The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1899, Page 2

o THE SCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 25. 1899 DEADLY WAR ON THE NEGRDES More Than a Dozen Have Been Lynched. RRKANSAS MEN IN PURSUIT TERROR AMONG THOSE WEHO PLOTTED AGAINST WHITES. A Texas Justice of the Peace Holds | an Inquest and Finds That the Blacks Died From Nat- | ural Causes. | CALIFORNIA WHO FELL ANILA, Feb. 21.—The names of two more California boys have been added to the rapidly grow- ing death list of the regiment. They are those of Privates An- The Call. | —A cor- County facts not The which the ed was quiet to-day s no outward indi T of ny | - d left the bottoms, e said to e correspor great excitement and k excitedly t few 5 or more d River who was “ednesday - | movements of the enemy. | taken everything worth taking. tone D. Nilson and Rackard, both of Company C, whose remains were brought in from beyond Caloocan Sun- day, February 1 They had been miss- ing since Tuesday, the 7th, when in company with two comrades, all hav- ing leave of absence, they joined a company of the Kansas boys golng to the front. During a pause in the fir- ing between our troops and the insur- gents massed in the thick woods away to the right of the railroad track and beyond our new intrenchments the four lipped into a deep gorge unknown to any officer, and advanced a mile and a half beyond our lines, finally taking shelter behind a natural breastwork shaded by a tall bamboo, at the ex- treme end of the canyon. From here f0ur | they could easily look into the timber | observe all What oc- curred after reaching this point can only be surmised. Brown and Dun- can, the two members of Company C, who accompanied them, reported back at company quarters Tuesday evening and stated that, being fired on by large of insurgents in the timber, they had retreated, leaving Nilson and Rackard to follow. Their failure to re- port that two men were left behind to the officers on our lines is deplored, as the two dead sol rs could have un- doubtedly been rescued by our troops. Saturt morning the bodies were seen by a scouting party from one of the batte Privates Willlam Shaw and Dc 14 McMillan of Company C, First California, hearing of this and surmising that it might be their two 100 vards in front and vestigation. Following the route the dead men had taken they finally found the bod. stripped of all clothing but their blue shirts, the insurgents having The numerous empty cartridge shells strewn about told their story for them. i | The two brave boys had sold their lives d | dearly, succumbing only to superior force or treachery. The supposition is that one of the boys, probably Nilson, OVERWHELMING ODDS Two Brave Volunteers Ventured Far Into the Insurgents’ Lines and Like Heroes. ing comrades, started a private in- | was wounded early in the fight and the other (Rackard) had remained to aid him. Nilson possessed a fine revolver, and when found held in one hand a handkerchief saturated with blood, in tes took him thoroughl at of the v the s death at e in the vicin- are reaching | 1 out in or- leaders of with the em up port states g from uring man Toes and had man who ar- says that all the srhood of Rocky 1 have left their | o return. A laree | crossed the Red | Bowie County, | re negroes ha t been reported. ONE-FOURTH IS | AWARDED TO CHILE| Minister Buchanan’s Award in the Punta de Atacama Boundary | Dispute. Freglal Cable to The Call and the New York | Copyrighted, 1589, by James Gor- Bennett )S AYRES, 24.—William March J. Buchanan, United States Minister to | ntina, has announce s award on the Punta de / ama question, giving to Chile 800 lea which represents about | [ fourth of the whole territory In | view of the recognized Argentine rights it is genera L -ved that the awar will provoke ¢ MANIFESTO’S VICTORY. Wins the Grand National Steeple- chase With a Heavy Impost. LONDON, March he grand na,tlfm-; al steeplechase at the second day’s rac- ing of the Liverpool spring meeting to- day was won by J. G. Bulteel's aged to, carrying 175 pounds. This | race is of 2500 sovereigns, by subscription | of 2 sovereigns each, 15 sovereigns for handicap for five-year-olds and upward, distance Grand’ Natfonal course, ‘about four miles and ards. A trophy 100 sovereigns, is included in the value of | the race, or specie, at the winner's op- | tion. : | Major J. A. Orr-Ewing's Ford of Fyne, | ntent in public opinion. the other revolver cartridges. His wounded arm prevented the use of his rifle. Probably some of the eherny hidden in the brush in their rear had crept up and shot them down. Shaw and Mec- Millan stated that they could not tell if the bodies had been mutilated, four days having elapsed since their death. Insurgents in the brush on the right caused the two boys to beat a retreat, but a large force went out and brought the bodies in on the 13th. Full details have been received of the outbreak on the night of February 4. For the past two months the First Ne- braska has been camped at Santa Masa which was practically on the firing line. The sentinels of the insur- hanged, | gents near the Nebraska outposts were | very close at several places, and for several nights previous to the first firing an insurgent lieutenant had caused trouble near outpost No. 2 by attempting to push his sentinels within the Nebraska lines. Saturday evening, February 4, at 9 o'clock, the in- surgent lleutenant advanced with a few men and disregarded the challenge of the sentinel near No. 2. Private Gray- son of Company B, after properly chal- lenging the advancing party, who paid no attention to him, fired, killing the BOYS FIGHTING Died The in- surgents returned the fire and retreat- | lieutenant. and a private. ed. The battle really began when Ser- geant O. A. Curtis ordered his men to fire upon a large body of the insurgents who were attempting to cross the river opposite his post. Volley after volley | was fired in brief succession, which sent the insurgents back scrambling to their fortifications. Sergeant Curtis was wounded and compelled to retire. When the battle began the insurgents seemed to be ready, and the Nebraska regiment was made the center of their, attack. The American soldiers, how ever, stood them off, and itions were held firmly all along the li daylight Companies L, M and C, led| by Captain Hollingsworth, advanced to | drive back the insurgents, who had ef- fected a crossing farther up the river and had gained a position on the left flank from which they poured a terrific fire on the advancing line. The ad- vance was made by rushes, and it was a magnificent sight to behold. The command ~ “‘forward, guide center,” | could be plainly heard, and the long | line moved forward in as perfect order | as_though on drill. Nothwithstanding thé fact that they had to advance a quarter of a mile in plain view of the enemy, who poured upon them a con- stant storm of bullets, the Nebraskans drove the insurgents back to their boat and across the river. The Utah Battery, acting in conjunc- tion with the Nebraska troops, 'did great service. The constant and fear- less forward movements of the Ameri- can troops seemed to strike terror to the hearts'of the insurgents, who, re- treated hastily, leaving seventy-nine dead comrades behind a stone wall. It was here that E. G. Edlund of Com- pany B was killed and Fred Kuhn of Company C wounded. A Mauser bullet passed through Captain Hollings- worth’s hat. There is general anxiety among the patients of the brigade hospital to get | well sc they can take their places at | the front. A close watch has to be kept | upon the delirious wounded, who are constantly trying to escape from the hospital. Some of the weakest willfully deceive the nurses as to their condition in the hope that they may be dis- charged before entirely mended. If the hospital authorities would only allow it the firing line would be reinforced with every patient in the hospital who is able to walk. The hospital is crowded with wounded insurgents, who are| carefully attended by American sur- geons, and the captives seem to be sur- prised at the kindness of the men who hold them prisoners. The insurgents are using brass-coated bullets, which inflict shocking wounds whenever an American soldler is struck. Blood poinoning almost in- variably results from a wound inflicted by one of these bullets. Thomas Bryan, a member of the| California regiment, was shot through the groin by a Remington. The wound was not considered dangerous, but two hours after he was brought in from | the fleld blood poisoning set in, lock- | jaw ensued and fifteen minutes later | Bryan was dead. A report has reached here of the seiz- | ure by the insurgents of the American | steamers Saturnus, San Joaquin, Don | Jose, Gloria and San Pedro, the captain | of the latter boat being murdered. On February 12 Admiral Dewey, Cap- tain Lamberton of the Olympia and several ladies went up the river in the admiral’s launch and visited San Pedro | Macate. While at the headquarters of General King the insurgents sent a shower of Mauser bullets whizzing all | around and the naval party hastily re- turned to the launch and went full | speed down the river, where the ladies were out of danger. [There is no such name as Rackard given in the roster of the First Cali- fornia regiment. The nearest ap- proach to it is the name of Guy C. Packer, an Oregon boy, given in the list of recruits sent to Company C of the First after the regiment entered | Manila.] FIRST BIG DERBY OF THE SEASON i Crescent City Classic to Be Run To-Day. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, March 24.—The Cres- cent City Derby, the richest stake offered by the Crescent City Jockey Club, Is t be run to-morrow and will close the club’s winter meeting. The distance is a mile and an eighth, and the prize $4000, of which $3000 goes to the winner, $500 to the second horse, $300 to the third and $200 to the fourth. The conditions of the-weather and track are perfect, and the field that will face the starter promises one of the ts recorded for the New Or- aged, was second, and Audley Blyth's El- | I c. The starters, weights and liman, aged, finished third. | ¢ announced, are: Manjfesto d to the front two fences | Kentucky Colonel. from home and won by Nineteen horses started. 5 to 1 against Ford of Fy five lengths. ted. ‘The betting was Manifesto, 40 to 1 against and 20 to 1 against Eilliman. LAST OF THE WAR GOVERNORS Death of Hon. Francis Harrison Pier- pont. { PITTSBURG, Pa., March 2i.—Hon. | Francis Harrison Pierpont, the first Gov- | ernor of West Virginia, died to-night in | this city after an illness of several days. | The deceased, who was 8 years old, was the last of the war Governors. He was - the Union Governor of the restored Gov-| ernment of Virginia, organized in Wheel- | fng at the outbreak of the war by the | citizens of what is now West Virginia, who were opposed to secession. He was the principal agitator of the division of the State before the war. e Still Raining at Fresno. FRESNO, March 24.—The rainfall con- - tiunes here without any prospect of cessa- tion. For the last twenty-four hours the fall has been over haif an inch, making a | total of 2.50 inches for the storm. The San Joaquin and Kings rivers are swollen by the rains, and the former has already overflowed its banks, inundating a large strip of territory on the west side. The danger of a flood in the vicinfty of thi city is imminent. —_—e————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Nake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Jolly Roger... King Barleycorn. W, Eimer S. Bert Hittick........ 5 Van Dusen Queen of Song, who was regarded as a certain starter, remains in Memphis, her work being eclipsed by that of the colts opposed to her, and which were also in training at Montgomery Park. The Har- dy Pardee people figured the Little Rock game as easier than the one here, and the colt has been shipped to that point. No future books are open, and there is consequently no positive means of figur- Knapp ing the odds on the starters, but public opinfon makes A. H. and D. H. Morris’ candidate, Kentucky Colonel, a strong favorite. Elmer S, owned by C. Bur- dean, and Hittick, the property of George C. Bennett, run coupled, both being train- ed in the same stable. New Orleans Races. NEW ORLEANS, March 24{.—Weather clear and track fast. Results First race, selling, six and’ one-half furlongs—Shiuttlecock won, Halrpin sec- ond, Tom Toher third; time, 1:22. . o Seegnd race, six and one-haif furlongs— e Purser won, Maurice W second Light third; time, 1:23. SRCleY Jehslrld race, sell{a& mile and a quarter — sie won, aureate seco! Fields third; time, 2:00. e Fourth race, seiling, six and one-half furlongs—Hanfon won, Miss Ross s Protus third; tme, 1:23, et Eifth race. selling, six furlongs Ber- ha Nell won, Semicolon second, v Veil third; time, 1:14%. ney Bnn druggists refund the money if it falls to cure. e The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. pSixthy race, seven turlongs, selling- ‘om ngsley won, cAlbert Nora B third; time, 1:25. sspentl, POLICY FOR THE PHILIPPINES Will Not Be Announced at Present. Special Dispatch to The Call. THOMASVILLE, Ga., March 24— The administration will not decide upon {its permanent policy respecting the Philippines until the Schurman commission reports. It feels that its present knowledge is too indefinite as a basis for a fixed policy. It comes from the highest source that the permanent attitude of the Govern- ment will be left undecided until fur- ther knowledge of the islands can be obtained, and the Republican conven- tion is much nearer. There will cer- tainly be no conclusion reached until after the Schurman Commission re- ports. An immediate decision is felt to be needless since for the present the only problem is the restoration of law and order and the establishment of stable, peaceful conditions. This and the appointment of a diplo- matic representative at Madrid are two of the most important matters remain- ing open. The Madrid mission prob- ably will be raised to an embassy soon after payment of the $20,000,000 in- demnity and a man of the highest qualifications and attainments chosen for this delicate and important post. General Woodford may not be the new envoy, owing to the fact that New York already has such an undue pro- portion of the highest diplomatic ap- pointments. 3 The Presidential party, except Vice President Hobart, made a trip to Tal- lahassee, Fla., to-day, returning this afternoon. The President was given a | cordial reception in the Florida capital. | Mr. Hobart remained here, as he was suffering from the grip and did not feel strong enough to go on the trip. The President expects to start for ‘Washington Monday. Stockton Burglar Caught. STOCKTON, March 24—Al Brown, cal- ored, arrested in Fresno last night, is thought to be the man who committed 8o many burglaries in Stockton recently. ONG FOON HAS BEEN ACOUITTED Found Not Guilty of Ah Loy’s Murder. HIGHBINDERS ARE FOILED | S0 THEY MAY RESORT TO THEIR HATCHETS. The Marked Man Has Done Much ta Aid in the Breaking Up of the Chinese Slave Girl Traffic. Special Dispatch to The Call. SANTA ROSA, March 24.—Ong Foon, charged with the murder of Ah Loy, was acquitted to-day in Judge Bur- nett’s’ department of . .he Superior Court, theé jury being out only twélve minutes. 5 Ong Foon was accused of having killed Ah Loy at Santa Rosa last year. He has been a very much persecuted Chinaman, according to the statements of the Rev. Dr. Gardiner, Mrs. Lake and leading members of the local Chinese organiza- tion, who positively erted that the ac- cused has been the victim of the wrath of highbinders of this city. They claim that Foon was being rail- roaded to the gallows for a crime he never committed by enemies who fear him. They further stated that he has been a source of trouble to highbinders, slave owners and brothel keepers by rea- son of the great aid given the missionary societies” in breaking up the slave girl traffic. It is sald that Ong Foon has been a marked man in highbinder circles for the past year; that at the present time 81 has been placed on his head, ang though he has escaped conviction he will be either shot or stabbed by one of his_countrymen. Mrs. Lake, of the Methodist Mission, AN APPEAL TO. - AID TWO MILLION STARVING PEOPLE Wretched Condition of Chinese in Districts Flooded by the .. .- Yellow NEW YORK, March 24.—Citizens of the United States residing in Chefu, Chine, have made an earnest appeal, through Consul Fowler at Chefu, to| the charitable in America and else where on behalf of the sufferers from the. appalling Yellow River floods of | this year. 'These floods have been de- scribed by the natives as “China’s sor- | row,” and the petiticners state that never before was the distress so great and heartrending as now. The . most conservative estimates place ‘the number of starving at two | millions, and time and the increasing cdld weather' . will undoubtedly aug- ment the distress. The petitioners say that they are daily, almost hourly, in receipt of reports from. their country men in the interior depicting the cond tion of the famine refugees. Hundreds of villages are submerged, cities sur- rounded by. water, homes, furniture, | clothing—in fact, everything is under | water or destroyed. The natives them- | selves are living in straw huts and many have absolutely no shelter from the winter’s cold and snow, subsisting on bark, willow twigs, roots, etc. The summer’s crops have been a failure, the seed for mext spring's sowing is gone and there is nothing for these starving | millions to hope for in the future. | “With our knowledge of the terrible | want prevailing,” says the American | committea, ‘‘we venture to call upon the | charitable in our home land to assist us | in trying to alleviate at least a portion | of this misery. * Therefore, we shall be glad to receive contributions of money | accounting for every | American merchants River. and corn. We earnestly beg the mer- chants and others on the Pacific Coast to contribute a steamer load of corn; the natives of Shan Tung, unlike those down south, subsist upon corn, and we | believe that if the grain men of the West will ship to the United States Consul at Cheefu direct’ from the Pa- cific Slope a steamer loaded with corn it will be the means of not only saving thousands of lives, but of opening a market of from 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 consumers later on, as under normal conditions American corn can easily compete with native, and {f this corn be sent we guarantee that it will be | distributed under the direct and per- sonal supervision of Americans now re- siding in or near the submerged dis- tricts. ‘We ask for money to be sent to the food and clothing can be bought for the sufferers, and we can guarantee a strict dollar received. Shan Tung is peculiarly interesting to as the best market for their products in ail China; to the missionaries because there are five denominations represented, com- prising 118 adults, scattered over this | vast province, and to whom we look to | assist us in distributing such relief as we may receive. Probably in no other place in the world, and probably not in this generation, has there been so much suffering as is now being endured in Shan Tung. The natives.are doing all in their power; one firm in Chefu has contributed the equivalent of $70,000 in cash and 10,000 bags of corn, and all classes are contributing, but let us not forget there are 2,000,000 starving.” S Monster Two - Headed Saurian Said to Have Been Found on a South Sea Island. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—News was brought by the steamer Warrimoo, which arrtved this afternoon, of the discovery of a supposed sea serpent on Suwarrow, one of the The Emu, Captain Oliver, departure of the Warrimoo with a portion of the steamer Emu of Sydney. Sydney just prior to the i RuiNal | EA SERPENT BOBS UP ONCE AGAIN islands of the Solomon group, by arrived at the skeleton of the mysterious monster, which her master presented to It created a furor among scientists of the Antip- 3 O ssrg s Ol 23088 085 0% 0720 SO ORONR RORORO B OTR O {ing to fasten on him. | pathetle, and the prison o & the Sydney Museum. 2 odes, and when the liner left it is said an expedition was being arranged | £ to make further Investigations. & <3 The manner in which the strange find was made was told by the | & Emu's captain as follows: | 8 “After we left Manihiki we returned to Suwarrow on our way back & | |2 to Sydney, and while there the natives carelessly remarked that ‘one big 8 devil-devil’ from the sea had washed ashore a little way off two months 2 ago. They did not know its name, only that it had two heads. We fore we re: ing po: poisoned —perhaps to any otber place.” perhaps, beyond recovery. They say that its hide or skin was hair. put | 23 frame went along the beach to where the ached the scene of the stranding the stench was so horrible we were on the point of abandoning the ‘catch.’ On getting within sight of it, however, its extraordinary appearance ssession of it, and after perils by sea and worse dangers from the air we secured the first sea serpent ever brought to Australia The monster, safd the Emu’s officers, had one spines, and two distinct heads. It was a pity, sald Captain Oliver, that only the two heads, the two backbones and part of the ribs had been secured, but to stay longer, he observed, would have nauseated the men, In their description of the sea monster all the Emu’s officers agree. of a brownish color and covered with The heads somewhat resembled horse heads. weight of the great sea serpent w hen the remains were taken aboard the Emu is given at not less than seventy tons, its length fully sixty feet. That similar sea dragons or serpents As the manager of the Pacific Islands Company, Sensational sea-serpent stories have been repeated scores of times, but there is no getting away from the actual heads and parts of the of this animal secured at Suwarrow by our steamer and now on Whatever naturalists may think of the existence or non-exist- board. ence of this denizen of the sea depths, here are the proofs—the most in- teresting proofs from a zoological point of view on record. SO0 O RORORONO RONCRSON ARONOLOLONIN A ORORORORONOR gigantic animal lay, and long be- determined us upon acquir- big body, but two The approximate have_been reported is well known. owners of the Emu, pea Xl Red al e R ul wi R el b e X wi X b s e LR i w2 L o s Rosa to testify in Ong Before leaving she spoke highly of the prisoner and told of the persecution he has been subjected to at fhe hands of his enemies during the past six_months. “The poor “has suffered rendered Dr. Gardiner was first_arrested for bex but the charge was so ridiculous that it was immediately dismissed. — Shortly Lfter that he was accused of having at- fempted blackmail, and eyery effort was made by his enemies to have him con- went to Santa Foon's defense. g said Mrs. Lake, splendid services and myself. He beg a vagrant, fellow,” for the victed. Their efforts, however, failed, as it was proven that he was not at the who ap- lace named by the witnesses ge&red for the prosecution at the time they said he was and the charge against him was_dismissed by Judge ogan. Foon had hardly stepped into the corri- dor of the City Hall when he was agalin laced under arrest by Sheriff Grace of ganm. Rosa for having murdered Ah Loy in November, 1808. He is now on trial for the crime which the highbinders are try- “Dr. Gardiner has already gome _to Santa_ Rosa to testify in his behalf. We both feel that if they succeed in convict- ing this boy it will be the ruination of our missionary work, as no Chinaman will daredcom?dfnrwud and aid us in our eat undertaking. g!:’()ng Foon is one of the best bovs I ever knew. He is honest and straight- forward, and when he told me that he was never in Santa Rosa in his life I be- lieved him. He is simply being hounded by his enemies, who fear him and who wish to prevent him from interfering with their traffic. He has also been ot great assistance to the Federal authori- ties in exposing the slave owners and {s highly thought of by the officers of the Government. Knowing him to be inno- cent of the terrible charge and being de- sirous of having Foon aid us in carrying on our. good work, the members of the Methodist Mission will do their utmost to prevent an innocent man from being railroaded to the gallows.” —_— McPartland and Connelly Draw. NEW YORK, March 24—Kid McPart- land and Eddy Connelly fought a twenty- five round draw at the Broadway Athletic Club to-night. Twenty-five to twenty was offered on Connelly to win, with a few takers. Connelly forced the fight- ing from the start and in the third round scored a clean knockdown. At the end of the fourteenth round Connelly retired to his corner bleeding from the nose and a cut under the eye, and when the mill epded both of his eyes were in bad con- tion, the right eye being nearly closed. McPartland was without a scratch. Freed Because of Blindness. SAN QUENTIN, March 2.—Andrew B. Clark, sentenced to fifteen years in the State’s Prison for murder in the second degree committed in Mendocino County, was given his freedom to-day because of total blindness. He had served the major portion of his term. The sight of the old man being led from prison lx his son was clals, accus- tomed as they are to such scenes, were moved to pity. BN Goat Island’s Training Ship. VALLEJO, March 24.—The training ship Pensacola, which is to be the station ship at the Yerba Buena Naval Tralning Sta- tion, was hauled out into thé stream at Mare Island to-day in readiness to be towed to her new berth to-morrow. Cap- tain Henry Glass, who is to be command- ant of the station, is in command. The Vigilant, which will be used as a tender, will accompany the Pensacola. e Promoting the Rubber Industry. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—The new Lieutenant Governor of British New Guinea was in Sydney when the Warri- moo left. He announced that a new land policy would be followed in that colony. No concessions of land would be made to favored individuals. He regarded the rub- ber Industry as the hope of the colony and will endeavor to interest British an American capital therein. Will Buy Simpson Tabernacle. LOS ANGELES, March 24.—A mortgage for $33,650 was foreclosed to-day on the Simpson Tabernacle, formerly the prop- erty of Simpson M. E. Church of this city. - The piaintiff was the Board of Church Extension of the M. E. Church of Philadelphia. A company has been incor- porated here for the purpose of buying the property and utilizing the handsome and spacious structure for general meet- ing purposes. Guerra’s Forces Defeated. CARACAS, Venezyela, March 24.—The insurgent forces under General Ramon Guerra, formerly Venezuelan Minister of ‘War and Marine, who last month started a revolution against President Ignacio Andrade in the new State of Guarico, of which he has been appointed Provisional Governor, have been severely defeated by the Government troops under General An- tonio Fernandez near Macapro. ‘Wants a Larger Subsidy. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—Auckland advices state that the Government is will- ing to renew the subsidy to the Canadian- Australian mail service, but it is under- stood the company thinks £7500 sufficient. There are rumors of alterations of the San Francisco service, but it is generally ‘believed that the new Spreckels steamers are intended for use in view of expansion of tradeiwith the Philippines. 1 ———— " Fire at Melbourne. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—Austra- lian advices received by the steamer War- rimoo to-day contain news of a fire at Melbourne on February 16 doing damage to the extent of $150,000 in Henty's free and bonded warehouse. The insurance fully covered all loss. A fire occurred at Newcastle on February 13, doing damage to the extent of $60,000, in the warehouse of R. Halls & Sons. | kept up through the year. T0 ESTABLISH ALASKA ROUTES An All-American Service Is Planned. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, March 24—An all- American mail route in Alaska from | Prince Williams Sound to Circle. | | through the Copper River region has been determined upon by the postal au- | thorities, and the Postmaster General | has issued a circular ecalling for pro- posals for the service. Postoffice Inspector Wayland has been detailed to accompany the War | Department expedition to start from Seattle April 1 and will establish post- offices at the various military stations to be located. 7 The contracts for the new service will be received up to April 29 for let- ter mail only, the compensation to be graded according to the weights car- ried. The service is to connect with the regular monthly mails by steam- boats, which have been contracted for. | beginning April 1 and to be regularly The new route will be run from Valdez through Copper Center, Slahna Tetling, Seward and Eagle, a total of 593 miles. The contract provides for one round trip | a month from October 1 next to June 30, 1502, with thirty days running time. each way, during the first year and twenty days each way thereafter. Con- | tractors are required to provide suffi- cient relay stations, reindeer, dog teams and other equipments. Mrs. Booth at Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, March 24—A crowded house greeted the appearance of Mrs. Bal- lington Beota at the Athenaeum to-night. Her lecture was under the auspices of the local branch of Volunteers of Amer- ica.. Mrs. here by Captain and Mrs. J. H. Brush. g Drought in Queensland. VICTORIA, B. C., March 2i.—The Syd- ney Morning Herald says the worst drought ever known exists in Queensland and New South Wales. For miles not a vestige of grass is to be seen. Stock is dead or dying in all directions. i i Munkacsy Is Better. LONDON, March 2.—A dispatch to the Standard from Vienna this morning says that Michael Munkacsy, the famous Hungarian _painter, who vesterday In a dying condition, is much etter. “Mexican Pete” Quits. CHICAGO, March 24.—Frank Childs, the colored heavy-weight of Chicago, de- feated ‘‘Mexican Pete” Bverett of Den- ver in a six-round go to-night. Everett quit in the last round. Damaged by a Cyclone. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—A cyclone is reported to have passed over the town- ship of Mitchell, on the rafiway line, 367 miles from Brisbane. Considerable dam- age was done. B Linguist Leitner Dead. BONNE, Germany, March 2.—G. W. Leltner, the linguist, is dead, aged 59 vears. He spoke and wrote fifty lan- guages. Li Returning to Power. PEKING, March 24.—It is learned on good authority that Li Hung Chang is again upon the point of returning to power. A VICTORY FOR LAEBOR. Supreme Court Dec;dé;! in Favor of the American Bakers’ Union. After many months the Supreme Court has reached the case of Davitt & Daly, bakers, against the Germania Bakers' Union No. 51 in general and John J. Bar- rett, its president, and other officers in particular. The judgment of the lower court in favor of the union was aflirmed. A year or So ago feveral owners of ba- keries became entangled \in difficulties with the ‘labor uniong on' account of the employment of non- union bakers, etc., and boycotts and strikes followed, Davitt & Daly's bakery coming in for its share of the ill-will and condemnation. They began an action aeainst the union and its officers for dam- ages and perpetual injunction. qK'he complaint set forth that the Ba- kers’ Union and its members were inter- fering with the plaintiffs’ employes and attempting to force them by threats to ault work, Also that the union was en- eavoring to injure their business by dis- xflbutlni damaging circulars on the streets for the purpose of inducing the Eubllc not to patronize the boycotted akery. A demurrer was interposed to this complaint and sustained. laintiffs declined to amend and judgment went aglns! them. Then they appealed. The higher court takes the ?fi!l!lfln that the lower court was correct in sustaining the demurrer, as the comslnjnt dealt in gener- alities when it should have been specific. ited States Consul here with which | Booth was entertained while | was reported | OMITTED WORDS NULLIFY THE ACT Clerical Error Affecting Los Angeles. SALARIED OFFICIALS PROFIT COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL IS DEFECTIVE. Attempt to Reduce Salaries Fails, and It Is Not Known Where | the Blame Should Be Placed. Special LOS ANGELES, Either by accident or deslgn the Los Angeles coun- | ty government act has been nullified, and that its purposes were defeated by tihose most affected is the general belief here. The omissions in the bill practically | mean dollars in some persons’ pockets. The bill was passed in response to a general demand for .a reduction in the salaries of county officials, and the de- mand was put into words by the Los A | geles County Republicans in a resolu | adopted in convention at the general quest of the business community. but two of the Los Angeles delega worked to carry out the demand, ar thought they had succeeded. Because it bill did not mention in what class ¢f cou ties Los Angeles was it is held that t omission is fatal, and county officers m continue to draw the same salar garding this, Assemblyman M the following statement to-day “I don’t believe the omission should be considered a fatal defect in the bil don't believe the court would hold constitutional if Governor Gage signed It | and let it become a law. I don’t kr | where the defect occurred, except that | it was before it reached the Assembly— {it was a_Senate bill. It passed with a ! throng of other bills in the wild rus | There was absolutely no chance to look it over. We all knew its essential pro- visions, and had no doubt it was all right. | I suppose the omission was made at U Printer’s office before action on it by the | Benate. It would be too bad, though, fi it to be killed because of an error which is_merely clerical.” * Mead, the only Democrat in the Los An- geles delegation, who introduced the vr'r)\:inry government bill in the Assembly, said: “I introduced the county government bill in the Assembly. Bulla introduced one in the Senate. My bill passed the Assembly with only one dissenting vote, that being Miller of Los Angeles. Where the fatal defect crept in I do t kno I cannot say whether it was in roliment Committee or before went to it. bill the Ordinarily we would have e amined and followed up the bill and n such mistake would have occurred, b in the hurry of the last few days many things_were of necessity allowed to taks care of themselv The Relief Reaches Peking. PERIM, Island of Perim, March 24— The United States supply ship Relief, which left New York on March 3 on her o Manil: rrived here to-da ADVIRTISEMENTS. “ Welcome, Ewvil, If Thou Comest Alone.” One evil that cannot come alone is impure blood. If | this is allowed, it is attended by kindred ailments galore. | This condition means that every wvein and artery of the body, instead of carrying to the organs a health-giving flow of life, is laden with a slow and impure fluid that is harm- ing instead of healing. It is unfertunate when there is “bad blood” inside of you. Hood's Sarsa- parilla will not make enemies friends, but it will make d blood” good | blood, and blood sho be of the best quality. Hcod's never disappoints. Scrofula—‘When three our baby Roy was cov and burning screfula sore sicians failed to relieve. rilla saved his life. as nent cure.” MRS. LIL Springport, Mich. Erysipelas —“A scrofulous condition of my bfimd caused me to suffer from ery- sipelas for 15 years. 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