The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1898, Page 2

o b} THE SA TUESDA OCTOBER 4, 1898 TWO BATTLES IN THE PHILIPPINES Governor Rios Reports Victories. INSURGENT ATTACK REPULSED THIRTY-ONE NATIVES SLAIN AT BASAN. Ships of Rear Admiral Dewey’s : Fleet Being Scraped and | Put in Repair at Hongkong. Special Dispatch to The Call. TURKEY WILL BE BROUGHT TO TIME Decision Reached by the President. B Says He Is Com CLAIMS MUST BE SETTLED FURTHER DELAY WILL NOT BE ADRID, Oct. 3.—General Rios, Gov ands, repor defeat of the nts. The h Volunteers, he says, also repulsed an insurgent at- on the town of Basan and killed ne of the attacking force. ASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The follow- spatches have been received at Span tack Adjutant General, Scandia arrived to- Pri f rought_here. | Commanding. Adjutant General, d hs among the s during July, Au- r were 4 oflicers and § 2 officers and 50 whom 1 officer and 16 en- ed in action, whi ths for Septe mber, ellaneo Charleston arrived at Hongkong jay from Manila. Like the Bo h, she will take her pl will be put in the best 1l all of the remaining quadron. The American au- ed all the school » instructions of ols have abeen nder of Manila to Americ CHAPLAIN M'INTYRE PLEADS IRRESPONSIBILITY | Does Not Deny His Lecture, but| Claims He Was Under Men- | tal Collapse. S p Oregon for brother offi- in a lecture de-| ust 8, the chap- \d in his own de- s intended to e sibility for his a straight- : manner, he Oregon’s wonderful around _Cape : ' extremes of heat of the nervous dread of meet- the excitement | at battle of collapse on cigco repe: usenting finaily be of benefit in a financlal w Christian Assoclation, of the whirling audience and rninz when he t of what he had nial of the reports, remember his he intended | g to receive told how before the next will rest its upon Chap- taken just | AT ANGELS CAMP Frank D. Ryan, John F. Davis and Judson Brusie the Speakers to-nigh After a brief address music and oratory setting forth the principles of the Repub- lican platfor lexander Brown of Mil- introduced Frank D. nyan of Sacra- . Republican nominee for Congress 5 Mr. Rvan spoke for , denouncing the Demo- cratic p ‘an. Maguire and his poii- tical record | He was followed by John F. Davis of Jackson, who at onc launched out on a & ing speech ¢ corporations, trusts, the Democratic and s nom- for Governor. D :"his speech he fitfing tribute to the McKinley ad- on and anner in which the late war was prosecu Judson Brusie of Sac ive minutes, d - paid a b to the volunte: during the battles of Sa nila. He then proceeded with a actical talk on the issues of the npaign and held the audience with interesting facts as to why this should be a Republican year. The Democratic Jlatform met with a scathing rebuke at ento spoke for ing tribu bravene and M hands, and Maguire was handled without gloves. | After three rousing cheers for McKin- ley, Gage and Neff and the Republican | cause the large assemblage adjourned. ‘ TIDAL WAVE SWEPT 1 OVER BRUNSWICK The Georgia Town Flooded During the Tropical Hurricane on Sunday. | SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 3.—A Brunswick, Ga., special to the Morning News say: that during the tropical hurricane of Sun- | ve was driven in from the | for an average depth :t, practically every business | d warehouse the city. Con- ative estimates place the Dproperty | loss at half a million dollars. In the res dence section of the city the water was | from two to eight feet deep. There was | a full sweep of wind and water from the ocean into and across the cit Two fatalities in Brunswick and one a few miles out of the city have been re- | ported. Five vessels were ashore in Brunswick | harbor, two being the Norwegian barks | Record and Loui one an American | | | schooner and two valuable pilot boats. Several fronts of brick buildings were | n partly out and the through in torren: rain poured | Highwayman Sentenced. SACRAM —Judge Hart of | the Superior Court to-day sentenced Karl | Rolf to twenty-five years' imprisonment | in the penitentiary at Folsom. Rolf and three companions a month ago robbed two Japanese on the highway near Brighton. After his arrest he made a confession. Two of Wis companions escaped from the County Jail last weel. Thrown From His Wagon. GUERNEVILLE, Oct. 3.—Crockett D. Yarbough, a resident of Sonoma County for the past thirty-cight years. was thrown from his wagon an 1 y killed yesterday. s e yAngell, disavowed its liability on the | though the boundary is under discussion.” PERMITTED. * NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—James J. % in unmistakable terms that he would not meet “Kid” McCoy on Oc- = # tober 15. The tenor of his conversation was that he was highly dis- s, = % gruntled over the treatment he received at the hands of those from Instructions to Be Sent to United| i \hom he should have been abie to expect better things. States Minister Straus Will # pressed it as his intention to quit and make a trip to San Francisco, Be Very Peremptor: # where he would be able to get fair play. in Tone. * In addition to Corbett’s statement that he would not meet Mc- # Coy, he volunteered to advise the public that it had better not pa- —— ¥ tronize the advertised contest, for it would be disappointed. % that those who attended the affair would not see a fight. Special Dispatch to The Call. * “Why should this ‘Kid’ dictate to me s i 8 % have been on top for years and now McCoy steps forth and attempts sraphs: Turkey is to be called upon to | :* it e indemnify missionaries for | CORBETT WILL NOT FIGHT ON cisco, Where He Is Assured of Fair Play. FIFTEENTH ing to San Fran- Corbett was seen to-day and said He ex- He sald said the ex-champion. “I H kR K K K K K K Kk kR % ERE R T ined by their persons | result of riots during | the past three This the de- cision of the President aff a careful | consideration of the matter with Secre- tary Hay. The Turkish Government would pay none of the claims flled against it by | foreign governments for injuries sus- | tained by their citizens during the riots | which occurred in Armenia, and \\‘hpn, ressed for a specific answer by Dr. % 7 S t e Judge Maguire Speaks ground that every effort had been made | : by Turkish officials to protect life and at Madera. property. The reply was of such char- acter as to strongly indicate that the Porte had no intention of satisfying the «:"lflims, because it did not consider them ust. Secretary Hay while on the way to the United States from England, dis- cussed the justice of the claims with damages sus and prope! MUGHT TO SN OF SINGLE TAX ASSAILS GENERAL BARNES MAKES NO REPLY TO MR. GAGE’S Dr. Angell, who had just returned from | the dutles of Minister at Constantino- | A EGUMENTS ple. Secretary Hay also had a confer-| ____ E5 ence with Minister Straus, who suc- ceeded Dr. Angell. immediately upon | 3 i his arrival in Washington. He dis- | Attempts to Explain His Action in cu the claims with the President| Opposing the Providing of and it was concluded that Turkey was liable for damag Revenues to Defray “The issue *has come,” said an ad- War Expenses. m tration official with whom 1 talked 'Turkt-,«' has disavowed liabil- e ity for damages' sustained by American citizens. The United States holds that the Porte is directly responsible on the | grounds that its officials connived at or | permitted outrages which are said to have injured Americans and American It will now depend upon the t and Cabinet to determine Special Dispatch to The Call. MADERA, Oct. 3.—James G. Maguire arrived here on the 4:30 train from San Francisco this evening and deliv- ered a campaign speech to an enthusi- astic audience at Athletic Hall. His arrival at the depot was greeted by the mand.” I learned this afternoon that an in- | firing of an artillery salute and struction is ared at the State | cheers for the “Little Giant.” A com- rtment ance of the Sec- | mittee of Democrats, Populists and ry which will be sent to Minister s at once, and which will require Turkey to mal ttlement or at least s n having ulti- mate settlement W. It is not known whether the President would go as far as the last administration did in preparing plans for making a naval demonstration in Turkish waters. E The President, however, feels that the | matter is one which cannot be post- poned much longer and the instructions | which will be sent to Minister Straws | will be very peremptory in tone. PATTERNED AFTER THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Proposed Form of Government for Silver Republicans was on hand to wel- come him and escort him to his quar- ters at the Yosemite Hotel, where many of the war horses of the three parties had gathered to grasp the hand of the sipgle taxer. After dinner the reception was renewed in the hotel parlors. The notes from the Madera brass band were the signal later in the even- ing for the gathering of a crowd at the hall where the speaking took place.,| The audience was composed of all classes and parties. Judge W. M. Con- ley acted as chalrman of the meeting, and introduced Judge Maguire. Mr. Maguire was listened to atten- tively while he spoke at length on the leading issues of the campaign. He Hawaii That Meets .7ith refrained from referring to his esteem- Much Favor. | ed opponent, but arraigned General S i Barnes as the ablest attorney of the AGO, Oc R v News Wash- | Southern Pacific Railroad Company ington spe ¥ Hawail is to have a | and accused him of having written and overnment patterned after that of the | delivered the address containing the District of C¢ 1, if reports are true. | keynote of the Republican party in The system he s devised by Senator | this campaign. He denled that the late W. P. White of Maryland and 15 satisfac- | war was a Republican war—neither D et e v,.réfli-fil‘r;mf of | was 1t Democratic, Populist nor Silver Republican war, but an American war. After speaking briefly on the general principles for which the fusion ticket stands, he spoke at great length on the Pacific Railroad question, much of “home rule” on the part of a minority here. he general Government assumes one-half of the taxes. The District of Columba is the ward of | the Government, just as the Hawaflan | lands now so the proposition to n the e R aine | which was too deep for the audience. p . . with much | He explained the reason for Demo- ! id ; ¢ Js It will receivo) cratic opposition in Congress to the anction of Congress. The establish- | war revenue measures, saying that ment of this system for the Hawallan Isl- | thay i iy Wi avold all the embarrassments | heY were resisted only when they ands will ki were colored with partisan or special and complications which it 1is feared suld result from a territorial form of | rights, and that the war tax was an government including even a modified suf- | unjust tax because three-fourths of the frage. burden fell to the lot of the.poor man WBRIDE NO MATCH ‘ FOR TOMMY WHITE NEW YORK, Oct. and not to the rich, where it belonged. The candidate spoke two.and a half hours, at the close of which a general handshaking was participated in by those of the audience who desired to meet the Judge. 3~Tommy White of | Chicago and Danny McBride of New York | =2 S met to-night at the Greatér New York | Valuable Horses Cremated. Athletic Club for a twenty-five round bout | SAN JOSE, Oct. 3—The large barn with to decide the 1%-pound championship, but | Stalls and sheds at the Agnew Stock the fight lasted a little less than one- | Farm on the Monterey road, a few miles B ter White | South of this city, was destroyed by fire being the winner by long odd | thisforenoon. Seven valuable horses were White's reach was a big advantage to | burned, together with 60 tons of hay. Loss , insurance $4000. The ire is supposed | to have been caused by tramps dropping | lighted matches or clgarettes. - him, and from the first round it was ap- arent that he would get all the money. McBride was game to the core, but he was outd assed. In the sixth round Mc- i 3ride was sent to the floor three times in mith Scores a Knockout. quick succession with heavy right swings BN 5 Z 95 the Jaw. and the referee ‘merotrully | SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 3.—*Mysterlous” stopped the bout then and there, In order | Billy Smith, the world’s champlon welter to prevent Danny’s being knocked out and | weight, administered to ‘Jimmy” Judge, probably seriously injured. | the Scranton claimant, his first defeat to- o night. Smith had thé better of it from the start, and delivered a knock-out chop CESSION OF ALASKAN |on the jaw just fourteen scconds before LAND;@T PROPOSED;"‘G gong would have sounded on the twentleth and last round. No Foundation for the Report ’I’hat}v Territory Was to Be Trans- ; The summer logging camp ordingrily ferred to Canada. |18 not a plcturesque place. It is built B - :.] 2.1 | beside the railrcad, in order that sup- NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—The following was | plies need not be carried far by hand received from the Herald's Quebec cor-|or by “dray,” and whatever beauty It A LOGGING CAMP. respondent early this morning relative to | hag is gained from its environment of | the reported intention of American Com- | heavy for D Mlohers o /eeno s athip nf Ainekensmetl |Lsevy. LOTest iThe verique bulQimEs, 30 Caraia: jor ‘“shanties,” as they are always “I can positively deny that any agree- | alled, are clustered in a compact littie ment has been arrived at or even nomin- | Village. Nearest the railway—it may ally proposed. Canada has not the power | be—is the “cock’s shanty”; next it, per- to gl “1’ nn.\*}t}?int:flln I\e“'(lluu;lldlind and | haps, is the “men’'s shanty,” or sleeping controls nothing there, and the American | o 5 i <8l | quarters of the crew; near them, again, Commissioners have not beenmu);\e](;mr“: iis the office, where the camp accounts are kept and where the foreman and scaler sleep. The barn, or “hovel,” is e ] MIDROAD NOMINEES. at the end of the camp, with the gran- e ary beside it. The blacksmith's shop 5 | and the workbench of the “handy man” hots F“!“;n:‘;p:]g::kezf S | are near by. The “root cellar,” which is | both pantry and cold storage room, is DENVER, Oct. 3—The State convention | built where the cook and his assistants of the middle-of-the-road Populists to-day | have ready access to it. nominated the following ticket: | The cook’s shanty is the dining-room For Governor—Simon Guggenheim of Denver, | 8 well as kitchen, while the office is oFor Lieutenant Governor—Francis. Carney ot | also a storehouse, from which the tim- uray. | ber-jacks can obtain tobaccc and such For Treasurer—George H. Harvey of Denver, | S E ezt e principal articles of clothing as they pEor Secretary of State—Eimer Beckwith of | paUC R0 #TAT % oniet bullaings are ;"or I:Illflllbr—ctfifle 1“: 3; omhe,h i long and low, made of rough boards or For Attorney General—E. H. Campbell. | logs, and roofed with sheeting and tar s SRR dent o Public fastriction— | papcr. The sleeplng bunka in the men's Tor Regents of the State University—B, . | Shanty are bullt along the sides of the Richards, Bishop Woiff and Mrs. A. R. Lyon. | cabin in a tier two deep; this shanty is Rev. Myron W. Reed was nominated for | the loggers’ rendezvous on cold even- Congress from the First District. ings, and in it the smell of strong to- mg!n_Tterllle_erSts?lt:erug(eetub(l)l\ggenheh};‘.d the | bacco smoke constantly lingers. Such and_Carney, Beckuith, Comynell aud| D & summer logging camp, ‘and, Fough Richards, Populists on fhe fusion ticket, | 14 cFude as it may seem, it Is no bad are indorsed. * | home for men toughened by hard out- D — door labor.—Lippincott’s Magazine. To Cure a Coid in One Day R DT ; Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An | [Eight churches have stood on the site drugglsts refund the money If it falls to cure. | Of St. Paul's Cathedral {n London.. The 2e. The genuine has L. D. Q. on each tablet. | first one was built in the year 223. any concession of territory REDSKINS ARE MOST DEFIANT Trouble in Minnesota Over an Arrest. PRISONER SAVED BY BRAVES | TROOPS AND FEDERAL MAR- SHAL WILL TAKE .. HAND. Pillagers Continue to Hold War| Dances and a Hammer and Tongs Fight Is Predicted. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON,Oct. 2.—The follow- ing telegram from Indian Agent Suth- erland at the scene of the threatened | trouble with the Indians in Minnesota was received to-day at the Interior De- partment: WALKER, Minn., Oct. 1.—Upon further investigation, I find the trouble with the Indlans_was caused by a Deputy United | States Marshal arresting an Indian on a | warrant. He was overpowered by the In- | dians and the prisoner was taken away | from him and the Indian police. Rescu- ers declare they will not be arrested. In-| spector Tinker and myself doing all in | our power to induce them to surrender. { United States Marshal and troops are here. SUTHERLAND. This dispatch though dated Saturday | is the latest information about the af-| fair in the possession of the Washing- ton authorities. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 3.—The Jour- nal’s Walketf Minn., special says: Ac- | cording to information from Indian sources there will not be a representa- | tive gathering of the Pillager Indians | at the council called to-day. The run-| ners sent out to invite the malcontents to the council have returned and report that there would be some Pillagers in the council, but that the men who have | agreed to come are by no means rep- | resentative of the tribe. If the council | does_not prove fairly representative, | the Federal officials will refuse to hold | it and will take measures for the im- | mediate invasion of Bear Island. | The situation at the island is not im- | proved. All last night the Indians were | | dancing and holding high jinks. The | patience of the officers is exhausted, | and preparations are being made for a | hammer-and-tongs fight. LUXURY IN SIBERIA. The new Stberian train which was re- cently sent to_St. Petersburg for the ap. proval of M. Khilkow, Minister of Way: | and Communications, returned yesterday to Moscow, after being personaliy in- | spected by the Czar. This is the second traln_specially built for the quick service on the Great Siberian Railway. Tt is, | First Battalion of Immunes, postponing says the Moscow correspondent of the | Standard, an improvement on the first specially built train, which was a marvel to Russians. The new traln consists of | five coaches, two for second class and | one for first class passengers; the others | are a dining and a baggage car. The construction Is of the newest design, and | the train runs with great smoothness. Besides the comforts of a bathroom, with | | gymnastic apparatus, a library of books in several languages, a piano and selec- | tion of music, maps, guide books, albums | of views, an ice cellar, and an arrange- ment for boiling water in three minutes by means of steam, which were found on | the first train, the new one is fitted with | plates which indicate the next stopping | station, and, if the stoppage be over five | minutes, also how long the train stops. All the windows are protected from the dust and wind by external plate-glass guards; the last coach is arranged to | serve as an ‘“observation car,” showing three views of the country traversed. A statfonary bicycle, with arrangements for measuring in minutes and kllometers the amount of work done; a barber, who is qualified to give medical assistance, and a_superintendent who speaks Rus- sian, French, German and English, are among the other conveniences to comfort of traveling now provided. The train will be lighted inside and out by electricity, and electric cigar lighters find a place In the dining car. A laboratory has been fitted in the second class car, so as to be wvaflable for the enthusiastic photo- grapher to change plates and develop in during the journey. Electric bells and| portable electric reading lamps are in | each compartment. The kitchen is in-| tended to furnish a hot dinner for a max- | | imum of sixty people. Paper and envel- opes are to be supplied gratis at the buf- | fet, where hot and ecold drinks of all | kinds are to be had; there is no charge for the barber, but two rubles is the price for a bath, for which three hours’ notice beforehand must be given. ——————— NEWFOUNDLAND'S NEW STAMPS. The Princess of Wales has had a sin- gular distinction patd her by England’s | oldest colony. On the first day of this month Newfoundland issued a new three cent stamp, which bears the effigy of her Royal Highness. Messrs. Whitfield, King & Co., the well-known importers of stamps, Ipswich, obligingly sent us a specimen of it. The likeness is unmis- takable, and as it is the first time the Princess of Wales has been portrayed on a postage stamp, every collector in the British Empire must secure this addi- tion for his album. It is the third of a| series of royal portraits to appear on the stamps of Newfoundland. The first two, the one cent stamp with her Majesty’'s portrait, and the two cent stamp with that of the Prince of Wales. were issued in November last. The next wili be a half-cent stamp with Prince Edward of York, and about the end of this year or the beginning of next a five cent stamp will appear with the Duke of York's portrait.—London Chronicle. —_————— Archdeacon Brady, chaplain of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, now at Camp Thomas, has in two cases mar- tied by letter soldiers in camp to their sweethearts left at home. All the ques- tions were asked and answered by mail, and the whole thing was legally done. GENERAL GARCIA GETS A NEW J0B Employed by the Ameri- can Administration. TO DISARM THE INSURGENTS THE REBELS CAUSE DISORDERS NEAR MANZANILLO. Colonel Ray Sent Out With In- structions to Severely Punish the Plunderers of Plantations. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18% by James Gor- don Bennett. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct: 8.—I learn on good authority that General Calixto Garcia has accepted a position with the American administration, as I predicted in my dispatches last Fri- day. General Garcia is to receive $500 a month and all expenses. He will act as commissioner to go through the coun- try and conduct negotiations with the Cuban army with a view to its dis- banding. He will start in a few days, and will be gone on his trip three or four weeks. He will be accompanied by his son, Colonel Carlos Garcia, and by a few of his officers. On his return he will go to the United States with General Wood to confer with the authorities in Washington. In consequence of serious disorders, due to insurgents in the vicinity of Manzanillo, General Lawton is dis- patching thither the steamer Reina de Los Angeles, with one battalion of four companies from the Third Immunes under Colonel Ray. General Wood had planned to sail with General Castillo to-morrow on a mission of organization to the coast towns, but now he will probably go with Colonel Ray and the his trip along the coast. He will make an inquiry into the charges against Cu- bans and endeavor to relieve the deli- cate situation at Manzanillo. Cubans, as I have already cabled, have plundered sugar estates and have committed such depredations that it be- came necessary for the planters to ap- peal to General Lawton for protection. Colonel Ray’s instructions are to deal with the offenders with the utmost se- verity, putting down lawlessness with a firm hand. He has full power to act in a summary manner and to order that the death penalty be meted out for theft or attempted violence. A PARADISE FOR WAITERS. This_question has just been decided ir the affirmative by the higher court at Vi- enna, which not only confirmed the judg- ment of the lower court in a curlous ac- tion referred to it, but also asserted the right of a hotel servant to retain passen- gers' luggage In case a sufficlent gratuity is not forthcoming. The suit, which proved again the ‘law’s delay,” arose out of a dispute, in August of 1898, between a gentleman who had passed a considerable time at a summer resort and a hotel porter. A Mr. D., who, with his family, had stayed for thirt: eight days at the hotel, presented the ser- vant who brought the luggage to the sta- tion with a pourboire of 6 florins, about 10 shillings. This the man emphatically de- clined to accept, demanding instead 10 florins. On the departing guest declining to give that amount, the servant refused to part with the visitor's luggage, which, after a scuffle, he carried back to the h tel and deposited with the manager. Mr. D. then brought, through the Public Pros- ecutor, a charge of extortion against the servant, accompanied with threats and injury to property. The lower court acquitted the servant on all the counts when the case was brought before it in March, 1887. Then the suit was carried to the higher court, which confirmed the previous decision. The charges of threats and injury to property the court considered unproved, and declared that the servant, who re- ceived no wages, was thrown for his sub- sistence upon the fil*nerofil(y of the visit- ors; that of this Mr. D. was aware; and that persenal service for thirty-eight days, according to the local usage, at 10 kreuzers a day, amounted to at least 12 florins, to which the man had a legal claim? and that he was quite within his rights in retalning the luggage to secure himself from pecuniary loss. The custom of feeing everywhere and everybody is so general in Austria that the only surprising part of the affalr is that any one had the courage to resist the “Jocal usage.” Cabmen, conductors, ser- vants, porters, guards, waiters, all expect gratuities as a right, and this tax is a considerable drain on a small income in Austria. The astonished foreigner soon vields to the inevitable, and regularly provides himself with a sufficient number of small coins to cairy him serenely and comfortably through the day, at the same time inwardly regretting that Austrian traditions do not allow all charges in- curred to be entered in the bill.—London Telegraph. —_——————— DEPOPULATION IN FRANCE. The returns of the census for Frarce which was taken on March 29, 1897, have now been published and compared with the statistics of the previous census, which was taken six years before—on the 12th of April, 1891. A year ago the number of people in France was 38,228,969, and at the 1891 census it was 38,085,150, so that in the six years the population of France had only Increased by 133,819 persons. And even this trifiing increase is more appa: ent than real, for it has taken tirely in the large towns, and is due to the influx of foreigners, such as Belgians and Italians, who are to be found in increas- ing numbers among the urban populations of France. In only twenty-four depart- | give herself out for a widow. | the other case is still harder. ments is there any increase; in sixty-three departments there is a positive falling off, and this is more specially marked in_the rural communes. Even more than in Eng- land does the population flock from the country to the town, and vet we are-al- ways hearing of the perfect nature of the French agrarian laws and of the advan- tages of small holdings. The fact {s that small holdings tend to keep down the rural Eopu)ntlon. for the subdivision of flelds has now got to such a pitch that any family at all often means starvation to a man and wife. = For years past the French population has only been kept from showing an absolute décrease by the influx of foreign workmen Into the great towns, and yet the French allow the folly of the Colonial party to drag them into ridiculous enterprises abroad for the benefit of a few greedy officlals and func- tionaries. A nation with a_decreasin population can never hold colonfes, an the French may rest assured that sooner or later fheir colonies will go the way of those possessed by the sister nation, Spain.—London Globe. e —— PRIME MINISTERS OF THE CEN- TURY. There have been nineteen Prime Min- isters of Britain in the present century. Of these only two are now living—Lord Salisbury, who is 68, and Lord Rose- bery, who is 51. Six Prime Ministers, including Mr. Gladstone, have attained 80 years. Lord Sidmouth died at 87, the Duke of Wellington at 83, Ear] Grey and Lord Palmerston at 8% and Earl Russell at 86. Four died in the 70s, the Duke of Portland at 71, Lord Ripon at 77, Lord Aberdeen and Lord Beacons- fleld at 76. Three in the 60s, Lord Gren- ville at 66, Sir Robert Peel at 62 and Lord Derby at 69. Three in the 508, Mr. Percival at 58, Lord Liverpcol at 58 and Mr. Canning at 57; and one in the 40s, Mr. Pitt at 47.—London Tid Bits. ELECTRICITY IN BUENOS AYRES. There are in tne province of Buenos Ayres 15 electric light stations, which are equipped with 25 engines with a capacit; og d’zg horsepower, the capital repr‘ésem’I ed being $3,116,420. SOCIAL SAN JOSE | GIVEN A SHOCK Bennett and Wife Separate. ® Dr. WEDDED BUT FOUR MONTHS THEIR MARRIAGE CONSIDERED | AN ELOPEMENT. | | Soon Find That They Cannot Agree, | and the Young Bride Returns to the Home of Her Mother. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 3.—Several months | ago San Jose society was shocked by an announcement in the papers of lhei marriage of Doris Cambers to Dr. A.| G. Bennett, both prominent young peo- | ple. These same circles were again | surprised this morning by an advertise- ment in a morning paper stating that | the doctor would not be responsible for any debts incurred by his wife, as she had left his bed and board. Dr. Ben- | nett and his wife have been married ony four months, and the separation, coming so soon, is causing & great amount of talk. Dr. Bennett is a very popular young man. He is a prominent worker 1n the First M. E. Church and no small fac- tor in politics. His marriage to Miss Cambers was rather sensational and in the nature of an elopement. The young dentist had been engaged to a Miss Northup for several years, and their approaching marriage was known to every member of their church. When he returned from a short trip to San Francisco with Miss Cambers as his bride the church members were shocked. Bennett was ostracized. and for a time his business was boycotted. This situation was just being smoothed over when the last surprise came. Bennett’s mother objected to his marrying, and it is sald, never received her daughter-in-law as a loving mother should. Besides, both young people had minds of their own and disagreed almost from the time of their marriage. Estrangement soon sprang up which culminated a few days ago in the young wife returning to her mother’s home. It is sald the divorce court will now be resorted to. MARRIED IN GET FRANCE. The Temps, which is not always seri- ous, has got two beautiful stories to illustrate the difficulties of getting HARD TO married in France. A gentleman ar- rived with his bride-elect to undergo the civil ceremony. “Where,” asked the official, “is the certificate of your father's demise?”’ “My dear sir,” re- plied the bridegroom, ‘“there is my father, alive and well.” “But.? 're- torted the other, “your mother is dead, and she is returned in the lists as a widow.” The bridegroom explained delicately that his mother had run away from his father, and preferred to “But,” he said, desperately, “my father is cer- tainly alive.” ‘‘He has no right to be. Officially he is dead. I cannot marry you without a certificate of his de- mise.” Hard enough, one thinks. But It hap- pened in Cayenne, where two convicts, employed as servants by the Governor, got leave to marry. They went to the mairie, and the lady was asked if she was a spinster or a widow. “Widow,” she said. “Well,” said the official, “but I have not the certificate of your first husband’s death.” “Really,” said the bride, “I thought it was not needed.” “Why, it is an indispensable docu- ment.” The lady smiled, and referred him to the record of her conviction. “You will perceive, sir, that I was sen- tenced for life for having poisoned my husband!” That would seem_to be sufficient, in all conscience. Yet, as a matter of fact, their married happi- ness had to be postponed till the acte de deces could arrive from Paris.—Pall Mall Gazette. ———————— NEW YORK'S DEAD. The dead of London require an annual waste of twenty-three acres of valuable ground. If 400 corpses are crowded into $he space of one acre, the limit in the case of the most populated graveyards, and if we accept the present rate of mor- tality, 20 per 1000 inhabitants, as the standard, New York, with a population of 3, 500,000, would have to provide room for 70,000 corpses, and would require an- nually seventeen and a half acres to bury them in. Unless the custom is changed the available room in the vi- cinity of all large cities will gradually be absorbed by the remains of the dead. In considering the welfare of individ- uals, the expenditure of one may benefit another, but citizens should be treated on equal terms. With the one exception of Greenwood, all cemeteries used in the neighborhood of New York are either poorly managed by churches or admin- ADVERTISEMENTS. Absolute purity is the chief ornament of this fame-crowned beer. REWING CO. Louis Cahen & Son, Wholesale Dealers, 416-418 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. 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STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— LONDON ASSURANGE CORPORATION F LONDON, ENGLAND, ON THE ST day of December, A. D. 189, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the In- surance Commissioner of the State of Call- fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. ASSETS. Loans on bonds and.mortgages. Cash market value of all stocks stocks and loans . 588959 Premiums in due course of collection 208,96 63 Bills recelvable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risks.. . 13268 Due from other companles for rein- surance on losses already pald 24 01 Cash in hands of special agents. 3 80 Total .assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpald.......... $18,678 44 Losses in process of adjustment or In suspense .. T s T2 Losses resisted, including expenses.. 10,890 50 Gross premiums on fire sks run- Ting ona year or less, $608,283 76: reinsurance 50 per cent T 304,41 58 Gross premiums on fire risks run- > ning more than one year, $578,- 706 47; reinsurance pro rata. 66,443 49 Amount reclaimable by the insured on perpetual fire Insurance policies 18 Gross premiums on marine time Tiaks; reinsurance §0 per cent. 5,088 13 All other demands agafnst the Total Uabilities eeeees.$1,011,109 17 INCOME. Net cash actually Teceived for fire premiums > seo1,5%0 69 Net cash act rine premiums . Y smus: Received for inte ‘mortgages . T imsie Recelved for interest and” dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from = all other SOUTCeS...... 76,19 23 Total income EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses Net amount paid for marine 1 Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage .. seen ... 190,669 51 Pald for salarfes, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 101,538 14 Pald for State, national and local taxes ... 21,735 17 All other payments and expenditures 91,029 74 . —_ Total expenditures ................51,056.672 99 Fire. Losses incurred during the vear...... $405,378 24 Risks and Premiums. |FireRisks.|Premiums, Net amount of risks writ-| ten during the vear.... Net amount of risks ex- pired during the year.. Net amount in forée De-| $125,779,063(51,091.59 80 185,726,123/ 1,129,602 79 cember 31, 1897.....ceen 167,763,205] 1,487,178 23° Marine 5 Risks and Premfums. | Risks. |Premiums. Netamountof risks writ-| | o ten during the vear....| $105,060,639| $436, Net amount of risks ex-| sl pires uring the year.. ,703, 658 Net amount in force De-| e dhioiag cember 31, 189T.......... 3.243.457 35,088 75 CHARLES L. CASE, Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before day of January, 1898 I S Jeh, EMIL FRENKEL, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTHE 221 SANSOME ST., SAN FRANCISCO. GEO. F. GRANT, Manager.