The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1899, Page 2

THE £AN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1899 S —— R S S ‘e THE NEW S5-INCH FIELD HOWITZER. After m ny days’ delay, twelve of these guns, of which much was ex- ler on Tue Ay last. Sah a3 S N PN the San Francisco steamshi p pame Inst the on of Ryan & ( actors for painting United States trans- ports at San Francisco, claiming they are ring peddiers, stev d men who cut wages to the Government yards for the Ludington says he will or- day, men al once. 1 on the supervising b he tre a wall be of the iry with the ilt on the § W _postoffice afford naturs the basement quest matter to of tment agreed to look report to them at introduced a bill f the Lake Ta- University of Cal- ol of forestry. a bill to pay an Francisc 3 cal lipinos who w islands on the resent has r nt dition that d remain cut ative Waters intr he appointed vice M. R. postoffice’ at ential on Janu- master to be 1 and Hans Henrik Mier ted d the BOER REPORTS O;—' THE MODDER RIVER BATTLES PRETY pointed a Chico. A. ady, ker (dead), A D. jers, P S tion and in o % . Baker Clty, $4 to $12 o Amot Maben, Medford, $8 to Washington: Original—Orin 8. Curtice, i Kerns, $. Original widow, al, De- - »er 5—Georgeannah Millik rague, ) Sy \ Transports at Honolulu. : HONOLULT S.—The transports ances Ohio. ul and Duke of Fife, va the Thirty-elghth and Fortieth . have left for Manila, g : e Pt ag with mule A perator at Modder River | wa » Maxim firing was LED CENSURES CIARS ATTITUDE | Peace Conference Slight Referred to. IR 1al Dispatch to The Call. ked, and | sther Boe rator or t Tuesday. SHARP ENGAGEMENT AT ZOUTSPAN DRIFT 5.—The War Office has | LONDON. owir ng 1 ashire McFarlane & dispateh t Ora from 1} River, ME —The text of the Pope's m at yesterday's consistory is :d to-day. mounted § | The Pontiff began by announcing the ap- Ishaw tment of the Cardinals deputed to & »en the sacred door of the Roman patr lica at the commencement of the holy ot He suaid he could have wished that D hurch enjoyed her former liberty in < and that she might thus have been to celeb * publicly the conte ceremontes with the solemn usages gone years, Pope then Dee. referred to the fact that Va was not invited to send a representative to the P Congress at Hague, slon which, he said, e ured by all impartial judges ar, he continued, Invited the rep- 1ves of the most powerful nations view of establishing pea; Yet | & none more worthy of an invita- | tion than the Pope, who h | to obt and to make peace and to pre. Gregson of n men were wounded men killed nd several mer MINOR COMBATS NEAR w vent conflict—an oftice which by the vine will was within the attribute KIMBERLEY AND MAFEKING | “fie soly Sce had aesired a place in [ that conference, continyed One volee had obstinately opposed jtself | to this desire and had gained the pojer It was the voice of those who, with the conquest of Rome, had deprived the Pope the Pontiff. Dec. 15.—~The War Office has atch from Colonel Keke- Kimberley, Sunday, Decem- at of hie powers. i6: “The Boers have reat-| ‘“What hostility,” asked the Pontifr, tacked Kuruman and have again been re- | “have we 1o fear Fom them whim boncil: pulsed by loyalists and Bechuanas, the face of Europe they do not hesitate to “The Kimberley forces made a demon- | V10Jate the ‘sanctity of the rights and du. stration northward December $ and drew | 168 Which naturally flow from tolic e . r 8 TeW | power? Nevertheless, whatever the fu- o fors and three guns. Fighting en- | ture may bring we should certainly pevies, sued 1 several hours. The British cas- | by God’s help, be found on the side of ualties were one man killed and seven those who are afrald.” > h o S ORIA, Dee. 1L—It 15 officlally an. National Guard Commissions. ne ced that Mol . West of Mafeking, SACRAMENTO, Dec. 15.—National was bombarded December 11. Sharp fight- ing occurred. The Boers attacked a Brit. ish post at Mafeking during the night of December 10. After severe fighting the Boers were repulsed and retired to Buy- mans Fort —_— Guard commissions were from the Adjutant General's office as fol- lows: Willlam D. McCarty, colonel and surgeon, Sanitary Corps, assigned to divi- | sion headquarters; A. B. C. Dohrmann, lleutenant colonel ‘and paymaster divi- slon: Benjamin A. Hayes, captaln Com- pany G, Sixth Infantry; Philip A. Collins, to-day issued ptal; Co 1 b ¥ Vel Ve OF INTEREST TO e WIREee Gapain Compun T THE PACIFIC COAST | fixih, amsy: phpmas & Harloc, leu’ George E. Kammeret, ileutenant, junfor Naval Mflitia; John F. Murphy, ensign. First Division, Naval Militia; Danfel Bambauer, second lleutenant H, Sixth Infantry; E. A. Reynolds, first | lleutenant and battalion adjutant, Seventh Infantry: Warren A. Wing, first lieuten- ant Company F, Second Infantry; Jeffer. son D. Jones, first leutenant Company T, Seventh Infantry: Harry E. Mitchell, %rsl lleutenant, Company M, Seventh Infan- 2 . | grade, ‘Second Division, Naval Militia~ Senator Perkins and Representative | \illiam G. Morrison, lieutenant, Junl'sr' Kahn Urge Action on Cali- | grade, Second Division. Naval = Mflitia: fornia Petitions. | James C. Kelly, ensign, Second Division, | WASHINGTON, Dec, 15 Xins and Representative called upon the Treasury Department to discover ite attitude on the petition of the tea importers and exporters of San Francisco. The latter desire to be permit. ted to repack teas in any style of pack. age and any weight called for, in bond, Senator Per- | Gl Kahn to-day Company and to be permitted to liquidate any bond | {3, Curtls, C,‘,-,f.‘,},"’}',:hn“{r’;. 'ffi,‘;l‘:"fi‘ on dutiable waste which it calls for. They | Simms, second lleutenant, Gompany . claim that If they cannot get the consent of the department to this accommodation the tea trade certainly wili be diverted to other countries. This would mean consid- erable loss, not only to themselves, but 10 the packers and tin and box factories in California. It will in Do way work any loss of revenue or cause expense to the Government. It will require an act of Congress 1o change the existing law, but it is belleved the Treasury Department will not sanction a chlnfe. Mr. Kahn will introduce a bill in the House at an eariy date in the Interest of the tea merchants ©of San Francisco. The petition is signed by nineteen leading tea importers and ex- porters of San Francisco. The Californians also presented to Quar- termaster General ngton the proiest Seventh Infantry; Henry T. Bennett, sec- ond lieutenant, Company F, Fifth Infan- try. —_———— On account of the time neces- sary in the preparation of the Christmas edition of THE CALL, to be issued Sunday, December 17, NO ADVERTISE- MENTS for that issue will be received AFTER 9:30 P. M. SATURDAY. —————— Life Sentence for Walker. PRESCOTT. Dec. 15.—The jury in the FRUIT GROWERS HAVE FINISHED THEIR LLABORS After Urging Further Favorable Legislation and Passing Resolutions, the Convention ‘Republicans to M {ILADELPHIA GETS THE BIG CONVENTION AN JOSE, Dec. 15.—The greatest con- | vention of fruit growers in the his- | tory of the State closed its labors this afternoon and adjourned. To- morrow the horticuiturists are to be the guests of the local fruit growers. They will be taken to Stanford University lona 1al train furnished by the South- ern Pacific Company, leaving here at :40 a. m. A reception and lunch will be t¢n- dered the visitors and Dr. Jordan and | other members of the faculty will ad- | dress them. | The four days’ session just closed have | been productive of great good to the fruit interests. At no time did interest in the | proceedings and the papers read were all able and tnstructive, A movement has been organized against the reciprocity treaty with France and the more recent ones made by Kasson fruit associations and other organizations throughout the coast will be asked to ad in defeating the measures. The most important Is the convention | that has been called for the organization of both the green and dried fruit men in this city on January es_are separate organizations will probably be formed. | Mary i of me lle was selected as the nextplace ting. A campaign of education amo growers has been inaugurated b | dering of the distribution of |of the address of M. Theodore K | of Fresno on organization and co-opera- Arn ion. | LAt the n{!enlng of the convention Mr. | Kearney o sno referred re lutions pas sterday demanding that | the pre s on fruits be maintained law enacted. He said hould not rest with the pass- g of the resolutions. At his suggestion retary Lelong was instructed to fc ward coples of the resolutions to the Con- | gressional delegation at Washington and also te with all fruit associa- tic ds of Trade with a view to having similar resolutions a pected from all parts of the coast. Two | Mr. Kear d the holding of | a conventic fruit growers of the State within a short time for or, zation. He thought the dried and green fruit men should meet in v, Several members oppe inter- fering with the convention of dried fruit men that in_this clty John 8. Dore proposed convention d fru Atlken s been called for January 16 enlarging the and including both green and t men. This carried and Judge ed ten m to the com- Th e W, H. W. % n Jose; etcher ue, L arnette, Colu: Gibbs, Napa: A. J L A ¢ H, W Pale ler; B. F. wrence, Lodi They will at once respond with all fruit fations to see are sent It appears of the meeting that the drid fruit men organize sepa- clations but meet at the same of Haywards members of the United Otto Emerson norable ad- States T mously The subject of “Irrigation” was handied resolutions were adopted unani- by Professor 8. M. Woodbridge of Pa w. He stated frrigation was the art ficial me of pro cing crops and the matter was of early origin. Surface ir- rigation, subirrigation and interirrigation < practiced by Southern California citrus re were ed fternoon p opened with paper on “The Citron of Com- Cultivation and Manufacture, Im- xplain Walker on chard od trial for the murder of R a _wealthy stockman, retur; verdict of guilty, with the penalty fixed at imprisonment for life. Eight jurors held out for the death penalty until convinced the others would not chdnge. Bennett, —_——— |ADAM SWEIGERT'S WILL MAY BE CONTESTED ‘Heirs Assert That the Executor Has Appropriated Funds to His | K SAN JOSE, Dec. 15.—There promises to a Dbitter contest over the estate of | Adam Swelgert, a capitallst, who died in San Francisco about a month ago leaving an estate worth nearly $0,000. This was 1o be divided between his son Jonathan, his daughter, Mrs. Caroline Schmoll, and | | the children'of a deceased son, the two | first named each to receive one-third of | the entire estate and the remaining third | to be aivided equally between the heirs of the deceased son. Jonathan Swelgert | was made the executor by the will, und | j Own Use. | | now it is claimed he has appropriated | some of the funds of the estate to nis | own use. Two weeks ago, when the petition for | probate of the will came up, it was con- | tinued on behalf of the other heirs. Yes. terday it developed there was a disagree- ment between Jonathan Sweigert and the | other devisees over the disposition of $97 000 cash recelved by the testator for prop erty at the corner of Kearny a 0 streets, San Francisco, shortly before hi death, and not Includ than claimed that these funds were placed | in his hands by Adam Sweigert in trust for specific purposes, and the continuance {hat was asked was in reality for the pur: | pose of enabling Jonathan and the other | | Beirs to come to some amicable agreemer: | in regard to the disposition of this money. This had not been done Judge Hyland suggested ter, was Willlam J. Sweigert, one of the grand- children, stated that the account rendered by Jonathan Swelgert as to the dis tion_of funds received from the sale of the Post and Kearny street property was unsatisfactory as to {tems aggregating upward of $30,00; that among these items were gifts to himself of $10,000; to his wife, $10,000; to his son George, $5000; to his daughter Clara, _$1500; $5000 to Mrs. Schmoll and $500 to the ndchildren. :;i‘n claimed that he had carried out the instructions of his father in these mat- ters, while he (Willlam J.) and other heirs claim that the funds were not a trust, but part of the estate, and that the manner of distribution 'was _pre- scribed in the will. would have to be returned to the estate or there would be a spirited opposition to Jonathan's appointment as executor. Eminent legal talent has been engaged on both sides. Jonathan Sweigert s secured T. C. Coogan and Snook & Church of Oakland, and Mrs. Schmoll and the other heirs, Rodgers, Paterson & Slack of San Francisco. NINE CITATIONS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Judge Scott of Omaha Includes His Predecessor Among the Accused. OMAHA, Dec. 15.—Judge Scott to-day issued citatlons against ex-Judge Hope- well, his predecessor on the bench, and several others connected with the deferse in the Doidd habeas corpus case, to appear and show cause why they should not be adjudged in contempt. Including the three clergymen who were adjudged gullty but who have moved for a_rehearing there are nine persons for whom citations have been issuec from this court on contempt charges growing out ’o( the various cases before him for hear- ng. ————— Picture Frames. Old Dutch, Flemish, English and gray oaks, mat gilts and bronzes with mat boards in colors to match. Any plcture can be appropriately and reasonably fitted in our frame department. Sanborn, V.lll & Co.. 741 Market street. Jonathan Swol!efl. he | esterday, and | uation in the Philippines. The cablegram {hat"the heirs | is as follo come to some agreement over the mat- | Another continuance of two weakui anted. | i- | and five mortally He added that $30,000 | !| pretense than a reality. |ENGAGEMENTS FOUGHT in the will. Jona- | Adjourns. port, etc.,” by S, ecretary B. M. Lelong of | The tree is easy of culture and the prepa- dressed the conv, ention on “Beneficial and | ration of the rind simple, therefore there Injurious Birds; Their Economic Value to | is hardly any reason why the California- the Farmer and Orchardists.” He 1llus. | grown citron, were it accorded the same trated his remarks with stuffed birds and | protection that the orange and lemon now charts. He stated there were over 13,000 | have, should not supplant the imported. specles in the study of ornithology, and | The committee on the establishment of gver 1000 different species of birds are |a free market in San Francisco reported found in North America. They accomplish | that such a place would be a great benefit much to prevent the Increase of Insects |to the producers and o the purchasers. It and rodents that are | presented the following resolution, which Hawks and owls help the farmers to keep | was unanimously adopted: rodents in check. Insects alone cause an | annual loss of $200,000.000 in the world. All | Resolved, That the establishment of a free specles of birds do & o d in a | Market in 'the city of San Francisco, under the P of rds do some good, an a e f the law d for that purpose, is & measure should ba protected. They eat | mposed Dot only by flegialative caaciment me frult, but the amount they destroy the Interests of thousands of producers Is a small toll for the services they render | throughout the State and of thousands of con- the farmer and orchardist. Just &t pres- | gurof Wi oy i ent there is a ruthless slaughter of the Resolved, That the State Board of Harbor feathered songsters to supply the demand Commissioners be appealed to to carry out the of the millinery stores. provisions of the law, and If in their judg- A prien by "Hon. Fugene Germain 0f | ment further legislation Is necessary, that they Los Angele: nited States Consul to | recommend such additional enactments as wiil Switzerland, on Need of Better and | enable them to speedily and effectively estab- More Uniform Pack for Exportation,” |lish such a free markot as the producers and 1. He said California is, after ail, | shippers desire. a veritable frult-producing and fruit” | George C. Roeding of Fresno, shipping empire, whose superfor products leading authority of the Smyrna fig In have long since outgrown local dimensions | California, read an interesting paper on and are now entering the markets of the world, A broad-gauge commercial integ- | injurious to plants. pri Fig Insect in Fertilizing the Smyr- ri honest goods, honestly packed and | i described his experiments honestly labeled—i necded to extend our in :n"nmonf.nu“:’».-n:;(rnl magner, and markets. As a basic principle the fruit- | exniiiced several of the Capri fig Inseots. srower should produce only Al fruit, his market product should be free of all wormy. undersized, warty specimens, of windfalls and bruised spectmens, and con- st of only a prime article. The next | step must be to study European condi- | The committee on the president’s ad- | dress made the following report, which was unanimously adopted: So much qGuestion of fruit distribution is of vital inter- | e o nd tons and practices—style of package, | €5t to the growers throughout the State and methods of marketing ax)ul [!r(‘pal?allnn o J MR S, ;’;“"“‘:‘" i cnon ”“‘"'u‘",‘,‘,'f}s”",. Mmeet the customs and practices of the | conyention. Matters ha before the European geller iand consumer. Dried | 1200, beon liicidentally ‘discussed. before the apricots, pears and peaches from the Pa- | Sontention, and we recommend that sc much cific Coast dominate the markets of Con- | poriieq® (0 the Standing. commitiee on mar: tinental Europe. There has been some | [oi{i¥ complaint in regard to the packing and | assorting of American dried fruits and | this must be remedied. The committee on resolutions presented | the following In regard to the recent re- | ciprocity treaty entered into with France: | Whereas, The Government of the United States has entered into a reciprocity conven- | tion with the Government of France, in which | s contemplated a_material reduction of duties | fuit-growers The question as to insect pests and investiga- tion touching predacious {nsects and parasites 50 ably discussed in the address is one of great interest to the fruit-growers of the State and should receive earnest consideration and B in- lligent action on the part of this convention e work of the State Board of Horticulture in the suppression of Insect pests is espectally ymmended to the attention of the California ther State in Producers of no n Amp of French prunes. e 1 or of any other eountry in the world R T K Brench prunes jainti.y e ve made the progress in th truction of ana whereas, 1i is (he bellef of the frait grow. | Uhese Dests a< hits {he State of Callfornia ers of the State of California assembled in [ The appr priations suggested on the thelr annual meeting that any lessening or re- | OUr State legislature “should be Ced moval of the pi ent tariff duties on French °nly by this nvention but by all local soc! prunes, nuts and wines would work a most | {8 organized in behalf of the fruit-growers | throughuut the State. serious injury to the fruit, nut and wine in- | throus : s egarding food adulteration, we w S tior Of the ‘Pacifc (Oonats naW. I HHIONS 1o o i at this GRetin e Resolved, That the fruit-growers of the State | $47 be none more im; | of California do most earnestly and strenuously protest against-any and all proposed reduc- tions from existing tariff rates on imports of French prunes. walnuts, almonds, preserved | fruits, olive wines, ete.; and further be it | oty Resolved, That the honorable members of the Congress be ursed to adopt prompt feeta United States Senate are hereby respectfully | Ures 100king to the preservation of our forests and the protection of our water she. The committee heartily c to so modify the proposed re rocity e Uni s B curs in the closing French fruits, nuts and wines to res n un- formitz therewith offer the fa wing resolu- ggested by the president That our members in Congress he requested t esent and act and labor for its adoption, setting aside from settlement for | homes, all mountain lande unoccupled in the mpaired, thus giving to the fruit-growers of | the Pacific Coast that measure of protection which satisfles labor with a_falr return and lends safety to the millions of capital invested in thelr orchards. Be it further b enerokied A ‘hat the. eimme, beacne by | CLUSI by Droseciing for mineral and aining Senator George C. Perk! hrough whom the | PUTPOSes. action of the frult-growers of California in | County Commissioner Ehrhorn of Santa convention assembled shall be made known to | Clara gave a short talk on peach tres the State Board of Horticulture. He treat- | diseases. ed of the propagation of the citron and | ander Gordon of Fresno discussed treatment of fruit. So far the citron con. vinehopper. He had successfully sumed in the United States {s imported | combated the vinehopper by spreading from Europe. Most of it is shipped to |alfaifa hay in his vineyard Eastern houses and by them prepared for | The almond industry was discussed. market. In this way the importers avold | After many votes of thanks the meeting the payment of duty. This important ov adjourned. sight on the part of Congress should en-| The committee to arrange for the con- S H list the attention of California growers. | vention called for January 15 met this Reliable houses place the demand of the | afternoon and organized by electing S. I'nited States for citron at 12,000 cases of | P. Sanders chairman and A. Barstow - retary. An executive committee will be named from those residing in this city, whose duty it shall be to make all ar- rangements. The committee will also send out the address of Mr. Kearney that |'was ordered printed. 50 pounds each. The best quality of oft- | ron is raised in Corsica, the next best in i eece and the poorest fn Sfef We do | not know of any citron grown in this country. The citron grows and fruits well in California wherever the lemon thrives. BUSHIWHACKING N PHILIPPINES Isolated Bands of Ban- dits to Be Dealt With. Root has recommended commutation of the death sentence imposed by court-m. tial upon Corporal Damphoffer and two other soldiers of the Washington Volun- teer Regiment who were convicted of assaulting Filipino women. The commuta- tion recommended imprisonment for twenty years. In making this recommen- dation Secretary of War Root states Spe- cifically that he is satisfied of the legality of the original sentences, although they had been called Into question by military lawyers. —_— More Soldiers for Manila. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The War De- partment has arranged to send about 1000 recruits to Manila to fill the regiments which are running short on account of death, disease and discharge. The steam- er Sumner is being transformed int. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dee. 15.—Isolated bands & of bushwhacking Insurgents, who are | {Foopship ut Norfolk and will be used caught by our forces in the Philippines, | ;vo now are likely to be summarily dealt with. | cum, N. At the Cabinet meeting to-day the matter was discussed at some length, and it was | the general sentiment that the situation demanded vigorous treatment. As long as the Insurgents keep up a show of an | army under a semblance of discipline they will be treated as prisoners of war when aptured, but when they degenerate into isolated bands of marauders, harassing our forces by cold-blooded assassinations, | it is the judgment of the officers in_com- mand in the Philippines and of the Presi- dent and of the members of the Cabinet l{ln( the situation demands summary ac- tion. o for Y]Orfllllfl" of these recruits, who "f-lng congregated at Fort Sio- ¥ —— Transports Reach Manila. notifled the War Department to-day that the transports City of Sydney and Pathan with the Forty-sixth Infantry Volu teers arrived at’ Manila this morning. No casualties are reported —_— JOHN D. SPRECKELS GUEST AT A DINNER Senator Perkins Entertains Califor- nia’s Republican National Committeeman. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Senator Per. IN LUZON AND NEGROS SR | kins of California gave an elaborate din- WASHINGTON, Dee. 15.—The War De- | per at the Metroj partment to-day received a cablegram | honor of John D. glving the latest developments in the sit- | cisco, who s 0! Spreckels of San Fran- | i8 here In attendance upon the :fzetl ng of the Natfonal Republican Com- eo. Many distinguished guests were pre: among them being Speaker. Homjorons: Senator Foster of Washin ton, Senator Simon of Oregon,all the Cglftomxn Repre- sentatives In Congrees, Captain M. J, Danlels of the California Citrus Growers’ Assoclation, J. 8. Van Antwe: TR % Paulin, Edward S.lhli:!tle, C. ? Carlton nglish. l%lhll{n;ll F. E e table was ornamented with France roses and the boutonnieres wexr‘v carnations. Speech making was indul, d In, each of Senator Perkins' guests be| ng called upon to respond. Between the speeches there were songs, and naturally enou Speaker Henderson, following his led in the chorus. h, well-{nown proclivities, It was midnight before the guests de- MANILA, Dec. 15.—Batchelder, with the Twenty-fourth Infantry, reports that on the 14th instant he had an engagement at the unction of Magat and Rio Grande rivers, Isa- lla_province, the enemy leaving four dead wounded in the trenches. ur loss was one drowned and four woundsd. O He gays he s In need of clothing, provisions a nd money. He will reach Tugugaro, Caga- n province, shortly. Doubtiess the navy ie- lieved him yesterda Four hundred and seventy-five Spanish pris- oners arrived this morning, among them the sick at Vigan, numbering 1%, Young at Ban- qul, Northwestern Luzon, reports .hat his troops are still pursuing the remnant of the insurgents, who have twenty-three American prisoners in thelr possession. The country is exceedingly rough. Our men are without shoes, but still are persistently pursuing. The num’ ber of Spnnnr‘prlwn;‘nb how In the hands ot parted. the insurgents is probably 1000, mostly in the e — south. I"expect to eftets their Telease o s Bill for a New Charleston. fow days. > £ Negros reports Sergeant Alfred Roeder. Sixth | WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Representa- Infantry, with twenty soldjers and eighteon uative police, attacked 400 insurgenss at Mad- rigal, Negros, this morning: no casualties. The enemy's loss was twenty-elght "“3;1 and many wounded. INSURGENT SPIES LEARN OTIS’ PLANS BOSTON, Dec. 15.—A letter received from one of the officers of the U. 8. 8. Monterey at Manila, dated November 3, say: “‘The Princeton to-day was ordered to tive Elliott of South Carolina to-day in- troduced a bill for the bullding of a new cruiser 10 be named the Charleston, to take the '\lace of the cruiser of that name recently lost in the Philippines. Knox of Massachusetts introduced a bill for civil government in Alaska. ) Miner’s Sudden Death. PLACERVILLE, Dec. 15.—Thomas Me- Manus, a ploneer resident of this county, dropped dead this afternoon in his claim, near HJIInIlh Flat. McManus was one of the oldest miners on the North Side. Death was due to heart disease. who 1s | Account of Work of the Blastonhaga or | of the address as relates to the | Statef California, and restrict the devastation | WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—General Otis | politan Club to-night in | City on June WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The National | Republican Convention will convene at | Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 19 next. | The place and date were decided upon by the National Republican Committee to- | day after a friendly contest for the honor | of entertaining the convention between | the city selected, Chicago., St. Louis ard | New York. The meeting of the committee | was held at the Arlington Hotel and was | presided over by Senator Hanna, the | chairman of the committee. Forty-three | of the forty-five States and each of the | six Territories were represented, Senator | Foraker, proxy for Charles L. Kurtz, the | national committeeman from Ohlo, and Senator Wolcott, proxy for J. F. Saunders of Colorado, being the only absentees. In addition to the committes many of the | leaders of the Republican party were in | attendance. The proceedings throughout were enthu- sastic and harmonious, every speech that was made emphasizing the fact that Pres- | dent McKinley would be.renominated and that the convention would be in effect | stmply a ratification meeting. The claims of the rival cities were pre- sented by distinguished citizens of each in open session. The balloting occurred in the afternoon behind closed doors. Upon the first ballot Philadelphia recefved 13 votes, Chicago 2, New York 7 and St. Louls 9.° On the second ballot the contest narrowed down to Philadelphla and Chi- cago, the New York votes went to Phila- delphia and the St. Louis vote was split | between the City of Brotherly Love and the Windy City of the Lakes. An amusing incident occurred In connec- tion with this ballot. After it was con- | cluded and announced as Philadelphia 26 and Chicago 23 T. N. Jamieson, the na- tional committeeman from Illinois, sud- denly discovered that in the exci nt he had forgotten to vote. He demanded that th should be recast, and this | was accordingly done, but it did not change the result, Chicago gaining only | the vote of the committeeman from Ilf- nois. Philadelphia won by the narrow | margin of only one vote, | Immediatel fter the announcement | the Quaker boomers, who had been | aiting In the lobby, broke out In ringing cheers, and the hotel was soon given up | to thelr jubllation. Later many of them | vent to the White House and called upon the President. As the ballot was secret there I8 no rec- | ord of the city for which each committee- man vot. It was the desire of the lead- ers at the meeting day that the conven- tion should be held on June 12, and that date would have been selected had it not been that it conflicted with the date of | the Rhode Island elections. June 5 was | | then selected, but the date was reconsid- | ered and changed to the 19th, in the hope | and belief that before that date Congress | will have adjourn During the meeting of the committee | Cyrus Leland of Kansas offered the fol- | and to urge its adoption, but after a ¢ Bet in the Quaker 19 to Name 3 | National Ticket, lowing resolution, wt the rules: Whereas, The co States provides tha apportioned among to their re le number . cluding Indians not tax | to vote at any el tors for Presiden United States, Re | executive and ju | the members is denied to any c th such State, being 21 years | of the United States except for participati erime, the bas! £ be reduced in t ber of such male tiz, whole number of male ¢ in_such State. Resolved, That the Committee respectfully petit reduce the representation Representatives of the Congr States In any State which has “‘denying to any of the mal. *in any way abridging the rig provided in sald section of the After the time and place lected the committee consic request from Delawarc that tee take some action to straigh the factional fight in that State two contesting delegation sent. The committee de no_jurisdiction. After the Delaware case had beer posed of the chairman was a v appoint a subcommittee of f arrangements for the convention . committee of three to prepare : tribute literature. Chairman H Secretary Dick e made ex-officl bers of all subcommittees Me: Manley of Maine, Long of 1da and Simon of Oregon were appoint subcommittee to_consider the election delegates in the District of Columb Adjournment was taken until 11 o morrow, when the Payne resolutio anging the system of represent will be brought up for consideration 9 o’clock to-morrow morning the commit tee will call upon the President to pay its respects to him in a body s i = Payne Resolution Abandoned. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The Payne resolution for the reapportionment of egates to the National Republican C vention on the basis of the Republican vote cast in the States and Territories will not be pressed at this meeting of the Na- tional Committee, Up to last night Mr. Payne had fully in- tended to offer the Fesolution to-morrow w Reput n te nce with the President at the Wt House to-night, at which Secretary Dick and Governor Nash of Ohlo were present he decided to abandon the effort to hav it acted on at this meeting. Much oppo- sition had developed to the proposed change, and the conclusion was react that it was inexpedient to push the ma ter at this time. IN'FOR CENSURE | Civil Service League’s Resolutions. P, Special Dispatch to The Call. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 15.—At the | business session of the National Civil | Service League to-day all the old officers were re-clected and resolutions, which were In part as follows, were adopted: The league regurds the order issued by the President on the 23th day of May last withdraw- ing several thousand places from the ciassified service and nullifyink the rules intended to prevent evasion of the law as the first unmis- takable backward step taken by a Federal ad- | ministration since the civil service law was | | passed. " The injurious effecta of this order have | | | already been seen in the demoralization of many parts of the Federal service, In the en- | couragement of the enemies of reform in their efforts to cripple the merit system and secure a further relaxation of the rules and in the wide- epread distrust of the promises of the Presi- | dent_and the party in power to enforce and extend the civil service law, We also regret that the President has not yet fulfllled the assurances given by him to & | committee of the league of his intention to in clude in the classified service a much larger | number of places than those withdrawn, but on the contrary he has included nome whatever. | | We venture to hope that such extensions may | be yet made at no distant day. We ask Congress to remove the legislative restriction upon the consolidation of post- | offices to the end that the department may apply the merit system to minor offices wher- | ever practicable by making them branches of | larger offices and filling them from the cleri- cal force therein. The withdrawal of fourth-class postmaster- ships from patronage would afford & most for- midable blow at the remaining bulwarks of the spolls system. The league rejoices in the substantial | progrese made in civil service reform in | | the State of New York by the passing of | an effective reform law, and heartily | commends Governor Roosevelt for his dis- | tinguished public service in aiding to re- | store the merit system, which had been seriously impaired by his predecessor. The league ‘expresses {ts satisfaction at the action of Governor Wolcott of Massa- chusetts in Fxlbndlni the classified serv- ice and remung the insidious attempt made to cripple the merit system In that | State, and declares: | We confidently rely on public opinion to pro- mote the extension of the merit system to all branches of our national, State and municipal government —_— HAWAIIAN RACE IS FAST DISAPPEARING HONOLULU, Dec. 8.—The number of deaths in this city during eleven months of this year is an Increase of 40 per cent over the number during the year when cholera visited the islands and an Increa:e of no less than 60 per cent over the figures for the year following, which was just after | the city Lad been given a thorough clean- ing. Statistics show that the principal crease 18 among the native Hewallans and the Japanese. As there are no recent | census flgures upon which to compute a death rate It is Impossible to compare | death rates, but physiclans think that the growth of gopulnllon is not enough to u count for the increase in deaths. The na- tive g:pulumn is docruslflgg, ot there | will 626 deaths during 2 if the rate keeps up, while in no year since 1559 has | there been more than 461. This reems to | confirm the idea that the natives are dy- | ln; out. | he Japanese population has increased | enormously, so that an increase in the deaths might have been expected. There is a great Increase in the deaths among the Chinese and Portuguese as well, but, strangely enough, the white popuiation coal to go to some unknown destination. Great secrecy is maintained nowadays— even misleading statementts are pub- lished in thé papers. They do not fool the wily natives, however, who get in- formation from the main source of or- ders. 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