The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1899 BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER | | i | Los Angeles Pastors Say the Days of Miracles Are Not Past. Urge Their Flocks to Call Upon the Lord to Send Rain to Parched Fields. 0S8 ANGELES, March 12.—No,compel water to run down hill, yet man more ideal Sabbath day, with|Dumps it above its level. Prayer for wealth of sunshine and clearness “fiedful benefits find a responsive & chord.” of sky, ever dawned upon the City of the Angels. The much- heralded statements that the ministers of all denominations would devote their sermons and prayers to the question why rain I not been vouchsafed the suffering acres of Southern California served to fill the places of worship to the utmost. It was commented upon that many who are active in commerce but lax i s attended di- Rev. Mr. Welsh of the Swedenborgian | Church sald: “The distance of the Lord is what we make it by our disobedience of heart. To receive blessings we must Rain on the Just and the Unjust.” Rev. Mr. Knickerbocker of Trinity | Church had for his text “He Sendeth | Rain on the Just and the Unjust.” “There is no prior reason,” he said, | “against invading the physical realm in | our prayers. God is able to answer. | He hangs answers to prayers as ripe | fruit on a stem of intelligence and in- | dustry. If we are able by a new process the hearts of | for invading a hitherto locked reservoir | men and permit drops of |t supply our need for rain, God will | heavenly to fall upon mankind | not send it in answer to prayer, After| man has exhausted all resources does God exercise his power.” Rev. Mr. Mason's text w not, I am with thee.” He sai we have accomplished much,” said a leading divine, as he grasped the hand ient citizen who is celebrated “Fear JORDAN REBUKES THE PESSNISTS Answer of Science to Despair. THE REALITIES OF LIFE LOVE AND ACTION ANTIDOTES FOR ENNUL Stanford’s President Preaches Fitegerald’s Version of the “Rubalyat” of Omar Khayyam. on Bpecial Dispatch to The Call STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 12.—President Jordan preached to the students in the chapel this morning on “The Philosophy of Despair.” His text was taken from Fitzgerald's ver- sion of the “Rubalyat” of Omar Khay- yam. The purpose of the address was to indicate some part of the answer of science to despair. Said he: Don't reply. Science has nome for the human wisdom. The ultimate truths of the universe are no nearer than to the child." Science knows no ultimate truths, These are beyond the reach of man, and all that man knows must be stated in terms of his experience. But as to human_experience and conduct, science has a word to say. Deeper and more worthy of respect is the sadness of s The effort to see thing: y really are, to get out of all make-believe and to secure that abso- lute Veracity of thought without which sound action Is impossible, does not al- ways lead to hopefulne There is much to discourage in human history, in the facts of human life. The common man, after all the ages, is still very common. = He is ignorant, reckless, unjust, selfish, easily misled. All public affairs bear the sham of his weakness. Especially of war. s this shown in the prevalen he boasted progress of civili- ring shekels and equally | PO 208 T8 OO0 atain high; a | Zation Js dissolved in the barbarism of a non-communicant. little bark may be sinking and every ry of conquest or com- Should the earnest pravers that were | one on board about to pecish, but one | Terclal greed bé wars purpose, the ulti- heavenward beseeching the throne | heart cry, ‘Lord, save me!’ and the res- | {ia] feature ig the Slaughter of the young, 5 relieve the drought conditions | cuing hand of God immediately deliv-| the brave, the ambitious, hopeful, leav. e i airatis i me ers. Herein lies power for the relief of | ing the weak, the sickly, the discouraged, | he parched soil would smile immediate sufferin, A [ to perpetuate the race. Thus all militant the parched s ould s Rev. Mr. Smither of the First Chris- | nations become decadent ones. Thus the 1 garb of verdure. tian Church took for his text, “Jesus|8lory of Rome, her conquests and her Taylor of St. John's Church | Healing Blind Man.” | splendor of achievements left the Ro- | mans at home a nation of cowards and . troversy v text “The Lord hath con- ith his people.” It had been took for hi a disputed question, said he, whether God had control laws, and of natural forces or whether he could if he d earthquakes, volcanoe: s or cyclone He had per- the fect control over them, declared divine, and they were sent B - our t that had been de- had been most wicked ones. Here in our own country ir ice was dealt out in courts of justice, murder runs red-handed in the streets. W 1s rain withheld from us for th Would it be sent if we wi to a proper state of repent- There is much need of grace, arnest prayers sk son? brought ance? hence the days of de for mert giveness of our sins and for the bestowal of the much-needed rain. Rev. Mr. Goodwin, Methodist, said: s either performed miracles or tk = a fraud. A miracle is not a way of w Gravitation would and extra | sotion for pleading to God | mply God’s | “Jesus’ compassion for our race was | the great propelling force that brought | him into the world of sin and sorrow and shame,” said the minister. ‘“Under | his magic touch the blindness of sin /| the desert places of earth were made to } | blossom as the rose and shed forth the fragrance of divine love. By this means was the gospel perpetuated, and all | men shall eventually bow to the author- r | ity of the Lord.” Rev. Mr. Brooc.s, Baptist. an-| | nounced for his text, “Why No Rain?” “Man’'s incomprehensibility of the | | mysterious workings of providence is | bar to supplication for aid.” he | said. “When hardness. of heart is re- moved and true righteousness enters | we may expect the Lord of Hosts to hearken. That prayer availeth is posi- | tive, but humility, contriteness, a true | exhibition of Christian spirit come be- | fore the personal voice of man. We | | must walk in the paths of the Lord. and the finger of mercy will point out | reliet.” | MRGTARENCE MACKAY AFFLICTED WITH THE GRIP Condition of the Bonanza King’s Daughter-in-Law Is Causing Great Anxiety. NEW YORK, March 12.—Mrs. Clar- ence A. Mackay is suffering from the grip, and her condition cau some anxiety. The malady . attacked Mr: Mackay practically without premoni- tory symptoms and is of severe form. The daughter-i v of the bonanza king went for her usual aft oon drive in the park on Saturday. On returning ghe was seized with a chill, and- the family physician, who was summoned at once, announced that Mrs. Mackay had contracted the grip. Mr. Mackay was considerably alarmed to-day when his wife showed no improvement. She had a high fever and several physicians were called in attendar Mrs. Mackay was to have given a large theater supper party Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Fair and W K Vanderbilt Jr.,, and the entertain- ment, which, though coming in the Lenten season, was to’have been one of the brilliant social affairs of the late winter, is now postponed indefinitely. CORBIN DECLINED T0 BE PROMOTED ‘Was Offered a Major Generalship by McKinley During the War. NEW YORK. March 12—The Washing- ton correspondent - of. the Herald tele- graphs: 1 learned to-day that President McKinley during the war offered an ap- pointment as major general of volunteers to Brigadier General Corbin, adjutant general, but that officer respectrully de- clined it. General Corbin’s declination is probably as unigue in army history t is extremely doubtful If any officer offered an ap- pointment to_ the highest office in the army -ever refused to accept it. General Corbin's declination was due to the fact that Congress had failed to make pro vision for a_reward of Major General Merritt and Major General Ofls and ather officers. who distinguished themselves in the field, while he, though his work was arduous, - Temainéd -in Washington throughout. the strugsle. ROLLIN M. SQUIRE'S CAREER IS CLOSED Passing of the Former Commissioner of Public Works of New York. NEW YORK, March 12—Rollin M. Squire, former Commissioner of Public Works of this city, died at his home to- night of heart failure, aged €2 vears. Rollin M. Squire was born in Spring- field, Vt., and had a varied and adven- turous career, having been a lawyer, an e e T L Pears’ soap responds to wa- ter instantly; washes and rinses off m a twinkling. a miner, ‘a Spiritualist, a poli-| a promoter and an office-holder. rs he had been in poor cir- vas connected with the | S “ar Service yea e wn, but did not editor, tician, Of late ¥ cumstances New York & Company. Some started a club house up to’ succeed in the venture. At one time Squire was a miner in Cal- ifornia. During the Grant funeral in Au gust, 1885, he caused some verses of his | own composition to be placed on the | front of the City Hall. They excited| | such widespread comment of a most un-| | fayorable nature that Mayor Grant or- | dered them taken down. | ———— WILL GIVE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES A TRIAL| | France Sends a Commission to Pur- | chase Iron Steeds in This Country. | NEW YORK, March 12— Washington | | special to the Herald s Following | | the example of other nations, France has determined to give American locomotives | a trial. She has sent a commission to the | | United States to negotiate for the pur- chase of ten. The commission consists of | M. Boell, assistant engineer in chief of | the motive power of French state rail-| ways; M. Charrior, division superinten- dent ot traffic, and M. Thorne, inspector | of motive power. These gentlemen dined | last night with Embassador Cambon, and left this afternoon to visit Altoona, Pa., Pittsburg, Pa., Chicago, Milwaukeé, St Paul and New York. They expect to sail | for Paris on April 1. { | "1t is not certain the American negines | will be satisfactory,” M. Boell said to me. | | “It will have to be determined whether they are economical burning fuel and | whether they are sufficlently light for | work in France.” _ STARTS FOR SOUTH TO-DAY. | | Friends of the President Call to Say | Good-By. | | WASHINGTON, March 12—A number of friends of President and Mrs. McKin- ley were at the White House to-night to say good-bye to the Chief Executive and his wife, who start on their trip South to-morrow evening. The affair was en- tirely an Informal one. Among those | present were all the members of the | Cabinet _ except Postmaster General | Emory Smith and Secretary Hitchcock, | Vice Pr 1 | esident and Mrs. Hobart, Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat of Chicago, and several resi- dents of Canton, O., now living in Wash- | ington. ——— Fawcett on the Rack. | SEATTLE, March 12—William Ogllvle, | Administrator of the Yukon, has begun | an fnvestigation of the charges against ex-Gold Commissioner Fawcett at Daw- | son. On February 16 formal charges were | filed against Fawcett by E. C. Allen, who | accuses Fawcett of having used his offi- clal powers for the benefit of personal | friends in the location of claims. Faw- | cett has entered a specific denial of the charges and asked for a speedy investiga- tion. " The trial has been continued thirty ays. el g Arrested for Blackmail. CHICAGO, March 12.—Four men were | arrested to-day charged with demanding $300 blackmail from Frank H. Cooper of Siegel, Cooper & Co. The men arrested were Jacob Erb, attorney; Frank Schoen- feldt, attorney; Frank Reppetto, private dotective; and ‘Willlam Feeny, alias Wil- liams. If is charged that they attempted to extort the money from Cooper by threatening to accuse him publicly of a revolting crime. KA E-Tosy Death of General Kiefer's Wife. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 12.—Mrs. J. W. Warren Kiefer, wife of Major Gen- eral Kiefer, died to-day of pneumonia. She had been ill but a short time. Major General Kiefer and his ‘son, Captain | Kiefer, of his staff, are on their way home from Havana. Mrs. Klefer was 64. During President Arthur's administra- tlon, while General Kiefer was Speaker of the House, Mrs. Kiefer was prominent {n Washington soclety. | | mass as a pebble c | caped | morrow afternoon. | mors to-night of possible sensations in such they are to this day, for those who survive are not the sons of the heroes, but of those whom the needs of two thou- sands years of warfare could not use. t there seems no way out of this turned into the eyesight of truth, rags | the cause of the boundless despair of the | of disobedience into garments of right- !Yl\inkm;: men nthf"nnhl mu]!}iurnpr. A B SETV Towt touch | chance shot may bring down the tremend- eousress. Under his hallowing ous engines of war and in the streets of be any city may natted the scenes of Paris or Sedan. Dr. Jordan then took is pessimists who declare t reality in life is pain. ue with ‘the at the only This he held W not the real truth, for he . who knew no reality save appetite had never known life at all. “The realities of life,” he said, “are love and action—not the desire but the exercise of our appointed functions.” He continued: Man's sensations and power to act must go together. he cannot somehow. weave into action. If he fails to ‘do this in one form or an- other " it: is through limitations he has placed on himself. To weave knowledge o the one's power, whatso- r they may be, is to turn away from Nirvana to real life. A useful man, a help- ful man, an active man in eve even though hi i is misdi harmful, is alw: a hopeful man. Optimism in: life is a good working hy- pothesis if blindness and self satisfac- tion be not its malns[;ring. ‘What if there are so many of us in the ranks of hu- manity—that the individual be lost in the t into the se ? into action is the antidote for ennuf. plan, to hope, to do, to accomplish full measure Would you choose a worl leave room for only vou and your satel- lite Would you ask for problems of life so tame that even you could grasp them? It is to us a question not of hope or de- but of truth; not of optimism nor spair 1 | of pessimism, but of wisdom. Wisdom | is knowing what to do next; virtue is religion, the heart impulse that doing it toward the best and highest. turns us FREIGHT COLLISION COSTS TWO LIVES Engineer and Fireman Killed in a Railway Accident in Connec- ticut. NAUGATUCK, Conn., March 12—In a head-on collision between two freight trains near Bradleys station, on the High- Jand division of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad, this morning, Engineer George Dean of Hartford was buried under his cab and instantly killed and his fireman, Dan Kennedy of Dan- bury, dled a:few hours later. The engi- neer and firéman on. the other train_ es- by jumping. Several = brakemen were injured, but none fatally. It is claimed that the collision was due to Iog. ot Lt FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND FORTY INJURED Collision Between .Two Excursion Trains Near Rakaia, New Zealand. WELLINGTON, N. Z., Mareh 12.—Five persons were killed and forty injured in a collision between two excursion trains to-day near Rakafa, on the Rakala Rall- way. ; P SAILS FROM MALTA. Transport Sheridan Proceeds on Its Voyage to‘Manfls‘ LA VELETTA, Maita, March 12.—The Union Club gave a luncheon yesterday to the officers commanding the American troops on board the United States trans- port Sheridan, which - arrived here on hursday en route to Manila. The trans- port proceeded to-day. DELAWARE’S DEADLOCK. Legislature Will Adjourn Sine Die This Afternoon. DOVER, Del, March 12.—The Legis- lature, which has been ineffectually | voting for a United States Senator since January 17, will adjourn sine die to- There are many ru- the joint session to-morrow. One of these is to the effect that four of the Addicks Republicans will vote with the Democrats for Willard Saulsbury to- morrow if the regular Republicans per- sist in their refusal to vote for Addicks. This rumor could not be traced to an authoritative source. Senator Abbott, a leading Addicks man, raid to-night he felt confident a Senator would be elect- ed to-morrow. N e Murderer Albi Taken. SPOKANE, March 12.—William Albi, who murdered James Lacey in the Coeur d'Alene gambling rooms on February 18, was captured to-day near Sand Point, ldaho, where he was harbored by Italian section hands. g iy Passing of a Noted Actress. LONDON, March 12.—Mrs. Robert Kee- ley, the actrees, died to-day of pneu- monia, in her ninety-third ys{r. Man can know nothing that | 1d so small as to | OVERWORKING THE [FORM BUSINESS Bryan Gives Advice to Democrats. “ONE AT A TIME” HE SAYS | i HOW TO KEEP IN FAVOR WITH THE PUBLIC. Believes Neither the Initiative and | Referendum Nor Government Ownership Should Be Taken Up. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YOPK, March 12.—The Ver- dict will to-morrow print a letter, for the first time made public, written by Willlam J. Bryan in 1897 to a Chicago editor. It is dated Lincoln, Nebr.. No- vember 26, 1897, and after referring to personal matters says: As I think I stated in my letter to Mr. Flower, I am in favor of the initiative and referendum.as far as it can be aplied to our conditions, and assisted in_the adoption of such a plank in our State convention, but I believe an attempt 1o give that such prominence as you seem t give it, means harm rather than advan- tage to the other reforms upon which the people are ready to act. I may be mis- | taken, but such is my opinion. In your letter 'you add the subject of Government ownership of rallroads, although wour circular does not mention this. Your are in error in supposing that I have advocated the Government owner- ship of railroads. I have been so susily engaged in the study and discussion of the questions which ~have been imme- diately before me, that I have never had opportunity to examine into the effect of the Government ownership of raiiroads in other countries. Even this has forccd certain issues into the foreground and the people are ready to act upon them To invite them to pass over these qu tions and take up new ones will be & cor fession that we were wrong last fall and weaken the force of OUr ArgUmMenis. I note what you say in regard to the de- sire cf those whom you represent to sup- port me in 1900. I’ think 190 is too far ahead for us to know who ma available at that time. We are entitled to the most available man, whoever he may be, and the events of the next three years will be needed to ald us-in selecting | kim. These who are trying to ov. the reign of plutocracy inaugurated by | the Republ‘can party will have to do the best they can, each following his own | iudgment, and T trust that our forces may | be concentrated upon certain refroms held | in common rather than divided when the | next battle begins. A | WILLIAM J. BRYAN. 'EXCURSION MARRED ‘ | BY A SAD ACCIDENT | | Young Sacramentan Drowned While | | on an Outing With a Party | of Foresters. SACRAMENTO, March 12.—Last night a large number of members of the Order of Foresters went down the Sacramento River by boat to Walnut Grove to assist in instituting a new lodge there. Among the pumber was Gottlieb Schmitt, a well | knowp young Sacramentan. The steamer was qored alongside the bank and a gangplank afforded means for the excur- sionists to debark. The ceremony of in- stituting the new lodge was gone through with in the town hall, and then the large assemblage sat down to a banquet. The fe: had not proceeded far when | | the cry, ““Man overboard!” was heard | coming from the direction of the river. A hurried glance down the tables dis-| closed the absence of Schmitt. The ban- queters, filled with forebodings, ran to the steamer and found all In commotion there. A man's hat had been discovered | on_the edge of the boat outside the guard | | rail and near the gangplank. Somebody | had heard a splash and a despairing ap- peal for help. The hat was examined by the visiting Foresters and recognized as that of Schmitt. Search was‘made for the missing man, but without avail, and | this morning the excursionists returned to the city, convinced that their brother member lay at the bottom of the river. Young Schmitt was never known to taste liquor, and he certainly had drank nothing on the trip down the river. How he came to fall overboard is a mystery. The theory of suicide is not seriously en- tertained, since so far as known the young man had no troubles which: should lead him to take his life. While the banquet was in progress a salute from a small cannon was sent off at intervals, and it is thought by some that Schmitt was on | the gangplank when the first of these re- ports occurred, and that, startled by the sudden noise, he lost his balance and fell into the water. Schmitt was employed at the candy fac- tory of W. F. Peterson and was unmar- riel Men dragged the river bed in the vicinity of the drowning all of to-day without recovering the body. - CAPTAIN PHILLIPS = DIES OF THE GRIP | Passing of the Commander of the American Revenue Cutter Boutwell. NEW YORK, March 12.—Captain® Morton Levy Phillips, commander of the United States revenue cutter Bout- well, died to-day at Newberne. N. C.. of the grip, aged 61 years. He was a son of Morton Phillips Levy, one of eleven brothers, all of whom served in the Union army or navy from 1812 on. One of these brothers, C.mmodore Uriah P. Levy, abolished whipping in the navy. Captain Phillips was born in New Orleans in 1838. When a lad he ran away from home and secretly joined one of the ships under command of his uncle, Commodore Levy. To conceal his identity he took the name Phillips. ‘When his uncle discovered him he had him appointed to the revenue marine service, and as the navy rolls had his name Phillips he found it necessary to retain it. He served with distinction during the Civil War in the patrol of the Po- tomac River, when revenue cutters acted as gunboats. More recently he commanded the Dexter at Newport for three years, then was assigned to the North Pacific, watching sealers. He leaves a widow, two daughters and a gon. His family live in Portland, Me. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | e HONORS TO THE HERO -DEAD. Salutes to Be Fired Upon the Arrival of Remains of Soldiers. WASHINGTON, March 12.—The Secre- tary of War has.sent the following order to . Major-General Wesley Merritt at Governor’s Island, N. Y.: “By direction of the President you will, upon the arrival of the Roumania with the remains of the soldiers who were killed or have died at Santiago and Porto Rico, fire a nmng salute, order all flags half-masted and detail a sufficient guard | of honor to see that the caskets are taken off the ship and expressed to their former, homes. The Roumania is expected to ar- rive very soon. Will telegraph you to- morrow as early as possible the exact hour. LG 5 ER, “Secretary of War.” e Belgium’s Queen Convalescent. BRUSSELS, March 12.—The following builetin was issued this evening re- .fiu‘dln the condition of Queen uur enriette: ““The Queen is progressing in her convalescence. She has re!ru&n' sleep and i8 regaining her strength.” i | 250 torpedo. boats, some of them very COMES 10 STUDY NAVAL METHODS Frenchman’s Mission to This Country. ATTACHED TO THE EMBASSY OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS WILL SEND AGENTS. Success of Americans on the Sea Has Attracted World-Wide At- tention to Our Ships. B404040- 4040404040404 0404040404 Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 12.—TLfeuten- ant de Faramond of the French navy recently arrived here in company with the French Embassador, M. Cabon, to become naval attache bf the French embassy. Lieutenant de Faramond has had much experience as a naval observer, following the Japanese and Chinese vessels through the China- Japan war, and now coming here to study American naval methods. Speak- ing of the American navy to-day Lieu- tenant de Faramond said: “The American navy has attracted | worldwide attention within the last year, and this is leading European countries to send naval attaches to Washington. This will be the first time the French Government has had a na- val attache with the embassy. A Ger- man naval officer is coming to the Ger- man embassy, and other countries will | doubtless fullow their example. Dur- | ing the Spanish-American = war this | country afforded splendid opportunities | for naval study. It was the first real | test of modern fighting vessels, and na- val science must draw its conclusions | largely from what the American navy | accomplished during the war with | Spain. I think it is universally con- | ceded in Europe that the American navy has a splendid record, not only in a general way, but in technical mat- ters of naval detail. It demonstrated the effectiveness of the rapid fire gun of medium caliber rather than the larger guns. It also seemed to show | that the power of a navy is more in its weapons of attack and offense. its capability of giving blows, rather than in its heavy armor and capability of resisting blows. “We in France were quite aware of the growing power of the American | navy even bef.»» the recent war. Our | chief naval constructor, M. Bertin. came to this country prior to the war and made a tour of your dockyards, arsenals, etc. On his return he made | an official report, )wing the sreat improvements the American naval constructors had brought about. par- ticularly in the arrangement of bulk- heads and in the distribution of armor | g0 as to protect vital points. We also know your American armor, and are using the Harveyized American process, which has been found entirely satisfac- | tory thus far. Lieutenant de Faramond says foreign naval observers are not only interested in the results of the war, but are also observing the large amount of naval construction now in progress in the | United States, and the naval improve- ment it involves. From Italian naval statistics he shows that the United States was to-day reckoned second among the great powers in point of warships under copstruction. The ton- | nage by countries is as follows: Great Britain, 153,132 tons; United States, 56, 425 tons; Japan, 47, ; Russia, 29,04 Frl;nce, 25,668; Germany, 16,545; Italy, | 2972. “An interesting line of inquiry,” said | Lieutenant de Faramond, “is as to why you are building so many heavy ships, ironclads as we call them, as against the lighter, swifter cruisers. The iron- clad is essenfially a home ship, and is not fitted, owing to her bulk and lack | of coal capacity, for crossing the ocean, or for long cruises. The French navy has in commission fifteen ironclads on the Mediterranean and eight in the Northern squadron; but those are purely defense vessels and never leave the home ports. The performance of your battleship Oregon in running 13,000 miles around South America was remarkable for that reason, and her present trip across the Pacific is equal- ly remarkable. But, judged by the usual naval standards, an armored cruiser would have been much better equipped for these long voyages. She has the speed. the coal, and at the same time sufficient armor to make her defensive powers almor ' equal to those | of the ironclad.” | The lieutenant says France has gone farther in adopting the torpedo boat as an effective naval weapon than any other country. She has in all some | | | | { | swift. Lieutenant de Faramond says he thinks the adoption of the water tube boilers in American warships will be a further improvement and will make them much more effective for long cruising. This class of boilers, he savs, has been adopted by the British ad- miralty for the Powerful, the Terrible and ships of that class, and quite gen- erally by the naval authorities of France, Asia, Japan, Chile, Argentine and TItaly. M. Viaud, a naval con- structor of the French navy, is at pres- ent in Washington on an unofficial mis- sion and will confer with our naval constructors on this new method of boiler construction. ‘“Admiral Dewey is generally recog- nized abroad as entitled to rank as one of the great naval commanders.’” said Lieutenant de Faramond. “Such a man does honor to the naval frater- nity the world over.” MASKED MEN RAID A SACRAMENTO SALOON SACRAMENTO, March 12. — Two masked men: entered the barroom of the Sacramento Brewery, at Twenty-eighth and M streets, at 11 o'clock to-nirht and robbed the bartender and hal a dozen patrons of the place. Both robbers were masked with handkerchiefs tied over the lower portions of their faces. One en-| | tered ‘the room by the rear door and the | other by way, of the front entrance. Both presented revolvers and demanded tha eve?- person in the room hold nn his hands The demand was - complied = with without loss of time. The robhers ‘then emptied the till behind the bar and forced lheblmen to give up their money and val- uables. - One of the men resisted and was beaten into submission by one of the: robbers, | who used his revolver as a club, In all the robbers obtained $25 and three watches. The -olice have no clew to! their identity. but officers are searching the suburbs for suspicious characters. kit Pipe Organ Combine. NEW YORK, March 12—The Herald will say to-morrow: An effort is being made to consolidate builders of pipe or- gans into a combinatlgm The initiative hag been made by Chicago capitalists. It is reported that the proposed combin- a}é% will have a capital of nearly $50,- [SENATORFRYE’S EXPLANATION KAISER WILLIAM TO VISIT COWES Furtber Evidence of the Empe- ror’s Friendliness Toward England. LONDON, March Z5.—Emperor William, it is announced this morn- ing, will arrive at Cowes on July 29 for yachting week. The Dally Graphic, in commenting upon the announcement, says: “Coming immediately after the' Emperor’s reception to Cecil Rhodes. it marks the complete reconciliation of Great Britain and Germany.” The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “I am informed that Emperor William displayed great interest in the conference with Cecil Rhodes. asking many questions as to the lat- ter's schemes, without, however. going into detalls or revealing his own views. He was especially keen regarding the telegraphic portion of Mr. Rhodes’ projects, and he said he had not yet renounced his hope of visiting Egypt to see with his own eyes the work that has been accom- plished there. “In the course of the interview His Majesty raid: ‘Do not miss seelng the statues in the Sieges-Allee (Avenue of Victor).” He also ex- pressed the hope to see Mr. Rhodes again hefore he left Berlin.” The Emperor cin 1 with Prince Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancel- lor, yesterday after receiving Mr. Rhodes, with whom he had conversed for three-quarters of an hour. Mr. Rhodes is continuing his visits to high officials and financlers, and the general belief here is that his efforts to obt-in the Kalser’s adherence to the project of a railroad from the Cape to Cairo, passing through German East African territory, will succeed. 4040404040404 040404040404040404040404 0+ 04040404 | |WAS CHIEF OF A 10 THE EANAU GREAT COPPER RING Death of M. Secretan Whose Opera- l tions in 1888 Caused a Panic PARIS, March 12. — M. . Socretan, founder of the Societe des Metaux | and chief agent in the great copper in Paris. ring of 1888, died to-day. M 404040404040404040 404040 $0+0+M | aragua route, and there will be no neces- | sity for acquiring any more information | concerning that route. Denial of Statements of Cannon. The late M. Secretan, in February, 1888, formed a French syndicate to raise | the priee of copper, then very low, by a monopoly. The syndicate had every- thing its own way until March of the following year, when it came to grief through M. Secretan’s wild specula- tions in copper, its collapse being fol- UNCLE SAM WOULD NOT HAVE SQUANDERED MILLIONS. | rect. There Was No Intention to Purchase Worthless Concessions, and the Matter Was Left to the President’s Discretion. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 12—Some of the members of the Senaté now in the city take exception to the statement of | Representative Cannon published Sat- urday concerning the defeat of the recommendations of the President in regard to the Nicaragua canal. The | statement to which the Senators make particular objection is the following one: If the Senate bill or any measure pro- posed had béen enacted thé United States would have pald $5,000,000 for a worthlessds It is proposed to put in concession and would have been com- | mitted by law to the construction of a canal along the Nicaragua route, and un- der such conditions it would have been compelled, before a spadeful of earth was turned or actual construction begun, to have acquired by treaty from Nicaragua and Costa Rica the territory whereon to | construct a canal and the right to con- struct it. Such legislation would have delayed and embarrassed construction of an isthmian canal. Referring to this statement to-night, | Senator Frye, chairman of the commit- | tee in the Senate which inserted the | Nicaragua canal amendment in the| river and harbor bill, said: | The statement of Mr, Cannon to the ef- | fect that the United States would have | paid $5,000,000 for a worthless concession if either the Senate canal bill or any meas- ure proposed had been enacted, is incor- The Senate canal bill provided for the appointment by the President of ap- | praisers to value any property purchased and the amount to be paid for any such property was limited to $,000000. © If it were assumed that the appraisers would | pay $.000000 for some worthless thing | and the President would have approved such action, then Mr. Cannon’s statement | might be correct. But Mr. Cannon, nor | any one else, assumes that such a thing | would have been possible. Now, as to | the canal amendment inserted .in the | river and harbor bill, not a word was said | about the payment of $5,000,000 for any | purpose. That amendment authorized | | the President for and in behalf of the | tur, United States to acquire such portion of territory now belonging to Costa Rica | and Nicaragua or such rights, easements, | or privileges therein, or connected there- | with, as may be necessary to excavate, | construct, control and defend a canal, and | so on. There is nothing in that provision | requiring the payment of $5,000,000 or 5 cents. Nor Is there anything in that| provision requiring that any treaty be negotiated with Nicaragua and Costa | Rica to secure territory. The President | was. authorized to acquire it, if he could, and the money for it. I do not, and did not, interpret that amendment as authorizing the Presi- dent to acquire tne concession of property of any corporation, as I do not believe such concessions are worth anything. But if it did authorize him to do so, it is not true that the United States would have paid $3,000,000 for a worthless conces- sion unless we are to assume that the President of the United States would be a party to it. I do not think anybody will assume that. Now, the only other pro- Posed measure was the House bill, or the one reported to the House by Mr. Hep- burn. That bill did not authorize the ayment of a cent for any concession held gy any corporation. Hence, I do not see what could have misled Mr. Cannon into making such a statement unless it was the fact that not being a member of any of the committee having this mat- ter in charge, he was misled. I see that in another part of his state- ment he says that ‘“‘the United States cannot afford to enter ugcm this great work until it has acquired by a treaty a zone of territory whereon to construct the canal.”” Holding that view, I do not see how he could object, as he does in another part of his statement, to measures which he says would have com- pelled the United States, before any work could be done on the canal, to “‘have ac- quired by treaty from Nicaragua and Costa Rica the territory whereon to con- struct a canal and the right to construct it.””" The fact is that a good deal was left in the Senate bill and in the Senate amendments to the river and harbor bill, as far as this subject is concerned, to the discretion of the President. Nothing could be done excepting with his ap- proval, and he was not required to pay out anything, but was merely authorized 0 do it. Neither did the Senate amend- ment_to the river and harbor bill commit the President to the Nicaragua route. The Spooner amendment, which was adopted, specifically provides that if the President was unable to make satisfac- tory arrangements over the Nicaragua route he could negotiate for control of or right to construct ‘“some other canal con- necting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.” Asked what action he thought the President would take under the pro- vision finally made by Congress, Sena- tor Frye replied: T think that he will add two memb. the Walker commission, and that hfi'ivffl direct them to proceed at once to Pan- ama and inspect the canal there and re- port on that route. By the time that is done the Walker commission will have was appropriated to pay |t lowed by a widespread panic. M. Sec- retan’s tapestries, china and articles of vertu, with some of his pictures, were sold at public auction, realizing enor- mous prices. Shortly after several pic- | tures were taken to London, where they were sold by Messrs. Christie for nearly £30,000. He contrived, however, to save enough from the wreck to live comfortably. - |ALASKAR EXPLORATIONS WILL BE CONTINUED Colonel Ray Ordered to Prepare to Return to the Northern Territory. NEW YORK. March A Washington special to the Herald s An order will be issued by the War Department to- morrow directing the resumption of Alaskan explorations, which were brought to‘a stop as the result of the war with Spain. the field ,the same parties which were engaged in the work' last year. It is theretore expected orders will be sent to Colonet P H. Ray, commanding the Third Infantry, now at | Guantanamo, directing him to prepare for a return to Alaska. He_is already under orders to return home. j Major Glenn, who recently returned from Alaska, will be sent back to continue his work. — Yearn for California. AUBURN, March 12.—Nearly all the Britons who have recently left the Eng- lish colony here and returned to their former homes in England. are anxious to get back to this side of the Atlantic. They say they cannot stand the climate there. advices from _Captain obs and family G. Ponting and amily and a number of others quote them to the effect that they will be back | to California before summer. Lee Not After a Toga. RICHMOND, Va., March 12—A letter from General O. B. James of this city was made public in which General Lee au#hor- izes General James to say to his friends that it is his desire that his name be not mentioned as a candidate for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Martin. He gives as his reason for this course his duties in the army and the uncertain- ty of their duration G el Growth of American Coal Trade. HARTLEPOOL, Eng., March 12.—A large steamship owner has received over- from American agents to carry American al to Europe at. from 11 to i2 shillings per ton. North of England coal merchants are alarmed at the steady growth of the American coal trade to European ports that formerly took Eng- lish coal. —_— Leprosy at Monterey. 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