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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1900 FLAMES RAGE N A THEATER AT CHICAGO Burning of the Columbia, One of the Lake City's Oldest Playhouses. e — Firemer, Effect Gallant Rescues of ical Women From the Upper Floors of the Structure. with Er pid and n n minutes af th ry of t re the theater was s the eton Convicted. ile made a mo- and he shot him was found on Resident Dies. 0ld Yolo D R I S MRS. “JACK” GARDNER IN THE SHOW BUSINESS MRS is not importing o new B nto the show kb All Boston is « s to know wh Jack” looks 1 and w s like. All Boston 1s p: r the purpos tiful Lent s to open her r uf ures 'Yd b Deformed “JACK " GARDNER OF BOSTON. or exhibit handsome home to curious people at the head y thus raised will go to the Industrial 1 and I 1 Children. PP UD PPN SN SN MDA SN WA SO S D S S D e | | D I S R o S T S S S S e O SOy S JD U AP SO SO and th morning from 10 to 1, and on Ltur af 5 t n from 2 to 6. | t $2 to get in to see Mrs. “Jack” | ind the pictures on the mornings of the | show, and $1 more in the afternoon. There | mited number of tickets, but Mrs. apply by letter to a New- who s interested in the ¥mous buyers are consid- 1 names and addresses of the have to be given when the money ent. ot so rigid were the restrictions re-| rding the sale of tickets for the func- given at the house of Mrs. *., rday afternoon, when Mrs. ng of New York gave a song recital 2k Otto Roth, violinist, and ctor, the young planist, whom | hinted as a possible, if not cond husband for Mrs. “Jack.” nor ha probable, CIVIL WAR CLAIMS. Confederate Raids Recalled by Meas- | ures Before the House. 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Copyright, 1900, by the New York Herald Compar | BUENOS AYRES, March 30.—In view of the cordial relations with Spain, the | Argentine government has decided to | eliminate from the natfonal anthem cer- tain allusions uncomplimentary to Spain. Spocatd | New Shooting Club. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | * SA.~ RAFAEL, March 30.—A new shoot- | ing club was organized here last night under the title of the Marin County Schuetzen Club, with a membership of thirty. A prize shoot will be held by the club” at Schuetzen Park next Sunday, when a $25 medal will be contested for. R. Kinsella s president of the new club and Frank Jac shooting master. e ot Nomination Confirmed. ON, March 30.—The Senate -day 1 the nomination of J. J. sirimondi of California to be Consul af te Brazil ned Still More Facts Showing irreguiarity Is Overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “DrArMres. PINkHAM—Iamtroubled with irregular menstruation, and have begun the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Would like your advice.” —Cora L. Payton, May 19, 1898. “DEAR MRs. PINkHAM—TI have taken three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, but T have a bad discharge and write to ask if I had better not use youk Sanative Wash also? Your medicine is helping me.” Cora L. Payton, Ogontz, Pa., July 1, 1808. “Dear Mes. PINgnAM — I write to tell you of the benefit I have received from the use of your remedies. Before weng them I was feeling very bad. I used to go to the hospital, but it did me no good. Your remedies bave done wonders for me.”—Cora L. Paye ton, Ogontz, Pa. Feb. 25, 1899. 1= ROOT WANTED TO RECALL TROOPS Induced by Idaho’s Governor to| Retain Merriam’s Soldiers at Wardner. Steunenberg Testifies That It Was Solely at His Solicitation That Regulars Were Not Wit hdrawn, . WASHINGTON, March 80.—Governor Steunenberg resumed his testimony at the | Coeur d'Alene investigation to-day, Sulzer conducting the cross-examination. The Governor told of his varlous talks with General Merriam. He first met him in May Jast and went over the insurrection- ary conditions and the necessity for troops. The Governor said he requested { General Merriam to order the troops to Shoshone County, and the general did so. ‘When asked who was in supreme com- mand in Shoshone County, General Mer- riam or Bartlett Sinclair, the Governor, sald that he himself was the responsible head of authority, although he did not ex- ercise any control or command of the troops. There was no agreement with General Merriam, said the Governor, that the labor organizations were to be broken up, nor was there any talk of suppressing them. The Governor again went over his trips to Washington, his call on the President and the brief talk with Mr. McKinley. Questioned as to what the President sald, Governor \ Steunenberg replied that the President listened to the brief recital of conditions and the need of the continued presence of the troops, but made no reply. The Governor was examined as to calls on Secretary Root, and sald the latter in- tended to withdraw the troops from guard duty on October 20. The Governor called to protest against this. He found that the Becretary was quite determined to with- draw the troops, an order to this effect having been issued, and most of the Gov- ernor's efforts were directed to showing to the military authorities that the troops should not be withdrawn. The withdrawal was finally postponed. | The Governor denied that there was any talk of polities in connection with the postponement. He told the Secretary there was no militla available, and not sufficlent time to raise a local guard be- fore the troops would have been with- drawn, and these representations brought about the postponement. troops were not on guard, but were in gar- rison. McKinley Did His Sworn Duty. Further questioned as to calls upon the President, the Governor sald that the Prestdent told one of the delegations that he had acted as an officlal in sending troops on the Governor's call, and that any other course would not have been a compliance with his sworn duty. ‘When Sulzer referred to the ‘“reign of terror you inaugurated” Governor Steu- nenberg answered emphatically: “I did not inaugurate a reign of terror. It was there before I got there, and has existed for the last seven years. I know been a hell on earth for Representative Dick opened the redi- rect examination when the cross-question- ing had closed. He sald he was sorry olitics had been brought into the inquiry, ut as this had occurred he would pursue that course to some extent. Governor Steunenberg as to the reports of his communicating with Senator Hanna | or with him (Dick), to which the Gover- nor replied that he had never seen either of them until he came to Washington. The Governor sald he was elected as a Democrat in 1896 and 1898, “Did you support Mr. Bryan?’ asked aid."” vould you support him again?” “Most assuredly. If he is nominated again I will support him by all means.” Dick inquired if Bryan had ever written or expressed any protest or disapproval of the Governor's course. Sulzer and Lentz protested and Hay of Virginia ob- lected on the ground that Bryan was not resident. “But_he will be soon,” remarked Lentz, who added that Bryan would not declare martial law. The committee voted to allow the ques- tion as to whether or not Bryvan had pro- tested and Governor Steunenberg said he At present the | He asked ' had never heard from Bryan in protest or otherwise. ! “Has any prospective Vice Presidential | candidate on the Democratic ticket pro- tested to you?’ asked Dick, amid much ]aughler directed toward Sulzer. The Governor sald there had been no such protest. The inquiry was then di- rected to showing the circumstances under | which the Governor had called for troops. | Denies Stories of Cruelty. Representative Dick continued the ex- amlnation of Governor Steunenberg dur- ing the afternoon session, going over a number of the alleged acts of cruelty oc- curring in the bull pen. As to statements of the killing of a prisoner (Johnson), the Governor said that on investigation he learned that it was a case of suicide of an | insane man. As to the charge that a dying | prisoner had been refused the services of | a priest, the Governor sald that an inves- tigation showed the story to be absolutely | false. The Governor specifically denied | the charge that men were subjected to “vile and inhuman imprisonment.” Every- | thing ‘was dore for the prisoners that was ossible under the circumstances, he said. Warden Coakley was in charge of the | prison, and no complaints were made | against him. Many persons who visited the prison expressed astonishment and | said they had been led to belleve by the | newspapers that the prison was a “hell on | earth,” whereas they found it orderly and | clean, | | i Senator Shoup made such a statement, and others were specified by the Gover: nor. As to the charges that an army had placed the men on a standing line and had called them “cowardly curs’ the Gover- nor said he never heard of this action and no complaint was ever made to him. prisoners were at one time placed by the military on bread and water because of | an_infraction of prison rules. Governor Steunenberg said he suspended the writ of habeas corpus, nor was the writ otherwise suspended. Spe- cific writs were denled by the courts, but this did not operate as a general sus | ston of this process. To the charg | free speech was suppressed the Governor | service commemorating a fight between the union and non-union men in 1892, when the Frisco mill was blown up, should not be held while the community was in such an excited stata. There was no interference with the decorating of miners’ graves, as had been charged. On the charge that the free press was sup- | pressed the Governor said the only inter- | ference was with the Mullen Mirror be- cause of inflammatory publications calcu- lated to arouse further trouble. Union Men Allowed to Meet. Governor Steunenberg denied that the meetings of labor unions were prohibited. There were many union men in the dis- He characterized as outrageous the charge that the Bunker Hill mine and other organizations had dictated the pol- fcy of the State. This polley, he said, was | dictated solely by a desire 'to give to a | county that security and order it had not | enjoyed fn ten years. Many of General | Merriam’s dispatches and reports were read and Governor Steunenberg confirmed | most of the statements made. He also by criminal and anarchistic organiza- tions cloaking themselves as labor organ- izations and having none of the alms of | the great body of labor organizations, Governor Steunenberg’'s closing state- ment of the day attracted much attention for its vivid recital of a serles of lawiess depredations in _the - Coeur d'Alenes, which. he said, had spread through the community. He stated that the house of the Judge of the First District. Judge Mayhew, had been entered at night by an | armed and masked man, who wanted to |&now how a ruling of the court was to be | made. ~ On another occasion an armea | mob waited on a Judge and told him he { had ‘“better, rule right.” The Governor said fifty cifizens had told him that their lives would be worth nothing if it be- came known that they had disclosed acts of lawlessness which occurred. DIGNITY GIVE WAY T0 MIRTH IN THE SENATE Pettus Delivers a Humorous Speech on Porto Rican Question. —_— Aged Statesman Causes His Col- leagues to Forget Tradition and Shout With Laughter at His Wit. SR A, WASHINGTON, March 30.—Merriment swept away the traditional dignity of the Senate to-day. Stald sticklers for Sena- torial decorum literally held thelr sides and shouted with laughter, while the crowded galleries joined in the laughing tumult which not the slightest effort was made to restrain. Had the effort been made it would have been futile. Senator Pettus of Alabama, the oldest member of the body—his age being only a few months short of four score years— delivered the funniest speech heard within the Senate chamber in many years. It sparkled with wit and bubbled over with humor. Its sarcasm was keen but not bitter, and even those who were the victims of it could not but enjoy its perfect good humor and its unalloyed fun. Throughout it all Pettus was as solemn as if he were dellvering a funeral oration. Not a smile softened the deep lines of his strong and rugged countenance, and as he stopped occasionally ™ mop the pers- piration from his face and head with a big silk bandana he glanced about the Senate as If In surprise at the laughter of his colleagues. indeed, he apologized once for the lightness of the vein in which he was addressing the Senate on so import- ant a question as the Porto Rican bill. Proctor (R.) of Vermont had delivered a forceful argument in support of free trade with the island of Porto Rico. He was followed by Pettus, who devoted the first part of his remarks to the constitu- tional phases of the subject. Then, quite unexpectedly, came the fun as he Sharp- ened his wit at the expense of Galllnger of New Hampshire and Beveridge of Inglans. « a gem,” said one Senator, com- menting upon Pettus’ speech, “and will Jong stand as cne of the best examples of Senatorial fun-making.’ Proctor Favors Free Trade. roctor of Vermont spoke as an unalter- nlfieomlvocnte of the polley of free trade between the island and the United States. He quoted extracts from the Rresident's annual messnize and the Secretary of War's report a\-m-xn% free trade between the island of Porto Rico and the United States, referred to the sudden change that somehow had been wrought and said: Is it strange that some of us, in lack of an official statement or avvarent reason for this Shift, should be slow to give up a line of ac- tion which we believe to be based on principle and justice, which we believe to be the only honest and consistent course? It is charged— 1 do mot know with what truth, if any—that this change was brought about by the sugar and tobacco interests and also, it is stated, by organized labor. 1, however, have falled to see that the representatived of this latter interest appeared before the committee. It is practically admitted trada with Porto Rice does not harm these Interests material it creates a precedent that may harm them if made in reference to the Phillppines and Cuba. It will be time to cross those rivers when we come to them, and in my opinion, the crossing will not be difficult when the proper time comes for _action. be wrote in his annual message that duty _h to abolish the customs tariff between the United States and Porto Rico.’ The p ple know that sentence by heart, and they w frepeat it millions of times within the year from its deliverance unless we perform what the Prestdent says Is ‘‘our plain duty. The people belleve that this is a question not of mere policy but of principle. Pettus Grows Humorous. At the conclusion of Proctor" Pettus of Alabama nddressed the Seaats on some of the constitutional phases pre- sented by the Porto Rican bill. Said he: How a majority of this Senate has quit the “our plain of the land, and also show w! i win 5o hat the result of n discussing this question we wil| to the very foundations. The :rclalx o those In the mafority here is that they are in violation of all our notions of justice and com- mon sense. They take thelr departure in th belief that the Unlited States Is a sovereign in the sense that some European natlons are sov- ereigns. It is not =0, and can never be. “f:n‘;r(\'r:hls I(I'me! forward Pettus’ speech Vi onal In its application. H took Gallinger to task, gaylng:n .0t I was very much entertained by the Senator from New Hampshire on yesterday when he informed us that he was not a lawyer, and he roved it to us, not only by asserting It but by is argument. Lawyers know that when you come to read a decision of a judge you must take all he savs on a subject: that It will not do to take a sentence here and another thera, but that is exactly what the Senator id In quoting Justice Bradley in the Mormon church case. Pettus then turned his attention speech of Senator Beveridge. ang naig: "® We had a wonderful declamation yesterday from our great orator—wonderful. It was marvelous in all its parts. It was % marvel ous that 1 dare say that such a thing has never before been heard In the Senate. When you get a genuine orator he Is absolutely absolved from rules of logic or common sense. (Laughter.) When it Is necessary in the fervor of oratorical flourishes to prove any proposition true or false rules 6f common sense and the decent observance of what ls due to others must not stand in the way of maintaining “‘my reputation’ an orator. It will not do. If it is necessary I must break down the 1deas of an observance of what the Senator from Vermont has characterized as the “best policy.” If it Is necessary I must draw on my imagination for facts and on my memory for flights of fancy as Ovid Bolus did. When an orator speaks he has a right_in the fervor of his oratory here in the United States Senate, reference to the Republicans and Democrats and Populists and any other men who may choose to take a seat here, to speak of them as enemles of the Government. He has a right to speak of them as opporients of the Government. Tha Government in his mind s “me and my wifs, my son John and his wife, us four and no more.”” (Laughter.) Beveridge Likened to Aaron. Mr. President, I was amazed at that speech. I once before heard one that went off in that direction. I tell you the senior or the junior Senator from lowa. I do not kmow which, and the senfor or junfor Senator from Maine, I do not know which, will have to take some action in reference to that orator. There fs no dcubt about it In the world. (Laughter.) There will have to be some caucuses on the matter. (Laughter.) I tell you, Mr. Presi. dent, these four wise men from Maine und Towa could not devote their time, If they want (o serve their party well, better than to take some consideration of the orators in this cham- ber. (Laughter.) Mr. President, the Master once had to select children of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness of Canaan. He did not select an orator. (Laughter.) No, he selected ome of these men from Iowa of Maine, and his name was Moses. They took ‘Aaron along, not in command—that was not allowed—but they took him along as a kind of deputy, and when Moses on his Master's order went up into the mountain for the tables the orator left in charge had a golden calf framed (inughter) and he put all ‘the people down to worshiping e golden calf. (Laughter). More people worship the golden calt: now than did in those days. But while Aaron and le were all down worship- ing the golden God appeared The | never | pen- | e that | sald he had given notice that a memorial | | | trict and they were free to hold meetings. | reaffirmed that the disorder was caused | but they claim that | The people believe, as the President did when | | Bryan. | | public road—the ‘road pointed out by the law | | ing humanity. | WARNER’'S WARNER'S SAFE STRENGTHENS Dreaded Bright’s Disease. REMEDIES. Y Y CUR THE KIDNEYS, And Cures Scalding, Backache, Albuminuria, Dropsy and BIG TREE GROVE NOW WHITESIDE'S PROPERTY Transfer Has Been the Government Formally Made and Must Now Deal With New Owners. Special Dispatch to the Call. Trees Company owns the property. with the new owners. ® SAN ANDREAS, March 30.—The sale of the Calaveras big trees has been © consummated. Luther Whiteside has made good his bond of $100,00, due to- S 4 morrow, and J. B. Sperry has transterred the property to the Big Trees Com- $ pany. The money has been paid into the Union Bank at Oakland. In the Su- t & perior Court here yesterday Sperry gave some oral testimony necessary to & clear the title, upon which the judgment of the court was recorded as to Its 4 b complete validity. Thereupon the deeds to the property were passed. & b < Mr. Sperry is to have the privilege of the use of the buildings and of look~ z § L e a2 and he pulled out his sword and demanded to know who was on the Lord's side and the orator jumped up from his knees, drew his sword and got on Moses' side and went to killing the Israelites along with Moses. All thes orators will do the same thing (laughter)—the last one of them. We saw an Instance of it vesterday afternoon At the conclusion of Pettus’ speech con- sideration of theamendment was resumed. The pending amendment was that of Mor- _providing that the United States in exchanging the Porto Rican coins for United States coins should pay 100 cents instead of 60 cents for each of the Porto Rican pesos. After some discussion the amendment was_defeated—12 to 33. The committee amendment as to the exchange of money was then adopted. Amendments Considered. Pettus offered as a substitute for sec- tion 12 a provision declaring that constitution and laws of the United States shall have the same force and ef- fect in_Porto Rico as in other territories of the United State: It was defeated. Lindsay of Kentucky offered an amend- ment striking out the provision in section 15 that the Governor should participate in legislation. Foraker accepted the amendment. Allen_ offered an amendment, the pur- ose of which was to designate Porto ico as a Territo of the United States. In the course of a spirited colloquy be- tween Allen and Foraker, the former said he did not expect to get an answer to his question as to why the Porto Ricans were not given a territorial form of govern- ment. ““The reason is,” interjected Foraker, “that we did not want to give it to them, and that is reason enough.” Allen returned to his point and declared his belief that there was some hidden purpose in providing “this anomalous Congressional governme “I resent the charge’ sald Foraker, with evident feeling. ‘I deny that there is any such thing. Senator when he speaks so is without any warrant what- ever. I do not know why the Senator uses such language, which is offensive and which, I fear, is intended to be so.” Allen disclaimed any reflection upon Foraker and the incident closed. BUSY DAY FOR BRYAN. Addresses Many Washington Assem- blages on the Usual Topics. SPOKANE, Wash., March 30.—This has been a day of hard campalgning for He made six speeches in Whit- man and Spokane counties and addressed 35,000 people. At Colfax he addressed an audience of 7000; at Garfield, 2000. At Te- koa_he spoke for thirty minutes to 4000. At Farmington 1500 people heard him for ten minutes and at Spokane he addressed two audlences of 10,000 each, speaking afternoon and evening in the monster tent of the exposition. He was met at the depot here by 4000 eople and escorted over tne principal Pleiness streets through banks of cheer- With Bryan came Gover- nor Rogers and a party of other State fcials and they were entertained be. | tween speeches at the residence of United States Senator Turner. Mr. Bryan was in fine volce. At the afterncon meeting he spoke for nearly two hours and this evening his address was nearly as long. His speeches covered his vsual range of subjects—finance, the trusts and imperialism. The party left ight for North Yakima and Western t ‘Washington. — - Compromise Effected Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, March 30.—A compromise has been effected In the suit of Maria Jo- sefa Castro de Davidson et al, against Crisanto Castro to have deeds to over $100,000 worth of land near Mountain View set aside, and in Judge Rhodes’ court judgment has been entered for plaintiff. ing after his personal effects for one or two seasons, or as long as the Big The Government will now have to deal “the | ‘ CANAL TREATY APPROVED BY - MR, CLEVELAND Ex-President Believes in the Neutralization of the Waterway. PERSC S E Expresses Himself as Thoroughly in Accord With the Intent of the | Hay-Pauncefote Con- | vention. [ \ —_— | PRINCETO J., Mareh 0.—Ex- | President Grover Cleveland to-day relaxed eserve as to the discussion his customary of public affairs, and in an interview ex- | pressed approval of the Hay-Pauncefote | treaty for the neutralization of the Nica- | raguan canal. Mr. Cleveland added that hoped the treatyswould be ratified. Mr. Cleveland sald: ‘With reference to the canal across Nicaragua I have always thought that whatever was done in its promotion by the Government of the United States should be done as a contribution by it to the cause of progress and advancing eivil- ization. It has seemed to me that we had gained that position among the nations of | the world that would make it appropriate for us, in accordance with the spirit of our institutions, to make such a contribu- tion. This, of course, means the absolute neutralization of the Nicaragua construc- tion. and since the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is directly line with this sentiment I am, of course, strongly in favor of its ratification.’ Painter’s Bad Fall. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, March 30.—M. M. Perry, a painter, while at work on the roof of a house at Petaluma avenue and Fifth street, missed his footing and fell to the ground. a distance of over forty feet. The injured man was attended by Howitt, His injuries may result seriously. ——— Mrs. White Wins. UKIAH, March 30.—After five hours’ are gument by counsel the White will case went to the jury this afternoon. After Meing out 50 minutes the jury, by vote of ten to two, brought in_a verdict for the roponent, Mrs. W. H. White, the widow. he contest involved an estate valued at over $1,000,000. e e————— To-day only, Marks Brothers are selling ladies’ silk and lisle hose, regular value e, sale price ISc. 1212-1214 Market st. ———————— Epidemic of Mumps. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN ANDREAS, March 30.—An epls demic of mumps prevails here, and sev- tral serious cases are in the hands of phy- sicians. The life of at least one patient is in serious jeopardy. Grown people are suffering most. WE MUST SELL Three carloads of goods to-day and Monday. ‘We must keep our force busy. We must supply We must make prices R the large and increasing demand of our patrons. large and small. Read these figures! to attract cash buyers, Other R desirable goods at marvelously low prices. 1st Floor Bargains Sponges for cleaning, large... Pudding Basins, for smail families 12-qt Freezers with crank, not $8..$5.25 2-1b pkge. self-rising Buckwheat....10c Siphonfi’a!cr Filters, $1.50 kind. Tomatoes, iamig use, dozen.. German Dried Pears, good, 30 1bs.$1.00 Table Rice, you will hk_e it, 22 lbs.}r,oo Extra Select Oysters, 1's at 15¢, 2's.25¢ Breakiast Mush, several kinds, 4 for.25¢ Eastern Rolled Oats, 10 ibs. 235¢ Glass Pitcher, go-cent kind. 25¢ 2d Floor Bargains. 2.00 goat Shoes, square toe, button, $2.00 g oot BLAO 0 - oons s cves dvina 51?25 Child’s kid shoes, 9 to 11%.. Rubber overshoes, to size 4. Spring dress goods, this year's...... cereesnnscessamSl, 10C; 12%4C Calico. light or dark, good 20 yds.$1.00 Linen thread, 10-cent s .5¢ Ladies’ combination suits, complete.soc Ladies’ 50-cent Jersey Rib pants....25¢ Jointed dolls, dressed, 11 inches....15¢ 3d Floor Bargains. Yd. wide carpets, outwear s0c goods.25¢ | Cape Nome Furs. variety....hali-price 75¢ Boss of the Road overalls.......s0e Stylish neck bows, washable . 1 White or light vests. washable s0¢ Boys’ sweaters, $1 kind some places.q0c Boys’ shirts, on bargain table......135¢ Men’s hali-hose, on bargain table....5¢ Men’s or Boys’ Caps, bargain table. 10¢c Men's linen hats, wide brim 12%5¢ Cape Nome Goods of all kinds. Free Delivery in town and near by. Free Parcel Delivery for all Patrons, Try the Dining Room on 6th floor. SMITHS CASH STORE 25-27 Market §., 8. F.