The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1900, Page 2

BATTLE OF TH E STEEL KINGS OF AMERICA [ Aa e ol ol s ol o L An o n g A gn o o L = S S S SR =Y PITTSBURG, Feb. 14.—The pers announce: move into action by of the luminaries ded ) John d L. Watson of for y ment for Andrew s now been retained 1. It is sald that best part of three rument and paper ! f the w Carnegie to de- terests, although it that Daizell, Scott o | i e e o e e e e D R R e o S S o i I o o e g P s oee b0 et edeie@® been at work for days on the nt lawyers of New York having been retained by gal array of Mr. Frick's ¥ be ascertalned saild to-day that he the =suit to come to re dsummer and probably much earlier. At »on to-day no notice of the suit had been served upon the defendants or their counsel. Secretary Moreland of the Car- negie Steel Company said that he had not seen the bill and refused to talk about it. When the company had anything to give o he =aid. it would come through the regular channel. Dalzell, Scott & Gordon, the dants” counsel, were equally retic President C. M. Schwab, who is looked upon as Mr. Carnegie’s per- sonal resentative during his absence from the ty. left Washington, D. C., last night. It is supposed that he is on his way (o see Mr. Carnegie, who is at Dunge ness, Fernandina, Fla., Visiting his sister- in-law. Mrs. Thomas Carnegie. George Lauder. - and consulting partner of the Carnegle company. who Mr. Carnegle, left ago and is sup- stands very close o for the Bouth a few day posed to be with Mr. Carnegie at Dunge- RNANDINA, Fla., Feb. 14.—Andrew Carn is with his sister-in-law, Mrs Lucy at Dungeness, on Cum- ffort made to see Mr. berla Car 1 olonel Page., manager of Mrs estate, informed the reporter that Carnegle positively de- clined to be interviewec re‘al(w to the him in Pittsburg by H C. Frick. Mr. Carnegie is visiting here for rest and recuperaton and it is un- derstood that one of his attorneys is with him at Dungeness. suit_filed against aispateh, which was for- I re ed from ly advising that my pres- was important to public the 8th 1 telegrapbed again the receipt of the cable, rtment that the situa- that Mr. Atterbury t y presence in No reply was gain on the 1lith, On the 14t i the depa leave with- forfeit my would make rove satisfac- e was yed by the cen- of December, when I had t been forwarded > ]‘ Wi he reasons which I t not of November 1 ag: filed 2 three of my cables had and s g that a sub- uring my To this I which was my first . which November, imme- e department accepting t my leave and stating I would abide by the )artment and attempt idea for the de- the conditions On the 4th of adispatches received a reply from the de- my cablegram of the lith, » informed two days pre- ust been forwarded. It read dt i ay come home. Put Atterbury Department will s was signed i the depart- 1 15th, by Naples.’ was sent on the Sth, ime 1 prepared to go. A recelved a telegram to my m , and until a| ive from Washington. Mr. the 14th of December sghly posted in the routine and I introduced him to the Government departments onsular colleagues. 1 left | 1t of December 16 I o Paris, notified the de- presence there while & for the American line boat to sail for New York. I arrived in Washington on Monday, February 6, and reported to Assistant Secretary Hill of the State De- partment, who offiefally informed me that Secretary Hay's son had been appointed in my place and that he was on his way to Pretoria. “I appreciated the serfousness of the conditions in uth Africa to the extent that on my way to Washington, believing that I was still the Consul in Pretoria, I refused to make. any statement that would in any way involve the department or embarrass it. My one object was to lay the information before the depart- sent as to the true state of affairs in South Africa. If the department thought these facts were of value sufficient to warrant the expense of the trip I had taken I expected to be remunerated and return to Pretoria, leaving the department to mct as it saw fit upon the facts which 1 lald before it “Instead of this T find that Secretary Hay, whether acting upon the reports in ADVERTISEMENTS. Cures Blood Poison A Trial Treatment Sent Free to All Who Suffer From Any Stage | of tne Disease. Cures Cases That Hot Springs and | All Other Treatments Falle! | to Even Help. There has been discovered by the Btate Medical Inmtitute, 203 Elektron bullding, Fort Wayne, Ind.. the most remarkable Blood Poison cure ever beard of. It has cured all such in- | dications as mucous patches in the mouth, sore ihromi, copper colored =pots, chancres, . ulecerations on the body and in hundreds of | carce where the hair and eyebrows had fallen out and the whole skin was & mass of boils, | Prmples Bin w ui mpecific ha and wicers o ondrt completely changed the whole body into a Cloan. pertect condition of phymical health: Every raliroad running into Fort Wayne brings | scores of sufferers seeking this new and marvel- our cure and 1o enable those wWho cannot. trave| tc rewlize what & truly marvelous work the in- €itiute ¢ accomplishing they will send free every ge""" a free trial num&t. of thelr own home. This is the only | | privacy | cure for Tiood Polson. Do nct hesitate to write at once and the free trial will be sent ®ecicd o plain package. 1 the newspapers, or upon advice from the British Government, or some other mo- tive, I dod’t know, saw fit not to wait until I could present my reasons in per- son, and has been a silent or conniving partner to discrediting reports of my official acts. I come home to find an at tempt has been made to tear down my personal reputation. 1 wish to state right here that when I accepted my post as Consul I knew nothing of any secret al- liance between America and Great Brit- ain, and that I had seen nothing In the regulations which made the Consul of the American republic subject to the whims and caprices of an English military cen- sor at Durban. I came to America with otive of which I am not ashamed. ““There is not one soul who can point to a single official act of mine which depart- ed from the strictest neutrality. My con- fidential dispatches to the department contained information which will show my sympathy for the republic, but which time tual facts. My acts as a public officer are all recorded at the department. My E now as a private man can in no way involve the public service, and I sim- ply make this statement in my own de- fense as against these which have come from the department, secretly and offi- clally. CHARLES E. MACRUM."” = ACTIVITY OF BOERS AROUND LADYSMITH LONDON, Feb. 15—The Daily Telegraph has recelved the following, dated Tues- day, from ite special correspondent at Frere “On Sunday the Boers advanced down the Ladysmith road toward Potgietcrs. Three hundred horsemen, with others, proceeded to a point where they begana tn construct new rows of trenches at right angles to the rcad. This was about two miles north of the drift. “A party of Boers also crossed the Tu- gela, now very low, about six miles be- low Potgelters Drift, where they sniped the South African Light Horse, who re- pulsed them. “Several other 'skirmishes have laken place, and the Boers are evidently anx- jous about thelr positions. They have been throwing up defensive works from Trichards Drift and the Spion Kop range eastward to the Hiangwana and Monte Cristo hills, both on this side of the Tu- gela. They have also two, if not Lhree, wooden bridges spanning the Tugela in the bend, and a wire rope apparatus for the conveyance of food and ammunition across the river.” B Lady Wilson Wounded. LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Daily Chronicle publishes the following dispatch from Mafeking, dated January 20: “The Boers shelled the women's laager for two hours on Saturday. January 27. Boer women, warned by sples, evidentiy, went into the trenches, clapped their hands and hurrahed when the shells fell near the English women. Lady Sarah Wilson was slightly wounded. Major Gould-Adams and Captain Wilson re. celved wounds from shell fragments,™ AN ALARMIST PUNISHED. LADYSMITH, Thursd: Feb. 8.—H. C. Foss, a resident of Ladysmith, has been court-martialed and sentenced to a year's imprisonment at hard labor for circulating false reports calculated to discourage the troops and for advising soldiers to dcsert. Mr. Foss, who is a native of Natal, re- sided for some time in the Free State. has been twice warned for asserting « the garrison was on the eve of star- vation and capture. PLUMER'S ADVANCE CHECKED. LONDON. Feb. 14—Advices from Ga- berones dated February 4 says: ‘“The ar- tillery duel between Colonel Plumer's force and 500 Boers continued until to- | day, when the British dropped two shells info the Boer fort. The Boer guns have since been stlent. Colonel Plumes 3 vance has been checked by floods.” e s DAVIS IS RETURNING. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Monday, Feb. 12.—Webster Davis, United States Assist- ant Secreta: of the Interior, has arrived here from Bretoria and sals on the steamer Kanseler, via Naples, on his way home. FOR THE RELIEF FUND. NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—The New York eneral committee of the Transvaal War VAl T (Tt Coden 1 applied to the Lord Mayor's fung.n o SEm——— ists Fired at. SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 14.—Last night as two young men and two young ladies e oo Be, Cepliiia e cycles a man in & b deliberately shot at them and hurriedly drove off without glving an expianation, Luckily the buls let did not strike any of the party. ho will really be | will prove to be unbiased as to ac- | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. SEFIES OF DANS 5 RECOMMENDED Report of the Debris Commission. S i E PROJECTS OF FORMER YEARS CONSIDERED FUTILE. . PST S5 LSRG Bill Prepared, and With the Money on Hand the Work May Be Begun in a Short Time. MR 5L Special Dispateh to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING- TON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.— The report of the California Debris Com- mission s one of great interest to the miners of California as it i8 upon one¢ of the subjects to which the California Miners' Assoclation has devoted muci | time and energy. It has occupled the attention of the debris commission sinece 1896 and is the result of several extensive and elaborate investigations upon the | part of very competent and distinguished engineers comprising the commissioners and the field engineers immediately under | them. | The proposed project of 1888, which was founded upon_the prineiple of the eon- struction at Narrows of a stone dam, is abandoned by the commission for the rea- son that the amount of debris that could be restrained thereunder would not be commensurate with the quired to obtain material results, The project of 1549 is the one approved by the commission, chief of engineers and Bec- retary of War. It consisis of a series of constituting restraining barriers 14 forming impounding reservoirs in and Point, to the extent of 2,000,000 acres ot settling basin, with lates outlets, and in the present project calculated to im- pound 5,000,000 cubic yards of debris. The project likewise touches on the con- fining of a portion of the Yuba River to [ a single channel so as to avoid to a great extent the flowing down the Yuba Kiver of existing debris. novel project, comprehensive and com- plete in detall, showing great study and careful elaborations. The commission expressly states that the works outiined in the report contem- plate only the restraining and impound- ing of the debris already deposited in the Yuba River and suggest that the project is such that its feasibility is being demon- strated and that the works are competent for the purposes intended and this being proven by the experience of time the im- pounding of new debris can be then un- dertaken. In this respect the report is conservative. It indicates a disposition to observe the rights of the farmer and at the same time furnishes much hope to the miner to be secured through the con- servative force of experimental proced- ure. The expert estimates the cost of constructing the works at present advised at $500,000. It recites several acts of Con- gress authorizing and dlrecting such work, including several provisions en- acted for the assistance of the same dur- ing the last Congress at the Instance of | Representative de Vries, who has made this subject a careful study during his servife in Congress. The commission asks for a construction of certain portfons of various acts under which it has proceeded ana is to proceed. It is of the opinion that part of the work should be ! done by day labor and part by contract The authorization to do the work in this manner, as well as the authorization to | look to 'California for half of the cost in | either case, was enacted during the last Congress by provisions inserted in the river and harbor bill, and prepared by Representative de Vries. There is now to the credit of the project $500,000, $250,000 of which is the State fund, the balance constituting the Federal fund. The commission asks if it has authority | to purchase lands with Federal funds, and if {t can proceed with the work with the | amount now on hand, or whether or not | it must wait until the 000 is available | before proceeding. epresentative de | Vries when seen to-night concerning the report stated that its contents were known to him, and that after consulta- tion with Senator Perkins he had al- | ready prepared a measure which he will ntroduce in the House to-morrow, and | which Senator Perkins will ' intro- | duce in the Senate, empowering the Secretary of War to purchase the neces- sary lands*for the sites of the works and authorizing the secretary to proceed at once with the construction of these with the $500,000 available. “Undoubtedly,” sald Mr. de Vries, “this | is more mone: by the commission before the short ses- | sfon of Congress in December, at which | time the river and harbor bill will be pre- | sented, and in which provision can {‘made for the balance of the nation's pi | portion of the moneys necessary to com- plete the works.” BEGULAR SERVICE 10 PHILIPPIES Transports Will Make Bi-Monthiy Trips. AT, WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The following cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Wawson at Cavite: “General Kobbe gives great and well- earned credit to Rodgers and the whole naval force which took part in the com- bined expedition to Southern Luzon, Ca- tanduante, Samar and Leyte. Rodggrn commends Moore, commanding the Hel- ena; Gilpin, commanding the Mariveles; Reynolds, Oliver, Moore, Castleman and Cadet Evans. Gilpin was wounded by fragments of a Coit gun mechanism in- terior explosion February 1 during the capture of Tacloban. He Is nearly ready for duty.” Aellné on_the recommendation of Quar- termaster General Ludington, the Secre- tary of War has ordered the establish- ment of a bi-monthly transport system between San Francisco and Manila. This action is due to the heavy trafic between the points caused by the active military operations in the Philippines and is prompted by a desire to leave nothing un- done that will contribute to the health and comfort of the troops in the lsland The service will be started by the trooj ship Sherman, which will leave San Fran- cisco for Manila on the 15th or 16th inst., to be followed at regular intervals of about fifteen days by other large ships of the Pacific transport fleet, including the Sheridan, Grant, Logan, Thomas and Meade. The authorities are also now con- sldcrlng the advisability of establishing a monthly service on similar lines between New York and Manila over the Mediter- ranean and Su ATCHISON, Ralph Ing 1s, son of ex-United States Senator John J. Inguls. to-day recefved orders from the War Department to re- ort at San Francisco at once. C!ggu.ln ngalls has desired to go to the SHT pines, and it is helleveJ he will be sent there in the service, although he has not been assigned to any regiment. Free Ferry Assured. Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 14.—The Yolo County Board of Superivsors to-day adopted all the orders, resolutions, contracts and lans and specifications recerfitly passed gy the Sacramento Board of gerlvm relating to the establishment ferry between the two counties near Free- port. Half the cost of the construction is to be borne by each county, but Sacra- mento is to pay two-thirds of the cost of maintenance. ‘There Is a report that a Sacramento attorney will bring an injunc- tion sult with a view of defeating the en- terprise. —_——————— Stope the Cough and Works O#f the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold | in ome day. No cure, no pay. Price 2o, RESULT OF GAREFUL STUDY | expenditure re- | out and-above and below De Guorre | it is an admittediy | than actually will be used | ez route. ! Kans.,, Feb. 14.—Captain | .lllhi prospect that PASSING OF JOKN T, PORTER Was a Pioneer Resident of Pajaro Valley. ’*—0—0—9-'—9-0—@‘0—0*—0—»0*—. B R e et SR SRR R B e e e e e e e e e ‘I THE LATE JOHN T. PORTER. 1 (9294940 946+0+0+9+0 ATSONVILLE, Feb. 14.—John T. Porter. a pioneer resident of Pajaro Valley, dled at his resi- | dende, tn Pajaro, at 11:30 o'clock | last night. His heaith had been failing for some time, but on Friday last he was stricken with paralysis, which caused his death. John T. Porter was born in Duxbury, | Mass., in 1830. When gold was discovered | in California he salled from Boston to the { new Bl Dorado, and was among the many daring spirits who tempted fortune in the | Golden West. He was not a stranger to the vicissitudes of life and experienced the ups and downs of the pioneer's ca- reer. He came to Santa Cruz County in 1854 |and engaged in mercantile and agricul- | tural pursuits. 1In 1856 he was elected Sheriff at the time when the county was | infested with disreputable criminals. During the two terms he held the office | of Sheriff John T, Porter brought many of | the outlaws to justice and Inspired the | rest with a wholesome respect for the 'law. Mr. Porter was appointed Collector | of the port of Monterey by President Lin- coln and discharged the duties of that office most creditably until 1865, when he | resumed business. He was a manager of | the State Insane Asylum at Agnews for | geveral years and his last public office | was Supervisor of Pajaro Township, Mon- | terey County. It can be truthfully said of | him’ that he was faithful to every trust | reposed in him. He was a stanch Repub- |lican and was always a safe adviser in | the councils of his party | Mr. Porter had large landed interests in various parts of the State, and he was recognized as one of the prominent finan- clers of the county. He was one of the | founders of the Pajaro Valley Bank, and | was president of that Institution at the time of his death. He has been peculiarly happy in his do- |'mestic relations, and his closing hours | were soothed by the tender ministrations of a devoted wife, his son, Warren R. ! Porter, and his daughter, Mrs. Florence Pfingst. The funeral services will be held in the Masonte Temple at Watsonville under the auspices of Pajaro Lodge, F. and A. M The body will be interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Francisco, on the arrival of the Monterey express, Friday | morning. PARTISANSHiP AT ~ THE CONFERENCE Anti-Trust Delegates in a Furor. S CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Stormy scenes | characterized the sessions of the National | Anti-Trust Conference preceding the final adfournment to-night. The climax came when Delegate Joseph Parker, a middle- of-the-road Populist, surprised the con- | ference with a resolution pledging the delegates to vote for no party that did not stand for Government ownership and the principle of direct legislation. The Democratic leaders interpreted this as an attack on W. J. Bryan and were on thelr feet in an instant to block the move. A score of delegates took the floor and all tried to talk at the same time. “You must not stifle free speech here,” was_shouted, “Everybody must be heard,” came from a delegate in the gallery. Chairman Monnett was in doubt as to what to do. Disorder reigned for ten min- utes and then Chairman Monnett used the | gavel and temporarily adjourned the con- Vention. Another whirl of excitement took place after the reading of the report of the committee on resolutions, when Delegate uinn of Nlinols offered an amendment to the declaration of principles calling for the repeal of all laws sustaining the right of ch&enn to private property, with a view to glving every citizen a free home. A long wrangle ensued over the disposi- | tion of the amendment. Captain W. P, | Black. Tom L. Johnson and others ap- pealed to Quinn to withdraw the amend- ment, but he refused. After much discussion, during which | Quinn was denounced as a disturber by | delegates on the stage, Chalrman Monnett put the motion to adopt the report.. He was in doubt and two ballots were taken. Finally he declared the report of the com- mittee adopted, and the ruling caused a thunder of disapproval. Delegate Quinn during the uproar appealed from the deci- sion of the chair and his motion was sec- onded. The vote was put and Chairman onnett was sustained by a large major- R : !.’& strong attempt was made at the con- ference to-day to offset the partisan effect of the resolutions adopted yesterday, de- nouncing the pending currency bill. -ank 8. Monnett, permanent chairman of the conference, made a speech in which he declared that the movement for public ownership of public utilities was being carried on by the Republican party, as well as by the Democratic party. “In the Republican Northwest," said he, per cent of the public utllities are owned by the public, whereas in the many Southern Democratic States less than § per cent are so owned. 1 would remind the convention that Ohio, which is the | State of the President, is also the State of the author of the Sherman anti-trust act. If we have an Attorney General Griggs we also had an Attorney General Olney.” The convention was enlivened also b; an attack by Professor Bemis on “Uni- versities Whose Endowments Come From Tryst Magnates.” The professors in these institutions, sald the ex-professor of po- litical economy at Chicago University, “do thelr best, but cannot overcome this handicap.” As a remedy he advocated the establishment through the State Legislat- ure of chairs in State universities devoted to the study of the trust question. A number of set speeches were heard at the morning and afternoon sessions, and the night sessfon, which wound up the three days’ conference, heard as many of the remaining speeches as could be read in the time that was left. Sewer Farm Settlement. Special Dispatch to The Call. ‘WOODLAND, Feb. 14.—The City Trus- tees and the plaintiffs have practically agreed upon the terms of the compromise of t:ne Sewer farm casen. 'l'h':__g!untma are to buy the present sewer , agree to bring no more damage suits and walve 1 damages al) y awarded except $500. 3 ellfin to extend the system two and a half miles to a site in the tules. The clty is to have three years' time in which ltlolvc.o‘n te the work, but mente arrange: O I will be ne further UPHEAVAL IN IDAHD NORTHERN Sensational Damage Suits Threatened. —— MERRITT FAMILY OQUSTED SR, ACCUSED OF QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS. John D. Rockefeller and Louis A. Hall to Be Made Defendants in the Action by the Merritts. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 14—An upheaval In Idaho railroad circles cccurred to-day that will result in suits aggregating a million and in sensational developments. In these suits Louis A. Hall, the Michi- gan lumberman, and John D. Rockefeller | will be made defendants. The plaintift will be the Merritts, father and son, who not long ago secured a judgment in Michi- gan against Rockefeller for over $900,000. The trouble has arisen by the dismissal from the Pacific and Idaho Northern Ralil- road, of which Hall is president, of all the Merritts and their riends, the ax | having been wielded by P. P. Shelby, the [Eiotinl mamager, . whom (s deereices | ave been trying to decaplitate officlally for some time. Shelby charges they have been using the railroad to cover up questionable real estate transactions, operating a land department with which the railroads has | no connection. The manager has installed new men in all places vacated excepting chief engineer, whose office has been placed in _charge of the janitor tempor- arily. The whole affaif ‘has created something of a sensation here, as the Merritts have posed as the financial backbone of the rallroad. General Manager Shelby is here to-night and in reply to the charges of mismanage- ment he says the Pacific and Idaho Northern s paying operating expenses and Interest on the basis of bonds at $20. 000 a mile. This revenue is all from the shipment of ore from the Seven Devils Country, which runs 45 to 5 per cent a ton in copper and $20 in gold. This ore is uh&me to New York for smelting. G. R. Shaw has succeeded F. L. Rich- mo! a Merritt man, as superintendent of the road. ROOSEVELT TO FREE AN INNOCENT MAN Pardon for Samuel Jacchs, Whose Daughter Proved He Was ‘Wrongfully Convicted. velt to-night notified Miss Minnie Jacobs that he would pardon her father, Samuel Jacobs, now serving a term in Sing Sing Prison, this week. Jacobs, who was a saloon-keeper In Cleveland, was sentenced to prison swindle in New York City two years ago, by which Max Bernstein was defrauded out of $13,000. 2 Miss Jacobs, convinced of her father’'s innocence, hunted down Nathan Lacht- man, allas Hirsch Koppelman. obtained a confession from him exonerating Jjacobs and presented this to Governor Roosevelt, who 1s about to issue a pardon. ———— MOLGAARD TOOK POISON. Story of the Robbery Will Be Thor- oughly Investigated. Special Dispatch to The Cail. SALINAS, Feb. 14.—J. C. Molgaard, the grocer, died by his own hands, but the story of assault and robbery of Monday is still as deep a mystery as ever. Ac- rnrdlng to the verdict of the Coroner’s jury, death was caused by polson taken in a fit of mental derangement, but even though this is a fact, there is no conclu- Up to half an hour before his death Mol- gaard strictly maintained that he was as- saulted and relieved of several hundred dollars, and since his demise there has been no evidence to disprove his story. His accounts with the firm, so far as known, were practically all right. Mol- gaard was considered very consclentious and ‘was a temperate man. siisipind = Killed by His Son. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 14.—C. W. Stewart, grocer, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by his son, aged 19, during a quarrel over a valentine. The son, who is in jall, says he was protecting his mother from an assault made upon her last night by his father. Stewart had received an offensive valentine and accused his wife of having sent it. WOMEN FIGHT WTH HAT PINS Duel in Which a Nose Is Bitten Off. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted, Herald Company. PARIS. Feb. 14.—Marie Guerin of Mar- seflles and a rival girl from Bordeaux both frequented cafes in the evenlngs with the sequel that a dispute was de- cided by a duel. Each had seconds. When Marie's second gave the signal to commence both women had taken off their | hats and used hat pins, considered a regu- lar Paris weapon. Their skirts were tucked up to give freedom of movement. The Bordelais was bigger and stronger. Both rolled about in the ‘street, fighting like demons. They were surrounded by an admiring crcwd, Marie, finding her- self getting beaten, pretended to run away, but suddenly turned and s‘:ranx at her adversary, who was recelving con- gratulations of victory. They clinched and Marie bit off her adversary's nose. The combatants were separated and every one tried to find the nose. “It's not necessary, I've swallowed it," sald Marie. Yesterday she was sentenced to elght een months in prison. The sentence w: severe because this was a repetition of an offense some time ago, When Marle had bitten very severely a man on the arm. MARTINIQUE STRIKERS BECOME MORE RIOTOUS Torch Applied to Plantations and Planters Compelled to Aban- don Their Homes. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Feb. 14.—A mob of rioters yesterday at Rivierre Sallee refused to hear Senator. Knight. who Is favorably disposed toward their cause. At midnight the plantations of La Cocotte and Champigny were fired. News has been received from Paris an- nouncing that the garrison 1§ to be rein- forced and that the French cruiser Sachet is on her way here. The situation grows worse rather than better, In spite of the concession: b! the employers. Work is nta)pcd, and the strikers, urged on by thelr ringleaders, are becoming more menacing and exact- lnf‘. . _Hayott, ent anter at priitanie wifh B Tancny, Bas”arvived here, abandoning his effects and xglu.nu- ticn,_ There are more than 2000 rioters in the Petitbourg district, and as there is a 3 considerable supply liquor accessibi it is feared that the night will witness scenes of violence. - e e aea ey ecigted Ripelt the commandant made an urgent appeal, and at 6 o'clock this evening the tire focal brigada of gendarmes was cailed into NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Governor Roose- | or participation in a gold dust | sive proof that the man was not robbed. | 1900, by the New York | the | | CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.-In the Cl'rchu | Court of the United States Judge W. N. Taft this afternoon denied the motion for a preliminary injunetion in both of the cases from Kentucky. In addition to the | attorneys in the cases most of the mem- bers of the bar of Cincinnati, Covington | and Newport were present and the court- | room was unable to hoid all others want- ing admission. | While the court held that no injunction | would issue under these bills, yet it also | held that after the case had been heard ! | in the State courts they could get in on er- | ror forreview in the United. StatesSupreme { Court. After the decision was announced | former Governor Bradley and his assocl- ate counsel stated that they were unable to say what would be the next step of the Republican State officers of Kentucky. Counsel for the plaintiffs held a long con- sultation in the law library after the an- nouncement of the decision, and said they had no doubt either of the ultimate pus- sibility of a hearing of these cases in the | United States court as indicated by Judge [aft or of the final result, but at present counsel could not say what would be the next procedure. In announcipg said: X “I should have been able to decide this question at the close of the argument, but the importance of the Interests involve and toral frauds under the forms of law which the bills charge that the State con- test board is about to consummate have let me give the question presented a fuller and more careful investigation. This has only confirme my first impres- sion _and requires me to make an order denying the motion for a preliminary in- Jjunction in both cases.” FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 14—The action of Judge Taft in Cincinnati to-day deny- ing Federal jurisdiction in the contests | for the minor places on the State ticket did not discourage Governor Taylor in the least. He contends that the matter has nothing whatever to do with his own case. Governor Taylor said: “I never really belleved that the matter could be made to stick in the court before Judge Taft, but we felt obliged to try it. This is a case where all the legal remedies must be tried and exhausted if necessary. try everything that the courts afford us. The sult of Beckham vs. Taylor for the possession of the office of Governor was | filed to-day in the Circuit Court at Frank- fort. Up to a late hour the Sheriff had not succeeded in serving notice on Gov- | ernor Taylor and the chances of his do- | ing so did not seem bright, as all visitors to the office of the Governor, or to the | gubernatorial mansion, were compelied to | run a gauntlet of guards who were on the | lookout for ~gentlemen with suspicious | papers. The petition in the suit holds that W. S. Taylor is not the Governor of the State and that with an armed force he holds possession of the executive bullding. It alleges that he is drawing money without authority of law from the State treasury, pardoning convicts and | doing other things that are detrimental to the welfare of the State. The peti- tion asks that the court enjoin him from exercising any dutles as chief executive his decision Judge Taft and from assuming any control whatever | | | over the Legislature. Application for the | injunction will be made on Friday before | Judge Cantrill at Georgetown. | * The committee of the Democratic mem- | bers of the Legislature which came from | | Louisville for the purpose of investigating | conditions here; and determining whether | {1t is safe for the Democrats to venture | within the precipets of = Frankfort, re- turned to Louisville to-night. The mem- bers of the committee declined to any Collier or Governor Ta Custodian Thompson of building the go-between. lor. and made the executive They_ first sent word to Governor Taylor that before the | Demoecratic_members could think of re- | turning to Frankfort the soldiers must be sent away. No objection, they said. could | be raised to a small number for a body- | guard for Governor Taylor personally 'or the Legislature, it needed no protec- tion. Governor Taylor regllod through the | medium of Custodian Thompson that the request of the committee could not be complied with, but promised that the Leg- | islature _should not be molested in any | way. For the committee, Custodian Thompson then asked Governor Taylor if the same conditions would exist next Monday around the State House as ex- isted to-day. Mr. Thompson was sent back with the rapl{ that no assurance could be given, but tha show_ of force and that all the soldlers { would be withdrawn from the gates and would be kept in the background as much as_possible. The members of the committee said that in their opinion the meetings would continue in Louisville for the present at P e e e et et TREATY RIGHTS OF ALIENS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day authorized a favorable report on the bill providing punishment for violations of the treaty rights of aliens. 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