The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY )STON, Feb. 16.—It seemed as if | all Boston had tirned out to give the President and his party wel- The crowd filled B come to-day. the cold train shed and pushed and jostled each other In an effort to get a view of the President, while the | rafters rang with thelr cheers. | i was the throng which filled | round the station where | wrriages to bear the President to Hotel' Touraine were “stationed. | Gov Woleott and his - military staff were at the station to meet the President and as soon as the introduc- | tlon and g ¢ concluded the carri vere entered and under es- | cort of the First Hattallon of. cavalry 1o viRitors & rthe -hotel. the procession j d cheer upon cheer was given by the crowd and upon all sides there were manifestations of cor- | dial welcome Several times during the parade and | amid the g al cheering 1s of de- | riston and Hisses were he tary of War Alger. Thi larly noticeable nt the corner of Park and Beacon streets “What's the matter with Long?" fre- | quently was the cry. ! “What's the matter with Alger?" was ghouted as the procession passed along Summer reet. “Yah, yah, yah! Beef, beef!" jecred the crowd It tonk Mr. Alger some time to grasp the sltuation. At . however, caught the drift of the shouting and his PASTOR CRABBS | WORDY EXCUSES 1 Tries to Justify His Own ! Conduct. | { I' Dispateh to The ‘Call. JOSE D Feb. Pastor -Crabb Wwas pern 1 to retire from the wit- afterncon: During his xaminatic at the Hassett, “le aualified all| N frequently setting him- self right in the eyes of the court and | spectato en opening up new aven tions for his relentless qu The reverend marked surp: 18 man - created testified that| K se wh nis refusal to support his wife on her | n the insane gsvlum.was | s bellef that she was a ward | , inasmuch as she was out} and he, therefore, was not | to aid her. He admitted that )t contributed to her welfare | from the time of her release until alfs mony was granted by the court.. The doctor gave further reasons why it bes came necessary for him to take legal steps for a separation. e said he de- plored the course, but it was absolutely necessary. He sald his conduct toward Miss Carrle Perry was as a pastor with of his congregation. - He disclaimed ever having visited ‘any piace - of amusement with her or having done anything that was {mproper. i lusion of his examination »] asked for a non- liberation based on ¥ of the on p com he has Wi M ibb's couns Mrs. C suit on the ground of the insuffi of the evidence to sustai- the right to a separation on the chi » cruelty. The motion was not 1 and it was denind J. F. Clristal, of the State asy- was the first ‘withes He testified that dur- Mrs. Crabb was at the L of insan- and that he tor eroin the stateniént he had’ ob- as_her ~reat news, for the defense ing all the asylum she Wi news, servations reached the same was not mentally Mg, -, ~C. church-member and a Mghly es‘ee resident of Gilroy. has been subpenaed to appear in court to-morrow morning and as she has already showed a ai nclination to appear witness. Mrs: alanced. well-known Crabl's coursel Intend to have a bench to compel her attend- case will warrant {ssued ance. The 0 0N to-MOrFow: PRCBABLY ALLEN BRANT OF SAN JOSE BAN JOSE, Feb. 186.—The Allen Grant mentioned ns belng severely wounded in the fighting of the First California Heg- tment yesterday is ‘believed to be Allen Nrant of this olty. Brant is a young §ttorney and was engaged in law prac. with Attorney F. B. Brown.. At declaration of war he went to San Franecisco and enlisted in Company C, Plrst Caddera's He | | | i L T L | “q [ B R R o S R R R R e e e - + + GENERAL MILES’ +| + 41 + MANLY REPLY ¢ + — +| + CINCINNATI, Feb.16.—A local 4| 4 paper telegraphed General Miles + 4 to-day for a reply to the address # 4 of Dr. P. S. Connor at the testi- + 4+ monial banquet in this city on +| + last Tuesday night. The follow-' # 4 “ing 4s the telegram from him: - 4| - “WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.~In + + thirty-six years’ continuous ser- 4/ 4+ vice I am unconsclous of having 4 4+ neglected or exceeded my duty 4 4 to superiors in command. to the # + brave men under command, or to 4 4 my country. I shall continue to: # 4+ do what I helieve to ba for the 4 4 Dbest interests of our country, 4 4 and, I hope, protect the health, + 4 life and honor ofthose who risk + 4+ &)l for their country and its peo- 4 + ple NELSON 'A. MILES”, ~ # + + B e e R R o gracious smiles stiffened into a look of cold impassiveness. | At the corner of Beacon and-Charles streets a group of young .militiamen | esteblished themselved swith ‘the delib- | | erate intention of giving the Secretary of War a snub when He passed, as was appafent from' thélr ¢onyersation, and | when Secretary,” Alger's: carriage -was abreast of them they shouted in unison: | ‘“Three cheers for General Miles." LEES WITH | SUPERWSORS SON Mrs. Dehlholm Deserts Child and Husband. [ [ Speetal ‘Dispatch. to. The. Call. SALINAS, Feb. 16.—A broken-hearted husband, a motherless child and a run- | away couple are facts ~which - were brought to light in this city yeésterday: | Only a few people knew of the rumor | and fewer still knew it was a fact that Mr | R. Dehiholm, the wife of a prosper- | s ‘merchant as well as an indulgent | husband of this city, had feft home and | child in order to be with Chris Wide- | man, the youngest son of Supervisor: A. | Wideman, a wealthy. man .of this| county. When the rumor was first floated it | caused a wild sensation, but when the published facts are known the many | & friends of -both parties as well as of | each family wil be greatly surprised. | The elopement took place last week, | tiut only lately did the parents of young | Wideman and ‘the husband of -Mrs. | Dehiholm find out that their suspicions | were correct | The couple, it s asserted, left Gon- | zales on Friday of last week and went | direct to Sa. - Francisco, where it is pre- | sumed they are at present. 'Mr. Dehl- holm, when ‘he was made aware of the truth, became ~greatly angered and | highly excited, and it is claimed as- | serted he ‘would pursue the couple to | the bitter end in order torecapture his | runaway spouse. He I8 now in this city, however, “without = his ~wife, but | claims a legal separation will be. his sweetest revenge. R. Dehiholm and. his family: lived in | Gonzales several years up to several |'weeks-ago. when he purchased an old-| established business in this city. -Both he and his family were well” known here, having visited often, and were formerly residents. It was' his inten-:} tion to ‘move his family -here at once, but excuses of the erring wife pre- | vailed, and as a resuit she remained in nzales. ‘Dehlholm was one' of. Klondikers: some- time ‘ago, and presumed that - during his when, as he - says, he was { 1 { { it is absence, warking attendant at ,-\AI—y from her- ob- defendant, shs . that she and baby, young -Wideman - beeama Yer intimate friend, and afterward her lover.. Dehlholm: returned, not’recoms- pensed particularly for his.-trip -up | porth, about five months ago, and ‘en- ['gaged in business in the: south -up to the -time-of coming here. His chiid, a | girl about seven years old, is at pres-| ent motherless and ‘in San -Francisco, | while the: father . is almost broken. | hearted and walks around his place of business {n &n almiess ‘manner, but | still averse to telling even his most .in- | friends = any. “of his’ family| . i | timate | troubles. !~ Mrs: Dehlholm s a: pretty :woman abotit 40 years old, while her present | { companton Is just past 21.- Both of the | | tlopers are prominent in society circles. Explosion Wrecks a' Mill: VANCOUVER, B. C.; Feb. 16.—A report Brunette. combined sawmill and sash and door factory at Sapperton. was hearly wrecked by ‘n boller éxplosion yesterday. One man only, Jack Ross, ‘was seriously ured, but a dozen of more had narrow | escapes. A plece —of *fron was. hurled | through & boiler which was covered with | a foot of brick wall and sheet fron. { Becretar | the eV PSSP P E ket the | hard and risking his life for his wife : comes from New Westminster ‘that the | BOSTON, Feb. 16.—President Willlam I McKinley arrived in Boston to-day to at & banquet in his honor at Mechanics' Hall. Messrs. Long, Alger, Bliss, Gage and Smith of his Cabinet accompanjed him, together with Congressman Gros- venor 6f Ohlo. The arrival of the Pres- idential train at the south terminal sta- tion at 10 o'clock was the occasion of a great outburst of enthusiasm for the President from the thousands of citi- { zens who lined the streets on the line 6f the procession to -the hotel. ‘The re- mainder . of -‘the ~day was spent. in quietude by -the President uptil 4:16 o'clock, -when: he. was escorted to Me- chanies’ Hall to participate in the re- ception and banquet of the Home Mar- ket Club: At 6 v'clock, after the President had rested for a few -minutes, the bugle sounded, announcing that the banquet was ready to be.served, and the im mense company mafched into the hall | American people will ‘hold up the hands be the guest of the Home Market Club | of their servanté at ho i | | which had been -elaborately de('oratedAf Over - the stage, under an arch of bunting and electric lights, were large portraits: of Washington, Lincoln and McKinley, and underneath was the word “Liberator” in large letters. Upon the balcony was.a picture of Admiral Dewey, with the motto: ‘‘To the captain of a German ship: You must not sail by the Unitéd States flag | famous it,”” -and_'his fire, without . seeing “You ‘may command at Manila® Gridley; when ready.” President McKinley sat at the front | of the platform and among those at’his | table were Bishop Mallalieu, Mayo: Quincy of Boston, Secretary Long, Sec- | i retary Alger, Governor Wolcott, Secre- tary Gage, Postmaster General Smith, Bliss, Governor Rollins of New Hampshire and ex-Mayor Strong of New York. There was great enthusiasm when the dinner had been concluded and some of tables removed to make way for the chairs. Governor Wolcott and then Mayor Quincy: made brief addresses welcoming the President. President McKinley was then intro- {duced and spoke as follows: Toastmaster and Gentlemen: The yeurs go quickly. It-seems not S0 lang but it is in t siX Vvears since it was my honor to'be a guest of the Home Mar- Club. @ has happened in S l|l\v intervening t Mr. ¢ Much Happens > in Six ® 5 g @ Years. & engaging us have Dbeen spttled or 26293946 6Sd pur aside for larger and more absorting ones. - Dome tic-conditions have tmproved and are go erajly =afisfactory.. We have made pro gress in industry and. have realized :th prosperity: for which we ‘have been stri ing. We have had: four long years of ad- versity- which taught us Some lessons which will neveribe unlearned and which will " be valuable in “gulding ‘our future action We have not only:baen successful inwour nancial -and - business —affairs, . butiwe have heen Successful in. a war with a for- efgn. power- which added great glory ta American arms and a = new: chapter to American history: I do not Know why vepublic has unexpectedly had placed be- fore it mighty problems which it muat face and mee here, and they could: not bhé kept away. \v - who -were -impatient vanr - ago, apparently heed were the first to cry out agafiist the fat onsequences of their own suct. ‘Fhose @ who dreaded war most and whose every effort was reeted to prevent it had fears of new and grave problems’ which might follow - its inanguration The evolution: of ~events Wwhich no m#n cold control brought these roblems upsn us, Certain it is that they ave not-come through any fault on .our me. T&ésues ® which ‘were then ol 4 fts Jarger resul | | Much | fn' the year 1899 this | M. D Phey have come and are | whieh rested 1899, PRESIDENT PROPHESIES FILIPINQ PROSPERITY At a Monster Banquet in Boston Mc- Kinley Declares It His Intention to Hold the Islands Until Congress ' Decrees Otherwise. & trust we have not sought; it is not a trust from which-we will flinch. The me to whom they commit its execution,” while Dewey and Otls and the brave men whom they com- mand, will have the support of the coun- try in upholding our flag where it now floats, the symbol and assurance of lib- erty and justice. What nation was ever able to write an acurate programme of the war upon which it was entering, much less decree | in adyvance the scope of its results? Con- | irv:s can declare war, but a higher power decrees fts hounds and fixes its relations and responsibilities, The President can direct- the movements -of soldiers.on the 1icld ‘and fleets upon the sea, but he can- not_foresec the cose of such movements or prescribe their limits. ticipate or avoid the consequences, Hut must meet them. No accurate map of nis tions engaged in war can -be traced untl the war is Gver, nor can the Measyre o responsibility be fixed till the last BYC in. fired und: the verdict embodied in the stipulations of .peace. d We hear no complaint of the relations created. by this Govummc[?‘tmunqqh!"'g Lol ands of Cuba and Porto Rico. ARGEH (02 e X- Jines as in a different relation, but wha IE"Cr varlety of views there may be ?x} ;Lllsl phase of the question there is ug i el agreement that the Philippines Si z}kme”‘ be turned back to Spain. No. true e can consents to that. -Even if unw] 2 to accept them ourselves, it wnul(vl have been a weak evasion of manly duty to re- ansfer them - to some nd thus shirk our .n if we had, as e He cannot fl;‘l‘ some, however, who rel quire Spain to. tri other power or powers & own responsibility. Eve Wo aid ot havi " the power to compel such a transfer, jt could not have been made without the most serious inter- national complications, Such a course could not be thoyght of. And vet, had we refused to accept -the cession of them we should have had no power over them even for thelr own good. We could nat arge the responsibilities upon us un- til these islands became ours either by conquest or treaty. There was but one alternative, and that was either Spain or the United States in the Philippines. The other suggestions showed, first, that they should be tossed into the arena for the strife of nations, or, second, be Jost to the anarchy and chaos of ng protectorate at all, and were too shameful to be consid: ered, The treaty gave them to the United States. Could we have required less and done_our duty? Could we, after freeing the Philippines from the domination of Spain; have left them without govern- ment ‘and without power to protect life and property or to perform the interna- tional obligations cssential to an inde- pendent state? Could we have left, them n a state of anarchy and justified our- selves in our ‘own consciences or before the tribunal of mankind? Could we have done. that in the sight of God and man? Our concern was not for territory -or trade or emipire, but for: the peopls whose interests and destiny, without our willing It had been put in our hands. It was with this feeling that from the first day to the Jast not one word or line went from the Executive in Washington to_our mili- | tary and naval commanders. at Manila or | to our Peace Commisioners at Paris that | did not put as the sole purpose to be kept | in mind first, after .thé success of our | arms and the maintenance of our own | honor, the welfare and happiness and the | rights of the inhabitants of the Philip- pine Islands. - Did we need their consent gx fi:;l?m;‘;ge:t a.cetfm- h\iman’lty?l \s/e a 8] lon ¥, . T everyt hope - of (heir Heabls. Wad 1t necessary: to-ask thelr:consent to capture Manila, the capital of their islands? Did wo ask thelr consent’ to liberate ' them from Spanish sovereignty or o enter | anila Bay and destroy the Spanish sea power there?. We did not ask these; wo wera obeving a higher moral obligation on us and which did not re- | duire anybody’s consent,” We were doing our duty by them with the consent of aur owh consclences and with the approvil of civilization. - Every prasent obiigation | has been met and fulfilled in. the expulston of Spanish sovereignty from their islands, | and while the war that destroyed.it was | in progress we could not ask their views. | Nor can we now ask their consent. indeed, can any one tell me in what form it ‘could he marshaled and ascer- | 59 ® o0 6®ae ¢ otained until peace @ and order; so nec- e Tint “as @ nigh obligation, and ‘we'® Rejgn of Terror- . essary to a rel B with o clenr consclence and| g = o & & Setaty toa relgn and with good hearty | Not the P e R <h purpesa to undertake their sotution: was- declared . in 11, 1808, With pritotical unanimity by the Congress, and, Snce upon us, was sustamed by like unan- imity pmong’ the: people. There had been many who: tried to. fivert it, as, on- the other hand, thers were many Bave precipttated it at_an earffer In i{s prosecution anrd .conclusfon the great majority of out countrymen of every section belleved they were fighting fn @’ Just canse and at home ar at sed or in the-field they had part in the glorious trigmiphs. - 1t was the. warof the undi- vided nation Eyery great act in its Manili to Santiago,:from Guam to Porto Rico, met universal ~and hearty com- mendation. The protocol commanded the practicaily unanimous approval of _the American people. It was welcomed by every lover of peace beneath the flag, The Philippines, like Cuba -and Porto ico, were intrusted to our hands by the & & war, and to that reat trust, un- der- the province ®of God and in the war date. $2H90908 9 ® pnilippines a + Trust Not to name - of h;mxan fogress and clv- o BeFlinched. oHiuion “ye ‘are 9609 ®e &6 & committed. It Is who would | rogress from | | i i | | 1 | tions. Proper Rule. & established? A e relgn of terror is | 299 S© 9D v e oot the kind of rule under which: the right action and deliberate judgment are possible. It is not a good time for the liberator to sub- mit important qwestions concerning lib= erty and _gevernment to. be. liberated | while they are engaged in shooting down heir rescuers. e hive now ended the war with Spain, The treaty has been - ratified by more than two-thirds of the Senate of the! Unitea States, and by the- judgment of | nine-tenths of its people: Na nation was | ever more fortunate fn war or more hon- | orabie in negotiations of peace. . Spain fs | how eltminated from the problem. "It re- | mains to ask what we shail do now? T. do not intrude upon the duties of Congress | or seek to anticipate or forestall its ac-| I only say that :the treaty of | peace, homorably ~ secured,’ ‘having been ratified by the United States; and, as we canfidently expect, shortly ta be Tatified in Spatn, Congress will have the:power, and I am sure the purpose, to do what |in good morals is right and just and humane for these peoples in distant seas.. It is sometimes hard to determine what | | is easj {and I sometimes think there are those | ficent government, affording them every | aspirations nor ours can be realized until FEARFUL DISTRESS AT DAWSON CITY Mrs. Poor Says That Hundreds of Bodies dre Not Interred and Piled Up Like Cordwood. SAN JOSE, Feb. 16.—Mrs. Eunice E. Poor. who for years conducted a hotel fn Stockton, and a recent arrival from Dawson, is here on a visit . to her daughter, Mrs. Dougherty. Mrs. Poor left Dawson on December 27 and arrived in San Francisco Februarv According to Mrs. Poor there is great wan' and distress i1 Dawson. She says dead bodies =»re piled: like cordwood awaiting burial in the Aeadhouses connected with the various hospitals. There are at least 300 bodies of people who died ~7ithout means for interment. These bodies are ] o g o e p= b is best to do, and the best thing to do is just wrapped in- sheets and stored avay on shelves or piied up. In oftentimes the Hardest The prophet of{ 8 inis meoner they.will keep for years. The .ospitals ha . mot. the 3:’2.?2??11’30"3“’5%’&'(?& “nd o do mothing funds to bury them. Money Is very scarce in Dawson, th Klondike it and involves the least cost. On kings having taken their -gains abroad to spend. It takes two men at least two days to dig a grave, which makes it very expensive. - Es- pecially at this time of the year no one will undertake the work- unless well paid. Collections are taken up daily and weekly for the poor, but not enough 1s raised, and there is great distress. Mrs. Poor says the unburied dead are at the St. Mary's, Good Sa- maritan and Red Cross hospitals, and some of théem have been in this cold storage for ménths, Among the corpses at St. Mary's is that of Captain William Tyler, who for years was cajtain of the river steamer T. C. Walker. At diggings on Bonanza and other creeks there are bodies of miners that have been cached In this manner since last sum- mer. She advises no one to go to Dawson. There are enough provisions in that place to last the inhabitants three years. Mrs. Poor went there for the purpose of opening’a restaurant, but when she saw how things were she disposed of her stock and came away. She.came out over the jce on the river.. A ride by dog team was purchased for $300; but one of the party was taken sick and she gave her place to him and walked those who have things to do there rests a responsibility which is not on those who have no obligations as doers. 1f the doubters were in a majority there would, it 18 true, be no labor, no sacri- fice, no anxiety and no burden ralsed or carrled; o' contribution from our ease and purse and comfory to the welfare of others, or even to the extension of our resources to the weifare- of _ourselves. There would be -ease, but, alas! there would be nothing done. But:grave problems come in the life of 2 pation, however much men may seek to avoid ‘them. They, come without our seeking; why we do rot kmow, and it is not alwiays -given to know. But the gen- eration_on -which they were forced can: not avoid tha responsibility of honestly striving for their solution. ~ We may not know.-precisely how to solve them, but we can make an_ honest effort to that end, and if made in conscience, justice LIRS DR SIS03RS %3 EOSOSORONCN CRCNNROR DRARRHROROR UROROR GRORNONOKOR d"honot, it will not be in vain. . i o A O O i Al lands 1s | & 400 out of the 600 miles. At least twenty-five miles of this was in water & now in.the hands.of the American peo- from ankle deep to knee deép. On one: day ske walked thirty-five g ple. n the treaty was ral led or re- E: 2 Jectea the executive department of this miles across lake La Barge. ers Pom;qis 59 yea~s old and claims to be b3 ancrnme{;t could Y’r}ly pzeserve the}’ the oldest person ever to travel owt'er t ; rtcltqute‘. . She also has the dis- g peace and protect e and property. kird woman to make the trip on th : b Thrm "}Ylaz% now L;ummlts zh: ‘reeldfllnd tinction of being the t e fee fi enfranchises “lipinos to. the guiding | hand and the Iiberalizing influences, the | MOS0 QL0 S0 26083 A0 BORI0 SO DBROTIORI A0 00+ 24 45 Lyegy 2305k S50 generous sympathlies, the uplifting edu- cation, not of their American masters, but of their American emancipators. No one _can tell to-day what is best for them or for us. I know no one at this hour who is wise enough or sufficiently In- formed to determine what form of gov- ernment will best subserve their Interests and our fnterests, their and our well be- ng. If we knew everything by REFUSES MONEY 10 PAY SPAIN House Knocks Out the Twenty Millions. ERICAN MINER DEEPLY WRONGED Outrage by Officials at Dawson. = = intuition— who belleve that if we do not they do— we should not need information; but un- fortunately most of us are not in that happy state. The whole subject is now with Congress and Congress is the voice, the consclence and the judgment of the American people. Upon their judgment and conscience can we not rely? 1 believe in them. I trust them. 1 know of mno better or safer human tribunal than the people. Until Congress Special Dispatch to The Call WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Two very sensational and unexpected things hap- Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 16.—Ac- cording to miners who reached here shall direct otherwise 2060000000001t “}'i“f “Fe lf-he this evening by the Tees direct from | pened in the House to-day during the Until Congress © cculive ‘15 pos- | Dawson, George A. Harvey, an Ameri- | consideration of the sundry civil bill. @ Bireste @®sess and hold | can miner, working in the XKlondike | The par raph carrying the appropria- ® : ©the Phillppines, | gistrict, has been made the victim of | tion of $20,000,000 for payment to Spain & Otherwise. ¢ eople thereof | outrageous treatment at the hands of | under the terms of the peace treaty #9990 e NS e v some of the Dawson officials. It seems that Harvey went into the | mining country in September last, and after a protracted prospecting tour | found color on a piece of ground . on Gold Hill. He lost no time in staking | his find, and was hurying to Dawson to record and have it surveyed when he questioned. met Dominion Land Surveyor Glbb‘qns That the inhabitants of the Philippines | gt Grand Forks. ~He requested Gib- will .be benefited by this republic is my | pong to go up to his property and sur- unshaken belief: that they will have a; - o% ¢ offering to pay him the usual kindHer government under our guidance| Ye¥ It * Gibbons refused the and that they will be aided in every. pos- | fee on the spot. on: ey sible way to be self-respecting and self- | money, telling the miner to pay at the overning people is as true as that the |Land Office at Dawson. ~To .prevent Smerican people love liberty and. have |gelay, however, he began the survey at A e s once, on Harvey agreeing to pay when he secured his record. ment and their own institutions. Harvey went to Dawson in November ormot was stricken out on = point of order made by Wheeler, a Kentucky Demo- crat, who declared that he opposed the appropriation on principle and would resort to any technicality to defeat it. The point of order was debated for hours, its determination hinging upon the question of whether the ratification of the treaty by the Senate and its signing by the President vitalized . it without the action of the Spanish Cortes. Warrant of law was necessary to make the appropriation in order. Hopkins (R.) of Illinois who wsas in the chair, sustained the point of order against it; and upon an appeal his de- opportunity to prosecute their lawful pursults, encouraging them in their in- dustries; making them feel and know we are their friends, not their enemies; that thefr good is our aim; that their welfare is our welfare; but that neither their our authority is acknowledged and un-i Govern- No imperial design Jurks in the Amer- ican mind. ~They are alien to American cisfon was sustained, 149 to sentiment, thought and purpose. ur | to apply to Gold Commissioner Faw- -'Cnnnonrthen'mgéfi,&ed tofiefiave e priceless 'prineiples undergo no_‘hange | cett, then in office, for permission {0 [ apropriation inserted by . the un th the | record his location. The whole of No-| congent, but Wheeler again objected. der a tropical sun. They go wi it December passed fia isfaction from the | Why read ye not the changeless The free can conquer but to save. If we can benefit these remote peoples, who will object? If in the years of the ablished in government | vember and part of | before he got any sati - Commissioner, and when at length his application was ~considered he was u{’l‘d he could not record or hold his A strong intimation was given by Can- non that a way would be found within the rules to make the appropriation be- | fore the adjournment of Congress. He referred undoubtedly 'to the probability truth? [ future they are e: : : “a fractional under law and liberty, who will regret our | property, as it was -a 1 ‘ax | that the appropriation w perils and sacrifices; who will not rejoice | claim.” This decision, however, Was| . ‘. bmpgy o sflm:“]d be placed not adhered to, and on January 5 he got the title to the claim, of which the in our heroism and humanity? Always per- ils and always after them safe! always darkness ‘and ‘clouds, but always shin- ing through them: the light and the sun- shine; always cost and sacrifice, hut al- ways after them ‘the fruition of liberty, education and civilization. I have no Hght or knowledge not com- mon ta my countrymen. I do not proph- esy. The present is all-absorbing to me, but I cannot bound my vision by the | blood-stained trenches around Manila, where every red drop., whether from the veéins of an American soldler or a mis- fuldcrl Filfpino, is anguish to my heart; hut by the broad range of future years, swhen that group of islands, under the im- ulse of the year just past, shall have hecome the gems and glorfes of these After the sundry civil bill had been completed and reported to the House, Hepburn of Iowa, the champion of the Nicaragua canal bill, moved to recom- mit it with instructions to report it back with the canal bill incorporated in it. ' This was an unexpected move, as it was generally understood that Hep- burn had abandoned all hope after his defeat yesterday. Tut he believed that his motion would have additional strength in the House where members could be put upon record. The action was promptly declared out of order by the Speaker, thereupon Hepburn ap- pealed, and Payne of New York moved to lay, the appeal on the table. Upon the latter motion the vote was taken and the result was 97 ayes to 67 noes. £s no -~uorum was developed. on -the vote, owing to the lateness of the hour, they managed to car an adfourn- ment until to-morrow. This glves them a breathing spell in which to marshal their forces for the final encounter. and to-morrow, as soon as the House meets, the vote will again be taken. Sttt s as FEET AND HANDS FROZEN. SEATTLE, Wash.,, Feb. 16.—William Matheson of Los Angelss recently had his feet and hands frozen at Forty Mile n:d utation was n ary to save his fl?e‘.pj }a{t; had been drnking “kootch™ and had fallen asleep on the ground with his extremities wet. ¢ was night and the thermometer stoo: 20 degrees below. following copy was given your -cor- Recorder’'s office, January 5.—Abstract Bounded on northeast by ‘claim of Dr. in the Travandike of the Yukon ed under certifi- cate No. 10,448 by tropical seas, a land of plenty and of in- Armed with this title, he went back commerce and trade of all nations, en. ( When a gentleman in a gold braided homes. and whose children and children’s | and was at once arrested and taken to 3 T d e hemsin the pathway af e Sorand fined for one night in the barracks. he Postmaster Gen S s oliowen, i leased. It was a question whether he Secretary Long, who received an ova- | In an interview with the Nugget at even President McKinley arose and | D& Some one in the balcony called tor‘ liberately delaying the mails. respondent by N. Matte, one of the ar- creasing possibilities, a people redeemed wson, Ogflvie made serious charges three cheers for “Dewey's friend.” ‘ William Joel, mining engineer, of Mining division of thé Kilondike Z\Unh’:fi of No. 6 above, on Gold Hill, fifth tier, according to plan d’:fls]i)on L. 8. Gibbons, Said_claim was records B. BOLTON, Mining Recorder. to the arts of peace, in touch with the | to bed rock. Imagine his surprise and religlous liberty, of education and of | instantly leave his claim. He refused S eimed e A jcand- | being trespassing. After being con- best civilization. ’ and after his statement was taken. re- iners left. dent. He was cheered to the echo, and | audience. the United States mall carrier was de- He discovered a big coal seam near | S e Matheson will not want, for his brother N the next Congress. pointe h is ‘expected that he will be appdin great grandpare! SRttt B e G st e tie e OW AN INDIAN MAY LOOK AFTER INDIANS NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—A Washington special to. the Herald says: An Indian may. preside over the House Committee on Indian Affairs in Representative Sherman of New York is chairman of this committee in the present Congress and would doubtless d to the same place in' the next Congress but for the fact that it ted a member of the Board of General Appraisers and will resign his seat in Congress. "The second man on the committes is Representative Charles Curtis of Kansas, and he is very anxious to succeed "fo -th Mr. Curtis is an Indian; that is, he is one-éighth Indian. nts on his mother’s side was a Kaw Indian, and he has somie - of the faclal characteristics of an Indian, though he ha copper-colored skin of the red man. The father of Mr. Curtis was a hun- ter and trapper in Kansas'in the earlydays.-Mr.Curtis is'a self-made man, and after starting in life as a jockey on aWesternracetracklestudied law and was County Aftorney of Shawnee County, has served in three Con- gresses and has been elected in the fourth. He takes a great deal of {nterest tn matters relative to Indians and has- been .very useful in the comintttee of the House charged with their welfare. tain retations with the tribe to. which his forefathers: belonged, and he I & does not resent joeular alluslons to his Indian blood: ‘.gs‘gsoss%&fi’n os¢§0&o§0§0§0§f§0§‘§0w08€0§0fi0§0§0§0‘ be ap- e chairmanship. ©Orie of his s ‘not the He does not. re- BN eNeRNINeNeReLeReNeNeKINe@ BRIDGE BUILDING AND ATTEMPTED BRIBERY SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 16.—The Grand Jury this afternoon returned an indict- ment agatnst F.'D. Elwell, who {s accused of attempted bribery in connection with the Aptos bridge matter. Bail was fixed at $8000. Some months ago the McMahon Bridge ‘Company. was given the contract to bulld L a bridge near Aptos. .The bid was $3045. The next lowest bid was: that of Nelson Mosher of this city, who bid $3745. Mosher, | who- has done considerable bridge build-~ Ang, ‘was positive the work could not be | done rxn & amount bid by the San Fran- i cisco firm, 8o | | he decided ‘to keep hll_eya before the secret session of on it. . He investigated and !gsuiq the or- iginal plans had n chang for. those on file at the Courthouse, whereby the bridge could be bullt for less money than the plans he examined preparatory to making the bid. Mosher, when ‘examifed by the Board of -Bupervisors, testified that in the orig- inal plans the floor beams were . sixty pounds to the foot, but had been changed to thirty-two pounds, the rail part, €xs, to 4x8. and the pillow guard, . to 4x8. The black of concrete for the cylinder ‘which apgenred in the original did not ap- pear in the changed plais, and a number of other changes. Other witnesses were examined by the Supervisors, including Contractor McMa- hon and J. H. Stack. who Is in’ hi: gl:\ v. G. N. Simmons, who also bid the ridge; testified that the plans had been changed. ~ All these withesses had been the Grand Jury, and the indictment was filed this | Dawson. The United States reindeer | owns probably the two richest claims in rivals: titla of bench piacer claim on left limit Morgan, south 83 feet, north IQO\ east 100, distriet. G. A. Harvey. Certified correct. from savage indolence and habits, devoted to work and sunk a shaft well down joying the blessings of freedom or civil | uniform . appeared and notified him to children shall .for ages hence bless the pawson, the charge laid against him Pt Gl o SEtewonids was brought before the Commissioner. e ary Lo who peas followed by | TC0id get his claim back when the late tion, second only to that of the Presi. | ™ waved his napkin in salute with the } against P. C. Richardson, alleging that ILondon. arrived by the Tees to-day. | | atterngon. herd have reached Indian River. | the Forty Mile dstrict. 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