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B THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1899. CASTRO GOVE RNMENT NOT YET RECOGNIZED L e A o™ D e R ¢ o9 et R e . GENERAL CIPRIANO CASTRO., B+ 090669000009 0000-0049+00000000000+0 ARACAS, Veneszuela, Oct. 27.—The forelgn Ministers met yesterday at the n Lezation and decided not to recognize the " Castro Government 1 1C from their respective Governments. President An- but supporters ¢ volution th Liberal party an s led by Crespc even offere e, 1 de the ca apered by In race. worke bled from Barbadoes, where he arrived recently, to the com- ave surrendered to General Castro. Order reigns here, the new Pre s for a long time. esident of Venezuela, is only 8 years old, He was always one of the warmest took part in the war of defense during the Th m & portfollo, but at general did all he could to influence Castro could not be for Castro severely star began to rise Castro led the ‘“Mocho” Hernan- ¢ defeated Morales and With his new ed, was the fact, ndrade’s succes: ly educated young man and plosiveness of character that is the | de the liberal have made to repay the| he military operations in rds and gentlemen, I t g may rest upo » of my gallant army to and good government in of my empire and to vindi- | nor of the country.” | JOUBERT'S SYMPATHY. | LONDON, Oct. #1.—A special dispatch e Town say General Joubert, r, has sent a dispatch to Lady Symons, wife of | ymons. | Sl MEDIATION IS URGED. Oct. 21.—At to-day’s mmittee of the second foreign budget a reso- irging the Govern- > e e Transvaal nd G CANNOT FORCE A TOWN TO GRANT A LICERNSE Judge Buckles Renders an Impdrtant Decision in the Vieira License Case. 27.—Judge Buckles regar t decision g € 1ance corporations feira IS a res- ent freeholders »n_which the 1 th ot s _proposed to be opened. Vielra made no_effort to comply with | ik up ‘ There were not twelve | residing upon the almed this portion of the sonable and oppress ordinance. reeho | ‘Our_courts have le of intoxicating i le of nodities, but that | be prohibited. Rlo Vista nce prohibit the sale of in- toxicating liquors within the canomto‘ Jimits of the town. There is no inherent | right in any citizen to sell liquor by re- | tail. The petitioner was not entitled to the writ sued for and a demurrer against the same is sustained. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Dishonorable Disch;rges for a Quar- tet of Soldiers. WABHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Amos Weller was to-day appointed Postmaster at Rosedale, Kern County, vice W. R. Shep- pard, resigned. The President has commissioned M. 8. Carrigosa Postmaster at Yorba, Cal. Army orders: By direction of the As- sistant Secretary of War, the following named enlisted men, haying enlisted un- | der false pretenses, will be discharged | without honor from the service of the ted S{?!es. Private Th 8. O'Rourke, | “on vyl C, Twenty-eighth Infantry, Presidio, San Francisco; Private James | W. Boatwright, Twenty-ninth Infantry, | ard Private second In vate William D, Third Art Thomas O. Marrs, . Thirty- | v, Philippine Islands; Pri- b all n Home, - Killed by an Emery Wheel. i NAPA, Oct. 2.—A. L. Navoue, a native | of Ttaly, aged 50 years, was killed this morning by the bursting of an emery Wheel, while sharpening a plowshare in | his machine shop. Navoue had but re- | ntly located in Napa, where he estab- Jished a machine shop. ¢ Nature Abhors a Vacuum.”” | ¥ bl L AL L L AM L LR N othing in the world stands still. If | § you are well and strong day by 'day the i blood supplies its tide of wigor. If you are | ill, the blood is @rong and carries increas- | ing quantities of diseased germs. You can- not change Nature, but you can aid her by keeping the blood pure. Hood's Sarsapa- rilla does this as nothing else can. Be sure to get Hood's, because NeverDisappoints FINED FOR NOT URGING HIS HORSE Driver of Gaff Topsail Dis- ciplined at Los Angeles Track. Spectal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21.—The attend- ance at Agricultural Park was small to- day and owing to the tightness of the books the betting was dull. The first race of the day, the 2:13 trot, went to Neerata, the favorite. epecial harfless race for named was won easily by Ned Thorne in ht heats. Gaff Topsall, who has a | : 2:12, arrived fourth in the first heat, which made In 2:20%. The judges were convinced that Driver Smith was not out to win and he was fined $100 for laying up the heat. Driver Donathan vas substituted. For Freedom took first money in the four and a half furlongs. Yule, a 3 to 5 favorite, had six-furlong selling event. , had {t h , beati; Amasa, at 1 to n the four fur- d, a 3 to 1 chance, went out from the i the favorite, finishing second, a length behind. John R. Gentry, Joe Patchen and Ana- conda are the drawing cards for to-mor- row, the last day of the meet. Result: Trotting, cla Neereta (Brooks) R Time, 2:14%, Special for named horses, three in five; purse ed Thorne, trotter (Hellman 1 Irvington Boy, pac 4 ), trotter (Bunch). 2 h and Donahan). 3 %, 2:18%, 2:21. Four and a half furlongs, two-year-olds; purse $250—For Freedom, 101 (Fauntleroy), 3 to | 1. won: Pidalla, 93 (Stewart), 3 to 2, second; Proclamation, 103 (Gutierrez), Folingo also ran. 7 to 5, third. Time, ee-year-olds and up- . 109 (Piggott), 3 to untleroy), 5 to 1, secon Six furlong: war/ ~ Four furlongs, all ages; purse $250—Amasa, 119 (Sullivar), 1 to 5, won; Castelar, 119 (Enos), 8 to 1, second; P F, 119 (Stewart), 10 to 1. third. Time, :48. Petrarch, Purniah, Gypsy, Jennie V and Tom Smith also ran. Bix furlongs, two-year-olds; purse $250—Steel v to 1, won; Ned Diamond, 107 (Joe Weber), $ Dennis, i00 (Piggott), 2 o 5, 107 (Bnios), & to 1, third. Ti also ran. Leonden was loft JURORS SELECTED TO TRY WARDNER MINERS Court Rushes Through the Prelimi- naries Incidental to Opening the Case. MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct 27.—Twelve men were selected to-day as jurors to try the Coeur d'Alene miners accused of stopping a United States mafl train at Wallace on April 20, The court rushed through the preliminary matters in connection with the trial, the jury, with two exceptions, being drawn from the regular panel. In court this morning the defense was given the privilege of selecting twenty wit- nesses to ‘appear on behalf of the pr! oers, Thess will be paid by the Gov- crnment, the defense clalming thelr in- ability to pay them. The court declined to-day to issue the order to obtain the evidence given before the Coroner's jury in the deaths of Cheyne and Smith, who were killed by the mob at Wardner on April 29 last. - MacDonald Ends His Life. SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—A special Post-Int to the telligencer from Kamloops, B. C., Joe MacDonald, Provinclal Land committed suiclde here last No Joe and most popular men in British Colum- bia. He leaves a widow and four small children. - ‘Will Be Tried in Salinas. SALINAS, Oct. 21.—Judge Dorn denied the motion for a change of venue in the Suisser murder case to-day. A stubborn fight was made to.procure the change. The result gives universal satisfaction The trial has been set for next Tuesday. ———— Millionaire Boniface Dies. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 27.—Sir Charles Gibson, the St. Louis millionaire and owner of the Hotel St. Louls, died at the Hotel Nicollet to-night, aged 73. 0ld age is given as the cause of death. B R R o S o o S Y the accuracy. partment. of the warships will be discharged as watched the demonstrations for a time TESTS OF MARCONI'S | WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Navy Department Officials Securing Ample Proof of the Wonderful Work of the System. BEW YORK, Oct. #.—The Navy Department continued its test of the Marcon! system of wireless telegraphy to-day. The demonstrations are belng made on the flagship New York and the battleship Massachusetts, In the North River, off the foot of Thirty-fourth street. The ships lay 448 yards apart and the demonstration was one of speed and ac- curacy, Code messages, using both the navy and the international Morse codes, were sent, besides numbers and let- ters mselected at random, The largest continuous message was a newspaper article of 200 words. In all, there were six demonstrations and the work continued with Intervals of preparation for about two hours. Signor Marcon{ sald he pald no attention to the speed attained, as the Navy Department was more particular as to The equipment overhead consisted only of wires strung from the crossbeams of both vessels. On the New York the ap- paratus was in the after gun room, and here Signor Maroconi did his work. On the Massachusetts the- recelving and sending was done in the captain's office, where one of Marconi's assistants was stationed. and could be heard throughout efther ship, Of the Naval Board which supervised the tests, Lieutenant Commander Newton and Lieutenant Hill watched the work on the flagship and Lieutenant Blish was on the Massachusetts. the New York and compared notes. They will make a final report to the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment of the Navy De- When the tests It is expected that on Monday the New York and Massachusetts will cruise off Sandy Hook In order to make a long- distance test of the system. They may be away from the anchorage for several days. miles from each other and this will be the crucial demonstration. If successful, it will prove how valuable the system would be during e naval engagement or while a fleet Is blockading an enemy’s coast. & further test. None of the members of the Naval Board would give an opinion of the work done by Signor Marconi. Admiral Farquhar and seemed greatly interested. During the long-distance tests the great guns | o T The clicking of the instruments is vibrant were concluded they held a conference on At times the vessels will be forty | | TWO AMERICANS BRODKE DEPOSES | eral state of affairs, abuses the Americans and congratulates General Riviera on his | dismissal, adding: “Cuba {s worse off than | | formerly, when she owned her bad Span- ish laws. Now she is worse governed than | ever before, as both the American and | Spanish laws are in force, to be used at no trouble fn landing the | 18 his fleld of seven without | In the three-quarters Steel Dia- | - SLA IV BHTLE Filipinos Driven From|Clash of Officials at Trenches. ; Havana. ; —_— X —_———— Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. | i [ MANILA, Oct. 28.—General Young's| HAVANA, Oct. 27.—General Rios Riv- ‘column, which started yesterday morning | lera, former Civil Governor of the prov- | for Cabanatuan, seventeensmileg north of | ince of Havana, whose withdrawal from San Isldro, drove a force of rebels from | the Governorship was cabled last evening | the trenches near Tuboatin River and| as a resignation, denies that he has re- | compelled them to retreat across stream. The fighting for brisk. The Americans lost two killed | the dismissal was ordered. | and one wounded. Owing to the swift that | signed. He says he was dismissed and | deep, it was impossible to pursue enemy. | “WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—News was re | celved at the War Department to-day of | the arrival of the hospital ship Relief a Manila, She reported the disappearanc | at sea between Guam and Manila of Lieu- | inet of Gavernor General Brooke. | tenant Robert D. Carmody, who went to | General Brooke, according to General | Guam with the Marine Battalion on the | Riviera, sent for Yosemite, when Captain Leary was sent | which was refused. out as Governor to take possession of the| Governor General Brooke, when ap- tsland. | proached regarding the matter to-day, There are no details of the occurrence. | said he preferred that any_explanation It appears that Lieutenant Carmody was | should be made by General Riviera him- taken aboard at Guam, presumably sick, | self. Senor Capote asserts that he re- and on orders home or else on a furlough. | quested General iviera to resign because the | of three nominations he had made to pub- ic office was not approved, but he at- tributes his dismissal to the direct influ- Secretary of State in the Advisory Cab- It is thought possible that he may have | he was an obstructionist and out of har- jumped overboard while delirious. mony with the administration, and that The War Department has received the | General Riviera replied that he would following from General Otis: wait untfl he was dismissed, which was “The {nsurgent government submitted | decided upon immediately, There was no application to-send five commissioners to | objection, according to the Secretary of | Manila to arrange difficulties attending | State, to General Riviera holding certain | the release of Spanish sick prisoners and | views as a private individual, but as a | discuss peace conditions. It was declined. | No negotiations are necessary, as we Riviera to carry out instructions and not | would gladly receive all Spanish prisoners | to make himseif an obstacle. There was at our lines, welcome them from their | no other way to solve the problem, said cruel captivity, and labor for thelr wel-| Senor Capote. fare. Correspondence by mail.” La Lucha,,referring to the dismissal, The Cabinet meeting lasted two hours | says: The Sple catse was the refusal o and a half, an hour longer than usual. | General Riviera to allow cock-fighting, his After the adjournment the members were | course In this respect being conirary to a unusually reticent. -One member said the | previous order emanating from Senor Ca- President had cautloned them against|pote permitting It. % making any statement about the meeting | Discusfon says: ‘‘The ocourrence to-day. It can be stated, however, that shows the lamentable lack of harmony the discussion related to the Philippines, | between prominent Cubans occupying and there is reason to believe that it was | leading positions. The Government must in reference to military and naval plans, | have had exceptional reasons for dismiss- which are to be placed in operation soon. | lnElsuch a prominent man. " CENERAL ANIER a time was | that he does not know upon what grounds | He admits | that he recently remarked that he would | | current of the river, which is also very | resign in the event that at least one out | ence of Senor Domingo Mendoz Capote, | the latter’s resignation, | subordinate it was the duty of General | | the option of the Americans.” \ Emme e MASON’S RESIGNATION Mede if He Carries Out His Threat. | to-morrow: tion's present foreign policy is changed, executed before Christmas. vill step out immediately in p | of an'arrangement which will ch linofs. ~The story, as wi yesterday, runs to this effect: “Senator Mason will resign in a few | weeks to take a high-salaried legal pos tion—$12,000 or more a year—with one of | the biggest corporations in the country, | Governor | Tanner will then resign and Lieutenant Governor Northcott, on succeeding to the | | Governorship, will appoint Tanner to the With Tanner thus eliminated from the gubernatorial situa- having headquarters in Chic: vacant Senatorship. | tion, Northcott can bé made the ‘‘organi. zation” candidate for Governor next year. makin; big salary, with a long term contract, for Governor Tanner's future. g s |WARDEN AULL’S DEATH | PROLONGS WINTERS’ LIFE Authority to Execute the Sentence. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 27.—But for the death of Warden Charles Aull Harry Winters, convicted of a murder com- mitted at Baden, San Mateo County, would have been hanged this morning. R J. Murphy, Acting tWarden ponding | the " election of Aull's successor, doubted | his_authority to execute the 'sentence | and secured an opinion from Attorney General Ford, in which he was advised not to hang Winters. In view of these legal objections the Governor this morning issued a reprieve A POLITICAL MOVE Many Important Changes Will Be CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—The Herald will say “Senator William E. Mason's threat to resign unless the administra- according to the latest prophecy, may be | Persons who | | assume to be well Informed Insist that he ursuance | ange the | whole face of Republican politics in II- dely elrculated The interests which are alleged to be Senator Mason their attorney at a are interests which have a friendly feeling Acting Warden Murphy Doubted His | PE S S S IS S S S S S SR S British navy. never left her. literary labors. singer and an actress. Lean. Among her works are: “Veronique' (1869), “Fighting the Air’ Tropics’’ (1887). She also published volumes, in 1872. THE LATE FLORENCE MARRYAT, B e m e e ole o b el e o de ol e sl e ol e ol e e e e e e e e o ONDON, Oct. 27.—Florence Marryat (Mrs. Francis Lean), the well-known authoress, died In London this morning. Florence Marryat, the noted hevelist, inherited her genius for lterature from her distinguished father, the late Captain Frederick Marryat of the In her childhood Miss Marryat was by no means happy, and her unfortunate surroundings left a brand of melancholy upon her spirit which Her father showed little affection for Florence and her It was his custom to place the two tots on while he and his friends feasted. Florence Marryat had a remarkable success as a writer of stories, and.surpassed her father in financial She not only excell2d as a romancer, but won high pralse as a Bhe was caught in the wave of spiritualism that over- swept London and the fruits of her thought on this subject are found in her books “There Is No Death,” “The Risen Dead"” stories have been rendered into half the languages of civilzation. Miss Marryat married first Colonel Ross Church and then Colonel Francis ‘Too Good “Woman Agalnst Woman' (1865), ‘‘Confessions FLORENCE MARRYAT, THE NOVELIST, OO+ PASSES AWAY @»0@4@&@0@0@05’@oeo@o@oe‘owowooo@o@o@o@o-o@ooo90@060-64004# ster. the high mantel of his dining-room returns from her and “Spirit World.” Her for Him” (new editio 1868), of Gerald Estcourt” (1865), (new edition, 1878), “A Daughter of the “Life and Letters of Captain Marryat,” two ‘have been installed at the Folsom prison. ity ey MERELY A CQNSOLIDATION. NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—In view of con- fllcting statements and varfous conclu- sions as to the primacy of either company in the recent Pullman-Wagner merger the exact conditions are stated as fol- lows: Neither the Pullman com: sorbed the Wagner nor the Wagner com- pany has absorbed the Pullman. The two companies have. simply amalgamated, retaining the Pullman organization, how- any has ab- in the case until December 8, by which | time, it is belleved, a new Warden will ever, in preference to the Wagner, as the Pullman is a stock company and the Wagner merely a business assoclation with no charter. The Wagner compan; has four directors in the new Pullman company and although the new .ompany may have the name of Pullman it will Le equally as much Wagner as Pullman and will operate vn all the Vanderbilt lines. - Judge Jones Il WOODLAND, Oct. 21.—Judge E. B. Gaddis of this county has been directed | to go to Trinity County and preside in a | murder trial on account of the sudden ili- ness of Judge T. B. Jones. The case is one growing out of the Littlefleld murder, — — Cubano, in an -editorial on the gen- CRUISER DETROIT WILL " ADVERTISEMENTS. BE SENT TO COLOMBIA ‘Warship to Guard American Inter- ests During the Insurrection in the Republic. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The State De- | partment will request Secretary Long to gend a man-of-war to Colomblan waters, and the Detroit will be ordered to proceed | | either to Cartagena or . Colon, probably | the former, which is the sea terminus of | the raflroad connecting Cartagena and | Calamar, upon the Magdalena River. This railroad was built and is owned and operated by Boston and New York THE HIGHEST OBJECT Of the art of advertising is to correctly inform the public of the merits of any article, and truthful statements always prove most effective in time. The val- uable reputation acquired by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co., by reason of the excellence of the pleasant laxative rem- edy, Syrup of Figs, which it manufac- tures, confirms the statement which the company freely makes, that the best of remedies only should be used when capitalists, Private letters say the prop- | required by the human system. If a { erty is in danger on account of the insur- laxative remedy is required the most rection and that it would be advisable to | gentle and effectual—Syrup of Figs orger.a war sel to Cartagena to pro- | should be given the preference over the vide nece: protection. r; Consul General Gudger, at Panama, re- g()r!s that many arrests of liberals are eing made inthat city. Unrest prevalls, he adds, but no open discord. The Mar- blehead will soon be in cable communica- tion with the department and she will be sent to Panama to guard that terminus | of the Trans-Isthmian railroad and the Detroit will be used to protect American interests at Colon, as well as the road to Cartagena. JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF J. A. ROBERTSON The American Capitalist Wins His Suit Against Bondholders of a Mexican Railway. MONTEREY, Mexico, Oct. 27.—J. A. Robertson, an American capitalist of Monterey, formerly receiver of the Mon- terey and Mexican Gulf Railroad Com- pany, has received official notige that the higher Federal Court in the City of Mexico has afirmed the decisions of the lower courts awarding him a judgment of $450,000 in gold against the Belgian bondholders of the road, Who are now op- erating the property. This large judg- ment is for money advanced and other services performed in behalf of the com- pany by Mr. Robertson. Mr. Robertson was the promoter of the syndicate of American capitalists' which was recently organized in the United States with a capital of $7,000,000 for the purpose of dealing in Mexican raillways and mining properties. This syndicate has already purchased the Monterey Min- eral Belt Railway and the rich San Pedro mines, the latter being located near Mon- terey. ESCAPES FROM HIS CELL IN A DERVISH MONASTERY Son of Midhat Pasha Flees to Eng- land and There Recovers Im- portant Documents. Spectal Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bennett. . BERLIN, Oct. 2.—A Constantinople telegram to the Tageblatt states that the son of Midhat Pasha, who since hisfather’s death has lived as a state prisoner in a Dervish monastery_at Smyrna, escaped a short time ago. It is reported that he went to England, where he succeeded in obtaining possession of certaln papers which his father had deposited in a place of safety some years ago, These are very important documents and will throw new 1[zht on the deposition and death of Abdul Aziz, the causes which led to the abroga- tion of the Turkish constitution and. the outbreak cf the Russo-Turkish war. e Murphy Convicted. NAPA, Oct. 27.—The trial of Joseph Murphy, the assailant of Frank Fleming, was concluded to-day. The jury returni a verdict of simple assauit. & /MONTREAL (ANAD |oNDON-TNGLAND fhcircles the globe with its. world famed laxa‘rnv’e;rem’edy -5 old-time cathartics and liver medicines, which were disagreeable to the taste and frequently injurious as well. The more one takes of salts and pills the more constipated the system becomes; while on the other hand one enjoys both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken. It is pleasant and re- freshing to the taste and acts gently yet promptly on the kidneys, liver and bowels; cleanses the system effectual- ly, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and overcomes habitual constipation permanently; also biliousness and the many {lls resulting therefrom. The great trouble with all other purgatives and aperients is not that they fail to act, when a single dose is taken, but that they act too' violently and inva- AGEN O FPFICES _JAN [RANCI/CO loursvitLe ~ New York RUP for sale by the reputable’ Drusgists throughout the world - Price 50 cents per bottle. riably tend to produce a habit of body requiring constantly augmented doses. The excellence of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the originality and simplic- ity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manu- factured by scientific processes known only to the California Fig Syrup Co., and therefore we wish to impress on all the importance of accepting the true .and original remedy only. When buy- ing note the full name of the company —California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. In the process of manufacturing the are pleasant to the taste: but the me- dicinal properties of the remedy are obtained from an excellent combina- tion of plants known to be medici- nally laxativ: and to act most beneficially. As the true and original remedy named Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist in avolding the worthless imitations man- ufactured by other parties. The high standing of the California Fig Syrup Co. with the medical profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of pleasant family laxative made by the | families make the name of the com- California Fig Syrup Co., and named | pany a guarantee of the excellence of Syrup of Figs, figs are used, as they | its remedy. CIES A SYONEFAUTRALIA \& | "ONGKONG'CWA. or 0 —

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