The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1900. ILECTION OF | SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE House Adopts the Resolution for a Constitutional _ Amendment. ‘ i | Of the Two Hundred and Fifty-Five Members Present and Voting Only Fifteen Oppose the Innovation. ~The House | adopted a | 1| amendment | ¢ United States > of the people. | and one Democrat e terms of the res- be submitted ted States shall be com- f each State, who tions requisite for ele us branch of the State ppens by death e representation Senate, the same shall nexpired term therec resigna- Ld ed st b Fifteen Negative Votes. left it op- lution Eot Roast for Talbe: Mict k WIULD GATHER FARM-OWNERS INTO A TRUST Plan to Effect a World Combine of Agricultural Interests. AR BN Its Promoters Hope to Decrease the Wheat Acreage and Thus Cause a Rise in Prices. e MINNEAPOLIS, April 13.—The Journal sa All the farmers of the world in a sort of international trust to restrict the production of t and raise prices is w the plan which it is hoped to carry into effect the international agricultural e in Paris July 9 to 16. It is pro- ask the farmers of the world to e their wheat output by 20 per cent a bushel for 1 than a t to sell of St. Paul, executive agent | Alliance and Industrial Cotton Growers' As- v and the National Grain | \ n, is the chief pro- | moter in the agricultural trust in Amer- ica. Professor G. Ruhland of the Univer- sity of F Switzerland, is the chief the plan eived by promc in Europe. The | these two men in- who has been interested in | our-wheat schemes, is p i with the -ope e undertak- long believed that if the only come to an under- | limiting production and | eir price could | ly master the | farmers nding as t se to sell only when t ied they could ea: professor of economics Professor i had come to the same conclu- | s study of the agrarian problems es led him to believe | the widespread , which are n in the New W the ubles of in the O » restrict p ction Both were h: t work getting the | idea into practice when they encoun- another through correspond- t they have been working the to in- to the associations for appli- reduction in acreage i out that if be reduced , which is, he » price up to $1 days and are to m! $1 a_bushel competition ‘the we ers of pose to among themselves fair price the s compet ake the world r product nite. stc growers’ associa STRIKERS N~ THE SOUTH ARE BRITISH FORCE AT WEPENER SURROUNDED BY THE BOERS However, the Besieded Garrison Hopeé to Hold Out Until the Arrival of Relief Parties Now on the Way. 00000 S e S R S S S S S S S e S ey e ] P S S e = = I Y k tinuous shell and rifle fire. “We are confident of being able to repulse any attack. Food is plentiful. (From the London Graphic.) GALLANT CHARGE BY BRITISH TROOPS. The assault and capture of Pietars Hill by the Royal Lancasters, which turned the Boer line of defense and opened General Buller's way to Ladysmith. ONDON, April 14.—The Times has the following from Jammersberg, dated April 13: “Colonel Galgety's force has been surrounded by some thousands of Boers with eight | guns, two ‘pompoms’ and two Maxims since Monday morning. They gallantly withstood a 1 heavy attack on Monday and again a night attack on Tuesday; and on Thursday there was a con- | i O e e o o T o o o S ST S S R SRR SR S S S S =Y | | 1 1 | | | Our casualties, in the circumstances, are small. The brunt of the fighting, and also of the loss, has been borne by Cape mounted riflemen.” e e e A e e R e S S S S e S S S T YvveTY in the Free State. - 4 [Special Cable to the New York Herald * dispatch is prohibited. + - - 4+ Mail: o € + E prisoners, + [ All rights reserved Copyrighted, 190, by the New York Herald Company. In the United States and Great Britain.] LONDON, April 14.—These advices from its special correspondent are published in the Dafl’y LOURENZO MARQUES, April 18.—The actual Boer losses up to the end of March, including is now estimated at 12,000. At present there are 7000 Boers in Natal and about 35,000 Republication of this : + + 3 + | [ | +4+44 4+ SHN FRANCISCD 70 GET A N CUSTOM HoUsE Perkins' Bill Favorably Reported and Passage Assured. T AN Metcalf Introduces a Concurrent Res- olution Looking Toward the Improvement of Oakland Harbor. AT Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 13—The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day voted favorably to report Senator Perkins' bill providing for a new custom-house at San Francisco, at a cost of § 000, to be erected on the site of the present building. The early passage of the bill in the Senate is practically cer- tain. The House committee is expected to report shortly a similar bill introduced by Representative Kahn. Representative Metcalf duced the following tion: That the Secretary of War is directed to ap- point a board of officers of the corps of en gineers, whose duty it shall be to make a ful examination and prepare a det and estimates for the improvement of Oakl. harbor to meet the needs, present and prosp tive, of commerce from the eastern end of the tidal canal to deep water in San Francisco Bay, including the excavation of the tidal ba- sin, ' the report of board to be submitted to Congress at the next session. Representative Metcalf left to-day for Oakland on receipt of a message announc- to-day intro- concurrent resolu- ing the serious illness of his daughter. Mrs. Metcalf had already started yester- day for home. Pens : Original— ; Wentzel Zika, Christian . 36; Tan- Los Angeles Original Minors of Henry C. Steven- Barbara. $12 iginal -James Wilkinson, ‘Thomas J. Patton, Spok ease—Samuel Don. ley, Puyalilu Original_widow: (special account April 2)—Mary H. Rob- erts, Turtle, $8. Oregon—Original—Cullen E. Cline, Port- land, $; Willlam H. Wagner, ainier, $8. | Postmaste commissioned: California— Grace L. awler, Clarksburg; Oregon— Walter Smith, Natron. George F. Shiels, surgeon, | States volunteers, now in San Francisco, has been. at own request. honorably’ discharged from the volunteer army of the United States. “aptain George W. Deusen, Seventh Ar- at San Francisco, has been ordered to_join his battery at Fort Totten, N. Y. enators Perkins and Bard, Representa- tives Waters and Attorney General Ford were among the visitors to the White House to-day and talked with President inley concerning California matters, ngressman James G. Maguire of anci as a visitor on the floor House to-day and was cordially greeted by members on both sides of the chamber. Representative Needham fore the Appropriati to urge the appro completicn of t an Diego. H ons Committee to-day riation of $23,000 for the quarantine station at also recommended a pro- vision in the appropriation bill for the con- struction of roads in Sequoia National and is hopeful that both projects favorably reported upon by the committee SINKI NG SHIP DESERTED BY appeared be- | DEWEY SOON T0 ANNOUNCE HIS PLATFORM Will Favor Sound Money and Mild Degree of Expansion. | Admiral Yet Bslieves That He Will | Be Able to Carry the Kansas City Convention by Storm. —_— Special Dispatch to The Cail CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING- TON HOTEL, WASHINC J Admiral Dewey's political stat ably will be ready to be given lication next Tuesday. He is stil to hear from some of his sound mon Democratic friends in New York giving out the important documen bell es that he ehind him g sound money Deme s in the E: the South, and in ¢ with his political friends he says th. a sound money Je On the expansion is e occuples mid- dle ground between the President and M Bryan. He is neither an impe an’ anti-expansioni ie storing order i Philip] holding the isi and aw ments, probably in the end turning over to a native government under a United States protectorate. The admiral receives a large amount of mail daily from prominent in_ail parts of the country, prinéi from business men and sound mo Demo- crats. He believes ew York will send that uninstructed delega convention, tha can be controlled in will have suppert from other Eastern States. He expects most of his original support from the Eastern States, but he believes that when the proper time comes the convention can be carried by | for him, just as the Chicago con four years ago was swept off its feet Mr. Bryan. He was much gratified to-day to receive | an invitation from New Orleans to visit that city, and when he goes to Detroit on June 6 it is his intention to take a swing around the circle and go to New Orle on his return. PRS- SR DEWEY AND BRYAN TO MEET IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 13.—Admiral Dewey and Willlam Jennings Bryan will meet on Tuesday evening, May 1, for the first time since the hero of Manila announced that o the Kansas City ew Jersey delegates favor and that he ans he was a Presidential candidate. All doubt as to Mr. Bryan's presence was dis- elled to-day when Max J. Riese of the _akeside' Club received a telegram from him, saying that he would cancel previous engagements in order to be present at that organization’s celebration, which is part of the general programme. Both the distinguished guests are aware of t prospective meeting. The officlals of the club did not arrange that they should be present at the same event until each had been consulted. In reply, Mr. Bryan and the admiral said that, far from being ob- jectionable, the meeting would give them pleasure. | SOLDIER DECAPITATED ’ BY LUZON NATIVES | | Grim Item in the Latest Casualty List Cabled by General Otis. WASHINGTON, April 13.—The War De- | partment received the following casualty | list from General Otis this morning, dated g b | April 11: T D e e e e e e g I Kuled—{.‘uxnm mmhi\'n“mn March 31, 4 Mabatacal, Company K, Al o L. Johnson, T pecial cable to The Call and New York Her- | tyr, chief; Lord Rosemeade, aid-de-camp; , south of Bloemfontein. They are relying sergeant; Twelfth try, April 8, Geonia. a 1900, by the Herald Pub- | colonels—Hood of Victorfa and Bridges of | on Cape carts for transports and are car- Coney & S e S 5 ¢ i) 4 a | ninth Volunteer Infantry, February Lagu- fiines | New South Wales and Major Cartwright | rying scarcely any forage and only suffi- S din, John W. Walker, Company H; Thirty- . | ONDON, April 14-5 a. m.—Lord Rob- | of Canada assistant adjutant generals. | cient food to meet the immediate require- | r!lth dlnmn!r' March Ha!?nz .. I.::I:mv. fixe ¢ | . € dispatch v sta The first corps consists of the first bat- | ments of the convoy, with ox trans | 3 Alexander S. —, Company G. decavitated by each . ispatch yesterday, stating P | ¥ ransport | o 841 e reduced the Passenger Tl‘allls Rl]IlI]IIlg that the Boer advance southward |talion of Canadians under Colonel Lis- | following at a secure distance. The Boer FO\H’ Men GO DOWII WIth the'“}:,‘.',’;,,s,m“m Infantry, March 27. San h of the former had been checked and that the gar- | sard and the second battalion of ‘Canadi- | columns are thus enabled to move almost Jose de Buena Vista, Frederick M. Dimler, BILL AIMED AT CAPTAIN | CARTER'S ACCOMPLICES Proposed Measure to Compel Removal f Indicted Persons to the Scene of Their Crime. NGTON. April 13.—Some time | edings were Instituted by the | ire the re- | = ( enjamin D. ward A 1y, who i1 ry of the 8 b f Georgia Y Juest as sent to the et liclary Committees of both gress a draft of a bill which w, will have the effect of e removal of persons indict- s agalnst the United States | of arrest to the district e is committed. The At- sent to Congress with the an exhaustive argument for its passage. n-Gaynor case, the cays t= are indieted for frauds t of the gravest na- | rge extent, committed 1 trusted officer of the of which are spread of governmental op- ah and Cumberiand | . to a large ex- nd scientific facts, capa- by expert witnesses and | the uction of a | idence. The | the case were United States, case of probable before a Grand Jury before a local magistrate in on, is imposing a more ition for the punishment of ¥ists under any other form of R KOREAN REBELLION. ¢ Uprising in the Interior of the Little Empire. April 13.—By the terms greement between Russia Drowned Herself. ANGELES, April 13—Mrs. A. Worthem, wife of the proprietor of the , @ hotel at Sant: amitted suicide to-day lr)‘y.d%:r:fi:" self in th® surf. The v was found e beach. She had been {ll for a long on Almost Schedule 1 Time. In Ontario the Demands of the Telegraph Operators Have Been Granted by the Minister of Railways. —— ATLANTA, Ga., April 13.—The situation in the strike of the telegraphers on the Southern Railroad shows an improvement at midnight for the railroad. Passenger trains which yesterday an early this ning ran from one to five hours late mor a afternoon and to-night but slightly behind schedule time, and freight trains are beginning to move. The offi- clals of the road here claim the situation is unchanged, that it ha at not not th 1 been other than n raphers 11d_continue inde treats with has a and 1 from the h to points on the Southern.” At Flowery Branch, Ga., Coronna, Ala., | and Columbus, Miss.. operators who took the places the retiring agents have run out of adquarters of roughly handled and n TTAWA, Ont., April 13.—The demand: o telegraph operators of the Int c Railroad _for recognition of the | Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the granting of fifteen days’ holiday to each | operator during the year have been | granted by the Mifiister of Rallways and | indorsed by the Government. | HOUSTON, Texas, April 13 —The strike | situation umed 4 serfous aspect here fternoon, when the Central Labor ided to recommend a general | 1l labor organizations affiliated | body, including more than twen- t izations. In view of the ap- | proaching session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congre the matter is more ser than it would ordinarily be and every effort will be made to stave off a great strike. The contractors and car- penters have approached no nearer a set- tlement than last week and work is sus- pended on all buildings. The labor union set next Tuesday morning as the time for the general strike, if the carpenters do not sooner get a settlement. HOLYOKE, Mass., April 13.—The strike at the Merrick Thread Mill ended this morning by the machine fixers returning to work, the management having agreed | to their demands for $225 a d: an in- crease of %5 cents. NEW YORK, April 13.—Application was made to-day to Sheriff Molloy at White Plains for 1% deputies to go to the Cor- nell Dam to prevent the strikers there from destroying property. The strikers are said to have made threats and to have boasted of the destruction they would cause if their demands were not complied with. There are about 800 strik- | ers in the disturbed district. | pendion et el Appointments at Stanford. Special Dispatch to The Call. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, April 13— The following appointments to take ef- fect in August were made public the’ president’s office to-day: " Mic Som Hanson Luce to be instructor in English A. B. Wellesley College, 1883; teacher i | Boston Latin School, 1883-93. studied at | Heidelberg, 1893-9, receiving Ph.D. degree | in latter year; teacher in Smith College, 1596-97, and in' Wellesley College to date as instructor in English literature. Mr. Frederic Huntington Bartlett, appointed | instructor in English; A. B. }gflv’\'nrd,' 564: A. M. Columbia, 1897; instructor in English and Latin at Belmont School, Belmont, Cal. i Men's $3 calf shces for $2 a palr at the Bee Hive Shoe Co., 717 Market, near 3d.* | message: rison at Wepener was still offering | stout resistance to the Boer attack, was | almost the first piece of encouraging news eived by the British public for a week. This has since been supplemented by a re- | port from Boer sources which has | reached Aliwal North, to the effect that | he burghers, who were attacking Gal- gety's T at Wepener, have retreated | north, after sustaining heavy losses. o officlal confirmation of this report | been recefved, but it is entirely con- | Jortheast of Wepener, may indicate from Bloemfontein is already with the Boers sta- tioned tt With the arrival of the Brit- ish force at that point and the advent of Third Division under Chermside at Reddersburg the position of the Boer commandoes at Wepener would be ren- dered a dangerous one. vidences that a great movement by d Roberts is imminent, if it has already begun, are rapidly multiply- ent with the evident British move- ments in force to relieve the hard- | pressed Colo: Persistent rumors of | fighting at De which is twenty | | t a relief force the L not ing. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent in the Free State capital is allowed to tele- graph the tement that ‘“‘troops are | moving forward.” The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dalily Mail sends this somewhat cryptic | “There is nothing whatever to cause uneasines: It will presently be | seen that the Boers are just where we | want them. In a word, we are all right.” Silence envelops the movements of the | British forces north and south of Mafe- king to relleve that town. Cape Town ad- vices state with an air of mystery that good news is expected very soon. There | is evidently no doubt that the condition of the garrison is becoming desperate. An editorial note in the Daily Mail avers that Mafeking is in a very bad way and that the hope of rellef is far off, as no force is advancing from the south. The War Office announces that 4000 horses will arrive at the Cape this week. | It 1s well understood that the animals are not fit for work until about ten days after | the voyage. Two thousand more are due | at the Cape next week. The War Office has called out the, re- cerve companies of several infantry bat- talions, which will be sent to South Africa forthwith. The Boer peace envoys have documents —the Rome correspondent of the Daily News says—showing that urgent advices to the Transvaal to wage war were origin- ally made by Germany. This correspond- ent also asserts that Count von Bulow, the German Foreign Minister, who was sald to have gone on a visit to a sick brother, really went to Milan for the ex- press purpose of conferring with the dele- gates. G2l REPORTED REPULSE OF BOERS AT WEPENER BLOEMFONTEIN, April 13.—Accounts recetved here of the fighting of the troops under Colonel Galgety at Wepener show the Boers attacked them vigorously, but were repulsed with great loss. The Boers subsequently relinquished the attack and it 1s said here they are returning north- M ew dtvision, consisting of two bri- gades, has been formed under General Ian Hamilton. General Hutton's brigade is composed of Canadians, New Zealanders and all the Australians except the caval- ry. His staff is as follows: Colonel Mar- ans under Colonel Herchmer. Strathco- na’s Horse under Lieutenant Colonel Steele and the Victorians under Colonel Price are In the fourth corps. The second and third corps are com- posed of Australians. Bach corps has a battalion of imperial mounted infantry at- tached. The Canadian and New South batteries and a number of Vickers-Max- ims will also join the division. General Ridley’'s brigade comprises all the South African troop! NOT Wales REICHMAN DID LEAD BOERS IN BATTLE PRETORIA, April 11.—United States Consul Hay in an interview says that the report that Captain Reichman, the United States military attache, participated in the fight near Sannah Post is absolutely false. Captain Reichman, it is said, was occupied most of the time attending upon the wounded Dutch military attache, Lieutenant Nix, who has since died. Con- sul Hay has no doubt that Captain Reich- man has been confounded with the Ameri- | can Lieutenant Loosberg of the Free ate Artillery, who took a very active part in the fight. WASHINGTON, April 13.—The War De- partment to-day received the following cablegram frem United States Consul Hay at Pretoria relative to a published state- ment that Captain Carl Reichman, the ‘nited States military observer in the ransvaal, had been leading a Boer force: “PRETORIA, April I12—Rumor of Reichman's active participation is abso- lutely false. HAY.” No inquiry has been made on that point, the War Department officials being satisfied that Captain Reichman could not have committed such a palpable breach of the rules of war. It is supposed that Consul Hay's message was inspired by Captain Reichman, who is believed to be in Pretoria, and who, it {s said, undoubt- edly thought a statement from the Consul would be better than a perscnal denial. i CORRESPONDENT PRAISES LORD ROBERTS’ TACTICS LONDON, April 14.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Friday, says: “Everything is going satis- factorily. Owing to the enemy's enter- prise a necessity has arisen for a move- ment in the southeastern division, and for strategic reasons troop trains have mo- nopolized the rallway for a short period, but the Boer raids are only what was an- ticipated as a result of the halt in our main advance. ‘“We in Bloemfontein are full of great admiration of the calm front with which headquarters has received these inci- dents. Half of the object of the enemy has failed since Lord Roberts has refused to be drawn into complications, but has fostered the enemy’s enterprise, makins dispositions to checkmate almost without Bloemfontein being aware that move- ments of the troops have occurred.” BURGHERS READY FOR RAPID MARCHES LONDON, April 14.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Morning Post, tele- graphing Thursday, says: “The enemy have evidently determined to adopt entirely new tactics. Two col- umns are known to be moving to the as quickly as cavalry. | “It is reported that there are 5000 Boers to the south of Dewetsdorp. The force extends from that pdint to Obendahl. The burghers who had returned to their farms are undoubtedly rejoining the | enemy. “Lord Roberts has appointed the Duke | of Marlborough to be assistant military secretary at headquarter: ik | WEPENER GARRISON | | the detachment in STILL SURROUNDED | LONDON, April 12, m.—The War Office has received the following dispatch | from General Roberts: “BLOEMFONTEIN, April 13, 1:30 p. m.— The enemy’s movements south have been checked. Wepener is still surrounded, but the little garrison is holding out well. Troops are being moved to their assist- ance. The health of the troops is good and the climate perfection.” s BOER LOSS VERY HEAVY. | ALIWAL NORTH, April 12—A detach- ment of 200 of the Rouxville commando is patrolling in this direction. Many of the men go to their farms at night and rejoln the morning. The Rouxville commando numbers 70. A large body of Basutos s closely watching events from the border. The weather is too cloudy to permit heliographing. | It is reported that the Boers lost heavily in the recent fighting at Webener. There is much weeping among the women, and an urgent messgge for assistance has been sent to the Rouxville commando. There was fighting at Dewetsdorp to- ay. ——— STRICT CENSORSHIF. . REDDERSBURG, April 13.—The Third Division, commanded by Major General | Chermside, has arrived here from Beth- any without any incident worth recording. The Boers have been located south of the ‘Wepener and Smithfield districts | Colonel Galgety, wHo is in command of | the colonial force surrounded at Wepener, is holding out gamely. Exciting develop- | ments are probable in the near future. The censorship is particularly strict. S NO CAUSE FOR WORRY. LONDON, April 14.—The Bloemfontein | correspondent of the Dally Mall, tele graphing Thursday, says: “There is| nothing whatever to cause uneasiness. It | will presently be seen that the Boers are | just where we want them. In'a word, we | are all right.” s | — e GOOD FRIDAY IN WAR TIME. LONDON, April 4.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in a dispatch dated Friday, describing Lord Roberts and the troops attending Good Friday services, says: “But the troops are marching forward as well as to services.” ‘Woman Commits Murder. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 13.—At Al- exander to-day Mrs. T. N. Holland shot and killed Willlam Cook, a member of a R O o b el clalms ook defamed heér character. R A You will want a new trunk, a valise or sult case when you go away this summer. You will find these, as well as a complete line of all leather s, including purses, ket-books, Mexican carved and burnt leather goods, at Sanborn & Vail's, 741 Market street. . Georges Croise off San Domingo. Passengers Rescued by a Passing Vessel After Having Been Left to Their Fate by the Steamer’s Master. e NEW YORK. April 13—At the bottom of the sea outside Santo Domingo harbor, the wreck of the French steamer Georges Croise ha; in for more than two weeks. Enveloped in the mass of her wreckage are the bodles of four men—two passen- rs and two sailors. Her captain, Fran- o Cathrien, is alive, but no one knows whereabouts. He Is sald to have de- serted hig doomed ship and nearly, three- | ns that were aboard of her. 3 steamship New York, which arrived to-night, brought the story of the wreck. Chief Officer John C. Mar- mion gave this account of the venture: ““We were just going into the harber of score Santo Domingo and lay close outside the bar, waiting for our pilot to come out. It| was the morning of the 2°th of Marc Suddenly a steamer hove into sight to- ward the city, and a minute or two later we saw that something was wrong aboard of her. Screams of women and children, mingled with the distress culls of the ship's whistle, were clearly heard, and as fast as possible we lowered five boats and made for her. We found her sinking, her port side listing far down toward the water. No one seemed to be command and everything seemed to be in disorder. “Just as we came up I saw two men crawl into a small boat on the opposite side of the vessel and make off. One of these, we afterward learned, was the cap- tain. I sent one of my men aboard and we began to pass down women and chil- dren. They were scantily dressed, some of the babies being entirely naked. Many jumped into_the water, but the boats be- hind me took care that these were picked up. When it looked as if all the people had been rescued I ordered the boats to puil away. A moment later the steamer went to the bottom. “The children numbered about twelve or fifteen and the women the same. The sailors from the vessel, the Georges Croise, bound to Santiago de Cuba, said that there had been ffty-five persons aboard and that four were missing.” Down in the forecastle of the New York three of the rescued sailors told their story_to-night. They said that the cap- tain deserted the ship with the pilot, who had brought them out. The three sailors are Joe Martha, Francisco Pla and An- tonio Delgao. Martha was the last man to leave the ship alive. He says that the lost were Dom Pepe Valle, a rich Cuban, who owned the ship's cargo of cattle; the second cook, a fireman and an unknown passen- ger. Valle, according to the sallors, had fh a belt that he continually wore. $3000 in gold. His cattle, which constituted the whole cargo, numbered 240, together with eight horses and seventeen calves. The fireman who was lost was the man who gave the alarm of the ship's disaster. Subsequent investigations made in Santo Domingo by the passengers showed that the captain had reached the shore in safety and had reported the wreck to the United States Consul there. Before his former companicns arrived, however, he had disappeared and nothing further could be heard of him. The pilot, too, dis- appeared. Took Rat Poison DECOTO, April 13.—Mrs. C. E. Adle of Alvarado took a tablespoonful of rat poi- son Thursday with suicidal intent in spite of her small son, who did his utmost to prevent her. A doctor was summoned, who saved her life b{ prompt work. De- spondency over her husband having left her is the cause of the action. | Company E. | 5, WoundedLuson, Seventeenth Infantry. April 7. Camaline, First Lieutenant Frank J. Mor | leg, serious; | Valderrama, abdomen, serfous; Twenty-sixt] e ruary 29, Bongaber, Kirk Fowlis, v G, head, slight; James H. Thomas, leg, slight Twenty-first’ Infantry, February 8. Botclo Tony Grant, Company H. thigh, slight; Wiilis | 3. Jonnson, ‘thigh, siight; Twenty-ninth Volur teer Infantry, February Tagud Infantry, James Luskin, head. slight, Fortieth Volunteer Infantry, March Nint Ben H. Marshall, leg, siigh Jr., shoulder, slight: Company C, E | linson, musictan. arm, slight; Compan: | Charles L. Brooks, corporal. thigh, Charles H. Huse, abdomen, slight Panay—Eighteenth Infantry, March buncabug., Company L, James S. Corning slight; March an Jose Buena Vista, Murmupon, Clarence L. Mess ) Nineteenth Infantry A, serious. rama, Company Timoth | forehead, slight: February . Company B, sergeant. abdomen, serious samar — Forty-third__ Volunteer Tn: First Lisutenant Jc slight; Company H. J serfous; James H wrist, seri- thigh, seph J. Jordan. shoulder, Clancy, hip, slight; Clinton Mead, ous. T. Sweeney, - VERDICT FOR MISS LEWIS. Strong Must Pay Heavy Damages for Breach of Promise. Spectal Dispatch to The Call | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 13.— The jury In the breach of promise cas of Neilie Lewis vs. Sam Strong this after- noon returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $50,000. The trial was sen: | tional in many respects. The defendant is a millionaire, having made a fortune in Cripple Creek, principally in the famous Strong mine. he parties to the action mat in June, 1893, when the plaintiff was 15 years of age. The relations began be ‘tween the two six months later, continu- ing to January last, when the defendant | married Regina Neville, a belle of the mining camp of Altman. S < e Railways to Be Extended. | Special Dispateh to The Cail. | LOS ANGELES, April 3.—For many | months the Huntington-Hellman syndi- | cate, which controls the Los Angeles streetcar system, has quietly been secur- ing rights of way for a projected system | of electric lines to connect the growing towns of this section with Los Angeles. The line, it is stated, will at once be con- | structed and will reach to Alhambra and | Whittier on the east and to San Pedro, | Long Beacn and Redondo on the coast. It was this new idea in construction that | caused President C. P. Huntington, it is i said, to place I. W. Hellman, formerly of | Los 'Angeles, upon the directorate of his Southern California Railway. —_— Exiled by the Sultan. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13.—Ebuzzia Tewfik, a State Councilor and distin- guished writer, has been arrested and ex- | fled to Koniah, a eity of Asia Minor, for | writing an article displeasing to the Suitan. B4+ 4444444444444 4440 1 | “The Peace Conference,” a + Tremarkable poem by Madge | + Morris! Illustrated witha full- page drawing by Methfessel. This will be one of the most | & artistic pages ever published and a revelation in what can be done by the most up-to- | } ++4 date halftone processes and presswork. We challenge comparison! 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