The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1900. SO REOVE ALL TRODES L R = e S e el o e e e e e e e ] ] of the pending financ Financial Debate in the!{ ¢ Senate. : § ¥ - L4 THE COLORADAN’S POSITION : - . URGES REPUBLICANS TO STICK | ¢ f TO BIMETALLISM. * £ —o— } Elkins of West Virginia Makes a Forcible Argument for the . S Passage of the Pending & + Measure. . ¢ @ Feb. 12.—The final :_ f - seteoe® t o ve e . ® and 1s now in the possession of the pros- ecuting attorney. | { APPLICATIONS FOR 3 INJUNCTIONS HEARD » ON TWO ISLANDS Not Mentioned in the Paris Treaty. R NATIVE GOVERNORS CHOSEN ORDERS WERE GIVEN BY AD- MIRAL WATSON. R R It Is Reported That General Pio Del Pilar, the Insurgent Com- mander, Has Died of Fever. AL MANTILA, Feb. 12—It is reported that the United States gunboat Princeton vis- !ited the Tatanes and Calagan islands, | which were omitted from the Paris treaty | of peace, being north of twenty degrees of latitude, raised American flags and ap- pointed native Governors. It is added that the Princeton found the Japanese flag fly- ing at the Bayal Island and refrained from landing there pending orders. | _Reports from native sources, which are | not confirmed, say General Pio del Pilar, the insurgent commander, died of fever CINCINNATI, Feb. 12.—In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals Judge W. LAk o building for admission. Many of the vis- itors were from the Kentucky side, nota- bly the plaintiffs against the State board, L e . ] RANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 12—This | who are citizens of Covington. The Re- was other day of unbroken calm | publican State officers were also present, in Frankfort. The Republican mem- but the only one of the defendants in bers of the Legislature met at noon | Attendance was Judge Pyntz of the State and appolnted sommittees to tnform | board. There were quite a number & SRS POS L e = ¢ ent from Frankfort and Louisville. Governor Taylor that pursuant to the | Ex.Gevernor Bradley, on being asked | foentieth degres of proclamation adjourning by Judge Taft to staté the case, began | he Legislature at London and calling it ce In a plain statement of the ground | S5 S5 R bort ithey N boras th A58 I which the action of the court is | 3 Lk 2 At ked. After reciting the provisions by | and were prepared to transact such bu h the State Board of Elections is ness as might come b re them. T converted into a board of contest, he de- Governor acknowledged t and | clared that they were entirely repugnant | p houses ad a republican form of government, i which provides for three distinct depart- | ments. He asserted that this Board of | “ontest had been made a judiclal body | / the Goebel law. At this point Judge | Louisville to | Taft inquired whether the Goebel law had | - e ;r them to been passed upon by the Court of Ap-| . ot DO R o . Governor Bradley replied that it | Y ng * not put dn an ap-| had, but his contention was that, never- | he day. The Republi-| theless, in case he could show the law to i s that they expect noth- | be in contravention of the Federal con- | . & - s until after Judge | Stitution. then this court could be in- | ar King & s i od his de. | voked. Judge Taft replied that a decision of the State court on the constitution- ality of the law did not necessarily pre- ¥ ¥ & & to-day Governor Taylor de- | vent jurisdiction by the United States | 1 away all the sold « t of Appeals, where a proper case | M . eption of a could be shown. awrence Maxwell Jr., on behalf of the defendants, made a brief argument on the | two propositions that this court had no jurisdiction because the petitions do not present a case of equity and do not fall under_the provisions of the fourteenth He sent for Colonel for the moving of his friends soldiers be - ey OF | imendment of the constitution of the - e e United States. He said the situation was would not have | one in which the position of these com- to their | plainants is in course of settlement by a < State tribunal. Contest proceedings In tives work- cases are pending. This condition nts none of the features of an equity ] e of t} case of the Capitol Sg After the conclusion of the arguments e al twenty 1 Judge Taft advised the counsel that he | d and line ve building and the spo would announce his decision, o far as to | the court having jurisdiction in the cases s concerned, at 2 p. m. on Wednesday next. Imost on a A block of wood con- it from the tree | MRS. BURDELL REMEMBERS THOSE WHO HELPED HER Bequeaths a Large Portion of Her Estate to Parties Who Stood by Her in the Famous Will Case. Special Dispatch to The Call. | AN RAFAEL, Feb. 12—The peculiar| After his wife's death Black still more | u stribution of the be s in the will of | steadfastly opposed his daughter’s union ' Gelen Burdell, filed to-day for pro- | Fith Burdell, but to no avail. Miss Black became Mrs. Gelen Burdell and John | Black, seeing that opposition was useless relented and gave his daughter the Olam pali ranch. Some time after his daugh- | ter's marriage Black took a Mrs. Velasco to him as his wife. When old John Black | died Mrs. Burdell and Mrs. Black No. 2 met in the same room and in their pres- ence the executors of Black’s will broke | the seals and read the testament. All| Clerk Graham, points | influence overshad- | hours. The will was made pefore her death. During | 3urdell was involved as 1 cne of the most tional waged in California—a almost all of the | lawyers were at one | ther involved. Mrs. ble and snatching up the will tore it be- | her in the will Burdell stepped quickly to the ta- with the excep- yond all hope of putting together : ¢ any share of the ’ - . She was arrested on a_charge of felony and the case tried before Judge Almy She was found not guilty. Then the mat- | ter was carried into the courts and for a saflor on a British board one night n Francisco har- | months and vears the battle raged. Final. into the interior | ly wearied with litigation, the contestants unty then | compromised. | He | . Velasco took what was called half, | rp g A i < in reality rather less, Mrs. Bur- + Spanish beauty. One daughter was | dell having about two-thirds as her share. e result of this union. This daughter | This was how Mrs. Burdell came into her terward became Mrs. Burdell. Some |real estate, and those who helped her in oe St et Black, be- | the fight for her dead father's estate were Micted with 2 ss of the jaw. | remembered as follows: Miss Mary J - then a well-known | Smith, $15 a month while she remains sin- a her. During his v gle; Mrs. Clark, $10,00; Miss Juanita fell in love with Mrs, Black's His affections were returned, of their parents’ frowns the Mirando, $1000; Mabel Burdell, the Olam- pali ranch. 'James Burdeli gets his mother’s shares in the Western Refriger- made up their minds to |ator Company and Gelen Burdell gets the is time Mrs. Black’s cond!- | remainder of the estate for life, on his and finally_an _opera- | death to go to the children. ry. Dr. Burdell | The will was witnessed by Leander Van | rer hetic, thereby | Orden and George Van Orden of Alameda - , as she failed | and George Van Orden of San Francisco, and is dated December 17, 1899, | while others were forced to close by the | strikers. | In Francois the state of affairs was | worse. A factory was guarded by twen- | ty-five men of the Marine Corps, under | command of Lieutenant Kahn, who asked | the strikers to retire. | s on the construction of n the coast or Alaska, IN MARTINIOUE Rioting Results in Many Deaths. SHIPMENTS IN BOND. House Passes the Bill Extending the | Law’s Scope. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—An lmpol‘tnnt; purchase or the customs service toria, Or. NEW CABINET OFFICER. Bill Providing for"a Secretary of Mines and Mining. which makes universally applicable the law that now permits the transit in bond N, Feb. 12—A new Cabl- | g . 1.1 Cable to The Call and the New York of goods through the United States. Goods be known as the Secretary | -7 fierald. Copvright, 1900, by the New York | in bond may be shipped through any por- ng 3 in the Herald Company. tion of the territory of the United States | by the N — to foreign ports. It is principally de- | Mining. | PORT DE FRANC Martinique, Feb. | signed to give the transportation cgmp:-\ 12.—The situation on this Island Is very | nies of the United States a portion of the | unsatisfactory, owing to the rioting of | transcontinental trade to the Orient. The | rtriking laborers. Many white residents | bill also repeals the law of March 1, 189, | s where there were serious | Prohibiting the shipment of goods in'bond | i of Francois, to the Mexican free zone. The latter pro- t i occurrences last Monday, have left that | \ision was fought by Stephens of Texar’. | e rding place and have come here for protection. | The remainder of the day was occupied 3 erior’ The race war s causing great alarm, as | In passing the private pension bilis favor- sure favorably acted | 41,0 negroes outnumber the whites many | ably acted upon at last Friday night's ses- w ining_experiment sta- | (1% (U Yesult of the rioting in Fran. | sion and in District of Columbla. legisia- }i‘- i . b;:;f{,;ngm;t:‘; cois thirteen persons are dead, five more | o provide ntment of a Govern- | are dying, while six are suffering from MOVING UPON BOGOTA. B he several mining State: The strike was begun las onday Insurgen Fhes wre 1o furnish aseays, 15 | moreing. in Ste. Marie among laborers, | COlomblan e t:un“” to At- s1% pub and conduct explora- | Ly were dissatisfied with their wages. | tract pporters. e A crowd of strikers went through the| KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 12.—There | are persistent rumors here that the Co- | lombian insurgents are moving upon Bo- | gota for the purpose of furnishing a crisis which the Government is ous to avoid tations in the neighborhood of De- L‘nf‘cmnt. They threatened with death those workingmen who were satisfled with their wages and remained at work. Loucks’ Injuries Fatal. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 12—G. D. Loucks, was assaulted yesterday mornii | this evening. A charge of murder i | About 400 strikers returned to Ste. Marle, | on account of disaffection among the mili- thy were d rsed by infantry. |tary as well as in the civil service. The referred against J. Teshera and M. | where they sha down voluntariy, end Dowever, is thought to bé ness. Amba @ * @ ; d H. Taft heard arguments this afternoon ® for over three hours on the applications ¢ for injunctions against the Kentucky * ¢ State Board of Election Commissioners & o+ @nd the contestants for the State offices . 4 | other than Governor and Lieutenant Gov- | ernor. The large courtroom was unable : GOV. TAYLOR’S GUARDS, ; to hold all who came to the Federal pres- | the islands said to have been taken pos- | session of | clearly within the limits of the ceded ter- | charges and other causes. s vast estate was left to Mrs. Ve- | a MEN AND WOMEN | suffrage may be granted to the men of bill was passed by the House to-day, |2’ - recently. The Princeton occupied the northern isl- ands under a Government order. The re- port that the Japanese flag was found fly- ing is not confirmed, but there are rumors ! that Japan intended to take the islands. The natives willingly substituted American for the insurgent officials and | took the oath of allegiance. The natives of Samar and Leyte are re- | turning to their towns and normal condi- tions are being resumed. | "WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—It is learned at the Navy Department that the Prince- ton is acting under orders of Admiral | Watson and not under those of General | Otis in raising the flag over the northern | islands of the Phlllpglne archipelago. The assumption is that this policy was dictat- ed from Washington. It is sald that as are situated north of the latitude they are ritory. The peace treaty does not fix the north- ern boundary as precisely upon the twen- tieth degree, but as running through the | Bashee Channel, about the twentieth de- | gree, and the islands are south of that | channel. ——— LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—General Otis has reported to the War Department the | following additional casualties among the troops in the Philippines: | Drowned, February 4, Wesley Randall, | Company A, Forty-eighth Infantry, Rio San Juan; malarial fever, December §, Willlam H. Erwin. Company A, Fourth Cavalry; January 18, George H. Walte- | ram, Company I, Thirty-eighth Infantry; ohn Sellman, ¥ Lieutenant | Assistant Surgeon Brainerd S. Higley Jr., | with army, 12:30 p. m.; January 31, John A. Cookley, Company K, Thirty-fourth In- fantry; February 2, Zadee Kitchen, Com- any M, Seventeenth Infant variola, | anuary 25, Willis H. Street, Company G, | Thirty-sixth Infantry; February 2, Pres- | ton R. Beck, Company H, Thirty-sixth In- | fantry; February 10, ander Hobby, | Company M, Thirty-sixth Infantry: con- | cussion of brain, February 1, Louis O. Nel. son, Company G, Twelfth Infantry; ab- acess of liver, February 3, James E. Sulll- van, Company C, Nineteenth Infantry; organic heart lesion. February 5, Maurice Cain, Company A, Twenty-second Infan- try; nephritis, February 6, Willle Ogle, Company M, Thirty-second Infantry; per- itonitis, February 7, Percy Leadbert, cor- poral, band, Thirteenth Infantry; accli- dental gunshot, December 23, Christy Un- derhill, corporal, Company B, Thirty-sec- ond Infantry; January 31, Lewis Whalen, Company A, Forty-ninth Infantry. | Brainerd 8. Higley, assistant surgeon, who died at Corregidor Island, in Manila Bay, on the 3d inst. of acute dysentery, | was a native of Ohlo, and was appointed to the army from that State November | 8, 1897. He entered the army medical school | immediately upon his appointment, and | graduated at the head of his class April | 1, 1898. Before leaving for the Philip- ines he was stationed at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska. Lieutenant Higley was about 30 years of age and leaves a widow and one child. R L WILL FILL THE GAPS IN THE RANKS WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—What is vir- tually a new regiment is belng organized | for Slocum, New York harbor, for. ser- vice in the Philippines. The men are all new recruits and are intended to supply deficlencies in the regular regiments in the Philippines caused by death, dis- The number, | which is about 1100, includes infantry- men, cavalrymen and members of the | hospital corps. Commanded by about thirty-six officers they will go to Manila | by the Suez route on the transport Sum- | ner. That vessel iS now undergoing ex- tensive repairs at the Norfolk navy-yard nd will start on her long trip soon after the 1st of March. | ON SHME PLINE Suffragistldeas onInsu- lar Possessions. gt WASHINGTON, Fel. 12—At the morn- ing session of the fNational American Woman Suffrage Association resolutions were adopted reaffirming the principle that governments derive their just pow- ers from the consent of the governed, and calling for the application of the princi- ple to women; asking Congress to submit to the State Legislatures a constitutional amendment prohibiting disfranchisement of United States citizens on account of sex; asking that upon whatever terms ‘Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaii or the Phi- ippines, it be granted to women on the same terms; that women be included in the census now being taken in Cuba, and enabled to take part in the future gov- ernment of the island; also a preamble reciting that during the past year women have cast their votes for the first time in Louisiana. France and Ireland, and call- ing attention to the fact that in Ireland 75 per cent of the women voted; in Paris, per cent, as compared with 14 per cent of ..e men, and that in 'w Orleans and Baton Rouge the women voters car- ried the day for a sewerage system and a pure-water supply; protesting against an alleged intention on the part of cer- fain Government officials to eliminate women workers from the public service, to give their place to men voters; con- demning as cruel and unjust ail laws and Tegulations that make marriage and Tetherhod an cbstacle to holding & teacher's position; congratulating the women of America upon the beneficent changes of laws and customs by which il woman suffrage has been secured in four States and partial suffrage in twen- ty-five States; rejoicing in the ratification of The Hague treaty and expressing the rofound regret of the assoclation that gllsfl ‘Antnony_ had determined to retire from the presidency. New Court of Foresters. Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Feb. 12.—A court of Foress ters of America willbe institutedat Knights Landing on Wednesday evening, February the | TAYLOR DECLINES TO FLAG RAISED WILL TAKE CHARGE OF SIGNAL VICTORY Special Dispatch to The Call. Result of Conference oy With Railroads. & | ¢ | PRIVATE LINES ABOLISHED ‘ T o | RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVES ol PRESENT ARGUMENTS. ®| —— f Fruit-Raisers Now Placed on an :‘ Equal Footing With Other 31 Patrons of the Rail- & | roads. . Special Dispatch to The Call - ol LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12—The fruit-growers and shippers of ? | California to-day w a signa 4 | The much urged conference betwe @ | Southern Pacifi d e ra + | and representat 4 s was begur ham Commerce at 10 o'clack th n * ne! S some! ir » participants do wa public know, as the meeting was | ecutive sessic doors were strict guarded and delegates w al- ¢ | lowed entrance The following comprised -the ¢ of the- vari 3 repre J. O. Koepfli | Stmpson, Mer Association California Fruit change Consolidated Forwarding ( | W. H. Perry, Mutual Shippe tion. The Southern Pacific Compar resented by Third Vice Presid ubbs, Freight Traffic ) + | Sproule and Assi: | Agent G. W. Luc ® | resentatives were S ¢ | Paul Morton, Assist | W. A. Bissell, Ge Freight E ® | ward Chambers and General Ag + | Barnwell 4 | As th n was secret E. T. Earl of ¢ | the E. Company was, with other JAMES O. COLEMAN. ¢ | ehipper admi s : ] ; R e e ok o o S e e e oo e o e ACRAMENTO, Feb. 12.—The announcement from Washington, D. C, James O. Coleman had been appointed Postmaster of Sacramento occa- sioned small surprise here, since it was generally belleved among the well- informed that he would secure the coveted prize. There were four or five other candidates, the most prominent of whom was Joseph Steffens, an offi- cer of the Callifornia State Bank, and a man who has long been allled with the the initial I all private car lines Republican party. wo years. when the Mr. Coleman has for several years past been occupying the position of Secre- Ev*,{‘-a }“f,"{“;,}} e o tary of the Chamber ‘of Commerce. He was Postmaster under the administra- |0 § OCN CRENE O ) tion of President Harrison and made an excellent record. Mr. Coleman will as- sume office on April 1. Thomas Fox, a Democrat, is the retiring Postmaster, and he leaves the post with the consciousness of having made a good officer. an equal footing, and rebate and money conc | pass out of existence. 14. At a preliminary meeting held Satur- da cnnhg forty-five signatures were ob- nfl.d to the charter roll. Deputy Grand cmd“nacg g&rdl:f.w ted by mem- u ‘oodland, will perise Grafton Court. ~ r—— $13.50 A good, serviceable, long wear stylish suit or overcoat made to your measure from neat sightly cloth of a desir- able pattern. These suits and overcoats are made in the following styles. In any instance you can have silk facing if pre- ferred: Sack suits Single-breasted, plain la- pels. Double-breasted, plain la=- pels. Single-breasted, silk fac- ing; high-cut, double-breast- ed vest. See lower picture. Double-breasted, silk fac- ing on lapels. That is the sum and sub- stance of this $13 50 sale. We should add, though, that the values are $17.50 and $20 oo. DAk b 1 R . A LA You get values now be- cause we got values when we bought the cloth for this sale. We purchased largely before the trade prices went up—secured the cloth at low figures as compared with the prices that prevail now. Cutaways Cutaway frocks, well tail- ored, fit assured, good selec- tion of dressy cloths to choose from. The Strand is similar to the cutaway frack, but is short- er and has outside pockets. Makes a very stylish busi= ness suit. We are even making the clothes at a special price. Between these two meth- ods of saving you can get a remarkable value, Overcoats Box overcoat, fashionably tailored, fits like the high= priced overcoat. Good selec- tion of light-colored cloths. See upper picture. Winter overcoat, knee length, stylish material, vel- vet collar. As prices are high all over the country, we are sure that there are many suits and overcoats selling to-day for $17 5o that hardly equal ours at $13.50. . Out-of-town orders will be filled—write for catalogue No. 2, containing samples. We send a self measurement blank that enables you to have your clothes made accurately to your measure. We are quite sure that the fit will be satisfactory. od&0C 718 Market Street and cor. Powell and Eddy.