The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1899, Page 2

[&] THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1899. BOER WOMEN ARMING TO FIGHT AGAINST ENGLAND | @0 e et e0edebdeiebededodod 0—0—0—04—@—0—@*—“6\+0 of Di CLIOLE OF THIEVES RUY 10 EARTH » of the cleverest hits SANTA CRUZ PREPARES TO GREET NATIVE SONS Elaborate Plans for Decorating the Streets and Carnival Lake---Balloting for Queen Continues. Special Dispatch to The Call. [ R amcCe SiCE SICR SICES o i o EoAan an e Jn an e SO SO SO SO +-0-¢-0-+04@ . decorations will begin at the Union depot | ~ PTOLS PONT zons of the Trans- ; - Amazonsof the Trans-| ; | i |2 « | Sacramento Authorities Un- : | el 4 { vaal Are Forming | I cover a Stolen Goods + ¢+ i » R-fl Cl b " & | Fence. 14 1 —_— | e . ) " T : |+ s | & PS — . L AMMUNITION | it | Its Operations Coaducted Through- s : IS out the Central Part of [ |4 the State. ( Again Repudi : Kruger Again Repudiates ‘ = SR z 1 3 | Special Dispateh to The Call. H ¢ e - : Br[talrl S Cla]m Of | & + | SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5l.—At a special | & | session of the Grand Jury this morning : | e § | calied for the purpose two indictraents uzerainty. 3 % | wers returned agamst G. . Van Nor- l'e © | man, a junk dealer of this The n- — & — | I ¢ | dictments were based upon the confes- - : g K3 & slons of W. H. Gestner and Frederick | E 3 " Cal le { | Steph two grain-sack thieves, who ( 81.—The | ¢ & | Were arrestc d several weeks ago. In l_hl‘se N t | ® < | conf s there is revealed a condition | YEms 9 ol ¢ | of affairs the existence of which was little | the Boer @ | dreamed of. The confessions are to the ARie 4 |effect that a gang of thieve v its in many dis- | ¢ & | headquarters at Sacramento has been op- i the T 3 + | erating throughout Central California for Goy 18 granting the K3 ! | the past year. Scores of thefts and burg- : o basis of | ® laries committed +ing_the p: twelve {® { months in Sacramento, Yolo, Solano and | ? & [ San Joaquin counties were the work of | Delagoa + | this gang. All goods stolen were brought | 3 b4 tc ramento and turned over to Van | 31 ructions have been ¥ @ | Norman, who was told in every instance, on to release the - e ¢ | S0 the confessfon states, wh the ;:nm‘lisx ammunition for the ¢ FORT OVERLOOKING PRETCRIA, IN TLE TRANSVAAL. { | (ime thom o how (i vere, obtslped, ional > amount have directed the gang in its movements, | A @+04040404.0404040404040404040404040404040+04040404@ [1° IICIe] he Eang n 15 MOVERICHIS, | B - g 4 { and kept them strictly posted as to ti two Trans- | & 9 O | movements of the police ; ) arrested | 4 4! Up to a short time ago the principal e O | plunder of the gang was brass. The war bl 7 S + | with Spain had brought the market price | o O | of this up to 16 or I7 cents a pound, and | LK < 4 | Van Norman bought it from the t | :m from the Governor + | it. so it is claimed, to Charles Harl the detaineal am=| 0 o | Harr lson street, San I c e e i = A T in T d to have been brought e mmedile Lt + i forn clese by & e e nevasl govemmonts| O o PRE 31—The Transvaal's note to Great Britain offer- O | Norman from Harley notfsing him to 1 session, and Preside + ing the anch and other concessions was strongly worded + i :2‘::;2‘!‘1‘:1( u-‘;'m_““"!lk‘; > he Raad to meet secretly | O and explsined thaf the ons were made with a sincere desire fully g ved the aanaia in a series of S el be T t an end to strained relations and to & ns . did_thousands 1150 claimed that in | 5 avert a dis re, 2 answer was requested. O the oets 1 ! : eI o The note of ( en in was conciliatory and tanta- O | brass fittings from 1 he a mention of it | & mount to an acceptance of the five v offered.) Ft agreed to walve 3 |machinery near Fole et i I8 ] 11}"‘:)‘!1;;;_1”:‘!1,;' $ the suggested commission of inquir vided a representative, to be ¢ |dradgers down the Sacramento River, - e British 15 appointed by Sir Alfred Milner, should be given facilities in Pretoria to O | near Trask's Landing. They then worked ok e Council ¢ ¢ make an investigation of the franchise question and provided the re- g 1‘5:;““":'”},"j"l;'wlr f.{ ““ SOUT e e aransvaal's reply | 4 port of such representative should prove tisfactory. Otherwise the L | pumping plants in the € Attorney interviewed the | O aal Government was requested to it further suggestions from o tion districts in order h diplomatic ag Mr. Conyng- |+ . fal Government before submitting the new proposals to the + | Nork. [In this way the gang sof WARE i ofyyhich the | O Volksraad. Mr. Green's note in conclusion suggested a further confer- $ | they sold to Van Norman in theirs. | 0 ence at Cape Town ¢ | 'Not content with this haul, the gang Giree ¢ Britain | + B 3 : S | turnea its at 1 to the raifroad yirds certain s ireat Brit-| @404040404040404040404040 $04040404040 40 $0+0+0+040+9 I A D LR L : consid- | eptsode in the House of Assembly here Netherlands Woman's Disarmament T « e Teply | to-day. Cecll Rhodes asked for a speedy | League has been presented to the Queen e « g »posals of | e of the estimates in order to en- | praving her, ‘in the name of womanhood | pieh that they tried it over again a few . | able him te go to Rhodesia. he other | a motherhood, to avoid war with the later, with equally good Success. A leaders_ of the opposition supported the | Boe d 'saying it would cast a fright- | fird {Hp was planned to Tracy, but wi demand, but the Ministerialists, fearing ful biot upon “your Majesty’s most glor- | oned upon the receipt of Harley's that the completion of imates | fous reign.’ | o Mo Bran S 4 :be ‘the: & he Daily Chronicle publishes the fol- | “The gang t s attention to g 4 ed to be ing dispatch from Cape n: It § ling & sacks. Thou- e T oy imored here that Sir Al Milner, | sands of sac en and hundreds | gains to_othe Governor of the Cape Colony, contem- | f bags of grain, scores of ranchers t BLOEMFON'T Aug. It is as- plates dismissing the Schreiner Ministry | throughout Central California suffering immediately re- | serted by a local paper that orders have under his spscial powers. If he does It | from the raids. A large part of this plun- ‘ wving stolen a | been given for the immediate supply of | is feared a rebellion will break out, as | der was found in Van Norman's posses n Kha equipment and cartridges to the Orange Dutch would believe that Great | sion Schr = State artillery. iago tain is again forcing Cecil Rhodes to | ' \When first questiged,he denied that he 2 | R L Srpu ) had an¥ $uch proy and, Wwhen it was - = =v e i B B i found, claimed that he had forgoiten = = = 2 7 " 3 | bout it. Shortl after nis :llrg‘d‘*l(‘ln—d;x clined to be a r also | Germany served in thé United State Van Norman was confronted by Gestner ¢ A L Drey- | army during the war w! pain. He 2 !--m} . Stephan, who repeated \!h" stories s itness remainéd | shows his discharge paper, h denotes | told in thelr confessions. Van Norman en- until 3 o'clock in was a staff officer. The Informer tered a general de al, and w taken to 2 i that he was born in Denver | | jail in'$4600 bonc * entire ma b ‘ “some introductory % dence upon whicl n Norman was, o £ 7 = rested, together with the arrest of Ge nd Stephan, and the confessions of weapor Sl g se two, was work of Max P. b ek the great sts dquart | Fisher, a the police force of 1 yas e amentc ‘ounty Detective, Tt g v de Clam to the Minister f 1 th the words seek Jouaust's on Colonel de Clam it the major tter which Major called which has g which I wish to recal we the d to fact determin my had to mind not ire of a sol- wished to tear th then, let me t torture I can to Mme. duty and nt I ought to our children, owe it, my 1 zinetti said: “It is quite with me Dr or my children I of to-morrow.” fus that his life deeply stirred’ all a broken voice. aying to and hen he had fin- bruptly, evidently to ed features from the ors in court, who, otion down scompe sp is seated ing In his eyes z pressing an outburst of sobbing. The ion concluded with the con- frontations of tain Lebrun-Renaud and General de Boisdeffre, the former ex- ing that he did not speak to Major | inetti of the Dreyfus confession be- he had -received instructions to sflent. General Boisdeffre denied Forzinetti had viction that expressed (o Dreyfus was In- nocent. e major maintained his as- sertion, however. Colonel Guerin, another witness, re- peated his evidence before the Court of Cassation to the effect that Captain Le- brun-Renaud told him after the degrada- tion, of the prisioner of the words the lattér had uttered. After being asked by Colonel Jou Dreyfus de ust if he had anything to sa; red he could only repeat his reply to Caplain Lebrun-Renaud, Army Controller Peyrolles next repeat- i s given before the Court ecounting that Colonel Dreyfus s degraded, fus had e d. At this reyfus arose and denied he had d there would be a revision of his t the end of three years, and, speak. g directly to Colc aust, 'begged ch_he (the oner) wrote to Gener: The prisoner the term thre ars because he » Government nuld need time to ssary investigations. de Boisdeffre d he men- carry GERMAN THROWS LIGHT ON THE DREYFUS CASE Says His Government Purchased In- formation, but Not From the ch:used Man. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 31.—The Jewlish | Sentiment in its regular weekly edition to- | morrow will print a story bearing with al- tartling directness on the Dreyfus For the first time, it is Delleved, | ode of carrying documents from the *h War Office to the Germian Govern- | nent is given. It shows that dolls were | used as the means of conveyance, and that | the papers went first to Englandand then to Germany. The identity of the “veiled | Jso made known. ! lady” is The story which the, Sentiment will print | comes from a man who was employed,sev- | eral yvears ago by the German Gowern-| ment as document translator and maker of relief maps, and who after quitting! nch War Office shipped to th above address vin elgium and Condon. 1 | transla e information regarding “Gun No. i 5 e B amen nenir 1ot e | Three San Franciscans French War Office, and the copy could only s have been written' out through the direct Die of Scurvy. Drevfus was unknow the, | SN s au in person or by mame frc is 1 mo solemnly affirm. { Speclal Dispatch to The Call. ¥ cific ns and detalls of Gun No = s g B e A o e thertel and Lavar | SEATTLE, Aug. 3L.—Advices from Daw- | b " ‘together with the plans for mobiliz son state that _C. @Gilbert ha rrived tion, were purchased through Germany's there from Fort Yukon with news of the bassy in sided ¢ by Pr Ha death of three members of a Sah Fran- Heinrich Pless, and as much as $16,000 Am cisco party of four who wintered on the an money was sent postoffice mones order | Black River, a tributary of the Porcus SN0 RelekmuiBngy ent for the merchandise. | pine. F Amstor, Herbert se vayments “wers made n two parts | i g ey eart through Mr. a doll C & A L Sonnenburg, Germany, and Alvin Fi | know ty of San last fall for b women wa ness I met Count son at dinners given 1k director of Sonnenburg. employed in transact River to pr "y got up the river when winter overtook them and they were compelled to go into winter: quarte All four became sick with scurvy, and before out 100 miles erhazy ses was i terhazy’s much of the infor documents | the river opened taree of them had died. were never received at the emb, 1w The surviving member of the party, C. t a church, a public function or a D. Whitmore, mandged to rig up a_boat dinner party. The French sples were a and drifted down the river. He was found on the alert and could thefr watchf The Baroness is t only through such means | Iness be circumvented referred to in the some fishermen at cupine in a most help- and mouth of the taken in by B e Soatorean ] v referred to in the | oeq condition and was sent to the hospital D e e el ady e e | at: Circle (City;where: he, isinow; - dotg 715 falrly well. ery six months remittances mously to Baroness Delden through the ¢ non edit Lyonnalp of parls, 1t s well kngwn at Ger. | MONUMENT- TO CHARLES are forwarded by Prince Henry Pless. The | Credit Lyonn: which the money is used. T mention this fact | STEWART PARNELL because the records of the bank will corrob- | | Thomas Addis Emmet Says No Help s is innocent of the purpose for | orate my statements. 1 am a sition to name the postoffices in England where the | s money wae pald to the agents of Germany em- in Building Should Come From e This Country. LIFELESS BODY IS NEW YORK, Aug. 3L.—Thomas Addis | Emmet, president of the Irish National OUND ON A FENC | Federation of America, has received a re- FOUN N E | quest from Edwara O'Flaherty for the use : | of his name in the invitation to John Red- 2 3 mond and the Lord Mayor of Dublin to Mysterious Death of G. O. Canaziani, | visit nusx ‘Nnmlhry for 1“‘0 purpose of so- Tl | lictling aid in the erection of a_monument a Section’ Boss on the North | Muil 30 Siowart Parnell, He sent the Pacific Coast Railway. | following reply: SAN RAFAEL, Aug. 3l.—Meager details | No man has a higher appreciation than I reached this city to-night of the death | have for Mr. Parnell’s work for Ireland, and 1 am equally sincere in my bellef that a monu- of a section boss employed by the North | 18 PG Jo e erected, While it would not be FPacific Coast Railway Compan which | [ocsible to rt one which would be in propor- occurred near Howards station to-day un- | tion to the obligation, it must be done by Ire- der myst yus circumstances. The namie | land, and the time has not yet arrived. The of the an was G. O. Canaziani, He was | coming to this country for the purpose indi- found hangi ross a rail fence and | cated would plish little, and I would op- had been dead several hours. The north- bound train which connects with the boat leaving San Francisco at 7 o'clock in the McCarthy and Dillon, whos willing to join Mr. Redm, Messrs quote, same ‘purpose views you The people of Ireland are rap- morning had reached a point about a mile morning had reached a point about a mile | {31y taking charge of their political affairs and the railroad employes perceived the body | Prining about the condition which will alone of .Canaginnl hatsing face Gowhwera | DN e e nesdonito A Al g across a rail fence on the left side of the | fand when most of the Irish leaders of the road. The train was stopped and bucked | past fow years will have to 0 intor retirement Ll‘)l (;‘r’:l] N‘]‘n‘. YEll’n:’\IH‘S dlll (‘1!4 l"l ]l-h»' r(": nd make room for new men who will again re- sta s the body was discovered | unite the Irish people. When - that is done I across the boundary line in Sonoma will certainly do all in my power to carry out the purpose now proposed and which I believe to be premature at the present time. i i TREASURY STATEMENT. County the Coroner was notified at Santa Rosa and an inquest will be held to-mor- row. Though no_ visible marks of a wound were to be discovered foul play Is sus- petted for several reasous. The pecullar position of the body and the improbability of the deceased going so far from human abitation alone are advanced in support | of such a theory, while qtiarrels and bick erings among the members of Canaziani race in this lonely region along the shores of Tomales Bay have frequently resulted | in bloodshed and caused feuds of many vears' duratton. tory of the Country. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—To-day's treasury statement shows that the amount of net gold on hand is $247,880,601. This is the largest amount on hand at any one time in the history of the department, the next largest amount having been $246 873~ 026, on December 31, 1898. This situation is accounted for by the fact that during - Pretty Church Fair. MONTEREY, Aug. 31.—One of the most uniqueand successful charity bazaars ever seen hereabouts has just been opened b the ladles of 8an Carlos Catholic Church in the opera-house in this city. The bazaar of the Gevernment, of which from $0 to 90 per cent are paid in gold, have largely exceeded the expenditures. it o CONSTITUTION STANDS. is called @ “Fair of Old Missions.” each of | s e twelve booths bein, i pre- Sentation of same on & Periect repre” | Belgian Chamber of Deputies Refuses to Revise th: Law. BRUSSELS, 'Aug. 31.—The Belgian | Chamber of Deputies to-day rejected a motign to revise the constitution, the vote standing 59 against 3l. The motion was intended to pave the wa suffrage bill. twelve mission buildings. and a bevy of sconced In each Two matrons charming girls are er mission, and - articles of all kinds, artistic, edible and useful, are laid before the visitor in a most tempting array. The fair was planned and the des signs made by Rev. Father R. M. Mes- tris, the priest of ghis parish, Gold on Hand the Most in the His- | the | | niny Young was invincible after the first In- :: 5 Orl were at his mercy. At-| THE RUINS AT YUMA; Hon. Sir Willlam Kennedy delivered his 8 F | Fan | inaugural adaress. He spoke of the ne- Clubs— H E( - | cessity for an adjustment of international SRl re s 4 Gang 0? Convicts From the Peniten | maritime insurance, the question of for- Baltimore . 8208 tiary Are Clearing Away | eign judgment and the’ question of immu- Batteries—Young and Criger: McGinety and the Debris. | nity of private property in time of war. Smith. Umpires—Manassau and Connolly. i | Dr. Evans Dosby, secretary of the peace | pose the movement for the above reason were | nd for ‘the | | | | the last two weeks or more the’ revenues | 1 | is considered a of dete this se THE CHAMPIONS LOSE. Boston Team Defeated by the Chicago Nine in a Clean Game. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. ever accomplished Clubs— W.1 w. rooklyn .7 AgO .....59 - tsburg ...58 57 Philadelphia 3 New York 63 Baltimors 5 Loulsville . 63 incinnati ngton 40 73 t. Louis....64 .19 100 CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—The Orphans downed in the seventh Inning, ed two men to first and was e Champions tc when Willis 7 in | hit for four consecutive singles. The field was clean througt many brilliant pl ng made on both sides. Attendance Score Clubs— RS T Chicago 10 1 Boston &.o il R Tai a0 Batteries—Griffith and Chance; Donahue, Willls_ and Clarke. Umpires—O'Day and Mc: | Donald. ST. LOUIS, Aug, ¥ by bunching The Perfectos won to- their hits in the second In- PITTSBURG, Aug. 31—t looked ltke New | ganq relatives are still searching the ruins | York's game, when in the first, with six hits, five runs were scored, but in the fourth Pitts- | burg, with five hite, equaled this and had_the game well in hand after that. Score: Clubs— Sk ot Pittsburg 8 14 w York . qeat 0 Batteries—Tannehill and Schriver; Seymour Swartwood and Hunt. Aug. and Wilson. CINCINNATI, Umpres ! Attendance, 1500, | young men, James B, | debris. 2| had been around town several di after the first inning to-day, while Taylor was | nit hard throughout the game, Delehanty's ' and Cross' fielding were features. Attendance, 1538. Score: Clubs— H E Cinein o St Philadelphia 165 1 Batteries and Wood; Orth and M- lor Farland ires LOUISVILLE, -Aug. 31.—The Colonels rallied in the ninth, but their errors had given Wash- ington a lead they could not overcome. The baseball_seazon in Louisville will close on Sat- urday. The remaining sixteen games scheduled for this city have been transferred. President yfuss claims the club has been losing 3200 and that the strain Is more than the directors care to stand. Attendance, 300. Score: Clubs— R.OTH Louisville . § 15 5 Washington . 7 5 Batteries—Zimmer and Powe: McFarland and Roach. Umplres—Gafiney and Latham. BROOKLYN, Aug. 31 The Clevelands forced the Brooklyns to play an up-hill game for five innings to-day, but after that ft was a run- away affair. With the bases full in the third, Sullivan hit for a_double, bringing in all the runs scored by Cleveland during the game. | he entered the Civil War and was _appointed t 5 The game was called in the ninth on account | colonel of the Twenty-first Iowa Volunteers. | the N‘ulpmin:n;)‘fp(l!};:{ggélr:lr;flnd;\f_f:‘:‘ng: l(ll;: of ‘darkness. Attendance, 1100. Score: After the war he engaged in mercantile and | to promote treftes SiCRERtl, (R0 O T Cae o R. H. E. | banking business and was president of several | agreeing to €ubmlt fiee TECEEICTR 0, OOV Clevaiand 3 1 3 | railroads in Towa. In 1868 he was elected Gov- | tion under the provis 5 Lhn 3 14 g ernor of Towa, which office he held until 1872 | The conference decided that a special ¥ | He moved to'Southern California. in 1888 and | ¢qommittee be appoitited to examine in de- _Batteries—Schmidt and Duncan; Hughes and | has resided here ever since, living In retire- | {0 Grovisions of The Hague conven- Farrell. Umpires—Snyder and McGarr. | ment. for the past six vears.' He leaves a con- | th1 LIS PIRI0T Seport thereon for the POSTAGE ON SUNDAY CALL. SUNDAY CALL wrapped ready for mailing—postage 2¢ to all points in United States, Canada and Mexico, and 4c to all for- eign points. y for a unlversa]i RN 00 RPN | era 'BODIES STILL IN | slow, ow! uantity of de- | T—Orth was nvincible | S10%: OWIRE to the great q y B O O I O O R R R R SRCSY SRS LEADERS IN THE CARNIVAL OUEEN CONTEST. B o B R S e o e = ANTA CRUZ, Aug, 3L—The Admis-| boats owned by Washburn at the mouth ion day celebratjon and the Veni-| 0f the river and many priva @ tan Wetér Caspiyal ave. the only | becn, ciyesed: by the Native Eons, topics among the Native Sons and | I be tlluminated. . Thompson h Native Daughters D e biliant e e b ghters. be a brilliant affair. The decoration committee has outlined | Fiftcen hundred seats will its plan for the decoration of the streets | for the Native Sons and and work will soon be commenced. The ¢ & e of the Native Sons L R e e R R R O O S e e wn be reserved 0 will be left| ring the 1l other will and continue to the end of Pacific avenue. ed for an excur- | Six fmmense welcome banners and hun- | s e on Admis- | dreds of stringers of ng ional and | s ¥ it lml accom: b R e e e Regiment band o flags will be stretched 0 e e abanaer of the San Jose | avenue. The poles along the avenue will be dec- | orated with evergreen trees, gi g it a forest like effect. The grand arch will be at the junction of Laurel and Pacific avenues, at the entrance to the carnival n and Martin Murphy Jr. Mead a i t inter balloting _ for friends of the va and Wal- | reing manifested In the al queen, and us candidates are ground | lying to their support. | The programme for the ltterary exerclses | The counted at 7:30 o'clock on Admission day at the Armory Is as May Baldwin s ollow ‘tion, Hastings' band; male 1v the ., and h quartet: selections from Joaquin Miller, | twenty-fc ) r Vote | the California poet; address by the grand | her credit. Miss Rose Pfitzer has risen | orator; selection, Hastings' band. from fifth to second place and has jumped | from from 28 to 1 Miss Jennie Lewis, Anna Linscott, from votes ork on the as commenced It is in the shape of the letter The W to-day. : A, planked on both sides and the inside Williams from filled with sand, Ten feet apart on the Daisy Longley, from 14 outside of the dam will be placed box-| 3 =2 shaped plers, also filled with sand. Phe dam will be four feet high and 260 | Celebration at Sacramento. feet in width and will be built up into| WOODLAND, Aug. 3l—Representatives he willows on the shore opposite the i 2 1 : Eunes"n The' erection of ‘the - dam | Of Sacramento Parlors, Native Sons and 10,000 feet of lumber will be used. Oppo- | Native Daughter visited Woodland site the tribunés in the center of the| Wednesday evening, and at a_meeting of river is a_sandbar, which will be scraped | the local parlor ended invitations- for down and the sand graded and placed | the Woodland parlo join the Sacra- agalnst the mento -pariors in tlOhGot At Lagunita de Carnival will Soon be ready ' sion Day at the Tair, unani- for the gayly illuminated boats. All the | mous vote the invitation was accepted. LAW ASSOCITION LECTS OFFCERS Commends the Work of Peace Conference. | Sagis Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. | ROBBED AT THE Kern Contractor Meets a Band of Sharpers. —_— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 31.—A few da; ago C. H. Shurbane, the Wells-Fargo Ju4! Conf 5 : et at Kern City. intrusted Contractor | Assoclation opened to-day with scarcely a Tom Young of Kern with $1000 to go to | SCOre of delegates present. In the audi-| R T e buy lumber to bufld him | en¢e Were .the wives and daughters of a a residence. Young returned without the { Bumber of the British lawyers. The con- | e heonira ference was called to order by Joscph G. e D i Alexander, Q. C., of London. Sir William | sl 8. Kenned, sided at the meeting. Sen- | ator Charle Manderson acted In the capacity of honorary president. Sherman | BUFFALO, Aug. 31.—The eighteenth an- nual conference of the International Law | his arrival in San | Francisco he was met at the ferry by Port c sta lumber representatives From there the mpany v went up Market to New Montgomery . Young was asked to|S. Rogers delivered the address of wel- but declined. On reaching the lum- | come. Officers were elected as follows: | ."Was taken to a shed and at| Sir Richard E. Webster, Attorney Gen- | eral for England, president. | the point of a pistol forced to give up the money Young resides | “Senator C. F. Manderson of Nebraska, honorary president. | Hon. Sir William Rand Kennedy, presi- | dent of the eighteenth conference. W. C. Endicott, Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; Baneroft Davi | and Carl Schurz, vice presidents for the | United States. | " Right Hon.S8id JohnTubbock, treasurer. | James Alexander and George C. Philli- | Santa Barbara, and his firm is said to be lvent. Shurbane hopes to get the money. Young has built I houses in Kern and seems to stand | 1 W more, both of London, secretaries. YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 3L—Anxlous friends | _ i, T .ondon, presented the following reports of the committee on arbitration: The conference accepts the report adopted by the executive council on July 18, 1899, of the epecial committee appointed at the London con- ference of 1863, which has, in accordance with the direction of the Brussels conference in 189, presented a scheme for the formation of the urt of International Arbitration. The ‘conference cordially thanks the comimit- tee for the care with which it has thus com- pleted the work intrusted to it, directs that the scheme be printed In the proceedings of the | conference and commends 1t to public notice s | the assoclation’s contribution to the further elucidation of the question. This conference expresses its deep grati- fieation at the adoption by The Hague of yesterday's fire for the remains of the unfortunate vietims. The bodies of two | Tapta and Rudulfo | Wilson, are known to be still beneath the Two miners and two tramps who vs and | were seen at the fire are still missing and are supposed to have perished. The work of recovering the dead 1§ very | bris ‘and water in the basement where they are buried. A force of forty con- victs from the Territorial penitentiary | was put to work under a heavy guard this | ain the s digeing a ditch to Craile the | Peace Conference of & scheme of international basement by morning, when the debris [‘arbitration, Which carles out ane of the main : Ghjects of the association as expressed In re- b e ":“(‘:;r‘d:,:%?lg:fimes! fterated resolutions of the time Of Its opening eral ¢ . | conference at Brussels in 1873. The conference ;}l;tt v;ffir;“r‘v‘m\;ls::dr g;:s“‘;rsdx‘;.\;r!eflg}fngl‘ggg recognizes as especlally valuable the following s afternon. 4 leading features of the scheme, viz.: %o their last resting place by almost the | “Hirst—The nomination of a hody of men of entire poputation of the town. recognized competence in questions of interna- - SAMUEL MERRILL IS DEAD. tiona] law, and enjoying public esteem, who will be ready to act as arbitrators. Former Governor of Iowa Expires in ! Los Angeles. Second—The selection by parties to any in- ternational dlspute from among the members of the above-named body of arbitrators and an Umpire to form an arbitration tribunal. 1.0S ANGELES, Aug. 31.—Ex-Governor Samuel Merrill_of Towa died this evening at the age of 77 years. ‘About # week ago Governor Merrill suf- Third—The creation of a permanent adminis- trative councll, composed of the diplomatic rep- fered a stroke of paralysis, and but little hopes of his recovery were entertained. resentatives at the Court of The Hague, with The Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Affairs He was injured severely In an electrical accident several months ago,cand had as Its president. Fourth—The establishment under the direction never entirely recovered from tfe shock. Samuel Merrill was born at Turner, Me., in of the above-named council of a permanent bu- 1522, He moved to Iowa about 1850, and in 1861 feau, whose services will be at the disposal of all_arbitral tribunals. The conference therefore urges the members of the association to use their influence in their fespectlve countries (a) to procure the early ratification of The Hague convention relative to siderable fortune. A wife and two children sur- vive him. NEGROES DYING BY SCORES. Death Rate Among the Refugees in the Brazos Valley Very High. AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 31.—Governor | Sayres was to-day advised that the death rate among the negro refugees in the late- 1y inundated Brazos Valley is alarmingly great. In some counties 50 per cent of the | negro population are down with fever | and they are dying by scores. Steps have been taken to provide them with medicine and medical assistance, il next conference. The resolutions werc' taken up one by one, after brief addresses touching their import and value. Charles H. 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