The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 1, 1899, Page 5

SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1899. -3 MILES HA PLENTY OF TESTIMONY He Says Now He Can Prove That the Beef Was Emba Imed. *“Canned Roast Beef”’ the Refuse Left After the Juices Had Been Bo iled Out. Special Dispatch to The Cl.ll.‘ NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—General Nel- son A. Miles gave out a statement 10-1 night, after denying several published | in ews attributed to him. He pre-| faced his statement by saying: 0000000000000 0000 w “I have been most freely quot- ed without authority from me or without any utterance on my part. It has been a source of great annoyance to me.” 2000000 cooccoe et r e+ 44+ 0000000000000 0000 His statement is as follows: “On the| of last September I issued an or- der to regimental commanders to report | to me concerning the beef which had been issued to their men. At the time that I went before the War Investigat- | g Commission I had only received re- from fourteen of the command- I have thirty reports. They| story. | roves the truth of the| nade. In addition to| nental command-| mass of evidence. | of communications and affi- | ts from officers, soldiers and civil- ery part of the country has 1 to the mass of correspon- h I have received In refer-| e beef served to our soldiers, | e is all corroborative of d. The great publicity| has given to the mat- all the correspondence | k upon me. ming evidence that was treated with | to preserve it. I m men who saw the iergoing the treatment or em-| g process. “Now, as to the canned roast beef, that was different from em- balmed beef. The canned: roast beef was the beef after the ex- tract had been boiled out of it You have seen the advertise- ments ‘Beef extract; one pound contains the substance of from four to five pounds of prime beef. Well, this is the beef after the extract has been taken from it. They put this beef pulp up in cans and label it ‘Canned Roast Beef.” The soldiers report that the canned beef was nauseating. 1f swallowed it could not be kept on the stomach.” It was pointed out to General Miles that he had been quoted as having said that if the men who supplied the beef would deposit a thousand . dollars in such a way that it could be made to pay the cost of the proceedings he would furnish absolute proof of his asser- tions. He was asked what tribunal he had in mind, or to whom he would furnish this proof, and in reply said: + + + + P44 b bbb b4 4 of the beef men to pay $100,000 for evi- dence of the truth of my allegations against their product. I took their offer as a bluff and took that way of answering it. mind. I have the greatest abundance of evidence to support the charges I made and do not think that any part of the thousand dollars need be spent in mere investigation.” - General Miles has received a tele- gram from Colonel A. A. Pope of Boston requesting General Miles to draw on him for $1000 to prove that chemicals were used to embalm beef furnished to soldiers, but this offer will not be | accepted for the reasons already given. “T made | that statement in response to the offer | I have no tribunal in| FREELE TO DEATH ~ CLOSES ITS DOORS Woman Dies in Her Own Dooryard. STILL PENETRATING COLD IT ENTERS THE VERY BONES OF THOSE EXPOSED. This Is at St. Louis, While in Colo- rado a Blizzard Sweeps Across the Mountain Ranges. Bpecial Dispatoh to The Call. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3L—Four deaths from freezing occurred in this city to- day and one in East St. Louis. The fatalities are: GEORGE A. CLARK, aged 45, a candy maker. CHARLES FARLES, aged 30, borer. MRS. MARY DANIELS. AUGUST BENSON, aged 35, colored laborer. MRS. M. St. Louis. Mrs. Daniel slipped on the ice in her dooryard and was stunned by the fall. Half an hour later she was found al- most dead from exposure and died soon after. ' Farles and Benson were both con- sumptives and succumbed while | searching for work. Clark was over- | come by the cold while going to his place of employment. The day was clear, but the cold was of the marrow- penetrating variety. At 10 o’clock to night the thermometer registered on | degree above zero. DENVER, Jan. 31.—Telegraphic ad- vices were received at the headquar- ters of the Colorado road to-day that at Breckinridge it was still snowing and blowing, with no indications of cessation. Since January 26 there has been a total snowfall of forty-five in- ches on top of a previous fall of six feet. At Como it is snowing and blow- ing a perfect gale, drifting the light dry snow very badly. The freight train | with provisions aboard is still on the sidetrack at Wheeler. The crew has | worked its way to town, leaving only { an engine tender and guard. The Colorado Midland is snowbound | from Arkansas Junction to Ivanhoe. Trains were run from Leadville to | Newcastle over the Denver and Rio Grande tracks. Advices from Ivanhoe | and Burk report the weather fine, and a rotary plow is working hard to clear the snow. Trains on the Denver and Rio | Grande road have been delayed to- day, but the road is now clear. Trains on the roads east of Denver are running practically on time. la- JENKINS, colored, East CONTRACT LABCR FOR THE ISLANDS Portuguese Immigration to Hawaii. | HONOLULU, Jan. 24—By arrange- ment between Special Chinese Agent Brown and the attorneys for the Chi- T ho have been denied a landing | here, all these Chinese will be held | here pending the determination of the appeal to the Treasury Department. As to the others who may arrive and be refused ding it has not been de- cided w shall be done. The expec- tation is, however, that if they also ap- peal to the Secretary of the Treasury they will be permitted to remain at the quarantine station until their appeal is heard and decided. It is not expected, however, that many more will come. The brought only sixteen. Evi- lently word has reached the Chinese in na holding permits that the permits not recognized. B S Rio are Of permits issued to Chinese to enable th to go from here to China and re- turn there are still about 600 outstand- ng. Of these there are many that bably will never be presented. Some been practically outlawed by lapse Some have been lost or de- Others were issued but never those to whom they were issued leaving the islands. It is be- that the bulk of the permiis 1 ever come to light to raise been presented. to enable Hawalian-born 1€ in China to return to > is no controversy as They are accepted as ight to land upon proof presenting them is born. e will be brought at allan Islands to work in They will come from es and the mainland. two steamship loads the other side as soon d, never lleved really Hawal More P omce to th the cane fie Madeira, th One and pi will pe sent £ as they c: ged and collected. The first T should leave the Azores in abou 0 months at che la- test. Mr. Hoffnung, at London, is act- ing for the planters in engaging the labor. He is in a better position than any one else known here to negotiate direct for the men. By a malil about three weeks go he wrote that an in- definite number of Portuguese could be engaged. It was a reply to a question along the line a few days ago that the Government gave the planters. The lat- ter wanted to Kr if there were an objection to the importation of more Portuguese, and the authorities replied that there was none. A cable was at once sent to Mr. Hoffnung to engage the number required immediately. These immigrants will sign contracts. Just what their status will be after the Tnited States laws are in full force here it is impossible to tell. It is almost cer- tain that the contracts will not have more than clvil force, if that. Assist- ing the immigrants with p will also be a thing of the past. Joseph Marsden has written to the planters’ association representing Ital- jan laborers. He feels sure that all the plantation help required may be en- listed among the peasant class of Italy. There is something in the contracts that have to be made with the Italians, however, that will make it impossible to import them in numbers. It is re- quired by the Government at Rome that, under certain circumstances, the laborers are to be returned to Italy at the expense of the Hawailan planters. A letter requesting further informa- tion concerning the Russian colony pre- posed for Hawall has been sent for- ~ward. John T. Campbell has petitioned the court for a writ of mandamus to issue against F. B. McStocker, Collector General of Customs, to compel the reg- DANGER OF dangerous position it occupied. taken action. R R o The authorities had anticipated that Germany would decline to accept responsibility by representations recently made by Embassa- dor Von Holleben. the German representative here, Secretary Hay that he felt satisfied the German Consu] and Herr Raffael had acted without authority from Berlin. Sacretary Hay is quite willing to give Germany all the necessary time to investigate, and it is expected that by this time she has That there may be no doubt of the facts, and to pro- tect the American representatives, Commodore Kautz, who left San Diego, California, on board the Philadelphia to-day, will make a thor- ough investigation and report the facts without delay. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31.—Shortly before 11 a. m. the flagship Phila- delphia sailed out of this harbor, headed for Samoa. TROUBLE IN SAMOA AVERTED NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—A Washington special to the Herald says: In reply to the representations of Embassador White, Germany has assured the United States that she will investigate the conduct of her representatives in Samoa, and should it be shown that they have acted in violation of the treaty of Berlin she will recall them. this assurance Germany has removed the Samoan question from the By who informed R R S R R HEEE A4 A A A e A4+ |istry of the Star of Russia under the Hawaiian flag. Petitloner claims the right of registration under Hawalian |laws; respondent denies having any right to register vessels under the Ha- wallan flag since the country was for- mally annexed on August 12 last. The United States gunboat Yorktown arrived on the 22d, ten days from San Francisco. She will resume her voyage to Manila to-morrow. The United States transport Tacoma left for Manila on the 21st with a cargo of horses and mules. The animals left here in good condition. | MONSTER COMBINE OF WHISKY DISTILLERIES Includes All Kentucky Concerns Pro- ducing the Bourbon Article. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 3L—All bour- bon whisky distilleries in this State have been at last brought under the control of one central organization. The deal was closed to-day in New York after months of negotiation. The new combine or trust is capitalized at $32,000,000, of which $13,- 000,000 is preferred and $20,000,000 common stock. The treasury will reserve $1,500,000 each of preferred and common stock and cash to the amount of $1,000,000 to meet immediate demands. The combination in- cludes sixty distilleries in various portions of the State, with all outstanding bonds, and acquires between 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 gallons of whisky now in bond. All Cincinnati firms owning distilleries in Kentucky have signified a willingness to enter the combination. These include Freiberg & Workum, Senior & Son, Elias Block & Son, James Levy & Bro., Hoff- heimer Bros., the Peacock Distilling Com- pany and Lomaddux. Atilla Cox, presi- ent of the Columbla and Trust Company of this city, will be at the head of the concern, The Melwood and Runnymede distil- leries, two of the largest, were the last establishments to be taken into the com- bine. The James E. Pepper distillery at Lexington, Ky., Is not yet in, but the promoters are confident it will come into the fold. The first move of the trust will be to do away with the present expensive methods of df’-foamg of the output and to that end will form a central distributing agency with headquarters in this city. All trav- eling representative now employed by individual distillers will be called in, the best of them retained in the service of the combine and the others let go. The out- put will be restricted and prices, now said to be ruinously low, advanced to a living basis and kept there. . e Funeral of Father Hynes. ‘WOODLAND, Jan. 31.—The late Father Hynes was burled here to-day. The Church of the Holy Rosary was not large enough to accommodate one-third of the people who desired to attend the impres- sive ceremonies. Father Vaughn sang the mass, and Bishop Grace pronounced the blessing. Nearly all the clergy of the dio- cese were present. PORTER GOES 10 VISIT 0MEZ Said to Carry Letters From McKinley. Special Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA, Jan. 31.—Robert P. Por- ter, the representative of President Mc- Kinley and S'enorGonza.les Quesada, the Cuban commissioner, who recently left ‘Washington on a special mission to Cuba, started at 6 o’clock this morning for Caibarien, province of Santa Clara. in order to see General Maximo Gomez. Mr. Porter’s mission to General Gomez is of a twofold character, to discuss with him fully the position of the Cuban army and to invite him to Havana. The Washington administra- tion desires an immediate and friendly settlement of the Cuban army ques- tion. As the military chiefs decisively refuse to accept $3,000,000 in complete satisfaction of the claims of the sol- diers, the Washington Government has determined, it is understood, to offer a much larger sum, even as high as $15,- | 000,000, if less will not be accepted. Whatever is agreed upon is to be a charge upon the revenues of the island until it is paid. The Cubans, civillans and military. are aware that an engagement of this sort may prolong the American occu- pation, but as it seems to be their earnest wish that the army be paid a large sum, the administration at Wash- ington will yield, it is understood. and open negotiations with this ultimate object. Mr. Porter is said to carry letters from President McKinley and Gover- nor General Brooke. The scope of his instructions is not disclosed, except that it is known that he has rather full preliminary powers. Senor Quesada did not know them until he and Mr. Porter were aboard ship. —————— STEAMSHIP ASHORE. LEWES, Del, Jan. 3lL.—An unknown steamer is ashore north of the Fenwick Island life-saving station, but the night is so dark and thick that it is impossible to learn her identity. It is thought that it is a tramp steamer. She lles In an easy osition, well up on the beach. The north- gonnd patrolmen of the station late to- night saw the steamer’s lights through the driving snow. They signaled mfit assistance would be sent and notified the station. Keeper Long harnessed a strong team of horses to the apparatus, and with the life-saving crew made for the strand- Union Savings Institu- tion Suspends. MADE DISASTROUS LOANS PRESIDENT SAYS DEPOSITORS ‘WILL NOT LOE. Collapse Caused by the Advancing of Large Sums to a Fruit Ship- per Who Could Not Repay. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 31.—The Union Savings Bank of this city suspended business this morning, and the Bank Commissioners will arrive here to-morrow to assume charge of the institution. The failure was caused by the bank making advances to E. B. Howard, a frult shipper, amounting to about $100,000, and from the fact that it has been unable to realize upon the se- curities given. The doors of the bank were opened as usual this morning, but all checks were refused and depositors turned away. News of the faflure spread rapidly, but no great excitement was created. A small crowd gathered at the place, but all expressed confidence that the depositors would be paid in full. There was no run on other banks. At 3 o'clock it was announced that the doors would remain closed un- til matters were straightened. For over a year rumors have been in circulation that the bank was .shaky and many deposits were withdrawn. Lately it became publicly known that the bank was carrying Howard along and" this made people wary. During the past few days acceptances in the shape of time drafts deposited by Howard were re- turned protested. These amounted to about $30,000. The Union Savings Bank had to meet these and it took all its working capital. This morning, it is said, there was less than $10,000 on hand. H. Ward Wright, president and manager, went to San Francisco to try to raise some money yesterday afternoon, but was unsuccessful. It was then decided to close the bank. T. R. Weaver, president of the Berry- essa Fruit Growers’ Union, on Saturday attached Howard for $2059 for fr+'* sold to him by the union. Before doing so Weaver went to the Union Bank and drew out $2900 belonging to tne Fruit Growers' Union. This atachment con- vinced the bank that Howard's faflure was certain and would involve the insti- tution. Efforts to raise money were futile and the only alternative was to close. The stockholders of the bank are all rich men whose wealth aggregates $7,000,- 000. Among them are C. H. Hopkins, J. O. Hirschfelder, E. Mandel and the De Laveagas of San Francisco. The deposits amount to about $780,000. The securities are nearly ample to meet these. The San Jose Buflding and Loan Association, which has its office In the bank, has $8000 on deposit, but otherwise will not be af- fected. This morning an absolute deed of the bank premises on First and Mountain streets to Myra E. Wright, wife of Wil- liam H. Wright, one of the stockholders, was flled In the Recorder's office. The deed was dated June 15, 1898. Revenue stamps on it to show the conslderation to have been $60,000. This afternoon a whole batch of assign- ments from the Union Savings Bank were filed. These were mortgages that had been transferred about two years ago. The assignees and the amounts were: Union Trust Company of San Francisco, $4900; I. W. Hellman, president of the Ne- vada Bank, $22,500. The Union Savings Bank was organized ten years ago with a capital of $1,000,000, of which $300,000 was paid “Pf The re- serve fund is given as $40,000. The officers are: H. Ward Wright, president and man- ager; Henry Edwards, vice president; An- tone’ Friant, cashier; directors—N. Bow- den, A. Friant, W. H. Wright, H. W. Wheeler, \Vrl(;sht. Thomas Johnson, E. A. H. C. Morrill. President ‘Vflght said this evening: ““The Union Savings Bank will reopen within three months. The depositors will be paid in full by assessing the stockhold- ers. The bank has good securities. The deed to. Myra E. Wright, filed to-day, was for security for 360,000 borrowed last summer. Thirty-five thousand dollars of this loan has already been paid. The bank’s failure is due to carrying Howard along. He became so deeply indebted to us that we had to keep advancing him money, and some of his securities in the shape of drafts were not good. His in- debtedness of nearly $100,000 is probably secured for two-thirds.” E. B. Howard, who succeeded Howard & St. George, has done an extensive busi- ness in dried and green fruits. He prob- ably is indebted to orchardists for nearly $100,000. The failure of the bank will force him into insolvency. In the last report of the Union Sav- ings Bank of San Jose to the State Bank Commissioners as to its condition on the morning of January 1, 1899, the following data appears: RESOURCES. Bank premises ... Real estate taken for debt. 64,935 United States bonds . 21893 Loans on real estate.. 345,481 Logns on personal security and over- drafts Money on han Due from banks Furniture and fixtures. Expenses Taxes .. Other assets, safe deposit. 20,247 26 15,881 78 <. 81,151,594 84 Other assets Total resources LIABILITIES. Capital pald in coin Reserve fund .... Profit and loss and contingent fund Due derositors .. Dividends unpald Safe deposit ... Interest collected Certified checks Total Mabilities The report of President H. W. Wright showed the capital stock to be $1,000,000, all subscribed, and $300,000 paid in on the 10,000 shares issued. The board of directors held shares as follows: E. A. ‘Wheeler, 47; H. W. Wright, 520; A. M, Friant, 315; Willlam H. Wright, 100; N. Bowden, 25; H. C. Morrell, 100; T. . Johnson, 100; total number of shares held by divectors, 1207. MRS. WELLS WANTS MONEY. Demands Ten Thousand Dollars From Her Husband. ’ CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—The marital troub- les of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wells are yet far from being settled. Mrs. Wells wired to-day to her attorney San Francisco to tie up $40,000, which is In the Crocker-Woolworth Bank In that city to her husband’s credit. She demands $10,- 000, which, she says, Mr. Wells promised her as a marriage portion, and says that while she forgives him she will not live :lth him unless her attorney so advises er. i MUTINY IN THE CONGO. Belgian Troops Reported to Have Joined the Rebels. BRUSSELS, Jan. 31.—The Independence Belge says the most alarming reports have been recelved from the Congo State. It is rumored that the troops of Major Lothaire’ (the Belgian commander on the upper Congo) have joined the rebels and ed ship as fast as the deep snow would | that he himself is wWounded and is- permit. At a late hour they had not re- | oner. The Congo State n.ut.horlue: ;.:e .| turned. <. | Tecelved no d te news, . ] o | was prepared by Representative Handr BURIED BENEATH A GLACIER Men, Women and Children Meet With Fright- ful Death. A Great Mass of Ice Sweeps Down Upon the Line of the Canadian Pacific. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 31.—Nine men employed in the shops and round- house of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Rogers Pass, two women and two children were buried to-day under a mass of snow and ice, which, without warning, swept down the mountain side with such force that it carried every- thing before it. Two of the men were taken out badly bruised, but alive, late to-night. Their seven companions are still unrecovered and are no doubt dead. These are known to have been in the round-house: AGENT CATON, wife and two chil- dren. OPERATOR CARSON. ENGINE WIPER REIDLEY. The names of the others are not given, but one of them was a woman. A gang of fifty men, gathered to- gether as soon as possible after the catastrophe, have been at work at- tempting to save the imprisoned men, and will work all night or as long as they can stand it in the effort to se- cure the bodies of the victims of the avalanche. The slide, which is one of the worst ever experienced on the line of the Canadian Pacific, has buried or car- ried away fully half a mile of track. For hours all telegraphic communica- tion was cut off by the destruction of telegraph lines. Linemen were imme- dlately put to work, however, and late to-night a single wire was up and in working order, but so burdened witn Canadian Pacific business that corre- spondents have had little opportunity to send out details of the havoc wrought by the moving glacier. From fragmentary messages sand- wiched between train orders, it is learned that the men engulfed were spending the noon hour in the round- house when a great mass of ice, loosen- ed by the soft weather of the last day or two, swept down the precipice, at the foot of which the buildings are located, and crushed them as though made of cardboard. There were several en- gines in the roundhouse and a num- ber of cars in the yards adjacent. The force of the slide was made evi- dent when the rescue party, in its en- deavors to reach_the men, found a lo- comotive twisted and crushed into a shapeless mass of scrap iron. Had the slide occurred before or after the dinner hour the loss of life would have been appalling. Several large slides have taken place during the morning and early after- noon, causing considerable damage to the sheds east of Glacier. Trains are held at Glacier and Donald until fur- ther advices. The company expects to get. the line cleared during Wednesday. Superintendents Marpole, Duchesnay and Wilson are on the spot and using | every effort. It is reported that a train ran into the slide and was wrecked, but this cannot be confirmed. HOSTILE TO THE SHIPPING BILL Memorials From Two San Franciscans. Special Dispatch to The Call ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Charles Nelson, president of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, and Hugh Craig, ex-president, sent to Senator Perkins memorials in favor of amend- ing the Hanna shipping bill by insert- ing an amendment providing for an ex- port bounty on agricultural products. The Senator is surprised that the Chamber of Commerce should thus be placed in the light of advocating &n amendment which would be regarded as hostile to the bill. The Hanna measure is designed to encourage exports of all kinds—agricultural included—by put- ting the influence of the American flag behind the goods and pushing them in old markets and opening new ones for them. It is based on the principle of payments for the distance sailed and efficiency of service, which is quite dif- ferent from that of an export bounty on certain products. The two principles could not be combined in the same bill with any hope that it could then pass and an insistence upon such an amend- ment would be, therefore, regarded as an act of hostility to the bill itself. The question of an export bounty on agricultural products can be brought properly before Congress only in a sep- arate bill, which would then find hearty support. Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Granges of Patrons of Hus- bandry and other organizations of pro- ducers throughout the State have sent to Senator Perkins resolutions and me- morials praying for the passage of the bill as it now stands, all producers realizing the great benefits they would derive from the general expansion of commerce through the extension of old and the opening of new markets. The Senator is, therefore, surprised that the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco should be put in the light of insisting upon action that will jeopardize the bill. The minority report on the Hanna- Payne shipping bill was filed in the House of Representatives to-day. It cf Delaware and is a severe und some- what personal arraignment of Lhe measure and those who would receive bounties under it. The report says. The bill is one that was prepared and brought to Congress by a voluntary com- mittee of ship-owners and ship-builders representing the gentlemen who will re- celve the boum{ which the bill proposes to give from the public treasury. The bill as it is reported to the House is in almost the exact form and grants to a enny the bounties demanded by the gen- flemen who are to receive them. The bill is, therefore, naturally and entirely satis- factory to the “interests” which have or- genized this movement to secure the vast sums carried in the blr as a gratuity to be used in carrying on(their private busi- ness and enlarging the profits thereof. The bill provides not simply for boun- ties, but for bounties which, once granted, cannot be thereafter taken away. If this bill be passed the contracts will be quick- 1y made, and, once entered into, no future &’ongresl can in honor break them or re- fuse to make the necessary appropriations to pay them. To do so would be like re- p\lfinung a national obligation. The twenty-year bounties provided are put into the bill in the language of so many cents, but when the arithmetical computation is made to find how big the bounties “by cents” will prove to be when the time comes to pa.{ them, we find that they must be figured In tens of millions of dollars. By careful and conservative esti- mates we find that the Government would be obliged by the contracts likely to be entered into duri the first twelve months under this bill to &B&wbounues amounting to more than $165,000,000, and this includes only the shipping’ now in sight, and the s lgplng which must be built will cost probably not less than Of this enormous bounty the lion's share will go to the International Navi- gation Company. This company will re- celve in the aggregate more than $57,000,- 000. This strikes us as a monstrous ap- propriation. In this bill it is provided that a man who builds a great, speedy ocean steamer shall be paid bounties in twenty years amounting to twice the whole cost of the boat. It must be conceded that bountles are repugnant to the spirit of our free insti- tutions, under which all citizens should have equal rights and no special privi- leges should be granted. It is impossible to give bounty to everybody and to all forms of industry and it {s manifestly unequal and unjust to tax the farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, mer- chants, railroad men, miners and woods- men of the country to pay a bounty to ship-owners for every mile they sail upon the sea. To bulld once more a great mer- chant marine should be one of the patri- otic ambitions of American statesman- ship. It can be done by taking off the shackles and giving American enterprise, American industry and American seaman- ship an equal chance. Everything needed ullding and equipping a ship should be admitted free of customs duty. Ship &up- lies should also be on the free list. very American citizen should be free to buy ships to use in the foreign carrying trade wherever he can find them cheap- est and best. Tonnage taxes should be abolished. In conclusion the report says: This bill is the offspring of mere bounty- beggars and should be repudiated by rep- resentatives of both political parties. It is vicious in principle. It is not necessary for the rehabilitation of our merchant marine to give hundreds of millions of people’'s tax money. The bill is wholly unjustifiable. Mr. Fitzgerald did not concur in this report. HONOLULU GIRL’S PLUNGE TO DEATH HONOLULU, Jan. 24. — A young Ha- wallan girl named Kahea committed sul- cide on the 2ist inst. by throwing herself from the third story of the Kamehameha School bullding. Relatjves claim that the girl’'s mind was affected by over study. Last Saturday, accompanied by her sis- ter Violet, she went to the school to take away her clothing, books, etc. In room while packing up were Miss Wood- ard and Miss Ahia, the latter a cousin. Suddenly Miss Kahea uttered a scream as if about to faint and asked Miss Ahea to call her sister. At the same time she ran toward the open window and went over. Miss Ahia grasped frantically after her and caught her dress. The garment tore loose, however, the weight of the young woman being upon it, and the sui- cide plunged to her fearful death to the ground forty or more feet below. - McLeod Wins From Hali Adali. ST. PAUL, Jan. 3L—Danny McLeod, champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler of America, won his match to-night with Hall Adali, the gigantic Turkish wrestler, and gave him sixty minutes of as hot wrestling as has ever been seen. e match was before the St. Paul Athletic Club, the conditions being that Adali should throw McLeod twice in an hour or forfeit $1000. ADVERTISEMENTS. SENT FREE TO MEN The State Medical Institute Discovers a Remarkable Remedy for Lost Vigor. ARE SENDING FREE A TRIAL PACKAGE TO ALL WHO WRITE. Free samples of a most remarkable remedy are being distributed by the State Medical Institute, Fort Wayne, Ind. It cured so many men who had battled for years against the mental and physical suffering of lost manhood that the insti- tute has decided to distribute free trial packages to all who write. It is a home treatment and all men who suffer with any form of sexual weakness, resultin, from youthful folly, premature loss o strength and memory, weak back, varico- cele, or emaciation of parts can now cure themselves at home. The remedy has a pecullarly grateful effect of warmth and seems to act direct fo the desired location, giving strength and development just where it is needed. It cures all the {l1s and troubles that com, from years of misuse of the natural fun tions ‘and has been an absolute success in all cases. A request to the State Med- ical Institute, 183 First National Bank building, Fort Wayne, Ind., stating that you desire one of their free trial pack- ages will be complied With. The institute is desirous of reaching that great class of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will en- able them to see how easy it is to be cured of sexual weakness when the proper remedies are employed. The in- stitute makes no restrictions. Any man who _writes will be sent a free sample, carefully sealed in a plain package so that its recipient need have no fear of embarrassment or publicity. requested to write without delay. her | Nervous Dyspepsia To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to Know What Appetite and Good Digestion Mean. MAKE A TEST OF STUART'S DYS- PEPSIA TABLETS. No trouble is more common or more misun- derstood than nervous dyspepsia. People hav- Ing it think their nerves are to blame and are surprised that they are not cured by nerve medicines. The real seat of the mischief is lost sight of. The stomach is the organ to be looked after. Nervous dyspeptics often do not have any pain whatever in the stomach, nor perhaps any of the usual symptoms of stomach weak- ness. Nervous dyspepsia ehows itself not in the stomach so much as in nearly every or- gan. In some cases the heart palpitates and is irregular; in others the kidneys are affected; in others the bowels are constipated, with headaches; still others are troubled with loss BECKER, A. M. of flesh and appetite with accumulations of &as, sour risings and heartburn. It is gafe to say that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab- lets will cure any stomach weakness or dis- ease except cancer of the stomach. They curs sour stomach, gas, loss of flesh and appetite, sleeplessness, ' palpitation, heartburn, tion and headache. Send for valuable little book on stomach dis- eases by addressing F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. Al druggists sell full-sized packages at 50 cents. Prof. Henry W. Becker, A. M., the well known rellgious worker and writer of St Louis. Secretary of the Mission Board of the Ger- man Methodist Church. Chiet Clerk and Ex- pert Accountant for the Harbor and Whart Commission. - Public Secretary for the St. Louls School Patrons’ Aesociation, and the constipa~ | District Conference of Stewards of ‘the M. E. Church: also takes an active part in the work of the Epworth League, and to write on relig- fous and educational topics for several mag- azines. How he found relfef is best told in his own words “'Some weeks ago my brother heard me say something about indigestion, and taking a box from his pocket said, ‘Try Stuart's Tablets.’ 1 did, and was promptly relieved. Then I vestigated the nature of the tablets and be- came satisfled that they were made of just the right things and in just the right propor- tions to aid in the assimilation of food. I heartily endorse them in all respects, and I keep them constantly on hand.’ $ ¢ THE LYON AND HEALY COLLECTION s OFaae FINE OLD VIOLINS Wil Be on Exhibition and Sale at the PALACE HOTEL —FROM— February 3d to 13th, 1899. MR. JAY C. FREEMAN in charge. The attendance of everyone interested in a violin is cordially invited. A very unusual opportunity is here offered to select a flne instrument at the lowest Chicago and London prices. Time payments may be arranged. Some beautiful specimens for students’ use will be shown. . DocTor MEYERS & co. Specialists for Men These physicians have been curing weakness and eon- tracted ailments since 1881 They have the largest and No Pay Till Cured. 4 Unfortupate men who can. % mot call should write for ade B vice aod private book— : ALL FREE, rsTABLISHED 17 veans. . ALL FREB. All letters confidential. No Charge for Consultation. 73] EARKET ST Y Elerater Eatranen. 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