The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1899. 3 DEATH OF RHEA, THE NOTED ACTRESS (+0 624006240+ 0+0000000 - +>e b 400640 b4 * e R UFFALO, May the well-know came in the nouncement of he lows “You are asked tc tense Barbo I the church, at fitty-fifth yer. the parish n M 2 large eral. The Ve tress te i s escortinth WERCHS OF | | ALL COMMITTEES | | e | The Peace Conference| Ready for Work. | —.— ' s Special Dispatch to The Call Washington telegraphs atch to-day ary of the Americ conference f Americ committees or- g The authori tie v gratified that Embas member of al as that ) exercise gr I arrival of e Hague t mission- ct that Russia is de L] C rbitrat is be- rtance as bearing on t he American A com- F conference will 1 compromise the 1 the organization rbitral tr Al of lim- i ch nations in contro- \ submit disputes if they desire 1 dered strange that the Presi- der be urging arbitration for ; by the world, when in two' re- stances he has rejected it. .In the e Hondu Government ¥ h W dis d for in- Alaskan ain s wh and the den bitration, gge tly emnity pre refus and now int Gre roposition arent contradi ie nding o is wise for r pres- a misun- by arises solely o f h ieves an adopt such nifestly to nis pos desire, t is ma »on American citi- a_has caused the mine to give Hon- the A satisfied of the \ Central ation to dete: lesson. In t = 0 controversy, while ice of the American President does not feel that he justified in submitting to one or a court, a question which is of vast importance to this country, and probably as th » of the Pacific vould great damage if a undiced arbite ld decide that Great titled portion of what hou A peace day morning, of warfare mittee ets at 10 o'clock on Tu e committee on the laws meets during the afternoon of the same v and the committee on _arbitration on Wednesday, st _session voted to the The chiefs of the de had frequent conferenc - v rriving at an agre regard to the choice of officers of the Apparently many , as nothing ha . W election ¢ egation: with the reports these | exaggerated and regarding cireulated alse For nce, it been >{:ntl; at Count von Munster, the ’;P‘rmifll l?m-} ris and head of the Ger- | ssador at Pal ation, would withdraw from the d in spreading distrus about Count von Munster probab! from the fact that his name does appear as a member of any of the | Mttees, while the other chiefs of del oined one or more commit- is pointed out, delegate: hot members of a committee. | ged to attend its sessions and he discussions. ¢ 'D. WWhite, the United States dor at Berlin and head of the 2 delegation, in an interview here With a representative of the Associated Press. said he regarded the situation as ‘mising and that the first work of or- stion will be well done. He added: m hopeful that it will be possible to reach tial conclusions. The skepticism of the ot few days must yield to serious hopes with. | 3t at the same time indulging in exaggerated e ords of -Emperor William have con- Uted to improve the situation. 1 think we at some result on the subject of fon and arbitration. Although it is un- dly Impossible to make such object vatory, it can be rendered at least op- and 1 believe that after the conference owers will_recognize that they have at (heir atsposal a means of regulating their difter- ences otherwise than by war. That will be an enee advantage. 1 am also confident that rtant improvements are achievable in the we and usages of war, to humanize war, es- in extending to the naval batties the convention of 1564 and in increasing the ) ion of private property in naval wars. M Vifative to the reduction of armaments, I am Lot In @ position to speak on the subject. Other Embassadors who are delegates to the conference were also interviewed and expressed similar views. They sald they were most hopeful that the delibéra- tions of the conference would result in the adoption of practical recommendations y hough s re privile articipate in rrive rd was recefv stories must be re- { as persons hostile | g the aims of the conference ha w‘ )L;’th: S e S S o o o S e o o S o o B O O e ] d to-day of the death of Mlle. Rhea, rency, France. The communication k-bordered envelope containing an an- xt of the letter translated was as fol- services of interment of Mile. strengthened with the sacramer 10, in Montmorency, in May 12, 1899, at 3 p. m., Hor- tending toward peace and rendering war more humane. 11 were dominated by a sense of responsibility to achieve some- thing, especially in the direction of arbi- tration. The delegates were unanimously of the opinion that the question of the redfiction of armament would be the most difficult to meet, and it Is believed that it will be relegated to the rear of the other two features, especially since the special object of the congress is now acknowl- e to be an endeavor to establi m for the solving of internation difficulties without recourse to war, thi of wars and a ncreasing the reality a leading to a reduc- i natural consequenc tion of armaments. After an active exchange of views dur. ing the-last twenty-four hours, the chiefs of the various delegations arrived' this evening at an agr egarding the se- lection of the of the various committees. This agreement will be com- municated to the delegates, who have been summoned to meet in plenary ses- sion in the Huis Ten Bosch at noon to. morrow for the sole purpose of formally confirming the agreeme; nt. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Major Shaler and Lieutenant Stout Ordered to Benicia Arsenal. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Major Charles aler, commanding the Indianapolis ar- has been ordered to Benicia ar- “alifornia. Lieutenant L. H. Stout Watertown arsenal has also been ordered to Benicla. Colonel Charles C. Hood, Sixteenth Unite tes Infantry, having reported in New York City, in com- ce with Instructions heretofore given an Francisco and him, will proceed to report in person to the commanding gen- eral, Department of California, for as- signment to duty. He will upon the com- pletion of duty to which he may be as- signed proceed to join his regiment in the Philippine Islan, Telegraphic instructions of May recting the discharge from the the United the commanding general, of California, of Corporal Barclay, Company 4, di- 1, vlvania Volunteer Infantry, from the service of the commanding officer, 0, of Private Fara- ¢ Presidio, San Franci ¢ Cloud, Battery A, Corporal Clare Rector, Battery D. California_Volun. teer Artillery, and Private John Edward I m, Company B, Thirteenth Minne- sota Volunteer Infantry, are at Carille, Sonoma Coun will be discontinued d B Califorr Increase—Bernhard Meyer, San Francisco, $6 to 8. Oregon: _Increase—David R. Evans, Sheridan, $14 to $50. : Washington: Increase—John W. Petti- john, Montesano, $8 to $15. GENERAL DEPOT AT TRACY. Distributing Point for the Tesla Coal Company. STOCKTON, M the Southern Pacific Company was at racy to-day inspecting the 2000 feet of ding and crossing which have been put in to accommodate the Tesla-Corral Hol- low Coal Company. The arrangement was entered into some time ago by the two companies, the coal company being anx- jous to obtain.a general depot at Tracy to facilitate distribution to points more ac convenient to that station than to Stock- ton tood the arrangement is e business agreement and has no ince as to the policy or control output of the mines s developing its great holdings as possible. W. J. Bartnett of Tesla company is to-day quoted as It is unde . development work on the lime depos will begin immediately and a tramway 3000 feet long will be bullt from the deposit to the railroad as soon as ible. This deposit of lim , is of an a large deposit of clay near by, which is needed in the of 'Portland cement. The Tesla company proposes to go into that business, and it means much to the Pacific Coast. There h always been great need of such de- posits on the coast for the manufacture ement, and as there is an inexhausti- apply of the n ary mate the enterprise will no doubt be ssful.”” at e RED BLUFF APPROVES. | s | Pleased by the Naming of Runyon as Commissioner to Paris. RED BLUFF, May 22—E. W. Runyon, whose appointment by Governor Gage as commissioner to theParis Exposition will give great satisfaction to the entire north- ern part of California, is a man of affairs, whose ability is of the highest order. He is president of the Bank of Tehama Coun- ty, president of the Red Bluff Electric Light and Gas Company, a director of the Cone & Kimball Company and di- rector of the First National Bank of Oak- | land. He owns several thousand acres after | Mail should be sent to Sebasto- Pensions have been granted as follows: | The Tesla | manufacture | LEGISLATION FOR REFORY N CURRENCY o Advocates Disappointed With Result of the Caucus Committee’s Work. e MODERATE MEASURES | —_—— But the Present Prospect Appears to Be That Congress Will Defeat Even These. e Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 22.—The Herald's shington correspondent sends the following: Advocates of currency re- the result of the deliberations of the Republican caucus committee appoint- ed to formulate a legislative | gramme. It had been hoped that the members of this commission would | agree on a comprehensive scheme of | currency and bank reform that would command the support of a majority in each house of Congress. This committeee was, however, con- | put | fronted by the fact that whatever bill |is carried through Congress must be forward as a Republican party measure and must have the support practically of all the Republican mem- bers in the House, where their major- ity is very small. There were disagreeemnts among the | members of the.committee themselves, and even those who were prepamed to indorse the principle of the Indianapolis scheme were unable to get together as to details. The very moderate scheme agreed upon by committeemen repre- nts not only their judgment as to what they will be able to get through the House, but what they were able to gree upon themselves. The programme, however, is gener- | ally looked upon as a step in the right direction. It proposes to adopt defi- nitely the gold standard by enacting | into positive law what is not largely a | matter of construction and precedent, | try payable in gold on demand. | propc ! destroy the ‘“endless chain” and { vice of | ce | confirmed. | of the best land In Tehama County and | his several orchards comprise 600 acres in deciduous fruits. “sted in mines and other enterprises in Northern California. He is chairman of the Republican County Central Commit- tee and member of the State Central Com- mittee. Mr. Runyon has resided in the State six years and is 39 vears of age. He was a son-in-law of the late Joseph S. Cone. e BALSZ A BENEDICT. Santa Cruz Baseball Player Weds Miss Minnie Aston. SANTA CRUZ, May 22.—Louis Balsz, the Sand Crabs' popular pitcher, sur- prised his many friends to-day by joining the ranks of the benedicts. At high noon he was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Aston, daughter of Mrs. Honora Aston. Captain Willlam Devereaux acted as best man, Rev. Father McNamee was the of- ficlating clergyman- o Mr. Runyon is inter- | 2647, 00 and making all obligations of the coun- The ition to reissue greenbacks only hange for gold will, if enacted, pre- vent the same greenbacks being used time after time to withdraw gold from the treasury. Only two propositions are made to.in- crease the volume of the national bank circulation. It is proposed to permit banks to issue notes up to the par value of their bonds and to permit the establishment of banks of $25,000 capi- tal in small towns. - It is expected that the first of the will lead to a consid- erable increase in national bank cir- culation, as it will tend to increase the profits on note issues. The proposed authorization of banks of small capital in small towns is to meet the complaint of communities in the South and West that they are com- pelled to do their banking in large cities and that the profits of this business are withdrawn from their neighborhoods. There is no possibility of any ideal financial legislation being enacted by the Fifty-sixth Congress, and it is not improbable that even the moderate measure proposed by the caucus com- mittee will fail. |in ex DIVIDEND FOR DEPOSITORS. Directors of the Union Savings Bank Levy an Assessment. SAN JOSE, May 22—The directors of the Union Savings Bank this morning lev- | jed an assessment of $10 a share on the 10,000 shares of the bank stock. \A good deal of this cannot be collected without cuit, but the assessment should bring in | nearly $50,000. This, with some 335.000 now | in the vaults, will be paid in dividends to the depositors. Expert Willlam_reported on the trans- | v 22.—A. D. Shepard of | 4¢3 of Mrs. Myra E. Wright, wife of President W. H. Wright, with the bank, in which the banking property was sferred to Mrs. Wright to secure a of $60,000. It showed she had been given eleven certificates of deposit ag- gregatin 000 and certificate for $10,000 borrowe: f the bank by her hus- band. The expert sa: In conclusion T will say that I see nothing In this transaction that appears to me anything but a straightforward business matter. g LAND-OWNERS PROTEST. San Jose-Alviso Electric Road Project Receives a Setback. SAN JOSE, May 22.—The Board of Su- pervisors to-day refused to grant a fran- chise for an electric railway to Alvis along the county road from the northerl limits of this city. A resolution adopted, however, that whenever property-owners on either side road would consent to a railway being built there a_ franchise would bé given. A large number of residents were pres ent and protested against the road, es pecially in the center of the roadway Represeptatives of the Los Gatos Board of Trade asked that the Supervisors grant the franchise as it meant ultimate- Iy a road to Los Gatos. A. Greeninger and the capitalists at the head of the enterprise are not discour- aged over the refusal, and will try to ob- tain the consent of property-owners. et B San Joaquin County Crops. STOCKTON, May 22—The first week of June will see several carloads of peaches shipped from the Acampo district to East- ern markets. The peaches are ripening rapidly. in the morthern end of the county, in spite of the fact that the trees lost nearly four-fifths of - their blossoms when they first came out. be comparatively light and there will not be enough apricots to supply the local | demand. The Vangelder and Thornton orchards are the only ones where the out- look for the latter fruit is encouraging. The fruit shippers are already on the ground, and it is probable the competi- tion may bring good results to orchard- ists. Heretofore one company has come near controlling the output of this rich Peach growers are encouraged, as it is understood that crop failures in the East will create a brisk demand for their product. : ’ st Sent to Napa Asylum. WOODLAND, May 22.—Calvin Ruddick and Thomas Bradley were examined by a commission in lunacy this morning and| committed to the Napa Asylum for the Insane. Ruddick is one of the oldest resi- dents of Yolo County and at one time was | active and influential. -——— Fruit Growers Will Meet. MARYSVILLE, May 22.—A meeting of the fruit growers of this-section has been called, to be held in Yuba City on Thurs- day, to take such action as shall seem roper in sympathy with the mass meet- nf of frult growers of the State, to be held in Sacramento May 23. form are somewhat disappointed with | pro- of the | There will be amagnificent crop | Almonds and prunes will | GALLANT C B o SR S S S ST o il SO SR S S S e S S o . first New York Volunteers, who dis the battle of San Juan, is reported Captain_Rafferty was born in N | Australia and also served in the infantry Regiment six Aftr the return of his regiment from with fever. and in the hope of benefitin APTAIN RAFFERTY DYING e L e Bt e e Sl e - S e S I S S G e G +oee L R O o e S R eI S e e . ] EW YORK, May 22—Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty, Company F, Seventy- inguished himself by his bravery at to be dying at Trinidad, W. I. England thirty-four yearé ago. He was | educated at Rugby and serevd in the Buckinghamshire Yeomnry. He enlisted in in Canada. He joined the Seventy-first vears ago and steadily advanced. Cuba, Captain Rafferty was taken sick g his health he was taken to Trinidad. CHRISTIAN WORK IND ATHLETICS e Busy Day at Students Conference. | —_— il Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | PACIFIC GROVE, May 22.—To-day’s session of the conference of the Pacific cozst students began earlier than usual, in order that the accumulated work of the day might be disposed of, the first lecture being begun at 8 a. m. Early as was the hour the delegates were all in place for | the devotional exercise, and when' Dr. J. | Rutter Willlamson of London began his lecture on the way to carry {on a missionary campaign among | college men everybody was ready | and listened with Interest. Dr.| | Williamson dwelt with much emphasis on | the nece for systematic giving, say- | ing, as an example, that if a 2-cent stamp | dally were given to the support of for-| | eign missions by each member of Amer- | | ica’s young people’s Christian societies | | more money would be the result than now | | aggregates from all sources of support of | foreign missions. | H. W. Rose of Ann Arbor University, | and a member of the international com- | mittee of the Young Men's Christian A | soctation, conducted the second depart- ment of conference work, the assoclation | conference, the department in which the | policy to be followed in Pacific coast col- | | lege Christian associations during the | coming year will be considered and de- termined. A general discussion among the delegates was followed by a brief lecture the conductor on the fundamental | points to be considered. He said a car- | diral point was that the membership of | @ college association should be limited to | | men, because men could best reach men. The conference lost one of its most ef- ficient directors to-day in the departure of | C. C. Michener. Mr. Michener goes to | Grand Rapids, Mich., to take charge of the International Students’ Conference, | which convenes there on May 30. His du- | | ties as director of the Pacific Coast Con- | | ference have been transferred to H. W. Rose, who will henceforth act as inter- | | national college secretary of the Young | | Men’s Christian Association, | The platform address of to-day was | delivered by Rev. Dr. MacH. Wallace of Oakland, his_subject being “The Child | and the Man” of the Christian life, on | | the basis that man must become as a | child to enter the Christian life. To-day marked the opening of the | athletic_department of the convention, the preliminary events in two contests— haseball and tennis_singles—being begun. “7C. Prawl, the Stanford sprinter, s | chairman of the conference athletic com- | mittee and is conducting the various | events. The baseball game of to-day w: played between a University of Califo | nfa’ nine and a picked nine from the re mainder of the conference, Berkeley los- | ing by a score of 8 to 5. In the prelimi- | naries of the tennis tournament, Sanders, former State champion of Wisconsin, now | was one of the notable | by | of Stanford, play er At 7:30 p. m. Dr. J. Rutter Williamson, héad of the Medical Missionary of Lon- don, England, spoke to the members of the life-work class on the advantages of choosing a missionary career in life and the present need for highly educated mis- sionaries. The work of the Young Men's Christian | Association and the Christian Commission in the army and navy during the late war with Spain was the subject of a lec- ture by N. H. Jacks of Oakland to-night. The lecture was illustrated by over a hundred stereopticon pictures of army and navy scenes in the Philippines, Cuba, Worto Rico and the camps in which the Tnited States troops were mobilized pre- | paratory to transportation to the Keia of action. This concluded the day’s pro- | gramme. WOULD DIE A SUICIDE. | Letter Sent by a Deipondent Man to a Stockton Friend. STOCKTON, May 22. — Oscar Morris, driver of the Grand Central bus, has re- celved the following letter from the for- mer night clerk of the Grand Central, who left this city in January: LOMPOC, May J4, 189, Dear Morris: When this reaches you 1 will | have shuffled off this mortal coil. On leaving | Stockton I took the Keeley cure, but it did me no good. After leaving the St. James 1 secured a job with MeMurtrie & Stone, contractors, to fili’ in the gap from Surf to Elwood. Kept sober | & month, then got drunk. To make a long story | Short, when this reaches you I will be over the | “Great Divide.”” Yours, | JOHN C. NOWLIN. Lompoc is in Santa Barbara County. Nowlin was employed at the Grand Cen- tral for some time, commencing as a por- ter and afterward serving as night clerk. He was a bright fellow, but addicted to drink. | e Visitors From Missouri. WOODLAND, May 22—Mayor A. | Dingle, wife and little daughter of Mo- berly, Mo., are guests of Postmaster Dingle and family of this city. They ex- pect to remaln in California several weeks | . | the United States. toward preparing to receive the donation | and will make a tour of the southern part of the State before returning to Missouri. THEOSOPHISTS ENDOWED BY AN ANONYMOUS FRIEND Aid the Cause of the American Society. CHICAGO, May 22.—At to-day’s sossinn; of the thirteenth annual convention of the American section of the Theosophical So- ciety George E. Wright informed the delegates that an anonymous friend had | decided to give the society a fund of $50,- 000, the interest of which is to be used for the advancement of the society’s cause in As a preliminary step the society will be incorporated under the laws of Illinois and the name of the or- ganization copyrighted. Five trustees were appointed to manage the fund. A resolution permitting all organiza- tions believing in occult science to affi- liate with the society was voted down, after considerable discussion. William J. Walters was elected a dele- gate to represent the American society at | the European Theosophical convention to be held in London in_July. Mrs. Waddell of Kansas presented a resolution advocating the founding of a national college of Theosophy, where the | ‘secret of power in individuals might be developed by special mental training. Definite action on the subject was de- ferred. Mrs. Julia A. Scott of Denver, Mrs. Kate Davis of Minneapolls and Mrs. Elizabeth Waddell of Topeka, Kans., read papeys suggesting the best methods of conducting branch work and study classes. The following classes were elected for the year: General secretary and treas- urer, Alexander Fullerton, New York. Executive committee—George E. Wright, Chicago; Mrs. Julia M. Scott, Denver; William J. Walters, San Francisco; F. F. Titus, Toronto, and Alexander Fuller- ton, New York. S PEDESTRIANS ENDANGERED. Two Negroes Fight a Bloodless Duel in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 22.—Lives of pedestrians on Dearborn street, between Twenty- seventh and Twenty-ninth, were placed in danger to-night by two colored men, who emptied revolvers in firing at each other from behind trees on opposite sides of the street in the most approved fron- tier fashion. The shooting occurred be- tween 7 and 8 o'clock, when many resi- dents in the vielnity were going to even- ing service at the church at Thirtieth and Dearborn streets. g One of the men, who was drunk, was walking along the street, when he saw the enemy across the street. Drawing @ rovolver he began to fire at the man, who promptly got behind a tree, and, drawing hls own revolver, returned the fire. The first man to open fire also got behind a tree. When his revolver was empty the first man decided to quit his hiding place back of the tree and start- ed to run. He went but a few steps when he stumbled and fell. Immediately a cry of “Murder!” was raised, and persons who had hastily left {he sectlon in which the firing tooK place returned to assist the man they supposed had been wounded. It was found no one had been hurt. This fusillade, following the battle in the same nelghborhood this morning, when two men were killed and another fatally wounded, caused a panic among the residents. P — CAUSES BYKNE'S ARREST. Fred Belasco’s Former Wife Says the Librettist Struck Her. NEW YORK, May 22.—Grace Wallace Belasco, the divorced wife of Fred Bel- asco, had Charles A. Byrne, the librettist, arrested to-night for striking her. Mr. Byrne wrote the librettos of several light operas, such as “The Isle of Champagne’* and ‘“The Princess Nicotine,” in which latter Miss Lillian Russell starred. He founded a dramatic weekly paper in this city vears ago and is well knowin in the- atrical circles. In his application for di- vorce in 1897 Frederick Belasco mentioned Mr. Byrne as co-respondent. Sues for the Salary. MARYSVILLE, May 22.—Judge Ellison of Red Bluff was here to-day to hear the mandamus proceedings of S. O. Gunning, Auditor, vs. G. W. Pine, treasurer, to en- force payment of the salary of plaintiff, whose right to hold office is contested by F. H. Day. Day is not content to await the decision of the Supreme Court, but lays claim to the salary of the office, though Gunning is in_possession and per- forming the rk. The court took the cdse under advisement. Suicide at Wheatland. MARY.: VILLE, May 22.—Joseph E. Hol- lingshead of Wheatland committed sui- cide at 10 o’clock this morning by firing a bullet from a revolver into his heart. Il health was the.cause. He was a native of Canada and 63 years of age. Two sons survive him. He was a member of Wheat- land Lodge of Masons. The Coroner has gone to the scene to hold an inquest. e Love Held for Trial. MARYSVILLE, May 22.—The second preliminary examination of H. H. Love, the Grand Jury expert, charged by the District Attorney with having presented false claims to the county, resulted in the remanding of the defendant to the Su- erior Court for trial on the March bill. ve gave $3000 bonds. PRESBYTERIANS ARE DEMOCRATIC — Refuse to Reduce Pres- ent Representation. i POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE | ———— ASSEMBLY VOTES DOWN THE PLANS PRESENTED. e Many Other Subjects of Great In—} terest to the Church Are Considered During the : Session. e Epecial Dispatch to The Call. MINNEAPOLIS, May 22—Democracy | asserted itself in the Presbyterian Gen-| eral Assembly this afternoon. With a| shout the assembly voted down two care- | fully considered® and prepared plans to | reduce the membership, one by a third| and the other by more than a half. The committee on reduced representation, ap-| pointed a year ago, was scarcely given | courteous treatment, so pronounced was | the feeling against getting farther away | from the people. Two members of the committee presented the two proposed plans—on making the basis of representa- tion 6000 communicants and the other | making the basis thirty-six ministers in | the presbyteries instead of twenty-four, as at rresent. Colonel F. L. Hitchcock of | the committee, argued for the representa- | tion by synods, according to membership | and declared that there was no doubt | that 672, the present membership of the | assembly, was faf too large. It was| | plain, from the ! interruptions, that| | Colonel Hitchcock was not on the popu- lar side, and when he ‘sat down expres- sions of the democratic spirit .ame out strongly and profusels. “They call this a mob,” sald Dr. Page | of Topeka, Kans. “If it is a mob, God | grant that there may be more such. God pity the Presbyterian church with the | bulk of the wealth of the United States | in its coffers, if it cannot afford a large | assembly.” { “The time has not come to reduce the | assembly, and I hope it never will come, cried Dr. George W. P. Bierch of New “We ought to keep as near the | peopie as we can. » The backwoods pre: byteries now hold the balance of power; | 1 don’t know what we woufd do without | them, they hold the balance so true.” | Impressed by the strength of the oppo- | | sition, a friend of reduced representation | 1 to send an overture down to the | asking their advice. The mo- | promptly laid on the table. | Dr. John W. Dinsmore of San Jose of- fered a substitute motion thanking and discharging the committee and indefinite- | ly referring the question of reduced rep- | When the vote came, there “Yes” and a feebue “No.” | n against another part of | the senate committee's report was closer. | By a vote of 184 to 168 the assembly decid- ed not to increase from five to ten the number of ministers necessary to consti- | tute a preshyte: The judicial committee reported on a| | number of matters and was granted per- | mission to refer to special commite2s for | | trial such cases as required supreme ad- | | Judication. The appealed case of Herman Wars | wiack, suspended for alleged gambling | from ~the Fourth Avenue Church, New York, two years ago, was referred to a committee. The Rev. Mr. Backus of Kansas got a committee to try his appeal from the synod of that State. E. R. Day of the| presbytery of Waterloo was advised to | present his case to the synod of Iowa. Dr. W. R. Kirkwood of Emporia, Kans., | presented a report of the committee of the board of education. The report held that | the expense of the board was not undue and that it could not be reduced without | consolidation of boards, which was not wise. The standard of ministerial educa- tion was declared not to be declining, and the day of shrinkage in the number of candidates for the ministry was said to be in the past. The re-election of the mem- bers of the board whose terms expire this year was recommended. The Chicago and Schuyler overtures, calling for a_commission to investigate fhe whole subject of ministerial education, were approved by the committee, and it was recommended that a committee of not less than eleven be appointed for that purpose. The report was adopted intact. The McGiffert matter was made a spe- cial order for Thursday. The feeling now is that drastic action will be taken. The denunciation of recent mob out- rages in the South made in the report of the committee of freedmen was finally re- ferred to that committee for reconsidera- tion. Colonel James Rice of Peoria, IlL, the father of the Peoria overture, aimed at reducing the moderator's power, says he expects vigorously to push his meas- ure. The overtures now before the committee on bills and overtures in favor of ex; ell-l fig Congressman Roberts of Utah from | the House of Representatives are likely | to be passed by the assembly almost | unanimously if they get by the commit- | tee. i Before the popular meeting to-night of | the Freedman's Board, the largest of the meetings held under the ausplces of the assembly, Rev. H. W. Hulbert of Cleve- fand. originator of the movement to raise the §0.000 indebtedness of the board, ai nounced that subscriptions and tionments will foot up ,000 or $55,000. the first time in a generation all depart- ments of the Presbyterian church are free from debt. It was announced, however, that every presbytery is expected to pay the portion of the debt apportioned to it, as all excess above the quota which any | favorable to suc reshytery gives will be devoted to open- ng some of the schools which have been | been closed for lack of funds. OFFER UP THANKS FOR THEIR ESCAPE e Paris Passengers Hold Prayer Service. s — GIFT TO COAST GUARDS ) SUM OF MONEY RAISED FOR DISTRIBUTION. Co e It Is Believed the Attempt on Wednesday to Float the Dis- abled Liner Will Prove Successful. — s Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, May 22.—A number of the passengers of the Paris returned to London this evening, most of them English people who prefer to spend a few days at home before sailing on the American liner St. Paul. Several others will sail for the United States on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Southampton on Wednesday. FALMOUTH, England, May 22.—The crew of the Paris during the day was engaged in jettisoning the coal from her bunkers. Divers who were recently employed to inspect the wreck of the Mohegan, Lave been examining the in- side of the Paris, to ascertain the ex- tent of the damage done. They dis- covered four or five large holes. A number of the passengers of the Paris met at the Falmouth Hotel this evening to render thanksgiving for their deliverance. Baron Oppenheim of Paris and New York asked the com- pany to devote five minutes to silent prayer, the suggestion being immedi- ately adopted, all present standing. On the proposal of W. F. Archer of Lon- don, a collection was taken for the coast guards, £30 being quickly con- tributed. It is believed the next attempt to float the Paris will be made on Wed- nesday. Everything at present seems HUNTINGTON INSPECTS WORK ON THE GAP Despite the Obstacles Presented, the Construction Force Is Being Increased. ANTA BARBARA, May 22.—President Collis P. Huntington of the Southern Pa- cific Company and a party of sixteen, in- cluding Messrs. Hood, Frazier, Krutt- schnitt, H. E. Huntington, Mrs. C. P. Huntington and others, spent Saturday afternoon and night at the Cojo ranch house, five miles from the San Anita ranch, part of the Hollister estate, and which is he only remaining obstruction to the completion of the “gap.” It was rumored to-day that Harry sollister. manager of the estate, and C. P. Hun- tington had come to an agreement, but Hollister flatly denies it Huntington spent his time at and near Surf, looking over the work of construction at the dif- ferent railroad camvs. Whether or not an agreement has been reached by the president and the ob- structionists, the forces are continually being increased. The contractors at the | Surf end have added in the neighborhood of fifty men and as many teams during the last week. On Friday twenty men came up from Los Angeles and went to the McCormick camp near Ellwood and vesterday twenty-five more were added to his force. McCormick went to Los Angeles to-day to engage many more teams and men. The McCormick camp has Increased from 100 to 200 men during the last five da,; It is confidently believed that all difficulties will be settled at the mass meeting to be held in this city to-morrow to discuss the situation. % -— PACIFIC MAIL'S BOOMING BUSINESS NEW YORK, May 22.—Interests identi- fied with the property are predicting that the annual report of the Pacific Mail Company, which is to be made public at the annual meeting of the stockholders on May 31, will make a remarkably good showing. In the eleven months ended March 31 the net earnings increafed more than $500,000 over the corresponding period of the previous year, and April was, it is said, an unusuually good month. ‘AMeady the management is figuring on the probability of having to charter addi- tional steamers in order to keep up with the demand for freight room. Much talk has been heard recently re- garding the probability of increased divi ends on Pacific Mail stock, the heavy earnings of the past year and promising outlook for coming months having led to a.hope that something of this kind would be decided upon by the management at the next dividend period. It is pointed out that the company now has on hand a surplus large enough to pay dividends at the present rate for the next three years, and it is safe to figure on earnings from now on sufficient to pay for two steamers which are now being constructed under & contract to be finished in a year. and which will cost about $3500.000. People close to the management of the company are quoted as stating that the outlook for Pacific Mail is bright enough to warrant raising the dividend rate to 5 per cent. Prices O4O+@+ 040 4+ D440+ C+O+O + OO+ + O+ O4O + O40 + 4D+ OO+ +O+O+® quit business. —everything for the don’t wait too long. Near Call L4040+ 0440+ 04+0 We are selling out—only one reason—to Don’t want to linger—want to quit quick. Carpets, many beauties—furniture, all kinds—Ilace curtains, portieres, art squares changed for cash—not much cash either —can’t go broke here—prices too low. Sale won’t last a great deal longer—so ALEX. MACKAY & SON, 715 MARKET STREET, 02202 20RO 0RO L0RSQRZOR 202 SOR 2O £02 SOR 0L 2OR SOR O3 SCR O 203 SOR 0L 203 203 Reason for Lower Carpet house—quickly ex- Bullding. 404 4040+ 44D+ O+C+D + D4O4D + 4O + O+ D+ D+ O+ O+ O+ 4O+ + CHOHO+ OHOHO+ OHIHO + DD+ D+ OHO+O+DHR