The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1899, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1899, ENLISTING PORTO RICAN SOLDIERS A Full Battalion Soon Will Be Wearing the @merican Uniform. RK, May 14.—A Washington special to the Herald savs: € nized battalion of Porto Ricans. cle Sam’s uniform, will be performing duty in their native he direction of American officers. The organization of this authorized by Secretary Alger, and General Henry di- of the ports of San Juan, Ponce, Maya- unde 1 was nding ¢ el ehrtni *assa. cibo, Aguadilla rey, Humacao, Adjultas, Utuado, Yauco. Manita, Lares and Aibonito each to - to enlist. equip and instruct twenty-five men. in- & geant and two corporals. General Henry recommended g8 ent of Porto Ricans because there was little work and a © 1 on the island. [ show there is no lack of voulnteers and that more than % battalion been enlisted, though some of the towns have g furnished their quota of men. In view of the withdrawal of & te h Infantry from Porto Rica and the fact that there re- % nly the Fifth Cav: the Eleventh Infantry and three bat- P . the equipment of the 400 Porto Ricans as ? welcome addition to the American- force, é ng general to preserve peace and order in the 33 g RORORNORONONONONCY in Grace by the Rev. ation. Me,\ FILIPINOS ARE READY FOR PEACE Cintinued From First Page. sion of the v. Dr. e| Osbor ssive moment ent forward lidates to the d togethe pr canc concealed in the bushes on both sides lat of the Rio Grande three miles above . | Calumpit yesterday afternoon and were | received with heavy volleys at short range. A nt belonging to the Utah Battery killed and one pri- vate wounded. Opening with their rapid fire guns, the Americans killed twenty of the na- | tives and wounded several others, fill- | ing the jungle with a hail of shot for | half an hour until the enemy fled. - TEN SCOUTS DEFEAT THREE HUNDRED FILIPINOS | MANILA, May 14.—The civilian mem- | bers of the United States Philiopine Commission are favorable to the meet- | | ing with a Filipino Commission which | suggested ste v, in behalf of W “any impec didates” the holy presenta- irough with ated . Rev. the chancel time facing yved him of the the re- taff of General Gregerio del Pilar, who | came to General Lawton under a flag It of truce with the proposals. thought by the American commi ers that the idea may have from a recent meeting of the Filipino congr at San Isidor. e information on this point, however, | not vet be obtained, though the | local Filipino commission, which is in communication with the leaders rebellion, is doing its best to | eace. | nbers of General Lawton’s | scouts under W. M. Young. (h; yn 0 is th secure Ten band of old Indian fighter, entered the to by Paddock | San_Miguel, about fifteen miles north SRt B roRn orzagaday, not being aware of G ace it was. They found 200 Filipinos there, but the rebels. taking the scouts for the advance of General 's army, fled, after firing a few Young and another scout was| to and have been brought Ninth Infantry and a Montana | Es, of six guns have been sent to | MOVE FOR A GREATER MERCHANT MARINE Senator Hanna Submits a Project to the Governors of Western States. May 14—A the front. The uniform quiet now prevailing in | Manila ha the s led the authorities to relax rule under which the city stree cleared from 7 to 9:30, and th is the largest and mos B destrians and people in carr n to a band concert on the Luneta that has been | \eka, Kan., | known here since the Spaniards left. ; | - SPAIN WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM PHILIPPINES MADRID, May 1 co Silvela, the Spa terview t ay NEW YOF s star ted a m Senor Don Francis- | Premier, in an in- | regarding the attack by | the Filipinos upon the Spanish garrison | at Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, in which two Spanish officers and three men | were wounded and one man killed, said: | “It is very painful to us to have sus-| | tained these losses in a territory which does not belong to us. We left these troops in fli(‘_}‘hflirpinvs in the hope that £ politics t the Governors of order that mmerc Wichita, et in : < | they_might aid in securing the release of e Pacific Coast | iish prisoners in the hands of the arly in al efforts In this direction Mr. Hanna | . Aguinaldo refuses to L strong and nd a_Frenchman (M. Du- re- s ad offered on our behalf at with the enemy, was killed by them. America has not vet succeeded, as,she no more authority than we had. We | ops any longer in a ter- e obliged to defend, and - telegraphed General Rios to us : steamers for the immediate trans. t of our rivers mmer- and Yolo and to acquaint Major General Otis with those instructions, so that the American commander may possess the . ritory we are abandoning : Filipino_commit issued a | ; sto to the pres ing “that | mmercial Con- | n gres e | vill demand that the United | GOLD DISCOVERY IN . th ration of war with Spain. The | OLYMPIC MOUNTA'NS | m festo denied that General r\flt(\n‘0| Luna has surrendered, and asserts that Major General Lawton is routed and that the hospitals are *‘full of Americans,” hundreds of whom are insubordinate. - [IN SYMPATHY WITH ‘ Prospector Finds Ore Yielding Twen- ty Dollars to the Ton in | Metal. TACOMA, May 4.—For nearly two years A. L. Mattison, a miner of Port- THE ADMINISTRATION | land, Or., ha | etly pros s, which Y heretofore for | went deeper into arlier prospectors arded by uncovering MINNEAPOLIS, May 14.—One of the largest gatherings ever seen In this city to-day adopted resolutions in sympathy with the administration of affairs in con- | ges that are likely to cause big | nection with the Philippines. The names ment in the Olympic penin- | of President McKinley and Dewey were | arest locations are in Elwha | cheered to the echo several times during | 50 "};ng‘; {”lx"l the afternoon. President Northrup of the | ity of Minnesota was one of the | pal “speakers. He handled without the college professors and presi- dents who have recently made themselves prominent by reason of their criticisms President’ McKinley's course in_ the and declared that the Presi- dent wi v what could be done in justice to all mankind. FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE. Endowment of a Chair by Catholic Knights of America. WASHINGTON, May 14.—The Right| Rev. Monsignor Zonaty, rector of the Catholic University of America, recelved | a telegram on Saturday night from Kan- | ing ore running : hds a width of r and copper | TO0 MUCH GOLD COIN. | | Chicago Banks in Need 'of Bills of‘ | | Small Denomination. NEW YORK, May 14—A Chicago spe- clal to the Herald Chicago banks are becoming glutted with gold coin. The | United States Sub-treasury has refused | to pay out more smail for yeliow coin, the banks are unable to exchange | it for gold certificates, and so the bank- v e aDInE ke : . City, informing him that the C: T Pehels i tuDE left for | Yehights’ of America at thelr rveiinet cannot- get rid of. ~When the cail for | had voted unanimously to endow a chair at the Catholic University. This is lfkely | to be the chair of English literature. ! This action of the Catholic Knights hag | been received with great satisfaction at | the university, as it is the second chair endowment this year, the Knights 6f Co- fts ults, where there was only $4,000.- | lumbus having agreed to endow the chalr | 000 & year ago, and the hoard i8 rapidly | of American history. This makes in a“l small bills comes In the summer and fall, the goid will probably will have to go to.take the place of paper money, unless the Government printing-pr are started again. One Chicago bank alone has over $5,000,000 in gold coin stored in s 1n4-reaslna.fl his same bank has only be- | seventeen chairs endowed since the estab- tween §2,000,000 and $3,000,000 in small billg. | lishment of the university. | years old or more to receive | Nebraska. FORMER NEGRO SLAVES DUPED Sty Victims of a Gigantic Fraud. —— THOUSANDS GIVE UP MONEY S B | TOLD THEY ARE ABOUT TORBE PENSIONED. e Willingly Contribute Twenty-Five | Cents Each to Have Their Names Placed on the Lists. S Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 14—A Washing- ton special to the Herald say Thousands of colored men in this coun- | try are being induced to believe that | they are to be pensioned by the United States Government upon being able to show that they were formerly slaves. The promoters of this scheme have been at work for several years and it is| estimated that more than $150.000 has | been collected by those having the pro- Jject in hand. The matter came to the surface through some correspondence between | a colored preacher and a United States | Senator. The preacher told the Sena- tor that many colored people in his State had been assessed to defray the | expenses of obtaining proposed legisla- | tion. The Senator, who is one of the | most influential members of that body. | instituted an investigation, and this is the substance of what he reported to the colored divine: During the last ten years the Ex- | Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and, Pen- sion Association of the United States| of America has sent agents to every State in the Union for the pose of | locating all former slaves. These is now pending before Congress to give | Persons seventy 500 and $15 a month, persons sixty vears old to receive $300 and $8 a month, persons | less than fifty years to receive $4 a month. All supposed beneficiaries of the proposed legislation are reauired to pay the association 25 cents as a regis- tration fee. It said that more than 600,000 former slaves have been regis- tered. The circular sent out by the associa- | tion calls attention to the bill to per- sion former slaves introduced in the | House of Representatives on June 24, 1890, by then Representative Connell of In the Fifty-fourth Con- | gress Senator Thurston introduced the Connell bill in the Senate. The circular | calls especial attention to the fact that the bill “passed two readings and was | referred to the pension committee.” To those who are not familiar with the parliamentary proceedings of Sen- ate “passed to the second reading” sounds like making considerable pro- gress. As a matter of fact the Connell bill, or a similar measure, has been in- troduced at every session of Congress during the last ten years and sent to pensions committee, but never con- sidered. ADVANCE GUARD OF ‘ DELEGATES ARRIVES Knights of Pythias Pour Into Santa Cruz to Attend the Grand Lodge. SANTA CRUZ, May 4.—Santa Cruz is ready to receive the Knights of Pythias and Rathbone Sis who are to arrive to-morrow. They will receive the hospi- tality for which this city is noted. The local Knights have been been at wo and have left nothing undone in the w of arranging for a good time for visiting brethren. The sessions of the Grand Lodge will be | held at the Armory, a spacious building, and the sessions of the Grand Temple of the Rathbone Sisters at the Masonic Hall. A number of the Knights have already arrived, but the majority will arrive to- former slaves are told that lezis]minn{ them these pensions: | K their | morrow. They will be met at the train by a brass band and a reception commit- | tee with ex-Lieutenant Governor W. T.| Jeter as chairman. In the evening a floral fete will be held at the Armory, and there will be a recep- tion and promenade concert. Addresses and music will be features ¢’ the pro- gramme. SELLS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT T0 YUKONERS Speculator Makes a Perilous Winter Trip and Clears Large Profits. TACOMA, May 14.—Frank Killen caused surprise gn Puget Sound several months ago by purchasing twenty tons of pota- toes, eggs, apples, oranges and lemons and starting with them for Dawson in | mid-winter. They were carefully packed in cotton batting, but it was believed the entire lot would be frozen. A letter just received from Killen says he reached the foot of Lake Lebarge y. having transported his outfit over White Pa and down the lakes with horses purchas at Skaguay. He found such a demand for green stuffs along the trail that he opened a store at Lebarge and is rapidly selling out. He gets $L50 a dozen for eggs, 2% cents each for apples and higher prices | for oranges and lemons. ‘ e g Monterey’s Historic Seal. | MONTEREY, May 14—An interesting | bit of municipal history was brought to| light in the trial of the suit of the city of Monterey vs. David Jacks for posses- sion of what is known as the Montere pueblo lands, that closed in the Superior | Court of this county last week. E. L. Wil- | Hams, now of Santa Cruz, gave in the course of his testimonw a description of the first seal adopted by the Ayunta miento (Common Council) of Monterey City and the manner in which it was used. The seal was a round piece of | brass, without the present lever attach- ment, and was designed to make impre: sions on seallng -wax. The seal was | adopted on April 10, 1850, at a time when the present seals for impressing the paper itself were unheard of. The old seal is still used by the Monterey city officials, but is now mounted in a modern ma- chine, with the usual lever attachment and leaden die for making the impression direct upon the paper. Sl | Falls Over a Balustrade. | CHICAGO, May 14.—Donald McLean, a | ‘Western railroad promoter, fell over the | balustrade on the fourth floor of the | Palmer House this afternoon, landing on the stone flagging two floors below. His injuries resulted in death. McLean was €6 years old. SE ST 4 - Sandstorm at Visalia. VISALIA, May 14—A sandstorm ‘of | unusual violence broke over this city at | 5 o'clock this afternoon. The skies were | darkened and the wind blew threatening- ly. It was the worst storm of the kind in several years. 777"‘A7._ Manitou Park Hotel Burned. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 14.— | The Manitou Park Hotel and Casino, | which were to have been opened for season June 1st, have been destrg&ed fire. The loss is estimated at §0, | the byl | was possessed of a desire to kill him- | at hi }gatlon on every CRITICIZES THE INSANITY BOARD e Sequel to an Asylum Suicide. 2 Ll MRS. BERRILL'S COMPLAINT fo i THINKS THE OFFICIALS ACTED TOO HASTILY. e i Says They Should Have Discovered That Her Husband’s Zania Tended Toward Self- Destruction. g Speclal Dispatch to The Call, SAN JOSE, May 14.—Mrs. Grace Ber- rill of Fruitvale charges that undue haste on the part of Judge Carroll Cook and Drs. Lustiz and Reithers to commit her husband, C. L. Berrill, to the Stockton Insane Asylum, together with negligence on the part of the management of St. Luke’s Hogpital, is responsible for her widowhood. She will demand an investigation of the commitment by the State Lunacy Com- mission and may bring civil and crim- inal actions against those she declares are at fault. Mrs, Berrill has engaged Attorney John G. Jury of this city, and he has been investigating for the past ten days. Berrill was a bookkeeper in the Wells-Fargo Bank in San Francisco for a number of years. He overtworked himself, and about April 1 was com- pelled to take a vacation. On Friday, April 28, he returned to his home in bad mental condition. His hallucinations turned to electrical subjects and he searched in every conceivable place to find batteries. After supper he started from home for San Francisco, but his wife detained him. Berrill attempted suicide by strychnine and later threat- ened to jump from a ferryboat. Mrs. Berrill decided to take her hus- band to St. Luke's Hospital, and at about 9 o'clock that evening she left her husband there. A nurse was hired to sit up with him and temporary ar- rangements made. She was to have called the next day and perfect details. If any change occurred in the mean- time, she says, she was to have been notified. At about midnight Berrill became violent and attacked the attendant with a knife. Dr. Van Dyke, in charge of the hospital, called the police and had Berrill removed to the Receiving Hospital. He was booked as insane. Mrs. Berrill says she was not notified. At 11 o’clock the next morning Berrill was taken before Judge Cook and after an examination committed to the Stockton asylum. Doctors Lustig and Reithers were the examining physi- cians. Dr. Van Dyke, the widow al- leges, was the only witness examined, although her address was known. The | commitment stated that Berrill was | possessed of homicidal tendencies. Mrs. Berrill claims that had she been no- | tified her testimony would have proved | that the tendencies were suicidal and | not homicidal. On a Saturday afternoon Berrill was | taken to Stockton, and the following | Sunday night committed suicide by hanging himself to a bedpost. The | widow charges that the haste of the | Judge and the physicians was respon- sible for his death, for had she been | summoned she would have proved he ¢ and the asylum authorities would | have taken precautions to guard against it. The widow alleges that the manner in which Berrill's body was shipped from Stockton was inhuman and bar- barous. When the casket was opened s home in the presence of the fam- ily the body was stark naked, she de- clares, and on top of it had been thrown some old underclothing. At- torney Jury says the blame for this lies between Stockton and Oakland un- dertakers. FEDERATION DENOUNCES MERRIAM Sk Continued From First Page. Standard probably’ will adopt a similar cours The question of importing miners | to operate them has been considered, but the proposal has been turned down. No imported labor may be looked for. Here in Wardner a suspension of work on tthe Last Chance also may be expected. The property is working about 100 union men, muf practically none have applied for a working permit. The La “hance with tne mines up Canyon Creek doubtless will be summarily closed down by the military authorities. The work of constructing the Bunker Hill mill is going rapidly ahead. Most of the debris has been cleared away, and it has been found that the damage was much less than had been expected. The strikers, with all day on their hands and 3000 pounds of powder, were too swift in distributing _their dynamite, and instead of hlowing the mill to atoms they still left much valuable machinery standing. Al- ready a fac simile of the old seventy-drill compresser has been ordered and will be rushed through. About 120 men are at work rebuilding the mill. One hundred are taking out shipping ore at the mine zm]d thirty are driving the new long tun- nel. e ANTI-TAMMANY CLUBS. Chicago Platform Democrats Organ- izing in New York. NEW YORK, May 14—The preliminary steps toward the formation of an anti- Tammany organization which Willlam J. Bryan is expected to recognize as the real Democratic party in this city were taken to-night. A committee of twenty Chica- go platform Democrats was appointed to perfect flrfinlzatlon in every Assembly district in Manhattan, and the auuounce- ment was made that an organization by Assembly districts already had been made in_Brooklyn. Politicians who have been awaiting the results of the recent visit of Mr. an to this city, anu of the later visit of for- mer Goyvernor Willlam J. Stone, see in to-night's action the sequel to the Bryan dinners last month. The starting of a systematic movement to form a new par- ty organization here is regarded as the natural result of Mr. Bryan's refusal to attend the $10 dinner of the Democratic Club and of his presence at the $1 dinner of the Chicago platform Democrats. Peace Congress Rules. LONDON, May 14.--A dispatch to the Daily Mail from St. Petersburg says: Ac- cording to the programme prepared for the forthcoming conference at The Hague, one vote will be permitted to each dele- Hropola! submitted to allot, and this ‘will be cast by the chief representative of each couptry. 600D MEN PUT UP FOR MAYOR ———— Municipal Campaign in Stockton. ——— CANDIDATES ARE VERY ACTIVE THEIR CANVASS FREE FROM PERSONAL ABUSE. | LD | Issues Involving the Progress of the City Are to Be Decided in the Battle at the Polls. e Special Digpatch to The Call. STOCKTON, May 14.—The closing days of the local municipal campaign are char- acterized by great activity in behalf of the respective nominees. Both the Re- publican and Democratic nominees are good men. W. Bruce Harrison, the Demo- cratic candidate for Mayor, 15 a man of | high character and ability, but his candi- dacy is recognized to be weak inasmuch as he is manager for a corporation and all of his nearest interests are linked with the exclusive business community on the ‘waterfront. As the sentiment in behalf of a Stockton harbor and a canal to tide water is growing daily, and the voters do | not believe Mr. Harrison is in sympathy | with these ideas on account of his busi- ness connections, his personal standing is | ot sufficient to overcome the prejudice. | r. Harrison is not an office seeker and did not enter the campaign through any inclination of his own. The Republican convention put up an equally good man in George W. Lang- ridge. Mr. Langridge is a young mer- chant with advanced ideas on municipal | matters and has come out with a positive | advocacy of certain projects which are | not only of interest to Stockton but the | entire State as well. The Stockton Har- bor project provides for certain dredging | and “‘cut offs” which will make a harbor | one-fifth of a mile square, where now there is only the shallow slough. Mr. Langridge says on this subject: | The water front is the key to our city’s great- | ness. It should be improved, but not in such | a manner or under such restrictions that a few | shall recelve exclusive advantages, or that ex- isting corporate interests shall hamper pro- | gress. Through the foresight of our earlier | officlals our water front has not been given | away to private corporations and still remains | the property of the city, and If properly devel- | oped under a broad and zenerous policy will | bring _to our doors mercantile, shipping and manufacturing interests of vast proportions. | In reference to the canal to tide water | he says: According to recent estimates a canal to deep i water from Stockton Channel can be built for about $350,000. Such an enterprise would make | our city a grain center rivaling any in the | world; would bring capital to our doors; would | furnish employment for labor; would dispose of the differentlals, and, following the results | obtained elsewhere, would not add a cent to the tax rate. The Manchester canal cost ex- ceeded $75,000,000, and not one cent was added | to the tax rate, owing to the consequent influex | of capital and large increase of population. 1 A popular chord is struck by the follow- | ing declaration: Municipal ownership of the public utilities, especially water and public light, is & matter of vital importance to this community. I h»“ lieve that the water supply is too close to’the people’s lives, too vital a necessity to be left in the hands of any private corporation. Every inhabitant of this city Is entitled to receive an adequate supplv of pure, wholesome water, | furnished absolutely at cost. At the same time regard must be had for v este, I shall use my very best effort to have this question submitted to the people for their | decision by ballot. Mr. Harrison has not defined his pos tion on any of these subjects. The cam paign is entirely free from personal abuse and the result will depend more upon the | principles involved than upon the men, | as both nominees stand high in the public favor. ‘Another feature is the presence of a So- | cialist ticket in the field and some interest is felt as to how large a_vote will be; polled. Ross 1. Buell, the mayorality nominee of the Section, is a brother o P. A. Buell, the lumber’ dealer and plan- ing mill owner. TRAPDOORS IN WALKS DECLARED A NUISANCE Owners of Property and Not the Ten- ants Are Responsible for Any Accidents. STOCKTON, May 14.—The instructions given on Thursday by Judge Budd to the jury in the case of E. A. Rider vs. Clark, Henery and Wood, defendants, for $7600 claimed as damages, will be of general in- terest to property-owners throughout the State. The facts are briefly as follows: Defendants Clark and Henery two years | ago constructed a modern three-story building on their premises in this city and surrounded it with the latest improved concrete sidewalk. Upon the sidewalk | they erected two iron doors leading into the basement, and then leased one of the stores to a tenant, Defendant Wood, who had full charge, possession and con- t ted private inter- | rol. E. A. Rider was an extraman in the employ of the Stockton Fire Department. Last g‘ovember responding to _an alarm, he ran_down Sutter street. Wood was using the doors in the sidewalk, which, when opem, stood twenty-four inches above the walk. Rider did not see the doors. He ran against them, fell into the Opcninf. losing several teeth and be- ing otherwise injured. gmmsel for the defendants submitted sixteen instructions to the court, all of which were refused, including an instruc- tion to the effect that under certain con- ditions, if warranted by the evidence, the ury might find a verdict in favor of pla{n(‘.fl and against the tenant, Wood, and might also find in favor of the de- fendant owners, Clark and Henery, as against the plaintiff. The court virtually instructed the jury that sidewalk doors when open were virtually a nuisance per se for which the owners of the building were lilable. The jury found a verdict against all of the defendants in the sum 0581000‘ A motion for a new trial will be made, and if denied, the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court by reason of the fact that a great principle of law is involved affecting every property-owner in cities in this State. If the instructions given to | the jury be correct, then the owners of | all modern buildings, having sidewalk doors, will be compelled to cement and close the doors unless they stand guard in order to prevent loss by reason of care- lessness or negligence on the part of ten- ants. e Did Not Murder Her Husband. GEORGETOWN, Colo.,, May 14.—The trial of Mrs. Jane Fish, accused of having murdered her husband, Gaylord Fish, by | chloroforming him while he slept, ended | in her acquittal. The murder charge was | made by the Woodmen of the World, from which order Mrs. Fish sought to col- lect insurance on her husband’s life. el e Benefit for Parson Harris. NEW YORK, May 14.—Rev. James H. W. Harris, formerly of Oakland, Cal,| was given a benefit at Wallack’s Theatgr this evening. The %ntherlng was small and many of the performers failed to ap- pear. At the close Mr. Harris, clad fn Petical garb, thanked the audience for its attendance and expressed his sorrow at the fact that all those announced had not taken part. Flower’s Memory Honored. ALBANY, May 14.—Governor Roosevelt to-night issued a prociamation on the death of Roswell P. Flower. After eulo- gizing the ex-Governor, the proclamation asks that all fiags on public bufldings be displayed at half-mast until Wednesday, the 17th, and that the citizens of the State unite in appropriate marks of respect to J bis memory, | Gomez to withdraw his co-operation and | |t | mez as they always had. | that all 'MAJOR MARCHAND TO FALSE REPORT OF CLEVELAND’'S DEATH, Rumor Gains Currency That the Ex-President Died While Fishing. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 14—In some manner a rumor that ex-Presi- dent Cleveland had died while on a fishing jaunt at Middle Bass Island gained currency this afternoon, and to-night the telegraph offices here and at other lake points were swamped with messages asking for infor- mation. For hours it was impossible to get news from the island to re- lieve the anxiety. Finally, at 11 o’clock to-night, the steamer State of New York arrived, and Harry Scribner, a prominent attorney of this city, who was with Mr. Cleveland at 4 o'clock, reported that the ex- President was enjoying good health at that time. PRINCETON, N. J., May 14.—A telegram has reached Mrs. Grover Cleveland from Sandusky, Ohio, stating that Mr. Cleveland is all right. A special from Sandusky says the steamer Arrow arrived at 10:50 from the island. The captain said he saw Mr. Cleveland at 9 o’clock to-night. He was then alive and well. DENIES THAT HE IS DEAD. TOLEDO, O., May 14—The special tug sent to Middle Bass Islaud last night to confirm or deny the rumor of the : of ex-President Cleveland reached Sandusk - a few mi=-tes before 2 o'clock. Mr. Cleve- land is alive and very well indeed. When informed of the rumors of He his death he was much prov d and said: “It is simply absurd.” turned around and walked into the clubhcuse. OROROBORORO general of the Department of the Colum- bia, has received orders to join his regi- ment, the Eighth Cavalry, in Cuba. S i REFUSED TO BUY DRINKS. Father of Two Well-Enown Baseball Players Murdered. CHICAGO,; May 4.—Henry Reitz, a jani- tor at the Jefferson School, at Elburn ave- nue and Laflin street, refused to buy drinks with two men whom he met in a saloon to-day, and as a conséquence a short time later he was struck a fatal blow by one of his companions. He was OBSEIOEE SR RUBIOIIILK 83 LBICHY SRR 5“ SO RURUSIOSIOSROL 8 SO @ORARARAE B OROROBOLGAR HAS FAITH IN GENERAL GOMEL — Rumors Do Not Alarm found unconscious by two policemen, and Br°°ke' died in a few minutes without making any statement. Reitzdwh the fathfer‘gt lil)?ar_v SN P. Reltz, secon aseman o e 8- burg ball club, and of Edward R. Reitz, second baseman of the Sacramento (Cal.) Special Dispatch to The Cail. ball club. o i N HAVANA, May 14.—General Gomez has Ashore in Lake St. Peter. sent a message to Governor G(-nvral‘ MONTREAL, May 14—Th: Allan line Erooke that he will call at headquarters | to-morrow for a further conference re- garding the payment of the Cuban troops. The appointment for the interview is the result of a direct inquiry as to what Gen- eral Gomez intended to do In view Of. the resignation and non-appearance of | all the Cuban ofticers nominated by him\\ to represent the several corps in the dis- tribution of the $3,000,000. steamship Gallia went ashore this after- noon in Lake St. Peter. The steamer is resting easily on a mud bottom and the tugs and lighters sent down to her are expected to get her off early to-morrow. There is a large number of passengers on board. e Jeffries Umpires a Ball Game. NEW YORK, May 14—Over at Wee- hawken, N. J., to-day 2000 persons saw General Brooke, it is said, has deter- | the West New York Field Club team de- mined to disregard for the present the | feat the All-Collegiate nine by a score of reports that reach him from various |9 to 3. *“Jim” Jeffries rendered decisions S of | on base plays, and it is needless to say sources as to the alleged intention on base; plays, ‘and It Is needleds {0, ADVERTISEMENTS. A thus throw into confusion the carefully mature@ plans for distributing the fund | It is believed that the personal interview to-morrow ought to adjust the matter | and to point the way out of the tem- porary perplexity. He is unwilling to consider Gomez as_insincere or as acting in bad faith. The Governor General, how- ever, still retains the discretion reposed in him by President McKinley to abandon the effort to disband the late insurgents | with the gratuity and to send back the The fragrance of life is entire amount to the United States. vigor and strength, neither of The Cuban General Rafael Rodriguez. eaking for General Gomez to-day, said | which can be found ina per- e reports of a difference with General T Brooke awere absolutely untrue. The at- | son whose blood is impure, whose every breath speaks of internal troubles andwhose skin shows that the blood is April Breezes “There is no fragrance in April breezes, Till breathed with joy as they wander by.” titude of Gomez, he declared, had under- gone no change, and the principal gen- erals of the Cuban army, as well as the | rank and file, continued’to_support Go- | He explained | the talk about a revolt in the army against the surrendering of the arms was_the work of members of the | former military assembly, ‘‘a group of ce e malcontents behind Mantel Sanguilly, | out Of kelter. Who can give considerable trouble. | . 2 | 's G ing Medicing A° report 1s in circulation this evening | America’s Greatest Spr Fat ihe Cuban Colonel Agurdina, who |is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which purifies, has been employed in the preparation of | vitalizes and enriches the blood, gives the Cuban army lists, has been detected | a good appetite and makes the weak padding the roils so as to defra}?d1 x(he strong. distributors. The military authorities, | "o M wag all run down and ey thomRit had a @readful tired feeling. I am grate- on friends in | Tavana to-day and attended services in | ful to say Hood's Sarsaparilla made ma memory of Captaln Esvironde, who was | 28 K“"gg*‘;‘t g MRS. MARY AVERY, killed- two years ago at Cienfuegos. | West Stafford, Conn. ” o S'_Frlng Tired —“That excellent purifier and tonic, Hood's Sar!ap&{}llnd ’ f g tire feeling that comes In spring time.”” ORAl £ MORGAN, Busey, Eczema —"Entirsly cured and no_res turn of my eczema. 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