dri~™ 1 box good 10-ounce Candles. 1 kit Sardines, Anchovies or Salmom 21 packages goo? ~ornstarch. 40 s fine Laundry Starch. 7 2-bit jars Jam or Jelly. § cans of Oysters, 2-bit kind 25 yards fine style Calico. 20 yards fine Scotch Plaid. 10 large Turkish Towels. 1 pair Men’s or Boys' Button Shoes. 1 pair Ladies’ fine Button Shees. 1 pair Ladies’ fine Chocolate Oxfords. 10 pairs Ladies’ Hose, assorted. 25 Cents Will Buy 2 ms No. 1 Fresh Cocoanut, bulk. 1 large bar Flannel White Soap, home made. 5 bottles French Mustard in ofl. 3§ cans fine Baltimore Oysters, 1 b 1 I of very good Tea, family use. 1 1 superfor Ground Chos 5 1bs best mixed Bird Seed. 1 box_choice fresh Macaront. 7 s Taploca or Sago. 2 s good sound Green Coffee. 8 s bulk Laundry Starch. 1 pair Girl's Low Shoes, 2%, 3, 8%, 1 pair Infant's Fancy Shoes. 5 pairs Little Gray Stockings. 5 Undershirts for infants, 1 year. 5 elegant Harmonlicas, 15¢ kind. 50 Cents Will Buy 55 Candles, 10-ounce, Electrio or Standard. te. 1 m whole Nutmeg. 2 4% s Tea Siftings, uncolored or. n Japan. | 14 aite Chilee: oes, Satoxtad 5 tancy Table Dishes, filled with Mustard. Piis Ay 1-gallon tin Rock Candy Drips. 1 Blevele Carrier, reduced from 52 50. 1 Army Knapsack and Haversack. 30 Ladies’ and Children's Handkerchiefs. $1 goes a long way for cash. iITH ‘We deliver goods anywhere in town promptly. ‘We deliver same day In towns across the bay. ‘We pack safely and guarantee safe carriage. We make a great point of keeping best 00ds. ‘We want to please buyers of all lines. We evoect you to buy for your wants, not more. ‘We understand packing for Alaska or foreign trade. All car lines bring you here for a single fare. 95-27 MARKET STREET. S. F. BY HAWAII" '