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8 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1899 ASTOR TO FIGHT THE FI LIPINOS Reported EguBe Raising a Company Which He Will Head. Tells a Friend He Is Willing to Leave Home at His Coun- try’s Call. EW YORK, Aug. 10.—John Ja-| cob Astor is to lead in battle in Philippine Islands a com- s equipped, 5o & tele- ispatch from Newport received here says. The authority for this report could not be obtained. Colo- nel Astor is not at Newport, and his house here is closed. Neither was he at the Waldorf-Astorla, but it was said there he was at Rhinebeck. The re- port has plausibility, since John Jacob Astor was one of the most ardent vol- rs in the war against Spain. He ¢ in Cuba, but he had not the! r of leading in person in the Phil- s his efficient Astor Battery. GHEBEPS Y., Aug. 10— k man was in town to-day ¥ to the effect that he saw | Astor at Ferncliffe im on his reported ing to the Philippines company of his own Colonel Astor s g he takes great pment of the Philipr War Department for him to go ngly leave hom time to answer his th re is at any call. Astor h W further quoted as deplored the action of ia Waldorf Astor, in n citizenship to d Briton, and to »d his own pride of remark “I have the andmothe whi olonel Henry B. aughter of General were true Amer] aturaliz REMAIN IN SUPREME COMMAND Decision Reached by President Mec- Kinley and Secretary Root. HEADQUARTER! VELLING- 1INGTON, Aug. 10, will remain lippine s. Should ¥ t to be relleved, Major ( T 1 igned to duty z g y high 5 t ached 1 S| Root dur- at Lake st made no n of the I standing Geuneral desire to return to the opportunity, ton’s promotion i request of General { from his present com- Secretary o his re ent, recom- eral Otis be relieved, on 't proved himself that action is expressed ministration at it to leave Gen- ineffectual strug- it surrection McKinl in; r but Mr. 4 nce to show what fective troops. - dispatch of ad- \g the total up to informed this afternoon no intention at recommendation, oot hz \& to the north- ) have a double pur- o demoralization to prevent them ns the hold and the purpose of point on a railway con- ngayen with Manila. cent demonstration ila and the apps of the troops n General Otis ats in constant order that they may to get into condition will begin in No- : made by Aguinaldo to serting to the Ameri- d by letters capt by Jowing that the Insurgents ed to hold out a little y are promised that Bur: tion will be obtained and the administration overthrown by received several weeks ago Commission showed confronting grave ; desertions to the al feeling among as over the si ion, itch of additional will »w_the 1t this Gov- n the island t don prope out foundation and that it is in. ¢ the President to restore peace in the islan THE OLD CONTROVERSY [ WILL NOT STAY DOWN Secretary Root and General Miles Contend for Author- | ity. | HINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Secre- Root has inherited the old contro- | to the power of the major gen- | cral in command of the army, and, owing | the strained relations between Secre- | tary Alger and General Miles, the new is forced to take up this ques- very beginning of his admin- alled upon the Secretary »aded with authorities rela nition of the commanding | the management and discipline 5 :ght to convince Sec- | predecessor, Secre- 4 ued an order that| be promulgated regarding the | pector general's department. This order | red by Becretary Alger the day be- | he jefi the office, recognized the In- | spector general’s department as jusit what statute makes it—a bureau of the Department and the inspector gen- member of the staff, who shall re- | directiy to the Sécretary of War. | neral Miles contended that the in- tion of the army bad always been cct to the orders of the major general command, and he cited authorities him out in that contention. Secretary Root héard General Miles’ ar- gument and then sent for Assistant Sec- | Admiral Dewey in Italy | offe retary Meiklejohn and Inspector General | Breckenridge in turn. The Assistant Sec new volunteer regiment under Colonel Tell participated in the fight and had | three officers wounded. SR 'MAJOR SIME APPOINTED ‘ TG CAVALRY REGIMENT | WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—General Otis has made the following nominations for zed in the Philippines: Colonel James L. Lockett, Fourth Cavalry. Lieutenant Colonel jor ¥First Washington. 5 captain John K. Weisen- ant Thirtcenth In te Antry. Adju Captain Evan E. Young, lleu- tel t South Dakota. Quartern ter—Captain _Alvin Arndt, quartermaster sergeant United States army. £ Commissary—First Lieutenant George Winter, private Volunteer Cavalry. aptains—Edward L. Glasgow, captain Joseph T. Davison, Iowa; Edward Fifty-fir ges, captain First Washington; K ward L. King, lieutenant Eighth Cavalr, Ernest H. Agnew, lleutenant Twentleth | Ka Samuel G. Larsen, lieutenant First South Dakota; Russell T. Hozzard, lieutenant First Washington; Guy. Logan, lieutenant Fifty-first lowa; Wil- llam A. Green sas; Henry L. Egell, lleutenant Washington. First lleutenants—James C. Rose, lieu { tenant Fifty-first lowa; Frederick £. G First eut First Troop Nevada | e, . Gustin, lieutenant Washington; Clarles R. Cowbridg: hirteenth ‘Minnesota; Fred H. retary presented the law passed by Con- | ne b o 4 o Eross, creating the staff, and showed that | O e the pector general was like the ad- | Abbannas jutant general, commissary general and S Lt uartermaster general, a Staft officer to |\ At A 0 e S the Secretary of War. The law creating | . e bureaus of the War Department makes no difference between these. The Assistant Secretary could, however, find no tut: the commanding general. There is no law of Congress touching the command- ing general. He is simply the senior ma- jor general assigned to command by the President, who is Comman fef of | the arm; On the issue by General Miles for juris-| de- diction over the inspector partment, through old regulation, it w was only a department in bureau, like others in the ment, and differs in no respect from other | bureaus in being under the direction of the Secretary of W e inspector - a staff officer of th al | ccretar s evident_Secretary Root desires e General Miles what recognition san under the law, but it is the op! sxperienced army officers that h law which will him t the general in con nd as other authority than that delegated to him by the Secretary of War, who is and st ‘be his superic o= MINOR ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE ELUSIVE FILIPINGS Aug. 10, ved here m 45 p. m.—Offict from tk sce ¢ was spent In r ing which the Am. few of the enemy. The reports about there. A battalion of the Twelfth fantry made a reconnof: the di- tion of Porac, but t my there scat- red. e main body of the American rmy is at Calulum. The lines have been lengthened materially the advance was stopped W ua and Santa Rita. Major General Otis to- an order closing the ports in of the insurgents to in and traffic, Aguinaldo issued a decree July 24, dated from Tarlac, closing the insurgent pi to ves ng th erican flag a invitf gs to vi AEs cs ord, Yorktow: arded San F non for an hot fled to the hills,” the gunboz them through machine guns U rebels disappeared. The bomb s continued fc time afterward and many riddled and d troyed, s not set on fi he gunboats did not land men. rebel Ic are not 1. The United Sta 1sport Sheridan | left for home with 667 men of the South Dakota Regimen 96 of the Minnesota Regiment and 2 HARD FIGHTING FOR FIFTY-FIRST 10WA Colonel Loper Tells the the Recent Severe Battle. DES MOINES, Aug. 10.—The Des Moines News has received the following C. Loper, com- nt, in ref- discharged men. Story of nding the erence to W ? ‘The Fifty-first Jowa saw some of the hardest fighting it has encountered dur- ing the present campaign. Our forces advanced several miles from San Fer- nando, wading through deep mud and fighting almost constantly, the Filipinos retiring in cons maintaining a derable confusion, but eady fire. The eng: ment was general, 6000 of the enemy being engaged, while General MacArthur had, in addition to our regiment, the Ninth and Twelfth rcgiments and the Thirty- sixth, part of the Sevenieenth and a cavalry tr Our advance was assisted by the artillery, fifteen guns employed. | One battalion of- the Fifty-first accom- panied the artillery in a successful move- ment in the direction of Mexico, the regi- ment advancing with the main body of troops toward Angele The American loss was re, several killed and about twenty-five wounded. Our casualties were as follows: Harry P. Brenholts, private M, Mount P nt, shot in leg; Lamont Williams, second Company E, Shenandouh, shot in thighs; moderate. Peter Hardiff, private Company C, Hen- derson, Mills County, shot in chest, se- vere. A. M. Slatten, private Company A, shot Company both in_leg; moderate. James F. Stuffit, private Company E Cl ]nda,, member of band, shot in side slight. Will continue to cable all casualties. ADMIRAL DEWEY WILL NOT VISIT ENGLAND Sends His Regrets, but Says He Must Be in New York in October. LONDON, Aug. 11.—Admiral Dewey, in response to an inquiry made by the Daily Mail, sends the following: “I regret that I cannot visit England. Must arrive in New York by October The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail says: The warm reception given is regarded with mixed feelings by the Govern- ment, which is morbidly anxious not to d Spain. As it is, the Spanish Em- bassador, Signor Cipriano del Maso, protested against the toasts proposed by General Bogliolo, Admiral Gonzales and the Prefect of Naples at the re- cent reception of the American admiral, | in which the American victories over | Spain were glorified. In consequence of the protest, the Government requested Bogliolo, Gonzales and the Prefect to furnish explanations, which the Em- bassador accepted as satisfactory, but the incident produced a bad impression and Admiral Dewey abandoned his in- tention to come to Rome. P e i MacArthur’s Losses. WASHINGTON, August 10.—A cable- gram has been recelved from General Otis u{llns that the losses of General MacArthur in the recent battle were five killed and twenty-five wounded. The v authority in regard to | lieutenant. | v-first Iowa; Joseph W. Volunteer Cavalry; Raymond private Volunteer Cav Cotchett, First Washin, rx; Oliver H. Hassard, corporal ngton; Hotley Hill, sergeant hington. lieutenants—Hugo T. Kirkan Leo M. Cutts, civilian; Lew sergeant Fourth Cavalry; Burrell, recruit Volunteer Ca Emery C. West, private First South Dakota. | Major and surgeon, George D. Deshon, | captain and ~assistant surgeon Captain and surgeon, Alex- selln, acting assistant sur- LA NINFA ON THE REEF AT BARBERS POINT | She Is Not Stove In, but Leaking Badly and Will Probably | Be Lost. ’ VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 10.—The | | | | Second lan; clvi army. to | he | steamer Miowera brings news that the topmast schooner La Ninfa is on the reef off Barbers Point, where a hundred years ago Captain Barber, whose name as given to the point, was wrecked. » La Ninfa lies one mile off the beach and three miles westward of Pearl Har- bor, just out from Ewa Plantation. The b only eight feet of water un- T »ow and draws ten feet. Her keel is gone and, although not vet stove in, she is leaking badly. She has cargo of about 3500 bags of paddy con- signed to Hyman Brc which is in- sured with John Walke; If her cargo | can be taken off she can probably be aved. It is hardly likely, however, | that the cargo can be saved. | The LaNinfawas bcund from Hanalel to Honolulu. In tacking in off Barbers { Point the vessel got in too clo found herself on the sandbar. This happened about 5-o'clock in the after- noon. She ran on to the bar head on and immediately swung around to port, There was aboard the La Ninfa five | Japanese and three white men in the | crew and two passengers. | The La Ninfa came to Hilo some { months ago with a load of lumber from | the Sound and then entered the island She made two trips to | ska before coming here. She is now owned by John H. Wilson and is valued at $6000. | - POLICE ON THE RACK. Mazet Committee Continues to Work Its Searchlight. JW YORK, Aug. 10.—More than 100 | patrolmen in uniform filled the seats re- served for witnesses when the session of | the Mazet executive investigation com- mittee met to-d They came from all parts of the city, from Coney Island to the Bronx. | | | | said that the only book fur- | by Captain McCluskey's de- tective bureau was one showing robberies with a record of property recovered. The property appearing therein does not ap- pear on the Chief's book. Mr. Moss read from the book the value of the property recovered. It showed that property from all over the United States was brought | to New York and disposed of in pawn- | and other places. “It appears from | this,” said Mr. Moss, “that thieves who | live here go into the outlying districts to | commit robberies and then bring their | or to this city and terday,” said Mr. Moss, “we put in evidence the record of the complaints of 160 citizens robbed in two precincts women. Now, I offer a transcript from the record showing 19 other such rob- beries reported to the police in four pre- | cincts. | “Jonn R. Wood, one of the committee’s detectives, testified concerning the opium joints in New York City. He also detailed ny interesting facts concerning the | existence of poolrooms in the city. The manner in which the Police Commi: sioners deal with offending policemen | the feature during the latter half of the day. i ST COMMANDED BY MEXICANS. Veteran Officers Head the Yaqui Up- rising. | SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 11.—A spe- | clal from El Paso, Tex., says: Senor | Aguierre of this city, formerly an officer in the Mexican army, and who was charged by the Mexican Government with being implicated in the Ocho revolution, ved a letter to-day from a friend in ‘mas, in which he says: “The Yaqui ns now in the field are commanded City | re the uprising. T Government is suppressing this fact, fearing it would encourag r portions of the country. The Yaquis provisions for a two years’ war. General Luis Torres will be from command of the Mexican forces and General Angel Martinez will succeed him, Tt is reported here that the Mayos will two months ago, Mayo warriors on the Mayo River.” Aol isds HIND-McBRYDE NUPTIALS. A Popular Young Eouple Wedded in Homnolulu. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 10.—The mar- riage of Miss Mary Hind to A. D. Me- Bryde took place at Honolulu on August 2. (The wedding was an elaborate and beautiful affair. Over one hundred and fifty of the most prominent people of the Kohala district were in attendance. Among those from Honolulu were Messrs. E. D. Tenney, Walter McBryde, C. M. Cooke and Mrs. Tom May. George Hind, the bride’s uncle, came all the way from San Francisco to be pres- ent on the happy occasion. Several dred laborers of the Hawalian plantation were out on the Lanai while the wedding was taking place in the parlors, making an odd but_ picturesque background to the scene. Mr. McBryde, the groom, Is well known, occupying a responsible | tion in the Bank of Hawall. the youngest daughter of R. Hind, one of Hawaii’s most prominent capitalists. Al ) Cooper Vindicated. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 10.—News was brought by the steamer Miowera, which arrived this evening from Honolulu and the South Seas, that on August 3 the Su- preme’ Court of Hawali handed down a decision in the matter of the petition for the disbarment of Attorney General Cooper, vindicatifig Cooper of the charge of malpractice and unprofessional conduct in urepresenunx both sides in a criminal actien. officers of the volunteer cavalry regiment | known as the Eleventh Cavalry and or-| berger, maj 1 Majors—Hugh T. Sime, major Ifirst California; Thomas C. Carson, lleutenant Fourth Cavalry: Dennis E. Nolan, lieu- | BURGLAR DRIVEN AWAY BY @ DOG 'Canine Prevents Robbery of a Santa Barbara Store. SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 10.—A large Newfoundland dog last night | prevented the burglary of a cigar store which, if the miscreants had been | successful, would have been a serlous loss to the proprietors. At 11 o’clock Robinson, the proprietor, closed the store, leaving a large amount of money in the cash drawer. He has been in the custom of locking | the dog in the store at night. This morning when Robinson returned | Q he found the lock on the back door pried open and the dog chewing & plece of cloth wrested from some one’s trousers. United | a| e and | get rid of it | by | e uprisings in | removed | un- | 0si- | The bride is | B+04+0+04+ 04+ 0+0HTHO+0+0+040 ONE WOMAN - LEADS THE WAY lieutenant Twentleth Kan- | - AT THE AUCTION Continued from Second Page. | Welss, George Schade and Joseph Lyons | of the Journeymen Butchers’ Assoclation announced yesterday that the entire as- sociation will parade. | The Austrian Military and Benevolent : | Soctety will make a display and a com- mittee has been appointed to make ar- rangements for the special features it will introduce. The Companions of the Forest of Amer- ica have sent word to the grand marshal that they will take part in the welcome home of the soldiers. 3 The representatives of the eight camps of the Woodmen of the World will meet in the office of Dr. A. Hili_this even- ing to arrange the details of what the | order will have in its division, which will | number not less than eight hundre The Ancient Order of Foresters has an- nounced Dr. M. Merrigan as its division .M. J. O'Gara and Eugene Rich- @ ds to the division marshal and E. E. David and G. A. Brown as alds to the grand marshal. This order will next y night decide on special floats and fireworks. Court Ivanhoe has selected L. Hinz and J. Valensole as its aids to the division marshal. The Butchers’ Board of Trade will meet next Tuesday night to decide what show its members can make in the big parade. John Kollester, Carl Koeberer and T. | Lutgen are atténding to the detalls of | the features which will mark the display of the Germainia Club. RECEPTION NOTES. Edward Marshuts, who started the bid- ding for the boxes with a fifty-dollar bid, secured the sixth box sold for a premium | of $100 and shortly after donated the box to the management with the proviso that it be sold for an additional premium ot | $100. Mr. Marshut's offer was accepted with thanks and the box will be auctloned off by Wendell Easton at the Chaiaber | of Commerce, where it is expected that it | will realize at least $500. Bids for it will |also be received at the Orpheunmi box | office. | Miss Elspeth Graham O'Neill, who hLas occasionally appeared with the Alcazar | Stock Company, was one of the busiest workers among the ladies. She went about | entreating people to bid for seats and boxes and in this way succeeded in in- to con- ducing many lukewarm bidders tribute to the good cause. Manager Be- | lasco was so much impressed with her | good work that he has tention to promote her to regular mem- bership in his company. The Foresters of America last night ap- pointed T. H. Holden, J. Nylands and H. Saunders aids to the grand marshal. Con Peterson, J. W. Gleadell, J. Foppiani, I. Levy and O. J. Day were appointed alds to the division marshal. The grand cir- cle of the Companions of the Forest will be the special guests of the Foresters. There is to be an exclusively German section in the pa and from estimates | last night it was calcula will be 6000 men in that division, | “The Native Sons and Daughters | been assigned the right of line. | "The old flag that Commodore Sloat raised at Monterey when he took Califor- {nia in the name ot f wiil be displayed in the parade. Thee\'nlo‘;ars of the Mexican War will turn out and carriages will be provided for them The Hannoveraner Verein last night de- a have cided to parndc on white horses, with white and yellow sashes and plcturesque | hats. | “Pacific_Council of the National Unlon | donated §25 to the fund of the parents and | relatives to help procure the breakfast for | the boys. It also appointed a committee | of three to confer with other councils to arrange for a display in the parade. Fifty orphan children from five asylums ! are to be given a chance to witness the | arrival of the Californians. J. J. Haver- | side, the well-known rigger, has chartered a steamer and has invited the children to be his guests on that occasion. | _The band of the Boys' Brigade of the | First Presbyterian_ Church, through rles Turn of the Hydrographic Of- tendered {ts vices for the naval parade. The band numbers sixteen pieces and it will go out on the steamer Caroline both afternoon and evening. i EX-AUDITOR BRODERICK CALLS PHELAN DOWN ACCUSES HIM OF RANK MIS- STATEMENT. Denies That He Ever Discussed the Auditor’s Appropriation With the Executive. | In making his suggestions for the re- cently framed tax levy Mayor Phelan took occasion to say that Auditor Wells' appropriation might be cut down $1000 | without in any way inconveniencing that official In the performance of his duty. He sald he knew this could be done, as ex-Auditor Broderick had told him so. It was a strong argument to use against Auditor Wells, and the Mayor made it one of his great points. Some one called | Mr. Broderick’s attentlon to the matter a day or so ago, and now he has come | down on the Mayor, and in a letter to Mr. | letter which Mr. Wells recelved yester- day was as follows: Asa R. Wells Esq., Auditor, San Francisco— Dear Sir: My attention was this day called to the following extract from the report of the of Supervisors, as published in the Examiner, August 4. The committee were considering the schedules or estimated appropriation tendered by the Merchants’ Assoclation and also by Mayor Phelan. | Mayor Phelan, in reply to a guestion about the Assessor's l%cprinflon‘ stated that his | estimate was $20,000 less than the amount al- | lowed iast vear, and an increase of §11,000 over ! the committee's figures. He reduced the Audi- | tor's allowance for wrltln¥ the assessment roil | $1000 on the statement of former Auditor Brod- | | | erick that it could be shaved $1000. In justice to my own reputation and experi- ence in the Auditor's duties and In justice to yourself, 1 desire to say that Mr. Phelan (f quoted properly) is entirely wrong in the state- ment relating to the allowance for the Audi- | tor's office. | T have never had occasion to express an opin- ion as to the Auditor's allowance for this year. | The question was never put to me by any one, nor have I had any occasion to refer to it as stated by Mr. Phelan. From experience I judge | that the allowance now settled upon will force you to make a strong reduction in rate of com- pensation of clerks to enable you to meet the requirements of law and the dutles assigned to Auditors by etatutes. Yours very respect- tully, WILLIAM BRODERICK. e e p—— Letters From Dewey. Captain Nelson, president of the Cham- | ber of Commerce, and J. A. Filcher, man- | ager of the State Board of Trade, have received letters from Admiral Dewey | dated “at sea” on June 30 and malled at Trieste, Austria. When the Admiral was in Manlla and it was known that he was to return to the United Btates a strong leffort wes made to have him return by men. | expressed the in- | 1 that there | the United States | i thel ravoiutionists. and thers axe 50| [cls sives Mr. Phelan the lic direct. The | meeting of the Finance Committee of the Board | 4+ 0+040+ 0+ 0404CHO+0+0+040+® the way of San Francisco. All of the commercial bodies and dozens of private citizens used every means in thelr power to effect this end, but to no purpose. In response to the invitations Admiral Dewey thanks the people of this city and State for their invitations and says that his return route had been selected before the requests were recelved by him. e I, NAVAL RESERVE TO CRUISE. Will Leave Next Month for Gunnery Practice—Daily Routine for the Voyage. The Naval Militia will leave on Septem- ber 1 for a seven days’ crulse on the Uni- ted States ship Badger. The following routine will be closely observed by the | sallorg during their trip: First Day—9:30-10:15—Muster and stations at guns; instructions about training, elevating and sighting. B 1:45—Aiming drill. 1:30-2:30 —Taking apart breech mechanism; instruction rning parts; cleaning and returning same. | | | 2:30 (after finishing above)—Continue aiming | drill till each man has made a target. | | Second Day—9:30-10:15—Having sent men who were at 5-inch to the 3-pounder guns and vice versa, carry out exactly the same routine as first day. Third Day. caliber practice; cre ularly, but each gun acts independently | man fires ten shots, then “shift stations. —Same as_forenoon. ourth Day—9:30-10:15—Muster at stations sub-caliber practice; first and second gun cap. ains fire; commence firing and cease firing by bugle, as in regular divisional drill | Alming drfll. 1:30-2:30—Same as forenoo: | completing gun driil finish aiming drill, each man making a_target. Fifth Day—9:30—Muster at statlons: each gun | fire — rounds at target; guns fire ‘in succes- sion. 1:30—Continue morning work. Sixth Day—9:30—Muster at stations; complete work of fifth day, and when completed the | Naval Militia_will be examined In all aril | signals, etc. 1:30—Continue forenoon work t! | finished. 'DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN DALLAS 0—Muster at stations; sub- drilled as if firing reg- each 1:30 Several Lives Are Supposed to Have Been 1 Lost. | DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 1l.—Fire this | morning destroyed the Guild building, | one of the largest in the city, occupied by the Darragh Furniture and Storing Company. The fourth and fifth floors | were occupied by families. | Many herofc rescues were made by firemen. The Clifton Hotel, on the west, and the Garlington Produce Compan building, were partly demolished by fall- ing walls and are now burning. Armour & Co.’s storage plant and the Standard Electric Light Company’s immense plants are threatened. the fire Is still raging. Tt At 1:40 a. m. | 18 supposed several people who became | impossible to verify it at this hour. Mool il Jiminez Has an Agent. HAVANA, Aug. 10.—Tt 1s relfably report- | ed that General Juan Isldor Jiminez, the | aspirant to the Presidency of the republic of San Domingo, has sent a confidential agent to New York to carry out his plans. The agent left Havana either on Satur- day or Monday. DELEGATES IN THE THIRTIETH ARE TIE | SIX CANDIDATES ELECTED TO ONE SEAT. Crimmins and Kelly and the Centrals Got Six Delegates Each. Six candldates tie for the same dele- | gate’s seat District the unusual circumstance de- veloped by the official canvass of the | primary ballot by the Election Commis. sioners. The semi-official returns gave the Kelly-Crimmins faction seven del | gates in that District and the Central | Rebublican League six. The official re- | count gives them eix delegates each, with | six candidates tied for the thirteenth place. were elected were: Henry B. Russ, Lewls | Freitsch, B. G. J. J. Morehouse and Charles Mason. The Kelly-Crimmins _delegates were: John E. | McDougald, C. L. Morgan, A. Brady, N. B, Engle, 1. Erb and A. ‘Sadler. Those who weré tied with 185 votes each were: E. C. Stirling, Frank Lawrence, Matthew | Harris and M. C. Baker of the Central League ticket, and R. Cox and John H. Durst, representing the Kelly and Crim- mins faction. The question of which of the six has won will have to be deter- mined by the convention, which may se- lect one of the number or allow all six to_sit with a sixth of a vote each. The official canvass of the ballots will probably be completed to-day. The Com- missioners worked over them all day ves- terday, and are now well along in the Thirty fifth District. The only changes so far effected are those in thé Thirtieth District. ————— POTRERO CHARITY BAZAAR. Successful ChT:fity Entertainment Given by the Members of the M. E. Church. A successful entertainment and charity bazaar was held in the Potrero Methodist | Episcopal Church, on Tennessee street, | between Elghteenth and Nineteenth, last | night. Rev. S. M. Woodward, pastor of | the church, was assisted by the lady members of the Aid Society In receiving | the large crowd which attended the affair. | The lecture room of the. church was con- verted into a fairy bower by the ladi in charge. The booths, in which ice cream, | candies and fancy goods were sold, were very prettily decorated, greater charm being added by the prefty girls who pre- | sided over them. e literary exercises | consisted of a whistling solo by Aiice Pengelly; songs by Harry Lieb; recitations by Virginia Bennett; solo by Frank Gunn; instrumental solo by Miss White; instru. | mental duet by the Misses Gunn and Wil- | Gardener. The following ladies conducted the va- rigus booths: g rs. Mary Nelson, Mrs. Edwin Wil- liams, Mrs. Charles Taylor, Misa Jenpte Gunn, Miss Florence Nelson, Miss Al Lewis, Miss Mary Ronan. Aiss - Maber Woodward and Mrs. Fred Evans. Pro- fessor Frank Hatton and Charles Tay! assisted. The entertainment will beflg(g?: tinued this evening. =Lt Two Revenue Agents Here. Assistant Revenue Agent Robert Towne has been appointed a special revenme agent, ranking with Special Rev. Agent Burt M. Thomas, and will hedise Mr. Thomas in this district, which is one of the largest in the United States. It embraces California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevadi and Arizona. Mr. Towne has done ex- cellent work while here and Mr. Thomas i3 convinced that the department could not_have furnished him with a better assistant. e Rabbi Wise to Preach. The pulpit of the Sherith Israel Syna- g.:fiu;, comerledPust and Taylor atreets, wi e _occup! to-morrow morning b lshbtlrl Ste; ‘}mn 8. Wise tolto New urk).' ervices will commence af o’'clock. T | piblic B faviied - - panic-stricken lost their lves, but It is | Summers, John French, | ¥ STROIC PLEA 08 GOLD STAVDARL Report of Indian Cur- rency Commission. s 'ADVISES OPENING OF MINTS e | WOULD NOT CAUSE PERMANENT FINANCIAL INJURY. s Establishment of a Gold Standard the | Simplest and Most Effective Way of Attracting Capital. e Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—In diplomatic | circles coples of the report just present- ed to the houses of Parliament by the committee which investigated the cur- rency of India have been recelved. It is on this report that Lord George Hamil- ton, Secretary of State for India, has based his announcement within the last few days that India will be on a gold standard. This announcement has attract- ed much ‘attention in the United States, and the conclusions are, moreover, 1o some extent connected with the negotia- | this countr | | | | jects for which they are suggested. ? } | | Those of the Central League ticket who !COUNTEY | | | son and a duet by the Misses Davis and | I tions carried on some months ago by Senator Wolcott and others representing s to International bimet- allism. This committee was made up of the most influential statesmen and finan- ciers of Engand. 3 The report first sets forth the origin and present condition of the ystem of India and then says: We proceed to consider the question whether, in the light of the six year experience gained since 18! it is desi able to reverse the policy initiated in that | year and to reopen the Indian mints to ninage of silver. In our opinion any measures for gradual reopen- ing would be so fully and immediately discounted as to deféat the precise ob t is obvious, moreover, that the certain prospect of a heavy fall in coinage would at_once drive capital from India. “The policy of opening the mints at some future date to silver stands on a dif- ferent footing when urged by those who look forward to the international agr ment within a limited period. Such per- sons aim_directly at a staple exchange between India_and the United Kingdom the unrestricted international agreement may be reached. “With regard to this anticipation we conflne ourselves here to stating that the negotiations of 1897 with France and the United States of America having proved fruitles: are aware, have been or are being made by any of the governments concerned. “We come next to the suggestion that the present stem of closed mints han- dicaps India in her industrial competition with countries on a silver standard. This aspect of the question was considered by Lord Herschell's committee, who e pressed the opinion that even if we a sume the argument as to a stimulus or check to prod on to be sound, the effect of each succ ve fall in exchange must be transitory and could be con- tinued when circumstances have brought about the inevitable adjustment. “In this opinion we concur and evi- dence has been laid before us which shows that prices and wages have risen in China since silver has fallen in price and the local currency has appreciated in terms of silver. To reopen the Indian mints to silver without an international agreement would unnecessarily result, a cording to all past experience, in renew ng the ins ili 1dia and gold standard countries. It Is erally recognized that fluctuations of change constitute an obstacle to inter- national trade, the true interests of which | are to be sought in a stable monetary power of exchange.’ The report then discusses the principle of a gold standard and says: “At the present time the practical alternative to silver monometallism is a gold standard— that is to say, gold as the measure of value in India either with a gold currency or a gold reserve. “Four-fifths of India is with gold for this r should have the same mea the foreign trade of re of value as those countries. The change to a gold | basis has been presented to us by Pro-| fessor Marshall of Cambridge as ‘like a movement toward bringing the railway gauge on the side branchesiof the world’s railways into unison with the main line. “A further and not certainly a less im- portant consideration for a country like India is that the establishment of a gold standard is the simplest and most effec- tive means of attracting capital.” In conclusion the report says: “For these reasons we conclude that steps in the Thirtieth Assembly | should be taken to avoid all possibility of doubt as to the determination now to re- vert to a silver standard, but to proceed with measures for the effective estab- ishment of a gold standard.” INTERESTING SESSION OF A. M. E. CONFERENCE PASTORS RENDER THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS. Oakland Selected as the Next Meeting Place—BishopWesley John Gaines ‘Will Make His Annual Ad- dress To-Night. The second regular session of the thirty- second annual conference of the Afro- American M. E. Church convened yester- day morning at the Bethel A. M. E. Church, corner of Powell and Jackson streets. Bishop Wesley John Gaines, D. D., of Georgia presided. The session was opened with solemn devotional exer- cises. Several songs were rendered by the choir, after which the routine busi- ness was taken up and quickly disposed of. Presiding Elder John Painter pre- sented his annual report, covering every hiase of the church work throughout thie ate. The following pastors rendered encour- aging reports on church matters in their respective districts: Rev. W. W. Grimes, Sacramento; Rev. E. S. Cottman, Oak- land; Rev. D. R. Jones, Stockton; Rev. W. B. Anderson, San Francisco; Rev. J. E. Edwards, Los Angeles; Rev. C. C. Hol- ford, Los Angeles; Rev. E. T. Hubbard, Marysville circuit; Rev. N. N. Hardi Bakersfield circuit; Rev. J. L. Withen, Riverside circuit; Rev. R. H. Herring, Pasadena circuit; Rev. B. F. Mi Red BIuff circult; Rev. P. 1. Green. Mar: tine: cu at Oakland. This was decided after a rather spirited election. The pastors from the southern portion of the State favored holding the next conference in one of the southern cities, but the majority v fayor o Oaklahd. e n the evening solemn services wer: held, Rev. W. W. Grimes preached an xcellent sermon on ‘‘Missi V' and its Frulta b Work lo-day will be a busy day for the visit- ing delegates. Many Important. mattecs il come before the conference for dis: e evening Bi Will’ deliver his annual lesture P Caines i e i ] An International Row. Oscar Wetzwader, who resides at 65434 Natoma street, is a German and his bet- ter half is an American. Frequently in ternational disputes disturb the quiet of the family circle, but these squabbles never ended n blows until last night when the German husband ridiculed the operations of the American army in {he Philippines. This o aggravat, triotle. American housewite enir® D picked up a teapot and smote her hus band on the caput, whereupo: V. sent to the Receiving Hos;fit:I l;grwraeg pairs and the wife was arrested and charged with an assault with a deadly weapon at the Central station. The hus- band is sorry that he spoke and the wife ;};rne:tiennsheto hu{ a blf‘g American flag to 7 T parior. Hzhe ta b urther trouble may —_————— Yesterday’s Insolvents. James A. Walton of Napa, baker, $573 §0; &s30ts, §161 book accounts. monetary | nd advocate delay only in order that an | no fresh prospects, so far as we | of exchanges between | d standard countries, and | son it is desirable that india | Rev. J. F. Anderson, Colusa cir- The next annual conference will be held | MISTERY VELS [NDIS DEATH A Question of Murder or Suicide. s NO MOTIVE FOR EITHER LGS SUSPICIOUS BULLET FOUND IN THE CEILING. S Whitmore and Aber, the Two Men Arrested, Have Been Released and Detectives Are Still at Work. e Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 10.—Can it be | possible that Frank Landis met his | death at his own hands? Rumors are so thick at Lincoln and Auburn to- | night that it is impossible to form any conclusion that is not shaken the next minute by some new and apparently reasonable theory. 5 From Auburn to-night comes the | story that members of the Coroner's | jury have declared that they felt some doubt as to the manner of Landis’ death. Up to the time a bullet from his revolver was found imbedded in the ceiling of his store it was thought that | he had committeed suicide, but the dis- covery of this bullet, coupled with the | fact that it matched the one empty chamber of his revolver, seemed to be conclusive evidence that the shot had | been fired in a struggle with his mur- derous antagonist. The bullet taken | from his body was also of the same caliber as that found in the ceiling. | A circumstance which the authori- ties at Auburn mention as singular is that on the night he met his death Landis is declared to have taken two glasses of whisky, although it is not known that he ever before indulged in liquor, but no theory of suici can be advanced in the face of the fact that only one chamber of his revolver was empty and that a bullet of the same size was found in the ceiling of the | store. No explanation of s ide can | stand unless it can be made to appear probable that in order to conceal his | intention Landis fired a shot from his | revolver into the ceiling and then re- | moving and secreting the shell reloaded and killed himself with another dis- charge. But then there is the over- turned lamp in the office to be ac- counted for, besides the open door in the rear of the store, with the wedge which secured it thrown some feet out- side. Nobody can advance a single reason why Landis should have committed suicide, but on the other hand there is no apparent reason why anybody | should have murdered him, for nobody in Lincoln was more generally e teemed. Certainly nothing about the | case indicated robbery as a motive, un- less there is excepted the feat | overturned lamp on the office floo noting a possible struggle in a | tempt to make the young groceryman open his safe. The Sheriff and t deputies are still scouring Placer Coun- ty, but up to midnight no arrests had been reported at the Sheriff’s office at Auburn. The two men, F. Whitmore and J. | Aber, whose arrest was chronicled in | this morning’s Call, have been released, as the suspicion against them did not | appear to be warranted. | "Some importance is attached to the | finding of an old suit of underwear | wrapped in paper in front of Landis’ store at the time his body was dis- covered. 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